Not In Love

I'm not going to ramble on here because I'm sure you'll be dying to know what's going on. But I just want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who reviewed and who getting me over the hundred mark! Josie and I have an idea for a one-off that we think you'll like so keep your eyes open for that…

Oh and in answer to your question Irime, you can translate it into Czech as long as I get credit!

Disclaimer: Do I really need to say it again. Get it into your heads I. DON'T. OWN. BEYBLADE.

Chapter 10

Kai watched as Petrovsky's body hit the floor. He let the blade he'd pulled from the wall behind him fall to the floor next to the corpse.

"Stabbed by your own dagger, how ironic." He crouched down next to him and took the necklace from the man's top pocket. He opened it carefully and ran his fingers over the picture, starring at his parents faces for the first time in fifteen years. As he did, coughing from the other side of the room brought him back to his senses. He rushed over and knelt down next to Rei.

"Come on we need to get out of here!" he shouted over the chaos. With a little help from Kai, Rei managed to push himself up off the floor and make his way over to the door. Just as they stepped out into the blazing corridor a beam fell from the ceiling, blocking the way to the stairs. They had to find another way out. Thinking back to yesterday Kai led them to the room where he'd supposedly fixed the TV.

"It's locked!" Rei cried after trying the handle.

"Out of the way!" With a swift kick, Kai broke down the door and rushed over to the window. They were pretty high up. He might just be able to make the jump but Rei was still having trouble with his balance. "Wait here! I'll go first." He lowered himself out of the gap and dropped down. Ignoring the pain in his foot, he turned around and called up to the window.

"Jump and I'll catch you!" Not having time to think about it, Rei lowered himself down as Kai had done and let go, landing in the bluenett's arms.

"Are you okay?" Kai asked putting him back on his feet. Rei nodded, his dizziness having lifted slightly thanks to the fresh air. "We need to move, this place could blow any second." They turned around only to find Le Bian and half a dozen of his guards running towards them, guns raised.

"Okay, any more bright ideas?" Rei inquired.

"Yeah, run." Kai grabbed his hand and ran as fast as he could to where he'd parked his bike earlier. They got on quickly as they heard Le Bian shout.

"Get in the cars! And don't let them get away!"

"Shit, he must think I have the hostages," Kai cursed.

"And do you?"

"No I left them to Tyson and Max."

"What?!"

"I had to save you."

"Well it'll go to waste if you don't like DO SOMETHING!" Rei pointed ahead of them where four cars were now heading their way. They had them cornered. Kai quickly considered his options then turned to Rei.

"In my bag there's a gas grenade and a launcher, fire it at Le Bian's car." Doing as he was told, he took out the launcher and loaded it. Aiming for the car in the centre of the group he pulled the trigger. The gas wasn't enough to render Le Bian unconscious but it blocked his vision long enough for Kai to make his move.

"You'd better be ready for this." He started the bike and sped forward, causing Rei to wrap his arms around Kai so as not to fall off.

"Are you crazy? We're heading straight for Le Bian!"

"I know." Smirking to himself, Kai headed for a small bump in front of the Frenchman's car. Using it as a ramp, he took the bike straight over the top of the car and landed gracefully the other side. Rei laughed at him in disbelief.

"Definitely crazy."

"You wouldn't want it any other way." Kai pulled into a 180 degree turn, facing the cars that had now just about managed to turn around.

"You little brats! I'll get you for this!" They heard Le Bian shout.

"Bring it on!" Rei cried back. Kai grinned at him before heading towards the drive, followed by the four cars. They drove through the empty village quickly, dodging the bullets that were now being fired at them. After a couple of minutes they were back on the mountain road and heading to the top.

"Kai we're gonna have to get rid of a few of these guys pretty soon!" Rei shouted just as Kai was forced to take them off the road to avoid one of the cars.

"There's a pistol in my inside pocket," he said nodding to his jacket.

"Got it." Reaching round, Rei put his hand inside Kai's jacket and pulled out the pistol (A:N minds out of the gutter people! I'm saving that for later on.) He turned around on the bike, and having done this plenty of times before, sat back down gracefully with his back to Kai's.

"So," he said, aiming for the car closest to them. However, when the driver noticed this he swerved to the right forgetting about the two hundred foot drop that led to his destruction and a very loud bang. "Okay then. One down, three to go."

"Hang on; you haven't fired a bullet yet."

"I know. I'm fabulous aren't I?"

"Weird was actually the word I had in mind but I suppose fabulous is close enough. Anyway what was it you were going to say?" After shooting the tyres of the second car, Rei looked over his shoulder.

"So, did you miss me?" He asked innocently causing Kai to laugh slightly before smirking.

"Oh hell yeah." Rei smiled turning back to the two remaining cars that were now lagging behind. With a clean shot, he took out the penultimate driver, leaving only Le Bian who was now catching up. Rei took aim only to realise he was out of bullets.

"Damn," he mumbled whilst trying to think what to do. He watched Le Bian lean out of the window and laugh wickedly.

"It seems you're out of ideas!" Rei looked at the empty pistol in his hand.

"Not quite." With all his might he threw the gun at Le Bian's windscreen that shattered instantly. Le Bian only just covered his face in time as the glass flew everywhere. He screamed in anger as Rei waved at him laughing triumphantly. Picking up his own gun he kept one hand on the steering wheel and fired at the Chinese youth. However, his shot missed Rei and caught Kai in his left arm.

"Kai! No!"

"I'm okay! Just keep an eye on him." Nevertheless, as he said this, the bike jerked violently to the right only just missing the edge. Before Kai could argue, Rei turned around and put his arms underneath the bluenette's taking the handlebars. Kai's breathing quickly became heavier and more irregular as he leant back against Rei for support.

"Oh God Kai are you okay?!"

"…Rei…"

"Kai! Please be okay!"

"Rei!"

"You're going to be okay, I know-"

"REI! Watch the bloody road!" Rei looked ahead of him only to find a dead end and a deadly drop.

"Okay now we have a problem." He checked behind him but Le Bian was still following them. "Any ideas?"

"Rei, do you trust me?"

"What?!"

"Do you trust me?" He gave Kai a puzzled look, noticing that the end of the road was getting closer and closer.

"Yes but-" It was now only a few meters ahead of them.

"Then hold on!" At the last minute, Kai grabbed the right handlebar with his good arm and pushed it forward, sending both them and the bike skidding to the left. However, Le Bian didn't see this coming and couldn't move in time. The car went straight over the edge as Kai and Rei hit the floor.

"What the hell was that?!" Tyson cried as a deafening bang echoed through the mountains. He pulled a pair of binoculars from his bag and pushed his way through the crowd of hostages so he could get a better view of the mountain.

"What can you see?" Max asked, standing behind him.

"Not much-no wait. There are two people it's… it's them! Kenny they're at the top!" He watched as Rei pushed himself up off the floor. He turned to Max and Kenny and smiled.

"They're alive."

Rei opened his eyes and, wincing at the pain, pushed himself up off the floor. Wiping the blood from his lip, he turned around to find Kai lying face down on the floor. Rushing over as fast as his injuries would allow, he knelt down next to him and pulled him into a sitting position. Gently brushing the hair out of Kai's face, he merely sat and watched the Russian for a few minutes, taking in his beauty.

"Kai. Come on Kai wake up." He rested his forehead against Kai's and sighed deeply. "You might wanna warn me before you pull a stunt like that again." He closed his eyes and smiled slightly, not really expecting an answer.

"Well being fabulous an all I didn't think you'd need a warning." He looked up quickly and laughed when he saw Kai's eyes open and his lips turn up into a mischievous grin.

"You were awake all along weren't you?" Kai shrugged his shoulders and laughed with Rei. However, his smile faded as he remembered something. He felt around his neck but it wasn't there.

"Looking for this?" Rei held up the silver locket he'd found on the floor next to him. "Do you mind…?" He nodded at the necklace and Kai shook his head. Rei carefully opened it up and smiled sadly at the picture inside. "Kai, I'm so sorry. I had no idea."

"No, I'm sorry I've never told you. It's just I haven't thought about them since the court case and when Kenny first mentioned Petrovsky all those weeks ago it brought it all back. It's just… I'd tried so hard to forget everything that had happened but-"

"I can understand why you didn't tell me, I know how hard it must have been for you."

"Well it was… until a few years ago. It all became easier to get out of my head because I was to busy thinking about… about something else." Kai looked up at Rei and couldn't stop himself from smiling. "About you." Rei returned the smile but was totally lost for words. Noticing this Kai chuckled. "They were good people. You would have liked them. And they would have loved you." He looked down at the floor. "It's just… sometimes I can't help but think they'd be ashamed of me because of my job and what I do." Rei snapped out of his daze and placed his fingers under Kai's chin, lifting his head so he could see his face.

"No one could ever be ashamed of you Kai." Their eyes locked for a few seconds until they blinked and looked away, both blushing slightly. Rei moved from in front of Kai and sat down next to him. He looked at the locket again and smirked.

"Not bad, quite cute actually," he said nodding at the young boy in his mother's arms.

"Well some things never change." Rei shook his head and laughed slightly.

"No they don't." Not being able to hold back any longer, Kai closed the gap between them and placed a gentle kiss on Rei's lips.

"HA! I knew it! Come on Maxie, cough up." Max shook his head and took out his wallet.

"You know I was sure Rei would make the first move. Here's your ten."

"Ahem. I believe it was twenty. I want one for that time in the office and it was so obvious Kai would kiss him first, after all my fabulous pep talks."

"One, I think it was more to do with the fact that Kai loves Rei and two, I'm not giving you ten for that time, it was under different circumstances."

"Whatever." He looked through his binoculars again and smirked. "Christ, they're really going for it now."

"Leave them alone and stop watching them." Tyson just ignored him and lowered his binoculars. He stuck his fingers in his mouth and whistled loudly, causing it to echo even louder. Max shook his head. "Pervert."

Kai moaned slightly as Rei ran his fingers through his hair. Being careful not to hurt him, he lowered Rei to the floor and continued to kiss him passionately. However, after a few seconds he was flipped over leaving him underneath Rei who was now grinning mischievously. Just as he began placing butterfly kisses along Kai's cheek there was a loud whistle from further down the mountain. They broke apart and smiled a little before speaking in unison.

"Tyson." Catching Rei off guard, Kai grabbed his arms and rolled him over. Now, being on top, he put on a guiltless face as Rei had done earlier.

"So," he said, tracing one of Rei's delicate cheek bones with his forefinger. "Did you miss me?" The ebony haired youth laughed at Kai's pretty pathetic attempt at innocence and then put on his best 'Kai' smirk.

"Oh hell yeah."

OH MY GOD! It's all over! Well actually that depends on you. You see I do have an idea for an epilogue (not a sequel) but I wasn't sure whether you'd want one or not so a simple yes or no in your review (which hopefully you'll be submitting any moment now) will let me know.

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