Hey people, sorry if I haven't replied to your reviews but I'm crazy busy at work and just writing the chapters is getting tough.
I hope I won't slow down too much but the chapters may take a little longer to put up, I haven't even started to write the next one.
This one isn't very long but I will try to make the next one better!
I do not own Beyblade
Previously in Things are Changing….While the two of them were walking through the darkened passageway the door at the other end began to open, both of them froze their eyes filled with fear, they were too close to the door to be able to run back in time and there was no where to hide.
And now…..
Kai stood trying to think up a reason as to why they were in here. He knew that if they didn't have a good excuse the minute they were discovered Horatio might find out and then he would know that they were onto him. Unfortunately he didn't seem able to think of a single thi…
"What the…?"
Kai's train of thought was cut off as Hilary grabbed him and pushed him against the wall she grabbed his shirt and pulling him to her level locked her lips onto his. He pulled away gasping "Hils?"
"Shut up!" she silenced him with a more forceful kiss and Kai couldn't help but slip his arms around her waist and pull her closer.
"HILARY!" A large man with chocolate hair and pale grey eyes had just entered the passageway he looked furious.
Hilary broke away from Kai and turned gasping "Uncle Henry! Um...this is Kai."
The man shot Kai an angry look before turning back to Hilary "I wondered why I hadn't seen you for a while"
"Um….Kai just came to support me" Hilary pretended to be embarrassed as she stared at the ground. Kai still had his arms around her waist, Hilary moved her hands from his neck and pushed him away slightly pretending to be even more embarrassed. Kai knew what she was doing and was more than willing to play along as he kept one arm around her slim waist.
"Hilary that isn't an explanation for why you're kissing him" The man came bearing down on them looking angrier with each step.
"I know…." Hilary bit her lip
"Is there something wrong with a boyfriend and girlfriend getting some quiet time together?" Kai asked insolently
"Boyfriend and girlfriend?" Henry asked looking at them confusedly, "I didn't know you had a boyfriend Hilary, least of all that it was him"
"Please don't tell anyone" Hilary pleaded
"Why not?"
'Yeah' Kai's brain yelled 'why not?' Think, Think, Think
Luckily Hilary had always been good at thinking on her feet "We don't want to tell anyone, till we know if this is serious, if Kai's fan girls found out they'd kill me." Hilary allowed a small tear to slide down her face as she said this. Kai watched her surprised as she began to cry harder. "I really hate all that tabloid stuff and if people were to know about us it would be awful."
"Hil's don't cry please" her uncle came forward and pulled her away from Kai and into a hug. "don't worry, I won't tell, now you two come out soon ok?" he shot Kai a searching look but he seemed to be accepting their excuse
"Give us a minute" Kai asked Henry nodded and walked away and out of the passageway keeping the door open behind him
"I always could cry impressively on demand" Hilary immediately stopped crying wiped her eyes and started to tidy her hair, she then pulled her compact from her pocket and ensured that her mascara hadn't run "Well that went well, don't you think?"
"It certainly did" said Kai a strange look in his eyes
For Kai that kiss had been it, the breaking point. The last few days or so he had been stealing glances at Hilary, at times when he had glanced in her direction he had been unable to look away and the glance had become a stare that distracted him from almost everything around him.
That kiss had done it though, her soft and gentle lips on his, the way her arms had rested so comfortably, so perfectly around him.
"Kai?" Hilary backed away from him feeling nervous, he had an odd smile on his face and as his left arm went back around her waist pulling her to his chest she gasped. He brought his right hand to her chin and slowly lowered his lips onto hers.
Hilary was stunned, before kissing him had been no big deal, it had been a ploy to keep her family from knowing what she was doing. This was different this seemed real, she felt his tongue slip gently into her mouth and massage hers. Her knees buckled and she couldn't help but moan as he held her tighter.
Kai ran his hands up and down her back pulling her even closer to him, he felt her moan and smirked inwardly. Her hands slipped up his arms and went back to rest on his neck. After a little while their lips left each others, Kai was breathing heavily and Hilary was panting as she stepped back.
"Kai why…?" she looked dazed as she tried to move away from him
Not letting go of her he smiled "You started it" a rare mischievous streak had awoken in Kai and he was enjoying her confusion, she gave him an angry glare. "What?" he asked innocently.
"I did it too...," she realised that they were in the open passageway and it was unsafe to talk, she dropped her voice to whisper "you know why I did it."
"I do" he smirked
"So why did you...?"
"Cause I wanted to" and with that he pushed her up against the wall and gave her a playful look "you didn't like it?"
"I didn't say that" she smiled flirtily
"Good" he moved in again only to have her break away and start to walk down the corridor
"But it won't ever happen again!"
Kai watched her walk away unable to stop himself from growling angrily. So she thought it wouldn't happen another time?
Think again Hilary, think again!
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Hilary had introduced Kai to any of the family members he hadn't met yet, Mac had recognised him instantly and appeared to be pleased to see him. Kai felt extremely uncomfortable as he met her family but refused to show it, not wanting to make things uncomfortable for Hilary. When he met Shane Kai's discomfort was obvious to Hilary so she quickly moved past her 'favourite' cousin and onto easier relatives. Introducing Kai to her grandfather had been easier than him meeting Shane, as far as Kai knew Horatio had never done anything to hurt Hilary so he felt no immediate anger towards the man, he could see that Horatio did indeed care for his granddaughter and Kai wondered just what would happen if Horatio knew what Hilary was doing, would he actually hurt her?
Kai just nodded and looked grim as he met people but as they were at a funeral no one found his behaviour odd.
After the wake had finished the guests started to leave and the caterers packed up Hilary was in two minds about how she felt. Part of her wanted to keep Kai with her, she felt safe with him there, protected from any harm that may come her way. The other part of her the severely embarrassed part of her was glad that Kai had to leave, as she had walked him to the door she had noticed a strange look in his eyes, it was the same look she had received just before they kissed for the second time.
Kai on the other hand wanted one thing and one thing only, he wanted to take her back with him. He wanted to force her into the taxi with him and take her safely away. There was something else he wanted, something he had never thought he would ever want, he wanted to talk.
Yes Kai Hiwatari professional conversation killer wanted to talk. He walked out of the house and down the front steps, Hilary beside him until they reached the car waiting for him.
"Hilary?"
"Yes Kai?" she was staring at the ground again refusing to look at him properly
"Will you be ok?"
"I don't know, I want to stay but at the same time I want to leave." she shook her head and finally stared up at him eyes filled with tears "you better go"
"Come back with me" he urged taking her hand "just tell them you need to come back with me for some reason, we'll think of something."
His sudden request had surprised her but she was insistent "No" she rubbed her eyes and faked a smile, then she glanced behind her to where two of her cousins stood at the door watching "you better go" she repeated only this time instead of trying to argue Kai nodded.
"I'll see you soon" the bluenette promised jumping into the awaiting car
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Shane Tatibana stood leaning languidly against the door, he was standing outside the old Edwardian house waiting. He was watching intently as Hilary bid goodbye to her guest. This had been his first chance to meet Kai, he had been very curious. After all this Kai had saved Hilary's life on four separate occasions, he owed him and Shane didn't like owing debts to people he didn't know.
Shane wrinkled up his nose in disgust as he watched Kai grab Hilary's hand, he had taken an immediate disliking to Kai, his hair made him look ever so slightly hooliganish. Now don't get him wrong, Shane wasn't a snob, far from it but he had a long standing belief that no guy would ever be good enough for his cousin.
"He's not so bad" Mac had walked up behind him and stood watching with him as Hilary spoke quietly to Kai "he does care about her."
"How do you know?" Shane sneered
"I've seen him look at her" Mac noticed Shane's face fill with anger "not like that..., god just cos you have a one track mind where girls are concerned doesn't mean everyone else has."
"Everyone else has what?" Hilary asked as she walked up to them, Shane turned from Mac to see Kai's taxi driving away
"Nothing little girl" Mac stretched out a hand and ruffled her hair
"Don't!" Hilary batted her cousin away angrily
"Hils can we talk?" Shane looked full of remorse but Hilary was to angry with him to care.
"No now, I'm tired" and so saying she walked into the house and up to her room,
With and incredibly suspicious expression Mac turned to Shane "Ok! What did you do?"
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It was late night as Hilary lay on her bed reading the book Kai had given her, finishing the story she flicked back to the front page with it's sweet message
To Hilary
You once said that this was your favourite.
Come back soon, we really need you around
Kai
She looked around the room and found her eyes attracted to the top of her chest of drawers and the jewellery box on top, her grandmother had owned the box and it had been given to her on her sixth birthday. It wasn't until she was twelve that she had found the secret compartment hidden underneath. She stood and walked over to her drawers and for a reason she could never quite explain she opened the secret compartment and slid the book inside.
Suddenly behind her she heard a noise.
Something was at her window
Moving slowly and silently she moved to pick up her cell phone, flipping the phone open she immediately went to the phonebook searching it until she found Kai's name. Thumb poised to dial she crept towards her widow, grabbing the lamp from the table by the window she held it ready. Then she realised she now had no free hand with which to draw back the curtain, she stood indecisive before placing her phone down after all what help would Kai be right now?
Still holding the still lighted lamp she raised her hand and mustering up all her courage finally threw back the curtain.
What she saw shocked her so much she screamed.
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Tala lay in bed feeling exhausted rolling over he checked the clock, 3 am, he had been trying for hours to get off to sleep but for some reason found himself unable to drift off. He didn't understand it he had been exhausted all day but now he couldn't seem to sleep. Groaning he pushed himself up and got dressed, as soon as he was fully dressed he went to check on the others. They were all still asleep, he was probably the only one in the whole hotel still awake at this time. Tala left them all still sleeping and walked out of the suite, if he couldn't sleep he might as well train.
As Tala entered the hotels gym he discovered he wasn't the only one still awake, Millie stood on one of the treadmills running at quite a pace. He walked up behind her,
"Millie?"
"ARGH!" Millie screamed, losing her footing went flying back and landed on the floor with a crash.
"Oh, shit!" Tala dropped down next to her "Are you ok? I didn't mean to scare you."
"Hey Tala" blushing Millie put a hand to her head and groaned "What are you doing here? Why aren't you in bed?"
"I could ask you the same thing" Tala countered standing and helping the blonde to her feet
"I'm a bit of an insomniac!" Millie grinned rubbing her elbow "Some nights I'm not tired, I just can't sleep, I've always suffered from it, when I can't sleep I train."
"So that's why you're so good" Tala smiled as he saw her begin to blush an even fiercer red
"Yeah! Now what's you're excuse?" Millie put her hands to her cheeks very conscious of how hot she felt "Why are you here"
"Can't sleep" he shrugged "is insomnia contagious?"
"No" she shook her head disbelievingly "do you not know what insomnia is?"
"It was a joke" he told her "I don't know why I can't sleep, I've been exhausted all day."
"All day?" Millie looked at him surprised "you can't sleep but you've been exhausted all day?"
"That's what I said!"
"How long have you been like this?"
"A couple of days" he shrugged again but was surprised when the normally shy girl grabbed his hand and quite literally dragged him out of the gym "Hey! Millie what's going on?"
"Something the letter said" Millie explained leading him to the elevator and violently pressing the button "it said you would be tired all the time, and when Hilary told us about it she said that the journal spoke about that bit but that you'd also need help sleeping, and you are tired but can't sleep" she pushed him inside the lift and pressed another button.
"Millie I still don't get what you're on about" as Tala yelled this the lift door closed and they started to move up
"I think you're stage 2 Tala" Millie watched as the redheads face fell, it was obvious that this thought hadn't crossed his mind "I've got to call Hilary NOW!"
Can I just take a quick moment to say FINALLY!!
I have finally got some sort of KaiHil going on.
Hope you are all happy with the kiss. (LilBitzer I'm talking to you!)
R&R