Title: Bey City Academy
Author: SkyDragonKing
Genre: Friendship/Romance
Rating: T (actually I'm not sure. I'm probably going to make it M since any good high school movie is rated R.)
Summary: This is Bey City Academy where beyblading is used to help evaluate students. The new transfer student Kai finds more than he anticipated.
I just want to take this time to thank my reviewers and friends like Omegaxis1, and AquilaTempestas who's opinions and advice have helped me shape this story into what it is and what it will soon become.
There they sat. As the clock on the wall ticked and tocked, they sat there. Not saying a word, not even looking at each other while they sat in adjacent chairs as they were being yelled at by another.
"I can't believe I have to chastise two seniors! Fighting in public? Do you two have any sense at all?!" Vice Principal Zagart (I found out that this is the correct spelling.) yelled from behind his desk in his office.
In front of him sat the two perpetrators, Julia and Hilary. Julia sat on one side, arms folded, not even bothering to cover up what her ripped shirt revealed at this point, looking down at the floor. Hilary sat on the other side resting her head on her hand, using her elbow to rest on the arm of the chair looking in the opposite direction of where Julia was, and like Julia, away from Zagart.
Zagart ignored the girls' silent response and continued his rant.
"I have never seen such lewd behavior from female students before! I have a good mind to kick you both out of the Beyblade Trials at the end of the semester as punishment! How does that sound to you two, hmm?" Zagart rested his head on his folded hands, still wearing agitation on his face.
The girls remained silent, looking away as Zagart grumbled at their response. He was ready to erupt again but a knocking at the door distracted him.
"Come in!" He barked before the knob slowly turned until a click was heard. The door slowly opened as they newcomer walked in.
"Ah, so good of you to make it, Mrs. Tate; I was wondering when you would finally show up." Zagart rose from his seat to greet Judy as she walked in.
"Well Zagart, considering that I was in the middle of class when you called me in here I'd say that I arrived at a reasonable time." She said through a sigh before her gaze trailed down to find two of her players sitting in front of them. "Now could you tell me why the girls are here?"
"Well it seems to me Judy that these two decided to quit soccer and start up a fight club instead. They had quite a bout in the middle of the courtyard, with much of the student body watching. I don't think I should tell you what I overheard what some of the male students were saying about it." Zagart explained as he walked around the perimeter of Julia and Hilary, with his hands behind his back.
"A prime example of etiquette on their behalf, wouldn't you agree?" He continued as he looked up from the girls at Judy who certainly didn't look happy.
"Whatever the case is Zagart I think I should handle their punishment." Judy raised her voice. Hearing her, both Hilary and Julia's eyes widened.
"Oh and why's that?" Zagart inquired. Judy had most certainly peaked his curiosity.
"I'd like to think that I'm more responsible for them since I'm not only their teacher but their coach as well. Their behavior is more of a reflection of me than anyone else." Judy explained as she approached her superior as he stood in front of the girls who finally looked up from the ground and at their coach.
Zagart took a minute to mull it over. "Hmm, do you have anything in mind Judy?" He held his chin, wondering what Julia and Hilary's punishment should be.
"I would like to discuss it with the girls in private if that's not too much trouble." Judy said rather calmly. Zagart raised a brow at her curiously but soon a smirk crept up on his face.
"If you insist Judy, it must be real bad news for these two." He said as he walked out and closed the door behind him, giving the girls total privacy. As soon as the door closed Judy's eyes narrowed and the girls gulped.
This wasn't going to be good.
"Ju…" Julia was going to try and reason with Judy, but the disgruntled coach was in no mood.
"I can't believe you two!" Shouted Judy, making the girls flinch in their seats. The usually calm and collected coach sounded more like the Grinch, Zagart himself.
"But…" Hilary tried getting a word but her coach wasn't having any of it.
"Don't even Hilary! I don't know what's gotten into you two but clearly it's something that needs some taking care of." Judy shouted again. The girls stiffened in their seats; it wasn't every day that they were yelled at like this.
Judy looked at the two of them as they braced themselves for whatever she was going to throw their way. The only thing was that she didn't know what to do with Hilary and Julia. It was so unlike them, this whole situation didn't make sense. Judy sighed.
"Just, both of you go back to your dorms and fix yourselves up before you return to class and you better. If I find out that you two skip out on more classes today, things will only be worse for you later!" She said.
"But…what exactly is our punishment?" Julia managed to say. Hilary gave a slight nod, it seemed like that was the only thing the girls agreed on all day as far as Judy could tell. Pinching the bridge of her nose, Judy replied.
"You'll find out after school when you come to practice." She told them as she made her way for the door.
"Wait we don't have practice today." Hilary pointed out, rising from her seat. Judy turned back to the two girls.
"You two do. Now get going before you miss any more classes." She held open the door. The girls moaned before getting their bags and dragging themselves out of Zagart's office.
Judy stepped out herself as she closed the door behind her, finding Zagart leaning against the wall adjacent. Seeing her step out, Zagart stood upright and approached her.
"I'll take by the girls' expressions that you have things taken care of Judy." He shot a glance to the girls' retreating forms as they continued to walk away.
Judy took another sigh and relaxed her shoulders. "Yeah Zane, but I don't understand why they acted the way they did. Those two are so close, I don't get it." She looked concerned as she was able to see the two girls turn the corner at the end of the hall.
"Well it's a big year for them, things are changing; but by how much is up to them." Zagart said, sounding really out of character but then it clicked in Judy's head before she began to walk away.
"I really hope Zeo reconsiders the Robotics Club; he's as smart kid after all, just like his father." She said walking down the hall. Zagart watched her go unable to hold back a smirk before turning back into his office.
"What gives? It's been like twenty minutes and still no sign of the old man; is he in or not?" Tyson groaned as he sat in class, resting his head in his hands. His friend Kenny sat next to him as his other friend Ray was in the seat in front of them.
"Give Tao a break Tyson. He's an old man; it just takes him longer to get around." Ray said turning around, leaning on the back rest of his chair. Ray actually liked having Mr. Tao as a teacher.
"I wouldn't be so sure Ray, I saw him do a flip after he found out they were serving burritos in the dining hall on Friday." Kenny chimed in, noting the unusual behavior of the elderly teacher. "He may just be running late, but I'm not too convinced by that." The others shrugged before the door burst open.
Everyone turned to see who came in, in hopes that it was someone who could get this class underway. Kevin Cheng, a Rank C student and friend of Ray was the one who ran in. He ran up to the empty seat next to Ray, huffing and puffing.
"Geez Kevin, what happened to you?" Ray asked with an inquisitive look. The kid sitting next to him looked as if he ran a marathon. After taking a few breaths, Kevin finally spoke.
"Tao threw out his hip after he tried getting a better view of some fight that happened in the courtyard; he was just taken away on an ambulance now." The green haired boy explained.
"Wait, so that means…?" Tyson leaned in, excitement in his voice. This was awesome two subs in one day, one of Tyson's many dreams come true.
"We're getting a long term sub. Whoever it is, they'll be here any minute." Kevin affirmed Tyson's hopes.
"Oh yeah! Two subs in my first two classes this is awesome!" Tyson cheered from his seat as he pumped his fists in excitement.
"I wonder who the school chose in such a short amount of time." Ray pondered as Tyson wore a silly grin on his face.
"Who cares, whatever chump the school sends in here, he's gonna be in for it." He kicked his feet up on the desk in front of him and held his hands behind his head, still wearing the doofy grin.
Just then, the slow creak of the classroom door echoed throughout the room, silencing all of the students as someone else stepped in. Hushed whispers flooded the room as the new person walked in. Some of the girls oo'd and ahh'd while the rest just looked on curiously as this person walked in the room.
He was older than they were, so the students assumed that he was their substitute teacher.
"Hey everybody, sorry to have you all waiting but I am in fact, your new teacher. Your regular teacher, Mr. Tao…" The sub began to explain the situation that Kevin explained to Tyson and company.
Tyson on the other hand was still reclined in his seat until Kenny nudged his shoulder. He looked over at his brainy best friend who nodded his head towards the front of the room. He sat himself up, adjusting the cap on his head and when he finally brought his attention to the front of the room his eyes almost popped out of his head.
"HIRO…!" He shouted out as loud as he could, making the class stop with everyone looking at him, including the sub who just blinked.
"Um…yes, that's my first name, but you can all call me Mr. Granger for now…" Hiro said as he wrote his name on the white board behind him. "Got it Tyson?" He said looking over his shoulder at his younger brother who gulped and nodded in response.
Tyson slumped in his seat. "Oh great, just great; out of all the people, the school picks my brother to teach this class." He mumbled before Kenny shushed him. Tyson shook off that rude gesture before he began to think.
Now I have to go to every class or else my brother's gonna…wait a minute. Tyson left his thoughts as he temporarily brought his attention back to the class and Hiro.
"…I understand how you all feel about this class. I went through this too once upon a time, but I'm sure I can make this a painless experience for you." He joked, receiving some laughter in response as he sat behind his desk.
So if Hiro's the sub then…JACKPOT! Tyson came to a realization of sorts as looked on at the rest of the class.
"…Yeah, I graduated from here seven years ago." He heard his brother answer questions the rest of the class was asking him. Tyson continued to think.
If the teacher is my brother than I can get away with anything! Hiro's cool with a lot of stuff, so I'm sure giving his bro a good grade is no big deal to him at all! Tyson mentally cheered. This could be pretty sweet after all! This could be the easiest A Tyson ever had; make that the only A Tyson ever had.
He was pulled away from his thoughts when the lights in the room went out and Hiro started up a presentation from his laptop on the built in projector that the school provided.
Meanwhile, another class remained teacher-less where a certain blonde haired student was trying his best not to stare at the green eyed beauty that sat next to him, granted that he took some glances over at her.
It had been a long second period class for Max and everyone else in the room as well. Their teacher, Judy had been called into Vice Principal Zagart's office some time ago, leaving in the middle of her lesson and things were sort of dragging along.
"What's taking your mom? She's been gone for like half the class already." Mariam asked as she scribbled in her notebook, resting her chin on her hand.
"Max?" She asked again after not receiving an answer, this time picking her head up to look over to see the boy in question who was doing the doodling just as she was until then.
When she called him, Max seemed a little startled and his head shot up from his book and brought his attention to her. At least now Max had a good excuse to look at her.
"Huh? Oh, wait um what was the question again?" He scratched the back of his head nervously; Max was pretty sure his voice cracked just then. He tensed up, positive that he just embarrassed himself in front of Mariam again. It just wasn't Max's day, at least he thought so.
"What are you doing over there?" Mariam asked as she leaned over and looked down at the book he was just so into. Max's eyes widened when he realized the position they were in with her head hovering over his side of the desk looked very provocative; the dirty mind of a teenage boy was in effect but Max did his best to shoo those thoughts.
"You just drew these?" He heard her ask while she returned to her upright position, keeping an accusing finger on one of the images in question; a cartoon tortoise standing upright with its shell scribbled black. Max looked blankly at her for a second before he realized he was asked another question.
"Wha-, oh yeah! Had to do something to kill time ya know?" He said bringing his gaze back up from his book. "I'm the Da Vinci of notebook scribble." He received a light chuckle from the blue haired girl for that before a victory parade ran through his head, total win for Maxie.
"Those are really good and all, but I have to say that this is better." She smirked as she held up her notebook to reveal to max her scribble. It was a cartoonish dog sitting down, with big sad eyes looking up; a sad little puppy looking up at him but Max did honestly think it was pretty good.
"T-that's pretty good Mariam, d-do you draw a lot?" He said as he looked at her sketch a little closer.
"Thanks but no, to be honest this is just about it for my artistic endeavors. But it sure looks like you do." She said gesturing at Max's doodle filled book.
"Oh, well actual…" he was about to explain before his mom stepped through the classroom door, the class itself, growing quiet instantly.
"Sorry about that everyone, something came up but thanks to that little mishap you guys don't have any homework." Judy said standing up from behind her desk before her students cheered and applauded in some cases. It was quite humorous to see how the class went from loud to quiet then loud again and some of students throwing papers in the air like confetti.
Maybe Max wasn't having such a bad day after all.
The bell rang, letting all the classes out and students began their commute to their next classes. For Tyson, the bell came along rather quickly but he figured he was so wrapped up in his own thoughts that he lost track of time.
Tyson scooped himself up, gathered his things and proceeded to walk out with Kenny and Ray not so far ahead but before he could actually leave the room he heard Hiro call out to him.
"Tyson and Brooklyn, can you guys hang back for a minute?" It was a question that sounded more like a command from the new substitute teacher.
Tyson stopped as more of his classmates strolled past him, including Kevin who had been sitting in front of him during class and stopped him.
"Hey, tell Ray and Kenny to go without me. I'll catch them later." He told the green haired kid who nodded and walked away after Tyson let go of his shoulder. Everyone else had left and only himself, Hiro and that kid Brooklyn he wasn't really acquainted with remained.
"All right, if he says so. I'll see ya around Kev, thanks." Ray said as he departed from his friend as he continued to walk along. Kenny had departed, saying that he wanted to go by the computer lab and ask Dr. B, the guy who ran the lab, something about some programming mumbo jumbo Ray didn't understand and ran off.
So Ray was walking along alone, but he knew that wouldn't last too long.
"Hey Ray!" He heard the familiar voice and turned to find his girlfriend Mariah approach him. Always with a smile on her face and pep in her step, Mariah never ceased to make the day a little better for Ray. They greeted each other with a little peck on the lips.
"What are you doing here; I thought your class was on the other side of campus?" Ray inquired as he locked arms with Mariah while they walked towards the building's exit.
"I do, but I was wondering if you would walk with me?" She asked as they stood outside in the courtyard. Now Ray was sometimes teased by his friends, mainly Tyson, that he was whipped, and it was something he denied again and again. He's just a nice guy who wants to make the girl of his dreams happy, so Raymond tells himself.
"But, my class…" Ray pointed his thumb behind him at the building adjacent to the one they just walked out of. That was where his next class would be held, but it seemed like his lovely lady friend had other things in mind.
"Come on Ray, we can just use the shortcut through the Athletic Center. You can still make it to your class." She pleaded for him to go with her.
"Um…" Ray's eyes darted from Mariah to the building he needed to get to before she tugged on his arm, getting his attention.
"Please…" She looked up at him with her big amber eyes. Ray hated when she did that since he couldn't resist that look. He tried fighting it but he couldn't. He took a sigh and slumped his shoulders and gave in.
"All right let's go." The poor bastard.
Mariah cheered as she tugged him along. They walked and were taking the shortcut to where Mariah needed to be as they just entered the Athletic Center. In the rotunda, which is where people first walk in into when they enter the Center, was decorated with trophies and banners that the school's sports programs has won over the years in various events. Baseball, basketball, football, soccer, volleyball, you name it. Think of a sport and Bey City Academy has won some sort of award for it.
As Ray and Mariah walked through the collection of trophy cases something caught their eye, and it wasn't a gaudy old award.
"Hey Ray, isn't that Kai over there?" Mariah tugged on his arm, making Ray look down at her and followed where her finger pointed and found the new student standing in front of one of the many trophy cases, looking intently.
"Yeah that is, let's see what he's up to." Ray decided to walk towards the gray haired student.
"But Ray…!" Mariah tugged on his arm again, trying to pull him along towards her class.
"We have time Mariah, don't worry." Ray assured her with a little pull bringing her along as they walked up to Kai.
Kai himself was preoccupied as he looked at a peculiar trophy that was diamond shaped but Kai recognized it as the form of a classic beyblade. Golden in color with little columns holding it up in for corners as they rested on a polished wooden platform. On those columns were small golden plates with names and years etched on them, which Kai was busy reading. Too busy to notice a couple of people approach him.
"Hey Kai, what brings you here?" He heard a familiar voice from behind him. Kai turned to find Ray holding hands with a short girl, curvy body and long pink hair; he assumed that this was Mariah that he heard about from Tyson and Max.
"You thinking about joining a school sports team?" Mariah asked.
"Not now, but what's this trophy?" Kai said turning away from the couple and back at the big trophy he was previously examining. Whatever it was meant for, it must be important.
"Oh that's the Bey City Champion Trophy. It's given to the overall number one student at graduation every year." Ray told him.
"Overall number one?" Kai raised a brow at Ray.
"Well yeah, the winner of this trophy is the top beyblader in the school as well as a high ranking student. Sometimes it's the valedictorian, but it usually isn't." The amber eyed boy went on to say.
"Yeah, my brother Lee almost won the award last year but he lost to that Jamie Siebald in the final Beyblade Trial. He was so close too." Mariah added as Kai studied the trophy a little more.
"I see there are a lot of Siebald's on this thing, who are they?" He said as he found a series of names etched on the award.
Jesse Siebald
Todd Siebald
Kylie Siebald
Brittany Siebald
He read all those names as they were on the trophy in addition to the latest. It was clear that whatever this Siebald family was, they were sure good at winning.
"I'm assuming that you haven't met Garland yet?" Ray gave Kai an amused look.
"But don't worry, the guy practically lives in this place, you'll run into him if you wait long enough." Mariah joked as they stood in the athletic center while a handful of other students passed by.
"Anyway, those are all of his brothers and sisters. They've all been top in their class, dominated whatever sport they participated in and were all accepted into Ivy League colleges. I guess you can say that they have a family legacy here." Ray explained.
"And that Garland guy is overall number one student right now." Kai added as he stared at the trophy in deep thought.
"Yeah, he's probably gonna win the award like the rest of his siblings." Ray scratched his head as he shot a glance at the award with a little envy in his eyes. He then felt another tug on his arm.
"Hey don't count yourself out Ray. You and Kai are in the top ten for crying out loud!" Mariah said with a bright and cheery smile. She always could cheer him up after all.
"I guess you're right." He said smiling back down at her but it went away when Mariah pulled on his arm some more.
"Now come on Ray, or else we're both going to be late." She reminded him as she tugged him away.
"See ya around Kai!" Ray waved as Mariah pulled him out the door. Kai watched with a quizzical look before redirecting his attention back to the Bey City Champion Trophy.
Garland huh; well as far as I'm concerned he can kiss that legacy of his goodbye! He thought to himself as he found the vacant name plate on the award that was waiting for someone's name to grace it.
Realizing that time was running out and that he should be going to class, Kai picked up his backpack, but before he turned to leave, something else about the award caught his eye. A name plate several places higher, coming before one of the Siebald siblings, was where Kai found a surprise.
"Hiro Granger…?" He asked to himself, spotting the last name of his roommate Tyson on the award that was so desired by the academy students. Taking another second or two to soak in what he saw, Kai decided enough was enough and walked off to his next class.
"I didn't get in trouble already, did I Teach?" Brooklyn mused, taking light of the situation as Tyson walked over.
"Yeah what gives Hiro? I didn't do anything." Tyson whined. Hiro cringed at Tyson calling him by his first name even after telling him not to. However, he tried his best to ignore his brother's forgetfulness and continued.
"Sit down guys; I won't keep you long I promise." Hiro told them before they pulled two chairs up and sat down near him. Once they were all settled, Hiro began.
"Do you guys know why this school uses beyblading to evaluate the students?" He asked them only to receive blinking gazes from the two students.
"Beyblading is the ultimate test of a person's mental and physical abilities, and as far as I'm aware, you two are some of the best at it in the entire school." Hiro said as he turned his laptop around for Brooklyn and Tyson to see the list Mr. Dickinson presented to them on the first day of classes.
"So what does that have to do with anything?" Brooklyn asked leaning back in his chair, arms crossed; he really didn't look interested in what was happening at the moment.
"Yeah I'm not really getting this." Tyson admitted. Hiro turned his laptop back around.
"Well you will when you see how your beyblading contrasts with your grades; take a look at your records." Hiro said as he once again revealed his laptop to the boys as they found both of their school records adjacent to each other on screen.
"I did a little research on the class before I came in and I have to say, it's disappointing to say the least." Hiro decided to be brutally honest with these two to get his point across
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Tyson hollered as he jumped up from his seat.
"Just what I said Tyson; both of you are some of the best beybladers this school has to offer but your grades are horrible." Hiro stared his brother down before he heard another chair slide against the tiled floor and he found Brooklyn walking away.
"And where are you going?" Hiro raised his voice at the wild haired ginger who was heading for the door.
"I'd love to stick around and chat Teach, but this is really cramping my style." Brooklyn said through a yawn as he stretched his hands out like he had just rolled out of bed.
"So I guess you're fine with failing this class then?" He heard Hiro ask just as he opened the door. Brooklyn stopped dead in his tracks, his eyes wide.
"That's a bit harsh don't you think Hiro?" Tyson asked from his chair.
If there was one thing Brooklyn Masefield didn't do, couldn't do was fail a class. Slamming the door shut Brooklyn turned on his heels.
"What?!" he snapped at his new teacher who smirked at him while leaning back in his chair, crossing his arms.
"Why don't you pull up a seat and I'll tell you about it." The substitute teacher suggested and after a sigh, Brooklyn complied and sat down in the seat next to Tyson.
"I asked you both to stay here with me not to bash you guys, but to tell you I think that you two could be the best students in this school." Hiro began as Tyson and Brooklyn exchanged glances before returning them to him.
"Now this class, as you may know is just a formality in order for you to graduate; but I can easily fail you both, putting you two in some deep shit later on. If you want to avoid that from happening then I suggest that you stay and listen to what I have to say." Hiro said quietly so that the incoming students couldn't hear him swear to the guys, even it was his brother he was talking to.
But when he said what he wanted to say, it was very clear to the guys that Hiro was serious in what he meant. As Tyson knew, Hiro very rarely swore so when he did it clicked in Tyson's head that his brother meant business. Plus the fact that he was hanging a potential failing grade over their heads was more than enough to get Tyson and Brooklyn motivated. The two looked at each other again briefly before they both sighed and turned back to Hiro.
"All right then, what do you have planned bro?" Tyson leaned forward as he and Brooklyn awaited his brother's plans for them.
Meanwhile, Kai had just walked into his math class, the first class of the day that he shared with Julia and when his eyes scanned the room he found her already sitting in class and she didn't look happy. Angry at something, Julia huffed, blowing strands of hair away from her eyes with a pout on her face.
Friggin Hilary, this is all her fault! If she wasn't such a social moron, I wouldn't be in whatever the hell mess Judy has planned for us! The Fernandez girl yelled in her head, being too caught up in her own thoughts to notice someone had sat down in the seat next to her.
"Hey." She heard his voice greet her and she slowly turned, still wearing agitation as her expression. Meeting his gaze, Julia saw a small smile on Kai's face, but she wouldn't return the favor in full.
"…Hey." She said quietly as she ran a hand through her hair, looking away from him. Kai knew something was going on with her now.
"What's wrong?" He asked while Julia rested her head in her hands.
Wait, why am I acting like this? It's not like any of this is Kai's fault and now I have him worrying. It was Hilary and her bitchy attitude that got me into this mess not him. She thought some more.
"Julia." He said her name, pulling her out of her thoughts. Shaking her head she answered.
"N-nothing Kai, sorry; I couldn't answer your texts earlier, I got a little caught up with a friend of mine." She replied, recalling the texting conversation she had with him earlier in the day. The conversation she lied about to Hilary, blaming it on her brother Raul.
"It's alright..." Kai said as he unpacked his binder from his bag, preparing for the ensuing class.
"Although, you never answered my question." He added making Julia look back in curiosity. She furrowed her brow at him before he pointed to the cell phone on her desk.
Picking it up, Julia quickly searched through her phone's conversation history and after scrolling through her long texting match with Kai she found the last message he sent her.
Thursday night? Was all the message said but Julia knew what it was. Kai had asked her out previously but was now trying to convince her to actually go and agree on a day.
She looked at the message for a minute and thought it over. With the press of a button she closed her phone and planted her phone on her desk.
Kai's phone immediately began buzzing, drawing the boy's attention. Unlocking it, Kai quickly navigated through his phone and found the message he received.
Yes. Was the long awaited reply he received from the girl sitting next to him. He looked up from his phone and found Julia looking forward as Dr. K had just entered the room. Her eyes quickly glanced over to him as a small smile crossed her lips, and Kai could only smile back.
You know what; forget Hilary! I have a date on Thursday! Julia happily thought to herself as she continually exchanged glances with Kai with a little smirk on her face.
Okay finally there it is! The next chapter came out a lot longer than I wanted it to, but I have been awfully busy with school and such and will be 'till about December. I'm not happy about it either trust me.
But go ahead tell me what you think and as always your feedback is always welcome! I'll try to update this story on a more weekly basis as I try to get more people into this story, so I just hope school will allow me enough free time to do so.
I'm actually a bit nervous about this chapter, i'm not sure i like how the scenes turn out but i am trying to focus the story on the four guys (Tyson Max Ray Kai) but i hope you guys like it enough to give it a read...or two!