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

Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade

'You're giving your love to her, but before you light up her face. Let me have a small piece, to hold in
my sweet embrace.'
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Chapter 11: Revelations

"Minako? Are you okay?"

Minako looked up at Tyson, shaking her head to rid herself of her rejection she put on a fake smile and
cheerful attitude. "Sure! You can't have everything can you? Moping about won't do any good," she
replied with very Max-like cheerfulness. Secretly she wished she could believe her own words and not
feel so depressed but when you had just made a fool out of yourself in front of a load of guys what else
could you feel?

"Hey, Kai's gone…does that mean training's over?" Max asked uncertainly.

"It does to me," Tyson grinned. "I'm gonna get something to eat, you wanna come Minako?"

"Nah," Minako smiled. "I've got stuff to do, you boys go ahead."

"Well I have some more data to find," Kenny informed them.

"And I want to find Mariah and congratulate her on their win," Ray said as he wandered away from the
main group.

"Fine, it's just me and Max then," Tyson huffed.

Slowly everyone drifted away from the main area, everyone except Minako. She gave a small glance at
the obstacle course pondering what she should do.

After some slight deliberation she lifted her launcher and fired it into the bowl. The blade instantly
sped through the course as the timer ticked down the seconds.

"Right! Now left!" Minako ordered with grim determination. The blade approached the end where the
red block would pop up again; she dared to glance at the timer. It was on fifteen seconds, as long as she
didn't screw it up she would be able to beat the record.

As she predicted the block popped up but this time she was ready for it. Instead of turning sharply to
avoid the block like most people did her blade had built up momentum to jump over it.

"No!" Minako screamed as she saw what would happen to her blade but it was too late. The blade had
jumped improperly, it just missed the track and fell on the floor but it was still spinning.

Minako ordered the blade to return to her hand, the bit chip flashed apologetically.

"It's not your fault," Minako murmured to the blade. "It's me that's wrong, no wonder Kai doesn't
respect me no *serious* professional would misjudge the jump like that. I've been so immature,
treating this whole blading thing as a joke, just an excuse for me not to go to school." Minako took a
deep breath. She had to make things right. From know on she vowed she would stop being so self-
indulgent and irresponsible and really pull herself together, maybe then Kai would, of not love her,
then at least respect her.

~ With the Terrabladers ~

Tori was surveying Sam's blade as she gave him a display of her technique and skill. He scanned the
blade's performance down to the way it spun and how its speed dropped when she called her beast out.
Though he had a rather good eye for the markings of an improved blade what he really needed was
Ami with her laptop and computer know-how but she was nowhere around.

"Stop," Tori ordered. "It looks like you're doing fine but I can't was that for sure without Ami to give
me a proper scan down on your blade."

"Ami!" Sam snorted as she pocketed her blade. "How did I ever draw with her? You saw her terrible
performance today, right? I don't want to be mean but maybe we should find a replacement; she's too
scared of her opponents to fight them and her skill and strategy is totally based on defence."

"Amy has a lot of skill," Tori replied frankly. "She also has excellent strategy but she lacks confidence
and correct motivation."

"Are you saying that it's *my* fault for not encouraging her enough?" Sam looked at Tori ludicrously.

"I'm not accusing you of anything."

"Yes you are!" Sam pointed her finger straight at him. "Hmph! I work hard training the team while
you're out of action and this is what I get! I don't hear you thanking me or giving *me* a compliment!"

Tori smirked at her anger. "Are you jealous that I gave Ami a compliment and not you?" He asked with
a bemused smile.

"Well…" Sam faltered. "Well you're always seem really lenient with Ami and not with me so I thought
maybe you're…well…keeping her on the team for other reasons than just her computer knowledge."

"Wait," Tori caught on. "You don't think I have a thing for Ami, do you?" Sam looked away ashamedly
at her accusation. Tori smirked at the absurdity. "Sam, if I liked Ami would I do this?" Tori bent down
and pressed his lips against her own.

In the distance Ami looked at the two lovebirds with silent longing. She had just emerged from the
inside of the building to catch the sight of them kissing. Everyone seemed to be finding love except for
her. Though part of her mind was slightly amused at the closeness between Tori and Sam it was
consumed by her yearning for a relationship like theirs.

~ Later ~

The three teams had gathered in the Bladebreaker's hotel room to celebrate the victory of the White
Tigers and the Terrabladers. Pizza boxes, noodle boxes, champagne, tea and juice occupied nearly
every free space. Everyone was chatting except Kai who just stood in his usual position and Tyson and
Gary who were too busy eating. The other teams watched in wonder as Tyson and Gary wolfed down
their tenth pizza.

"Um…" Tori began, holding a box of noodles in one hand. "So none of this seems odd to you?"

"Hey, he's only getting started!" Max said proudly.

"Can a normal human eat that much?" Sam wondered.

While the happy conversations were going on Kai leaned against the wall; his eyes were fixed on Ami.
He needed to see her battle again to confirm his suspicions but the only times he had seen her fight was
in the tournament, every other time she was typing on that stupid laptop of hers.

His thoughts were cut through by the high pitched sound of glass breaking.

"Tyson!" Kenny yelled.

"Sorry, chief," Tyson scratched the back of his head apologetically. "It was an accident!"

"Tyson, go clean it up," Ray ordered.

"Okay, okay, yeesh, you're turning into another Kai!" Tyson grumbled as he went to fetch a dustpan
and brush.

Kai ignored the blue haired boy's comments.

'Idiot,' he thought grumpily. Why had Tyson decided to use his room for the party? Kai craved peace
and quiet especially with Dryx attacking his nerves as well as his strength. He knew he was getting
paler and weaker by the day, he got exhausted much faster and he was loosing quite a bit of weight too.

He wasn't the only one to notice these changes. Tori Sam and Minako all saw his agitated mood but
none of them voiced their thoughts to the other.

~ Evening ~

Finally the party was over and they all dispersed in different directions to either bed down for the night
or do their own individual thing.

'Finally,' Kai thought, some peace and quiet. He must of spoken of thought too soon because he found
himself face to face with Tori.

"The party is over, you can't stay here," Kai said bluntly.

"C'mon Kai, is that how you treat your long lost older brother?" Tori smirked.

"Whatever," Kai tried to close the door on him but Tori darted through the door as it slammed shut.

"You ill or something?" Tori persisted.

Kai just growled at Tori, he really wanted to get some sleep. Why couldn't that annoying blader just
leave his hotel room?

"Ill right before your big match, I guess you must be pretty frustrated. Maybe you just don't want
people to think you're weak."

"At least I don't go snooping around Biovolt and ending up in hospital," Kai muttered before he could
top himself.

"How did you know I went to Biovolt?" Tori's crimson eyes narrowed suspiciously.

"It's the only place you would have gone," Kai tried to cover up his mistake.

If Tori noticed the lie he didn't say anymore on the subject.

Kai refrained from rubbing his aching temples. Dryx was really pushing him and attacking him
relentlessly. He was loosing to it, there was no point in denying it; he was loosing a battle against the
thing inside of him. His logic told him he had to get rid of it but that would taint his pride, he could
never back down from a fight nor could he give up such power.

This time Tori noticed Kai's exasperation. He was inwardly concerned but the look didn't grace his
calm features.

'Hell, I need to recover my strength, just go away dammit!' Kai wanted to shout. He could feel Dryx
getting stronger. His nerves were grinding with exhaustion until they seemed like he was going to snap.
He closed his eyes to help steady his indifferent composure. Dryx was taking over and it would take
only one more thing to make Kai he let go.

"Kai, what the hell is wrong with you?" Tori asked as he advanced.

Kai lost his grasp on his body. He let go.

~ By the training area ~

Ami sat by the different dishes typing away at her laptop when Kenny and Ray approached her.

"What are you two doing here?" She asked without looking up into their faces. She didn't think she
was ready to look Ray in the eye right now. As she spoke her insides were squirming with nervousness.

"I was going to examine Ray's blading before our big match tomorrow, how about a friendly match
between you two?" Kenny suggested.

Ami frowned at the brown haired boy's offer. If she fought they could examine her blade and prepare
themselves if they had to fight against them.

"C'mon, it's just for fun," Ray tried to persuade her. "You get to examine my blade too."

'Blade data for blade data, it's a fair trade,' Ami mulled it over. Finally she nodded, how could she say
no?

They took their positions at each end of a regular dish, each one held up their launcher in their own
stance.

'God, why did I ever agree to this? I hate blading!' Ami's mind was screaming. 'Every time I blade I
seem to fall into another world where all I can see and hear is the battle and nothing else. It's scary; I
don' want to feel that sensation.' (A.N. She's talking about the same thing Kai went through)

It was too late for her to back down. Kenny had already started the countdown.
"3…2…1…Let it rip!"

~ Hotel room ~

Dryx took control, secretly celebrating the control it had yearned and fought for. It was definitely an
excellent body to take over.

"Well?" Tori raised an eyebrow.

Kai/Dryx sent a punch flying straight at Tori's face. Tori wasn't expecting it but he managed to block
the blow just in time.

"What the fuck was that for Kai?" Tori yelled. "If you wanted me to leave that badly you could have
just said so."

Kai/Dryx let out a small growl. His eyes snapped open to reveal golden eyes instead of crimson ones.

Tori let out another stream of shocked curses. This wasn't the little brother he used to know, was it?

"No, it's Kai, but the other thing isn't,' Tori's mind said.

Another punch was thrown at Tori with all the strength Dryx was saving. This time Tori didn't deflect
it, the punch landed squarely on his face, sending Tori flying back.

"I don't know what's going on," Tori said as he got up, wiping a little blood from his mouth. "But
whatever the hell you are get out of my brother's body!"

"Why? He let me in willingly," the thing replied through Kai's mouth.

Tori didn't want to hurt Kai but he had to defend himself against whatever the thing was.

Kai/Dryx attacked again, this time faster and more aggressively. Tori staggered back as each one hit
him around the chest area. He couldn't fight very well while he was still injured but he could still block
fairly successfully.

'Crap, I'm not on top fighting form, I'm gonna get slaughtered unless Kai snaps out of it soon!'

~ The training area ~

The two dishes clashed in the middle. Ami was struggling to stop herself from running away, she
didn't want to make a fool of herself in front of Ray but battling was something that scared her.

"Drigger, we've got her now!" Ray yelled for an attack.

"Ara! Burrow!" Ami yelled instinctively.

'No, don't burrow, you're leaving your blade vulnerable to attacks!'

"Stop!" Ami cancelled the move as Drigger's claws came slashing down on her blade. It wobbled
dangerously but still kept spinning.

"Just one more time!" Ray urged his beast to attack again.

"Boulder ball!" Ami yelled. Her snake beast emerged from the blade and curled into a ball.

He two beasts clashed again as claw struck the rocky hide of her beast's attack.

Smoke erupted from the dish but when it cleared only one blade was spinning: Ray's blade.

~ The hotel room ~

Tori blocked another kick for the hundredth time. He knew he couldn't keep doing this, he was hurt all
over and slowly loosing energy while the thing was relentless in its attacks.

"Crap, this is gonna sound sappy but you gotta fight it, Kai!" Tori yelled.

Kai/Dryx only offered Tori a smirk for his efforts.

"Hey, what's with all the noise?"

Tori dared to glance around at the intruder. Mistake. Kai/Dryx took the opportunity to kick him in the
stomach.

"What's going on?" Minako gasped. She had heard the noise coming from Kai's room but she had
never imagined it to be Kai. Then she noticed the golden eyes instead of his normal blood red ones.

"That's not Kai," Tori explained as he struggled to his feet.

"I see," Minako said, unusually stern and determined. "Tori, you shouldn't be fighting, you just got out
of hospital, let me!"

"Minako! Don't be a fool, get Sam or something!" Tori yelled.

Minako was about to reply when she felt something hard connect with her gut.

'Crap that hurt!' Her mind moaned as she keeled over.

Kai/Dryx approached to attack her again; pure malice glinted in those golden eyes.

"KAI!" Minako screamed.

"Huh?" Kai's eyes widened, they turned back to garnet red. Exhaustion and pain finally crept back in
and he passed out.

~ The training area ~

Ami bent down and scooped up her blade.

"It's okay, you did your best," Ami reassured her beast.

"Hey, great battle," Ray smiled and offered her a hand. "You were close too."

Ami accepted the hand nervously.

"You have a great technique, Ami!" Kenny complimented her.

"It was nothing, I still lost," Ami blushed, she wasn't used to such compliments when she had clearly
failed.

Above the happy scene, unbeknownst to the three teens a pair of watchful eyes looked down on them.

"Yes, we've found Tarae, it's occupied in purple blade belonging to one Ami Kagami," the pair of eyes
rasped down a walkie-talkie.

"We'll proceed in taking it tomorrow."

~ The hotel room ~

"Shall we tell his team-mates about this?" Minako asked quietly, not taking her eyes off the figure that
now lay in bed. She marvelled at the serene aura around him when he was sleeping. How could anyone
look so calm when they had a monster living inside them?

"There's no need," Tori decided. "They don't have to now yet and I don't imagine Kai would want
them to know."

"What was that thing? It had golden eyes, it was creepy," Minako shuddered.

"I don't know but I'll find out tomorrow, I imagine this is another one of Biovolt's crazy experiments."

"Biovolt?"

Tori explained to the red haired girl about Biovolt and their intention to take over the world.

"That's stupid, how can anyone take over the world?" Minako smirked at the absurdity.

"Well Biovolt is stupid…Minako," Tori changed the subject. "Did you notice how he changed back
when you called his name?"

Minako stifled a laugh. "What are you suggesting? I think Kai hates me more than Tyson," she frowned
at her last comment.

"We better go now, don't worry about Kai, he'll be fine."

Minako took the advice of her leader and they left together.

"Night Tori," Minako smiled. "You'll be okay, right? He didn't hurt you too badly."

"Whatever," Tori smirked.

Once inside Tori made a beeline straight for the bathroom. Underneath the sink was a small cabinet
that held the medical supplies. He was mostly covered in bruises but there were some parts that would
need bandaging.

Tori returned to the main room, Sam wasn't there yet so he slipped off his shirt and began bandaging
his waist. (A.N. So a boy and a girl sharing a room may sound sick but they're not sharing a bed or
anything so that should be okay with most people.)

"Tori, there you are I –" Sam stopped dead in her tracks. She stared at Tori in shock. He had his shirt
off but that wasn't why she was shocked, she had seen him shirtless before. (A.N. That sounded
perverted but it's not what it sounds like. Who hasn't seen a boy shirtless?)

What caused her so much shock were the four blue triangles on his stomach.

"Ah…" Tori began. It looked like he had some explaining to do.

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Mizu_Tenshi: I really need more reviews. Oh and please check out my 'Somewhere I belong' story as
well.

kimpster - I think so too! Cute!

Fireglow - Yeah it would have been OOC so I decided not to do the kiss. I tore me apart!

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starwolf - Well loads of Tori today. Poor Kai, maybe I shouldn't have tortured him so much.