Disclaimers : Yes, I do own Beyblade!!!!! *begins to laugh like a maniac*
TV Tokyo : *whisper whisper*
Kurohime : ……………. We don't own them.
Author : *cries*
Kurohime : Aren't you going to finish your other fic?
Author : ………. I know, but I wanted to start the AU one!
Kurohime : As you wish. And for the readers, be afraid. BE VERY AFRAID! This is very AU!
Author : This was a multiple series, but I created this for aishiteru! *inhaled a very deep breath* HAPPY BIRTHDAY AISHITERU! THIS WAS YOUR PRESENT ^_^!!!!! Oh, and this was inspired by Rae-san's fanfic called "Temptations of The Sea" so don't throw any tomatoes at me ^_^! And thanks for Issini, Nyako-sempai and Shinzui-sama who support me as I write this ^_^!
Pairings : Kai+Rei, Tala+Boris, Tyson+Max, and maybe some others later…….
Ages : ( In the early paragraph, Tala was 7 and Rei was 6 ) Tala ( 17 ) Rei ( 16 ) Tyson ( 16 ) Max ( 16 ) Kenny ( 16 ) Kai ( 16 ) Lee ( 17 ) Mariah ( 16 ) Kevin ( 16 ) Emily ( 17 ) Boris ( Around 22-24 )
Author = Lady ZephyrosBeta = Killua kiken na
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Chapter 1 ~ Feign
He stood there.
He was running happily. He shouted cheerfully to his mother and father.
But strangely, no one answered him.
He felt curious, and went to look for them. He heard a crashing sound from the kitchen.
He dashed into the kitchen, trying to find a sign of his parents. He opened the kitchen door. There he saw something unexpected. His parents were lying in a pool of their own blood.
DEAD.
Tala shouted hysterically.
He run into his parent's side, shook them, hoping that that everything he was seeing was just a nightmare.
Wishing. Begging. Pleading.
"Father! Mother! How could this happen?"
But that was useless. Tala sobbed even more. "This is just a nightmare……..just a nightmare…it can't true!" He heard another sound from the kitchen enterance. It was a child with amber eyes and raven locks. Tala heard his quiet voice.
"What's wrong, Tala?"
Tala snapped back to reality and ran to another child. "Rei! Please don't look! Don't look at them!"
"Wha--?" Rei gazed at his older brother, but then screamed as he saw past him.
"Father……..mother………?!! What happened?!!
"I told you not to look!!" Tala yelled, hugging his little brother close to him, trying to block out the gruesome images behind him.
Rei eventually looked up at his brother. "Dad….mom…….why? why?"
Tala shook his head, "I don't know……..I don't know……..Rei…" The tears came after that.
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"NOOOO!" Tala screamed as he awoke. He found himself sweating all over. He was panting nervously.
Alright. Alright…..Another bad dream.He raked a tired and shaking hand through his drenched hair. He snorted after awhile, sitting quietly in the darkness now. He never had good dreams since before.
Since his parents were murdered.
All that he had left was his brother. His father and mother had been slaughtered when he and his little brother, Rei, were young. The police couldn't do anything. Wouldn't do anything and the murderer was still free out there somewhere.
Ever since that day, he lived with Rei and their aunt. He stopped his memories before they could take him further back, somewhere where he did not want to be anymore.After taking a shower and putting on his usual uniform, he walked awkwardly to the kitchen. A very familiar voice greeted him.
"Morning, brother. Have a nice sleep?"
Tala took a seat and lifted his face tiredly. "No. And don't call me brother. I'm only one year above you. You don't need to be so formal with me."
Rei shrugged and placed a cup of hot chocolate in front of him. "Okay Tala. Have a nice sleep?"
Tala shook his head. "No. How can I have good dreams when I don't feel good myself?"
Rei sighed. It had been ten years since that day-Rei knew Tala was not even nearly over it yet. Tala once was friendly and outgoing, not caring at all about anything else. Now, he was….gloomy and unsociable, something NOT like his original self at all! Even one of Tala's old friends said that he was quite different and slowly getting worse. He even mentioned that most people that had looked up to Tala before were now almost deathly afraid of the other boy. This shocked Rei greatly.
But Rei ignored everybody else and what they said. He had lost his parents, but he certainly wasn't gonna lost his brother.
Tala was the one that spoke up."Aunt Fuu (BETA: I couldn't think of any other name. If some aunt of Rei's DOES appear in the show, then that's her. ^_^) can be such a bitch sometimes. Why send us to Hokkaido just for school? Did she think we were crazy like her? I don't know why I agreed to all this…."
"Take it easy, Tala. She was just protecting us. She didn't want us to keep remembering our parents's death-that's why she sent us here….."
Tala frowned. "Does she think we can just forget something like that? I know its been ten years and she wants us to finally let go, but I just CANT. No matter how much time has passed, I CANT forget!"
Rei shook his head, his bright gold eyes dulling a bit. "I agreed to come only to make Aunt Fuu happy. I don't want to be a burden in her house." Tala had had enough and got up, reaching for his schoolbag. "Shut up about all this. We're gonna be late for school. This is the first day, remember?"
Rei nodded and slipped on his favorite Chinese robe that covered his regular clothes. He tied back his hair, grabbed his own pack, and followed his brother out the door. The morning sun greeted them when they got outside. Tala sighed, "Aww man……..today's gonna be hot." Rei laughed. "My, my…. Tala…never knew you were afraid you'd melt….."
Tala shot a deathglare at him. "Respect your elders, Rei!"
"Meep! Sorry!" Rei giggled cheerfully.
Finally, a cool breeze blew by, making his ponytail sway in the wind. He also wore a red yin-yang bandanna, which oddly enough didn't make him stick out or look like he was part of a gang-it somehow….fit him. He shivered suddenly. Many people always mistook him for a girl at first sight. He was freaked out enough that people called him "beautiful." Still, he was honoured, though. Of course….they could've used the word "handsome" instead….
He recently just acknowledged that people….were WEIRD.
"Is this the school?" Tala eyed the big, tall building in front of them then looked to Rei for an answer.
Rei smiled up at him. "It seems very nice."
Tala snorted. "Hhnn. I hope. Everything's nice to you….."
"You know, you don't have to ruin every nice mood I make," the raven-haired boy pouted.
"Do you want to get inside or not?" asked Tala impatiently, scuffing his shoe along the sidewalk while Rei complained some more.
Rei answered with a single nod. My Lord, he thought, why doesn't Tala become atleast a little more…... e friendly?Is that so much to ask? He's got to get over all this. No one will talk to him here if he doesn't….He almost jumped in shock when he heard the bell ringing. Tala groaned, "Oh shit……no time to take a look around this junk yard…" He lifted his gaze to Rei, "What class are you in, Rei?"
Rei paused for a while, then answered, "I thought it was 2-B…."
Tala nodded, "I'm in 3-A. If you have any trouble, come to my class. I'll make sure you can stay there…. See you again at break!" With that, he ran almost cheerfully to the entrance with a semi-smiling Rei behind him. Poor Tala………Well, I hope he has a ….decent time in atleast one of his classes……… Rei sighed heavily and continued walking. He finally got to class 2-B and slid open the door. Instantly, a few whistles could be heard when he entered the classroom. Rei tried to completely block them out since most of the noises and suggestive phrases came from weird-looking GUYS.
He was about to make his way quickly to the front desk but saw the teacher, a tall and pleasant-looking woman with short dark-brown hair to her shoulders, was making her way to him already. She smiled and placed a hand on Rei's shoulder, then turned to the rest of the class. "Okay, you all. This is a new student, of course. He came with his older brother all the way from Tokyo. Hope you guys will be half decent to him atleast……."
Again, the class was a buzz, mostly girls giggling uncontrollaby and other boys looking to him and grinning widely. A few seemed to be smiling almost shyly at him. The teacher frowned. "Silence!", and soon the class fell quiet. She smiled, satisfied, and turned to Rei again. "Rei, my name is Mrs. Lily. You may introduce yourself now." Rei sighed. Do I have to do this again? But he answered with a friendly smile. "Nice to meet you all. I'm Rei. Ummm it's so nice to meet you guys……." He looked at the sniggering group, "……. I guess……."
The teacher nodded, not noticing the awkwardness. "Very good Rei. I'm your science teacher. Don't bother calling me "sensei" It makes me feel odd. Just "Mrs. Lily" will do, alright? Now let's get you situated…" Rei nodded with a beautiful smile. "Nice to meet you, Mrs. Lily." Mrs. Lily turned look over the class. She finally spied an empty seat and desk. She smiled and pointed the chair. "You can sit there, Rei. Now please go do so."
Rei nodded and walked towards his seat. A blonde haired teen who sat in front of him greeted him almost TOO cheerfully. "Hey there, I'm Max! nice to meet ya!!" Rei smiled, "Nice to meet you, too." Another student, who sat near Max, grinned at them, a baseball cap on his head. "Allo! Nice to have somebody NEW for a change!" Rei almost fainted from a heart attack when he heard the other boy's loud booming shout. Max shot the blue-haired boy a glare. "Tyson, you're too loud!" Tyson only answered with a very big grin on his face. Rei smiled warmly at Tyson, liking him instantly also. "Thanks I guess."
Mrs. Lily let out a cough. "Okay class. Can we start the subject now?" All the student in the class shouted a 'Yes' in unison, including Rei himself. He felt almost exited. He already seemed to be fitting in……partially…. And he loved science and challenges. He wondered how Tala was doing in his class. He smiled to himself. Maybe Tala had met some people as friendly as Max and Tyson and decided to finally get along with people…….. He sighed. His brother never change, though, no matter how much Rei pushed him to do so. Rei wished somebody could get through his brother's ice heart and cold exterior. They would surely find a warm and gentle person inside if they did…..
But….Tala had never had a girlfriend in his life…….nor a boyfriend……
Rei laughed to himself, thinking it stupid. It was impossible for Tala to fall in love with other guys…. Most of the people he knew wouldn't even talk with him anymore. Rei mused on and on to himself, unintentionally turning out everything else. They were many girls that tried to get Tala's attention before……Most were absolutely georgeus, and others were filled with enough wit and charm to make them beautiful inside more than out. The only problem: Tala never even looked at them. Their answer from him would be the slam of a door in their faces.
Rei shook his head a little, coming back to the present. Mrs. Lily almost opened her mouth to give more lectures, but suddenly the classroom door slid open. Rei turned along with everybody else and saw something interesting. A boy looking to be his own age walked calmly in. He had blue triangles painted on both sides of his face. They almost seemed…….part of him. No paint could look that real……
His red crimson eyes stared blankly ahead, not aware of the other students or their glares at him. He also wore the school uniform, but his uniform was in a mess. He stopped in front of Mrs. Lily's desk, holding a slip of paper. Rei blinked, looking closely at the other boy. Did he just get into a fight?
To Be Continued.
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Author : Whoo! I'm sorry for the length of this chapter .! Next chapter will be MUCH more longer, I promise!
Boris : What kind of author are you? Where the hell am I ?
Author : Don't worry Boris, you will appear in the next chapter as a…..oops…….not telling you!
Boris : Grr……..
Author : *has big popping veins* I said Kai and Boris will appear in the next chapter! *evil grinn* And sorry if this chapter has no romance at all! I promise next chapter will have some more of something!!!!!
Tala : Ugh………
Rei : ^______^
Author : Arhg! I really suck at writing romance! And I am telling you,, this was going to be KaixRei, TalaxBoris, and TysonxMax, so if you want to flame me, please be a little nice about it…… *smiles* And please, please, please, please, please, tell me what you think of this in a review! Should I continue this? Or…….*sniff sniff* Oh well…..this chapter was dedicated to aishiteru ( This was her birthday present ^__^ ) and for the very nice peoples in the KaixReiML, TakaoxMaxML, and BorisxTalaML ^_^! Next chapter will be up as soon as my crazy brain begins to work………Again, please review ^-^, it will brighten my day, hontou ni ^^! And the flames will be used to bake my apple pie in my oven ( Mmmmmmm……….apple pie…) ^______^
Next Chapter :
Chapter Two ~ The Waltz Begins