WARRIOR: VOLUME TWO (M RATED) HAS BEEN PUBLISHED!

It's going to be a pretty long story. loooooong.

Disclaimer: I own nothing. Beyblade belongs to TAKAO AOKI. NOT ME! I NO OWN, YOU NO SUE.

CHAPTER 1

You fascinated me,

Cloaked in shadows and secrecy

The beauty of a broken angel

Beth Crowley

TYSON'S POV

I was completely exhausted. Man, that was an exhilarating match!, I thought. I could still feel the excitement. I propped myself up on my elbow and look at Kai lying on my left. He looked just as exhausted as I felt. Eyes closed with a faint smile on his lips, he looked tired but perfectly content. I felt a grin carving its way across my face. I knew I looked stupid.

"Kai", I said grinning down at him. He cracked one eye open and looked at me.

"hn?"

"That was some battle, huh?", I said.

He didn't reply. Instead he closed his eye and sighed, his happy smile growing.

"Kai, can I ask you something?", I said, looking at him hopefully.

"You'd do it anyway, Tyson"

Aw, he knew me too well. I sat up, my grin almost reaching my ears. "Kai, if you were to ever pick anything over beyblading, what would it be?". Pure evil glinting in my eyes, I waited for him to speak.

Kai opened his eyes and looked at me. "Why?", he asked.

I shrugged, tilted my head and waited for him to answer my awesome question. I am so going to enjoy this, I thought.

Kai looked skeptical. He took a deep breath and said,"I wouldn't know because I would never choose anything over beyblading".

Boooring! I wasn't going to let up that easily. "Aw, come on, Kai. IF you were to choose anything over the love of your life, which you never would but let's just for the sake of argument assume that you would, what would it be?".

"What would you choose, Tyson?"

"We're talking about you here, Kai"

"I'll answer your question if you answer mine"

"No way! I asked first"

"Okay". Did he just agree with me? I thought with my eyes bulging out.

"So?", I held my breath.

A small smirk came over his handsome face and he said, "I would never choose anything over the love of my life. If I did, it wouldn't be the love of my life anymore, would it?"

That was more than what the guy had spoken in a week.

"huh? what are you saying?"

Kai sat up and as he did so, his arm brushed mine. I felt myself straightening my spine involuntarily in response. He stood up. I looked up at him. "Kai?". He starts walking away. I jumped up and called out his name. "You haven't answered my question yet, Kai!"

"Kai!" Oh god, sometimes he gets on my nerves like nobody else. I wondered where he was going, glaring at his retreating form. The grouch better return soon, I thought.

I fell back on my butt on the grass and looked out at the sea. The sun was setting, painting the sky golden. The glistening sea looked like it was full of stars that had fallen down from the sky. I smiled and then frowned. That slick git, I thought, what was that all about? What did he mean when he said 'it wouldn't be the love of my life anymore'? If he could love something more than beyblading, what would it be? Why cant kai ever give me a straightfoward answer to such questions? Did he make it his life's purpose to get on my nerves all the time?

I get up and start walking back to the dojo. Dragoon looked pretty out of shape. Gotta give him to Kenny, I thought.

When I reached back at the dojo, I could hear my friends' laughter from where I stood at the gate. They were here for the upcoming tournament which was about to start in a month. The BBA was back in full strength and ready for a new world championship with a brand new stadium built to withstand any attack that the bladers could whip out with fancy new technology and instalments for the maximum yield of power. After the defeat of BEGA, Max and Rei went back to their families. Kai stuck around and I was more grateful than ever for that. If he hadn't been here to keep me company when everyone else (save for Kenny and Hil) upped and left, I would've pretty much lost it.

"Hiya, lil' dude! Where've you been? Got a pot full of steamin' tomato soup in 'ere n' you're standin' out there lookin' like a chopstick! Get your tush in here and start inhalin', shouted Grampa from the dojo's deck.

"Oh hey Grampa! Tomato soup, huh?", I grinned at Grampa and ran inside shouting, "Thanks. I am starviiin".

NORMAL POV

"Give it back, Rei", said Max. "I am not going to let you have all of it, give it to me!"

Tearing the bowl back from Max, Rei grinned."Come on, Max. You've already had two bowls of soup. One more and I think your stomach will explode"

"Don't talk about how much I ate when you've been wolfing down two sandwiches, three eggs and THREE bowls of soup, Rei. Three!" said Max.

"What? That wasn't me! That was Daichi" ,Rei looked insulted.

"Hey! Who's talking about my appetite? We all know Tyson's got a way bigger one than me. Huh, I doubt if a dinosaur would have a bigger one than Tyson's", Daichi said righteously holding two chopsticks in one chubby hand and a bowl in an another with a noodle sticking out of his mouth.

Tyson walked into the kitchen to find Max, Rei, Kenny, Daichi and Hillary sitting around the low table. Max and Rei looked to be fighting over a bowl of soup while Kenny was busy typing away on his laptop. Daichi was stuffing his face away like the world was about to run out of food that very instant and Hillary kept rolling her eyes in everybody's general direction. He wondered where Kai was. But as soon as the smell of soup wafted over to his nose, every other thought was wiped out of Tyson's head.

He scrambled over to the table and said, "hey guys!" and quickly grabbed a bowl of soup and a sandwich.

"Speak of the devil", said Daichi.

"Shut it, Daichi", said Tyson with his mouth half-filled with soup and the other half with sandwich. "My stomach's business is no business of yours"

Max dropped the bowl and Rei tucked in. "Hey Tyson, where've you been all afternoon? Training with kai again?", Max asked happily, forgetting all about his soup brawl with Rei for a minute.

"mhm", replied Tyson.

Rei set down the half empty bowl and looked over at Tyson. "where's kai?", asked Rei looking genuinely curious.

Tyson looked up from his bowl and swallowed. He blinked at Rei and a dejected looking Max who had his eyes on the half-empty soup bowl. "You mean he hasn't been here?"

Max shook his head after snapping out of his soup induced depression. "Nope, haven't seen him all afternoon", said Max.

I wonder where he is, thought Tyson.

TYSON'S POV

I stepped out onto the deck and breathed in the cold night air. Quiet enveloped me. I didn't like it one bit. Sighing and shivering a little, I looked up at the moon. Laughter floated over from the inside of the dojo. The guys were getting ready for bed. Hillary and Kenny had gone back to theirs for the night. My stomach was full, my friends were all here (save Kai) and the night was beautiful but why wasn't I happy? I wondered. I still felt like something was missing. I felt an unnatural chill run up my spine and stood up straight from where I was leaning against the wooden pillar. It was that feeling again. The one I got whenever Kai was around. He was here. He's gotta be. I could feel it. Him.

I heard footsteps coming my way and smiled. As freaky as it was, I was glad that I had a Kai radar. I wondered how that came about. The footsteps got louder as they neared me and my stomach started doing little flip-flops. I tensed and turned. Kai turned around the corner and saw me. I smiled. "Hey buddy. Where you been? Half the dojo's asleep."

"why are you out here?", asked Kai looking straight into my eyes. I looked back into his purple eyes and cleared my throat suddenly finding it a little dry, shrugged and said, "I don't know. Thought I could use some fresh air". I laughed a bit to shake off the awkwardness I felt and looked away.

Kai walked by me, slid the door open and slipped in quietly. I bit my lip. What the hell was wrong with me?!, I thought and ran a hand through my hair frustrated. Why cant I speak to him without losing my cool ? I'm probably sleep deprived. That's it! I just have to drag my butt over to my comfy futon and drift off. Kai might probably wake us up early tomorrow. He said something about training harder earlier. I wonder how that guy does it. Sometimes I wonder if the guy was a robot. Doesn't speak much. Doesn't eat much. Doesn't sleep much… Doesn't have a heart much. those things are what makes him different from everyone else though. He's my biggest inspiration. I get all my strength from him. I wouldn't be half the blader I am today if he wasn't a part of my life. Meeting him and having him around was the best thing that ever happened to me. He pushes me to my limits. Keeps me on my toes and shows me the kind of blader I am supposed to be. I want to be as good as him. I'll never be but I'll try. I'll try my best. For him. Strangely though I think that's why he sticks around me too. I help him become stronger by challenging him. I push him to his limits. And I guess that's why it's so amazing when we blade. We want to outdo each other so bad, we push our limits and in doing so we make the impossible possible .The only time Kai drops his mask and I see it all. His strength. Sheer power and determination. His magnificent spirit in all its glory. I see it all when I look at him across the beydish. His very soul laid bare in front of me to see. All that he is. All that he wants. And that he wants nothing more than to beat me. And knowing that he will pour his heart and soul into what he wants, I make it as hard as possible. Refusing to give up, so that I can see what he is made of. Pure power and impossible strength. Leaving me awe struck with the sheer beauty and strength of his spirit by the time the match ends. Sure, I win the game but every time I do I lose something even bigger. I lose a piece of my heart to him.