Life Is A Mystery

Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade. Nor do I especially want to own Beyblade.

Warning: Some shounen-ai, or male/male relationships.

"...Where are you, Kai Hiwatari?" finished a quiet voice. A certain slate-haired teenager looked up from his seat in the comfortable and expensive leather office chair, his fingers tapping lightly against the armrest.

"Is this a joke?"

He paused, and when no response came, he swiftly tore the paper in two, throwing the shreds skillfully into the garbage can, five feet away and leaning against the wall of the large office.

An awkward silence hung over the occupants of the office. The girl that had been standing in front of the spacious and tidy desk choked back a sob. She could already see her vision blurring from the tears.

Kai had been in a daze, staring at the pieces of paper sticking out of the garbage can, and suddenly realised what he had done. "Miho... I'm sorry - I didn't mean..." His words drifted off and he held out his arms.

Miho (1) walked around the desks slowly and hugged her fairly new boyfriend. (2)

But almost immediately, Kai was overwhelmed with this... feeling. Miho was his girlfriend, but... whenever they hugged, whenever they were just... together as boyfriend and girlfriend, it just felt... wrong. He had always felt their connection more as friends. Somehow. Miho sensed his uneasiness and pulled away from him.

"Miho..."

She stared a moment into his ruby eyes that had softened so much... Then turned around and walked out the door without a word, leaving Kai to reflect again.

He had left behind so much in the past year or so. The Blade Sharks, his newfound friends, his team, his home, his dark past in Russia...

Tyson.

And deep within his protected heart, somewhere, he knew that was what was nagging him everyday. Tyson Kinoyama.

Kai had tried to create a new life for himself. He had gone to Canada, and found a large company that had been his grandfather's, not completely legitimate, was legally his property. It was barely a few days after he had found this company that he had found one of Voltaire's deserted, but well-kept mansions, as well as a spot for him as the head of the corporation, known as Hiwatari Inc. (3)

If the Bladebreakers had been keeping up with Canadian news, they would have seen how Kai was making major changes in the city of Toronto. For the better. But, or so Kai believed, his old team didn't even know he was here, let alone would they be keeping up with Canadian media.

Yet, as it turns out, Kai Hiwatari... was wrong.

1 - Miho is a name I pulled from Knights Of The Zodiac. Sorry, I can't make up names.
2 - Before you panic (probably too late), this is still a shounen-ai story.
3 - I suck at names. So Hiwatari Inc. it is.

Minor changes to this chapter have been made. Hopefully, you like. Enough to review?