Breaking a Promise

Chapter 5

Kohari: I am SO sorry! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I had totally forgotten that I hadn't updated for almost two weeks! I'm so -

Kai: How many times are you going to apologize?

Kohari: Until these people quit booing at me.

Kai: I can't count that high.

Kohari: Oh, shut up.

Kenny: The number you're looking for is a google, Kai.

Kai: What?

Kohari: (Holy, crap! It's a new KKK! And nobody take that seriously. I was making a joke of K Kai, K Kohari, and K Kenny.) It's 10 to the 100th power.

Kai and Kenny: -look at Kohari like she's crazy-

Kohari: Pre-Algebra. 7th grade. Three years ago.

Kai and Ken: Oh.

Kohari: Kenny, would you do the disclaimer so we don't waste anymore of these nice

Kai: -cough-

Kohari: -glare at him- readers' time?

Kenny: Kohari doesn't own Beyblade. But she's making a strategy to steal it. No, not really. But she doesn't own it.

Kohari: Thank you! And now that I have the redo done (I renamed it "The Past Shall Haunt You" I think. You people were right. The title didn't suit it.), I can put more time into BAP, Men Don't Change, and Darkness and Inspiration (Yu-Gi-Oh). And I'm sorry about -

Kai: They get the point.

Begin!

'Kai missed training again,' Tyson mused to himself. 'I wonder if it's because I tried to fight him last night...Maybe I should go apologize.' He glanced at his teammates. Max and Ray were battling again, just for the fun of it. The smiles on their faces were priceless. As the two bitbeasts fought, their masters waved about the ripcord, shouting about orders. The fight ended in a tie. 'At least they're fighting for a good reason,' Tyson told himself. He really felt guilty about what he had said to Kai last night.

"Hilary still hasn't shown up yet," Kenny observed, not taking his eyes of Dizzi's screen. What data could he be inputing or accessing now?

"Yeah, this isn't like her," Max pondered.

"You think something's wrong, guys?" Ray wondered.

"No," Tyson jumped into the conversation, complete with an annoyed, but haughty attitude. He was still mad about being beaten by Kai. "She's probably off with her new boyfriend somewhere." He put a special emphasis on "boyfriend." Everyone looked at him, surprised and shocked at his words.

"What do you mean, Tyson?" Max asked.

"A new boyfriend? I thought she was single." This was Ray.

Kenny, interested, stopped typing and stared at Tyson, trying to figure out what he had said, why he had said it, and what he meant. That's Kenny for you. Always has to analyze every situation.

"I mean she has a boyfriend. A rich one at that." Tyson didn't bother to hide the fact that he was angry at her and her new bf. That he had been replaced before he had even made his move.

"Who?" All were really into this conversation now.

"Maybe it has something to do with why Kai's not here today," Tyson strung them along. But they didn't get it.

"Huh? Who is it? Why would Kai have anything to do with it?"

"Don't worry about it," came a somewhat deep voice from the gate. When they turned to him, their faces lit up with joy that they didn't have to train in threes, and also curiosity with new information about their team captain, though they didn't fully realize what they knew.

Alongside the once-heir to Biovolt was none other than Hilary. She had on her usual smile, but something was different about her. She was a little more serious. How come? Apparently Tyson was the only one to notice this.

"Hey, Hilary!" Max ran over to give her a hug. He had missed her, but he had eyes only for Emily and Mariam. He didn't know which one he liked yet, but to be certain, Kenny had his eyes on the prize as well and wouldn't easily let Max win over Emily. "It's been ages, Hil!"

"I know!" Ray couldn't help but agree. He was also ecstatic at the fact they had one of their old team members back. "How nice of you to walk her here, Kai!" Kai didn't say a word. Everyone got quiet. Tyson glared at his rival.

"Why would you do that?" Max was bursting with curiosity. "It's not like you." He knew what everyone on the team was like, I guess.

"I just felt like it," Kai started to say, but Tyson interrupted with some disturbing news.

"Because Kai isn't as heartless as you may think." Everyone now turned to the World Champ (2yrs running for this fic). "Well, actually, I suppose it depends on which side of the playing field you're on." This had everyone's mind doing loop-the-loops.

"Tyson, stop it!" Hilary commanded. She sensed animosity between the two boys she had her heart set on, and she didn't want Tyson to ruin the relationship she had chosen. She wanted to stop this nonsense before he revealed something that would never allow the team to shut up.

"Stop it?! Stop it?!" Tyson was flaming mad. And showing it. "Hilary, you skip training and crush my heart to pieces, the person I can't stand the most here wins the thing that I desire the most, as well as whoops my ass, you don't give a crap about anything I have to say...and now you're telling me that I can't voice my feelings on the whole subject?! Do I not have an opinion here?!"

"Tyson, just cut it out!" Kai stepped into it. "It's obvious she doesn't want to talk about this!" The team was just watching the whole thing, helpless to end it. What was going on?! They didn't know, and Kai and Hilary didn't want them to find out.

"I don't have a pair of scissors!" Tyson snapped back, aiming this at his team captain and away from the girl he loved. "Though, you're lucky I don't. Cuz if I did, then I wouldn't waste them on my attitude, I'd use them for a better purpose: like getting back at you!" At this point, Tyson and Kai were about to launch into another fierce fight, Hilary desperately trying to keep the two apart. She was stuck in the middle, trying to push the two away from each other, and it wasn't the most easy thing in the world, when they were trying to get at each other and at least one, if not the other, had quite a bit of muscle due to the intense workouts.

"All of you calm down now!" Everyone halted their "activities" upon hearing this voice. They turned to the gate and saw Mr. Dickenson, the one person they didn't want to see the struggle between two of the strongest members of the team. "I never would've expected this of either of you, Tyson and Kai."

"Mr. Dickenson, I -" Hilary was at a loss for words, and Kenny, using the same phrase, tried to tell him what was going on, though neither got further than the word I.

"Honestly. I would rather you act your shoe size than the age you two are enacting," Mr. D continued to lecture. "I had some information I wanted to share with you concerning a tournament, but I don't think you'll have the maturity to enter into it."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Dickenson," Kenny tried to apologize.

"You aren't the one doing anything wrong, that I can see, Kenny," Mr. Dickenson pointed out, and sat in a chair beside the computer nerd. "However, what is all this ruckus about?"

"You see, Tyson -" Kenny didn't get to finish what he was going to say.

"Is mad at Kai for taking his girl!" Tyson yelled, glaring at the topics of conversation.

"What?" Mr. Dickenson had no idea what was going on, either.

"I love Hilary. Alright? Everyone knew it and had tried to get me to say those three words for a long time now." Tyson ignored signals from Hilary to stop right there, more from panic than anger. "Then, they finally succeed in making me do it, and I'm too late. And you know why, Mr.D?" His glare got even more deadly. "Because Kai -"

"Shut up, Tyson!" Hilary shouted, drowning out what Tyson was about to say. Attention was now on her.

"NO, I WON'T!" Tyson screamed back. A few birds flew away from the trees in the yard in fear.

"It's your own stupid fault you didn't want me!" Hilary argued, and everyone shrunk back, scared of the two when they got like this. "If you had actually cared about me and shown it, it never would've come down to this!"

"Well, it's your stupidity that made you blind to how I truly felt!" He was grabbing at air, he really had no idea what he was saying, just as long as he didn't give up. Maybe he could still win her over. "And it's that same ignorance that made you fall for him! He doesn't love you!"

Hilary gasped and glanced at Kai, that one look telling her that Tyson lied. "Even if he doesn't, it don't matter, Tyson!" But he wasn't listening. He had focused his attention on Kai and had his launcher pointed at the rich boy.

"Let's settle this like men!" Tyson demanded. Kai wasn't sure whether or not to accept the challenge. Would it insult Hilary? Still, he couldn't back down. Reluctantly, he fetched his beyblade from the confines of his pocket.

"What! You think I'm some trophy you can just fight for and win?!" Hilary was a little hurt. Kai had predicted this. This one action that Tyson was taking had made her feel like an item, not a human being. Tears welled up in her eyes, but she just kept going. "I'm not Tyson! And if you don't respect me now, you won't when you ask me out! I refuse! Even if you win this match, I refuse to love you!" With that she ran off. Kai had already pocketed Dranzer and watched her as she left, meditating on whether he should follow.

Tyson was beating himself up about it, Dragoon had fallen to the dusty ground. All he could do was just stare at the dirt. That was what he was now. He had ruined this opportunity. Instead of making her his, he had made it so that she never would be.

"Now look what you've done, Tyson," Kai told him, causing the addressed to look up at him. Maybe Kai's returned affection for Hilary had destroyed Tyson, but Tyson had had plenty of opportunities he hadn't taken. And there were more reasons. As a bonus, he didn't deserve her. But...he couldn't help feeling sorry for Tyson. His love for Hilary was stronger than that pity, and his respect for her as well, so he didn't just start talking about it. He was about to say a lot more, but instead just walked away to find his girlfriend.

Tyson was left in thought. The silence that ensued helped him realize his flaws. Respect. That's what he had lacked. He had thought girls just liked guys that had fame. Fortune. All that good stuff. But no. He had been wrong. Respect was the key. Eventually, everyone went back to training (after Mr. Dickenson filled them in on the tournament, which Tyson didn't listen to), but not before some serious thinking about how he could turn himself around. And his chance.

Kai found Hilary under the bridge. He could always find her there. She was more like Tyson than any of them would admit. She hadn't noticed his presence. He snuck over to her and put a hand on her shoulder. She looked at him like she had snapped out of a trance, and smiled.

"You alright?" Kai asked, against his normal nature.

"Yeah," she answered. There was nothing better than being with Kai. There are some things that can mend what chocolate cannot.

Kohari: Fifth chapter up! And again, I am so sorry for not -

All (BladeBreakers): They forgive you! Just shut up!

Kohari: (sarcastically) That was nice. (normal) Anyway, if I get...hmm...I'll say 25 reviews total, I'll get on with another chapter. Byes!