Lirin: i have no idea where the ideas for this chapter came from. i think it might have been from my ass.
Rei: don't lie Lir. i like this new chap. except for learning that my son is getting the beaten.
Bryan: but your lemon was edited out.
Kai: must kill Lirin for that one. (takes golf club)
Rei: wow haven't see that think for a long while. get her Kai!
Lirin: help! (runs from room)
Bryan: sigh. Lirin does not own any of us or Beyblade. and personally i'm very thankful for that.
Rei: hugs this time go to Beywriter, Golden Lass, and Rose-Petal-Falling324 for your continued support.
Bryan: please enjoy
Chapter 34:
"What the hell was that?" Voltaire screamed after Black Driger missed the dish.
Kit was panting hard and shaking all over. He had been spending the last week training hard during the day and getting punished at night for all his screw ups. Leaving him with little time to rest and recuperate his energy.
"I'm tired." the chibi whined with a glare. "Let me rest for once."
The old man returned the glare with one of his own. "If you want to give up now, they I won't let you battle in the tournament."
"That's not fair!"
"Life is not fair child. I suggest you learn that well."
Kit slowly walked across the room and picked up his dark green blade. "I won't give up." He loaded the launcher again and released Black Driger in the dish. Voltaire grinned as the boy destroyed the training blades.
"That's perfect my dear boy. Now keep it while I'm gone. You can stop in a couple hours for dinner."
Kit sighed as the door slammed shut behind the old man. He now had a few minutes before Cesia and Maroku appeared and pushed him hard again.
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It was well after 11 when Kit finally found his room. His body was sore and bleeding from the days training and punishment. Black Driger kept getting knocked out of the dish resulting in him getting the worst beating of the month.
He sighed as he climbed up on the bed and curled into a tight little ball. Right now he didn't care how dirty he was, sleep was the only thing his body was capable of right now. So with a small meowed yawn his red and gold eyes closed shutting the day's events away.
XxXxXx
"Kai, where in Moscow are you taking me?" Rei asked as he was led to the outskirts of the city limit.
Kai just smiled at his confused koi as he continued to walk. "Someplace special."
"But it's almost midnight, Kai. And what if the kits wake up from a nightmare and need us?"
"The others can look after the kits if they need anything. And before you ask if this can wait no it can't."
Rei opened his mouth to respond, but stopped when he saw the sky behind Kai's shoulder. Now that they were a good distance away from the city the lights were not blocking the stars from their pure beautiful glow. They were standing atop a snow cover hill with a pure beauty of the dark Russian sky above them showing them all it had to offer.
Rei was lost in his mesmerized state and didn't notice Kai step behind him and wrap his arms around his waist. "Do you like the view?"
Rei almost jump at the voice in his ear, but settled down when he felt warm lips on his neck.
Kai grinned when his Kitten didn't answer. "This is my favorite spot around. I would always come here after Voltaire 'yelled' at me. And I don't know why but being here makes me feel closer to my parents."
Rei turned and gave a sad smile to his koi. "Why are you telling me this?"
"One is because I love you Rei. And two is I want my parents to see this." Kai reached into his pocket and pulled out a small box. "I had this since Mariah dragged me shopping back in China. I was just waiting for the right moment to give it to you." He opened the box to reveal a golden ring in the shape of a tiger with a red jewel for an eye.
Rei gasped as he saw the fine piece of work. "Kai this is beautiful."
"That's what I thought when the pink fluff ball showed it to me. And then she went on this long rant on how we've been together for five years and…"
Rei pressed his lips against Kai's to make the rambling phoenix shut up. "So is there a question that goes with this ring? Or is it just a rant that explains why Mariah showed this to you?" he asked after pulling away from the kiss. His golden eyes already started to cloud over with tears.
"Rei Kon I love you. Will you marry me and finally complete our already happy family?"
Rei smiled as Kai slipped the ring on his left hand. "Kai Hiwatari it would be my honor to spend the rest of my life with you." Once the words were out of his mouth, Rei leaned up and kissed Kai.
The phoenix master smiled as he kissed his Kitten back. They were in true bliss standing on the hill. Time seemed to freeze for them as the stood in each others arms kissing.
When they finally broke for air Rei rested his head against Kai's shoulder. "Kai, can I ask you something?"
"Hm."
"Why now? Why did you ask me to marry you now instead of after the tournament?"
Kai closed his eyes and hugged Rei closer. "I wanted to make sure that you'd know I'd keep my promise. Honestly I don't know what will happen next weekend when we face off against the Black Ice. There is a good chance that I'll be defeated by Ces and be forced to go back to that bastard known as Voltaire. But no matter what happens I will definitely come back to you and our family. And now we have plans to complete and everyone needs to be there for it. If not it will just feel slightly wrong."
"If it counts for anything I never doubted that you wouldn't come back to me. Even if Voltaire cut your legs off you'd probably find a way. And no matter how long it took I'd wait for you."
Kai smiled as he looked at the sky. "I know Kitten. But doing this just makes me feel better."
Rei cuddled closer and turned his gaze to the sky too. The stars seemed to shine brighter now then a few minutes ago. Rei was so lost in the brilliance that he didn't notice the white flake falling to land on his nose. When the speck turned to water his nose twitched. "Kai is it snowing?"
"You finally notice?"
"You don't need to be a jerk about it."
Kai smiled as he kissed his koi's raven locks. "Don't get so defensive Kitten. But yes it's snowing. I think it's my parents' way of saying things will be alright."
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Kai and Rei were laughing as the slipped back into the hotel. Somehow they had managed to find a bar that was still opened and snagged a few drinks. So now they were drunk but still comprehensive…kind of.
"So no condom tonight?" Kai asked with a cheek grin.
"Na. I want to feel you and everything you give me." Rei replied as he pushed Kai into a wall and ground against him. The empty hallway soon filled with them moan and groan.
"What the hell is wrong with you two?" an angry red head was standing in his doorway. His four month pregnant belly poked out from his shirt. And ice blue eyes narrowed at the teens in front of him.
"Oh chill out Tal. We're just having a bit of fun." Rei replied and thrust his hips against Kai's again.
"Yeah wolf. Hey you should think about letting Bryan fuck you again. You'd be a lot more relaxed then." Kai added with a grin.
"Please, Boris was by far a better bedmate then that damn bird."
Kai's crimson eyes widen at hearing the redhead statement. It also made the two sober up quiet a bit. "Tal you can't be serious?"
The wolf grinned. But it wasn't his usual mischievous or malicious ones. No there was something very familiar from their past to it. It was a grin that they hadn't seen for almost five years now.
"Rei go wait in our room." Kai instructed no looking away from his grinning friend.
"But Kai…"
"Rei please. Just go and we'll talk later."
Rei nodded and went to his room and leave his lover and friend to 'talk'.
"Aw did you not want Kitty to know something?"
The voice and body was definitely Tala, Kai knew that. But the actions screamed Boris. "What did you do to Tala?"
"Nothing he didn't want to happen. He was tired of Bryan always causing him pain and suffering, so I offered him a chance to sleep. Nothing wrong with that is there?"
"This is when you are supposed to be dead, Boris."
Seeing Boris twisted smile on Tala's face made Kai inwardly twitch. "It is true that you killed my body. But there was always a little piece of me living in this body. And because of that I was able to inform Lord Voltaire on every move you made."
"How?"
"I trust you remember when Tala had the cyber implants installed in him?" Kai nodded. "Well one of those implants was a mind control. I installed a piece of my own mind in it allowing him to hear me whenever I had orders for him. But there was also a control box for it should Lord Voltaire or anyone else needed to give him orders. So while I lived in this device I was very easily able to warn your grandfather every time you lot were getting close to finding him."
"You sick bastard." Kai launched himself with a raised fist at the teen before him.
Boris grinned and grabbed the fist. "I wouldn't do that, after all this is still Tala's pregnant body. And I personally don't want to be the one blamed if anything happens to the child."
Kai growled and pulled his hand free. "You're a sick bastard Boris."
"I know. And now that my secret is out, I'm afraid I must be off."
In the last few seconds when the boys were looking at each other, Tala's eyes seemed to return to normal. But as quickly as it happened it faded away and he slowly walked down the hallway, still in his pajamas and slippers.
Kai returned to his room to find Rei scurrying away from the door. "So you heard?"
Rei nodded. "Where is he going?"
"Knowing Boris, he's taking Tala's body to Voltaire."
"Should we tell the others about this?" Rei's voice was quiet and scared.
Kai sighed and closed his eyes for a second. "It would be a smart think. But I don't want them to have to feel fearful again. So for now we keep quiet and see if Voltaire sends us any messages."
Rei hugged Kai to try and calm him down. "If you think that's the best then I won't say a thing to the D-Boys."
Kai pressed his lips to raven lock. "Thanks Kitten. And to the record this is not how I expected out engagement night to go."
Rei softly giggled. "I know you didn't. But let's say we go to bed."
Kai nodded and led hit koi over to the bed. They silent crawled in and cuddled up to each other. It wasn't the prefect night for them; the morning would come soon enough and bring some form of new hope and joy to them.
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The sun wasn't ever up when a loud bang woke Kit from his sleep. Standing in his doorway was a grinning Voltaire. "Wake up boy. It's time for training."
Rei: it's so pretty! (staring at ring)
Mariah: i'd knew you'd like it Rei. you can thank me for finding it and informing Kai of it's existence.
Bryan: forget about the ring! My wolf just disappeared into the night! Lirin i will kill you if Kai doesn't. (grabs wooden sword and joins the Lirin hunt)
Mariah: that's all for this week. hope everyone enjoyed.
Rei: and please continue to review. Bryan still wants people to get Lirin to release Tala from Boris's hold.
Lirin: someone please save me!