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Warning: IN THIS STORY: Swearword, Fluff, OOC, Yaoi - If you are homophobic don't read.

Rating: IN THIS CHAPTER:G

A Cliché at a Different Point – part 5 of 10 – Question's

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From last chapter…

-"Hey Kai. Max just turned 9. How's Takao?"

-"His still a chibi."

-"Well Max fell a sleep and turned so he maybe needs too sleep."

-"That's just it. Takao fell asleep but is still a chibi."

-"Hmm… we can ask Mr. Szalinski tomorrow. Sleep well."

-"Yeah goodnight."

Rei returned too his room and left Kai looking down too Takao with worried eyes.


-"What if he's not turning back?"

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Kai sat at the window in his room watching Takao sleep. He wondered if Takao would ever be himself again. Even if he didn't want to admit it he longed for the real Takao too return. He started to miss small things. Like his loud yelling when he and Max messed around. He shifted in his seat when he remembered how jealous he felt when Max was near his Takao… His? No he didn't just think that.

But he had often thought that… and much more. He thought back to when he first met Takao. He slapped Carlos and turned to leave when he heard Takao yell at him. No one had ever talked to him in that way. So he beat him and thought that he would never see that little shrimp again. How wrong he had Later he turned up again and demanded a rematch. And what a match. It took him by surprise… like a storm… He felt and saw the power Takao possessed. And Kai felt himself drawn towards Takao.

He shrugged it of first as a competition… that he just wanted too be best. He wanted to bet him it must just be that. But the more he saw of Takao the more he doubted. When he beat his sharks. How he were nice to Carlos thus his wrongs. And when he beat Rei… waow… the wind… the storm… Takao's power… And when they fought in the grand finale. When Takao got in that big hit and Kai felt himself flew back and hit the fence… he could just sit there… exhausted of the emotions he had suppressed whirled through him. And then he smiled… well smirked but that made Takao smile back at him.

He felt a little terrible that he couldn't be nice too him but he needed the space… and he just couldn't figure out how he should behave. And what if Takao didn't feel the same. He then beat Takao. First he thought it was because he wanted to be best… but no… he wanted to show off… for Takao. Let him see his powers to. Be drawn just like he was to his storm. He then couldn't take his eyes of Takao when he where there on all four and gave Kai a perfect view off his arse… HENTAI… god he thought things that would make a sailor blush. Kai felt his pants shrink… well it felt like that… in places.

And when Takao beat him again… even if it was just balance… he was sure it was not competition… it was… l… l… love. A new feeling for him. First he wanted to run, but when Takao looked at him with his big blue eyes he couldn't. Damn. He tried to deny it and behave like an arse, but Takao never let that get to him. After the matches against the Dark Blader's just in the matches with the Majestic's… he felt panic.

He was on the rand to beg Takao to be with him, to be his. He needed space… quick. When they got to Russia and he stepped into the Abbey he soon forgot about the present and focused on the past… longer back… before The Majestic's, Dark Blader's, All Starz, White Tigers even… Blade Breaker's. He then joined the Demolition Boys.

In that time he didn't think. When he took the Bit Beast's he didn't care. But when Takao showed up and when he cried… Kai started to think. And when they all fought on the ice where he lost and almost drowned. He started to feel. He felt sorrow for turning his back to Mr. Dickinson… his team… his Takao. He felt like he wanted to cry.

How could he bee so blind. And when he stood there and decided to just sink with the ice and drown, something miracles happened. Takao held out his hand to him. Kai couldn't believe it… Takao forgave him. And finally he grabbed his hand… and it felt like a jolt of lightning rushed through his hand, up his arm and into his heart… he had done right

-"Kai!"

Kai woke up from his thoughts and looked to where the sound came from. He saw Takao sit up.

-"What is it Takao?" He asked softly

Takao looked up at Kai a little nervous.

-"scared…" he mumbled

-"What did you say Takao?"

Kai sat down by Takao who rubbed his eyes. He had cried Kai realised.

-"I'm scared."

-"Of what?"

-"The lightning."

Kai frowned and looked out threw the window. HE hadn't realised but it had started raining, and there where also lightning. Another lightning followed by thunder and he heard Takao yelp.

Kai looked down in Takao's big watery eyes and realised that he had been a bastard to Takao in the past few months, and when he now where a chibi he deserved better. He wondered briefly if Max had evolved because Rei had feelings for Max and treated him lovely thus Max had ruined his bandana. Kai looked at Takao ho had started sucking his thumb and shivered lightly and whimpered when ever the lightning struck. Kai ran a hand through Takao's hair which made the chibi's eyes grow.

Kai felt himself get lost in those orbs and gave Takao a little smile. The chibi almost immediately gave him a little smile back and Kai felt like he had won a price. Kai picked the chibi up and laid back in the bed comfy with Takao in his arms there he was safe and secure. Takao snuggled down in Kai's chest and fell asleep. Kai put a blanket over them and soon fell asleep to.

Max was the first to wake up. He looked at Rei who slept with an arm around Max. Max tried to wiggle himself slowly from the embrace but Rei tightened his grip and nuzzled closer to Max. Max started giggle witch made Rei stir.

Max smiled and placed a kiss on Rei's nose witch made the neko-jin let Max go who in his turn jumped out of bed with a "Tag, you're it!" and rushed out threw the door. Rei took a minute to get everything in place and then dashed after the giggling Max. Kai woke up with a feeling of something soft and definitely wet on his mouth.

He opened his eyes and saw Takao sit up and smile at him. Soon he realised that Takao had given him a kiss. After a while when he hadn't said anything not even moved, Takao gave him an odd look and slide off the bed and toddled out the door.

Kai frowned and wondered what that was about. He then heard the loud giggles from Max and the morning raspy voice of Rei. Kai got up and peeked out threw the door and saw Rei holding a straddling Max and gave him small kisses on Max face. He released Max witch bolted away again. Kai gave Rei an odd look.

-"What on earth are you doing Rei?"

-"What? Oh Hi Kai. Oh I'm just playing tag with Max."

-"So you call that tag. I don't remember kissing was a part of tag Rei."

-"Ha ha… It's just a way of giving him the much needed affection."

-"Affection? Rei what are you talking about?"

-"Well it's the boy's way of handling kissing. In Takao's age kissing is the best way of showing the kids that you love them. And they much feel loved. But in Max's age they don't want too admit it. Let me show you."

Rei leapt at the giggling Max who when Kai thought about what Rei had said, realised that Max only half-heartedly tried to get away and only pretended to be discussed when Rei kissed him on the cheeks. Kai smiled and saw Takao ho had stood there a while look a little Longley at Max and Rei.

Kai realised that look Takao gave him before were disappointment. He realised that Takao had showed him affection but Kai hadn't given him anything back. He sighed over his stupidity and picked up Takao who gave him a surprised look. Kai gave him a smile and kissed him on the mouth. Takao's eyes grew and then his face spit up in a vide smile.

Takao wrapped his small arms around Kai's neck and gave him several wet kisses all over the face. Kai smiled and gave him several back. Then suddenly a blue aura surrounded Takao who grew in Kai's arms. Both Rei and Kai gave the now nine year old Takao shocked looks. Max just giggled and Takao wiggled around till Kai let him down and Max and he ran to the TV and sat down to watch.

-"How did that happen?" Rei gave Kai a questioned look

-"I think I have a theory, but I have too ask Mr. Szalinski first."

Kai and Rei sat down in the couch with a heavy sigh. Who would have known that nine years were harder too look after then chibi's. At least they both had fallen asleep in their newly made forth, made of mattresses and other fluff stuff.

They had had a fierce pillow-war with Kai and Rei. Too late Rei had discovered that Max had found where Rei had hid all sugar-relied groceries (which Rei had hidden for all there peace from Max's sugar high's).

And unfortunately for them, both Max and Takao had eaten at least 3 chocolate bars, 5 candy canes and drunken at least 2 galleons of coke… each. They had a sugar top which scared the two older ones and made them hide for cover behind the couch until the sugar top wore off and the two minors fell asleep.

-"Oh god. Finally. I thought they were too go on forever." Rei closed his eyes.

-"Remind me of never letting them eat candy again… ever."

-"Oh you can be sure about that Kai."

Then the telephone went off. Kai gave a little growl and got up to answer.

-"Hiwatari"

-"Oh Hi is it you Kai? It's MR. Szalinski."

-"Hi MR.Szalinski. What's up?"

-"Ho is the boy's doing. Have they evolved yet?"

-"Yeah, Max evolved last night, but Takao didn't evolve until today."

-"Hum interesting. But as I said they maybe won't evolve the same."

-"Yeah… I was having a little theory… can the whole thing be affected by… emotions?"

-"How do you mean, Kai?"

-"Well they made a little… mess yesterday and well we yelled at them but Rei forgave Max and I… hade a little trouble with it. But today when I played with him and… k… hugged him he evolved."

-"Hmm… it is possible that emotions can have an effect. I will look it up, but it's maybe best too keep them happy… without spoiling off course, but neither way we shouldn't take chances. But I have too go now. Call you soon again. Say hello to the others."

-"Ok… bye."

Kai put the phone down and looked at Rei.

-"So who was it? Was it Mr. Szalinki?"

-"Yeah. He said hello by the way."

-"So did your theory make sense?"

-"He weren't shore but promised too look it up. He advised us too hold them happy just in case."

Kai smiled in his head. This would be a perfect opportunity too be close and dear too Takao without anyone think he was insane. Rei snickered at the captain's stupid looking face. He surly knew that Kai felt something more too Takao then he would admit.

This was too be interesting. They had just rested an half an hour when the two boys woke up again. Rei went to the kitchen to prepare lunch. Normally he and Kai switched on that (not wanting Max or Takao near the stow if the food were to be eatable) but Kai wouldn't know what toddlers ate so it was up too Rei.

After the meal Rei found some boarding games for them too play. Kai and Takao sat side by side and they were playing Pictionary against Max and Rei's team: cats. Takao and Kai's team were simply called blue.

-"What do you think were so important too Chief that he let us alone with these two alone." Rei asked

-"Well of course it's probably Hillary who is the reason for that. What day a think?" Kai gave him a wink.

-"Ha ha ha… yeah… I can't believe he think we are that dense that we don't see that they're together."

-"Guess what they're doing right now." Kai and Rei started laughing.

-"Are they kissing." Takao turned his big innocent eyes towards Kai.

-"Ehh… yeah you can say it like that." Kai looked at him

-"Well a new game?" Rei asked to leave the subject.

-"Are they shagging?" Max asked.

Kai spat the water he just sipped all over the table and Rei quickly clasped his hands over Max's mouth, but not quickly enough for the dragon's ears.

-"What's shagging Kai?"

-"That's… that's… err well…"

-"Can you show me?"

-"Eep… I show you when you're older… … … Ahhh!!!! I mean… I TELL you when you're older."

Kai were almost in panic but started relaxing when Takao just nodded and started to draw. Rei chuckled lightly at Kai's words and got a glare from Kai.

-"I thought Max were… innocent." Rei stated

-"Well obviously not."Kai looked at Max. –"Where have you learned such language."

-"From you and Rei." Max answered

-"Well you shouldn't say such words." Rei looked at him

-"Why?"

-"Cause it's for grownups."

-"Why?"

-"Cause as a kid words like that are not necessary"

-"Why?"

-"Cause kids don't do such things"

-"Why?"

-"Cause they're not old enough."

-"Why?"

-"Cause I say so."

-"Why?"

-"Oh… Cause then I will send them to bed without dinner."

Max tears started to fell and soon he cried a river and Rei picked him up and went to their room to sleep cause Max were obviously were tired. Kai and Takao were left at the table.

-"Are you tired Takao." Kai asked softly

Takao rubbed his eyes and hold up his arms so Kai could pick him up. He made Kai blush when he snuggled into Kai's chest and let out a soft sigh and said comfy. Kai went to his room and curled up with Takao in his arms to rest a little while. Later that day they all had a comfy dinner (to Max's utterly relief). Rei and Max went for a walk in the woods and Takao challenged Kai to a bey match.

-"You don't have to worry Takao; I will be gentle with you." Deep in his mind Dranzer sniggered at the words under meaning and Kai thought about how he would enjoy fried chicken if she didn't bugger off.

After three games (which all were won by Takao off course) Kai started sulking to Takao's liking. Kai gave him a pout look which made Takao fell over in laughing spasms. Kai started tickle Takao which cried of laughter now. When they both lay panting from exhaustion on the ground Takao gave Kai a kiss on the cheek and said "I love you" And sat down in Kai's lap. Kai sat there lightning strucked but soon hugged Takao to his chest. Later when Rei and Max arrived they watched TV awhile then went to their beds and fell asleep for the night.

- tbc -

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