One Life One Love
Chapter 1: Reunion
Disclaimer: Musei Kage(Star Spirit) does not own Beyblade, only the original characters.
(A/N): Okay, so here's a quick rundown on their ages. And just to let you know I will most probably be revising the first few chapters!
Kai: 17
Rei: 17
Tyson: 16
Max: 16
Kenny: 16
OC's: 16
And before you start reading this story and feeling like you want to throw up because of how horrible it is (no offense taken haha), I should probably let you know that I started writing this many years ago and obviously sucked at it. Even the revising couldn't really take away some of the lameness. Hopefully you'll skim through this and by the time you get to the last half or so, you'll agree that I improved somewhat over the years... hopefully. This was all done in 2003-2005 other than the epilogue. And that's all I want to say, I think.
"Students, I would like you to meet our new recruit. Her name is Shaorin Kimoto. And need I remind you that tomorrow, you will be assessed on your current progress, so be on your best behaviour."
A small hazel-eyed girl stood nervously in front of an audience of students; boys and girls from the ages 5-18, most of them young males only a few years older than Shaorin herself.
"I wonder what brought her here," a red headed boy studied her carefully from the back of the crowd. It was rare for females to be brought to the Abbey for training.
"Never seen her around," a two toned blunette answered him, watching her uninterestedly.
"Kai-Kai!" the same little girl, only a few years older, called for her friend.
"Right here, Rin. What is it?" Kai answered; annoyed with the nickname he was given.
Shaorin smiled widely and grabbed his arm, "Come! I wanna show you something!"
"Rin, why are you crying?" Tala asked when he found her hiding in her own room.
Shaorin glanced up at the red head and fresh tears streamed down her cheeks.
"I'm leaving…"
"Don't forget me, okay?" Shaorin said as she hugged Kai tightly.
He nodded and pulled away gently, "I won't."
"Bye!" She hugged Tala as well before climbing into the car sent for her and disappearing down the road.
"This is so cool; we're halfway across the globe!" Tyson grinned.
"Man, this place is freezing," shivered Rei.
"Hello boys," a jovial voice greeted, they turned to see a plump, bald man smiling at them.
"Mr. Dickinson!" the Bladebreakers exclaimed except for the one named Kai.
"I came to let you boys know that you'll be meeting another team shortly to train with, before the Canadian tournament. They're of course the home team, the RebelBladers." Mr. Dickinson informed," I've much to do now boys, I will see you near the date of the tournament then."
"Well I guess we should get a move on then," Max grinned and jumped up a bit too hyped. Kai silently looked out to the snow as if waiting for something.
"Uh…Kai?" Tyson waved a hand in front of his stone expression.
"What?" he growled.
"Woah," Tyson jumped back a little surprised, "no need to blow up like that, man."
"Come on, let's go," Kai ordered, ignoring the comment.
After a short while, they arrived in front of a luxurious 5-star hotel. When they entered the lobby, 3 girls spotted them. The first was quite tall with short auburn hair and chocolate eyes; another had amber hair and ruby eyes. The last girl had copper hair with maroon eyes.
"Hi, you must be the BladeBreakers, right?" the taller one asked.
"Yes, but who are you?" Kenny questioned.
"We're the RebelBladers. I'm Sandy Hiura, and these are my teammates Celina Inoshi and Naomi Wara," Sandy gestured towards the two girls.
"Isn't there supposed to be four bladers?" Max asked.
"Yeah, but she's busy at the moment so we're meeting her instead, hope you don't mind," the ruby eyed Celina explained.
"What's her name?" Rei questioned.
"Shaorin Kimoto," Naomi replied. Kai's eyes shot open and a look of familiarity crossed Rei's face.
"Hiura, Wara, Inoshi and Kimoto…wait a sec; your families were on Forbes Top Billionaires List!" Kenny exclaimed.
"You could put it that way…" Sandy nodded, slightly embarrassed.
"Well it's about time we met up with her don't you think?" Naomi began.
"Let's go then," Celina led them a few blocks away from the hotel towards a tall record studio building. They went in and were greeted by the receptionist.
"Ah...Miss Inoshi, Miss Kimoto is on the second floor doing some last minute recording," she smiled warmly.
"Thanks," Celina nodded. They rode the elevator up to the second floor where the recording studio was located. Through a window they watched an auburn haired girl sing with a pair of headphones on her ears, swaying gently to the music. Her hazel eyes closed as she sang the last chord.
"And that's it for today, Miss Kimoto," the recording man smiled.
"Okay then, thanks for your help! I'll see you next time," Shaorin grinned, dashing out to meet her friends.
Kai studied her closely as he had done years ago when she had been first introduced.
'It really is her… after all these years she was really right here in Canada. But does she still hate me? Oh damn, she sees me, I can see so much in her eyes, including the fact that she still hates me,' he thought.
Shaorin glanced at the BladeBreakers and saw two familiar faces.
"REI!" she exclaimed.
"I was wondering when you'd recognize me," he chuckled as she hugged him tightly.
"You know each other?" Sandy asked.
"Of course, Rei's my cousin after all," Shaorin laughed. Then she saw Kai. Fear and hurt that was hidden away inside her suddenly released itself. Why is he here? Isn't hurting me enough, why does he have to torture me like this.
"Shao?" Naomi tapped her shoulder, breaking her thoughts.
"Yeah?" she faked a smile.
"Ready to go yet?" Sandy asked.
"Yep," she nodded. She smiled at the BladeBreakers and nodded a 'hello', carefully avoiding Kai's gaze on her. Celina caught her nervous look, and frowned slightly, being her long time best friend she knew something was wrong.
End of Chapter 1
(A/N): Okay! I finally revised it a little, and it's not the best, but I like it a lot more than what I originally had back in 2003 when I first started this story. I'll be editing the next few chapters too probably.
And also the italics were meant to be flashbacks or thoughts!