Valt edged closer to the shaken albino, "Shu~"

Shu backed away, "Get away from me!"

Valt tutted, "But~" And he kissed the red-eyed male passionately.

Shu felt like he was out of control and for the first time in his life, he was clueless. He pushed away the bluenette with great strength and ran out of the door which Valt left opened. He reached the living room of an unfamiliar place.

"Shu~" He heard Valt behind him. So he quickened his pace and ran out of the exit. Once he reached outside and locked the door of the house so that Valt won't catch him, he looked around to check if there were any ways of communication like a payphone or a shop so that he can borrow a phone to contact anyone. He know Christina's number and Ethan's. But as he ran away from the house, he wondered. How did Valt know where I was?

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Ethan pursed his lips. Lui's eyes went wide and Toko gasped softly. Nya looked down.

"I-I'm sorry guys. I wasn't thinking straight and I-"

"Shut up." Ethan said quietly and left the room. Nya fell on her knees and tears streamed down her cheeks in a waterfall. Lui went beside her to give comfort and Toko just stood there numbed.

"I-I messed up real bad, Lui! He'll never forgive me." Nya sobbed. Lui just patted her back and said it was alright. Toko asked, "Why did you help him?"

Nya sniffed, "He said that Shu's parents were the ones who fired mom and dad from work and made us poor. And I got angry and...I don't even think it is true now."

"It's ok" Ethan said, coming from the other room and kneeling to her height. Toko and Lui looked surprised at his sudden appearance and comforting. Nya hugged his older brother and Ethan did the same. Soon, Lui and Toko joined the hug.

"I'm sorry, babe." Ethan apologised to Toko, since he said a lot of hurtful things he didn't mean to. But Toko just smiled it out and kissed his lover passionately. Lui covered Nya's eyes, "OI!"

Toko giggled, "Whoops."

Ethan's phone ringed, he took it and saw an unknown number. But he answered it anyway. He went outside to take the call.

When he came back, relief was obvious on his face.

"Guys! Shu is alright!" He shouted out happily. The other three looked overjoyed. "Where is he!?" Toko asked.

"He is in the store down by the lane. Valt kidnapped him, but he managed to escape. We just have to go there!" Ethan explained.

"What are we waiting for then!? Let's go!" Toko squealed happily and jumped up to wear a jacket. Nya looked at his brother, face drowned in guilt.

"He..."

"Don't worry, he'll understand." Ethan said. He went to wear his jacket too.

"I hope so." Nya told Lui, who nodded and picked her up bridal style to wear their own jackets.

Ethan asked for a taxi, which they got as they made their way to the shop. After an hour or so, they made it.

They went inside but Shu wasn't there. So they went to the shopkeeper and asked if she have seen a red-eyed albino in the shop.

"Oh, he's in the room inside!" The olive-haired lady said, "He gets along good with my son, and keeps telling that they have met. Same with my boy."

Frowning, the four of them made their way to the room. And they saw Shu with an olive-haired boy, a boy Ethan could recognise anywhere.

It was Boa Alcazaba.

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Theodore sighed as he made his way towards the private training room he designed for his special and strong blader and step-son. He opened the door without knocking and saw the young boy still training with his bey. He stopped when he saw his step-father looking. The older man smirked.

"I've arranged a title match for all the strong bladers in the world. You, Gold eye and Boa will be joining it."

The younger just hummed, and went back to practicing. Theodore smirked.

"I'll be expecting for you to win, Red eye."

This chapter is short, but  I'm busy right now looking for an image in Pinterest and I had to end this quick. The pic is of dynamite battle Free and Evolution Free staring at each other, a fanart. If you guys know it or have it, can you send me the link? I saw it yesterday, but I lost it. I really want to save that pic. It's just too goddamn amazing!
Stay safe and happy.

Fin.