Since I had left beyblading many years ago and parted with my group, life's grown boring. I remember the days of Beyblade when things weren't all hardcore metal parts, and were more prone to breaking since they were plastic and all. I even remember HMS - what was basically the setup for MFB, but a lot different. I miss the old blading days...

I'm 19 now, I have my own home in Tokyo, a great girlfriend, and a full time job. I have no time for Beyblading anymore. I long the days where I would practice with my team... We've grown apart since then. They all live in different parts of the world too, and I'm not even sure where. Wolborg just sits in a box somewhere now in my closet. I don't even think about him anymore. But lately, this "Metal Fight Beyblade" has revived my want for Beyblading again. So today I'm heading to the Bey Pit and I'm going to pickup some parts for my own bey. I'm even going to take Wolborg with me, hah, maybe I can get his opinion on parts or something...

As I enter the Bey Pit I see kids going CRAZY over all of the new parts, and how expensive they are. There are posters for tournaments everywhere in the store, and ads for parts littered on them as well. There are a plethora of pieces in MFB, possibly even more than back in the good old days. I begin looking around, gazing at the new parts, and I'm amazed at how small they are... Yet so effective. None of the parts even resemble what they used to be, let alone what I would want for a MFB Wolborg... Wolborg drops out of my pocket and shatters on the tile floor. I just stare at it's remnants, eveything goes quiet, the whole store is staring.

I just lost a friend.

I'm on the verge of tears, but I'm a stronger guy than that. The store returns to normal again, and I begin to pick up the shattered remains, when I look up and notice a track that's being advertised as an entirely game changing new part. It's called B:C - Bearing Core. It's just like a part from the good old days... I ask the store clerk how much it is, and he says "Well we just got them in today, brand new part. It's 1500 Yen."
"God, I remember the days you could get a whole bey for less than a thousand..." I keep looking at B:C not taking my eyes off of it for one moment, he eventually replies "Really? I wasn't even into Beyblade back then... So you were a plastic and HMS blader?"
"Yeah, I was actually in World Tourneys all the time... I always got outdone by the Blade Breakers though, haha..." the store clerk then replies, astonished at who I used to be "Wait... I might have heard of you. Is your name Tala...?"
"Yeah, name's Tala. I've decided to get back into Beyblade, I figured this would be a good start." he then yells "EVERYONE! THIS IS TALA! HE'S FOUGHT AGAINST THE LEDGENDARY TYSON!!!"

The store goes into a frenzy. All of the kids are coming up to me asking for tips on blading, what it was like back then, if Tyson was really tough, things like that. I just swiftly tell them all their answers and continue to pick up Wolborg. I grab the B:C, and thenI go up to the Metal Wheel section and give a look around. I see a new Metal Wheel as well- Blizzard. On the wheel there appears to be many protrusions that look to be like ice crystals! Perfect for my Wolborg! Next comes a clear wheel - I see a promo for making your own, and I have my own design in mind. I go to the machine and begin creating it. It was actually quite simple doing so, just pick a color, and you can pick shapes, thickness, whatever. I get done with it, and it begins processing it. Then out of a slot on the left side of the machine, pops out the clear wheel with the stickers I had also customly designed. Wolborg's clear wheel is a VERY clear gray toned kind of CW. The Face is also the same color, but with Wolborgs HMS bit design on it. I love it. The price keeps going up, now it's at 5500 yen... Man MFB is expensive! But I'm not stopping now, I'm GOING to buy a bey. I walk up to the store clerk and he rings up the price to 6500 yen. "Hey where are all of your old beys Tala?" I reply "Oh... Yeah. I dropped my Wolborg back over there... I'm going to have to repair him now, just like I used to have to, haha." the clerk then says "Hmm.. Alright look, I'll help you out. Blizzard Wolborg B:C - free of charge. "WHAT?! That's insane! It's 6500 yen!" he then quickly says "QUIET! If anyone knows I'm giving out free beys, I'll get fired... Now come with me, I can fix your old Wolborg up. Free for that too. I'll have to work on it overnight. Oh, and don't forget to buy a stadium and beylauncher too, these will do perfect." I go out grab both, and pay for them, 1500 Yen. Not bad for all of this.

I walk out of the store leaving my old friend behind, hoping for the best for him, but I'm also walking out with a brand new one. The nostalgia, is flowing through me like a river, as I gaze at Blizzard Wolborg. It's time to relive what I left behind.

Since I had left beyblading many years ago and parted with my group, life's grown boring. I remember the days of Beyblade when things weren't all hardcore metal parts, and were more prone to breaking since they were plastic and all. I even remember HMS - what was basically the setup for MFB, but a lot different. I miss the old blading days... Things were great back then.

I'm 19 now, I have my own home in Beytaku, Russia. I have barely any time for Beyblading anymore. I long the days where I would practice with my team... We've grown apart since then. They all live in different parts of the world too, and I'm not even sure where. Wolborg just sits in a box somewhere now in my closet. I don't even think about him anymore. But lately, this "Metal Fight Beyblade" has revived my want for Beyblading again. So today I'm heading to the Bey Pit and I'm going to pickup some parts for my own bey. I'm even going to take Wolborg with me, hah, maybe I can get his opinion on parts or something... Hah. Like that would ever happen...

I begin walking down to the station which is a fairly long walk away from where I live. You go down the road from where I live, take a left, and then to a subway station, taking a train to it, in Razenu, which is rougly 30 kilometers due east. It's Beytaku's neighboring city, and a rival to As I'm walking down to the station, which is just up a hill from where I'm walking, stop, and glance to the right. I hear a bunch of kids screaming things like "Go! Special move!" and "Go!! Attack from the side!" in the park near the center of town. I've never been inside the park, and I never had any reason to.
"Heh.. I remember those days... So simple back then."
I begin walking again towards the station again, but then there was a sudden large gust of wind.
"Go! Pegasis! Big Bang Tornado!"
A wild tornado emerges from the center of the park, and then dies out, just as quickly as it had formed.
"No!!! Impossible! Nothing can defeat my Daku Wofl M145MS!!!" a child screams at the top of his lungs.
"Hah, good game kid! I've gotta go now, cya!" a red haired, and positive entity retorts. He then runs off, out of my sight of vision.
"I wonder who that was.. He looked like a strong blader." I say to myself.
"Bah, I'll miss the train if I keep standing around here like a boulder.."
I begin walking off towards the Subway Station.

As I enter the Subway Station, an aroma of greasy fast food, sweaty busy people, and a blast of heat welcomes me.
"God, do they not have any damn air ciculation or air conditioners in here? This is outrageous.."
I go up to the ticket booth to puchase a ticket. The sign held above the booth says that train tickets all around are 1 Euro a ticket. Apparently it's a holiday special or something.
"I need one ticket to Razenu please." I say to the ticket booth employee. She's a nice looking girl, about my age. She looks oddly familiar, but I pass it off as one of those stupid coincidences that always seems to happen.
"Okay!" she says with a high pitched, and positive voice. "That will be one euro please!"
I silently hand the money over in exchange for my ticket.
"Oh, not again! The stupid machine is jammed!" she squeals.
"Jammed?" I say quietly, barely nothing more than a whisper compared to the noise that the crowds of people in here are creating.
"Yeah, stupid thing's been messing up all morning! Bah, if only I had a Beyblade, I could fix this... Those things can somehow fix everything"
"I have a Beyblade."
"Really? Do you think you could try to fix it sir? Sorry, it takes the repair guy half an hour to even get the proper tools out to fix this.."
"Sure." I say. I'm in a hurry, the train will be leaving soon. I pick Wolborg MS out of my pocket, and place it onto the launcher. Next, I put the winder into the launcher, which is upheld by a grip.
"Wow... This feeling... It's amazing. I haven't done anything with Wolborg in so long." I think to myself.
"Well, get on with it!" she says happily, that someone other than an old, fat, stupid repair man is actually trying to help. A line's starting to create behind me. A man shouts "Hurry up! I don't have all day!"
"Neither do I, you idiot." I retort.
"3..." I tighten my hand on the grip.
"2.." This feels natural.
"1!" I ready my hand to start pulling the winder.
"GOOOOOO-" I sling my hand upon the winder quickly, readying myself for a task so simple, yet so complicated.
"SHOOT!!" The winder has left the launcher.
Wolborg lands on the counter, standing strong and tall. It's amazing that he still works, even after this long.
"Wolborg! Go hit that machine!" I scream.
Wolborg responds, obeying me. He hits the machine. BAM!
"Once more!"
"BAM!!"
"Again!"
"CRRRAAACKK!!!"
"No! Not again! You'll break it! It's fine now, it's working!" the ticket booth girl says loudly. Wolborg returns to my hand, and she hands me my ticket. I turn around, only to be stopped by a hand.
"Hey, thanks a lot guy! Can I get your number?"
"My... Telephone number?" I question what this is leading to.
"Yeah!"
"Erm... Sure. I guess. Here." I pull out my wallet and hand over a piece of paper with my number on it. It's always helpful to have these things handy, if you know what I mean, hah. Off to Razenu.

I arrive in Razenu, and walk out of the train. When I emerge from the subway station, I'm met with fresh air.
"Ahh... Fresh cold air. Just like Beytaku." I say to myself.
It's a festive town. Full of colors, and jolly people walking up and down the street. It has a crime problem though, crazy stuff will happen, even out in the opening. I immediately notice the Beypit, slighty down the Avenue. Time for a new Beyblade. As I'm walking casually towards the Bey Pit, with my hands in pocket grasping Wolborg. I take my hand out to cover my face, as I'm about to sneeze. I release Wolborg from my grip. I raise my hand to my face to cover it, and then it's as if an explosion went off in my side. I hear right before the impact from a passerby "Give me your money!"
A bullet.
It pierced my thick jacket made of leather.
I fall straight to the ground, head hitting cold concrete with the force of a thousand hammers.
I'm out cold. I feel hands rummaging my pockets. They grab Wolborg.
"NO... YOU... DON'T."
I rise up, completely concious now, and punch the criminal square in the face, sending him flying backwards. The gun in his hand, a revolver, goes sliding across the ice covered street. Everyone stops and looks at me. I hear whispers of things like "Wow, did he just return back from conciousness that quickly?" and "Amazing! That was extraordinary! He just took a bullet and he's back up!" I begin checking my pockets, the left one with my grip is okay, along with my launcher. I check my other pocket...
"..."
I bring out the remnants of Wolborg MS. I shed a single tear, and it drops to the ground, freezing within seconds.
"Wol...borg..." I whisper. A feeling of shock and saddness overcomes me. My head is laying low, my hair is covering up my eyes, and people are still staring... It's embarrassing, and odd at the same time. Police sirens pierce through the dead silence, and they arrive, screeching to a halt in front of the criminal, who, like I was, is out cold. They place handcuffs on him, and throw him in the police car, slam the door and drive off. Quite a quick police force they have around these parts...
People begin moving again now, walking away from the scene, and all is normal again. I resume walking towards the Bey Pit, and I arrive at it. I gaze up and look at the banner going across advertising parts, released even as recent as today. The WBBA sure is larger than it was back in the day.

As I enter the Bey Pit I see kids going CRAZY over all of the new parts, and how expensive they are. There are posters for tournaments everywhere in the store, and ads for parts littered on them as well. There are a plethora of pieces in MFB, possibly even more than back when I played. I begin looking around, gazing at the new parts, and I'm amazed at how small they are... They look like they wouldn't have any effect... But that's completely wrong. Every gram of ever part makes a difference. None of the parts even resemble what they used to be, let alone what I would want for a MFB Wolborg... There are stadiums everywhere, kids playing in them. I wonder what happened to that blader I saw in the park..

I walk up to the clerk, and begin talking to him.
"Hello sir.."
"How may I help you Tala?"
"...How do you.. know my name?"
"Don't recognize me do you?! Hah! I expected nothing more than that after a few years. Nice to see you again!" he says proudly.
"...Who are you?"
He bends over the counter, and begins to whisper "Well, since you REALLY can't tell, it's me, Tyson!"
"Tyson? Wow, I haven't seen you in so long.."
"Hush, hush, I don't need the store knowing that it's ME."
"Alright.. Tell me, do you happen to offer a bey repair service?" I ask.
"We sure do!" he replies.
"... I need this fixed."
I pick out the pieces of what was Wolborg MS and place it on the dest. Even the bullet is there. It's stilll warm. Tyson then grabs out a magnifying glass and takes a look.
"Yeah... This isn't getting fixed." he says sadly.
"...There's... nothing you can do? Nothing?"
"Well... There is ONE thing..." he says.
"I'll do it! Wolborg must be fixed!"
"Fine. Don't expect magic though."
We then proceed to walk to the back store.
"Hey Kenny! Think you can fix a broken HMS?
"Sure can Tyson! Who's getting their HMS fixed?" he asks, loudly.
"Tala!"
"No way! Tala is here? Great to see you Tala!"
"...Yeah. Good to see you.."
I'm still looking down, I have hope for Wolborg, but I'm not sure if they CAN fix him. He was in pretty rough shape.

A few hours later

I'm just sitting in a chair they have in the back, watching some TV. I'm flipping through the channels, and I find the WBBA channel. They're showing an old battle, between me and Tyson. The DJ is shouting and narrating the whole battle... He always got on my nerve. Tyson walks in and says "Hah! They still show me whooping people on TV all the time! I wish they wouldn't though, my time to shine is done." Kenny walks out from behind a stack of boxes filled to the brim with parts and yells "I'M FINISHED!!!" I throw myself out of the chair, straight up.
"Is Wolborg okay...?" I softly reply to an over excited Kenny.
"YES! But.. I had to re-make him. He's totally different now.
"How so?" I ask.
"Come look!" he flips out his laptop, a new sleek design. More modern. I like it. He then goes into an endless explanation that makes Tyson and I both question the laws of physics and our existence. We just reply by saying "Okay." and nodding and smiling. Keney then proceeds to hand over three things- a grip, a beylauncher, and Wolborg.
"What's it called?" I asked.
"Blizzard Wolborg B:CD!"
"What does that B:CD thing stand for?"
"Bearing Core Drive! The Bearing Core keeps it spinnign for what seems like an eternity, and the Drive is to speed up Wolborg to make him spin even longer!" I reply with just "Wow."
"Yo Tala, stay over tonight. Subway's closed, and we have a spare room." says Tyson from across the room.
"Well... Guess I don't have a choice."
"Nope!" he and Kenny both laugh, and I crack a weak smile.
I go to sleep, holding Wolborg in my palm.
"Thank you... Blade..Breakers." and I fall asleep. I wake up before Tyson and Kenny both do, but it's late in the morning. 10 A.M. I find a piece of paper, some tape, and a pen. I write a short and straight to the point note, and place it on the door. "Thanks. I'll come back someday, maybe soon."
I walk out of the store.
The nostalgia is flowing through me like a river as I gaze at Blizzard Wolborg.
It's time to relive what I left behind.

As I was walking home, I began to wonder what was going to happen next. Would I stay in this boring town, and live out my life, never using Wolborg, or would I set out on an adventure, battling everyone, everyday, to make it to the top? It was still an unclear decision in my mind, but I knew the right answer. Beytaku is a boring town, it's located in Europe, where it's pretty cold. My breath was showing due to how cold it was here. It's always been this way. That's why I like it here though. No other reasons other than that, and an odd connection here. My family has lived here for generations, and I plan to keep it that way.

Suddenly there was a scream in the nearby park. It was faint, but noticeable barely, due to the thicket of trees that were on the outer rim everywhere in the park. I stopped, and began to sprint in the immediate direction of of the scream. Was it a trap, or a legitimate person in peril?

Night fell upon Beytaku.
The lights dazzled everywhere outside of the park, but on the inside the clustered trees blocked out most of it. The park was darker and colder than anywhere else in town. These trees were like a barrier of some sorts. I was sprinting through the dark path, with the occasional yellow lamp post . Other than those, it was total darkness. The path spiraled left and right, back and forth, but I eventually would reach the center where I believe the scream came from, due to the faintness, and that it's the deepest part of the park.

Another scream.
Faster.
FASTER.
I was in a dead sprint, probably the longest and fastest time I've ever ran in my life.
I arrived in the middle of the park and bent over, panting hard from a lack of oxygen. I stood up, and was amazed at what sat in front of me. A fountain; it was a beautifully crafted bust of an angel, made out of the finest crystal I had ever seen. A bright light sat above it, giving it some light so it was visible. Water was spouting from the clear crystal lips of the angel. It had wings as well, but they were no ordinary wings. They were made in the shape of... Ice Crystals? I looked down to the feet of the angel, and was astonished as I noticed something peculiar.
A wolf.
I touched the statue, it was colder than this whole town has, or will ever be. car drove by, headlights peeking through the trees barely, making the whole sculpture come alive. It twinkled like a star in the night sky of a barren land where no lights could disturb their presence. There was something bronze below the fountain, a plaque.
"Fountain of the Wolborg, protector of this village since its founding."
I said under my breath, "I've lived here how long, and never noticed, OR heard of this before? God, I really need to start getting out..."

I was getting off track of what I had originally come to do. I need to focus on what I was doing previously, now that I've had time to rest and catch my breath, I feel like a new person.

Rustling in the trees.
"Who goes there?" I asked in a serious tone.
"..." Nothing. No response.
"Show yourself coward." I said. I was beginning to wonder if it was nothing but an animal that roamed the park. But what animal would come to such a cold place? A wolf for sure, but none of them have lived even remotely close since I was born.
"... HOOOWWWLLLL!!!