Hello everyone. Welcome to my first ever fanfiction.
Thank you for deciding to give my story a shot, I really appreciate it.

Well, enjoy!

Chapter 1: Trouble Begins

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"What is this place?"

Ginga thought to himself while standing in the middle of nowhere. He looked around trying to know where he was, but the only thing he saw was darkness, just darkness. "Creepy..."

Suddenly, he heard something like the sound of beys colliding. Ginga didn't know why it was so familiar, until he saw a light coming from a distance, and...

"Is that... Phoenix?" Ginga surprised. "Dad's here too?!" he then sprinted toward the light. But the closer he came, the more worried he could feel. When he got a closer look, he was completely shocked.

The phoenix was tied up with some unknown creature's tails, struggling to get free. Ginga couldn't see the creature, except the red eyes glowing in the darkness.

"Who are you..." The creature asked with a deep, creepy voice and turned his head towards him, "...little boy?" He squeezed the phoenix with his tails, made the battered firebird cry out in pain.

"Let him go!" Ginga yelled. The only thing he concerned at that moment was: If the phoenix was in this state, probably his dad would be the same. 'Where is he now?' he couldn't see Ryuusei anywhere, which made him worried even more.

The creature looked at the red-haired boy in boredom. "You're wasting my time, brat." Then he whipped one of his tails, striking toward Ginga. In a flip of a second, Ginga saw something red covering the tail and scented the smell of... 'Blood!'

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"AHHHHHHH!"

Ginga woke up with a start, panting and sweat covering his face. He sat up and realized he was still in his room, at midnight. "It... It's just a dream..." he sighed in relief, "a nightmare..." He buried his face in his hands, and he smelled the blood again.

"What!?" his eyes widened, he looked at his palms and saw nothing. The smell was gone, like it was just his imagination.

Ginga lay down and closed his eyes, still wondering about that nightmare. 'What happened? ...What is that thing? ...Why did he attack Phoenix?' The image of the battered phoenix and the blood-covered tail still confused him when he drifted into sleep afterward.

'What's that all about...?'

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"Go Sagittario!"

"Nearly enough, Kenta! Unicorno!"

All of the kids gathered at Madoka's B-Pit, watching the battle between Kenta and Masamune. It looked like Masamune took the advantage, but Kenta, whose skills were really improving, could easily fight back and defeat him.

"It looks like I'm the winner!" Masamune said when Unicorno knocked Sagittario into the air, nearly out of the arena.

"Don't even think about it! Sagittario, Diving Arrow!" The yellow bey began to catch fire, spinning faster and faster, striking directly at Unicorno.

"What!? Unicorno!"

Sagittario collided with Unicorno, creating an explosion. When the dust settled, the two beys were lying on the dish defeated.

"Man! I lost again!" Masamune groaned with disbelief as he grabbed his bey.

"It's just a draw! You didn't lose!" Kenta said, really satisfied that he could battle Masamune in equal.

"Well, for me draw means "I'm a loser"!" Everybody laughed at that explanation, making his face turned red. "That's not funny!"

"Okay, okay!" Ginga smirked and pulled out Pegasis, "It's my turn. Who's next? Or what about you, our 'little loser'?"

It made the kids laugh even louder, except for Masamune. "That's it! You're going to die Ginga!" he barked, really wanted to teach Ginga a lesson.

"Ready! 3!"
"2!"
"1!"
"Go Shoot!"

The kid watched in excitement as two strong bladers joined the battle. Everyone felt it would be perfect if every day went like this.

But that would never happen.

After few minutes of battle, Ginga slowly felt uneasy. Each time he heard the sounds of two beys colliding, that feeling was increased. Something was wrong, but he couldn't remember.

Masamune noticed that Ginga didn't focus on the battle. 'My chance!' "Lightning Sword Flash!" Unicorno's special attack nearly sent Pegasis out of the edge. "Ginga! Could you pay a little attention? I'm going to win here!"

Ginga snapped out of confusion just in time to control Pegasis and pushed Unicorno back. He shook his head, turning his attention into the battle. 'I can think about it later. Right now I have a game to settle here!'

"Go, Pegasis! Star Gazer!"

Pegasis shot into the sky, prepared to defeat Unicorno. But before the attack could complete, an illusion suddenly turned up right in front of him: a single drop of blood falling from the dark, to the crimson puddle on the ground...

'AH!' he gasped. That was the feeling he'd forgotten... the nightmare last night. At that moment, he lost Pegasis's control, made it crash into Unicorno in a big dust cloud. When the dust settled, the defeated bey was Pegasis, while Unicorno was still spinning.

Their eyes widened in surprise. No one could ever believe that Ginga would lose because of distraction. They started staring at him when he took his bey back. Their looks made Ginga feel so embarrassed.

"What's wrong? This is the first time you lost like this!" Masamune said, "and it's really not funny."

"Yeah, that was unusual for you. Are you okay?" Kenta worried.

"I'm fine. Really! Nothing's happening!" Ginga lied. How could he tell his friends about that? The nightmare last night, the bad feeling he'd got when he battled, and that "insane" illusion? He thought it wasn't the right time to say it, but he didn't know why.

Of course no one bought that excuse, especially Kyouya. He kept staring at Ginga, his arm crossed. "Are you sure about that? And don't even think about getting out of here without answering my question!" he said, his voice sounded a little threatening.

Ginga sighed 'Could you stop that? It's just like you're reading my mind...' he thought. Then he looked at Kyouya. "Really, I-"

"GUYS!" the sound coming from the doorway interrupted their conversation. They saw a frightened Yuu running up to them.

"Yuu, what are you doing here?" Madoka asked. "And-" she trailed off when something caught her eyes. The kid was carrying something in his arms, an exhausted animal with dirt and scratches all of his body. "HOKUTO!?"

Everybody gasped in shock. Hokuto!? "What... happened?"

"I don't know! I just found him like this when I was coming here!" Yuu responded.

Ginga looked at Hokuto with worried expression, "Hokuto! Hokuto! Wake up!" It seemed like he didn't acknowledge Ginga's call yet, but slowly, he started to shiver and opened his eyes.

"...Where...am...I?" he asked, his voice was so weak that worried everyone.

"It's Madoka's house. Yuu found you and brought you here. But… what happened to you?" Kenta asked.

"Talk... about it... later..." he coughed, then turned his gaze to Ginga, "You... have... to hurry... Ginga. Ryuusei... he's... in danger..."

"No..." Ginga felt sick to his stomach. 'It can't be...'

'That nightmare was real...'

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My first attempt to write something, I hope you enjoy it.
See you later~