Kougra: [Unconchess.]@.@

Shadow: Hn. Now tell me I can't help.

Tala: you can't help.

Shadow: Please. Tala, I don't need you to contradict my behaviour. 'Sides, Angel got dibs on this chapter anyway.

Tala: Oh- no. Uh.....They...uh[runs away from Shadow]...don't own it.

Angel: The whole chapter is done in Tyson's PoV.

Life's Little Miracles: Part Two

I woke with the sun shining brightly in my eyes only to find that Kai had to drive Ray to Fargate Hospital in the middle of the night. The contractions had started at about two Max had told me as we went down to breakfast. The morning was a warm one for the 8th of April and I had no doubt that that would be the day I would get to look into those moonlighted eyes that belonged to Brian. I had always said that his eyes were magcial and that they held a sort of longing that no one at Boris' Abbey could acknowledge or even give to the man who had found his way into my every dream. My friends, which now included Ian, and Spencer, were also sitting st the table laughing and joking with one another while Tala helped a now very pregnant Kenny with breakfast.
They had been worried about me after what happened with Arilana, who turned out to be Boris' niece. It was after I heard what happened to my lavender- haired knight in shining armour that they really started to worry. I had stopped going down to eat or even chat with my usually abnoxious ways of annoying everybody to the point they wanted to kill me. I admit it was my crazy way of getting attention. I even worried Hilliary to the point that she stopped coming to visit with us; though we were not that close she felt it was right to fuss over me when all I did was sleep all day without eating anything. I cried when I first saw him laying in bed, hooked up to all those machines; unable to hear me though Kenny argued he could. I stayed by his side nearly every day, from dawn to dusk until Kai came to drag me off to the house.
When Voltair found out about Brian he was quick to send a $100,000 cheque to the hospital for any treatment Brian would have to undergo. He also sent Kai a letter stating that he was so proud of his grandson that he was GIVING him half of Boivolt. This surprised all of us, but Kai quickly called his grandfather and told him to keep the land and just send what it was worth. Basically, Kai sold it back to him for $500,000. We used some of the money to add two nursery's to the house and bought some baby clothes and toys. Tala and Kenny had already settled on naming their little one Tyson Kai Oliver Ivanov, Aka. Tyko, while Kai and Ray still fought over what their's would be named.
"So, Tyson, are you going to see Brian today?" Ian asked as he began playfully punching Tala in the arm. I smiled at him. Not my usual 10.0 rhictor scale breaking grin, but the small smile I became use to using lately.
"Yeah. You?"
"Nope! We, Spencer, Max, and I, are going to see how Kai reacts to Ray getting a C-section." Came the happy reply as Ian tried to tackle Tala with a soup spoon. "On guard! You misfit fool!" I laughed inwardly.
"I can't wait to hear the words 'Uncle Spencer' coming out of their little mouths." Spencer said with equal happiness as he nudged Ian in the side. "Hey leave the doting daddy alone will ya? You know how he gets when we play rough around Kenny." Kenny gave him a small peck on the cheek as he laied a stack of pancakes in front of him. I watched as Tala turned a slight shade of pink.
"Yes. You better keep him in check or he'll have to answer to the back of my frying pan." Kenny said with a smile as he turning to Tala and pointing a finger at his chest. "And don't throw a fit. You know you're my only." My brunette friend smirked evily and I was reminded of Kai for just a second. "For now. One or two,Tyson?"
"I'll try two this morning, Chief. I got a feeling something good's gunna happen to me today." A shadow of a memory passed behind his sapphire eyes. ~He's remembering how he was when Tala woke up.~ I thought as I poured myself a glass of Florida Orange Juice. Brian had been out for eight and a half months compared to Tala's three months and a week. He began to breathe on his own about the middle of January. 'A sure sign' the doctors had called it, but I remained skeptical. I loved him. Something I was always so afraid to admit to myself much less the others was the fact that I was gay. I finished off my flapjacks and dug my Harley Davidson out of the six car garage. It was black with images of fire running along each side. Sometimes, it even corresponded with whatever mood I happened to be in. Dimitri gave me driving lessons and Tala joked that he was jealous of the point of having to share his father with anyone much less an 'annoying brat who dwelled in his own self pity' as he so elegantly put it. The bike had been sent to me from Oliver of the Majestics. I constantly thanked my green- haired rival slash friend and the other teams for sending their love and sympathy for the now combined teams. We now called ourselves the Demolishion Bladers, an uncompareable name that Mr. Dickenson agreed to. I snapped on my helmet and turned the key in the ignition, listening to my prize purr. I geared up and sped my way down the not-so-busy freeway letting the brisk morning air whip against my face and tossle my uncovered hair. He was all I thought about lately. In my dreams, in my thoughts, and when I sat beside him at the hospital. Was this how Kenny felt about Tala? There was a tingling sensation at the base of my neck as I thought about how nice it would be to have him open his eyes and look at me with those icy moonlight eyes that haunted my every dream. To have him reach out to me and tell his side of the story and not a jumbled mess of tangled lies filled with one cause which was to deceive the deceiver. But did I really want that? To face the undinyable truth of my ways and let him come to me on his own accord? What if he wasn't like Tala? What if Brian couldn't change? I would just have to take my chances and lay my heart on the line just like Kenny did.
Yes. Throughout the past five years I have matured quite a bit. I watched my life fall to shambles only to see my friends reach out to help put it back together. I watched four of my best friends get married and I felt over-joyed when news of the soon-to-be born babies. Though that landed me in the hospital with a sprained wrist for trying to calm the over- active 'daddies', Tala and Kai. I knew my purpose in life was not to let the time I was given slip out of the window. And I'm quite content with what I am and why. Hilliary. Although she acted badly towards me I felt like I could level out in a few places with her and put our consistant bickering aside for a few hours of non- stop chatter. She had been there when no one else was around for me to talk to and I felt at peace with the world around me afterward when I told her I was gay. I was surprised she even took it so well as to brush it off and ask if I would go shopping with her sometime when I was feeling better about myself. Of course I said yes 'cause you can't exactly say no to Hilliary.
I put aside my thoughts as I entered the main hospital entrance. Misty, Brian's nurse, came running down the hall when she saw me.
"Tyson!" She squeeled grabbing me by the hand. "You're not going to believe what happened! He's awake!" Unexpected? Not really.
"Really? That's great! Where is he?"
"He's in his room but he's been asking for you the whole morning after I told him you wouldn't leave his side the whole time he was out." She explained in her usual cheerful tone. "Ray just finished having his twins."
"And the verdic is?"
"A boy they named Nicholas who is ten pounds three ounces and a girl they named China who's nine pounds eight ounces. Any idea when Kenny will be in so I can see his little bundle of bouncing joy?"
"Are you talking about the bouncing daddy or the bouncing baby?" I joked and she gave me a sideways smile as she playfully punched me in the arm.
"Tyson!"
"What?!? OK! OK! The doctor said he should be expecting around the last of June or the middle of July."
"Wonderful! Well I'm sure you know the way by now, so I'll see you later, Ty." She said as she went into the maternity ward to do her daily checks on all the patence.
I could feel my legs stiffen as I neared the room 104 on the hospital's second level. He'd been expecting me all morning by the sounds of things. It was too late to turn Around now and retrace my steps back to the house. Too late to take back every tiny little thought that sent subconchess chills up and down my spine and made the little hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. This was it. It was now or never, I realized as I reached for the door knob. Time to face the cold, hard and yet seemingly undinyable truth that both gave me my strength and took it away at the same time. It was time to put my heart on the line. And quite possibly have it shredded right there in front of me. I opened the door and looked at the form on the bed. His eyes were slightly closed, I noticed as I made my way to his side. He speaks and I nearly jump out of my skin.
"So, Tyson isn't it? Misty tells me you hardly left my side. Is that truth or trash?" His voice is rash and it cuts into my mind like a hot knife, I wince. "Don't." I look at him and find myself lost in those mesmerizing moonlight eyes of his.
"Yeah it's true. Don't what?"
"Wince like I just hit you or something. How many of you were at my side anyway?"
"All of us. Even rival teams sent gifts to you. They're over on the table." I watch as his eyes softened as his shoulders sagged and he started to cry. I knew then that his emotinonal barriers were breaking down or already broken.
"Why are you still here? After everything I put you and your team through- the lies, pain, suffering- you're still here. Why?"
"Because I care about you, Brian. We all do, but me most of all." My voice is soft as I carry the large tray of brightly wrapped gifts over to him. "Here. Open them up. There's even one here from each of your teammates." I sat myself beside him on the bed and hand him the one from the White Tigers. Gently, he took the package from my outstreched hand and unwrapped it. It was a plushie of a white tiger with gold stripes. "The real question is why are YOU still here?"
"My mother. She died about eight, maybe nine years ago. I almost let myself die but she told me to go back. That it wasn't my time to go where she was yet." I was speechless. That was when I felt myself being pulled into his strong embrace, the tiger momentarily forgotten.
"Thank you, Tyson." Wait! Brian just said 'thank you' to me?!? OK. So I'm a skeptic about stuff like this. "No one has ever made me feel what I feel around you. No one. Boris used me. That's why I tried to kill myself. Guess that didn't work out so good then. How long has it been, Tyson? How long have I been here?"
"Another two day's and it'll be a year." I heard a sharp intake of breath and manouvered my head to look at him. The mistakes I end up making usually lead me on the right path. I had no time to react as he crushed his thin pale lips to my own in a fiery, yet passionate kiss. Kenny was right again. The little punk, I'll have to remind myself to slap him after Tyko is born 'cause if I slap him before Tala'll have my head. He broke the kiss first, moonlight eyes staring lovingly into my own navy blue ones with a longing that only I can fufill.
"If you love- birds are done, you can come see Nick and China now." Kai said as he appeared in the doorway. Brian looked at me with questioning eyes.
"Kai and Ray got married and just had a set of bouncing baby twins." I explained. "Tala and Kenny are married, too, and are soon going to be the happy parents of a little baby boy they called Tyson Kai Oliver- also known as Tyko Ivanov." A smile graced his fine features as he moved to get up with my help.
"Then let's go see these adorable twins of yours, Hitwari." Brian said addressing Kai with a mocking tone. He turned to me, eyes shining in sheer delight of the moment. "Do you even know how happy you've made me without trying, Tyson?" I shook my head no. "To the point that no words can decribe."
"Things are only going to get better, Bry. Just you wait and see."

Angel[Holding back authoress]: KOUGRA DON'T! Please! At least read it first!

Kougra[sits at the computer and reads]: WOW! You're good, Angel. Really good.

Shadow, Angel, and Tala: [sigh in reliefe.]

Tala: YAY! Me and Kenny have a baby! I love the name.

Kougra: Thanks to......B. Tiamat Atardecer, Rimnerel Ayasugi, the tigris, Unknown Assassign, and Senko- Sama for your all too generous reviews. The next chapter will be twelve years later when all the kiddies are grownup.