Don't Judge A Book By It's Cover


Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade, and never did!!


Ah, yes, YAOI warning!! Kai/Tyson and some Ray/Max...


LAST CHAPTER!!! The ending's so... ah, can't give anything away. Read and find out for yourself.


~~Chapter 4: Friends Till The End~~


Ray, Max, and Kenny turned warily.


"I know where Kai is."


Max's determined look changed abruptly into a grin. "Tyson!"


Ray asked, "You know where Kai is?"


Kenny said, "Where?"


"Um... hold on..." The three boys sighed and scratched their heads. Tyson went on, "No, I know where he is... I just can't... explain... it... Hey, Chief, can you plug Dizzi into this thing?"


Tyson held a small device, about the size of a handheld computer, in his hand. Kenny quickly recognised it as a GPS device. "Yeah, bring it over here, Tyson!"


Tyson did as he was told as Kenny fished a short wire out of his pockets. He plugged one end into the yellow GPS device, which showed Kai as a flashing blue dot on the small screen, the other into a port on one side of his laptop. He "hyper-typed" for a few moments, then turned to Ray, Max, and Tyson.


He stated, "He's not really that far... and he's not going that fast... if we head after him right now, we should catch up to him in a few hours... but... he's in a forest... the GPS can't find him when we're in the forest because of the trees, so we'll have to look with our eyes."


"Way to go, Chief!" Tyson congratulated.


"Well, I really didn't do anything... It was really just you, Tyson... Where did you get this, anyway?"


"I called Mr. Dickinson, and he said he was in town, so he got me to this BBA place, and they found him with the satellite, and gave me that thing."


"Well, that's Mr. Dickinson for you," Ray said.


Max agreed, "It sure is! Now, let's go find Kai!"


The three boys nodded in agreement. Kenny led the way, typing stuff on his laptop. After 2 hours, they reached the forest.


Kenny warned, "We'll have to just look with our eyes and listen for sounds now. And watch out for coyotes. We're not far enough out for wolves, but we're definitely far enough for coyotes."


The three boys nodded understandingly.


~~Kai's POV~~


Huh. Coyotes. Oh, save me, there's a coyote! Really... I don't know how they found me out here, or if they just happened to decide to look here for me, but I wasn't gonna make it easy for them... or was I? I dug around in my pocket, finding a pen and piece of paper. I had saved it for this sort of thing. It didn't matter what they told me, even if Tyson said he hated me, or loved me. I had made my decision. I wrote as neatly as I could manage. Hmm... the way they were moving, I probably could have heard them a mile away.


Obviously, they had never learned to quietly walk like I had... except Ray... I could easily tell he had picked it up somewhere, maybe back home... Let's see now... the way they stopped to look behind every tree, they wouldn't get to the centre of the forest for at least another hour. I moved to the centre of the forest in about 10 minutes, silently. I smirked when I found exactly the sort of thing I'd been looking for. A tree trunk standing out in an opening. I placed the piece of paper on the trunk, making sure it stood out, and was impossible to miss. Now I just had to wait...


~~End POV~~


The four boys split up, searching far and wide for about an hour and a half. Finally, exhausted but determined, they met in the centre of the forest. Tyson was about to take a seat on the tree trunk in the opening, but suddenly stopped himself.


"Hey," he said, "what's this?" He held up a piece of paper.


Ray asked, "What is it, Tyson?"


Max added, "Yeah, what is it?"


"Uh, let's see here..." He said, "It's a poem, I think. And it's in Kai's writing."


"Well, don't leave us hanging!"


"Read it!"


"We don't have all day, Tyson!"


"Alright, alright! Hold your horses!"


Tyson read:


"He thought

no one could fill

the void

open the door

He was

alone in the world

no one cared

for him

He blocked out every

emotion he had

and now

they come rushing back

hate

happiness

anger

sorrow

all of them

including

love

but it's not

what he

expected

it's not

what he wanted

but he

can't fight the feelings

can't

fight his heart

he hates the one he loves

he loves

the one he hates

Now he has to play

a dangerous game

his heart

is on the line

Will he ever be able to love again?" Tyson finished.


"Will he ever be able to love again?" A soft voice repeated behind them.


The four boys whirled around. Their old team captain stood there, but there was a fire they could see lit in his eyes, one they had never seen before. His old team-mates quickly bombarded him with words.


"Kai, you gotta come back!"


"The Bladebreakers aren't the same without you!"


"Please come back!"


Finally, there was Tyson. He stepped in front of Kai, staring into his strangely soft eyes. "I-I'm sorry..."


"No, Tyson."


Tyson's eyes widened. "N-No?"


"It was wrong for me to blow up at one little comment. And I think it might have been the fact that you were right..."


There was a moment when everything seemed to freeze. Everything stopped: breathing, the wind, the animals around the boys. Then the moment passed, and Tyson and Kai met half-way in a loving kiss.


When they broke apart, Kai announced, "I'm sorry, guys... but I gotta go my own way now, find my own path... It's not about you guys, it's about me. And Tyson... I don't know if I'm ready for this. I love you... I really do. But my head and my heart say two different things. It's time for me to... have some time alone again... I know you don't understand. I don't expect you to. I'll never forget you guys."


Ray nodded understandingly. "I understand, Kai." He shook Kai's hand.


"We'll miss you, Kai," Max stated, as he also shook his hand.


Kenny shook Kai's hand slightly. "Hey, I'm sure you'll come back one day."


Tyson brushed away a few tears. He shook Kai's hand energetically with a grin. "Hey, put 'er there, bud. We'll miss ya."


Kai paused. Then he told them sincerely, "I know I never told you guys, but, you're the best team in the world... and the best friends. You keep up the training, alright?"


Ray nodded. Kai turned and a few steps slowly, quickening into a walk. And as Kai Hiwatari walked away, he knew in his heart, he would never stop loving Tyson Kinoyama...


~~THE END~~

That last line is credited to the makers of "That 70's Show," although I changed it a little. Any fans here? Remember the episode where Donna wrote that story in the newspaper? That was almost the same line that she ended her story with. WAHHHHH!!!!! Sorry for everyone who wanted it to end Tyson/Kai. And I didn't continue that Ray/Max thing, huh?? Oh, well... shortest chapter story I ever wrote... and the one that made the most sense, too... And I did write that poem there. It was one of my worst poems, if you ask me... Check some of my other poems out at www.fictionpress.com under the name "It's Not Easy To Be Me" if you want. This is DME, signing off! Got other stories to work on!