I hadn't gone over this story in a long time. So today, I finally decided that I wanted to continue it but had to read everything over to get a feel of what I was writing (you know how it is), and then I realized how bad the grammer was. And so, I had to re-write it all before continuing. If there are any more mistakes that are a must to be fixed, please let me know.

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Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN BEYBLADE! Therefore all the characters (Tyson, Kai, Rei, Max, Kenny, Tala, etc.), do not belong to me. No money is being made off of this ( L ). I am just writing this because 1) boredom has once again overtaken me, or 2) Can't sleep / don't want to sleep…yet.

Summary: It has always been a secret dream of Rei's to be the lead singer in a band. One day on his way home from school he decides to take a different route home, when his ears pick up an enchanting tune coming from someone's garage. He might just get his chance to make his dream a reality. (K+R, possible M+T) R&R!

Warning(s): Swearing, Shonen ai/Yaoi, possible OOC with some of the characters (I will try to stay clear from doing this though. However, if I end up doing it anyway, it is for a good cause and "I'm sorry!" . :P).

(Might wanna know/fyi: " " " Music/singing ", Italics thoughts/in thoughts,

Let Me Soar

Prelude: It starts with a dream

The crowd cheered, chanting my name as loud as their lungs would permit. They couldn't contain their overwhelming excitement as they roared over the stadium and threw around loud deafening whistles of affection.

Then suddenly, the lights faded, engulfing the stadium into complete darkness. The crowd finally quieted down as their anticipation grew. They were waiting.

The place reeked of the anxiety overflowing from the clustered beings in the audience, not one person was sitting.

A stage switched on as its loud click sound echoed, leaving a bright stream of light shining down on one single figure seemingly standing solo on the large stage. Everything else was black.

All eyes zoned in on the figure, watching intently as its long elegant arms reached for the microphone. Long raven black bangs dropped over the figures face, hiding it momentarily from the observers.

The figure titled his chin upward, revealing a set of gold feline eyes.

As if on cue, the crowd began to roar once more…

"REI! REI! Rei! Rei!…" He could feel the glory of his name becoming distant, almost soundless. It was being replaced by something else. Something he couldn't quite identify…

"I looooooooove yoooooooooooou! Yoooooooooooou loooooove meeeeeeeeeee!"

'What the hell?'

"We all live in haaaaaaaaaaaaaar-mooooooooooon-yyyyyyyyyyyyy!" A loud irritated groan sounded from underneath the navy blue comforter as one small hand could be seen trying to find its way to the snooze button of the small clock radio. "That's right kids! Barney's back! And with entirely new songs to jam to! On sale now at your local Wal –"

"SLAM!" God how he hated that dinosaur. Its stupid purple colour, stupid bouncing laughter, its stupid stupidity! GOD HE HATED THAT DINOSUAR!

But enough about that. It was too early in the morning to get all hyped up about the purple brainwashing beast. Honestly, hypnotism was the only logical reason he could think of as to how kids could actually watch that crap willingly.

"REI! HURRY IT UP! WE'RE GONNA BE LATE!" Came a loud obnoxious voice from somewhere outside the tiny room. It was at this time that Rei bothered to glance at his clock.

"SHIT!" Rei yelled as he literally hopped out of bed, shivering as his bare feet swept along the uncarpeted wood floor.

In mere minutes Rei was seen running down the stairs, his school bag in one hand, hair tie in the other.

"Geez Rei! Took you long enough! Me and Max have been waiting forever!" The blue puffball whined as a look of irritation spread across his face. The other boy with him – blonde and freckled face – just smiled welcomingly toward Rei as he rushed toward them.

They were now all standing at the door, waiting for Rei to find his house keys.

"Shit! I know I put them around here somewhere!" Rei exclaimed, his hands frantically roamed through his spring jacket trying to find them. "AH HA! Here they are!" He exclaimed victoriously. Damn keys. He muttered in thought.

"Finally!" Puffball groaned. "I swear if you make us late one more time I'm gonna throttle ya!" With that he huffed his exit out of the house.

"Come on Rei, let's get going." The blonde smiled warmly again.

Ah yes. Now that we have the time, introducing Rei's two, not to mention only, friends: Tyson (a.k.a. "Puffball"), and Max (a.k.a. "Sir Smiles-a lot). Rei had never really considered calling anyone a 'friend' until the day that he moved next door to Max and Tyson. Their group was small, but Rei didn't care. He was used to almost always being alone, so it kind of suited him.

But sometimes even when he was with Max and Tyson it felt awkward. The two really do try their best to include Rei in most of the outings they go on, and they never intentionally ignored him. In fact, Rei usually found their persistence a bit overwhelming at times. But the point is that no matter what, with those two he always got the feeling of being 'the third wheel'.

"Oh! Rei! I forgot to tell you yesterday," Max began, only to be cut off in mid sentence by the loud mouth Tyson.

"We kinda got detention for like the rest of the week. So yeah, we won't be able to walk home with you until our cruel and unjust sentence is over." His fist shook angrily into the air to emphasize the injustice, followed by the loud dragging sounds of Tyson's red running shoes sweeping lazily along the cold cement sidewalk as they neared the school.

"Oh." Rei said, trying to hide his excitement at the chance of finally having some alone, 'Rei time'. "Well that's alright." He smiled, but restrained himself from jumping gleefully After all, that would be considered rude.

"Sorry Rei." Max replied sympathetically. His guilt was displayed clearly on his features. There's Max for ya, either happy, or feeling guilty for something that was obviously not his fault.

"Nothing to be sorry for Max!" Rei chuckled. "What did you two do anyway? If you don't mind my asking."

"Well…" Max started.

/FLASHBACK/

"This class is sooooooo boring!" Tyson droned as he slouched back in his uncomfortable school chair, his weight making the cheep plastic bend a bit. He let out annoyed sigh as he brushed aside the long blue bangs falling out of his favorable red cap, revealing the perfectly tanned face beneath it that no one ever seemed able to resist. Or at least in Max's point of view.

"We only have thirty more minutes to go, Tyson. So just sit tight until then." Max smiled. However you could tell that he was just as equally bored.

Physics. It just had to be physics. And right before lunchtime too. Tyson thought ittterably. Then suddenly, an idea hit him.

Almost instantly he began scrambling through his bag, searching for something. This obviously caught the curiosity of the blonde sitting next to him as he tried to sneak a peek over his shoulder.

"What are you looking for?" Max questioned, one eyebrow raised on his childish face.

"Shh!" Tyson beckoned as he clasped a hand over Max's mouth. "I don't want the teacher looking over here!" Tyson tilted Max's head to look down inside his bag, a devilish smile adorning his face.

"Mwhat dah 'ell?" Came Max's muffled voice. Inside he saw an entire sack,

full of Filibusters Wet-start Fireworks.

Max hastily swatted Tyson's hand aside.

"You can't bring that kind of stuff here!" Max shrieked in a whisper only loud enough for Tyson to hear.

"Why not?" Tyson questioned, batting his big deep brown eyes innocently.

"No." Max replied sternly.

"Oh well, too late to convince me otherwise." Tyson smirked.

"What?" Max mouthed silently as his eyes each grew to the size of a golf ball.

"I already lit them." His smirk widened.

"Whaat!" As if on cue, a loud crackle irrupted throughout the entire classroom, making every student jump and the teacher dive cowardly under his desk. A few shrieks echoed around them, and Tyson couldn't help but laugh. Unfortunately his laughs were a bit too loud, and the teacher had no trouble pin pointing who the disruption had been caused by.

"YOU TWO!" The teacher bellowed, casting a remarkable silence among all the students. Tyson poked his head from behind the book he had grabbed as a shield. Max had taking to hiding under his desk, but as he peered over the wooden edge, there was no mistaking the guilt displayed upon his face.

/ End Flashback /

"Tyson you idiot!" Rei tried sounding stern, but somehow it ended up spilling over his mouth in a half laugh. He couldn't help it. He actually kind of wished he was there to witness the whole event. It did seem rather amusing.

"I still can't believe you actually had those." Max grumbled. "Now thanks to you my lifetime of no detentions is history."

"No detention?" Tyson stared at the boy in awe.

"What?" Max slouched under Tyson's bold stare. "What?" Max squealed a bit louder this time.

"Nothing. I guess I'm just proud that I can beat you at, at least one thing. I'm like the detention king 'round here! YEAH!" He threw his fist in the air to emphasize his pathetic achievement. Rei couldn't help but smirk at his simpleton friend.

It had to be the first time since the day Rei had moved into town three years ago, that he had actually been able to walk home alone. Free of annoying chatter. Free from everything. He enjoyed the peacefulness of his surroundings as he continued walking down the street that would soon take him to his house. Or at least he kind of hoped it did. He had never taken this route before. But either way it didn't matter to him. He felt like walking in the nice warm spring breeze weather.

It was kind of funny, but it was days like this that made Rei want to sing. He loved to sing. In fact, he had always loved to sing. Ever since he was little. He used to have a secret dream that he would one day be up on a stage, pouring his soul over an audience with his voice soaring through the air. Actually, he still had that dream.

He knew it would never happen though. He wasn't a people person; therefore it'd be extra difficult for him to actually get a band together, let alone getting gigs. Besides, his voice probably wasn't even good enough to get into thatTherefore he kept his secret dream to himself, and only sang when there were either few or no people around him. But right then, on the quiet sun setting street, Rei felt like singing. He didn't care if anyone was around or not. So he sang the first song that came to mind.

"And I'd give up forever to touch you
Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now

And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight

And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am - "

Rei was suddenly cut off by a soft but strong clapping behind him…

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TO BE CONTINUED! (Only if I get reviews )

Credit for the song "Iris" must be given to the "Goo Goo Dolls". Best band EVER.

Goes off to listen to one of their cds mmmm…