Not In Love
I'M BACK! Yes I am home after what seemed like a YEAR in our stupid caravan. However, poor Josie has another day of hell before she gets back, HA! But I am in my fabulous home, in my fabulous bedroom writing the next chapter for the FABULOUS reviewers. Thanks for all the really great comments and the ideas. I have already got a plot in mind but I hope to get your ideas in if I can. But enough of this, down to the next chapter!
Disclaimer: As we all know I do NOT own Beyblade T_T
A little note for the chapter: it is a bit like a scene from the second Tomb Raider film- which, guess what? I DON'T OWN! - but I do really like the idea. Oh and the house they all live in is Kai's mansion in Russia, 'cause I love it! They've got a huge garden with loads of training stuff in but it's still really pretty and elegant again a bit like Lara Croft. Oh God, I hope I'm not developing some kind of strange obsession with Tomb Raider.
Chapter 4
"You'd think they'd have a break or something, wouldn't you?" Tyson asked Max as he joined his friend at the patio and nodded towards Kai and Rei. "I mean they've been back what? A day? And already they're training." They both watched as Kai hit every target perfectly with his pistols.
"Yeah, but they obviously enjoy it. Anyway, I don't know why you're complaining. Kai hasn't asked about the Audi once. In fact I think you'd best stay out of his way; the house is a tip." There was a loud bang as Rei fired a rocket straight into the target area.
"I suppose so. He is always in a better mood just lately though. Apart from when I really piss him off," Tyson grinned at that thought. Max silently wondered whether he should say what he was thinking.
"It's Rei," he stated.
"What?"
"It's because of Rei he's always in a better mood. They've got really close," Max explained as they watched Kai chase Rei playfully around the garden because he'd blown up one of the garden statues.
"What do you mean 'close'? They're not together are they? WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME?"
"Shut up Tyson! Of course they're not together! Well… I don't think they are. Mind you, I suppose they've got every reason to be. They're together 24/7- Wait, what am I saying? I only meant they've become really good friends, nothing more," he confirmed.
"As far as we know."
"As far as we- NO! They're good friends and we're leaving it at that. Come on, we'd better start cleaning."
They went back into the house just as Kai caught Rei and held him down on the floor.
"Now- why was I chasing you again?" Kai said, trying to get his breath back.
"I blew up that statue," Rei laughed.
"Oh yeah. Mind you, it was pretty tacky wasn't it?"
"That's why I blew it up."
"I suppose I could let you off this time," Kai said rolling off Rei and lying next to him. "But you owe me one."
It was an unusually bright day in Russia and they'd decided to have the day off, which they didn't do often. Nevertheless, they'd still done nearly all of their morning training. They'd begun in the gym as soon as they'd had breakfast, then kickboxing in the basement and finally weapons training outside in the garden.
Kai turned his head slightly and looked at his friend. Just lately he couldn't stop himself from watching Rei. There was something about him that Kai found so entrancing. However, his thoughts were interrupted as Rei opened his eyes. Kai quickly looked away and shut his own eyes, not wanting Rei to know he was watching him. After a while of wondering what to do Kai sat up and faced Rei.
"Err… Shall we carry on with target practice?" He asked, wishing he'd said something a little more interesting.
"Sure," Rei smirked as an idea came into his head. "How about a little competition?"
"Are you serious?"
"Of course."
"I'll wipe the floor with you," Kai grinned and ran across to the target area. He set them all up for Rei and went to the steps by the patio.
"I'll show you how it's done then shall I?" Rei said as he walked over to the start mark. He began firing and Kai started the stop clock. Kai had to admit that Rei looked fabulous performing back flip after back flip, hitting every target perfectly and avoiding all the fake ones. Why do I keep thinking things like that? He asked himself. It's ridiculous. I work with him for God's sake.
"Sir?"
"Oh, Kiminsky. How are you? I haven't seen you for a while."
"I'm very well sir," the butler answered.
"You haven't seen Dimitri around have you?" Kai asked. He'd forgotten he wanted to speak to him.
"No sir, but if I do would you like me to pass on a message?"
"Yeah. Tell him I'm going to kick his ass."
"Very well sir."
"Rei! Have you finished yet?" Kai shouted across the garden. Rei hit one final target and sprinted back up to the patio.
"Sir," Kiminsky addressed Rei, "I think you missed-" Rei spun his pistol on his finger, held it over his shoulder and hit the final target without even looking.
"I got it."
"Show off," Kai smirked at him.
"I know but if you've got it you flaunt it."
"So Kiminsky," Kai said, after laughing and shaking his head at Rei. "Did you want anything?"
"Yes sir. MI5 are at the door. I was wondering whether you wanted me to tell them you're busy, or shall I let them in?" Kai jumped off the wall onto the patio and Rei almost choked on his water.
"MI5!" he spluttered.
"Yes sir, the British government's counter-"
"Yes I know who they are Kiminsky, but why are they here?"
"I don't know sir."
"Tell them we're not in," Kai said decisively. "Then we'll see what they do."
"Very well sir." He nodded and walked back into the house
"Christ Kai! MI5. How the hell did they get our address?"
"I've got no idea. Let's just hope Kiminsky gets rid of them."
***
"Tyson, it's got nothing to do with us who's at the door. Kiminsky said it was for Kai and Rei."
"I know, I'm only going to see who it is," Tyson replied as he ran down the stairs, followed reluctantly by Max. They made their way down the hall and peered around the door. Stood on their steps were two men dressed in black suits.
"Ah, I wonder if you could help us. We're looking for Rei Kon and Kai Hiwatari. Your butler went to see if they were in but he's been gone quite a while. You don't know where they are by any chance, do you?" The taller man asked. Max glanced behind the two men and down the long drive at a black BMW with two guards stood next to it. Tyson gave the man a blank look and then Max realized something. (A:N this is really random but when I think of this guy from MI5 I imagine Alan Rickman!)
"Sorry, he doesn't speak English very well, he's Japanese."
"Oh, I have a translator with me if you'd like me to-" he nodded to a younger looking man who began talking to Tyson in Japanese.
"Listen, I'm not sure whether they're in at the moment I can tell them you came. Shall I leave them a name?"
"Yes, I told your butler earlier. We're from MI5 and we needed to talk to Mr. Kon and Mr. Hiwatatri." Max's jaw dropped at this, as did Tyson's when the translator caught up with them.
"Cool!" Tyson exclaimed. "We'll go and fetch them for you," Tyson cried as he opened the door fully for them and gestured them inside.
"He said he'd fetch them for us," the translator explained.
"Thanks James," the taller man said. "So they are in then?"
"Err… well they might be. I'd better go with him," Max said quickly as he followed Tyson out of the room. Before they reached the garden they ran into Kiminsky.
"I've let MI5 in for you," Tyson said.
"I told him not to, I couldn't help it-"
"What's going on?" Kai asked as he walked into the room followed by Rei.
"Sir, MI5 are waiting in the hall. Master Tyson let them in."
"You WHAT?"
"OK, I'm guessing by the look on your face I've done something I shouldn't have so I'm just going to go to my room," Tyson said as he headed for the stairs.
"I'll just…go with him," Max added as he ran after Tyson.
"Shit!" Kai cursed and headed for the hall.
"That'll be all Kiminsky," Rei said as he rubbed his head nervously before going into the hall.
"Hello, Mr. Kon, Mr. Hiwatari? I'm David Jones."
"Zdravstvuyte, Mr. Kon-" James began in Russian.
"We don't need a translator Mr. Jones," Kai said in a stern voice.
"However," Rei continued, standing next to Kai. "We would like to know what you are doing here."
"Ah well, we need to speak to both of you on a matter concerning your profession. You may recognize the name John Brandon."
"And," Kai glared. They did know the name John Brandon, he was the English millionaire they were tracking Le Bian for, but he wasn't just going to tell MI5 that, was he? Their job wasn't technically legal in Russia, let alone England.
"Well, he doesn't actually exist," David said.
"I'm sorry," Rei asked, "but why would that have anything to do with us?" He and Kai walked into one of the sitting rooms and stood at the door. David and James followed them in and began looking around the room.
"Well I think I'd be right in saying you are being employed by Mr. Brandon to retrieve some information on Pier Le Bian, and before you protest I know this is true because I created John Brandon. MI5 sent you the letter requesting your help." Kai and Rei glanced at each other, a slight look of shock on each of their faces. "We'd heard a rumor about Le Bian a few months before. We needed to find out what exactly was going on."
"So you decided to get us to do it for you? Well isn't that just-" Kai was cut off as Rei trod on his foot.
"I think we deserve an explanation Mr. Jones."
"Too right we do." (A:N OK there is a lot of explaining but this is what makes the plot work. I hope it isn't to boring.)
"Well, MI5 are highly skilled-" Kai coughed at this, then gave him an innocent look. "But, we've tried to track Le Bian before. It… didn't work. He's a very hard person to follow. Then we found out Aleksandr Petrovskey was involved and it became obvious we couldn't pull this off." At this point Kai was smirking slightly. "We needed someone experienced, who could think like these men and was able to pull off an investigation like this. We needed the best. For days we searched the highs and lows of England but found nothing. Then James heard about a con that had taken place a few days before. Apparently, a group had stolen a large amount of gold from an American fraudster named Michael Laney during a large party that he was holding." Rei tried desperately not to laugh at this. The group had in fact been them and God, had they had fun that night. The job had been incredibly easy so they'd decided to have a little fun. They'd created all kinds of catastrophes just to wind this guy up. At one point all the lights went out and the music turned off. Somehow, Kai had found his way into the cellar and had hotwired the fuse box. Rei thoughts were interrupted as David continued with his explanation.
"So we looked into it. For two weeks we searched for any kind of information on this group and eventually we came across a photo that had been taken on one Mr. Laney's security camera. It showed two men running to a black van, just after the time the gold was taken. At first it seemed like nothing; a lot of people had left in a hurry after the gun shots. But then I looked more closely at the face of one of the men. He was very pale so instantly I assumed he wasn't American, but it wasn't just that. I recognized him. It bugged me for days but after a while a convinced myself I was imagining things; after all, the photo was quite blurred. However, a week later I came across an old newspaper cutting in the office about Aleksandr Petrovsky's conviction five years ago. And then it hit me. I don't understand why I didn't realize earlier. The man on the photo was non other than Kai Hiwatari, the man who had sent Russia's most wanted hit man to prison at the mere age of fifteen." He looked at Kai who stared back.
"Yes but why has my past got anything to do with this?" He asked, not liking to talk about his childhood.
"Well I thought about it for a while. You'd sent him down once so why shouldn't you be able do it again? So, we went back to research. For weeks we found nothing but information you from five years ago. We could not find a thing on what or where you were now. Then, after a month of result less research, we found out where you were living. So we flew to Russia and took a look at your house. Instantly, I put two and two together. You were the one who took the gold and you'd obviously taken a lot more over the years to be able to afford a house like this." Both Kai and Rei stood there in shock. What were they supposed to do? Thankfully David continued.
"Before we went home we asked around the area to see if anyone knew anything about you. Everyone told us the same thing. You lived and worked with someone named Rei Kon who, I later found out, was the man on the photo with you from Mr. Laney's camera. I must admit Mr. Kon; your childhood was also quite eventful, was it not? Running away at a very young age."
"Again Mr. Jones," Rei interrupted. "This has nothing to do with why you are here."
"Well after finding out a little bit about both of your reputations, I decided you were perfect. You obviously knew how to keep quiet and you definitely had experience, so we wrote the letter, giving you a fake name, knowing you wouldn't be willing to work for MI5."
"And you're telling us this now because?" Kai asked.
"Well when you told us about the mass execution we decided it was for the best. You're going to need our help and we couldn't give it to you if you didn't know our plan."
"And what makes you think we're willing to help you?" Rei said.
"Well our offer still stands, half a million pounds I believe." (A:N I know that their in Russia and that half a million is 25, 735, 944 rubles but my mom says that if they were clever they'd have pounds because they're worth more or something to do with investment.) "And neither of you have the cleanest of records, so, if you help us, we'll keep your reputation quiet." Kai and Rei glanced at each other for a moment.
"Fine."
"Excellent. When will you be able to fly to England?"
"In three days," Kai sighed. This was not going to be fun.
"Good. Will you-" He was cut off as the door burst open.
"You guys! We have to come with you!"
"Tyson, go away you idiot!"
"What's going on?" David asked James.
"These guys want to come with them."
"Mr. Jones, this is Tyson Kinomiya, our weapons expert," Rei explained.
"Was he involved in the American job?" (A:N has anyone seen The Italian Job, the new one? It's so good! And NO- I do NOT it!)
"Yes."
"Well, I suppose it wouldn't do any harm to have him involved," David smiled.
"So can I come or what?" Tyson whispered to Kai.
"Yes I suppose so, now bugger off."
"Wait if I'm coming Max has to as well!" Max stepped into the room with an innocent look on his face. Kai hit his forehead.
"Oh God."
"And this is Max Tate, our premier wheelsman."
"Well I'm sure his help would be appreciated," David smiled again.
"OK now can you GO AWAY?" Kai said practically pushing them out of the door.
"Wait! What about the Chief?" Kenny appeared at the door with Dizzi tucked under his arm.
"There's a fifth one?" David asked Rei, giving the group a funny look.
"This is the Chief," Rei smiled apologetically. "He's our… hacker I think you call them?"
"Right, well I suppose he could come too."
"That's the last one honestly," Rei said.
"OK. We'll be off now," David said, watching with amusement as Kai began shouting at the others.
"I'll show you to the door." Rei led him out of the room just as Tyson made the huge mistake of answering back.
"I wouldn't like to get on the wrong side of him," James told Rei as they walked down the hall.
"Who? Kai? He's not that bad really. Well not if you know him like I do. I suppose he can seem a little intimidating if you don't know him."
"So you're good friends then?"
"James, I don't think Mr. Kon wants to talk about his relationship with Mr. Hiwatari."
"It's OK," Rei smiled at James. "And yes, we are good friends."
"Sorry to ask the blunt question but are you anything more than friends?" Rei began laughing.
"James!"
"Sorry sir."
"You know, everyone asks us that. I've never quite understood why?"
"Sorry," James looked at his feet.
"No really. I'm intrigued. Why did you think we were together?"
"Well you live together and… I suppose you appear to… work together in… more ways than one." Rei gave him a quizzical look. "Well you know you seem to have… chemistry." Rei could hardly believe what he was hearing. Even someone they'd only just met got the impression they had "chemistry". But when he thought about it he liked the idea. He didn't know why but he felt more than fine with it.
"Right James, in the car please." James said good bye and went to sit in the car.
"I'm sorry about him, he's new."
"Really it's OK."
"Oh, it's just I thought you might not like him suggesting things like that."
"It's fine. Like I said I'm used to it." David gave him a strange look.
"Well, is it OK if we come over to make arrangements tomorrow?"
"Sure."
"Great, we'll see you then."
***
Rei walked down stairs and made his way to the garage. He was about to start packing when MI5 had left but he'd forgotten his bags were still in the garage. He smirked as he walked into the garage and found Dimitri polishing the cars. He was a great kid but had a terribly large ego, a bit like Tyson. The one person he didn't mess around with was Kai, again a bit like Tyson. They paid him to do odd jobs and keep quiet about it.
"Alright Dimtri."
"Oh Rei, how are you mate?"
"Great thanks," he replied as he began searching for his bags
"I got the Audi sorted for you. Tyson had made quite a mess of it but it was nothing I couldn't handle. It just needed someone skilled to sort out the body work."
"Right." Rei carried on looking around for his bags, not exactly listening to what Dimitri was saying. Eventually he found them.
"Are you off again then?"
"Yeah."
"Do you want me to fly you over again?"
"Not this time Dimitri, thanks anyway."
"Where you off to?"
"England."
"Nice. English girls are great." Rei laughed at this.
"I'm not sure we'll have time to think about that Dimitri," Rei said gathering up his stuff. To be perfectly honest Rei never thought about girls. And even if he did he wouldn't have time to do anything about it.
"Well, it's a great country too, I think."
"It's OK."
"Have a nice time then."
"We will." He was about to go when he remembered something. "Oh and Kai's been looking for you." Dimitri shot up from behind an Aston Martin at the mention of Kai's name.
"Really?"
"Yeah. I'm sure it's nothing to worry about thought. He just said he's going to kick your ass that's all."
"Right." He took in a deep breath. "I guess I'll have to stay out of his way then," he grinned. Rei smirked as Kai appeared at the back door of the garage and walked quietly over to the car Dimitri was working on, completely unnoticed.
"That might be a little harder than you think," Rei laughed at Kai and went to pack.
"I'm sure I'll manage- oh hello Kai," Dimitri laughed nervously.
"You were saying?"
"Err… it was nothing. How can I help?"
"Well, I was just wondering, out of interest, what you'd do if one of the others asked you to fly them over to where we were staying on a job for no apparent reason, knowing that you're not supposed to take ANYONE to us while we're working."
"I'd tell them I'm not allowed to."
"Correct. However, that is not what you did when Tyson asked you to fly Max and him to Paris the other day, is it?"
"No. Sorry."
"Well just remember that for next time OK?"
"Yeah."
"Good. Oh and Dimitri?"
"Yeah."
"You missed a spot."
***
Rei emptied his bags and began pulling things out of the wardrobe. Just as he began putting things in the bags there was a knock at the door. Rei knew in an instant it was Kai from the way he knocked.
"Come in." Sure enough Kai pushed the door open shut it carefully behind him. He walked over to the bed and lay on it, avoiding the clothes Rei had laid out. He watched Rei pack for a while then sighed slightly.
"Do you think these MI5 guys are going to get us into trouble?" Rei stopped taking things out of wardrobe and looked at him.
"I don't think so, and besides, if they do they'll be sorry. Black or white?" He held up two shirts for Kai to look at.
"Black. So you're looking forward to helping them out?"
"Well I suppose it'll be just like any other job but they'll be helping out a bit. Blue or black?"
"Black. Your right."
"Have you got something on your mind?"
"Not really and white before you ask."
"Are you sure?" Rei said eying his suspiciously.
"Yeah, it goes better with your eyes."
"Not that you idiot. Are you sure you haven't got something on your mind?" Kai sighed again.
"I guess I'm just not looking forward to this."
"Why?" Rei asked, a little worried.
"It does nothing but bloody rain in England."
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Done! I like that last line! Sorry if the explaining bit was boring but it needed to be done.
Well, thanks again for the reviews. Sorry I'm being a bit brief, I'm a little depressed that school starts again tomorrow. Scratch that. I'm VERY depressed.
Update coming A.S.A.P!