Title: Tears I Cried

Author: eternal radiance

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Rating: pg13 for language and mention of character death

Pairings: K/Ty, R/Ma, Ta/Ty friendship and Ta/Re brotherly love

Summary: Something in Tyson changes, but not for the better and when Kai's training techniques go too far, has he really lost Tyson forever? He'll have to get through the overprotective brother first to get him back though.

Author's Notes: My sister said the format of the story I had it in before was harder to read…so… is this better?

Disclaimer: Only the storyline of this story belongs to me.

change of POV or time gap

"speaking"

'thinking'

(author's note)

flashback

Previous chapter:

"I'm telling you this because Takao's like the little brother I never had. I'll do anything to keep him safe. But I also know he loves you like crazy. So… if you hurt him again, I'll hunt you down and kill you." Tala warned, before letting go.

Kai stared into those ice blue eyes and he could see that what Tala was saying was true. He wasn't any competition for his heart. "I'll do whatever it takes to make him happy."

Tears I Cried – Chapter 5

"We'll start you off with something easy."

That had been what Mr. Dickenson had said after they agreed to join the BBA, underground of course. The part of the BBA, which dealt with dangerous people that cannot be brought to justice easily because they were too influential in their work and in the city. But heir idea of easy stuff…. was just not that easy. For the Bladebreakers at least.

Their 'easy' training consisted of 5 laps around the BBA office; which – for a lack of a better word – quite large, 50 push-ups, 150 sit-ups and a track that was especially laid out for dodging weapons. As Ray soon found out, as a "bullet" shot at him and he ended up covered in red paint, which made the others laugh and get distracted, too distracted to notice their own "bullets" flying their way.

Only Kai had successfully completed the training, although the others did do very well for newbies who just started. And so after that "easy" stuff – which was also a preliminary training and perhaps even a test to see what they each needed to improve, they were sent to different levels of the underground building to strengthen these skills and weaknesses.

Kai, having already done harsh training under his grandfather's hand, was used to this and was sent to one of the higher levels for some practise in weaponry.

On the way he heard a familiar voice and stopped to listen in.

"Boys, your new assignment Is to track down and capture Voltaire. He's caused too much trouble to us and the world." Mr. Dickenson informed the two boys standing before him, dressed in black skin-tight cat suits. At both their sides were long swords, one that Kai recognized to be the family sword that Takao had in his dojo. The long flowing hair that brushed past the shoulders of the shorter boy told him that indeed this was Takao. And from the hair curling upwards on both sides, he knew it was Tala.

Kai tried to stop himself from staring at Takao's cute ass and instead tried to focus on the mission plan that Takao and Tala was being given.

Finally the BBA owner dismissed them and Kai panicked for a second before spotting a potted plant and hiding behind it.

Due to his position, he caught bits of the other two boy's conversation.

"Ne, Takao… What was that whole racket about this morning?" Tala asked, curiosity etched on his face.

"Oh…. Um…. That..." Takao blushed crimson. Tala leaned in closer as Takao blurted out. "Someoneleftadozenrosesonmybed." He said really quickly.

Tala smirked. "Did it say from who?" He asked.

Takao shook his head, also trying to get rid of the red-tinge over his cheeks. "Just from 'someone who loves me.'"

The redhead smiled and instantly Takao became suspicious. "You know who it is, don't you?" He asked, staring deeply into Tala's ice blue eyes, into the eyes lighter then his own.

Tala smirked and his eyes quickly moved to the bush behind Takao and Kai winced, trying not to move; not even to breathe. Tala's gaze moved back down on the boy in front of him. "I have my suspicious."

At once, Takao grabbed his shoulders. "Who?" He all but yelled.

"Not telling!" Tala sang out, teasingly. The he tweaked Takao's nose and ran off.

"TALA!" The blue haired boy ran after him. " Tell me please?"

Kai made sure that they were far away and around the corner before he stepped out. He had been glaring at the red-haired ex-Demolition Boy the whole time during his and Takao's conversation. The two were getting pretty close… too close for Kai's comfort. Even knowing that the two were just like brothers, didn't sooth his jealousy.

It didn't need to, because something else did.

"So, Kai. Now you know how missions are given!"

Kai jumped before turning around. He had been so occupied by his jealousy that he forgot about Mr. Dickenson who was still in the room.

The old BBA leader was leaning against the doorframe, with his arms crossed, a insane twinkle in his eyes.

'Oh shit!' was all Kai could think of.

'Too sore… to….' "Damn…" Kai muttered to himself when his fingers wouldn't tie the bow to finish the wrapping on the present he had gotten Takao. It hadn't been hard to choose, especially when Takao was always trying to pile boxes of them in the shopping cart when they were stocking up on food. It wasn't without reason though. After often taking a few from Takao's supposed 'secret' stash, Kai himself had grown to love it. It was hard not to fall in love with chocolate.

And so of course he bought himself a box. He just bought a bigger one of Takao. This time, no one needed to worry about Takao getting fat. Not that it mattered to Kai anyways, because that'll mean he'd just have more of the blue-haired angel to kiss. But before Kenny had voiced this concern out to Takao who was stuffing his face, and the blue-haired angel just shrugged and muttered something under his breath. Now they knew that the crazy appetite was due to the exercises they had to do in the BBA underground.

Which brought Kai back to the mission report he had heard between Mr. Dickenson, Tala and Takao. They were going to capture Voltaire. Kai knew his grandfather well and capturing him was not going to be an easy task. What was the BBA thinking, sending Takao on such a dangerous mission?

Kai scowled to himself. Mr. Dickenson knew how much he liked Takao. Maybe he could be persuaded to change the plans slightly to accommodate him. Of course, he failed to realize that despite the harsh punishments he had gone through with his grandfather and at the Abbey, he still had many levels to excel in before he could ever reach Takao and Tala's level.

"What are you-"

"Shh!"

"But-"

"SHH!!"

Ray shut up when he saw the glare Max had given him. They (with Kenny) were currently hiding behind the stacks of oranges and apples, trying to look for the familiar blue-haired ex-member of theirs. Or… their group member. No one wanted to think about Takao being their ex-group member, because…. Well, he wasn't.

They were going to get him back.

"Yo, chief, do you see him anywhere?" Max asked and some of the few people in the store turned around at the loud whisper, but all they could see was his unruly blonde hair sticking up.

"Nope." The brown haired genius said, peeking out between the stands.

"Ehh….guys?" Ray tried to put in when he turned around, but Max glared at him and looked at Kenny back again. "We should try the aisles."

"Ma-" His boyfriend asked again.

"Not now, Ray. I'm busy." Max waved him off.

"Chief?" Ray tried and Kenny sighed heavily and finally turned to him, annoyed. "What?!" When Ray didn't answer him and only pointed behind him, Kenny scowled. "Stop playing games, Ray. We're busy here."

"Sure you are." Said a sarcastic voice from behind him.

This time, they all turned to find Takao standing behind them, a scowl on his usual-smiling face. He had his arms crossed over his chest, over a long green apron. "What the hell are you doing here?"

"We're… Ehm…" Kenny tried to say, but kept stuttering under the intense gaze of his 'best friend'.

"We're shopping!" Max said quickly. "Ray ate us out of the house and Kai kicked us out so that we would get food." He winced when Takao just looked at him with a dismissing glare.

Ray sighed, confessing. "We wanted to see you."

Takao looked at him, and started to organize the already organized bananas. "Why?" He asked, harshly, not unlike his team leader when he was pissed. His gaze turned even more intense when he mind remembered that now his EX-team leader.

"Takao, why didn't you tell us?" Max butted in, his own blue eyes growing hard that his own best friend hadn't trusted him enough to tell him something as important as his family's deaths. "We're your best friends!" He almost yelled out, when the blue-haired boy just turned his back to them.

Obviously that had been the wrong thing to say, as Tala's red-locked hair popped up from inside the back and winced. But it was too late. It had already been said.

"Best friends?! BEST FRIENDS?!!" Takao turned to him, his voice high and loud and his blue-eyes filled with fury. "Best friends shouldn't need to be told when something's wrong! Best friends would be able to see if my smile was fake or real! They shouldn't have to be told that something close to me had died…" His eyes suddenly filled with unshed tears and he turned his face away from them, upset that he had allowed them to see his tears.

Ray stepped forward to place one shaking hand on Takao's shoulder, but he had not expected him to flinch away as if he had been hit. "Takao…" He said softly, feeling his own eyes tear up. Inside he berated himself. How could they have ever turned away one of his best friends? How could he not see the anguish that Takao had within him?

Takao shook his head. "Just… just leave me alone…" He whispered, his voice shaky as if he was holding back the tears. "Don't... just… leave me alone..."

And with that, he ran off out of the market, away from the other Bladebreaker members.

Max couldn't stop him and just watched him run away sadly. He, Ray and Kenny left the market quietly. Ray had his arm around a shaking Max who was silently crying to himself and Kenny with his bangs over his eyes to cover his own tear-filled eyes.

Tala stood back at the supermarket, his arms filled with boxes of groceries. He looked away from the door where Takao had just ran out of and Ray and the other Bladebreakers had just left from As much as he didn't like it, he knew that Ray, Max and Kenny had the right to be upset and also that Takao had the right as well. Now they just needed some time to think to themselves and they'll be fine.

Tala let out a huge sigh, wondering how he was going to explain this to his boss.

Takao ran – not really blindly – but blindly enough in the sense that his eyes were filled with tears and everything was a blur to him. He made sure to steer clear of the roads as he had read and seen too many book and movies where a character runs blindly and gets hit by a car. As upset and angry as he was feeling at the moment, he really didn't want to die yet.

After a few minutes, he bumped into someone and hands reached out to his shoulders to steady him. "Sorry," he muttered and tried moving away but the hands held him tightly.

"Takao, what are you doing here?"

The blue-haired boy quickly brought his head up to meet dark blue eyes that were exactly like his own. "Niichan?" Takao asked, his own blue-eyes a bit too blurry to see properly. His arms were suddenly thrown over Ren's shoulders and he held tightly onto his older brother, burying his face in the strong chest.

Ren looked down at his brother with sad and concerned eyes and then half carried-half led him to a nearby park where he sat them down on the grass under a sakura tree, glad that he had decided to change before talking his walk.

"Ty, what's wrong?" He asked softly, combing his fingers through his brother's long blue locks.

Takao tried to say what had happened, but was too choked up over his tears. But out of everything that came out of his mouth, Ren could only catch words such as "Max... yelling… job… Kenny… friends…"

The older Kinomiya's eyes hardened. Were those Bladebreaker brats harassing his little brother again? Even after he threatened to call the police on them if he ever saw them around? He pulled Takao closer to him, almost possessively. Even before the death of the father and grandfather, before Ren had travelled to America to work, the older boy had been very demanding in his 'baby' brother's protection.

He had taken upon himself that Takao stayed the happy, innocent, and naïve but adorably cute child that he had been when he was younger. But of course, Ren had to move away to provide money for his younger brother and his grandfather and now he regretted it. His sweet little brother had left while he was away, and there was only this sad, lonely shell of his brother left.

He pulled his only living family member into his lap, gently combing through the dark hair that was not unlike his own, to further calm his little brother.

Little by little, Takao calmed down and the tears reduced to a slight, small stream and then soon to nothing. As this happened, Ren decided that his brother was very pretty. He could see why everyone wanted him. Even if he wasn't as naïve and innocent as he was before, there was still an aura of innocence around him and the clue eyes were usually bright and happy even with the shadows of their family's deaths. He had grown and matured a bit, his boy filling up like it should, his limbs were lean with a few shown muscles and his eyes were as expressive as ever.

This was what the older Kinomiya had wanted to stay and protect. And he would.

Tala had told him all about their 2nd job's boss who had harassed Takao, so he had gone to have a little 'talk' with this boss. Even if he was offering money for it, money that they desperately needed, Ren would never allow anyone to touch his little brother that way.

The late morning the next day found Kai pulling out his key to the Kinomiya dojo. When he had stuffed the key in the keyhole and was entering, he thought he heard a noise but after a while, he heard nothing and so he dismissed it as the dojo floors getting old.

He walked in and shut the door quietly behind him, putting the wrapped parcel down on the chair beside the door before carelessly untying his shoes.

Walking as he normally did; soft, almost non-existent sounding steps, he quickly made his way to Takao's room, having been there many times before.

Upon reaching the white sliding door that led to Takao's room, he pulled it open.

Instead of what he had pictured before, Takao's room was a product of cleanliness. The books and magazines were stacked up nicely on the side shelves and the bed was made as if it was never slept in. It reminded Kai of the night when Takao had left and he had peeked in to find an empty room.

Kai pushed the thought away from his head. Thinking about that night wasn't going to help at all. And all he was there for was to put down the gift for Takao, not reminisce what had happened in the past.

He gently placed the wrapped box on Takao's fluffy pillow and stepped back to examine the scene.

It was perfect.

The slate-haired boy let out a smile and reached for the closed door, ready to leave. Of course, he hadn't expected someone to call out Takao's name. Nor did he expect the sliding off the door, that gave him no time to hide.

"Takao?"

TBC…

Eternal radiance: I'm pure evil aren't I? First not updating for a year… was it a year? And now putting up a cliffhanger when Kai was about to leave after his present. Heh, I so am… I'm really sorry about not updating though. A few months after I had put up the last chapter, I almost grew tired for writing. I had some rough times in school and in life and well… I dunno. I was still on a lot, but I hadn't put a story up.

I have a lot more obsessions now, and I'm really sorry to say that Beyblade is not on the top anymore, even if I still like it. Especially since there's G-Rev on TV in Toronto.

I'll do my best to finish this story, but I can't promise anything. Especially when this is my last year in high school and I need a good mark to get into the program I want. I only picked this up again because I need more practise in writing as I'm taking a writer's course next semester, and because I have easy courses this semester.

Well, enjoy k? And I'm sorry once again for the late updating.