Thanks so so so much for the reviews, I keep meaning to respond to them but things are a bit crazy right now.

People seem surprised that Kai lost but everyone has to lose sometime, and he lost to a girl!! Oh yeah!

Sorry having a slightly weird moment here! Anyway I'm personally looking forward to seeing how Kai reacts, also if you had a shock in the last chapter brace yourself for this one.

There's some KaiHil here but don't worry it doesn't get too steamy, it's mostly fluffy stuff! I will in future warn you of anything like that!

Kendall's beyblade is Odin named after the Norse god connected with war and battle, I don't know if this name has ever been used before but I was reading Norse mythology before I wrote this chapter so I decided to use it.

I also apologise for any bad speling lol!

Again we have more beyblading than bad guys in this one

I do not own Beyblade.


Max felt increasingly nervous as he sat in the first aid post, Millie had been unconscious for over an hour now and although the doctors declared her to be in no danger he wasn't going to stop feeling worried until she woke up. Not only was he worried about his girlfriend though he was also feeling nervous about sitting with her four cousins. Tia was alright, she seemed to be ok with the two of them dating but the three male cousins, Millie's team mates kept shooting him slightly angry looks. Every time Max caught one of them giving him a glare he was tempted to glare defiantly back but he didn't really want to become enemies with Millie's cousins (plus he was way to nice!) so he would avert his gaze back to the bed where Millie lay.

Finally there was some signs of movement from the bed, everyone crept forward hopefully. The cousins and Max watched as Millie moaned a little in her sleep, she shifted slightly and then slowly her eyes fluttered open.

For a split second she felt incredibly dazed, her vision was a little blurry but then her eyes adjusted to the light and she was able to make out the large blonde haircut that she recognised as Max's. She grinned at the - as yet blurry - figure waiting for his smile, his eyes, and the rest of his features to became clearer.

"How you feeling Millie?"

Millie turned to the left and focussed on the figures on the other side of the bed.

"Jerome?" she whispered, she was finding talking a little difficult

"Yeah, we're all here. How you feeling?"

"Like I got hit by a bus!" Millie tried to sit up but found it impossible, she was ridiculously dizzy! Giving up on sitting up she settled herself comfortably amongst her pillows and closed her eyes again. "What happened?" she asked

"You don't remember?" Tia asked sounding concerned

"I remember battling but….hey did I beat Kai?" Millie's eyes shot open again and she grinned "I did! Didn't I?"

"You sure did!" Max nodded happily "You should have seen his face, it was classic! And Tyson actually fainted in shock!"

"I got the whole thing on tape" Tia promised "and that match has gone crazy on youtube. Everyone loves it!"

"Of course it's lucky Kai noticed you stumbling and ran to catch you before you kissed the floor" Max added "you almost went face down."

"Kai caught me?" Millie asked confused "but I was ages away from him!"

"He was on his way round to shake your hand, he's good like that" Max explained "when he noticed you looked like you were about to collapse, he sprinted around the dish and caught you before anyone else had time to move"

"That was sweet of him" Millie admitted blushing at the idea of fainting in front of huge crowds , she was relieved she hadn't 'kissed the floor' as Max put it "Now I get why Hilary says he's her very own superhero on speed dial!"

"One of us would have caught you" muttered one of Millie's other cousins

"Yeah right" Tia snapped back "you guys didn't even move till you saw Kai actually catch her"

"Hey! We..."

"Stop arguing, please!" Millie muttered as she closed her eyes again "I'm really not in the mood"

--

Completely still Kai sat in his suite, he was sitting in the corner looking desolate, after he had carried Millie from the arena and into the nearest first aid point he had come here and sunk into his current position, left leg drawn up to his chest, he rested his left elbow on his left knee with his hand clenched into a fist. His right leg was tucked under the left one and his right arm just hung uselessly by his side. His head rested in his clenched fist and he made no response to anything that happened around him. Tala was pretty sure a bomb could explode and throw Kai from the building but he would still stay in that position

"Kai?" the bluenette made no movement as his team mates tried to get his attention, Tala looked at the others shrugging.

Spencer grabbed his arm "Come on man it was one hell of a match, and we're still through to the final!"

"Yeah, you can prove yourself in the final!" Bryan agreed

"I can't believe you're sulking" Ian argued, "we've been ill, we weren't at our peak and….well Millie's one hell of a blader, I trained with her once and she sent me flying….What? She did!" he got defensive as the others in the room looked at him smirking

Still Kai said and did nothing, his team moved away from him to the other side of the room,

"What do we do?" Spencer asked "I've never seen him like this before"

Tala shrugged and looked over at his friend, a thought occurred to him and he turned back to the group "hey are we going out tonight?"

"I don't know" Spencer shrugged, "isn't Hilary coming here soon?"

"Yeah, that's why I asked" Tala nodded "if there is one person who can get through to Kai it's her."

"Then we better go out" Spencer agreed with a grin "I'd hate to ruin Kai's healing process"

"You just want to enjoy our win" Tala smirked at him "well we might as well but remember guys Hilary's actually in our suite tonight so we have to be on best behaviour!!"

--

"Hello?" Hilary looked around curiously, as she had arrived Tala and the others had emerged from the room dressed to kill and after saying they'd see her later, they had then run down the hallway. She could only assume that they were going out and Kai was still in the room.

"Kai are you in here? Come on this isn't funny! I mean it I'm in mood f…." she started to feel a little annoyed but then she noticed him. He was sitting in the corner, she had no idea how long he'd been like that but she could guess that it was for a while.

"Oh Kai" she went over and knelt in front of him "you can't be taking this so much to heart."

He didn't look up so she reached forward and took his right hand, still he didn't move, she kissed the back of his hand. Slowly moving up his arm she reached his shoulder and continuing up she began to nibble at his neck.

Groaning Kai rolled his head to the side, she continued her assault on his skin moving up to latch onto his earlobe. He felt himself begin to move out of his sitting position and start to pull her closer, finally giving in he pulled away from her and looked at her properly. She was smiling in a smug way

"Feeling better?" she asked cheekily

"Shut up" he muttered huskily and he kissed her. "Hilary" Kai whispered as he let his lips leave hers

"Yes?"

"I..., I really" he muttered, Hilary grinned he was trying to say it again,

"I know" Hilary told him "I love you too"

This statement made Kai smile wider than Hilary had ever seen him smile before, he didn't have to say it, she knew how he felt and when he was finally able to say how he felt he would. She could wait, after all they had all the time in the world.

--

When Tala and the others returned home the first thing they did was look at where Kai had previously been sitting. Sighing with relief they noticed that the space was now empty.

"Looks like Hilary's here"

"So where's Kai sleeping?" Spencer mused looking around, he had expected Kai to take up residence on the couch with Hilary in his room.

"Oh come on Spence," Brian moaned "even I'm not that stupid"

"What?"

"Dumbass" Tala muttered, the other three all stared at Spencer before turning to look pointedly at Kai's room, in the silence they could hear the murmur of voices.

"Oh" finally the penny dropped and Spencer nodded "riiiight!"

--

The couple inside the room were sitting together on the bed, Kai was resting against the headboard while Hilary rested in his lap "You know I kind of like being talked out of my mood this way" Kai smiled gently down at Hilary running his hand up and down her back making her smile.

"Certainly beats yelling till my throat hurts and trying to come up with a new way of saying 'you can do this' without being cliché" Hilary giggled and snuggled closer to him

"You think those speeches up beforehand?"

"No, but I do think about what I'm saying as I say it, I don't want to say the wrong thing."

"Like what?"

"I don't know, but I know that some stuff in your life is a touchy subject" Hilary shrugged "I don't know much about it and I always wanted to know but knew it wasn't right to ask."

"You can ask me anything."

"No" Hilary shook her head before resting it on his shoulder "It's ok!"

"You don't want to know anymore?"

"Not really, not now I know that while I was thinking my grandfather was the most kind and wonderful grandfather in the world he was hurting you. As far as he was concerned I was a happy, slightly spoilt grandchild and you were….nothing" Hilary shuddered a little and Kai held her closer "I hate that thought."

"You can't be taking this so much to heart" Kai teased smirking at her

"Oh shut up!!" she whispered whacking him on the arm, that smirk annoyed her, she wanted to teach him a lesson. But before she could do anything he kissed her, still maybe she could teach him a lesson anyway.

Suddenly Kai gasped in pain as Hilary nipped hard on his lower lip. Kai could feel her giggle at his shock and decided that she needed to be taught a lesson for this little attempt at authority. Moving his hands down he hooked them behind her knees and lifted her up. Immediately Hilary was thrown off balance and she clung to his shoulders tightly to stop herself from falling, Kai used this to his advantage and forced her down onto the bed again "You really like being punished don't you?" he gently nuzzled her neck as he whispered to her

"Depends on the punishments" she gasped as he nipped at her shoulder "and the punishers of course"

"Punishers?" Kai pulled back and glared at her his eyes filled with annoyance "How many punishers do you have exactly?"

Hilary loved the pink tinge his skin had taken and the slightly jealous look in his eyes she gave into temptation retorting "Only one….for now"

Kai lowered his body down onto hers and placed his face beside hers his lips were almost touching her ear "Wrong answer!" he hissed

"How so?" she whispered back with pseudo innocence "you are the only one…for now"

"I am the only one ever" Kai told her firmly, she pretended to look surprised at his anger

"Oh really?" she teased again "Are you sure about that?"

"Say it!" He ordered her but she shook her head teasingly "SAY IT!" he sounded a little upset so Hilary gave in.

"You are the only one ever" the brunette declared smiling at the grin this received from Kai

"Damn right I am" Kai happily crushed his lips onto hers with such a force she was sure they were bruised.

--

Tyson sighed, how the hell had they gotten to this position? Normally in these games he was quietly confident and ready to win, it was never until the final round when he was up against Kai that he began to have any serious doubts about winning but here he was up against Kendall and everything rested on this game.

It was a tiebreaker but that wasn't what was bothering him, after all he'd won these before it was the way that Kendall barely seemed affected by their previous games. In fact he'd barely even broken out a sweat while Tyson felt as though he'd been put through the wringer.

Tyson sighed as he looked down at Dragoon, how could he do this when he was so low on energy. As he looked up he saw Kendall's evil smirk and it angered him, he really hated that guy right now.

As he looked across the dish Tyson thought of how they had found Hilary, of how afraid and broken she had looked as she sat under the showers.

Clutching his launcher in one hand and his beyblade in the other Tyson stood ready to win.

Watching his opponents face carefully Kendall could almost hear the thoughts going through Tyson's head. He could guess that Tyson knew what had happened between himself and Hilary and he could guess that for Tyson vengeance was the dish of the day!

Oh well, Kendall gave a smug smile, Tyson would just have to deal with failure.

"3-2-1 Let it rip!"

Watching from the stands Tyson's friends all crossed their fingers praying that their friend would be able to win. A lot of the watchers had their own reasons for wanting the win, Hilary in particular was hoping for Kendall to be humiliated. Of course Kai on the other hand was hoping to battle Tyson in the final.

The two bladers launched their beyblades in their own distinctive style but it was obvious to the spectators that Tyson's launch was not as powerful as usual. Still things began to look up as Tyson staring at the smug Kendall began to get angrier, slowly but surely Dragoon began picking up speed. There were cheers from the crowd, team Thunderbolt were not exactly popular with the fans and Tyson's friends weren't the only ones who wanted him to win.

Dragoon and Odin clashed together, sparks flew as they ground away at each pther. Tyson was getting more and more breathless the longer the battle continued, somehow the actions in the dish were draining his energy more than usual. Something Kendall was doing was tiring him out.

Looking at his opponent Tyson was surprised by how full of energy Kendall looked, it was almost as though he hadn't been playing at all. How was this possible?

Watching from the stands Hilary turned to question Kai "how can Tyson be in such bad shape? Kendall looks fine."

"I don't know" Kai admitted "I can't tell without the proper data. Kenny's probably analysing it, he'll have a better idea."

"But Tyson can't keep up with this" Hilary agonised as they looked down on their friend

"He can make it" Kai muttered "he always makes it."

Finally falling to his knees Tyson coughed, he had been battling so hard that his throat was dry, how was it that he had gotten this tired. He felt….old!

Looking down at the dish he cold see that Dragoon was faltering, moving listlessly around and confirming his fear that neither of them were going to make it.

Seeming more and more smug with every second that passed Kendall wasn't even bothering to command his beyblade as it ambled around. Finally with an unbothered shrug Kendall gave a command and his black and blue beyblade knocked Tyson from the dish.

There was silence

No one couls quite believe what had happened in front of them, how had Tyson been so easily beatren?

"Kendall wins!" DJ Jazzman called out but even he seemed confused by the result

"NO!"

The yell came from the crowds but surprisingly it wasn't from any of Tysons friends, it was one of the fans. Soon another person had jumped up yelling their disareement. Then another jumped to their feet, soon the entire stadium was filled with spectators arguing the resulkt. Hilary grinned as she watched the crowds, it was obvious that though Tyson had in a way let everyone down he was still the favourite

Tyson looked around shocked, why was everyone still on his side, he'd just lost hadn't he?

"Cheat!!" someone yelled

"Yeah Cheat!" another voice joined in

"Did he cheat?" Hilary asked Kai sounding hopeful

"If he did I missed it" Kai looked over at Tala who shook his head

"I think that was won fair and square." Tala muttered looking very grim

Standing looking dejected in the stadium Tyson stared across at his opponent, Kendall had walked back to his bench and was totally ignoring the yells from the crowd. Tyson shook his head, as much as he would love to believe that Kendall was a cheat he couldn't. It was completely against everything Tyson had come to believe in to take credit where it wasn't due. Turning he walked back to his bench and smiled at the sympathetic looks he received from his team.

"Had to lose sometime I guess" he tried to shrug it off but really he felt like crying.

"He didn't cheat as far as I can see" Kenny told him.

"No" Tyson shook his head and looked back at the team behind him, "but I'd love to know what he did out there."

--

Arms crossed and eyes closed (Kai style) Kendall sat seemingly oblivious to his surroundings for quite sometime, it wasn't until the angry voice of Lando his captain became to lloud to bear that he finally responded

"What?" Kendall snapped

"We were supposed to be saving that manouvre for the finals" Lando almost yelled "what if in the final we need to use that to win?"

"It'll still work, we've had people try many times to fight that move, it never works."

"How do you know?" Lando snapped "I don't believe you would be so foolish as to just use that move whenever you felt like it"

"I needed it" Kendall snapped "I didn't use it for fun" he looked over at Tyson and gritted his teeth "That guy is strong, stronger than I've ever faced before."

"You needed it?" his other team mates looked over at Tyson with respect, it wasn't often that Kendall had to resort to desperate measures to win but it would appear that the blade breaker had really pushed him!

"It means nothing!" Kendal growled "I'm still the strongest one here and we will win."

"We better" Lando hissed "if we don't win the finals you and I are in trouble!"

--

As Hilary left the blade breakers suite she was feeling more tired than she had ever felt before, after his defeat Tyson had shut himself in his room and hadn't come out. At dinner time Kenny had gotten desperate and had called Hilary. Of course as usual she had dropped everything and come to help.

After two hours of sitting outside Tyson's door she had finally coaxed him out of his room, together with the old blade breaker team they went for pizzza, there had been a lot of paparazzi but Tyson had coped well with it. There had also been some sympathetic fans who came up to declare that 'the best man didn't win this time' which certainly cheered Tyson up. If there was one thing Tyson loved it was having his ego stroked.

Unfortunately for them all the evening hadn't been totally successful and there had been a few comments involving the insults 'loser' and 'washed up'. This had sent Tyson into a worse mood and after they had returned to the hotel Hilary had walked up to the Blade Breakers suite and spent another hour or so just talking with her friend.

Luckily for her outside there was a rather nice surprise for her, Kai stood outside the door. He was leaning against the wall just staring at the floor as the door closed behind Hilary he looked up and pushing himself off the wall he held out a hand.

Smiling Hilary took the proffered hand and silently the two of them walked down the corridor, in the elevator Kai sent Hilary a questioning glance

"He'll be Ok, he just wants you to beat that asshole Kendall" Hilary answered the unspoken enquiry, leaning into her boyfriend she yawned sleepily. As the lift doors opened up Kai slipped his arm around her shoulder and led the exhausted girl to her destination

--

Kai had awoken in the morning to discover himself alone in his bed… it had ruined his morning. He and everyone else were all travelling back to Japan today and Hilary had obviously snuck out early in order to make sure everything went smoothly.

Yawning he wondered how many people actually knew about their secret, Mariah and Ray? Definitely, Hilary's friends? Probably if what Tala said was true and they told each other everything. Smiling he wondered what Hilary had told them, was it true as Miguel had said? Did they really talk about 'Technique, looks, how you treat them, stamina, girth'?

Well his team certainly knew, either that or there was another reason why no comment had been about where he had slept the past two nights. No, they knew alright, the first morning Ian had been checking Hilary out as eating cereal she sat on the couch in her pyjamas (god she looked hot in those!) he had suddenly looked away and glanced at Kai. After a few seconds of an angry death glare Ian knew not to stare at Kai's girl in future.

Personally Kai didn't care who knew, he was ready to tell everyone, in fact in just a few of days he would tell everyone. He had allowed Hilary to keep it a secret for a little while but he was still annoyed that he could see guys around her staring, sometimes she even got chatted up. If they all knew that she was taken, and who had claimed her they'd all back off in a flash.

Oh well he and his team had agreed that after they had settled in they would go train with Tyson at the Dojo and Hilary was bound to be there.

--

Hilary was being extraordinary careful as she organised the different flights the teams would go on. It was important that the Blitzkrieg Boys and Team Thunderbolt went on the same flight so no one could claim that there was any favouritism. Of course she knew that it was even more vital that she ensure these two teams sat nowhere near each other. She had never experienced a fistfight on a plane in high altitude and she had no wish to either!

It was also important to arrange flights home for any one that needed it and flights to Japan for anyone that was planning on being part of the display that was to be held before the final battle.

Most of the White Tiger team were coming and so were the PPB All Starz and Team Reformation. Hilary had a sneaking suspicion that Millie had only agreed to be part of the display because she knew Max would be in it and vice versa. If that weren't the case both of the little blonde's that made up the cute couple would be heading back to the USA for sure.

Then she needed to make a few changes to the accommodation, Ray was hoping that he and Mariah would be able to stay in their rooms for longer than the tournament so they could get some house hunting done. Lee was willing to crash at the Dojo but they had agreed that a hotel would have some extra protection from the hordes of paparazzi likely to descend when they discovered Mariah's 'condition'!

It had been planned that Hilary would go home but given the danger that seemed to wait around every corner these days she had agreed to stay at the hotel, Tia was heading for the Dojo but Kai had determined that the hotel would be safer.

Safer!

Yeah right! She snorted a little thinking about how he had said this, the look in his eyes showed that his request definitely had nothing to do with her safety. Still it was nice to think that he hadn't got bored of her yet, she was rather anxious that he would grow tired of her but... well if he did she'd kick his ass to say nothing of how Ray and the others would react..

Strangely enough not even Ray had noticed Kai's expression, maybe she only noticed the look because she was the only one who had seen it before.


A few notes

Ok I haven't even started the next chapter so please, please, please be patient with me, I am a student and it is September.

As for having Kai lose to a girl in the last chapter part of the reason for that is I wanted to explore how his and Hilary's relationship had now changed, in the 2nd chapter we see her talking to him but now they are dating things are different to say the least! Plus I wanted him to lose to a girl, especially a seemingly timid and shy girl like Millie.

Also Shock, shock horror, horror! Tyson lost ok? He lost, I am not going to change this for anything.

Please R&R