Chapter 8: (More than 3,000 words, I literally put a lot of effort in this one. Hollowmind8 helped me too in the first half of this chapter).
Chapter 8: Number One!? Gilgamesh and Hyperion!
[At El Santo's Training Hall]
Ichiban (Looking at Icarus, with a sad look): There was no way I would lose... I believed in you till the end! (He looks the other way) then why am I still losing...?
(Everyone was standing in a distant from him)
Watashi (While looking at Ichiban): How long is he gonna talk with his bey?
Chikara (looking down): For about more than a hour.
Fubuki (Thoughts): (That time, his bey lit up more brightly. Way more white and glowing than before, his resonance is clearly different than others bladers...)
Chikara: I'm going to talk with him, you guys stay here.
Fubuki (Getting ready to go): I'll go with you.
Chikara (While): I will go alone, but thanks for volunteering.
(Chikara gets up and reaches towards Ichiban)
Chikara: It's been an hour since you're talking with Icarus.
Ichiban (Turns his head towards Chikara): I don't understand why I lost...
Chikara: You cannot beat the number one blader on your first try, right?
Ichiban (He tightens his grip on Icarus): That's not... what I mean... I got completely Rekt by her.
Chikara (Smiles): Maybe you should go for a walk outside. Fresh air might help you to feel better.
Ichiban (Gets up): I'll give it a try.
(Ichiban gets up and leaves El Santo)
Fubuki (Walks over and looks at Chikara): Is he going somewhere?
Chikara: He's going for a walk, it will make him feel better... I hope.
(Ichiban begans to walk around the town while holding Icarus)
Ichiban (Looking at Icarus): Icarus, I'll make sure that I- I mean, We win the next time against her, (looks up) Fafnir's gonna be-... hmm?
(He saw a stadium where someone was having a battle against a red three bladed Kiwami bey).
Ichiban (Reaches to the stadium): Isn't that a Kiwami bey...?
(The Red Bey leans on its driver, crashing onto a Cyclone Valkyrie combo making it burst upon contact).
Random Guy (Hesitantly): It's... Ember Hyperion with a burst finish! Himaki Asahi wins with the score of 3-0!
Random Guy 2: That's not possible!
(Both of them ran away from the stadium)
Himaki (Shows off Hyperion on her hand): You see? Hyperion clearly is the ultimate attack type bey!
Ichiban: I wouldn't count on that...
Himaki (Looks at Ichiban): Who are you to say that?
Ichiban (picks Icarus from his pocket and shows it off on his hand): I'm Ichiban and this is Icarus!
Himaki: That's a... Kiwami bey?
Ichiban (Grins): You're looking at the world's most powerful and unstoppable bey, Aviate Icarus!
Himaki (Looks at Icarus closely): Huh? I've never seen a bey like that, what's your name again?
Ichiban: It's Ichiban Aoi!
Himaki (Surprised): Aoi!? Are you related to Valt Aoi?
Ichiban: He's my dad.
Himaki (Smiles): Have you ever heard of Hyuga Asahi?
Ichiban (points his finger to his head): Hyuga Asahi..? Never heard of him.
Himaki: You didn't!? (Shows Hyperion to Ichiban) doesn't this bey look familiar to you?
Ichiban: It looks awesome! And well done too, how about a battle right now?
Himaki: Battle? (tilts her head slightly, a little confused) Alright, let's do this!
Ichiban: More attack is what I need... (Switches to lower mode) Just you watch, Hyperion is going to burst in the first round!
Himaki (Switches to lower mode): Not on my watch!
"3! 2! 1! Go... Shoot!!"
(Both beys lands onthe stadium perfectly, both Icarus and Hyperion starts to clash with each other continuosly)
Ichiban: Break through, Icarus!
Himaki: Hyperion! Make him go bang!
(Hyperion slashes through Icarus and send it flying)
Ichiban (a white aura lits up within him): There's no way I'm gonna lose!
(Icarus lits up and hits the wall, barely surviving the impact from Hyperion).
Ichiban (his hand shines, as he raises his right hand forth): Amaze Strike!
(Icarus leans on it's driver and head towards Hyperion at great speed)
Himaki: Let's end this, Hyperion!
(Hyperion's three blades lits up as it heads towards Icarus with lightning speed)
Himaki: Ember Slash!!
(Hyperion and Icarus collides in the center, Hyperion bursts Icarus with it's powerful slash attack, that impact creates a sparking yellow geyser on the stadium)
Ichiban (Shields himself with his hand): Icarus...
(The geyser disappears and Icarus' parts came down on the ground, Hyperion is still going around the stadium)
Himaki: Alright, I won! I said I would win against you.
Ichiban (Picks up Icarus' parts): It's not your best right? Please don't hold back anymore. (Sighs) Icarus...
Himaki (Smiles): Even if it isn't my 100% power mode, me and Hyperion got the win. Looks like Icarus isn't the strongest attack type bey huh?
Ichiban (Looks at Himaki with a serious look): This isn't my best! Battle me one more time!
Himaki (Shrugs with her eyes closed): First of all, we know I'm going to win again. Second, you need some time to think to flip hte table. And Lastly, if I battle you again, I'm gonna be late.
Ichiban (With a confused look): Late? For what?
Himaki: I'm scouted by a team in Spain, It's Real Sun Bat.
Ichiban: Real Sun Bat?
Himaki (makes a expressionless face): You don't know them? (sighs) It's BC Sol's Rival team. With me on Real Sun Bat, We'll crash and slash through all the other teams!
Ichiban: Now that got me excited! I wanna go there too!
Himaki (With a confusing look): Wait wait wait... I don't think they'll allow you to enter that easily (Looks to the side) but we can try.
Ichiban (Smiles): Cool! Lead the way then.
Himaki (rolls her eyes): You're really impatient, aren't you? (she then smiles) Follow me!
[At El Santo's Training Hall]
(Watashi and Ben were battling each other)
Watashi: Wendigo! Let's burst Belial right now!
(Wendigo and Belial keep on clashes at the center of the stadium)
Fubuki (Smiles): Looks like both of them are getting better.
Chikara: Are they? I don't see any improvement in Watashi...
Fubuki: He'll... get better slowly... I guess.
Ben: Belial's never gonna lose against you! Venture Shoot!
(Belial leans on it's venture driver and with the help of V gear, accelerates and starts pushing Wendigo to the wall of the stadium)
Watashi ('s bright purple aura brightens up within him): Not gonna lose here!! Wendigo!!
(Wendigo swings his axe and appears from the bright purple aura while roaring)
(Wendigo's 10 blades begans to emit purple light)
Watashi ('s hand shines with a purple glow): Annhilate him! (He raises his hand upwards rapidly emiting with purple lighting) Glooming Axe!!!
(Belial couldn't push Wendigo anymore and Wendigo pushes Belial in a rapid speed, hitting it in the wall and creates a crack in the wall and a yellow blast occured in the stadium).
Ben (While shielding himself with his hands): That's...
...
Chikara (Shields himself with his hands): No way, how did he drew out this much power from his bey?
Fubuki (Shields himself with his hands): He did what?
(Belial bursts and the whole stadium cracks and gets destroyed in pieces)
Watashi (Pants pretty badly): I... w- won?
Fubuki: That was... impressive! Good job!
Chikara (Looks at Centaur): Can I too... draw this much power?
(Centaur shines as if it responded to Chikara)
~At Real Sun Bat's Entrance~
Ichiban: So that's what... it looks like huh..?
(He looks up and gets surprised how big it looks)
Ichiban (With a surprised look): It's big... bigger than BC Sol..
Himaki (Smiles): Let's go inside already, I can't wait to go in!
Ichiban: Alright then, let's go.
(They reached the main gate but there was someone already)
???: You two, you can't enter here without any permission!
Ichiban (With a confused look): Permission?
Himaki: I'm Himaki Asahi, ring any bells?
???: Oh yeah, my bad. You can enter.
Himaki: Fine then, (Looks at Ichiban) do your best to get a permission, Ichiban.
(Himaki enters the gate, and that unknown person closes the gate)
Ichiban (Shouts at the unknown person): Hey, then what about meeee?
???: You can't. Unless you prove yourself to be strong enough to enter?
Ichiban: Prove? How can I prove myself?
???: By defeating me, The great Paige Crassus! Which isn't gonna happen.
(He laughs while looking at Ichiban)
Ichiban (With an arrogant look): Defeat you? I'm gonna reck you! Put you in your place for good!
Paige: Is that so? We won't find out until we battle (Pulls out his bey)
Paige (Shows off his bey): Take a look at Héroic Perseus!
Ichiban: That's... a Dynamite Bey.
Paige: Heh, System doesn't matter, skills matter! I can draw out Perseus' full strength!
Ichiban (Thoughts): (Drawing out power? Is that something I can do?)
(Both of them reaches a nearby stadium)
Paige (Smiles arrogantly): Nobody's here, It's good for you. No one's gonna see your humiliating defeat!
Ichiban: That's what I was gonna say to you.
Ichiban (Thoughts): (There's no way a Dynamite Bey can surpass Icarus' attacks).
(Ichiban switches his bey to Lower mode)
(They both took their shooting stance)
Ichiban (While holding is launcher): I'm gonna drew all of your power, Icarus!! Let's show him who's the best!!
"3! 2! 1! Go...Shoot!!"
(Icarus and Perseus lands on the stadium, with Perseus spinning rapidly doing a flower pattern while Icarus circles around the stadium)
Paige: Send him flying, Perseus!!
(Perseus changes it's trajectory by leaning on it's Charge Metal driver and heads towards Icarus with full speed)
Paige: Héroic Upper!!
(Perseus' two blades begans to emit a red glow, and sends Icarus flying)
Ichiban ('s bright white aura shines within him): End this! Icarus!!
(Icarus slashes through the white aura and appears)
(A white light shined on Ichiban's hand as he closes his fist)
Ichiban: We're gonna win this!!
Ichiban (raises his fist forth): Aviate Flight!!
(Icarus' blade and Flight armor began to shine and it fells down on Perseus' core with impulsive force, creating a beam of white light shining on the stadium and reaching to the top)
Paige (With a shocked look): Wh- What's this kind of resonance!?
(A bey flew out into the beam of light and bursts, the light disappears and the bey was Perseus)
(Ichiban closes his fists and takes a deep breath, his aura vanished as he did it)
Ichiban (Smiles): I won, this means I'm strong enough!
Paige (Looking down on the ground, tightening his fists): Tch... You're strong...(Looks at Ichiban) You can enter.
Ichiban: Alright!!
(Paige leads the way, and took Ichiban to Real Sun Bat's main hall)
Ichiban (With a surprised look): It... looks even bigger from the inside....
Paige: It is... So what's your business here?
Ichiban (Points his finger to his head): Well.... Who's the strongest blader here..?
Paige: It's...
(Suddenly a bey bursts, Ichiban looked at where the sound came from. The bey was... Hyperion)
Himaki (Looks at Hyperion with a shocked look): It's unreal....
Paige: Griffin Maximillion
Ichiban (Looks at Griffin): Th.. That guy?
Griffin (While looking at Himaki): You're strong I'll give you that, but there is still room for improvement.
Himaki: Is.. that so..? I see.
Ichiban (Reaches towards Griffin): You're the strongest blader right?
Griffin (Chuckles): Who knows? Maybe I'm the world's number one blader.
Ichiban (Smiles): World's number one huh? That's Icarus' spot!
Griffin (Shows off Gilgamesh): Maybe we can find it out in a battle.
Ichiban: A stamina type... looks like I have the advantage!
Himaki (While looking at Ichiban): You won't stand a chance, he's incredibly strong!
Ichiban: I won't find out until I try.
Griffin (Smiles): I like your confidence.
Ichiban: After this battle, you'll even like your loss.
Griffin: Heh, Let's do this then.
Paige: You seriously gonna battle an outsider?
Griffin: As long as someone is a blader (Smiles), they are welcome in here. Also Real Sun Bat is closed today, nobody's here and I don't have nothing to do.
Paige: Oh you're... right..
Ichiban (reaches towards the stadium): Let's do this then!
Griffin (reaches towards the stadium): Why not.
Ichiban: (Switches to Lower mode)
Griffin (Thoughts): (Lower mode.. huh? Try as hard as you can but... trash can never surpass the elite!)
(Griffin switches to Upper mode)
Himaki (Reaches towards the stadium): I'll be the ref then. First Battle!
(They both took their shoot stance)
Himaki: Ready, Set!
"3! 2! 1! Go... Shoot!!"
(Gilgamesh quickly takes the center while Icarus spins around the edge of the stadium)
Ichiban: Let's go Icarus! Twilight Shoot!!
(Icarus gains speed by tilting on it's driver and attacks Gilgamesh continuously, but couldn't even move it an inch)
Ichiban: That's... unusual for a stamina type....
Griffin (Smiles): If I cannot move my bey, you'll lose.
Ichiban (Looks at Griffin with a angry look): I definitely know that! No need to tell me!!
Ichiban ('s hand shines as he did a slash gesture): Aviaaate Slash!!!
(Icarus lands a massive blow on Gilgamesh and pushes it forward)
Ichiban: Alright!!
(Gilgamesh quickly circles around the center gaining speed)
Griffin: Divine Loop!
(Gilgamesh crashes into Icarus and lands an impulsive impact, making it burst instantly.
Ichiban (While looking at Icarus' parts in the air): I lost...?
Himaki: Plasma Gilgamesh! Burst Finish! Griffin Maximillion wins by the score of 2-0!
Ichiban (grabs Icarus' parts): One more time!! I wanna battle again!
Griffin: Again? Sure.
Himaki: No way, now it's my turn!
Ichiban (While looking at Himaki): Your turn can wait!
Himaki: I could say the same for you!
Griffin: Then.. How about you both battle me at the same time?
Ichiban: Same time? Not gonna happen, I'll beat both of you at once!
Paige: A three-way battle?
Himaki (Smiles): It'll work! I'll beat both of you!
Ichiban (Takes his shoot stance): Let's do this already!
(Icarus was on lower mode as he attaches his bey to his launcher)
(Himaki and Griffin took their shoot stance, their bey's were on Lower [Himaki] and Upper mode [Griffin])
Paige: Alright then, three-way battle! Ready, Set!
"3! 2! 1! Go... Shoot!!"
Griffin: Knock both of them away! Cosmic Shoot!!
(Gilgamesh speeds up around the edge of the stadium and began to chase down Icarus and Hyperion by hitting them constantly)
Ichiban (With a shocked look): Hang in there! Icarus!
Himaki: I won't let you! Xceed Counter!!
(Hyperion uses it's driver to change it's trajectory and knocks Gilgamesh away, making it take the center)
Griffin: Heh, not bad.
Ichiban: Now it's your turn, Icarus! Amaze Strike!!
(Icarus leans on it's Amaze driver and lands a impulsive blow on Gilgamesh, making it spin unstably)
Griffin (With a surprised look): How did he..?
Himaki: Hyperion, Knock Icarus with a bang!!
(Hyperion heads towards Icarus with extreme speed)
Ichiban: It won't happen! (His hand's shined with a white glow as he did a slash gesture) Aviate Slash!!
(Icarus' blade shines and hits Hyperion with all it's strength sending Hyperion sky-high)
Himaki (With a shocked look): Hyperion...
Ichiban: We ain't done yet!!
(Icarus leans on it's Amaze driver making the metal portion in contact with the groove of the stadium, changing it's trajectory towards Gilgamesh)
Ichiban: Amaze Strike!!
(Icarus lands a decisive blow on Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh reaches it's final click)
Griffin (Thoughts): (Looks like trash is gonna be trash after all)
Griffin ('s flashing gold aura lits up within him): Divine Stance!!
(Gilgamesh appears from the flashy gold aura)
(Gilgamesh draws out three blades from the gap and knocks away Icarus into the air)
Ichiban: We're not going to lose like this, Icarus!!
Himaki: We're still here! (Her burning red aura lits up within her) Hyperion!!
(Hyperion appears from the burning red aura, showing off his sword and shield)
Himaki: Ember Impact!!
(Hyperion was about to fall down on Gilgamesh but suddenly)
Ichiban ('s bright white aura begins to shine within him): We're not gonna lose this one! ICAAAAARUS!!!
(Icarus gets covered by it's white aura completely, emitting a shining white glow around it)
(Icarus appears slashing through the white aura)
(Suddenly, everything turned white around Ichiban, and Icarus stands in front of him)
Icarus: What do you wanna make me do?
Ichiban ('s aura blazes even more): I want you... to draw out you 100% power!!
(As he said those words the white world shattered like mirror and everything turned to normal)
(A white light shined on Ichiban's hand as he closes his fist)
(Icarus hits the wall and heads towards Hyperion while flying)
Ichiban (Raises his fist forth): AVIATE FLIGHT!!!!
Griffin (With a surprised look): Are you gonna... aim for Hyperion!?
(Hyperion lands a decesive blow on Gilgamesh's core and Icarus unleashes a impulsive blow on Hyperion's core leading to a massive geyser of Yellow light generating sparks in the stadium)
(Griffin and Himaki used their hands to shield themselves but fell down on the ground)
Ichiban (Crosses his arm): You see..? It's Icarus' true strength!!!
(All of the beys came out of the geyser, Hyperion and Gilgamesh bursts and Icarus lands on the ground near Ichiban)
Paige (With a surprised look): Wh... What just happened? Everything was going too fast....
(He then notices Gilgamesh and Hyperion bursted on the ground)
Paige: H..how?
Griffin (While looking at the ground): Paige.. Give the call.
Paige: A... Aviate Icarus wins the three-way battle!
Ichiban (pants): Finally... I won!!
Himaki (Gets up and thoughts): (What in the world was that glow around his bey...)
Griffin: I... I think I have nothing to say anymore...
Paige (Thoughts): It's the first time I saw him losing against someone...
Himaki (While looking at Ichiban): So.. Now what're you gonna do next?
Ichiban: Maybe... Go back to where I came from? Ah right, Paige can you show me how to get to El Santo?
Paige (Sighs): Yeah... Come with me.
~At El Santo~
Ichiban (Opens the door): Guess who's back?
Chikara (Smiles): You're back.
Fubuki: You came at the right time, we were preparing to leave.
Ichiban: Cool! (Yawns) That walk really made me tired, I think I need to sleep.
Fubuki: Alright then, Go out and get to the sir ship and sleep.
Chikara (While looking at Centaur): Drawing out full strength from your bey.... Is that what is called surpassing the limits of resonance?
[To Be Continued]
Also Gilgamesh is a hero, so imagine him being a knight with gold armor having a spear and sword on both hands.