Rei sat slumped in an alley way. a tattered and torn trenchcoat covered his usual attire, which was also ripped in places.

"It's amazing isn't it?" Rei said aloud to himself. "How quickly a teenager can be on top of the world and fall back to the gutter within the space of a month"

He pulled Driger out of his pocket, it was the only thing he had left of his life now. He had fallen apart, he was a broken man now. He would now repeatedly kick himself (Mentally not literally) blaming himself for what happened to him in his life, though it was not his fault. He then began to think over in his head how it all fell apart, he remembered it all as it was all he had now.

"Like it was yesterday" Rei sighed to himself as in his mind, time rewound itself.

"Rei... Rei... REI, stop spacing out on me!" Snapped Mariah, Rei was in a dazed state. He was not feeling well and was rather dizzy, the urge to vomit was kicking at him internally. He did not want to throw up on her, but he was now coughing and spluttering as Mariah kept on going on and on and on.

"You've not paid attention to word i've said so pay atten..." Mariah then shrieked as Rei choked, he then eventually let it all go. He could not help it. She was now covered head to toe in a days worth of food.

"Ma..Mariah, I'm so sorry, ive been trying to not throw up all day and I choked on it" He tried to explain, but Mariah just dashed inside. Lee then quickly stormed over to him

"What the hell Rei!" Lee shouted at him, grabbing him by his shirt.

"Look lee, I've been sick all day and I've forced it down, but I choked on it and it just shot out" Rei defended.

"Well you could of moved jackass!" Lee shouted as he struck Rei in his eye. Rei fell to the ground, recoiling in pain.

"If your gonna be like that to a fellow White tiger, then you pay the price" Smirked Kevin.

"Is that so?" Said Rei in pain. "Then I'm no longer a White Tiger! You guys dont want me here, never did. Im gone!" He shouted as he got himself up from the ground and ran away.

He had saved up enough money to get a flight to Japan. He took the one that flew two days after his little bout with his so-called friends, he then arrived in Japan at twelve in the afternoon. He felt more relaxed an calm after not having to look at Lee's face for two solid days, now he could go and see Tyson and the gang. The gang now consisting of Tyson, Kenny and Hilary. Max had gone back to America to be with Hilary and Kai had headed off to parts unknown.

He took a deep breath and walked around the back of Tyson's house, to his horror, Lee and Mariah had already got there. It seemed they took a flight a day before he did.

"Ah, now you ask the jerk yourself now" Said Mariah seeming satisfied, pointing an accusing finger at Rei.

"REI!" Shouted Tyson. "How could you assault your own friends? That's disgusting!"

"Tyson, don't believe them. It's not true, I never laid a finger on either of them. As a matter of fact, Lee laid his hands on me!" He removed a bandage that was taped around his eye, as he did not want people seeing his injury. His eye was still swollen.

"Well the Rei, it seems you've turned into a liar as well!" Shouted Tyson again as he pointed an accusing finger at Rei, in the same manner as Mariah.

"Oh come now Tyson, do you really think i'd do that?"

"Yes I could!"

The nerve of this guy! He hears a fake story and obviously bought it, being the damn fool that he was.

"I don't wanna be around you Rei, get lost!" Tyson finished off as he pointed in the direction of the exit.

"Gladly" Rei said coldly as he walked off. But what he did not hear was what Kenny and Hilary had to say.

"Tyson! Be rational and not a complete idiot!" Shouted Hilary in his face. "You did not even hear his side of the story!"

"Yeah Tyson, that was out of order" Said Kenny, who was cleaning his specs with his shirt.

Meanwhile, Rei was halfway towards the beystadium when he heard pacing footsteps and the whirring of beyblades. When he reacted, it was too late. Lee and Mariah had sent their Beyblades after Rei. Galux slashed at Rei's right arm, leaving a massive scar. Galion just slashed at his legs and ankles. Rei collapsed in a heap on the ground as Galux and Galion returned to their owners.

"Same time tomorrow?" Lee said with a slight bit of poshness in his accent.

"Definatly" Smirked Mariah as they walked away victoriously.

After and hour of being out cold, Rei finally awoke on a cold hard floor. He was still in the same spot as before, not one person had come over to help him. He crawled over to a lamp post and used it to haul himself up. He staggered aimlessly through the streets for hours, it was soon dark.
He wandered into an alleyway, which was not a good idea. A gang was hangout there and saw Rei, and began to administer a beat down. Rei tried his best to fend off the attackers, but there was too many and he was exhausted. They hit him with whatever they could find, including an iron pole.

"Not so tough now are you" Smirkd an attacker as they all left.

Rei could barely move, with his last ounce of strength he managed to sit up against the wall. Instead of slipping into unconciousness, he just slept instead. He awoke in the morning, he got to his feet and found that the gang had stolen his money. He was now penniless and homeless, no one to watch out for him in this weakened state. He saw a tattered trench coat on a dumpster, he whipped it on as it was winter and he needed to store all the warmth in him as he could.

He now stops thinking about it now, it now the present day, he's been homeless for a month. No one called, aside from the fact his phone was now dead. No one even bothered to come and find him. He sighed

"No one cares, well. I guess I'll have to find some food" He said weakly as he stood up. It was becoming a mammoth task to walk for hours and also stand up due to a lack of food and water. He stepped out of the alleyway into the January night. He stumbled, but someone caught him, or more correctly, two people caught him. He squinted a bit to improve his vision, he could not belive who it was.

"Ming Ming? Oliver?" He question weakly. They only nodded. He then just collapsed in a heap on the floor. Ming Ming gasped in horror. Oliver was on the verge of panicking, but stayed calm as he slung Rei over his shoulder

"We need to get him to my house sharpish!" He said to Ming Ming as he picked up his pace and ran. Ming Ming ran behind him looking at Rei's weak face

"Oh Rei" She said as a tear trickled down her cheek. "Please hang in there"

Chapter 2 coming soon! What do you think of it folks. R&R if you like, I wanna know your thoughts! Thanks for taking the time to read this as well :)