[Warning. This episode contains mild horror.]

"What?! You can't be serious right now! I can't catch a break!" Seita spouted, in irritation. He couldn't help but force a smile though. "Not that I'd complain for too long, I just wish it were more for fun than anything serious"

"Keep up!" Clam called to Seita who'd slowed down in thought. Clam ran, leading the way through the town.

"Let em' go Chaz, he's got nothin' to do with it" Gronk's smirk kept replaying in the boys mind. "I'm the one that came to take you on! UGGK!" Someone that stood close to Gronk kicked him in the stomach. "SHUT UP"

"We're almost there!" Clam opened his eyes, only to see he was running straight into someone. One adult with groceries bumped into Clam who was in such a hurry he barely managed to evade people he passed.

"Watch it kid!"

"You shouldn't run near crosswalks!"

"Sorry!" Clam instantly apologized in successive bows and forced himself up in a hurry, only to trip.

"What did you say happened to Gronk?! Slow down a tad!" Seita caught up to the boy who stood. Clam shut his eyes tightly, regrettably explaining what he remembered.

"Yesterday… T-They beat Gronk up for losing and Chaz asked him who he lost to…"

"I followed him after he said he was going to see Chaz and I got caught near the entrance… when I was brought in, Gronk wouldn't say who you were when they asked who beat him, and one of those guys pulled a razor on me…" Clam brought the tips of his fingers to his throat, still remembering how cold the edge felt. For a second he lost feeling in his knees, the stress was too much.

"I'd be a goner if it weren't for Gronk demanding they take him in my place!"

"Chaz asked me if I was from the same school … and I couldn't lie to that guy. He saw through me" Clam stood and started running towards a gated area where Seita spotted wire's had been cut.

"He gave me until sunset today to bring you!"

"He said I had a day Seita! But I couldn't find you at school!"

Clam stopped, slowing down as did Seita and Mimi. They were now going further away from the busy commercial area of the town.

Mimi raised a brow. "So you're going to involve Seita? Get us to follow you into an obvious trap? We should go to the police if that Chaz is really as dangerous as you make him out to seem…"

"No! The police are out of the question" Clam stopped, giving Seita and Mimi a second to catch their breath.

Clam shakes his head and explains "They told me I couldn't go to the police or else … even now, we're being watched"

"What?!" Seita looked over his shoulder and noticed two kids run over and quickly hide behind a telephone booth at the other end of the fence they'd passed seconds ago. From a distance, there was a strange car following them and in it adolescents who kept a close eye on them. Seita looked ahead.

"What would Chaz want from me? I mean… It was one game. I only beat Gronk in a single match."

Seita stared down at his school shoes, soon focusing on Clam who started to walk through an underbrush to cut paths.

"There's only one thing Chaz ever wants… it's a battle Seita."

"You just so happen to be the only one of us that can get Gronk out of this… and me! Those guys know where I live now"

"So where is this place anyway?" Mimi asked, nonchalantly. Too casual for Clam who turned over to see if she was actually smiling and as expected, she was. "I could really use your secret, how can you be so calm when we're in this situation?" She only giggled.

The trio found themselves near a giant wall of Iron fencing that stretched several feet into the sky. Beyond this fence, they could see dozens of buildings even taller and a sign up ahead. "Dangerous zone, restricted"

It was clear, they'd strayed away from the populous.

"Isn't this place an abandoned ghost district? The … one called-"

"That's the one." Clam interrupted. "Omobe. It's filled with old buildings where people used to live."

"Now, no one knows what is here; but it's safe to say this place is a hang out for gangs?"

Seita stared at everything they passed, from garbage littered around to graffiti plastered on just about all surfaces.

"There's a ton of rumors here and even the police doesn't pass through here all that much"

"Ouu, you're on the mark. There's so many spaces here that you could hide a body" Mimi said, maintaining her smile as Clam turned around to face her. "Why'd you have to say that?!"

"You really aren't helping my anxiety!" Clam shouted.

"It's a ghost area dating back two hundred years though. Where an old military base… I'm only saying the truth" Said Mimi, as Seita felt uneasy. He looked back to Mimi who had the usual cheerful smile. "I dunno' how you're smiling like that Mimi."

"Lalalala" Seita squinted, seeing Clam walk off.

"You're here, so it'll be okay." She said with the pair now following as Clam covered his ears as to not hear her and lead the area. Going up some stairs, they found themselves going down stairs as if it were some sort of slope that led to an open area after they'd made it out of some buildings that housed scattered glass among other things they couldn't see except feel as they stepped through and out from a fire escape.

Seita inspected the dimly lit space, hearing sirens in the distance. There seemed to be a giant wooden door locked as though that were one way of entering. The wooden door blocked what seemed to be an alley-way.

Turning his attention to his direct surroundings, he could see high up, dozens of skyscrapers and a faint red light blinking at the very top as a chilly breeze blew down onto the open space.

They'd arrived at an area with a lot of cars, an old mechanics open yard shop if he had to guess. Pigeons soon flocked across a rusting hood of a vehicle. A number of those pigeons flock near a silhouette Seita noticed but his sights drifted.

"Over there…" Clam said, Seita followed where Clam pointed, noticing it was the silhouette he initially glimpsed.

On top of one of the cars, is Chaz. "Finally, we've been waiting damn near the whole day" Seita stopped at the center as he heard someone's voice shoot across one end. After that voice, he realized the voice came from someone inside of the car that Chaz stood on. Whoever the person was, turned on the car; causing a light to flick towards Seita's vision before the light was lowered.

At the center, Seita observed a grave of mechanical parts. The sun continued turning red in the distance as a boy sitting on a high car, observed Seita; while snuggling his cheeks into the scarf he had on.

Wind passes through Chaz's black hair as his green eyes study Seita. Chaz began to swing the one leg he had partly dangling along the car he sat on.

Not exactly all impressed by the apparent blader that defeated Gronk. It was just a boy.

"Are you the kid that beat Gronk?" Chaz's voice echoed as he only briefly lifted his mouth out of the scarf he used.

"Kid?" Seita repeated for a second confused without literally giving Chaz the response he sought.

"Maybe it's the hot girly with them" One of the delinquents directed grabby hands at Mimi, some cat calling soon followed from the darkness that hid many. Mimi smiled that guy's way as Seita swiped his hand aside, protectively of Mimi. "Ay-"

"Shut your faces" Chaz's order was followed loudly, echoing over Seita's warning.

"Tell me your name"

"Eh, I don't think my name is that important … but can you let my friend go?" Seita responded almost as fast.

"A weakling isn't able to make demands, especially in a place or circumstance like this."

"If you really want me to let Gronk go, you'll have to beat me and leave."

Chaz brought his hand over his mouth, making a distinct pigeon sound that alerted those he had hidden to come out from the numerous rooms and passageways. At that call, many did.

Twenty bladers now surrounded them as Gronk was brought out and thrown in front of the car pile Chaz sat on top of.

"Id-Idiots…" Gronk's vision blurred, slowly narrowing to Seita who looked on concerned.

Gronk struggles to stand as seeing Gronk battered forced Seita to take a step forward to run over to Gronk but found beyblades were shot in his way.

"Seems it did work, Emialous" Chaz brought out his beyblade, an emerald that glistened near the twinkling stars that began to form in the red night sky.

"This fight's between us only. Are you going to fight kid?" Chaz waved his finger in a circular motion as Gronk was picked up and dragged aside.

"Now that I don't have a choice, I'd like to say the names Seita" Seita gave Chaz a wide smile that instantly dropped.

"It doesn't really seem like I have much of a choice here- so I guess you've got yourself a fight Chaz" Seita knelt down moving his book bag onto the floor in front of himself, he noticed the ground in some areas was filled with oil but nonetheless brought his beyblade out and tossed his bag over to Mimi and Clam, who took it.

"Hold it for me guys and move far back!" Seita stared at Poseidon Archstar in his hand. "Squishy, sorry I've gotta make you work around the clock" Seita aimed his loader at Chaz and then loaded the blade onto it's launcher.

Chaz leaned up, standing on top of the car as the guys looked on. "None of you step in while I do this"

"Promise me one thing though" Seita shouted out, drawing the attention to him. "If I lose, you'll still let go of my friends and do whatever you want with me"

"I'm not promising that," Chaz said, slipping his cord into the launcher. Seita brought his hand up to the back of his hat, adjusting it. "Guys, move more; get back" He went to settle his launcher next. Mimi and Clam moved back to give Seita the space he wanted.

"Ever since getting Squishy it's just been fight after fight …" Seita took a deep breath and stared at his opponent. Seita watched Chaz's stance closely.

Taking a single step off of the stacked cars twelve feet high, Chaz heard Seita say "LET IT RIP!" Both of their beyblades flew in clashing in the midair as those around took a second to glance away because of what happened next.

Sparks filed the air from the initial impact as both blades scraped against each other. They landed near some oil and their sparks made a fire that instantly spread towards a pile of already burned cars.

Seita braced himself, seeing the flames fly up into the sky around them.

Chaz walked through the flames, lowering his scarf now that it was warmer in the area.

Seita was shocked, using his jacket's sleeve to block the blazing flames that initially almost reached him while Chaz adjusted his scarf, tucking it below his chin. He now seemed older and more menacing.

"Hey how old are you anyway?" Asked Seita.

"About 15, What's it to you?" Chaz placed a hand on his hip, observing the boy. "For someone in a bad situation, you sure ask stupid questions" Chaz wondered, though Seita didn't answer. "Oh … that's why you asked" Chaz caught on. "That won't make a difference in the outcome of this fight"

"This guys … bad news, I haven't gotten a chance to grow!" Seita thought to himself, recollected the last time he'd checked his measurements in his room.

"Emialous" Chaz said the name of his blade, leading it to whip over and thrash Poseidon against a random car tire, that made Poseidon bounce over Emialous as it landed and moved into a zig-zag in an attempt to evade an onslaught that nearly brewed.

"These flames" Mimi watched the flames rise about at random locations that had skid marks that contained oil.

Mimi studied the blades clashing along the center, the blades took off, circling over onto bumper cars as they jumped around with minds of their own. Poseidon Archstar landed on top of a hook, flipping once as Emialous flew up and struck the hook. "SQUISHY!" Seita called, shifting his focus over as Poseidon spun, shooting down to the ground with the Emialous beyblade swirling and landing on top as Poseidon was hit several times, being shot backwards towards Seita.

"AAHK!"

Seita found scorching flames continued to spread past him, forcing the others back as Clam tripped backwards with Mimi. "SQUISHY!" Seita shouted, causing Poseidon to spin past Seita only to be struck again with Mimi thinking, her sights took in the flames. "That … beyblade Seita has is a water type." She stood up, passing Clam, who grabbed her forearm. She glanced down to him with a soft smile that caused him to blush and let her go.

"Sorry! Uh- Stay near here, those flames can catch your school uniform on fire!"

"Oh don't worry there, this isn't anything serious"

"Isn't anything serious?! That's a ring of heat!" Clam cried out, fixing his glasses. Mimi walked forward, taking steady steps as she moved from where the ground had obvious marks of flames before which was where the flames transitioned to. That's the indication she used to traverse safely enough to where Seita could hear her. Mimi raised a hand to the side of her second hand. "Hey Seita! If we're anymore late, my plants might not be too happy-"

"I hear you Mimi! But what am I supposed to do?!" Seita shouted back to Mimi's voice although he couldn't see her, he kept his eyes on Chaz.

"To actually dispel these flames, just bring out your bit-beast and go for the source of what made the flame! It'll be easier to take out"

She gave him the tip as Chaz frowned, having heard the girl figured him out. "But how?"

"Hey girly, keep your mouth shut!" A delinquent was two steps ahead of Chaz. Two bladers that were hanging on top of cars, shot their beyblades out to strike Mimi as she glanced up to the incoming blades eye-wide, she found a beyblade zipped through the flames clashing against the two beyblades as they were shot back with green flames striking the chest of the two guys who cried out in pain, falling from high on the cars.

It was Emialous that'd repelled the disobedient bladers.

Chaz said aloud "I SAID- No one interfere, that goes for the hostages. You-" Chaz pointed to Seita.

"Get to that source if you can, I won't let you!" Seita smirked as he shouted "SQUISHY! BOOST- " Squishy spun faster.

From outside of the ring of flames, the Emialous blade flew over in an attempt to strike Seita who found Squishy jumped; striking Emialous aside as the two circled over each other until the Emialous blade flew back in the scorching flames.

Squishy in his starfish form, struck Emialous aside as the beyblade grinded against a torch in the ground, rotating faster as it seemed to be taking in the flames but soon the flames went out and a cold breeze blew through; creating green flames that seemed like flames at first but Seita realized was a cold breeze as it crossed by his cheek. "SQUISHY DO IT NOW!" Seita concentrated over to the other end where he spotted the torch wedged between burning car parts. Squishy flew over slamming into it as ripples of water created a vast steam; shutting off the second torch in the ground. Seita snapped his fingers. "GOT IT! WAIT-" Seita wondered "Wait, why'd you shut off your own torch?!"

"For this …" Chaz responded much faster.

A pulse forced Seita to bring his hand up to his temple. Seita's eyes widened as he started to have a headache from the fever he had the previous night, seemingly the fever hadn't really left.

Poseidon Archstar jumped in front of Seita as Emialous came in and struck the beyblade back further, forcing Seita to lose ground as the green flame like wind forced him backwards until he completely slipped on the oily ground behind him. Seita crashed over as Chaz glanced up to a rotating car engine, suspended over where Seita had been forced to.

"GROOOONK! GROOONK WE FOUND YOU!"

Meanwhile, Gronks friends had arrived, having battled through twenty of the bladers standing outside. "OUTTA MY WAY!"

"GRONK!" The group was heard, soon being defeated only two guys of Gronk's posse made it through as Chaz sighed.

"Marcus, GET OUT THERE!" At Chaz's order, five bladers of the twenty that stood around; went out.

"That's all this shrimps got?" Chaz focused back to Seita, who laid on the ground although Poseidon continued to weakly spin.

Seita groaned, glancing to Squishy who was losing spin. Each second of losing spin, closing the portal that allowed the bit-beasts manifestation. The flames around the boy were a bright green that overwhelmed his sights, washing along with shadows as though they were waves.

Chaz's calm steps, each one; brought green flames that sprouted illuminating his entire frame. Chaz's pale complexion shifted into nothing but shadow as Seita glanced to the green cold eyes.

"Sorry" Seita recalled Gronk apologizing. "I don't ever want to lose anyone I love to that thing" Hilary's words. Why were they entering his mind then?

Struggling, Seita nearly slipped forward, feeling his palm completely grease with the oil on the frozen ground. Chaz focused his sights on getting Emialous over to the beams near the old crumbling buildings.

"This world … Of blading" Seita huffed, willing himself to stand; still feeling the pain of the kick he'd taken the previous night.

Cheering continued from the many thug bladers sitting and shouting from platforms. The cheers drowned in the background as Seita spaced out.

"I said I wanted it and … I can't stop until I achieve my promise" Seita found himself standing again as Chaz brought his left hand elegantly to his side.

"Promises…"

"Emialous … are you not satisfied with this battle?" Chaz questioned to himself swinging his fingers up to the hanging car engine. All the while Seita continued to talk to himself. "Sorry sis … BUT I have to beyblade... It's my calling"

Chaz's beyblade spun furiously taking straight for a metallic beam as it scaled the beam until it tore straight for the wire that connected the tip. The engine came down, forming a shadow over Seita; who grit his teeth and nearly slipped; managing barely to dive out of the way as Chaz's beyblade came down but Seita brought his palm up, shouting

"GRRRAAAAAH"

Seita stood up and whipped his hand to his side. That's when his spirit powered up Squishy and he said "BOOOST!" Everyone's sights were directed up. Mustering every ounce of feeling in his body, he let out the power he felt. The vibrations of Seita's voice reached Squishy, triggering it's transformation.

"POSEIDON ARCHSTARRR!" All that time, Poseidon Archstar had been going much higher up the beams and flew across the now purple sky as Chaz's eyes widened.

From high above, Chaz caught sight of Seita's starfish bitbeast now shifting into starboy form. "Right on time, partner" Seita heard Poseidon announce for all to hear in the yard.

It twirled in the night sky, forming a wind of rippling water that hurled downwards as the beyblade itself came down towards Chaz, who tried to step aside; shouting "EMIALOUS TRISTAR!" Only for the beyblade to dive up but be struck straight into the ground by Poseidon Archstar.

A cluster of debris passed the two boys as Seita braced himself. Poseidon spun over to Seita and Chaz's Beyblade remained engraved into the ground. Chaz dropped to one knee. "Damn…"

"To the very end … You refused" Chaz spoke to himself.

Seita puffed, glancing to the corner of his AR headset. He used the boost and it went from 50% to 45% initially, and continued to 10%. But he managed to win.

Everyone remained silent as lights automatically turned on from above the buildings.

The guys around Seita brought their launchers up only for Chaz to shout. "RELEASE THEEMM"

Each of the guys lowered their launchers as Gronk was let go, with the bladers stepping away and over to their group. Mimi and Clam ran over to help him up. Meanwhile Chaz went to his Beyblade, kneeling in front of it. He tore it from the ground and shut his eyes tightly.

"HHRRAAAGHH!"

Suddenly a scream was heard from a dark hallway. From that darkness, a Beyblade shot out as Seita noticed the large wooden door from earlier was broken through.

A Beyblade tore through, blasting five of the twenty out of the way. Chaz brought his launcher up and clipped Emialous, well aware of who it was.

Walking through, were four men behind a single young blonde haired woman. Age 16.

"B-Boss! What are you doing he-" one of the fallen guys found her foot pressed to his face as she stepped over him and Chaz's guys let their Beyblades rip.

"Retaliating against me? For what? How feeble." Said the young woman.

"I give you this place to stay at and for weeks, you bunch of worms never give me anything of value, never give me a call, leading me to come to this dump and you…" The woman pointed to Chaz with her polished nail.

"Can you tell me how much attention you've attracted?! You do nothing but feed your bit-beast that's so weak it can't even come out of its blade?"

"Chaz-"

"You're such an eyesore"

"EMIALOOOUS!" Chaz let Emialous rip straight for the young woman as the four around her let their beyblades rip to intercept the emerald beyblade but Emialous shot through all four of the beyblades the men around the young woman shot.

All four scattered, stopping by the time they landed on the ground but to the shock of all who watched, a single black beyblade rotated in front of the girl; completely shooting Emialous backwards as it crashed into Chaz's abdomen.

Gronk grit his teeth fully knowing in how much trouble they were. "Great, what else can happen now?!"

"Gronk, what do you mean?" Asked Clam, who helped him up.

"That's Jeen …"

"Chaz, just look at you. This is what you've turned out to be. I really dislike losers, especially losers that I supplied stuff to. Losers that selfishly only think about themselves. What do you think would happen if more kids go missing here? Do you know the heap of trouble you've already started? What'd get pinned on us?"

"All for a weak beyblade" She spit down at the ground. The silence was broken by Chaz struggling to utter as he caught his breath.

"Emialous… isn't weak"

"Not weak?! And that's how you convinced twenty of my men to side with you?! You f*-ing loser!"

"YOU F-*KIDDY F*-ING LOSER!"

"My father would have me on my toes if this got to him! That someone I took along has spent weeks taking on ameatures!"

"THIS IS LAUGHABLE! Does anyone wanna laugh?!" Jeen looked around, returning her sights to the groveling Chaz. "To allow them here! Where only my men are allowed-"

"I'M ASHAMED! I can't believe I brought you all the way from France when you were running, you coward!"

"I should have seen this coming-" Jeen reached Chaz, kicking him across the face as he'd been gripping his abdomen.

"HEY LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Seita shouted, seeing Jeen approached Chaz yet again as no one did anything.

"Duuude…" Clam face palmed himself, still helping Gronk stand.

Jeen only took a brief glance at Seita and went on to press her heel down on Chaz's head as Chaz attempted to swat her foot away, that only infuriated her all the more. Jeen brought it back in and kicked him in the face, causing Chaz's nose to strike the floor. "You've upset me so much, you're in need of a punishment you f*-*ing f**-er!"

Jeen slipped her heel off, wiggling her toes. Some of the men looked away, aware of what'd soon happen to Chaz.

She pressed the sole of her foot against his face, soon forcing her small foot against Chaz's mouth, pressing one of her toes into his nose; then his forehead and back to his mouth as Chaz struggles to move his face. "Staaph! STOOP IT!" He struggles to say "Stop!" due to Jeen fitting her little foot in his mouth when he did. "Ggaahrh!"

She brought it out, glazing it across his forehead as the other's looked on in disgust. Mimi only maintained her usual smile.

"STOP DOING THAT TO HIM YOU'RE SICK!" Despite Seita's shout, she continued.

Chaz groaned refusing that Jeen force her foot into his mouth any further which resulted in him getting kicked in the face as she places her heel again. "There" She said gleefully. Chaz silently wept.

"I really don't want losers on the team I'm forming, so you; you tried defending him when no one else did. Are you any good?" Jeen suddenly twisted her head and asked Seita, shocking everyone that listened on.

"You, do you want this losers spot?" Her body turned to Seita.

"As if I'd want that! I'd never join someone as messed up AS YOU!" Seita instantly shouted. "I just want to get my friends and leave! Is that okay?!"

Jeen brought the back of her hand to her mouth, giggling. She'd note "I should probably make a good impression."

"Look, I'm looking for strong bladers to form my team and compete in the upcoming preliminaries of ARG; so pull out your toy and show me what you can do."

"Toy?! YOU'RE ASKING FOR IT!" Seita grit his teeth, reaching to adjust his launcher.

"NO SEITA DON'T" Gronks voice shook Seita. Up until that moment he hadn't heard him at all.

"THAT JEEN- SHE'S NOT A MESS AROUND LIKE WE'VE ALL BEEN!"

Regardless, Seita loaded Poseidon and aimed it at Jeen as she raised her wrist up; showing she had a shooter adjusted.

"SHE HAS FIVE BIT-BEASTS IN ONE BLADE!"

"Five?!" Seita was shocked but let his beyblade rip too late.

"Damn- ME AND SQUISHY CAN HANDLE IT!" Squishy rose as a small starfish and tried rushing in to strike the black Beyblade but it didn't even make the black Beyblade budge as the light blue Beyblade swung at the Beyblade but was repelled towards Seita.

Seita screamed "BOOST!" But heard an alarm and a red label stated on the glasses that the boost was at 8% so squishy couldn't shift as Jeen's Beyblade came in and struck Seita's towards his shoulder. Seita fell back, feeling as if he'd been hit with a 80mph fastball that caused him to scream in agony as Mimi ran over. "Seita!" Mimi made it to his side as he squirmed in place.

"You lost in less than seven seconds… this place is crawling with losers!" Jeen cried out.

"I can't believe I didn't have to use any of my bit-beasts and yet Chaz lost to such an idiotic ameature kid! Those that want to stick with me, kneel!" She eyed Chaz with a wide smile. "And yes, I watched with a hovering camera before I made my move! All of my men are back with me! AND YOU ARE OUT"

Jeen found herself interrupted. "Ma'am, what would you like to do with the kids here?" One of the bladers asked in a small whisper.

"Did you not hear a word I said?! Get them out of my property!"

Like that, Seita found himself kicked out along with the other's.

"Five bit-beasts in one blade? How can she control that many?"

"From the rumors, she has a pixie that lures them…" Gronk responded letting go of a deep sigh. "Not all of them are bad, but many are from different backgrounds so she has connections. A lot of guys join her in hopes of getting their own bit-beasts... That's why she's known as the Princess. It's hard to not wanna serve her when she has what you want."

"To think we came across that and came out okay …"

"Except you're all battered and bruised and Seita now has a sore shoulder" Clam sighed heavily. "Now what am I going to tell my parents if I come home all sweaty?"

"That you need a shower? You'll live buddy" Said one of the guys from Gronk's posse as the rest laughed.

"At least tomorrows Friday and no school"

"That blading of yours was sick until the end Seita"

Complimented Clam as Seita gave a silent nod. "Not as sick as that chick…"

Seita thought back to the last thing he'd told her whilst being hauled out. "For what you did, I'm going to beat you at the preliminaries; you can count on that!"

"You're either headstrong or after a death wish, to think Seita pulled his blade against that princess"

One of the guys thought aloud as the other's agreed but soon left.

Gronk continued his walk with Seita, Clam and Mimi.

"But guys, that Chaz …"

"What about him? I told you to leave him be." Gronk recalled Seita attempting to give Chaz a hand to help him up after he'd been kicked out, but Chaz didn't respond.

"What was the deal with him…"

"You're really going to think about the guy that caused this very mess?!"

"To be fair, it was you that went to him Gronk…" Clam cut in, making Gronk shout. "It was okay! Don't rub it in Clam!"

"And you never did get me that Beyblade now that the discussions on the table" Clam fixed his glasses, rubbing the back of his orange curly hair.

"GGHHAAH!"

"Well Seita… What do you plan to do now?" Mimi asked, allowing the two behind them to bicker.

"Uhh… Mimi. I plan to get some bladers and make a team." The group stopped.

"A team huh? Well, I have to go this way" Gronk began. "But you can count on me, buddy."

Gronk rubbed his nose shyly. "I owe you one for the save."

"Oh really?!" Seita asked and then looks to Clam, who has doubts. "Ah- I don't really know if I can join… right now I have to go" Clam starts walking off through a different street, consumed in his own thoughts of how he was so helpless. "How can I join… when I was so helpless? What would I even be able to do for them if I did?" Clam left in thought.

Finally having a moment to speak to his crush, Gronk didn't notice his own blushes and moved over to thank Mimi for showing up to save him too. "Yet Mimi only says "No problem" Gronk goes a different way too and tells Seita not to sweat it, they can figure it out the following day.

Seita nods and turns away as him and Mimi walk together. He's going to drop Mimi off and as he's walking he gets a call from Hillary asking where he is at such a time. He tells her that he was at Mimi's and will be leaving her place.

By the time Seita found his way home, Hilary waited for him. "You were lying about being at Mimi's! I passed by Mimi's!"

"I was there at a different hour!" Stated Seita while attempting to make an innocent smile.

Seconds later he was sat with his head bowed in the living room. Squishy itself was placed upside down beside Seita as if Squishy were apologizing too.

"How'd you get your clothes like that?! It's bad enough you refused to wear your school clothes! Gosh! Look at your favorite jacket!"

"Whose going to spend hours cleaning that stain, Seita?!"

"Tell me how you'd get it that way at Mimi's!" Hilary kept her hands held over her head as if she'd pounce on him.

"Okay, stop harping!"

"I-eh…" Seita thought of a believable lie. "Got attacked by neighborhood dogs and had to protect Mimi!"

"Okay, the numbers 3…" Hilary was already at the house phone, ready to call Mimi's mother as Seita slammed his forehead to the rug.

"I got into a scuffle while saving a friend!"

Hillary's eyes widen and Seita slapped his hands together all while he continues on to explain what happened. It took him ten minutes jumping about a few details.

"Sis! I understand your feelings, you care for me and have my best interest in mind, but I also have your best interest in mind and my own too!" "I know how you're worried bout' me, but I'm growing and I'm a Beyblader! I can't turn a cheek when someone needs me and I love beyblading so... I'm going to continue doing it, so sorry if I hurt you!"

"I... I have a feeling Tyson is alive and I'm going to find those answers for you so please don't be sad anymore. I know you've cried yourself to sleep before... and you put up a front when you've felt-" He paused, feeling his sister grab him into a hug. "Please don't be sad anymore."

Hillary smiled brimmingly, giving Seita a single nod as a sign of respecting his wishes. That is, until "You're not excused, even if you're trying to worry about my love life. That isn't your business Seita! You can clean your jacket before bed-" Seita turned over instantly taking off for his room, only glancing back to see her twitching eyebrows headed his way. He shut it without ever taking a second look back. "She did hug me... so she's grateful?" It all makes Seita very happy as he slumps to the floor. Though he realizes, it's easier said than done, he brought squishy's blade to his line of sight. "Guess-"

"YOUR JACKET!" Hilary shouted.

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