I do not own "Beyblade".
A/n: I've decided to clean up/re-write this story. I shudder in shame for not using spell check :/
Not to Fade Away
Chapter One: Kenny
8/29
9:37pm.
Life has changed so much around me. This year, tomorrow, we start year ten. And, for the first time, we are going to be at the same school, same grade. Everything has changed. Everyone's changed. I'll start with Hilary. Over this summer, she changed from the loud-mouth-monster who we all hated kind of to this daring-take risks-doesn't care about anything-person. She's going through this rebellious faze. The black-finger-nails, crazy hair, weird clothing. I'm very understanding, but I have a limit to what I'd put up with you. One day, mid-August, she came to practise, with this very revealing top, showing her belly-button piercing! She didn't even seem to care. She doesn't seem to care about anything anymore. I don't think she's going to run for class president this year. It's like she's changed into a complete different person.
Next is Tyson. He only has one thing on his mind now. Girls. Girls, and more girls. He doesn't seem to care about Beyblading anymore. He's blown off more practises than anyone else, and he's the world champion! Just yesterday, he was talking about joining a sports team this year. Could you imagine Tyson playing football? Or basketball? He's not a big spotlight sharer. All Ray can think about is Mariah, who goes home soon. A few excuses he gave were, "Oh, Mariah doesn't have long until she goes", "Oh, um, my mom wants me home early cause I've been at Mariah's all day". The only person I think that hasn't really changed is Max, but I could be wrong. We haven't spoken since the last team practise. Kai's more in his shell than ever. He didn't spoke more than 3 words at our last practise, which was more than 2 weeks ago. He's always been this loner, but he now has Tala here, which means they'll be off together. That means Tala is going to our school. Does that mean he automatically becomes apart of our group?
Isn't beyblading important to us anymore? It seems that none of us care about it much anymore. It's just like, we've reached this stage in our lives, where nothing we used to care about anymore matters. Maybe because we're growing up. Growing up scares me. I'm scared we're going to drift apart and I can feel that we are already. I don't know who I'd hang out with at school if I didn't hang out with the gang. Have I changed? Or has everything else around me changed, and I'm just standing still?
Maybe I have. I used to feel comfortable where I was, and now I feel useless.
8/30
4:45pm.
The first day of grade ten. It's half not what I expected and half what I did expect. All ready, I basically have 3 hours of homework. No kidding. Tyson, of course, wasn't up when I came to pick him up. For the first time in years, Hilary wasn't yelling at him to get up. I kind of missed it. It reminded how much she had changed. And of course, she turned up in a very weird outfit. Ripped stockings, black Doc Martins, this extremely short red skirt, and another very revealing black top.
Tyson seemed to like it. "Nice." He commented when she came up to us.
She smiled at him."Thank-you. Ready for crap-o-mania?" She asked. Kai came towards us wearing a dark scowl on his face. He was getting followed by a swarm of fan-girls. Some of them were getting chatted up by Tala. One of them noticed Hilary's "new" attire. She whispered to some of the others. Hilary glared at them, which seemed to make them back away. Once Ray and Max showed up, it seemed to get a bit awkward. It had been two weeks since we had all last hung out with each other. Everyone kept avoiding eye contact until Hilary grabbed Ray and rushed away. Is this what it's going to be like everyday?
What is happening to us? Why does the past seem so far away, when it was only less than 3 months ago, when we we're normal and together? I don't know for the first time in my life. Maybe I don't know anything, anymore..
A/n: I should post a re-write a couple times a week now.