Aouni: Hi peoples! I promised all you tyka lovers who reviewed my other ficcy that I would write a real tyka fic, not just a pointless humor one. Well here it is! After months of sitting around on my computer, it's finally posted! (It has other pairings besides tyka though… but you peoples don't mind, ne? )

Tyson: Am I in it?

Aouni: --U Haven't we been through this before?

Disclaimer: Do you seriously think I own them? I was begging my best friend to buy me Kai and Tyson for my fourteenth birthday (last week ) but no, she wouldn't buy them for me, so I DO NOT own them! Any of them! At all! And I probably never will own them, so don't sue me!

Warning: This is yaoi, slash, shounen ai – whatever you want to call it. Basically, it involves boy/boy relationships. If you don't like that, then there's a nice little button up there labeled "BACK" and all you have to do is click on it. Convenient, no?

Aouni: Anywho – on with the ficcy! I attempted to make it angsty – but we all know I suck at that. I suck at romance too --;; The only thing I can write is pointless humor which is, well, pointless.

Kai: They don't want to listen to you diss yourself – they want to READ.

Aouni: Right, sorry peoples – I got carried away again. U (This chapter is mostly focused on Max and Ray, but there's tyka in the next chappie, I promise! )

..::Chapter One::..

The moonlight danced across the stone pathway of the hotel's courtyard, creating intricate patterns with its misty, silver glow. Leaves rustled in the gentle nighttime breeze, and delicate, crystalline water fell from a peaceful fountain.

The garden was really one of the most romantic sights Max had ever seen, and there was no one else that he would rather share it with than Ray. His sweet, gentle, caring Ray. The blonde tilted his head up, meeting his lover's beautiful golden eyes. He allowed his small, pale hand to reach up into that soft ebony hair, digging beneath the yin-yang bandana, and letting the silky strands fall loose.

His fingers found their way around to Ray's back, undoing the long binding of his ponytail, so that his boyfriend's long hair was completely freed, falling cutely in his feline face.

Ray in turn stroked Max's soft cheeks, watching his every move intently – lost in his lover's lovely, blue orbs…

The two were so preoccupied with each other that they failed to notice they had spectators.

"They're so cute!" gushed the girl, brushing her short, chocolate brown bangs out of her face and peering cautiously from behind a small bush at the couple.

The boy next to her grinned devilishly, "They're gonna kiss!" he stated confidently, "and when they do, I'm gonna get a picture of it! The Chief will have to believe it when I show him a picture!"

"Tyson!" hissed the girl, "Quiet! They'll hear us!"

"No they won't!" protested Tyson in an angry whisper, "We're miles away, in a tiny flower bush!"

Hilary glared at her friend, "They can still hear us if we're loud enough!"

"I'm not being loud!"

"Yes you are!"

Meanwhile, Max and Ray pulled gently out of their kiss – in all their arguing, Tyson and Hilary had missed it. They could hear harsh whispers from the other side of the fountain, the voices sounded strangely familiar.

"It's not me who chose to hide in this stupid bush!"

"This bush isn't stupid! You are!"

"Oh, great comeback Hil'! Where did you hear that one? At www.lamejokes.com?"

"Very funny, Tyson."

Max slid off the bench, and leaned over the fountain to get a better look. He could feel Ray rest a hand on his shoulder, sending little shivers of pleasure up his spine.

"They're not going to hear us Hilary!" snapped Tyson.

Ray grinned, making Max's heart flutter, "I think I'll have to disagree with you on that one, Tyson."

Tyson nearly jumped eight feet into the air, "What the – Ray!" the midnight haired blader swallowed nervously, "Max! Eh… Lovely night out, ain't it?"

"It was…," said Ray softly, stroking Max's golden hair, "Until we were interrupted," he shot Tyson a look of mock anger.

Hilary smiled, equally as nervous as her friend was, "Well, that's just horrible," she said sheepishly, "I wonder who would possibly wreck the moment by spying – I mean, uh, interrupting you two!"

Max stayed silent, enjoying the feel of his lover's gentle touch.

Tyson got up hastily, "Yes, who would ever do something like that?"

"I don't know," replied Hilary, overly-brightly, as she too got up, "It's definitely not something I would do…"

"Oh no," said Tyson shaking his lead, with a huge, innocent grin on his face, "We would never do that!"

The two of them bolted from the courtyard garden, leaving Ray and Max alone, at last.

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"Aw, c'mon Chief!" whined Tyson, "I'm telling you, they're really together!"

Kenny sighed, as he typed away on his laptop. He really could not understand why Tyson was so persistent on this subject. It was as if he wanted to see something in his small friend's reaction, wanted to see some sort of approval, needed to know that Kenny was alright with the idea of two of his close friends being… well… gay.

The problem was, that Kenny did not approve. Knowing that somehow, this answer would crush Tyson – and probably Ray and Max – Kenny simply pretended that Tyson and Hilary's little story was not true, despite whatever evidence they presented in front of him.

He didn't want to hurt his friends, but he couldn't help it. Homosexuals... they scared him. The bespectacled boy figured it would all be for the best if he just refused to acknowledge that what Tyson was telling him was true. That way he wouldn't freak out, and he wouldn't risk hurting his friends.

He looked up at Tyson, whose stormy blue eyes were watching him intently, "Well, Chief? Do you believe us now?"

Kenny sighed, "I don't think this is really relevant to the situation Tyson," he said, in an attempt to change the subject, "What we should really be focusing on is the upcoming tournament. There's a reason we're in Spain right now!"

Tyson rolled his eyes, "Yeah, I know. Kai and Hilary already gave me the whole, Just-because-you're-world champion-now-doesn't-mean-you-can-start-slacking-off, speech yesterday. It's not as if this tournament is that important, though. It's just a promotion thing Mr. Dickenson put on, right?"

"That doesn't mean you shouldn't try your best!" said Kenny irritably, typing away on the keys of his laptop.

"Sheesh! Why are you typing so hard this morning?" whined the familiar electronic voice, "We bit-beasts who are trapped in computers can get quite a headache from that!" complained Dizzy.

"Sorry," Kenny muttered absent-mindedly. Since they were back at a tournament, he was at his usual job of digging up information on opposing teams. Unfortunatley, he wasn't having much luck.

Although he'd dug up numerous files on weaker teams that had entered the Spanish tournament, the champion team remained a mystery to him. He couldn't seem to find a single scrap of information about them. (AN: Don't worry – they won't be a bunch of Mary-Sues – this is a yaoi fic after all. Nobody will be falling in love with anyone on the opposing team.)

He did have some luck in his research, he'd discovered that the White Tigers and the Saint Shields were both competing. It would be nice to see some familiar, friendly faces. Although he hadn't confirmed it yet, he had a suspicion that the All Stars team would show up as well. It would be nice to see them too.

However, it still bugged him that he couldn't find anything – not a single thing – on the Spanish champions. Shouldn't they one of the best known teams in Spain?

He broken from his thoughts by a familiar female voice, "Hey, Chief! It's time to get those boys training, isn't it?"

He looked up at Hilary who was smiling down at him, leaning against the back of his chair.

"Right," said Kenny, "Mr. Dickenson said we shouldn't take this tournament lightly," he yawned, and stood up, "Did you wake them all up?"

"It's a miracle! They were already awake! Even Tyson," she snickered, "But soon, they'll be wishing they were still asleep, and that the training session was only a bad dream!" she cackled in a classic witch-like fashion.

"That's the spirit sister!" chimed Dizzy, "Show'em no mercy!"

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They spent the day training, listening to Tyson whine, seeing some of the sights in spain, and eventually more training – which inevitably led to more of Tyson's whining.

Finally, their training was over, all of them were tired, and quite hungry. Natrually they were looking forward to a nice dinner.

"I'm sorry guys," said Kenny nervously, "but you're going to have to wait before you can eat supper."

"What!" cried Tyson, "Chief! You can't do this to us! We're starving!"

Hilary glared at him, "Geez Tyson, it's only for a little while. Quit acting like such a baby, you're fifteen now!"

Tyson glared at her, and the two began arguing, then exchanging insults, and eventually exploded into a full blown shouting match. It was nothing new for the rest of the bladebreakers, although it did become irritating.

Ray tugged Max, gesturing that they go upstairs to his room. (AN: I, being oh so original – note the sarcasm here – am giving them each their own, separate hotel rooms :P Sorry, but it suits the fic, okay?) Max smiled, and gladly followed him, Ray noted his boyfriend's happiness guiltily, knowing that he wouldn't be very happy with what Ray had to tell him.

They walked into the Ray's tidy little room, and Max bounced excitedly to the window, overlooking the beautiful garden that they had sat in the night before. Ray smiled fondly, wondering how many candies the younger boy had eaten, but then shook it off. It was important that he tell Max, before their little… fantasy… went too far.

"Maxy…" he whispered softly.

The blonde turned around, his bright blue eyes happy and excited. It made Ray's heart melt… maybe it wasn't a fantasy… maybe it was really meant to be…

No. He couldn't back out now. This had to end, for the good of both of them.

"Yes Ray?" he asked sweetly, looking up at the elder boy lovingly.

Ray hesitated. Was he being selfish? He knew this would hurt Max… heck, it would hurt himself… but he had to do it. For what? For his honor? His pride? No, what they were wasn't right. That was what Ray had always told himself, it was what he had always feared, even though he had never burdened his lover with his troubles. Boys weren't meant to love other boys… that was what he had always been taught, but he had fallen for the young blonde blader. He hadn't been able to let that love go. It was selfishness that had brought poor, sweet Maxy into this mess. No, Ray was finally starting to be unselfish – by letting Max go.

"Max… I have something to tell you."

The younger boy immediately sensed that there was something wrong. He crossed over to his boyfriend and lay his arms on the neko-jin's neck. To his shock, Ray pushed his arms away. It was gentle, but it still hurt.

Ray avoided Max's confused eyes. He couldn't look at them. Taking a deep breath, he finally spilled out the words, in a barely audible whisper, "I don't think we should… be together anymore."

His words were quiet, but Ray knew that Max had heard every one of them.

"What?" Ray's heart broke, hearing Max's voice crack. But he forced himself to continue.

"It just isn't working," he said softly, trying to keep his voice level, "It was a dream… nothing more."

He raised his head ever so slightly, but it was enough to catch the look on his lover… former lover's face. That look was too much. Ray turned quickly, and left a stunned, and hurt Max standing alone in the room.

Aouni: Woah… That was so… CORNY!!! I can't believe I wrote that! --;;

Tyson: -:-glares at Ray-:- You dumped my best friend?!?

Ray: Hey! It was only in the story!

Aouni: Yes, Anywho – I just spent and hour editing that thing (like I said, I wrote it a while ago) and I tried to make it all fancy and nice – to make up for the fact that it's CORNY!

Tyson: How come Kai wasn't in it? I thought he was your favourite character!

Aouni: He is! I just couldn't see any way to fit him in this chapter, he had nothing to really do in this chapter. Oh… All you tyka fans are gonna kill me for not putting tyka in this chappie...-:-sees tyka fans armed with tomatoes, sponges and rotten ostrich eggs-:- Hehe… Please don't hurt me! There'll be tyka in the next chappie! There really will, I have it all planned out. Honest! -:-tyka fans glare at her-:- Come on! Don't you peoples trust me? -:-hides-:-

Kai: She's pathetic.

Aouni: I heard that! Anywho – Please review peoples! I want to know what you think! If I get no reviews, then you guys get no updates! So… um… Please review?