Kai and Hilary are stuck on a deserted island together. Will they get along, or will there be hell to pay?

Reading over this, constant POV switches are very aggravating! But I must have been doing something right for all the review this story has. So for the time being I'll leave it as it is and concentrate on my unfinished fics.

Warnings: violence, language, fluff, cheese. This is quite a mild little ficlet, so I shouldn't hope anyone gets offended!

Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade or its characters.


CHAPTER TWO


Kai's POV

I sat and admired the softness of the warm white sand, and the sparkling clear blue ocean that reached out for miles and seemed to go on forever and ever... I'd been awake for around two hours now, and who knows how long we'd been here; Hilary and I. I turned to the brunette girl, who was still sleeping peacefully. I watched her chest rise and fall slowly as beads of sweat glistened on her crinkled forehead. I had never before seen anybody that slept with a frown. But then again, Hilary was quite unlike anyone I had ever met. She showed such immense determination and stubbornness; a hard quality to find in a girl, or so I'd thought. Maybe I was wrong. Maybe Hilary just made me think of girls in a different light; I stopped looking down on them. Even when the rest of the team gave up hope, Hilary would keep on going. She'd push them all to their limits and see to it that nobody failed. As team leader, that should have been my job, but I never had as much of a connection to my team members as her. Was it because she's a girl? Or was I just too cold-hearted?

I studied her face, monitoring her every movement. Slowly, her eyes began to open...

Hilary's POV

I opened my eyes groggily, and stretched out with a yawn, lying still until my vision cleared. Sitting up and glancing around at the unfamiliar surroundings, I subconsciously wondered how long I'd been sleeping... My eyes widened as I sensed a figure beside me and I pushed myself away with a yelp. Realisation dawned on me as I came to notice the figure as Kai, whose eyes narrowed into a glare upon witnessing my antics.

"Eheh..." Now I feel stupid. Veeery stupid. "Uhm, Kai..? Where are we?" I asked as I glanced around again, the scenery not becoming any more familiar to me.

A confused look took over his face, "I don't know." said the older teen, sounding quite disappointed.

Kai's POV

'I knew it was too much to ask for Hilary to know where we are...Well this is great; we're officially lost..'

I stood up and started to walk off , hoping to find someone who might be able to tell us where we were, or help us get back to where we were meant to be: the Korean Beyblade Tournament in Seoul. We'd all been practising for months to enter this tournament, and I was no exception. I had to get there, or risk losing my honour. 'The Demolition Boys will be there. I can't chance not showing up!'

"Hey!" Hilary shouted as she belatedly got up and ran after me. I turned on a heel to glare at her.

I stifled a groan, "What?" I demanded in my usual cold voice.

"What're you doing?" she practically screeched.

"What does it look like? I'm going to find help." I stated nonchalantly. "You should stay here; you'll only slow me down."

"Hell no! I'm not staying here alone! You don't even know where we are!" she exclaimed, pressing an accusing finger to my chest before folding her arms.

... Half an hour later ...

Normal POV

"Can we have a rest noooow? My feet are killing me!" Hilary moaned, pouting childishly.

"Quit whining, Hilary." Kai didn't even look at her. "It's your own fault for wearing those stupid, impractical shoes anyway."

Hilary gave a "humph" in defeat and continued walking. She knew better than to argue with Kai, especially since he seemed to be in such a bad mood already. They'd been walking for around two hours, and Kai figured they must be on the opposite side of the island by now. He assumed it was an island anyways, since they hadn't seen any connection to mainland thus far. They hadn't passed a single living life form; not a human in sight, not even a bird for that matter! Kai suddenly halted with a deep sigh and turned, looking up to the top of a sheer cliff-side. Not noticing Kai's lack of motion, Hilary continued to walk, bumping straight into a rather annoyed looking bluenette. Her mouth formed an "o" as she gaped in shock.

"Oh, uh...sorry." She apologised before Kai could say anything, and he replied with a grunt. She finally took it upon herself to see why Kai had decided to stop so abruptly without explanation. "So, Kai-sensei," she mocked, "What's your plan?"

Hilary's POV

'Is it not enough that we've already traipsed around half the island or something? Now he decides he wants to go rock climbing? Tell me he's kidding..!'

He stood with a hand above his head to shield his eyes from the sun, deep in concentration, so it appeared. His position allowed his shirt to ride up his back a little, exposing the clear alabaster skin beneath. I bit my lip and pointedly redirected my attention, trying my hardest not to think about anything but how to get off the island.

Taking hold of an outward-jutting piece of rock, he placed his foot firmly on the edge of the cliff and hoisted himself up, with little effort. He looked back down at me.

"Are you coming or not? I won't wait all day." He smirked.

I stared at him as if he had just sprouted giant black bat wings from his head. "You...expect me...to climb up there?" My voice was at breaking point by now.

He sighed and turned back towards the cliff, continuing to climb. "Whatever."

Horror evidently etched into my face, I shucked off my ridiculously high heels and started after him, already starting to feel the pain of bare feet.

... Ten minutes later ...

Hilary's POV (still)

'Nearly there... Just a little further...'

I knew I was nearly there; I could see Kai's legs as I tried to push myself up over the edge. I knew he'd be wearing the smuggest expression possible right now, seeing me struggling and in pain. I glanced up to confirm my suspicions, and there he was, staring down at me with a complacent smirk and tapping his foot with impatience.

"You gonna stand there smirking or can you actually do something useful like HELP ME?" I scolded, narrowing my eyes at him.

He rolled his eyes and held out his hand as he knelt down. Putting all my trust in him, I released hold on the cliff, only to have him pull his hand back at the last minute as I went to grab it. In that split second I fell backwards, with a scream! My life flashed before my eyes - okay, so it didn't. But I really did think I was going to die! Opening one eye and peeking out, I noticed I was most definitely still alive and...Were those Kai's crimson eyes staring back at me? His cheeks held a slight tinge of pink, I noticed, biting my lip.

'Oh my God, he's...blushing?'

I shook my head, dismissing the thoughts.

'What reason would Kai have to blush? I'm probably just cutting off his circulation or something. Oh, crap, that's right!'

I hurriedly jumped off him and turned away to hide the haze of pink across my cheeks.

"That was real smart of you, Hilary." He stood up and brushed the dirt off his clothes.

It was then that I noticed it; the blood that trickled down his leg, leaving a small puddle on the dry ground beneath his feet. Noticing my stare, he looked down and then back up at me with a shrug, and every intention of continuing this "journey".

"Kai! You really shouldn't walk around with your leg all cut up like that... Let me see it!"

"No. And take these." He said, throwing his sand-covered trainers over to me. "You need them more than I do."

I opened my mouth to protest, but he spoke before I got the chance.

"Just put them on." He said, discernibly suppressing a groan of annoyance.

"Fine!" I tucked the laces inside and shoved in a foot cautiously.

They were a little big, but nothing hazardous. I looked at Kai's bare feet and couldn't help but feel guilty. This wouldn't have happened if I'd paid more attention to what I was doing, rather than him! Not that I was paying attention to him, of course. Who would? There's nothing good about him, only his gorgeous well-toned body and those sexy...

'Agh, stop it Hilary!'

"Thanks, I guess." I mumbled, hoping he wouldn't sense the discomfort in my voice.

'All it takes is for him to look at my probably beet-red face to know what I was just thinking...'

"Hn." was my only reply, but at least it signified that he'd heard me, and that was good enough. I couldn't expect much more from him right now. I kept my mouth shut after that and tried not to bug him anymore, ignoring the fact that my hand got cut when I fell. It wasn't exactly deathly painful or anything...

Kai's POV

'So much for good ideas, anyway...'

Now at the top of the mound, it couldn't have been harder to look for inhabitants of this deserted tropical death-trap of an island. Trees surrounded us at every angle, making it impossible to see anything from this point, even from the clear edge where we'd just climbed up, all there was to see was the beach below.

'At least Hilary hasn't been whining.' I told myself, with a slight smirk.

I groaned in annoyance and rubbed my temples soothingly. At least it made me feel a little better. I told Hilary our best bet would be to just go back to where we started off, because it seemed like the best place we'd encountered so far. So we made our way back there to rest up for the night.

'No harm done if there's nobody here, right?'

Hilary's POV

Nightfall was approaching fast, and the sun fell silently in the sky, leaving the ocean glowing and gold until it finally disappeared. After a considerable amount of effort, pain and time, Kai had managed to start a fire to keep us warm. I never thought it would be so cold when it was so warm during the day... My eyes fell upon Kai's bloodstained trousers. The blood was still fresh, I could tell.

"You know Kai, you should let me bandage that leg, it looks really bad..."

"It's fine."

"Kai...it could get infected you know!"

"I said it's fine."

"Kai! At least let me look at it?"

He glared at me. He knew I was right; something had to be done or it would only get worse. Lowering myself down onto my hands and knees I crawled across the soft sand and sat down cross-legged in front of him. I pushed up his trouser leg and grimaced as I beheld the large gash that traced all the way down his leg.

'Ouch... Well, isn't this great..?'

... Half an hour later ...

After a verbal battle and a lot of hard work, I managed to clean and bandage Kai's wound. I smiled triumphantly as I pulled his trouser leg back down. He wouldn't look at me. I knew it was beyond Kai to admit he needed my help, especially from me, but he did. A few minutes later and we were sitting quite far away from each other, still as silent as ever. Conversations never got very far around Kai, so I thought better of trying to start one. I started humming to myself, which contented me for a while, until I noticed Kai was glaring at me; I must've been annoying him. I cocked my head to one side with a questioning look on my face.

"What, am I that interesting?" I asked him, grinning.

"We should get some rest; we have to explore the rest of the island tomorrow." He said to me.

"Oh, sure." I answered and lay back, huddling into the foetal position. The cold air danced across my body, sending a shiver down my spine.

... One hour later ...

I was just about to drift off into sleeping, when I heard Kai shudder. I sighed, louder than I'd meant to.

'Oops... Well, can't deny I'm awake now, I might as well say something.'

I sat up and turned to him. "What's wrong Kai, can't sleep?" I said. It almost sounded like I was taunting him, which was not my intention.

"Hn. I'm fine."

"It's been like, ages and you're still not asleep. Your shivering is keeping me up!"

This was a turn of events; me having to complain about Kai's actions for once. Kai just groaned and turned over, ignoring me. I stood up and made my way over to him, and sat down by his side.

"Maybe...if we stick together it'll be warmer." I suggested.

After I'd sat there for a while, he reluctantly moved over a little, and I lay down next to him. I turned my back to him, and closed my eyes once more to finally drift off into a dreamless slumber. Dreamless, despite our recent events.


First chapter done. I'm ready for the criticisms as well as - hopefully - the praise, so give me some comments. :)