The occupants of the living room stood in absolute shock as Kai's words hung in the air menacingly.
Hillary was the first to recover, smirking as she spoke. "Now, now Kai, that's no way to treat an old friend, and to think you used to be so nice."
"You were Tyson's friend, not mine." Kai replied derisively.
"Didn't stop you doing me a big favour though, did it?" She grinned triumphantly, knowing she'd hit a nerve and simultaneously won him over.
Kai's cold grey eyes flashed dangerously, and electric hot hatred radiated from his entire body towards the girl in front of him. Then without a word, he turned on his heel and slammed the door behind him.

"I think that went rather well." Hillary quipped brightly, and began to munch on her toast as she ascended the stairs.
Max looked at her quizzically, and on impulse she explained herself. "I brought Tyson home last night; he was so sozzled he could barely stand."
Max sank onto the couch, thinking deeply. So Tyson had been dancing with Hillary last night. But why would Kai be mad about that? Unless......

Max was stopped mid mind mumble by Tyson falling off the bottom step with a loud an undignified thump. Worst of all was the dishevelled teen had landed with his head right between Max's legs, and had his eye's not been squeezed shut due to a sudden enhanced sensitivity towards light in his hung-over state, would have had a clear view up Max's shorts.
Max sweat-dropped at the hilarious looking bundle of fuzzy blue hair and rumpled pyjamas in front of him, and after a few seconds couldn't suppress a fit of giggles.
Tyson, confused as he was, winced at the sudden heightened volume and collapsed into a curled up ball, kicking at everything, and complaining how inconvenient hangovers were to Beyblade World Champions such as himself.

At this point Rei made is entrance from the kitchen, and stopped in shock, gazing at the scene in front of him.
"Max what's going on?" He asked through clenched teeth, noting where Tyson's head was.
"He.....snort..........fell down.............sniffle..........the stairs." Max barely managed to suppress his giggles to answer.
Rei nodded thoughtfully then noticed Tyson's incoherent rambling and began to laugh himself.

Sometime later, after Tyson had been pumped full of paracetamols and sent back to bed by an over enthusiastic Rei, Kenny, Max and Rei were sat in the living room drinking hot chocolate and watching T.V, when they heard the door slam.
"I take it Kai's back." Rei muttered, eyeing the doorway connecting the living room and the hall.

Kai stalked into the room and glared at them one after the other.
Max visibly shrunk under his piercing gaze, and Kenny hid behind his laptop screen.
Rei however, met his gaze evenly; his cat-like amber eyes glinted at the stone cold grey ones in front of them.
"Has she gone?" Kai chose not to speak the name, but his tone of contempt made it obvious who he was referring to.
"No she's upstairs with Tyson." Rei replied coolly, not taking his eyes off Kai's face as he watched for his reaction.
Kai's response was a disdainfully raised eyebrow, and folded arms.
"Not that her constant yapping will help his hangover." Max piped in, grinning has he recollected the mornings hilarious goings on.
Kai smiled slightly and headed into the kitchen.
"Well that was a rarity, he actually smiled." Max gaped at the spot where Kai had been standing.
Suddenly an unusually happy sounding voice coming from the kitchen cut through the air. "Anyone want a cup of chocolate?"
Rei sat bolt upright and his face went through a series of expressions ranging from disbelief, to on the verge of giggles.
Max, hearing the magic "C" word jumped up gleefully and shouted "MEEEEEE!!!!", before falling off the sofa.
Kenny jumped up as well, slamming down the laptop screen and simultaneously catching his fingers. Within two seconds the whole neighbourhood could have heard his frenzied yelping had both Rei and Max not jumped on him and stuffed his mouth with one of Kai's socks.
Kai came through with Max's chocolate and stopped in shock at the sight of his team-mates in a heap on the floor.
Then an evil glint flashed in his eye as he spied the sock in Kenny's mouth.
"I hope the laundry's been done this week guys." He giggled. "That's one of my gym socks!"
At this Kenny began thrashing frantically; trying to get his hands loose to remove the sock. In the end his struggles became so violent that Kai had to join the pile on as well.

Meanwhile upstairs, Hillary was blissfully unaware that she was annoying the hell out of Tyson.
Tyson lay under the duvet with his head crammed under the pillow.
Did she always talk this? He wondered. Maybe I just got used to not having her around....
"TYSON!!"
The storm haired teen covered his ears, wincing at the burning sensation he felt in his head every time she raised her voice.
"No need shout." He moaned.
"You weren't even listening." She pouted, and Tyson wondered if she was attempting to do that thing girls do.
Now what did Kai call it? Funny how everything always comes back to Kai...
Hillary threw up her hands in frustration; she wasn't getting anywhere. She stomped out of the room, and the slamming door snapped Tyson back to reality.

Kai barely raised an eyebrow as Hillary stormed into the living room demanding to we walked home.
"It's still early." Kenny mused.
"Talking to that nit-wit is like talking to a brick wall."
"I could have told you that Hillary." Kai remarked smugly, delighting in the rush of envious colour that flushed into her cheeks.
Hillary huffed momentarily, and then stood expectantly in front of Max, who looked up quizzically.
"Well aren't you going to walk me home?" She demanded.
"We'll both walk you home." Rei walked into the room and put a possessive hand on Max's shoulder.
Hillary, under the illusion that she thought Max still had a soft spot for her, missed the suspicious glint in Rei's eyes.
Like Kai, Rei was under the impression that Hillary was out to cause trouble. Just when things seemed to be working out for Tyson and Kai, she showed up, and now they were hardly speaking.
Max was completely oblivious to everyone's' conspiracy theories, and he bounced around happily while he waited for Hillary to get her coat.
The sound of the door slamming behind the three was Kai's cue to let out an audible sigh of relief. He flopped onto the sofa, and instantly began brooding.

Meanwhile, in the third bedroom, Kenny's laptop was acting oddly.
Dizzy didn't seem to be responding to any of his verbal commands, or answering him, and he was becoming impatient at having to do everything manually.
"Dizzy don't crash on me now!" He whined.
How can I crash when I'm not moving?
Kenny yelped and jumped backwards a few feet when he recognised the voice.
Then collecting himself he pouted. "You disappeared when the guys came back and none of them believed me."
I didn't have any choice, Kai would have seen me
"What does Kai have to do with this?" Kenny responded suspiciously.
He did something really stupid a while back, and now the consequences are putting you all in danger
"What did he do?" Kenny whispered, suddenly feeling afraid.
Why don't you ask him yourself? Dizzy's voice sounded particularly meaningful, and Kenny's curiosity as he turned towards the door was rewarded by the sight of Kai, stood rooted to the spot in the doorway; face pale as a sheet, and eyes wide with terror.
"Well what did you do?" Kenny prompted again, fed up with being kept in suspense.
"I didn't know the consequences would be this serious." Kai turned to Dizzy with pleading eyes. "She's just a silly little girl."
What you gave her is dangerous in anyone's hands Kai, you of all people should know that! Dizzy's voice resonated off the walls, echoing eerily, and Kai visibly flinched, keeping his eyes on the floor; too ashamed of himself to look Kenny in the eye, but too afraid of his bit-beast to lie to him.
"O.K. So I made a mistake, so sue me for being an emotional teenager." He snapped irritably.
"FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!! WHAT DID YOU DO?!" Kenny yelled, his annoyed face took on a tasteful shade of red.
Well? Aren't you going to tell him? Dizzy prompted.
Kenny sat back on the sofa and tensed expectantly, while Kai leaned forwards, running his hands through his hair.
Finally he sat up, and looked Kenny straight in the eye while he told his story.........