"Round Four. Team Bc Sol Superstars vs Team Martial Artists! Are you ready everyone?!"

The crowd roared while everyone anticipated who was going to be the first battle.

Gingka grew excited. "Go and win from our world, Dashan!"

Madoka sweatdropped. "Gingka, his team has people from this dimension too."

"Oh yeah. Hey," turning over to Valt. "The other team has most of your teammates right?"

"Yeah. But they'll give every battle their all, so I'm not worried. But I haven't battled Ghasem and Houi in a while. Your friend's pretty awesome for training them for this tournament."

While the two legends agreed, they had the similar reaction when Free and Dashan both walked towards the stadium at the same time.

"Whoa."

"Wow, wow wow! Both of the team captains are going out at the same time?"

Kit laughed. "I knew they were going to react like this."

"Nah, this guy lost to the strongest blader from that world, Free win will."

Dashan drank Houi's juice. "My friends, this victory will be because of you."

Free tilted his head. "You're pretty strong."

"Same with you friend. But the light in your eyes only sparks when facing a challenge. Allow me to help you shine."

Free smiled. "Interesting."

"They're already getting started! Alright everyone, countdown. Three, two, one."

"Let It Rip!"

"Hold up," watching Free's bey land with ease into the stadium, "he's using Vanish Fafnir?"

"A different bey than the one you battled with before. Were you holding back against your fan," he asked as Rock Zurafa landed into the stadium.

"He wanted to fight me with the bey that inspired him," watching their Beyblades clash to fight for the center of the stadium. "I never hold back, no matter what Fafnir I use."

"How noble," watching Zurafa push back. "Strong Arm Flash," punching the air as Zurafa's full force attack started pushing Fafnir back.

"Pretty strong. I wonder," having Fafnir fight to hold its ground. "What's it like being a mentor?"

"Never done it before?"

"Once, twice even. Wasn't quite for me. Yet," using the Kick Driver to escape and drift back around. "I'm curious. Does it make you stronger or them?"

"Strong Arm Barrage!" Zurafa covered itself in a gold aura, hitting Fafnir with a string of barrages Vanish Fafnir struggled against with every clash. "Ask yourself that question."

Free stared at Hikaru, Hyuga, and even Bell. "I suppose. Yet, I'mb stagnant, but blading isn't something you do alone. So why?" His Kick Driver made Fafnir drift into Zurafa, drifting them up the slope.

"Why not learn from your teammates? I study four thousand years of tradition! But that's just the starting point. What about you, your team, what has pushed you to keep striving for success?"

Free thought about it as Zurafa repeated using Strong Arm Barrage, pushing Fafnir to the walls of the Hyper Double Stadium.

"I suppose, reaching my peak," thinking of his battles with Valt, Aiga, Lui and Drum with Sisco, and Bell, "with bladers who make blading fun," speeding up the upper deck. "And make victory fun."

"Good, now let me accomplish that," having Zurafa slide off and ride back into the right center. "Solid Iron Wall," striking his fists out to create a wall.

"Fafnir, attack!" The gold dragon raced the slope to try and break Zurafa's build but nothing seemed to work. Free's concentration grew.

Evolve Fafnir, thinking about his last battle with Bell, who had the Gears to evolve his whole Beyblade. Free took a deep breath, analyzing the aspects that made up his Beyblade.

The downside was his Beyblade was in High Mode so his stamina would run out faster. The positive was the offense had the means to push through everything. He tightened his fists, growing veins around his body.

"Fafnir," glowing gold as he stuck his fingers out to channel his power. "Kick Claw!" Fafnir's kick driver grinded into the ground and boosted itself around similar to Absorb Break. It jumped off the slope, crashing into Zurafa with massive force. The crowd gasped as Zurafa flew airborne, heading towards the wall.

"Fight back Zurafa!" His blade responded with his will, tanking a hit to the wall but bounced back into the stadium at Fafnir. The dragon struck Zurafa back and forth with each hit, until Dashan commanded Zurafa to go for a Strong Arm Flash for a straight forward attack.

Ghasem roared. "Wait Dashan, Free's special move is a counter!"

Aguma turned to them. "What? Why didn't you say anything earlier?"

"He said that he wanted to learn about his opponent through battle."

"Dashan look out!"

He stayed firm, colliding with Fafnir as Free smiled.

"It's over." Fafnir lowered it to the ground as the Kick Driver grinded on the floor, before the spring loaded disc sprouted up and blasted Zurafa all the way across the stadium.

"Zurafa has been sent flying, is it all over?!"

"Dashan!"

Baihu growled. "It can't end like this!"

"I won't despair even against the odds and rise back up! Zurafa, Storm Surge!"

Zurafa fired vectors of light, using the rubber wings to emit their powers into pushing themselves to slow their descent and recover from falling into the wall and losing spin power.

"You survived?"

"This isn't the full extent of my resolve! Zurafa!"

The golden Beyblade based on the kirin accelerated further, charging at Fafnir.

"Vanish Counter!"

"Drift around him, Zurafa! "

Fafnir's hit with its layer spring, but Zurafa rolled from the impact, racing back up the slope and rushing down to smack him airborne.

Now," punching his fist and palm forward. "Crushing Blast!"

Zurafa's beast breathed fire onto itself, creating a ring of flames around its and flew up the upper slope.

"Fafnir, Vanish Counter!"

Zurafa struck Vanish Fafnir slamming right underneath its DB Core and Blades as Vanish attempted to blast them with the flames of recoil.

Dashan and Free's eyes glowed the same golden aura as their bodies, watching their blades clash in mid air.

Fafnir blasted Zurafa straight into the stadium who started spinning out as Fafnir itself Burst, seconds right before the kirin Beyblade stopped spinning.

"Burst Finish! Dashan Wang is the winner!"

Dashan and Free's breaths were heavy, both coming to terms with the end of the battle on the floor.

"You won," Free accepted, picking up his partner and Dashan's, handing it to him.

"Either one of us could've won. I refine my skills but there's no shame in evolving with others. Your new attack was proof of that, is it not?"

"I suppose, but that'll make Fafnir and I stronger."

Dashan nodded and the crowd's reaction to the upset said it all.

"I didn't expect Free to lose," Valt chimed in, but saw Free smile. "He'll be okay."

He returned to the stands where his teams waited to see his reaction. Free simply sat down, on the bleachers, throwing water over his head.

"Sorry. I'll win the next one. It was fun."

Sasha slapped him on the back. That's what it's about after all. Don't worry, we'll win the next one for sure. Alright, who's going next?"

All of them argued over who should go next while Kris raised a finger.

"We talked about which opponent was the best fit for each other. If you want to change that, just be cautious."

Raul laughed. "They want to avenge Free's loss."

On Team Martial Artists, Chao-Xin handed Dashan another drink. "Huh, Houi, these are actually not half bad. Alright, who's going in next?"

Baihu jumped in. "Dashan already got us a lead. I want to master Byakko's untapped power."

"Go ahead, Baihu," Houi smiled, while Ghasem stared at Sisco.

"Want to fight him?"

"I already defeated him. But it would be nice to see how far he's come."

Sisco noticed this and smirked back, eager for a rematch, only for Sasha to go up after seeing Baihu approach and confirm his role in the stadium.

"You sure about this," Kit asked. "He's a balance type, but isn't Cuza more fitting?"

"He's all offense, little defense. I'll get us back to that first point, no problem!"

Sasha ran to the stadium to confirm herself, curious.

"Your battle with that Ray guy was pretty good, but you're not going to shine any longer."

"Was that you trying to be funny? I've scared other girls who look just-like-you," giving her a slasher smile.

"Creepy."

From the stands, Honey yelled, "don't be mean to my big sis!"

"It's okay Honey, I got this."

"You have a sibling? What's that like?"

"Well we got into blading for different reasons. I've got Kris' back, and I want to be a top blader. But having your family's a big plus."

"Like a friend, but stronger," staring at Berserker Byakko. "Then if my blade is my friend, we've defeated you together?"

"We'll that's if you win."

Both of them readied their launcher.

"Three, two, one, let it rip!"

Sasha and Baihu launched Gaea Sazae-Oni and Berserker Byakko, the latter of which violently attacked her blade from the jump, preventing it from reaching the center.

"You're not gonna turtle your way through a victory this time!"

"If you think being a Stamina type means we just sit around and take hits, you're sorely mistaken," as her blade rode up the slope, diving down and knocking Byakko away.

"Go, Special Move, Shell Shore!"

Her avatar coiled into its snail shell, increasing her spin speed even further and creating a ocean tornado Once Byakko strike, Gaea blasted them back with each and every counter attack, enraging Baihu.

"Berserker Byakko, wait," taking a deep breath, and listening to the sound of the Gaea's spin. There has to be an opening somewhere, patiently waiting until finding what seemed like a vulnerable. "Now!"

Berserker Byakko rushed down at the exact moment Gaea's Blade and Armor blindspot was open.

"Special Move: Fierce Tiger Blast!"

Byakko glowed white, slamming and rushing straight at Gaea Sazae-Oni, striking her airborne and into the wall.

"Oh no, Sazae-Oni!"

"Sasha's Beyblade has taken a massive hit? Can she recover!"

"Come on, big sis! You can do this!"

"Don't give up," Valt added.

Kit and Cuza cheered her on, and even Sisco stomped his foot. "It's not over yet, right Sasha?"

She calmed her nerves. "Right! Sazae-Oni, surf back!"

Her Beyblade bounced off the wall, flying towards Byakko.

"Go, Special Move: Tidal Shore Dive!"

Her partner slammed down on Berserker Byakko's face bolt and warrior wheel, driving it away from the center and refused to slide off the face bolt and Warrior Wheel.

"Grr, Byakko, shake it off!" The tiger Beyblade swerved back and forth, attempting to pull it off.

"Drown this tiger into defeat and don't let him escape!"

To the surprise of many, her Beyblade never touched the ground, continuing to drain and absorb its spin for itself, even as it raced on the upper deck.

The oceanic beast avatar's waves swallowed up the tiger's repeated claw strikes while Byakko started showing slow signs of spin loss.

"Smart girl," Aguma claimed.

"What do you mean," Chao-Xin asked.

"She knows she can't attack him head on so she's taking advantage of her Stamina's abilities to weaken his fangs. Houi, do all bladers from this world have skills like this?"

"The young lady has quite some potential. I can see why Valt had her as a teammate. Even Archer Hercules's Endless Spin wouldn't work as well like that."

Sasha swung her hands back during Baihu's desperation to get her off, resulting in his commands to slam Gaea into the wall.

"Sazae-Oni, change tides!" Gaea shifted to have the Performance Type and Driver grind on the walls, preventing it from even losing more stamina while grinding into Byakko with no issues whatsoever.

"Get off me, get off!"

"What's the matter Tiger Boy, wave caught your cat?"

"This tiger will drown out your puny puddle," glowing and activating the elemental energy of his earth power, hardening his resolve as Byakko glowed.

"Crash into the wall, FIerce Tiger Strike!"

Byakko grabbed around Sazae-Oni's avatar, crushing into the water, harding it's claws into steel metal and crashed it and themselves into the wall. Out of the explosion, Byakko and Sazae-Oni flew out of the smoke, the former into the center, the latter racing out of the blast.

Gou nodded. "She's doing well."

Orochi shook his head. "There's a catch," listening to the tune of her Beyblade. "She's playing a deadly Sonata. If she can't nail the performance, she's incoming for a Burst."

Cilo slurped on his tomato juice. "But Byakko's also running out of steam, isn't he?"

"His tools are waning. His beat's running just as dry."

Joshua smiled. "Two underdogs battling tooth and nail. Not as good as my films, but a wonderful show."

Sasha gulped. I have to end this quick, spotting Baihu weezing. "Go!"

Her Beyblade went to strike Byakko again, only for Baihu to take a defensive stance and counter as the tiger beyblade blew her partner back to the opposing upper deck.

"Now! Gaea Sazae-Oni!" She glowed cerulean blue, as her Beyblade transferred the power of their blow into energy, circling around the upper deck stadium much faster and hit the wall to fly down.

"Go, Special Move: Gaea Shore Typhoon!"

Baihu awakened his eyes. "I won't let it end like this," slashing the air. "Fierce Tiger Shredder!"

Byakko's spirit extended it's claws, spinning faster with blades of light shredding and clashing with Sazae-Oni head on. Her avatar formed a spinning typhoon to counter his avatar's bladed tornado. Sparks and lightning fired between them both, and Sasha and Baihu held their ground, pushing themselves to their very limit.

"Who's going to take it!"

"Baihu!"

"Sasha!"

Gaea Sazae-Oni blew Byakko airborne out of the stadium.

"Yes!"

"It's over? Has Sazae-Oni won?"

Her Beyblade Burst just seconds after as Baihu's Bey started to fall to the ground.

"Baihu Xiao and Berserker Byakko are the winners. The score is 2-0!"

"No!"

"I won?"

Sasha grabbed her Beyblade parts while Baihu snatched his before it fell to the ground, both extremely tired.

"I was so close," spotting him approaching her with the same cheshire grin across his face, naturally rolling away in fear. "Heyyyy~"

He took her hand and pulled her up. "I wasn't expecting much from you, but you beat me. Thanks to you," staring at his Beyblade, "I feel one step closer with Byakko."

"Hey, I've only had my bey not too long ago. But," dusting herself up. "Next time I'm going to win for sure."
"We'll see," walking away.

"He's gotten much more mature," Shinobu noted. "Next time we fight, I'm not certain we could win."

Zero laughed. "Even Kite couldn't beat him one on one."

"Hey, last I checked he came out of nowhere, I'm much stronger than him at this point!"

Valt was happy to see Sasha smile, who returned to her team.

"Sorry guys, I tried my best."

Sisco sucked his teeth. "Fine, if you losers can't score a single victory, I guess I'll make your efforts a little worth it!"

He headed out to the stadium to log in. Sasha would've called him out for being rude, but read through the subtext enough to smile.

"He didn't sound happy," Free blurted out.

Kris and Sasha looked at each other and laughed to his confusion.