Disclaimer: I am unfortunately NOT the owner or creator of Beyblade. Tough. If I was….I would never let Kai get a woman pregnant and call the child Gou nor let him NOT love Rei and cause the poor boy to have a child with a pink haired cat. TT__TT

But in my wittle fantasy world….things go my way.

Warning: at the moment this is just the first chapter, very light very doodaa doodaa. But as chapters progress, so do the swearing, the moods, and the amount of BL and YAOI I feed this story

Clearing Confusion in advance: well for this story, I stuck with the authentic Japanese version because it was more satisfactory that the cut up dubbed one (nothing wrong with it, just scenes were cut out)

Also I incorporated many parts of the manga into this story. So if you're confused go to wikipedia or something. Since I use the Japanese version, the names are Japanese and any foreign language will be written in bold italics. Cool?

So name wise:

Rai- Lee

Mao- Muh-riah

Takao- Tyson

Hiromi- Hilary (Clinton….Duff…)

Hiro- Hitoshi

Master Chairman Daitenji- Mr. DICKenson (proves how mature I am)

Author's Note: well I always have a lot of fan fictions teeming in my head but I decided I would first start out with the one pairing that I knew the longest. KaRe. They were my first OTP and the reason I started to like BL. So this is for them. I hope I did some justice.

edit.// THANKYOU MY DAHLING SEHERUU FOR EDITING THIS FOR ME! I WUV YOU LOTS.

Breaking Your Glass

Chapter one: And in Three Years We are…

I was really worried about this. He sat me down in front of him on the floor and placed a bowl of snacks between us –well technically it was just a bunch of cut up fruit. I could feel the edgy tension between us both and regretted the fact that we'd grown apart so much. All because of our conflicting interests. This "conflict" caused the first five minutes of our hush-hush meeting to be an uncomfortable silent one that stretched on without end until Rai broke the silence.

"Why won't you answer Mao?" He asked me, trying to hold in his anger. I nonchalantly picked up a slice of apple and bit at the end of it, tasting it. I knew it, damn I knew that the whole meeting would be about this and I'd been trying to stay away from it forever.

"Answer what?" I asked, buying some time.

"Don't act stupid Kon, you know exactly what."

"If you're talking about that then I already answered. She didn't accept it."

"Last time I checked 'I'm not sure' wasn't really an answer." Rai said sounded frustrated. It was exhausting for both of us but I knew I had to be mature about this moment and I realized it was best to get all my feelings and thoughts over with.

"Look. I thought I liked her. I thought she would be the one I'd want to marry. But I can't see her as anything more than a sister. When she…tried to…you know…kiss me," Rai's fists tightened, "I didn't feel a thing. Nothing. At all."

"That's it?" Rai asked, irritated.

"Yes that's it. I mean what else do you want? Me to apologize? For what? Leading her on? I've acted the same way I have been for so many years. It's not my fault she read the message the wrong way!" I was kind of irritated too. No one understood the misery of confusion I have to go through to realize what I feel or don't feel.

"So do you like someone else or something?" Rai asked, and he seemed a notch satisfied than a second ago.

"I don't know, maybe not then maybe yes. I'm leaving for Hong Kong tomorrow anyways so I'll figure it out then." I answered. "Besides, you're the rebound boy for sure. Even though we nev-"

"I get it." Rai cut in, grabbing my apple slice and stuffing it into his mouth whole.

"Fankoo." I didn't understand him, but I took it as a thank you. I realized he was thankful for the fact that his biggest opponent, the apple of Mao's eye didn't want to be eaten if I may be metaphorical.

"You're welcome buddy. Make Mao happy." I said standing up. I grabbed the bowl and walked off, feeling happy the conversation was done with. Yes I rejected Mao even though I knew of her feelings. But this was a selfish world and I had to stay on the boat if I wanted to survive. I had piles and piles of feelings to sort through and who knew how long that would take?

"REI!! REIIIII! OVER HERE!" Takao yelled as he waved his hat around to grab attention. Kyoujo, the smart one of the group hung his head low, embarrassed to be seen with Takao but he looked up a second later to see where Rei was. It was an astounding vision. The young Chinese tiger hadn't changed much throughout the years in appearance. It seemed he had another growth spurt though and his hair was cut to a very short length compared to what he had, which was very, very long. He saw Rei's surprising golden eyes glance over everyone until they settled on the one testosterone dominant group shaking with energy.

There was Max, the bubbly blond male who smiled and waved energetically. Over the years it seemed he had grown out of his freckles but his face still held that childish element. He too like Rei had undergone growth spurt; in fact all of them had but Kyoujo still was the shortest of the group. Rei's eyes then shifted over to the crazy one waving his hat around not caring at all about the people around him. He still wore that hat even though it seemed so worn out. Takao will never change. Rei thought as he smiled and quickly walked to join them.

"DUDE I LIKE SO MISSED YOU!" Takao yelled as he jumped into a full-on hug Rei wasn't ready for. In the end both young men toppled over and Kyoujo and Max quickly ran forward to pull Takao off from Rei.

When they all offered Rei their hands, Rei burst into a wide smile that displayed his sharp canine teeth as well.

"Hey, I missed you all too. What's it been? Three years?" The boys all smiled and nodded as they helped each other up. Rei quickly dusted his raven hair and picked up his travel bag and couldn't help but smile again. He looked at them again and then tentatively asked a question that had been bugging him since he saw them.

"Where's Kai?" Max was the first to answer.

"He's going to come tomorrow early morning. He told us not to pick him up and that he'd meet us at Takao's house. Though I'm not sure when."

"Typical Kai," Takao snorted. "I. MUST. BE. ALONE. AT. ALL. TIMES. He should get a tattoo of that somewhere."

"Oh get a sense of humour Takao before you try and say a joke!" A brunette girl snapped as she ran over to them, carrying an assortment of foods.

"I wasn't talking to you." Takao retorted pointedly as he grabbed a packet of chips from her arms. He lowered his hat over his face so his blush could be hidden. Kyoujo smiled at the pair as he leaned over to whisper into Rei's ear.

"They've been going out for the last seven months." It caused Rei's eyes to widen and his eyebrows to shoot up.

"It took them that long?" Rei asked, surprised. He knew there was always something up with them, but seven months? He left for China after his fifteenth birthday and it had been three years since.

"Well Takao was always stupid." Max whispered, a cherubic smile on his face as he appeared on the other side of Rei. Takao glared at them, unsure of what the boys were whispering about.

"Anyways we ought to go soon you guys," Hiromi spoke. She turned to look at Rei and beamed, "Rei, I'm so glad to see you in such a long time! I can't believe you've out grown everyone." It was true; Rei was the tallest in the group, Max coming in a close second.

"Well what can I do if I got the most awesome set of genes ever?" Rei smirked as they all began to walk towards the car park.

"How was life back in China?" Hiromi asked, passing food along to each of them. Rei accepted the shrimp crackers and opened them.

"Well I didn't really stay in China for so long. Maybe about a year or less, I think. I stayed in Hong Kong for a bit longer, working and teaching kids some beyblading. They have an awesome program there. Then my uncle asked if I wanted to go to Paris for a while so I could study culinary arts and help him in the restaurant. So I spent a while there. And then…I returned to China where I got Chairman Daitenji's letter." Rei took a cracker out of the bag and bit the tip of it.

"Ohhhh, Takao got the message from Master Daitenji himself and passed it to me and I emailed it to Max." Kenny commented. "I would have sent it to you and Kai but I wasn't sure where you were exactly and Kai…well…that's Kai." Tyson punched the air to emphasize his point earlier. Hiromi, not one to get side tracked, pursued onwards with her questions.

"So Rei, how's Mao?" Hiromi questioned, her eyes gleaming. She missed the friend that she had made during those times and lost touch due to long distance.

"Yeah," Takao sniggered. "Shouldn't you have brought her here too?"

"Actually no," Rei replied. "I'm going back to China in a year or so to go to her wedding."

"YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED TO MAO?" Takao yelled as he dropped his packet of chips. Rei lightly hit Takao on the shoulder and urged him to keep on walking.

"I said I'm going to her wedding. I'm not marrying her. Remember Rai? He is."

The entire group stopped walking and it caused Rei to bump into Max. "Hey, what's up with that?"

"Mao and…Rai?" Hiromi asked out in shock. "I always thought she liked you and you liked-"

"Long story that I will entertain you all with one day. Besides we might see them sooner than you think if they agree to the Chairman's request" Rei quickly said, cutting Hiromi off. "Now where's the van?"

Still not satisfied, Hiromi marched ahead to a dark blue van and climbed into the passenger seat. She unrolled the windows and poked her head out.

"Hitoshi's driving so climb in everyone." And everyone did. Rei and Max sat in the back and Tyson and Kyoujo were in the middle.

"Great to see you again Rei!" Hitoshi chirped as he started the van.

"You too." It was awkward after the third world championship when Hitoshi decided he would stay with Takao and their grandfather. Kai had already stated his dislike for Hitoshi and soon he moved out of the dojo and resided in his home, visiting every so often. Rei too had felt awkward around Hitoshi after losing a bey battle to him so easily before but Hitoshi willingly trained Rei to become a better beyblader.

"Do you guys find it interesting how Master Chairman Daitenji wants to do a talent showcase after so many years and with people from our third championship?" Takao asked out of the blue.

"It seems he wants to show potential beyblade stars and future champions what it feels like to be pretty much pro." Kenny answered, clacking away at his laptop.

"Makes sense too. I know that the White Tigers got a letter separate from mine. He asked me to join the Bladebreakers for the showcase." Rei added in.

"Me too, I guess we were a team formed by you, Hitoshi, and Chairman Daitenji." Max said nodding. Hiromi, getting a bit bored, turned around and peered at Rei through the darkness.

"Can I just ask you one more question?" She asked.

"Sure." Rei said shrugging.

"Why'd you cut all that hair of yours? It was so gorgeous and lush and so pretty."

"Hey!" Takao snapped at Hiromi, which only caused her to roll her eyes.

"I'm just asking, all the girls envied his hair you know. You could learn something from Rei…Takao." The group sniggered and Takao reddened for the second time that day.

"So…?" Hiromi persisted.

"So," Rei replied, imitating Hiromi. "It's nothing life altering. I was at a culinary school which was big on sanitary matters and I thought it would make sense to cut it. Also I had to wake up early in the morning and come back home late in the night. Taking care of that much hair and stress didn't add up." He shrugged. Rei found his new hair more comfortable and easier to wash for sure.

"Makes sense." The others agreed.

"Hey, where's Daichi?" Rei suddenly asked, remembering the tiny squirt.

"Stomach problems." Was the only answer he received from Hitoshi and Rei understood.

In seemingly thirty minutes Hitoshi stopped at a small but tidy restaurant. "Let's make a quick stop here, I need to get some gas but you guys can go order there." The crew piled out of the van but Takao turned around.

"You won't ditch us or anything right?" He asked jokingly.

"I was planning to." Hitoshi responded, dead serious. Takao blinked, unsure of whether he should go back into the van or not but when his brother smiled, Takao smiled back and proceeded to the restaurant with the rest of them.

What felt like hours later–late at night–the gang arrived at the so very familiar home of Takao. They had dropped Hiromi at her house first and then picked up medicine for Daichi. The entire trip was exhausting for Rei and he longed to get some sleep so as soon as they arrived, all the boys hurried in together. As he stepped in, Rei was startled to see a lanky red head sleeping on the floor.

"Daichi?" Rei asked in surprise. The now fifteen year old boy had become a bit taller–the height Rei was when he was thirteen–and his hair a bit shorter. He still dressed in a messy way but all in all it was Daichi the squirt.

"I'M OKAY, I'M REALLY OKAY!" He yelled as he heard his name, and there was a panicked look in his eyes as he swerved his head around. He looked up to see Rei squinting at him and the panic in his eyes left as quickly as it came. And for the second time that day, Rei was toppled over by a male teenager.

"REI YOU'RE HERE YOU'RE HERE! I'M SORRY I COULDN'T COME TO SEE YOU FIRST! I WISH YOU COULD MAKE MY FOOD CAUSE YOU SEE TAKAO POISONED ME WITH HIS HORRIBLE FOOD AND-" He was yanked away by Takao who held him by the back of his shirt.

"Poison? Who poisoned you? Me? Everyone else ate my stuff and they're fine! And why are you yelling? We're all in the same room you know!" He shook Daichi for an added measure.

"Hey, hey calm down." Rei said prying Takao's fingers off the young boy. "Look at him, the poor kid's turning green." And as soon as Takao let go, Daichi stormed off to the washroom, dry heaving. "Some things never change do they?"

"You got that right sassy boy!" An old man said smiling. Rei bowed to him out of courtesy and smiled back. "Now m'boy let's not get all formal here! We're going to catch up as soon as we all get a good night's wink! When that Kai comes, we'll all talk about the finer things in life!" Takao's grandfather said as he slapped Rei's back affectionately. Rei looked around and saw how true it was that everyone was tired.

"I'll take my sleeping back to the usual corner if that's alright with you guys." Rei said as he opened the cupboard on the wall. Takao nodded and yawned at the same time and within an hour; all the boys had cleaned up and fell asleep. All but Rei.

Hitoshi slept in his own room, and Ryu–Takao's grandfather–slept in his. He could hear Daichi moaning in his sleep even though the kid was sleeping in Takao's room. But that wasn't the reason for his restless state. The fact that the last member and former leader of the Bladebreakers was coming tomorrow was exhilarating enough for him. He hadn't seen his closest friend in so long. He wondered how much the boy had changed from how he was before. The fight with Brooklyn that time had changed him severely and Rei realized that Kai spoke less and less as days went by. Please God, Rei thought, don't let Kai turn into a heartless mime.

"Oh Rei, wake up!" A sweet voice sang over him. He felt hands that gently shook him and when he cracked his eyes open they met with crystal blue ones. Max smiled and then spoke in a lower voice. "I woke up a bit too early because I was overexcited but I checked on Kenny's laptop and Kai's flight had arrived an hour ago." It was apparent that like Rei, Max too was excited to see Kai. But for different reasons obviously.

The news made Rei hold his breath and he sat up. It was seven in the morning and Takao showed signs of someone about to wake up. "I'll get changed." Rei murmured sleepily exhaling as he stood up and lazily walked to the washroom. Once he was in, he leaned against the door and slapped himself.

"Quit being so stupid Rei, he was your best friend." He said to himself as he washed his face and brushed his teeth. He took extra time in doing every single thing and convinced himself that it was because he wanted to look fresh for the first day. Yeah right.

When he departed from the washroom, all the boys were already sitting outside –even Daichi who looked a lot better. Takao turned around and smiled at Rei. "Looking fresh!" He commented as he grabbed a towel and went to the washroom. Rei replaced Takao's seat and waited with the rest of them for Kai.

"Do you think he'll still have his face paint on?" Daichi asked excitedly. "I wonder if he still acts the same. I heard Takao's cool brother say that he went to some boarding school again and then worked a lot at that company his grandfather owns until he quit and then he went to Russia and I'm not sure what happened then." Daichi took a deep breath and continued to look at the main gate from which Kai would come from.

Rei harvested all this information and became more curious about the ever elusive Kai. The air around them was buzzing even more as Hiromi ran through the gates and joined them and Takao who appeared soon after to sit beside her.

And within minutes, a sleek car drove up to the gates of the Kinomiya residence making Takao run to open it, allowing the car to come to a stop in front of the waiting teenagers. The driver got out of the car and ran to open the door but someone in the car opened the door by themselves and out stepped Kai, eighteen years old, tall and in the flesh.

There wasn't any drastic change in Kai. He didn't don his face paint anymore, answering Daichi's question and he wore much more mature clothing. Height-wise Rei knew that Kai was probably taller than him by an inch or so. What was different was his cold, dull and indifferent look in those crimson eyes as they swooped over everyone there. There was no evident smile on his face as he closed the door of the car shut and watched the car drive off within seconds. Meanwhile Takao closed the gate and ran back to the group, he smacked Kai's shoulder and smiled.

"Welcome back Kai!" He yelled and it soon broke the pressure in the air as all of them approached Kai. Rei stepped back a bit and observed the scene. It was the same thing all over again, Kai in all his glory attracted others like a bright light attracted flies. Rei couldn't gather the courage to look at Kai at first and it took him a while to look him straight in the eye. When he did, he saw Kai staring right back at him. Crimson met gold for the longest time until Kai blinked and at the twitch of his lips, a miniscule smile could be seen.

Rei beamed and then joined the rest of the flies to swarm around Kai. As he approached, Takao grabbed Kai's bag and Max took the other one and they both raced to the dojo. Hiromi–who worried about the risks in slipping–ran after them, yelling. Daichi, Rei could see was teeming with questions but a sudden wave of sickness caused him to run after the group.

That left the deserted Kai and the overly nervous Rei and the silence that loomed around them was deafening, until Rei got the courage to break it.

"Where'd you run off to leader?"

"I was a leader." Kai replied, looking back at the gate. "I'm here for business and personal matters."

"Touchy, touchy." Rei replied as he too walked back towards the dojo, he paced slowly and soon enough he could hear Kai walking behind him. The sleek tiger hopped up onto the steps and turned around. He wanted to say something that would make him look cool but his mind drew a blank. So he formed the one sentence that didn't have any extra baggage on it.

"Great to have the team back together though."

"Hn."

Rei repressed his frustration as he spoke again, this time with a bit more courage. "You don't have a tattoo that says, 'I. MUST. BE. ALONE. AT. ALL. TIMES' or something anywhere on you, do you?"

"Whaaa'?"

TO BE CONTINUED.

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