His biggest Fan

Chapter 1 – Reverie

Krystal yawned, stretching her arms far above her head as she sat down on the large front porch glancing every now and then down the long drive. Today was the day that Kai was going to come and pick her up. After Tala had finally left her room last night, Krystalline had poured all of her sorrow out in tears until she had no more tears left.

It was autumn now, and the leaves were falling off the trees in crimson swirls leaving the gravel littered with bloody splotches. The sky was a grungy golden color only found during the mid autumn mornings when you could wear a turtle-neck sweater, gloves, a hat, and a scarf and get a way with it. Tall pines, and mighty oaks loomed up high towards the stars and mournful winds whistled heartfelt sympathy out from the forest's depths. Krystal's long shadow streaked honey golden locks fell in unbothered curls around her heart shaped face, her grim turquoise eyes watching for the person that would take her away from the one she loved most.

After an hour or so, a sleek black 2004 mustang pulled up in front of the house, gravel spewing from underneath its tires. The door on the driver's side popped open free from human assistance, and soon afterwards a tall male with slate grey eyes stepped out onto the gravel carpet and looked about him.

Krystal took this time to observe the man that would now be her mentor. Silver tresses fell in front of perceptive grey eyes, while midnight blue pooled around his shoulders. He was tall and had perfect posture; he wore long faded jeans and a long sleeved black spandex shirt. His boots were slim and fitting, a dull fall brown. Two spiked belts were tied tightly around his waste, one of these actually around his pants, the other holding fast to his thighs.

Tala burst out of the house, leaped down the porch steps and encompassed the other male's neck with his arms.

"Kai!" The red head exclaimed.

Krystal watched the exchange silently, waiting to be noticed, if ever she was.

Tala turned to look at his love and then proceeded to introduce her, "Kai, this is Krystal, my love, and your new student."

Krystal appreciated this introduction, but soon didn't at the dark look that Kai's face took on.

"Krystalline Badger, am I correct?" Kai asked.

"Yes."

"Your parents, Neil Badger, and Layla Badger, correct?" Kai questioned.

Krystal hesitated but again answered him, "Yes."

"Your father worked as a traveling business man, was reported by numerous psychologists as abusive, and liked his drink and his smoke very much. Your mother, a gentle beauty, long blonde hair exactly like yours, an amazingly strong spirit she took his hand even after the marks it left upon her skin. You had an Uncle that would come to visit you in the spring time every year to make sure you were alright, he had long dark blue hair he kept in a hair tie made of leather, and promised that one day he would rescue you and you would never have to go back to that place ever again." The male paused in his story telling as he noticed Krystal's sudden sharp intake of breath, "You always called him Uncle Sev but never knew his last name for you knew he was your mother's brother but never knew your mother's maiden name."

Tala stood calmly, wondering how his brother, his lifetime friend could know such things about his love that he himself did not know.

"Your Uncle Sev spoke of a boy, a boy that was your cousin that you would one day meet, a boy with blue and silver hair whom would one day teach you how to beyblade just like a pro." Kai stared long and hard into Krystal's eyes, "Your Uncle Sev told you one day that he was leaving you before spring was over, but only because he was preparing your new room, at his house, your new home, and he would be back very soon to take you away from that awful place."

"You believed him, for what he said was true, when he said it…" Krystal was shaking now, she didn't want to believe this man, she didn't want to believe what she now knew, she wanted him to stop speaking of the past…

"But he didn't come back for you, because he was murdered by a hit-man, hired by whom you didn't know, at the time. Much later, you find out from the boy your Uncle spoke of, that the hit-man was hired by your father. You find out that your Uncle was right, the boy he spoke of, would teach you to beyblade, just like a pro." Kai stood still, his story finished; he waited for Krystal's response.

Krystal shook; her head fell until whatever she saw of the ground was blurred by tears of joy and pained remembrance. She lifted her head up, stood from her seat on the steps and threw herself into her cousin's arms. The girl felt his arms encircle her gently, holding her. Water spilled from her eyes like gushing faucets, her face became splotchy and she made that awful hiccupping noise she always made when she cried. She could feel his muscled torso pressing against her abdomen through his form fitting shirt, and could just imagine the schedule he would put her through for training.

Krystal pulled back a little so she could see his face, "Thank you…for telling me, about…"

"Hush now, we can talk about this later." Kai whispered.

Krystal turned to look at Tala, he looked semi-hurt, semi-confused.

The girl moved herself out from Kai's arms, and walked over to Tala, she put her hands on his shoulders, "'Ala, are you okay?"

"No, don't pull that kind of crap right now Krystal." Tala snapped.

Krystalline frowned deeply, Tala hadn't snapped at her like that since before they got together.

"What's wrong?" Krystal asked, losing her sensitive tone.

"I've poured my history out to you, and you never told me a thing about yours. I thought, 'okay, she'll tell me when she's ready'. So I waited, but you never said anything. And then I find out, that my best friend knows more about my girlfriend then I do." Tala shouted.

"He's my cousin!" Krystal shouts back, "And besides, if you were so content on waiting, then why in the hell were you looking through my diary last night, huh?"

"I thought you were asleep!"

Krystal's jaw dropped, "So! What else have you been doing while you thought I was asleep!"

"If I have to look through your diary to find out what's happened in your life, that says something about a relationship, now doesn't it?" The words bolted out of the male's mouth before he could stop them, "When were you planning on telling me any of this, huh? Maybe after your long lost cousin shows up? How bout after you Uncle Sev rises from the dead!"

Krystal closed her mouth and glared at her boyfriend, she had never thought he would be so cruel to her. She marched over to the front steps and picked up her bags, not saying a word as she went and put them in the back seat of Kai's car.

Tala's anger vanished at the realization of what he had just said. Kai gave him an extremely disappointed look before falling into the driver's seat. Krystal was already in the passenger seat, her door slammed shut, and she glowered at the house she had never wanted to leave. Now it looked like a big blue tear, one that sickened her to no end. When Tala began approaching her door, Krystal pressed the lock button and rolled up the window without even looking at him. Kai put the car in reverse and backed up in a wide arc, now facing the opposite direction of the house he pressed down on the gas and sped away towards the main road.

Krystal didn't look back, she couldn't believe she had once hated the idea of leaving, because now she loved it more than anything.

TBC…