Beyblade! Beyblade! Let it rip!

This is it!

Get a grip!

Let it rip!

Queen of the Beasts

Last time on Beyblade!

A new Blader named Adeyemi has arrived in Japan from Africa, and attracts Kyoya's attention by performing a Special Move similar to Fang Leone's Lion Gale Force Wall. It turns out Adeyemi's bey is Claw Leoness, and she asserts that she is Queen of the Beasts just as Kyoya is King of the Beasts. She challenges Kyoya to a battle, and after coming out of the sudden daze looking at he put him in, Kyoya accepts, and the Beys battle. Leoness is able to stand up to Leone's attacks, and uses its claws to strike Leone. Both Beys use their special moves to create huge whirlwinds, but after they collide, both Beys are smashed into the stadium in a draw. However, Kyoya isn't bothered by this, and acknowledges Adeyemi as Queen of the Beasts, while asserting that he is still the King. After leaving, Kyoya is still left conflicted with the strange feelings Adeyemi has given him.

Nighttime! Thinking About a Lioness!

The Sun blazed hot over the Savannah Grasslands. The essence and majesty of the wild was all around in this land where animals fought to survive.

On a rock, shaded by a small tree, lay the King of the Beasts. Leone lay majestically, his front legs spread in front of him as he surveyed his kingdom, everything the light touched.

As Leone lay there, something approached him from his right side. He slowly turned his head, not showing any concern, and watched Leoness as she came over to him.

The golden furred lioness' fur seemed to reflect the light and glow. She let out a low purr as she approached Leone. The King moved over a bit, allowing Leoness to climb up onto the rock and lay next to him. The pair sat there as the Savannah breeze blew across the land.

Leoness turned slightly and rested her head on Leone's side, letting out another purr. The power that radiated from the King of the Beats was intoxicating.

Leone turned to Leoness with strong pride within him, admiring the beauty and grace she possessed.

Extending her claws, Leoness began to gently run them down Leone's back. Leone growled lowly in enjoyment of the back scratching. Then both lions proceeded to lick each other's faces.

"GAAH!" Kyoya shouted in repulsion as he sprung awake suddenly. He sat up in bed, taking a few moment to catch his breath. "What the heck was that," he said breathlessly, recoiling in shock as he thought about what he just witnessed. Kyoya turned to his digital clock and sighed. It was 11:30 P.M. He quickly got out of bed and dressed himself in khaki pants and a green light jacket. He subconsciously grabbed Leone and put the Bey into his pocket before heading outside.

Kyoya quickly pushed open the door to the burger restaurant and sat on a stool at the counter.

"I just need a burger before you guys close," Kyoya said grouchily.

"Anything for you, Kyoya pal!"

"Yeah, whatever, I - wait, Benkei?" Kyoya said in surprise.

Benkei was wearing the restaurant uniform with a big smile. "Bull-Bull-Bull! I just got hired yesterday, well technically it's still today, during the day I guess! Yeah! Isn't it great Kyoya!"

Kyoya sat on his stool and folded his arms indifferently, "Huh. Whatever. Just bring me a burger already. I sleep better with a full stomach."

"Huh? Can't sleep, Kyoya pal?" Benkei asked with concern.

"None of your business! Just get me my food or I'll go someplace else!" Kyoya shouted.

Benkei saluted nervously, "Right away, sir!"

As Benkei went back into the kitchen, the doors to the restaurant swung open.

"Alright, Benkei! Got any special discounts for friends?" came a familiar voice.

"Oh, you gotta be kidding me!" Kyoya moaned.

"Kyoya?" Ginkga said in surprise as he walked in, "What are you doing here?"

Kyoya glared at Ginkga and replied, "To eat. What else. How about you? Why are you here?"

Ginkga shrugged, "A late night burger always fixes me right up when I have a freaky dream."

"You too," Kyoya muttered.

Ginkga smiled, "Oh, so that's it."

"Darn it," Kyoya thought angrily.

Benkei walked out with Kyoya's burger and said, "Oh, hi Ginkga!"

"Hey Benkei. Did Kyoya tell you what his bad dream was?" Ginkga asked.

"Huh?" Benkei said.

Kyoya grabbed his burger and threw some money on the counter. "Keep the change. Bye," Kyoya said as he walked quickly towards the door.

"Aw come on, Kyoya! You can tell us! We'll keep it secret!" Ginkga said as he grabbed Kyoya's sleeve.

"Leave me alone!" Kyoya said as he wrenched free.

"But Kyoya! Usually, nothing bothers you!" Ginkga said urgently.

"Yeah, Kyoya, this must be serious!" Benkei said with worry.

"Just drop it, okay?" Kyoya said as he walked towards the door.

Ginkga ran up in front of Kyoya and blocked his path. "I'll tell you about my dream if you tell me yours!"

"I-"

"IdreamedthatIturnedinto Pegasusand wentonadatewithagirlPegasus withrainbowcoloredhair!" Ginkga said quickly.

"-don't care what-," Kyoya stopped and blinked as his brain fully processed Ginkga's words, "Wait, you did what with what?"

Ginkga smiled and nodded, "Alright, now you."

"Grrrrr. . ."

"You don't want to have to owe me anything, do ya?" Ginkga said slyly.

"Why, you. . ." Kyoya said furiously.

"Well, Kyoya?" Gingka asked with his arms folded.

Kyoya sighed, "Fine. I dreamed that my Leone and Adeyemi's Leoness were. . .together. . ."

Gingka blinked, "Together?"

Kyoya huffed impatiently, "Yes, together. No get out of the-."

"Wait, so were you dreaming from, like, Leone's perspective?" Gingka asked curiously.

"Yes," Kyoya said in an annoyed tone.

"What were they doing?"

"They were just close, okay! Are you satisfied?"

A smile spread across Gingka's face, "Oh. . I know what's going on."

"Hmm?" Kyoya replied.

"What do you mean, Gingka?" Benkei asked.

Gingka chuckled, "It's kinda obvious, really." Gingka pointed at Kyoya and said, "You like Adeyemi!"

Kyoya simply raised an eye brow at Gingka, but Benkei's jaw nearly hit the floor.

"WHA-!? NO WAY!?" he shouted.

"What's wrong with you?" Kyoya shouted at Benkei, looking more annoyed, "Adeyemi's a strong Blader, and a good rival. What reason would I have to hate her for? What's so crazy about me being okay with someone, anyway?"

Both Gingka and Benkei stared at Kyoya and sweat dropped.

"Uh..." Gingka said awkwardly, "That's not what I meant. What I mean is, I think you got a crush on her."

Kyoya rolled his eyes in irritation, "You were there Gingka. That battle was a tie. And I made it clear that I wasn't interested in defeating her." Kyoya pointed directly at Gingka and said, "There's only one opponent I want to crush, and that's you Gingka!"

Both Gingka and Benkei fell flat on their backs.

"That's it. I'm sick of this," Kyoya remarked as he walked out of the doors, unwrapping his burger as walked.

However, Gingka suddenly jumped back up and shouted out loud in the night air, "YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ADEYEMI, KYOYA!"

Benkei ran forward and clapped a huge hand over Gingka mouth. "Quiet! You want the whole world to hear that rumor!"

Gingka slipped out of Benkei's grasp and said, "Hey, it's not a rumor if it's true! Besides, Kyoya wasn't gonna get it any other way!"

"You didn't have to tell the whole city!" Benkei exclaimed, his face turning beet red as he snorted angrily.

Gingka backed off slowly, "Hey, hey! Relax, Benkei. It's almost midnight. Most everyone is asleep or watching TV or listening to music or something. No one's out there to hear!"

Benkei appeared to calm down, "Alright, fine, I guess. Just don't talk about it anymore, cause you're wrong."

"But what about his dream?"

"That didn't mean anything!"

"Whatever. Fine, I'll forget about it. So, about that burger-."

Gingka suddenly found himself being comically tossed out the doors and into the dark street.

"WE'RE CLOSED!" Benkei shouted, and he quickly locked the doors and pulled down the metal gates.

"No! No! My delicious midnight burgers!" Ginkga said in horror. He looked up and screamed to the heavens, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Meanwhile, a small masked figure was standing on the street corner, only a few meters from the burger restaurant. "Wow. . ." the masked figure said, before running off into the night.

Kyoya was quickly approaching his place, shaking his head at Gingka antics. But he just couldn't figure out what he had yelled out at him. "What did he mean when he said that I loved that girl? What's the heck's point of loving a person?" Kyoya thought frusteratedly. He took Leone out of his pocket and stared at it, "I know I love Beyblade. It's my drive. My passion. Does he think Adeyemi is somehow my passion? What the heck does that even mean? Is it because she and her Bey are on my mind? I'm not even sure what to exactly think or even feel about her right-"

"HEY!"

Kyoya turned around fast to see a large, cloaked figure running towards him. Luckily, his Bey launcher had already been on the belt he used for his pants, so Kyoya quickly readied his Bey.

"Don't get any closer!" Kyoya shouted.

The figure slid to a halt, and spoke with a smile in his voice, "So, Kyoya. We meet again."

Kyoya lowered his launcher. "Aguma," he remarked.

Aguma stepped closer until Kyoya could make out his face. "Yes, indeed. What brings you out this late?"

"Oh no! Not this again! I'm not saying a thing!" Kyoya said quickly, and turned to leave.

"Maybe a midnight battle will loosen your tongue?"

Kyoya stopped dead in his tracks, and turned around. "You know, I've already beaten you."

Aguma brought out Scythe Kronos and gave a confident smile, "Well, let's see if I can't even the score."

Kyoya wordlessly readied Leone.

"Three!"

"Two!"

"One! Let it rip!"

Both Beys hit each other dead on, and were both knocked back.

"GO! Leone! Smash Attack!" Kyoya shouted.

Leone quickly went in to strike Kronos.

"It's no use! I've increased Kronos' endurance beyond your comprehension!" Aguma boasted.

"Comprehend this! Leone!" Kyoya shouted.

Leone then appeared to sharply tip downwards, just enough to make it under the lip of Kronos. It the popped back up, hitting the underside of the Bey. It all happened in a fraction of a second, and it wasn't enough to knock Kronos off the ground, but it did deal an considerable amount of damage to Kronos' Fusion Wheel, which was currently in Attack Mode.

"What was that?!" Aguma said in shock!

"Strike swift and fast, Leone!" Kyoya shouted.

Leone repeated the technique again and again, damaging Kronos and messing up it's balance.

"See, Kyoya! The smaller size allows Leoness to be faster in her movements and attacks. The her claws allow her to make devastating attacks in an instant. . ."

"Adeyemi. . ." Kyoya thought to himself, but then the rational part of his brain suddenly snapped awake and said, "Wait, am I actually learning techniques from her?" However, Kyoya just shook this though out of his head and shouted, "Get low! Get under there and use quick attacks!"

Leone's spirit arose and roared as he ran forward, his head ducked down and his center of gravity low. He ran up to Kronos and ducked underneath the Grim Reaper's Scythe, and the head butted upwards, catching Kronos in the chest and sending the skeleton stumbling back.

"Enough of this! I'll smash you right into the ground! Kronos! Special Move!"

"Here it comes! Grr. . .now what. . .wait! Adeyemi would get right in there- THAT'S IT!"

"Leon! Get as close as possible! Special Move!"

"Great Ring of-"

"Lion Gale Force Wall!" Kyoya shouted quickly.

"-Destruction!"Aguma finished.

Just as Kronos began to gather around a circle of ultra fast wind and debris, a mighty tornado burst out of Leonne, pulling in Kronos' Ring of Destruction.

"WHAT!?" Aguma shouted over the roar of the wind.

"Take the power of the wind, Leone! TAKE IT!" Kyoya roared.

Kronos was then pulled into the tornado by it's own Ring of Destruction.

"KING LION CRUSHING FANG!"Kyoya roared at the top of his lungs.

Within the tornado, Kronos was smashed by Leone's powerful jaws, and the whole thing exploded, sending Kronos flying into the ground, where crashed and lay still.

"No. . .crushed again. . ." Aguma said in complete shock.

Kyoya called Leone back to his hand and smirked, "You can't dethrone the King of Beasts. Now before I go, why don't you tell me what brings you out here this late?"

Aguma sighed as he picked up Kronos from its crater, "Hmm. Well, it's only fair, I suppose. Bao and I are out looking for Tithi."

Kyoya's eyes widened, "He's here!?"

Aguma nodded, smiling in amusement at the look on Kyoya's face, "Yes, he's here. Long story short, Tithi wanted to see the world, so he decided to hang around with me on my travels since I was a Solar System Legendary Blader like him. Incidentally, The Beyland Fist has decided to spread out throughout the world and set up Guilds where we can spread our way of Bey Battling in order to keep our ways alive. Bao and I decided to be the ones to come to Japan, and Tithi came with us. We got here a few hours ago." Aguma massaged his temples, "We lost Tithi minutes after arrival."

"Figures," Kyoya snarked.

Aguma sighed, "I take it you haven't seen him."

"No. Good luck finding him, because he probably thinks its all a game. He played Hide and Seek with Yu and I when we first met him," Kyoya remarked dryly.

"Well then, I suppose he'll be found when he want to be," Aguma mused.

"Yeah. Good luck with that," Kyoya walked off on his way, but then stopped and said without turning around, "That was a good battle, Aguma."

Aguma nodded, "Likewise. And those were some very clever tactics you had there."

Adeyemi's appeared in Kyoya's mind.

"Yeah. . .thanks. . ." Kyoya said plainly, and he walked off into the night.

Aguma watched Kyoya go, and then turned to go his own way. He took a few steps, and a voice called out to him.

"Aguma!"

Aguma looked to see Bao waving from beneath a street lamp.

"Did you find Tithi?" Aguma asked as he quickly approached his friend.

"Yes," Bao said with a relieved smile, "Well, actually, he found me. One midnight battle later, and he immediately got tired and wanted to go to bed. I took him back and made sure he actually went to sleep."

"Well, that's a relief," Aguma remarked, "I could use some rest too, in fact."

"Same here," Bao said with a nod, "Let's get back."

The pair then walked towards there long awaited rests for the night.

". . . . .Tithi defeated you again, didn't he."

". . . . ."

"Hm. I assume that means yes."