Hey guys, this is the first chapter of my first Beyblade fic!  I hope you guys like it, DON'T steal my plot or else!!!

The descriptions of new characters are in the prologue.  Let's get started already!

Chapter 1: Everyday Life

"Good morning!" Kai called to Johnny.

"Hi Kai, hi Kailee," Johnny said, adjusting his school bag.

"What are you doing here?"  Kailee chirped, "You don't usually walk this way, you live on the other side of the school."

"She's right," Kai said, "What are you doing here?"

Johnny shrugged, "Oh, nothing, I decided to run a couple of extra miles today, that's all.  You know, to keep in shape, for my knight training and stuff."

Kai looked at Johnny suspiciously, "Right, I so totally DON'T believe you, you're such a bad liar."

Johnny scowled, "Who says I'm lying?"

"Kai," Kailee interrupted, "We have to go, Carly's going to throw a fit if we're late again."

"Let's go then," Johnny said, rolling his eyes, "I need to ask Carly something."

Kai raised his eyebrows, "Something?  So, THAT'S why you ran 10 blocks?  Just to talk to her?"

Johnny glared at Kai furiously, "Shut up Kai!  I need to talk to her, that's all!  About our lab report, whatever!  Keep on walking!"

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            "You are late!" Carly snapped, glancing at her watch, "What's wrong with you anyways?  Don't you have a watch?  Can't you read time?  Or do you live in a different planet than me?"

Kai winced, "Calm down already, I'm sorry, okay?"

"No, it's NOT okay, geez!  Next time, I'll call you at five to wake you up.  Hi Kailee!  You should really scold that brother of yours." Carly said, still looking annoyed, "Oh hi Johnny!  Don't you live on the other side or something?  What are you doing here?"

"Why do I always get blamed for everything?" Kai demanded, "It's not MY fault!  Kailee's the one who takes FORVER in front of a mirror!"

"Don't be mad Carly, we'll come out earlier tomorrow," Kailee promised.

"Okay…" Carly grumbled, "Let's go.  Johnny, you still haven't answered me, why are you here?"

"Because he wants to talk-" Kai started.

"Shut up!" Johnny hollered, turning red, either from anger or embarrassment, "It's none of your business, okay???"

Carly was about to comment when a car horn interrupted her.  A sleek, black limousine pulled up slowly beside them.  Enrique's head popped out of the back window, "Hey guys, want a ride?"

"WOW!" Kailee squealed, "Can we Kai?"

"You want ME to ride to school in THAT?" Carly demanded, "Hello??!!  Maybe to a royal banquet, but not to SCHOOL!!  I'll walk, thank you very much!"

"Come on, Carly, "Enrique coaxed, "Wouldn't you rather ride than walk?"

"No," was Carly's flat reply, "NO!"

"Please Kai, can we?  Can we, can we, can we?" Kailee pleaded, "Just for today?  Pleeeeeeeeease?"

"Oh okay," Kai grumbled, "Just today though…this better not become a habit."

"Come on in guys, there's still plenty of room!" a girl's voice said.

"HI Holly!" Kailee exclaimed, "You're here too??!!"
Holly laughed, "Enrique offered me a ride and I just couldn't say no, it's not often I travel in style."

"Some style!" Carly snickered.  She flipped out her skateboard, "This is style!  Johnny, you riding or coming?"

"I'm coming," Johnny called, shooting Kai a dark glare and following Carly.

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           "So…you still haven't told me why you're here," Carly reminded Johnny, swerving her skateboard around easily.

"You never let it go, do you?" Johnny muttered, busying himself with his lab notes.

"Or why you're acting so WEIRD today," Carly added, "Either I've just dropped down from Mars or you have!"

"I'm not acting weird," Johnny protested, "I'm probably just tired, that's all, I did a lot of training yesterday."

"You work too hard," Carly said, "Don't you ever take a break?  From your sword-fighting and stuff?  People get dull and boring without a break."  She grinned at him teasingly.

Johnny rolled his eyes, "I'm already dull and boring, okay?  I can't get ANY worse."

Carly laughed and punched his shoulder, "You can't be more boring than ROBERT!  Yeah, yeah, my family history is so interesting, blah blah blah and blah!  If I have to hear one more story on the mighty Griffolyon, I might roll over and die.  Actually, I'll rephrase that; he'll roll over and die!"

Johnny smiled at her, Carly was always fun to talk to, and she had a sort of sarcastic humor.

"Hey guys!" Ray called, "Wait up!  Carly!  Johnny!"

"Hi ya Ray!" Carly chirped, "Hi Willow, what's up?"

"It's a beautiful day today," Willow commented.

"It's so HOT though!" Carly complained, "I'm already BURNING, this is a brutal HEAT WAVE!"

"It's not that bad," Ray said.

Johnny stifled his laughter, Carly complained about everything, even when there was nothing to complain about.

"What are you doing here Johnny, don't you live on the other side?" Willow asked curiously.

Johnny scowled, "GEEZ!  Stop asking me that already!  Is every single person on this pathetic planet gonna ask me this question???!!!!  I'm getting outta here."

Carly stared after him and yelled, "Which reminds me Johnny McGregor, you still haven't answered the question!!!!"

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           "Kailee, this better be your first and last time riding in a limo," Kai muttered, squeezing in the seat beside Holly.

Kailee bounded on the seat beside Enrique, "Oooooooooh, I see Max, can we stop Enrique and pick him up?  Please?  Please?  Please?  Please?"

Enrique shrugged, "Why not, there's plenty of room.  Hey Piddlesworth, stop for a sec, I see Max."

Enrique's butler groaned, "Master Enrique, we'll never get to school at this rate.  I can't stop for every person walking on the sidewalk."

"Just one more," Enrique promised, "Yo Max!   Wanna ride?  Hop in!"

"Gee, thanks Enrique," Max said happily, "My bag's really killing me!  Hi Kai, Holly, Kailee!"  He sat down by Kailee and started chatting with her while Enrique glanced out the window for any new girls he could charm. ^_^

"What's that Holly?" Kai asked, pointing to her pad.

"Oh, just my sketches for art," Holly said, turning the pages so Kai could see, "It's nothing special, I'm not very good-"

"I think it looks great," Kai said, "At least you draw better than me!"

Holly blushed, "Thanks…are you trying out for any sports teams this year?"

Kai thought about it, "Yeah, probably, soccer, fencing, basketball or something along those lines.  Fencing's going to be tough to get in."

"Fencing?  Sword play?  At school?" Holly looked surprised, "How did that happen?  I know some school has fencing competitions, but ours didn't."

Kai grinned, "Who's loud, and always makes sure her opinion is heard?"

"Carly!" Kailee, Max, and Enrique chorused.

Holly frowned, "This was her idea?  To start a fencing team?  So one of the coaches is going to sponsor it?  Why would anyone fight for FUN?"

Kai shrugged, "Carly loves it, she's really good.  I heard that she sometimes joins Johnny and gives him a few matches.  Not as good as Johnny, of course, but pretty decent.  She's on the student council and you have to admit, she's quite popular in the school."

"She gets in trouble a lot though," Kailee said, "She's always fighting and she almost got suspended last time."

Enrique laughed, "She's really funny, I like her."

"You'd like to date her!" Max teased.
Enrique waved his hand dismissively, "Sure I would, but it won't happen.  The last time I asked her out, she punched me in the stomach, she said sorry after though."

"I think you disgusted her," Kai snickered, "She gets angry easily.  I wouldn't try that again.  Of course, I wouldn't try in the first place, duh."

Holly sighed, "Can we talk about something else now?  Besides Carly's new antics?  She's always coming up with something, it get annoying sometimes."

"We're at school!" Kailee announced, "Hurray!"

"Hurray?" Kai demanded, "Who are you and what have you done to my sister?"

"I'm going to try out for tennis today," Kailee explained, "It's my first time, I can't wait!"

"Good luck," Kai said, "I'll be trying out for some of the other teams as well, I'll see you around.  Come on, Holly, we have to finish that lab report or our teacher's gonna freak."

"Coming," Holly called, stuffing her pad in her bag, "Wait!"

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 "Hi KAI!" Tyson yelled, "HI EVERYONE!!!!"

"Oh great," Kai grumbled, "I feel the same headache from yesterday coming back.  Someone give me some aspirin."

"We'll see you around Tyson," Holly said quickly, "We need to work on our lab report."

"What's it about?" Kenny asked curiously, "I find chemistry fascinating.  Perhaps a dilution?  Or a titration?"

"A ti-what?" Holly asked, "Never mind, Kai and I can figure it out."

"Yeah," Kai said sarcastically, "I'm not as dumb as you think."

"I was just offering some friendly advice," Kenny protested.

"I'm hungry again," Cassandra said, "I wish I had a bigger breakfast."

"You're hungry again?!" Tyson cried, "But you had a HUGE breakfast, I was there!"  Then his stomach growled.

"Speak for yourself, pig," Kai muttered.

Kailee gave her brother a LOOK, "Be nice Kai."

"Yeah, why can't you be nice and sweet like your sister?" Max joked.

"I'm not amused," Kai said, crossing his arms.

Holly giggled, the idea of Kai being nice and sweet didn't work in her mind.

"Coming though," Carly yelled, flipping her skateboard in the air, "Yaaaaaaaaahoooooooooooooo!!"

Johnny winced as she landed on the ground, "One day that girl's gonna break every bone in her body."

"Ray, can I talk to you for a sec?!" Mariah said, coming up behind Ray and Willow, "Alone?"

"Uh…sure…" Ray sweatdropped as Mariah grabbed his arm and dragged him away.

Willow pouted, "Hmph, well, of all the nerve!  What's her problem?  Honestly, she acts like she OWNS him!"

"Are they going out or something?" Tala asked, coming up, he was a newly transferred student and didn't know most of the people very well yet, except for the Blade Breakers and the Majestics.

"WHAT?????!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" Willow screamed.

Tala backed away, "Geez, get a hold of yourself, are you two going out or something?"
"WHAT?????!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" Willow screamed again.

Kai groaned, "Cut that out Willow or I'll put masking tape over your mouth."

"He wouldn't," Kailee chirped, "He threatened to do that to me too, but he never did.'

Kai glared at his sister, "Who asked you?"

"Johnny," Carly said in a sing-song voice, "We have a lab report waiting."

"I can help you," Kenny offered.

"No thanks!" Carly said, "I'm doing it with Johnny, between the two of us, we're smarter than you."

"Than the Chief?  No WAY!" Tyson hollered.

"Way." Carly said dryly, "Let's go Johnny, library, peace and quiet, come with us Holly, Willow."

"No thanks," Willow said, steam still coming out of her ears, "I'm waiting for Ray!"

"Suit yourself," Kai said, "We'll go, come on Holly.  Wanna come along Tala?"
Tala shook his head, "No thanks, I'll stay around here for while."

"Hey, don't let Carly scare you, she's not as scary as she seems," Johnny joked.

"I'm not scary," Carly said slyly, grinning at Tala.

"Right," Tala sweatdropped.

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            "Hey Kai," Emily said when they reached the library.

"Oh hi Emily," Kai said politely (if that's possible for Kai to be polite), "Working on the lab?"

"Yeah," Emily said, "It's actually really easy if you think about it."

"Well let's start thinking about it," Carly told Johnny, "We're gonna fail if we don't hurry."

Johnny scowled at her, "Yeah right, you?  Fail?  You're only getting about 95% in chemistry."  His voice dripped with sarcasm.  Carly gave him a cocky smile.

Holly glared at Emily through narrowed eyes; Emily smiled sweetly at her in return.

"I could help you with your lab," Emily suggested.

"No thanks," Holly said through clenched teeth, "We'll manage fine without you."

"I don't think you can figure it out," Emily said.

"Are you insulting my intelligence?" Holly demanded.

"I'm just saying you don't have the brains to figure it out," Emily replied while Kai sweatdropped.

"Oh yeah-?" Holly started.

"Sssssssssssh!!!" the librarian warned.

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            "Why do you put up with her?" Willow asked Ray crossly, "She's sooooooo annoying."

Ray shrugged, "Mariah's my friend, she's been my friend since the day I was born.  It's no big deal, really, it's not like we're going out or something."

Willow kept her tongue and muttered something to herself.

"What was that?" Ray asked.

"Nothing," Willow mumbled, "She's so nasty, what's her problem?"

"She's not nasty," Ray said, "Even though she says the same thing about you.  You two should try and get along."

"Pig may fly," Willow shot back.

Ray laughed, "I'd love to see that."  His eyes sparkled.

Willow couldn't help but smile back, melting, Ray was gorgeous when he smiled and even more gorgeous when he was being sweet.

            The school bell rang and everyone hurried to class, the start of another normal day.

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Yeah, that's about it for the first chapter, it'll get better in the third chapter, after all, I need to develop the characters.  Maybe I was leaning a bit towards developing Carly, but she is the starring character. ^^  Please review if you want me to continue.

PS: If you like Beyblade, check out my site @ www.geocities.com/ice_archergirl/.  Thanx!