Title: Torment

Author: Kirie Hiiwatari

Rating: PG-13

Warning: See Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade or any of its characters. Any and all unrecognized characters belong to me and only me.

Summary: See Chapter 1

The two bladers sat in silence on the park bench. Kai tilted his head back and stared at the cold blue sky that sat above them, he sighed which drew Rei's attention form a bird in front of him. "Why is it I always get stuck with Tyson?" Kai brought his head forward to look at Rei. "I'm around someone who I can't trust," Rei sat in silence as he listened to the truth on how Kai really felt about his teammates. "Kenny, I'm not sure about him. I mean he talks a lot but he's too curious for my liking. Max, well, he's too hyperactive. Tell him something and then give him sugar he'll tell the whole of Russia. And Tyson, ha! Don't get me started! He wouldn't know what a secret was if it came up to him tied his laces together started dancing in front of him wearing its birthday suit with a bow tie and a top hat!" Kai sighed.

Rei turned his head so his eyes met Kai's. Silence came from his captain. "Erm...Kai," Kai looked straight into Rei's golden eyes. "W...what about...m...me? What do you think of me?" Kai tilted his head back again and smiled slightly. Rei kept his stare.

"What do you think?" Rei shrugged at Kai's question. "Well, if I didn't like you I wouldn't have asked you to join me for a walk and if I didn't trust you I wouldn't have told you my problems...I wouldn't have told you my dark secret...my past." Kai went quiet. He stared at his feet as the silence crept over them once again.

"Kai? I never knew that you ACTUALLY trusted me. Its just you seem to be the type of person to keep himself to himself and never get close to anyone. No offence."

"None taken. You are right I am that type of person but you...you have made me see that having a friend is a good thing. The only reason I keep myself to myself is because...because I don't know what people are like outside of the Abbey. I don't know if I can trust anyone out here..." He looked back at Rei again who looked surprise at Kai's trust in him. "...But you have made me realize I can trust someone and that someone is you." Rei jumped back at what he had just heard.

"Kai...I...erm...I don't know what to say...erm thanks...I think." Kai gave a small smile. The two bladers sat in silence once more. Rei turned his gaze back to the bird still stood in front of him. He leaned forward when it walked in is direction. Kai looked on in curiosity and amusement. Rei started purring and then he jumped at the bird, but missed. Kai burst into uncontrollable laughter. Rei glared at him. "What are you laughing at? I only wanted to play with it. Well I have to admit it is better than trying to catch a butterfly," the last part made Kai even worse. Rei smiled at his anti-social captain's laughter.

"I'm sorry, I never thought you that stupid!" Kai started to calm down then noticed Rei's glare burning a hole straight through him. "Oh come on! Only an idiot would try to catch a butterfly!" Kai started laughing again, but this time Rei found that it was actually funny, so he joined him.

"Hey, I'm cold. What time is it? We'd better be getting back the guys will be worried about us." Rei looked at Kai who was sat with his arms folded.

"Worried about you, you mean." Kai opened his eyes and took off his jacket and passed it to Rei. "They don't care about me. As Tyson says 'Hey he can take care of himself, he's a big boy now!' followed by laughter. It's the same every time I go out to think." He sighed, "If he only knew what was going on in my mind."

Rei looked at the jacket. "He does care about you. You have to remember I'm there with him. He stands at the window staring at the moon saying to himself 'Kai why don't you tell me where you are? Why shut us out?' I can tell you now he does say that with a bit more caring stuff in there but I'm normally reading."

Kai sat there with the jacket still in his hand. "Take the fucking thing I don't need it!" he threw it at Rei who quickly put it on. "I don't need protection...I...I can take care of...myself..."

Start Flashback

"Kai!!!" A powerful voice called for the young blader. "Kai, get up here, NOW!"

Kai ran up the stairs as fast as he could before he got into any more trouble.

"Y...yes, s...sir?" The terrified phoenix stood in front of the tall, broad, older man shaking. "Y...you c...called"

"Yes I did. Would you care to explain what happened at lunchtime? Why did you hit the guard? Why did you disobey my order?!" a hand went across Kai's tear streaked face. "Answer me boy!"

"I...he...he hurt Tala!" Kai braced himself for another strike, but even though he was prepared he fell to the floor. He laid on the floor crying making Boris angrier which made the strikes harder.

"Get up! Tala doesn't need protecting boy. You are the one who needs protecting. But I wonder who is going to do it. Your so called 'friends' won't help you so if I was you I'd stop acting tough and be the coward you are! Now get out of my sight." Boris turned round and walked towards his desk.

Kai walked out of the door tears still running down his face. 'They will help me, they are my friends, and they will stick by me...won't they?'

End Flashback

"They will! They will stick by me!" Kai fell to the floor, tears starting to form in his eyes, one escaped and ran down his face. Rei stared in horror, but soon sat next to him.

"Kai," Kai looked at Rei not bothering to wipe away his tears, "Come here." Kai went into Rei's arms and started crying. "Oh Kai. Why didn't you talk to me sooner? I said this would happen. Never keep your feelings bottled up, it can be dangerous."

Kai looked up at him. His breathing calmed down as he stared into Rei's comforting golden eyes. Rei gave a small smile and moved his head towards Kai's.

"Erm...Rei? I'm sorry about my little out burst there, I don't know why but I thought that now would have been the right time to, you know, let everything out." Kai went quiet waiting for Rei's reply.

"It doesn't matter. I was expecting you to cry sometime today anyways. When you said 'let everything out' what did you mean by that?" Kai's crimson eyes made him melt. Kai made his mouth inches away from his.

"This is what I meant." Kai whispered before bringing their lips together. He wrapped his arms round Rei's waist. Rei closed his eyes when he felt Kai's tongue against his. He returned the kiss.

They sat there for five minuets before Kai pulled away and looked at the ground. "I...I'm sorry. It was uncalled for. I should have never done it." He stopped talking when he felt a warm hand against his cold, pale face.

"Why should you be sorry? It was unexpected but if I wanted you to stop, you would know about it." Rei lifted his head to meet Kai's eyes again. He smiled, "and just for you this is just between us. Ok?"

"Ok." Kai returned the smile and pulled Rei back to kiss him again. 'I feel strange, but it's a good feeling, I get this feeling every time I'm with Rei. What does it mean?'