Beyblade Fan Fiction ❯ Have You Ever ❯ Chapter 7 ( Chapter 7 )

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Warnings: Yaoi, Lemon(s), language, angst, violence, etc. and that cavity warning I mentioned before. Rated NC - 17. This chapter: I have nothing new to say…but this is a cliffy…

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Kali: cheers. School's out for…winter! Ha!

Dryad: ^-^ Good! Maybe now you'll get some real fic writing done.

Kali: My point exactly! I've got all these TyKa ideas in my head now…

Dryad: snorts. That's because of all the chatting you, Glay, Ranma, and Jen have been doing lately.

Kali: o_O I don't know what you're talking about.

Dryad: snickers. I've seen your conversations. You four are complete hentais.

Kali: -_- That's not a bad thing, Dryad.

Dryad: Yes, it is! You can't post that stuff on ff.net!

Kali: scowls. Not my fault! That's what our groups are for!

Dryad: rolls eyes. Sheesh. Okay, we can argue about it later. Get busy and start typing.

Kali: o_O You know, between you, Caitlin, and…that fuzzball, Zoe…I'm really starting to feel abused.

Dryad: taps foot impatiently. The fic…?

Kali: All right, already! I don't own Beyblade!

Dryad: glares at lawyers. So there!

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Pairs: Tyson/Kai, Rei/ ??, others to be decided.

FYI: Kai & Rei = 18 and Tyson, Max, & Kenny = 17 for this fic (except the prologue).

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Chapter 7

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The second Tyson walked through the door and spotted a distraught Max, he instantly felt guilty and ashamed. He ran over to the blonde and dropped to his knees next to him.

"Maxie! I'm so sorry! I shouldn't have lost my temper like that! I'm so sorry!"

Kenny gently tugged Wyatt aside and let Tyson spill out apology after apology. Kai, surprising them all (except Tyson), knelt down beside his teammates and brushed a stray lock of Max's hair from his face, murmuring a quick, "Shut up, Tyson."

Tyson snapped his mouth shut and wiped away the tears that had spilled over.

Max stared at them for a moment, before giving them a tiny smile. "So you really are together." He observed. Tyson and Kai flushed, but nodded.

"Yeah, Maxie." Tyson sniffed. "I'm sorry."

"No, Ty. Don't be. There's nothing for you to be sorry about." Max hung his head. "You can't control Rei's feelings."

Kai sighed and exchanged a look with Tyson before gently enfolding the young teen in a comforting embrace. "Don't worry, Max. We'll help you. I promise."

Max stared up at him with shocked blue eyes. "Kai?"

Wyatt gaped, Kenny raised an eyebrow, and Tyson…well, just grinned and winked at his lover.

"Ha! I knew it! There is a big softy in there somewhere!" He crowed.

Kai frowned, a light blush staining his cheeks under his shark-fins. "You don't have to broadcast it, Ty-love. I do have a reputation to maintain." He released Max, who sat up and rubbed at his eyes, gritty from crying.

Kenny couldn't help but comment. "'Ty-love?'" Snickering when Tyson and Kai turned bright red.

"Shut up, Kenny." Tyson grumbled.

Max laughed a little. "Leave them alone, Chief. I think they've had enough torture from us." He angled his head curiously at Kai. "So how did you plan on helping me?"

Tyson yawned widely, stretching out and lying with his head pillowed on Kai's lap. Kai looked down at him. "Comfy?"

"Very. I'm sort of tired, Kai."

Kenny cleared his throat. "Which brings up my question: What the heck is going on?"

Kai looked thoughtful for a moment, running his fingers absently through Tyson's hair. The Dragon closed his eyes with a smile and made a purring noise of contentment before answering Kenny.

"We really aren't sure, Chief." Tyson explained how he'd talked to Dragoon that morning, and Kai added in what he'd seen. Kenny and Dizzi took notes and filed away the data for future analysis.

"Fascinating. And you're going to teach Kai the meditation technique you used to talk to Dragoon?" He inquired.

"Yeah." Tyson replied, sleepily.

Kai, still playing with Tyson's hair, glanced at Max. "I think you should teach Max and Rei, too, Tyson."

"Sure. It's not hard to learn. It may or may not work though. The bit-beasts won't speak to you unless they think you're ready for it."

"Really?" Max looked hopeful. "Oh man! It'll be so cool to get to talk to Draciel!"

"Chief, would you go find Rei and drag him back here?" Kai asked. "I think it's safe now. And I want to have a little chat with him." His crimson eyes flashed dangerously. Then he looked down at his lap when a soft snore followed his request and the Dragon shifted restlessly.

Tyson had fallen asleep and was now lying on his side, hugging one of Kai's legs and had his face buried in the inside thigh of that leg. Kai blushed and sweatdropped, sighing in resignation.

Kenny snickered again, getting to his feet. "By the time I find Rei and get him back here, Tyson should be awake, right?"

"Yeah." Kenny accepted Kai's answer and hurried off, leaving Dizzi with Max since he could move faster without dragging the laptop with him.

Wyatt made to follow him, but froze when Kai's cold, distant voice spoke his name. "Wyatt. You stay here. I've been meaning to ask you a few things."

Nervously, the brunette turned back and sat down again, watching Kai warily. No matter how much Kai had seemed to have changed, Wyatt couldn't quite believe he'd changed that much - not for real.

Max frowned at his captain. "Kai…" He gave the Phoenix a worried look. This was Kai's 'interrogation' voice.

Kai spared him a quick glance before pinning Wyatt with his intense crimson gaze again. "Relax, Maxie."

"W…What did you want to know?" Wyatt asked.

"You can start, Wyatt, with what the hell you're doing at our school - A public school. Why aren't you at Whitney Prep anymore?"

Wyatt gave him a completely surprised look. He'd thought Kai knew already. "Whitney Prep is gone, Kai. When you were pulled out, your Grandfather…"

"Voltaire." Kai's eyes and voice went flat and ice-cold. "I am not that bastard's relation."

Wyatt flinched and nodded quickly, holding his hands up defensively. He hadn't known that was a sore spot. "Uh…after you left, Voltaire also pulled his funding. Without it, the school couldn't run on what little income it had left so it closed down."

Kai's eyes closed and he growled something unintelligible under his breath. Seeming to sense Kai's agitation, Tyson stirred a bit, reached out blindly and grabbed Kai's hand, pulling it to his lips and nuzzling. Kai looked down at him and couldn't help smiling softly, the expression transforming his whole face. He brushed away Tyson's hair from the sleeping Dragon's face and Tyson sighed happily, snuggling Kai's leg closer.

Max smiled at them. They were completely meant for each other and it warmed his heart to see them so close and content. His smile drooped a bit, though, when he couldn't stop himself from wishing he had that with Rei.

Kai looked back at Wyatt, eyes hardening once again. Max was a little confused. He knew Kai didn't trust anyone but his team, Gramps, Mr. Dickenson, and Tyson's Dad. But he wasn't sure why Kai was so suspicious of Wyatt.

"I see." The Phoenix said, finally. "So why are you here?"

"I moved back to Scotland for a while to live with my Mother while I was in school." He shrugged. "Then my Father wanted me back here in Japan, so…here I am."

Kai looked unconvinced. "Really."

Wyatt glanced at his watch. "Uh…I had better go. My Father is expecting me to be home at four." He stood. "I'll see you on Monday at school." He dusted himself off and walked out.

"See ya, Wyatt!" Max called after him. Kai just watched him go.

Max sighed and turned to Kai. "You didn't answer my question, Kai."

Kai nodded. "I know. I was getting to it."

A loud yawn drew their attention. "Getting to what?"

"Awake again?" Kai smiled at Tyson, who gave him a sleepy grin and sat up, snuggling back against Kai's warm chest and pulling his arms around his waist, holding them there.

"Sorry, guys. I couldn't help it." Tyson leaned his head on Kai's shoulder. "So what'd I miss?"

Kai nuzzled Tyson's hair and said, "Not much. We were just about to talk about how to help Max. I sent the Chief to go find Rei and bring him back."

Tyson scowled and Kai kissed his cheek with a laugh. "You're so cute when you're jealous."

"Kai!"

"Well you are."

Max grinned and shook his head at them.

"Listen, Max, I think the problem is that Rei hasn't taken a really good look at you lately."

"He thinks of me as a younger brother." Max looked down at his hands.

Tyson linked his fingers with Kai's and squeezed. "I agree with Kai. You're the youngest of us, Maxie - not including Kenny, of course. Rei hasn't had a chance to accept that you've grown up."

"So what do you suggest I do?" Max looked up, blonde hair flopping over his eyes.

"Maybe we could…" Tyson was cut off by the phone. He got up and went to answer it.

"Hello?"

"Tyson? It's Mr. Dickenson."

Tyson blinked in surprise. "Mr. D! Nice to hear from you!"

"And you, Tyson."

"So what can I do for you?"

"Well, as you know, the tournament circuit will be beginning in a month. As the current World Champions, the Bladebreakers have certain social obligations to observe."

Tyson blinked. "Uh…maybe you should talk to Kai about those, sir. He'd understand better than I would."

Mr. Dickenson chuckled. "If you think so, Tyson."

Tyson looked over at his teammates. "Hey, Kai! It's Mr. D. Come talk to him and do the leader thing."

Kai stood in one fluid movement and strode over, taking the phone from Tyson and greeting the CEO of the BBA.

"Hello, sir. What's up?"

"Ah, Kai. As I was telling Tyson, the team has some social duties to perform before the tournament circuit starts in a month."

"I see. Such as?" Kai frowned. The downside to being the best meant he was forced to appear in public on occasion.

"There will be a few press-conferences and so far there is only one exhibition match you and the team are scheduled for. However, that's not for a couple of months, so don't worry about it. There's going to be an official BBA gala next week. The Bladebreakers are invited to attend, and I'm sure that many of your friends from other teams will be attending as well."

"I will talk it over with the team, sir, but I'm sure we'll be attending." He looked at Tyson, who was nodding fervently and pointing at Max surreptitiously. Kai waved him away and Tyson nodded back.

"Excellent! I have to go, now, Kai. I'll email the details to Kenny."

"Yes, sir. Thank you for calling."

"No problem. Take care, Kai." Mr. Dickenson hung up.

Kai walked back over to Max and sat again, Tyson following and sitting behind him, draping his arms over Kai's shoulders and resting his chin on top of Kai's head.

"So what did Mr. D. want?" Max inquired curiously.

"There's going to be a party next week to kick off the season, and we're invited." Kai told them, leaning back contentedly in Tyson's arms. "What were you waving and mumbling at me about, Ty-love?"

"Well, this party would be a good excuse to work on Max - you know, to make Rei sit up and take notice of him."

"What do you mean?"

"No offence, Maxie - but you still have this distinctly 'little kid' look to you."

Max glowered at him. "What's that mean?"

"Well, I think Rei still thinks of you as a little brother because you still look like one - like you did four years ago." Tyson studied him critically. "Before you freak out on me, buddy, you have to realize that I know you're not a little kid anymore. Kai knows, Kenny knows, even Rei knows…but he just needs to be reminded."

Slightly mollified, Max looked at his captain for his opinion.

"He's right, Max. It wouldn't be much of a change. Dress you up a bit differently, maybe cut your hair a bit…"

"My HAIR?!" His hands rose to pat at his head in horror.

Tyson burst out laughing and even Kai smiled a bit at his reaction. "Hahaha! Max, you sounded just like Rei!"

Max glared and Tyson laughed harder, falling over.

Kai glanced at him, rolled his eyes, then looked back at Max. "I've got an idea for this party." A rather evil gleam entered his crimson eyes. "Something that will definitely get Rei's attention."

"What?" Max asked, cautiously.

"We're going shopping tomorrow, Max." He replied, thinking. "Part of it is that we all wear something that'll mark us as teammates but still look as if it's part of our outfits."

Tyson picked himself up and tugged on Kai's scarf. "Let me guess…scarves."

Kai grabbed his scarf out of Tyson's hands and flicked it over his other shoulder. "Good boy! See? You aren't as dumb as everyone thinks you are."

Tyson gave him a glare, grabbed the front of his shirt and yanked Kai towards him, planting a hard kiss on Kai's mouth. "Ooph!" Kai fell into his lap and stayed, quite happy to be there, really. All sense and clarity went out the window as Tyson's tongue slid inside to stroke his. Kai made a little sound of pleasure and kissed back, attacking Tyson's tongue with his own.

"Ahem." Max cleared his throat, eyes wide. "Uh…guys?"

Tyson broke off and stared into crimson depths gone dark and hot. Kai sucked in a breath and growled, "What was that for?"

"Better than smacking you for that little comment, don't you think?" He purred.

They stared at each other hotly. Max rolled his eyes and tried to keep from giggling at them.

The door to the dojo opened and in walked Kenny and a rather hesitant Rei.

Kenny eyed the two lovers and glanced at Max. "What happened?"

"Oh…the usual disagreement, that's all." Max couldn't help it. He started giggling, earning both Kai and Tyson's attention. They looked away from each other (though Max noticed Kai moved closer to Tyson and Tyson wrapped an arm around Kai's waist and pulled him closer until they were hip to hip).

"Come on in, Chief…Rei." Tyson invited, his hold on Kai tightening. Rei noticed and was careful to keep his distance - images of a glowing Tyson flashing through his mind.

Kai told them about Mr. Dickenson's call and what Wyatt had told him and Max. Then came the explanation for Tyson's little episode.

"I've been thinking, Kai, about that. I need to do some more research and a bit more analysis but I think I'm beginning to understand it." Kenny opened Dizzi and typed in a few commands, checking his email. "Oh hey! Here's the details for the party next week."

"So where is it, Chief?" Max crawled over to look at the screen.

"It's here in Bay City. Mr. D. says a bus will come pick us up here at the dojo and take us to the hotel where we've got a suite reserved for us for the weekend."

"When does the bus come?" Rei asked.

"Uh…Friday evening at 5:00 pm."

At this point, Kai decided to bring up his idea about their clothes. "We're going to this thing in style." He stated.

They looked at him. "What do you mean?" Kenny asked.

"In a word…" Kai dropped his bombshell on them with a wicked grin. "Leather."

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Kali: I know, it's short…and a cliffie! Kind of…

Dryad: o_O Leather?

Kali: You'll see. ~_^

Tyson: eyes Kai. Mmm…

Kai: eyes Tyson. Interesting…

Both: hentai grins.

Kali: rolls eyes. Yeah…that's one reason.

Dryad: -_-U R/R!