Well, hello beautiful people, and welcome to my fanfic!

First I want to make it clear that English is not my native language, so I apologize for any error I may have and I ask you to point them out for me, so I can improve (as long as you are polite about it, of course =P)

Notes about the fic itself are at the bottom of the page (as I don't want to bore you now) and please leave a review and tell me what you think!

Chapter's Warnings: Some minor language, some OOC-ness (out of character reactions) and the shameless abuse of the word "just" (I just don't know how to replace it). Rating is completely PG for now, but please tell me if you think I should use a higher rating!

Disclaimer: Beyblade and all it's characters belong to Takao Aoki and whoever made the anime, so don't sue! I make no claims over it! This is just for fun, not to make a profit!.

Enjoy!

Chapter I: A simple question.

It would be a lie to say Hilary has liked Kai from the first time they saw each other, because she hasn't.

When she met him she thought he was a rude, arrogant punk. But then she actually got to know him, and she found out that he was caring and sweet, although a "little bit" on the cold side.

So after that, it was easy to get a crush on him –besides, he was attractive regardless of his personality, so that made it easier.

With her crush came challenges, mainly trying to talk to him or even look at him without blushing or stuttering like an idiot –which proved to be a really tough thing to do- but her hardest challenges as of yet, was to manage to get close to him.

Really, really close…like in that kind of close.

Because if there was something she learned about Kai, was that he was oblivious, in all the sense of the word.

Oh, don't get her wrong, he was smart and he could catch up to things no one else could faster than anyone, but when it came to flirting…let's just say that wasn't his strong side.

And how could it be, when he have had little to no normal human interaction growing up, and didn't really seem to want to get any anytime soon?.

So Hilary understood why, after all the flirting and hinting she have done, he haven't ask her out yet; and being the strong, independent woman she wanted to be –give her a break, she was still a teenager with a lot of growing up to do- she decided to take mattes on her own hands.

So…ok…how was she going to do it?

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This was so much simpler when she thought about it.

Well, first things first, where were they going to go?

To the movies, yes! There was this great romantic film that was showing up next week that she was dying to see, so they could go see that, and then they could go have dinner, why not? They were people, they eat, it was perfect!

Now, when were they going to do it?

Well, next week, obviously…and they have classes from Monday to Friday and on the weekend Kai practiced beyblade like…crazy, so the best time to do it would be…Friday after school!

Ok, so that's done, the only thing left to do was to…ask…him.

God! It was going so good! Why did it have to be so hard?

She was in love! Love wasn't supposed to be this hard!

And he deserved to have somebody to love and who loved him back, and she so badly wanted to be that someone!

It was not fair!

NO! No, now wasn't the time to despair.

Hilary had to do this, if not for her, then for him…and ok, a little bit for herself too.

So with her mind made up, she went to find him and…ask him out.

Ok…yeah…

Finding Kai wasn't that hard actually, not when you got to know him a little bit. It was Sunday afternoon, so most likely he was at the dojo doing a check up on his blade after lunch –'cuz, even if it surprised some people, he wasn't such a training maniac that he would forget about eating…at least not when there wasn't a tournament coming up.

True to her assumptions, she found him there, sitting on the hallway that leads to the backyard, facing the pond, finishing re-assembling Dranzer after, she guessed, a new improvement or a tough clean up.

Hilary swallowed a bundle of nerves that was making a knot on her throat and approached him with the sweetest of her smiles on her lips.

"Hey, Kai!" she greeted, leaning a little over his shoulder to see what he was doing.

"Hn" was his answer, and with it all her nervousness came back with a vengeance.

It's ok, it's ok, be cool, he does that to everyone, there's no reason to take it personal.

"So…" trying to talk through the knot on her throat was hard, and Hilary was very proud of herself when her voice came out normal and not all high pitched like she feared it would.

Because of the obvious hesitation on her part, Kai turned around to see her, his right eyebrow raised in wonder.

Oh God! This was so hard! She never felt like this before, so exposed and insecure and, frankly, like an idiot; and he looked so cute! His beautiful red eyes looking at her with hidden curiosity and, dare she says it, concern…maybe?

Ok, she has to do it, she can't back down now; so she took a deep breath and said:

"There's this movie I really want to see showing up next Friday, and I was wondering if you would like to come?" by the end of the question, her voice had gone down several levels, but not enough to do any immediate damage, she thought.

They stayed in silence staring at each other for a while, and Hilary could feel the sweat going down her back –not to mention she felt like dying right now- till, finally, he said:

"Sure" he then went back to fixing up his blade.

Oh. My. God…Success!

Oh, God, she'd done it! She'd done it! She has a date with Kai! Her! With Kai! Oh Dear lord, it all felt just like a dream…

"Who else is coming?"

…

I'm sorry, what?

"Huh?" not the smartest thing to say, but she had been completely thrown off chars with that question.

Kai, again, turned to see her, and the concern in his eyes was now easy to notice.

"I asked who else was coming" he said slowly –but not that slowly to consider it an insult- and stared at her carefully, like trying to catch any sign that something was wrong.

They both were coming, who else? It was a date, why would he think that…?

Oh…

She had said 'Would you like to come?' instead of 'Would you like to come with me?'.

There was a huge difference! 'With me' meant them, alone, together, just the two with no one else! It obviously meant a date, but without it…!

Without it, it could either mean just the two of them, as it could mean them and other people, which, ergo, meant no date at all!

And that was how he has taken it!

God, Hilary just wanted to crawl into a hole and cry herself to death, and she would have done just that, if Kai weren't still looking at her waiting for an answer.

Ok, this was the chance to fix it! She just has to clarify things and it would be alright, maybe a little awkward, but alright.

"Well…everyone!" Ok, she couldn't do it, it has been too hard to ask him out –to a friendly outing, apparently- already, and to have to explain that she actually meant a date…no, it was too hard, she couldn't do it.

She was just a girl! And he was the singles most handsome, gorgeous, hottest men alive! It was mathematically impossible to look at him and not make an idiot out of oneself.

Thankfully for Hilary, that answer seemed to satisfy Kai, and after giving him the details about when and where they will meet, she was free to go think about how on EARTH was she going to make a date out of this friendly outing.

It couldn't be that hard, right? ...

…Right?

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As it turned out, it wasn't hard at all.

She actually didn't have to do anything to get the others off of her date with Kai.

For starters, Rei was in China, so she didn't even have to come up with an explanation for 'why he wasn't there'.

Likewise, Max will be out of the country, because he was taking a plane to the USA on Friday after school to spend some days with his mother.

Kenny and Daichi were equally easy to 'get rid of'. Kenny, on one hand, was grounded so he couldn't go out. Why was he grounded? She has no idea; he has been for a week now and when anyone tried to ask him how that had happen, he started to cry and mumbled things like 'It's not fair!' and 'It wasn't my fault!' so they have chosen not to ask him and leave the matter alone, he will tell them eventually.

And about Daichi, well he was with his mother, but even if he wasn't Hilary doubted he would have agreed to do anything that involved being around Kai. It was actually funny to see the little redhead monkey expressing his hate towards the older blader, ever since Kai have moved in with Tyson and he has been all but thrown out of the dojo 'without any kind of warning' –even if when you asked Tyson, he has been warned the same day he moved in.

So that only left Tyson, and he proved to be the hardest one to 'get rid of'.

Being Kai's housemate –and self-proclaimed best friend- there was no way Hilary could not tell him about going to the movies without Kai finding out and suspect foul play; and even if she managed to avoid that, her blue haired friend has a way to find out about all that concerned Dranzer's wielder –at least since they started living together.

All things considered, it was better to tell him and hope he wouldn't be able to come, so that's what she did.

She didn't, however, counted on how exited Tyson would get about the prospect of doing anything other than beyblading with Kai. So that made the last two days leading to the actual date very stressful.

No matter what she said, no matter what she did, there was no way to convince him not to go. She even used the 'it's a romantic movie' card, but that failed too.

Hilary guessed she could tell him that this was all a sham to get some 'alone' time with Kai, and hope he would not go around telling people; but, come on, this was Tyson they were talking about, she was not going to risk it.

But all in all, things turned out fine and he was unable to go –she swears it was not her fault he was forced to clean the whole classroom for being late yet again.

Walking home after school that Friday was like walking on clouds, because of the bliss she felt coursing through her body.

She was so happy she felt like laughing out loud in the middle of the streets –she didn't, she still had a reputation to maintain.

Reaching home, she ran right through the front door and up the stairs to her bedroom, completely ignoring her mother, she only had an hour before she had to leave again, there was no time to waste.

Hilary had all her outfit picked and set out since this morning, complete even to the accessories; she needed to be prepared even if she just found out two hours ago things will go as she wanted.

She didn't chose very 'reviling' cloths, after all Kai still thought they were going out as friends, and she didn't wanted to scare him, besides she was a lady and ladies don't do that.

So with a skirt that reached just above her knees and a silk blouse with ¾ sleeves, she left her house with such a happy felling in her heart, that the need to sway around while walking was hard to ignore –she, thankfully, could repress it.

Hilary reached the movie theater five minutes early, and had to stop and breathe deeply to get the courage to approach Kai, who was already there.

She called his name to get his attention, and when he turned around to see her, she felt like all the air was ripped out of her lungs.

She was breathless, because he was breathtaking.

Kai's trademark scarf was gone, but he kept his blue triangles. He had a simple ruby earing on his left ear that matched the color of the patter in his black, sleeveless shirt. Instead of his usual baggy pants, he was wearing blue wore-out jeans that actually showed how thin he was now –at least thinner than the rest of the boys.

To her amazement, he was holding a candy stick between his lips, which was amazing because she have never seen him eating anything outside diner, breakfast and lunch, let alone candy.

The smile on her face couldn't be bigger even if it wanted to.

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The movie was wonderful, so romantic and everything she hoped it would be.

Although Hilary could have gone without the couples making out right in front of her, and it's not that she felt jealous, they were going at it right in the middle of the room, for God's sake! It was a matter of decency.

Ok, she was jealous, but can you blame her?

She was sitting on a darkroom, watching a romantic film with the guy she liked right next to her, looking as hot as ever, and the only time Kai leaned closer to her, was to ask her to pass the soda.

So excuse her for feeling disappointed.

Regardless of what happened, or didn't happen, between them at the movies, Hilary still considered it a success, Kai have liked the movie and they enjoyed a peaceful conversation on the way to the restaurant –actually it was her who did more of the talking, with him giving a comment here and there, but she felt no coldness on his part, so it was ok.

The restaurant they picked wasn't that much fancy, because neither of them had that much money, but was still a quiet, nice place to have dinner.

During the whole time they stayed there, Hilary got to appreciate how much of a gentleman Kai was, doing things like pulling out her chair, holding the door for her, and paying almost all the check –and it was 'almost' because she kind of felt bad for ordering such a pricy dish while he ate just a salad, so she insisted on paying at least a little part.

If she ever doubted that he was a good match for her, then those doubts were gone now, because if before he was handsome, now he was plain dreamy…

Kai was the perfect man, sweet, truthful, attentive, cleaver, a perfect gentleman, not much of a talker but a good listener and, not to forget, drop dead gorgeous.

Hilary couldn't wait till he became her man.

Everything had gone so perfectly she actually felt sad when they reached the front of her house, the date was over and now the only thing she got left were the memories.

"Well…I had fun" she said, standing just outside the door and turning around to see him.

"Yeah, me too" they stayed quiet after that.

It was an awkward kind of silence, neither knew what to say or if they were free to go their own way. Hilary was looking at her feet and Kai was looking to the side, both unsure of what they should do.

Hilary bit her lower lip, she knew what she wanted to do, but she also knew she shouldn't do it.

"So…I'll see you tomorrow" it was better to do it latter, there was no need to push it, she'll get another chance.

"G'night" he said his goodbyes and turned around to go.

Only one minute went pass, but it was more than enough time to decide what to do, and to get the courage to do it, regardless of the consequences.

"Kai, wait!" Hilary called, running the few steps that separated them, and the moment he turned around, she pressed her lips against his.

It was a sweet, tender, innocent kiss and for as long as it lasted, she felt in paradise.

A smile curled her lips, and when his hands graved her shoulders, a warm feeling that told her everything was going to be alright settled on her stomach.

But all good things have to end, and the next thing Hilary knew was that she was rudely pushed away from Kai.

"What the hell was that?!" he practically yelled, keeping her at arm's length, looking truthfully, for lack of a better word, freaked out.

To say that she was stunned was to put it mildly, never before have she seen Kai like this. Oh she have seen him angry, depressed, desperate and at the edge of his sanity, but never, ever, freaking out.

And to know she was the cause of that….well that was just great.

"We-ell…I-I thought…" Hilary tried to explain, or to at least say something, but she was at a lost to what to do.

"You thought?!" he backed away a few steps from her, cleaning his lips with the back of his hand "What the hell were you thinking?!"

Kai's reaction to the kiss was hurting Hilary, but she was more concerned about calming him and salvage any relationship they may have now, to really think about the ache in her heart.

"I-it's just…I…" that didn't make it easier to actually say something, especially when he backed away for every attempt she did to touch him, as if she had some kind of deadly disease "You were so nice on our date…"

"That was a DATE?!"

Oh boy, she shouldn't have said anything.

"You tricked me into dating you?" he all but yelled, and words seemed to have left her, because she just couldn't say anything "I can't believe you would do that just to…to…"

Apparently Kai couldn't say 'kiss me', so he let a frustrated, angry growl leave his throat and turned around, with all the intention to get the hell out of there.

Had it been any other moment, under any other circumstances, she would have enjoyed the chance to see him so out of character, but as it was, Hilary desperately wanted to explain herself, to make Kai understand and forgive her, because she just knew she would be out of his life if she let him go now.

And…just no.

"Ok, I'm sorry" she said, finally reacting, running to him and graving his arm to force him to look at her "I shouldn't have trick you, I should have told you the truth from the beginning and I'm really sorry for that, but it's just that…"

She took a deep breath and looked up at him, because she haven't been able to look at anywhere but the floor before, and she could see how much he wanted her to finish.

Kai was giving her a second chance, and there was no way Hilary could make this worse, so she took it.

"It's just that you're so handsome and it's so hard for me to talk to you because…" she swallowed the knot on her throat and said it "I just like you so much"

She released his arm, letting him know that he was free to go, but he just stood there, wide-eyed, looking at her as if he just couldn't understand what happened.

"Hilary, I…" he tried to say something, but she doubted there was really anything he could say "I just…I do…I"

He signed in surrender, it was almost for sure no one has ever seen Hiwatari Kai speechless and stuttering before, and he didn't seem to like that so he shut up, looking at the floor for a moment before looking back at her.

Then she could see it in his crimson-red eyes. There was sadness in them, mixed with insecurity and confusion; but the feeling that predominated in them was hurt, and they were shinning as if unshed tears were about to leave them.

He looked so hurt at that moment, looking at her, he tried to talk again, but he just closed his mouth and shocked his head, and after what seemed like an eternity, he said: "I just can't do this right now" and left.

Runned, actually, and it took her five minutes to turn around and go inside her house.

Just wonderful…

To be continued…

Just to clarify, last words are said sarcastically, just in case =)

About the story: This actually came to be as a combination of my love for gender-swap and the amount of KaixHilary fics I've seen lately, I got curious and wondered if KaiHil fans would read a YURI version of it. I'm not hoping they will, but it would certainly be nice if they do and tell me about it xD

I, myself, am not a KaiHil fan. I love Kai, he's my favorite character and I actually like Hilary, I just don't like them together.

So, what to expect from this fic?

Gender-swap, meaning a character is going to be of the opposite gender that in the canon. There was none of it in this chapter, but that's gonna change. This is particularly a genderbender (Always-a-girl!) fic with Fem!Kai. The character itself is not going to change, just it's gender (think about it as a kind of AU).

Yuri, which means girl-on-girl romance and even trough I'm not gonna do any explicit stuff, there's gonna be stuff, so if that's not your cup of tea, I suggest you not to keep on reading.

Some OOC, but I hope it wont be more than in any fic (because all fics have some degree of OOC-ness), and it's understandable considering the situations I'm putting the characters trough (you have one big OOC-Kai moment in this chapter).

Besides that, nothing I think, there are some other things, but I'm afraid that if I talk about them now it would be a mayor spoiler, but, just so no one says I didn't warned them, I would say this: Don't expect this to end as it seems it will now.

Hopefully you have liked this chapter, and if you did (or didn't, I respect constructive criticism), please tell me so in a review =)

I'll update next week, hopefully around the same day.

Have a nice day and take care!