CS: With love, from Timmy.
CT: It's Timberwolf
CS: Whatever.
dippas-addict: ME: I love LoTR!!!!!!!!!! It's my favorite book!! CS: Her whole family's addicted to that trilogy… ME: That's true. Anyways, enjoy the chappie, and the poems in LoTR are infinity times better than mine…
SilveryKitsune: ME: I read Dancing Angel!!! Kawaii story… CS: MaRa moments will come up later, but there's a little TyKa as well!!! Kai: YAY!!!!!!! ME: ~_~ He's enjoying this way too much.
I luv Yugi and Daisuke so :p: ME: Cool!! Now I have Sapphire and Ruby!! Arigatou!!! CS: Can I play? Please? ME: Sorry CS, but it's for authoresses only!! Heh hehe heh!! *starts playing* CS: *sweatdrops* I see…
Skittles the Sugar Fairy: ME: Read your fic, by the way… will you be updating it soon? CS: Her first Tyson/Saguinex ficcie… ME: I should really start working on that TyTa…
CS: OH, NO YOU DON'T!!! ME: *sweatdrops* But my muse is in denial.
Kai the Ruthless Blader: ME: I'll keep it up as long as Kai doesn't kill me for writing this… CS: He hasn't killed her yet, 'cause she's adding bits of TyKa in the story….
Rumi-Chan: ME: *sweatdrops as Kai finishes off the strawberry ice-cream* He really likes that…
ME: I've returned to the land of the living!!!
CS: You were dead? 0.0
ME: *sweatdrops* Not exactly.
CS: Then what?
ME: My exams are over.
CS: Oh.
DISCLAIMER: Why can't I own Beyblade?
CS: Because. ME: Because? CS: Can you imagine the state it would be in if you did?
ME: Point taken. I don't own Beyblade, but if anyone does, can they lend it to me for a while? *puts on puppy dog eyes* Pwease?
Chapter Five
What took place
Ray couldn't see anything. The whole world around him seemed blissfully blank.
Empty.
"Kenny, what happened? One minute he was talking to me, the next minute, he was on the ground!!"
"I really don't know Tyson."
Tyson?
Tyson!!! Is he…
"He doesn't have a fever. His pulse is fine. It's like his body decided to shut down."
Max?
Max, what's happening?
I need help Max.
"Maybe Dizzi can tell us what to do?"
"Good idea Chief."
Ray felt someone grasp his hand tightly. Lovingly.
"It'll be alright Ray. I promise." The hand gripped his hand unyielding.
Was that Max or Tyson?
"Dizzi, what have you found?"
"Seems like Ray has gotten some new powers."
"POWERS!!!!"
"No need to yell Chief!!"
"Sorry."
"Anyways, it's a phase all Bladers with Bit-beasts go through. Ray will suffer stiffness, inability to move, etc. When his powers have entered and settled in his body, he'll recover."
If Ray could move, he would sigh in relief. It's only temporary. Thank you God.
A pause.
"Someone has to take care of him."
"I—,"
"I will."
"Max, are you sure?"
Max? Max wants to take care of him? Why?
Ray struggled to open his eyes. He wanted to see them. He wanted to see Max.
Why? Do you like him?
If Ray had control of his body, he would have blushed.
"I'm positive Tyson."
There was a comfortable silence in the room. Even Dizzy was unusually quiet.
"All right Max," Tyson said, his tone heavily reluctant. Why was he so uneasy? Ray wondered. Was there some reason why Tyson wouldn't want Max to take care of him?
And if there was, what could it be?
Ray dearly wanted to say something, but the functions of his body have completely escaped him. He's never felt so helpless before. Unable to save Drigger, unable to convince Kai from leaving the Bladebreakers, unable to protect Tyson from heartbreak…
He was so…useless!
"Ray? Can you hear me?" It was Max.
"Ray, I'm going to take you home, ok?" The hand gripping his own became tighter, "And don't worry, you'll get better in no time."
Ray said nothing. He sank back into the darkness. Max will take care of him.
Everything's going to be all right.
Tyson did the favor of dropping unconscious Ray at Max's house and deposited him there.
"Max, if there's any trouble, call ok?" Tyson said, his stormy grey eyes boring into Max's sky blue.
Max stood his ground at Tyson's intense gaze and said stoutly, "I can manage. See you Tyson."
With that he went inside.
SLAM!!
Tyson winced at the sound and sighed, his forehead creased in worry. Without a word, he slid back into his car.
Max…what next?
Contrary to people's observations, Tyson wasn't stupid. He acted the way he did to lighten people up. He hated it when people took things to the extreme. When Kai came along, Tyson realized that Kai was willing to take impossible risks. Tyson showed him that you can still be a hero, but you need to lower the pressure.
And he saw the signs in Max.
That poem Kenny got from Max opened up Tyson's eyes. And Ray's 'accident' had revealed Max's heart to Tyson. And he didn't like it.
Max Tate was in love with Ray Kon.
The way Max held Ray's hand, the constant demanding for Ray to be in his house, the strange foreign icy tone he's been using around Tyson…
It all adds up.
And Tyson wasn't sure if it was a good thing or a bad thing.
Max carefully placed Ray on the bed. The neko-jin look completely at peace and Max found him extremely beautiful. Max murmured something under his breath as he gently fingered Ray's long raven black locks.
"Poor Ray…" Max said.
There was no noise in the room except for the steady breathing coming from Ray and the drumming of Max's heart. He sighed. Tyson had every right to be worried. How was he supposed to act normal and Max-like if Ray's living with him?
How do you act around the one you love?
Max sighed. He needs to get some air.
He quietly left the room. Ray should be all right for a few minutes.
He went out in the garden. The sky was a mirror of Max's eyes and the temperature was just right.
Max sighed and sat down, feeling the grass under his feet. Just great…
//I'm sure you'll manage Master//
/Oh hey Draciel. Sorry I was caught up in my thoughts/
//Yes, I can see that//
/Do you think I have any chance Draceil? With Ray, I mean/
//…I really don't know. When it comes to love, and I'm sorry to say this, but Drigger is the person, sorry Bit-beast you need to talk to//
/Why Drigger?/
//Do you have any idea how much a player he is? I caught him flirting with Galux the same day he had a date with Trygator!//
/So that's why you were so angry at him…/
//Well, who wouldn't be? Dranzer caught him making out with Iris once and nearly roasted the fur off his body!!//
Max laughed. No matter how different Bit-beasts are from humans, when it came to love they were all in the same boat. Draceil smiled. For the past couple of weeks, her Master's behaviour has unnerved her to no end. She resorted to ask the other Bit-beasts whether they knew what was going on, she had a feeling they were as clueless as she was. Guess Max has to pull through this faze on his own.
Max got up and went back into his room. Ray was still sleeping and not showing any signs of getting up any time soon.
"Ray…"
There was no answer, but the sound of silence.
Tyson headed back home, weary to the bone. He had just visited Kenny and updated him on the Max Predicament. Turns out Kenny shared the same views about the Max/Ray relationship especially as far as they know, Ray hasn't any romantic interest since Mariah and Tyson concluded that Mariah couldn't be even considered as 'competition' and that Mariah's true love was and always be the colour of cotton candy. Kenny had sweatdropped at this, but had agreed as well.
Tyson collapsed onto the couch. All this thinking was making his head hurt.
He glanced at the mantelpiece. It was covered with pictures. Pictures of his grandfather, the Bladebreakers, Kai…
Why did you leave Kai?
This question has been haunting his dreams ever since Kai left.
Kai made it quite clear he loved Tyson.
So why did he do it?
"Kai…where are you going?" Tyson asked.
"Hn. For a walk."
"In winter?!"
"…"
"Come on Kai, you've been ignoring me ever since you came back…" Tyson's voice trailed off.
"So what if I have?" Kai said, sounding harsh and unrepentive.
"Kai, I don't understand. Why do you hate me so much? What have I done?" Tyson turned away so that Kai wouldn't see the tears. His tears.
"You brought me back. You…shouldn't have done that." Kai's voice was distant as if lost in the winter.
"For Pete's sake Kai, I thought you were going to DIE. Do you really think I would stand there and let you slip away? Well, FORGET IT! I care for you Kai and I won't let that happen. EVER." Tyson yelled, balling his hands into fists, his smoky eyes flashing with anger.
"You…care for me?"
"Hadn't I made that clear?" Tyson retorted back, not wanting Kai to see his pain.
Tyson was cut off as a pair of warm lips kissed him. He deepened the kiss, sinking into the bliss.
And the snow fell down to Earth.
Tyson wiped a tear from his eye. He can't go on like this. The mere memories of Kai are tearing him apart.
It's time to let go.
ME: So Ray is staying over at Max's house *rubs hands evilly* Oh, the potential incidents for humour and embarrassment!!
Max/Ray: *sweatdrops*
CS: I never knew Drigger was a player…
ME: Like Master, like Bit-beast.
Ray: And what does THAT mean?
ME: Don't play innocent with me Mister!! *jabs finger at Ray's chest* I know what you did to Max on Friday the Thirteenth. I've got tapes to prove it!!
Courtesy of Rumi-Chan!! ^_^
CS: What's on the tapes?
ME: *smiles evilly* Want to take a look?
CS: 0.0 On second thought…
Ray: Max, I think we better leave now.
Max: Coming!
ME: So much for that. And from now on, I'm locking up the closet.
ME: Reviewers receive—
CS: Kai plushies!!!
ME: Complete with Kainese vocabulary. Let's see.
Kai: Hn.
ME: It's works!! ^_^
CS: Review!! *hugs her plushies*