Hiya, this is my first fiction, so please don't flame! Um… please read and enjoy!
DISCLAIMER – I do not own Beyblade, only Charice, Alex, Miku and Mitsuki and their beys. I also own Louisa, Tanya and Dasha.
Blading Brings People Together
Chapter 1: The First Representative of Philippines
Victorious, a brown-haired 13 year-old girl caught her purple bey as the battle ended.
"Alright! The match for the first place as a Regular for Team Philippines is over! The winner is Charice Lorrendos!"
Charice, for that was the teenager's name, stepped forwards, and faced the crowd.
Her sparkling violet eyes scanned the crowd, her sharp ears picking up every cheer of her name.
She had done it. She had won. She was the first member in the team representing her country for the World Championships.
Charice smiled widely and waved, causing the cheers to grow ever louder.
The loser of the battle, a black-haired girl, trudged out of the arena, looking very much disappointed.
"Give it up for Charice! The first representative of Philippines! She will be fighting in the World Championships!" The commentator turned to the blader. "So, Charice, have anything to say?"
"Um… well, I'd like to thank my friends and family for supporting me all the way, especially my three sisters, my bey for allowing all this to happen, and the audience, for being so supportive and cheering me on the whole time…" Charice's gaze met the stare of one of the spectators, a boy of around 15, with dark hair and yellow highlights on the sides.
He had large, green eyes and a light skin tone. Over a red, white lined shirt, he wore a high collared, white sleeveless coat with yellow fur trim along the ends.
She stared back defiantly, noticing that he wasn't cheering or even clapping.
Eventually, he turned his head. Charice's sharp eyes caught the gleam of ear piercings.
"What's wrong, Charice? Someone in the audience catch your eye?" The commentator teased, winking.
"What? NO!" Charice said, believing that he wasn't joking.
"No worries, I was just teasing ya!"
"Oh! Right…"
"Give it up for Charice once more! Off you go!"
As Charice walked out of the arena, the cheers slowly died away.
The emerald eyes of that teenage were emblazoned in her mind, his cold stare drilling into her thoughts, although she could no longer see him.
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"I'm home!" Charice shouted, banging on her front door.
Their house was a good size, big enough for Charice, her three sisters, and their parents. The front door was a deep, marine blue, the colour of the house itself a pale cream.
"She's home! Get ready! Shut up, Dasha, you're going to ruin it!"
Charice sniggered: her sisters were so predictable, trying to surprise her.
Opening the door, Charice knew what would happen.
"SURPRISE!" Her three sisters jumped out at her, the 9 year old, Dasha, latching onto her leg. The older two, Louisa and Tanya, just stood, the 15 year old Louisa grinning like crazy, and the 17 year old Tanya smiling happily.
"Ok, Dasha, let go of Charice. Give the representative of Philippines a rest." Louisa laughed.
"No!" Dasha cried.
"Dasha, let go of her leg." Tanya said. Dasha obliged.
For some reason, Dasha only listened to Tanya, not Louisa.
"Well done, Charice! That's my younger sister for you!" Louisa grinned even wider, if that was possible.
"Thanks, you guys." Charice started smiling as well.
Smiles were contagious in the Lorrendos' house.
"Well done, little sis." Tanya congratulated.
"Yay for big sis!" Dasha yelled.
"So, who caught your eye, then?" Louisa asked, eyeing Charice.
"What? Nobody caught my eye, but I ended up having a staring contest with one of the spectators." Charice replied, punching Louisa lightly.
"Like that's true."
"It is!"
"Sure. Anyway, the next qualifier is on! You know, the one for the second Regular!" Louisa dragged Charice into the living room, and sat her down on the sofa.
Dasha sat down on the floor, while Tanya merely stood next to the couch.
Two bladers, one blond boy and one brown-haired girl, were battling it out in the very same arena that Charice had stood in thirty minutes ago.
Yet the girl seemed almost… invisible.
Charice was finding it hard to see whether she was actually there. It looked like she was transparent, like a ghost.
"The boy is called Alex, he's 14, and he uses a Lightning Accipiter, which is a hawk and the girl is called Mitsuki, she's 13, and uses a Rock Vulpecula, which is a fox. But none of them are as cool as Rock Wyvern!" Louisa explained, giving Charice a wink.
Rock Wyvern was Charice's beyblade, a very strong bey.
Wyvern had been Charice's bey since she had been 7. It was once her grandfather's, who had been one of the strongest bladers in his time.
Ever since she acquired Wyvern, her dream had been to be as strong as her grandfather.
Louisa and Dasha also had beys, but they only did local tournaments, whereas Tanya was a Beyblade Mechanic.
"Oh!" Dasha shouted. "Alex has won!"
"What? Charice, meet your second teammate!" Tanya nudged Charice.
"Tanya, they're all gonna be her teammates! It just means that one of them will be a sub, in case someone can't battle." Dasha told Tanya, who backed away.
"Ok! You know that I don't know as much on beyblade as you do!"
And with that, Tanya walked out, into the kitchen.
"So, in a few minutes, it'll be the next match, Mitsuki versus Miku."
"Miku?"
"The one that you battled."
"Oh, right."
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