Chapter 3

On that same night, the stars shone luminous over the magnificent night sky, soon being shrouded in a thick chatter of rumbling clouds. Underneath this night sky was a young man who was delivering ramen. Walking steadily to the door, careful to not drop the food in his hand. He rang the bell and soon enough, the door opened to reveal an elderly woman. With the door open, he could hear multiple meowing coming from inside, the woman smiled softly at the young man as he handed her food over to her. "Four servings of ming-ming pawdles and Soba soup" Said the young man, checking his book. Her eyes glanced down to his name tag before speaking "Thank you, Ray Kon" and with that, she closed the door letting him move on to the next place.

Ray stepped back, watching the shadows of cats moving along the bright windows of the house; soon finding his way to his scooter in thought. "It's been a week since I returned to Japan and still nothing ..." He adjusted his hood that shielded him from the relentless rain that started shooting by the silent neighborhood.

"B.A.B.A has me back working in Japan, though I never expected this sort of gig for the time being. It's the best thing to familiarize myself with the area again. The one's behind this, I'm going to find them for you Tyson"

Turning a corner into a new street, he caught sight of someone hidden in the shadows between two stores. Whoever that was, stepped out from the darkness and into the light of the flickering street lamp post. Ray had caught a glimpse of the person's unusual tattoos that were painted across his cheek when he drove by the kid. To Ray, he just seemed like any average kid but once he spoke Ray's name, Ray paused; stopping his scooter. "Hm? Did he say my name?" The kid only stared, leading Ray to start his scooter up again only for him to hear " I know that you're the holder of Driger." Ray turned around swiftly, analysing the kid's movement. The kid took two hop steps, equipped on AR glasses and wasted no time bringing out his beyblade.

"Sorry kid, I'm working" Ray shut down the kid's idea before carrying on riding down the street. Ray began to whistle again to himself, noting how strange that was. For a kid to be out so late at night … though gang's weren't too uncommon. "Come to think of it, didn't Tyson tell me once K-" Feeling a sudden rush of wind coming towards him, Ray glanced back, only to see a beyblade being fired at him. The beyblade itself crashed against a pole, bouncing over towards the front wheel of Ray's scooter. Ray felt his scooter wobble, forcing him to jump off the bike as he crashed for cover, letting his bike crash against a car. All of his delivery orders were spilled. Ray stands up from the ground as the beyblade spun near him but returned to the kids hand.

"Ugh, you ruined the food" Ray let out a sigh as his eyes moved to the food that is now scattered on the floor. Right then, the beyblade flew in, forcing Ray to shoot his Henzo Driger as the blade was rapelled. The beyblade returns to the kid's hand as the kid smirks and makes a run for it.

"Come back here, don't think I'll let you escape after spilling all that food," Ray shouts at the boy, running after him.

"Hey! You! Give me your parents contact information!"

All the while at a different location in the same town, a young man exited a tall building that looked as if it could be a lab. Letting out a whistle, he made his way into a dark alleyway, it was a shortcut to a cafe that he knew. He didn't know whether to get tea or coffee but would decide when he arrived.

"Almost anything can go good with some mustard noodles" His thoughts drifted to his surroundings.

On his journey, someone entered the alley from where he was headed and approached him with a blade in his hand, "look here mister" the kid pointed down, causing the young man to glance down at the beyblade. He couldn't help but compare a rassemblement to Dragoon.

"Dragoon? …"

The past flashed in his mind as an image of Tyson running over to a bey-dish crossed his mind as Tyson shouted his name. "Maxie!"

Max's eyes lit up as he instantly shouted "Hey! Where'd you get that blade?!" Max's vision of Tyson faded as he stared at the kid, having dashed right by him. Max turned over and began his chase, completely forgetting his food.

A chain of events now took form, as no coincidence.

Hilary sat on the sofa downstairs using the Tv. It provided background noise for her loud thoughts.

"How could he say such a thing? When he doesn't know anything about …" Glancing down at her watch, she wondered if it'd been an hour already. Though it'd only been forty. Seita still hadn't come down yet. "Did he fall asleep?" she whispers to herself before gradually making her way to his room. Opening the unlocked door, she didn't see any sort of movement though she could see a lump on the bed. Hilary attempted to use the light of her phone but still couldn't see that far in the room. She quickly flicked the light on to get a better look. No one was in this room, but the window was wide open letting in the cold air. Her phone dropped from her hand as she entered the room entirely.

"How dare he? Oh no you did not! What are you thinking, Seita?!" she was feeling frustrated with her younger brother but glancing outside to see the heavy rain. Rushing out of his room, she almost lost her step; leading her to almost crash against a vase. "That boy is gonna get sick." Hilary was now panicking. A door opened to reveal a little girl, rubbing her eyes, "What's going on? What happened?" Her voice was soft as she looked at her older sister with sleep in her eyes, "Go back to bed, Hiyori" Hilary patted her sister's head as she gently pushed her back to her room. Closing the door as she rushed down the stairs to find a jacket.

The sound of the house phone ringing echoes throughout the house. Hilary made a break for it and lifted her phone to see the caller's ID name, Kenny. "HELLO! Hilary?! I HAVE NEWS!"

Currently, Seita was running through the streets as the rain was pouring down on his small body. Thick drizzles patted across his face, making it hard for him to see ahead as he heaved through the rain. Voices rang through his mind, "Train hard so when I come back we can have a battle" it was Tyson's voice, but it soon changed to a familiar feminine voice "It was strange, we were facing off and then once we finished. He just left." Seita remembers overhearing that conversation because the next day when he was watching Tv, the BABA let out the devastating news.

"A ship has been reported missing and on it was none other than Tyson Granger, among others" Seita sat there in shock " A shipwreck was found, but among those who were saved, the late four time champion is missing, it's confirmed those not found, have been reported as dead." Anger filled up in him, causing him to blame her for what happened to him. His idol. Hilary was the last one to see him, they had fought, and he left. That's the reason why she forbade him from playing, the thing he loved. To Seita, Hilary was messed up even if she was his sister.

His feet kept pounding against the floor with no destination in mind, his calves began to burn as his rasping throat was as parched as a dead lizard in the desert. Running into a park that now due to the rain had become muddy, tripping over a rock and crashing forward into the ground. In this park, there was a small children's playground that had cover Seita recognized.

He made his way over slowly as he was breathing heavily. This was a place that held unforgettable memories, it was the spot where Tyson had taught him and his friends about beyblading and the new ART's (Augmented Reality Top's) and the AR (Augmented Reality) system.

Lightning came like a rip in the inky night sky as if behind the dark canvass was a dazzling light just waiting to flood through any crack no matter how small. The thunderous boom pierced the boys ears. It startled Seita as he jumped at the loud sound. His beyblade fell out of his pocket although Seita instantly retrieved it. He dug in his pocket searching for something before pulling out his AR glasses, that'd allow him to see his bit-beast. Sliding the glasses on, he softly said "Squishy."

"At Least I have you around … you won't betray me right?"

The tiny adorable starfish appeared, hovering and nuzzled his cheek as it sensed he was gloomy. Suddenly a cat jumped out of nowhere, snatching the beyblade from the boy. Seita immediately stood to chase after the cat, ignoring the fact he'd been tired.

"Ay!"

The cat cut corners through the park as that leads him to a creepy abandoned factory. The sneaky cat squeezed through a gaping hole on the metallic wall, the boy panicked as the cat was getting further away from him. Pulling the rusting metal back, Seita squeezed through; keeping his eyes closely on the feline.

At that moment, two individuals had arrived at that same location. Both Max and Ray opened the factory doors, looking over at the people they were chasing and then glancing at each other with surprise "you too?!"

"MAX?!"

"RAY?!"

"What are you doing here?"

Both of them said at the same time while pointing at each other. Ray shook his head before looking back at the two in the old dusty factory. "Better yet…"

"Why did these two lead us here? And where'd you get that beyblade from? That's Dragoon!" Hearing the name Dragoon caused Ray to raise his eyebrow at the familiar name, "Dragoon?!" Ray repeated, in disbelief at what Max said.

"Did I hear that right Max? Dragoon?"

"Yeah, Ray the blade that guy's holding has to be Dragoon, it has the same bit-chip"

Ray looked at Max with seriousness, Max just simply nodded his head as if answering his question that he hadn't spoken yet. "Tell us, how did you get that Dragoon?!" "Where's Tyson?!" The two mysterious individuals remain silent, ignoring the questions that were being thrown at them.

Meanwhile, Seita was still pursuing the cat as he spotted him by one of the pillars, "I've got you now you sleazy cat!" he whispered to himself. Sneaking up behind the cat before jumping down on it, Seita attempts to wrap his arms around the cat but fails. The cat backflipped up, landing on the young boy's head, causing him to stumble forward onto a dusty crimson rug as the cat jumped down running over to his owner and two others, who was approached by two newcomers.

The pitch-black cat slowly stepped up to its owner, "what kind of beyblade did you bring me this time?" The owner questioned his pet before stroking him.

The owner pulls down his hood smirking at the cat, "Could it be? Could this finally be the Key-Blade we've long sought?" leaning down as the cat gently places the beyblade in his palm. Seita jumps up as he points at him, "AY THAT'S MY BLADE! SQUISHY!" Seita yelled at the man with his blade. At the sudden yell, the other four look over to the darkened pillars that were now lit up by the moonlight due to the clouds passing by.

Seita helped himself off of his knee and took off for the man who had Squishy, but as he got close, the owner kicked Seita in the stomach, forcing Seita to stumble back as he rolled backwards several times. "AGKKKT!" Seita screamed in pain at the sheer force, he couldn't even muster a second scream as he clenched his stomach.

Dust fluttered around Seita as he coughed saliva and gave himself a second to let the pain ease through as Ray and Max got a clear view of the boy. Immediately recognizing the boy as Hilary's brother who she had introduced to them once. The pair both shouted out in unison. "Seita?!" Both Ray and Max ran over to the boy as their opposition joined the third unknown assailant.

"Hey bud, what are you doing in a place like this?" Max asked the boy, resting a hand on his shoulder. Ray kept his sights to the three who nodded discussing amongst themselves only to glance their way.

The three nod their head at each other before pulling out their launchers ready to battle.

Both Ray and Max pull theirs out, focusing on the current fight that they were going to ensue. They stepped in front of the boy, who was still on his knee, unable to answer as he caught his breath. Letting their ART's rip, Ray and Max watched their beyblades hit the other two beyblades, upon clashing all four dropped down to the ground and began spinning around. Their bit-beasts came out with a strong gust of wind that blew in from the entrance.

"Holders of the ancient beasts"

"In the name of Ignis Ontarious, we'll destroy Driger and Draciel to tip the scale in our favour and obtain the Poseidon Archstar blade! AND THE OTHER REMAINING KEY'S!"

The third guy yells at the two fighting, "Now hurry and take down those humans so we can kill THEM. CRUSH DRACIEL, DRIGER" Snarled the assailant. They only needed to keep one blade which was Seita's. "The key-blade, finally one of my cats has acquired the right one" laughing loudly as he looks down at Seita's beyblade in his hand, "Ignious Ontarious will be most pleased"

Seita grips his stomach in pain and gawks at his beyblade the man has. Seita's voice is weak as he calls out "Squishy," the beyblade reacts to him. Squishy itself shook in the man's palm causing itself to become slippery enough to make the man drop it to the surprise of the other two that watched it bounce over towards the boy.

"What?" The man stared at his hand where the beyblade once was, Max smirked as he saw the scene, "The key-blade has a protective system that-" The starfish had shifted to its slippery phase to escape the hands of those who it doesn't like. It felt the aura of the corrupted bit-master that had been grabbing it. The aura was foul making, it slip away and to where it was most comfortable, that being to Seita.

The man snarled at Seita, "Give it back" He commanded Seita, but of course, he wasn't going to give his special beyblade away. The man hurriedly rushed towards him as Seita stepped back, setting his beyblade into the shooter and aimed for the corrupt bit-master, "Let it rip!" He shouted out as he ripped it towards the man's face. Quickly the man flipped his cape aside and let his beyblade out to strike Seita's. Both blades dropped down, releasing their bit-beasts.

Hanzo Driger clashes against the Dragoon copycat, noting that it doesn't have any power at all. Rather, it wasn't even a dragon at all. It was a spider.

"TSUNAMI DRACIEL!"

Max's Draciel roared as it smashed the Boar bit-beast into a tackle that sent it up towards the air, only for draciel to shoot up and catch it in the air, hurling the boar back down with Draciel standing over it for a body slam. Debris flew around and the floorboard shot back, some of it striking a machine near Seita as glass shattered.

Managing to stand to his feet, Seita rushed aside as his squishy seemed to shift from a small starfish, it's form seemed to respond to the pressure in the area and formed into a humanoid like body in a bright shine as Seita saw what resembled a … "Starboy?" It had a large golden trident on it's shoulder.

The Hyena attempted to snarl through to Seita, but found itself whacked aside with the Trident, that released a flash of waves that poofed the Hyena as the boar's energy travelled over to the Hyena, shifting it into a Jackal as it turned into a dark-knight bit beast.

Ray spotted water accumulating on the glass ceiling of the factory, noticing an idea that'd work. Ray went straight to using that to their advantage. Looking up at the glass ceiling where water was accumulating. Ray pointed to the ceiling, ordering Henzo Driger to swiftly rush up and strike the glass, "BOOST," Ray yells out as Henzo Driger evolves into a wood/bamboo type. Releasing a series of bamboo-like rods that smashed through the glass ceiling as waves of the accumulated water all washed down with glistening shards.

The two possessed bit-masters were washed backwards with their beyblades as Ray shouts out "MAX NOW!" Max smirks understanding what Ray's plan is. "THIS IS WHERE THE TIDE SHIFTS, TSUNAMI DRACIEL!" Max brought his fist up, yelling out "BOOST" The water that filled the entire space spun around Draciel as Draciel flew towards the two bit-beasts with an enormous concentration of piercing waves that thrashed against the third bit-beast whomed moved away from starboy to form a shield that'd protect the three.

Tsunami Draciel clashed, before the gigantic wave could strike and take the corrupted trio out, the corrupt leader yelled.

"INAUGURATE FORTRESS PROTECT!" The third possessed bit-master, had his corrupt bit-beast form a shield wall as his dark knight bit-beast was trying to hold back Draciels wave attack.

Both men peered over to Seita's starfish as it started to glow and shifted into a mermaid boy type that had Diamond-like dragon scales along its legs and arms.

"Seita QUICK USE YOUR LINK! TUNER MOVE!" Max called out, causing Seita to become confused. He didn't know what they wanted, the side of the glasses appeared an odd box of text that read, the move that bit-beast possessed at that time and was familiar with. Seita realized as some of the rising water, washed past his hips, Seita yelled "BOOST!" and called out the move, the waves rose around the mermaid boy as the golden glowing trident formed into a staff behind the mermaid boy. The boy grasped it and yanked it forward, together with Poseidon Archstar, after the water accumulated around the tip of the golden staff. The stream blew and mixed in with the blast stream Tsunami Draciel had released earlier.

"DRACIEEEEL!" Max shouted, causing Draciel to dodge sideways and Poseidon Archstar zeroed in and smashed the staff against the shield.

"NOOOO WAAAAY" Screamed the evil voice.

With the amplified power, the Surging stream rushed right through the shield washing the corrupted bit-beasts of the three possessed bit-masters, away. The wall behind the three was defeated, and they were blown seemingly into the ocean, that was behind the factory. Seita was in complete shock and surprise as he stared at his once cute starfish calling his name, "Squishy?!"

'Squishy' turned around to the small boy, "My name is Poseidon Archstar."

The remaining water rushed back down, and soon Seita's bit-beast shifted back to its original form, a starfish. Max fell down to his knees, exhausted from the battle, glancing at the boy then over to Ray.

"What was that?"

"I don't know max, but-"

Ray stood up and began approaching the opening, where the massive hole in the metallic wall was created from when they destroyed the corrupt bit-beasts. Glancing around to see the three individuals unconscious outside without the same marks they had before. The rain continued to drizzle over their unconscious bodies and they didn't have any tattoos on their faces anymore. Ray cautiously walked over and proceeded to inspect. Checking their ID's, "These are missing bit-masters that aren't from this town ..." "Let's give Sakura a call" Ray spoke to Max which he nodded as he looked down at the scene, recalling who Sakura was.

Sakura is Dickinson's daughter who stepped in for him. Ray takes his phone out and starts to call B.A.B.A, "Hey, yeah, this is Ray Kon. I'm here with Max Tate … We are at an abandoned factory. We defeated three possessed guys and found out that the beyblades were corrupted bit-beasts." He described in detail what had happened before taking a pause as he listened to the other end, "There's one beyblade that wasn't blown into the ocean, so I'll bring it in."

Ray had remembered a particular detail from their encounter, "In the name of Ignis Ontarious, we'll destroy Driger and Draciel to tip the scale in our favour and obtain the Poseidon Archstar blade! AND THE OTHER REMAINING KEY'S!"

"One of their names is Ignis Ontarious" He ends the call with a nod of his head. Ray look into the water to see two of them moving further away from them. Ray lets out a sigh as he picks up one of their beyblades that hadn't been washed away. He peers down at his palm, where the beyblade laid "So it wasn't Dragoon. Must be a fake." Scanning the area as he grips tightly onto the beyblade. Whoever was targeting them, knows Tyson. Placing the beyblade into his pocket, "What could this all mean" gazing down at Max who was on his knees finally stood up.

"Seita, we gotta go!" Max called him over with a wave of his hand, Seita gave them a smile and leaned over to run over but before he could reach them he found his vision faded as he collapsed. Both of the men rush over in worry only for Max to place his hand on Seita's forehead.

"It's just a fever, nothing to worry about. Let's take him to my place." Max pulls out his phone and quickly calls Kenny "Hey chief, we found Seita. Could you tell Hilary to meet us at my place?" pausing as he listens to him before ending the call. They arrived at Max's place. Both of them sat by the boy in silence until Ray spoke, "Do you think Tyson could be alive?" Max's eyes stray off to the water in a glass he grasped as an image of Tyson flashed through his mind. That goofy smile that had everyone around him smile. "That noodle cup is mine Max!" A ghost of a smile appears on Max's face but soon disappears, "No. He drifted too far at sea for him to still be alive. There's no way he could." That was the last thing said between the two as they waited patiently for the little boy's sister to arrive.

Hilary pushed through the door eventually knocking furiously enough to wake Max up. Ray opened the door to see her hair sticking up everywhere; her throat was burning, desperately for the cold air. Stopping at the entrance taking in deep breaths as her eyes search the area looking for her younger brother. Once her eyes spotted him, she ran for him, not stopping until she reached him, "Seita" she shouted out his name, kneeling down on the coach he laid on. "We got him out of the wet clothes and covered him in a blanket." Ray explained. Her eyes widened at the sight of his unconscious body; Max stood up, brushing off the dust from his pants.

"Sorry about the place being so dusty, I recently moved in and …"

"Don't worry; it's only a fever" Max calmed her. She let out a sigh of relief as she sat down beside him. However, Seita had just woken back up due to his sister's shout but was too tired to move his body.

Again Max called Kenny, putting him on loudspeaker for all three of them to hear. They were discussing what had happened there, "The leader of the group ordered the two to kill us" Max spoke with seriousness as he glanced at Seita who still to him seemed asleep, "Whoever possessed them, most likely had something to do with what happened with Tyson." Hilary began stroking her younger brother's hair as she spoke: "What are you gonna do?" She was clearly worried that after today her brother could possibly get into more trouble.

"We need to visit Sakura as soon as possible" Kenny spoke through the phone as they listened carefully before Ray spoke, "I need to head out to find Kai then." Peering over at Hilary who was still looking at her brother with concern, "Hilary, have you been in contact with him?" Looking back up to the young man, Hilary shook her head before adding "It's been about a month or so since I last spoke to him." She then realized that something could have happened, becoming alarmed. Hilary started to sound worried as she said: "You don't think something could have happened to him, do you?!" Ray responded quickly, easing her mind as he let out a laugh. "Kai? I doubt it. He's just the lone wolf he's always been"

"Wait Hilary, you're talking to Kai again?" Max wondered, confused and upset.

"He only came by to apologize… I'd rather not talk about it" Hilary avoided Max's gaze.

It was morning now, and Seita had just woken up. He clearly remembers what had happened but still questioned it, "Was it all a dream?" He pinched himself as if making sure it was all real, "I fought alongside Ray and Max!" The smile he had on couldn't leave his face as he kept thinking back to last night. It was so awesome to him, aside from the fact that his sister scolded him though. Jumping out of bed, he found he had an unfamiliar blanket though his clothes were on a seat in his room. Seita glanced over at his desk, a memory from last night came rushing back.

Max stood there with his beyblade in his hand, looking down at Seita sleeping silently, "Where'd he get this from?" since he was unable to answer his older sister responded. "He found it, supposedly," She said, narrowing her eyes at the boy before Max handed it to her, "Give it to him when he wakes up, I'll come by to talk to him." Shaking her head, Hilary tried to give it back to Max, "Max no. I don't want him getting involved. Look what happened here because of that thing I don't want my brother involved. Take it." She urged him to take it with him, but as Max grabbed hold of it, the key-blade slipped from his grasp. He took a note of that and how it had happened similarly before, "Sorry Hillary, but the blade wants to be with him" He smiled at her as she gave him a pained expression. "Max, I can't let another person disappear because of beyblade. I can't go through another loss, please take that as far away as you can!"

Seita formed a fist, digging his fingernails into his hands, feeling guilty at saying things to his sister. He went about setting his clothes on his bed before getting dressed and heading out the door.

On his way out, he happened to see a girl near the fence. He noticed the girl had purple curly hair that curled along her cheeks and flowed down to her shoulder. A pink puffy hat with a tongue on the side of a smile with one eye open and the other winking. The rest of her clothes were regular school uniforms. This girl was none other than Mimi, Seita's childhood friend.

Approaching the fence, he lightly taps her shoulder, waking her up from her sleep. She had been against the fence sleeping with a bubble coming out from her nose which popped as she greeted the boy, "Seita".

He gave her a weary smile before speaking back "Hey Mimi," She hadn't shown up to school the previous day, but it was quickly explained, "You were worried about me weren't you? I went on a trip with my dad and got back the previous night."

"Oh, I'm glad that's it" Seita grabbed his bike, and Mimi hopped on behind him as though that were their usual routine. They carried on talking about her trip on the way to school. Seita stands as he petals so that Mimi could take the seat; he was speeding down the street as they were close to being late. Putting his bike away before they both walked into school, making their way to class. It went by fast with Seita spacing out most of the time and Mimi engaging in the class discussions.

By the time it was break hour, Seita still sat in the playground thinking about last night, he couldn't get his mind off it. He had nothing to distract him from his thoughts as no one was beyblading today. The only actual thing that got him out of his zoned out state is Mimi, who gently patted the boy's hat.

"Mimi?" Seita looked up at her before she went on questioning him "That's unlike you. Why aren't you watching the beyblading?" He stood up before listening to the sound of blades clashing, "Oh, that's right ... I thought no one was!" He rushed over to the dome and quickly took note of Gronk's absence.

Kids who saw Seita, crowded around Seita calling out his name, "He's the kid that beat Gronk!" They were shouting all sorts of things. Some just went over to greet him while others asked if he could blade them. Mimi was shocked by the kids' reactions to Seita, "Did you really beat Gronk?" Mimi asked as she looked towards him with her mouth parted in surprise as he nodded his head.

She began to giggle as she followed closely behind him, "I guess, I actually missed a lot." Mimi glances at Seita as he's been acting differently today, he has been reticent. "Now he thinks he's awfully cool" Their school day came to a close as the two went to Seita's bike, he searched around his pocket which ended up being empty.

"Darn, I just have forgotten them in my other pair … guess we'll get to walking"

Mimi herself found it strange. There was more he wasn't revealing.

Seita only continues to walk as it was time to go home, "Would you like to come water my plants? You haven't seen them in ages" She exaggerates the ages as it's only been some weeks. He nods his head but changes his mind as he looks around, "Actually, I need to go home" He rushes off, leaving Mimi behind. Her eyes watch as Seita runs off, "Why is he being weird?" but follows after him but knows to keep some distance, so she isn't found out.

With the setting sun came a sky of fire, the orange of every wintry hearth. Seita arrived at the top of a hill where a breeze hit him, turning around at the sound of his name "Seita" it was Mimi, who had been following him till now in secret. Her blouse swayed side to side as she stood there looking at her childhood friend with worry in her eyes.

"Why do you seem to be out of place? What's happened?" Mimi called out in concern. "We never keep secrets, can I help?" He gave her a faint smile, "I think I was wrong, Mimi."

She looked at him in confusion, "Wrong about what?" Mimi moved closer to him. "My sister" pausing before looking back at the sky above them, "I found something out, The reason why Hillary didn't want me t-" before he could say anything else, he was interrupted by someone calling out his name. Both of them looked behind them to see someone coming closer to them, again they shouted out his name this time more out of breath, "Seita!" It was Clam, bending down with his hands on his knees, trying to catch his breath as if he had just run a marathon. Seita walks fast towards the boy, passing by Mimi as he places his hands gently on the boy's shoulder. "Take a deep breath" Clam did as he was told, "Now tell me what happened."

Clam looked at Seita with anxiety before speaking, "It's! IT'S GRONK!"

"What? ..."