When young blader Kenta runs into a rough gang of bladers, the Face Hunters, he is saved by mysterious blader Gingka Hagane and his bey Storm Pegasus. Kenta is determined for the two to become friends, but the next day Gingka is missing and the Face Hunters and their leader have regrouped at a construction site.

Kyoya, leader of the Face Hunters, has challenged Gingka. As Gingka and Kenta discuss this challenge a girl appears claiming Pegasus is in need of repair. The girl, named Madoka, treats Pegasus but before she can finish Ginga leaves. Kyoya has stolen Sagittario and unless Gingka wins it will be destroyed.

Doji take Kyouya away from the city to make a deal. If Kyouya loses a battle against him then Kyouya must go with him. Meanwhile Kenta is worried Ginga is getting bored of having no strong opponents to battle and challenges him to prove his worth.

Doji gives Benkei a new bey, Dark Bull, with which he can defeat Gingka. Excited, Benkei sends Kenta off with a challenge for Gingka. Upon arriving, Gingka and co realised strange holes have been made a the battle location, and then a bey appears...

There is a new blader in town, Tetsuya, who is destroying the beys of the bladers he defeats. Angered by this, Madoka sets off ot find him with Ginga and Kenta in pursute. After splitting up, Kenta realises one fo his friends is a new victim of Tetsuya he battles him, thankfully saved by the arrival of Ginga. But Tetsuya has kidnapped Madoka, and unless Ginga defeats him she'll remain missing.

Hikaru Hasama, a strong blader from afar arrives in town and is asked by Benkei to defeat Ginga. Meanwhile Kenta wonders whether Sagittario could have a special move, Madoka explaining it's possible. Hikaru accepts Benkei's offer, but Ginga is sick and so Kenta battles in his place, unbeknown to Hikaru.

Kenta is trained by Benkei to defeat Hikaru whilst Madoka gives Kenta a new bey part to help him with his special move. Meanwhile Hikaru has been told by Tetsuya who her real opponent was and is on the prowl for the real Ginga Hagane, though is interrupted by Kenta.

Kyouya is sent of Wolf Canyon by Doji to test is skills. Meanwhile Merci kidnaps Ginga and convinces him he's on a TV show whilst really he testing his skills.

Kyouya has returned from Wolf Canyon and Benkei is excited to see his old friend again, with encouragement from Kenta. But Kyouya has changed, revealed in a battle, and even with Kenta at his side Benkei loses as Leone destroys the warehouse they're in.

Kenta returns with an injured Benkei and tells Ginga what Kyouya did to them. Furious, Ginga challenges Kyouya who is now out of control. During the battle, a tornado rips through the city, involuntarily summoning his friends to cheer him on.

Ginga returns and explains to his friends that Doji has a forbidden bey: Lightning L-Drago. Tipped off by Kyouya, they arrive at the Dark Nebula castle and are ambushed by many beys. With help once again from Kyouya, they break down the doors and head inside.

After many challenges, Ginga is the only one to reach Doji. They battle which causes one of the walls to collapse. But their challenge isn't over yet...

Ryouga, an old rival of Ginga's and the new owner of L-Drago. As he and Ginga battle, Ginga is determind to win L-Drago back, but his anger stops him from winning...

Kenta loses his temper when Ginga starts acting strangely. Finally he gets Ginga to tell the story of his past. Ryo Hagane, Ginga's father and the owner of Pegasus, had tried to stop Ryouga taking L-Draco. After losing, Ryo gave Ginga Pegasus before disappearing, and Ginga took it upon himself to stop the Dark Nebula.

Ginga has run away, possibly to his home town. Kenta, Madoka, Kyouya and Benkei follow him but after many calamities part ways. Then a strange man appears and saved Kenta and Madoka.

The man's name is Hyoma, whom Kyouya has his doubts about. Hyoma says he'll guide them to Koma Village, but Kyouya proves he's walking him in circles. Then Hyoma reveals a secret, and the fact he's an old friend of Ginga's. Meanwhile Ginga, en route to Koma Village, meets an old friend.

The gang arrive in Koma Village and are greeted by a talking dog called Hokuto. Hokuto tells them Ginga is climbing Mt. Hagane, seeking a scroll written by an old barer of Pegasus. But then Ginga learns who the old barer was and learns a valuable lesson.

Ginga takes friends to the bey forest where they are immediately excited. Meanwhile Hyoma, who is already jealous of Ginga's friends, challenges Ginga at a stadium called the Green Hades and reveals that as Ginga's true rival has never lost to Ginga in all their childhood.

Returning from Koma Village, Benkei and Kenta are furious with Madoka when she experiments with their beys without telling them. But then they learn how to switch parts, and that comes in handy at the Aquatic Tag-Team Tournament they've just entered.

The surival battle has begun, the winner being granted one wish. Everyone is entering, even Hyoma, Hikaru and Madoka. But despite everyone's enthusiasum there is a mysterious blader who has been defeating all his opponents...

Kenta and Benkei are aided by a new battler, Yu Tendo and his bey Flame Libra. Kyouya, after not finishing his battle with Hikaru, challenges Hyoma, who has been watching everyone but not battling. Kyouya wins, but at a price. Meanwhile Yu is upset the tournament is drawing to an end, and is challenged by Kenta, Benkei and Hikaru all at once. But as the battle goes on, Yu reveals himself to be the one who has knocked many of the 1000 competitors out of the competition with ease, and refuses to be taken down.

Ginga, Kyouya, Yu and Madoka are the final four left in the surival battle. Kyouya, after being aided by Madoka, drops out leaving Ginga and Yu left to battle. They both launch their special moves, but in the end Yu is victorious.

As winner of the surivial battle, Yu is granted his wish to hold a tournament to decide the storngest blader in the country. Then he reveals he's a member of the Dark Nebula, before leaving with Doji and Ryouga who showed up to taunt Ginga. After all agreeing to try and earn the 50000 points needed to qualify for Battle Bladers, Ginga and co meet up at a stadium outside town to battle one last time.

As Ginga travels the country with Pegasus, he is challenged by many point hunters. He is saved by a mysterious blader, Tsubasa Otori, and his bey Earth Aquila. As they are entering the same tournament, the two bladers hang out together, Tsubasa giving Ginga some beyblade tips along the way. But as the tournament progresses, Ginga learns Tsubasa is hiding more secrerts than he expected.

Kyouya is tired of the weak battles he is forced to battle in, until he learns of a strong blader nearby: Tobio, nicknamed Captain Capri, and his bey Storm Capricorn.

The Dark Nebula get a shock as Tsubasa, who they have been watching, appears to their headquarters demanding to join. Doji agrees, but only if Tsubasa can pass a series of tests.

Kenta and Hyoma meet up at a dual tournament, Kenta battling in the forest stadium and Hyoma in the river stadium. But Hyoma is interrupted when Yu intrudes, demanding to battle. Then Kenta, who has already won his tournament, is challenged by Tsubasa.

The fiendish Tetsuya follows Yu back to the Dark Nebula Headquarters. Doji though makes use of this and upgrades Tetsuya's bey as an expirement.

Kenta, whilst competing in a tournament, meets Sora, an impatient battler with amazing skills. Sora claims to be Ginga's apprentice with his bey Cyber and attempts to copy Pegasus's special move, but can not pull it off.

Ginga and the gang meet up at a tournament. But there is a mysterious atmosphere in one corner of the stadium as a mysterious blader Ryutaro tells fortunes...

Four matches are going on in the tournament. As Hikaru and Kyouya's match begins, the others, who were busy congratulating Ginga, realise they're last and in their hast bump into Yu. Then Tsubasa turns up adn Yu explains they're both part of the Dark Nebula. Despite the others' shock, Tsubasa leaves barely saying a word, ordering Yu to follow him away. Kyouya wins his match against Hikaru as Tsubasa wins his against Benkei. Kenta takes on the twins: Dan and Reiki, that Kyouya faced at Dark Nebula's original base with their new bey Evil Gemios. They are on the verge of winning when the two start bickering and Kenta defeats them. Finally Yu wins his battle, but spends most of the time complaining about how only Tsubasa and Kenta appear to have good opponents.

The final six bladers of the touranment are: Ginga, Kenta, Kyouya, Yu, Tsubasa and Hyoma. Doji suggests they all battle against each other in a battle royal, mainly to see how well Tsubasa and Yu will get on batting together. Unfortunatly, their hating of each other gets in the way and after taking out Hyoma, mainly by accident so they could get to Ginga, they start fighting each other. Pegasus plunders into the battle and all three loose. Finally Kyouya, who protected Saggitario whilst Yu and Tsubasa battled, defeats Kenta with a single hit and wins the tournament.

After the tournament, all the friends part ways. The Dark Nebula memebrs head back to base, Yu though is still furious with Tsubasa. But without warning, the sneaky Tetsuya steals Ginga's point counter. It is rescued by a new and mysterious blader: Phoenix, who only agrees to give it back if Ginga can defeat him in a battle.

Starting at square one, Ginga enters a tournament where he is challenged by a fan of his: Teru. Teru is a former dancer who suffered from an injury during one of his performances. When he was in hospital, he entertained himself by watching Ginga's battles. After a friend gave his Virgo, he has vowed to become a blader as strong as Ginga.

Ryouga has set out to obtain the 50000 points to gain entery to Battle Bladers. He takes part in a 100 eby battle Benkei is entering and wins with ease and also beats Tobio and Ryutaro in the fianls of a touranment he interrupted. Tsubasa and Yu, who have finally stopped bickering, are supposed to be guarding him, but Tsubasa gets fed up and leaves whilst Yu heads back to base to cause trouble for him. Falling into a trap set by Doji, Tsubasa sees his chance to swipe information from the Dark Nebula database. Though just as he is leaving, he is intercepted by Doji and many bladers Yu summoned upon to help out. Then Ryouga turns up...

Tsubasa almost looses with Ryouga but Aquila is saved by the sudden arrival of Phoenix. Taking pity on the young blader, Phoenix grabs Tsubasa and the two escape. Yu is at first really annoyed, but the explains the Doji he has already sent a Dark nebula member to keep an eye on Ginga. Tobio interrupts a tournament where Ginga has entered where the stadium has moving walls. Tobio had an early advantage, but in the end Ginga triuphs with his special move.

Kenta arrives in a town where the kids are forbidden to battle in their stadium as it has been overun by Busujima and a gang of bladers. The Kenta's friend Sora turns up and they begin secret training to beat Busujima. Then one of their number vanishes and it's up to Sora to win her back.

Everyone has gained 50000 points apart from Ginga who is only 3000 off. After learning of a nearby tournament, they all head there but are intercepted by Tsubasa. The others send Ginga on ahead whilst they distract Tsubasa, but this turns out to be what he wants. After Phoenix saved him, Tsubasa vowed to defeat Ryouga, but he was told to get to know Ginga's friends first. Kenta is willing to sacrifice everything for Ginga, but then the latter turns up, claim he couldn't leave his friends behind. Tsuabsa becomes confused, but then Phoenix appears...

After Tsubasa is easily defeated by Phoenix, Ginga is also challenge. The rules are simple: if he wins he gets his lost points back, if he looses he is forced to quit beyblade. Everyone comes to show support for Ginga, even Kyouya. Fianlly Tsubasa understands what Phoenix had tried to tell him, and reveals his identity to the others.

Battler Bladers has begun and everyone is winning their battles with ease. But Ginga's first opponent is Yu, the only person besides Ryouga who has ever defeated him.

Hyoma's next opponent is Regi, a blader who belives in fear and sadness being an important matter in bey battling. Unable to help Hyoma much, the others become worried about Hikaru's match against Ryouga that puts her in a coma.

Yu and Ryutaro learn of the horrors of the Dark Nebula as Ryutaro watches as his defeated friends are taken down by Ryouga and Yu is forced to battle Regi. Meanwhile Tsubas considers taking Ryouga on himself in order to stop Kyouya from having to battle him, but Kyoya stops him.

After a switch in the pairings Kyouya is now battling Benkei, much to Tsubasa's delight as he now is battling Ryouga. Kyouya wins his battle but Benkei is pleased to have shown his old master his true strength. Meanwhile Ginga battles Ryutaro who, after watching the other Dark Nebula members fall at the hands of Ryouga, knows he is battling for his life. Ryutaro predicts a dark future for the world at the mercy of L-Drago, but after Ginga wins his predition changes and he accepts his fait. After the battle, the others discuss the predition Ryutaro mentioned to Ginga when an injured Yu stumbles in looking for Kenta and Ginga.

Yu explains what has been happening within the Dark Nebula Organisation, showing his broken Libra as proof. Ginga is furious, but not so much as Kenta who, after swapping performance tips, storms off to find and battle Regi.

After Kenta and Yu's battle of will, everyone is looking for Tsubasa who has gone missing. He eventually shows up for his battle after some backup from Kyouya. The odds are stacked against Tsubasa, but after battling Ryouga once before is there a chance he could win?

Ginga prepares to battle Reji who is stronger than in his first two battles. Meanwhile Yu is kidnapped and Kenta and Hyoma, who have both recovered from their battles with Reji, race into the Dark Nebula Organisation's HQ to get him back.

Ginga finally defeats Regi. Phoenix appears to protect Kenta and Hyoma, beating Doji. Madoka tells Ginga about Yu, Kenta and Hyoma and the two rush after them. All of them regroup as shards fall from the ceiling, trapping Doji and shattering Phoenix's mask.

Phoenix, who is really Ryo Hagane, helps to rescue Yu. Then he explains to everyone about the orgin of beys, starting with Pegasus and L-Drago. Meanwhile Doji comes across Ryouga who is anxious for more power and knows where to get it.

Kyoya finally gets to battle Ryuga, determind to avenge Tsubasa who had become a close friend. After persuading Ryuga to not use his special move, it really looked like Kyoya could win. But in the end L-Drago triumphs and Kyoya suffers the same fait as Hikaru and Tsubasa.

Upset at the faith of his friends, Ginga goes alone to the final battle. Ryuga battles him on a stage in the air where the true power of L-Drago becomes clear.

With the help of the spirits of Hikaru, Tsubasa and Kyoya, Ginga manages to survive L-Drago's attacks with support from his friends. Finally he realizes he can win with his greatest special move - Galaxy Nova.