Chapter 3 – Fallen
In the morning, Hiro brings breakfast to Glaze. He knocks. No one answers. "Glaze! Glaze! Are you in there? I brought you some breakfast!" Still, no reply. He decides to open the door, only to find an empty room. "She's gone," he says to himself.
Outside, Glaze is preparing to launch her beyblade. "Let it rip!" Her blade smashes into a huge boulder, shattering it to pieces. It then bounces itself off the broken pieces, to the trunk of a tree, slides vertically up the trunk and onto a branch. Next, it cuts straight through the stem of an apple, which lands right into the Goth's hand.
Tyson was watching this from behind. Amazed, he comes out, "Wow. That was pretty nice. So you blade too, huh?"
"Yes, I do," Glaze answers.
"Would you mind teaching me a few tricks like that?" Tyson asks, nervously.
Glaze looks at him, "Oh. So first you try to reject me and now you want me to train you?"
"Not train, teach!" Tyson says.
Glaze forces a laugh, "Ha."
"Look, I'm sorry I've been kind of rude to you," he apologizes.
"I know. I would've probably done the same," Glaze says, "It's not every day you have a complete stranger living in your house, you know."
"Thanks," Tyson is relieved. Suddenly, his stomach growls, "Oops. I haven't had any breakfast yet. He he..."
"Here," Glaze hands him the apple she caught earlier, "As a token of my appreciation." She smiles at him.
"Really? Thanks!" Tyson takes the apple, and smiles back.
Hilary walks by, but Tyson and Glaze fail to notice her. She sees the two happily talking together. "Who does that girl think she is?" Hilary angrily asks herself.
Glaze sees Hilary, "Oh! Um, I better get going. I have, um, stuff to do. Right, see you!" She blows a kiss to Tyson before leaving. She purposely walks past Hilary and looks at her with evil eyes.
"Bye!" Tyson calls out. Hilary makes her entrance.
"What was that all about?" Hilary asks, her face red with jealousy.
"Oh hi Hilary! That was Glaze over there," Tyson explains, "She's just a friend staying over at my house."
"Oh is she?" Hilary replies. "He never lets me stay over at his house," she says to herself.
"What? You seem mad. Don't tell me you're jealous," Tyson teases.
"Jealous?" Hilary is furious, "Me? Why would I be jealous?"
"Beats me," Tyson answers, "Anyway, let's go grab some breakfast."
"I'm not hungry," Hilary says.
"Okay then. Well, I'm off. See you later!" Tyson runs back into his house to enjoy a nice plate of waffles.
"Fine then," Hilary says to herself, "Run along Romeo."
Somewhere around town, Max just finished buying a few new beyblade parts. As he gets out of the shop, he sees Kai on the other side of the street. He calls to him, "Hey Kai! Wait up!"
Kai looks up, "Max."
Max joins him, "Hey man. I've been looking everywhere for you. Where've you been lately?"
"Here and there," Kai dully answers.
"Right," Max isn't sure about Kai.
"Look I have someplace to be," Kai explains.
"And where would that be?" Max asks.
"That's none of your business," Kai starts to walk faster.
Max cannot hold back any longer, "Why do you always hide everything from us? We're your friends. Friends tell things to one another. Friends help each other out when they need it. Let me help you. I know that you have a problem!"
"I don't need help."
"You know what?" Max yells, "I'm sick and tired of your cold and selfish answers. You don't deserve to be the leader of the Blade Breakers. In fact, you don't deserve to be on this team at all!"
"What was that?" Kai retorts.
"You heard me! I can't out up with your sneaky little self for another moment! It's over! I quit!" Max shouts. He takes out Draciel and throws it on the ground.
Kai is surprised by his teammate's actions. Max has tears in his eyes, struggling for air, still trying to fully understand what he had just done. He runs away, without even taking the time to pick up his fallen bit beast, his best friend.
Kai watches Max in the distance, then looks down at Draciel. He picks up the smashed blade and puts it in his pocket before continuing his walk.
In the evening, Hilary was lucky to catch up with Max. They were having a long conversation about the clones and everything. Suddenly, they walk up to a dock. The same dock where Kai was sitting. When Max sees him, he turns away.
"Hey Max!" Hilary says, "Is that Kai over there?"
"No," he answers, not at all wanting to go over and talk to him.
"I think it is. Come on! Let's go see him," Hilary pulls Max down to meet Kai.
"Kai!" She cries out.
Kai looks at Hilary, and then at Max. Then he sees Kiera watching them. He remembers the promise he had made to himself about not going after Kiera today, but he decides not to keep it, and walks up to the girl.
Hilary watches as Kai completely ignores her. Kiera runs away, with Kai following close by. Hilary is mad. And Max noticed.
"Why is everyone after that girl?" Hilary complains.
"Who is she?" Max asks, a little confused.
"I'm not absolutely sure, but she's living at Tyson's place and it's bugging me," she answers.
"Tyson's place, huh? Wait a second; don't tell me you're jealous. Are you?" Max teases.
"Urgh! I AM NOT JEALOUS, YOU HEAR ME?" Hilary shouts before stomping her way back home.
