Hi everyone! How was your week?

Fine, I hope, but I wont entertain you, so go on and read this chapter (my personal favorite)

Chap's warning: Yuri, light OOC, some bad words (I think), some boys/girls stereotypes, insecurity and feeling of unworthiness, and the intentional repetition of word for fun.

Disclaimer: Beyblade and all it's characters belong to Takao Aoki.

Chapter IV: Coming out.

Having a relationship with Kai wasn't easy, but it's not like she though it will.

Thankfully, Kai's cross dressing made it easier to come to terms with the fact that she was dating a girl, because most of the times it seemed she was dating a boy.

Hilary didn't actually mind, as she said, it made it easier, and she would take anything that gave her some more time before having the inevitable 'I'm dating a woman' talk.

So for the rest of the world they were a normal straight couple…and by rest of the world she means everyone who happened to be on the streets when they were together, because they were secretly dating.

And secretly dating was, too, a way to make it all easier.

Dating itself was simple, most of the times they just hang out together and talked nonsense or just enjoyed each other's company, with the occasional time when they went out to do something else.

Kai was a very attentive girlfriend, doing little things like sending cute, but short, texts or letters, or buying her a candy or flower now and then. It made Hilary feel kind of bad, because she didn't do things like that –which made her a bad girlfriend in her book-, so when they were celebrating their two weeks anniversary and Kai gave her a full bouquet of flowers –away from everyone else, because that's what 'secret relationship' means-, she took one out and put it as decoration in her girlfriend's hair, who blushed and looked annoyed when anyone asked her about it, but didn't take it out.

Still, having a secret relationship was hard…to keep secret that is.

For Hilary it was difficult not to hug or kiss Kai when they were together with their friends –on the other hand, Kai liked the secrecy, so she didn't have that much problem-, and their friend weren't exactly stupid –although sometimes they did things that made her wonder.

Rei suspected something, but didn't mentioned it, he just had a cat-like grin whenever he caught them talking to each other.

Max too suspected something, and he time to time let a sly, insinuates remark slip here and there, like saying 'we know what you're doing, stop hiding!'

Kenny didn't seem to pay attention to anything other than his laptop, but Hilary had caught him looking at her or Kai with a suspicious –or maybe even judgmental- look on his face.

Tyson…well Tyson knew about them, so that wasn't even a problem.

They have talked, Kai and her, about telling them, they were their friends and deserved to know about their relationship –and their attitudes were starting to become really annoying-, and they agreed that they will tell them when the dual-blunette was ready to reveal them her gender –so they could kill two birds with one bullet.

They didn't make it that far, they didn't even reached the tree weeks of being together before their friends found out.

It has been her fault, and Kai had no problem to let her know that she was not happy with how everything turned out.

It was a mistake, honestly! Hilary hadn't meant to do it, her girlfriend had just looked so cute and happy and the light was shining just right on her face…kissing her, even in front of everybody, was inevitable.

It resulted in a very blushed, very angry crimson-eyed blader storming out of there when the others, who had faked to be 'shocked' by the kiss, started to whistle and do some cat-calls –because they were that mean.

Boys will be boys, and Hilary was really, really sorry for Kai, because she was one of the boys, so she had to put up with what the boys did when they were being boys.

And what boys did when they were being boys, was act like they knew a lot about it.

And don't pretend not to know what 'it' means.

The truth was they didn't have much experience, but again, boys being boys, they wanted to make people believe they have a lot of experience –especially being seventeen year old boys.

Now, now, this was not something she knew first hand –the guys tended to be a little more 'clean' around her -because she was a girl-, it was all what Kai –who they didn't know was also a girl- told her whenever she got so annoyed –and embarrassed- with one of their 'men talks' that she left them to go find her.

So ok, their first experience with 'coming clear to others' wasn't how they expected it'll be, but Kai just stayed mad at her for not keeping their relationship secret for a day, so it was more or less a victory.

Their first obstacle have fallen, others would fall eventually.

And by eventually she meant no more than a week later, when the next Beyblading World Tournament –the one that would be their last- was announced.

It had been a silent agreement that they will not be in the same team.

Tyson was re-forming the BBA-revolution with Kenny, Daichi and her as it has been before (minus for Hiro, who was busy with his job). Max was going back to the PPB-All Starz and Rei to the White Tiger X, as it was expected they would –given that they were the team captains and never actually 'left' them.

And Kai…was re-joining the Blitzkrieg Boys.

Hilary had known that, it has been Kai's plan all along, but when the dual-blunette confirmed that she was going to Russia till the tournament started, it still hurt some.

She knew that it was a fool's hope to think that Dranzer's wielder would change all her life just because they were dating –Hilary was not going to do that herself, so it was selfish to ask for that- but still she though Kai would put their relationship before the rest –which made her feel like an awful person.

Not even a month has passed since they started going out, how could she expect her girlfriend to give up something she have loved for years just because of that?

In all honesty, Hilary was afraid, afraid that while away, Kai would realize that she could do better than her and end it all.

I mean, she was going to freaking Russia, people there were gorgeous compared to plain old Hilary and her average looks, what if Kai found someone else?

Of course, she didn't tell her girlfriend that, she just smiled and acted happy for her. This was her own insecurity problem and she felt that she had to deal with it herself, no need to drag the dual-blunette into it.

Unfortunately, Kai thought otherwise, so when Hilary was on her bed brooding over all the beautiful people that could steal her girlfriend's attention, said girlfriend entered from the window –because she was 'cool' like that…and apparently didn't know what a door was.

They had a long talk that night –night as in seven in the afternoon-, and Kai constantly reassured her about her feelings and loyalty, till she couldn't help but feel better.

And that's when their second 'coming out' happened.

They have been too distracted in each other's eyes that they haven't noticed when Hilary's father had come into the room, apparently because he heard some weird noises and wanted to check up on her, but they did noticed, and noticed too well, the enraged expression on his face when he found out a strange boy he haven't seen come in on his daughter's bed.

They weren't doing anything, really! They were just lying on her bed side by side, holding each other's hand and whispering nonsense, they weren't even kissing!

But go tell her father that…

The older man had immediately sized Kai by the arm and dragged her cute, little ass out of the house, promising bloody murder if he ever caught him –because he thought Kai to be a guy- near his daughter again.

They didn't think he would actually go through with that, but the dual-blunette still stayed clear off her house for the rest of the month.

So their second obstacle was defeated, and they agreed that the next one to be conquered should be telling everyone about Kai's gender.

Well, they didn't actually 'agreed' on that, it was more like Hilary, with the help of Tyson, convinced a reluctant Kai that it was for the best.

With a lot of coercion, but not as much as she originally though it'll take, the crimson-eyed blader settled to telling everyone –and by that she means the world- after the tournament, so there wouldn't be any problem concerning any form of registration –BBA didn't actually required to specify gender when filling the registration form, and Kai didn't have any legal papers that said she was a man, but there will always be someone trying to stir problems.

They also decided that she should tell their friends first, because they deserved that.

Now, all this sounded good and easy, but in reality it was anything but.

Tyson and Hilary were firm believers that a blunt approach was the best way to do it, like they did with Hilary, so that's what they did –Kai still insisted that there was no need to 'show' her body, unless they didn't believe them and only as a last resort…but no one listened to what she said.

Getting Max, Rei and Kenny to wait patiently in the dojo was easy enough, locking everything so Kai wouldn't scape had its tricks, but it was doable, getting Kai to actually come out and face the others was the hard part.

At the end, they had to grab one of the dual-blunette's arms each and drag her kicking and screaming to the room with the others –which was a very taxing thing to do, Kai was really strong.

But that was actually better, because with the effort she did trying to escape, she ended up panting heavily once she was released, which made her chest rise up and down, which gained attention to her breast…and that worked like a charm.

Out of the tree, Rei seemed to be the more 'mature' about the whole business, he still got pale and wide-eyed and started breathing very, very deeply, but he was the only one that actually talked –even if he had been as coherent as a two year old.

Max looked pale, really, really pale, with his baby blue eyes open as far as they could go, and more than once they wondered if he was still breathing; he didn't say anything, just stared at Kai –Kai's chest more precisely- and nodded whenever Rei asked a question he too wanted an answer for.

Kenny…passed out, and although it was bad to prejudge people, they were kind of expecting him to do that –or something similar-, and so it wasn't a surprise.

Hilary thought they took it well, better than she had at least.

There had been no yelling, or cursing or 'you lying, disgusting, abnormal freak!' from any of them –she still felt terrible about those words, even if she had been forgiven already.

Mostly the guys were just embarrassed for treating a girl like another boy for so long –no point in telling them that Kai didn't mind that, there are some thing you just don't say to a girl, no matter how much of a friend she is.

In time things got back to normal, more or less.

Some things did changed, like the dual-blunette was now 'off the hook' when it came to 'men talks' with the others and no longer had to hear so many crude remarks about her relationship with the brunette –no more than she had to hear herself.

Other things changed when they finally came to the conclusion that 'Wait, Kai's a girl…but she's dating Hilary, who's also a girl…Awesome!', or more precisely, they got very similar to some days ago.

And once again, she blamed it to boys being boys.

Like before, Rei didn't say anything and just kept flashing those cat-grins at them whenever they were together, and time to time he would look at them and then whisper something to either Tyson or Max –whoever was closer.

Max wasn't so discreet about his teasing, asking several compromising, indiscrete question just for the fun of it…whenever he wasn't staring at Kai's chest –who would have thought of him?...and it's not like there was much to see, Kai still wearing her male disguise and all…didn't seem to stop him trough.

Kenny was a sweetheart and respected their privacy and never joined in the other guys' teasing…of course, he spend a week not being able to look at either Kai or Hilary in the eyes, but once he got over that, he was cool about it.

But besides the nuisance that the hormonal teenage boys represented –thankfully she only had to put up with two, not like poor Kai that had Tyson's teasing to add to the list- all was good, and Kai forgave her for forcing her to tell them the true, and so the last few days before they had to part ways passed fast.

Really fast…way too fast for Hilary's liking.

She tried to be positive and optimistic, she really did…but when they were at the airport saying their goodbyes, the sadness was so overwhelming that her girlfriend –who was not fond of public displays of affection- had to hug her just so she wouldn't cry.

She was going to miss her girlfriend a lot, and she regretted not being able to be there for her when she told the other Blitzkrieg Boys about her gender –'cuz even if they weren't 'friends', Kai still respected them and felt some kind of camaraderie for them, and thought it was fair that they knew who they were letting into their team.

It was only for a month, and they did kept in touch trough phone and e-mails –her favorite one being where the dual-blunette detailed her teammates' reactions to 'The Revelation'…so funny-, but it wasn't as satisfactory as being next to each other, not to count the time difference and the effort Kai's training put on her –she actually fell asleep once while they were video chatting- which made it all more complicated.

So Hilary hadn't felt so happy for so long like in the first day of the tournament, when they were finally reunited.

Of course, they couldn't talk to each other during the opening ceremony, and Kai kept her cold, indifferent facade the whole time. She did, however, turned to glance at the brunette once and sent her a small, blink-and-you'll-miss-it smile.

Later that day, when all the teams were resting from their travels, she went to the Russians' hotel room to see her girlfriend. She knocked on the door and it was answered by Yuriy.

And, well…awkward…

She has never personally interacted with the redhead Russian before, nor any of the other Blitzkrieg Boys coming to think about it, and they did have this thing about them that was kind of intimidating.

And Yuriy was looking at her with his ice-cold blue eyes like wondering what the hell was she doing there –or maybe even who the hell she was-, till finally, after seconds that felt like years, he stepped aside, pointed to a door and said:

"She's in there" and left the room with Brian and Spencer on town.

So that was weird…to say the least, but she chose to ignore it in favor of seeing the other girl.

Entering the room, she was met by the picture of a semi-asleep Kai lying on her bed, clad only in pajamas.

They were simple blue pajamas, maybe a size too big for the blader, but Hilary thought she looked so cute and innocent on them.

The second she realized it was her girlfriend standing on her door, the dual-blunette immediately got up and went to great her, and they sat on her bed and talked about everything they could think about –she did ask her about her team mates' attitude towards her, and she said not to mind them, they were just being antisocial.

Hilary talked about all the things she hadn't been able to tell Kai before, and maybe some things that she had, and Kai just sat beside her and listened with a smile –not being one to talk herself, that was what she usually did-, till her yawn interrupted Hilary's tales.

"It's just jet-lag" was the dual-blunette's excuse for her sleepiness, while trying to rub the sleep out of her eyes with the back of her hand.

Hilary huffed, annoyed at her girlfriend for having so little regard for her own wellbeing, and forced her to lie down and rest.

So that night she spend it in Kai's room, hugging her from behind, because moments after the other had fallen asleep, she found out that she too was death-tired, and the bed and her girlfriend's warmth were too inviting to go back to her room.

The whole tournament was spend like that, being together in the hotel after the battles of the day were over and going to explore the city they were on whenever they had a free day.

She liked that, liked it a lot, what she didn't liked, however, were Kai's fan girls.

All the times they have gone out, in one moment or another they were surrounded by pretty girls wanting autographs or more precisely, Kai was surrounded by pretty girls seeking her attention.

It irked Hilary in ways she'd never thought something could.

Kai was polite to them, signing most photos and answering some of their questions –those that weren't ridiculous and/or personals-, but all in all, she looked annoyed by their presence, and when Hilary asked why she put up with them, the dual-blunette answered that before, she used to simply avoid being seen in public, but since the brunette wanted to explore the city, her fan girls' annoyance was a small price to pay to be with her –and aww, that was so sweet!

But what had angered Hilary the most about the fan girls was the gossip they could create, 'cuz not even a day passed after they first ventured out together, that rumors were already circulating about their relationship.

The press didn't touched the matter much –'cuz no one was brave enough to ask Kai something when she looked so imposing, with her arms crossed and her 'death-glare' on her crimson eyes, and flanked on both sides by the other Russians- but the others beyblading teams did.

Mariah and Julia were the ones that asked her more questions –"Is it true you two are dating?" "How did you started going out?" things like that-, the other girls were not so curious –well, they pretended not to be, they still paid way too much attention when a question was asked- and Ming-Ming –who Hilary still utterly hated- was constantly preaching about the beauty of love and how love conquers it all and….ugh, Hilary hated her.

Kai had actually laughed when she told her about it, saying that it was only fair that, after having to put up with most of their friends' teasing, now was her turn to deal with the other girls' curiosity –the cocky bastard didn't have to worry about to other teams teasing her, so far only Michael have dared to say something to her, and a death glare was enough to shut him up.

So by the end of the tournament, everyone knew, but didn't know, about their relationship, and they were happy to leave it like that, if only for the sake of seeing their reactions when Kai came out to the world as a woman.

The tournament's finals were as they expected they will, as subconsciously everyone thought they will, with the Blitzkrieg Boys facing the BBA-Revolution, with the special surprise that it would be only one battle deciding who the World Champion was.

Earlier on that day, the White Tigers X faced against the PPB-All Starz for the third and fourth place, and after that battle, the tension and expectative could be felt in the stadium.

Tyson and Kai were going against each other, but no one thought it would be anything less than that, and it's not like they were going to waste a chance to prove themselves against the other.

Both bladers entered the stadium accompanied by their teams, and across the beystadium Hilary took a moment to look at her girlfriend.

Kai was standing at the edge of the stadium looking as confident as ever, a hand on her hip and a cocky smirk on her lips, clad in the same outfit than always, with the only difference that her jacket was closed now –and she knew that it was to keep hidden what needed to stay hidden till the end of the fight.

The fight was as intense as ever, neither of the bladers wanted to give up, giving their all without a care. So focused on each other, so intend to bring the other down, that from an outsider's look, they were not paying attention to anything but the other.

And there was a strange pang of something on Hilary's heart while she was looking at them, but she paid no mind to it, focusing rater on the crimson-eyed blader and how exited she looked, how free and true to herself.

Tyson and Kai eventually came to a point where they needed to stop, their blades were still spinning but they needed a respite.

Seeing as they were not coming to any closure soon, the blunet smiled a maybe overconfident smile and commented on how this was taking more time that they originally thought.

"It is, isn't it?" said the other, panting hard but still with a smirk on her face, after which she raised up to her full height and put her hands over the zipper of her jacket "No need to use this anymore then…"

She undid the jacket and let it fall to the floor, gaining an honest smile out of her rival and the silence from the whole stadium.

Her breathing slowly started to normalize and her smirk morphed to happy, relieve smile.

"No more ties, nothing that binds me to his will anymore..." she said to Tyson, and if the rest of the world heard it, she didn't care.

The stadium stayed in silence for a moment that seemed to last an eternity, until finally someone started to applaud, and soon everyone joined in –latter some would say that it has been a member of one of the other teams that started it, but no one ever admitted to it.

Tyson laughed out loud and ran up to Kai, picking her up on his arms and spinning her around a little, making her squeak and chuckle some. Their battle was forgotten, at some point during all these their blades had stop spinning, but no one noticed nor really cared.

Once again, that strange pang assaulted Hilary's heart while looking at the two bladers and how comfortable they were with the closeness, he was still holding her off the floor and she kept balance with her arms on his shoulders, both appeared exhausted but happy while looking at each other's eyes.

Thankfully for her, Kai got away from Tyson soon after –but he still kept a hand on her back- and both were surrounded by the rest of the bladers, some fans and people from the press that congratulated them.

She herself had stayed behind, that strange feeling on her heart had made her stop on her tracks when she had sprinted to her girlfriend, and now she had this weird sense that she didn't belonged there…

Between all the people gathered there, the red eyes of the other searched, and eventually found her, and as soon as their eyes met, Kai pushed through the crowd to reach her, giving her a smile that was only for her…

The brunette shake her head then, clearing it of any bad thought and met her girlfriend half way, immediately holding her face between her hands and kissing her.

Right there, in front of everybody.

But Kai didn't minded, she just covered her hands with her owns and kissed her back.

That's how things would be from now on, no matter what obstacles life throws at them, they will face them.

Together.

To be continued…

Hope you have liked this as much as I did, why don't you tell me so in a review?

I know I used some thing of the manga ratter than the anime, like for example the relationship between Kai and the other Blitzkrieg Boys, and especially, between Kai and Tyson. But I like it better that way, honestly xD

As you could see, this chapter (and the next two ones) was more like 'telling' the events than actually 'showing' them, and you can totally see it by the lack of dialogue, hope I didn't confused you with that.

If there's any question, ask me so in a review or PM me and I'll gladly answer them as best I can (I don't really wanna spoil the end).

In this chap. you were able to see two mayor causes of the second arc of the story. Can you guess which ones?

Take care and see you next Monday!

P.S.: I'm thinking about doing a one-shot for some missing scenes from this chap. Mainly how the Russians handled 'The Revelation', do you think I should? and if so, do you have any ideas? Like say, possible titles or how each Blitz' boy reaction could be? Tell me so!

P.S2.: If you wanna read Beyblade's manga, there's a scan over in manga traders (I can't put urls here, so just tipe it on google, should appear). It's not the best one, but's better than nothing.