True Love Is Everything

A/N:

You guys rock!!! Especially my reviewers who are the Energizer bunnies of my stories, you just keep reviewing and reviewing and… You get the idea. Same song and dance. All who are tuning in for seeing Kai get his plans foiled by Hilary… mwa ha ha. And shut up Rebekkah, they are Beyblades!!!! Not dreidels!!!

Kai/OC story. No yaoi, sorry if you're looking….

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First Impressions

Willow stood with face in her locker for no apparent reason. She was digging furiously for some object and finally noise cease in the never ending hole in the wall.

"Ah ha!!!!" she hooted and pulled out a CD she had left in there in when she first got the locker, in hopes of losing it. It wasn't very pretty and she seemed grateful to be rid of it when she handed it to Hilary.

"OH MY GOD!!!!" squealed Hilary stroking the dusty CD cover and holding on to it for dear life, "it's an autographed Destiny's Child, the original Destiny's Child, CD!!!"

"Keep it; I got it as a gift from a friend in fourth grade whose dad had connections to the group."

"Really? You rock!" Hilary hugged Willow hard enough that Kenny and Tyson had problems prying the brunette off the red-head.

Kenny sighed and looked at the doors to the outside world, "are you guys ready? I want to make sure Max, Rei and Kai are alright."

"Yeah, just wait until you meet them Willow. They're stubborn and stuff being boys and all but truly aren't that bad." Hilary spoke, pulling Willow by the elbow out of the gloomy school.

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Kai, Rei and Max showed up promptly as school let out and were going to follow the usual routine of Kai sneaking off to stalk Willow and just saying he had his business. That was, of course, until they saw Hilary yanking Willow across the lawn. Willow seemed to be enjoying herself. Talking to Kenny as her arm was being jerked out of its socket by the enthusiastic girl.

"Oh hell," Max said as the caravan grew closer and closer, "this was definitely not supposed to happen, anyone with a back-up plan?"

The only response was a whimper from Rei. They all knew Kai's plan, after countless hours of pestering and poking Kai gave into the torture and Rei and Max had found away to fool-proof all of it; except they forgot one tiny minor detail, Hilary. They never expected Willow to make friends with the thorn-in-the-butt of the group; actually, they didn't expect her to make friends with any of them.

Kai stood there and watched the object of his obsession closing in by the second. And finally she was standing there, a foot from his very face, her presence weakening him like he would melt to the ground. But none of this was evident on his face, just the same stern glare.

"Hey guys, nice to see you all here, particularly today. This is Willow, she came here about a week ago, and she'll be chilling with us today and hopefully for the rest of the school year if you don't scare her off." Said Hilary all smiles, "and it would be nice for me to have another girl in the group."

An eerie silence hung on the group and finally Tyson broke it, "the blonde's Max, he's from New York."

Willow smiled as if New York was of importance to her; she held out a first to the taller boy and said in a strange accent, "give me my props, man."

Max ldid a complicated hand shake with the girl and laughed when it was over, "a person who knows the Big Apple, cool with me."

Tyson motioned his head towards Rei, "that's Rei, he's from China."

Willow bowed simply and was returned the favor, "welcome to the group Willow," Rei said calmly.

And then they reached Kai, the moment he dreaded the most, "This is Kai, he's from… somewhere."

Willow smiled a heart-stopping grin and held her hand out to him, "if it's somewhere over the rainbow, I have a lot experience in that nationality."

Kai stared at the hand being offered to him, it was perfectly smooth and flawless. It was held in a manner of to be shaken but Kai wasn't up to ruining the image that he had created of when he had would first have contact with this fair creature. Kai looked up and saw uncertainty in the orbs he treasured.

Willow hand dropped to her side as if she had been rejected and she turned to Tyson, "so where's your house?"

"Right this way."

Hilary chattered to Willow the entire time they walked to the house. A wounded glint was in her eyes as she nodded and gave short responses to her female acquaintance.

Kai hung back with Max and Rei as the other four walked leisurely to the house. They waited until they were out of earshot. Rei frowned at Kai as Max began to speak.

"Could you have been anymore rude?"

Kai didn't react instead he found his shoes highly interesting.

"Kai, she was being polite and humorous but you just stood there like you were disgusted to meet her."

Kai finally felt anger start in overpower him to address them, "you kidding? I wanted to grab her and tell her everything about me. It hurt me more than it hurt her to stand there and not do anything."

"You could have at least said something, first impressions stick with people for a long time. And she was the first person I've seen who hasn't cowered when she first caught glimpse of you."

He knew Max was right and felt horrible for what he did even without their words. They enter the courtyard because Tyson was extra restless to battle after school. Hilary, Kenny, and Willow flopped under the shade and started on homework. Dizzi would add a comment here and there causing Kenny great distress. Willow finished her homework fast and soon migrated next to the arena to watch a battle.

"You ever had seen a Beyblade match Willow?" asked Rei before beginning a game with Kai.

"My brother's done a few, the blade usually stops spinning after a minute. He's pathetic."

"Well get ready to see a whole new level of Beyblading, cause the World champs are about to begin!!!" called Tyson.

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::readers fall off seat at sight of cliff-hanger:: Ha ha!!! I've done a cliff-hanger, I feel special. Next chapter coming soon.

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