(A/N: I only own Alkira, David, Jake and Kavien, and all those who are related to Alkira. Enjoy!)
American Beybladers

Chapter 6 ~ Incognito ~
"Alkira? It's really you?" Max asked.

"Yeah, contacts and temporary hair dye and a little makeup can do a lot for trying a little incognito," she said laughing.

"Dad! Come here, I want you to meet a friend I met in America!" Max shouted into the back room. His father came out. "Dad, this is Alkira." Max's dad and Alkira shook hands. "She's like all incognito right now, but it don't matter, she's cool."

"Thanks Max," Alkira laughed.

"What's your name you're going under, miss Alkira?" Max's dad asked.

"Sonoma Miyuki," she said.

"Not bad."

"So do you have a place to stay?" Max asked.

"No, I'm gonna look around tonight," Alkira said stretching.

"It's common courtesy that we allow you to stay here," Max's father said.

"Yeah, and you helped the rest of the team and me when we didn't have a place to stay," Max said.

"So I can stay here?"

"I'll show you your room," Max said mock bowing and showing her to a room in the back of the shop. "I'm next door if you need anything."

"Thankie Maxxie," she said smiling. She walked into the room and lie down on the bed.

"Good night Alkira. or should I call you Sonoma?"

"Good night Max," Alkira said. Max walked out of the room and closed the door. Alkira turned on the radio. Alkira lie awake that night wondering how Kavien, Jake, and David were. She hadn't left them since they came to live with her. They were strange. She first met them when she was walking home from school one day. They had tried to rob her. The three were best friends and their parents had died when they were younger. So when Alkira invited Kavien, David, and Jake to live with her, they accepted. But it took a while for them to get used to everything. And only a little time for them to get it right. Alkira curled up in a little ball and covered up with the sheets. She couldn't get over the fact that she told Kai she loved him. And then she showed the weakness of crying. Alkira buried her head in her pillow. I can't forget what my friend Misty told me a long time ago, she thought to herself. "Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a tear. Don't cry over anyone who won't cry over you. Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget. You can only go as far as you push. Actions speak louder than words. The hardest thing to do is watch the one you love, love somebody else. Don't let the past hold you back, you're missing the good stuff. Life's short. If you don't look around once in a while you might miss it. A best friend is like a four leaf clover, hard to find and lucky to have. Some people make the world special just by being in it. Best friends are the siblings God forgot to give us. When it hurts to look back, and you're scared to look ahead, you can look beside you and your best friend will be there. True friendship "never" ends. Friends are forever. Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there. Don't frown. You never know who is falling in love with your smile. What do you do when the only person who can make you stop crying is the person who made you cry? Nobody is perfect until you fall in love with them. Remember, every minute spent angry is sixty seconds of happiness wasted. May today there be peace within you. May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be. 'I believe that friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.'" Alkira sighed. "Can't ever forget that." Alkira went to sleep. She was tired. She tossed and turned in her sleep wondering if Kai felt the same as what she felt for him.

When she awoke the next morning she smelled bacon and eggs. She wandered into the kitchen and looked at who was cooking. "Hey Sonoma!" Max said turning around and looking at Alkira. He smiled.

"Good morning Max," she said sitting at the table.

"How do you like your eggs?" Max asked.

"Scrambled my good man!" she said winking at him.

"Tyson, Kai, Kenny, and Rei should be here any moment," Max said.

Alkira fell out of her chair. "Max!" she said.

"What?"

"You know I'm not in the best situation to be talking to Kai," Alkira said sitting back in her chair.

"But you're under incognito. He doesn't know it's you!" Max said putting her food on a plate and handing it to her.

"True, true," she said taking a bite of the eggs.

Kenny walked through the door. "Max, hide the food!" Kenny shouted.

"Oh no! Tyson! Not again!" Max shouted.

"Max! I'm hungry!" Tyson said running through the door past Kenny and up to Max. He looked at Alkira. "Hey Sonoma!" Alkira raised her fork in response. "Are you and Max hitting it off?" She gave him a puzzled look. "Well, you're wearing the same thing you were wearing when we met yesterday. And you're here eating breakfast. Are you two getting it on?"

Alkira stood up and walked over to Max. She stood next to him and put his arm around her. "What gave it a way Tyson?" she said sarcastically.

"If you were joking, it was cruel, if you were being sarcastic, that's even worse," Tyson said leaning on the counter.

"Oh relax Tyson," Max said. "She didn't have a place to stay, so I offered her a place, like Alkira offered to us." Alkira walked back to her food and ate. Kai walked in. She turned and looked at him.

"You again," Kai growled. She mock saluted him and ate again. She is so familiar, Kai thought.

"Chill out," Alkira said to Kai.

"Why do you seem so familiar?" Rei asked.

Alkira and Max looked at each other and laughed nervously. "I dunno," she said rubbing the back of her head nervously.

"You act like an idiot," Kai said sitting down on the couch.

Alkira turned around. "So, you're supposed to be the leader of the Bladebreakers?" Kai nodded. "You sure don't act like it."

"What do you mean?" Kai growled.

"I've taken my share of tournament watchings, and you never battle, except that one time where Tyson and Rei came in late. And there were a couple of others, but those were only because you had to defend your 'dignity'." Alkira took her plate to the sink.

"What dignity? He's hanging out with us!" Tyson shouted. Everyone except Kai laughed.

"Ya gotsta learn to relax, ya?" Alkira said. Max snickered. "Max, I'll be back later. I'm gonna take a walk." She waved bye to Max and left the building. As she walked down the sidewalk, Kai came from around a corner and walked up to her. "And you want?"

Kai stood there. "You really shouldn't go outside. when it's an eighty percent chance of rain," he said.

"Rain, it calms the soul and cleanses the spirit. And what makes you in the caring mood?" Alkira crossed her arms and shifted her weight onto her right leg.