Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade: Metal series.

AN: This is another story based on Hikaru Hasama. Roommates in this chapter. Maybe H/? in later chapters if I get more ideas for this story. Not entirely sure if I want to continue with this story as I'm just winging it for the time being.

The earth's precious emerald

Chapter one:

The blissful morning rays of sunrise shine down on her pretty brown face from her bedroom window, Hikaru Hasama, yawns as she stretches her slender body. "It's morning all ready?" She said pushing her sheets and blanket off of her.

Hikaru sits up in her double-sized bed wearing her turquoise knee-length nightgown. She rubs the sleepiness from her amethyst eyes. Soon after, Hikaru walks up to her mirror to start brushing her shoulder-length cerulean hair.

There is a knock on her bedroom door.

"Yes, who's there?"

"Hikaru, I made some omelets for breakfast."

"Okay. Thanks, Tsubasa. I'll be there when I get properly dressed."

"Okay." Tsubasa Otori said walking away from the door to allow his roommate, Hikaru Hasama, some privacy. As soon as he enters the kitchen, Tsubasa grabs three plates with each an omelet.

"I can't believe it has all ready been five years since we have been living as roommates, Tsubasa." Hikaru said walking into the dinning room. She finishes buttoning the last three yellow buttons on her shirt to her business outfit.

"Me, either." Tsubasa agrees wholeheartedly with his co-worker as he butters the popped toast from the toaster. "We could pose as a married couple."

Hikaru warmly smiles at her roommate's sense of rare humor. She lightly shakes her head at him. "Oh, Tsubasa." She said looking at her miniature altar. Hikaru gasps, seeing an omelet - on a plate - in front of her deceased mother's miniature altar in the living room.

"I thought your mother, Esmeralda, would appreciate the breakfast." Tsubasa said looking at Hikaru's back with his soft golden-brownish eyes.

Hikaru sidelong glances over her left shoulder to look at her roommate and co-worker for WBBA. Her amethyst eyes soften to a soft sparkly glitter. "Thank you, Tsubasa." She said lightly wiping her teary eyes. "She would be very happy." Hikaru replies walking towards the table to sit down to eat her breakfast.

As they both eat their breakfast together, the cd "Tchaikovsky-The Nutcracker-Vase Des Fleurs (Walze of the Flowers)" starts playing from the stereo. The music is calm and soothing that it makes a person want to dance around for fun. It is so full of cheerfulness.

"My mother loved this song. She would often hold me in her arms and dance around in the living room." Hikaru frowns spooning up some of her omelet up to her lips to eat. She lightly chews on it and adds "This is delicious, Tsubasa."

Tsubasa silently glances at his roommate. Lately, he notices that she often talks about her mother during the month of May of each following year. Tsubasa spoons up some more of his omelet into his mouth. "I'm glad it is to your liking, Hikaru. Your turn is tomorrow." Tsubasa reminds her as he places down his fork onto his plate and looks across the miniature table at her.

"Okay." Hikaru said with a soft smile on her face. "I'll try."

Tsubasa stands up from his seat and he walks over to stand in front of Hikaru. He holds out his hand to her and he notices that the cerulean-haired girl raises her head up to look up at him in puzzlement. "Hikaru Hasama, may I, Tsubasa Otori, ask you for this dance?" Tsubasa said firmly looking down at her.

"Tsubasa, this is no time to be fooling around. We need to get to work. The Director will get angry if we're late, again." Hikaru hotly scolds him. She firmly narrows her amethyst eyes at her calm roommate.

"Come on, Hikaru, humour me for once." Tsubasa told her with a light wink and a charming smile on his face.

Reluctantly, Hikaru returns a soft smile of her own as she takes his hand in hers. She allows Tsubasa to guild her into the living room to dance to 'Beauty & The Beast'. Hikaru rests her left hand on his right shoulder. Tsubasa rests his right hand on her left hip. Then, he leads her into a soft playful dance.

"You can play as Belle and I'll play the part of the Beast." Tsubasa lightly teases Hikaru as they twirl and whirl around the living room. He could hear her sweet laughter as they continue to dance playfully.

After dancing playfully during their dance together, Tsubasa slows his pace in order to lightly pull Hikaru closer against the warmth of his body. He leans the side of his head against hers and softly whispers into her ear. "Hikaru, I'm really sorry that I continue to make you worry so much about me."

Hikaru gasps in astonishment that Tsubasa would know that she often worries about him because of his dark side might resurface.

Tsubasa lifts up his head to meet her eyes with his. "Will you accept my apology for making you shed any unnecessary tears?"

"Tsubasa, we should really get to work now and quit fooling around like this." Hikaru said trying to avoid the sensitive subject as 'Beauty & The Beast' finishes to another song. 'The heart won't lie.' By Vince Gill featuring Reba McEntire starts playing.

Tsubasa closes his eyes and lightly chuckles at the irony of the lyrics to this song. "Hikaru, 'the heart won't lie'. I know my heart is stronger because I have someone special to me by my side."

"You really are a hopeless romantic." Hikaru said shaking her head. She rests her head on his chest listening to the soft rhythm of his strong heartbeat. "You're right, Tsubasa. I can hear that you do have a very strong heart."

Tsubasa lightly laughs and adds, "Each heartbeat is made just for you."

Hikaru lightly giggles again and adds, "You truly are a hopeless romantic."

"Not as hopeless as most guys, right?"

Hikaru doesn't answer for a while as her thoughts are elsewhere. She wraps her arms around his waist in a soft embrace as she closes her eyes wishing for this moment not to end. "Tsubasa, do you honestly believe that Ryuga is a nice person? I just don't know anymore." Hikaru asks lightly squeezing Tsubasa in her arms. "If you've forgotten, he trapped us –you and me - inside of his Lighting L-drago as well as Kyoya." Hikaru reminds Tsubasa of what the tyrant did to them.

"Ryuga may not be a knight-in-shining-armor type but I'm sure he has some ambitions that motivate him in his selfish actions. He did mentor me about how to accept my dark side." Tsubasa reassures Hikaru of her own doubts about the tyrant. He wraps his arms around her waist returning the embrace.

"Now that you mention it, Tsubasa." Hikaru said recalling the finals. "Ryuga did suddenly appear - out of nowhere – to have some showdown with Jack from Team Psykick of Hades Inc… At that time, Ryuga temporary stood in for Gan Gan Galaxy. Masamune was in a sling and everyone depended on Gingka to win two matches in a row because you two were unconscious in the medical room."

Tsubasa nods in agreement with her. "You see, Hikaru. Ryuga's not as bad as he seems to make himself out to be. He has some good in him under that rogue exterior."

"Maybe," Hikaru slightly agrees. "But he's still an obnoxious tyrant." She whispers under her breath so that Tsubasa doesn't hear her.

On top of a roof

Pluto – in a cape and goggles – spots a pair leaving a brick apartment building. The beyblade in his hand starts to leak a dark misty aura. Pluto looks down at his beyblade and lightly chuckles to himself. "I finally found you, Princess Esmeralda, chosen light of Gaea." He said as the sunlight rays reflect on his goggles to focus on a cheerful Hikaru Hasama walking beside Tsubasa Otori as they both are heading towards the direction of the WBBA.

AN: I thought of having a T/H fluffy moment (without an apple scene). Their bond in the anime is quite obvious as they often talk to each other. They are co-workers yet seeing them as roommates is quite amusing. I really think that T/H can be the best of friends as they share a special bond with one another. Example in Metal Fury: The lost kingdom T/H has a mini-scene as they are using iPad devices to communicate. T/H has a unique trust and dependance in each other as they are a team. I admit T/H is my favourite pairing above other pairings with Hikaru. I'll have to research on Ryuga/Kenta relationship in order to get inside Ryuga's head/heart for a possible Ryuga/Hikaru story. I'll try my best in my studies.

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