Chapter 2.
"Yeah, I'd love to come!" she squeaked.
The rest of the lesson passed, but Garnet hardly took any of it in. She was about to meet the beyblading champions of the world. And the guy she'd had a crush on since she first saw them in the Asian tournament, Kai Hiwatari. The lesson ended and she could hardly get out of her seat quick enough. She walked onto the lush grass of the leisure area, and saw Tyson wave frantically towards her left. She turned and saw the rest of the Bladebreakers spread out on the grass. On the left was Max, a blonde boy with a big puppy-dog grin on his face. He was wearing a blue t-shirt, a green jacket with a star on the sleeve, and bright orange trousers. He had his arms around the neck of a boy Garnet identified as Rei. He had black hair down to his ankles in a white band (at least she thought that's what it was) and a red yin-yang headband. He was wearing a blue Chinese-style outfit with white and silver fastenings. He seemed to be purring softly to himself. To their right sat a boy engrossed in his laptop that could only be Kenny. He had short brown hair that spiked in all directions, with large glasses perched on top, which he occasionally brought down to his eyes (that, no matter how hard she tried, Garnet could never see). He was wearing a pale blue shirt, brown shorts and a black neck-tie. Peering over his shoulder was the only girl in the Bladebreakers, Hilary. She had long brown hair and ruby red eyes. She seemed to have ditched the girly look a little, because she was wearing a dark red sleeveless t-shirt, a knee length purple skirt and black elbow length gloves. Behind them, hanging upside down from a tree branch was Daichi. He had dark red spiky hair and a strangely dangerous look about him. He was wearing a dark green sleeveless top and dirty aqua jeans that had both legs ripped off at the knee. And finally, on the far right, laid back on the grass, seemingly dozing was Kai. He had two-toned blue hair, and a grumpy look firmly latched onto his face. He was wearing a ripped black t-shirt, blue-grey jeans and his trademark white scarf. It also looked like he'd had the cartilage of his ears pierced since the last world tournament.
"Hey guys!" Tyson yelled, grinning madly.
"Hey Tyson. Who's your friend?" Rei asked, keen eyes soon noticing Garnet cowering behind Tyson.
"Oh, this is Garnet. I met her in Geography. She covered for me when I fell asleep in class," Tyson replied.
Garnet sweat-dropped. That had been a close one.
"Nice to meet you. I'm..." Max started, until she interrupted.
"You're Max, I know. I'm a big fan of the team."
"Well it's nice to have a fan," Max chuckled, smiling sweetly.
"Have you ever had to face a horde of them?" Kai asked coldly, sitting up, a frown on his face.
Garnet blushed and bowed slightly. Cute as he was, she was a little scared of him.
"Hey, don't worry. Kai's like this to everyone he meets. He'll get used to you in a while," Hilary laughed, waving Kai's comment away.
"His bark's worse than his bite," Kenny agreed, smiling nervously, a slight blush in his cheeks. At Garnet's sceptical look he added, "Ok, unless you're beyblading him."
Garnet nodded and sat down next to Tyson. She kept sneaking glances over in Kai's direction, but he didn't seem to notice. She spent the rest of the day with them, and found out (with delight) that she shared Photography lessons with Kai (and Physics with Kenny.)
And I shall leave you there. Please rate! .