Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade or the song Niki FM or Hawthorne Heights

Chapter 1: My Phobia, My Obsession

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Rei looked outside at the dark sky from his second story window. It was raining heavily, the black clouds blocking out the stars. He hated nights like this. The loud thunder, the flashing lightening. It scared him. He hated his fear, but it wasn't his fault.

Flashback

A young, ten year old Rei was walking home from school. He had left three hours later than usual. His parents were on vacation out of state, so they didn't know and his baby sitter, who also happened to be his brother, didn't really care what happened to him.

He heard a loud clap of thunder and looked at the sky. The clouds were moving in and fast. They were all pitch black and pitch black clouds meant rain, thunder, and lightening. He wasn't worried though. He didn't mind the bad weather. In fact, he enjoyed watching it when it was like this. After all, his mommy always told him it was just angels bowling. The lightening was a sign of the angel getting a strike.

He walked casually towards his home, not bothering to pick up the pace. It started to rain, and in a few short seconds, he was drenched. He smiled to himself and laughed as he started twirling and dancing in the rain. That's when it happened. He saw a bright flash of lightening and heard the deafening crack as the tree the lightening had struck fell, just barely missing him.

He didn't know lightening could cause actual harm to people. He started to tremble and began running home. He didn't want that to happen again. He didn't want the lightening to hit him like it did that tree. He made it home, but he paused. His house was on fire. Lightening must have struck it.

He ran inside, searching around the house, coughing as the smoke filled his tiny lungs.

"Br-brother?!" he called out, coughing. He fell to his knees. He couldn't breathe and his arms and legs wouldn't respond.

He whimpered as black started creeping into his vision. He couldn't lose consciousness, he would die. But he couldn't help it. With one more breath, he blacked out.

He lost his home, his belongings, and his brother.

End Flashback

Rei sighed as he thought of the horrible memory. His brother had been burned beyond recognition. But he knew it was him. He was the only one in the house.

He glanced back out the window, jumping as lightening flashed in the sky. That's when he saw it. The silhouette of some unknown person standing outside his window. Standing in the rain. His expression held no emotion, like he was numb from the chilling rain.

He blinked quickly, rubbing his eyes to see if he had been imagining it. When the lightening flashed again, the person was gone. It must have been his imagination. What else could it have been? He shut his blinds and made his way to his bed, crawling beneath the covers to at least attempt to sleep through the earth shaking sound of the thunder.

He bit his lip and pulled the blanket over his head as the thunder erupted from outside. He reached under his pillow and pulled out the remote for his stereo. If he couldn't sleep through it, he might as well drown it out.

He pressed the on button and immediately, the music started playing.

~I know! I'm outside of your window! With my radio!~ was the first thing he heard. He loved this song. Niki FM by Hawthorne Heights, his favorite band. He closed his eyes and smiled, turning the volume up full blast. He couldn't hear the thunder and couldn't see the lightening. Plus, his favorite song was playing. All was right with the world at the moment. Soon, he had fallen into a deep sleep, comforted by the song, undisturbed from the weather, and completely oblivious to the silhouette outside of his window.

The silhouette looked at the window. He frowned to himself as he saw the object of his obsession look at him as the lightening struck. He quickly ran to the house, pressing himself against the building as another bolt of lightening flashed. He waited a few seconds before returning to his spot, only to see the blinds had been pulled shut.

He sighed to himself. He had wanted to gaze at his obsession as he slept. He knew of Rei's fear of the thunder and lightening. The boy was even afraid of the rain. The silhouette knew of this phobia. In fact, he had been there when the start of the fear had begun on that fateful day, just six years ago.

In fact, he had been the one to call for the police when Rei had run into the house. He had been the one to pull Rei from the burning building when he lost consciousness. He didn't know that there had been another person in the building at the time, and he took full blame that Rei's brother had died, but at least he had saved Rei.

He gazed once more at the window. He had been watching over Rei for six years now. Since Rei was ten, and he was sixteen. He didn't want the boy to get hurt any more than he already was.
He sighed once more. It was hopeless. He wouldn't be able to watch over his obsession tonight. He turned to walk away when he heard the blasting music.

~I know! I'm outside of your window! With my radio!~

He smiled softly to himself. He loved this song. He sang it to himself all the time when he thought of Rei. It just seemed to fit.

He stuffed his hands in his pockets and began his journey home. He was soaked, but he didn't care. He couldn't feel the chill. He disappeared into the night, looking back only once.

"I'm outside of your window. With my radio. You are the only station. You play the song I know." he whispered, turning back around to see where he was going. "You are the song I know..."

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Ok!! well that's all!! what do you all think?! I've been listening to Niki FM all day today!! I love this song and the band!! So this idea popped into my head while I was listening to it. I was going to make it a one-shot, but I can't fit the whole story into one chapter cause there would be to much skipping and it'll be way to long if this story goes as planned.

And there's going to be a lot of bad weather in this story since it fits and it's the weather that's happeneing around here at my house so it's easier to think.

anyway, please review!!