This was meant to be out sooner, but things got in the way. But first of all … YAY! Over 100 reviews! Thank you all so much. Much candy for all *throws out candy* I'm sure you guys will like this chapter too. It was very fun to write.
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Chapter Eight
Luckily Kai was already up when he heard a rather loud knocking at the front door. Thinking it was his team, he walked over to it, yawning widely. Just because he was up didn't mean he was fully awake yet.
"You're late," he growled as he opened the door. Of course he didn't get to say any more as he was tackled to the floor by his rather enthusiastic boyfriend.
"Now is that any way to greet me?" Tyson asked before leaning down and capturing Kai's lips in his own.
Still half-asleep, Kai shoved him away. "What's your deal Tala?" he asked before he realised his mistake and rubbed at his eyes. "Wait ... Tyson?"
Tyson glared at him, crossing his arms and pouting. "Tala?"
Kai shrugged. "I'm not a morning person, give me a break." To emphasise his point he yawned and stretched slightly. He heard a giggle and Kai glanced over curiously at Tyson. "What?"
"You look cute, kind of like a sleepy kitten, when you do that."
Kai stared at him in horror when he heard the description. "Cute?" he gasped. "And 'kitten'?"
Tyson grinned. "You don't like my new pet name?"
Kai's eyes widened further and he struggled to say a word. Tyson couldn't help it any more, he collapsed onto the floor, laughing hysterically at the expressions on Kai's face. Kai stared at him, mortified, for a moment longer before getting up and moving into the house again.
"Kai," Tyson called out as he got up. He was a bit disgruntled that Kai took his jests too seriously. Kai turned around to see Tyson looking at him reproachfully. Tyson walked over to him and poked him in the chest. Kai was so startled he took a step back. "You need to learn how to loosen up a bit."
"Oh?"
"Yes." Tyson poked him again.
"Really?"
"Yes." Another poke.
"How?"
Tyson pushed him back and Kai lost his balance as he fell against the arm of the couch. Tyson grinned and lay on top of him. "Like this." He leaned down to capture Kai in another kiss, this one more happily received.
Kai pulled back a bit with a sly look. "I think you're enjoying this a bit too much."
Tyson returned the look, leaning down to place a soft kiss on Kai's cheek. "I like being in charge," he whispered before he attacked Kai's lips again. Kai wasn't really complaining exactly, it felt too good for him to argue with Tyson. So instead of fighting it, he reached up and pulled Tyson more firmly on top of him, leaving his hands around Tyson's waist to lazily trail his fingers under his shirt and over his skin.
Tyson gasped against Kai's lips and Kai deepened the kiss, hesitantly tasting inside Tyson's mouth with his tongue. Tyson pulled back in surprise at first before pushing back onto Kai, eagerly allowing the contact. Kai tightened his grip on Tyson's waist as the boy above him gently stroked his thinly clothed chest. It made the action even more sensual, having the shirt between them, and it caused Kai's breath to hitch slightly in anticipation. Tyson grinned at the sound and continued his ministrations.
Someone cleared their throat nearby.
Tyson broke off with a glare and looked up at Rei. "You have your own room Rei, make out with Wyatt there." Kai hid his smile behind his hand as he saw Rei's outraged blush. Wyatt was actually standing nearby and he flushed bright red also. The two on the couch hadn't heard them enter the room, being … busy.
"Kai!" Rei looked over at his friend still trying to compose his features. "Don't you think you should take this to a more private location?"
Kai shrugged. "It's pointless to argue further with him, I'm already losing."
Rei raised an eyebrow. "This is you losing an argument?"
Kai shrugged, sending him a grin. "Wish I could always lose like this."
"I'll bet you would," Rei muttered. "Just don't be too loud," he sighed, resigned. "Wyatt and I will be in the kitchen eating breakfast."
Tyson sat up at this. "Breakfast?"
Kai glared. "Rei, did you have to?"
Rei grinned at him before turning to go into the kitchen with Wyatt. Tyson was about to jump up and follow, but Kai grabbed hold of him even tighter and pulled him back down. Tyson pouted and opened his mouth to complain, but Kai cut him off.
"You'd rather have breakfast?" he asked innocently.
Tyson stomach rumbled in protest, but as he looked down upon the delicious feast that lay before him, Tyson licked his lips and grinned. Kai's night clothes were all rumpled, his boxers hanging on the very edge of his hips, his shirt riding up over his stomach, hair mussed up from the night and his face lightly flushed. His sultry expression said it all.
Tyson leaned down again. "You are breakfast Kai." So saying, he licked along Kai's jaw line and nibbled at his throat. Kai shivered at his actions. "You're like nice delicious pancakes, perfect on their own, but I'm sure you'll taste even better covered in syrup."
Kai froze for a moment, images filling his head, but just as Tyson was about to lean down, Kai wriggled himself out from under him.
"Maybe breakfast isn't such a bad idea after all," he suggested, getting Tyson off him. Tyson grinned, knowing why Kai was suddenly evading him. The red flush to his cheeks caused his grin to widen. When Kai looked over his shoulder to make sure Tyson was following him, he licked his lips in a very suggestive manner. Kai gulped and turned back around again, relieved only as he sat down in the safety of Wyatt and Rei's company.
Tyson sat next to him and looked over at Rei cheerfully. "So Rei, what's cooking?"
"Pancakes," Rei told him innocently. Yet neither he nor Wyatt knew why Tyson grinned so evilly and Kai turned as red as a tomato with his answer.
* * *
Kai gratefully got up as he heard someone knocking at the door. Even after breakfast Tyson had tormented him by naming all of the delicious toppings he liked to have on pancakes. Rei and Wyatt had no idea why Kai looked so uncomfortable with the seemingly innocent and slightly ridiculous conversation, but then they never noticed the evil glint in Tyson's eyes either.
Kenny had come around earlier, while Tyson was still torturing Kai, to find out what happened. He'd heard about the police from Tyson the night before. Rei filled him in properly with Wyatt jumping in enthusiastically occasionally. Though before he'd asked about anything that happened with the police, he'd asked why Tyson was sitting on Kai's lap, looking rather at home in the odd position. Rei and Wyatt filled him in on that too. This had meant, however, that Kai was all alone with Tyson and his seductively whispered comments about honey, whipped cream and chocolate sauce. He thanked every god he knew of (and some he didn't) for the distraction until he saw who was behind his front door.
"Hello Kai." You'd think Kai would have been used to seeing that sly grin being around Tala for a while, but there are some things you never get used to.
"Tala, Bryan, nice to see you both."
"Hey guys!" Tyson bounded over to see who Kai was greeting. He wrapped his arms around Kai from behind and smiled over his shoulder at Tala and Bryan.
Bryan just looked at Kai with a raised eyebrow before going inside while Tala stood there and stared at Kai for a moment longer, a faint smile playing about his lips.
"I see you've been hard at work," he commented as he walked inside. Kai blushed slightly.
"Tyson! Kai!" Kai barely had time to react before he and Tyson were bowled over by an enthusiastic ball of happiness. Max was grinning from ear to ear as he squeezed his two teammates tightly in an embrace. "Oh I've missed you guys!" he told them cheerfully in a voice that was only a few decibels below ear-splittingly painful.
"Sure Max, now let me go." Kai managed to get himself out of the hug and standing again.
"Same old Kai," Max commented dryly to Tyson, who was still beneath him.
"Oh, I don't know," Tyson said with a smile. "Some things have definitely changed."
Max stared at him curiously, then he looked up at Kai suspiciously. "Wait a minute … oh my god you two are together now!" He caught Tyson in another tight hug, grinning even wider (if that was possible) than before. "Oh, I'm so happy for you guys!"
Tyson grinned and hugged him back. "Wait until you see who else is here."
"Oh my god!" Max jumped up and grabbed Tyson's hand, then Kai's and pulled them both into the kitchen with him where everyone had been congregating. "Rei!" He jumped onto the startled neko-jin with a huge grin. "I've missed you too!"
Rei laughed at him, giving him a quick squeeze. "Me too Maxie."
Max wasted no time in jumping onto the next person's lap, who just happened to be Wyatt. Max stared at him in confusion before grinning at the startled boy. "You must be Wyatt. Hi, I'm Max."
"Hi," Wyatt replied, a bit uneasy.
Kai glanced curiously at Rei who was looking rather dark, but as soon as he felt Kai's gaze on him, Rei smiled at him, back to his usual self. Kai continued watching him, a few suspicions filling his mind.
Suddenly there was silence as Max stared at Kenny who was staring right back at him.
"Kenny," Max said in a quieter voice, a blush darkening his cheeks and a shy smile appearing. "I really missed you."
Kenny returned the smile with a slight blush. "Me too." Before anyone could blink Max was suddenly on top of him, kissing him thoroughly and Kenny looking rather content with the situation.
But they broke off rather quickly, realising everyone was staring. Max blushed, but made no actions to move from his seat and although Kenny looked rather embarrassed, his arms encircled Max's waist rather possessively.
"Don't you think they're just so adorable Kai?" Tyson asked, breaking the sudden silence. Kai just stared at him and shook his head while the others grinned at Kai.
"Could we get down to business now?" Kai asked impatiently.
"Right now?" Tyson asked surprised. "Well, if you're sure," he whispered with a grin. Kai blushed.
"Tyson! Focus, do you not recall last night?"
Tyson continued grinning. "Perfectly."
Kai glared at him, trying to ignore the way Max and Rei were close to falling over with laughter, with the others not much better off (save Bryan who still had an extremely amused look in his eyes and Tala who was just smiling faintly). "The part here Tyson, at the house."
"That's exactly what I was thinking about."
Rei couldn't hold it in any more, he just started laughing, causing something of a chain reaction with everyone else, laughter and snickers soon abounded. Even Bryan and Tala joined in though briefly and not as loud as the others. Kai just glared at Rei then shook his head in frustration. At this rate they would get nothing done.
* * *
"Have you found anything?" Robert sipped at a cup of coffee as he looked over Oliver's shoulder. The other boy sighed and handed a folder to his captain. They were in a small study (small for the Majestics anyway) looking through files that had been given to them by the BBA. They were files confiscated from Biovolt operatives that had been arrested. Their job was to find out where they were supposed to strike next, only, things hadn't been going so well.
"Nothing of real worth, just the same thing again." Oliver looked frustrated. "It's all in some code … well parts of it anyway. We know they're after someone, but I still don't know who, even after all this research."
"I've got zip too." Enrique walked into the room and over to them, throwing a folder down on the table amongst the other useless files. "I would say this is pointless, but there's always that chance we find out who they're after."
"They know how to cover their tracks, I'll give them that." Robert finished his drink. "As soon as Ian and Spencer get back with Johnny we'll get them to look over this with us."
"When are they due back?" Enrique asked as he poured himself a drink from the pot on the side table.
"If they contact us today, then they're coming back tomorrow. Unfortunately I've had word they're to head over to Japan and the head office. I think we'll go with them, taking whatever we've found. We've done the best we could and if we pool our resources with the head office, maybe we can find something more."
"Good idea," Oliver smiled at him.
"I think Max and the rest of Kai's team are over there already," Robert said, pausing to think. "With all of us working on everything we should be able to finally bring them down."
"Now all we do is wait for the others to call." Enrique sighed. "Guess this means we go through more files as we wait?"
"Get to it," Robert ordered him, handing him a file.
* * *
Johnny paced irritably out the front of a small house in the middle of Zürich. "This was a complete waste of time, we were lead on a wild goose chase." He glared at Spencer who said nothing, just kept close watch on the street. "I searched through that house from top to bottom, there's nothing there."
"We'll wait for Ian to come back before we decide anything," Spencer told him. He could tell why Kai got so easily irritated with the Scotsman, Johnny was rather annoying and short-tempered.
Johnny glared at him. "Whatever, it's not like he'll find anything."
"Wrong again." The two turned as they heard Ian call to the. "Maybe you're just incompetent." He sneered at Johnny, who would have lunged at him, were it not for Spencer's arm barring the two from each other.
"Just tell us what you found Ian."
Ian stared at him a moment longer before saying, "Fine." He put everything in his hands on the step, sitting down to sort through it all. "First off, I know who was here, and I'm surprised that Gordon would be so sloppy."
Spencer's eyes narrowed. "The Director of Intelligence? He was here?"
Ian nodded, pointing to two items. "I think they got wind of us nearby. I remember he had a habit of fiddling with his lighter." Spencer picked up the silver item nodding as he recognized it. "Must have been in a hurry to forget that and his cigarettes."
"They're not even an hour gone." Spencer was staring at the ashes in the small cigarette tray Ian brought out.
"I know, and check out this." Ian showed him a bunch of pieces of paper that had been torn up. Spencer quickly put them all together and scanned the contents, paling slightly as he read.
"We've got to contact the others."
"What's up?" Johnny asked, looking over their shoulders, finally interested in what was going on.
"They're after Kai," Spencer told him. He quickly gathered up the papers and shoved them in his pocket. He looked over at Johnny. "Contact Robert now and make your way back there telling him what you've found. We'll need you guys to keep on this lead, it's too important now that we know whose tail we're on."
"What are you going to do?"
"We've got to help Kai," Ian told him. "If they got their hands on him again … well, things wouldn't be very fun for anyone."
Johnny nodded. "Right, we'll head to the airport straight away." He moved down to the street and waved for a car nearby to pull up to the drive.
"What do you think all of this was?" Ian asked cautiously.
"I think we all messed up big time," Spencer told him. "They've been watching us, knew everything that's been going on and we never realised. We completely overlooked the obvious and were played for fools. I just hope that we're able to get back in time to do our jobs and stop Biovolt from succeeding with its true mission."
AN: HA! More plot development … though originally this was supposed to be one of those fun 'filler' type chapters, well the first part was, then it got serious. But hey, Majestics, and the Demolition Boys. Had to bring them in somehow, and Max is here too. He's such a cutie.
Now I must go and write more on something. Pick a fic at random, I suppose.
Go, and be happy and may your dreams filled with syrup covered Kai ^__^
Laters.