I've finally sat down to write this chapter. I hate the summer sometimes. When I know I should do something, I'm always to lazy to do it! But anyways...

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters who appear on Beyblade, but I do own Cleo, Maya, and Steel.

In The End

Steel

I expertly manoeuvred my way through the crowded halls of Dendera High. It was finally the weekend, but I wasn't looking forward to it at all. During the entire week, Max Wilkins has been at my house for dinner, trying to talk to me. He may have mom wrapped around his finger, but I won't take his shit. I actually stormed out of the house last night when I went for dinner and he was sitting at the table in MY seat. I ended up eating at McDonalds and sneaking into my room through the window because I didn't want to see his face. But now since it was the weekend, he would probably be at my house all day. I love my room and all, but I don't want to stay there all weekend!

"Hey Cleo! CLEO!"

I turned around and caught sight of Kai pushing a pair of pissed off freshman into some lockers in an attempt to get to me. He will never change.

"Hey! Watch where you're going jerk!"

"Shut up kid!"

I laughed at the poor kid's face when he recognized Kai. The sexy bluenette had a reputation of picking on younger people who annoy him or get in his way. He only beats up the guys, Kai wouldn't dare hit a girl. He smirked at the shorter kid and brushed past him over to me.

"Now Kai, that wasn't very nice! You scared the poor kid enough for him to pee his pants. Shouldn't you apologize?" I teased. He sent a glare my way and I giggled nervously. "I was kidding, jeez! So... What do you want?"

"Me and the guys are going to watch a couple movies at my house tonight. I just thought you might want to come along instead of staying at home...."

I grinned. My ticket out of the hell hole had just been presented to me on a golden platter. Problem was getting my mom to agree.

"I'll have to ask my mom, she's been getting very angry with me ever since 'it' came from back from hell"

"Fine, just call if you're not coming. We start the movies at seven and we're not waiting for you," Kai grumbled. He turned around and stalked off in the opposite direction. Nope, he never will change. But that's the way I like him.

As quietly and slowly as I could, I sneaked down the stairs, wincing whenever I heard a creak. After almost an hour of yelling and screaming, mom had finally agreed to let me go over to Kai's. Unfortunately, I had to eat dinner with her and 'it' or else I'd be grounded for two weeks. I had tried to have food in my mouth the entire time so I wouldn't have to talk; mom always told me not to speak with food in my mouth. Also, I figured that exiting quietly and unnoticed would leave no room for questions.

I looked down to check my watch; 6:52pm. Shit! I'm going to be late! Forgetting about exiting quietly and unnoticed, I bolted out the door and to my bike which I had left lying on the front lawn since I broke the kickstand. It takes a good ten minutes to bike to Kai's house, without traffic.

While crossing Main Street I felt a tug on my pant leg and noticed that my gears had ripped a hole in my favourite pants! Cursing, I bent down to unhook them. Why do my pants always have to get caught on the gears? Suddenly, the sound of screeching tires met my ears and I straightened up. A sleak black car was heading right towards me and it didn't look like it was going to stop anytime soon!

There ya go! End of chapter! Just kidding...

I couldn't move, my feet were rooted to the ground and it was then I knew that I was going to die. I'll never get my revenge on Mariah for making me wear that stupid dress, or Tala and Johnny when they told me dog food was candy when I was five. I'll never get that car mom promised me since I was getting good marks; I'll never kick my fathers' ass; I'll never get a date with Kai!! Now that really sucks....

I felt a pair of arms wrap around me and pull me away from the speeding car. My head collided with a rock hard chest while my bike fell to the ground and got run over by the car. I grabbed the persons' arms to steady myself and I turned around to look at my new hero.

The first thing I noticed were his hauntingly red eyes that glared at the back of the car that was quickly fading into the night. They were narrowed in annoyance and outlined in heavy black lashes. He looked to be almost 6'7"! That's way more than a foot taller than me. A pair of short red bangs stuck out towards either side of his face while the rest of his hair was pure black and styled like he just got out of bed. His skin was a creamy white and was flawless except for a thin scar which ran from just above his right eye down to one or two inches below his eye. This guy just screamed bad boy. Looking down at me he smiled before letting go of me. Man, that smile sure looked funny on him.

"You okay?" His voice was kind of deep and mature.

"I'm okay but I don't think my bike is..."

Sighing, I looked back down at the pavement. My bike was totally ruined! But it was almost four years old and I really needed a new one anyways. That would mean taking out all my savings to get a new one which wasn't used. Why does everything seem to happen to me?

"Yeah... Sorry about that, but at least you weren't run over. You'd probably end up like you're bike" he laughed.

I cringed, that was a really gross picture.

"You can call me Steel," he continued. "You're name wouldn't happen to be Cleopatra would it?"

I paused while struggling to lift the hunk of junk up to stare at him. "Just call me Cleo and how do you know my name" I asked cautiously.

"Kai sent me to look for you, he said you couldn't keep out of trouble for five minutes," Steel laughed again.

"That jackass has no faith in me does he?" I growled.

"You remind me a lot of my girl," damn, he just had to have a girlfriend... " but you were lucky I was passing by or else you would've been road kill!"

"I guess you're right, thanks a lot for saving my butt" I said.

"No problem. Want a ride over to Kai's? My car's just down the street, I can put your bike in the trunk if you still want to keep it" He asked.

"Why not? Anyways, I need some proof for my mom or else I won't get a new one"

Taking my road kill bike, he tucked it under one arm and walked off. I followed a few paces behind. His arms had massive muscles which were provided by the black t-shirt that hung from his wide shoulders. And that butt was pretty fine....

"Hey Johnny, pass me the popcorn"

"Get it yourself"

"Please?!"

"No"

"Pretty please"

"No"

"Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty-"

"NO!!"

"Fine, jackass" I grumbled. Reaching over I snatched the popcorn from beside him and tossed a few pieces into my mouth. Luckly, I wasn't the only girl here. Maya had been invited by Tala and she was sitting comfortably behind me in a large leather chair. Kai, Steel, and Tala were currently lounging on the leather couch while quietly watching the movie. Although I'm positive it isn't the only thing Tala's watching... His eyes seem to dart a lot towards Maya, but I don't think she's noticed. Johnny, Ozuma, and Rei (a good friend of Ozuma's and Kai's) had taken over Kai's king-sized bed while I sat on the floor (lucky there was carpet).

Shifting a bit, I noticed that my butt has fallen asleep. Guess it's my own fault for sitting in the same position for an hour and a half. I reached over to the leather chair and tapped Maya on her arm. When she gave me a questioning glance I mouthed 'trade?' The moment she stood up, I scampered onto the squishy chair. Already my bum felt better.

"Maya, there's some room over here" Tala called.

I saw Maya frown as she scanned the couch, "There doesn't look like enough- Eek"

The vibrant redhead didn't even give her a chance....I watched as Tala tugged Maya's arm and pull her down onto his lap. He wrapped an arm around her torso so she couldn't escape. I've seen this one before but, it still makes me kind of depressed, watching couples and stuff. It reminds me how I never have had a boyfriend or someone to care for me like that. Sure my mom was always there for me, and so were my friends but it just wasn't the same. I glanced over at Kai, he was rubbing his temples and mumbling something that made Steel laugh and Tala glare. I leaned back into the squishy chair and heard a sigh escape my lips, at least I wasn't on the floor any more.

Another scream made it's way through the cushions I had pressed against my ears. I hate horror movies. They usually keep my awake for hours afterwards and give me nightmares. Oddly enough, I couldn't really keep my eyes shut because I kept having gross images at every sound from the TV. So instead I let my gaze roam over the other occupants of the room. Rei was looking rather uncomfortable and wincing a lot, Johnny and Ozuma were laughing at the actors' faces whenever they screamed. Kai and Steel looked like they were almost falling asleep! I guess the film is boring to them.

Maya currently had her head buried into Tala's shoulder. Maya had decided (for some unknown reason) to wear a loose and heavy black skirt, Tala was taking advantage of it by running his free hand up and down the exposed part of her thigh. Maya was to busy hiding her face in his shoulder to notice the redheads smug expression. When Tala caught my eye, I gave him a meaningful glare which made that smug face flop like a pancake. He knew what would happen if he hurt Maya at all. Since she was my friend, I wasn't going to let him play her like he did with some other girls. It was either keep her, or don't touch her at all.

As if to prove that he was serious (or as serious as he could be) his hand stopped rubbing her thigh and it moved up to cup her chin. As he lifted her head, he mumbled several words to her. In response she flashed him a brilliant grin and nodded egarly. Aparently satisfied, Tala leaned forward and... I quickly looked away, it wasn't my business to watch them make out. I knew he had just asked her out, but I hope she knew what she was doing. Falling in love with Tala was a dangerous thing. He was a player, and I never really trusted him when it came to girls, but he was a good person to hang out with. Cautiously, I looked back and saw Tala looking at me, as if to ask my opinion. Glancing at Maya I saw that she had a smile on her face while watching the goriest part of the movie, which surely meant she was happy cause it probably wasn't the movie which had her grinning. Looking back up at Tala, I gave him a brief nod and turned away. Smirking, I placed the cushions back onto my ears and settled down for the rest of the movie.

Okay, so there wasn't a lot of Cleo/Kai but I felt like getting Tala and Maya out of the way. Anyways, I think they're kind of cute.

R&R