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story written by: Glay

LOSING KAI AGAIN

[Chapter 6: Truth About Everything]

Tyson did another pull-up.

After they had all eaten their breakfast that morning, Kenny had shipped them off to the training facility schedules in hand.

At first Tyson thought it wouldn't be so bad – a little beybattle here and a few sit ups there – however Kenny had an evil enjoyment of torturing people. The Bladebreakers were now about a week into the training regiment and it was hell. The longhaired boy had a suspicious idea that Hilary had helped create the 'list of pain' as they all now called it. She'd done it before, after all.

The schedule went something like this:

200 Push-ups

300 Sit-ups

150 Pull-ups

1 Hour on Treadmill (time will increase daily)

1 Hour on Apparatus of choice

500 Rips

- Scheduled Practice Beybattles -

It was nearing lunchtime already so Tyson decided to speed up.

"144…145…146…ahhhh 147…!!" The muscles in his arms strained with the intense workout but he wouldn't give up. It had been such a long time since he'd been part of a team and he wanted to give it his all. Yeah, so it was just an exhibition match. No one thought they could lose. But Tyson didn't want to take his chances.

Also, it didn't hurt to get into top shape.

At least he didn't have to do it alone. Ray and Max had started on the exercise machines today, whereas he and Kai began with the solitary regiment. After lunch they would switch.

Max was currently trying to bench press some weights but didn't seem to be fairing too well. Ray had found a jumping rope and put it to good use.

Kai was there too, even if he wasn't saying much. It sort of worried Tyson, but he shook it off. Kai was still doing his sit-ups.

Kenny was probably relaxing with a fruit punch by the pool. There was another week of this torment and to top it off, Tyson still hadn't completed his dare…!

Yep. Tyson hadn't completed the dare. It wasn't his fault though! They'd all been so busy with training and meetings… Tyson didn't want to just kiss Kai out of the blue in front of BBA officials! They were supposed to have an off day today though, and Max and Ray made it pretty clear that kissing Kai had been put off for long enough.

"150!!!" Tyson exclaimed. Then he dropped into an exhausted heap underneath the bar.

Ray was panting as he stopped whipping the skipping rope. "I guess that means…" he took a big gulp of air, "I'm done too..."

Max collapsed. "Uuuuuggghhh….." He laid on the floor with Xs for eyes. Ray and Tyson rushed over to him.

The Chinese boy pulled Max into a sitting position and fanned him a little with his hand. "Geeze, breath Max!"

Tyson wiped the sweat from his brow. "Aw man, I can't believe Kenny set us up with two weeks of this! I think he wants to kill us!" He grabbed a towel from the fresh bin.

They wet the towel with cold water and wiped their faces with it. Max was breathing roughly. "I'm gonna die..!!"

Then a gurgling sound came from all three of their stomachs.

"I'm so hungry!!!" Tyson cried. "That's it – I'm gonna eat until I pass out!!"

"You won't have time to digest all the food you're planning on eating for lunch!" Ray said teasingly. "Then you'll get really bad cramps if you try to do more exercise."

The Chinese boy stretched and cracked the kinks out of his joints. "I'm heading to the restaurant now. I'll probably take a nap afterwards then get back to this torment."

Tyson nodded absently, almost unaware as Ray dragged Max out of the training room.

At the mention of cramps, Tyson had turned to look at Kai.

His heart clammed up. 'Oh no!!! With all this training… I can't believe I forgot about Kai's health problem!' Tyson's expression became worried. 'He hasn't said anything about it…'

The World Champion took quick strides over to the boy doing sit-ups. As he got closer it became apparent that Kai was having more trouble than he had let on…

Beads of sweat were trickling down Kai's face and every breath he took seemed laboured. The Team Captain didn't even seem to notice Tyson. He eyes were closed and he looked lost in thought, and million miles away. The only thing that showed was that Kai was severely out of shape…

Or…or that something must be wrong…

Tyson dropped to his knees in front of Kai. He put his hands on each of Kai's feet, steadying him to make the sit-ups easier.

Kai jolted, his eyes opening.

"It's lunchtime, Kai!" Tyson said, forcing himself to grin. Kai didn't look too good. "I'll wait for you to finish these and then we can go."

Kai stopped his jerky movements – the sudden stop of struggling making him go lax in relief. He fell back heavily against the mat.

Training had kept on the same rigorous track for the days after that first night they'd made it to the hotel. Kenny's plan left barely any time for anything else, so they trained. Each day the others would complete their tasks faster and better, but Kai...

Kai's feelings for Tyson were resurfacing more everyday… but his pains were getting worse.

His breath came in quick pants as he felt the dreaded piercing pain in his side return to life. Tyson was right there, so close, just hovering over him, and Kai wanted to cry out. So badly. He wanted to throw his arms around Tyson's body and to be embraced in return. He wanted it to be like that day Tyson had come over and hugged him at the table during breakfast.

He needed to stop having these pains… and it felt like he was dying every second Tyson wasn't holding him when he had them.

"Kai? Are you okay?" Tyson's voice sounded above him and Kai opened his eyes, only just then realizing that he had squeezed them shut.

The world champ laid a hand lightly against the dual-haired teen's side and Kai's tension washed away. He relaxed and blew out his breath, sitting up to be able to face Tyson.

"Yeah," Kai breathed out between his panting. He ran the back of his arm across his forehead to wipe up the sweat.

He froze when Tyson's hand came to touch his elbow. "You sure?" He asked in concern.

"Yeah…" Kai said again, the corners of his mouth curling upwards. 'Because you care…Because you still care after all this time.'

Tyson smiled good-naturedly and jumped up. "It's lunchtime and I'm starved." He offered his hands to Kai.

Grab my hand!

Kai's fingers brushed Tyson's before their hands entwined.

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Tyson's face was a breath away from Kai, and neither one of them were moving.

Max tapped his knee impatiently and Ray looked on with an almost crazed expression. Kenny looked about ready to have a heart attack.

How exactly had they all ended up like this? Well, after lunch it was the Bladebreakers' scheduled time off from the training, so they had all decided to catch up on the hubbub in Tokyo. They had checked out the stadium they would be playing in. It was huge and preparations were well on the way with the decorations and attractions that would be at the exhibition match. The goal was for a collection of the world's best Beybladers to gather around and battle the newest generation that beyblade fans of today role-modeled. Tyson's title as World's Best Beyblader would definitely be tested.

But Tyson had been testing Max's patience by putting off the last part of his dare. As a rule, a new game of Truth or Dare couldn't be commenced until all dares from the previous game had been carried out. As Head of Games, it was really eating Max up to wait so long to start up a new game.

And this is why Tyson's face was a breath away from Kai, and neither one of them were moving.

It was because after the boys had gotten back from their afternoon at the beystadium, Max had called them all up to his room.

As soon as they had all set foot in the door, Max's green-gloved finger was pointing at Tyson.

"I dare you to kiss Kai."

Kai looked up with a shocked expression on his face.

And a new Truth or Dare session was underway…

Tyson's face was a breath away from Kai, and neither one of them were moving.

Max tapped his knee impatiently and Ray looked on with an almost crazed expression. Kenny looked about ready to have a heart attack.

They were all sitting on the floor, well with the exception of Kenny who was at the desk with his laptop, and Kai was leaning against the foot of Max's bed. Tyson was kneeling in front of him awkwardly.

'JUST DO IT ALREADY!!!!!' Max mentally screamed at them. 'I KNOW you want to Tyson. C'mon, c'mon....'

Ray sweatdropped as evil waves of energy rose from Max's head. He coughed. "Guys...?"

Tyson smiled, his white teeth appearing, and tilted his head closer. "Gonna move away yet?" He sounded almost teasing.

Kai did not blink. "..."

"Erm.." Tyson's resolve faltered and nervousness crept into him. To cover it up, his eyes narrowed and then he pushed his nose into Kai's. "This is your warning to move away!"

"Or else...?" Kai asked quietly, his heart was beating so fast. He was nearly going cross-eyed trying to keep Tyson in focus. 'Please...' He thought. 'C'mon, kiss me...'

"Before you get k-kissed!!" Tyson squeaked out, his voice rising abnormally high at the last word. Kai was silent.

"I know you're the last person who wants a nasty wet kiss from ME!" Tyson continued loudly, and Ray smacked his forehead.

Max glowed creepily. "KISS HIM TYSON!!!"

Tyson jumped, startled at the booming command. He clumsily knocked foreheads with Kai making them both wince in pain.

"Augh…" The World Champion winced. "Sorry Kai…"

The Team Captain sighed irritably and glare, they were still nose-to-nose. "Tyson, just hurry up."

"Wah," Tyson was flabbergasted. "C'mon Kai, don't make jokes!" He laughed nervously.

"Does it look like I'm joking?" Kai deadpanned. "I have a nice dare to ask Head of Games over there, for thanks –f-for this torture." He hastily added.

Tyson spared him an odd glance for a second before his expression dissolved back into a nervous one. "You're…not… serious…."

"Just do it already!!" Ray nearly screamed. Max was looking ready to kill. "Dooo ittt…" He hissed.

"Er…"

Kenny suddenly piped up. "Looks like your record of unbroken dares is broken, huh Tyson?"

"What?!" Tyson shouted turning his face from Kai to glare at the computer nerd, but the short boy had already tuned back into his work, headphones in place and blaring out the others.

"Okay, THAT'S IT!" Max yelled, standing up. Everyone looked up at him fearfully as the blonde stalked forward into the circle and forcibly turned Tyson's head so that it was in the proper position to kiss Kai.

Tyson fumbled over his words as he protested. "W-ha-What Max!!!"

Max then grabbed Kai's hands and roughly placed each one on Tyson's shoulders. Tyson blushed brightly at the warm weight of Kai's strong hands.

"There." He said, dusting off his hands. Everyone sweatdropped.

"Ah…" Tyson stared into Kai's eyes. "Hi."

"Hello." Kai retorted quietly. The World Champ could feel the dual-haired teen's hands clench on his shoulders.

"This is such a dumb dare…" He muttered pointedly, so that Max knew of his distaste.

"Look…" Kai said, recapturing Tyson's attention. "You're wasting time for serious revenge." His voice became strained. "I know you think it's disgus—mphff!!"

Tyson's lips slammed into Kai's and they toppled over in a deranged heap. All his thoughts flew from Kai's mind as his back hit the floor, Tyson's lithe body sprawled overtop his. Their eyes were wide open and were staring in alarm at each other.

Ray set his foot back on the ground from where he'd kicked Tyson in the butt and Max applauded, a large smile on his face.

Tyson's arms were flailed out to the sides and his legs were flung out on either side of Kai's thighs. His baseball cap hung off his head precariously and his hair was messed up from where Kai's muscled arms were draped over his shoulders and onto his back.

"…"

Kai breathed in deeply through his nose, and Tyson moved his head slightly, their lips moving together at that slight turn. The Team Captain could feel Tyson's heart drumming against his chest and he knew his cheeks must've been bright red under his dark blue face paint.

Nobody moved.

Cautiously, Tyson pulled back a fraction and as soon as his lips left Kai's soft pale ones he took in a deep breath. His eyes slid closed over his deep blue eyes and then…

Kai's lips parted in a silent gasp as Tyson kissed him again.

It was like time froze.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~AAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO!!!!"

A shrill shriek shook the room. Tyson jumped five feet into the air, severely startled, his eyes darting around. Max, Ray, and Kai were no better, turning shocked stares to…

"Kenny!!! What the heck?!" Tyson asked, clawing at his chest. "You nearly gave me a heart attack! What happened?!"

Crocodile tears flowed down the Chief's chubby cheeks as he clutched at his laptop. "Aaaah! You guys!!! My… My…"

They all stared.

"MY COMPUTER CRASHED!!!!" He screamed, showing them all the now smoking piece of equipment.

Everyone fell over.

This was a serious emergency, as Kenny had put it! So, the whole team via Tyson's dad, drove back into Bay City to get to the Chief's home, where he kept spare parts that were 'crucial to their training.' Since they were in the best ramen restaurant in Tyson's home city, Mr. And Mrs. Dion told them to stay for dinner…

That kiss was burning on Kai's lips…

And tonight, the ninth day into the two and a half weeklong training session, Tyson found out the truth about everything.

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I'm sorry. ;_; this chapter is a failure. Go to next chapter it's better!