AN: Waa heres chapter too.. I was hoping to get more reviews.. but my 5 was met.. Well for chapter three to be posted must have 5 more.. so it must be at 11.. hehe. Mmm.. Don't think you need to know much more.. the rest of the characters are introduced here.. cept Brian… cause I saw him AFTER I wrote this… so I'll integrate him later… Oh and hehe Kai… makes some rather not nice comments here in his head =)
He studied Bakuten District Highschool's so called Beyblading 'team' and had to grudgingly admit they were pretty good, although he would call them more of a club than a team; there was far more than eight or nine bladers.
"Hey Robert!" a voice behind him called.
Kai turned and watched as a couple –boy and girl passed him, only the girl spared him a glance of curiosity before forgetting him and following the boy through the gate into the beyblading training ground.
Their outdoor facilities were pretty nice – he assumed their indoor ones were as well, assuming the had indoor facilities. About five dishes were spread out in the one thousand square foot court. They were fairly large and obviously well kept. Finishing his study of the court he passed through the gate figuring it was time to introduce himself to his new 'team'.
They were barely organized, small groups stood in a semi-circle around a boy with purple hair, twelve boys, Kai counted quickly; twelve boys and…3 girls, this caused a condescending snort. He would have to do some major downsizing. He also noticed the boy that crashed into him before his meeting the with principal standing among the group. Striding over to the group he stopped just outside the semi-circle to the side of the apparent leader. Crossing his arms over his chest he glared at the lot of them. The purple haired young man standing at the head of the group called for attention.
"Everyone listen up-"
The group quieted and slowly came to order. Kai took the opportunity to speak up before the tall leader boy started talking.
"Excuse me."
The group turned and looked at the new face standing off to the side. He looked decidedly pissed off to them. "Who are you?" a red-headed boy with flame like hair and a blue bandana demanded, a look of contempt crossing his face.
Kai ignored him and focused on the tall purple headed leader. "Are you the captain?"
The young man raised an eyebrow and calmly replied, "No I am not."
Shrugging Kai now scanned the group. "Which of you is the captain then?"
"She's not here at the moment." One answered.
"She was called to the office." A girl with pink hair said.
He raised his eyebrow. "She? Your captain is a girl?" he asked incredulously. No wonder there was no order in the group.
The purple haired young man frowned at him, obviously displeased with Kai's tone of voice. "That's right. I am Robert, vice-captain. Who might you be and what can I do for you?"
Kai smirked. "Kai Hiwatari and I'm your new captain."
Most of the group was stunned into silence, the pink haired girl gasped while another with orange hair and glasses demanded, "Excuse me?"
Kai studied her. Medium height freckles, orange hair and glasses that hid large violet eyes. Another girl with reddish brown hair tied up in two buns and crystal blue eyes stood just behind her. Girls. Beyblading. Feh. "You heard me. I'm your new captain."
"You're that kid from this morning. But if you're the new captain what does that make Liika?" The blue haired kid with the red hat that ran into him earlier demanded –Tyson he remembered non-caringly.
He assumed Liika was the girl captain. "I don't really care." Was all he said.
This sent a murmur through the group and a scowl to Tyson's face. "Hey! No one talked about my family that way!" he yelled and attempted to launch himself at Kai but was held back by a smaller blond boy and a really short kid with a computer.
"Chill Tyson." The blond placated.
"Not that I really care if the chick was fired but what makes you so special that Principal Dickenson replaced her with you? As much as I hate to admit it, she's not too bad." A taller young man with weirdly styled red hair asked.
"Tala's right, what makes you so great?" A short kid with a big nose seconded.
Kai shrugged, he really didn't have to explain himself to them, it was really none of their business. They should stop asking questions and listen to him, however, he knew that if he didn't answer at least some of their questions they wouldn't listen at all. "Apparently he read my files and found out that I was the captain of Abbey High's beyblade team last year." He said it with no hint of bragging, just a dead monotone.
"Abbey? You were the captain of Abbey?! They went to the Nationals last year!" The girl with glasses exclaimed, obviously surprised as the rest appeared to be.
"You went to the Nationals?" the blond that had help back the Tyson almost yelled.
"Yeah, whatever." Kai's eyes scanned the faces around him. Most looked surprised and some of the older boys looked a little impressed.
"Here's a question," one of those boys said – one with dark red hair covered by a blue baseball hat, said. "Why would a hotshot nationalist from an uppity private school like Abbey decide to switch to a no-name public school in a small town?"
"Especially when that private school was the state champs last year." The girl with glasses added.
"And two weeks into the semester?" Her friend added also.
"It's none of your business why I switched schools." Kai snapped, annoyed. "We're wasting time with this game of twenty questions. Get in a lone in front of me. When that's done you'll say your name when it's your turn." He glanced at Robert while the others complied grumbling. "You to."
Robert jerked a nod and placed himself at one end of the newly formed line. Kai walked to the middle and stood about five feet in front of the line. Looking at the blond boy at the opposite end than Robert he said, "You start."
"Max Tate."
Kai nodded. "I want your name and year."
"Sophomore." The blond added after.
The boy next to him was the short computer kid, who had brown hair and glasses that obscured his eyes completely. "Ke-kenny Smith, sophomore."
The Tyson kid was next. He snarled. "Tyson Tomoda, sophomore."
"Rei Kon, junior." This boy had black hair, a long pony tail and gold eyes. It was the boy that had passed him coming in.
The pink haired girl that came in with him was next, her gold eyes flashed displeasure. She was obviously the captain girl's good friend. "Mariah Low, junior."
Another black haired boy with dark eyes frowned at him. "Lee Laan, junior."
Heh, well captain girly had loyalty. Kai's lips twitched and he moved on. The big nosed short kid was the next. He looked haughty and bored. "Ian Mitchell, sophomore."
The boy beside him was the kid with the weirly styled red hair. Two red strands fell in his face while the rest stuck up his head in two different directions. "Tala Valkov, junior."
Kai raised an eyebrow, weird hair and weird name. Another red head was next, actually there seemed to be three in a row, odd. This one's hair was kark-almost maroon and it was hidden under a blue baseball hat. "Michael Parker, junior."
The last red head –who had hair shaped like a flame, introduced himself brazenly. "Johnny McGregor, sophomore."
Lovely, Kai hated the name Johnny.
The orange haired haired girl with glasses was next. "Emily Parker, sophomore." And at his glance toward the tall red head she rolled her eyes. "He's my idiotic older brother."
Kai wanted to laugh, they looked nothing alike.
"Quiet twerp."
"Jerk."
"That's enough." Kai cut in before the brawl could start. He flicked his eyes to the next girl.
"Jade Maxwell, sophomore." Her crystal eyes were blank and her face expressionless. She was kind of pretty. Ahem.
Second to last was a medium size green haired pretty boy. He had large blue eyes and he almost seemed to flaunt grace and style. He struck Kai as almost feminine.
"Oliver Dubois, junior." He spoke with a slight French accent.
Last the tall purple haired kid said, "Robert Jagen, junior." He looked rather annoyed at Kai.
"No seniors?" Kai asked somewhat surprised, some of the juniors looked older.
"No the seniors last year were less than…supportive. Most quit."
Kai raised an eyebrow at this but declined to comment on it. "This is everyone? Besides your old captain?" He directed the question toward Robert.
Robert glanced down the line then shook his head. "No, Enrique's missing."
"Enrique?"
"Ms. Haori kept him after class." The boy named Rei volunteered.
"I see. What's his fall full name and year?"
Rei opened his mouth to reply when out of breath voice said from the direction of the gate. "Enrique Sattiay, junior. What's going on?"
A boy with shaggy pale yellow hair stood leaning on the fence post trying to catch his breath. His white short sleeved uniform button up shirt was wrinkled, his purple tie crooked and loose. His green dress pants fared the best, but they too looked as if they hadn't been ironed in years. He stood up straight then and laughed nervously. "Sorry about being late. Teacher held me up. ^-^"
Kai snorted, the guy looked like he was 'held up' by the teacher everyday. "Whatever. Get in line."
Enrique shrugged his lanky shoulders and took his place beside Robert. Leaning over he whispered to the taller boy, "Yo Rob, what's going on?"
Robert spared him a glance before replying stiffly –obviously not pleased with something. "He's our new captain."
Enrique's eye's widened comically and he sputtered, "What?? You're kidding right?"
"I'm afraid not."
"Damn. Iki's gonna be pissed. Why'd Mr. D replace her?" Enrique lowered his voice back to a whisper.
"He wont say."
"Shit."
"Yeah."
"Sattiay!" Kai's bark broke their conversation and both boys turned their attention to the new captain. The tall blue haired boy's eyes narrowed at Enrique. "Since you were late and you and the ex-vice captain here decided not to pay attention you two can be the first to show me your skills. Now go."
The boys shot a look between them. Robert bowed somewhat mockingly and muttered, "Of course captain."
Enrique didn't even bother to try to hide his contempt of the new situation or of the new captain; he openly glared. "What ever you say cap'n." He said and followed the other boy.
Once again Kai found himself raising an eyebrow, only this time it was at the open display of disrespect, but he said nothing to them. Instead he turned to the green haired young man who was now at the end of the line. "Are they usually that disrespectful?" He highly doubted they were, after all one of them was the vice captain, but he figured he'd ask anyway.
The boy shook his head, "No, actually usually they are quite respectful." His soft accent twanged in his voice. "But Enrique and the other captain –Liika, are very close, and Robert was her second. Don't worry about it, they'll get over it eventually."
"Lovely." Shaking his head he addressed the rest of the group. "The rest of you watch carefully. It's always beneficial to know your teammates strengths and weaknesses." Stopping at the endge of the bowl he finished. "Laan and Valkov, you're next prepare yourself."
"What?!"
Mr. Dickenson winced at the shrill scream. The girl in front of him jumped up out of her chair and slammed her hands down on the top of his desk, rattling the various objects scattered across its surface. Her face was turning red and her eyes sparkled with outrage. "Now my dear, calm down."
"Calm down?! Calm down??! You're firing me from a position I just obtained and you're telling me to calm down?" Her voice was less shrill, but had grown in volume.
He sighed. "Miss Tomoda, Kai is an experienced captain. He took Abbey High to the Nationals last year –very impressive for a sophomore. Also, you have to admit things aren't moving along very quickly. You haven't even chosen the eight regulars."
This did nothing to calm her, it only seemed to anger her further. "Not moving? It's two weeks into the year! What time have I had?! I have been so busy cleaning up the last captain's mess to think about choosing the eight, and might I add the first match isn't until the end of October?
As for the guy being captain of Abbey, it's not fair you compare me to him when I've never battled him! Who's to say he's better than me??"
"Sit down Miss Tomoda." When she had sat he folded his hand in front of himself and firmed his voice. "Be that as it may, he is experienced. Which is something you lack. I would like to see this school go far this year, and I feel we have the talent to do so. I also feel this boy can lead us there."
Her face scrunched up into a scowl. "I may not have is leadership experience, but experience isn't everything! I suppose it doesn't count for anything that I have known everyone on that team since elementary school? I know all they're play styles, weaknesses and strengths!" She was no longer yelling, a desperate edge now entering her voice. She could tell she was losing.
"Sometimes it is better not knowing. The familiarity can cloud your judgment." His mouth was set in a thin line and his tone was final.
Liika realized her defeat was immanent. "So that's it?"
"I'm afraid so, my dear. Kai Hiwatari is the new captain of the Bakuten Phoenixes as of now."
Tears gathered in her eyes. She should have known that Mr. Dickenson calling her down wouldn't be good. Her shoulders slumped. Faintly she heard the bell ring signaling the end of lunch. Standing she grabbed her purple backpack and stormed out of the room, slamming the door on her way out. A girl had to make a flashy exit.
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