"What's the matter, little one? Can't you get any higher?" A small red-haired girl stood in front of a group of boys who were quite a bit taller than her. Algería was six years old at the time and attended a kindergarten not far from an elementary school. The kindergarten group the girl was in had done a little gymnastics in the primary school gym and now the children should go outside the school building to get back to the kindergarten. Algería was the last girl to emerge from the locker room. Just as she was about to turn the corner to get out into the school yard, these guys came up to her and had pulled her white stuffed deer toy out of her backpack and were now holding it up in the air. Algería, who wasn't particularly big, didn't get a chance, which made the boys laugh. "Give it back to me!" The redhead tried to grab her deer, after all it was her only friend and she didn't want to leave it behind. "Grab it if you really want it back"

"Stop it" Algería stopped jumping when she heard that voice. To her surprise, it wasn't an adult but a little boy with funny blue hair. He was even smaller than Algería. "What are you going to do about it, brat?" The little boy with the purple eyes growled at the bigger ones, showing sharp teeth. "Give it back to her!" The boy sounded quite angry and his eyes didn't allow any reply. The older ones put the stuffed animal in the girl's hands and left. "Thanks..." Algería hugged the deer. The blue-haired boy smiled at her, making him look a lot nicer. "Algería? Lui?" It was her caretaker who checked on the two. "Is everything okay?" "Yes" "Then come out with me" The three walked out to the rest of their group. "Form up in pairs so we can count." Algería looked around for a second, but someone was already grabbing her hand. It was the boy from earlier...Lui, if she remembered correctly. He kept smiling at her and Algería smiled back a little shyly. After the count was done and everyone was there, they went back to the kindergarten. Algería took off her jacket and shoes and hung up her bag. Just as she was about to enter her group's room, she saw Lui. She approached him. "Do you want to play?" Lui looked at her, then nodded and hand in hand the two walked into the room. The two played all day and they quickly became best friends.

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"Lui!" Algería caught up with the blue-haired. The redhead had already been at school for a year and since Lui was a year younger than her, the new year was his first. "Are you looking forward to it?" "I think it's stupid that you're a grade above me" "Yes, but we can still be together during the breaks" Lui sighed. "Yeah, that's probably the best thing about school" Algería bumped Lui's shoulder and smiled slightly at him. The smaller one looked at her. "We'll have a lot of fun together, even if we go to different classes. It also worked when you were still in kindergarten." "That's right...I guess I just have to trust you" Algería stood in front of her best friend and smiled. "You won't regret it." The redhead took Lui's hands and pulled him with her, laughing happily. "Watch where you're goi-" Algería bumped into someone. "Oh...sorry" "Watch where you're going, brat" The two stood in front of a group of girls. "Sorry, I di" "Hey, you don't need to apologize again" Algería looked at Lui. "Come on, let's go on" Lui grabbed Algería's hand and pulled her with him. "You're too nice to others" "Hm?" Lui looked at his best friend. "You shouldn't show everyone your weakness." The redhead tilted her head to the side. "My weakness?" Lui stopped and looked into her blue eyes. "I'll show you what's important" "Okay?"

The first day of school passed quickly. Algería had put all the papers in a folder and put it in her backpack. With this strapped on, she made her way down to the first classes where Lui was. They had agreed that they would meet after class and walking home together so that Lui could take care of her. Kind of funny considering he was shorter and younger than the girl but Algería didn't seem to mind. She was glad to have someone by her side who was there for her when she needed him. The girl was about to go down the stairs when she was pulled back. She looked back and saw the girl from the morning she walked in. Beside her were some boys who looked like trouble. Before Algería could say anything, a fist hit her face. "That should teach you a lesson" And they were gone. Algería didn't know what had happened. She could only feel blood running from her nose. Students just walked past her. "Algería!!!" She knew the voice all too well. "What happened?" "...Nothing..." "Nothing?! That's not 'nothing'! Tell me, who did this to you?!" Algería just shook her head. "I want to go home, Lui" "Fine, I'll take you home and I'll take care of it tomorrow" The redhead clung to her best friend. "No Lui...violence is not a solution...I don't want you to get hurt too" Lui sighed and got up. He buckled his backpack on his chest and gave Algería a piggyback ride. "I still won't let them off the hook." The blue-haired went down the stairs and brought Algería home.

Neither said a word about the incident over the next few days. Algería was glad that Lui had left it at that and not put himself in danger. "Hey Algería" It was Saturday and Algería and Lui had arranged to meet in the nearby park. The redhead looked up as Lui came in front her to a standstill. "Let's not waste any time!" The boy with the purple eyes took the girl by her hand and pulled her along. "We still have all day to buy an ice cream" "I don't mean that" The two walked through the city and arrived at a huge building. "What is this?" "It's a Beyblade Stadium" "A...what?" "A lot of kids today have Beyblades and you can fight with them in buildings like this" "Doesn't sound so safe..." "But it is. You have your own Bey and he fights against those of others" "But we don't have any..." "That's right. We don't have any...yet. My parents work with beys and they showed me how to make your own beyblade over the holidays. They spoke to the head of this stadium and we can make our own beys here today" Lui smiled at Algería, who still didn't know what to make of it, but it was worth a try, wasn't it?

The two spent the afternoon and Sunday building their beys. Lui had told and explained a lot about beys and after a long weekend they held their beys in their hands. "I call him...Lost Luinor" Lui looked at the white and blue bey shimmering in the light. Algería looked at hers and eyed the red bey from all sides. "What do you call yours?" "I don't know..." "Come on, Algería. Name him" "Good...Then that's...Fuerza, Fire Fuerza" Lui smiled. "Sounds great and now let's try them out" Lui picked up a suitcase that was standing on one of the tables and left the workshop, followed by the red-haired girl. It was late, but some people were still training in the stadium. Lui and Algería walked towards an empty arena and the blue-haired opened the suitcase. Inside were two launchers. He gave one of them to Algería and kept the other one himself. "So...if I remember correctly, you twist your bey on the launcher and then pull on the chain there." Lui turned Luinor on his launcher and stood in front of the arena . "3,2,1 Let it rip" He pulled the chain and Luinor flew into the arena. "Amazing! He's so fast! Try it too, Algería!" Algería twisted Fuerza to her launcher and positioned herself next to Lui. She pulled on the chain and her bey landed in the arena as well. Luinor caught up with Fuerza, who was hit and shattered. "Hey!" "That's part of it" Lui took the individual parts of Fuerza and put them back together. "Do you see?" He returned Fuerza to her owner and then took Luinor. "Let's train"

The so-called training consisted of battles, which Lui always won. Lui was good, even though he had never bladed before. It was fun for Algería, but she didn't mean it as seriously as Lui meant it. Lui trained a lot after school and Algería was always there. "Is there a reason why you train so much?" "I want to get stronger, what else?" The two were on their way to the training center when they walked past the park and Lui stopped. The redhead stopped a few steps behind him and looked back at him. "Is something?" "That girl there, isn't that the one you ran into back then?" Algería went back to him and looked in the direction. In fact, there was the girl from school and also the guy who hit her. "No...That's not her" "Yes, she is" Lui walked up to the group. Algería followed him, she had a bad conscience. "Don't do it, Lui" "I will" He took off his backpack and took out Luinor and his launcher. "Hey you" The taller ones looked at the two smaller ones. "What do you brats want?" "Getting revenge for hurting my friend" Algería hid behind Lui as best he could, which was difficult cause he was shorter than her. "Oh, it's you" "Listen kid, you'd better go home before you hurt yourself seriously" Lui held out his hand in which he was holding Luinor. "Not before you fought me" "You little dwarf have a bey?" Lui grinned. "Luinor is the strongest bey in the world" "Don't make me laugh" "Who wants to test it? Come on, I'll take on any of you" The bigger ones took on Lui's challenges and one by one they lost to him. "That can't be true" "That's all you can do? What a joke!" Lui took his bey out of the arena. "Better stay away from Algería" "Oh yes? And who wants to stop us from that?" One of the guys wanted to hit Lui, but Lui simply stopped his hand and twisted his arm. "Yes, because I protect her" Lui let go of the idiot and went back to Algería. "Let's go" "...Yes..." Lui took his backpack and together they left the park. The blue-haired had put away his bey and launcher and strapped on his backpack again. "...Thanks..." "You are like a sister to me and as a big brother, I have to protect you" Algería laughed a little. "You? The big brother?" Lui looked at her. "Yes, no matter if you are older or bigger, you will always be my little sister" "Okay, big brother" The girl giggled. "Are you making fun of me?" "No, not me"

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Luis' path as a blader was becoming more and more interesting. He trained every day and already had a strict schedule, his training started at 3 a.m., then he went to school with Algería and then they went to the training center together. The blue-haired began to challenge more and more strong bladers and even competed in district championships and eventually the state championship, which he actually won. Lui quickly made a name for himself and was known throughout Japan. But not only in Japan, he was also able to participate in the World Cup and Algería was always there. "Go home you wimp" Lui took Luinor out of the arena and walked off the stage where Algería was standing behind the gate. She was standing there with a water bottle and a tablet. It was Lui's third national championship he participated in and now he had reached the semifinals. The redhead handed him the bottle and Lui drank from it. "You got a request for an international tournament" "When and where?" "In Denmark in a month. Do you want to see the list of participants?" The redhead handed him the tablet and Lui looked through the list. A grin immediately formed on his lips. "Agree, this could be interesting." Algería picked up the tablet again and sent an email. And so the two traveled the world.

But all fun had to come to an end. "We're moving" "What?! Why?! And where?" "Out of Tokyo, to a small town called Beigoma...I don't know why...Probably because of my stepfather" "This man is really exhausting...I wish you could stay with me" "I'd rather staying with you than moving but my mother would never let that happen" Lui sighed and then looked at Algería. "You're going to keep training, you hear" "I don't know what's the point of this, but alright, I'll do it" Lui took Luinor and held out his hand. "Promise me that you'll get stronger and that one day we'll meet again in the arena" Algería took Fuerza and touched Luinor with it. "Promise" Lui smiled at her. "Make me proud, little one" "I'll but woe I'll hear nothing more from you as soon as I'm gone" The blue-haired laughed. "You don't need to be afraid of that." Algería laughed a little. "Take care, little one, do you hear?" "I will, I promise." Algería turned and walked in her direction.

//I'll ​​miss you little one//

//Me too, big brother//

~present~

"We then moved into the old apartment, where I then found out that Lui's parents had instigated my stepfather to be naughty." "And why is that?" "Because I was supposedly a bad influence on Lui...I never quite heard the call but what I do know is that Lui's parents are rich and very picky. My stepfather probably worked with them and since he didn't like Lui from the start and knew how they were, he had told them about me. Lui knew his parents were tough, which is why he had never told them about me. When they found out, she gave my stepfather a high five figure sum to move us and it worked out. The last I heard from Lui was that he was transferred to America. I didn't know what happened then...I only know that he isn't himself anymore" Valt looked up at the sky. "Do you want to know what happened?" "He's my best friend...I just want him to enjoy beyblade like he did back then and I'd do anything for that." Valt looked at the redhead. "If that's what you want, I'll help you where I can." Algería looked at him in surprise. "Valt...?" "That's what friends are for, right?" Valt smiled. The redhead smiled too. "Thanks Valt" "No, I have to thank you" Algería was surprised. "Well, that you confided in me" The girl laughed. "But don't tell Lui about it, otherwise we'll both be dead." The boy with the brown eyes laughed too. "I can do without that" They looked towards the sunset again. "Thanks Valt...thanks"