Finally an update on one of my stories! And so sorry that it took so long! I was banned from my computer for a very long time...as you can tell. But let's not get into detail about that. Well, thanks to all the reviews...I've decided to continue on with this story, and I think I got a good plot for this one. So if you want to find out what happens...keep sending those reviews and I'll have the next chapter out as soon as I can. But enough of me chitter chatting....on with the fic!
And I don't own BeyBlade, just all the characters you don't recognize all too well.
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Chapter 1: New Beginnings, New School
A guy with two tone blue hair was sleeping peacefully until there was knocking at his room door. He groaned, not wanting to get up so early. He tried to block out the sounds by covering his head with his pillow. He was about to drift back to sleep when his door was opened and someone came in.
"It's time to wake up, Kai-sama," a gentle voice said while shaking him gently.
"Yeah Kai! We have to go to school today, and since it's my first day at a new school, you promised that you would take me," chimed in another voice. Kai's groggy face came out from under his pillow. His sleepy crimson red eyes came into contact with bright, cheerful red eyes. His little sister was standing at his bedside with a happy smile on her face. Kai couldn't help but give her a smile back.
"All right, all right. I'm up," Kai said in defeat. He sat up and stretched as his little sister cheered. He looked up to see that his and his sister's personal maid was standing near the doorway with a soft smile on her aging face. She had an apologetic look on her face and he understood that she tried to stop his little sister from barging in. He just smiled and nodded in gratitude.
"Miss Hikari, it's time to get ready for school," the middle aged maid said gently while stepping in further into the room.
"Demo..." Hikari whined not wanting to leave her big brother yet.
"Go ahead Kari-chan. I'll see you at breakfast," Kai said with a smile on his face. His little sister just nodded and happily skipped out of his room to get ready with the maid following close behind. She stopped short when Kai addressed her. "Ayami-san, is my otou-san here?"
She shook her head and responded, "No, Hiwatari-sama left early this morning for a scheduled meeting. Hiwatari-san is still here to see you off to school."
"Arigato Ayami-san," Kai said with a somewhat sad look on his face. He quickly covered it up with a warm smile. He dismissed her with a slight wave. She bowed to him and left, closing the door behind her. Kai just sighed and got up. He went over to his walk-in closet and took out his new school's uniform. At the end of the school year, they moved across Tokyo because his father got promoted to manage a new company that is part of the ever growing Phoenix Corporations. Kai and his little sister, Hikari, were reluctant to leave, especially Hikari. In the end, they gave in to their parents wishes and left. Now they hade to make a fresh start at a new school, him at Anami High and Kari at Anami Elementary.
Kai put on his uniform, which consisted of slightly baggy smoke gray pants, a white button down collar shirt, a black tie, pine green blazer and black shoes. He left his shirt untucked and loosely tied his tie with the top button unbuttoned. He ran his hand through his hair and looked at himself in the mirror. Satisfied that he looked appropriate enough, he made his way down stairs toward the dining room. When he reached the dining room, he took notice of the occupants. One was his little sister who was dressed in her sailor-like elementary school uniform. It was a white sailor shirt with a black skirt that stopped below mid-thigh. She wore black shoes and her white hat was lying next to her on the table. Her blue hair with natural slate blue highlights was pulled into two low ponytails. She was happily eating her breakfast, her bright red eyes filled with happiness and excitement.
"Ohayo, Kai. It's about time you came down for breakfast," the other occupant said calmly.
"Morning, okaa-san," Kai said while sitting across his mother and next to Hikari. His mother smiled at him and motioned for the maid to bring him his breakfast. Yumi Hiwatari was a very cheerful but elegant woman. When it came down to business, she was very serious with her red eyes that was darker than Hikari's but lighter than Kai's that pierced through anyone. Her slate blue hair was pulled back half way with strips of her hair framing her face. She was wearing a simple light blue dress with matching shoes.
"Kai, I'll be home early so I'll take Kari home. You can so what you want but please remember to come home for dinner," his mother said. Kai just nodded his head while drinking down the rest of his favorite green tea. When he finished, he looked down to see Kari and saw that she was finishing up her glass of milk. When she finished, she looked up at him and smiled.
"Ready to go?" Kai asked with some warmth in his voice.
"Yeah! Let's go!" Kari exclaimed excitedly. Both got up and walked around the table to tell their mother good bye. Kai was first and gave his mother a kiss on her cheek. Kari gave her a big hug and her mom helped her fix her hat. They took their books from the maids and set off to Kai's black BMW, waving everyone good bye. Once they got to his car outside, Kari got into the passenger's side while Kai placed his things in the back seat. Kai got into the driver's seat and turned the ignition on which made the car roar to life. Once buckled in, Kai drove off to the elementary school which wasn't very far. While he was driving casually, Kari was bubbling with excitement. The closer they got to her school, the more excited she was. By the time they reached the elementary school, Kari was literally going to jump out of her seat. When Kai stopped the car, Kari quickly unbuckled herself, grabbed her books and got out of the car but not before giving her older brother a quick hug good bye. Kai just looked on with a small smile. When he saw that Kari was safely in the building, he drove off. Finally seeing the school, he drove into the parking lot and parked his car. He grabbed his books and turned the alarm on his car. He looked at the school and saw students hanging out or entering the building. He gave a long sigh and made his way toward his new school.
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"Hey guys! Sorry I'm late!"
"Tyson, you're always late," a boy with smoke gray hair and red bangs said with amusement in his voice. He had bright seafoam green eyes and a gold earring in his left ear.
"Chill Ozuma. Now, what's the deal with the new guy?" a boy with red hair and ice blue eyes asked.
"Heard he's Kai Hiwatari, son of the guy who owns the new company around here," a boy with brown hair long enough to cover his eyes said.
"Hmm...do you think we could..." a boy with ankle length black hair tied in a white cloth wrap and golden eyes started.
"I don't think so. Remember what happened last time," a boy with blue hair and eyes said with a stern voice.
"Oh yeah. Well, how about we just become "good friends" with him but not tell him anything," a boy with blond hair and bright blue eyes suggested.
"Yeah, I like that. We should do it," a boy with dull red hair and lavender eyes said with a smirk on his face.
"I just hope we won't get another lecture," a boy with indigo blue hair said and rolled his brown-red eyes.
"Yeah!"
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"Hey Miko!"
"Huh?" a girl responded, pulling her head out of her locker. She saw a girl with navy blue hair and bright seafoam green eyes run towards her.
"Hey Mariam, what's the rush?" Miko asked going back to getting her books for her class. After getting her books, she waited patiently for her friend to catch her breath.
"Didn't you hear?" Mariam asked, finally catching her breath.
"Hear what?" Miko asked curiously.
"There's a new guy in school. Heard he was Kai Hiwatari. Mariah said he was pretty hot," Mariam said with a smirk and a wink.
"Are you serious?" Miko asked incredulously.
"Yeah! Do you think they heard about him?" Mariam asked with a playful smile.
"Hmph! Knowing them, they probably already did. I just hope they don't pull anything like last time," Miko said with a thoughtful look on her face.
*RING*
"Come on. We gotta go to class. We'll find out more later," Miko said grabbing Mariam's arm and dragged her behind her toward their first period class. When they walked into the classroom, they saw everyone just hanging around, one group particularly caught their eyes. They made their way toward the group which was at the very back of the room.
"Hey Miko! Did you hear about the new student?" a girl with pink hair asked excitedly.
"Yes Ria, I have. And I heard your comment about him as well," Miko said with a sly look on her face. "I don't think a certain someone would like to hear that comment, wouldn't you agree?" Ria just blushed while everyone else laughed.
"Well, what are we gonna do about him?" a girl with red hair and smoke gray eyes asked.
"Guess we'll just have to wait and see," Miko said calmly.
"Miko, you know the guys are gonna talk to him." a girl with light turquoise hair and cerulean eyes said.
"Yeah, I know," Miko said with a sigh. At that moment, the classroom door opened and a group of guys walked in. They looked around and instantly noticing the group of girls and walked towards them. The girls noticed them as well and admitted them into the group.
"Hey Tala, Ozuma, Kenny, Rei. How's it going?" Mariam greeted the boys.
"Hey, nothing much, but we did hear about the new guy. We haven't seen him though," Ozuma responded.
"You guys better not be planning anything," Ria threatened toward the boys with a glare. The boys just gulped and laughed nervously. They were saved from anymore threatening glares when the teacher came in and called order to the class.
"All right class, settle down. Now we have a new student joining us today although most of you most likely already know. Please come in," the teacher said to the slightly opened door. It opened wider when a figure stepped into the classroom. A buzz rang throughout the room when he stood in front of the class.
Miko was looking at him with great curiosity. She had the strangest feeling that she seen him before. When he finally opened his eyes, she gasped quietly to herself. The two tone blue hair and she could never forget those crimson red eyes that she locked onto during the dance at the cherry blossom festival last year. After the dance, she went back to resume her duties but secretly looking for the crimson eyed boy, but she never saw again...until now that is.
Kai was just looking around the room, very aware of everyone talking about him. He ignored all the whispering and kept his steel gaze around a particular group of people that actually weren't talking or whispering about him and instead looked at him with intense stares. One particular set of onyx black eyes caught his eye and his eyes widened slightly. He had the feeling that he had seen this girl before but couldn't exactly place his finger on it. Before he could think about it anymore, the teacher began talking again.
"Now class, this is Kai Hiwatari. Please try to make him feel welcomed. Now Hiwatari-san, how about you take a seat in front of Haraguchi-san. Kumiko-san, could you please stand?" the teacher said politely. Kai looked back at the class to see the blue streaked black haired girl with the onyx black eyes stand up. He was slightly surprised when he realized who she finally was but quickly shook it off and made his was to his seat. The whole time they locked gazes on each other, neither one wavering. The others looked at both with curious interest and began to smirk at each other as if they all had the same idea cross their minds. Kumiko and Kai seemed oblivious to the rest of the world except for each other as they gazed in each other's eyes for what seemed like an eternity. After a minute, Kai broke away first and sat down in his seat. Kumiko just exhaled a sigh of relief to herself after the intense lock down she just had.
"All right class, now take out your books and open to page 170," the teacher said. The class somewhat groaned at the thought of starting class.
*****
"Man! Metsuki-san is harsh on homework," Rei whined at the thought of the pile of AP Calculus they had.
"Yeah well, it may be a lot but it sure is easy," Ozuma said calmly. The group agreed and began to walk off to their next classes. Tala stayed back a bit, noticing that Kai was the last to leave the classroom. Slightly amused that Kai seemed a bit lost but tried to cover it, Tala went over to him to help him out.
"Hey, need some help?" Tala offered with a small smile.
Kai looked at the red head who was the height as himself with a skeptic look. The red head just stood there waiting patiently for a reply. Kai was deciding whether to answer him or not. He decided against the latter. "Sure."
"What class do you have next?" the red head asked.
"AP Chemistry," Kai replied with a flat tone.
"Hey, you have the same class as me. Come on, I'll take you there. By the way, my name is Tala Valkyrie," the red head said, introducing himself. "You can sit with us at lunch and I'll introduce you to the rest of the gang." Kai just nodded his head in response and followed in step with Tala. When they got to the classroom, Tala looked around and saw that Kumiko, Mariam, Hotaru, Ozuma, and Ian sitting at the back of the room. Tala motioned for Kai to follow him and they made their was to the group. Tala sat in front of Ozuma and on his left was Kumiko and his right was Hotaru. Kai just sat down in front of Tala and turned toward him and he group.
Kumiko smiled when Tala walked into the room, but was surprised to see that Kai Hiwatari was with him. As Tala was sitting down, she sent him a questioning glare and he responded with a look that he would explain later. She just hoped he wasn't doing what she thought he was doing.
"Hey guys. Kai had the same class, so I showed him the way here. Oh and I told him that he could eat with us at lunch," Tala said with slight nervousness, since he could sense the deadly glare he just earned from Kumiko.
"Yeah that's fine. Hey, Ozuma Kaminari, nice to meet you," a boy with smoke gray and red hair with bright seafoam green eyes said politely to the two toned blue haired boy. Kai just nodded in response.
"Yo! Ian Doleverich," a boy with indigo blue hair and brown-red eyes said who sat in front of Kumiko.
"Hi! Hotaru Tatsuya," a girl with green-blue hair and soft seafoam green eyes said with a cheerful smile.
"I'm Mariam Masaka," a girl with navy blue hair and bright seafoam green eyes said.
"And I'm Kumiko Haraguchi," the blue streaked, black haired girl said in a calm voice. Crimson red locked wit onyx black once again. Everyone else looked back and forth between the two and sly smiles appeared on everyone's faces once again. Kai and Kumiko were interrupted once again, by Tala this time trying to get their attention. Both turned to the group and saw that everyone had similar smiles on their faces.
"Don't even think about it," Kumiko said with a slight annoyed tone.
"What are you talking about Kumiko?" Tala asked with an innocent look that would but a kitten to shame.
"You know exactly what I mean, and no," Kumiko said with an authoritive voice. Tala responded with a playful frown while everyone else just laughed at his pitiful attempt. Kai looked on with a semi confused yet curious look on his face. He was about to ask what they were talking about when the teacher came and tried to settle down the class.
'Maybe I'll just ask Tala later,' Kai thought to himself and brought himself to pay attention.
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"Finally! One of my favorite times of the day...lunch!" a navy blue haired and eyes boy exclaimed. The rest of the table just sweat dropped at their friend's food driven energy. They were currently missing two people but they figured that is wasn't serious.
"I wonder where Tala is?" a girl with sapphire blue hair and sky blue eyes asked curiously. Suddenly they spotted the red head coming toward them with a boy with two toned blue hair and crimson red eyes. Everyone had somewhat questioning looks, some toward the new comer and others to their last missing member.
"Hey guys. Sorry we're late," Tala said with a sheepish grin.
"That's okay, but introduce us to your new friend," a girl with light brown hair and jade green eyes said, interested.
"Oh! Yeah, everyone this is Kai Hiwatari. Kai, meet the rest of the gang," Tala said gesturing to all the guys and girls at the table. "You already know Ozuma, Hotaru, Mariam, and Ian. Well, meet everyone else. The guy with navy blue hair and eyes is Tyson Kinomiya, the bottomless pit. The blond with bright blue eyes is Max Mizuhara, the hyper active one if given enough sugar. The guy with brown hair and glasses on his head is Kenny Kamachi, the computer whiz. The guy with long black hair and golden eyes is Rei Kon, the cautious one of the group. The one with dull red hair and lavender eyes is Johnny McGregor, the fiery tempered one. And the guy with blue hair and eyes is Kane Kaodachi, the serious one," Tala concluded in introducing the guys.
"Hey Tala! What about us? We're not important enough to be introduced by you?" a girl with pink hair and golden eyes shot at the red head.
"Don't worry about it. I'll do it, and besides, he'll just make rude comments about us any way except for Hotaru," Mariam said, standing up and stood next to Kai. "All right, the girl's turn. The one with sapphire blue hair and sky blue eyes is Karen Kawaguchi, the positive one. The one with silver blond hair and lavender eyes is Julie Hayami, the athletic one. The girl with light turquoise hair and cerulean eyes is Sophie Kamisaka, the smart one. The girl with pink hair and golden eyes is Mariah Qing, the one who has a lot of fiery temper. The one with lavender hair with light blue streaks and light gray eyes is Naomi Kawasaki, the one with an attitude like no other or in other words, the female punk. The light brown haired girl with jade green eyes is Midori Akamatsu, the calm and wise one. And last but not least, the girl with red hair and smoke gray eyes is Salima Sakai, the cool and cheerful one," Mariam concluded in introducing the girls.
"Nice introductions, if I do say so myself," a voice behind them said. Everyone turned to see that it was Kumiko who was standing there with her arms crossed and a smirk on her face. "So we meet again Hiwatari-san. Sorry that I can't stay but I gotta go help out a teacher. I just came by to remind everyone that dinner at my place today." Everyone except for Kai looked at her with questioning looks and curious glances. "Don't worry, nothing serious. Just some dumb paperwork, that's all," Kumiko reassured with a shrug. Everyone just nodded in response. Kumiko then left with a slight nod to her friends and made her way to the classroom.
"All right! I can't wait for dinner!" Tyson exclaimed in a loud voice. Everyone just chuckled and giggled while Kai just sat there with a curious look on his face. Tala noticed his expression and decided to fill him in.
"Kumiko is an excellent cook. Anything you want, she can cook it just the way you want it or even better. She can brew the best cup of green tea too. Her specialty is scented jasmine tea. Hey! Maybe you should come over and have dinner with us," Tala said a suggestive tone.
"Can't," Kai said in a flat tone.
"Why not?" Ozuma asked with a curious look.
"Have to eat with the family. Tradition," Kai simply said with a shrug.
"That must suck. Always have to eat with your family. You gotta learn how to get out and have fun," Tyson said with a mouthful of food.
"And you need to learn to stop shoveling food down you throat every second and show some decency," Kai countered back at him.
"Oh!" Tala yelled with amusement. Some joined with him while others were laughing at Tyson who just sat there with an embarrassed look on his face. "He got you Tyson!" Tala said laughing. Kai just smirked with a superior look on his face. Tala turned to Kai and patted his back. "You're gonna fit right in," he said with approval.
*****
"I'm home," Kai said loudly, announcing his arrival to the household or rather mansion. He heard the faint giggling of his little sister coming toward him. He smiled a bit at seeing his little sister run toward him with a bright expression on her face.
"Kai! Welcome home!" Hikari exclaimed with her arms stretched out. Kai anticipated and got ready to hug her when she ran to him. This was a usual routine for her to welcome him home. They embraced each other in a big hug and stayed that way until Kai saw his mother at the bottom of the staircase with a warm smile on her face. Kai let Kari go and went to greet his mom.
"Konnichiwa okaa-san," Kai said politely and gave his mother a peck on her cheek.
"Welcome home Kai. I would imagine that you would come home earlier since it's only your first day at school," Yumi responded with a slight questioning look.
"Went to get a drink with some of my friends," Kai said with a shrug. Yumi's eyes brightened up immensely at hearing the word "friends." She had been worried that both her children, especially Kai, wouldn't make friends very fast. To her surprise, both Kai and Kari made friends on the first day of school.
"That's great Kai! You should invite them over for dinner sometime," Yumi said happily.
"Um..." Kai was a bit hesitant to answer his mom fully. "....sure," he said, not fully sure of himself.
"Great. Your father will be home, so you might want to tidy up before dinner. That also includes you Kari," Yumi said somewhat sternly. Both just nodded in rely and made their way to their rooms. Both their rooms are in the east wing, while their parents in the west wing. Kai's was down the hall and Kari's was down the opposite way, each having their own bathroom.
When Kai reached his black and cream colored room, he laid his books nest to his desk that had a black flat screen computer on it. He trudged across his cream colored carpet to his king sized bed that had black silk sheets and feather in cased pillows. He laid down on his bed and thought about all that happened that day. He thought about all the people he met and befriended. He narrowed his eyes at a particular person in one of his classes that he didn't have with Tala. He had purple hair and maroon eyes and had the air of high authority around him. He wasn't the only one with a high authority aura. The blue streaked black haired girl had one, especially among her friends. Kai's expression soften a bit at the thought of her. His thoughts were interrupted however by the rapt knocking at his door.
"Kai! Come on! Dinner's ready and otou-san's coming home soon!" Kari yelled through the door so Kai could hear her. Kai just sighed and got up, quickly changing into a black shirt and baggy denim jeans. He ran a hand through his hair and sighed. 'Hopefully, nothing bad will happen...' Kai thought and made his way to the dining room.
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"Miko! Dinner was excellent! The best I've ever tasted!" a boy with navy blue hair and eyes exclaimed while patting his now round stomach.
"Tyson, you always say that," Miko said with a smile.
"But its true. People be crazy to not like your cooking," Tyson responded.
"All right. Now let's get down to business," Ozuma said with a serious tone. Everyone calmed down and paid attention to what he had to say. "Okay, we thought about it and we've decided," Ozuma started. He turned toward Miko, telling her to finish. She turned toward the large group and looked at each of their faces. She felt somewhat reluctant to tell them, not wanting them to get involved, but she had to.
"We're striking Club Essence this Saturday," Miko finally said. Smiles and small cheers broke out through the group at hearing the announcement.
"Finally! About time. We've been planning this since last week," Johnny said, excitement evident on his face. The other nodded in agreement.
"Okay, so this whole week we need to prepare. I already got the Mecha Boys to get started on the cars and bikes to get them ready and fully equipped but they need some help. I want Tala, Johnny, Kane, Mariam, Salima, and Julie to help them out. I want Sophie, Naomi, and Rei to help Ian out with whatever he needs finishing. The rest of us will look at the layouts to know where to go. Any questions?" Miko explained briefly.
"Yeah, what about Kai?" Tala asked, curious.
"Don't let him know. I don't want him to get involved in this part of our lives. Understand? He is not to know," Miko pointed out sternly. Everyone nodded in understanding. "My otou-san is out of town, so we'll just have to do it our way," she added to make things clear.
"Man! I can't wait!" Naomi said anxiously.
"Neither can I," Miko stated in agreement. "Those Radicals will see just who they are messing with..."
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Well that's it for now...but wait and see what happens....I really do love cliffhangers....what would a story be without them....and for those who are reading "A Whole New Game" don't worry...I'm getting to work on that one as we speak. Remember to review and I'll be updating soon.
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