Title: Bossy Effeminate Teenage-Boys
Author: MGO
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Rei Kon, Kai Hiwatari, Tala Ivanov, Spencer, Ian, Max Tate, Michael/Rei x Kai, Tala x Kai
Warnings: Slash, Language, AU, OOC – well - characters, Un-Beta'd
Spoilers: Mean Girls
Word Count: Approx. 30,578 (this part, approx. 2,546)
Rants: Guh! This took six days to write, approximately forty hours of work altogether. I hadn't meant for it to get so crazy, or long, but I started writing it and couldn't stop. In the end, this is just something to prove I really have too much free time on my hands. I should have been doing math homework. This is the longest fic I have ever written, and it's my first Beyblade fic in over five years, so I apologize. Also, I never watched past season two, so any characters from later seasons I just pulled outta my ass.
I apologize ahead of time if I spelled it "Micheal" instead of "Michael", and thus inconsistent through the entire text. I tried to catch all of these, but those 'e's and 'a's are tricky little buggers.
This story is completely finished, too, so I should be able to post every new segment on Thursday. (More often, I suppose, if enough people want it that bad.)
Please note: I never intend to take on such a big project again. Ever. I'm done writing fanfic, for good. Okay, yeah, I can't believe that myself.
When I say Mr. Granger, I mean Tyson's father, not his grandfather. Just, FYI.
Summary: Rei's just moved from China, and on a whim Michael and Max convince him to hang out with Tala Ivanov – the school's biggest prick, and leader of the Demolition Boys. Somehow though, somewhere along the way, Rei isn't just observing them – he's one of them. To make matters worse, he's in love with Kai Hiwatari, Tala's ex-boyfriend.
Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade, Mean Girls, IHOP or Bro-Rape. All are property of they're proper and respectful owners, and I only intended to get a few laughs out of them while I could. No suing me, s'il vous plait.
A soft chiming ring echoed in the small room, and Rei's eyes flickered open to stare up at the ceiling, light coming in through the windows he had forgotten to close the curtains on last night before he'd fallen asleep. He glanced over at his clock. 6.30h. With a heavy sigh, he closed his eyes for a moment, readying himself for the morning.
He opened his eyes again, blinking in mild confusion at how bright the room had become. He glanced over at the clock once more. 7.15h. He'd fallen back asleep! With a strangled cry, he sprang from bed, wrestling himself from the sheets that had tangled itself around him. Oh god, it was his first day of school, and he was going to be late!
He dressed quickly in his Chinese garb – he hadn't had time to buy some "normal" clothes, and besides, he felt comfortable in what he was wearing now. He stumbled through the halls, in search of a hairbrush. He had to tear apart three cabinets before he found one, and brushed his hair as quickly as he could, before tying it back.
"You're going to be late, Rei!" a voice called, somewhere from downstairs.
"No, look, I'm all ready!" Rei replied, stumbling slightly as he descended the stairs after brushing his teeth. He glanced over at the clock on the television News. 7.30h. Not bad. He always had been good at time management when in a rush.
"Feed the cats, will you," an elderly woman said, and Rei nodded, obeying his grandmother's request.
He stepped into the kitchen, the smell of eggs cooking filled the room, and his mouth started to water. Pushing it to the back of his mind for now, he rooted through the cabinets until he found an orange Iams bag, and poured some of the food into a large bowl. Seemingly, out of nowhere, two tabby cats appeared, mewling at him and rubbing against his legs before they started to eat.
"Eat quickly," Rei's grandmother said, placing a plate on the table, "School starts at eight o'clock sharp." She informed, patting his shoulder lovingly, before disappearing into the living room.
Rei sighed, but obeyed. Food such as this shouldn't be scarfed down, but he didn't really have a choice this time around. He ate as quickly as he could, despite the fact there were butterfly's quenching in his stomach. It was his first day of school. How on Earth would he survive? He swallowed his last bite, before dumping the dish into the sink for his grandmother to wash later.
"Nai-Nai?" Rei asked, poking his head into the living room. "Ye-Ye?"
"Out here, Rei," his grandmother called, and Rei stepped out onto the front porch, shielding his eyes from the sun. His grandmother and grandfather, were standing out on the deck, his grandfather holding up a camera that Rei briefly recognized as his own. "Ye-ye wants to take a picture of us to send back home."
"Oh, okay," Rei said, moving to stand by his grandmother. She only came up to his shoulder, but despite her stout nature and her age, the grip in which she held Rei's arm, while gentle, was strong. His grandfather was the same way, but years of training in the martial arts had been good for both of them.
'Stand close,' his grandfather said in Chinese, never really having gotten the hang for English. Rei nodded, inching closer to his grandmother as the picture was taken, both of them smiling. 'Aha. Ready for school, grandson?'
Rei nodded his head. Yes. He was ready for this.
- - -
Rei Kon. Fifteen years old, and starting his first day of school. Not that he'd never been schooled before, he could read any Chinese character, and his English wasn't too shabby, but before he had lived in a small town in Chinese mountains. He was taught in a one room class room, with eleven other students, all varying in age.
Up until a week ago, Rei had spent his entire life in that village, never quite able to journey more than a few miles from home. That was, until his mother, who had been a girl from the city herself, had manged to convince Rei's father to allow him to move to the United States of America to live with her parents, at least to finish his schooling. He was smart, the entire village knew it, and this was his chance to prove himself.
Because he had the chance to make something of himself, the Chinese Neko-Jin was going to do everything in his power to accomplish what most of his friends never would be able to. He was going to go collage, he was going to learn everything he could, and then he was going to home, back to his parents, and his friends. He'd make them proud. He had too.
So one week ago, he and his mother had set out of their village, traveled the long distance to Hong Kong, and yesterday he'd gotten on a plane, leaving his mother behind. He'd never met his grandparent's before, but he recognized his grandmother immediately. She looked just like his mother. Holding back his tears, he had bowed to her, and collected his bag.
He was ready for anything that this country had to throw at him.
- - -
"Are you okay, Rei?" His grandmother asked, turning slightly in her seat to glance at Rei.
Rei's amber eyes flickered to meet hers, and he nodded his head briefly. "Yeah. I'm fine," he managed to say. He wished he hadn't eaten breakfast, now. He could feel it rising in the back of his throat, and given the proper moment, he'd probably throw it back up. He had to hold on. He could do this. "It's just so different from back home."
His grandmother reached back in the small car to put a bony hand on his knee lightly. "You'll be fine," she said softly, tears brimming in her eyes as a happy smile filled her face. "You are my daughter's son."
Rei smiled, placing a hand over his grandmother's as his grandfather pulled into the parking lot of the large school. The Boris Balcov Academy. The BBA. Despite it's pretentious name, it was a public school, but that didn't lesson Rei's fear of it any less. Taking a deep breath, he clicked his seatbelt off, and opened the car door, stepping onto the school ground's for the first time.
'Make us proud,' His grandfather said, stepping out of the car as well.
'Of course, Ye-Ye,' Rei answered, bowing respectfully. His grandfather bowed in kind.
"Oh, Rei," His grandmother said, pulling him into a tight embrace before handing him his school bag. "We'll see you at home tonight. Are you sure you know how to get back?"
Rei nodded his head. "Take Main street until you get to Beryllium Lane. Then take a left. House number Nine-One-Oh-Two."
His grandmother nodded her head, smiling proudly through her tears. "We'll see you tonight, Rei."
"Okay, good bye Nai-Nai," He said, hugging her once more, then bowed slightly to his grandfather once more. 'Ye-Ye.'
With the goodbye, Rei waved, before turning his back to his grandparents. Here he was, starting the first day of his new life. He took a deep breathe, slinging his bag onto his shoulders, and crossed the great lawns to the front of The BBA. He could do this. He would be fine. Really.
"Hi," He said, smiling shyly to a bunch of pretty Asian girls sitting on the brick wall, before continuing up the steps. They stared after him with mild shock, amazed he had the gall to great them.
Rei ignored this, and continued to walk. He passed a group of jocks mock fighting each other, two boys getting stoned behind a tree as indiscreetly as Rei believed possible, two students practically fucking on the grass, and a large male eating what appeared to be an entire leg of lamb.
Swallowing, Rei pushed the doors of the building open, staring into the crowded interior. He had made it this far. He could do this. He reached into the front flap of his bag, and pulled out a sheaf of paper. Homeroom. A-13. He glanced around, relieved to see a large sign sporting 'A Wing' in large letters. Letting out a sigh, Rei headed into that direction, a little bit of confidence coming back to him.
He pushed open the door, and approached the desk at the front, where a refined looking male with purple hair was sharpening a pencil. Tentatively, Rei approached.
"Hi, I don't know if anyone told you about me," Rei said, feeling confident. "I'm a new student. My name's Rei Kon."
"I don't care," The male replied curtly, finishing sharpening his pencil, eying Rei with a look of mild distaste before returning to his seat.
Oh. Ouch. Rei felt flattened. He nearly jumped when he heard two kids laughing at him. Ignoring this, Rei went to sit in a seat, when one of the males, a redhead with a baseball cap on, interrupted him.
"Oh, you don't want to sit there," He said, "Hilary Tatibana will sit there to be next to her boyfriend."
Rei paused, glancing at a small male who was staring at the front board was pointedly ignoring him. As if on cue, a brown hair girl entered the room, and brushed past Rei. She and the male started to make out without saying so much as 'hello'. Shrugging, Rei moved onto the next seat, in the front row.
"Don't sit there, either," the male with the baseball cap advised. Rei looked at him warily, waiting for his excuse as to what was wrong with that particular seat. "Do you want to carry attendance sheets to the office every day?" He asked, quirking an eyebrow.
Sighing, Rei shook his head, and moved onto a third chair.
"Nope," The male's voice came back tauntingly, "he farts a lot." He said in an intentionally rude stage whisper. The guy turned and glared at Baseball cap, but didn't say anything.
Rei, having run out of other choices, took the seat next to the male in the baseball cap. "Thanks," he said, smiling shyly.
A blonde male with large blue eyes sitting behind Baseball Cap leaned forward on his desk, tapping Rei with the eraser end of his pencil. "Did you go to The Abbey last year?" he asked.
Rei blinked in mild confusion, shaking his head. "No?"
"'Cause you look like the guy who played Iago in their production 'Othello, and the boy band Venice'," The blonde said, frowning.
"Wasn't me," Rei said, flashing a nervous smile. Did he look like an actor?
"Thank god," The blonde said, shaking his head. "He was an ass."
"This is Max," Baseball Cap told Rei, "He's almost too spazzy to function."
Max knocked Baseball Cap's hat off in a mild huff of annoyance.
"It's nice to meet you," Rei said, forcing a smile. These guys were weird, but okay.
A male student bumped past Baseball Cap, shoving him roughly on purpose with his bag. "Nice hat, Michael, what hobo did you steal it from?"
"Your father," Baseball Cap – no, Michael, Rei corrected himself – said immediately, scowling slightly.
The class room door opened again, and in stepped a beautiful blonde woman with blue eyes. In the corner of his eyes, Rei saw Max shrink back in his seat, holding a folder up to hide himself for some reason. Rei frowned slightly, but looked back at the woman.
"Where's your teacher?" She asked, a clipped tone, but out of exasperation.
Speak of the Devil, Rei thought, as at that moment, a male teacher stepped into the room. He had unruly brown hair, and he couldn't have been that old. He laughed at himself, balancing a bag and two large boxes.
"Okay, I'm late, but I brought donuts, so don't tell Mrs. Tate-" he said, pausing as his eyes settled on the blonde woman. "Oh. Hi, good morning." A nervous smile crossed over his face, but he placed his bag down, and opened a box to offer a donut to the dean.
She pushed the box away gently, but not rudely. "All right," she started, turning to the class, "I just want to let everyone know that we have a new sophomore with us. He just moved here from China." She smiled, and all eyes turned to Rei. "So let's help him adjust to academic life here at The BBA." She glanced at a note card in her hand. "Rei Kon?"
Rei nodded his head. "Yeah, that's me."
After another brief moment of inspection by the class as a whole, they turned away, losing interested. Rei wasn't sure whether this was a positive sign, or a negative one.
"Well, welcome Rei, and thank you, Mrs. Tate," the teacher said, brushing his bangs from his face.
"Please try to be on time this year, Mr. Granger," Mrs. Tate said, sighing, before she left the room.
"Where are you going first period?" Michael asked, turning his attention back to Rei.
Rei blinked in confusion, before glancing at his class schedule. "Um, 10th Grade Health. Room B14. Do you know where that is?"
Michael turned to glance at Max. "I think that's in the back building."
Max nodded his head enthusiastically. "Oh yeah, that's in the back building."
Michael grinned widely. "We'll take you."
Mr. Granger brought their attention back to the front of the room. "Anyone for donuts?" He asked.
TBC
When I say Mr. Granger, I mean Tyson's father, not his grandfather. Just, FYI.