Okies well from what i've heard, you guys really liked the last chapter, so here's another. Thanks for all of your support you guys, if it weren't for you, I probably wouldn't still be writing, or would have abandoned this chappie. So for all you excellent reviewers and readers, here's an extra special, long chapter for you!

Notes: Aspin(OC) belongs to me, and Amber(OC) belongs to Zadien, please check out her story, Love, Hate: Just how thin is the line?. Thankies. *I think I've been forgetting to put this in....*

Disclaimer: I do not own beyblade or anything else that might be mentioned in this fic. They are all copyrighted by their owners and inventors, all rights reserved. *Did that make sense? I've been forgetting this too, havn't I? -_-'*

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Aspin groaned as she desperatly tried to understand what her science textbook was trying to tell her. It had been two weeks since the incident with Marko and much to her relief, she hadn't seen him since.

Acids can be classified in many ways. Some of these such ways are binary and oxy acids. The difference between these types of acids are important and shouldn't been mistaken, yadaa, yadaa, yadaa......

Aspin sighed as she looked over to her partner, who didn't notice being to divulged in the text. She looked over at their notes and saw that they already had two pages completed and sighed again when she looked at her miserable blank paper.

Whoever thought of having the students copy out of a textbook had to have been shot a million times. Out of the corner of her eye she caught Kane sneaking a look at her and then turning back to his work which was looking to be the same as hers. Nothing.

" Geez, why does the guy keep staring at me?" she thought to herself.

Ever since they had gotten a new seating arrangment in science class she had been able to catch Kane sneaking looks at her. Frankly on her behalf, it was quite annoying. Sure they had, had the little moment at the beach party. If that could even be classified as a moment, but nothing had changed between them and it was going to stay that way.

" Alright, I want you guys to read chapter 7 tonight and have fully detailed notes on it ready by Friday. Have a good day," The chirpy voice of Mr. Lambert instructed as he grabbed his briefcase and waited for the class to exit.

Aspin smiled as she felt Amber tap her arm, well it was more of a soft hit, " Good day? Yeah right Lambert, if reading chapters is nice then you need to get out more," she joked with the cheery scientist.

" Aww, Amber come on. Chapter 7 has got to be the most interesting thing in the world," he replied sarcastically showing the girls to the door.

" Ch, yeah right," Aspin entered as she carelessly slung her bag over her shoulder.

" Tough luck kiddos, gotta teach you about something to do with science," the teacher winked as he waved to them and sauntered down the hall.

The girls smiled politely and headed upstairs to their lockers.

" You know, for a teacher, he's not half bad. I mean he got me away from Kane and you away from Kai, right?" Aspin asked as she pushed rudely through a group of students on the stairs, sending them back a wink as they scowled at her and moved.

" You got a point, but teachers are teachers," Amber replied, " He may have moved you so you didn't have to sit beside Kane, but tell me, how does it feel to know the guy's staring at you the whole class?"

Aspin groaned, " I don't know what's up with the guy, I mean he hates me, I hate him. It's a hate hate kinda thing."

Amber shrugged as she stuffed her bag into her locker and closed it with a satisfying bang. Aspin shook her head as she followed suit, placing the headphones for her walkman over her ears with the volume on low so that she could still hear Amber if she spoke to her.

" So your birthday's in a few weeks huh?" Amber asked though it sounded more like a statment.

" Yep October 31st, lucky me," Aspin sighed with a smile. Amber chuckled.

" Think, my little Aspin's growing up. Big bad 17. Only a year younger than the rest of us," Amber commented as Aspin rolled her eyes," So, you gonna tell the rest how old you really are?"

Aspin shrugged, " Maybe, but I don't know if they can handle the truth," she joked, " I mean, all along they never thought that I was a year younger than them"

" Ah who cares, I mean you skipped Kindergarten that's all."

" Yep, and darn proud of it too," Aspin chuckled as she swung open the doors leading to the outer fields and heading for the soccer field.

" Remind me why we're watching the game again," Aspin muttered as she pulled her wind breaker on, trying to shield herself from the nipping fall air.

" Mari, she wanted us to cheer on Rei. Unfortunatly that means cheering for Kane, Kai and the rest of the prats too," Amber replied.

Aspin shook her head and crawled into the stands, avoiding nearly being hit by Mariah who's arms were flailing about in the air as she jumped up and down on the stands.

" Yeah go Rei!!!" she shouted, stumbling and nearly falling off the stand in the process.

" Geez watch it Mari. You act like some lovesick dog who's excited to see it's master," Aspin commented recieving a sharp glare from Mariah. The glare didn't last long as Mariah spotted Rei heading for the net with the ball.

When Mariah had calmed down, the three sat together, huddled close to try and protect themselves from the wind.

" So how was school?" Mariah asked, her eyes finally peeling away from the field to observe her friends.

" It was ok I guess," Amber shrugged, " I don't have to sit beside Blueboy anymore."

Mariah giggled," You know, he probably misses sitting beside you."

Amber rolled her eyes skyward before fixing her friend with a stern look, " Don't even go there. We're arch nemisis, get it?"

Mariah giggled again and Amber gave Aspin a sly look, " But I do know one Blueboy who's missing his old spot."

Aspin sighed and threw her hands up in the air, " Quit with Kane already!"

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Three cheering males waltzed into Johnny's band practise, taking the singing band a bit by surprise followed by three rather bored looking females.

" Ok we got the point. Now could you guys please stop with the annoying cheering," Aspin grumbled as she found an empty chair, not noticing Kai sneaking up on her.

He let out a loud whoop of joy right in her ear and quickly jumped to the side as she took a rather clumsy swing at him.

" Hey guy's I don't know what your cheering about, but quit it already!" Johnny's annoyed voice spoke through the microphone.

" Aww but I like it when Rei is all happy," Mariah called out from a corner where she was currently giving Rei his 'congragulations'. Aspin shivered and sat back down since Kai had wandered off somewhere.

She looked around for Amber and found her up on the makeshift stage helping the guys with a guitar problem.

" Hey guys, I gotta get home. Cya tomorrow," she called as she headed for the door. She turned around thinking she heard someone say something but found everyone currently occupied. Shrugging her shoulders she pushed the door open and immediatly regretted her decision to leave, as it was currently cold and windy.

Pulling her windbreaker tightly around her body she started her walk home. The streets were dead empty and the sun was setting fast, promising a cold and windy night. She picked up her pace a little as she rounded the corner onto her street.

She jogged the little ways to her house. " Why didn't I just cut through the backyard?" she mentally slapped herself. Her and Johnny were like best friends, for as long as they could remember, they had always lived there, and they hung out alot.

" I should talk to him more," she advised herself as she looked up at her house. SHe noticed a strange car in the driveway and quickly went inside.

" Mom, Dad I'm home!" she called out cheerily as she hung up her windbreaker.

From the living room she could hear the hurried scraping of a chair on the wood floor, and the ruffle of some sheets of paper. Her mother popped her head around the corner and Aspin tilted her head curiously.

" Oh hello honey. I thought you were going to Johnny's after the game," She asked in her high, pleasent voice.

" Uh, yeah I was," she replied as she threw her bag at the bottem of the stairs, " I decided to leave. There wasn't much going on. Where's dad?"

Mrs. Grant kept up her happy smile but her eyes seemed to grow sad when Aspin asked, " He's in the living room. He's having a meeting with his boss."

" Oh I see," Aspin shrugged her shoulders as she went into the kitchen.

From the living room she could hear her fathers smooth voice which was echoed by a nasal female voice.

" I thought dad's boss was a guy," she remarked as she stuck her head into the fridge. Deciding on a cherry soda she pulled out and fixed her mother with a questioning look as she shut the door behind her.

" Oh you need not worry about that," her mother covered as she ushered her up the kitchen stairs, " Now be good and do your homework."

Aspin stared at her mothers retreating back with some confusion. It seemed like she was hiding something from her. She was about to try and play a spy game when the familiar 007 ring tone sounded from upstairs.

She rushed to her room not even caring that it probably sounded like a stampede to the occupants downstairs and dove onto her bed, answering the call just as the song was about to end.

" Talk to me!" she chirped into the reciever.

" Hey what took you so long?" Johnny asked from the other end.

" I thought you were practising," Aspin remarked as she looked out her window. Surely silhouetted by the light in the other house was the sure form of Johnny. The flame shaped hair was a dead give away.

" We decided to practise some other time. One of the speakers blew," he replied as he waved across to her.

Waving back she replied with a simple 'oh'," Why did you leave?" he asked.

" Dunno," she shrugged even though she knew there was no one there, " There wasn't much going on and Mariah and Rei in the corner, now that was just making me sick," she laughed.

" Yeah, I know what you mean," He chuckled, " Well, do you want to hang out tomorrow. I mean, we hardly ever talk to eachother anymore."

" Sure thing. I'd like that, I was actually thinking the same thing myself," she replied with a small giggle.

" Pure coincidense. Well anyways, how about you meet me at my house tomorrow around 12?"

" Yeah that's perfect. See ya then,"

They both said their goodbyes as they hung up. Aspin's phone gave a small beep to signal low battery and she plugged it in with a sigh. She suddenly felt tired and she looked over to her clock.

" What, only 6:45? God's it should be like at least nine or something," she muttered to herself as she exited her room.

She went into the washroom and and thoroughly washed her face and hair. After taking great care with brushing and towel drying her hair she looked herself over in the mirror, giving herself a smile of approval.

She was in the process of changing into something more suitable when she heard a small ping from the direction of her window. With a huff, she hurried over and thrust her head out the window.

In her backyard she found Kane and Kai, the impossible duo with a pair of slingshots. When Kane saw her stick her head out her window he pointed and laughed at her wet hair which was glistening in the fading light.

" Nice hair, Shimmer!" he shouted up at her. She sent him a glare, although she knew it was impossible for him to see it.

" Just buzz off Mickey!" she retorted.

Kane looked around the bare yard. There was nothing covering the delightfully green grass, and the porch was bare save for a barbeque which was chained and covered. Kai had disappeared, so he was alone.

" I kinda like it here," he called up. Aspin didn't like how their little speel had suddenly turned into an almost normal conversation.

" Just go away. Shouldn't you be at home babysitting or something?"

Kane looked taken aback, " Me, babysit that little brat? No thanks, I'd rather be locked in the same room as Kai and Amber."

They both chuckled. Kane's little sister Salima was quite the handful. She was in the fifth grade but acted much older. Last time Aspin had seen her, Salima had been busy trying to get Kane into one of their mothers dresses.

" Well, I'd better go now, before you blow a fuse or something psycho like that," Kane grinned.

" You callin me a psycho?" Aspin glared down at him, " Well, you'd better leave or else!"

Kane shook his head sadly at her threat, " Or else what? You'll try and punch me or something? You sure I might not like your touch?" he asked, taking Aspin back.

" What is this guy getting at?" she asked herself as she watched him retreat, jumping over a fence into her neighbors yard.

With a sigh she closed the window, rubbing her hands along her arms to try and warm up, " Stupid goose bumps," she cursed.

" Think of what's best for her! What will happen if you just abandon her like this!"

Aspin ran to the door as she heard her mom yell amidst a swell of sobs. She heard her father retort, but she couldn't make out what he had said. She moved stealthly over to the stairs to see if she could get a better vantage point.

" It's over. I know it, you know it. It's been gone for years," her father tried to speak calmly, although his voice shook with emotion.

Aspin reached up and touched her cheek which was wet with tears.

" The divorce is final. You keep the house and one of the cars. I'll take the other and move to the city. I have a girl waiting for me."

Aspin couldn't believe what she was hearing. Her father, he was leaving, and her parents had gotten a divorce without her knowing.

There was more pleading and crying, but she couldn't make any of it out as she shakily retreated into her room. She shut the door silently and slid down it, hugging her knees to her now heaving chest.

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Well, hope you all liked it. Remeber to review!!

Oh wait! I almost forgot, I've go the best news for all you Darkside fans!! Yes, it is true, I am annoucing it now. The sequal to Darkside, Unhappily Ever After, is currently in the works. So keep watching, and reading For the Love of Kane for more juicy sneak peeks like this one!

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A cloaked figure stepped out of the car, and shut the door with a small click. Pulling the collar of the jacket up to help shield against the frigid winds, the figure made their way to the small, but busy cafe.

Inside it was warm, and the figure quickly shut the door to keep the cold air out. Not bothering to take off the jacket, the figure made it's way to a small bar in the corner. They sat down, waiting to be served.

Looking around from beneath the hood, the figure calmly observed the cafe, which was buzzing with holiday excitment. In a corner, occupying the largest booth, was a group of happy teens. Well at least most of them were happy, but in the corner sat a lone male. His head was bowed, but anybody could tell who he was.

Kai, Kai Hiwatari. The figure smiled at fond memorys of loving days past. His touch, his kiss, he had been the one. But then things had gone wrong. How had they gone wrong?

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