Disclaimer: Neither Tyson, Kai, Rei or Max belong to me, I am just borrowing them for a while.

Summary: When Rei plays a prank on Tyson and Kai, there are some strange results.

AN: Originally, this was the beginning of LAV, one of my other fics, which I have taken down, but I liked this idea so I ran with it and this is the result. It's quite short, and at the moment, hasn't been beta'ed, so any mistakes are all mine. Please review.

The Final Trap

Chapter One

Rei had to smile to himself as he climbed up the side of the dojo and onto the roof. His plan had been executed perfectly, and on top of catching one fly, he had managed to catch two! Who would've known such a simple idea could have such wonderful results? He grinned as he settled himself on the rooftop and recalled what had happened only a little earlier that evening.

Tyson and Kai had been arguing. There was nothing unusual about that. The two fought every single day like cats and dogs, and even after knowing them for almost five years, Rei had just about had enough of their childish antics, so he'd decided to try and teach them a lesson. Or, to put it less elegantly, he'd pulled a prank that had been perfectly executed.

Rei had seen the two getting a little hot-headed in the training hall, and the idea had literally dropped into his head. He knew that eventually one would go storming out and slam the door once they were finished with whatever it was that they were arguing about. Most likely their usual topic: training. And then the other would follow and they would argue some more.

Rei had silently gone to work, and once he was finished, he carefully hid further down the hall so he could watch. A few minutes after he was done, he'd watched as Tyson came stomping towards the slightly open door. He had his hand on it, ready to wrench it open, when Kai stormed over, shoved past Tyson and walked through. Tyson had pushed Kai and attempted to get past, but they had both unknowingly sprung Rei's trap.

Rei had to bite his lip to stop from laughing out loud at what had happened after that.

Tyson got hit first, and fell to the floor under the weight of the liquid. He had lashed out with one hand and grabbed the back of Kai's pants as he fell to the floor. Rei had had tears rolling down his face as Kai was dragged into the thick, sticky substance. Kai had kicked and even let out something that was very close to a scream as Tyson tried to get his legs untangled, but Rei knew only too well that the paste dried and hardened within minutes and Tyson ended up lying on top of Kai in a very compromising position.

Rei quickly clamped a hand over his mouth to stop himself from laughing out loud yet again. He could still hear the grunts and groans that definitely didn't sound right in his mind as Kai and Tyson attempted to get out of the mess they had got themselves into.

That was when he heard the noise and it was unmistakably clear in his mind what had happened.

Max had found them.

Rei had tears rolling down his face and a stitch in his side as he imagined Max walking in on Tyson lying on top of Kai covered in the stuff that Rei had mixed up.

First the blond would blush at the sight in front of him, and then he would burst into laughter and maybe attempt to help them out. True to form, Max burst out laughing a few moments later.

"What is that stuff?" Rei heard Max asked once he'd got his laughter under control.

"I don't know but I am going to kill whoever did this," Tyson growled in reply.

There was silence for a moment before Max burst out with, "Oh, come on Tyson, I wouldn't do this to you."

"I can think of someone who would," said Kai.

Rei bit his lip to keep himself from laughing out loud. He could just see the look on Kai's face as he looked down at Tyson.

"Hey! I didn't either!" Tyson yelled out loud.

"I am going to kill you, Tyson, when we get out of this," Kai replied.

"I did not do this!" Tyson spat back. "And besides, how do I know it wasn't you who did this?"

There was more silence, followed by Max chuckling.

"Tyson, why would I set a childish trap full of stuff that sticks you to the floor? And why would I set it off?"

"I don't know, Kai," Tyson replied, "You were the one who walked out the door first."

"And? Maybe I wanted to leave."

Rei carefully jumped off the roof, worried that if he stayed up there much longer, then he might end up rolling off. Max had come out into the garden, making sure to close the door behind him.

"That was a nice idea," Max said, grinning.

"Yeah, I used to use that trick a lot back home." Rei said, leaning back against a tree. "Worked every time on Lee."

Max chuckled again and frowned at Rei. "What was that stuff?"

"You don't want to know, Max," Rei grinned back. He turned to the house, where Kai and Tyson had resorted to calling each other names as they attempted to wriggle their way out of the mess they were in. "Good thing Tyson's grandfather isn't around."

"Yeah, they'd probably give him a heart attack if he walked in now." Max grinned.

"C'mon, let's get out of here," Rei grinned. "We'll come back tomorrow and see if they've got out of it by then."

X

"Tyson, I am going to kill you." Kai stated bluntly.

It had to be his fault, Kai thought, who else would lay such a trap? Well, Max obviously wouldn't, since he respected Tyson too much, even though Tyson was an idiot at times. Tonight only proved that. But what about Rei, would he? On one hand, he had a healthy respect for his team-mates and friends, but on the other, he often did get annoyed with the constant arguing, even Kai knew that. Usually, whenever he and Tyson would start arguing, Rei would simply disappear from sight for a while and then reappear later on. Kai strained his neck to peer down at the top of Tyson's head, surprised that he hadn't answered.

"Hey, Tyson!" Kai said.

"What?" Tyson groaned.

Kai frowned, and tried to sit up, with no luck. Cursing under his breath, Kai lay back on the floor. It sounded like Tyson was sleeping.

"Were you sleeping?" he asked.

"Umm… yeah," Tyson replied. Kai wished he could slam his own head on the floor. Maybe then he'd get rid of his headache. How the hell could Tyson sleep when they were in such a….

A moment later, Tyson started to snore.

"Oh, this is just great." Kai muttered to the empty hallway.

Tbc…