Disclaimer: I do no own Beyblade or it's characters.
Warnings: Yaoi (boy/boy love), OOC, some vulgar language and there may be others later on.
'Thoughts...'
"Speaking..."
--Journal Entries--
More Then A Change
Tyson, Max, Kenny, and Ray all walked into the entrance of the mall. Ray handed a list to Kenny for decoration, and they both nodded. Each boy paired up with another, Max and Kenny and Ray and Tyson.
"Okay," Ray said clapping his hands together, "meet back here in an hour. By that time decorations should be found and gifts should be bought. One the way back to Tyson's I'll get the cake mix and frosting from the grocery store. Any questions?"
"I think it's all self explanatory. Let's do it." Kenny grinned, who was for once without his laptop.
"All right." Max gave a peace sign before trotting off to the nearest party store.
Ray smiled and turned back to Tyson. "Okay, now it's you and me. Let's go to the blading store, there has to be something there that he might need."
"MM'kay." Tyson shrugged and trudged after Ray.
**--**--**
Kai yawned and rolled over in his bed. He blinked a few times and swung his legs over the edge and popped off. He grabbed his beyblade off his pillow and stopped. Pushing his pillow aside, and grabbed a black book. He trudged to his desk and sat down, flopping his journal on the desk.
He set Dranzer on the side and grabbed a pen. Yawning again, he took a deep breath. He let a few coughs rack through his body before taking another breath and opening the book. He noticed the first page was folded. Without thinking much about it, he unfolded it and flipped to the new page.
--Back again.
Didn't expect to write again but I guess it isn't too bad. I don't really know what to put in here, I've never had a journal before. I don't want to sound like an idiot though, so I don't know why I am even bothering with this. I guess I'm just bored, even though I just woke up.--
Kai shrugged. He grabbed his blade and fiddled with it, trying to think of something else to write.
'Why not about lately? It's good to reflect.' Dranzer cawed.
'Hn.'
--Dranzer just said I should write down the past. I might as well give it a try. What else is there to do? Except to eat, I am getting hungry. Hn, off topic.
Anyways, lately, I've been sick and inadequate in physical activities. Namely, my Grandfather thought it would be fun to use me as a punching bag again. Besides that, I've had one person around me for three days, constantly worry about me, taking care of me, and being nice. Something that has never happened to me. Not even my parents were like that. Before they died, I used to get a verbal beating from my father, and my mother would just watch and stare. She wouldn't help me. No one helped me. My parents weren't the best, but I never wanted them to die, not really anyways. I wanted them to love me, I wanted them to be proud up me, hell I wanted them to notice me without having to yell at me to do so, but it was never like that.
Shit, I sound like a damn sap. Screw this. I shouldn't be complaining for what I have. I have a roof over my head, a guardian, and food. I don't have anything to complain about. I even have the Bladebreakers. I don't know if I call them friends, or companions, I don't know what to think of them. I just know they are there, and I don't know what to do with it. Yeah, Tyson is annoying, piggish, and a total slob but he keeps the team happy. Kenny is the computer nerd and has logical reason for everything, even though he's wrong on his statistics. Max... well, Max is just Max. He's a nutcase, and he'd be perfect at one of those stores that can't stop smiling. And then there's Ray. He's... well, he's... he is what keeps me sane. If it wasn't for him, I don't think I would have stayed with the Bladebreakers for so long.
Ahh hell, I did it again. Shit. Okay, back on topic. I've been sick, and I've had Ray to help me through it. He was here for three days helping me, even though I was cold to him the whole time. But he stayed regardless, which was... confusing. I never expected him to help me, nor did I want his help but he gave it to me freely without wanting something in return. Wait, not true, he said I had to come to Tyson's house in a few days to spend time with the team.
Anyways, I'm over the flu and I have a cough and my wounds are healing. I'll be going to Tyson's as requested.--
Kai bit on the end of the pen in concentration. He didn't know why he said yes to Ray's request, but when he looked into Ray's golden eyes, he couldn't refuse. 'He's to cute for his own good.... Where the hell did that come from??' Kai's eyes went wide in realization of what he said. 'Damn, I need to stop thinking of him. Um... the sun. It's bright, yellow, the color of Ray's eyes on a sunset.... err, that didn't help.' Kai shook his head dejectedly and wrote a quick line in his journal.
--Write later. Kai.--
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Max stared at the list that Ray had given Kenny. There didn't seem like too much stuff to get. Max grinned and clapped Kenny on the back. Kenny 'umphed' and frowned. Max laughed and lead them into the Par-Tea Works store.
Max felt like he was at home. Party streamers, noise makers, candles that never went out, colorful plates, cake decorations, and so much more. He just wanted to jump for joy and buy it all. Birthdays were one of his favorite activities, his first, of course, was beyblading. "Hey Chief, come on and hurry up! We only have an hour to get this stuff and a gift! If we're lucky we'll get done and get some lunch too!"
"Calm down Max. You're starting to sound like Tyson." Kenny glanced down at the list in his hand.
Red Streamers
Blue Streamers
BIG "Happy Birthday" sign
Sugar letters (ones you put on the cake that spell things)
Table cover
Candles (preferably the ones that go out)
Paper Plates
Paper Cups
Plastic forks
Small plastic bags
Mixed candy selection (bag of it)
"Let's get to work." Kenny tore the list in half. "Take this. I'll do the others. We'll make up for any time."
"No problem!" Max grabbed the list and dashed off to the first aisle.
**--**--**
Tyson and Ray entered the BBA Official Beyblade Store. Ray held Tyson by his collar making sure he didn't run off to buy things for himself. Tyson whined about it not being fair. Ray just rolled his eyes and drug him to a show case of parts. Tyson instantly had his face plastered against the glass, drooling over what he COULD have if Ray wasn't so mean.
Ray, on the other had, walked across the store to where the blade launchers where at. He crossed his arms in concentration but he didn't think Kai would want a new launcher. He just bought one before the Russian tournament. Ray turned about and went to the nearest stand. It held balancers and new rip cords. Ray eyed them but didn't touch any of the parts. He circled the store two full times before he gave a grunt of frustration and went to look for Tyson.
"Yo, Tyson." He called out and spotted him at the register. Ray trotted up to him and glanced at the golden box in Tyson's hands. "So, what did you find?"
"I found a wicked new top. It's blue and silver and Dranzer should go perfect with it!" Tyson grinned. The clerk smiled and gave Tyson a receipt. Tyson nodded and left with Ray trailing along.
"So," Tyson began, "what did you get him?"
"Nothing." Ray sighed. "None of it caught my attention."
"Here's a long shot, but why don't you try the clothing store? There's a great store just a few stores away. It's called 'Hot Topic.' It should have something Kai might like." Tyson nabbed Ray's hand and dashed off down the mall.
**--**--**
Red Streamers
Blue Streamers
BIG "Happy Birthday" sign
Sugar letters (ones you put on the cake that spell things)
Table cover
Kenny glanced at the list one again and looked at the streamers he was in front of. "Let's see. Here's blue... and red." He grabbed both of them and left the isle. He looked from side to side and smiled. "Aawww haw!" He walked over towards a stationary rack and grabbed a pure blue table cover.
Kenny tucked it under his arm and took a walk down the nearest isle. He smiled again as he could a huge sing that had Happy Birthday written on it. "One more item to go and then the gift."
Leaving that aisle, and checked a few more, seeing Max a few times before finally finding what he was looking for. The cake decorations. His eyes swept over the decorations, making sure he didn't miss anything. He "hmmed" and "hnnnned" but he couldn't spot them. He sighed and looked higher. "Yes!"
Up on the highest hook was red letters of the alphabet. He reached up and knocked two of them down (each packet containing two letters each). He nodded triumphantly before heading out to find Max.
**--**--**
Candles (preferably the ones that go out)
Paper Plates
Paper Cups
Plastic forks
Small plastic bags
Mixed candy selection (bag of it)
Max skipped over to the candy selection of the store and heaved a five pound bag of candy over his shoulder. He snickered and raced over to the utensil aisle. When he reached there, he spotted all he needed on the bottom shelf. He sat down and thought. 'I wonder what color. Hmm... I like red better then blue, so I'll get that!'
Max grabbed red plates and cups. Without thinking, he nabbed clear forks and stood up. "Okay, two more to go and then a gift. Let's see. Where could I get bags?" Max looked up and down the aisle before moving to the next. He looked down the next after that and frowned. Still none. 'I refuse to get sandwich bags!' Max hissed.
He turned down the next aisle and froze. Right in front of this face were candles that never went out when you blew them. He knew he shouldn't get them but it was sooo tempting! Max struggled with his self control before giving in and snatching the candles and leaving the aisle just in case the Chief might make him put them back.
"Hey Max!" Kenny called out.
Max looked to his left and grinned. "Hey Chief. Looks like you have everything."
"Yeah. What about you?"
"I can't find the plastic bags!"
"There in aisle one."
"Let's go!"
**--**--**
Ray stared at the copper gates that opened to the store. This wasn't like a regular store. It was a gothic or punk store! It had flames on shirts with red eyes saying "Here kitty, kitty, kitty..."; shoes that went to your thighs; spiked necklaces, bracelets, belts; even some kind of black bondage pants! Ray blinked at Tyson and Tyson just smiled, tugging him into the store.
"Look! Those are the pants I was thinking about! Oh, and that shirt!" Tyson pointed to a pair of black pants, almost like Kai's regular pants, but instead of a pocket, there was a red strap sewed downwards and the shirt was and over all red color with two black stripes going down from each shoulder with red flames inside the stripes. "Those are awesome huh? I think he might like them!"
".... Err.... maybe." Ray squeaked out.
"Come on. Let's go see 'em. The pants are so cool on the back!"
Ray was pulled towards the pants and immediately had them in his face because of Tyson. He looked at them and grabbed the waist. Normally, pants were connected with silver or golden metal pieces, but where these things were suppose to be were red coverings. The back pockets had white lining on them and there was even a red name print on the right pocket. The legs were interesting too. Each on had a red strap sewed on from high knee to the very bottom. About where the knee bent, there was a red strap that went on the outside of the knee to the side of the pants.
"Do you like them?" Tyson elbowed him.
Ray nodded. His thoughts few to Kai in the pants. 'Gods, he'd look so hot in these. They aren't as loose as his ones now, but they aren't too tight either. And that shirt. Damn.' Ray looked at the size of the pants. 'Hmm... these are my size. But Kai is smaller than me...' Ray's thoughts trailed off. He knew Kai shouldn't be smaller then him. He himself was at a perfect weight for his height, Kai, was tall and skinny almost. 'Make a mental note to make sure he eats.' Ray nodded to himself and put the pants on the rack. He shifted through the others until he found what would fit Kai.
"Don't forget the shirt!" Tyson tossed a shirt at him, hitting him in the face.
"Thanks Tyson." Ray chuckled. He tugged the shirt off his head and looked at the size. Medium. Seems right. 'It had better fit or I'll have to have some words with him.' "Let's go pay for them."
**--**--**
Max and Kenny walked out of the decoration store and straight to the import store. Kenny had his eyes set on a chinese styled tiger on a silver chained necklace if he could find one. He searched glass cases carefully and swiftly. Shrugging, he turned around and went to a free standing bookshelf holding a few figures. When he got there he stared at the most beautiful statue. It was a red and orange phoenix with its wings spread out and its claws resting on the back a for white snow tiger with golden eyes. The tiger itself had its mouth open as if it was trying to roar.
"This is absolutely perfect." Kenny took the statue gently and packed it over to where Max was standing by a wall with necklaces everywhere.
"Hey Chief." Max didn't bother looking at the Chief since he was busy looking at the many selection of necklaces.
"Look."
Max turned. "Woow! That is awesome!"
"What are you getting him?"
"I was hoping to get him a phoenix necklace. All I can find is a damn dragon." Max 'humphed' and went back to his search. He shifted through dragons, eagles, turtles, tigers, suns, stars, and even a few ducks.
"What about this one?" Kenny said pulling out a phoenix with it's wings open completely, held by a thick silver chain.
"PERFECT! Let's go buy these and head to the food court!"
**--**--**
Tyson and Ray sat at the food court with ice cream in there hand. They had 15 minutes until they had to meet Kenny and Max so they, or Tyson really, decided it was time to get a snack. Tyson had a two scoop double mint chocolate waffle cone while Ray had a double scoop strawberry dish. Each boy was to busy to realize Kenny and Max coming up behind them before Max clipped Tyson on the back.
"Tyson!"
"Waaaa-!" Tyson grabbed his ice cream before it could fall on the table. He glared at Max. "Would you quick doing that man?"
"Heh, sorry!" Max chuckled. "Hey, Chief, let's get ice cream!" Kenny and Max left, their bags in hand.
"So, Ray." Tyson said while licking his fingers. "How do you plan on getting Kai to come to the party?"
"Don't worry about that. I have a plan."
"Okay, whatever." Tyson smiled before going in for another bite of this ice cream.
"Yo, we're back." Max and Kenny both took a seat and ate.
"By the way Ray, do you have wrapping paper?" Kenny asked in between bites of vanilla strawberry cheesecake ice cream.
"I asked Tyson's Grandpa when he came home two days ago and he said he had some. We can use that."
"All right then. We're almost all set. We need the cake and frosting and we can be done!" Max grinned.
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Kai sat cross legged on his bed, holding his beyblade. His thoughts kept drifting toward his feelings toward Ray. He just couldn't help how much he loved to look into those golden eyes, or how much he wanted to run his finger through that raven black hair. 'It must be so soft.' He sighed and lay back.
'Kai, why don't you tell him?' Dranzer inquired.
'I can't. HE would kill me if I told him.'
'You mean, your... Grandfather?'
'Yes.' Kai whispered. 'I can't take a chance that he could hurt Ray.'
'I know Kai. But hey, once your 16 in a few days, you'll be two years closer to kicking him out. You won't have to deal with that bastard anymore.'
'I can't wait. I will get to have my own life. No more Grandfather as a guardian or an abuser.'
'Just think. Two more years and you'll be rich, not him.'
'Then I won't have to deal with him ever again.' Kai mumbled and closed his eyes.
TBC...
**~~**Author's Notes**~~** Hehehe!!! This is chapter..... errrr...... eight. Yeah, that's it! LoL. Anyways, I just added to my plot. I'm horrible. I can't keep one way, I have to go thousands. **sweat drops** I hope everyone like that, it was kind of boring but I wanted to do things step by step. Um.... now for the reviews. Thank you to Anime Fan; Kidie,Vanessa,Rei,andKai; Rei, Oliver, and Kai r da bomb; Bester of Death; aznfiregoddess; Tikira/Satori; Lady BlackDragonFire; LB; Tamayo; and Mikadonk. I appreciate your reviews VERY much.
As for Piccoloslove, thanks and I don't know what you mean by all this "kia/ray stiuff." I'm sorry if you don't like it, but I gave a fair warning.
And Yami-eskaflowne-sama... err.... if it scared you I'm not sure what to say. Um... don't read if you don't like is a really good one, and I'll change Kai if I please. I'm sorry if that was rude but I didn't really like the way you reviewed about it. And, we won't be killing Dranzer because I like her. :D
Thanks for your time guys and sorry about the ending message. I had to get a few things straight for a few people. Tankie Tankie once again and I'll be back later with more! Oh, and sorry for taking FOREVER! LoL. School is a damn hell. LoL. Toodles!
Warnings: Yaoi (boy/boy love), OOC, some vulgar language and there may be others later on.
'Thoughts...'
"Speaking..."
--Journal Entries--
More Then A Change
Tyson, Max, Kenny, and Ray all walked into the entrance of the mall. Ray handed a list to Kenny for decoration, and they both nodded. Each boy paired up with another, Max and Kenny and Ray and Tyson.
"Okay," Ray said clapping his hands together, "meet back here in an hour. By that time decorations should be found and gifts should be bought. One the way back to Tyson's I'll get the cake mix and frosting from the grocery store. Any questions?"
"I think it's all self explanatory. Let's do it." Kenny grinned, who was for once without his laptop.
"All right." Max gave a peace sign before trotting off to the nearest party store.
Ray smiled and turned back to Tyson. "Okay, now it's you and me. Let's go to the blading store, there has to be something there that he might need."
"MM'kay." Tyson shrugged and trudged after Ray.
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Kai yawned and rolled over in his bed. He blinked a few times and swung his legs over the edge and popped off. He grabbed his beyblade off his pillow and stopped. Pushing his pillow aside, and grabbed a black book. He trudged to his desk and sat down, flopping his journal on the desk.
He set Dranzer on the side and grabbed a pen. Yawning again, he took a deep breath. He let a few coughs rack through his body before taking another breath and opening the book. He noticed the first page was folded. Without thinking much about it, he unfolded it and flipped to the new page.
--Back again.
Didn't expect to write again but I guess it isn't too bad. I don't really know what to put in here, I've never had a journal before. I don't want to sound like an idiot though, so I don't know why I am even bothering with this. I guess I'm just bored, even though I just woke up.--
Kai shrugged. He grabbed his blade and fiddled with it, trying to think of something else to write.
'Why not about lately? It's good to reflect.' Dranzer cawed.
'Hn.'
--Dranzer just said I should write down the past. I might as well give it a try. What else is there to do? Except to eat, I am getting hungry. Hn, off topic.
Anyways, lately, I've been sick and inadequate in physical activities. Namely, my Grandfather thought it would be fun to use me as a punching bag again. Besides that, I've had one person around me for three days, constantly worry about me, taking care of me, and being nice. Something that has never happened to me. Not even my parents were like that. Before they died, I used to get a verbal beating from my father, and my mother would just watch and stare. She wouldn't help me. No one helped me. My parents weren't the best, but I never wanted them to die, not really anyways. I wanted them to love me, I wanted them to be proud up me, hell I wanted them to notice me without having to yell at me to do so, but it was never like that.
Shit, I sound like a damn sap. Screw this. I shouldn't be complaining for what I have. I have a roof over my head, a guardian, and food. I don't have anything to complain about. I even have the Bladebreakers. I don't know if I call them friends, or companions, I don't know what to think of them. I just know they are there, and I don't know what to do with it. Yeah, Tyson is annoying, piggish, and a total slob but he keeps the team happy. Kenny is the computer nerd and has logical reason for everything, even though he's wrong on his statistics. Max... well, Max is just Max. He's a nutcase, and he'd be perfect at one of those stores that can't stop smiling. And then there's Ray. He's... well, he's... he is what keeps me sane. If it wasn't for him, I don't think I would have stayed with the Bladebreakers for so long.
Ahh hell, I did it again. Shit. Okay, back on topic. I've been sick, and I've had Ray to help me through it. He was here for three days helping me, even though I was cold to him the whole time. But he stayed regardless, which was... confusing. I never expected him to help me, nor did I want his help but he gave it to me freely without wanting something in return. Wait, not true, he said I had to come to Tyson's house in a few days to spend time with the team.
Anyways, I'm over the flu and I have a cough and my wounds are healing. I'll be going to Tyson's as requested.--
Kai bit on the end of the pen in concentration. He didn't know why he said yes to Ray's request, but when he looked into Ray's golden eyes, he couldn't refuse. 'He's to cute for his own good.... Where the hell did that come from??' Kai's eyes went wide in realization of what he said. 'Damn, I need to stop thinking of him. Um... the sun. It's bright, yellow, the color of Ray's eyes on a sunset.... err, that didn't help.' Kai shook his head dejectedly and wrote a quick line in his journal.
--Write later. Kai.--
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Max stared at the list that Ray had given Kenny. There didn't seem like too much stuff to get. Max grinned and clapped Kenny on the back. Kenny 'umphed' and frowned. Max laughed and lead them into the Par-Tea Works store.
Max felt like he was at home. Party streamers, noise makers, candles that never went out, colorful plates, cake decorations, and so much more. He just wanted to jump for joy and buy it all. Birthdays were one of his favorite activities, his first, of course, was beyblading. "Hey Chief, come on and hurry up! We only have an hour to get this stuff and a gift! If we're lucky we'll get done and get some lunch too!"
"Calm down Max. You're starting to sound like Tyson." Kenny glanced down at the list in his hand.
Red Streamers
Blue Streamers
BIG "Happy Birthday" sign
Sugar letters (ones you put on the cake that spell things)
Table cover
Candles (preferably the ones that go out)
Paper Plates
Paper Cups
Plastic forks
Small plastic bags
Mixed candy selection (bag of it)
"Let's get to work." Kenny tore the list in half. "Take this. I'll do the others. We'll make up for any time."
"No problem!" Max grabbed the list and dashed off to the first aisle.
**--**--**
Tyson and Ray entered the BBA Official Beyblade Store. Ray held Tyson by his collar making sure he didn't run off to buy things for himself. Tyson whined about it not being fair. Ray just rolled his eyes and drug him to a show case of parts. Tyson instantly had his face plastered against the glass, drooling over what he COULD have if Ray wasn't so mean.
Ray, on the other had, walked across the store to where the blade launchers where at. He crossed his arms in concentration but he didn't think Kai would want a new launcher. He just bought one before the Russian tournament. Ray turned about and went to the nearest stand. It held balancers and new rip cords. Ray eyed them but didn't touch any of the parts. He circled the store two full times before he gave a grunt of frustration and went to look for Tyson.
"Yo, Tyson." He called out and spotted him at the register. Ray trotted up to him and glanced at the golden box in Tyson's hands. "So, what did you find?"
"I found a wicked new top. It's blue and silver and Dranzer should go perfect with it!" Tyson grinned. The clerk smiled and gave Tyson a receipt. Tyson nodded and left with Ray trailing along.
"So," Tyson began, "what did you get him?"
"Nothing." Ray sighed. "None of it caught my attention."
"Here's a long shot, but why don't you try the clothing store? There's a great store just a few stores away. It's called 'Hot Topic.' It should have something Kai might like." Tyson nabbed Ray's hand and dashed off down the mall.
**--**--**
Red Streamers
Blue Streamers
BIG "Happy Birthday" sign
Sugar letters (ones you put on the cake that spell things)
Table cover
Kenny glanced at the list one again and looked at the streamers he was in front of. "Let's see. Here's blue... and red." He grabbed both of them and left the isle. He looked from side to side and smiled. "Aawww haw!" He walked over towards a stationary rack and grabbed a pure blue table cover.
Kenny tucked it under his arm and took a walk down the nearest isle. He smiled again as he could a huge sing that had Happy Birthday written on it. "One more item to go and then the gift."
Leaving that aisle, and checked a few more, seeing Max a few times before finally finding what he was looking for. The cake decorations. His eyes swept over the decorations, making sure he didn't miss anything. He "hmmed" and "hnnnned" but he couldn't spot them. He sighed and looked higher. "Yes!"
Up on the highest hook was red letters of the alphabet. He reached up and knocked two of them down (each packet containing two letters each). He nodded triumphantly before heading out to find Max.
**--**--**
Candles (preferably the ones that go out)
Paper Plates
Paper Cups
Plastic forks
Small plastic bags
Mixed candy selection (bag of it)
Max skipped over to the candy selection of the store and heaved a five pound bag of candy over his shoulder. He snickered and raced over to the utensil aisle. When he reached there, he spotted all he needed on the bottom shelf. He sat down and thought. 'I wonder what color. Hmm... I like red better then blue, so I'll get that!'
Max grabbed red plates and cups. Without thinking, he nabbed clear forks and stood up. "Okay, two more to go and then a gift. Let's see. Where could I get bags?" Max looked up and down the aisle before moving to the next. He looked down the next after that and frowned. Still none. 'I refuse to get sandwich bags!' Max hissed.
He turned down the next aisle and froze. Right in front of this face were candles that never went out when you blew them. He knew he shouldn't get them but it was sooo tempting! Max struggled with his self control before giving in and snatching the candles and leaving the aisle just in case the Chief might make him put them back.
"Hey Max!" Kenny called out.
Max looked to his left and grinned. "Hey Chief. Looks like you have everything."
"Yeah. What about you?"
"I can't find the plastic bags!"
"There in aisle one."
"Let's go!"
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Ray stared at the copper gates that opened to the store. This wasn't like a regular store. It was a gothic or punk store! It had flames on shirts with red eyes saying "Here kitty, kitty, kitty..."; shoes that went to your thighs; spiked necklaces, bracelets, belts; even some kind of black bondage pants! Ray blinked at Tyson and Tyson just smiled, tugging him into the store.
"Look! Those are the pants I was thinking about! Oh, and that shirt!" Tyson pointed to a pair of black pants, almost like Kai's regular pants, but instead of a pocket, there was a red strap sewed downwards and the shirt was and over all red color with two black stripes going down from each shoulder with red flames inside the stripes. "Those are awesome huh? I think he might like them!"
".... Err.... maybe." Ray squeaked out.
"Come on. Let's go see 'em. The pants are so cool on the back!"
Ray was pulled towards the pants and immediately had them in his face because of Tyson. He looked at them and grabbed the waist. Normally, pants were connected with silver or golden metal pieces, but where these things were suppose to be were red coverings. The back pockets had white lining on them and there was even a red name print on the right pocket. The legs were interesting too. Each on had a red strap sewed on from high knee to the very bottom. About where the knee bent, there was a red strap that went on the outside of the knee to the side of the pants.
"Do you like them?" Tyson elbowed him.
Ray nodded. His thoughts few to Kai in the pants. 'Gods, he'd look so hot in these. They aren't as loose as his ones now, but they aren't too tight either. And that shirt. Damn.' Ray looked at the size of the pants. 'Hmm... these are my size. But Kai is smaller than me...' Ray's thoughts trailed off. He knew Kai shouldn't be smaller then him. He himself was at a perfect weight for his height, Kai, was tall and skinny almost. 'Make a mental note to make sure he eats.' Ray nodded to himself and put the pants on the rack. He shifted through the others until he found what would fit Kai.
"Don't forget the shirt!" Tyson tossed a shirt at him, hitting him in the face.
"Thanks Tyson." Ray chuckled. He tugged the shirt off his head and looked at the size. Medium. Seems right. 'It had better fit or I'll have to have some words with him.' "Let's go pay for them."
**--**--**
Max and Kenny walked out of the decoration store and straight to the import store. Kenny had his eyes set on a chinese styled tiger on a silver chained necklace if he could find one. He searched glass cases carefully and swiftly. Shrugging, he turned around and went to a free standing bookshelf holding a few figures. When he got there he stared at the most beautiful statue. It was a red and orange phoenix with its wings spread out and its claws resting on the back a for white snow tiger with golden eyes. The tiger itself had its mouth open as if it was trying to roar.
"This is absolutely perfect." Kenny took the statue gently and packed it over to where Max was standing by a wall with necklaces everywhere.
"Hey Chief." Max didn't bother looking at the Chief since he was busy looking at the many selection of necklaces.
"Look."
Max turned. "Woow! That is awesome!"
"What are you getting him?"
"I was hoping to get him a phoenix necklace. All I can find is a damn dragon." Max 'humphed' and went back to his search. He shifted through dragons, eagles, turtles, tigers, suns, stars, and even a few ducks.
"What about this one?" Kenny said pulling out a phoenix with it's wings open completely, held by a thick silver chain.
"PERFECT! Let's go buy these and head to the food court!"
**--**--**
Tyson and Ray sat at the food court with ice cream in there hand. They had 15 minutes until they had to meet Kenny and Max so they, or Tyson really, decided it was time to get a snack. Tyson had a two scoop double mint chocolate waffle cone while Ray had a double scoop strawberry dish. Each boy was to busy to realize Kenny and Max coming up behind them before Max clipped Tyson on the back.
"Tyson!"
"Waaaa-!" Tyson grabbed his ice cream before it could fall on the table. He glared at Max. "Would you quick doing that man?"
"Heh, sorry!" Max chuckled. "Hey, Chief, let's get ice cream!" Kenny and Max left, their bags in hand.
"So, Ray." Tyson said while licking his fingers. "How do you plan on getting Kai to come to the party?"
"Don't worry about that. I have a plan."
"Okay, whatever." Tyson smiled before going in for another bite of this ice cream.
"Yo, we're back." Max and Kenny both took a seat and ate.
"By the way Ray, do you have wrapping paper?" Kenny asked in between bites of vanilla strawberry cheesecake ice cream.
"I asked Tyson's Grandpa when he came home two days ago and he said he had some. We can use that."
"All right then. We're almost all set. We need the cake and frosting and we can be done!" Max grinned.
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Kai sat cross legged on his bed, holding his beyblade. His thoughts kept drifting toward his feelings toward Ray. He just couldn't help how much he loved to look into those golden eyes, or how much he wanted to run his finger through that raven black hair. 'It must be so soft.' He sighed and lay back.
'Kai, why don't you tell him?' Dranzer inquired.
'I can't. HE would kill me if I told him.'
'You mean, your... Grandfather?'
'Yes.' Kai whispered. 'I can't take a chance that he could hurt Ray.'
'I know Kai. But hey, once your 16 in a few days, you'll be two years closer to kicking him out. You won't have to deal with that bastard anymore.'
'I can't wait. I will get to have my own life. No more Grandfather as a guardian or an abuser.'
'Just think. Two more years and you'll be rich, not him.'
'Then I won't have to deal with him ever again.' Kai mumbled and closed his eyes.
TBC...
**~~**Author's Notes**~~** Hehehe!!! This is chapter..... errrr...... eight. Yeah, that's it! LoL. Anyways, I just added to my plot. I'm horrible. I can't keep one way, I have to go thousands. **sweat drops** I hope everyone like that, it was kind of boring but I wanted to do things step by step. Um.... now for the reviews. Thank you to Anime Fan; Kidie,Vanessa,Rei,andKai; Rei, Oliver, and Kai r da bomb; Bester of Death; aznfiregoddess; Tikira/Satori; Lady BlackDragonFire; LB; Tamayo; and Mikadonk. I appreciate your reviews VERY much.
As for Piccoloslove, thanks and I don't know what you mean by all this "kia/ray stiuff." I'm sorry if you don't like it, but I gave a fair warning.
And Yami-eskaflowne-sama... err.... if it scared you I'm not sure what to say. Um... don't read if you don't like is a really good one, and I'll change Kai if I please. I'm sorry if that was rude but I didn't really like the way you reviewed about it. And, we won't be killing Dranzer because I like her. :D
Thanks for your time guys and sorry about the ending message. I had to get a few things straight for a few people. Tankie Tankie once again and I'll be back later with more! Oh, and sorry for taking FOREVER! LoL. School is a damn hell. LoL. Toodles!