CHAPTER 3
DK: Heyo. I'm back once again with chapter 3. I don't have much time left so I'll go straight into answering the reviews and doing the disclaimer.
SchoolBoredom: Yeah. Now that Kai has a twin sister, the only relative he has left, he won't let her go, therefore becomes more open with her and slightly friendlier. And that includes Kai begging winks
Iris: Hey girl. Haven't heard from you in a while. Damn school from keeping us apart. And yeah, you need to get out of the habit of liking 'couples breaking up'. I think your fic of Kai and Iris always breaking up is influencing you XD And yeah, well I haven't noticed. I thought instead of writing all the description, why not have someone say it instead. Adds a bit of humour, if I can try. But don't cry. I'm back now! –D
Disclaimer: I do not own beyblade except the Blade Angels and their bit-beast, Sergei, Sam, and any other characters you don't know.
The bell suddenly rang signalling for the end of the break and Rayne got out of her trance.
"You OK?" someone asked.
She turned around, her eyes locked with another pair of grey eyes. She closed her eyes softly and let out a soft sigh.
"I'll be fine," she whispered.
"What have you got next, sweetie?" asked Anya softly, worried about her friend now that she knows the secret.
Rayne dug her hands in her pocket and took out a piece of paper that was her school timetable. She unfolded it and read subject three.
"Music," she answered, putting the piece of paper.
"I've got the same timetable as her," said Kai. Everyone nodded and each gave the owner of Death a hug before parting, making their way to their next lesson.
"Come on," said Kai, leading her to the music room. Once entered, they both sat at the back of the class in a corner, away from other students' eyes.
After a few minutes of quiet chatter, the door opened once more and entered a man with purple spiky hair that made the student body be quiet at once.
"Good morning class," greeted Boris, vice-principal of Jeffrey High School.
"Good morning, Mr Jurgen," the class greeted back. Satisfied with the respond, Boris quickly did the register before going straight to work with a few announcements.
"Mr Evans, will not be available all day today as he is not feeling well, however I've taken the responsibility of giving this class the work that are required to do this lesson. According to what Mr Evans have gave me, you are to start your 10-week project based on soundtracks," said Boris, addressing the whole class.
"And since we have a new student," the whole student body turned to face Rayne at that, before giving their full attention back to Boris, "I will move people around a bit. The majority will stay in your own group, some I may have to split up, others I may just add."
Boris looked through the papers given to him and using the pencil he found in the drawers, he did a few small changes before turning to the class.
"OK, some groups will be in fours, threes, or twos."
Everyone was crossing his or her fingers for this new change.
"We'll have Brooklyn, Hitoshi, Garland and Ming-Ming, in one group. Ten, Tala, and Kai in another group and lastly we have Rayne and James in the last group."
Everyone nodded, satisfied with the result.
"OK, you are to produce a song, using the radio station we have here, and make it a three to five minutes long. It can be any genre, musical instruments can be provided. Off you go," said Boris, leaving the teens to their work.
There was a small scraping noise and a pair of arms leaning on the table Rayne was at. Rayne frown at the disturbance and looked up, ready to give a death glare at the newcomer but her heart skipped several beats at the sight. There, in front of her was a boy, with brown hair, spiked up like Tala's, one bang covering his left eye and a small fringe reaching up to his right eye.
"Hi," he greeted.
Rayne felt a nudge on her arm and turn to her brother, then back to the boy and shook her head.
"Sorry, I just zoned out. My name is Rayne," she said.
"I know," he chuckled. "My name is James." James extended his hand out and Rayne shook it.
"Just out of curiosity, why does your hair look similar to Tala's?"
"Ten's boyfriend? I don't know. I was born with this hair style," shrugged James.
Rayne just nodded.
"I'll see you after class," said Kai as he got out of his seat.
"OK, bye."
"Relationship?"
"He's my twin brother!"
"Oh, sorry," muttered James.
"Don't worry about it. Now let's get to work. I thought well maybe we could list down our favourite band or singer and type of music we frequently hear so that we can decide on what we should do for this project," suggested Rayne.
"I like the sound of that. It's a start at least," nodded James.
"Hey," said a feminine voice. The pair looked up to Kai's group, Tala and Ten.
"Hey, sis," James greeted back with Rayne nodded.
"Sorted your plan yet?"
"Um… we're working on it. You?"
"Do it later," shrugged Ten.
"Typical Ten," James rolled his eyes, with Rayne smirking. "Here, you go," said James, handing Rayne his list.
"Hum… let's see. Lacuna Coil, Nightwish, Linkin Park… hey, even I listen to those!" cried Rayne.
"That's cool!"
"Uh huh. And I think I know of a song, too."
"Great."
"Let me write it down and then we can sort out the background music."
"Sounds cool," nodded James, earning a gagging noise from his sister. James, Kai and Rayne frown. Suddenly the bell rang, ending the lesson. Slowly bit-by-bit, the class becomes empty and Rayne, Kai, Tala and Ten were the last one out.
"So, what's next?" asked Tala, stretching his arms.
"P.E," replied Kai. Rayne nodded.
"Guess I have to show you to the girls changing room huh?" said Ten.
"I guess so," sighed Rayne. Suddenly, something yellow and hyper clung onto Rayne.
"Rayne!" It squealed.
Rayne smiled widely. "Hiya, Amber. What did you have?"
"Maths," she grimaced and Rayne laughed heartedly. "We've got P.E., Rayne. It is my duty to lead you to the changing room,"
"OK, lets go. You coming, Ten?"
"Yeah, sure." Ten kissed Tala goodbye and followed the duo to the changing room, her eyes glued to Rayne's back.
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"Hey, Anya," shrieked Amber as she, Ten and Rayne entered the girls changing where all the other girls were, half changed.
"Hey, you found her!" waved Anya as both Rayne and Amber walked towards her and got changed.
"Any idea what we're doing?" asked Rayne as she took off her jacket.
"Hum… I think we would be doing dancing next lesson which is in three days so I'm guessing today's lesson is outdoors," replied Anya.
"I checked with the PE teacher before school. We're doing baseball today," groaned Vivien.
"I hate baseball," moaned Anya. Rayne snickered at her two best friends.
"Are we in a girls group or a mix group?" she asked.
"Girls group for outdoors lessons and mix group with boys for the indoor lessons. Can you believe that?" cried Anya.
"Chaos, you seriously need to chill out!"
"Come on girls. Chop chop!" shouted Ten.
"Is she always like this?" muttered Rayne.
"She's nice," nodded Vivien as the girls made their way out of the changing rooms and into the field, with the sun blazing warmly.
-00-
"Hurry up man! They're starting!" cried someone.
The boys group all jogged out, doing a lap around the baseball field while watching the girls play. The girls already did their warm up and they've stretched their muscles and were already playing the game.
At the moment, the Blade Angels were stood, guarding the base and Rayne was in the middle, the bowler and the batter at the moment was Ten.
While the two girls were waiting for the whistle to blow from the PE teacher, the girls locked eyes and were secretly having a staring contest, while in position.
"GO TEN!" some boys cried as they watched with intense. The whistle blew and Rayne started her part. She lifted her leg high up in the sky and then threw the ball over her right shoulder, aiming it at the goalkeeper behind Ten.
Ten swung her bat as hard as she can and hit the ball in the square, sending it to another direction. Rayne watched the ball go over her head while shouting for her team members to try and catch it. One of them ran as fast as her legs could, while Ten casually ran around the base, but she couldn't reach for the ball's destination quick enough, therefore wasn't able to catch the ball to get Ten out.
Ten smirked evilly as she did a whole round and Rayne let out a sigh, smirking to herself.
"OK, switch position," shouted the teacher. The fielding team took off their glove and dropped it onto the floor and jogged to one side of the pitch where the boys were while the batting team jogged into position on the field, placing the glove on their left hand.
Rayne jogged towards the steps at the side of the pitch, ran up a few steps then jogged backwards, doing the same a couple of more times before standing on a step and facing the pitch.
"Well the score is 20 rounds, all thanks to Ten's few victories," calculated Rayne.
"I'm sorry," said Aetha.
"Don't be," Rayne said, shaking her head. "It's a game. It means we're meant to have fun. It doesn't matter if you win or lose, have fun and make new friends."
"Same old, Rayne," smirked Anya.
"Unfortunately," grinned Rayne as the first batter from her group took her position.
The boys behind them snickered. One of them whispered,
"This is the group that has that new girl? I fell sorry for her team mates,"
Rayne turned her head around and gave a look to the boy who spoke before returning her attention to the game. Making sure the teacher doesn't see she made a rude gesture with her finger at the boy. The boys behind him all howled while the whisperer huffed.
"Not so cocky are you now?" smirked Rayne. Suddenly cheering and screaming can be heard as the first batter started to run around the base, stopping at the third base as the ball returned to the bowler.
"Well done!" Rayne joined in, also clapping. Soon after most of the batters had their turn, Anya got up and took her turn. She put on the helmet and held the bat behind her shoulders. Ten, being the next bowler also got into position and once she was ready, she threw the ball over her shoulders. Anya swung her bat and hit the ball hard, earning her running reach up to the second base. Vivien took her turn and ran a whole rounder and high-five with Amber, Alexia, Rayne and Anya as she made her way back to her seat.
"Next!" called the PE teacher. "And last one!"
"Go Death!" screamed the Blade Angels, with their other teammates cheering her on. Rayne turned to her friends, sending them a quick wink before placing herself on the fifth base, in front of the keeper. She picked up the bat and like all the other batters, she placed it behind her shoulders, both of her hand holding the end of the bat.
She watched the movement of the ball intensely as it rolled in and out of Ten's hand. The whistle blew and Ten did what she usually does as a bowler and let it throw! Rayne swung her bat as hard as she can, hitting the ball and it threw over the field and out. Rayne as fast as she can around the pitch, her feet touching every base, noticing that one of Ten's players was also a fast runner.
As her foot touched the third base, Rayne changed her running into acrobats, cart wheeling and back flipping towards the fourth base. She made contact with her hand to the fourth base and made a rude gesture with her finger towards Ten through her parted legs before landing gracefully beside the railing. Running up the stairs, she joined her teammates, high-fiving with her two best friends.
"Whoa! She's almost as good as Ten!" the boys chorused.
Then the whistle blew, ending the lesson.
"Well done to Anya's team. For winning at last," grinned the PE teacher.
"They beat Ten?" the boys asked in unison.
Rayne grinned, following her mates back to the changing room.
"What have you got next?" asked Anya as the girls entered the changing room and got changed quickly.
"I've got to meet up with James for some music project," answered Rayne.
"Where?" asked Vivien.
"Radio station I think," said Rayne thoughtfully.
Suddenly Ten approached them, looking furious yet calm, her hair flying behind her. She stood behind Rayne and tapped her shoulder. Rayne, confused, turned her head to look at her sideways.
"May I help you?" she asked.
"My brother said to meet outside the music room," said Ten.
"Thanks," nodded Rayne.
Giving her a glare for swearing at her, Ten turned on her heels and got changed.
"That… was… weird," Anya voiced their thoughts.
"Yeah," breathed Vivien.
Rayne quickly put on her white jacket and after bidding her friends goodbye, she left the changing room swiftly, making her way to the music room, while hearing whispers coming from students all around.
"That's the new girl…
"The one who beat Ten?
"She doesn't look all that tough…
"She's probably here by mistake…"
Thoughts were now roaming all over Rayne's head as she made her way up a few flights of stairs.
New girl? I'm not a new girl! Well better say a transfer girl. Meh who cares about them? I'm only here to visit the gang again and that's that. Even if it means loosing Tala.
Her vision was starting to blur as she walked down a corridor towards the music room. Once arrived at the said room, she leaned against the wall, closing her eyes tight but not before a tear rolled down her cheeks
Hope no one saw that. She though desperately. But she felt a familiar touch, brushing that tear away, making her eyes snap open with a small gasp. She locked gaze with another pair of grey eyes and visibly relaxed, hugging him tight.
"I know how you're feeling," he whispered, hugging back. "Because I can feel your pain. Always and always will." He pecked her temple, rubbing her back soothingly.
"I know. But I don't know how long I can bear it."
"Hey! Everything all right?" someone asked.
The Hiwatari sibling pulled away as fast as they could as James made his way towards them.
"Everything's fine," said Kai gruffly.
Ignoring the usual grim voice coming from the bluenette, James turns towards Rayne and frowned.
"Are you sure you are ok?" he repeated.
"I'm fine. I was yawning so my eyes get watery," Rayne lied.
"Yeah, same here," agreed James.
"Hey, looks who's here," someone chirped. The trio turned to see Tala and Ten hand-in-hand arriving at the music room. Rayne and Ten locked gaze, glaring daggers at each other before Rayne turned away.
"Shall we go James?"
"Sure," James nodded and headed towards the Radio Station with the Angel of Death trailing behind.
"I've got a few ideas on what to sing," she said.
"OK cool. So we know what type of song it is. We just need to compose the background music and you to sing," grinned James.
TBC…