Warnings/Notes: This will be shounen ai, mainly Tyson x Kai, but I may add hints of Rei x Max later on (I'm not sure yet).

(Cringes) So you don't like cliffhangers? ;;; The point has been taken, absorbed and I shall never make a cliffhanger like that again.

(Laughs nervously) So, could you all please put down your various weapons of my destruction and calmly read the fic………….

I am really sorry for the wait! Really I am, (looks nervously at the reviewers who REALLY don't like cliffhangers) it's not my fault!

And just so you don't get confused…

People speaking is like this "……"

People thinking is like this '…….'

Disclaimer: You all know the drill, I don't own Beyblade or any of it's characters.


Be My Saviour, and I'll be Your Downfall

Chapter 8


Tyson's eyes widened as he felt something from Kai.

It felt like something was being transferred between them…………………

And some people in the stadium screamed as there was an explosion of light.


"What is going on?" yelled Kenny over the top of the noise people were making.

Max tried to shield his eyes with his arms, "I don't know! I can't see anything! Can you Rei?"

Rei shook his head, "Not a thing. How about you Kai?"

"………………."

"Kai?"

"………………"

"KAI?"

The light started to die down.

As the light cleared, Max, Rei and Kenny could see Kai sitting there, looking paler than usual, with his eyes closed.

"KAI! What's going on? Say something!"

"………………Dranzer"

"What about Dranzer?"

"…………..….Dranzer…………..……we need to help them."


The light died down completely, revealing the two beyblades and Dragoon all still intact, in the dish.

Tyson was confused, "Nothing happened?"

Zianna frowned, "But I was so sure……………..oh well. Your only hope has failed, and now I will claim your bitbeast."

Her blade advanced again.

(BOOM!)

Before anyone realized what had happened, the blade was sent flying back over to the other side of the dish.

Some people gasped as to everyone's amazement, Dranzer came out of Tyson's blade and flew in front of Dragoon.


Kai smiled and opened his eyes.

"Am I seeing things?" asked Max in disbelief.

"How is it possible? Is this a dream? Someone pinch me……………………OUCH! REI! I wasn't serious!"

Rei laughed, "Sorry 'bout that Kenny."


Now Tyson was really confused.

'How the hell did Dranzer get into my blade!'

'Through us.'

Tyson blinked, 'KAI? What's going on? '

'…………….I'm not quite sure. ………'


Zianna was pleased.

She was going to lose the match, she knew that, but she had been right.

Kai and Tyson had formed a bond.

"And now I'm going to take the power that it creates."


Dranzer and Dragoon bashed Zianna's blade out of the dish.

Dranzer then left Dragoon and went flying towards Kai and the others.


"GUYS SHE'S HEADING STRAIGHT FOR US!" yelped Kenny.

Max, Rei and Kenny all ran out of the way, but Kai didn't move.

"KAI GET OUT OF THE WAY!" cried Max.

But it was too late.


Tyson had been mesmerized by the power that Dranzer and Dragoon had created by being in the same Beyblade.

"KAI GET OUT OF THE WAY!"

He turned horror-stricken, and Dranzer headed towards Kai.

'KAI! Move!'

Kai was engulfed in red light, which faded as quickly as it had appeared.

Tyson blinked, 'Your……………………alright?'

Kai mentally scoffed, 'Of course I'm alright you idiot! Dranzer is my bitbeast, and was returning to my Beyblade.'

Tyson sweatdropped, '……………oops…………..I forgot.'

'Sure you did, I bet you just wanted to keep her.'

'Of course I didn't!'

'Are you saying that Dranzer isn't good enough for you!'

'NO!'

Kai scowled, '……………liar.'

Tyson sighed, 'I just can't win with you, can I?'

He felt Kai's smugness, '……………………No.'

'Bastard.'

'Thank you.'

'IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE A COMPLIMENT!'

'Well I've decided that I'm going to take it as one,' said Kai obnoxiously.

'Your so……………….ANNOYING!'

'Your point?'

'STOP IT!'

'Stop what?'

'Um……………..'

' ………………. '

' ……..I'll get back to you.'

Kai sighed, 'Whatever.'


"Kai! You're alright!" exclaimed Max as he, Rei and Kenny went over to him.

'God I think I'm going to sick of telling things to Tyson and then having to tell then again afterwards,' thought Kai.

"Yeah."

"What just happened?" asked Kenny.

"I got Dranzer back."

"Why didn't we realize? I feel like an idiot running from my own teammate's bitbeast," said Rei laughing.

Kai deadpanned, "No comment."

"Shut up Kai."

"What exactly just happened anyway?" asked Max.

"I think I can tell you that," said Kenny, "It was probably something to do with their bond."

"Got it in one chief," said Tyson walking over.

"How cool!" said Max.

"It sure is!" agreed Tyson.

"Yeah, for you maybe, now I'll probably have to save your arse whenever you get into trouble," grumbled Kai.

"HEY! I can get myself out of trouble whenever I need to!"

"But you can get into trouble even easier."

"Stop bagging me Kai!"

"But it's my favorite thing to do."

Tyson poked out his tongue.

"I do not pull faces," stated Kai, "So if you think I'll join in on your childish behavior, you have another thing coming."

Tyson went cross eyed, "You may not join in, but I bet I can make you laugh!"

"Stop it."

Tyson pouted.

"It won't work."

Tyson pulled on his ears and made a monkey face.

"Tyson, he's not going to laugh, you may as well give up," said Kenny looking annoyed at his antics.

Tyson was suddenly inspired.

'And now Kai, especially for you, I'll pretend to be Kenny!'

Tyson grabbed Kenny's glassed and put them on.

Kai sniggered.

"YAY! I did it!"

"GIVE THOSE BACK!" yelled Kenny, as he snatched them off Tyson.

"Kai didn't laugh, he sniggered," stated Rei.

"As far as Kai goes, that was equivalent to a laugh," replied Tyson haughtily.

"Good point."

Kai opened his mouth to say something nasty to them both, but he was interrupted.

"Congratulations boys."

It was Zianna.

"What do you want?" glared Tyson.

"I just told you, congratulations."

"Yeah, right."

"Well, there is something else……………….."

"Like what?"

"I want you to join me."

There was a pause.

"Join you in what?"

"My team of course."

Tyson started to laugh, "As if we you join you!"

She ignored him. "What about you?" she walked up to Kai and stood right in front of him.

Tyson immediately stopped laughing, "Get away from him."

"Hmm, very protective, aren't we. Must be the bond. But, I want Kai to speak for himself."

Kai glared at her, "Not interested," he said gruffly crossing his arms.

"You heard him. Now get away from him," spat Tyson.

Zianna didn't move, "Why?"

Tyson looked confused, "What do you mean why?"

"Why should I move when you ask me? He hasn't said anything? So how do we know he wants me to move."

"I want you to move."

Zianna moved. She smiled at the other Bladebreakers, "You see that? That is their bond acting upon them. Tyson feels the need to make any threat go away, while Kai, just stands there and watches. Why do you think that is?"

"Both their desires were being projected through one person. Kai didn't need to do anything, because he knew Tyson would do it," said Kenny softly.

Zianna turned and faced him, "You're a very smart boy. I don't suppose you know anything else about it."

Kenny glared at her, "Yes, but how do I know that you already know it? I could be giving you information!"

"I doubt that, but then, as I said, you're a very smart boy, you might know something that I don't yet."

"What else do you want?" asked Max.

"What makes you ask that?"

The blonde glared at her, "Your still here," he said darkly.

"She wants the power their bond generates," said Rei quietly.

"My, my, I have two smart boys on my hands. May I ask, how did you know?"

"I felt it. And I've heard stories about it, at home, in my village."

Zianna sighed dramatically, "I see that I'm not going to get what I want at this present time, so I shall make a tactical retreat. My rest assured. I will be back."

And with that, she walked away.

As soon as he was sure she was gone, Tyson turned on Rei and Kenny.

"You hid information from us?" he snarled.

"No more than you two did," retorted Rei.

"We're going. NOW!"

Everyone looked at Kai.

"What?" asked Kenny.

Kai glared everyone, "We've caused a big enough scene already. People were stunned enough about Dranzer coming out of Tyson's beyblade, then we had a confrontation with that woman, and now we're about to have an argument between ourselves. We've attracted FAR too much attention, the bond was meant to be kept quiet, and in less than a day after it happened someone else already knows about it. We have to get back to the hotel, and talk this over before things get any worse. And I have a really, really bad hunch that they will."

Kenny nodded his head, "Fine. But you two have to tell us everything!"


In less than 15 minutes they had arrived back at the hotel and were all sitting down.

"Tell us what you know first," said Kai pointing to Rei, "You said that you heard stories about this?"

Rei fidgeted nervously, "Well, I didn't tell you before, but there's this myth about two people in a situation like yours."

"Why didn't you tell us before?" asked Max.

"I wasn't sure if this was the same thing, and………" Rei squirmed uncomfortably, "…………it has a rather nasty ending."

"Tell us."

"Ok. Well, once there were other villages in the area in which I lived. All the villages had a leader. Two of the village leaders had daughters, and one had a son. There were a lot of arguments because the leaders that had daughters wanted them to marry the other leader's son."

"Sort of like a love triangle?"

"Shut up Tyson."

"Anyway, the son didn't love either of the girls, he loved another, who lived in his village."

"Wow! Isn't that a love quadrilateral?"

"Yes."

"That guy must have been quite a looker."

"SHUT UP TYSON!"

Tyson smiled and sweatdropped, "Err, sorry."

"Now, when the son found out that he had to marry one of the other girls, he went running to his beloved-"

"Beloved? What a mushy way to say it. Why didn't you just say girlfriend?"

"TYSON!"

"Oh, sorry Rei, carry on."

Rei glared at him, "Anyway, he went running to his beloved and told her his tale of woe-"

"Tale of woe? Rei, are you trying to be dramatic by saying things in a funny way?"

"Tyson. Zip it," said Kai in his 'do not argue with me' voice.

Tyson shut up.

Rei looked at Kai gratefully. "He told her what had happened, and she said she knew a way to make sure they could be together forever. To make a long story short, they used their bitbeasts to form a bond, which could never be broken."

"NEVER BE BROKEN?" asked Kenny looking horrified.

"Never be broken. Unfortunately the leaders found out, and they decided to execute the girl to make the boy available to one of the other girls."

"But they escape and live happily ever after? Right?"

"Stop interrupting Tyson!" said Kenny.

Rei shook his head, "No, the girl died. I told you that it had a nasty ending."

"Well what's the point of that story! That didn't tell us anything!"

"If you would let me finish I could tell you the rest!"

"Oh…….ok."

"When the girl was killed, the boy died too."

"WHAT? WHAT KIND OF STORY IS THIS? IT'S SO SAD!"

"I know, but that's not the point."

"Well what is the point?" asked Max.

"The point is, that the boy died because the girl died. The bond killed him, didn't?" said Kai.

"Yes. The bond had bound them together, and without the girl, the boy couldn't survive. That's why I didn't tell you before, I didn't want to upset you."

They all sat in silence.

"Are you certain that our bond is the same as theirs," asked Tyson.

"No, but it is similar."

"That woman told Tyson that there was a way out, that means it can't be the same!" said Max happily.

"But she might have been bluffing, remember, did she actually tell us?" said Kai.

"…………..no."

"Well, what do you know, Kenny?" asked Max.

"Basically everything that we already know. The stronger the bond gets, the more they can do through it, and that it generates power that Zianna obviously wants to use for herself."

"But how will she use it?"

"Who knows?"

"There is something else that I know, but I don't think that Kai's going to like it."

"WHAT?"

"Well, in a bound relationship like this, there is usually a more dominant person. Am I right Rei?"

"I guess so," said Rei, "In the story I heard the girl was the more dominant of the two, because she was protecting the boy from the other villagers and he could lend her his power when she needed it. The more dominant person expresses their role in their thoughts and actions."

'I don't like where this is going,' thought Kai warily.

'Where is it going?' asked Tyson innocently.

'Towards me. At full speed.'

'Huh……………………..OH! You mean he's trying to say that……………'

'DON"T YOU DARE SAY IT!'

"Well, from the way Tyson reacted when Zianna went near Kai, we could safely assume that Kai is the," Kenny paused, trying to think of a diplomatic way to say it, without Kai killing him, "LESS dominant."

There was a very long pause.

"Are you saying that KAI is…………………..uke?" asked Max.

"I am not!" exclaimed Kai, his cheeks tingeing pink.

Rei started to laugh, "Kai……..the………..GIRL?" he broke down in a fit of laughter.

"It's not funny!" growled Kai angrily.

Rei was having trouble breathing, but he still managed to say, "Yes it is."

Kai stood furiously, "FINE! I'm leaving!" and he stormed off.

Tyson looked at the other irately, "That wasn't very appropriate Rei."

Rei stopped laughing, sensing imminent danger.

"I think you should apologise."

It wasn't a suggestion. It was a demand.

"But I don't know where he is."

"He's three levels below us heading towards the back exit of the hotel."

Everyone stared at Tyson.

"How did you know that!"

Tyson shrugged, "Dunno. But if you won't go, I will."

And with that he got up and followed Kai.

"Did anyone else feel like Tyson was about to kill Rei just then?" asked Max quietly.

"Uhuh."

"He was just protecting is girlfriend."

"REI!" Max tried not to laugh, "STOP SAYING THAT!"


TBC…………

Okay, just a quick note just in case some of you who don't know what Max meant when he said Kai was uke……. Uke is a Japanese term for the submissive person in a relationship, and inversely seme is the term for the dominant person.