I'm sorry it took a while to get this first chapter up but my computer is and still is not working! But I'll update as soon as I can. Just to warn you, this will be a Kai/Hil and Tala/Oc fic but please don't be put off!

Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade

Consequences

He had done somethign bad in another life. He was certain of it. As Kai looked around the room of his new class he grimaced. There was no way he could spend the next few years of his school life in here, although, seeing as they had no other choice, his parents had to enrol him into the first school that would accept him. After many failed attempts they finally found one situated in Japan but far from his previous school. It was another private boarding school. The main difference was it was all boys, which Kai found horrifying. There were no girls in site. Not even a girl's affiliated school. As much as he had pleaded and complained, his mother had insisted he go here until things "settled down". He knew that things would never settle down. What school would want a murderer?

As he had expected, the boys attending St. Joesph's School For Boys were pretty much the spoiled, clueless brats he had assumed they'd be. In the short time he had been with the school, they had tried to rope him into beybattles or take part in my-dad's-better-than-yours type argument. In every case he gave the culperate a withering look and walked away. He decided that for the time being he would give up his beyblading until he could get back into Greenwood's. However long it would take. And as for the boasting compititions? His advice would be to get a life.

The worst thing about begin here was that he hadn't spoken to his friends for weeks. He had told them where he was going before he came but he hadn't had an oppertunity to contact them since. The school had a strict policy on telephones in the way that you weren't allowed them. Normally, Kai didn't really care much for pointless rules like that but when he saw the look on Rossanne's face as she told him to not do anything to ruin his chances he knew he would have to abide. It just sucked. His life sucked. But what else was new?

"Okay, how are we doing with the signs?" Asked Garnet as she took notes in a bright pink notepad.

Tala struggled with the banners he was carrying and finally gave up, sending them hurtling over the nearest table and earning him an annoyed look from Mariah who was busy designing their signs with Max.

Ray shrugged. "Fine. I think. We still need more to go around everyone who wants to be involved. Here's the renewed list." He handed her a sheet of paper which she quickly skimmed through.

"Good. Well let's keep at it guys! It'll all be worth it in the end, I promise." She said with a bright smile before picking up a pen to help Mariah and Max.

"This is never going to work," Tala muttered as he pulled up a chair beside Ray.

"You never know. Loads of people want to help and I guess if there's enough the school authourities have to take interest, right?" He muttered back.

"Yeah sure." He replied. "Because a team of students are going to make a major impact. Let's be serious. They're not going to care so long as they get their big paycheck in the end. It's not like we're respectable adults."

Ray was silent as he carried on organising the protest which was scheduled to take place in two days time, all going to plan: which Garnet herself thought up of. He actually thought they stood a good enough chance. It wasn't as if Kai was actually convicted of murdering. Everyone knew it was self-defence. Almost.

After a time period of silent concentration Tala slammed his pen down in frustration. "Garnet, this is hopeless. Who in their right mind is going to listen to a bunch of kids protesting about something they'll think we're too young to understand?" He ran a hand through his red hair which had been cut short so that it now looked tamed. "I mean what's out secret weapon? Cheerleaders? I'm sure that'll make a difference."

For a while Garnet said nothing but felt tears spring in her eyes at the harshness of Tala's voice. She would need him behind her, not thinking she was a stupid little school girl. "We have to try." Her voice was barely a whisper. "It may be hopeless, yeah, but we still have to try. For Kai's sake. I mean he's alone right now. We can't even talk to him. How do you think he's feeling? I bet if he knew that somewhere out there people actually gave a damn about him then he wouldn't be so..."

"...Sad?" Mariah said so quietely that no one was sure if she had said anything at all. "I know everyone's thinking it. Kai's not been alright ever since...it happened."

"I don't think it's sadness." Max said."It's something else. He killed some one. It doesn't matter how noble the intentions were. It's gotta affect him somehow. I think he feels guilty. It's propably eating him up. I mean, what he did in a second is ruining his whole life. Things he once looked forward to, took for granted, he can't get."

Garnet shook her head. "It's not fair." She put her head on her hands. "It's just not fair."

Ray put an arm around her shoulders. "I know its not. So that's why we're doing what we're doing. We're gonna make it fair. People like Kai. They know that, deep down, he's a good guy, albeit he can be a prick sometimes. And when the school sees all these people protesting about him, they'll realise just how big a mistake they've made and he'll be allowed back in."

"It won't be that easy." Tala reasoned. "But we'll try. For Kai."

They went back to work silently. They had materials. They had the support. But would it really make a difference?

Tyson and Kenny sat in Kenny's bedroom while Kenny checked his e-mail inbox in the slightest hope that Kai had left a message for him. There was nothing. He thought there wouldn't be.

"Give it up, Kenny." Tyson moaned at him. It annoyed him just how worked up his everyone was getting over Kai. "Let Mr. Moody be. He obviously isn't in any major emergency or he'd have found some way to tell us."

"Kenny?" A woman's voice called from downstairs. "Hilary's here."

"Tell her to come on up." Kenny shouted back.

"Hilary?" Tyson hissed. "Why did you invite her here?"

"She asked to come. Besides I like her. And so do you."

"Doesn't Little Miss. Bossy have her own friends?" He ignored the second part.

"Tyson." Kenny warned as Hilary chapped the door. "Come on in."

"Hey guys." She said as she closed the door behind her. "What are you doing?"

"Not a lot. What do you want to do?" Kenny replied.

She shrugged. "I don't know. Do you wanna go get ice cream or something?"

Tyson's face lit up. "Yeah!"

She rolled her ruby eyes. "Why am I not surprised. Food's the only thing on your mind."

He stuck out his tongue at her and began to put his shoes on. Before the other two knew what hit them he was outside and yelling on them to hurry up. They looked at each other and Hilary rolled her eyes once again.

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