Love The Way You Lie; Chapter 1. The Replacement And The Return Of Old Tempers.

"Stupid Diachi! If he hadn't fallen out that tree, Mr Dickinson wouldn't be sending us a back-up beyblader to replace him." Tyson complained in his Dojo kitchen, surrounded by his team-mates at the table, patiently waiting for their replacement to arrive at his door. "When he get out I will so be kicking his broken leg!"

Sighing heavily because he was tired of hearing his team-mate complaining, the broad blond then placed his hand on his best friends shoulder. "Don't worry about him Tyson. We will all miss him." Max paused to glance his eyes curiously around the table, to watch everyone nod but Kai, who just sat there with his eyes closed, blanking everyone. "In our own little way." He added and cracked a weak smile, trying to lighten the atmosphere.

Slowly, Rei poured himself another cup of tea. "I quite excited to see who our new beyblader is. Do you think he will be strong?" The Asian male asked and blew on his hot drink softly. Secretly, he was asking the questions his team captain was dying to ask. Was this replacement going to be shit? Or wipe us all off the map? - So many thoughts ran through their wise and competitive minds.

"Who cares. They wont be beyblading much anyways. Their a back up." Tyson answered, not really threatened about this newbie. "But I will sure ask him for a quick match to test his strength." He grinned confidently, quite looking forward to this meeting.

"Get in line Tyson. I want to beyblade the newbie first." Max winked.

"Erm Guys. Who said the replacement was going to be a guy?" Hilary interrupted from the next room.

"Because guys are better than girls at beyblading? And Mr Dickinson wouldn't pick a weakling." Tyson answered, not bothered about the sexist remark.

But little did he know, this smug impression was about to be wiped off his face as the skinny brunette in the front room was opening the front room curtains to watch the 'newbie' walk up the garden path. She had bleach blonde hair and big brown eyes, a thin figure and an awesome fashion sense. A baggy boisterous jacket, a white t-shirt and pair of tight jeans, with a pair of pink converse on her feet.

"Well, the new guy is here. I think you better get the door and help with his luggage." Hilary replied with a hint of humour in her voice. She was so impatiently waiting for his reaction to the guest. "Quickly before they get the impression he's at the wrong place."

The three boys then shot up from their seat. Max, Rei and Tyson. "Oh with pleasure." Tyson answered and walked past the team manager whilst sticking out his tongue. "Any bets on what his name is?" The Dragoon holder asked, trying to make the event even more tense for everyone.

"Tyson, we dont care what his name is. Just open the door. I want to see our new team-mate!" Max shrieked excitedly and peeked through the gap of the door, his best friend finally opened after a minute or two of deep breathing. Being dramatic. "Hello there buddy..."

Not only was Tyson so shocked that his sentence just seemed to never have an ending, the other few boys mouth just flew wide open and their eyes grew. Kenny peeked in to the porch past his friends and felt his cheeks instantly flush with a burning sensation. Oh she was attractive with those fearless eyes.

"Hello beautiful!" Max gasped and smiled innocently. "We are so happy to see you arrived. Would you like a drink or a bite to eat?"

Standing there with her suitcase behind her, the confident girl glanced her new team-mates up and down like a predator. Yep, these were the right guys – She slowly smiled to herself and reached out her hand to the dark haired Japanese champion. "Hey guys. Its lovely to see you all too. Jeez you all look so different in person than you do on T.V" The bleach blonde girl finally spoke in a warm tone.

"I bet we do." Rei soon recovered himself and laughed anxiously, feeling a ding-bat like everyone else for expecting a male. "Welcome to Japan." This intelligent male knew this girl wasn't from around here, especially when he could hear a hint of an American accent in her voice. Sounding just like their other team-mate – Max.

Suddenly everyones attention then turned to the brunette in the front room. "Hahahaha! You should have seen your faces." Hilary burst and placed a hand over her mouth to hide her laughing fit. That lasted long enough to make each of the boys sigh with annoyance.

Pausing for a moment at the uncomfortable tension in the atmosphere. The new girl on the scene raised an eyebrow at the brunette. An innocent and reasonable question entered her mind."What's your name? I have never seen you before. Are you a friend of the guys?" The chestnut brown eyed girl then felt her muscles tense when the girls laughing fit suddenly came to an end.

A gasped shock left Hilary's mouth and her eyes widened with disgust. "My name? I am the teams manager – Hilary." She hissed in a cold tone, really not impressed with this girl not recognising her. Especially as she was seen in the tournaments supporting her friends. "How about you share your name then?" Hilary reversed the cycle, to only twitch with irritation as the boys then burst out laughing at her reaction.

"Oh that's brilliant! I like this girl already." Tyson wiped a tear from his eye as he then finally accepted the girls hand shake tightly, promising her he was a faithful and friendly team-mate. "Yea, what is your name then?"

Clueless to what the big deal was, the thin blonde felt her eyes widen at the sharp tone that left Hilary's mouth. It did bother her because the girl didn't really have a clue to who she was. She never was on television beyblading, so what was the big deal?! "Hey Hilary. Its a pleasure to meet you too. My name is Pearl." She answered, trying not to sound just bitchy in return as she wanted to set a good impression to the famous beybladers – Who were her role-models.

"Hehe, so out of ten. How would you score your beyblading?" Tyson asked curiously and released her hand after shaking it for a minute or two. "Because I would score myself a honest 10 too be honest."

A giggle left Pearl's mouth. "I would say an 8." She answered. "I will be happy to show you my beyblade and equipment after I finish unpacking." The blonde then winked.

"I think she will fit in just great." Rei smiled in relief. "Come in. Let us get your bags."

Sitting at the table with the rest of the team made the atmosphere quite relaxed, especially as Pearl began to get to know the Bladebreakers. But the minute Kai opened his eyes to glance his cold crimson eyes upon the hour-glass figured girl, he felt his mouth suddenly go dry. This has to be a piss take – He thought to himself and held in everything he had to say, until it was appropriate. Yes he did know this girl and yes, he had a score to settle with her. But judging by how the event was going, it was like the bleach blonde girl had forgot him. If she had, he'd rather it stayed that way.

"So this is Kai Hiwatari? Its a pleasure."

"Whatever."

A slight smug grin appeared upon the pale girls peached lips. It was so nice to see the bastard hadn't changed – She registered to herself and gazed the attractive bad boy up and down. But the girl stubbornly refused to give much away. "So what's the training schedule then for tomorrow guys?" Pearl asked and watched all the boys turn their heads to Hilary.

"Well, breakfast is at 8 and the training will begin at half 9." The still sulking team manager announced and folded her skinny arms. "But I have a feeling tomorrow we will all be watching you, to see what you can do."

"Yea, we want to see what tricks you can do." Rei added in a more calm tone. "No doubt Tyson will challenge you."

"Its tradition." Tyson winked and leaned back in his chair, proud of his status in this sport industry. "We all beyblade eachother before bonding." He joked. "Even Kai."

A few snickers went around the table at his comment. But they soon ended when the bluenette Russian stood up from the table and left the room, giving everyone the cold shoulder.

"You'll get used to him." Kenny said and placed his laptop on the table beside her. "But first, there is someone I must introduce to you. She will be observing your every technique and power." He began hinting about the bit-beast in his laptop.

"Sounds amazing." Pearl blinked, shocked that such an object could do that. But she shifted her attention back to Hilary, who the bleach blonde was observing in the corner of her eye. Noticing the girl was sticking her nose up in the air. It was tempting to snap, but Pearl forced herself to swallow every word. "Lets meet it."

After a long day of getting to know the newbie, the team then decided to sit down in Tyson's front room and watch a horror movie. Kenny was hiding behind a pillow, Max was stairing at the screen with wide eyes, whilst Rei just sat there calmly, trying to calm down Tyson who was scaring the youngest member.

"Tyson, you'll make him ill if you continue this behaviour." Rei commented and shooed the champion from beside Kenny.

Pearl sat beside Max and jumped at the frightening scenes, but still she kept a brave face. "Shit. This is scaring me so much I need to go for a piddle." She laughed nervously and breathed heavily to try and calm her fast heart beat. Oh how she enjoyed the adrenaline rush it gave off.

"Make sure you don't spend too long in that bathroom." Tyson replied. "I think Kenny might be needing to go soon." He laughed, enjoying making the younger beyblader jump from fright.

"I wont. I'll be back before you know it." Pearl then made her way out the room quietly and walked down the corridor with a confused expression on her face. Which way was the bathroom? The team had got so excited to know who she was, they forgot to give her a quick tour around Tyson's home and it wasn't the best of time to wonder around, everywhere was dark and she couldn't see the switches.

But eventually, the hour-glass girl then opened a door, to find herself glancing out the back garden. It was pitch black, but a familiar sound caught her attention. The sound of a beyblade spinning. Who would be out this late? - Pearl asked herself and felt her muscles stiffen when the cold air gushed through her like a ghost.

Though the cold night numbed some of her body's senses, a hand grabbed hold of her wrist and yanked her further into the dark garden. Until eventually she was pinned up against the dojo's wall. Pearl tried to screech, but her lungs ran out of air. Except, it didn't take her long to figure out who was behind this, when the males warm breath brushed against her lips.

"Mr Dickinson is playing a dangerous game now isn't he?" The voice spoke. "Out of everyone on this planet, he picked you."

Slightly relieved that this wasn't a stranger, Pearl's muscles tensed as she tried to released the strong grip from the Hiwatari. "I knew you would be pissed when you saw me. That's why I couldn't wait to get here."

An impatient growl entered the cold night. "Stop playing games. You mention anything about what happened and I will make sure Dickinson will put you back where he found you." Kai warned, really being true to his word.

Although, as usual, the spoilt girl who was enjoying every minute of this just giggled. "Why not? I was faithful to you, but you just up and left." Pearl whispered teasingly. "You never loved me did you? And who's the new girl you've been flirting with? According to the press, she is a model."

"Who cares. Just keep your mouth shut."

Authors Note: I do not own beyblade! Only the OC. I spent ages on this introduction and I am so nervous, yet so excited to share it with you all. I look forward to hearing your reviews or messages. Thanks, XOANN13OX.