" i think your confused"

"Huh?"

Seeing that his rival didn't understand he continued, "the reason i entered this competition was to show you my power" gingka looked at the leon user in confusion not really understanding the situation entirely "i never had any interest in joining team japan" this shocked gingka, now he really doesn't know what his rival, kyoya, was saying. Why wouldn't he want to join team japan? They had strong bladers like yuu, tsubasa masamune and let's not forget about naruto, taking a second to really think about it, he realized how powerful that team would've been. The trio of kyoya, naruto and himself with masamune, tsubasa, or yuu has the sub? They would've been unbeatable.

"What are you talking about kyoya? What's the angle?. Turning his head to face him he have gingka a fierce look, the look of a lion waiting to catch his prey. For the last couple of months all kyoya has done is train, battle, and train some more. He is determined to defeat gingka and prove why he's the strongest blader. There's only one person in the world i want to defeat and it's you gingka" pointing at him he gave a slight smirk, almost unnoticable, "a world championship? Now that's interesting. On that great big stage it'll be just you and me and this time gingka you'll be defeated by me. Finally finishing what he wanted to say he turned on his heel and started walking away.

Gingka seeing this reached out to kyoya he wasn't done speaking to him he still had a lot to say to his long time rival, why does he always have to be so difficult? "Wait, wait kyoya wait a minute" not listening to him kyoya disappeared into the hallway leaving a stunned gingka to just stare where he last stood, Before he could do anything though, he realized something else was exiting the hallway not really seeing what it was gingka stared for a bit, but what came out terrified him. It was leon kyoyas bey run at him full speed with a predatory look in his eyes. Reaching his target, Leon jumped at gingka claws out and mouth open to devore the ginger haired blader.

"AHHHHHH"

waking up immediately gingka continued to scream, waking up masamune in the process. Looking around masamune was confused and on high alert thinking something bad happened and was looking around frantically. Finally gathering his bearing gingka looked dazed for a second, almost trying to distinguish whether or not this was a dream or reality.

"It was just a dream"

sounding a bit relieved he was also puzzled with out realistic the dream felt it. It felt like he was back at the arena when kyoya had just one his match making him an official member of team japan " it was just a dream???!!, that's all when you perfectly know i need my beauty sleep" masamune was annoyed and a bit irritated " it must've been a really scary dream huh, seriously you are such a baby gingka. Masamune would never let gingka hear the end of it. The great and all might Gingka Hagane is still crying over bad dream? Yeah he'll definitely use this against him for the rest of his life.

But before he could get another word out gingka unexpectedly jumped out of bed not responding to any of masamune protests of ginkga ignoring him. Ginkga on the other hand was still lost in thought, moving towards the window gingka stared at the amazing view before him. A wide land a grass with palm trees around with a big pool in the middle, while you are able to see the city of india in the distance, perplexed with the beautiful view gingka had only one thought in mind "i wonder what inda holds for us"

"Hahaha i wish i could've seen that" currently the whole gang was sitting in the lobby of the hotel they were staying at and yuu was laughing at the story masamune just told, gingka screaming because of a bad dream? Yeah that was hilarious but as much fun as it is to make fun of him he also could sympathize, " but i understand why gingki is so edgy, i mean today is the battle between africa's representatives and india's representatives after all. Madoka seeming a bit worried for gingka since it isn't usual for him to be like this at all " i don't understand why you're getting nervous before your rivals battle" masamune made a snarky remark about gingka and kyoya being rivals, he thought him and gingka were rivals so what's up with this other guy?

"So kyoya is here huh?" tsubasa remembers the last time him anf kyoya fought and how that battle had a brutal ending, leaning back into the couch masamune reminisced about that battle "well it's true that kyoyas battle with tsubasa was amazing for sure" then he smirked and with full confidence he stated " but if it were me i'd finish a guy like that with one move" rolling her eyes at the stupidity of masamune madoka had to explain that gingka and kyoyas history go way back and he wouldn't understand the importance of the situation "yeah and who knew that he would enter the world championship through another country, I bet right now new it's becoming big news in japan.staying quiet the entire time naruto finally asked the question that's been on his mind

"uh guys"

getting the attention of everyone naruto stretched the back of his head sheepishly with an awkward smile on his face "who's kyoya?" dumbfounded everyone looked at the white haired boy, how could he not know who kyoya is? Tokyo may be it's on state but it's still apart of japan and the fight between kyoya and tsubasa was worldwide or even his fight with Ryuga. How could someone from the country of japan not know who one of it's strongest bladers are? " uhh fishcakes, have you been living under a rock or something? I mean how could you not know who Kyoya is? Looking around he could see that everyone was somewhat agreeing with that yuu was saying, scratching his head again he explained.

"Well you see when i ran away from home i was on the road a lot, not really staying in one place, a couple months hear a couple months there. Some places had things like electricity so i was able to watch some of the battle bladers tournament which is how I knew who gingka was, but other than that I mostly stayed to myself and trained"

"How old were you when you ran away?" turning his head toward madoka who seems a little nervous to ask that question he thought about it for a second, it had been so long since he thought of that day, the day where he finally had enough the day he decided he'd leave and become the strongest blader.after his pause he answered in a light tone as if he was reliving the memory " i ran away when i was 11, it's been a little over 5 years now. frowning tsubasa felt bad for the younger boy running away from home at the age of 11 is heartbreaking and to hear what happened in his past was even worse.

"wbba news, today we have some hot beyblade world championship news for you so you should listen up the second round battle is taking place today is the indian representative team chandora going up against the african representative team wild fang. but there is more to the story my friends, check out wild fangs leader kyoya, as you all remember kyoya won a spot as a representative for japan but refused the position, and is now participating in the world championships as a member of africas team. we can only wonder what kind of tricks he has up his sleeve for this battle, but the best news is that this battle will be broadcasted live right here in japan!!

kenta ran as fast as he could towards the arena, but while trying to find a seat he had one thing on mind, " where could he be? he wouldn't miss the chance to watch kyoyas battle, benkei where are you"? he was worried for his bull loving friend, he hasn't seen him in awhile and has no idea where he could be.

in another part of the area we have hikaru who looked shocked by the amount of people that came to watch this battle, "this is amazing isn't it director" her eyes were glued on the view below the entire arena was packed, everyone came to watch the battle taking place in india, "the battle hasn't even started yet but people are totally pumped" nodding his head in agreement, the director was also shocked with how many people were there and how excited everyone was. "i've never seen this much enthusiasm for a battle other than japans, it's no exaggeration to say that all of japan's attention is now focused on this battle of kyoyas.

back in india the gang was gathered around madoka and her laptop and they were also shocked to see how many people were watching this battle at home. rolling his eyes, masamune couldn't understand why everyone was losing their minds about this kyoya guy, "what's so great about this kyoya guy anyway?" the way they've been talking their making it seem like he's the strongest blader out there. and gingkas rival? well whatever masamune was the worlds number 1 blader and he'll defeat anyone in his path to prove it.

"it's because he's the real deal"

"everyone knows the epic battles kyoyas has fought in"

"so you said he's your rival right" looking at the white haired boy gingka nodded "mhm he's been my rival ever since i moved to japan he's a super strong blader". tilting his head naruto seemed a bit confused, "so he's beaten you in battle then?" taken aback gingka shook his head before responding, "no he hasn't, but every time we battle it's epic, most of the time it even ends in a draw" nodding in agreement madoka added her two cents, "that's right gingka and kyoyas battles are legendary, but gingka always finds away to come out on top"

"so your telling me your rivals with someone who's never beaten you? and the closest he's ever gotten is a tie? that doesn't really sound like a rivalry to me, more like an obsession to beat you" his voice almost seemed dry when speaking like he didn't understand what was going on nor did he care to. bursting out laughing masamune couldn't help himself, he was in the same mindset but wasn't going to say anything about it but hearing the way naruto spoke about this all mighty kyoya was hilarious.

nevertheless the director also explained that if team wild fang won today that they would battle them in round three which gingka was excited about, wanting another chance to battle his rival. the director also explained that the winner of that battle will advance to the A-block finals. shocked the gang paid more attention to the explanation even naruto seemed a bit interested in this. "if you guys make it your opponent will be the winner of team excalibur and a team from the constellation round will return to the championship as the wildcard, and the battles to decide which team will be the wild card have already started, the Russian team, the arabian team, and the chinese team are all competing to make it.

talking about the constellation is rounds masamune seemed bumped at the opportunity to battle team wang hu zhong again with gingka agreeing, while tsubasa believes team excalibur would beat wang hu zhong stating that their power is on a whole another level. deciding it was something to deal with another time the gang decide to go and watch the inda team and the africa team. after watching an interesting pre game interview where team Chandora claimed they would beat team wild fang in two battles the stage was set

(at the arena)

the gang was waiting for the first battle again everyone seemed excited expected for a certain white haired boy with blue tips, seeming bored, like he would rather be anywhere but here he was always a bit curious about the kyoya guy and what kind of power he has.

"what matters is your okay gingka, you finally have a chance to see kyoya again don't you want to me with him" closing his eyes gingka thought about it, it would be nice to see his rival and someone he considered a friend, even though it was a weird friendship it would still be cool to speak to him again. opening his eyes again he spoke with a smile on his face "there's no need to do that" the gang was shocked with gingkas answer, thinking he would jump at the first opportunity to speak to his rival. "just like benkei said the battle is everything to a blader, it's no big deal at all i can see how much kyoya has changed his style from here" raising his eyebrows a bit naruto couldn't help but give a little smirk with a thought running through his mind

"well said gingka, well said"

the announcer not wanting to waste any time was ready to introduce the bladers. " now after that ridiculous press conference let's introduce the bladers! first let's give it up for india's representatives our very own team Chandora. the crowd went into an uproar of cheers trying to give team chandora all the support they could muster

"send those fake fangs flying"

"you guys are my hero's"

"send those kitties home with their tails between their legs"

"next laddies and gentlemen let's introduce team wild fang" opening the curtain nobody was the leaving everyone shocked "say what? where is team wild fang? have the given up before the match started? looking back at the curtain, everyone heard footsteps, it was slow, one tap after another it was almost hypnotizing.

tap

tap

tap

tap

tap

gingka held his breath waited in anticipation not knowing who would come out.

tap

tap

tap

tap

"wow it's kyoya" turning his eye to make eye contact with gingka, the leon user had a stare off with the pegasus user which everyone took note of. "he was looking over here" "amazing even in the huge crowd he spotted out gingka immediately"

now that all the bladers are here they can finally put their beys where their mouths are and see who will be the team to take its first lost, in the first round it's vridick vs nile. "it's no surprise nile's goings first that seems to be the teams pattern" turing his head at madoka tsubasa couldn't help but agree "yes nile's always wins the first match, then kyoya cleans it out in the second

"alright folks let's get this party started" both bladers put their beys on the launcher and began the countdown.

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LET IT RIP

both beys landed inside the arena and immediately circling each other, not wanting to waste any time vridick sent his bey after niles. "go now storm serpent" storm serpent started rapidly attacking nile's bey vulcan Horuseus "oh yea send it flying storm serpent" not seeming worried at all nile smiled no way this guy thought he had a chance of winning it was almost laughable.

"flap your wings Horuseus" speeding up so now that horuseus was behind storm serpent, horuseus sent a devastating blow to his opponent sending him flying in the air, vridicks team on the other hand did not like this.

"oh no"

"what happened"

before anyone could understand what just occurred nile's released his special move. "special move horuseus mystic zone" a golden rey of light shot up into the sky taking form of a dome, after the light died down what everyone saw shocked them.

"unbelievable in a blink of an eye storm serpent has been thrown out of the stadium" everyone was speechless not knowing what to say or how to react nobody expected for the battle to end this quickly, the battle might have 1 minute tops. "if you would've told me this battle was gonna end this quickly i would've called you a lier!"

smirking nile's walked back up towards where his team was while kyoya was walking down passing each other, they gave a nod of understanding. furious with what has happened, salhan clenched his fist his eyes were filled with furry, looking at kyoya who seemed calm, to calm, almost uncaring made his anger sky rocket even more. "this ends now" marching down the stairs. "now laddies and gentlemen we have both team leaders facing each other team wild fang has just ended Chandora undefeated streak, will salhan defeat kyoya and end their undefeated streak as well?

"things sure are getting lively"

hearing this only caused salhans anger to rise even more who does this punk think he is? coming into their country acting like they own it? oh no, he was going to put kyoya in his place. " you better laugh it up while you can okay kyoya, i've been preparing for this day along time i have studied all your battles, im gonna make you disappear right now" giving an argent smirk at the comments kyoya told him to try his best placing his bey on the launcher.

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let it rip

wasting no time kyoya wanted to end this quickly, he was going to show everyone especially gingka the power he has gained. " leon lion gale force wall" hearing this frightened salhan a bit, the battle just began and he already is using his special move? Hearing the command leon unleashed a massive tornado with leon in the middle of it, the attack pushed flame serpent to the edge of the arena. "oh your still there huh?" scowling salhan refused to lose to someone like kyoya especially not in his home country. "i'm not going anywhere not until i beat you, go flame serpent. spinning even faster flame serpent began circling around leon's gale force wall in a zig zag motion, faster keep going flame serpent. the bey started leaving a trail of fire behind surrounding leon in nothing but heat.

"hahha is this hot enough for you kyoya? hahaha"

in the stance madoka shot up shocked " i get it, flame serpents rotation is heating up the ground their by creating an updraft in the very arena its self.

back in the arena because of all the heat the gale force wall started to open up showing leon defenseless, taking advantage of this opportunity salhan attacked "go flame serpent special move burning barrage" glowing a hot red flame serpents speed increased before launching himself towards leon, after the attack succeeded the gale force wall completely disappeared leaving the crowd shocked. feeling confident salhan made his opinion known

"how's that, your wind control techniques won't work here what did i tell you"

"you've told me nothing"

"huh?"

"the opponent your thinking of is the old kyoya not this one, someone like you is no match the new me, only one person can challenge me" turning his head he pointed to the person he was talking about. "gingka, you and you alone" this shocked the entire crowd and now everyone was looking at them. feeling a bit annoyed with all the sudden attention naruto felt a tick mark form on his forehead and had one thought in mind "did he really have to do all that?"

"in order to defeat you gingka ive worked without rest for months to keep on improving my blading skills, asking myself what should i do to win against you, what do i need to stop pegasus" the tic mark on naruto's head grew there's no way this guy was in the middle of a battle, turned his back from the battle, then started ranting about how he'll beat another blader in the stands. this is ridiculous.

"i found it, i found those answers"

having enough of being ignored salhan attacked "pay attention kyoya you have to get through me first" how dare this guy turn his back on him during the battle? how much of a cocky bastard can the guy be?. leon completely nullified the attack leaving salhan in shock, " go now leon do it" leaving the center of the arena leon started to attack back hard, one hit, two hits three hits, these barrages of attacks kept on coming and their was nothing salhan was able to do about it.

"how is this possible leon's a defense type bey"

"but it's acting like an attack type"

smiling wildly kyoya stated to the entire crowd how leon was unbeatable. which hit tsubasa pretty hard " i know that feeling, i felt the same drive and desire to win a refusal to lose and it nearly destroyed me, if we end up having to battle wild fang what then?

"not done yet" back in the arena leon finished with his barrage of attacks and spun around the arena in a circle before launching himself in the air " watch closely now gingka, watch and witness the lions new fangs" glowing a deep green leon flipped in the air facing down at the arena the a vacuum of a tornado came from leon more powerful and deadly then the one before everyone is shocked by this.

"what is that"?

"the tornado is facing downwards"

leon crashed down on flame serpent and sent him flying out of the stadium and into the stands

"AND THE WINNER IS KYOYA", "with this victory team wild fang moves on the the third round and remain undefeated"

clutching onto leon kyoya spoke out for everyone to hear, "this is nothing at all"

"huh"

"hear me gingka i'm holding back leon's true power for when we battle" and after getting over his shock gingka yelled back with a new fire in his eyes "i look forward to it, i'll be ready to meet your challenge kyoya"

"THERE YOU HAVE IT FOLKS TEAM GAN GAN GALAXYS NEXT OPPONETS WILL BE TEAM WILD FANG AND THE STAGE FOR THIS FAITHFUL THROW DOWN BETWEEN RIVAL WILL BE RIGHT HERE IN JAPAN

(konoha)

after pausing the tv minato looked at his wife, they watched the entire battle and were surprised with the strength team wild fang had. Seeing she was deep in thought he was about to ask what's wrong when she shot up, "my baby's going to been in japan" understanding what she was implying minato also stood up, "kushina you know as well as i do we can't just force him to come back during the world championship he's already enlisted as a member of japan" looking down for a second, kushina looked like she was going to burst into tears. Seeing this minato embraced his wife in a deep hug allowing her to cry in his arms "i miss him so much" rubbing the back of her long red hair minato tried to comfort her,

"but he probably hates me and who wouldn't? im a terrible mother for what i did to him" minato himself was becoming a bit emotional feeling the same way his wife felt. then an idea popped into his head, "why don't we take a family trip to japan" looking up at her husband kushina was shocked speechless. "me, you mito, narumi and even suki lord knows she'll kill me if i don't let her come he said in a light hearted tone causing his wife to chuckle a bit. wiping her tears. she agreed with minatos idea her son may hate her but she wanted to at least see him, speak to him, apologize for everything and let him know he is always welcomed home whenever.

"okay minato let's go see naru"

a/n:bit of a longer chapter but how do we feel about it? now things are starting to move along, its kind of hard because i'm the series everything starts off slow before getting to the good stuff but im trying to work on that leave a review and i hope you enjoy the next chapter