Woop, chapter 3...
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"Ugh, this program's code is all wrong!" I mumble to myself upon downloading it. I go into the program's code and begin working on it. I'm not very familiar with this language, so it takes some effort and time to- I'm done.

I close my laptop and look up at the other's. Takao and Max are blading against eachother and Kai is against Rei. Practice ended a while ago, technically, but they're finishing the last matches.

Everyone's improved so much. They've matured in personality as well as beyblading skill.

Takao's a little more... I don't know, I suppose the word 'determined' works, but it's not that. He's always been determined. Always, always, always. He probably always will be too. It's just natural for him.

The tournaments and such have taught him that you can lose. No matter how good you are there's always someone better. Which isn't to say you shouldn't stop trying. Takao keeps trying. It's important. Trying to be the best when it's impossible, all it means is that you can always improve, no matter how high up, there's always another level, and Takao's always there, trying to beat that level and go up.

Max is a little less naive. When we first met him he was just happy, happy, give me sugar, pink fluffy bunnies, happy. That sounded weird, but whatever. He seemed to have this theory that nothing bad ever happens. That's gone away through all the things we've been through.

The Russian incident, the whole vampire and zombie thing, everything. He hasn't changed much, he's not less happy now. He's just the same but a little more mature. It's hard to explain, but he hasn't change personality wise.

Rei... I'm not sure how Rei's changed. He was already calm and accepting... I think perhaps... Hmm... Maybe... Guilt? I know he felt guilty about leaving Rai, Mao, Kiki, and Gao. How could he not? He acted so much like he was sure it wasn't his fault, like it didn't effect him.

He really did feel guilty. He felt like he was a traitor. He's matured in the way that, now, if he feels bad about something, he'll say so. And also, if something isn't his fault, and he knows that, he doesn't feel responsible. That's what happened before. He knew he was right, but they were still friends and he had still hurt them, so he felt bad about it.

Kai is obvious, he's nicer. It's not like he's suddenly 'look I have flowers, here have a flower, I like pink, no training for the next week, tralalalalala.' Woah... that makes wiiiiieeeeeeerd mental images. Anyways, Kai is just a little more understanding. If there's a reasonable excuse for someone to not practice, he won't make them. He's a little less strict with the time schedule, and he's just all around nicer.

That only leaves me. I don't know how I've matured. I don't even know if I have matured! It's hard to think about yourself in detail. Maybe I'm a little less... Childish. But the reasoning behind that is that I'm older. It's not really because of what happened, it's because of my age. Maybe...

It's hard to tell.

Takao and Max's match just finished. Takao won.

Max has gotten stronger. So much stronger. When he first started 'blading, I'll admit he was good, but he really wasn't up to Takao, Rei, or Kai's-of course- level. Max is strong enough to be at Takao's level.
I know, Takao won, but he had to try so hard! It's not just that they knew each other's moves, but that they're both at about the same level.

Kai and Rei's match just ended, as expected, no offense to Rei, Kai won.

Kai always wins. Always. Against anyone, Kai will win. All that stupid training. Still makes me angry. How can they do that to human beings? Don't they know that it hurts the 'victim's? I suppose they wouldn't. They wouldn't know that humans can be in pain. They wouldn't know anything about humans, they aren't human.

Off topic...

Kai even had to struggle with Rei. If he had lost, I think he would've just vowed to become better. (Sounds like a Takao thing, doesn't it?) He would've been a little upset, but barely over the average anger of losing. He'd also be proud, most likely, having known that he was the one who got Rei up to that level.

"Training's over, come on." Kai says, heading back to the apartment room.

The others follow quickly but I run a short check on the program I just fixed the coding of. I frown at what I read and close the laptop.

"Coding error, resetting to default." I repeat. I snort.

The computer just hates me, that's all.

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I'm torturing poor Kyouju. XP In that strange way that only computer geeks can be effected in...

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