- Kai and Tala are living a fairytale life together, until an old enemy walks back into their lives and destroys their happiness.

- WARNINGS for the story as a whole: Manlove, lemon, swearing, rape, torture and character death(s).

- WARNINGS FOR THIS CHAPTER: Just a bit of swearing.

- Disclaimer: I own a particularly mad rabbit, but I don't own Beyblade, any of the Beyblade characters or anything else Beyblade-related.

- A/N: I've been meaning to get this started for so long now! I've only just got the chance, as the people at work are messing me around a bit. One minute, I'm promoted, and the next, I'm not. Needless to say, I am not amused.

The chapters are named after the titles of the songs, not because of their lyrics. I did lyrics for 'Unknownity'. It was difficult.

Anyway, enjoy!

Fairytales Don't Always Have A Happy Ending

Chapter 1

'We Got It Going On'

-Bon Jovi-

It was a normal morning in the Hiwatari/Ivanov household. Kai was making breakfast as per usual for him and his partner, Tala, whilst Tala himself was cursing about what to wear, and generally making a racket. Kai didn't know why Tala made such a fuss about what to wear during the day, because he never really went anywhere.

As Kai put the freshly-cooked pancakes ready on the table, Tala came clattering down the stairs, wearing the pair of tight-fitting jeans that Kai loved, and a plain t-shirt. He gave Kai a big hug before sitting down at the table, and started shovelling the pancakes into his mouth. It was the same every morning.

"I'm still glad to know that you enjoy my food," Kai said with a chuckle.

"Why wouldn't I? You're an awesome cook. Besides, my cooking sucks, so why would I bother cooking breakfast?" Tala replied, stopping the shovelling long enough to breathe.

As Tala lowered his head to resume eating, Kai looked at him from the other side of the table. Each morning was the same, and had been for some years now, but Kai was still amazed that he was actually with Tala. He had loved Tala, and still did, and had done everything to make sure that they got together.

-Flashback-

A trembling 17-year old boy nervously knocked on the door of his team mate. His redheaded friend opened the door after some time, and his face almost split into two when he saw who it was.

"Kai! To what do I owe the pleasure of this visit from you? You never normally come to my room."

Kai shifted nervously, and chewed his bottom lip.

"Tala… Can I come in? I need to talk to you."

"I'm a bit busy right now. So if it's about plans of action for our next match, it'll have to wait, I'm afraid."

"It's not about that… It's really important."

Tala tilted his head and looked curiously at Kai. He'd never seen Kai look so… Scared. Except for maybe in the Abbey, and both of them were still trying hard to forget those times. Tala stepped aside, and let Kai in. Kai immediately went to the couch, and sat down, twisting his hands and looking at anything but Tala.

"So, what's up?" Tala asked.

Kai sighed and continued biting his lip. He wasn't sure if he had enough courage to tell Tala what he wanted to tell him.

"Kai?"

Kai sighed again, and closed his eyes.

"I think…" Kai began, but trailed off. OK, he really couldn't do this.

"Kai, will you just tell me what the fuck's wrong?!"

"I think…" Kai tried again. "I think… That… I like you."

Tala stared at him, and Kai readied himself for Tala saying he was disgusting, and that he was off the team. What Kai wasn't expecting was a pair of arms wrapping themselves around him and pulling him into a hug. Kai blinked, and tried to look up at Tala, but he was holding Kai too tightly.

"Er, Tala?"

"Shut up, Kai. I'm trying to cherish this moment."

"Do what?"

"Do you know how fucking long I've been waiting for you to say those words?"

"What?"

"Christ, you numpty. I like you, too!"

"You do?"

"Yes."

"OK…"

They were sat like that for another few minutes, with Tala just holding onto Kai. Kai couldn't see, but Tala was grinning like a cat that got the cream. Not that cats grin when they get cream. When Kai started to struggle to get away form Tala to be able to breathe, Tala decided to let him go. They looked at each other.

"So, erm, where do we go from here?" Kai asked.

"Boyfriend and boyfriend?"

"Hold on, Tala! We've only just admitted we like each other. We can't just jump into a relationship like that!"

"Why not?"

"Just… Because."

"I'll tell you what. Let's make a deal."

"… What sort of deal?"

"We have a Beybattle. If I win, we start going out immediately. If you win… I do lots of chasing to make you go out with me."

Kai thought about the deal for a moment. On one hand, he really wanted to go out with Tala straight away. On the other, he thought it was happening all too fast. Eventually, he spoke.

"OK, it's a deal. When do we Beybattle?"

"Now."

"Now?"

"Yes, that's what I just said. Now."

"… Now?"

"Yes!"

"I guess it's lucky I brought Dranzer with me then."

"Aha, but my little wolfie will beat your little birdie, and then you'll be all miney miney."

"… Stop it."

"Sorry."

"What are we going to battle in."

"The bed."

"Very funny."

"No, we'll just use this entire room."

"You do know that the room will probably be blown to pieces?"

"Not if you surrender quietly, it won't."

"And why would I do that?"

"Because you don't want my room being destroyed because of you on your conscience."

"… Fair point. But I won't be surrendering quietly."

"Damn."

Tala quickly scooted over to the other side of the room, with Wolborg in his hand. Kai stood opposite him, with Dranzer ready to be launched. Tala quickly attached Wolborg to his launcher, and both blades were then released.

Tala's blade went into attack mode, while Kai put up his defence. It was then that Kai started thinking to himself. Did he really want to suffer months of Tala chasing him? Did he just want to get with Tala now and cut out all the chasing?

Kai made his decision, and lowered his defence. Tala raised his eyebrows, noticing this. He made one attack on Dranzer, and the whole match was over. So much for destroying the room.

"What the Hell was that all about?" Tala asked.

"Well… I decided to lose," Kai replied.

"Why?"

"Because I wanted to."

"No, because you just want to sleep in my bed tonight.

"That, too."

-End Flashback-

Kai was still looking dreamily at Tala, in his own little world, when Tala noticed he was being watched. He looked at Kai with some concern.

"Kai? You OK?"

"Huh? Yeah, I'm fine. Just thinking back to when we first got together…" Kai replied, jumping when Tala spoke to him.

Tala grinned , and continued to eat his food. Kai looked at the clock, and realised he was running late. How long had he been daydreaming for?! He got up, and found a stray tie of one of the chairs. The only problem with taking over Hiwatari Enterprises from his Grandfather was that he had to wear a suit everyday. And he hated suits.

"You off to work, now?" Tala asked, looking up at Kai, who was now putting the tie on.

"Yeah… I should be back early today, if everything goes smoothly, which I doubt it will, but there's always hope," Kai replied, smiling.

Tala smiled back and got up when Kai finished doing his tie. Tala launched himself at Kai, and threw his arms around Kai's neck, and kissed him.

"Don't work too hard," Tala whispered.

"I won't."

"Good, because I have something special planned for you later," Tala winked.

Kai grinned and shook his head. Tala saw Kai to the door, and waved him off as her drove away. Once Tala had shut the door again, he slumped against it, depression and gloom swooping over him. He hated being alone during the day. He had wanted to get a job, but Kai had told him there was no need, since he'd be earning more than enough money for the both of them. It wasn't because of money that Tala had wanted a job, though, it was the fact that it would give him something to do during the day. Instead, Tala had found himself becoming more of a househusband, cleaning the entire house from top to bottom every day.

Needless to say, the place was spotless. The bed sheets needed changing every day, anyway. For obvious reasons.

Tala walked back into the kitchen, aiming to wash up the plates from that morning's breakfast. He was just about to put the plates in the dishwasher, when the phone rang.

"Hello?" Tala answered.

There was no reply… Tala wondered if the person on the other end had realised that he'd picked up.

"Hello?" Tala said again.

There was still no reply, but Tala could hear rustling in the background, and heavy breathing.

"Who is this?" Tala asked, getting nervous and edgy.

There was still no reply, but the rustling and breathing carried on. Tala frowned as the person on the other end of the line hung, and Tala put the phone down, too, making a mental note to tell Kai about it when he got home.

What Tala didn't know, was that there'd be more phone calls to come…

A/N: Uh oh! Who's on the phone?!

If you want a rough estimate of how old these tow are in this fic… Tala is 21 and Kai is 20. Yup, they've been together for three years in this fic!

I didn't mean to have a bit of humour in this… It just happened. I do it all the time… If I'm writing something that's supposed to be really serious, something always pops into my head that's funny, and it worms it's way into the damn story!

I don't normally write flashbacks. In fact, I actually hate flashbacks, unless they're really important to the storyline, and unfortunately this chapter needed a flashback. I promise this will be the only flashback, though. Oh, wait… I may put one in the last chapter, but I'm not sure yet. It depends if I can be bothered.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter :)