(The k isn't clear but it says kanemichi)

You stared at the building. "What?"

"This is our bey club, Victories!" Takane grabbed your hand and pulled you inside.

"It's pretty big. Aren't the clubs really small?" you asked.

"Some of them are pretty big," Amane said.

"Oh, this is Ichika!" Takane pointed at the blonde girl.

Ichika gave a quick nod in your direction. "Hello."

You smiled at her. "Hi."

"Hey, whats your name?" Amane asked. "I didn't catch it."

You rolled your eyes. "Takane's only been saying it every other sentence. Kanemichi [Name]."

"Kanemichi?"

"She's not related to Aoyama! She actually doesn't know anyone who doesn't really like Beyblade," Takane said quickly. "Right?"

"Who?" You gave them a look of confusion. "Who's he talking about?"

Amane sighed. "Never mind."

"Wait, seriously..." You stood there, confused as ever as to whom they were talking about.

"Don't worry about it," Ichika said. "[Name], right? Takane told me you don't like beyblade."

You scratched the back of your neck. "I just think it's kinda weird... it'd just battling with spinning tops. I don't get why they have tournaments. It's a little kid thing."

"Have you ever tried it before?"

You shrugged.

"How do you not know?"

"Y'know what, I'm not sure." You leaned on the wall.  "Maybe."

Ichika smiled. "'Maybe?'"

"Yep." You shrugged. "I always thought that whole resonance and bonding thing was a hoax last year. By the way, are you related to Zac?"

"Are you related to Aoyama?"

"Who?"

"Who?"

The two of you were silent before you laughed.

"You're pretty cool, Ichika!"

"Uno reverse card."

You smiled and put your earbuds back in, playing the Into the Spider-Verse soundtrack.

Dead man for real, dead man for real
Dead line, now you a dead man for real
Nobody mention my familia

"What are you listening to?"

You handed Ichika an earbud, humming along with the music.

"This is nice."

"Yeah. Into the Spider-Verse."

"Big bro, what are you looking at?" Takane asked.

Amane looked back down at Ashura. "Nothing. I just got distracted."

"Oh, okay. So what do you think of [Name]?"

"I guess she's okay. As long as she doesn't have anything to do with Aoyama."

"I'm pretty sure they're not related..."

The brothers watched as you and Ichika laughed about something before the blonde walked over and you sat down next to Amane.

"Takane, do you want to battle?"

"Sure!"

You switched back to listening to come out and play. You watched as Ichika and Takane began battling.

"I heard you haven't tried Beyblade? At least that's what Takane said."

"Eh, I did when I was a kid. I kinda got bored of it, though." You pushed your bangs back. "I was gonna give the bey to my cousin, but I don't think he wants a dusty old bey that's been sitting on the shelf since Kurtz was champion."

"Since Kurtz was champion? Wasn't that... nine years ago?" Amane asked.

You nodded. "I was around 4 at the time, but I still remember being a huge fan of him." You grinned sheepishly, scratching your cheek. "I may or may not still have all my official posters."

"You had the posters?" He smiled slightly. "So you really did like blading."

"I was kinda obsessed."

"So why'd you stop?"

"Eh..." You hesitated. "I kinda just grew out of it."

"Oh." Amane went back to cleaning Ashura. "You should try it again, the game's changed since you played."

You shrugged. "It's still the same thing. Spinning tops."

"It's more than just that, you know."

"Eh."

"Go, shoot!"

You watched Ichika and Takane battle before noticing the door open.

"Hey, they're blading!"

You groaned and flopped down onto your back. "Not this kid again... he's loud."

"Amane!"

"Huh?"

You rolled your eyes before noticing the cat sitting on the couch and rolled onto your stomach so you weren't straining your neck.

The cat looked up after you tapped the floor a few times and yawned before returning to its original position.

You smiled. 'This is why I like cats.'

"Hey, [Name]?"

"Hm?" You glanced at Takane.

"Do you know who Aoyama is?"

You thought for a second. "No. Do you?"

"Well, yeah-"

"Aoyama is this kid who hates Beyblade. He makes fun of almost everyone who plays. Kind of a more extreme version of you," Ichika said. "He's only nice to Amane."

"Hey, I don't hate Beyblade. I just don't see the point." You glanced over at the stadium. "Maybe you can get me back in with enough convincing. Who knows." You shrugged, smiling.

"I know." Ichika sat down next to you.

Pulling out your phone, you switched to YouTube to watch random videos that appeared in your recommended.

After a few minutes, you looked up to see that Ashura had burst. You shrugged it off and returned to your video.