Contains blood, slight gore, swearing/cursing, OCness and by-the-side shonen-ai/mild yaoi/BL/slash/boyXboy/whatever you call it, later on.
So this is the first chapter of my first story.
Oh, and I thank my best friend (Hirai Hirai) for introducing me to fan fiction.
Disclaimer: I do not own 'Beyblade' and I credit it to its creators. I only own the story I've created and any characters and beyblades I might have added in myself (in other words OCs).
Enjoy!
"So...you're leaving?"
The twelve-year-old boy's voice was nonchalant, fairly idle, yet there was just that tiny hint of...what? Concern? Anxiousness? No. Then what was it?
The eleven-year-old girl sitting beside him on the park's lakeside bench just blinked her dark auburn eyes and turned to stare at her childhood friend, registering the details of his slightly taller frame (she only reached the height of his shoulders); his short pale hair tied in a tiny ponytail (short compared to her shoulder-length mahogany ) and his tawny-colored eyes. Eyes that seemed to gleam brighter than gold, a beautiful ember like the leaves that were now falling from the almost-bare trees, dancing in the wind...
The boy got a little impatient and his tawny eyes narrowed slightly, causing the girl to blink again, this time more self-consciously, and look away. She turned, instead, to the swans that were gliding gracefully in the lake.
There were two of them; necks in smooth arches; heads held high and proud, the two snow-white swans swam close - almost in perfect sync with each other.
"Well, are you?"
The boy had asked yet again, even though he knew what the answer would be.
"Yes, we're leaving. My family and I, I mean. We're"—the girl choked on her own words—"We're leaving for Washington, I think, or somewhere near there. Dad's lost his job, so we're moving to my grandma's house. Though I'm pretty sure she got eaten by a wolf!"
The girl had said that last bit to try cheering her friend up, for she saw where the conversation was heading to, but it only ended up in an awkward silence.
The boy swallowed. His eyes were gleaming a brighter gold than usual.
"But you're not coming back, are you?"
The voice held almost no emotion, yet, it seemed more then just empty words to the girl.
The girl pressed her lips together for a few seconds, then sighed, shaking her head.
"No...I'm not..."
The breeze had died down abruptly. The autumn leaves suddenly appeared dull. Even the swans were nowhere to be seen.
Long-winded? Hope it's nice though!
~Ziel.Z