Kai was at school leaning against his usual place by the wall. The all boy's school was halfway through yet another tiresome day. The all girl's school next door had a wall dividing the two schools. The boy's found a way to climb up the wall and hang over it talking to the girls.

Then the air felt different, as though the very molecules were afraid of something. A fountain of black flames erupted in to the sky from a great distance. Everyone looked up and gasped as shockwaves left it at the top. It vanished just as suddenly as it came. 'That could've only come from a powerful beyblade.' Kai thought as he continued to look up incase anything else erupted in to the sky.

After school he waited for his limo to come and pick him up. A little girl who started her first year at the girl's school was dressed up in protective clothing and a helmet. She had a skateboard propped up against her. She had red hair with blue streaks and eyes were sparkling green. Then her mobile phone rang. She took out a pink flip phone and held it to her ear. "Yeah? What do you mean you can't pick me up? Mum says you have to…you're in trouble again aren't you? What did you do this time?" She suddenly held it away from her ear. "All right! God. Ok, I'm going home now." She put her mobile away and started down the street on her board.

Kai watched as she went down the street. He sighed and stepped in front of her. "My limo's coming to pick me up. Would you like a lift?"

"Are you going my way?" She seemed a little uncertain; he was taller and didn't look like the friendly type. "That doesn't matter, I haven't got anything better to do anyway." She agreed and got in when the limo arrived. "I'm Lilly. Who are you?" Kai found it surprising she didn't know who he was. "Kai."

"Thanks for taking me home." He shrugged still not believing she had no idea who he was. She gave the directions to the limo driver and they arrived at her house in twenty minutes.

She got out and bowed as a sign of respect. "Thanks again." She ran to her door and her mother answered it. Kai was glad of this little detour, it meant he would be staying out of his mansion a while longer.

Lilly told her mother about the phone call. May threw a fit and started ringing her stepdaughter again and again. She didn't return until well in to the night. She came in with a bloody lip and bruises here and there on her face. Her blue eyes were full of fury. She had long black hair with red streaks coming out from under a black wide rimmed hat. Her clothes held no other colour and she wore a long, black leather coat that reached her ankles. "Saphire? Do you have any idea what time it is?" May yelled at her.

Saphire didn't turn round and just went straight to her room. But May blocked her way. "Well? I want an explanation?"

"What does it matter what time I come home? I don't go to school anymore!" Saphire yelled pushing her way past her stepmother. Saphire slammed her bedroom door and May slid down the wall exhausted by her efforts.

Lilly knocked on Saphire's door and came in. "Hi." Saphire groaned and looked at her little stepsister. "How was school?"

Lilly smiled and giggled. "They're still scraping the exploded frogs off the ceiling in the science lab." Saphire smiled, that's the reason why she got kicked out for school. Saphire was a bright girl but became destructive when she got bored. And her science teacher hated her because of her father. He was looking for any excuse to kick her out and found it when she'd been caught fighting. She knew he wasn't going to drop it so she decided to leave with a bang…with the frogs going bang.

Saphire sat there in her black t-shirt with her hat on the bedpost. Lilly had a bowl of warm water with some healing oil mixed in it. This was the only time she let Lilly treat her like a sister. "Who was it this time?" Lilly asked dabbing the wounds gently. "Just some kids."

"Why did they beat you up?" Saphire laughed. "They didn't, I beat them up. But some managed to get some hits in." Lilly scowled. "But why?"

"I was battling against this boy. He had a bit beast; if I lost then he could've taken mine. So we fought with all our strength."

"The black flames that pierced the sky today. That was you wasn't it?" Saphire nodded. Lilly had finished but the story hadn't. "So why did they beat you up?" Saphire sighed and continued. There was a deal between them, Lilly tends to Saphire's wounds and Saphire would explain. "By the end of the battle he got blown in to a wall and his blade fell to pieces. His bit beast flew out of it and he screamed. He ordered his gang to beat the living daylights out of me."

"What did you do?"

"I don't fight unless I have to you know that. So I ran. But then they cornered me and I had no choice. We fought for a good hour before they ran away like beaten dogs. You get home ok?"

"Yeah, some guy named Kai gave me a lift." Saphire's eyes opened. "Two toned blue hair? Auburn eyes?" Lilly nodded. "How did you know that?" Saphire looked at her ignorant cousin. "He's a famous blader, I heard he was around here somewhere."

"You're not a fan are you?" Saphire scowled at Lilly's question. "What do you take me for?" She growled. "Sorry." Saphire stroked her head and looked in to her tiny green eyes. "Don't worry about it. I'll pick you up after school on time tomorrow, I promise."

"Don't say that."

"Say what?" Saphire look at her little stepsister curiously. "You never keep your promises, not since…" She trailed off and looked away. Lilly looked as though she was about to cry. Saphire was going to hug her but stopped. Something always held her back from physical contact with people. "Yeah well this time I'm going to keep it." Saphire turned over and Lilly left her room.