Beyblade: Metal Fury S3 E22

## Plot

The heroes reach the summit of Mist Mountain. The temple should be up there. Kyoya uses Leone to clear away all the mist. Johannes and the Beylin Fist are following them. Aguma wants to attack them, but Johannes says there could still be traps up ahead, so they'll let them lead the way. They enter an ancient bey stadium. The way ahead is blocked by a stone door that refuses to open. Kyoya notices that they're not alone, and uses Leone to make Johannes and the Beylin Fist come out of hiding. He wants to have a rematch with Aguma. Yuki tells him that this isn't the time for petty rivalries, but as they're battling, the door opens. It's because their beys both have pieces of the star fragment. Nile, Demure, and Benkei stay behind to battle Johannes, Bao, and the rest of the Beylin Fist while the others run ahead. Kyoya tells Aguma that when it comes to a wind contest, he won't lose to anyone. Leone's Lion Gale Force Wall against Kronos's Iron Shield is strong enough to bring both bladers to their knees, and they admit that they're both pretty good. However, Kyoya tells him that a guy who can't do anything unless he's in a group shouldn't talk so tough, whereas he's a loner who doesn't team up with anyone. Aguma points out that every time they've seen each other, he's been traveling around the globe with Ginga and the others. Kyoya denies that he's part of any group. His goal is to crush those in his way and become strong enough to finally beat Ginga. Aguma says that no one can accomplish anything all by themselves. Nile and Benkei use their special moves to defeat Johannes and Bao so they and Demure can come to Kyoya's aid, but he tells them to stay back. If they get in his way, he'll crush them first. For the love of God, can he just stop with the character regression already? We get it, he's a loner who doesn't talk about his feelings and claims that he only wants to beat Ginga but then ends up battling other people and helping him and his friends save the world, but like Ginga told him early on in the very first season, he's *never* been alone. He's always had Leone with him. He tells Aguma that without noticing, he's sunk down to his level, but he'll continue to sharpen his fangs on his own until he's able to defeat Ginga one on one. He's able to defeat Aguma. The door starts closing because their battle is over, and he, Benkei, Nile, and Demure are able to get on the other side before it closes, leaving the others in the dust. Ginga, Yuki, Madoka, and Ryuto make it outside to the summit. They hear a voice that tells them that they've done well to make it this far. He's the guardian of the temple. He tells them that the wings of the white god will point the way for a true warrior. Then they'll find the real door. The mist clears up, and they finally see the ruins. It looks like Stonehenge. They get to the entrance of the temple, but they can't figure out how to open it. They notice an inscription of ancient letters on the door. Madoka tries to use her computer to translate them, but she says it could take a long time, because they don't know when this civilization existed or what kind of language they used. Ginga, Yuki, and Ryuto spread out to look for more clues, and the others catch up to them. By that night though, they still haven't figured it out. All they know is that some pillars have holes in them and some don't, and the holes are big enough for their beys. Yuki notices the swan constellation and remembers what the guardian said. A swan is white and has wings. He tells the others that the ruins are an ancient astronomical observatory. Ryuto connects the holes with pillars together, and realizes that they can create the swan constellation by passing a bey through the holes. Nile and Demure point out that they'd have to be incredibly accurate with their launch. Yuki has the steadiest launch of any of them. He's able to make the constellation, which opens the door. They finally come face to face with the guardian of the temple and the ruins, who introduces himself as Dynamis. He knew they were coming, and he knows why they're here too. Ryuto demands that he hand over the star fragment, but he says he can't, because only the warriors determined by the heavens are able to possess the star fragment. A piece of it already resides in his Jade Jupiter, which makes him the 7th legendary blader. Yuki asks him to lend them his strength to stop the Black Sun from reviving Nemesis, but he reveals that he already knows about it. He'll lend them his strength, but only if that's what the heavens want. First, he has to judge them through battle. Before Kyoya can battle him though, Ryuto beats him to it so he can get the star fragment. He thinks the other stuff about the heavens is nonsense. Dynamis admires his persistence, but tells him that the star fragment isn't something one can take from another and make their own. Everyone that holds a piece of it has their own role to play. It's a destiny that's been decided since ancient times. Dynamis is able to defeat Ryuto, and asks the others which one of them is next. Kyoya says he's not playing second blader to anyone and tells the others to do whatever they want. Before Yuki can battle Dynamis, Ginga says he'll do it instead. When it looks like he'll lose, Dynamis tells him that he's not worthy to be a legendary blader. Ginga admits that he's right, that's how he was at first, but after his battle with Ryuga, he trained harder and grew stronger in order to completely control the new power inside his bey. He's able to defeat Dynamis, who tells them that they're worthy to be entrusted with the power of the star fragment and the fate of the world. They already know about the origin of their modern beys, but he tells them a story from several thousand years earlier, about another star that fell from the heavens. That star fragment encountered the Black Sun, which orbits their sun in a 26 million year period. During the star fragment's long journey to Earth, it absorbed some negative energy from the Black Sun itself. Luckily, that evil power didn't immediately fall into the hands of humans. As such, a great bey civilization was born. Unfortunately, part of the star fragment that was filled with the power of the Black Sun was brought to the ruler of that civilization: Hades. The negative power draws out a person's wickedness. Hades created the bey Nemesis and used it to punish those that didn't agree with his tyrannical ways. However, the power of the Black Sun was far greater than he could've ever imagined. Nemesis became the god of destruction and went on a violent rampage, bent on destroying the entire world. The king of the neighboring country, Zeus, rose up against Hades and his evil. He gathered five blader warriors together to face Nemesis. They also possessed beys that had the power of the star fragment. In order to defeat the Black Sun, which had come from the far depths of space, they used beys that held the power of some of our solar system's planets. This is giving me *Sailor Moon* vibes. When it looked like the world was at an end, the power of Gaia awakened and empowered the warriors. They combined that power with the power of the five planets and were able to seal Nemesis away, along with the soul of Hades. And so the world was saved… for the time being. After all, being sealed away and being destroyed are two very different things. Hades said that when a new light came, it would become a new darkness, and the true destruction would begin. Zeus gave this temple to one of the five warriors. That warrior was ordered to pass down the dark promise left by Hades to his descendants. And what, each of them managed to only have one kid? Heck, they managed to have any kids or adopt while living in an abandoned ruin like this? Since then, many star fragments have fallen to Earth. They've been known as the orichalcum of Atlantis, the treasure of the Mayans, etc., and they always had a huge impact on humanity's history. You'd think the Earth would move to a safer place to stop getting bombarded by meteorites every few thousand years. Anyway, Yuki realizes that's why traces of the star fragment have been left on so many ancient ruins around the world. Madoka says it's sad, because so many people made the same mistakes and had the same evil battle. Depending on who has the star fragment, it can be used for great good or great evil (like the Roar of the Elders). People who want to use it for evil, like Doji and Ziggurat, have always existed. Nemesis has secretly been absorbing the power of those evildoers and preparing for its own revival. In order for Nemesis to fully revive, it needs the power of the star fragment. Using the ancient ruins around the temple, Dynamis estimated the time of Nemesis's predicted revival and waited for that day. And on that day, the new star fragment came to Earth. To prevent the evildoers from obtaining that power, Dynamis used the power of the ancient civilization to split the star fragment into ten pieces. The *destination* of those pieces was made by the will of the star fragment though. Unfortunately, Dynamis believes that the great evil already has one of the pieces. In order for Nemesis to be completely revived, the five solar system beys would need to be gathered again. One came to him, the descendant of Zeus's right hand man and battle strategist, the Jupiter blader warrior. One went to the descendant of the brave and daring army commander, the Saturn blader warrior. Another went to the descendant of the fierce attacker who always led the charge, the Mars blader warrior. One went to the descendant of the Venus blader warrior, who made sport of Nemesis with his ever changing techniques, and his Venus bey Quetzalcoatl. Yeah, they haven't met that descendant yet. The final one went to the descendant of the Mercury blader warrior, who gathered the other warriors together. He used his wealth of knowledge and wisdom to support Zeus. His descendant is Yuki. Dynamis tells him that he's done well to lead everyone here. By this logic, the others realize that King and Aguma are also descendants of the five blader warriors that fought Nemesis in ancient times. However, it also means that Ryuto isn't one, which bums him out. Kyoya points out that pieces of the star fragment also went into his, Ginga, and Ryuga's beys, which have nothing to do with the solar system and the planets. There are only five solar system bladers, but ten pieces of the star fragment, one of which is in the hands of the enemy. Before Dynamis can explain, Johannes, Aguma, Bao, and the rest of the Beylin Fist get the door open and confront them, ready for another fight. Why did I decide to summarize *two* exposition heavy episodes together? Doing one in conjunction with other random episodes was already hard enough! And that's ignoring the fact that I'm bad at summarizing bey battle scenes beyond special moves and who won. Granted, I do that on purpose to make my life easier, but still. Dynamis tells Johannes that he only follows the will of the heavens and has no desire to aid in the revival of Nemesis. Whether he is revived or not is up to the legendary bladers of the four seasons chosen by the new star fragment. This is news to everyone else. It's said that the stars of the four seasons will point the way to a bright future. In response to Hades' prediction of Nemesis's revival, Zeus split the power of Gaia into four parts, entrusting that power to the people of the future. He also left behind a new prediction. When the threat of Nemesis comes again, a new star fragment will arrive, and descend on the beys of the four seasons. As time passed, many new beys named after the four seasons were born. The Pegasus constellation is an autumn constellation, the Leo constellation is a spring constellation, and the Draco constellation is a summer constellation. Therefore, the future has been entrusted to them to save. The legendary bladers all have roles to play. The solar system bladers' role is to lend their strength to prevent the god of destruction from going on a rampage in case Nemesis is revived. The legendary bladers of the four seasons have to choose their own future in the age they find themselves living in today. And by today, they mean 2012. If their hearts are righteous and they desire to save the world from Nemesis, then Dynamis will follow the will of the heavens and join them. However, if they desire the revival of Nemesis, then that too, is fated to be. I mean, they're kind of split right now. What happens if there's a tie? Madoka realizes that Dynamis battled Ginga to see if he had a good heart. Ginga says that of course "we" don't want the revival of Nemesis, but Kyoya doesn't say anything. Dynamis tells Aguma that he must accept his true role and switch sides, but he refuses, and doesn't believe what he's been told. The power of the star fragment isn't meant for fulfilling their own ambitions though. Johannes decides to just take everyone there by force and launches his bey. Dynamis, Bao, the Beylin Fist, Ginga, Yuki, Benkei, Nile, and Demure also launch their beys. Holy shit! This is easily one of the largest bey battles we've ever seen, and Kyoya and Aguma haven't even gotten involved yet! Their second rematch promises to be… destructive, to say the least, and they launch their beys. So, why isn't Ryuto helping? Maybe his bey has been damaged from the prior battles. I mean, Madoka is literally standing right next to him. If anyone can fix it, even in the middle of all this chaos, she can. Aguma taunts Kyoya, telling him that he doesn't have fangs, he's all talk, and he only believes Dynamis because it makes him feel like a savior. Kyoya tells him that he doesn't know the first thing about him, and he's never pretended to be anyone's savior. Not even Ginga's? Yeah, sure, I totally believe that. Bao tells the other Beylin Fist members to cease attacking the others and help Aguma. Nile tells Kyoya to be careful, but Mr. Opposite just has Leone create a tornado to send the nameless thugs flying. However, Aguma uses that opportunity to hit him, and tells him that he'd never last in the wild by himself, unaware that he's kind of already done that offscreen. Twice! Just because the audience never saw it doesn't mean it didn't happen. Demure notices that Kyoya's attacks are sloppy, and wonders what's making him so upset. Nile tells him to calm down, but he decides to send all of them flying. If he uses his special move here though, everyone will get hit by it, friend and foe alike, but he says it doesn't matter to him if you're an enemy or an ally. The temple will fall apart at this rate, and Ryuto says what everyone in and out of universe is thinking by calling Kyoya crazy. Ginga tells him to stop, but he refuses and uses his special move. With no other choice, Ginga has Pegasus attack Leone, and Nile uses Mystic Soul to abruptly end the "suddenly much smaller because Kyoya threw a temper tantrum and bodied everyone else" battle. Nile, Yuki, Bao, Johannes, Aguma, Dynamis, Kyoya, and Ginga recall their beys, since they survived all of that. Kyoya is mad that Ginga got in his way, and demands that they settle things here and now. Ginga points that they'll have plenty of time to battle *after* they save the world again. Seriously Kyoya, get your fucking priorities straight. He leaves the group, and orders Benkei not to follow him, which devastates him. Johannes decides to withdraw for now, despite Aguma and Bao's reservations. Needless to say, our heroes' morale took a heavy hit. Yuki apologizes to Dynamis for the damage that was done to his temple. Ginga is still confident that when the time comes, Kyoya will come back and lend them his strength. The remaining legendary bladers are the one with the Venus bey Quetzalcoatl and one that corresponds to a winter constellation. Ryuto's bey isn't either one of those, which upsets him, since it means this was a huge waste of his time. He wishes the others luck though, and offers his help if they ever need it. Benkei realizes that his Bull is based on the winter constellation Taurus, so he might be a legendary blader after all. The others think that Masamune and his Monoceros based unicorn bey Blitz Striker is more likely though, and enter him, his friends, and themselves in a big tournament on Beyster Island to help him awaken. They tell Ryo, Hikaru, and Tsubasa everything they've learned. Tsubasa's Eagle is based on the summer constellation Aquila, but since the summer legendary blader is Ryuga, it means he's not a legendary blader after all, which really affects him. When the others invite him to the tournament, he just says he'll think about it. When Ginga asks about Kenta's training and whether or not he's happy, Ryo and Hikaru have no idea what he's talking about. They thought Kenta was still with them. Jeez, when was the last time they checked in? I get that a connection might be spotty in some areas, but there's no way they wouldn't be able to call them from New York City. Tsubasa tells Ginga that's something he has to find out for himself. Johannes, Aguma, and Bao report to Pluto again. Dynamis said he'd only follow the will of the heavens. The episode ends with Kyoya training by himself again.