The Flicker of Hope (Beyblade Burst Sparking)

Chapter 2: Sadness

It's the next day as Hikaru was getting ready for the day trying to discard the thoughts from yesterday as he went down the stairs to see his parents happily cooking in the kitchen.

"Good morning"

"Good morning Hikaru, what do you want to eat?" She asked

"Anything's fine"

"Good foods ready" she sighed

Hikaru sat down at one of the tables ready to eat as she put the food down in front of him, picking up his utensils. He put the food in his mouth but couldn't help but wonder if something about it was off but discarded the thoughts.

A few minutes later he finished putting his plate in the sink he quickly thanked his parents for the meal before heading off to find the other bladers on his way people gave his weird looks but he didn't think much about it as he saw Aiga walking around

"Hey Aiga how's it going I hope your doing well" Hikaru walked to him as people looked at Aiga weirdly seeming to notice he quickly walked away from the green eyed bladder

"Hey Aiga it's just me Hikaru!" He shouted he turned around before sighing as he walked to him

"Yes Hikaru do you need something?" He mumbled annoyed

"Are you training alone? If so I can give you some company if you don't mind of course." Hikaru smiled

"Look Hikaru. I told you this a week ago and yesterday I want to train alone. Is that so hard to understand? And yes I do mind." He rose his voice

"Oh sorry I wasn't trying to make you mad I was just asking if you wanted some company. That's all we don't have to train together." Hikaru chuckled

"Ok I see what you mean but I don't want any company right now ok so run along somewhere I'm sure your brother wants to train." He sighed

Aiga walked off leaving Hikaru behind as the young boy seemed to sigh as he heard snickers from the people around him confused he ran off to the forest to find the monster himself Free de la hoya.

A few minutes of running he finally reached his destination walking in he saw many animals of all kinds smiling at their behavior he played with a few before heading off again a few minutes after he finally found the person he's been looking for.

"Hey Free, want to train a little? Even do a little meditation if you want" he smiled "Go away I want to train on my own don't disturbed the peace." He replied "I won't I swear I just want to do a little training." Hikaru smiled

Free got up from his position staring down into Hikaru eyes he sighed walking away without any more words Hikaru chased after him but found nothing on the way he sighed before exiting the forest.

'Now what? Why doesn't anyone want to train with me? Did I do something wrong? Did I hurt them in some way? I don't think so but why?" He questioned himself 'Maybe I'll just head to WBBA Valt and Silas probably wants to train a bit. It won't hurt to try right?' He wondered

Heading over to WBBA on the way people snickered at him, whispers were heard from all directions he started to feel uncomfortable with his surroundings he jogged away stopping a few minutes later to catch his breath he heard more whispers again not understanding he walked to one of them.

"Excuse me, can you tell me why people are whispering about me?" He asked "You don't know people are talking about the Legends Festival. They saw that your brother almost got a point off of Valt Aoi in the semifinals but you didn't make it." She answered "Oh I see, thank you for telling me that's all I needed have a nice day." Hikaru politely bowed