A/N: Missed me?! XD

Chapter 10: Things left uncompleted…

Last night's sleep was rather disturbing for Kai. His mind was focused on that one boy in his room, who, Kai was sure, was also awake. Despite the fact that Kai and Ray both stayed awake the whole night but none of them found the courage to say anything to the other one.

As there was no room for another member of the team on the bed, Kai slept on the single big couch in the television room. He had felt Ray's eyes upon him when he walked out of the washroom but he was too embarrassed to look at him.

Kai's whole body was aching by the time he decided that it was too much for him and he couldn't stand thinking about Ray anymore. He stood up from the couch, walked into the bathroom once more, took a morning bath and changed into his usual clothes. He walked out to find Ray's body considerably relaxed than when he had seen it the other night. Maybe he had fallen asleep.

But Kai was wrong.

"I… uh…" Ray sat up making Kai's whole body stiffen in surprise. "I want to talk to you Kai."

Kai took a deep breath. His heart was racing faster and faster every second. He didn't want Ray to see his side that was so much affected by Ray. So, he quickly composed himself and narrowed his eyes at Ray, "Go on."

Ray sighed when he heard Kai's usual cold voice. This was going to be harder than Ray had expected. "It's just that we missed you a lot while you were away."

Kai held back a smirk. "And?" He rubbed his wet hair with the towel to keep himself distracted. He noticed that the sun was rising slowly making the sky a perfect bluish orange color.

"Don't think bad of me Kai but I…" He trailed off. As much as Kai wanted to know what Ray had in mind that he was about to say to him, he didn't wanted to seem too desperate for it. So he just raised an eyebrow at him.

No way am I telling him that I missed him, Ray argued silently. It would sound too gay!

Ray cleared his throat, "Let's just say that I want you to be our captain again." Ray finished lamely. He was talking nonsense. That's why Kai was here in the first place, to be their captain.

Kai shook his head lightly and gave a small chuckle but said nothing. He turned away from Ray and started to walk out only to be stopped by Ray's voice.

"Kai?"

Kai stopped but didn't turn to face Ray.

"I want you to bey-battle with us in the competition this year."

Kai turned around slowly and looked at Ray straight in the eyes, "You know that I can't."

"Why?" Ray was being a child.

"I'm here to teach, not to battle." Kai's voice was serious as he kept staring into Ray's catlike golden eyes.

"I'm thankful to you Kai. We all are. But aren't we a team? You have to battle along with us." Ray's voice wasn't barley hearable for Kai. Ray's throat felt all dry and a lump started forming inside it making it hard for him to breathe properly.

Kai sensed the sudden change in Ray's voice. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes. How was he going to explain it to Ray? He exhaled, "Look, beyblading is in my past now."

"Are we in your past too, Kai?" Ray asked. His voice rising.

"Try to understand."

"What about Dranzer? Isn't she the one you love the most in this world?" Ray didn't care anymore. Kai had to bey-battle. For him.

Kai didn't say anything.

"Come on tell, Kai. Is she in your past too?"

"That's enough Ray." Kai was getting angry. Who did Ray think he was butting in his business? Wasn't he happy that Kai was back? Why was he asking for more, more than Kai could give? And he hated himself for that, for not giving Ray what he wanted. It hurt, hurt more that just a small wound or an injury.

"For Dranzer Kai, please."

"I said that's ENOUGH Ray!" Kai's voice was higher than he had wanted. He didn't want to have this conversation anymore. He turned around and left the room but not before he heard Ray's small voice that sounded like he was about to cry, "For me Kai. For me."

Kai walked an almost deserted park and sat down on the green grass in the corner where there wasn't anyone to disturb him. He wanted sometime alone after the small brawl with Ray.

What was wrong with everybody this year? Why did they want him to bey-battle? What was Ray's problem anyway? He didn't even like beyblading anymore. Unconsciously, his hand touched his pocket that contained Dranzer.

He took the small beyblade in his hand and placed it on his palm. Dranzer hadn't got the opportunity to battle with a real bit-beast in a while and Kai was well aware that she wanted to bey-battle as much as he did himself. He could lie to everybody in the world except her.

"Dranzer." Kai whispered and the beyblade started to glow red as if Dranzer knew that her master was calling her.

"Don't tell me that you also want me to bey-battle!" Kai groaned. Like Dranzer was glowing at the moment, Kai knew just what she wanted and Kai was afraid of it.

In response, the beyblade started glowing with even higher intensity.

"I want to do that too, Dranzer." Kai answered the bit-beast's silent question. She was asking whether he didn't want to bey-battle. She knew the answer just as clearly as Kai did. Once Kai's body made contact with Dranzer, there were no secrets between them. "But you know that we can't." Kai stated out. "It's just a matter of time that my grandfather will find out that I've come here and the situation would get even worse if I go against his rules. I've already broken his one rule. We can't afford to break more."

For me Kai. For me.

A/N: Hey guys, sorry for the long wait but I was caught up in exams. I'm finally free!

But only for a month or so. =(

I'll be having exams pretty soon again!

At least I'm free! Yay! =P

Anyways, yeah I know… the chapter sucked. There's no need to rub it in my face. I wrote it yesterday and wanted to upload it quickly for you guys. There are a dozen of more stories that also need updating. Yeah yeah… I know… short chapter! Sorry guys! Anyways please forgive my mistakes, I had no time so, I didn't get the time to reread it. *Mutters: as always.*

I'm sorry for all the mistakes in this chapter. And yeah, again confusing? WTF are these rules Kai's talking about in the end, right? =S

I'm sorry but you guys are gonna find out what's happening soon enough. You just have to wait a little. =P

And yeah, I'm sorry for making Kai shout at Ray like that. Really sorry… I'm feeling bad my own self! But at least Kai's last thoughts were about Ray, weren't they? So that kindda makes up, doesn't it? =D