"Looks like we win this round Eddie." Roxas bragged as the chopper and hot rod came screeching in the Skullrider reaching the tour bus first.

"Lucky head start." Eddie replied before going over to Mangus " Ready to go" He asked as Mangus cracked his fingers

"Just a few more hours. "

"You got twenty seconds, it's time to go!"

Mangus smirked, "I only need ten, let's go!" he called out as Everybody boarded the massive bus, packing everything up, everyone strapping themselves in and locking the door while Eddie in Druid Plow and the Roxas and Namine on the Skullrider

"No sleep til Battersmith!" Lars said to everyone on the Bus and over the mic

"No matter what happens, keep driving, Mangus." Eddie told him over the Walkie Talkie

"No prob,you never taught me how to stop this thing anyway." He said making Roxas raise and eyebrow

"You taught him how to drive but not how to brake?" Roxas asked making Eddie rub the back of his head

"Heh, it'll be fine right?" Eddie asked

"I certainly hope so!" Namine said incredulously as Eddie winced in embarrassment before speaking back to Mangus

"Don't worry Mangus, me and the kids will make sure nothing stops us." he said not knowing that they were being watched by the Tainted Coil's mobile unit, known as the Tick Choppers, who were just waiting for the chance to wipe them out.

Soon they were off with Mangus in the lead, Eddie in the middle and Roxas at the back, with Namine buckled up on the back.

"Hey, we're not taking this tour bus four wheeling over that field okay." Eddie said to Mangus " Just turn right up ahead and we'll cruise right down the main roads, nice and easy."

"You know, it's never that easy right?" Roxas said to Eddie as suddenly the Tick choppers Attacked throwing their tick bombs on to the van

"Ah Eddie Help !" Mangus, called out

"Don't worry Mangus we'll handle it" Eddie said as he started firing his gatling guns shooting the tick choppers from behind causing them to spin out and explode. Meanwhile Roxas would drive up alongside a few of them, getting close so Namine could shoot them up close and personal, the ticks falling off their choppers and crushed under their weight.

"Have a nice fall." Namine said smirking as they continued on their way, driving down the main road, they drove and fought for 3 hours passing the KillMasters Hill and eventually reaching the highway where Battersmith could be seen in the distance.

"Hey boss I think we're here" Mangus said as he swerved into Battersmith crushing two Tick Choppers, with Eddie and Roxas following suit. Eddie then glared at the remaining two Tick Choppers daring them to do something, in which they got the message and drove off in a hurry.

"Yeah that's right, don't come back!" Roxas shouted as the everybody left the bus

" That's LionWhyte main barracks " Lars

"And beyond it, the Cleave of the Impaler " Lita finished

"Lionwhyte's tower is just on the other side of them. What are we waiting for?" Ophelia asked eager to stomp the flying tools face in.

"Yeah, let's get started! " Roxas said in agreement as Eddie turned to Mangus

"Unload the bus and when I get back, battle time." Eddie ordered

"No prob boss." Mangus said as he and the rest of the road crew began unpacking everything stored away

MEANWHILE IN LIONWHYTE"S FORTRESS

The Glam Metal asshole was pacing back and forth after finishing a round of sex with one of his groupies. "Ah this isn't good" He muttered to himself, why, you may ask. Because the Warrior Beast leant to him by the Mikene Gods, was utterly destroyed by this so-called Mazinkaiser. " What do I tell my masters? "

"Tell us what?" Said a voice as Lionwhyte turned around and dropped to his knees upon seeing a dragon's face made of fire "Well let's hear it. " Draydou said

"Forgive me my dark master, Giran was slain in combat, with some metal titan" Lionwhyte explained in fear

"Metal Titan?" Draydou asked curious if this was the Mazin Ankoku Daishogun had sensed before

"Yes, these two blonde teenagers summoned it from a pillar of fire, they called it Mazinkaiser," Lionwhyte explained, surprising Draydou who hadn't heard that name in a long time. "Master, do you know what this Kaiser is?" Lionwhyte asked, noticing his dark lord's concern.

Draydou nodded "Indeed I do, it's a name I haven't in many years' ' Draydou stated "Consider, any punishment you would have received would be null and void. Instead, I'm going to supply you with a stronger warrior beast in hopes of destroying kaiser" he said shocking Lionwhyte who bowed profusely

"Thank you, thank you master for your unworthy mercy."

"Yes, yes now go and make preparations for Kaiser's arrival and pray you succeed in its destruction." Draydou said sternly before disappearing, leaving Lionwhyte in a sweat.

"Clara, bring the hardest drink we have, and then prepare yourself, I need you." Lionwhyte said over the intercom, desperately needing a drink and some relief

BACK AT BATTERSMITH'S GATE

Eddie had returned from a few of his personal side quests, He had gotten into a few races with a demon known as Fletus, wanting to prove that he created the faster vehicle, which Eddie proved time and time again he was faster. The second quest was more interesting hunting,after getting into an argument with a local hunter. Eddie had learned the song Call of the Wild, which allowed him to call upon any beast he had slain, which would be a useful tool for the battles to come.

"So had fun?" Roxas asked relaxing next to Namine who was currently drawing in her sketchbook.

"I guess so." Eddie shrugged before turning to Namine " I didn't know you could draw." He said looking over seeing that she was drawing the landscape, and few of the members of Ironheade

"It's a hobby of mine" Namine explained "gives me something to do when we're not fighting"

" I get that " Eddie said before walking over to Mangus who was taking a swig of some beer "Ready?" he asked

"Uh yeah just about, is it time." Mangus asked a little worried

"Mangus the hour of rock is upon us." Eddie said in a dramatic fashion

"Oh man, okay." Mangus said rubbing the back of his head " Break's over people. " He said as the Road Crew got back to work and began resetting up the stage once again. Reawakening the spirits of the fans. They were certainly energized and excited for the next show, or they were until these massive leeches with bird wings came down.

"The fuck are these things?" Roxas asked as Eddie shouted at them

"Get away from those fans you ...you LEECHES!" he shouted raising his fists at them "can the two of you use Kaiser and get rid of these things?" He asked the blondes who both gave him a look.

"He is currently undergoing repairs after our last battle with Giran" Roxas explained

"Besides even it wasn't, we wouldn't as these things look pretty fucking weak, it would be a waste." Namine said still sketching away making Eddie sigh before he felt sharp pain in his back falling to his knee's just like before at the Battle of BladeHenge

"Eddie!" Ophelia shouted as Eddie cried out in pain

"Ahhh my Back!" He groaned as suddenly slowly and painfully, a pair of wings emerged from his back, stretching and flapping slightly, with Eddie's skin turning red and his eyes turning a toxic yellow, a sinister grin on his face.

Ophelia gave it some thought " Those Druid's at the temple, they must have laced their blades with demon venom." she said aloud, making Eddie grin.

"Well remind me to thank them, cause I feel great" he said moving his new wings, getting a new feel for them.

Namine looked concerned, " Eddie, are you sure you're okay?" she asked walking around him "This is quite odd, I didn't know Demon Venom could do this"

"Yeah maybe we should ask the Guardian of Metal about this? " Roxas suggested "Because last time I checked it was just supposed to kill you, not this."

Ophelia agreed with them " Eddie maybe you should lie down on the bus" she suggested before a gong rang out and a group of bouncer came rushing out the main gate

"Listen to me. I know you're all freaking out right now, but I promise you, I feel fine" he said to the group trying to reassure them " I may have been stung with some sort of poison demon justice, but I'm sure the effects are temporary. I'm just your old pal Eddie " He said making an aggressive smirk

"If you say so. " Roxas said, throwing his hands up in defeat " I just hope you know what you're doing."

"Oh I do, we're going to use this infection to our advantage before it wears off. Let us not fear this blessing for the Titans. " Eddie said, raising his fists to the air.

"He's right. Everyone get ready for battle. The Enemy is upon the field " Lars said as he walked off with Lita and Mangus close behind, with Roxas, Namine and Ophilia staying behind

" I was afraid this would happen." she said rubbing his wings while Eddie kind of shrugged this off

"Don't worry about me. I've Always kind of wanted wings, in fact when I was a kid I used to dream about it all the time." he said walking off

"I hope my parents were wrong about this." She thought to herself before Roxas spoke up

Roxas with a flat expression " So there are two explanations for Eddie's new demonic abilities, one the demon venom actually gave him these abilities or…."

"Or?" Namine and Ophelia asked

"Or Eddie is half demon ,and his demonic blood was at last awoken. " Roxas theorized "Either way it doesn't really matter Eddie is Eddie"

"Most people wouldn't give Eddie and others like him a chance after that." Ophelia said

"We're not most people." Namine replied as Eddie called out to them

"Hey everybody look over here I'm gonna show you a trick" he said before taking flight with his new wings "Woo Hoo " He shouted with Glee " Hey Roxas, look you're not the only one who can fly now." Eddie bragged

"I told you Eddie, it's not flying it's falling with style." Roxas replied as Eddie with now having taken flight surveyed the battlefield

"From this new vantage point, I can totally see what the problem is. " He said "A bunch of gross Fan Leeches are eating our fans. " He said

"Well gee thanks for the obvious Eddie." Roxas said

"SILENCE GROUND WALKER!" Eddie shouted " Now first thing we have to do is drive off those Leeches "

"Well all right then, which one do we attack first?" Lita asked as Eddie made a beam of light come down from the sky on one of the leeches

"How did you do that?" Lita asked

"Light itself now bends to my will." Eddie said jovially making Lita roll her eyes

"Oh get over yourself. " She said as she, Lars and the others went off and attacked the glowing leech, striking it many times until the beats had enough and fled. Releasing the fans from within, and with that Eddie landed

Meanwhile on top of the tower, a bouncer was making his way towards a massive motor cannon, slamming his massive fists down, firing it unleashing motor shells upon Ironheade

"Get out of the way." Roxas called out as they all scrambled moving in separate directions dodging the massive fire balls "Eddie start calling out for some guys man!" he yelled as he casted thunder at one of the fan leeches.

"Right, got it ." Eddie said " Mangus start sending out some Head Bangers, Razor Girls and Thunder Hogs " Eddie ordered over the Walkie

"Got it " Mangus said as Several Groups of the Ironheade Army came marching off the stage charging off into battle

"Ok Headbangers, half of you go break down that Wall" Eddie said pointing towards the Gates of Battersmith" same with have of you Razor girls" he ordered

"No problem Eddie." one said as the groups split up and charged towards the gate, While Namine and Lita covered them from behind to make sure no Glam Metal idiots would dare try to attack them.

"Don't worry Eddie, we got them covered." Namine said giving him the thumbs up

"Thanks now the rest of you, get of those Leeches " Eddie said " and then defend it with your very lives " he shouted dramatically as he flew off, further ahead next to Lars

"So how's it going? Eddie asked as he and Lars tag teamed a Battle Nun of the Tainted Coil. It seems the demons had decided to assist their pawns in battle

"Well the Demons have shown up. " Lars replied " Roxas is zipping across the field as a beam of light" he said pointing to the light beam bouncing from Glam Metal Soldier to Glam Metal Soldier keeping them far away from the IronHeade members attacking the Gate.

"Well all right then." Eddie said as he noticed the Fans leeches being repealed and rushed over to construct some new merch booths, supplying the stage with more powers, before playing Call of the Wild and calling in some Fire Razor Boars to circle around the stage and protect it. Until at the last the wall came crashing down,

"Fuck yeah good job guys." Eddie said as The Glam Metal Soldiers panicked and ran back inside…all except for the Bouncers who were all left knocked out the ground.

Lionwhyte, having seen everything was disgusted with them," I should have known better than to hire guards whose HANDS were bigger than their BRAINS" he said annoyed " You're all fired! Every fat worthless one of you!" he declared before flying away

"OI Lionwhyte poor choice of words "Roxas called out before casting fire, missing Lionwhyte most but burning him just enough to set the man's hair alight'

"Ahh Fuck" Lionwhyte cried out before flying away even faster to put his hair out. Causing everyone to laugh mostly. The bouncers were saddened by their sudden firing and waved for Lionwhyte to come back, while Eddie snuck behind one ready to kill him. His demon instincts took a hold on him for a moment before Lars called out to him.

"Stop, Edward. They are no longer working for Lionwhyte. They are no longer our Enemies "Lars explained getting Eddie to regain control of his senses "our Real enemy is through there. Let us move forward" he said at the cave entrance. As Mangus chimed in over the Walkie

"Got the stage all packed up, Boss."

"Good Job Mangus' ' Eddie replied as he looked at his skin returning to its natural color and his eyes becoming brown once more' ' Ah see I'm already cured. Told you there was nothing to worry about '' he said placing his arm around Ophelia's Shoulders as they all entered the caves of Battersmith. While Ophelia made one last check on his back to make sure he was right. Upon entering the Army made it quite the Distance until they came across several large arrows stuck into the ground.

Lars motioned for the army to stop, as he only move forward to take point only to be spotted by an 'automatic sentry ballista

"Lars." Lita shouted in a panic as he was nearly skewered by one of its Arrows until a bouncer tackled him out of the way. Giving him a friendly smile, which Lars returned before they helped each other up.

They soon heard footsteps coming in from the same direction as the turret. It was a group of stout men, carrying heavy loads on their backs. Lita not wanting to take any chances pointing her Halberd at them " Stop right there" She declared "if you can make it through the Cleave, then you must work for General Lionwhyte" She stated ready to run them through before Ophelia stepped in

"Would you relax they don't work for Lionwhyte, they work with me" she said approaching them with a friendly smile as she patted one of the loads, they were carrying revealing a Razor girl who gave Ophelia a warm hug

"Ah so that's how the Razor girls escaped " Namine said impressed " But uh how did they get through here unseen "

Eddie smirked knowing the Answer Let me guess, you guys are really great at hauling stuff. You hang out in the shadows, you only wear black, and you're really hard to see from far away" he asked getting nods from the men

"What I don't" Lita asked confused

" My friend these are Roadies " Eddie said "and they're just in the nick of time. They're gonna to get us through this canyon, but first they're gonna need some monster amps!"

"You mean…. like those of the Screaming Wall?" Ophelia asked

"Not sure, but I like how those sounds, " Eddie replied, smirking "Okay meet us at the screaming wall with your Roadie friends, and we'll see if they can carry some extra wattage." he said getting a nod from Ophelia who lead the Roadies and her Razor Girls out towards the Screaming Wall, While the others made camp at the entrance waiting for their return.

"Alright you two let's go" Eddie said to the blondes eager to get moving, noticing them giving him a look " What?" he asked as Namine giggled like a schoolgirl

"You look so happy, ready to impress your girlfriend" she asked knowingly getting Eddie to blush profusely

" She not my girlfriend"

"Not yet, "Roxas Smirked "But who knows, maybe today will be the day. Who Knows you could get lucky. "

"Ya Think?" Eddie asked

"Who knows, that's entirely up to you, and up to her, just ask her out" Roxas said
"Then you can join me and Namine on double dates." He said, grabbing Namine giving her a kiss on the cheek.

"Wait hold on, you two are dating? " Eddie asked incredulously

"Seriously; we aren't exactly subtle about it." Roxas said crossing his arms

"Or was us living together not a big enough clue?" Namine smirked "Hell we share a bed"

"Oh" Eddie said, scratching the back of his head as they hopped on their respective rides and drove off towards the Wall of Screams.

20 minutes later, they pulled toward the beach before veering off, towards a small cliff where Ophelia was waiting for them.

"How ya doing Ophs?" Roxas asked waving to her as Eddie looked at the Bouncers who were currently smelling each other's armpits

"What are these guys doing here?" he asked as Ophelia turned to look at them and smiled "They wanna help, they feel bad" she explained as Eddie chuckle

"Okay, but I can't hold their hands the whole time. Heh heh heh heh heh heh. Get it? Because their hands are too big." he joked lightning a cigarette

"Oh Eddie" Namine groaned "That was awful "

Ophelia seemed to agree with that assessment "Are you ready to see the screaming wall" she asked almost regretting her decision

"Let's hit the trail" he said

"Okay, just watch out for rockslides. And seagulls." she warned making all three raise an eyebrow

"Seagulls…" They questioned as Ophelia said nothing before leading them down. As they were heading down as Bouncer addressed Eddie nervously

"Um, uh…I just wanted to say thank you for, uh, this opportunity…"

"No Problem.

"We just want to help." They explained, as they were traveling down the path, one of the many Seagulls in the area which happened to look like a bird, mixed with a microphone, screeched next to the screaming wall. Setting it off and unleashing a shock wave so powerful it reignited a stream of hardened magma. Burning alive a pairing of oncoming Hairbangers

"Dumbasses." Roxas chuckled with the others agreeing with him

"That's what happens when you walk on hot lava. " Charlie said

"Especially with that much hairspray on." Namine pointed out as the lava cooled down and re-harden back into obsidian

"Hey, look we're walking lava" One of the Headbanger joked before he looked down the hill and saw Lionwhyte loyalists running up to attack them. Or rather they would have if Roxas hadn't casted Graviga on them

"Force" he Called out as the intense gravity crushed a majority of the Hairbangers, and Groupies. While any stragglers were dealt with quickly by Eddie, Ophelia and Namine

"Nice Job Kid" Eddie said as they continued on, encountering small pockets of Glam Metal forces along the way. With the Screaming Wall going off every once in a while, re-igniting old Obsidian trails, slowing them down ever so slightly. All was going great until local flying tool General Lionwhyte came flying in and addressed some of the Bouncers

"Oh, there you are! Look, I'm sorry for firing you boy and implying that you had a weight problem." The General said lying through his teeth making everyone else roll their eyes at him "Come back now and all is forgiven, I got everyone slimming NEW UNIFORMS" he said in a flamboyant fashion. In response the Lead bouncer gave Lionwhyte as massive middle finger

"We don't care, we're Bouncers for Ironheade now."

"Hmp, suit yourselves. But I have to warn you—-Don't come any father, or you'll find out why they call it THE SCREAMING WALL" He warned cockily before flying away

"Jerk" one mumbled as Namine comforted them

"Ignore him boys" she said "we'll make him pay"

"Yeah" They cheered as they marched on before encountering Glitterfits, bouncers who had decided to return to LionWhytes services "Aww man they do look shiny " one of them said as they got a good look at the gaudy spark covered outfits

"They look fucking terrible, too much glitter and fishnets only look good on girls." Roxas muttered as he dodged out the way of an oncoming glitterfist, and proceeded to cut the giant hands off.

"AHH " he screamed before he was struck by an offensive Aeroga Spell, sending him flying into the Screaming Wall, Splattering him on the intense soundwaves

"OOOOOh Nasty" Ophelia said impressed as they at last reached the base of the Screaming Wall, Eddie and Ophelia gave it glance over before Eddie turned around and addressed the Bouncers

"Okay, you guys want to help out?" he asked, getting a nod. "Alright then, can you do this " /he asked stacking his fist on top of each

"Yeah, we can do that" they said as two of them stack each of their fist, making a staircase for him,

"Great now, over here " Eddie said pointing towards the wall "I'll be right back" he said to the group, while giving Ophelia a wink

"We're helping " they said happily as Eddie walked up his makeshift staircase, and proceeded to remove several amps from the walls, causing feedback from the wall knocking everyone down

"Eddie!" Ophelia cried out worried for Eddie's safety, but she didn't have to worry for very long. As Eddie stepped out with Amps in hands smiling down at them with his signature grin ''Oh thank the Titans" she muttered to herself

"You good up there Eddie" Roxas called out

"Oh yeah I'm good, the shockwave almost knocked me down, but I'm good" as he hopped down with Amps in tow. "Roxas go up there grab the other 2 "

"No problem, just give me a moment." Roxas responded before turning to Namine "Wish me luck Beautiful" he said giving her a kiss on the cheek before running up the wall.

"Wait he can do that" Ophelia asked shocked

"Oh yeah, cool huh" Roxas said smirked

"Since when?"

"Since Always" he replied making Ophelia's eye twitch and Namine Giggle

"Your boyfriend is a pain in the ass." Ophelia said looking at Namine

"Little bit, but aren't all boyfriends " Namine asked coyly

"I wouldn't know."

"You might, soon who knows? Namine replied, giving a cheeky smile before walking away as Eddie and Roxas finished setting the Roadie's with their new amps. It seemed to make them a little top heavy.

"Alright, be careful with those. The feedback from them is deadly." Eddie warned "Now lift with your knee, not your backs" he advised "you got it' ' he asked, getting a nod. " Go now let's get moving as Eddie hopped on top of them, connecting Clementine to the Amp.

The Journey back up the hill was honestly rather uneventful, sure there were the occasional, attack by Seagulls, where they would try swarm the amps, but Eddie would blast them with intense sound waves, or they were shot out of the Air by Namine and her Skulltriggers. The only really exciting thing that happened was, a group of Gitterfists that tried to jump them, only to end up being riddled with Razor boar fire.

"Nice Work Ladies" Ophelia said to her Razor Girls "No problem boss" the lead one said as the lead the group back up hill where Mangus and the Tour Bus were waiting for them.

"You thought of everything, didn't you!" Ophelia said to Eddie warmly

"Well, I wanted to make sure got back here before your boyfriend got jealous" Eddie smirked making Ophelia raised an eyebrow

"Oh, don't say stupid stuff " she smirked cutely

"Well, it's pretty clear you love Lars" Eddie said confused

" Of course I do, he's a great man" she explained "an inspirational leader, selfless, heroic…not that hard to look at either" she as Eddie smirked and moved closer. She would have continued if Eddie had turned her towards him, pulled her close and they two proceeded to kiss passionately with the smoke machine billowing in the background. "He's like a brother to me" she said breathlessly and happily

"Oh, it's about time" Roxas muttered to Namine and Mangus who nodded in agreement. "Namine, hand me the Camera."

"Unfortunately, we don't have one." she said giggling

"Shit!" Roxas grumbled "oh well let's go congratulate the happy couple" he said before he noticed waving his to give them space as they resumed making out. "Or not" he chuckled as they left Eddie and Ophelia in their own little world.

"Do you mind if we went back separately?" she asked? "I just don't think a bunch of gossip would help us right now, okay?'

"Gotcha" Eddie said in agreement, as he watched her leave.

"Soo guess it's official huh?" Namine smirked, "I'm so happy for you both."

"Yeah, good Job Eddie." Roxas said fist bumping him " All you have to do is not fuck it up."

"Oh, I won't." He replied, "not after all that."

"All right then good, then as your friend let me give you some advice."

"And that would be?" he asked curious what advice a 17-year-old could give

"Trust in her." he said smiling "Just trust her and support her when she needs you most and you can't go wrong."

"That's it?"

"That's it." Roxas said before picking up Namine Bridal style, carrying her to the Skullrider "After all it worked for me" he said before he and Namine hopped on the bike "now come on Eddie, let's go clean LionWhytes Clock.

Eddie smirked "Yeah let's go! "As the Trio headed back to camp for some rest, as tomorrow was the day, the day Lionwhyte would fall.