Again, thanks to everyone who reviewed! I'm glad you like this so much ^_^. This is chapter 3 (duh), and Tyson is going to take a little break, Kai will explode (again), and Rei will become obsessed with light! Enjoy!

*I do not own Beyblade*

Chapter 3 - Escape to the Game Room
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"I don't want to do this anymore," Tyson complained. It was nearing on two am and they still hadn't made a great dent in the messy kitchen.

"I don't care anymore. You've said that seven times already!" Rei replied annoyed. He was dirty, tired, and fed up with being in the pitch dark with only one flashlight. Kenny and Tyson had won rock paper scissors and got the flashlight on their side of the kitchen while poor Rei was left in the dark.

"So? It's true," Tyson shot back. He was writing messages in the mess all over the floor before scrubbing it away.

"These products our out of date!" Kenny whined, "How are we supposed to get done quickly with these?"

"We're not," Rei answered, his arm was getting tired from putting so much force on his defective brush, and the screws where the handle used to be were digging into his skin. The handle had already fallen off six times since he started so Rei decided just to leave it off. He chucked it somewhere, he didn't have a clue where it landed. "Is it my turn with the flashlight yet?"

"No, you get it in another hour," Kenny looked at his watch. After he managed to wipe the grime off it.

"How much more kitchen do you have left guys?" Max asked, he had finally come out of the shower. He was rubbing a blue towel on his hair to get the water out.

"Enough for you to help us," Rei glared at him, even though Max would never be able to see it.

"No I'm fine watch-," Max laughed before he tripped on something in the dark. He caught the edge of the nearby table before he touched ground, and picked up the object. "What the hell is this?"

"What's it look like Maxie?" Tyson looked up from his work, he would do anything to get an excuse for a break.

"A...brush handle?" Max responded with a confused tone.

"So that's where it landed..." Rei whispered to himself.

"Say something Rei?" Max tried to look over at the boy.

"Nope," Rei replied casually. Glad this stupid brush was good for something, he thought. The other boys decided it fell off whatever it was attached to while Kai was pouring the cleaning supplies on their heads.

"Tyson go back to work," Max ordered, not thinking it would actually work.

"Why? We have until everyone who works here gets back, and Kai said they had the weekend off," he smiled and put his arms behind his head.

"Do you honestly think Kai wants us here all weekend?" Rei asked.

"And do you think he'd wouldn't care if his kitchen wasn't clean after six hours of work!" Kenny shouted, he was becoming frustrated with his cookie dough excuse which had hardened on the side of a cabinet.

"Oh," Tyson walked back into the kitchen and started working again.

"Max what time is it?" Rei asked.

"Um, two thirty, why?" Max replied curiously.

"I get the flashlight at three," Rei answered. They spent the next half hour in silence, except for the obnoxious sound of scrubbing.

"It's three o'clock Rei," Max announced.

"My turn," Rei said standing up and headed towards the light source. Kenny got up and was going to pull the flashlight down for Rei (they managed to find some tape and taped it to a cabinet for it resemble a searchlight) when the room went black.

"No..." Rei muttered, he stopped where he stood.

"I'm sorry Rei," Kenny tried to console the cat boy.

"No..." Rei echoed himself.

"That sucks man," Tyson said trying not to laugh.

"NO!" Rei fell to his knees, "I've been waiting for TWO HOURS! It can't die now!"

"It's okay Rei," Max said timidly. He didn't want to set Rei off.

"I haven't seen anything except you Tyson and Kenny for two damn hours...I want light! I need light!" Rei complained.

"You can't have light Rei, get over it!" Kenny scolded him. I'm never making this stupid recipe again! He continued scolding himself mentally.

Rei dragged his knees back to what he thought was his former area of cleaning, he couldn't tell anymore. Unfortunately for him he was already only a few feet away from the clean marks and pulled back more of the hardening slime-food-mixture. Not..fair...I waited so long...Rei continued to weep over his loss. Silence would have filled the room, but that damn scrubbing sound ruined it!

"So..." Max started, but stopped. He didn't want to annoy anyone further, they seemed to be in enough distress.

"Kenny do you have anymore of the funny smelling spray?" Rei asked depressed.

"No, I used it all a few cabinets ago. Ask Tyson," Kenny answered.

"Tyson?" Rei redirected, but there was no answer. "Tyyysooon?" But there was still nothing.

"Kenny would you jab Tyson awake?" Rei asked, annoyed by his hyperactive friend. Count on Tyson to fall asleep while he's cleaning. Rei rolled his eyes.

"I can't find him," Kenny said, still searching for him. "I've already rammed into everything in his corner. He's not here."

"Then where is he?!" Rei yelled. He should be in here suffering with us!

"Get back here!" Kenny yelled and ran into Rei who was still getting up.

"Uh oh...busted," Tyson whispered. He ran up to the flip screen off and turned it off, then hid himself. Even though it was still dark.

"Tyson get over here!" Rei shouted, searching the house for the missing blader.

Please don't find me, please don't find me, please don't find me, Tyson prayed in his head. No more cleaning, no more cleaning, no more cleaning.

~~In Kai's room~~~
"God, what are they screaming about NOW?!" Kai ranted sleepily, looking over at his bed side clock. "It's three thirty in the freakin morning! They shouldn't be playing hide-and-go-seek now, they shouldn't even be done cleaning the kitchen!" Kai stormed out of his room to bash his vict-er, guests with something. Mental note: Make it a HARD something, Kai thought.
~~~Not in Kai's room~~~

"Hey guys, I found the flashlight I left in the bathroom!" Max yelled to the others, flicking the switch. They were still on the Tyson Hunt.

"What took so long? I thought you said you knew where you left it!" Kenny complained, "and shine it in someone else's eyes!"

"I did know where I put it. In the bathroom. The trick was knowing where the bathroom is," Max laughed, "What? It's true."

"Come on, let's go," Rei sighed. Light...finally...I can see again! he celebrated in his head. Kenny and Max followed him. "Let me hold the flashlight," Max handed it over, and Rei began petting it slowly. Max stared at him.

"I think he's been in the dark a bit too long..." he whispered to Kenny, who nodded in reply. The boys proceeded to search every room of the house, save the second floor, in fear of awakening Kai. Too bad he was already preparing to storm out. They stopped at the room farthest away from the kitchen.

"Well this is the last room," Kenny announced the obvious.

"crap," Tyson whispered.

"Did you guys just hear something?" Max asked.

crap. Note to self: stop talking until they find me, Tyson thought. Rei directed the light all over the room, except the floor. There was a large ceiling fan above them, thin cases littered the floor, a medium size TV mounted into the wall, and various game systems lying on a shelf next to the TV.

"I didn't know Kai liked...video games," Kenny muttered.

"I found a Game Boy in his bag in Russia once. I thought Tyson dropped it in there by accident," Rei said.

"I guess no-" Max tripped. "Tyson's here."

"How do you know?" Rei asked.

"He's the only one who never puts anything away, including game controllers," Max said holding up a xbox controller.

No! How could I have been so stupid when I hid! They're going to find me now! Tyson scolded himself in his head.

"What. Are. You. DOING?!" Kai boomed behind them, he was holding a mop in one hand and a flashlight in the other. Tyson closed his eyes, while the other jumped and spun around.

"Looking for Tyson...he left the kitchen after our flashlight died," Kenny explained. Kai shot the light on his face, "Kai! I can't see!"

"Dear me, I'll make sure to remove the light soon," Kai remarked, but stood there. Staring. At Kenny. When ever he moved, Kai repositioned the light so it would remain on his face.

"Kai!" Kenny yelled and fell over.

"Now for Tyson," Kai said, and wandered off. Tyson still had his eyes closed and didn't notice when Kai's light fell on him. "Oh gee, I wonder where Tyson is," Kai wondered lifelessly.

Man I must be good at this! Tyson snickered in his mind, haha he can't find me!

"Darn, Tyson hid just so well I can't find him," Kai's dull tone carried to Rei, Kenny, and Max, but Tyson continued believing he deceived Kai.

I'm probably so close to him and he doesn't even know it! Tyson mentally laughed. Kai bent down to Tyson's level (he was behind him).

"Hmm...what-is-this?" Kai continued with the tone. He brought the stick end of the mop to Tyson's back and poked him gently. Seeing no reaction from the ignorant youth he poked him harder. Much harder, and Tyson fell over head first.

"OUCH!" Tyson yelled, then thought, guess Kai finally found me, but I am the king of this game! "took you long enough!"

"It's so wonderful that you can understand what the tone of someone's voice is trying to communicate Tyson," Kai responded.

"Uh...whatever you say Kai," Tyson shook his head.

"So...now onto the reason why I have come out of my room, causing me to lose sleep. Making me VERY angry," Kai gritted his teeth, then exploded. "WHY ARE YOU ALL OUT HERE IN THE GAME ROOM?!" The other's winced as the noise.

"We already told you Kai, we were looking for Tyson," Kenny explained.

"And why was Tyson out here?" Kai asked trying to calm down.

"Because I got tired of cleaning," Tyson answer simply.

"Too damn bad Tyson! You made the mess, you have to clean it up!" Kai shouted at the lazy boy.

"But Kai..." Tyson moaned.

"You can clean Max's corner of the kitchen instead of everyone else helping you," Kai decided, and without another word walked back to his room, slamming the door. One more interruption and I swear...

Tyson tried to sneak out of sight while everyone else was watching Kai walk away, but Rei turned around before he could succeed.

"No you don't Tyson! You have to help us now, haven't you learned your lesson yet?" Rei called back to him, and grabbed the back on his shirt.

"Rei, let go!" Tyson shouted as he struggled to break free. The other boys tackled him and the all ended up in a jumbled pile on the floor. After a few minutes they found that Tyson's well of energy wouldn't be going dry any time soon.

"Max, go get Kai!" Rei grunted as Tyson kicked his stomach. "TYSON!"

"Let go..pleeaaassse? I can't go back, I'm done, honest I am!" Tyson pleaded.

"Yeah, and Kai is the nicest guy in the world," Kenny said sarcastically. Max let go of Tyson and ran to Kai. Soon a royally pissed off Kai entered the room to see a heap of boys on the ground.

"Do I want to know? Should I even bother asking what the hell you guys are doing?" Kai asked.

"Tyson won't come back to clean," Max replied simply.

"No. I was going to ask why you tackled him," Kai started, and cut Max off before he could answer. "But I honestly think I don't want to know."

"Could you help us NOW?" Rei asked trying to subdue the wild boy.

"Tyson why must you always make things so difficult?" Kai sighed walking over to the heap, "if we get you in the kitchen will you clean?"

"Sure, but you'll never get me there!" Tyson yelled. Kai grabbed his right leg and told the others to follow his suit. Rei grabbed his right arm, Kenny took the other leg, and Max put the flashlight in his mouth before getting the same leg Kai already had.

"What are you DOING?!" Kai yelled.

"I'm...Oh!" realization hit Max and he grabbed Tyson's remaining open limb. Kai counted to three and told them all to pick up him up if they could. Tyson, being the king of buffets, was not easy to lift but they managed.

Tyson flailed all the way to the kitchen, and everyone dropped him on the floor upon arrival.

"OUCH! Guys that HURT!" Tyson rubbed various sore areas.

"Dats vecauthe we were stick ovf your faiing," Max answered with the light bulb still in his mouth. The other started at him with strange looks.

"Take that thing out of your mouth Max," Kai ordered, "and what you meant was we dropped you because you deserved it."

"Why did I-" Tyson was cut off.

"Don't start with me. I'm already in a bad mood and it's your fault," Kai glared.

"Fine," Tyson spat out.

"Now before I leave you to cleaning," Kai said, "I want to say this - NO MORE INTERRUPTIONS!" The rest of them winced at his tone. "Good night," Kai walked out of the kitchen shaking his head.

"That means you too Tyson," Kenny made sure he understood.

"I know Chief," Tyson muttered grumpily.

"Now that we have a new flashlight," Rei said happily, "it's my turn to use it!"

"How about we do rock paper scissors again," Tyson begged.

"Nope, it's my turn and I won't risk it on a game of rock paper scissors," Rei refused.

"That sucks for you and Kenny," Max laughed again. And I still don't have to clean! He thought excitedly.

"Enjoy the dark!" Rei sang and walked back to his corner. His smile slowly faded when he realized much of his work had been covered up with footprints. I can't win tonight... Rei pouted dropping to his knees and began to work again.

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Sorry if that wasn't as good as the other chapters, I'm running out of ideas *sweatdrop*. Next will probably be some kind of Halloween-type thing, because it's almost here!