AN: I don't own beyblade, and sadly never will.

Hobgoblin: I'm glad you like the story so far; Kim's strange behaviour and colour changing eyes will be explained later. I'm very thankful you've taken the time to read this story and hope you enjoy this chapter.

Vivi: thanks for reading and I'm glad you like the story.

Full house.

Bryan walked through the dimly lighted streets of London, his hands in his pockets and a frown on his face. Kim had been acting strangely ever since their match; she'd continuously been avoiding Bryan and Spencer for reasons not known. Though Bryan thought it maybe had something to do with the incident a few days ago when Kim's eyes changed colour. He sighed in frustration and ran a hand through his pale-hair.

Tala had also been acting strangely but in a completely different way; he was training more everyday, well more than usual anyhow and whenever he wasn't in the training room he would be sitting in the lounge with Ian and would stare into space for hours a smile creeping on his face every now and then.

Spencer was hardly ever in the apartment now days and Ian was nearly always with Kim and if he wasn't he would read or watch television all day. Bryan looked at his watch and sighed it was getting close 8.00pm, which meant he'd been out walking around for three hours, you see the reason Bryan had been out so long was simple; the Blade Breakers arrived some four hours ago and the apartment had become to noisy for the pale-haired boy to tolerate and so he'd left and when they asked where he was going he simply grunted and left without word.

He decided to walk back to the apartment and go strait to his room; after all there wasn't anything else to do. Once he entered the apartment Kim walked over to him and whispered quietly in his ear ' you okay?' Bryan nodded and walked into his room,

He looked around and found the sofa bed had been pulled out and made up. Tala was also in the room lying on his bed and looking up at the ceiling with glazed eyes.

' What's going on?' the pale haired boy asked, Tala looked away from the ceiling his sapphire orbs glowing brightly in the dim light.

' They couldn't get any rooms in the Hotel, so Kim said they could crash here, luckily were not sharing a room with Tyson or Max' the redhead said. The pale-haired boy raised an elegant eyebrow and Tala continued.

' Kim said that girl; Hilary could take the sofa bed in her room. Kenny's having the sofa bed in the lounge and so our new roommates are Kai and Ray' the boy finish his eyes returned to the ceiling and said no more. Of course that was fine with Bryan as he wasn't a big talker anyway. He just grunted leaving the room and heading for the kitchen planning to eat.

He walked into the kitchen grabbed a drink and made himself a tuna and salad cream sandwich, he left the kitchen and sat at the dining room table eating his food quietly.

' Tyson stop being rude and use you're manners' a female voice said angrily.

' Ah man, here we go again' Max's cheerful voice rang out.

' Guys can you stop it and get along for once' Ray said calmly.

Bryan smirked as he listened to Tyson and the girl's argument they sounded like a married couple, he let out chuckle and took out his Blade. Well his new and improved Blade; it was still the same colour as his last one which, got shattered in the world championships last year by Ray's Driger Blade. His Bit Beast glowed warmly at his touch since leaving Biovolt and meeting Kim, Bryan and Falborg had bonded.

' It's nice to see you smiling Bryan' the pale-haired boy looked up surprised he hadn't heard anyone approach him. Kai smirked at Bryan's surprised looked and sat opposite the violet-eyed boy.

' Kai' Bryan nodded smirking; even if he didn't admit it he was glad to see Kai again after so long.

' You haven't changed a bit, have you Bryan?' Kai said folding his arms over his chest.

' I wouldn't say that' Bryan said picking up his blade and leaving the table, he walked into the lounge quietly and sat next Ian who, as always was glued to the TV but this time he was watching the Lord of the rings: the two towers. Tyson was sitting with Max, Kenny was sat on the floor typing madly on his precious laptop and Ray was sitting on the other side of Ian between Kim and the girl Bryan didn't know.

' Oh, hey Bryan' a loud voice said making the pale haired boy jump slightly, he looked over at Tyson who was grinning and he nodded his greeting showing no emotion as usual. His pale eyes flickered over to the Chinese boy who was looking out of the window seemingly lost in thought. He closed his eyes and sighed rubbing his forehead.

Tala walked in the room and took one look around at the room occupants and walked out again receiving a few strange looks as he did.

' Whoa, someone's in a crabby mood' Tyson said causing Max to stifle his laughter as the pale haired boy glared at them. Ian stood up and yawned stretching his arms out.

' Well I'm off to grab a shower' Ian said stifling another yawn and left the room.

Tala walked in again a few seconds later holding a steaming cup of tea, he set in down on the coffee table and sat down between Kim and Bryan.

' This is a really good movie' Hilary said receiving murmurs of agreement from Ray, Tyson and Max. Bryan silently agreed the film had some good action sequences but because he started watching it half way through he didn't understand the whole plot.

' Dose anyone know where Kai went?' Max asked realising their team captain wasn't in the room, the happy go lucky boy looked at Bryan who shrugged, not knowing where Kai was true he had been with Kai twenty minutes ago but where the teen was now he didn't.

' He went to the training room downstairs to challenge Spencer' Tala informed the blond haired boy.

' Cool, you have a training room, where?' Tyson asked excitedly.

' Down stairs, first door on the left' Bryan told the navy haired boy, who jumped up and left the room quickly, Max followed behind him smiling brightly.

' Hey Kenny, slow down with the typing will you. I'm burning up' Dizzy said sarcastically,

' Sorry Dizzy, but I need to update the teams stats A.S.A.P, then we can see how much training they need to do before the tournament' Kenny said still typing.

' Well make it fast' Dizzy complained.

One hour past in which the film finished and the others returned including Kai and Spencer. Everyone save Ian sat in the lounge quietly doing his or her own thing, be it reading, typing, talking or watching TV. Hilary was having a deep conversation with Max and Tyson about what they would do tomorrow, Kai and Bryan were both silent and Spencer was talking to Ray about training tomorrow.

Knock! Knock! Bryan looked towards the door wondering who'd come around at this time of night. He was about to get up and answer it when Ian ran over to the door and opened.

' Is Kim home?' a slightly snobby voice asked. Great Bryan thought rolling his eyes James is here again, he wondered if James only comes around just to piss them off.

' Oh, it's you' Ian sneered glaring at James, he then added 'and yes, she's in but she's already gone to bed' Bryan smirked when he heard James tell Ian to tell Kim he'd call round tomorrow.

Ian shut the door in James' face and returned to his bedroom. Bryan looked at Kai who was watching Kim and Tala a smile playing on his lips. Curious the violet-eyed boy looked sideways at his two friends.

Kim and Tala were both sleeping peacefully, Kim's head was resting on Tala's chest and she was smiling softly and Tala's arms were wrapped around Kim protectively and he too was smiling softly. Bryan noticed Hilary was now sitting with Ray and she was watching Tala and Kim as they slept.

' Aw, don't they look cute together' Hilary said watching Tala cuddle up to Kim and mutter something in his sleep.

' They sure do' Ray agreed smiling. Bryan watched the Chinese boy and as if senseing Bryan's eyes on him Ray looked up, violet eyes met amber and Bryan's heart skipped a beat as he looked deeply into Ray's eyes. Bryan broke the eye contact quickly he felt wired his heart was beating fast and a shiver travelled down his back. He stood up quickly and left the lounge, as he walked to his room he wondered what happened back their but came up with no answer.

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Ray watched as Bryan quickly walked out of the room avoiding the Chinese boy completely, he looked over at the sleeping pair and sighed; they were the perfect couple (even if they hadn't realised their feelings for each other, yet) and he envied them slightly. He also noticed Tyson and Max had become closer over the past few months of course he'd known for somtime that they both liked each other, and he knew just as he knew Kim and Tala were the perfect couple. That Tyson and Max were a perfect match and they loved each other deeply.

And Kenny, well it was a known fact that Kenny however much he denied it, really liked Emily from the All-Starz. Ray wasn't sure if Hilary or Kai liked anyone in particular, his thoughts travelled back to Bryan and he noted how much the boy had changed in the past year, he was still very quiet but he didn't seem as cold as he was in Russia and when the pale-hiared boy was watching the sleeping couple Ray could have sworn he'd seen a slight smile on the Russians face. And he was a cute, Ray's eye widened as he realised what he'd just thought. Oh man, where the heck did that thought come from. He thought then quickly shook his head choosing not to think about the pale haired Russian anymore.

' Shiva…attack' Kim mumbled softly in her sleep, Tala strired and opened his eyes slowly, he looked down and saw Kim snuggled up to his body and not realising he was being watched he moved a single bang of hair from her face and smiled.

' Maybe you should take her to bed' Kai said. Tala's head whipped around and he blushed realising Kai, Ray and Hilary were watching him. Tyson and Max were sleeping and Kenny was still typing. He looked down at Kim and sighed Likeing someone who didn't like you back in the way Tala wanted was hard, if only James was out of the picture and personally Tala didn't see why Kim even liked the guy.

' Yeah, I'll take her now' Tala said softly and picked her up he then added 'we should all get some rest, Kim has us training tomorrow. Oh Kai would you wake those two up and tell them they're sleeping in Ian and Spencer's room, Hilary you can follow me and Kenny I'll come and pull the sofa bed out in a sec' He said and left the room with Kim in his arms and Hilary following close behind.

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Another chapter done thank goodness. I wanted to bring in some hints of future pairings, there will be more pairings later on but I haven't decided on them yet.

~Lady Leah~