Chapter 6: Saturday Pt. 1

Ah, Saturday.

The sun smiled its rays and heat down to my face as I lay down on the park bench. The birds flew carelessly through the blue, cloudless sky and the water of the lake floated peacefully. Even the flowers seem peaceful; they just gently blew in the soft wind. I warmly accepted the quiet nature, closed my eyes, and smiled a little at my moment of peace.

My first week of Kindergarten had been, well, crazy. Yeah, crazy pretty much sums it up. All the new ideas that were introduced and all of the new friends that I had met kept me pretty busy and I worked so hard to get by. It didn't help that I had blacked out on the bus recently. Luckily for me, Madoka managed to wake me up before anyone noticed, but I was still a little uneasy about the whole thing. Not to mention I had made a couple enemies already. I opened my eyes abruptly, remembering the feelings of anxiety that I had felt just a couple days ago.

Kyouya and Ryuga…

I had observed both of them the entire week and the few things that I noticed didn't prove helpful at all. Turning on my side to reach my bag, I stretched my arm into the blue bag and pulled out my notebook and my hamburger pencil. Looking over my notes on Ryuga, I realized that I was crossing out most of them, dismissing their usefulness to the mystery I was trying to solve.

Notes on Ryuga:

1. He bullies most kids. Especial the little ones like Kenta and Yu.

2. He says his guardian is Principal Daidoji.

3. He is obsessed with dragons.

4. Reji is always by his side, even if you don't see him (okay, this one's kinda creepy…)

5. He's made fun of my hair and he's said, "Hey loser," to everyone in the class, except Tsubasa: he doesn't talk to Tsubasa.

"Ugg…" I groaned, crossing out everything on my list. None of it was useful at all. It didn't answer my questions: Who was Ryuga really? Why was he always so mean? And as I peered closer to the last note, I was soon aware of my next question. Why doesn't he talk to Tsubasa?

Thinking for a moment, I remembered that Tsubasa had said he knew Ryuga once, but what did that have to do with this at all?

A little frustrated, I pulled out my list about Kyouya.

Notes on Kyouya:

1. He has serious mood swings: One moment he'll be calm and then the next, all worked up.

2. He keeps saying that he'll beat me at beyblade.

3. The kid Benkei is always following him and admiring everything about Kyouya.

4. Kyouya doesn't really talk to anyone, unless he feels the need to tell them to get out of his way or something.

5. Sometimes, his eyes fill with this terrible rage and his fist closes tightly. He spaces out and his eyes are just full of this anger. Then he calms down again like nothing happened.

Annoyed, I found myself crossing out all of those notes as well. Nothing seemed to be working. I wanted to know why Kyouya was so revengeful and moody. And why did he want to beat me at beyblade so bad? What would he accomplish by doing that? And yet, in spite of all that, I really wanted to be friends with him. It seemed like there was a really nice guy under the rough exterior and I wished that I could draw him out.

Letting out a deep sigh, I fell back down onto the bench and crossed my arms behind my head, trying to get those two out of my head. I wished with all my heart that something would happen. Something that would change this new and confusing life.

"Ginkie! It's…really you!"

I turned to find myself face to face with Yu and Kenta, both panting as if they'd been running a long distance.

"Thank goodness, Ginka," Kenta managed to say, hunched over and hands on knees, "We…thought we wouldn't…be able to find anyone."

I sat up, a bit concerned,

"What's wrong, guys? Did something happen?"

Yu looked absolutely terrified and he clutched his beyblade in fear,

"We ran into him. We ran into-"

"Reji!" Kenta finished, "You know, the guy who's always with Ryuga? We were just headed down Main Street for some ice cream, and he pops out of nowhere, demanding us to battle him."

Eyes bouncing between both Kenta and Yu, I took in Yu's absolute fear and Kenta's worry,

"What did you do?"

"We said no, because there was no way we were going to battle right there on Main Street, but he suddenly went berserk and started yelling things like, 'Now, I want to battle you right now!' So, we battled him, but he beat both of us so quickly and look at what he did to our beys," Kenta held out his bey, Sagittario, and I noted the scraped metal and broken performance tip.

By now, Yu was shaking uncontrollably,

"Then we picked up the remnants of our beys real fast and ran away as fast as we could. Reji chased us, nearly catching up once or twice, but then Ryuga showed up and stopped all of us…"

He was so traumatized, he couldn't finish.

"Ryuga just looked down at us with these cold eyes before pushing Yu aside with a quick, 'You're in my way,' then he left with Reji. Just like that. We ran all over, looking for someone, anyone, to tell," Kenta finished, prior to looking at Yu and noticing his shaking and fear, "Yu! What's wrong? Are you okay?"

I was horrified at what those two had done to Yu and Kenta. I couldn't believe that they would bully even out of school. What was wrong with them?

"Yu, what happened? Why are you shaking?" I asked, clapping a hand on his shoulder as a gesture of concern.

Yu looked down, completely still, his bangs covering his face,

"Nothing. I don't want to talk about it."

"Are you sure?" I questioned further.

Kenta shared my concern,

"Yu, if you don't tell us, we can't help you. What's wrong? Did something happen that I didn't notice?"

Yu looked up and grinned,

"No, it's all good! Thanks for the help Kenji and Ginkie! I guess I'll be off now!"

Yu giggled and skipped down the road, as if he nothing had happened at all. He was perfectly fine and free of fear.

Kenta and I just stared after him, completely confused and worried.

"What just happened there?" Kenta mused, head tilted a little in a curious expression.

"I really don't know," I replied in the same manner.

Kenta turned back to me, brown eyes full of uneasiness,

"Well, besides that, I'm really freaked out about what happened with Reji. Why would he pick on us like that anyway?"

I crossed my arms and stood, determined to figure it out,

"I don't really know, but I promise you, I will find out," I sat once again and let myself just kinda flop, "I'm so twisted up about so many things…"

"Yeah, tell me about it…" Kenta sat down next to me, equally perplexed.

I glanced over to him in wonder,

"Really? I thought I was the only one."

He returned the look,

"Same here. Doesn't this school seem a little strange to you?"

"Yeah, but all schools are probably like this one," I grumped, before frowning and turning back to Kenta with a look of uncertainty, "Right?"

"I don't really know," Kenta stared straight ahead to the glistening lake of blue.

We sat there, just staring at the park lake for a while, our minds focused on our troubling thoughts. I breathed in the scent of the dazzling flowers below and felt the wind tousle my hair, though my bandana kept it in place for the most part. I tried to just forget everything, I tried with all my might. Nothing worked. The mysteries that were haunting me, continued to befuddle my entire being. Why did this all bother me so much anyway? I couldn't take my mind off what Reji and Ryuga had done to poor Kenta and Yu. It just wasn't right. And something was definitely up with Yu and well; it wasn't normal to be scared one minute and jumpy the next.

Suddenly aware of a familiar pair of kids, I sat up and lightly tapped Kenta before pointing in the direction of them. There was a girl with sky blue hair and deep purple eyes, walking next to a boy with periwinkle hair and sea-blue eyes.

"Hey, Kenta, Isn't that-"

Wow, chapter 6! Sorry about the late-ness, school is particularly insane right now. And oh man, is it just me, or are these chapters getting more and more depressing? Well, don't worry, things are going to take a little bit of a twist very soon :). Hopefully, it won't be all saddening...