So very sorry about the wait, been busy.Hope you enjoy though! Here it is (at last)

Kai opened the bathroom door and froze.

"What's wrong phoenix?" Tala called. "Phoenix?" Getting no reply he decided to take a look. He appeared behind the younger boy wrapping a towel around his waist. "Oh."

Bryan smirked and stood up, "Phoenix? Is that what you get called now? Hope you don't mind if I call you that too, phoenix"

Kai's eyes narrowed "what are you doing in here?"

"Spencer couldn't find either of you and the shower was going so I figured you must both be in there. I was right." The smirk was still fixed to his face.

Tala sighed, knowing what Bryan was trying to do, "Bryan…"

"What?" he said sharply

"Don't you dare talk to Tala like that" Kai growled

"Ooo, being defensive of your koi, phoenix? I thought the only person you cared about was yourself."

Tala grabbed Kais arm, feeling the tensed muscles beneath his hand. Bryan merely raised his eyebrows.

"So how long have you two been screwing each other then? Before Kai came back, or after?"

"That's none of your business." Kai said

"Oh, I think it is. After all it would explain why you were let back in."

"I let him back in, Bryan, because he's a good blader, no other reason."

"So you were seeing him."

Spencer watched the scene from the corner, not wanting to get involved. He knew Bryan had a problem with Kai but that was no excuse for him acting like this. Couldn't he just be reasonable for once when it came to the younger, blue haired boy?

"Bryan…" Tala's voice held a warning

"What? You're a fool Tala. He's using you, like he uses everyone. He's a Hiwirati, what do you expect form him? Faithfulness? Love even?"

Tala knew what he was implying, "He's not like Voltaire."

"He's a cold hearted bastard."

Kai stood quietly, staring at nothing, just into empty space. He couldn't believe Bryan had just compared him to his grandfather. That man of all people, he would never be like Voltaire. Kai knew he would rather die than be like him.

"You not going to say anything Kai? No good come back, eh phoenix?"

"Don't call me that." He said quietly

"Sorry, didn't catch that?"

"I said, don't call me that"

"Why not? Tala does."

"That's different."

"How? It's not as though you love him, you're incapable of that and how could he love you, how could anyone?"

"No-one will ever love you. There is no-one who can love you now. You will always be alone." Smirked Voltaire

Kai's memory shot back to the last time his grandfather had said that to him, by that time those words were embedded in his soul and to a certain extent they still were.

He felt a hand squeeze his, he looked into the green eyes of the person standing next to him.

"I love him." Tala said, he turned his face to Bryan "I always have"

Kai smiled gratefully at the red head, "I love you too"

Bryan looked at the two "you actually love each other?" his eyebrows were knitted together in confusion, they were the last two people he'd ever thought would fall for each other.

Kai and Tala nodded mutely, hands still locked together.

Spencer smiled, he'd had a suspicion that those two were closer than they made out. Maybe not that close, but still…

"Guess that makes me and Spencer the only straight guys"

"Actually, no…"

Three pairs of eyes turned to the voice in the corner.

"I've been seeing a guy called Leon for a few months now."

"You mean that I'm in a team, with 3 gay guys?

"It would look that way, yes" Spencer replied

"Great."

"What?"

"Now everyone's gonna think I'm gay too."

Tala started laughing, "no-one knows about me and Kai except you two."

"Oh."

Sorry about the crap ending for the chapter, i've been trying to think of a better one but I can't!