Ooh an update! Sorry it took so long guys, I had a load of homework and some writers block to boot. But it's the holidays and so now I can get some work done! Woooooo, holidays!

Disclaimer: Don't own beyblade, (insert some sort of imaginative and mildly humorous comment here)

I poke my head around the doorway cautiously, good the coast is clear. No Kai.

"Kon where the hell did you put the coffee I just bought."

…I really should stop trying to hide from Kai. Countless attempts have told me its absolutely useless and just a waste of energy, but can you blame me for trying? The only caffeine he's had all day had sugar in it, which the way I see it is only going to give him more energy to beat me with.

Anyway when I was sneaking back into the dojo to get my wallet – to pay for a hotel room for the night, I left my wallet in my other pants – I discovered Kai had miraculously got his hands on a new jar of coffee, so I had to hide that away too. So if he gets another jar on an average of every two hours by the end of the week…I'll have to hide 84 jars of coffee…well I'm going to have my work cut out for me.

Needless to say, I run for my life. Dashing away I turn a corner and leap into the first room I find. Finding myself knee deep in junk I manage to identify the room as Tyson's. Didn't I just clean this two days ago? Oh well, maybe Hiro will raise the topic of Tyson's hygiene for the BBASUB thing. I try not to breathe too loudly until I hear Kai's footsteps and cursing fade away, phew I'm safe.

Actually now that I think about it…I remove the jar of coffee from the pouch I wear on my back to hold my beyblade and launcher…this will be a good place to hide it. I mean Kai avoids this place as if it were the source of the plague, and Tyson couldn't find anything in here if he tried so this is the perfect hiding place. I'll throw it under his bed for the time being and pick it up later when it's needed. Yup, good plan. I make my way over to his bed but someone opens the door. Shit, please don't say Kai has found me!

I whirl round to see Daichi with a bucket of some stinky liquid that I can only refer to as gunk, and a bag full of feathers. He blinks and tries to look innocent. I see his eyes drift to the coffee in my hand which I know he knows Kai is looking for. I blink and look at the odd items that are obviously supposed to be used to prank Tyson. We share a look before I finally decide to speak.

"I won't tell if you don't."

"Deal."

I hide the jar and hurry out of the room before Daichi tries to set up the trap above the door; of course Daichi is lacking altitude and struggles somewhat.

"…Rei…could you give me a hand?"

I turn and give him an incredulous look; I mean he's asking me, mister nice-guy that has apparently never done anything wrong in his entire existence to help him prank one of my best friends.

"Sure."

What? Tyson has been nothing but trouble lately! And besides, they always say I don't get out enough, I'm just trying new things.

Daichi looks really surprised but he gives me a grin as I walk over and begins to instruct me how to set it up, which I somehow manage without spilling any of that gunk on me.

I stretch as I finish and start to walk away, deciding it would be best to stay on the move if I ever hope to avoid Kai.

"Thanks Rei!"

I pause mid-step, did Daichi just thank me!? I'm actually being thanked for something that did not almost kill me!? It's a miracle! Or maybe the fumes from that gunk are causing me to hallucinate. I go for the second option.

Oh well, I'd best go see what the rest of the guys are up to. Tyson has been unsupervised for about twenty minutes so something is bound to happen soon, if nothing has already that is. The trick to surviving around here is to be at the scene of the crime before it happens, which may sound difficult but is really pretty simple. Just follow Tyson. However this theory does have its drawbacks, constantly being present means that I have more chance of being the victim of the crime, and well that just sucks.

"Aaaah! Careful Hilary!" That sounded like Kenny's voice. But what he yelled has me confused, I mean, Hilary isn't exactly a clutz, so why does she have to be careful? Maybe it would be best if I left it alone, I mean if its just Kenny and Hilary then what's the worst that could happen? But…now I'm curious. What are they up to? Why would…Damn neko-jin curiosity!

I follow the direction of the yelling and find myself outside in the garden and…why the hell is everyone wearing hard-hats? By everyone I mean Kenny, Max, Hilary and…why the heck is Dizzi wearing a hard-hat? Better question, how!?

"Uh…guys, what's going on here?"

"Hilary's trying to kill us all!" Thanks for that overdramatic statement Diz, but Hilary looks perfectly normal to me, not including the giant yellow hard-hat she's wearing of course.

"Don't be so overdramatic Diz."

"Take your own advice Chief, you were all 'Aaaah!' a minute ago."

Kenny's conversations with Dizzi are always weird, mainly because Dizzi is pretty weird herself. You should see all the odd looks he gets walking down the street talking to a laptop, its quite funny really. Some of the fans actually think he's crazy, which the rest of us find quite amusing to be perfectly honest.

I walk over to Max and ask him, seeing as I can usually rely on him for a proper answer. He just hands me a hard-hat, don't ask me where it came from because I haven't got a clue. One of life's mysteries I suppose.

"Ok Hil, when you're ready."

Now I'm really confused, what the heck is Hilary doing that requires safety gear designed for construction purposes.

"Okay Kenny. Here I go, 3…2…1"

Oh hell, please no! This better not be what I think it is.

"Let it rip!"

And all of a sudden I'm really glad Maxie gave me a hat. We're all forced to duck and dodge and jump as some pink and white beyblade (which is ever so slightly reminding me of Mariah) flies about in all directions causing a deadly but random path of destruction. Sheesh that girl could cause more damage by accident than Brooklyn can going psycho!

When the beyblade is finally embedded into a wall we all breathe a sigh of relief.

"Hey well done Hil, that was a massive improvement!"

…Please tell me I misheard that, a massive improvement!? That psycho cutesy beyblade almost decapitated all of us and that's considered an improvement? If that's the case then before it must have been like a blender with a jet engine being driven by a drunken monkey! Yeah my similes suck, so sue me.

"Oh yeah! This is so great, if I can blade then Tyson will have to like me back!"

Oh so that's what this is all about. Well good news Hilary, keep throwing that beyblade around like that and Tyson will do whatever you want just so long as it stops you from launching it again!

"Hey Rei, you used to teach beyblading to kids back in your village right?" Uh-huh, just where are you going with this Max? "…Well, maybe it'd be better if you were to teach Hilary…" Oh hell no! "…I mean, you have a lot more experience than me and…" And your looking for an excuse to get out of this alive and leave me to die instead, how thoughtful of you Max. "…and I've got stuff to do so see ya!"

Well there goes my speed record yet again. Man can that kid move fast.

"Hey, you know I really should get back to collecting stats on the Majestics for next week's tournament so…"

Who would have thought it, another potential athlete. Hilary should look into a career in fitness training or something.

"Aw, well I guess it's just you and me then Rei, we've only got an hour before Tyson shows up so let's get busy!"

…That sounded kinda wrong. Oh well that doesn't matter, what does matter is that I find a distraction before Hilary launches that beyblade again!

"3…2…"

"BEFORE YOU START CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION FOR THE BBASUB THING!?" Ow, I yelled so loud I hurt my own hearing. Guess that's what happens when you're desperate. At least it stopped her from launching.

"Yeah sure, but why did you yell so loud?" She asks giving me a confused look, for good reason I suppose, I mean it's not exactly the sort of thing you shout out on a daily basis.

"I'm just…THAT ENTHUSIASTIC!" Accompanied by my best cheesy grin and she somehow accepts it. Phew. "So…it's sort of general question but what do you think would improve the team?"

"Hmm…."

Well I suppose I should be grateful for managing to make her talk for the entire hour until Tyson returned (he was renting tonight's movie, I think I'll catch up on my sleep while everyone watches it) but I just can't seem to be grateful for it. I mean, have you ever had someone sit and talk at you for an entire hour? It's hell. I took out my notepad and tried to take notes but I only actually got one down before I started doodling. Hilary – suggestion: more varied training schedule.

I admit that our current training schedule is a bit dull and repetitive, but it certainly works. Changing it after all this time might not be such a good idea but I'll run it past Hiro anyways and see what I can do. At least it won't make me risk life and limb, it looks innocent enough. Then again looks can be deceiving. Ok Rei, you may not be the sanest person alive but questioning whether a written sentence is going to kill you is slightly on the crazy side of things.

"Yo Rei dude, is the popcorn ready yet?" Oh yeah, and now I'm making popcorn for the movie tonight. And was it just me or did Tyson sound a bit like Gramps there? I hope Gramps language isn't hereditary or anything, since that would just be weird. I doubt any of the family would be able to even understand each other.

"Just a few more minutes Tyson, just get everything set up." Ok so it's already ready, I just want a couple of minutes of peace and quiet.

"I can't find the remote!"

Well so much for my peace and quiet. I grab the popcorn bowl and leave the kitchen to find Tyson running around searching everywhere frantically and I mean everywhere. Under tables, on the ceiling, under floorboards, behind picture frames, in vases, basically every random place you could think of. I suppose I can't blame him, I mean I did once find the remote in the toilet after all. Yeah gross I know.

"Hey didn't you hide it in your room earlier so that no one could change the channel?" Don't ask how I know this, its just one of those things that I accidentally find out everyday.

Tyson disappears and I go to find a spot on the couch. Hilary moves to sit in Max's lap and I know Tyson won't be too happy about that when he gets back. Oh well, I don't want to disturb the 'couple' so I sit next to Daichi on the other couch. Also it keeps me away from Tyson should he decide to attack Max.

Just as we're all getting comfy we hear an odd crash from Tyson's room and a scream of "DAICHI!" Oh yeah! I completely forgot about the gunk and feather trap! Tyson runs in a split second later, looking like some road-killed chicken (again with the bad similes) and spitting out feathers. Naturally we all burst out laughing, even Kai who goes as far to take a quick picture of him using his camera phone. I'll need to ask for a copy of that when I'm on better terms with him.

"You're in for it now Daichi, I know it was you!" We all stop laughing because angry-road-kill-chicken Tyson looks pretty damn scary. Don't ask how but he does. Well, Kai keeps on laughing of course.

I wonder if I should…yeah I can get away with lying just this once right? Besides I am partly responsible. "He couldn't have Tyson, he was no where near your room the whole time you were out."

Tyson blinks a couple of times, and I put on my best innocent act. I mean after all, who would ever suspect goody-two-shoes Rei to be involved? When Tyson finally storms off Daichi gives me an odd look of surprise and awe, I subtly give him a wink. You know…that prank was kind of fun. I'll have to ask Daichi to organise some pranks on the troublemakers, and in exchange he'll get a good laugh and I'll make sure he doesn't get the blame.

Hey, you know what? I have an idea. I think it's time for an announcement.

I, Rei Kon, have proudly made what I consider to be my first alliance and from this day forth it shall be known as The Prankster Alliance!

And done! Phew, I struggled quite a bit with this one but it's up and that's what counts. R&R and tell me what you think! Or make a suggestion or whatever, I'm just happy with any input at all.