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I do not own anything associated with the Beyblade Anime, apart from my story and any original characters that pop up.

Story-NON Yaoi

Rei and Kai are characters that i felt were wasted in Beyblade, so my story looks deeper into thier lives outside the beyblading environment. Since I prefer realism, the Bit-Beasts in my story are not real and are simply symbols that bladers use to represent themselves individually. The miraculous movement of the blades are made possible by voice control mechanisms inside each blade. Heh, this won't be very relevant to the story as its not about Beyblading!

Full Summary

With beyblading deep in the past, Rei & Kai decide to end withering friendships and focus on what is ahead of them, but……… something is nagging at them in the depths of their souls. Rei is losing hope in his mother's treasured words and Kai is trapped with a deep hidden hunger………a hunger for something that the past championships failed to give him.

Sucked into a surreal world, Rei and Kai soon find their answers but at the cost of being thrown into a never ending war between two great Kingdoms. With their forgotten bitbeasts having a major part to play, one side takes Rei as their hero and the other side takes Kai .

How will Rei and Kai get home, and will they have to end up fighting each other to the death to get back home?

The characters are this old:

Kenny 19

Tyson 19

Max 19 1/2

Rei 22 1/2

Kai 23

Chapter 1

Years Gone By

"Oh man, did you see them, did you see the way they looked at me? Ha, I swear if they stared any longer they would have started drooling!" Tyson yelled out in excitement, flipping himself backwards onto the sofa.

"Well, you are still one of the greatest world champions of all time Tyson, that's what you should expect from your fans, even though if they started drooling it would just be plain freaky," Kenny said, shuddering at the thought.

Tyson smirked, closing his eyes and saying to himself silently, myyyyyy fans, followed by, myyyyyy fans drooling - he paused, EURGH! He shook his head to get rid of the image, Kenny was right, that would be freaky.

Tyson and Kenny, now 19, just came back from a special ceremony of the grand opening of a high tech facility that allows bladers to have holograms of their bit-beast symbols appear, and attack the opponent as if they were real. With the added addition of voice control, competitors for the first time could see their beast move according to their will.

Tyson being a celebrity blader, and still the reigning champion, was invited as the top guest to cut the ribbon in front of many beyblade enthusiasts who were eager to see him, as well as the new facilities the beyblade centre had to offer them.

"Hey, come to think of it, did you see Kai, Rei or even Max?" Tyson yawned loudly, tilting his head and trying to spot Kenny in the next room.

"No," Kenny replied while checking his email. "I did send them all a message, but apart from Max you know how unlikely it would be to see Rei or Kai there."

"Heh, heh, heh!" Tyson chuckled, staring sleepily at the ceiling. "Maybe they were too embarrassed to come and stand next to me, after all, I'm still known as the World Champ and they're not, it's understandable."

"Tyyyyyson," Kenny moaned with annoyance. "Have you forgotten that Rei and Kai left blading six - years - ago? You really think they would want to show up when neither of them liked the spotlight even in their beyblade days?"

"Yeah yeah," Tyson mumbled.

"You know it's true, and come on, they're not kids anymore, they're full - grown - business guys with everything going for them, I don't think they'll even know what a beyblade is anymore."

"Hmph!" Tyson snorted, scrunching his eyes in slight anger as past memories flooded back of Rei, announcing that he was leaving the team for good. It was a hard blow but matters just got worse when Kai left soon after. They wanted to move on, had plans for the future, blah blah blah. Only good old Max stayed, saying he would never leave……………… liar. He only managed to stay another two years before running off to his Mummy in America. Sorry Tyson, I can't live without Mummy! HMPH! Tyson rolled to his side angrily.

…......they all left him………alone………the true blader………a champion worthy of being remembered. Tyson smirked cruelly. But - the feelings of hurt still remained, he thought his Bladebreakers team would have lived on for years, but he was wrong, way wrong.

"Look," Kenny said, bringing Tyson back to reality. "You should keep that mouth of yours shut before any of the others happen to catch you boasting about how great you think you are compared to them. They could take it the wrong way."

Tyson dug his back further into the sofa. "Blah blah," he mumbled sleepily, pulling his cap down to cover his anger and hurt. "I can't help stating the truth. I am the best. When I thrashed them all in the world championships, light came to their eyes. They realised how weak they were compared to me so they couldn't help but chicken - out."

Chicken out? Kenny rolled his eyes, did Tyson ever shut up? It's been several years and he still can't forget. The guys left for completely different reasons, and they even told Tyson themselves! They didn't chicken out………although he could see where Tyson was coming from. No doubt about it, Rei and Kai's departure from the team was quite sudden but they were older and had been blading for longer. Soon it will dawn on Tyson that he too needs to focus more on his future just like the others decided to.

"You see its fate. Kai was good, Rei……was close, but their dreams of having great skills like mine just couldn't be a reality, and Maxi - didn't even take the game seriously enough. I was destined to be the best, they had no chance." Tyson smiled broadly, sinking even deeper into the sofa. "Why even blade? I should have been handed that trophy right from the start." With one last yawn Tyson finally dozed off.

Little did Tyson and Kenny know, two young adult males were standing outside their room, staring down at the ground with emptiness in their eyes. One of them, who was nearest to the door, lifted his rich golden auburn eyes and glanced to the side at the other male, whose deep night crimson eyes caught his briefly before closing in on themselves. Returning his eyes back to the door, the auburn eyed male with a silent sigh, knocked, and turned the doorknob that his hand had been gripping tightly for quite some time.

"Who is it!?" Kenny said loudly, almost shouting.

………… (Door opens)

"O...o..oh guys!" he blurted out in surprise as Rei and Kai stepped in.

"Hey Kenny," Rei said with a smile, but as soon as he spotted Tyson sleeping in the back room, his smile vanished. Diverting his eyes, he stepped towards Kenny, dressed in a straight sleeved, soft khaki shirt, black pants, and closed black sandals. Although not his usual Asian attire, there were significant similarities that stayed true to Rei's sense of style - from his mandarin collar, to the beaded buttoned straps on his shirt, to the thick straps across his wrists, and to the focal design, which on this particular shirt ran across his right sleeve as three fine lines. His jet black hair, as usual, was tied back, and had a long, black, rope like extension attached at the base of his neckline, while the rest of his head was dominated by huge sharp black spikes that to Kenny always had a dangerous glint to them.

Dangerous…? Kenny couldn't help it. It wasn't just the mass of spikes that brought an unusual discomforting feeling inside of him. The fiery tones in Rei's eyes and the extra sharp canines added to his discomfort, more now then when Rei was younger. Yeah, Rei's the most decent guy he knows, but there was a side to Rei that gave him the shudders, a side that he only saw glimpses of during some of Rei's heated bey-battles. Such sides reminded him that Rei was of Neko blood. Whether there was more to that side of Rei, a side that Rei decided to hide, Kenny didn't want to know.

"H..Hi, it's been so long," Kenny said, bringing himself back to reality, his heart thumping at how they happened to arrive so suddenly after the negative things Tyson had been saying about them. "H..Hi, Kai," Kenny managed to squeak out as he looked at the Asian male from Russia. Kai didn't respond, but before Kenny's cheeks burned bright red, he heard a slight Hnn as Kai eventually opened his eyes and nodded his head at him. Why did Kai always do that Kenny thought? Wasn't it enough that Kai's very presence made him squirm inside?

"Th..this way guys," Kenny said, leading them to the main sitting room and gesturing them to sit down. Rei with a slight nod took the three-seat sofa, his eyes instantly catching a newspaper cutting of Tyson holding a trophy. He found himself staring blankly as he slowly sat down, for the picture was of the 4th Beyblade World Championships, the championships he discarded himself from a long time ago. It was oddly lying on a nearby glass table, staring right at him, like it had been put there just for him. This was the first time he got to see Tyson's win with a new team. He moved his eyes further down and stopped, a quote by Tyson was sitting at the bottom of the picture, flashing at him. "We are new and improved," it said, "We are better than before. The real challenges begin now."

Kai noticed what Rei was looking at but ignored it. Walking across to the far end of the room, he took a seat on a single sofa, and closed his eyes. Kenny who had been staring at his own feet took the opportunity to look at Kai, making a quick observation of him dressed in a short sleeved, dark grey shirt, black trousers, and grey boots. His collar was left opened, revealing a black top underneath, and an interesting criss-cross design could be clearly seen stitched neatly across his chest pocket. His hair was a mass of intertwining, steel blue spikes, which got darker towards the back of his scalp like the approach of a stunning nightfall. But for Kenny, all his eyes could focus on was the large spike of hair that jutted out the middle of Kai's head like a hacksaw, cancelling out the previous pleasant thought.

Kenny shook his head guiltily, how can he feel uncomfortable around Rei, when Kai made him feel much worse! After all, Kai had a reputation for cold stares and giving people the silent treatment. But Kenny pushed himself away from such negative thoughts, and glanced at the guys back and fourth, for it was quite rare to see them in person, especially in the last few years.

Look at them, he thought with unease, the word intriguing popping into his mind. He felt really small, and this wasn't the first time. When the guys first joined the Bladebreakers it didn't even bother him, but as the team's popularity grew, he started to feel the alienation. Rei and Kai weren't just top bladers, they were, Kenny had to admit, very good looking guys, and it was made obvious by the huge amount of attention they were receiving from the female fans. Tyson also noticed this, and it made him boil with envy. He couldn't handle the attention they were getting and the irritation built up in him when Rei and Kai didn't even show one ounce of interest in the feminine attention they were getting.

Kenny began to cringe; a past memory was resurfacing. It all started when they hung around some old beyblading pals that the whole Bladebreakers team were familiar with.

Flashback…

"Sooooooo any of you like any of the fan girls?" said Sholin.

"Yeah a few," replied Trey.

"Man would I love to be in Rei or Kai's shoes, I always see some really pretty ones smiling at them and they don't have to do anything!" said Yari.

Tyson looked angry. 'Rei and Kai?' he thought.

"Yeah how do those guys do it, they don't even notice the girls!" jumped in Trey.

"Hmhh," Tyson smirked.

"Huh? What's with the smile Tyson?" asked Sholin.

"I don't know about Kai, but Rei, I know he likes one of the girls."

"Whaaaa!" Kenny gawked.

"Rei? The one who's always quiet whenever we talk about fan girls? Are you kidding me?" questioned Yari.

"Yeah, I saw him in the market, talking to one, couldn't take his eyes off her," Tyson said lowly with his hand over his mouth. "And his face looked a little red."

"Hah, so you caught him! Well remind us to ask him when we come round your place Tyson," said Trey, "this is gonna be interesting".

"Yeeeeeah," said Tyson, his grin getting bigger.

"So Rei has fallen for a fan," Yari laughed, as he and his friends walked away.

"What do you think you're doing Tyson?!!" Kenny shrieked as he pulled Tyson to the side. "What girl at the market?"

"You were with Rei," Tyson said crossing his arms.

"Yeah, and all I saw Rei doing was talking to a girl at the stall, buying some fruit!

"Yeah, he was talking to her for some time, so he likes her," Tyson said making a face.

"He was asking how much the fruit was!" Kenny exclaimed.

"He was taking his time, and I swear he blushed," Tyson said with his hands out.

"No, he accidentally dropped some of the fruit and was embarrassed about it," Kenny slapped his head.

"Oh really, hmm," Tyson replied not really caring.

"Tyyyyson!"

"Come on," Tyson moaned. "I'm just having a little fun. Rei's always quiet when we talk about girls, he never reacts when he knows he has so many fans. What's wrong with breaking that calm exterior of his and see the guy blush, I know he likes her and all those other fan girls! All he needs is a little pestering about it, and those guys will do the trick.

"Tyson! You know how some people talk, and we don't even know these guys that well."

"The guys won't say anything to anyone else, they wouldn't be that stupid, just…only at my place," Tyson said rubbing his hands together with a cheeky grin. "Heh, and if Rei manages to keep his cool, you and me are going to say that we saw it happen, Rei will be lost for words!"

"Tyyyyyson!" Kenny glared at him angrily. "I don't think Rei is going to find this funny, and those guys are real teasers, I know!!! Rei's just not that kind of guy, he's just like Kai, and you know what Kai would do if you pulled that joke on him."

"I know," said Tyson grinning cheesily. "He would punch me, and that's why I chose Rei."

Kenny grabbed his hair. "Arggggggh!"

"It's just a joke, man! Stop whining!" Tyson yelled out. "Go get your dummy and calm yourself down!"

Kenny couldn't believe it but there was nothing he could do. It may seem like a harmless joke but it wasn't Rei's kind of humour, he was too mature for this, afterall if Rei didn't appprove of something, he would always make himself scarce whenever Tyson did immature things with his other friends. Kenny could see clearly that Tyson was doing this out of jealously, and he was using friends that Rei didn't even like. He had to try again and stop Tyson, for he already had been on Rei's nerves recently. But it was too late, Tyson's joke spread before it even reached Rei, and changed from him liking a fan girl, to him meeting up with fan girls in secret. To make it worse, Rei found out about the rumour from a village friend who confronted him about it with great concern. The cold glare that came from Rei and the exposure of his canine teeth even made Kai raise his brows, Rei wasn't just furious, he was outraged.

The team knew Tyson should have known better. They all came from a respectful cultural system that took mixing of the sexes seriously, talking about girls was one thing but meeting up with them was another. Tyson didn't see the big deal, he saw it as an innocent joke that got out of hand yet it took Kai to explain to the fool that if Rei's village had found out, it would have destroyed his reputation. His people saw him as a noble and highly honourable boy whom they believed at the right age, would find a girl appropriately when ready for marriage. Thanks to Kai, Tyson finally understood, and luckily for him, Rei's village didn't find out, however it took some time for Rei to forgive Tyson for his stupidity.

End Flashback

Kenny suddenly blinked, bringing himself back to reality again, why was he even thinking about Rei and Kai so much? He couldn't help it, and it was all because of his mother. Once she saw Rei and Kai, the problems started.

Flashback…

"Do you know I have had yet another marriage proposal for your friend Rei, Kenny?" Kenny's mum said with an annoyed glint in her eye.

"Oh really?" Kenny sighed knowing where this was leading.

"That proposal should have been for you!" she said with a glint of anger.

"I'm going," Kenny said taking his laptop with him.

"The number of times I have had people coming with marriage proposals for those two friends of yours and why wouldn't they? Polite, smart, intelligent hard workers with such glowing faces, and my Kenny, likes staying in his room with that machine! You can learn a lot from those boys, you can even learn from Tyson!"

Kenny went to his room. Be like Rei? Be like Kai? Be like TYSON?! But Kenny couldn't blame his mother, after all he was a stuck up selfish boy who didn't care for anything but his laptop. Was there ever a time he helped his mother, look for a job or at least brush his hair? His mother was right, looking at his friends now; he could learn a thing or two.

End Flashback

"So, Tyson taking his beauty sleep again?" Rei said with a small smirk on his face as he pushed the newspaper clipping to the side.

"Errr, yeah," Kenny chuckled shaking his head from his earlier thoughts.

"You sure, I thought I heard his voice earlier," Kai said moodily as his eyes opened halfway, revealing a sharp crimson glow that peered into Kenny's.

"O..oh yeah, w…well you know Tyson," Kenny laughed nervously, "He can doze off in a split second, it's kinda scary!"

"Hn," Kai said, closing his eyes again, not sharing Kenny's humour.

"Yeah we know," Rei quickly followed, giving a short laugh. Rei wasn't the kind of guy to leave someone on the spot, even though he wasn't in the mood to laugh about anything either.

Kenny felt a little better. "How about a drink?" he blurted out.

"Yeah sure, thanks," Rei replied coolly. "Aaactually, we'll help ourselves, while you can get Tyson up."

"Errr, sure," Kenny said, and left to get Tyson, his brain swarming on whether they did hear Tyson's earlier boasting.

Rei went into the kitchen and opened the fridge door. He saw several cans of soft drinks but all of them were opened. Apparently someone had been trying them all in one go, obviously Tyson, Rei thought shaking his head. He glanced around the snack filled fridge, and spotted a carton of fresh squash, unopened. This will do great, Rei thought to himself, taking out the carton and pouring a drink.

Kai could hear a moaning Tyson two rooms away but tried to ignore it. Why did he come here anyway, he hated waiting and this place smelled strange, like it hadn't been cleaned in weeks. But Kai knew why he was here, as unusual as it was for him, he had come to see Tyson for old times sake, since he was finally leaving the city to start his new career as the Manager of Hiwatari co-operation. It would probably be a long time before he sees Tyson again - or maybe never, for Kai knew well that he hardly made attempts in keeping contact. On hearing the news Tyson persuaded that they all meet up later today at his special eat out to say their farewells but Kai had to leave earlier then planned. Good, Kai thought, he wasn't in the mood for a social gathering, especially since Tyson was going to have a load of other annoying friends there - friends that weren't his friends. Hanging out with Tyson was enough.

Rei too had come for the same reason Kai discovered, when they both bumped into each other on the way to Tyson's Grandfather's flat. Rei had been staying in the area for a while, focusing on his studies, but now he was leaving to go back home and continue his studies there; apart from already being a young professional chef as part of family tradition, Rei was now building himself up to become not just the leader of his village but the head leader of various villages due to his vast intelligence, skills and noble character. He was quite a natural and his people knew he would be the success for their future. Good he's not going into my field Kai thought, would have had some competition.

"Kai?"

Kai's thoughts halted as he opened his eyes and looked up to see Rei holding out a glass of orange.

"I don't remember asking for any," Kai said grumpily, even though he did want a drink but had difficulty showing his appreciation.

"Just thought you might be thirsty," Rei sighed. "Do you want it?" he asked with a raised brow. Kai paused and could feel Rei's eyes on him; he sighed and took the drink giving a small nod of appreciation.

"What's taking him so long?" Kai quickly followed as he glanced towards the door that Kenny went through.

"Not sure," Rei said looking at the clock. It already had been 10 minutes and Rei needed to leave soon.

Please Rate & Review if you like the sounds of this, it will give me the motivation to continue with the story!!!!

Coming up next

Chapter 2 - Movin On

Has Rei and Kai's friendship with Tyson come to an end?