5 years earlier:

Everything in my life was just wonderful and, above all, whole.
My parents had a good marriage, although they were always very busy and therefore often did not have that much time for me. I had a lot of friends and a boyfriend too.
Even at school there weren't any problems, because I enjoyed learning and of course I was looking forward to the final trip to Tokyo, about 400 km away, which was planned for the last eight days of the senior year.
The trip should start in 5 days and so I still had to do shopping, a visit to the library and packing.
That's why I had to cancel an appointment with Koji, my friend, at a party. This was hosted by his best friend Yachiro, who wanted to celebrate her seventeenth birthday appropriately. Her parents had so much money that it was easy for Koji's best friend to organize a huge and, above all, hip party.
I was terribly sorry that I had to cancel my boyfriend, especially since I haven't been with him as often as I should have been recently. But there were important reasons for it, namely the final exams. At that time it was extremely important to me to achieve very good results because I really wanted to get my chance to study journalism at a prestigious university

The long-awaited day of departure to Tokyo was finally here and even though it was only 6 a.m., everyone was bright and happy.
"Huhu !!! Crystal, are you dreaming?" Shouted Lilian, my best friend, while she waved her hands in front of my face like mad.
"Hey is good! What do you have now?"
I was a little annoyed, because Lilian tended to hysteria if, in her opinion, something did not go perfectly or caused problems, because unfortunately she was also an incorrigible perfectionist. She had had this tick for as long as I knew her, more than 10 years.
How could it be otherwise, once again she was on the verge of collapse. "Have you seen my parents? I've never been away from home alone and I haven't said goodbye to them yet. Where are ...".
At that moment I quickly interrupted her before she could no longer calm down.
"Take it easy, honey and look! They are back there and they seem to be looking for you too."
"Oh yes, that's right." Lilian grinned, a little embarrassed, before she disappeared as quickly as she appeared.
Phew, that would be done, I thought to myself. I had said goodbye to my parents the night before because they had to work, as always. Sometimes they were so busy that I didn't see them for days and to make up for this, they showered me with useless gifts every time that actually didn't interest me at all.Before I could even think about my family again, my eyes were closed. I knew immediately who was standing behind me.
"Hi, Crys! Are you ready for the long-awaited journey?", Koji asked me with a happy smile and I only nodded to get close to him to kiss him. Something was different than usual. I just didn't know what, but I probably just imagined it.
Shortly afterwards our teacher called the class together and not much later boarded the train to Tokyo with all of us. During the trip I didn't notice much, because I slept almost the whole time leaning against Koji who had an arm around my shoulders.
When we arrived in Tokyo, we made our way straight to the pension, which was not far from the BBA center. This was just about perfect for me because I was hoping to see some professionals there.
Our accommodation looked incredibly inviting from the outside. It was a half-timbered house with a huge garden. In this was a lot of great things, like a table tennis table, a basketball hoop and even a place to beyblade. That was just too perfect for me. Now I was even able to train on the spot and didn't have to forget my favorite pastime while we were there
My classmates, especially the other girls, didn't share my joy in this sport. They were only interested in the "oh so cute bladers" because of their fame, but I was much more attracted to their athletic skills than their looks and so, despite my many friendships and koji, I was always half a loner because I still had never met anyone who shared my passion.
Not even Koji pretended to be interested in me and so I went out alone in our free time to look around the center of the BBA. But unfortunately this was closed due to a small tournament. It was supposed to take place the next day and everyone who wanted to was allowed to participate. It was a huge opportunity for me to test my skills because I had never fought against really strong opponents. But the best thing was that I was finally able to see my great role models. The Bladebreakers, as reigning world champions, should be there too.
I was absolutely over the moon, just couldn't contain myself and really wanted to tell Koji, in the hope that he would be happy with me and maybe also be by my side as a spectator.
I knew, of course, that I had to ask permission from our teacher first, but I didn't see any trouble. Anyway, we should have the following day at our free disposal and deal with things that interested us personally and that was the Beyblade for me.These were my exuberant thoughts on the way to the accommodation. Suddenly I was disturbed in my exuberance when I heard well-known noises. I was in a small park where some other bladers were playing a few matches at the time. Of course, I couldn't help but watch and then go into some fights with Dancer that were observed from a distance without my knowledge.

Dancer was my Bitbeast, which looked like a white, winged horse that was on fire. I loved her and was so happy when she showed up. She found me all by herself and joined me. It was on a day when I was still relatively early in my training. I wasn't particularly good, but I was all the more ambitious and hopeful. I worked out for hours with enthusiasm when it happened that day. I was practicing as always when suddenly a bright, blinding light appeared out of nowhere. It shot into my blade without warning, and then I heard a disembodied voice. "I'm a dancer and I am happy to meet you. It is very admirable how much you train. From now on I will help you and be your partner." Since then we have been inseparable.

One day later:

I had told Koji about my plans for the next day the previous evening and, as always, he had only shown disinterest. Fortunately, I had long since learned to ignore that. After that, although a little depressed, I went to my teacher to ask his permission. I got this without any problems and the promise that he would stop by.
Since I wanted to cut a good figure in the competition, I trained again early in the morning and then went straight to the center. But before that I went to say goodbye to my friend. I still hoped he would change my mind and come with me. However, he could not be seen anywhere. That was actually totally atypical for him, because normally he was always in the center of the action. I asked many of my classmates about his whereabouts, but no one could help me.
So I decided to just have a look in his room. I knocked on his door, as courtesy required. Nobody responded to my knock. I wondered if he might not even be asleep and carefully opened the door. But after I got up to the room, I immediately regretted it again. I could not believe my eyes. I felt betrayed and deeply hurt.
Koji was on his bed, but not alone. But with Yumiko in her arms, one of the girls who had laughed at me so often because of my love for Beybladen and Dancer.
He was just about to kiss her deeply when Yumiko noticed me. She smiled sure of victory and then pushed it away to point at me in mock horror.Just leave quickly, was my first thought, but by then he had already noticed me and followed me.
After Koji caught up with me, he wanted to talk, but I was only interested in one thing and so I asked him tonelessly:
"How long has this been going on and did you even have anything to say about it in front of me?"
Of course he only tried to tone down everything and to assert his innocence, but for my part I didn't believe a word he said. He kept stuttering and that didn't exactly make him any more believable.
"Tell me the truth at last!" I shouted without any warning and so he started to tell.
It all started at his best friend Yachiro's party, who didn't go to our class, but was still very good friends with Yumiko.
This was the day I didn't see Koji once as I was preparing for the trip.
Koji told me how bored he was there alone. I couldn't imagine that, because he always and everywhere with his relaxed manner made friends. He also reported how Yumiko took care of him, better said, approached him and how they got closer. In the days that followed until they left for Tokyo, they met more and more often and whenever possible and fell in love with each other.
It all hurt so bad, but then it got worse. He didn't want to talk to me until after our class trip and pretend that nothing had ever happened and all because he was afraid that it would ruin himself this week. This admission tore my heart apart. How could he do this to me? After all, he had always said how much he loved me and how extraordinary I was. A world collapsed for me and so I just shouted: "Never get too close to me again and, above all, never talk to me again!" Then I turned around in a flash and ran away through the streets of Tokyo with my eyes veiled with tears. I kept running until I got to the park that I already knew.
There I was suddenly slowed down when I collided with a boy who must have been around my age and fell to the ground. But I didn't care at all at that moment and so I just jumped up again and continued on my way without a word of apology, as it was actually my way until I came to a large tree. There I let myself sink into its expansive shadow and let my tears run wild.
I felt I spent hours there, even though it was only about half an hour. When I saw Koji and Yumiko happily crossing the park arm in arm. The competition,