EDIH

5: Monster

Granger Dojo, Bey City, Japan, Earth

Fifteen and Third were in a classic standoff and Grandpa Granger was in between these two powerful beings. Third was seething while Fifteen was just smiling. It was so odd to see a nineteen year old woman glaring up at a fourteen year old but, considering they were ageless beings, it wasn't so odd. The appearances they wore was more out of convenience and comfort than anything else.

"You're a traitor." Third growled out, her fists clutched painfully close, "As soon as First left and disappeared, you sold us out to Erebus and his twisted beasts. As far as I know, I was the only one able to get out of our dimension. Now, you're killing the World Tree, dooming the remaining dimensions. Why?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Fifteen asked with a chuckle, the sound matching his youthful appearance that glinted with malicious intent, "I'm doing it for fun."

"Fun?!"

Fifteen floated down, landing on the water of the pond and floating on it, "Of course. This world is too small, too predictable. I would have willingly let Chaos burn this world in order to have fun. I didn't because I've despised Seventeen and her disgusting inventions since Yggdrasil spat her out of the core."

"You're causing this much destruction just because you want entertainment and for your hatred towards Seventeen." Third answered, trembling slightly as more blood oozed out of her side, "You're so pathetic."

"Have you seen yourself in the mirror lately, Third?" Fifteen asked, fiddling with one of his locks of hair while a cruel expression was on his face, "You can't even shift into your true form and are stuck with the substitute form. How pathetic is that? You're probably worse than Seventeen."

"Shut up." Third restrained herself from beginning a fight. Fifteen was right that she was weaker - thanks to the wound he managed to inflict on her and because of Yggdrasil losing power - than normal. Not to mention that she couldn't fight here in fear of killing anyone nearby the dojo.

Fifteen chuckled before he took to the sky, his form shimmering, "I didn't come to fight, though. I came to tell you that Erebus and Eden's Rapture are on the move. Now that I've found you, the Sun and Moon Teams can begin their operation without worrying over your interruption."

Third froze, "What are you talking about?"

Fifteen smirked, "As we speak, Eden's Rapture is heading over here to destroy the kid Night died to protect. In a way, that'll render his sacrifice useless but he was rather useless, don't you think?"

"The kid Night died to protect?" Third trembled as she remembered the final day of Night before her eyes widened, "You don't mean-."

"Kai Hiwatari is going to die."

~~~EDIH~~~

Australia, Earth

"The plane already left." Mariah said as she, Tala, Miguel, Garland and Kai watched the aircraft soar into the sky where the sun was already setting. Inside, Nico, Mathias and Liam were heading to Japan to meet Mr. Dickenson and Tyson. Hopefully, Mathias and Liam could get better training in Japan with Kaori's supervision - the trainers in Australia weren't that great - and be in the next tournament.

Rin and Tyson would figure out why Nico was such an important person that First Elder felt compelled to tell them to look out for him. With Rin's intelligence and Tyson's instincts, Kai knew that the mystery of Nico would be solved.

"What now?" Tala asked as he yawned, "Our job's done so we're probably heading home after this." He stretched and Miguel yawned. The five professional bladers were exhausted; they hadn't had much time to relax or sleep in all the time they had been here working. They were all wishing to go back home.