(S)he is a Lady

Serie: Beyblade

Pairings: Bryan/Kai

Warnings: Language, Tyson bashing

Summary: The Bladebreakers are in Germany visiting the Majestics, who currently are gathered in Roberts castle, when Voltaire and Boris shows up and reveals a shocking secrets about Kai for the Bladebreakers and the Majestics.

Disclaimer: I do not (unfortunately) own Beyblade

Oi! Attention over here plz.

Singel words or phrases in italic in running text means that something are emphasized.

"Italic" means thought (except when in a flashback then it normal texture)

Underlined is Russian

AN: The third chp is up! Sorry it took some time but its LONG 13 pages (13!!) Also there will be angst in this chp since it will contain parts for then the boys are in the abbey.

The titel is explanation because it explains the realtionship beteen kai and tala where WAS going to be more but then I realised how long this was getting so im puting it in the next chp. Hence why its Explanations part 1.

100000000 cyber cookies to all of you wonderful ppl what was read and reviewd my fic!

And a standing ovation for Miako6 who is my beta reader and deals with all my spelling and grammtical errors without complaining and trust me for that she deserves a noble price.

Tala ran through the maze of hallways that was the famous Jorgen castle never hesitating the least or even slowing down when coming to an intersection.

Relaying fully at the radar-thing as Bryan so kindly called it. Just thinking of it made his irritation raise it was no god damned radar or compass or whatever they called it, it was merely an instinct that had developed during time.

He remembered the first time he met Kai so vividly that it could have been yesterday.

He had been bought by a purple haired odd looking man from the orphanage he had lived at since he was one month or at least that's how old the ladies in the orphanage believed he was when they found him at their doorstep.



He had been a bit sad of having to leave the orphanage; the ladies were always nice to him despite that he made quite a lot of mischief. Probably because of his cerulean eyes that practically screamed innocence. The other children had been relatively nice to him too of course he had gotten his fair share of gibes because of his fiery red hair but he still liked them.

However that was nothing compared to the excitement he felt at the moment. He was going to get a family! A mom, a dad and some brothers or sisters. He knew this because he had "accidentally" (meaning he was eavesdropping) heard the purple haired man say that he would fit in perfectly among the other children.

As ha bounced forwards next to the man he clutched his beyblade, his only priced possession, that he had gotten as his birthday present by the women at the orphanage for his 4th birthday. His fifth was coming up soon, he wondered what his new family was going to give him.

There was no word for the emotion he was feeling when he was taken into the abbey and told that from now on he was to live and beyblade there. And that if he didn't want to be punished or worse he would train hard and follow the orders given by the guards and Boris, the purple haired man.

He was taken by a guard into a dungeon-like room were he went through the initiation ritual consisting of him being wiped until he stopped crying since "a real boy doesn't cry." After that another guard took him by the collar and half dragged him down several corridors until they stopped in front of one door that the guard opened and threw him into with the words:

"Congratulations, you have been given the privilege of sharing a room with our own little prince."

(AN: No one at the abbey except for Voltaire and Boris knew that Kai's a girl)

Even in his state Tala could hear the sarcasm and hatred that lay behind those words, but at the moment he couldn't care less.

As the door slammed shut he crawled into a corner of the room, actually it was more like a cell with no furniture other than two beds, and as soon as he didn't hear the sound of the mans boots anymore he broke down.

The tears started to flow. He cried because he wasn't going to get a family, because he was in pain, because he didn't want to be in this place and because he missed the safety of the orphanage and the ladies that worked there.

However his wallowing in self-pity was interrupted by a cold and scornful voice.

"They must really be short of bladers if they take in crybabies like you."

This lit the, in the orphanage infamous, fury of Tala. When it came to Tala the saying that red heads had a short temper was being proved 110 correct.

Snapping his head up Tala fixed an angry stare at the blue haired boy with tattooed cheeks sitting at one of the beds.

"They whipped me. W-h-i-p-p-e-d me!"

"So?"

The response took Tala off guard and his temper decreased a bit but he was still not letting that boy win.

"And that hurt, stupid"

A disdainful snort emitted from the bluenette.

"If that's how you are going to react every time you get wiped you aren't going to last long that's for sure."

Having no answer to that Tala's anger disappeared and curiosity took it's place.

"Why did that guard call you a prince? Are you really a prince? That would be so cool."

Receiving only a cold look Tala realized that he had forgotten to introduce himself.

"Oh, sorry my name is Tala, what is yours?"

But all he received as an answer had been a "Hn" and Kai had turned her back at him and gone to sleep.

As he ran a small soft smile appeared on the wolf's lips. It wasn't the best of first –encounters but to him it was perfect. It had taken him over a month to even get the phoenix to acknowledge him, after three months they could have short impersonal conversations in their cell. Even if Kai always called him crybaby scornfully at first but the it became more jokingly and affectionate.

He took several turns sharply and nearly knocked over a maid carrying a big bunch of towels. However he bearly noticed her with his mind completely focused at Kai. If those brats had made her sad or upset he would skin them alive, barbecue them slowly before feeding them in small pieces to the wolves. He didn't know if there were any wolves in Germany but if there weren't he wouldn't mind importing some from Russia.

Kai had done so much to and for him in the abbey that he would rather kill himself than have her suffering anymore.

He still clearly remembered her first sacrifice for his sake.

He had been in the abbey for quite some time then. It was fall now, and it had been for some time, he had been brought there late spring.

The first snow had fallen a couple of days ago and was now over a meter deep and still falling. Normally he would have loved it, running around in the snow playing with the other children that lived in the orphanage. But not now, now the snow just made the already cold abbey even colder. He just wished it would go away, pointless thinking he knew this was Russia and the snow would stay for at least 6 more months.



(AN: Again the snow-thing is just me guessing. All I know is that it's cold and lots of snow in Russia. XD)

He and Kai were resting in their cell, they had just finished their morning exercise, when the door brusquely pushed open and a guard entered the cell. He walked up to Kai and grabbed a handful of the russian phoenix's two-toned hair as he turned and started walking out of the cell. Kai silently following, not that she had much of a choice the guard's hand was still firmly closed around a big wad of her hair. The guard turned slightly towards Tala.

"You're having an outing. Move!"

Getting up from his bed and following the guard he felt, once more, his sympathy for Kai raise again even though he knew the phoenix hated it, he just couldn't help it.

It was always like this for no reason the guards would punch and kick Kai and when she made a mistake she was always punished much more severely than the other children. Speaking of the abbey-children, they hated Kai even more. They would never talk to her or even acknowledge her, when she got close they would stop talking.

However, they never did anything, but that was only because they believed that Kai was her grandfathers pet always telling the man and the guards what they said or did.

When Tala found this out (he had been warned by another child about Kai) he couldn't believe it the mere thought of punishing someone for something their relatives done, it was both repulsive and utterly wrong to him.

He liked the blunette phoenix, sure it was hard to get to know her but in return she never backstabbed you like he'd seen the other abbey-children do to each other several times. In fact Kai didn't seem interested of anything that went on in the abbey.

This not saying she didn't know anything, if Tala wondered about something all he had to do was to ask Kai and she would tell him what he needed to know as long as it wasn't about the phoenix herself.

The two-toned bluenette probably knew the occupants of the orphanage as well as Tala himself so many time he had told her about them. Not that Kai minded the bluenette phoenix had asked him several times to tell her about the orphanage.

But she never spoke about herself, all Tala knew was that she was his age, hated her grandfather, her father was dead and judging from the tone her voice had when she spoke about him told Tala that she most likely felt the same towards the man as her grandfather.

He didn't know anything about her mother, Kai was very sensitive about that. Sensitive meaning she had pushed him up against a wall and threatening to kill him in a very painful way if he spoke about her mother again.

(AN: Just to point things out. Big Tala knows what happened to Kai's mother however chibi Tala doesn't, at least not yet. Also he doesn't know about Kai being a girl. Just to make things clear, I know some of you have been kinda confused.)



Being new at the abbey Tala had no idea what this so-called outing was, he needed to get a minute alone with Kai so she could tell him what was going to happen. Kai never spoke to him when there was another person around. Not that it offended him Kai never uttered a word when anyone else was in hearing distance except for confirming orders and that was hardly countable.

However he didn't have the time or possibility to ask Kai as they were thrown into a van filled with other abbey-children.

They drove for what felt like hours before suddenly the guards started to throw out the kids out of the van one at the time.

Tala felt the panic raise as they were going to throw them out in the middle of the Russian tundra. He looked down at his clothes, the ordinary grey uniform. He was going to die he just knew it there was no way he ever would manage out there in the ice cold tundra.

Finally it was only him and Kai left but he still couldn't ask her since a guard was sitting in the back with them.

The car stopped and Kai was thrown out. As the car continued to drive the guard turned towards Tala.

"Your task is to make it back to the abbey."

And with that he too was thrown out of the van and into the fierce blizzard that raged over the tundra. The van disappeared in less than a minute and Tala was left alone in the raging blizzard, he sunk down on his knees and started crying; he was going to die he knew it.

Or at least that was what he though until he heard the familiar voice of a certain Russian phoenix.

"For the love of God get up on your feet, crybaby."

As if he had been given an electric shock Tala's head jolted up.

"Kai?"

"No it's your fairy godmother, what do you think?"

Came the sarcastic response. Filled with an over whelming joy Tala rose to his feet only to sink down to his armpits in snow. A heavy sigh came from Kai.

"You can't walk upright you must crawl or you'll sink down."

"And why didn't you tell me that before?"

"Because I thought you had a brain but it must have leaked out with your tears."

Unable to come up with a witty response Tala sighed.

"Alright you win, now help me up."



He could almost feel the phoenix's self satisfied smirk. It was a game they were playing to see who would lose one's power of speech first, so far he hadn't won one single time.

"I know."

Was the response as a cold hand grabbed Tala's and pulled him out of the hole.

"Now follow me."

Tala didn't know for how long they crawled through the tundra but it felt like eternity. At last they entered a forest were the snow level was low, low meaning it only reached to their knees. The blizzard had also decreased drastically and the snow was now only falling softly.

They got on their feet and started running being Russians they had no problem running in the knee-high snow.

When they had gotten so far that they could see the end of the forest Kai stopped, confused Tala did the same.

"Kai why…"

He was interrupted by Kai.

"We can't arrive together don't you see that?"

Yes, when thinking closer about that Tala realized that arriving together would be a very bad idea; the guards, not to mention Boris and Voltaire if someone bothered to tell him, would throw a fit and punish both of them severely; co-operation among the children were strictly forbidden. Lucky for him Kai always seem to think 3 steps ahead.

"Then what are we…"

He was interrupted once more.

"You'll go straight forward you should see the abbey after half an hour or so. Make sure you have the large oak tree that is divided into two parts behind you all the time. And don't crawl; the guards would punish you and it's my secret trick non of the others know about it and I want it to stay that way."

"What about you?"

"I'll go another way don't worry about me."

Then Kai bent down and did something that took Tala completely off guard, she broke her own ankle. Not twisted broke, Tala could hear the bones cracking.

"What did you do that for?!" He shouted.

"I need an explanation for being this late."



Was the response, that was when it really sunk in to Tala what Kai really had done. She had not only saved his life but risked her own and signed up for a proper punishment. Intense guilt flooded his body and mind.

"Kai I'm really sorry."

The response he got wasn't exactly the one he expected. Kai flashed him a small smile, a real smile not a smirk. The first real genuine smile Kai had ever given to him.

"See it as a late birthday present, crybaby."

And with that she took of in another direction and Tala started running in the direction Kai had ordered him. While praying to Wolborg, his loyal ice wolf, to make sure Kai got to the abbey safe and sound.

Luckely his prayers were answered, at least partly, as a bruised and bloodied Kai was thrown into their cell a couple of hours later.

Completely silent, Tala had cleaned the wounds with a wet rag, no words were needed. They slept in the same bed that night.

(AN: If you are thinking hentai-related thoughts at this moment I condemn you)

Tala rounded yet another corner and this corridor ended in a couple of glass doors that led out to the large Jorgen's garden. The wolf couldn't resist rolling his eyes it was so typical Kai whenever the phoenix got upset or wanted to be alone she would always go outside.

He stepped out in the garden and let his eyes swept over the garden in search for the Russian phoenix.

Close by the pond he spotted a silver and blue colored forelock.

--With Kai--

She ran in panic through the corridors of the Jorgen castle. She needed to get out, to breathe fresh air only then she would be able to calm down and think rationally of what to do.

The Russian bluenette burst through the glass doors to the garden that, during their stay at the castle, had become her favorite hiding-spot. She stopped near the pond, her eyes following the fish's regular movements in the pond back and forth, back and forth. It calmed her, allowed her to think rationally. She went through her teammates in her mind, what would they say, do and think?

Rei, the ever calm neko-jin, she couldn't see him condemn her. Be sad and or upset that she hadn't trusted him enough to tell him by her free will yes but both condemn her. And he hadn't seemed to mind females-bladers of course that could have to do with the fact that he was madly in love with Mariah and she would kick his ass if he had said anything bad against females who bladed. So maybe just maybe he would accept her.



Max, the sweet and hyper American blond she loved like the baby brother she never had, she couldn't picture him hating or despising another human being not even her.

Kenny that boy was a true mystery even to her. He was scared of her that much she knew, it both amused and saddened her. Maybe this would help to still that fear people were generally less afraid of girls than boys, no matter how incorrect that was, she didn't think this was the time to point out she could beat every boy at the abbey.

She started to relax a little she had been stupid to react so strong after all this was the 21th century and non of Rei, Max, Kenny or Ty… She stopped herself Tyson did have a problem with female bladers.

He had been so disrespectful towards Mariah that both Lee and Rei had looked ready to beat him into a bloody pulp only Gary's interference had stopped them. Emily had given him a black eye, a swollen lip and whacked him so hard with her racket that it broke after he told her that her blading was good for a girl. It had taken Michael, Eddy and Steven to get her off him. She sighed; oh yes Tyson had a problem with female bladers.

She needed to find a solution to that problem. Once again her eyes was drawn to the fish in the pond as they swam back and forth, back and forth.

"If you are going to drown yourself I recommend a deeper pond."

A very familiar voice said teasingly. Kai spun around so quickly that she almost triped.

"Tala!"

She threw herself at him, her arms around his neck, as she hugged him as hard as she could. However to Tala that didn't seem to be enough as he wrapped his arms around her pulling her even closer.

After hugging each other they separated slightly just so that they could breathe. Tala rested his forehead against Kai's.

"I missed you, little sister."

"Same here, big bro'."

--Flashback--

Tala was rocking back and forth on his heels. It had been around a year since the outing, where Kai had saved his life and now the phoenix and the wolf were as close to being inseparable as it was possible without being glued together.

A couple of days ago Kai hade even told him about his mother something that had touched the very soul of the red-headed wolf. It had proved just how much Kai trusted him and now he wanted Kai to know how much he trusted her.

He took a deep breath and collected himself.



"Kai?"

"Hn?"

Knowing that meant yes he continued.

"Well you know when you told me about your mother… and I was, I mean I thought…"

He trailed off not knowing what to say anymore. This unusual behavior made Kai, who had been half-sleeping on her bed, sit up and examine the nervous wolf in front of her.

"Tala what's the matter?"

"Well I was…" He trailed off once more.

"Tala you know you can tell me anything, that's what we said, right?"

"Okay" Tala thought "here goes nothing"

"Kai do you want to be my brother?"

Kai almost fell off the bed it felt like she had been punched in the face.

"Tala… I can't be your brother."

The wolf's hopeful face turned into devastated in less than one second. Seeing this crushed Kai's heart it was then she decided she would tell him. The wolf turned away from her and she quickly got up from the bed and grabbed his arm.

"Tala wait."

"Why?"

Kai flinched at the tone it was the emotionless robot voice Tala used against everyone else but had never used it against her, ever. This only strengthened her decision further.

"Look you need to listen to what I'm going to tell you it is my biggest secret and if Voltaire and Boris finds out that you know they will probably kill you. Do you want to know why I can't be you brother?"

Her voice made Tala turn around; he had never heard Kai sound so pressing. The look on Kai's face was a mixture of fear, desperation and nervousness just that almost made Tala fall flop down on the floor. Realizing that whatever Kai was going to tell him it was very serious he nodded and sat down on his bed.

Kai stood up in front of him, nervously twisting her hands.

"Look what I'm about to tell you is extremely dangerous for you to know and you can't tell anyone, if you do you'll probably end up dead. Do you still want to know?"



"This secret will it explain why you don't want to be my brother?"

"Yes it will most certainly do."

Kai said and Tala thought he saw a small glimpse of amusement flicker in her eyes but if it was it had drowned in the more dominant emotions that were showing in the phoenix's eyes before he could take a closer look.

"Then I want to know."

"Swear on Wolborg you'll never tell anyone."

"I swear on Wolborg that I wont ever tell anyone."

Kai took a deep breath and once again she started to twist her hands.

"Tala the reason I can't be your brother is because I… I'm a… girl."

At that word Tala almost fainted, he must have heard wrong.

"A-a girl?"

He asked in a squeaky voice Kai nodded her head. Tala shook his head, it couldn't be, it was Kai the toughest blader in the abbey. Kai who took every punishment without a tear shed, without a word crossing her lips.

"You're not kidding?"

Kai simply shook her head.

It was then Tala realized two things. One, Kai had bared her truth to him, revealed her deepest secret and leaving herself at his mercy. Two, even if Kai was a girl she was still the same person he had gotten to know. That was when he made his choice.

"Kai?"

"Yes?"

"Will you be my sister?"

It took all of his willpower not to burst out laughing at Kai's facial expression it was a picture of pure shock.

"You're serious?"

She asked in a voice that clearly said that she didn't believe him.

"Yes you're still the same person I got to know and since you can't be my brother…"



However before he had the chance to finish that sentence he was hugged by an extremely happy phoenix.

"Yes I want to be your sister."

"Great I've always wanted a little sister instead of a brother anyway."

"That's go… wait "little" sister?"

"Yup, since non of us are sure when our birthday is and I'm taller than you that makes me you big brother"

"That's so not fair."

"I know." He lauged

--End flashback--

"So lil' sis, care to share what got you so upset that you're considering to commit suicide?"

He asked with faked nonchalance even though he knew very well what had upset his beloved sister so.

"Voltaire and Boris showed up and told the others… about me."

"So?" He asked with a teasing tone, forcing her to word her anxiety.

"So they know I'm a girl, you idiot."

She spat annoyed that he didn't seem to understand or catch on to the problem.

"Have you thought that it might not be a bad thing?"

"What do you mean, Red?" She asked annoyance giving way to confusion.

"Well think about it" He spoke while nuzzling his face in her neck. "Until now you've been hiding it because of Voltaire's orders but now you are free from him so why are you hiding now?"

(AN: After the world championship the abbey was closed down and Mr. D became Kai's guardian. And no, he doesn't know about Kai being a girl; Voltaire changed her birth certificate)

He lifted up his face and locked his cerulean eyes with her crimson.

"Well because…"

After waiting a moment and realizing that she wasn't about to continue Tala did it for her.



"Because you are afraid." As Kai opened her mouth to give a sharp reply he quickly placed his fingertips on her lips. "Just hear me out, okay?" Nodding, Kai gave him her permission.

"You have been living as a boy almost your entire life. No matter how brave you are it's completely logical and understandable to be afraid to come out as a girl. But can't you see how much easier it would get? No more hiding, no more excuses"

"Yeah" Kai began hesitantly, "But what if they expect me to change? To be all girly

The contempt in the phoenix's voice was impossible to miss and Tala couldn't help to give a small chuckle.

"In that case I think you'll correct them quite quickly. Any other reasons to keep it a secret?"

He had the distinct feeling that there was more to it than what she had said so far. Kai shifted her weight from one foot to the other and her fingers started to fidget with the hem of his shirt.

"Well… some bladers don't eh…approve of female bladers and that combined with their aversion for me."

She shrugged leaving the drawings of conclusions to Tala who felt his temper raise a couple of notches so that's why Kai had wanted to continue this charade. She was afraid that the other bladers would dislike her even more. It might seem odd to most people but both Tala and the other Blitzenkrieg boys knew that Kai was a very sensitive person and all nasty comments and looks she received stung deep even if she didn't show it.

"Since both the All Starz and the White Tigers have female bladers I'm excluding them, that leaves the Majestics and the Bladebreakers and judging from their personality the only ones who could have anything against female bladers would be the pig and maybe the Scot and the playboy."

Kai shook her head.

"Johnny and Enrique might seem like the typical man-chauvinists, but they don't treat women any different from men"

"So then all this worrying is because of that stupid pig then?"

"I guess."

Renewing his grip around Kai the wolf spoke softly.

"I'm not going to tell you that your reaction is stupid or illogical, but I'm going to correct you when you believe telling them your a girl will make them dislike you more. I think it will have the opposite effect, people tend to judge girls less harder than boys."

Kai snorted "Obviously you didn't include the abbey in your theory there, Red."



But even though her voice was cold and sarcastic, Tala saw the amusement sparkle in her eyes and knew that she had understood his point and just was messing with him. Rolling his eyes, Tala sighed.

"Whatever sis, lets go back before Spenc throws a fit; you know how he is."

"Wait. What? Spencer is here too?"

Kai asked completely bewildered.

"Of course he is, you didn't think I'd traveled all the way to Germany on my own now did you?"

"Hold on a sec you're telling me all of you are here?"

"Yup"

"That's wonderful I missed you guys terribly."

"Aw it's so nice to be wanted" Tala cooed

A frown crossed Kai's face as she came to think of something.

"Tala, why are you here?"

"We heard that Voltaire and Boris were set free until the trial so we thought we come here and warn you but obviously it was a little to late."

Tala said looking a bit depressed, seeing her brother so sad no doubt berating himself for not being able to warn her in time. Kai placed her hand on Tala's shoulder.

"Tally, you did your best and it's better this way any how. So shall we go and meet the others I can't wait to see them again."

"Especially Bryan, right?" He laughed as he started walking down the hall.

"Tala!" Kai exclaimed indignant.

But the only answer she got was more laughter.

AN: That was chp 3. Hope you like it took me ages to write.

Review so I'll update faster.

And I know its late but HAPPY EASTER TO ALL OF YOU!!