NOTE: Ni hao is chinese and it means hello, or a way of greeting someone.

Mystic: im glad u all liked last chappie! and NO! Jade Tomei does NOT belong to me. she belongs to the talented writer and artist, Jade-55! XD the only reason Jade is in this fic is bekoz i requested her, bekoz im obessed with tala/jade parings, anywho im just letting u noe. BTW! i got a review thinking hilary and kai, had sex last chappie! nuuu! that didnt happen! they just snuggled n' stuff. however, that mite happen later on!

Disclaimer: I own nothing in this fic. ok... well i do own hilarys bit beast, but thats it! i swear... oh ya.. and i own the plot and ideas u noe wut i mean...

OWTF...

Painful Truths

Hilary inhaled deeply, as she slowly stirred from her deep slumber. She snuggled closer to the warmth beside her, before feeling a pair of silent eyes watching her. Her eyes fluttered open, but to her surprise, Kai was still asleep. His arms were wrapped around her waist protectivly. She blinked as the sight of the bright sun kissed her face, blurring her vision slightly.

She glanced to the end of the bed to see a figure standing there. "Ni hao!" The chinese girl smiled at Hilary. She was familiar; Hilary faguely remembered meeting her, when Tala brought her to Kai, as promised.

"O-ohayou (G-good morning)..." Hilary whispered back, sitting up slowly, allowing Kai's arms to stay around her lap. She stared at the taller red- head in confusion, before glancing down at Kai. Blushing brightly, realizing he was only in his boxers, and she was still in her bra and underwear. She flustered slightly, as her cheeks glowed a faint pink.

The girl laughed lightly, "Don't worry, I wont tell him I saw you two like this- it might shatter his pride - me seeing his soft side, that is." she winked playfully, "Just borrow some of Kai's clothes for now, and meet me on floor 26, okay?"

Hilary nodded silently, her pink cheeks still glowing, as she watched the red-head leave the bedroom, and out the door. Hilary sighed faintly, glancing back down at Kai. He looked extremely exhausted, normally - if they were still at Tyson's - he would be up at dawn. He wouldn't dare sleep past - Hilary glanced at the clock at his bedside - 10am!

But then again, Tyson's snoring often woke everyone before 8am anyway. A faint smile tugged at her lips, as she slowly untangled herself from Kai's hold, and slipped over to his dresser, picking out, a pair of blue shorts, and a black tee-shirt, before putting on Kai's red jacket she had on the night before.

However, Hilary had to really tighten the waistband on the shorts, and they came past her knees in length, and the black tee-shirt rested just past her waist. "Errr... its a bit big..." she shrugged, before heading to the elevator as promised.

This hotel was different from many she had come to know in Japan. The elevator would lead to no hallway, but straight to the room for the top 5 levels - which were private, expensive suites. Anything below that, looks like any normal hotel, with a hallway, that lead to several hotel rooms. That was because the top 5 levels took up as much space as 6 normal hotel rooms.

Hilary entered the elevator, and glanced at the buttons. At the moment she was at the top level, 28. She pressed the 26th level, and waited as the doors closed, and decended two levels. Stopping at 26. But the doors didn't open. She frowned, as a green-identification pad opened from a hidden compartment beside the emergency phone.

Just then a female computerized voice broke from the speakers, "Please place your right hand on the sensor pad, and state your name and code." it was moreless a demand.

Before Hilary had a chance to freak out, the computerized voice continued, "Acess granted; Welcome home, Jade."

Hilary frowned as the doors opened, allowing Hilary to walk in to a large room, just as big as Kai's.

"Sorry, I forgot about the acess code." a female voice, said sheepishly.

Hilary's gaze snapped to the front, and there, on a bar sat Jade, her legs dangling over the egde. While a taller familiar red- headed boy, sat beside her, only he sat properly, on a stool, not on the counter.

The boy-teen she recgonised as Tala, turned around to meet her gaze, and smiled lightly, "You look better."

Hilary nodded timidly, as she approached the duo, "I feel better, thanks." As she got closer to Tala, she bowed her head in respect, "I owe you my life... thank you." she whispered.

Tala shook his head, "You owe me nothing, trust me! Jade and I, have had our share when it comes to dealing with Biovolt. No person should go through the pain they cause; no one!"

Jade nodded silently, glancing at Tala from the corner of her eyes, tears threatening to fall at old, painful memories.

Hilary bit her lower lip, "I still dont understand. From what I hear; you both and Kai all have a past with Biovolt. What did they do to you? Why wont anyone explain this to me?"

Tala opened his mouth to speak, but Jade cut him to the chase, "It isn't our place to tell you. Biovolt is not only, in myself and Tala's past, but the painful memories also belong to Kai. He should be the one to tell you. It isn't our place." She said firmly, staring at Tala warningly, as if daring him to give her any hints.

Tala sighed as her rubbed the back of his head tiredly, "Hai, hai (yes, yes)... It isn't our place."

First her boys refused to tell ehr the real anture of Kai's past and now Tala and Jade. What was so bad that everyone thought it better not to tell her the truth?

Hilary frowned sadly, trying to hold back tears, it wasn't fair, "But isn't it my place to know what happened here in Russia? I mean, Biovolt kidnaps me, and you suspect me not to have questions? I want to know what they want from me... what they want from Kai! Why they wanna hurt him so bad, and the people he cares for! I can't stand being in the dark! I cant stand not knowing what happened - what made everything hurt so much?"

Neither Jade or Tala could find an answer. They wanted to tell her, despite how painful the memories were. But it was not their right to tell her, it was -

"Do you want know that bad?" A cold voice asked from across the room, all three glanced around to see Kai standing against the wall nearest to the elevator. Arms folded, eyes closed. "Are you sure you can handle the truth, Hilary?" he asked quietly, finally opening his eyes, to stare into her deep ruby orbs.

"I - I want to know everything about you Kai... Why you are, the way you are... Why Biovolt hurt me... hurt you. I just want to know why!" Hilary answered back, her voice trembling in the tears that she held back.

Kai huffed heavily, "Come." It was more-less an order, as he stepped inside the elevator. "Tala. Jade, avoid using the Elevator for at least 45 minutes."

Hilary frowned as she followed Kai into the elvator, watching as Jade and Tala nodded in understanding, just as the doors slid shut. Just as it began to go up, Kai hit the emergency stop button, and brought the elevator to a hault.

"Kai! What are you doing?" She shrieked.

Kai glanced at her, unamused, as he turned and faced her, "Hilary, what I'm about to tell you, I have never told anyone else. I will not go this in depth with the Blade Breakers or anyone. The only people who will know the truth, is Tala, Jade, myself, and you. Do you understand?" he demanded solidly, trying to pull up his cold mask again, as he bared himself ready for the painful conversation.

Kai's tone was beginning to scare her slightly, but she nodded anyway, as firmly as she could. She had only heard this tone of voice from him once, and that was on the first day of meeting him. He was such an ass to her and Tyson, which she later learned was normal. But now he was at it again. This was really gonna hurt him to talk about.

Hilarywaited for Kai to start, as she watched him sit in the corner, as he leaned back against the elevator walls. He let one arm drap over his bent knee, while the other clenched onto his scarf tightly, as if bracing himself. Hilary kneeled in front of her boyfriend as he began to talk.

"It started when we were really young..."

The seven year old bluenette launched his Dranzer blade once again, sweat pouring off his face, as he struggle to remain on his feet. Exhaustion was slowly beating his body down. It was in this moment that a young red-headed boy, burst into the training room, pain and panic plastered across his face.

"Kai? Kai!"

Kai glanced back at his best friend, who ran as fast as he could towards him. "Tala?" he turned slowly, ignoring Dranzer for a moment.

"It's Jade!" Tala hissed, as he clutched his left arm, which appeared to be bleeding.

"Tala! You're bleeding!" the young Kai kneeled beside Tala, now completely horrified, "What happened?"

"Jade...We gotta save her Kai! Boris and Voltaire... She's in pain..." He wheezed out, panic still ringing in his voice.

Kai's eyes widened as he helped Tala to his feet. And as fast as they could, they bolted towards the stairs, to the labortory. Kai didn't need to be told twice, he knew exactly where Jade was. They were swift but quiet as they peered into one of the lab rooms. The same lab rooms that would forever haunt the memories of the wolf and the phoenix.

"Damn that child! How did he get off the table?" Voltaire demanded, as he angrily pased back and forth infront of a large test yube, which was adjacent to a table with restraint cuffs.

"He used Wolborg. I'm not quite sure, Master Hiwatari..." Boris seemed uneasy as he glanced to the large glass tube he was standing beside.

There stood, a short redheaded girl, who angrily pounded against the glass. She was hurt, real bad. She had IV's all up her arms, as they slowly injected her with clear fluid, which would make her feel like she was dreaming.

"Oh for fucks sakes, fill the tank!" Voltaire hissed as he glared at Jade's panic filled eyes.

"But sir, the anesetic hasn't taken its full effects yet... She'll feel everything we do to her..." Boris tried to argue, but the look from Voltaire told him not to even attempt to cross him. "Yes sir."

Kai and Tala cringed as Jade screamed with all her worth when she found her ankles submerged in a pink fluid, and its level was rising. "NO!" she squealed, as she pounded on the glass even more desperately. "No, no!"

Voltaire's eyes narrowed at the girl, "You will be programmed to be the prefect blader, you should be thanking me, child!" he yelled back at her, "And maybe if your good, I'll let you demolish Tala." he sneered.

"No! It burns!!" Jade screamed as tears flowed from her eyes, her skin felt like it was on fire, she shuddered to think what it would feel like to swallow the stuff.

"NO!"

"TALA, WAIT!"

But it was too late, Tala couldn't take it any longer, he lunged at Voltaire with all his worth, and both were sent crashing to the hard ground.

"Dammit!" Kai cursed, he had no choice now. He too lunged out, but at the same time launching Dranzer. "Fire arrow attack!"

Kai watched as Boris screamed in agony, as fire engulfed up his right leg. He watched as the purple haired man, sturggled out the exit in search of water, or anything to rid him of the fire.

Tala was thrown across the room crashing into a large table, as Voltaire got to his feet, sneering for a moment, before he too screamed like Boris, following him in suit, out of the lab.

Kai scrambled across the room, to Tala, who was barely conscious. "Tala!"

"Kai... save Jade... We can't let her die... I can't lose her Kai... please!" Tala pleaded, as he weakly glanced to the unconscious girl. The glass tube was full of the pink liquid, and her body was limp.

Kai loaded his launcher again, this time aiming it at the glass, before pulling on the rip cord with all of his worth, "Shatter it Dranzer!" he yelled. The glass around her shattered, and the pink liquid flowed out onto the floor, just as Kai dive and caught the unconscious Jade in his arms, his black boots splashing in the burning liquid.

Kai brought Jade back over to Tala, and laid her down beside him. Kai watched in sadness, a Tala's hand firmly wrapped around Jade's smaller one.

"She'll be ok..." Kai whispered weakly.

"Oh Kai..." Hilary gasped mournfully, she was completely morrtified, how could someone do such a thing? And his own grandfather!

Tear's brimmed in the corners of Kai's eyes, "I nearly lost them both that day... And that bastard couldn't have cared less..." his teeth were gritted in anger. "He was outraged... And all three of us were punished from that day forth, only the torture and the pain was much worse. It wasn't until we were 13 were we able to leave the abby. Thats when we opened the Hiwatari Hotel... And that's when I took my passion for beyblading to Japan, as far from Russia as I could get."

"So.. Jade and Tala stayed in Russia?"

Kai nodded quietly, "They stayed here, because it was the only place they were safe. Unfortuneately, Voltaire had Igor sent here to the hotel to watch over them, and while I was away, they built the underground labs. And I suppose, they got ahold of Tala sometime after, because when I went to Russia with the Blade Breakers, Tala and the Demolision Boys were working for Boris. And what was worst, that bastard bribed me with my weakness. Power, and Black Dranzer... and before I knew it, both Tala and I were at the hands of Biovolt."

"You gave into Biovolt? Is this when you adbandoned the team?" Hilary frowned. This didn't sound like Kai at all, he never gave in.

"I was Power thirsty. I wanted to be the best. I wanted unlimited power. And Voltaire used that to his advantage. After the Blade Breakers brought me back to my senses on that lake, Biovolt programed Tala to feel nothing. And for a while they called him Cyber Tala, because he was a walking void that could be programed easily. It wasn't until Tyson beat him in a beybattle, did Tala return to normal, and went back to Jade and the Hiwatari Hotel. Voltaire has caused alot of greif for us..." Kai glanced at Hilary, who also had tears in her eyes.

Kai sighed heavily "And it seems as though our punishment from that one day is still living on. They are still pushing to hurt us. But I'm the one they want, because I am his grandson." he said that bitterly, "But in reality, I am nothing like him. He is not family!"

Hilary crawled over to him, and leaned forward, brushing away a few of his tears, "You're right Kai. You're nothing like him. You're everything that hes not." She smiled sadly, as she slowly pressed her lips upon his.

Kai kissed back forcefully, but before the kiss could continue any longer, the elevator began to move again. Jade must have pressed the button, thinking their convorsation was over... Kai sighed, as he pulled away blushing lightly, helping Hilary to her feet. Kai pressed the 28th level, allowing them to return to Kai's suite, without the disturbance of Jade.

Jade frowned, as she watched the elevator numbers continue up to the top level, "He probably wants to go make out with her." Jade smirked, knowing all to well how that baka Hiwatari's mind worked.

"And what's wrong with that?" Tala raised an eye brow from the bar, as he studied Jade's form.

Jade spun around to glare at Tala, placing both hands on her hips, "Nothing! I was just hoping to get to know Hilary better, thats all."

"That, or maybe your jealous..." Tala smirked in a taunting mannor. Just like a seven year old.

Jade's face flushed red in anger, "What! Eeeeeew!" Jade squealed, covering both of her eyes, running into the living room, "I can't believe you Tala!" She yelled angrily.

Tala frowned as everything in Jade's appartment went quiet, "Jade?" He called softly, "Jade! Dammit girl..." He huffed as he stood, and followed her to the living room, but frowned when he found it empty. "What the -? Jade?" he scratched the back of his head in confusion.

Tala slowly apraoched the couch, to see all of its cusions scattered everywhere, so she wasnt hiding in there...

"Gotcha!"

THUMP

Tala found himself doing a face plant into the carpet, as Jade tackled him from behind, and sat on his back with a grin of triumph plastered on her face. Tala groaned loudly, but within seconds, Jade was beneath Tala as he pinned her below him. "You idiot, I'm much faster and stronger than you!"

"Yes, but--" Jade grinned evilly, as she watched Tala's eyes grow wide.

"No... You wouldn't!"

Jade winked playfully, as Tala let out a burst of laughter, as Jades fingers assulted his ribs, as she continued to tickle him like there was no tomorrow. Even though tears were nearly streaming down his cheeks, Tala managed to grab hold of her small hands, and pin them above her head, which gave him a chance to breath.

"I would." Jade laughed nervously, just a above a whisper. It was odd, even though they were the only ones in her appartment, at this very moment, it seemed only right to whisper.

Jade blinked innocently, as she felt her heartbeat quicken, "Um, can I get up now?" she whispered quietly.

Tala smirked, as he watched the flustered girl beneath him blush redder than a tomato, "No. I think I like this position."

"Tala!" Jade hissed, "Stop being an ass, and let me up! Besides if anything, I'd be the dominant one, you're nothing but a pussy cat."

"Is that a challenge, Tomei?"

Jade gulped, and flushed redder, as she found Tala's face inches from hers. Oh Kami (God), if this was a dream, dont wake her yet! Jade bit her lower lip, as she watched teenager above her hesitate a bit.

'What is he waiting for?' Jade thought desperately, but then suddenly tried not to gasp, as she felt the heat of his breath mingle with hers.

'Tala...'

Mystic: again not a lot has changed this chappie. but i still left it at a cliffie.

R+R

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