aaa this took forever i'm sorry

btw, it was canon that the title match w aiga took place in beigoma, but i'm just going to change it to spain

Your POV

As expected for a title match, a great crowd had been attracted. Cameras were flashing, and people were bustling with a task to do at every corner. 

The stands were slowly filling up, and even from here, in a rest room, I could hear the chatter and cheers of the audience here for a game. 

There had once been a time in which I had hated battles. How could I like them when they destroyed people and beys, after all? How could I play beyblade for something has trivial has fun?

Slowly, the darkness had stolen my happiness from me. It made me forget a lot of things. That I had people I could count on. That I love those people with all my heart. That I played beyblade to connect. Most of all, I forgot that beyblade was a game.

The darkness stole practically everything from me.

"You ready?"

And then I was suddenly staring at crimson, a crimson filled with kindness and warmth. Maybe I fell in love again. I gave him a kiss that I seemed to be addicted to nowadays. 

"Of course."

I smiled, genuinely happy - a rare occasion nowadays. 

Today was the day that I reclaimed everything. When I had come back to the beyblade world, I wanted to reclaim my crown the most.

How ironic, I thought. 

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"Let's go, (y/n)!"

As I made my way to the beyblade stadium, the fans chanted out loud in unison. It was funny, I thought, that they seemed to love me even though a month ago they hated me.

But I decided not to blame them for it. Even I, a month ago, hated myself but now I have accepted myself. 

Despite not knowing how to feel about the fans, I put on a wide grin and waved to them as I approached the stadium. I glanced at my opponent in front of me. Aiga was tapping his foot impatiently, too excited to begin. 

But suddenly, his whole demeanour changed as soon as he caught sight of me. I tilted my head curiously. "Uh, what's wrong, Aiga? Aiga!"

Blinking, he suddenly went back to his normal self. For a second, he almost seemed scared. And to be honest, I didn't blame him. Last time we had a match I was a monster. I hated that  memory.

So I smiled and said, "What do you saw we make this a fun Turbo battle?"

As soon as I finished saying that I realized that I was talking to myself as well. I desperately wanted this battle to be fun.

"Yeah, of course!"

On instinct, both of our aura lit up for a second.

"First battle!"

"Now, bring it on!" I exclaimed, getting into my Soaring stance.

Aiga backed away, getting into the all-too familiar spring boost stance. "Yeah! I'm coming right at you!"

"Ready? Set!"

"3 2 1! Let it rip!"

The two of us simulatenously tugged as hard as we could, both unleashing extreme speeds as the result of our boosts. And as expected, both beys had activated their Turbo blades.

Xcalius zoomed around the outside in clockwise mode, Achilles mimicking it. At the exact same time, the two beys swerved into the battle and made first contact followed by a series of clashes.

"Okay, Xcalius, let's go!" I declared. "Show them your Final Strike!"

"Achilles!" yelled Aiga. "Give 'em your Turbo Launch!"

I clenched my fists as I realized Achilles had managed to negate Xcalius' Turbo State.

He's going straight for a burst!

Aiga grinned, looking down happily at Achilles. "Alright, keep it up!"

A long time ago, I would've gotten angry at this simple action. I would've thought how stupid Aiga was for thinking that beyblade was a simple game to have fun with. But secretly I was jealous by the idea of having with beyblade.

But that was a long time ago, so now I can smile genuinely and say, "Don't let it get to you, Xcalius. Union Launch!"

With a burst of speed, Xcalius ferociously collided with Achilles before engaging in yet another series of attacks. Relief and happiness washed over me as I realized that I had met my goal: to also negate Achilles' Turbo blades.

As a result, Aiga roared in determination. "Now! Turbo Upper!"

"End it!" I yelled. "Final Strike!"

Both beys met once again, sparks flying and wind emitting as Aiga and I continued to yell to support our respetive beys. 

Then, we stopped and it was absolute silence as both beys bursted and floated back to the ground. Our eyes met, and in that moment, I experienced an excitement for beyblade that I hadnn't felt in a while. 

"Uh, it's a simulatenous burst finish. Draw!"

I couldn't help but grin in awe that Aiga was so good at battling. I flashed Xcalius. "Alright! Second battle!"

The second battle started in the exact same way as the first one, both beys zooming quickly around the stadium as the end result of the incredible launches.

"Okay, let's do it, Xcalius!"

"Put them in their place. Now, Achilles!"

Both beys engaged in yet another series of collisions, each one stronger than the last.

"I'm gonna catch you head on!" we shouted in unison. 

Aiga's aura lit up immediately. "Again, Turbo Launch!"

"Union Launch!" I yelled, my aura also lighting up in response. Both beys sped up meeting in the middle again.

Wind slashed and lightning flashes of white, scarlet and hold streaked across the stadium. Everyone held their breath in anticipation. Then, both beys were immediately flung back to their respective side.

They hit the ground almost simultaneously, but-

"The winner is Turbo Achilles with a ring out finish! Aiga Akabane will receive one point!"

-Xcalius had touched the ground first.

The crowd went wild, excited at the revelation of who got the first point. Aiga himself grinned brightly at Achilles. "Alright!"

I blinked. It was weird not having an opponent that taunted you when you lost a point. It was weird not feeling angry when I lost.

I liked it.

And slowly, another genuine smile made its way across my face. And slowly, I started having fun again. Slowly, I was beginning to fall in love with the game again. 

A friendly drive to compete took over. Yeah, I already knew what the end result was going to be, but the least I could do was enjoy the battle while it lasted.

"Third Battle!"

"Just you wait," Aiga said in determination. "I'll end this round with a Burst, that's for sure. So I'm sticking with Attack Mode!"

"Interesting!" I exclaimed, getting my launcher ready. "But I'll make sure to knock you away with everything I've got!"

"Ready, and set!"

"3 2 1! Let it rip!"

As soon as Achilles entered the stadium, I narrowed my eyes in calculation. It was going way faster than before, reaching astronomical speeds. My eyes widened. It was preparing for a move, a new move that I had never been up against before.

a/n credit to my maths teacher for teaching me that word when describing how disappointed my class test results were lolol

"Turbo Sword!"

As Achilles knocked into Xcalius, the former managed to get rid of the Turbo blades yet again. Upon seeing that, the crowds went wild. The new Beigoma Academy Bey Club, as well as Ranjiro's gang shouted words of encouragement.

Despite what I thought about moving forward into the future, I couldn't help but smile faintly while remembering distant memories during a specific Nationals. 

"Xcalius is looking pretty wobbly now!"

I blinked, being brought back to the present and cursed at myself for getting distracted whilst Achilles managed to land a heavy blow on Xcalius. 

"(y/n), you can do this!"

"Come on, (y/n)!"

The only people who shouted words of encouragement was Kit and Valt. I vaguely wondered where the rest of my friends had gone to. Why had they scattered across the world? In a desperate bid for victory in the world which they devoted themselves to? Why aren't they supporting me anymore?

Then I cursed at myself again. Of course they were still supporting me. They were my closest friends. Even if they weren't here in person, I could feel their spirit besides me.

Valt. Kit. Sasha. Mei. Xander. Honcho. Daigo. Wakiya. Zac. Ken.

a/n i feel like i forgot somebody sjsjsjs

And Shu.

Especially Shu.

Even if he wasn't shouting any words of encouragement, his encouragement was the loudest. 

I love him so damn much.

And so, as crimson met (e/c) once again (a scene I would never get sick of), I decided to unleash everything I had.

By pure will, Xcalius suddenly regained so much more than mere balance. It shot off, reaching even higher forces. Aura washed over me, flames of white and gold and scarlet. Xcalius reentered the Turbo Awakened State.

Aiga also activated his aura, but it was pointless now. For this was my new move, a move that had been waiting to triumph. My aura strengthened, burning with the strength of a thousand suns. 

This is for you, Shu.

"Endgame."

Xcalius flashed around the outer circle of the stadium so quickly that the stadium turned to a pitch black. With the competing winds and gravity, Achilles was sucked into the middle before lifting into the air and being torn apart by the different directions of winds. As expected, it bursted into three parts before falling to the ground.

That all happened in a span of a second. 

The crowd was speechless. I could understand why. Since it happened so quickly it appeared that Xcalius just moved and Achilles suddenly bursted in the air.

It truly was endgame.

As expected, the crowd suddenly bursted into cheers at the sight of a new move. And as expected, Aiga grinned. "I take back what I thought earlier about you. Battles with you are the best!"

"Yeah," I grinned too. "You can say that again."

"Fourth battle!"

This was it. This was deciding game, I could feel it in my bones. I got ready into the Soaring Boost stance, and as I looked at the opponent in front of me, I reached a new level of pure determination.

Determination to win? Not exactly. More like determination to pass on my crown.

And then suddenly, I was in a different dimension. It was just me, Aiga and our beys, drops of red and gold in a world of white. Oh, and Shu was there too, watching me with a small smile on his face.

"3 2 1! Let it rip!"

The clashes were even stronger than before, knocking the other bey back further than ever before. Our respective beasts before, each one guiding us across the path that we followed.

And when the beys met, the sparks were blinding. Xcalius swerved backwards before coming back to hit Achilles with a Final Strike. That broke us out of the separate dimension. We were back in the arena that I had played in so many times.

Achilles was sent flying, and I could hear Hanami's commentary and the crowd's whispers about how it was the end of this battle.

They're wrong.

Achilles landed back into the stadium, even pulling of one of Shu's signature moves in which the bey changed modes in the middle of the battle. Achilles sped up with a burst of speed.

Both auras were activated, shining brightly. Both beys were going at mind blowing speeds, carrying mind blowing power with them. Both bladers pulled out their special moves [ I didn't hear what Aiga's was over my yelling of 'Union Launch'. Both beys met in the middle for a final time.

And then I realized...I'm having fun.

Both beys met in the middle for a final time.

It was like a bomb had been ignited. Or a sun exploded in its last minute. I had never experienced this power before. And again, it was blinding. It would've burnt to touch the light and it hurt to see through it.

But somehow, it didn't hurt at all when I saw past the light and the result was laid out in front for me. 

I smiled in satisfaction, savoring the last moments of fun.

There had once been a time in which I had hated battles. How could I like them when they destroyed people and beys, after all? How could I play beyblade for something has trivial has fun?

Slowly, the darkness had stolen my happiness from me. It made me forget a lot of things. That I had people I could count on. That I love those people with all my heart. That I played beyblade to connect. Most of all, I forgot that beyblade was a game.

The darkness stole practically everything from me.

Today, I reclaimed everything that been stolen from me. When I had come back to the beyblade world, I wanted to reclaim my crown the most.

How ironic, I thought as I came to the same thought that had arrived just before the match with Aiga.

How ironic, that now, to reclaim everything else, I left my crown. 

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