Disclaimer: I do not owen any of the Beyblade characters and I only own1/2 of the story plot...the rest belongs to S.E.Hinton! I got the idea for this story while reading The OutSiders!

Chapter One: The Day It All Began

It was a calm winter night; the streets of a small city were empty and quite, too quite. This city was a place of gang wars and rumbles of many sorts. It was a very rear thing to see the city as still and as quite as it was now. Something was wrong or something was going to happen…

Towards the Far East side of the city there was a small apartment building full of lights. There was ranting and raving coming from it. Making it sound as if hundreds of people were in side when it was only five boys: Kai Hiwatari, Rei Kon, Tyson Granger, Daichi Sumeragi, and Max Tate.

The youngest of the group was Daichi, he was only 9. Diachi's family was killed when he was seven and since then he had been hanging out with the others. He had bright orange/red hair and dark green eyes. His skin was tan and he had a small scare on his forehead. He was a small boy. He wore a jet black shirt sweat shirt with the arms ripped off and a pair of slightly ripped navy blue jeans. He had a pair of gray shoes and he also wore a red sweat band on each rest.

The second from youngest was Max, he was 15. Max ran away from home when he was ten because of his parents constant fighting. After running away is when he met Tyson and hung around with him. Max had bright blond hair and ocean blue eyes. His skin had a light tan and he had a few freckles on each cheek and across his nose. Max was 5 feet tall. He wore a black sleeveless dress shirt and light gray pants. He also wore a black rest band, dark sun glasses and a pair of black shoes.

The second oldest was Tyson, he was 16. He had gotten tired of his grandfather yelling at him all the time so he just walked out at the age of seven and never went back. Tyson had navy blue hair and sky blue eyes. He had a slight tan, but it was barley noticeable. He was 5"5 and still getting taller. Tyson wore a dark gray sleeveless shirt, but he always wore a dark teal button up dress shirt (not buttoned of cores) over it and a pair of black pants. He also had pair of dark sun glasses, a thick golden chain and black shoes.

One of the two oldest was Rei, he was 16 ½. He ran away one night after his father and mother both beat him, he almost died; now he is known as the "pet" of the gang because he is so scared of everything around him. Rei had really long black/purple hair and golden cat like eyes. Rei had pail white skin and a small scare on his jaw from his mother. He was also only 4"9 and (hopefully) still growing. Rei wore an extremely dark gray shirt with a dark brown unbuttoned dress shirt over it and a pair of white pants. He also had a pair black sun glasses that he always wore on top of his head.

The second of the two oldest was Kai, he was also 16 ½. Kai was abandon as a young boy and had grown up in the streets. He had two toned blue hair and dark crimson eyes. Kai had very pail skin and a "few" times he would have two black shark fins on each cheek. He wore a extremely dark navy blue shirt and black pants. Kai also wore a black chocker, black sun glasses and black ankle boots.

Inside the building Tyson and Max were running around laughing and playing. "Come on Tyson! I know you can run faster than that!" the high pitched voice of Max yelled. "Oh Shut Up!" the equally high pitched voice of Tyson yell back in return as he began to catch up to Max.

Across the room Daichi was on an old crate laughing his head off as he watched Tyson chess after Max for calling him slow. A little ways away from the others stood Kai, he was staring out the window intensely. He seemed nerves about something or someone.

Tyson finally stopped running around when he noticed Kai staring out the window. "Hey Kai, I'm sure Rei will show up soon" he said in a calm voice, making Kai look up at him. "Yeah," is all Kai said and looked back out the window.

There were a few moments of silents until Kai saw a small limping figure walking up to the apartments. This made Kai's eyes widen, because the only people who ever came near the building were Tyson, Daichi, Max, Rei and him self. "Rei…" He said as he ran out the door down the hall and to the door just in time to catch Rei as he fell to his knees.

"Rei!" the others yelled as they ran up to him and Kai. "Rei….Rei what happened…" Kai said in a soft voice. Rei slowly opened his eyes and looked up at into Kai's crimson eyes. "I…I was jumped…by Tala's Gang" Tala's Gang was a ruthless, blood loving bunch of sick-ohs. They would attack a woman and her baby, killing them both just for the heck of it.

"What! Those Damned Bustards!" Kai said in a harsh, hate filled voice that made Rei flinch in his hold. Kai then softened his gaze and looked back down at Rei. Rei was covered in his own blood; he had a huge gash on his back and a few scratches on his arms, but the worst was his back.

As Kai was holding Rei, he began to slightly cry in pain and fear, Kai just held him closer and let him sob onto his chest. He gently stocked the back of Rei's head trying to calm him. "Shhh…Rei…shhh…your safe now, your with your friends…everything's going to be ok now" Kai said in a soft soothing voice.

After Rei calmed down a little bit Kai picked him up bridle style and walk to the room they were in before. Kai walked in the room and lied Rei down on the couch on his stomach. He then went and got a roll of bandages from a small box on a table in another room.

Kai returned a few minutes later and walked back over to Rei. He carefully took off Rei's shirts and helped him sit up. He then bandaged up Rei's back and picked him up once more. He then walked to his room in the building and lied Rei down on his bed.

Kai's room was the nicest (but still a shit hole) room out of all the apartments.

After covering Rei up with the blanket he turned to face the others standing in "his" room. "Rei will be fine…now out of my room all of you".

After everyone left Kai took a chair from the corner of the room and set it next to the bed. He sat down, picked up a book and began to read. But every few pages he would look up to check on Rei.

TBC…