Yay! A quicker update than the last, such wonderful reviews to spur me on, plus I got major inspiration for this fic and I think you'll all enjoy the results. I know you guys will love this chapter, so read on!

Chapter Six

"This is going to be so awesome having you here to Rei." Wyatt was practically dancing with glee at the possibility of staying with two of the famous Bladebreakers. He was leading a bemused Rei by the hand around the house showing him everything. "You're lucky you came here now though, last week Kai made us clean the whole place from top to bottom. He's so pedantic about detail."

            "He always has been," Rei murmured, shooing a sly wink in Kai's direction. Kai glared at him then smirked as Rei was suddenly tugged away to see the garden.

            Kai hated to admit it but he was rather glad to see Rei there with them. It was strange, he never thought of himself as the friendly type, but here he was with Rei, by all definitions his closest friend, one he could tell everything to and not care about hiding secrets. It was nice to know someone cared about him to travel to see him and meddle in his love life. Okay, so the last part was slightly annoying, but at least Rei cared.

            Kai sighed and headed to the kitchen, intending to make something for dinner. I wish Tyson still cared … he used to. Kai shook his head and busied himself with dinner preparations so he wouldn't have to think about how much this afternoon's events had hurt him.

            Rei watched him from the doorway as he finished dinner. Wyatt had bounded back inside and went straight to the lounge room to watch television, talking ecstatically about this new program that had just aired. Rei told him he was going to wash up, but on the way back, he was distracted as he saw Kai.

            "You don't change much," Rei commented with a smile.

            Kai looked over at him but didn't stop as he drained the pasta he was cooking. "What do you mean?"

            "You always used to do this, find some way to distract yourself when your thoughts were getting too much. Perhaps that's why you became so good, you used to beyblade to escape everything."

            "Beyblading used to be the main cause of any stress I had, but now …" Kai sighed and smiled wryly at Rei. "The price of becoming more human I suppose."

            "Kai …" Rei looked away as he noticed movement nearby.

            "Hey Kai, you should have called me to help too," Wyatt said cheerfully. "You do too much around here, I can help you out you know."

            Kai smiled softly. "Thanks Wyatt, but I'm fine. Everything's done anyway." And so it was. Kai finished setting the table and gestured for them to sit. "You can help with the cleaning up if you really want."

            "Sure." Wyatt and Rei took their seats and began dinner.

*           *           *

"Thanks for this Tyson." Hilary blushed as she looked over at the boy beside her. She could not believe that he had walked her home. He'd actually stayed for dinner at her insistence (which she was still unsure was a mistake or not) and was sitting with her outside, enjoying the night air.

            Tyson smiled back at her. "It was fine and thanks for dinner, it was great." He watched her carefully, noticing something bothering her. "Hilary, what's up?"

            "Why are you here Tyson? With me? Do you really like me?"

            Tyson stared at her. "Of course I like you, sure we fight a lot and you're easy to get annoyed at but—"

            "No, I mean, do you like me?"

            Tyson bit his lip. "Yeah, I mean, I want to, I know you like me and I thought maybe I'd try and see if something worked out. Don't you want me to be with you?"

            Hilary shook her head. "Only if you really want to be with me. I think you're trying to escape something. You just trying to make Kai jealous."

            "Kai?" Tyson laughed, though it was terribly forced. "What does he have to do with this?"

            "I'm not stupid Tyson, I know you like him, so why are you trying so hard with me?"

            Tyson looked away. "I don't like him?"

            "You do!"

            "Well I don't want to!" Tyson turned back angrily to face her and Hilary was shocked to see him close to tears. "He hurt me Hilary, without even knowing, I just want to move on and get over him."

            "Using me?"

            Tyson looked down. "I do like you Hilary."

            "But not enough." Hilary sighed. "Why don't you two just talk, I'm sure Kai's a reasonable person. If you just explain how he hurt you then he'll accept you back."

            Tyson looked confused. "What do you mean accept me back? We were never dating."

            Hilary frowned. "But … isn't that what this is about? You getting back at Kai for dumping you or something?"

            "No, the reason I got hurt is because I found Kai with Rei. I never even got a chance with him."

            "Oh." Hilary's eyes widened. "Well that explains a lot of tension from today." She frowned again, looking serious. "But that doesn't make sense."

            "What doesn't?"

            "Kai, he obviously likes you."

            Tyson laughed. "Me, no way, you saw how happy he was to see Rei. They'd been in a relationship for almost a year and it was quite intense from what I found out."

            "Well they're not together any more."

            "How do you know?"

            Hilary just looked at him as though he was stupid and Tyson glared at the familiar look. "Tyson, whenever someone else is interested in the guy you're going for , you know it. Trust me on this, Kai likes you."

            "But, why then?"

            Hilary sighed and shrugged. "Who knows? Maybe that's something else you can talk to him about when you go and sort this stupid mess out."

            "But what if he—"

            "Tyson!" Hilary snapped. "You will go and you will talk with Kai and you will ask him out and get an explanation and be happy to be with the guy of your dreams, do I make myself clear?"

            Tyson grinned and saluted. "Yes Ma'am." They shared a smile and Tyson looked away first. "Hilary, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have tried to use you like that."

            "You were just confused. I'm just glad I could help."

            He smiled gently at her. "Thanks Hil." Tyson leaned over and kissed her on the cheek. "I hope this doesn't mean we can't be friends at least, like before, I'd hate it if you started being nice to me all of a sudden and didn't yell at me being late to class or berate me for liking such a stupid spinning top game."

            Hilary grinned. "No, I'm sure we can still be friends, just like before."

            Tyson grinned and dashed away with a wave, leaving Hilary to stare after him, slightly dejected, but feeling strangely happy for him.

            "At least I know you'll be happy Tyson," she whispered before going back inside.

*           *           *

Wyatt fidgeted nervously as he watched the end of the television show. Kai and Rei were with him in the lounge room, but it was quiet and rather awkward. He cleared his throat and decided to break the tension.

            "I'll just go to my room and do that assignment we were given in class, Kai." He stood up and stretched. "I probably won't see you both until morning. Good night." He smiled as Kai looked gratefully at him and Rei looked slightly relieved. The two obviously had things to talk over without his presence nearby. He shut the door to his room and turned on some music, giving them a bit more privacy.

            Kai glanced once at Rei before the neko-jin smiled and came over to sit right beside him.

            "Haven't seen you in a while," Rei said, almost shyly.

            "Yeah." Kai hesitated before blurting out, "I did miss you Rei, but you still shouldn't have come here to interfere."

            Rei snorted. "Like you'd get anything done yourself. I know you Kai." He poked Kai's nose and grinned at the scowl. Kai had always hated it when he did that. "You would do anything to avoid dealing with your feelings, especially if you weren't certain about he consequences."

            "With good reason, Tyson doesn't like me."

            Rei frowned, as he looked upon Kai's distraught visage. "Now, see I don't think that's true."

            "Rei, he's going out on a date with Hilary, do you know how much they fight? I know she obviously has a thing for him, but Tyson, until today I thought he held no regard for her at all." Kai sighed and slumped down in the couch, running his fingers through his hair in distress. "Its obviously hopeless, you wasted your time and I shouldn't have even bothered trying."

            Rei glared and stood up. "Since when were you such a coward Kai?" Kai glared at Rei, who suddenly loomed over him with a very dark look on his face. "Quit your whining, I've never seen you give up and I won't ever let you. Your situation is not hopeless."

            "How the fuck would you know Rei?" Kai stood up angrily, almost knocking Rei back. "For all I know, he could be absolutely disgusted with the idea that I could hold such a regard for him."

            "Nothing could be farther from the truth." Kai's eyes widened at this and Rei sighed. "Tyson is so much in love with you it's extremely obvious to everyone. When he walked in on us, I was amazed you didn't see it, it was so clear to me, but then, I'd known for a while." Kai froze hearing this, his eyes wide. "That day after you left, we had an argument about you. I'd known since Russia that he'd liked you but I didn't tell him about our relationship. You can imagine how pissed he was."

            Kai was shaking his head and staring at Rei. "Is that why Tyson treated you so coldly?" Rei nodded and Kai sat back down, processing everything. "Why are you only telling me now?"

            Rei shrugged. "I suppose because it's relevant." He took a seat beside Kai. "I felt so guilty, I mean Tyson was angry enough to take me off his Christmas card list." Here Kai chuckled softly and Rei grinned. "But by the time I found out about his feelings things had gotten … slightly more intense." Kai blushed slightly and sat back, knowing what Rei was referring to.

            "Yeah," he whispered. "Look, Rei, I never meant for anything like this to happen, I didn't want to hurt you." Rei shook his head, but Kai cut him off before he could say anything. "You say you know me, but I know you just as well. You would never sleep with someone you didn't love."

            Rei paled and waited a long time before answering the statement. "It's a different kind of love," he finally whispered. "I'd do anything for you Kai, because you're a friend, I never expected or wanted anything more and it's true, I do love you, but platonically."

            Kai studied him and nodded. "Perhaps that's true now, but I'm still sorry to have hurt you."

            Rei nodded then grinned. "You can make it up to me by going after Tyson." Kai was about to protest but Rei glared at him. "You know you want to, and I just want to see you happy." Kai still wasn't convinced, so Rei looked up at him with his most adorable expression. "Please Kai? For me?"

            Kai squirmed. "Stop that, it's cheating." Rei's lower lips started to quiver and Kai winced. "Okay fine. Damn adorable fiend." Rei grinned at him and Kai chuckled softly.

            "Now?"

            Kai sighed. "Maybe, I think I'll go for a walk first to strengthen my nerves, but you have my word that I'll talk to him at least. If he does actually like Hilary however, I won't stand in their way, okay?" Rei nodded. He expected as much from Kai, if nothing else he was honourable. "I'll see you in a while then." He got up and smiled at Rei and walked out side heading towards the park to think.

            Rei sighed and brushed away the scattering of tears that had been threatening to fall since the beginning of their talk. He smiled wryly and glanced towards the door. "You can come out now Wyatt."

            Thee was a slight scuffling sound then Wyatt appeared, looking rather sheepish. "Sorry, my curiosity got the better of me."

            "I've had the problem myself," Rei murmured, gesturing for the boy to sit down. "How much did you hear?"

            "Most of it." Wyatt squirmed and Rei sighed.

            "Out with it."

            "Did you really sleep with Kai?"

            Rei hesitated then nodded. "Once. I suppose you want to know more?"

            "Only if you're comfortable talking about it." Wyatt watched Rei curiously and smiled. "You look like you could use a friend to talk to, or at least someone to sit with you if you don't want to talk."

            "I do at that." Rei smiled. "Thanks."

            "No problem." Wyatt smiled as Rei leaned back into the couch, looking a bit lost in thought. Occasionally he looked close to tears, but he would just shake his head and look away. It was too much for Wyatt. "Have you heard the one where two guys go into a bar?"

            Rei grinned, realising what Wyatt was doing. "No, I don't think I have."

            Wyatt grinned. "Well there were these two guys ..."

AN: Hmm, well, things are getting sorted out. I happen to like Hilary somewhat, she's about the only Beyblade female I can stand and I didn't really want her hurt too bad. I prefer her in that sort of role, the helpful friend kinda thing … like Rei. Speaking of Rei, I have some inklings of what to do with him in future chapters, but I'd like your opinions on the matter as well.

Well I hope you all enjoyed that chapter.

Oh, and trust me you will love the next one … trust me! That should be out soon as well, just a few days. I've got maybe one more page to do on it. Like I said, inspiration, it's a wonderful thing.

Until next time then.