Chapter 3 is up folks! Sorry about the late update...with christmas, family stuff, being dragged out by my friends, and exams to revise for, it's been hard to get enough time to do these things.

I hope everyone had a great christmas though!

Disclaimer:- I don't own Beyblade or it's characters - I do own a lot of gifts from christmas, but that's beside the point.

Chapter 3

My day's getting worse as it goes on.

For starters, I left for school late - on my first day at Bay City High (and it isn't exactly the best way to start)

Then, after deciding to take a shortcut through the park, I got chased by two thugs who didn't have anything better to do but try and get money from a teenager. I mean, you'd expect the park to be a safe place right? A shortcut to Bay City High, just after all the little kids have been dragged off by their parents for school, and just before the rush hour. I would have stopped to admire the peacefulness of it all if those guys weren't going after me, and the fact I was getting a major headache.

That would be the beginning of the next problem.

It started off with a wierd prickly feeling running over my whole body - like the pins and needles you get, (like when your leg decides to wake up if you've sat on it too long) but worse. It wasn't so bad at first though, I could just about handle that and run at the same time. It was when that sensation began to move across me when it got bad. Growing in power as if it was collecting every little prickly feeling to become stronger and stronger - before deciding to attack the inside of my head as if it wanted to get out, and by any means necessary. Even if it had to resort to make me cry out and loose my vision in the process.

I don't know what happened after that. I know I blacked out for a minute or two...but the bits in between I'm still thinking over. The next thing I do actually remember though, was how as I came to I could make out a pair of bright crimson eyes staring down at me with guarded concern, worry and a slight panic. The same crimson eyes which belonged to a recent visitor of my dreams.

Why do I know that? Well it isn't exactly everyday you see someone with glowing red eyes pop up into dreams you've been having since you were seven right? He's started coming in when I moved here a few weeks ago, something which no one has ever been able to do once seeing as, even if they could, I haven't told anyone about them. I had, of course, tried to get this visitor to show himself when I knew of him - but the most I've ever got is that it is a guy who wear a silk scarf, has bright red eyes, and won't say anything except an small snigger if I did or said something particularly stupid. I just try and talk to him now though. He won't come out of the shadows, but he'll stay put (if I don't follow him) and listen to me if I need to talk.

I know what you're thinking, but I'm sure I'm not loosing it. These dreams have nearly always been with me, so I can tell when something's not right.

Anyway, as my eyes slowly got their focus back, the guy just ran off and left me. I called after him (I had questions and I wanted answers) but as soon as I could fully see again, I only caught a glimpse of his white scarf trailing behind him as he disappeared around the corner.

It took me a minute or so to fully register everything that had happened, and how everything looked now. Those two guys? They were now firmly attached to a tree by some kind of rope - a better look made me find out that the binds were actually pure fire.

What was that! Had my visitor done that! Who was he anyway! How did he find me! What was that!

I would have thought about it more if I hadn't realised I was still late for school, and that my headache had virtually disappeared so I had no excuse for it anymore. I couldn't exactly say the real reason why I was late though could I? 'Hi, sorry I'm late Miss! I just got chased after by two criminals, blacked out, and woke up to see the eyes of a guy who follows me in my dreams! It won't happen again!' Getting labelled as the class 'freak' isn't a great way to start.

Where I'm stuck now just adds to my problems.

It's after school and I'm stuck being shown around Bay City High. The fact it's after the time I should have needed it, isn't the most helpful thing in the world, but it's the guy who's been forced to show me around which is worse.

"Art rooms on your left..."

He's called Kai Hiwitari - and I've been placed next to him since first lesson. He was the only one (in each class suprisingly) to have a spare seat next to him and he's not what you would call friendly.

"Lunch hall down that corridor..."

Infact, Kai's closer to the opposite. A major sourpuss to be honest. He's barely spoken to me all day, pretty much cuts off my tries at talking to him with one-word answers and has a certain 'I-can't-be-bothered-with-you-so-leave-me-alone' kinda attitude to him.

"Sport rooms are down there.."

That isn't just it though. There's something about him that is seriously familiar. I don't think I've ever met him before - you would recognise those piercing (yet nearly emotionless) violet grey eyes and that naturally seeming dual shaded hair - yet there are so many things screaming 'You know him! You've met him!' it's becoming confusing. Deja vu I think it's called.

"...if you go up those stairs you'll get to the math's department..."

I'm following behind him (trying to keep up his pace but I'm practically in a run) as we go through the nearly empty corridors, and I'm trying to take in everything he points out or says. Even if he's not very enthusiastic about it. He probably wants to get out of this as much as I do, but why does he have to walk so fast?

"..Hey, hey Kai?" I ask a little hesitantly, keeping up his quick pace in my attempt to catch up.

"What is it Kinomiya?" He doesn't even turn to look at me as he strides through the halls with ease. "Head hurt?"

"Well no, but...wait? What did you mean by tha-argh!"

Of course Kai just had to stop and look at me then didn't he? And I just had to fall right on top of him, so I'm staring into those violet-grey eyes of his - only a few centimetres away from his face didn't I? He's suprisingly warm for such a cold guy as well..

"I..erm...sorry!" I grin sheepishly, quickly get off Kai with a lightning speed, and offer out my hand to help him up. He purposely ignores it of course and gets up himself, giving me a glare which could usually scare off even the bravest of men - if it wasn't for the fact I've had at least fifteen of them since I've met him.

"So Kinomiya, before you decided to collide into me..." he starts after a few seconds of brushing off any dirt from the fall. "...you were going to ask me something?"

He raises an eyebrow in question, but it's taking me everything not to blush from embarrassment. Did he have to bring it up?

"I...didn't mean too...and erm yeah! Have we met before? 'Cause I'm sure I've seen you somewhere before, but I can't tell where and um..."

My voice drifts off when I notice Kai visibly tense up, and he looks away in an attempt to cover up a slight panic I notice in his eyes.

"...did I say anything wrong?"

"Hn. Tours over Kinomiya."

I look up to see we're back at the main entrance and smile at him slightly, before he turns to walk off - his white scarf trailing behind him - wait? White Scarf! No...he couldn't be...could he?

"Kai!"

He stops to give me a chance to catch up again, but doesn't look at me once.

"You didn't answer my question."

"Hn." Not again. What is it with him and that sound? He's about to walk off again, but I want answers and grab his arm lightly to hold him back.

Big mistake.

"Back off Kinomiya."

From the look in his eyes (even after getting used to them a little by the end of the day), I would have run and hidden by now, but I just can't let go. As soon as my hand touched him, I suddenly felt a very calming warmth flood over me. The same kinda one you get when you get close to an open fire on a cold day, or on one of those days when the sun's out and it's not uncomfortably hot.

"You don't know what you're getting into..." His voice snaps me out of my daze, so I look from his arm to meet his fiery stare - seeing something for a split second which finally made me let go. "...so just back off alright?"

I watch him go, my mind replaying that glare over and over again. It must have been a trick of the light, or today's really got to me...'cause I think I just saw Kai Hiwitari's eyes flash from violet-grey to bright crimson...

End of Chapter 3

Notes:- Well, sorry to leave you there, but I needed something like that for the ending of this chapter...heheh...The next chapter's going to be another dream sequence but from the 'visitors' pov if anyone wants to know...but how it links into the next chapters you'll have to wait for. I'm just going over everything now, and it should be up as soon as I get a chance to write it up.

Thanks to reviewers:

vanakuvixen (thanks ), Chibi Freak (well I'm sorry for leaving you like that - I just hope this has helped a little bit...and be patient Ty, you'll find out soon), laurelleaves (thanks muchly for the comment, sorry for the later reply), takuya (another comment? thanks muchly again! ), ShadowedDarkness (thanks for the fave and the comment - and yes you do get free chocolate now), Minato Mikato (hope you didn't wait too long...and thanks) and nekoanime (thanks for the vote of confidence, and go for it! It took me a few months to get the nerve to start posting - and I'll be sure to review it if you do write one! I will try to get some more characters in later, but as to when and who, you'll have to see )

Thanks again everyone! And reviewers will get much love and party poppers to celebrate the new year!

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