Chapter 1

Kai Hiwatari was in a fouler mood than usual. What could possibly have happened to aggravate the sweet tempered boy (*cough*). Many things. Someone had probably said something to him, or perhaps Hillary and Tyson's constant arguing had gotten on his last nerve. But no, that wasn't it. He had a different problem. The party he was currently attending was the predicament he had gotten into.

Usually Kai would have said no in the first place, when his friends would have asked him. But this time they had been sneaky.

"Hey do you wanna go to this charity event? Mr Dickinson said we should go represent the BBA, since they made a huge donation which is partially the result of the event."

Hillary's question at that time had seemed harmless enough, but a week later she showed up at Tyson's house, Kai's current residence, with an unpleasant surprise. She had brought with her a knights costume which she explained to the boy in question, would be his gear for the event. It was then explained to Kai that the event was a costume party, organized by a youth group. You can imagine how furious Kai had been to hear that. He refused to go, but everyone else reminded him he had already agreed and consequently had been RSVP-ed.

So there he was now, his foul mood increasing by every moment due to Tyson and Daichi's constant bickering. They were arguing about Daichi's costume. Subsequent to losing a bet to Tyson he had been forced into a monkey's suit. Besides Ray as a vampire, Max as an old man, Tyson as a superhero, Kenny as a robot and Hillary as some Egyptian queen he looked quite ridiculous. In order to block out their voices, Kai moved away from the rest of the group and wandered around the party hall.

There were people dancing to music, while others were busy with chit chat. In the middle of the room were tables stacked with food. Kai poured himself some orange juice and continued his walk. Near the walls were several small game stalls. He saw games like knocking over the stack of cans, putting a hoop on some object, darts and apple bobbing. He approached the latter since there didn't seem to be anyone over there. A girl sat behind the stall wearing a Roman legions outfit, an earphone stuck in one ear. She smiled at Kai's approach.

"You wanna try your luck at the apples?" she asked.

"Isn't this game supposed to be for Halloween?" he asked.

"Yeah well so are costumes, but that didn't stop you from being a knight."

"Given my way I wouldn't dress up like this, but you have a point."

Without further ado Kai quickly dunked his face in the water and grabbed the apple in one swift motion. When he stood up straight again, wiping his face, he handed the apple to the girl. She looked impressed.

"Nice! People usually don't get it that quickly, if at all" she said, "so what do you want as a prize?"

She held up a box with some random stuff in it. Kai picked out a keychain with a 'K' dangling from it.

"K…for?" the girl asked looking questioningly at Kai.

"Kai…Kai Hiwatari."

The girls eyes widened when she heard that, "you're the famous beyblader aren't you? The one here representing the BBA."

"Uh...yeah" Kai was a bit surprised that the reason she only knew him was because of the BBA. Usually if people knew, they would talk about 'how awesome a blader you are or something similar to that.

"I take it that you are not a blader or a beyblade fan, then?" he asked.

"Uh…well not really…but my brother is and he told me about you." The girl replied hesitantly, "I'm Alex by the way. Alex Capulet. Yes I know what you're thinking. Romeo and Juliet right? No relation, I swear"

She held out a hand in greeting. Just then Ray appeared over Kai's shoulder.

"Hey, check out the stall in the corner. You wouldn't believe what they have over there!"

Kai made to leave and gave a curt nod to Alex before departing

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Near to the end of the event, there was small ceremony. The team of bladers assembled near the stage, where a boy with light brown hair and a pale face stood near a mice stand. He was decked up as a mummy and was talking to none other Alex, much to Kai's surprise. So she was part of this shenanigan. He studied the girl closely this time. She had removed her helmet to reveal long black hair that was tied up in a pony tail. She was tall; Kai guessed her age to be fifteen or sixteen, somewhere around his own. Her stance caught his eye; she stood up straight and somehow reminded Kai of an oak tree - hard to knock over.

The boy and Alex ended their conversation and he began speaking into the microphone.

"Good Evening to all." He spoke to the gathered audience, "Welcome to the Green Tree charity youth fund raiser."

The boy stopped for a second. Kai looked around. Now that he paid attention to the crowd he noticed that most of the seemed to be high-school teenagers, much like him. That explained the fact that this was a party and not a conference and also why the BBA wanted them to come instead of some senior representative.

The boy was talking again. Kai turned to face him again.

"…are grateful to the generous donation by the BBA," he was saying, "we would now like to call up their representatives to receive our humble gifts as a token of gratitude."

Taking their cue, the boys and Hillary trooped up the stage. They were greeted with much applause. Kai noticed that Tyson and Daichi were particularly enjoying the lime light. Behind them Hillary and Kenny looked pleased too.

"Most of you know who these are, but for the benefit of those who don't I would like to introduce you to the reigning beyblade world champions!" the boy continued laughing slightly.

There was a fresh round of applause at this, with some hooting and whistling. Two girls with bouquets of flowers walked up to the stage and proceeded to hand one to each member of the team. Taking them, the group trekked down the stage. The applause continued this whole time. Not soon after the G-revolution decided to head home.