Disclaimer: Suheil373 doesn't own Beyblade or its characters, but she does own Raul, Hitate and the plot of this fiction.

Author note: Hey! Thanks a lot for the reviews! This chapter isn't as long as I expected to make it, but hey, at least it's something. In this one we get to see how Hilary met Raul and how one of her friends reacts to this.

There's not really anything else I'd like to say except: Enjoy!

Chapter 1

Careless, twittering birds flew across the clear, light-blue sky above everything; the light breeze blew through the trees scattered throughout the city and the local park. Some people rushed through the streets to their destination, while others simply walked to gain exercise or just plain clear their heads. Hilary, Max and Ray weren't part of the before mentioned, but they did have errands to run for Kenny. Said trio rushed through the street in search of a way to escape the overwhelming crowd around them.

The raven haired boy in the lead stopped, causing the other two to crash against his back and abruptly stop as well. He signaled for them to follow him and began to quickly stride off, leaving the other two to either follow, or get swallowed into the mass of rushing people. When they reached the place where their friend had lead them, Hilary and Max found themselves standing in a dark alley.

Max blinked his clear, sapphire orbs as he looked around, "What are we doing here, Ray?"

Ray looked up to his friend, and shrugged, "I figured we could use a bit of rest, and perhaps wait until the crowd dies off. If we keep going we're gonna split up without meaning to."

"Yeah, Ray's right... Hey, what's that?" Said Hilary, pointing to a sign above their heads causing both boys to look up and read its contents.

Amber eyes ran over the sign, the owner of said eyes whispering, "Dark Alley Café... I've heard of this place. It's a bar."

"Let's go in! I've never been to a bar before," said the enthusiastic brunette before running off towards the door of the bar, and entering the place.

Both boys shrugged as they exchanged glances, the blonde walking towards the door, "How bad could it be?" They went in and took a look at their surroundings:

It wasn't so bad. Obviously, there was a bar to their right, there were many types of drinks on display behind the bartender. Hilary sat on a stool in front of the bar, facing the bartender and seemingly talking to him. To the boys' left, there were numerous tables and chairs aligned in different positions, and farther to that side there was an empty area. Probably a dance-floor.

Once again, both boys exchanged supporting glances before walking towards their female friend, and standing next to her. Max settled on the stool to the girl's right, while Ray simply stood behind him, taking a good look at the bartender.

He didn't look too bad. Actually, he looked sort of young. He had short, spiky, light-brown hair with white highlights and bright, crimson eyes. Fair skin that gave him the most angelical look, but partly taken away by the piercings in his ears, eyebrow and lower lip. His black tank-top displayed his toned chest and slightly muscular arms. It was obvious that Hilary was attracted to him in some way, since she leaned on the bar, staring at him and listening to him speak in his soft, soothing voice.

"So, are these your buddies, miss?" he asked her, as he eyed Max and Ray with a smile on his face.

Hilary nodded, "Yeah." She turned to look at her friends, "Guys, this is Raul. Raul, these are Ray, and Max."

Raul extended a hand to Ray, "Nice to meet ya."

The black-haired boy eyed the hand before reluctantly taking it, "Same."

"Anyway, Hilary didn't tell me before, so I'll ask you all in general: what brings you here?" They let each other's hands go as he asked the question and looked back to the brunette girl.

Max shrugged, "We just found the place by accident. Hils was the one that decided to go in."

"Ah... Would you like some drinks? On the house," Raul raised his thin, light-brown eyebrows and looked at Hilary expectantly, but before she could reply with a yes, she was dragged away by Ray.

"No thanks, pal. We've gotta get going, nice meeting you!"

Hilary pulled her arm away from her friend's grasp and gave him a light glare before turning back to Raul, "Bye Raul! Hope to see ya again sometime soon."

"Sure... I'll see you around. Maybe we could hang out sometime," he winked and waved at her as she and her friends walked out of the bar and closed the entrance door behind them.

As soon as they stepped outside, the brunette clenched her fists and blew up on the boys, "Just what is your problem!"

Ray looked taken aback, "Excuse me? What is your problem, Hilary? That... guy was hitting on you like... I don't know, I didn't like it. Learn to take care of yourself!"

"Just stay out of my life, you don't have to butt into my business! And I liked that guy!" She stormed off, her fists tightly clenched, her knuckles already white.

Max shook his head as his raven-haired friend ran after the girl, yelling for her to calm down, "Why doesn't he just let it go..?"

"Hilary!" Ray took hold of the girl's arm and she turned around, glaring into his gleaming, yellow orbs, "Listen... I don't want to butt into your life or anything! It's just that you're a girl and you shouldn't just be talking to guys on bars. It doesn't appeal very much to people when a seventeen-year-old is talking to some loser like that with so much enthusiasm--"

"Since when do I care about what appeals to people? Since when do you! Was anyone else in there? No! So, what? God!" The brunette pulled her arm away and turned on her heel, her hair almost whipping the Chinese boy across the face.

Ray sighed, still standing on that same spot. The other blonde boy looked at him, then followed the girl, "Hils, wait!" He would have to apologize later... or perhaps talk some sense into her.

A few days had passed since Hilary's argument with Ray. She accepted his apology and was talking to him normally, but whenever anyone asked her to go with him anywhere she refused to even accompany him to the door. The Chinese boy seemed a bit upset by this, but they all decided to let her be.

Hilary went back to the bar one afternoon and talked to Raul once more. They exchanged phone numbers and decided to meet somewhere the next Saturday.

The brunette looked at the kitten calendar adorning her wall... and right there she had circled the fated day. 'Today...,' she thought. She was nervous. It's not as if this was her first date, it was just that she really liked this guy and for some reason it creeped her out. Hilary sighed to herself.

"Well... I better get down to the park. It's almost five," the ruby eyed girl came out of her room and was instantly greeted by a ball in the face. "Eek!"

"Hitate, leave your sister alone!" said a firm, but gentle voice.

"Ugh..." Hilary rubbed her forehead and sat up; instantly, a hand grabbed her by the arm and pulled her up.

"Oh, look at you, you're beautiful! Where are you going?" rang Ms. Tatibana's voice sweetly.

Hilary smirked, "Oh, these rags?" She signaled at her light blue halter and white jeans. "Just going to meet a very cute guy."

"Ahh... Well, take care of yourself. Are you going to stay over at Tyson's? Call me if you will, I need to figure out what to do with your little brother. Your dad and I are going out, so I need--"

She cut her off, "I'll take care of him. I'll be back by 8:00. See ya, I have to go now!" The brunette hugged her mom quickly and rushed out of her home, to the meeting spot at the park.

She hoped over anything else that the boys weren't there. It would be so embarrassing if Ray went and did what he did the other time. After that one, Hilary had a hard time envisioning herself hanging out with Ray everywhere like she used to. At least Max talked to her in a more tactful way... She always said that that day had been rather unusual.

Upon reaching the park, Hilary immediately saw Ray, Max, Tyson and, very unusually, Kai. Raul wasn't there yet, apparently. Reluctantly, she approached the boys with a forced smile. "Hey guys... Whatcha doin' here?"

Tyson looked up, "Hey. Just hangin' out, I guess."

"What are you doing all dressed up?" Asked Max, a glint in his eye.

The brunette blushed, "Oh, a little of this, a little of that... Have you and Ray happened to see Raul around?"

Out of nowhere, Ray appeared at Max's shoulder, "Don't tell me you're going out with him! Hilary, he's a troublemaker!"

"Butt out, Ray!" She hissed.

"Hi, Hilary!"

Immediately, the red-eyed brunette perked up and smirked at Ray, who turned his glare down at the ground, and clenched his fists. Max and Tyson exchanged glances, and the blonde dragged his buddy away, afraid of catching himself in the middle of a fight. Kai carelessly watched the scene unfold; his eyes whipped back and forth, from Hilary to Ray.

The brunette walked over to her date, looked at her friend from the corners of her eyes. Ray was glaring at the blonde boy. And suddenly, his expression changed to one of unexpected alarm. Kai unfolded his arms and stood straight as if to steady himself from a sudden electric shock. Max and Tyson were frozen beside each other.

Hilary had just kissed Raul.

What do you think? How do you like that, Ray? Lol. Well, review. Is Hilary evil? What do you think should happen next?

The next chapter will be longer and better. I was in a rush when I wrote this one, so yeah... And another thing: Don't expect me to update very often, I have a lot of responsibilities. And also, the computer is at my parent's house, so I don't have as much access to it as I did before. If I take months without updating, don't worry, I will update eventually.

Also, expect another Tyson/Hilary one-shot with a twist this month or the next. Hee hee!

Anwyayz, review, speak your mind! Thankies!