Chapter 3
Saturday came quickly. They were all cramped inside Rei's dorm room, reading Manga. Occasionally, Garnet would peek up from her copy of Chobits to glance at Kai. He was reading a volume of Battle Royale with a bored expression on his face, occasionally smirking at the really gory parts. She sighed and went back to planning how she would ask him out. After 10 minutes, Tyson moaned and threw the Manga he'd borrowed from Kenny at the wall.
"What was that for?" Kenny asked, picking it up, checking it wasn't damaged in any way.
"I'm just bored. I want to give Dragoon a spin!" Tyson replied, almost screaming with frustration.
"Agreed," Kai said in a bored monotone, closing Battle Royale with a snap.
"YAY! BEYBLADING!" Daichi yelled, swinging from the lampshade.
"Get off there Daichi!" Hilary yelled, as a crack appeared in the ceiling.
"Do you beyblade, Garnet?" Max asked cheerfully as Kenny, Hilary and Rei tried to prise Daichi off the lampshade.
"A little, though I'm not very good," she replied, as Daichi lost grip and fell on top of Rei and Kenny, and Hilary got him in a head-lock.
"How about we test it out on a target test?" Kenny asked, a blush creeping to his cheeks.
"Would you? That would be great!" Garnet replied, smiling.
Kenny's blush deepened and he lowered his head, as Rei started shoving at Daichi and Hilary so that they would all get off him.
5 minutes later they were at the local park with Garnet positioned in front of a row of coke cans.
"Ok Dizzi, we need an expert opinion here," Kenny said, opening his laptop.
A large red starburst shape in a circle appeared on screen, and a female voice yawned deeply.
"Finally, I was beginning to think you'd forgotten me!" Dizzi complained.
"Schoolwork," Kenny explained in a tired voice.
"Hmph. Sure," she replied sarcastically. "So what's the situation? Boris again?"
"Nope, we just want you to evaluate Garnet's performance and give her ways that she could improve," Kenny replied, laughing.
"Garnet? Have you finally got a girlfriend then?" Dizzi asked.
"No!" Kenny answered, his cheeks bright scarlet. "She's a new friend from university."
"I'm only teasing! Let's see what you've got then, Garnet!" the bit-beast yelled.
Garnet pulled out her beyblade. It was red with an attack ring that had a serrated edge like a vine of thorns. She snapped it onto her launcher, and inserted the rip cord.
"Let it rip!" she yelled, launching with a flourish.
The beyblade sped across the ground at a speed few beybladers could ever achieve. It hit each can, travelling through them, and then returning to Garnet's hand. The cans stood for a moment, gashes sliced across their fronts, then fell in all directions.
"And you said you weren't very good?" Tyson asked, mouth open in amazement.
"How did it do that?" Max asked eagerly.
"It's made of a super light metal alloy that means it can travel faster at half its rotation, than most beyblades can at full rotation. It's also very strong so that she can put up a good attack," Dizzi explained quickly.
Kai stepped forward and examined the coke cans. Garnet waited, his comment half anticipated, half dreaded.
"Not bad," he said after a while.
They had a couple of test matches, which Garnet didn't fare too badly in. They walked back to campus, talking amongst themselves about tactics, where they could improve etc. Hilary tapped her lightly on the shoulder.
"You did really well! You should enter a national tournament, you'd do well," she said, grinning.
"Thanks. It means a lot coming from you guys," Garnet replied shyly.
"It's no problem. Now can we change the subject? Beyblading isn't my whole life like the guys. Have you heard about the start of year party? Everyone in the first year is going. Even Kai. You should come," Hilary said, stretching.
"I think I will," Garnet replied, a thought coming to her.
Sorry there's been no TyKa yet! Next chapter I promise!