Once again, this chapter was kinda rewritten. Or at least fixed.

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Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN BEYBLADE! Therefore all the characters (Tyson, Kai, Rei, Max, Kenny, Tala, etc.), do not belong to me. No money is being made off of this ( L ). I am just writing this because 1) boredom has once again overtaken me, or 2) Can't sleep / don't want to sleep…yet.

Warning(s): Swearing, Shonen ai/Yaoi, possible OOC with some of the characters (I will try to stay clear from doing this though. However, if I end up doing it anyway, it is for a good cause and "I'm sorry!" . :P).

(Might wanna know/fyi: " " " Music/singing ", Italics thoughts/in thoughts,

P.S. The summary in the first chapter is entirely wrong beyond all belief. Go with what the fanfic summary actually said instead Thank you!

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LET ME SOAR

Chapter 2: Damned Anatomy

Rei whirled around, causing his long waist-length raven hair to wrap around him. Standing face to face with him was a boy no more than two years older than himself. He was momentarily fixated by his ice blue eyes and boldly contrasting fiery red hair. Rei almost didn't catch the small smirk that played on the other boy's thin lips as he ceased clapping.

"You sing pretty good." He spoke, his voice confident and strong.

"Err – Whaa?" Rei could only make idiotic sounds in reply in his attempt to speak in proper English. He slapped himself mentally at how stupid he must appear to the red head now.

Here we go. Rei thought glumly as he heard the boy's laugh echo around them, making Rei turn a noticeable tint of pink. After noticing Rei's discomfort, the laughing ceased.

"Heh, don't worry, you'd be surprised at how often I get that response." The older boy reassured him with one of his flashy smiles.

"…Right…I think I'll just be…going. Now." Rei mumbled as he swept past him.

"Don't go just yet!" The older boy shouted excitedly, stopping Rei with one firm hand on his shoulder while the other one rummaged through his jean pocket. Eventually he found what he was looking for and pulled out a small, crumpled piece of paper. "Do me a fav and just look it over 'kay? Hope to see yah there!"

"There?" Rei whispered almost soundlessly as the boy ran off down the street. What the hell is he going on about? Rei scrunched his eyebrows in confusion. Just another random weirdo I guess. Heraised an eyebrow as he began unfolding the paper slowly.

"HUH?" Rei exclaimed as he read the first sentence of what was now a noticeable flyer.

SINGER NEEDED!

"KOBRA"; Rock Band in need of a singer

Tryouts being held:

Thursday April 6

185 Dawn Ave.,

7:00PM Sharp!

Anyone late will not be aloud to tryout.

A tryout? Tomorrow? Rei Groaned. "What have I gotten myself in to?"

"Say what now?" Tyson said, turning his heal to stare straight into Rei's charming gold eyes.

The three boys: Max, Tyson, and Rei, were currently on their way to fulfill another day of school. But Rei was absolutely psyched! It had nothing to do with school, seeing as nothing ever exciting happens there. He quite hated it actually. But it was what was happening after school that showed real promise. It was Thursday.

That's right, tryout day. But he was having difficulty trying to come up with some kind of excuse to get out of the trio's usual 7:30 P.M. study session…so basically he just blurted the first thing that came to mind, and was trying to make up false factors to support it as he went along. Unfortuneatly, Rei was not a very good liar.

"Well, you see, I – uh - was kinda invited to this party, right? And, and…I, well, I uh kinda reallywant to go. Really want to. But, it starts at seven. So, we may just have to put off studying until tomorrow…"

Max stared at him in concern.

"Are you okay Rei? Usually you don't fumble with your speech like that." He said, commenting on all of Rei's excessive use of the word 'well' and the sound 'uh'. It was a well known fact: Rei sucked at lying.

"Uh, yeah, I'm fine Max." Rei smiled. "I just really want to go to this party, k?"

"Well alright. Hey! Maybe we'll go too! How about it Tyson?" Max said excitedly. Rei's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets at the thought.

"NO!" Rei blurted unthinkingly, causing a hurt expression to fall over Maxie's face. "I mean, you can't. It's kind of an 'invitation only' thing. Sorry Max." Tyson stared at Rei skeptically.

"How come I haven't heard of this party, eh? I always know about the big social events."

"You don't know them." Rei said truthfully. He highly doubted that the red head went to the same high school as them, seeing as he'd never seen anyone of his caliber roaming down the scarcely swept halls. He would have noticed.

"Don't know them! That confirms it! You're hiding something from us!" Tyson growled, grasping Rei's shirt forcefully. "Spill!"

"Tyson stop it!" Max cried, trying to get Rei out of Tyson's hold.

"No Max! He's lying to us! You know just as well as I do that I know every person that goes to our school!"

Wow. So modest. Rei though sarcastically.

"You don't know them Tyson because they don't go to our school. I met them yesterday walking home. We talked for a bit and then they gave me this invitation, and – "

Perhaps it might have just been easier to tell them that I was coming down with the flu.

"You just met them? Where the hell was this at! What time! Do you even know who the hell these people are! I mean think about it Rei! They could just be making themselves out to be innocent teenagers, but have the true identity of a group of serial killers! OH MY GOD! They're probably using this whole party as a trap to lure random passing teenage boys to their slaughtered doom! DOOM! I mean do you ever stop to think of the phrase 'DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS'!" Tyson was panting, looking at Max with big heavy eyes screaming for him to back him up on this.

The only response he got was a blank look from both boys. They turned their gaze toward each other, reading the others thoughts through their face.

Rei "You have got to get him away from those horror movies Max. I think they're finally distorting his grip on reality."

Max: "It was already distorted. They're just making it worse."

Max Sighed in defeat.

So after fifteen minutes of Tyson holding on to Rei's leg for dear life, pleading for him not to go, and Max literally trying to slap Tyson out of his babbling nonsense, Rei was on his way to Dawn Ave.

Rei suddenly stopped, looking back and forth from the house, to the flyer, and back again.

"This can'tpossibly be right." Rei said, contradicting the paper. Did they get the address wrong?

In front of him stood the biggest house he had ever laid eyes on. Definitely mansion material The garage itself had to be bigger than his entire home.

"Hey! Yah made it!" A voice cried out from behind Rei, who instinctively turned his attention toward the incoming sound.

"Red head!" Rei exclaimed happily. YAY! I'm not lost! Rei thought happily.

The boy raised an eyebrow at Rei's strange statement.

"Red head?" He questioned. "Oh crap! I never told you my name did I? HA HA!" He began laughing at his lack of proper introduction. "Sorry pal, name's Tala. Geez, I thought I had told yah! I can't believe you showed up without even knowing my name! I mean as for myself I think I've watched far too many horror movies. You wouldn't have been able to get me two streets near the house."

"Yeah…well…" Rei was at a loss for words, feeling a more awkward and stupid by the minute.

"You're kinda early eh?" Tala questioned as he walked up to the front door.

"Uh yeah. I didn't want to risk getting lost, and then being late." Rei mumbled. He was getting this strange gut feeling that he really shouldn't have even bothered doing this.

This is probably all just a waste of my time. I mean, there is going to be a lot of other people trying out. People better than me, no doubt. I should just turn around and keep walking, and never – ever – look back. Okay, good plan. Here goes!

"I'm really looking forward to hearing you sing." Tala stated as he rang the doorbell.

"Pardon?"

"You really do have an amazing voice, or at least from what I heard last night. The band's been trying to find a singer for a long time now, but all the voices we've heard are just too, I dunno. Not our style I guess." Rei blushed.

"I'm really not that great. I mean, I have never taken singing lessons or anything. All those other people you've told to come here are probably a thousand times better than me and have loads of experience under their belt." Tala just stared. After about thirty second Rei pretended to be amazed by his shoelaces to ignore the bug eyed look that Tala was throwing his way.

"You have got to be joking?" Rei shook his head.

Here it comes. Now he's gonna tell me to 'get the hell out of here and stop wasting their time'. Rei prepared for the worst.

"That's Amazing!" Rei's eyes widened with surprise.

"Amazing…It is?" He said questioningly.

"Of course it is! A voice like that and you've never had lessons! And no one has claimed your vocals before! It's totally fresh! THIS IS GREAT! Our band will be unstoppable!" A large victorious smile spread across Tala's face as the large white door opened.

"Umm, Tala? I really don't think you're hearing me, I'm not that gre –"

"Kai!" Tala burst out in a large cheesy grin, interrupting Rei's sentence. "GREAT NEWS! I found us a singer!"

Rei stared speechless at the slate haired god in front of him, wearing nothing more than a pair of black fitting jeans and the small towel that he was lazily drying his hair with.

It wasn't until he felt the drool run down from his mouth that he realized that he was gapping at him, and the other two were giving him strange looks.

"What?" Rei asked.

"Umm…you're kinda bleeding." Tala stated, pointing to his nose.

"Bleeding?" Rei gently placed a hand under his nose only to feel the warmth of the red ooze.

Aw Shit. Rei cursed, bowing his head in shame and mentally slapping himself once again. Way to go Rei! Great first impression! Why don't you just scream out "I'm gay!" It might be less obvious.

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TO BE CONTINUED?

R&R and let me know if it's any better (or even if there are any more mistakes!)

Btw, I know that this story is a little "light" (if that can be the word), but don't you worry, it'll be getting hotter as it continues. Just a heads up

And please forgive me for the OOCness