Currently the director and hikaru were in their office watching the previous battle. They were both very impressed with Nile's strength as a blader. "What a strong blader, that nile guy is for real" nodding his head in agreement saying oh this just proves how strong the bladers are across the world. "This is why we're holding this tournament in the first place"

"Could you really afford to be so calm director?"

hikaru was confused, how could the director be so nonchalant about this? Gan Gan galaxy are down 0-1 and if they lose they'll be out of the world championships, not to mention the next battle that'll be taking place.Hikaru knew how strong gingka was but she also knew the only guy who can match his strength was kyoya, gingka could very well lose this battle"

"Hikaru"

Being stunned into silence she saw the serious look her director was giving her it was almost chilling, the goofy in his face was gone replaced with a cold stare, "we must remain neutral in terms of whom we support, we cannot show any show any preference for one team over another" The WBBA was hosting the world championships and the directors son was a representative of team japan so they had to be very careful with what they do, they couldn't afford ruining anything because the public thought they were showing favoritism towards their home country and him his son. Hikaru understanding what her boss was saying apologized for her words, "and always remember hikaru"

"Yes sir?"

"The phoenix"

"Sir?"

"We just have to hope that the immortal bird flight can somehow help gan gan galaxy"

Sweatdropping hikaru could only shake her head in amusement while her boss broke out into a goofy laugh, she should've known the director was a goof ball through and through.

In the waiting room gingka, madoka, tsubasa, kenta and yuu were looking at masamune worriedly while naruto gave him a bit of a sympathetic look. Gingka was preparing to speak until they heard masamunes words. "I'm sorry everyone" yuu stepping up tried to keep his friend in high spirits. "Hey masamune this thing isn't over yet, we just have to win the next two matches" adding on to what yuu was saying kenta also tried to cheer him up, "That's right masamune we still have gingka and naruto left" tsubasa then cutting kenta off closed his eyes before speaking as if he were choosing his words carefully. "of course the opponent for the second match is kyoya and he won't be easy to beat" madoka stepping in tried to give the group confidence reminding them that they still had gingka and if he won they had naruto to finish it off. Yuu however wasn't helping at all jumping up and down like the child he was, "i think kyoyo has a new special move for you gingka, im so pumped to see it.

"REMEMBER WHOS SIDE YOUR ON YUU"

naruto let out a deep breath getting a curious look from everyone. "Masamune" at first masamune didn't raise his head he kept it fixated on the table to ashamed to look at the white haired boy,naruto seeing this sighed and spoke again in a more authoritative ton "masamune look at me" flinching the boy in question slowly looked up towards where the divine blader was sitting, naruto was sitting on the bench with his back to the wall with one of his legs resting on the on that same bench."you needed this" now that shocked everyone in the room, masamuunes eyes widen at those words not understanding what naruto was saying, seeing that , naruto spoke before anyone could cut in.

"this showed you that this is real life, you aren't number one just because you scream it every five minutes, no the title of number one is something you earn it's something that's given to you, when you've trained so hard you almost die of exhaustion, until you destroy every blader in your bath then and only then will the world proclaim you as number one" stunned was the only thing to describe the room nobody knew what to say or even how to react to what naruto had just said, "look at gingka for example" now everyone looked at the ginger haired blader,

"he won battle bladers, he defeated everyone in his way and defeated the big bad, the unbeatable bey L drago" just hearing the name sent a shiver down everyone's spine "the world saw his power saw his courage, and his will to never give up and that's why they honored him with the title of world's strongest, the number one blader, you've done nothing to earn that title so don't disrespect it by proclaiming you're number one just because it sounds cool yo-"

"Naruto that's enough"

Looking at the mechanic girl who had just cut him off he saw she had concern in her eyes for masamune, finally looking at the boy he saw that he was now looking down with his fits clenched and his eyes closed, "you didn't have to be that harsh naruto" rolling his eyes naruto leaned back against the wall, he said what he said and he didn't regret it, he was tired of masamunes attitude and him thinking he's the best. Naruto has never seen masamune train, or do the type of training it takes to have such a title, he has no right to go around claiming he's number one when he can't even defeat a B-rank blader.

"No he's right" now that startled the group, they've never seen masamune like this before, so down and out. It didn't look right on him. "I haven't done anything to earn the title of number one blader, shoot i can't even say i'm number two, this whole time all i've wanted to do was be number one it's the only thing i dreamed for and i thought if i kept on saying it eventually it'll happen". Clenching his fists he finally looked up with a look of fire in his eyes " but from here on out things will be different, i'll work twenty time harder, me and striker won't stop until we reach our goal of number one" tsubasa, yuu, madoka, gingka all gave masamune smiles of encouragement. Nodding his head naruto yet again was impressed with masamune and his dedication to never give up "good and i hope you reach it to the top because once you get their you'll have to battle me"

"Bring it on"

(stadium)

"Laddies and gentlemen the battle we've all been waiting for competing for the african representatives team wild fang and the man with winds like a tornado kyoya, and for the japanese representatives gan gan galaxy and the guy who controls the winged horse that could gallop across galaxies our battle bladers world champion give it up for gingka. After both boys made it to the stadium they had a stare off neither of them refusing to back down from the other, you could see the tension in the air, "the time has finally come kyoya and i hope your ready" smirking kyoya told gignka he wasn't here to talk just to battle, this was his moment, all the hard work all the training was for this opportunity to finally defeat gingka and show the world why he's the best both bladers glared at each other while preparing their beys

"All right laddies and gentlemen i think you all what time it is so lets go"

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Both beys met in the middle with an epic clash both going all out from the beginning, in the end both beys got shot back to either sides of the arena leon moved towards the center while pegasus circled the stadium, not wanting to waste any time gingka attacked, "go now pegasus send him flying" the winged horse shot towards leon preparing to attack. Before he could reach the beastly lion kyoya called out his lion gale force wall. "Would you look at that folks a special move right out the gate" Gingka smirked getting excited for the rush of a good battle, "now your talking, well try this" pegasus launched towards the whirling tornado at top speed bursting right through it surprising everyone, now thinking he had the upper hand gingka sent pegasus at leon giving the bey a barrage of attacks pushing him back further and further away from the center of the stadium, "keep attacking pegasus" now the winged horse had leon at the edge of the stadium attacking him left and right it seems that leon was going to lose to a stadium out.

"Hahahaha, oh this is fun" kyoya was enjoying himself to much, for the first time he's fighting a good battle, there wasn't anyone who could challenge kyoya and because of that he became bored, he almost forgot the thrill of a good battle. Calling out the gingers name he pointed his finger at him, he wanted to make sure gingka understood every word he was about to say "gingka, battling with you is the only reason i came all the way here, so come on let's see more of your attack power" smiling gingka nodded and commanded his partner to attack leon even harder. Taking command, Pegasus backed up to gain momentum then sped up towards Leon attacking him with as much power he could muster. But to everyones surprise the attack did nothing,

"It didn't even budge" continuing off what masamune madoka explained what just happened "that's rock leons power, it's defensive power is like an iron walled fortress." then they saw leon go from defensive to offenses and started to attack pegasus. Attack after attack leon was relentless not giving pegasus any time to react, gingka having an idea sent pegasus to move towards the edge of the stadium, then it jumped and soared in the air then crashed down on leon, after landing pegasus attacked again, then again. "Pegasus go now" after hearing his master pegasus glowed blue and blazed towards the edge of the stadium before jumping off again, but this time he went higher and higher, "pegasus star booster attack" letting his wings spread pegasus was preparing to use his signature move until kyoya smirked.

"Bad move pal"

gingka being confused asked kyoya what he meant until he saw what happened next. "Special move true lion gale force wall" glowing a bright green leon exploded in a gust of wind, this gale force wall was 158% stronger than the regular gale force wall. This was the true power of rock leon. Gingkas special move was completely nullified and the winged horse was shot back down to the stadium, "i've mastered the tornado gingka, i'm the king of the tornado"

Now leon started attack pegasus and the roles have changed pegasus was on the ropes now and it looked like at this rate he'll lose "true lion wild wing fang dance" launching another special move the tornado came back to life at full force pushing pegasus into the air, after pegasus landed kyoya smiled "i'm not done gingka"

"What?"

"True king lion tearing blast" a multitude of tornados came to life now dancing around each other howling like a lion. Pushing around pegasus, "ladies and gentlemen kyoyas attack are quick and sharp but somehow gingka still is able to hold on" gingka realized that kyoya was going to try and end it using his new special move he used against the indian team, kyoya sent leon into the air and gingka did the same, gingka believing he's won the battle in the sky told kyoya he would have to do better than that. Kyoya on the other hand wasn't fazed, using gale force wall mid air pushing him higher in the air. Once he realized he had the advantage he called upon his move. "Special move king lion reverse wind strike" turning upside down leon shot a tornado down towards the still air bound pegasus who was shot down to the ground, grinning widly kyoya gave gingka a victorious smirk. "How'd you like that"

"I've seen worst" to everyone's surprise pegasus was still spinning "hang on pegasus" now believing he had one kyoya mentioned how the true power of his move begins now. Madoka realizing what kyoya was saying pulled out her note pad even naruto who had been quietly observing the entire fight looked interested and leaned in to hear what she had to say, "it's a back spin, because leon is flipped over the rotation of the tornado is reversed and so it's pushing against pegasus rotation. Realizing his partner was losing a lot of bey speed he commanded him to get out but the back spin left him stuck, "this ends now gingka", leon was coming down full force preparing to end it, "no i can't let it end like this, in refuse to lose, go pegasus" now shinning a bright blue pegasus power rose tremendously preparing for the attack coming,

"Leon"

"Pegasus"

And explosion covered the arena in smoke, nobody could see anything. When the smoke cleared everyone was shock at the outcome, gingka and kyoya both passed out and their beys had stopped spinning. "Ladies and gentleman this epic battle has ended in a draw" running down to help.

(with the namikaze)

"That was so cool" mito had stars in her eyes she couldn't believe the match she just watched and how powerful those guys were, looking at her sister, narumi agreed vivdly "i thought gingka was going to win for sure but i didn't know that kyoya guy was so strong" satsuki was also in shock, she had never seen to blader pass out during a battle before "do you guys think they'll be okay?" looking down they saw the two teams went down to the stadium to help their friends get to the waiting room. "Hopefully both bladers will be okay but this is also a good thing for gan gan galaxy because now they still have a chance to win this" that means they'll watch naruto battle next'' each person paid a more attention waiting in anticipation to see naruto battle for the first time and how much stronger he's gotten

(waiting room)

"I can't believe gingka got trashed out there" Masamune was shaking, he thought gingka would beat that kyoya guy for sure he didn't think his friend would end up unconscious that battle was brutal. Tsubasa tried to give masamune some reassurance saying they still have a chance to win since it was a tie, then the announcer spoke on the T.V.

"Gan gan galaxy has one more chance, but it's not going to be a cake walk after the second match they have one loss and one tie and in the next match a tie won't cut it they must win or their run in this tournament is over and done with there is no tomorrow, their opponent team wild fang is going into the third match with one win and one tie this is a big lead over gan gan galaxy theres no time to rest because the next match is in 15 minutes can gan gan galaxy win and even the score? Or will wild fang take victory and advance to the A-Block finals and who will decide the fate of these teams? Well these guys" a picture of naruto and demure was shown on the screen " demure or naruto" Yuu was looking around a bit confused " do any of you know what demure is like" shrugging his shoulders masamune himself didn't know "who knows he hasn't fought in any battles so we're in the dark. "His abilities are unknown we really have no clue how he'll do in battle so we have no way to come up with some kind of strategy" madoka was worried, everything was going wrong. Her friend was unconscious masamune was still shaken up with his lost and this is their last chance to advance to the A-Block finale.

" i don't need a strategy"

Turning their head they saw naruto who had his eyes closed and was leaning against the wall, opening his eyes he spoke in a chilling tone. "I'm winning the next match and after i win i'm fighting again in the last match. Yuu, masamune and even tsubasa spoke out in protest. " nu uh no way fishcakes i didn't get a chance to fight like masa and ginkgi i want to battle" yuu was complaining like a child, naruto wouldn't be surprised if the kid started rolling around on the ground. "Yeah it's not fair i know i lost my last battle but this is my chance to redeem myself" tsubasa stayed quiet for a moment he knew where this was going and what naruto was going to say " there's no point in arguing you guys" masamune and yuu looked at tsubasa in shock "what do you mean tsubasa don't you want to battle" shaking his head tsubasa realized he had to elaborate, you would've thought by now they understood, "you guys are sub members, you only get to battle if one of us let you battle for us, i would be next if naruto wins the next battle and since he's willing to fight twice i'll let him fight in my sted" tsubasa wasn't ready to battle yet, the dark power still has a bit of control over him and he's afraid what'll happen if he had to battle under circumstances like these. Gritting their teeth masamune and yuu were upset they couldn't battle completely forgetting about the rules with being a sub. Turning his head so he faced naruto masamune put his fist out. " you better go out there and kick some serious wild fang butt" smirking naruto followed the gesture placing his fist out so their fits met and they bumped " don't worry i planned on it"

(arena)

"Alright ladies and gentlemen this is gan gan galaxies last chance of survival, will demure and team wild find take the victory or will naruto come and save them from elimination, grab your popcorn because this is going to be an epic battle" naruto was walking towards the stadium, taking his time lost in thought. Looking up he was a bit confused, demure was walking towards the stadium as well but it wasn't just him benkei was walking with him. "Huh? Bull, what are you doing this battle is for naruto and demure, what are you doing?"

Benkei ignored the instructor and looked towards naruto,"we formally request a team battle, we challenge you to a team battle right here and now, what do you say naruto? This was a shock to everyone because no one expected wild fang to request something like this, maybe they didn't like their chance fighting naruto one on one so they thought a team battle would give them a better chance of winning? "Well did you hear that folks? Wild fang requests a team battle"

"A team battle"

"What are they planning"

Yuu was now thinking, masamune got to battle, Gingka got to battle and tsubasa didn't want to battle. So that meant it was his turn. Benkei asked naruto if he accepted, waiting to see how he would respond. Before he could though they heard Yuus scream of yes as he was running down to the stadium. "Of course we accept" yuu now standing a few feet away from naruto started to explain "fishcakes it makes sense, instead of fighting demure who we know nothing about, it's much smarter to battle with ben ben who we know all about, and since you've never fought ben ben before you should have someone who knows all his moves to help. We absolutely can't lose this battle, so please let me battle pretty please" naruto had a choice now, he could decline benkeis offer and fight demure, but doing that would mean they would have to fight again which would be annoying to deal with, or he could accept benkeis offer and have you as a tag team partner which again if they won they would still have to battle again. Naruto in all honesty didn't want to drag this round longer then it had to be, he wanted it to be over already. Coming up with an idea naruto looked at benkei. "Okay i accept your challenge" grinning ear to ear yuu started to jump up and down thanking naruto for letting him battle, he was about to pull out his bey when naruto stopped him. "But i also have a request" rasing his eyebrow benkei asked naruto what his request was and what naruto said shocked them, "ill fight the both of you alone, if you win it's over for us but if i win then that counts as two wins and we advance,do we have a deal?

"Woah ladies and gentlemen what a plot twist, naruto accepts the offer but wants to fight a one versus two battle and the winner advances, this is high stakes high rewards everyone what will team wildfang do"

(with the namikaze)

Everyone in the booth was dumbfounded when they heard what naruto just said not believing he was serious. "Why would big bro do this?" Sure he's strong but going up against two bladers he knows nothing about isn't the smartest decision. Minato and kushina gave each other worried looks, they didn't want anything bad to happen to their son, "he's strong but can he really take on two bladers like this? Satsuki on the other hand was silent, completely lost in thought, after a second she let out a soft smile. "Just as impatient as ever, you never change naru" narumi looked at everyone then back at the stadium "guys look it's about to start" everyone in the room looked back at the stadium with laser focus.

(stadium)

Yuu was whining, he quite literally was rolling around on the ground "but fishcake it's not fair, i want to battle, i want to battle, i want to battle" he kept on repeating the words thinking eventually he'll get his way. Sweatdropping naruto looked at the child rolling on the ground before giving a sigh, kneeling down naruto spoke to the kid. "Yuu you'll have plenty of other opportunities to fight but right now i'm tired and want this to be over with so for the love of god can you believe stop embarrassing yourself and go back with the team" his voice was now serious and demanding. Yuu now looking up saw the seriousness on naruto's face and knew at that moment he wasn't going to battle, pouting yuu got up and pointed at naruto, "you better win this fishcakes" afterward he ran back towards the team. Turning to face benkei he asked his question "do you accept?" benkei on the other hand was grinning ear to ear, this guy wanted to fight the both of them alone? This was going to be like taking candy from a baby " we accept your challenge naruto"

"This is incredible ladies and gentlemen benkei has just accepted narutos challenge to face them one on two, lets get this party started" all three bladers put their beys on the launcher and waited for the countdown.

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As the three beys landed on the stadium dark bull and counter scorpio both attacked divine albon, albon on the other hand met their attacks head on causing an explosion. "Would you look at that ladies and gentlemen it seems that divine albon is matching the power of both beys" gritting his teeth benkei commanded bull to attack albon, glowing red dark bull sped towards albon with a great amount of force right before the attack connected naruto spoke "divine dividing" the three blades of energy sprouted from albon like wings being unleashed from a dragon. Once the attack connected dark bull was sent flying back towards the edge of the stadium, Benkei saw how his attack was weaker then it usually was but how can that be.demure on the other hand was observing albon he has a talent for seeing things better than everyone else whether it'd be distance or observation. "Divine albon CS 1455 his fusion wheel has two layers more than likely due to a mode change,the extra layers gives him a defensive advantage like a knight in shining armor. but even though he has extra layers he's still quick and able to move swiftly like a dragon, while his performance tip is a CS which allows him great balance, his bey is the perfect combination of balance power and defense, what is he? How is his bey so strong? What weakness can I find? Continuing to watch as benkei continued to attack albon which wasn't affecting the dragon at all demure had an idea

"Benkei wait" now turning to his partner benkei looked a mixture of confused and angry he's been trying to blow narutos bey away for a minute and he's gotten no where, not to mention naruto having that bored look on his face he hasn't even tried to attack back he's just let bull either attack him or he'll evade it. "I have an idea we need to get his bey in the air he has an advantage on the ground so we'll send him in the air and won't let him come back down" benkei nodded it was a solid plan the only hard part is to actually get him in the air

. Naruto hearing this idea rose an eyebrow in all honesty he was already bored with the match and was thinking about using half dimension to finish it already but hearing demures plan interested him, so he'll stick around and see how they plan on stopping him. "okay go now benkei" nodding his head benkei sent dark bull after albon, glowing a bright red he zoomed towards the middle of the stadium where albon was and stroke him.

at first he thought his attack wouldn't work like how it didn't work all the other times but to his surprise divine albon was sent flying into the sky "would you look at that folks it seems that dark bull has finally landed an attack on divine albon, now the question is what will naruto do now" "go now scorpio" demure sent his beg towards albon who was falling to the ground. before the divine being could land back on the stadium floor scorpio jumped and attacked divine albon pushing him back in the air not giving him and time to recover. then benkei went and did the same thing and now they were taking turns on hitting naruto and keeping him airborne.

"ladies and gentlemen what a turn of events, naruto for the first time is on the ropes, benkei and demure aren't giving him anytime to recover. is it all over folks is team gan gan galaxy going to go home today" team gan gan galaxy was shocked, they couldn't believe what they were looking at never before had they seen naruto in a position like this, he's usually the one easily beating his opponents but now it looks as if he's going to lose. "don't give up naruto you can do this" madoka, masamune, yuu, and tsubasa all gave their support trying to help their friend as much as possible.

(in the namikaze booth)

"this can't be"

"he really might lose"

"this doesn't look good at all"

minato and kushina stayed quiet while the girls looked frantic, minato would be worried if it wasn't for the look on his sons face.

calm

almost to calm like he wasn't fazed with anything that was happening at the moment and didn't see any look of shock or fear or worry his son had his eyes closed. it almost looked like he was waiting for something.

"what could he be up to"

(stadium)

after repeating this strategy a couple of times demure could see thag albion's bey speed has lessened tremendously, this was their opportunity to end it. "benkei let him land now he's weakened and almost out of bey speed once he lands use your special move and end it" nodding benkei prepared himself. once albon finally landed on the stadium he was wobbling at this point barely spinning you would've thought at any moment the bey would stop and the match would be over with

"go now dark bull special move bull uppercut" it's over was over demure was sure of it, they didn't give albon to strike back this plan was easier then he thought it would be, in the back of his mind something told him that everything about this was off that something wasn't right but since he was excited to end this battle as quickly as he could he ignored his gut feeling. once bulls attack connected with albon the arena exploded leaving dust all over the place, nobody could see what was going on for a moment until the smoke cleared.

"what is this ladies and gentleman it seems after the barrage of attacks and the special move divine albon is still spinning but how will naruto find a way to win this battle when he's on his last legs"

naruto finally opening his eyes looked disappointed. "was that really the best you could do?" shocked, and a tad bit insulted benkei pointed at naruto and gave him a glare. "best we got? your about to lose buddy right now isn't the time to talk trash at any moment now your beys gonna stop spinning and your gonna be running back to your mommy and daddy with your tail between your legs. benkei knew who naruto was but he didn't know his past, just believing he was a spoiled rich kid who was given everything and when he didn't get his way he ran off.

naruto on his part kept his cool for a moment, then his look of disappointment turned into a vicious glare. "watch what you say pal, it might get you hurt" benkei seeing divine albon was about to stop spinning started laughing, "and what are you going to do about it ? mommy's and daddy's money can't help you now tough guy". naruto's hair was covering his eyes for a moment and the air became cold his aura began to glow a bright white, he looked up with his with his pupils white with a golden slit in the middle scarring the living crap of out benkei for a moment.

"albon"

after hearing his masters command divined albon started to spin faster shocking the crowd, he kept on spinning faster and faster the ground beneath him started to crack from the pressure albon was releasing. "what's this folks? divine albon who looked like he was about to stop spinning is now blazing with power where did this strength come from?"

"what the heck" how was this possible demure made sure naruto couldn't divide their bey power by trying to keep him in the air so where did this power come from? benkei had swear dripping down his face now when did this guy gain so much power? it came out of nowhere

"balance breaker"

demure saw it, he saw oh albons performance tip raised two inches, he saw how the fusion wheel rotated 180 degrees shows claws but he was confused if naruto had this type of power the entire time then why wait till now to use it? unless. looking up shocked at naruto he pointed a shaky finger at him. "i get it now at first i was confused on why it was so easy i knew you had more power then that but now i get it you let us attack you with all we had just so you could test our strength"

smirking wildly naruto looked at both demure and benkei eying them down like a predator ready to catch his prey "so you figured it out? why i must say im disappointed i shouldn't have expected much from the sub member and the guy who hasn't battled yet, i thought since this was your first chance fighting and with the circumstances their in you would've shown me something more impressive but in the end your still weak" now facing benkei he scowled, causing the bull loving blader to shiver. "and you, speaking about stuff you know nothing about and insulting my strength as a blader for that i will end you. looking down at albon he called his ultimate move "divine move dragon storm blaze of destruction" and blast of power was shot out of the arena into the skies causing them to be cloudy, then they saw albon come out in all its glory. opening his mouth albon shot a beam of blue light down towards the stadium causing an explosion and everything to go white.

once the smoke cleared what they saw can only be described as carnage. the stadium was destroyed decay and rubble all over the place and cracks all over the floor and in the middle of all the chaos was divine albon spinning perfectly fine while bull and scorpio were laid outside the stadium all with cracks all over them while benkei and demure were laying on the floor passed out

"i can't believe it ladies and gentlemen defying all odds and coming out on top the winner is naruto this means they advance to the A-Block finale"

a/n: two battles in one chapter how'd i do? got a little caught up with school work but now that im on spring break itll be easier to get chapters out, leave a review and i hope you enjoyed