Okay, for the first time in months I actually feel like typing this up... strange. I'm extremely pissed off at fanfiction.net because they deleted this entire story. So don't mind me if I start ranting at the end. I also got a lot of e-mails and one review for AWFS asking what happened to this story. Well here's he big deal. My last summary was not G rated... I of course had no idea and would have gladly changed it immediately if I had been given a warning. Well, on the 27th of February I had just gotten my 100th review... along with an e-mail from ff.n admin saying that the summary was inappropriate and the entire story had been deleted AND my uploading access had been cut for an undesignated period of time. Every chapter had been wiped from the back up on my account and every review I had received was deleted... this leads me to believe that for those of you who left signed reviews... they are deleted and this story is no longer in your Review History. Sucks doesn't it?

I originally had the whole events planned out for this chapter, but I decided to skip through them because I felt it made the story seem less mature than I wanted. This means that this chapter will probably be much shorter than it was originally supposed to be and will skip directly to the important shit.

Immortal Blood Chapter 9: To Be Continued...

After breakfast had been cleared away, Kai and Rei emerged, holding hands. Rei was smiling shyly while Kai held his regular stony expression.

"I talked Kai into going for a swim down by the lake." Rei announced, his shy grin broadening. Kai crossed his arms and huffed. He muttered something inaudible under his breath that everyone knew was some sort of insult to Rei. Rei shrugged it off and laughed.

"But what about yesterday?" Max asked, hinting to Rei's incident but not wanting to come right out and say it. "What if those guys are there again?" He asked. Rei shrugged.

"I don't think so." He replied. "They were kicked out of this place so I doubt they'd be anywhere near this place, and were probably so drunk they didn't know what they were doing. I'm sure they aren't going to be waiting for us for revenge. I'd be surprised if they even knew who we were at the time." Takao and Max looked at him with an expression of pure confusion written on their features. Kai sighed and rolled his eyes.

"We're famous." He told them as if they were the five-year-olds he thought they were. "People everywhere know who we are because of the world championships."

"Oh." Takao exclaimed, nodding his head.

"So do you guys want to go swimming or not?" Rei asked.

"Sure!" They all exclaimed and rushed to their rooms to pull out their towels and suits.

"Me and Kai will meet you guys there. We're going to see if the White Tigers want to come too." Rei called as they walked out the door and headed to the cabin near the lake, their gear tucked under their arms.

***

When they reached the lake they found that it was completely vacant. They walked towards the White Tiger's cabin and rapped lightly on the wooden door. Li opened it and peered out.

"Hey!" He greeted enthusiastically and invited them in. "What can we help you with?" He asked his voice strained with false cheerfulness.

Kai quirked his eyebrow at Li and watched as he seemed to deflate. Li's shoulders slumped and his head dropped.

"What's with you?" Rei asked. Li shook his head.

"Mariah's been grating on everyone's nerves." He replied. "And we're all afraid to anger her. It's just that there's nothing to do. All us guys are perfectly fine just relaxing but she just can't sit still for two minutes." He sighed again. Rei laughed.

"Ah, yes, I remember. The wrath of Mariah." He chuckled. Kai frowned and rolled his eyes.

"Did you guys want to come with us to the lake for a swim?" Rei asked, flashing their trunks. Li's face instantly brightened.

"Yeah!" He cried. "This will get Mariah off our backs." Kai shook his head.

"Isn't she supposed to be your girlfriend?" He asked bluntly. Li shrugged.

"Supposedly, but not when she goes from Dr. Jekyll to Mr. Hyde in three seconds flat." Rei chuckled.

"Who?" Kai asked, not knowing the reference.

"It's a movie about a scientist who drank this potion that made him have two opposite personalities. One was nice and the other was dead freaky." Li explained. "We had a very small video collection in the village. That was our favourite, where as the girls seemed to prefer Titanic. What is with that John guy anyways?"

"It was Jack!" Mariah yelled from the living room. "Jack Dawson. And you seemed to like it!" Li pouted and rolled his eyes.

"Only the parts after the iceberg hit!" He retorted. "Want to go swimming Mariah?" He asked changing subjects.

"So you can try to drown me! No way!" She hollered back.

"I want to go!" Gary and Kevin replied and they rushed past the three at the door with their swimming gear in hand.

"See you at the lake!" Kevin called. They seemed a little bit anxious to get away from Mariah.

"Mariah!" Li tried again. "I thought you were bored? I promise I won't drown you!" he called. He grinned to Rei and Kai, already knowing she was going to come with them.

"Fine!" She replied and came through to the front entrance, holding both their swimsuits and two large towels.

***

When they got to the lake they all changed in the stalls and rushed into the water to meet everyone else, who hadn't waited for them. Takao and Max were engaged in a full out water fight and Mariah climbed onto her boyfriend's shoulders to join the fight. After seeing that Mariah and Li had an advantage, Takao tried to clamber on to Max's shoulders but ended up toppling them into the water. Mariah threw her hands into the air and declared victory, but it was short-lived. Kevin had snuck up behind them and gently pushed Mariah's leg. Li began to lose balance and they fell into the water, too.

"LI!" Mariah yelled accusingly at her boyfriend. He laughed at her drenched cat look and held up his hands in defence.

"It wasn't my fault." He exclaimed, not really sounding convincing because he kept laughing. Mariah looked behind her and saw Kevin smirking evilly at her. She turned around fully and tried to wade through the water after him. He laughed at her efforts to speed up, but then noticed how close she was to catching him and decided to make a run for it.

Once Mariah was close enough she began to send cascades of water flying at Kevin, occasionally hitting everyone else. This started a water war.

"White Tigers against the Bladebreakers!" Li cried and grabbed hold of Rei's arm.

"Hey!" Takao yelled in surprise. "He's a Bladebreaker! It's not fair! We have Kai!" Kai immediately took offence to this and pulled Takao back.

"We'll win even without Rei on our team." He stated and they walked back to their side. Rei felt a little resentful that Kai was so sure that they were going to win without him and so agreed to be on the White Tiger's team.

"Let's get them!" Takao screamed and launched at the nearest opponents with Max, who happened to be Gary and Kevin. Li on the other hand turned around and dunked Mariah, unsuspectingly.

With Gary's big arms, Kevin hid while he did the splashing and deciding to do the same, Takao used Max as a human shield as well.

"Takao!" He exclaimed in protest, holding his hands up to protect himself. Takao just laughed and wrapped his arms tighter around Max's waist.

While Mariah was trying to dunk Li, Rei squared off against Kai for ditching him. Kai shot at him and tackled him into the water. When Rei came up for air he was choking. Kai moved closer to him, concerned when he caught the way Rei's lips were slightly curving up into a smirk. Rei turned around and tackled Kai into the water and they began wrestling again. Kai, being the stronger one, pulled Rei under again and held him under. Rei began to panic for a second and let out most of his air before he felt Kai press his lips against his own and they shared a breath.

When they came back up for air Rei was pouting (and gasping for air) and pushed Kai away.

"That was unfair." He whined and Kai just laughed. Rei was still pouting when Kai turned around to go in to get warm. The others had already given up their battles and were sunbathing on the shore. Rei did some quick thinking and tackled Kai from behind, wrapping his arms around his shoulders and his legs firmly around his waist. Kai went down fast, almost too surprised to take a quick breath before he went under. When he came back up Rei was still latched onto his back firmly and wouldn't let go. He began to tease Kai, kissing, nipping and licking the skin of Kai's neck. Kai moaned in frustration and tried to dislodge Rei.

"Don't tell me you want me to stop." Rei whispered slyly into his ear, nipping it gently. He pressed his whole body against Kai's and groaned softly, purely for Kai's benefit. Kai growled and finally managed to pull Rei around to his front, helped a little by the lack of friction the water caused. He began to kiss Rei back and wrapped his arms around Rei's waist, pulling him closer. Rei began to drop his legs from Kai's waist to stand it the water (which was half way up their calves) but was stopped by Kai's hand sliding down from his waist to the back of his knee, holding it around his hips. Rei smiled into the kiss and wrapped his arms around Kai's head, holding his lips closer.

From the shore, everyone else was watching their new entertainment. Mariah laughed when Rei tackled Kai into the water, thinking to use that tactic later when she got back at Li for dunking her. She was about to go into detail of her plan for revenge when Takao shot up angrily and started shouting obscenities in the direction of Rei and Kai.

"What the hell does he think he's doing?!" He screamed. They all looked out into the water and saw that Kai's mouth had gone from Rei's lips to his neck and from the way Rei's head was tilted back in ecstasy he was enjoying every minute of it. "He's going to drown!" The other's rolled their eyes. Takao was still a little antsy about Kai being a vampire. He seemed to think that Kai was bloodthirsty. Though it might have been just the way Kai reacted when Takao got on his nerves. Everyone, including the couple in the water, ignored Takao's ranting.

Kai moved back to Rei's mouth for a second.

"Take a breath." He whispered against Rei's lips before falling forward into the water. Rei was caught off guard and came back to the surface sputtering.

"Got you back." Kai exclaimed grinning triumphantly. They continued their little water war until they finally became exhausted and waded back in to shore.

"So who won?" Li asked. They both looked at each other.

"Me." They both replied simultaneously. Takao snickered.

"I guess you'll have to continue it some other time then." He exclaimed. Rei and Kai nodded and sat down.

"Do you guys want to go to the hot springs later?" Mariah asked.

"Sure, why not." Max answered. Everyone else agreed. Rei found himself a long beach chair and lay down, face first. Kai sat down beside him.

"Can you give me a massage?" Rei yawned sleepily. Kai let out a laugh. Rei rolled over a bit and looked up at him, pleadingly.

"Onegai?" He stuck out his bottom lip in a pout for good measure. He looked like the moment Kai placed a hand on him he'd fall asleep. Kai rolled his eyes and shrugged.

"Fine. Why not?" He sighed and placed both of his hands on Rei's shoulders. Rei smiled drowsily and lay his head down on his arms. Within seconds of Kai's fingers touching his skin he was fast asleep and Kai hadn't even been giving him a real massage. He was mostly letting his fingers flow softly over every muscle of Rei's back, memorizing the feel.

"Hey Kai." Max whispered, coming over. "We're going to head over to the springs now." Kai nodded.

"I'll wake Rei up and we'll meet you there." He told Max. The blond nodded in agreement and turned back to the others. Kai shook Rei gently. He didn't even move a muscle.

"Rei, get up." He ordered strictly. Rei just moaned and swatted away his hands. "Come on, Rei. We're going to the hot springs now." Rei still didn't move. Shaking his head, Kai sighed deeply. He pulled Rei into a sitting position and hauled him onto his back. He picked up their towels and headed off towards the springs.

***

By the time they got to the springs Rei was fully awake and still riding on Kai's back.

"You know, the tournament is in two days." Takao exclaimed. They had been discussing the tournament while Kai was gone.

'Yeah, and that's why we're going to have to do a lot of training to be prepared." Kai exclaimed as he let go of Rei and slid into the warm water. Rei slipped in beside him. "We've already slacked off enough." The Bladebreakers began to grumble.

"I told you to shut up when Kai came!" Max yelled at Takao. Everyone but Kai and Takao found it funny.

"I wonder how tough our opponents are going to be." Rei said quietly, not really talking to anyone in particular. "Maybe we'll face some of the teams from the last Asian Tournament." He smiled in remembrance.

"Our first opponent is one that we met at the American Tournament." Takao piped up. "I think they were called Spintensity. Luiz the dancer, Mario and Frankie."

"I remember Frankie." Rei smiled. "She was cute." But he rethought that sentence when he saw Kai narrow his eyes dangerously. "For a kid." He laughed. Kai still kept his glare on Rei. He didn't seem to like Rei thinking that anyone was cute. He remembered how that girl used to act around Rei. But of course, he knew he could trust Rei.

"Who's going to go first?" Kenny asked, pulling out his laptop and turning around to place it on the rocks behind them.

"I'm going to stay out of the first round to get a good look at all of the competition." Kai announced "See their moves before they see mine." Kenny nodded and typed something into his computer.

"I'll go first!" Max called out enthusiastically.

"And I'll go last." Takao added. Rei shrugged.

"So, I guess I'm second then." He sat back and relaxed. Now that they had all of that out of the way they could enjoy the rest of their 'bath'. He looked over and noticed that Kai's eyes were closed and he seemed to be asleep. He had his arms crossed over his chest.

Rei glided over to Kai and uncrossed his arms. Kai didn't open his eyes, knowing it was only Rei. Rei sat down in Kai's lap, his back pressed against Kai's chest and leaned back, letting his head rest against his shoulder. Smiling softly, Kai wrapped his arms protectively around his lover's waist. Leaning forward, Rei pulled out his long black hair and let it drape over Kai's shoulder before nuzzling his head into the crook of Kai's neck. He slowly placed his hands over Kai's and twined their fingers together. He kissed Kai's chin gently before drifting off to sleep.

Mariah moved over to Li and nodded over towards the pair who were now fast asleep in each other's arms.

"There's so much more to their relationship that physical attraction." She whispered. "They are deeply connected, like they could survive anything, knowing that the other would be by their side to help them." Li nodded and pulled her close to him. She rested her head on his shoulder and sighed. Li smiled down at her in contentment and closed his eyes.

~Finis

OMG! You have no idea how long that took me to write. I actually lost interest in Beyblade... the show AND the fics... you have darkness to thank for saving me. Plus I promised to have this story up in time for her to read in the morning. (See! I kept my promise!!!) I'm going to start right away working on chapter ten so that I don't fall behind again in posting. (P.S I've given you all so many hints as to how this is going to end... sigh... I can tell that a lot of people are going to kill me for the ending... oh well... only two more chapters to go... and let me tell you... a lot of good shit happens in them.)

Special thanks goes to the following people who actually e-mailed me asking where this story had gotten to: Bridget Sassinak Yukimi Gryfith Jamie darkness Lex Cindy ... (who actually reviewed AWFS to find out what happened to immortal blood lol ) Shinigami's Voice (I just figured out who the hell shinigami is... that's sad ... for me... but he's so cute!!) And Anime Fan

You guys are the one's that kept me going!! I never actually thought anyone would actually e-mail me asking what happened to Immortal Blood. No, seriously... I thought it would disappear and no one would notice...

And also... to Thera's Blaed... you were a very special review to me for two reasons. You were the last review before my fic was taken down, and you were my 100th review. It's just a shame that this story is no longer in your faves list. I hope you are able to keep reading this even if you don't add my story back to your faves list. Heh heh.

Chapter 10: Jealousy