As stated in the previous chapter, here comes the drama! I hope you all are enjoying this story so far, please leave reviews!

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Marlin- Beautiful girl with a hot body

The next few days were very tense between Katy and Hilary, to the point where Katy found her own thing to do other than socializing with the team. She brought her headphones and her IPod with her, along with a book to read so she was preoccupied the whole time. Katy didn't want to be rude to the team, but if this was the only way to keep her from getting into a fight with Hilary, then so be it.

Unfortunately for Hilary, Katy's distance didn't stop the boys from talking about her, only asked more questions as to why she was being distant.

"So what's with Katy? She seems all to herself lately", asked Kenny as he recorded the match between Tyson and Rei. "I don't know, maybe its something Kai told her on the first day", she said as her eyes darted in Kai's direction; her words didn't seem to earn any reaction from Kai. "Well why don't you go invite her to tonight's cookout? At least make her feel like she's welcome instead of letting her be a hermit", Kenny mentioned before the battle between Tyson and Rei ended. "I'll invite her for you Hilary!'', Tyson said before he ran over to where Katy was; before Hilary could object.

Katy was playing some classic rock through her headphones, flipping the pages of her book before her mojo was interrupted by someone tapping on the wooden patio. Pausing her music, she looked up and saw it was the world champ himself. "Hey what's up? Why are you over here all by yourself?", Tyson asked her, watching her take out her headphones. "I didn't want to be in the way", she simply said as she looked up at him. "Oh come on now Katy, you're not in anyone's way", he said as he leaned on one knee he had resting on the wooden porch. Raising an eyebrow, Katy looked over at Hilary, who was conversing with Kenny but at the same time, spying on she and Tyson. "What do you want Tyson?", she asked, growing a bit annoyed.

A bit taken back by her attitude, he stepped back a bit "I was just going to invite you to our cookout tonight. We're having steaks, burgers, brats; the works! Would you like to come?", he asked her, waiting for her answer. Katy just shrugged, looking back at Hilary who was clearly glaring at her at this point. Following her line of sight, Tyson saw the look on Hilary's face; one he knew very well since they always butted heads. Her narrowed his eyes like he was confused, "What's the deal with you and-", Kai came up behind him, "Tyson, get to your workouts", Kai said in a commanding tone.

"Hey Kai, where do you get off telling me what to do?", Tyson rebelled as usual, Kai crossing his arms. "Since you became more interested in audience than you do beyblading, now get to it", he commanded again; watching Tyson roll his eyes as he walked away. Katy just rolled her eyes and began to put her headphones back in her ears; expecting Kai to leave but he didn't. He just stood there, looking at her with his arms crossed. Growing even more annoyed, Katy took out her headphones again as she glared up at Kai. "What? I'm minding my own damn business", she said to him, her voice carrying irritation.

Her tone didn't bother him, he rested his back against the post opposite to her with his arms still crossed. His eyes looked over at Hilary, even though she looked away as soon as she saw him looking at her. Kai did see the nasty look Hilary was giving Katy, and he didn't care for it.

"Whatever tension you and Hilary have between each other, you need to take care of it. You can cut the tension with a knife, and I know it's none of my business", Kai started to say, Katy almost laughing at the reason Hilary was mad at her to begin with. It had everything to do with Kai.

After a few seconds of silence, Katy sat up a bit and rested her elbows on her knees. She noticed how Kai carried himself, eying him indirectly and noticed. "Damn, this boy holds himself together. Its no wander Hilary likes him so much; but that's still no reason for Hilary to hate me so much. I mean, I'm not even looking; let alone interested in anyone; but it does have to be dealt with", she thought to herself before she stood up, stretching a bit. "All I can say is this; when I find out what the reason actually is; is when I can deal with it. Until then, its Hilary's problem, not mine. So, I suggest you take that up with her; I'm sure she would open up to you very easily", she said with a hard look in her eyes, walking in the direction of the restroom.

Confused, Kai watched her leave, contemplating on following her but she was right, maybe this was something to bring up to Hilary. Sighing heavily, he walked back towards the group who were conversing amongst themselves while Kenny recorded Max and Rei's battle. Hilary watched Katy walk towards the restroom, looking in Hilary's direction to catch her but she didn't return the glare, she looked away. "I can't take this shit anymore..", she thought to herself before walking into the bathroom.

Evening time came and the cookout was starting up, Grandpa was getting the grill going as Tyson and Max started getting the meat ready. Hilary was making a salad and baking some bread, Katy was just seasoning the meat before Grandpa took some to grill. Kai and Rei were sitting a bit away from the group, watching the body language between Katy and Hilary; with what little interaction they've had. "What do you think is going on between Katy and Hilary? They look like they want to kill each other", Rei commented to Kai, sitting against one of the posts as he traced a stick in the dirt. Kai shrugged, keeping his eyes on the two girls, "I told Katy earlier to address it and she told me to tell that to Hilary so who knows whats going on", he answered. "Well its obvious they don't get along, do you think its more of a Katy issue or Hilary issue? She's not usually hateful like this", Rei seemed concerned, not wanting to get between Hilary and Katy but feeling prepared if he had to split up a fight.

Kai didn't answer, he just stood up and walked towards Hilary, who was too focused on the salad to notice Kai before he got close to her. "Hilary, can I talk to you for a minute?", he asked as he ushered her inside. Hilary nodded and followed him, watching him shut the door made chills go up her spine. "Hey whats up?", she asked him, a smile on her face; which disappeared when she saw the look on Kai's face. "This tension between you and your cousin needs to stop or else I don't want either of you here", he dropped the bomb on her, her eyes grew wide. "Kai please. I don't know why Katy and I have issues, she's got issues", Hilary couldn't give a good reason to Kai, mainly since he is the reason they are fighting. She wasn't about to open that can of worms.

Rolling his eyes and sighing heavily, Kai crossed his arms and looked down at her. "You've never been a hateful person, that's my honest opinion. You should go talk to her", he said as he walked out of the dojo, receiving questionable looks from everyone except Katy, who wasn't even focused on anything except helping Grandpa. Growing frustrated, Hilary stomped out of the dojo and walked up to Katy. "Hey, lets talk", she said sternly as she walked in a more secluded place for them to talk, expecting Katy to follow. "Great…", Katy muttered as she followed her cousin, putting her hair up in a messy bun as she did so.

"Look, I'm sorry about yesterday. Can we start over?", Hilary asked genuinely, much to Katy's surprise. She didn't know what to say, thinking for a moment before answering; "Umm..sure. Just keep that psycho attitude of yours in check and we can be friends", Katy said with a smirk, crossing her arms. Hilary gave a sharp sigh, looking up at the sky as she remained calm and collected. "Sure thing, so; here's to starting over. Hi, I'm Hilary", she held her hand out to Katy, waiting for her to shake it. Katy eyed her for a moment, hesitantly shaking her hand "I'm Katy, its nice to meet you", she said calmly, her eyes going from tense to content.

Kai was watching from afar, smirking at the solution that came from the girls talking. "Maybe now things will get back to normal", he thought, walking back into the dojo.

As the night went on, Katy sat silently as she watched everyone else joke around; talking about past tournaments and what to expect from the upcoming tournament. "If only I had friends like that", she thought to herself as she took a bite of macaroni salad. She wasn't the only one silently watching though, Rei was also watching; watching her. He took advantage of Tyson's loud mouth to look at Hilary and ask her a question. "Hey Hil, is your cousin like…available?", he asked. Hilary looked at him with a confused look, then it dawned on her to what he was talking about. "I don't know Rei, I highly doubt she knows anyone here. Why? Do you like her or something?", she asked as she took a bite of her burger. Rei was bashful, he didn't want to admit he was attracted to her, since he was still technically tied to Mariah.

"Wait a minute! Aren't you with Mariah?", Hilary said kind of loudly, making Rei jump a bit and everyone else got quiet. "Umm…yeah, why do you ask?", Rei played stupid, giving her a look that said 'shut up' or 'don't talk so loud'. Lucky for him, Hilary got the hint and went back to eating her burger while utilizing the fake conversation. "No reason, just you two haven't talked in a while. What has it been? A month?", she asked. Rei slumped a bit with his elbows to his knees, grabbing his soda as he sighed. "Something like that, but she's been training a lot and doesn't have a lot of cell service. I get emails from her but you're right, I haven't actually talked to her in a long time", he said with sadness in his voice.

"Dude, why don't you break it off? Seems to me like she's too busy to even bother calling you", Tyson said bluntly, a little too bluntly. "Tyson! Don't say that! That's not true and you know it", Hilary yelled as she stood up. "Well when was the last time she emailed you Rei? Was it a long email? Short?", Tyson started asking, clearly seeing that Rei was getting upset. Katy noticed, finishing up her food and walking past the group to get a drink out of the cooler. Rei didn't answer, he just stood up and walked into the Dojo, despite Hilary asking him to stay. He gave Katy a small smile as he walked past her, "Goodnight Katy", he said gently before walking inside, receiving a nod in response from her.

Walking back to the group, Katy sat next to Hilary and opened a can of soda. "So he has a girlfriend huh?", she asked everyone as she took a drink. "Well he doesn't know anymore, he hasn't spoken to her in over a month and usually things die down without communication. Don't they Hilary?", Tyson asked in a taunting way. Hilary almost choked on her burger, coughing a bit "Tyson this isn't about me, besides that was a long time ago", she said with annoyance in her voice.

"A long time ago huh? You don't have to explain anything Hilary, boys always find new fish even if he has himself a marlin in the boat", Hilary was surprised by Katy's words, looking at her with shock but smiling. "Thank you, you see Tyson, Katy thinks I'm a Marlin", Hilary said in a teasing manner, sitting with her legs crossed and tossing her hair like she was all that. Tyson laughed a bit, almost swallowing a burger hole before looking at Katy. "Well, you're not the only Marlin around here anymore; right Katy?", Katy raised an eyebrow to Tyson's 'so-called' compliment; giving off a laugh as she looked around at Max and Kai. "Trust me dude, I'm no Marlin", she responded with a smirk but her facial expression said he was touching a nerve.

"Oh come on Katy, have you looked in a mirror lately? You're hot!", Tyson started to annoy everyone with his immature flirting, both Katy and Hilary giving him glares. Before either of them could say anything to him, Kai put in his two sense. "Tyson, stop being disrespectful", he said with a hard look in his eyes, but that didn't stop Tyson from continuing.

"Aside from that, Mariah has been training this new guy on the white tigers. It's funny how she was able to keep in touch with Rei until now, who is to say she isn't cheating on him", he continued, talking loudly. The sound of a frying pan hitting something solid could be heard from inside the Dojo; followed by an agonizing yell. "What the hell Hilary?! You know I'm telling the truth!", he yelled as Hilary put the frying pan down. "You really have no sense do you? Rei could hear everything you're saying, this is Mariah you're talking about. Someone he has been with for a long time; be more respectful!", she yelled back, triggering a fight between them.

With that, Katy decided to go inside to check on Rei, knowing he could hear everything. Opening the door, she saw Rei was on his laptop; a look of depression and anger written on his face. Hilary and Tyson could still be heard yelling at each other through the walls.

"You are so stupid Tyson!"

"I'm stupid?! You're just in complete denial!"

"You don't have any proof!"

"I can get proof!"

"I'm sorry about all of that", Katy said to him calmly, watching him look at her from his computer screen. Sighing heavily, he sat up straight and put his laptop aside, "Its not your fault, those two just don't know when to quit. At least Hilary is against his words, but that honestly doesn't make things any easier", he said as he leaned back against the wall and pulled his laptop back onto his lap.

"He looks so sad..", she thought to herself as she took it upon herself to sit on the rollout bed next to his, hugging her knees to her chest loosely. "I was cheated on", she said, much to his surprise. He looked over at her with confusion. "Why is she telling me this?", he thought to himself before she continued talking.

"I was with him for a year. He was the only person I could really trust, or so I thought", she said as she shifted her weight a bit, smirking at the memory of finding out the awful truth. "I caught him with my best friend, at a party. There was only one thing he and I haven't done, and he just couldn't wait", she said as a small tear started to form in her eye, but she quickly batted it away. "I should've seen it coming though, he was being very distant and coming up with excuses to not hang out with me; stuff like his parents wouldn't let him or he had too much homework to do", she explained; looking at Rei to see if he was listening. She was delighted to see that he was.

After some silence, Rei had a thought. He handed her the laptop, which viewed a most recent email from Mariah. When she gave him a confused look, he sat next to her to point out the sentences he thought were out of place. "Can you tell me if she is cheating?", he asked, his eyes sending out begging vibes. "Um, I don't know what exactly to look for. I don't even know the girl", with that, Rei pointed to a sentence.

It read: "I'm sorry I haven't been in touch lately, I've been very busy with our new teammate, he's great!"

Katy didn't want to be that person to decide if Rei should be upset at Tyson for accusing Mariah of such fidelity, but she also didn't want to push Rei in the wrong direction. When she read the message, red flags went off in her head. "This sentence sticks out to me, the fact that she would say that in an email baffles me a bit", she heard him say. His mind started to go down memory lane…

Flashback

The music was blasting throughout the house, the whole school was at this party hosted by the captain of the football team. Katy was looking around the house for her boyfriend, who had disappeared on her while she was outside with her other friends. Heading up the stairs, she saw him go into a room with a girl; her blood boiling as she approached the same door he just walked into. What she saw shocked her, but made the lid pop off her head. "WHAT THE FUCK?! LINDSEY?!", she yelled as she tackled her best friend, who was on top of her boyfriend.

End of Flashback

"Katy?", she heard Rei, snapping her out of her thoughts. "You ok?", he asked, his voice holding concern. Letting out a small sigh, Katy slowly shut his laptop and put it on his bed; turning to look at him. "Rei, it seems like you have doubt. I don't need to read the email, the fact that you have doubt is enough for you to decide. I don't want to turn you into the wrong direction, so you decide for yourself", she said as she stood up and started to walk out. "Katy?", she turned around to face him "Thank you", he said with a small smile, Katy returned the smile before walking back outside; seeing that Tyson and Hilary were still fighting while Kai and Max just listened with an eye roll. Kenny was just packing up his laptop. "Well, I'm calling it a night. I'll see you guys tomorrow", he said as he started walking home, Max and Kai waving to him as he left.

"It doesn't matter what you think Tyson! Its ultimately Rei's decision regardless, and its none of our business what he does with his life", Katy heard Hilary say as she took Kenny's spot on a log. "It is my business because he's my good friend, and his business affects his way of blading, so it affects the team!", Tyson continued until Katy finally had enough. "Ok you guys! Seriously, I think Rei already made his decision so just chill out", her voice rung over both Tyson's and Hilary's fight, everyone looking at her with curious looks. "What do you mean? Did you talk to him?", Hilary asked as she sat next to Katy, who seemed reluctant to say. "All I'm saying is, just let him be and he will make his own decision", she said as she took a drink of her soda. Katy was never one to talk about someone else's business, but it was enough to get Tyson and Hilary to shut up.

"Exactly how I would've handled it", Kai thought as he silently smirked at Katy's maturity.

On the walk home, Hilary decided to keep the conversation going despite Katy's willingness to not talk about it. "I've never seen anything strange with Mariah, she's always been into Rei and I think its just Tyson getting under his skin. What do you think? How was Rei when you went inside?", she asked her, seeing the frustration on Katy's face but hopeful she would just come out and tell her what Rei said. "Look, all I told him is if he had doubt, then he needs to make a decision. I told him I was cheated on in the past so I know how it feels, just don't tell him I talked about this with you because I'm only telling you so you would shut up about it", Katy said bluntly, but that didn't effect Hilary's mood. "So you mean he has doubt? Why would he have doubt though?", she asked.

"He showed me the most recent email. She said she was training the new guy and he was great, so he was a bit confused as to why she would say that in an email. That's when I said if he had doubt, then he needs to decide instead of letting his mind drive him crazy", she answered as they walked inside Hilary's house. "Oh! That's great advice, but what if she's innocent?", Hilary asked, but Katy didn't answer her, just gave her a look and shook her head. "I don't know, I'm done talking about it ok? I'm going to take a shower", Katy said as she grabbed her clothes and headed into the bathroom.

Taking off her shirt, Katy was looking in the mirror at the same time. There was a time Katy loved her body, how fit and toned it was. She had all the confidence in the world, but now; she had a deep scar on her body, just below her ribcage. A scar in the length of five inches, brought back the tragic memory about her father and how bad his drunken nights really got.

Flashback- 6 months ago

Katy was sitting at home with her mom when her father came stumbling through the front door, a bottle of jack daniels in his hands and a cigar in the other. Without missing a beat, Katy stood up and walked out of the room; leaving her mother to deal with her dad as she always did.

"You came home drunk again Victor? Did you even go to work today?", she heard her mother ask. Without even as much as a name-call, Katy heard the awful sound her mother being backhanded and her body hitting the floor with a thud. "Shut up bitch, at least I have a job", her father said with a heavy slur, stomping his way to Katy's room. "Now where is my daughter? I want to give her a kiss goodnight", she heard him say she hid under the covers of her bed, holding the mini can of pepper spray that her mother bought for her a couple of months ago.

"Leave her alone Victor!", her mother yelled as she recovered from the slap, following Victor to Katy's bedroom. Katy heard her door open, her father's heavy boots walking in and up to her bed, she could smell the alcohol on his breath and he wasn't even at her level. "Hey little one, give your daddy a kiss goodnight!", he said as he yanked the covers off Katy, a sadistic smile forming on his face. "Leave me alone Victor!", Katy yelled as she kicked her father away, only making him angry. "Hey, you little bitch, I am your father! You call me 'daddy'!", he yelled as he went to backhand her, but Katy was able to dodge his hit, spraying the can of pepper spray in his face.

Watching her father scream in agony, he stumbled out of the room and into the bathroom, trying to wash his face as her mother watched in the doorway. Her nose was bleeding and her lip was busted, but she still managed to give Katy a smile with a nod, "That's the way to use it baby, I'll lock your door for you ok? I love you", her mother said before leaving the room. Katy didn't know how to react, her heart was pumping heavily and fast, her breath was caught in her throat as she sat on her bed.

"I have to get out of here…", she thought.

End of Flashback

Tears crept from her eyes, hating the fact that her horrible past was now scarred onto her body for everyone to see if she were to wear a bikini. "Its all over; a new life begins and new adventures await", she repeated the words out loud but softly so nobody would hear her.

There you have it! More drama awaiting along with romances and twists, please leave reviews!