Ciao! Draelya here. This is my first Beyblade story. I really hope you like it. Here's the prologue!

Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade. Just Aeris.-(end of author note)-

Prologue

A six-year-old boy with blue hair and gray bangs sat on a bench outside a large mansion. He didn't do anything, just stared into space. Suddenly a movement caught his eye. Without turning his head, he looked out beyond the gate and saw a little girl about his age. She had long blue hair and sparkling violet eyes. She appeared to be following something, since her head was down and she wasn't really paying attention to where she was going.

She suddenly made a left turn and walked right through the gates to his house. The boy's crimson eyes followed her every movement. She started walking slower, tiptoeing. Then she leaped forward and squatted as she caught what she had been following in her small hands.

"Gotcha!" she exclaimed softly.

Only then, with her hands still caging the trapped creature, did the girl stand up and look around. She seemed to be confused. The little boy got up from the bench and walked over to her. She saw him coming and smiled.

"Hi!" she said. "I'm Aeris. What's your name?"

He stared at her for a few seconds. Her smile was contagious, though, and he couldn't keep frowning long.

"I'm Kai," he said, grinning.

"Wanna play?" Aeris asked.

Again, the young boy couldn't bring himself to say no.

"Sure," he answered.

Then, Aeris glanced at her hands. She leaned in closer to Kai and whispered, "Wanna see what I've been following?"

He nodded. "Kay."

She put her hands in front of his face and opened them up. A bright orange Monarch butterfly fluttered out. It landed on the boy's nose and he stiffened. Aeris covered her mouth with her hand to stifle a giggle as Kai tried to keep as still as possible. It didn't work. The butterfly opened its wings and Kai sneezed. It quickly took off, flying up into the sky.

Kai turned to his new friend. "So what'cha want to do now?"

Aeris shrugged and looked around.

"How about that park?" she asked, pointing across the street.

"Sure."

Just as they were about to leave, a woman stepped outside of the mansion. She looked around, then spotted them and started walking towards them.

"Oh, hi, Mom," Kai said, smiling at the woman.

She smiled, too. "Hello, Kai," she looked at Aeris. "Who's this?"

"I'm Aeris," said the little girl as she held out her hand.

The woman chuckled and shook it lightly. "Well, hello Aeris. I'm Mrs. Hiwatari. Feel free to come over anytime you like."

"Mom, Aeris and I are going to the park to play, okay?" Kai asked.

"Sure. Just make sure you two come back for lunch."

"Okay," the two small children said.

Then they ran off to the park and the first day of many that they'd spend together.

--About 2 years later--

There was pounding on the front door. Mrs. Hiwatari opened it.

"Aeris!" she exclaimed. "What are you doing here? What's wrong?"

The girl was panting hard and tears were running down her cheeks like small rivers.

"My mom's dead!" she sobbed. "They killed her!"

"What!" Mrs. Hiwatari cried as she pulled the girl inside.

Kai came over to them. He sat down next to Aeris on the couch and she threw her arms around him, crying into his shoulder. He hugged her back, trying to calm his best friend down.

After a few minutes, she had stopped crying and just sniffed from time to time. Mrs. Hiwatari then turned to the girl.

"Who is the 'they' you were talking about, Aeris?" she asked gently but firmly.

"I-I don't really know," the blue-haired girl stammered.

Then she stiffened. Her eyes were wide, staring straight ahead.

"Aeris?" Kai said softly, touching her arm.

She looked at him, then the window. Outside, the sun was being hidden by menacing gray clouds and lightning was beginning to strike the ground. The rain started pouring down hard.

"I have to go," Aeris whispered. She stood and began walking toward the door, as if in a trance.

"Where are you going?" Mrs. Hiwatari asked and when the girl didn't answer, she grabbed her arm. Aeris yanked herself out of the woman's grip but now Kai was at her side.

"I'm sorry," she said, so softly that he could barely hear her. His crimson eyes looked deep into her violet eyes, searching for an answer. There was none.

"I'm sorry," she repeated. "I hope that we will meet again, though, and you can forgive me."

With that, she turned back to the door, opened it, and stepped out into the rain. Kai watched her walk across the lawn and out of the gate, the rain matting her purple dress and blue hair to her body. It was the last he saw of his friend

--Okay! That was the prologue. Please review. I'd love to hear what you think. Constructive criticism is welcomed. I'll update ASAP.

Arrivederci!