Lirin: Back again with chapter 2 yay :)...okay i might be the only one excited about it...meh.

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Chapter 2: Planning with the BBA

Tala was up earlier the next morning. It was so early the sun was just poking up on the horizon. He smiled at his still sleeping family and envied how they could sleep on what could be a life changing day for them.

Before slipping from the bed, he leaned over and kissed Bryan's cheek and laughed when the Falcon lifted his hand to swat him away. It was a newer reaction his lover had since becoming free of the Abbey, before this he would wake up and have a knife to the person's throat if anyone tried to wake him.

After that he went to check on Akemi. His little princess was now sleeping through the nights without a problem. Carefully he leaned over the side and planted a kiss on her forehead. Like her daddy Falcon she did not wake and Tala smiled down at her.

He loved his family and was glad they were there to support him on what could be one of his most challenging tasks to date. He would be lying if he said going back to Russia didn't scare him, but this was important and something he wanted to take head on.

Quietly he got dressed in some sweats and crept down to the kitchen. It had been a long time since he had gone for a morning jog with the raising sun and figured today would be a good day to start.

He grabbed a bottle of water and wrote a note to the other telling them where he was so no one would worry. And then he went out the back door and into the morning light.

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Tala got home as the others were sitting down to a full course breakfast made by Rei. He was dripping with sweat but that didn't stop Bryan from coming up behind him for a bone crushing hug.

"Have a nice run?"

Tala nodded relaxing against Bryan's chest. His little outing had last for an hour and a half and the water was long gone. His legs felt a bit jelly like, but he could still support himself.

"I already called Dickinson, we've got a meeting scheduled for ten," Bryan whispered in his Wolf's ear so no one would over here them. They didn't want people to over hear and get suspicious of something they themselves were not sure was a done deal.

"Good, so I have plenty of time for a shower."

Tala felt Bryan smile against his neck. "I could even join you and we would have time to spare."

The Wolf felt his cheek heat up from the thought as he nodded his head. "Kai watch Ake for us," he said pulling Bryan towards the stairs. "We'll be back down soon."

Kai didn't bother to ask knowing full well what his friends were up to as he went to finish feeding the little girl sitting quietly in her high chair.

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In just over two hours Tala and Bryan were sitting in the BBA office waiting for Dickinson. Akemi was sitting on the floor playing with some of her toys Tala had brought. And Mr. Dickinson's assistant was even on the floor playing with her.

Bryan looked over to Tala after watching their daughter for a bit. "I refuse to let her grow up."

"Why?" Tala was truly confused by the sudden statement.

"I don't want anyone else coming to take her away. The boys will be all over her."

Tala laughed and leaned his head to rest on Bryan's shoulder as he watcher his daughter play. "Then I guess I have to rely on you to keep the bad boys away from her."

"And if we're still here Susumu will have her guarded at school," Bryan answered. "I think the two of us should be enough to chase the boys away from our Angel."

The two were laughing when Dickinson's door opened and he called them in.

"Do you want me to watch her?" the assistant asked.

"No, we'll take her," Tala replied picking Akemi up. He hated to leave her out of eye sight for long, unless she was with one of the others living in the house.

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"My boys, it's good to see you again," Dickinson said as they all took seats around his desk. "Now what may I do for you today?"

Bryan and Tala quickly looked at each other. Tala didn't think this moment would be as scary as it was. And last night had seemed so easy talking about it to Bryan, but now that it might be moving forward he was nervous. Bryan saw this in his eyes and decided he would begin.

"We were watching the News last night and saw that Beyblade is in trouble in Russia."

"Oh..." Dickinson seemed to have known about this issue was seemed regretful that they had found out.

"And we want to try to help fix this," Tala added in.

Dickinson nodded acknowledging he was listening.

Tala took in a deep breath to steal his nerves and he held Akemi just a little tighter. "The trouble is because of Boris and us. And we want the chance to see if we can repair that damage. It wont be fair for a whole new generation of Russian youth to miss out on Beyblading because of past mistakes by a dictator."

Dickinson raised his hand to stop him. "Tala that sounds nice, but do you have a plan on accomplishing this? Words will only get you so far. You will need a plan of action ready to back them up."

"We know. And we were also thinking of what we could do last night. And we like the set up you have established here. With the weekend lessons and training areas. But we were thinking of having something set up for an after school program too. And over time maybe start up a team. Give them a chance to see Beyblade as the fun pure sport it is and not what Boris turned it into."

Dickinson nodded. "I see you've put in a great deal of thought to this. Are you willing to be overseeing this yourselves?"

"Yes," Tala and Bryan answered together.

"We know that we'll be leaving everything here behind. But this mess over there is partly our fault and we want to take responsibility."

"Boys you have grown mature since you've been released of your shackles. I see no reason for you not to try out your plan. But be warned the the road you choose will not be easy and you will have to tread lightly. Many may fear you, but you can not let that stop you. Do your best to prevail."

Tala let out a sigh of relief. This had gone smoother then he thought it would. Now they had to go tell the others of their decision and hoped they would take it well.


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