Title: From The Very First Glance:

Author: chibidark angel

Disclaimer: I do not own anything of beyblade what so ever, I swear, except from the plot, cause I don't think anyone else has used this idea, so muwahahaha, it's mine! But no, I don't own beyblade, so pleeze don't sue, I'm veeeerrrrrryyyy poor, all I own is a grim reaper insence burner, so blah! p

Summery: kai and Kevin are penpals, and one day, kai gets a video message off Kevin, introducing him to his home, and a raven-haired beauty who will steal his heart…

Pairings: kai/rei, Mariah/Emily, max/Tyson, Kevin/Kenny, lee/Michael, Stephen/eddie, tala/bryan.

Warnings: yaoi and yuri! Some girl-on-girl action, mostly guy-on-guy (mmm, yummy! ) there is OOCness, especially kai, cusing, probably some violence, all my fics do. The fic is AU, though there is still beyblading.

A/N:

OHHHHH MYYYY GOOOOODDDDDDDD! I'm actually completely lost for words at how SORRY I am…I've been swamped with work and college and everthing…and it's no bloody excuse at all and I didn't realise how much I hadn't updated this! But that's IT! I'm making it up to everyone; I've stretched out the storyline, with a possible sequel if people are interested….to all the guys that reviewed and reviewed and bugged me to write, you are all AMAZING! I completely love you all, you're fantastic and just for all of you, I am putting my sole concentration on this fic alone so I can write it and get it finished asap, promise! But if you all hate me now (and I don't blame ya if you do) then feel free to flame and shout at me all you want! But if not, please review, tell me what you think, and there'll be a new chapter up VERY soon after this! So to my reviewers:

Blumberry, tntiggris, sleepy sheep guardian, SoulSister, Raid, A Dragon's Crystal, Mirai Shinranui, Raku Ozzarian Princess, M.S.K. , Plantinum rei, Mourir, Safire Flame, X, Natasha-Li, Saki5, waterdelf, Shamen Wolf, taiwriter, kiwee, Zan Cult, Tariki Rania, babymar-mar, Audrey Wilson, devilburns, Nyaru, ChibiNekiSakura, Angel of Pure Darkness, pheonixflame-905, Legolas19, Forfirith the Dark Angel, Lady Snowblossom, Neko Phoenix Girl, shinigami, Kevin Nguyen, Shirohikari, Diamond Sapphire, southern-hunni, skimmi, sorekai, xero tolerance, sam, Shadow Tigress a.k.a. kit, xXxCeRuLeAn-x'SxXx, Angel Spirit, crimsonrosepetals, author fanatic, hyperness, Mimay, ChaosMaiden(curls up and whimpers I'm sorry! I'm really sorry for leaving you hanging dood, please don't shout at me!TT ), avampiresdilema, a girl turned into a fangirl, Caitlin (yeah sure, don't worry, whenever I post up a chapter I'll send it to you!), Chinchilla Fox, Crazy Chibi Sang Chan, Hiei17Jaganshi , Amelia Markovsky, Echo in the Dark, BloodMistress, MaskedMotorist, terri, Ashley, Bonnie Mizuhara, Neko-chan, animeobsession, Rage Gale, Little-Purple-Phoenix, ravenuk, the phoenix of black flames, Yaoi Fangirls United.

Woah…that was a lot…..right, again, thank you all for your support and nagging, it's just brilliant! And yes, you will find out what rei wanted and see more cuteness, so sit back, relax and enjoy!

Chapter 3: A Little Surprise…

"Here you are Dranzer," Kai said to the bird perched on his shoulder, "A nice clean cage for you…In you go," he said, taking Dranzer up on his finger and putting her in the cage, before shutting the door.

Dranzer gave a soft whistle, ruffling her feathers, and then settled down, occasionally flying from one end of the cage to the other, sipping on some water, or playing with the little toys that hung here and there. Kai smiled and whistled at the bird, who answered in kind.

"Hey Kai? Do you have my Cure Album? The greatest hits one?" Tyson asked, his head popping in the door.

"Yeah I think so," Kai replied, "I'll just have a look…"

He started rooting around a pile of cds, while Tyson meandered into the room, looking about, and giving Dranzer a sharp whistle of hello.

"Soooooooo, heard back from Kevi-pooh yet?" Tyson asked teasingly.

"Why do you ask? Anxious to see if Max said anything about you?" Kai grinned back, still looking for the cd.

"No," Tyson answered quickly, turning to face Kai's computer as he blushed, and focused on a photo stuck on the wall.

"Hey!" he suddenly cried, "That's Max! And Kevin, and … and those other guys!"

"Huh?" Kai asked, looking up, then smiled and said, "Oh yeah, Kevin sent that to me ages ago."

"Why didn't you show it to me?" Tyson whined, "That was so not cool man!"

"I did show it to you," Kai said, rolling his eyes, as he walked stood up, walking over, "But you were too busy creating a new sandwich and didn't actually look at it…here," he added, handing the cd to Tyson.

"Oh thanks…But heeeeeeey, wait-a-sec, if you had this photo, then why did it seem like the video was the first time you saw Rei?"

"Because it was," Kai deadpanned, "If you actually look at the picture and not just at Max, you'll see he isn't in it. He took it."

Tyson looked closely at the photograph and then said, "Oooohhhh……right. Anyhoo, I'll be off, thanks for the cd," he grinned, hopping out of the room.

Kai smiled, closing the door, before going and turning on some music. 'Woodbrook' (1) filled the room, as the blue-haired boy sat in front of his computer and opened up his e-mail to be greeted by the words, 'you have new messages'. Clicking into his inbox, Kai saw he had two new e-mails; the first, from Kevin, and the second, from an address he didn't recognise, some Frowning slightly, he shrugged and opened up Kevin's e-mail, smiling as he read it.

'Hey Kai, what's up? We've just watched the video you sent me, you're house is lovely, I love your room, and Dranzer's a beauty! Oh, and what your friends said about my friends, well….ditto. smirk Lee seems to think that Michael's got incredible strength (beauty, all that jazz ), Bryan and Max seem to be very taken by Tala and Tyson's antics and Rei couldn't really take his eyes off you! (shame on you for not telling me you like him! P ) Oh, and…can you please Kenny I said hi…

So how are things going over there? Are you still training with your team? Have you heard of any competitions coming up soon?

I'll talk to you later Kai, bye!

Kevin.'

Kai laughed a little here and there while reading, blushing as Rei liking him was mentioned, then wrote back to Kevin, teasing him a little about Kenny, and bidding him to say hello to Rei for him. He wrote that nothing much was going on, they were all just relaxing now that they had their summer holidays, yes he was still training with Spencer and Ian (3), but so far he hadn't heard of any competitions coming up. He momentarily considered asking Kevin for Rei's e-mail address, but felt it would be too forward of him, so left it and sent the message as it was.

He then stared curiously at the unfamiliar e-mail address on the second e-mail for a few moments, before shrugging and opening it, eyes widening, and he gasped softly as he started to read the message.

'Hey Kai, how are you? This is….um, well, Rei. I'm Kevin's brother, though you already know that, hehe ;; ….'

Rei pursed his lips and blew loudly out through his nose, nostrils flaring in an annoyed manner.

"Um?" he muttered, "You'd swear I was actually talking to him…no no, gotta act cool…"

He was about to hit the delete button, when he paused, thinking, 'though maybe…maybe he'd find the um cute!…oh…argh…Fine! I'll keep it,' he decided, clicking down and continuing on with the e-mail.

'I just watched the video you sent Kevin; your house is very different to mine, but it is nice, I like your room, and Dranzer, she's a magnificent creature! I asked Kevin for your e-mail address because I wanted to e-mail you, because…well, I actually don't have a reason…I mean, I had a couple in mind, but I've forgotten them…so I guess it's just to say hi, and tell you that your house is very nice…which I already have, so yeah…'

Rei sighed miserably at the computer screen, before shrugging and saying "Fuck it, might as well be completely honest with the guy, at least I can see how we'll really get along…"

Kai laughed as he read the paragraph, smiling endearingly at Rei's almost gracefully fumbling honesty, as he read on.

'So now that I've said hi (and no doubt scared you from ever talking to me, hehe…) I shall leave you. Hope everything is going well for you at home and with your martial arts, goodbye.

Rei.'

Kai smiled and hit the reply button. He couldn't actually believe that Rei had taken the time to get his e-mail address and send him a message, and there was no way he was going to pass up a chance to talk to and get to know the beautiful Chinese teen. So he quickly read over the message again and started typing.

'Heya Rei, what's up? I'm fine, slightly surprised (in a pleasant way of course ) )that you e-mailed me, but I'm all good.

Thanks very much, I'm glad you like the video, even though it's completely crazy – all my friends are mad!…so I guess it makes sense that they would fall for your friends, who also seem completely crazy! laughs And I would believe that hi is as good a reason as any to send an impromptu message; to be honest I had wanted to get your e-mail address off Kevin to send you a message…And my reason would be to get to know you, how's that?

And don't worry, it takes a lot more than a nice message to scare me off. Everything is going well for me, I'll be beginning the more intense summer training with Granpa, Ian, Spencer and Tala next week, it should be good, I can't wait to start! Any new with you anyway? I'll talk to you later, bye!

Kai.'

Kai hit 'send' and, still grinning, made his way out to the kitchen, where he grabbed an apple and walked around the house until he found Tyson and Kenny playing 'Streets of Rage' on the Sega. He stood, leaning against the doorway, munching on his apple (4), watching them concentrate; tongues sticking out, eyes squinted up; the works, as they fought against the level boss, until, he finally lay dead at their feet.

"Oh yeah, we beat him finally!" Tyson cried out, grabbing Kenny in a friendly mock headlock.

"Glad to see you're making good use of your holidays," Kai grinned walking in and hopping onto the couch, stretching across it languidly, "Oh and Kevin says hi Kenny, and apparently Max was very taken by your antics Tyson."

He was answered by two blushing grins, before Tyson shook his head and retorted, "Yeah, well, it's better than being stuck with a training-crazy granpa, like you'll be."

"Ah, but you know he'll just drag you along too," Kai smirked.

"Not as long as I can help it."

"Exactly; you can't."

"Whatever," Tyson huffed, then frowned and said, "Oi, why're you being all smiley all of a sudden? Is it cause of kevi-pooh?"

"Oh no," Kai smiled secretly, "I just got a surprise e-mail…a nice surprise…"

End Chapter!

(1) this is an orchestral piece, composed by Michael O' Sullibhean, and it's just gorgeous!

(2) God it's sooo obvious, I love it!

(3) I know I know! I just had to throw them in SOMEWHERE!

(4) Mmmmm….anyone else got a craving for apples now?

Sooooooo, there thous go mon peeps! Hope you enjoy, please review and let me know what you think; I'm nearly finished the next chapter, so give me another 2 weeks and it should be up! Slán!