"So, remind me why we're here?" said Ian.

"We're here because we have a title of World Champions to uphold and respect, and it just so happens that we had to come here for the official "afters" of the World Championships," replied their Captain.

Ian rolled his eyes. "We have to socialize more?"

Kai shrugged, the only reason they were here was because it was compulsory for the world champions to attend this ball, party, thing.

Yuri chuckled quietly, while Alex and Spencer just shook their heads. Ian could be so daft sometimes.

"Where are the girls?" asked Yuri.

"How would we know?" replied Ian.

Yuri shrugged.

"They're probably off making a big scene or they went shopping," said Alex.

"You guys think so badly of us," said Milla.

"Not true," said Emma as she walked toward their captain and kissing him deeply.

Kai gladly accepted the open affection of his girlfriend. In fact he loved it when the others would just gag and leave, it showed that he had some kind of power over them, other than him being their Captain. And it showed that he had control over his phoenix.

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Milla rolled her eyes as the two started to make out hardcore in front of everyone.

"I'm off now," she mumbled quietly as she turned to walk off somewhere.

It had taken a while for the initial shock of Tala being a perverted psycho assassin to wear off, and even now and then she still missed his lingering touch on her lips. But she knew it was never real to him, she knew that everything they had been was a lie. Her brother, she had eventually found in a cemetery just outside of Moscow, and since she had found him, she had went everyday and put a bunch of lavender on the gravestone and sit for about an hour and talk to her brother. She would never forget her brother, and she would never forget the bond they had held even if they had hardly ever saw one another.

She sighed as she walked into a narrow alley in the Italian city. Life had gotten better though. Emma and Kai had finally fully accepted their feelings for one another, and Kai had become their Captain. Then there was the surprise of Alex and Yuri joining the team. They had all gone over to China after that, celebrating the fact that Rei had decided to do commitment. They had then all gone to Japan to Tyson and Hillary's wedding, and then to Kenny and Emily's wedding in America. They had then gotten a phone call to say that Max and Miriam had gotten married, hell everyone it seemed was getting married. They had won the world championships two years in a row, and were now in Rome for the closing ceremony of the Beyblading World Championships. The funny thing was, Kai might actually be proposing to Emma on the night of the closing ceremony.

Robert, Enrique, Oliver, and even Johnny, had become very close friends, often joining them in travel and tagging along to all the tournaments they entered. Ian and Spencer had become more open with them, and it seemed they considered it their fault for the death of Tala and Bryan. Ian and Spencer had become her only link to the world. Emma had grown further away, spending most of her time with Kai, and on beyblading.

Milla walked up to a small park on the side of hill so she could look over the city as the sun began to sink behind the world.

She knew this would probably be their last year together as a team, though she didn't regret joining them, and the best years of her life had been with the team. If Kai went through with the proposal, Emma and Kai would leave the team to finally settle and travel only once in a while. They would either live in Japan or Russia, maybe even here, she didn't know. Ian would eventually go off to his girlfriend, which he thought no one knew about, and Spencer would end up doing some king of Russian Literature course for university students, even if he was probably younger than them.

Alex and Yuri would go back to their palace in Moscow, and she would be left to wonder around the world for the rest of her life, or until she found someone, or until she felt like settling down. That reminded her, Alex was beginning to look really hot, it was a couple of weeks back when she had begun to blush in his presence, or when he smiled and winked at her.

She smiled and shook her head, trying to clear her head of the thoughts of Alex.

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The lights of the city sparkled as Alex walked up the hill to the little park that looked over the city.

It had been four years since the incident with the so-called Tala and Bryan, and he had had a difficult time of keeping Milla on her feet, as she had refused to talk to anyone for a few weeks. Sure she had been fine when the guys had been taken away, but when she woke up the next morning the shock of it all had come back and hit her hard.

He smiled lightly as he saw the figure of Milla sitting on the edge of the park looking over the city.

"Fancy meeting you here," said Alex taking a seat on the soft grass beside her.

Milla looked at Alex as he sat down next to her. "Hey."

"What are you thinking about?"

"That this will probably be the last year we're together as a team," replied Milla.

Alex grinned. "I don't think we'll ever stop being a team, even if we're far away from each other."

Milla shrugged.

"Something's bothering you," said Alex as he looked at Milla's face frown. It had been a long time since he had seen a smile upon her face.

"Nothing," replied Milla.

"Lie. You've been more distant than usual lately."

"Listen, I don't want to talk about it," she sighed.

Alex shrugged. "You sure?"

Milla bowed her head. "It's a stupid thing I just thought about."

"And?"

"And I was just thinking that I have nowhere to go, no one to see, when we split after this."

"You're always welcome to stay with Yuri and I," Alex said quickly.

"I know, but..."

"You'll never be a burden, to me anyway," Alex interrupted.

Milla blushed a light shade of pink as she heard his last words.

"Yeah, ummm, thanks," she replied, smiling.

"I made you smile! One point for me!" he grinned.

Milla grinned and punched him playfully on the arm.

Alex grinned and shoved Milla, making her topple over and land on her side.

Milla retaliated and shoved him, causing him to lose his balance and topple over the other way. He grabbed as he fell, causing them both to roll down the small slope along the side of the hill.

Milla squealed as they rolled and started laughing as they stopped. Alex was grinning as he landed on top of Milla, looking down into her bright eyes that were now sparkling with happiness, like they had when they first met.

Screw it, this is going to be the only chance I'll get for a long time, thought Alex as he closed the gap between them.

He kissed her on the lips gently at first, but was soon pulled into a deeper kiss by Milla who was gladly sharing the kiss with him.

He rolled over and wrapped his arms around her waist. He was now on his back, Milla lying on top of him as she ran her fingers through his silky hair.

~~~~*~~~~

Ian growled loudly. "Where the hell can she be?"

Emma shrugged. She didn't have a clue where Milla was, or where she would be for that matter. Her thoughts were interrupted when she felt Kai's arms wrap around her.

Spencer rolled his eyes. "She's probably out by herself, she'll be fine, it's not as if she hasn't done something like this before."

"I agree with Spencer, and besides maybe Alex found her while he went for a walk," said Yuri.

Kai shrugged. "Let's just get to dinner shall we?"

The group nodded and headed toward the restaurant.

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Alex smiled and took a deep breath after breaking their kiss.

"Ok then," Alex said.

Milla smiled and buried her face in his shoulder to hide the blush on her cheeks.

"That gets rid of your problems," he smiled.

Milla smiled, hugging Alex as they lay and looked at the stars and the city for the whole night.

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sorry this took so long to update..................... but I have been quite busy with English tests and short stories and blah blah blah........ I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter......... next chapter is the last chapter............... and I'm not sure whether or not I'll put up a sequel............ though I will be writing either a short story or a long one with Emma/Yuri, Milla/Tala, and a few others............ anyway please review

The-Dark-Fire-Elf (authoress and editoress)