How Does He Live Like That? 18

Disclaimer- And now folks, for your viewing pleasure, I now present you the classic disclaimer: I DON'T OWN.um (what is this show called again? Oh yeah,) Beyblade!

Wow! It looks like there are a lot of unhappy people out here, which can only mean one thing.THE EIGHTEENTH CHAPTER OF HOW CAN HE LIVE LIKE THAT? IS UP! *audience boos* Gee, thanks for all the dissupport! ^_^

NOTE: I guess my heart wasn't really in it when I wrote this. Sorry if it sucks. (Like the rest of my stories.)

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"I'm really sorry, Kai. I didn't mean to upset you. We just wanted to experience what it was like. It was only meant to be a couple of hours but we had a few problems." Explained Dranzer, regretfully. Kai listened to his former bit-beast quietly.

"What happened, Dranzer?" asked Ray curiously.

"Well, I'm not too sure. We had to mix certain ingredients in this cauldron thing, but then something went wrong. I think that SOMEONE," Dranzer whirled around to glare at Dragoon who was leaning innocently against the wall, "mixed in the wrong ingredient." Dragoon stayed silent for a moment as if he were letting Dranzer's words sink in. Then he suddenly exploded with rage.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? IT'S 'YOUR' FAULT THAT I MISSED THAT ARITHMETIC CLASS TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO!" yelled Dragoon.

"You're still going on about that?" asked Draciel incredulously.

"Well, anyway, because there are different ingredients in the potion, it's only natural that it's a different potion. So naturally, the potion would have different effects." Explained Galleon, trying to ignore the raging staring contest going on behind him.

"So that probably why you and Tyson ended up switching bodies." Concluded Galmon.

"So all you have to do is to take the ingredients out of the cauldron so that, should be easy." Said Ray thoughtfully. Drigger nodded.

"Yes, it SHOULD be easy." He replied.

"Except we can't FIND the cauldron anyway!" added Galux.

(A/N Oooh! After you're done reading this chapter, you might want to go back and look for clues in the previous chapters.)

~Somewhere Else~

A large dark figure slowly walked up to a tall door.

"Hehehe. They're gonna get it." The figure smiled gleefully. He placed a large hand on the handprint engraved in the door. "It serves them right." He muttered as he step back and let the large door slide open to reveal more bookcases than there were fish in the sea. He walked calmly into the doorway and prodded a small book on a shelf, which was glowing eerily. A large grin lit up his face as the floor opened up in front of him.

~Meanwhile~

"DON'T WORRY, KENNY! I'LL SAVE YOU!" yelled Max, running around the house. Then he paused. "As soon as I can find you." He added thoughtfully afterwards and continued racing around again. Tyson stared after him in confusion. Then he chased after him.

"BUT MAX! WHAT IF HE'S NOT KIDNAPPED?" he yelled after him as a feeble attempt to stop him.

"Then we'll have to think off another way then!" came the reply. Tyson sighed to himself.

'Now that I think about it,' he thought suddenly, 'I think I'm starting to understand Kai a lot better now that we've switched bodies.' Then he smiled a bit. "Who would have guessed?" he asked himself, smiling. Suddenly, a loud yell brought him back to reality.

"TYSON! YOU'VE GOT TO COME SEE THIS!" came Max's screech from somewhere on the other side of the house.

"Whoa? Oh! COMING MAX! How did he get so far ahead, anyway? Oh well." He stopped daydreaming and took off towards the shout.

He quickly came to a stop behind Max, a few minutes later. "What's the matter?" he asked him. Max pointed at the wall in front of him.

"Look!" he instructed. Tyson stared hard at the wall. There didn't seem to be anything special about it.

"What's so special about that? It's just a wall." He said, slightly confused.

"Watch this!" exclaimed Max. He placed his hand gently on the wall and slowly advanced his hand forward. Then, he unexpectedly shot his hand forward, right through the wall.

"What the?" asked Tyson, taken aback. Max drew his hand back.

"Cool, isn't it?" he asked in a happy tone. Then his tone grew serious. "I'll bet you anything that Kenny is probably in there!" Tyson looked slightly annoyed. (Kinda like this: -_-;;)

"So, how would you know?" he asked. (A/N Good question! How DOES he know? Gotta figure that out!) Max shrugged.

"Instinct?" Tyson face faulted. "Actually, the kidnapper guys usually hid them in places like this! So lets go!" responded Max as he started toward the wall.

"Um, exactly what movies did you have in mind?"

"Goosebumps!"

"Oh. What?!"

~Ten Minutes Later~

"I'll bet he's right around that corner!" exclaimed Max. Tyson groaned.

"Great. Wasn't that the fiftieth time you've said that?" he asked helplessly.

"No. It was only the forty-ninth!" exclaimed Max happily.

"Groovy." Came the reply. Then the duo (A/N DUO MAXWELL!!!) rounded the corner and Tyson moaned when he saw another dead end. Max on the hand kept as cheerful and optimistic as always.

"Oh well, no harm done! I'll bet that he's right around the next corner!" he smiled.

"Splendid. Fiftieth time Max. Good job, you're on a roll." Replied Tyson emotionlessly.

'Kai was right; too much cheerfulness is a bad thing. Max looks happy even if he's sad.'

~A few Minutes Later~

"...I...thought...that...you...said...that...he'll...be...around...the...nex t...corner..." Tyson managed to gasp out before crashing to the ground.

"...I'm...pretty...sure...he'll...be...right...around...the...next...one..." puffed Max. Even the vast amounts of 'optimisticness' and cheerfulness were starting to fail him.

"...He'd...better...be..." came the tired reply. Using all of his will power, Tyson stepped around the corner and crashed head first into a short kid with bizarre glasses.

"Kai----I mean Tyson! Max! You're here!" exclaimed the short kid with bizarre glasses happily.

"...K-Kenny...it's...you..." Tyson gasped out. Max managed a weak smile.

"...Hi...Chief..." he said weakly. "...I...told...you...I'd...save...y-- ..."

"What do you mean?" asked Kenny innocently. Tyson and Max groaned and fainted in response.

"What do you think got into him?" he asked no one in particular.

~A few Minutes late~

"Hey Tyson! Wake up! Wake up! Come on!" shouted Kenny.

"Wha?" muttered Tyson. His eyelids started to flutter and Kenny and Max's faces slowly swam into view. "Kenny!" he exclaimed.

"Hi Tyson!" shouted Max.

"Um, yeah hi." He muttered. Max looked at him extremely concerned.

"What's the matter? Why are you acting so much like Kai?" he asked, looking crest fallen.

"Don't worry, Max. It's just a temporary thing." He reassured. Max brightened up

"That's great! I just hope that you won't be like this when you switch back!" he shouted.

"Yeah great, Max. JUST STOP YELLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he yelled.

"I'M NOT YELLING! AM I, TYSON? DO YOU THINK I'M YELLING?!" shrieked Max.

"Max BE quiet! Something might hear us." Whispered Kenny, frantically.

"WHY ARE YOU WHISPERING?" hollered Max.

"Because I don't want anything to hear us." Hissed the Chief.

"WHY DON'T YOU WANT ANYTHING TO HEAR US?" 'asked' Max.

"Max, just pip down." Grunted Tyson. Max immediately stopped screaming.

"Oh. Sorry Tyson. But why can't we scream? Do you actually think that there are people living around here?" he whispered.

"I don't really-----hey! Hold on, isn't that light up ahead?" asked Tyson pointing up ahead of them.

"We won't know unless we find out!" exclaimed Max and dashed ahead.

"Max! Wait! It could be dangerous!" called Kenny. Tyson ran right pass him.

"Oh, just stop worrying for once, Chief. What can go wrong?" he called behind him. Kenny sighed.

"Oh, alright. I suppose it couldn't hurt." He murmured and took off after his friends.

"Glad you coming with us!" yelled Max when Kenny caught up with them.

"Yeah, me too." Answered Kenny. (A/N Probably because he was too scared to stay behind by himself.) The trio ran forward at full speed and soon a door came into view.

"Hey look! Someone's opening the door!" yelled Max. (A/N He sure does that a lot.) Light streamed into the hallway as the door gradually opened. Max, Tyson and the Chief all stopped in their tracks and watched the door with full anticipation. Then, two people slowly stepped through the doorway.

"Kai? Ray? Is that you?"

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So that's that. Well, I did it. I updated despite my HUGE writer's block. I guess I wrote this rather mechanically. I would go back and update but I'm too tired. I'm really sorry if I'm making everything go so slow. My friend, DM was just telling me to end this story already. I guess she's tired of reading this. Actually, I'm tired of writing this. I guess it'll end in about two more chapters. Well, I've talked long enough, bye!

A very sleepy me, signing out! -_- Zzzzzzzzzzzz.

Wait, there's just one more thing:

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Okay, I'm done. R+R