"…" Speech
'…' Thought
*…* Implied words

Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade

'What am I meant to say to make the pain go away? I've got no worth, I've got no pride so I curl up in
a corner and hide'
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Chapter 6: The love triangle pt2 - Confessions

(Ami's POV)

I wake up a little drowsily from my bed, my head is spinning and my eyes are sore from the crying I
had done last night. I look over to where Minako is currently sleeping, good she's not awake yet, I
creep quietly out of bed and make my way to the bathroom. I brush my teeth wash my face and all that
other stuff you in there as I hear a knock on my door.

"Mina, can you go get that please?" I call to Minako from inside the bathroom. I smile a little as I hear
Minako's muffled groan.

"Ami! Get your but out here!" Sam yells and bangs on the door. Geez, that's really friendly. I check my
appearance one last time, making sure my eyes aren't too puffy I emerge from the bathroom door.

"Yes?" I ask quietly, then I notice how serious Sam is looking. "What's wrong?" I ask a little
cautiously.

"Tori didn't show up last night," Sam said, almost on the verge of tears and a crying Sam is a very rare
thing. I feel something in my stomach like I'm gonna be sick or something. "I got a call…Tori's in
hospital."

"What?!" Minako gasped. "How?"

"I don't know but I'm going to see him today…he'll be fine," Sam added. "I was thinking about getting
Kai, he is Tori's brother after all but I don't know what room he's staying in."

"I know," I raise my hand. "I know what room he's in 'cos he's sharing a room with…" I trail off, it's
too painful to say anymore.

"Then what are you waiting for?" Minako cried, "Show us the way!"

~ Bladebreaker's room ~
(General POV)

"Get up, Tyson!" Ray, Max and Kenny were trying to wake Tyson up in time for training.

"Just a few more hours," Tyson muttered in his sleep.

"I want him up now," Kai said, he was leaning against the wall in his usual position, far away from the
others. "Hit him, threaten him, I don't care just get him up."

"Tyson! We're all out of food," Max yelled into Tyson's ear.

"What no food?" Tyson's eyes snapped wide open. He made a futile attempt to clamber out of bed but
got tangled in the bed sheets and ended up on the floor with a loud thump.

"Sorry, but it had to come to that!" Max laughed.

Suddenly there was a knocking at the door as Ray went to answer it.

"Ami!" Ray cried. "Listen, about last night…" Ami blushed and moved aside to let Sam in front.

"Hey!" Sam smiled "Can we come in or what?"

"Err...sure," Ray opened the doors to let the three girls in.

"Long time no see, Kai!" Sam waved but Kai remained impassive, as if no one had entered the room.
"Huh, is that how you treat your oldest and dearest childhood friend?" Sam stuck up her nose with
mock dignity.

"You know this girl, Kai?" Tyson asked. Kai just stood silently, he had the feeling he had seen her
somewhere before but he couldn't quite remember where.

"Huh? You're Tori's brother, no way!" Minako gaped. "Aren't you that guy who beat me?"

"Brother?" all of the Bladebreakers, with the exception of Ray, looked at Kai questionably.

"Yeah, I guess he hasn't told you that he has an older brother, Tori, the leader of the Terrabladers. I'm
Sam, second in command, and this is Ami and Minako." Sam introduced her friends. "I already know
who you guys are, the Bladebreakers are pretty famous."

"So what do you want?" Max asked.

"Kai," Sam's tone softened. "It's Tori, he's been put into hospital, I don't know how but I heard he was
beat pretty bad. I was wondering if you'd come with us to the hospital to see him."

Kai had his eyes closed; his arms were folded across his chest. Everyone was telling him Tori was his
brother, they couldn't all be wrong, could they?

'That idiot is my brother? How did he managed to get into hospital?" Kai asked himself. He had a
feeling his grandfather had something to do with it; if that was the case then Tori probably was his
brother. 'What was that idiot doing going into Biovolt like that anyway? Maybe I should go see him, I
do have a few questions that need to be answered.'

"Hello? Earth to Kai!" Tyson waved his hand in front of Kai's face only to heave it swatted away in
annoyance.

"No, I don't," Kai said bluntly and walked out of the room.

"What?!" Sam yelled at Kai's back. "You won't go see your own brother? You jerk!"

"Hey, leave him alone!" Minako defended. "Let's just go see Tori, okay?"

"Ami…" Ray began but Ami cut through him.

"You should go after Kai, he's your leader," Ami stared at the ground, it was just too painful to look
into his eyes right now. She fidgeted under his gaze for a while and then broke free to join her team-
mates that were already on their way to the hospital.

Training grounds

"Hey, Kai!" Tyson yelled. "What do you think you're doing? That was really mean, your brother's in
the hospital and you won't even go to see him."

Kai ignored them completely but that didn't discourage them, they were used to his silence.

"Why won't you go see him?" Max asked. "Don't you like him?"

"That's none of your business!" Kai snapped. "The tournament is nearly here so shut up and train!"

They did train for several hours but Tyson kept pushing the issue about Tori and the others began to
complain a little. Kai stayed quiet but annoyance was clearly etched into his features.

"Maybe we should take a break," Kenny suggested.

Kai nodded. Anything to get Tyson to stop complaining and to have a little time to himself, he would
go and see Tori eventually but he would do things in his own time.

The hospital
(Minako's POV)

We're all sitting by Tori's side. He looks pretty beat up with several fractured ribs, a broken arm and an
assortment of bruises and cuts but all he'll say was that he got into a fight with some punk, it's so
obvious it's a lie.

"Looks like I'm gonna be out of action for a while, I'm sure you guys will be able to take on the
opposing teams though."

"Yeah, leave it all to us!" I grin. 'God, we are all so dead!'

"So who are we up against?" Tori asks.

"Let's see," Ami brings out her laptop and begins to type furiously. "We are up against the Singapore
Sensei," Ami finally answers. Singapore Sensei? I've never heard of them, they'll probably be easy.

"Don't get too over confidant," Tori warns me. "You never know how experienced some of these new
teams are." I swear he's psychic or something, how does he know what I'm thinking?

"Don't worry," I reassure him. "I'm unbeatable!"

"Oh, so is that why you lost to Kai?" Sam winks at me. I feel myself blush deep red, I had almost
forgotten about that!

"Well maybe not unbeatable but I can still blade!" I say.

"Oh, I see!" Sam grins evilly, why don't I like the look of that? "Maybe I can arrange it so that you can
train with Kai personally, you seem to get a lot of sparks flying when you two battle!"

God, I am gonna kill her! I wouldn't have minded so much if she hadn't said it right in front of Kai's
brother and if Kai's brother didn't also happen to be my team captain! Why does the world keep
screwing me over? Well two can play it that game!

"Say, why don't I leave you two alone, come on, Ami."

"Hey, where are you girls going?" Sam asked.

"We're going back to the hotel, we'll see you!" I call and wave

"But I don't need to-" Ami begins to say but I quickly cover her mouth. I respect Sam a lot but she is a
slow mover! I've been playing cupid between those two ever since I met them and still nothing's
happened!

(Sam's POV)

Guess I brought this upon myself, what could be more awkward than being stuck here alone with
nothing to say?

"Sam?" Tori says, I raise my eyebrows to show I'm listening. "On your way back could you get Ami to
repair this?" He produces his battered up blade.

"Tori, how did it get like that?" I gasp, it really is battered, I'm surprised it hasn't shattered.

"I told you, I got into a fight with some guy."

"Please, I've known you for more than ten years, you can't trick me so easily." He sighs and shakes his
head, I narrow my eyes to see what he's sighing about.

"Not much escapes you, huh?" Tori asks, I smile, I don't know why I just do.

"Of course," A say proudly. "I see all and remember all, which reminds me, you never said thank you
when I helped you get away from your grandfather."

"Sure I never, sure, whatever you say," Tori laughs, it's really hard to get Tori to laugh, it's like
teaching a parrot to sing in tune so when he does it feels really good.

"No offence but Kai's being such a jerk, not even coming to say hi to his brother, that's gratitude for
you!" Oops, maybe I shouldn't have said that but Tori seems cool with it.

"It's been ten years, someone can change a lot in that amount of time."

"He was so sweet when he was little, cute too," I add seeing Tori frown.

"Hey, what about me, wasn't I cute too?"

"I'll tell you f you tell me something," I grin, sometimes I can be such a genius!

"What?' Tori asks suspiciously. Honestly, he should be able to trust me by now.

"Tell me what happened, what really happened last night, I promise I won't say anything to Ami of
Minako," my voice turns serious, I hate the sound of my voice when it turns serious but it's necessary.
He begins to tell me everything and at the end I…well I don't really know how to feel.

"You're grandfather's a jerk," I state simply and Tori smiles and laughs, he's been doing that a lot
lately. "Don't worry, we'll get those bastards." I entwine my fingers through Tori's, I move a little
closer to give him a hug. Group hug! Heh, my mind goes hyper like that sometimes.

"You don't have to worry about it," Tori says softly.

"Well I still worry, though I also have the tournament to worry about now and how to put up with
Minako's annoying crushes. I wouldn't be surprised if that girl had been out with half the guys here!"

"Sam…"

"She's gonna have me grey in no time and as for Ami, she gets scared every time we're in a battle, I
don't know how she got on our team in the first place."

"Sam!"

"Oh…sorry," I blush and avert my gaze, I always seem to babble when I'm nervous. Tori lifts my chin
gently. Ah what the hell is he doing!? Not that I don't like what's going on it's just that it's surprising
coming from Tori.

"Tori?" I ask uncertainly as I lean nearer. His blood red eyes are looking straight at me. "Tori," I
whisper as I grow more confident. I close my eyes, I know what's going to happen but it seems to take
ages or is that just because my heart seems to be beating faster?

Finally our lips get to meet, and feels goooood! I savour the feeling, I want this moment to last forever.

The hotel
(General POV)

The Bladebreakers were training with the White Tigers in the large area when Minako and a very
reluctant Ami came running up to them.

"Hi!" Minako waved cheerfully.

"Oh, hi, Minako, isn't it?" Max smiled.

"That's right," Minako nodded before turning her attention to the stoic leader of the Bladebreakers.
"So do you have anymore tips?" Minako asked. Kai said nothing.

Ami averted her gaze, trying not to exchange glances with Mariah or Ray.

"Ami?" Ray said. His voice took her by surprise and she stared up into amber eyes, she had been
caught. "Can I talk to you for a second?"

"Sure," Ami was forced to agree. They walked into the hotel, only Ami seemed to notice Mariah
staring at their backs.

"What's wrong?" Ray asked.

"What do you mean?" Ami tried to avoid what was coming next.

"Ever since yesterday you've been acting strangely."

Ami's lip quivered slightly, she couldn't hold it in no matter how hard she tried, she snapped and began
yelling. "Well what do you think is wrong?" she cried. "I saw you about to kiss Mariah! You can't
imagine how horrible it felt, I love you and you won't even -" She gasped and covered her mouth but it
was too late, it was already out in the open.

Ray was in shock that was the last thing he had expected. "You think I was gonna kiss Mariah?" Ray
asked, still getting over the shock. He had never thought about it but now that he did who did he love?
Ami or Mariah? Did he even love any of them?

"Ami…I don't know what to say."

'Say you love me,' was what Ami wanted to say but she didn't have the guts, she had always been like
this; she could never admit how she felt, she would just watch whoever she loved until they went out
with someone else. Maybe if she wasn't so dam scared she would have been able to get someone by
now, it was times like this she wished she had Minako's ability to fall in and out of love so easily.

"Don't say anything," Ami almost whispered. "You'd just make it hurt even more." With that she
turned and walked away. Ray didn't stop her.

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Mizu_Tenshi: Please don't kill me! *Continues cowering behind a sofa* What did I do that for? Maybe
to please the Ami/Ray supporters or maybe I was just on a sugar high…hmmm probably the second
one. Long chapter to compensate for the very short one I did before. I know there's no plot in this
but there will be it's just very slow moving and I'm stuck on everyone's crazy emotions. READ AND
REVIEW!

starwolf - A longer chapter to make up, I'm glad Tori didn't sound lame.

heather - It's okay. I'm being really cruel; I just don't know who to pair Ray with so I'm lingering.

Anime the Fallen Angel - Was that enough Kai? I know Minako is so not Kai's type but I have
something in mind that will change that.

anime4u2 - Sure, I reviewed your fic, it was good. How was this chapter, not much has happened but
the plot should pick up.

matchmaker - Ray didn't kiss Ami and it looks like it will Mariah and Ray
unless a load of people vote otherwise.