Okay, this is my first fic ever and I already know its gonna be horrible! This fic is done just before the World Championships and I'm using the American dub name 'coz I don't know that Japanese ones. Okay, well here's my fic and hope ya enjoy it!

Back to school Chapter 1 By Autumn Garnet

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"Hello there!" Mr Dickenson said in his usual happy voice.

A group of Hi's and Hey's came out of the Bladebreaker team, except for Kai who merely stared at Mr Dickenson

"I am very sorry to tell you, but you can't go to the World Championships-"

"What?!" Tyson yelled. "Why not?!"

"Yeah, Mr Dickenson, We've won a lot of the tournaments so what's stopping us from going?" Ray said in his calm monotone

"No, no, no." Mr Dickenson said waving his hands in front of him. "Let me finish. You can't go to the World Championships, YET."

"Huh? Why not?" Max said scratching the back of his head

"You see, " Mr Dickenson began, "You have to go back to school for a year. I can arrange that all of you will be in the same grade, if you want."

"But Mr Dickenson, " Kenny said from above his laptop, "We're different ages. How can we be put in the same grade?"

"Good question Kenny! You see, I want you all to learn up to the same level, that way, the opposition will be knocked out alone by your intelligence."

Kenny nodded. "Also, why do we have to go to school?"

"Its for the tournament. " Mr Dickenson said with the smile. "If you went back to school, it adds to your score, is that okay?"

Everybody nodded, when Tyson raised his hand in the air. "One more thing."

"Yes?"

"Does the school have a cafeteria?"

Everybody sweatdropped. [except for Kai, I guess]

~*~*~*~*~*

Kai looked at the school uniform. There was the navy blue blazer, grey pants, a white shirt, the navy tie and the navy jumper. Kai wanted to gag. This school uniform is so. not me. I refuse to where those black school shoes. I'm sticking with my runners, thank you very much.

Ray put the stack of stationary on Kai's bed. "These are all yours. Plus, your school bag, Phys Ed uniform, notebooks, pens and pencils."

Kai looked through the science textbook. What the.

"AGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" Tyson screamed

Everybody rushed up to the desk that Tyson was on.

"What's wrong?" Max asked worriedly

Tyson pointed at the math textbook. "THIS. IS. TOO. HARD!!!!! How can they expect us to understand this?! And what is a trigonometric equation?!"

Kenny took the textbook away from Tyson and stared at the questions.

"Well, Kenny? D'you get it?" Tyson asked in curiosity

Kenny dropped the book. "N-no!"

"What?!" Max cried. "If Kenny doesn't get then how do WE get it?"

"Um." Ray looked up at the ceiling for an answer. "Guess that's why we need to go to school."

Everybody groaned

~*~*~*~*~*

It was 6 am and Kai was already awake. I can't believe I'm going to school. Kai sighed as he stood out on the balcony looking at the city lights. He pulled his beyblade out of his pocket. Do you think that they've got a beyblading club? A whole year without tournaments is going to drive me nuts. Its gonna be a LONG year. He walked back to his bed and sat down. He looked at his uniform in disgust then back at his beyblade. Kai got up and put his beyblade into the blazer pocket. A very long year.

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BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!!! The alarm went off at seven.

Tyson pulled his pillow over his head. "Awwww Mommy, I dun wanna get up yet!"

Ray got up and rubbed his eyes. Walking over to Tyson's bed he pulled off his covers leaving Tyson on the floor with a sleepy expression. "Get up Tyson, it's the first day of school."

Max got up reluctantly to help Ray wake Tyson up. "Come on Tyson, you don't wanna be late for school, do you?"

Tyson looked at Max then fell back asleep

Kenny sighed. "Tyson! Breakfast is ready!"

Instantly Tyson shot up. "Where? WHERE?!"

They all laughed until they saw Kai.

There was Kai, in the school uniform. The pants looked rather baggy but the blazer fitted perfectly. [Awwww, my lil' Kai is going to school! *sob* He grew up so fast!]

Kai crossed his arms. "What are you staring at?" [Ugh, my lil' Kai's gotta work on his manners.]

Everybody shook their heads

"Sorry Kai, its just that you don't look as tough in that uniform!" Tyson began

"Yeah and we're so used to you in your usual clothes." Kenny added

Kai rolled his eyes. "Whatever, just hurry up and get dressed."

~*~*~*~*~*

It was 8 am and everybody was dressed in the uniform. Everybody looked a lot different now. Ray didn't have the Ying and Yang band on his head while Tyson wore a navy blue cap instead of his red one. Kenny looked a bit older in his uniform and so did Max. [Ohmigod!! My lil' guys are growing up! *sob sob* WAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!]

Ray grabbed his school bag, which was heavy from all the books. "We should start walking now, school starts at 8:40."

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They stood in front of the school. It was huge.

Tyson was getting a crick in his neck from looking up at the building.

A loud bang was heard

Alarmed, they all rushed up into the school

"Hey, Otaku Rui! Where's my homework, huh?"

Otaku had her back against a locker. She was clutching her arm until she dropped down to her knees. Her hand shook as she gave the boy twice her height papers.

The boy snatched them. "You should've just gave them to me. Since you didn't." He threw her against the locker, denting it. "I'm gonna beat you up at lunch." With that he walked off.

Otaku stood up and leaned against the locker. She had long black hair, green eyes and glasses. Slowly, she picked up her bag and limped to a classroom when three girls showed up and blocked her from entering.

The girl in the middle pushed her. "Oh look, it's the freak, Otaku."

The girl on the left saw that she was clutching her arm. "Oh, did you hurt yourself Otaku?" She punched the where Otaku had her hand clutched. While she winced the girl laughed. "Oh I'm sorry, didn't know it'd hurt. Oh well, you deserved it anyway!"

The girl on the right smirked. "From me to you." With that she slapped Otaku, causing her glasses to go flying.

All three of them laughed and walked away muttering stuff like, What a freak.

Otaku searched the ground for her glasses.

Ray stood in shock. How could they just pick on her like that?

Tyson gritted his teeth angrily. They don't have the right to do that!

Max was angry. She didn't even stand up for herself!

Kai looked down and saw her glasses in front of him. He picked them up and saw how thick the lenses were. Walking over to Otaku he put the glasses in her hand.

Otaku put her glasses on and stood up gratefully. "Thanks for that!"

"Why didn't you do anything? You should've fought back!!" Tyson began

"Exactly, you can't go and get yourself beaten up like that!" Ray added

"Girls shouldn't allow themselves to get hurt without doing anything about it." Kai said quietly

Everybody turned in shock at Kai. Max was stunned. Since when did Kai become sympathetic?

Otaku blushed lightly. "Um. Are you guys new here?"

Tyson nodded. "Yep!"

Otaku looked down in shame. "I'm sorry, I guess I ruined your first day. If there's ANYTHING I can do to make it up to you."

Max interrupted her. "Hey, you're bleeding."

Otaku looked down at her arm then covered it with her hand. "Its nothing. I'll just go and clean myself up. Um, if you're new you should go to the principal's office. Go down the hall and turn left, okay? Sorry for ruining your day!" She grabbed her bag and ran in the opposite direction

She's sorry? She didn't do anything though. Kai shrugged. Why do I really care?

"We better go to the principal's office. What she say? Down the hall and to the left, right?" Kenny said

"Yeah, I think so." Ray answered. But he still couldn't get it out of his head. How could they just pick on someone so. innocent. She did the guy's homework but now she's going to get beat up for it. And those three girls. Calling her a freak and stuff.

"Okay, we'll go to the principal's office." Tyson smiled. "What was it again? Down the hall and turn right?"

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"Well," Principal Kataki began, "I hope you will enjoy Katana High School. Your classroom will be in F6, I'll bring someone up to show you. She'll show you your schedules and where your lockers are. Excuse me while I call her." Principal Kataki left the room to call her

When Principal Kataki came back hee smiled. "She should be here quite soon."

A knock on the door was heard then opened

"Aaah, here she-"

"Mariah?" Ray stepped back shocked. She- she's. here?! And looking cuter than ever?! Whoa, wait, where'd that come from?!

Mariah gaped at the sight of Ray. "R-Ray?!" He looks sweet in his uniform. GACK! Don't think that!

Principal Kataki looked back and forth from Ray and Mariah. "Have you two met?"

Ray slowly regained his senses as he nodded his head. "Yeah, we've met."

Mariah just nodded. "Yeah, we know each other."

Principal Kataki chuckled to himself slightly. "I see. Well, Mariah, could you please show them where their classroom is?" It was more of a statement then a question though

Mariah continued to nod at Ray. "Yeah, I will."

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"Okay, these are your lockers and here are your locker combinations." Mariah handed them all small pieces of paper with numbers on it. "That's your classroom, that's the cafeteria, gym, library, biology lab, computer lab and music room. Got it?"

Max scratched the back of his head. "I think so."

"Oh and I almost forgot! Mariah pointed outside to a large building. "That, is the beyblading club. That's where people train and compete. The school has a team so we compete against other schools." Mariah glanced at her watch. "Okay, I've got another 10 minutes with you guys. Here's your schedules!" She handed over a few sheets of paper to them. Finally Mariah smiled. "So you guys, how was your first couple of minutes here?"

"Now that you mention it," Tyson began with his fist clenched, "We saw a girl get beat up-"

"Otaku?" Mariah said interrupting

"Yeah, her." Max tightened his grip on his schedule. I still don't understand why they did that.

Mariah sighed. "Otaku Rui always gets picked on or beaten up. But I have never seen her stand up for herself. I defended her once and instead of getting them off her back, she got followed home and beaten up. She doesn't have any friends that I know of, but I hope she does. I tried to talk to her to apologize she told me to ignore her before they beat ME up as well." Mariah sighed again and looked down in guilt. "So I did ignore her, like she told me to but after that she was forced to do other people's homework AND get beaten up. And it's all my fault."

"Then how come," Ray said gritting his teeth, " no one has told the principal?!"

"That's just it Ray," Mariah said looking up at him, "That guy who always picks on Otaku IS the Principals son. The other people are like his fan club. So if anyone told the principal or any teacher for that matter, they'd get expelled the following day."

Kai actually felt angry for this girl. And she always puts up with it, even when they did all that stuff to her, she put up with it. I. Admire her for that."

Mariah glanced down at her watch and jumped. "OHMIGOD!! I went over time!! Gotta run you guys!!" With that she bolted to a classroom

Kenny glanced at his schedule. "Okay, well we skipped homeroom, so we should be. Off to music then!"

Kai twitched at the very word. Music? Who the heck makes THAT first period?

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Hehehehe. Didn't that suck.

Oh well, please read and review and be honest! I can use the flames to roast marshmallows! YAY!!

Well, give me your opinion and if you don't want to, thanks for reading anyway!

Bai bai!

Autumn Garnet