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).
And just so you don't get confused…
People speaking is like this "……"
People thinking is like this '…….'
Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade or any of its characters!
Be My Saviour, and I'll be Your Downfall
Chapter 16
"TYSON!"
Tyson found himself unsure whether he should stand his ground or run.
Hilary could be scary at times.
"Tyson! Wait up!"
Closing his eyes, he decided he'd better stop………………she knew where he lived.
Hilary stopped by him and panted, "I…………just……………spoke …………….to …..Kai……….."
Tyson quickly turned to face her, "Where is he!"
She took a deep breath, "By the river…………………Look, I just want to say I'm sorry for the way I reacted."
Tyson nodded looking slightly uncomfortable, "Yeah, well…………………."
"I was just surprised, and I…………..kinda…………have a thing for you."
Tyson nodded slowly, "Yeah, I know."
Hilary blushed, "You do?"
Tyson nodded.
Hilary buried her face in her hands, "How embarrassing!"
Tyson patted her on the shoulder in what he hoped, was a comforting gesture, "Don't worry about it." He suddenly grinned arrogantly, "Besides, who wouldn't have a crush on me!"
Hilary deadpanned, "Yeah, and I'm attracted to you're modesty."
Tyson sweatdropped, "Hey, it doesn't hurt to be a little self confident!"
"………A little?"
"Yeah well-" Tyson suddenly stopped short as a bolt of pain streaked down his left arm. He grimaced, "Shit!"
Hilary looked at him with concerned eyes, "What's wrong?"
"My arm……….."
Hilary bit her lip, "Does it hurt? We should go back to the dojo then-"
Tyson shook his head vehemently and gritted his teeth, "No, It's not me it's Kai. Go back to the dojo and get the others," he said as he started to run off.
"But where are you going!"
"The river!"
Kai winced as his arm was viciously pinned behind his back as he was roughly pushed against the wall underneath the bridge, "Who are you."
"Why, master Kai, you don't remember me?"
"Zianna?"
She smiled, "Very good. Now if you promise to be a good boy I'll have Kereen let you go."
"And if I don't."
The pressure on his arm suddenly increased.
"He'll break your arm."
Kai felt a chill down his spine as he felt her step closer and whisper in his ear, "Come on now," she said sweetly, "Just give me a moment of your time and we can have a little chat."
Kai stayed silent, and unblocked Tyson, beginning to mentally call him for help.
There was no reply.
"I'm afraid that won't work. You see, I've put up a shield to prevent you from communicating...So, will you co-operate?"
Despite the fact that his face was squashed against the wall, Kai scowled, and said, with a slightly muffled voice, "You're not exactly giving me much of a choice."
Zianna smiled triumphantly, "I'll take that as a yes. Release him."
Kereen let Kai go, and Kai rubbed his arm and glared at him, feeling somewhat proud of himself as the other blader appeared to shrink away to stand behind his partner, Randolf.
'Nobody can withstand the death glare.'
He turned his attention to Zianna, "Well. What do you want?"
She smiled as she lay a hand on his shoulder, "Why my dear, that would be obvious. I want you."
Tyson panted as he ran, still trying to get through to Kai.
Relief washed over him as the bridge came into sight.
Kai looked at her confused, "What?"
Zianna smiled and pinched his cheek, "Aww, you're so cute when you're confused. You see. I don't need both you and Tyson to access your bond's power. I only need one of you. And it's so much simpler to get one of you than both, and I've taken a liking to you, boy. I wouldn't mind keeping you around as my pet."
Kai growled and pulled out his Dranzer ready to launch it, "If you think I'm going to make this easy for you, you've got another thing coming."
Zianna rolled her eyes and easily swatted the blade and launcher out of his hands, "Silly human. You already have."
Before Kai had a chance to get away, she put a finger to his forehead, and after a flash of dark light, his eyes glazed over and began to droop.
"There you go, you just go to sleep now."
Kai nodded sleepily, "Huh……….but………….Tyson……………….."
"Don't you worry about Tyson. Just rest," Zianna nodded at Randolf, who caught Kai as his body crumpled to the ground.
'……………..Tyson………………………..'
Tyson had a really bad feeling something nasty was happening to Kai as he skidded down the hill towards the river bank and the underside of the bridge.
He pulled out his Dragoon ready for a fight.
As he got closer, he could see the unmistakable figure of Kai slump backwards into someone arms.
He could feel rage his rage boiling at the thought of someone else touching his Kai, along with the fact that they had hurt him.
"DRAGOON!"
His blade was launched, and with a ferocity that hadn't been seen even at the world championships, it sped towards the bridge.
Any witnesses would have said it was the most amazing thing they'd seen in their life.
Randolf Marino would say it the most frightening.
One second he was holding an unconscious boy, the next he was against the wall, eye to eye with an angry looking dragon bitbeast.
He couldn't say exactly how it was that the boy had been transferred from his arms and into that Kinomiya boy's, but it had happened.
Afterwards he decided that it was actually the second most, when compared with Zianna's anger at him for letting Kai go.
However, at the time Zianna didn't really matter, the Dragon issue was a little more pressing.
He sighed in relief when it turned its attention from him and onto Zianna.
Tyson wore an expression that could put one of Kai's death glares to shame.
After recovering Kai from that guy whose name he couldn't quite remember, he'd focused his attention on Zianna, who looked even less impressed to see him, than he felt to see her.
Holding Kai to him protectively, and thanking the heavens that he was so light, Tyson demanded, "What did you do to him?"
Zianna shrugged, "Nothing much," she smirked, "He's just taking a little nap."
"Dragoon! Get her!" ordered Tyson, not taking his eyes off her.
Zianna shook her head as Dragoon headed towards her, "I'm afraid I don't feel like fighting very much today," she waved her hand and sent Dragoon flying into the river.
"Dragoon!" Tyson called, hoping his bitbeast was okay.
While Tyson's attention was diverted to his bitbeast, Zianna began to slip away motioning for Kereen and Randolf to follow her.
When Dragoon burst out of the water, Tyson sighed in relief, "Great! You're okay, now let's get her!" exclaimed Tyson, ready to get back into the battle, and then blinked when he realized that Zianna was gone.
He frowned as he shifted the still unconscious Kai in his arms, "Where'd she go?"
Both he and Dragoon looked around, but found nothing.
Frowning he shook his head and as he recalled Dragoon to his blade, sat down to make sure Kai wasn't suffering from any obvious physical injuries. When he was done he sighed, and absently ran a hand through Kai's hair in an affectionate gesture, "If you think you're going to be going off by yourself again while she's still around, you've got another thing coming, mister." He paused and smiled, "God, sometimes I think you get yourself in more trouble than I do."
After another minute he stood, gathering Kai in his arms, and headed back to the Dojo.
Everyone jumped as Hilary burst into the dojo, "You'vegottocome! Tysonsaysthere'ssomethingwrongwithKaiandhe'sgoneofftofinehimandtheycouldbeintroubleandwehavetogorightaway!"
She then leaned forward, resting on her knees and panted.
Everyone stared at her and blinked.
"What?"
"Could you run that by us again?" asked Rei.
"In English this time?" added Kenny.
Hilary shook her head, taking a deep breath.
"I think she's out of breath," said Grandpa.
Everyone gave him a look that said 'no kidding' but he didn't appear to notice.
Max smiled, "I think she said, you've got to come. Tyson says there's something wrong with Kai and he's gone off to find him and they could be in trouble and we have to go right away!"
Hilary nodded.
Max beamed, "I was right! Go me!"
Rei smiled too, "How did you understand that? All I got was, blahblahblahblahblah!"
Hilary stared at them, as she gasped for breath.
Max shrugged, "It's a gift I guess."
Kenny nodded, "A remarkable one at that."
Hilary started waving her hands around, took a deep breath and quickly said, "Youidiots!Didyouevenlistentome?"
Everyone looked at Max.
He smiled, "You idiots, did you even listen to me."
"That's really cool!"
Hilary growled, as she finally got her breath back, "YOU IDIOTS! KAI'S IN TROUBLE!"
Everyone in the room blinked.
"Really?"
"Why didn't you say so?"
Hilary facefaulted and fell over.
Max looked at Rei questioningly, "What's with her?"
Rei shrugged, "Must be a girl thing."
After she had recovered, Hilary had proceeded to drag the boys out of the dojo and down the street, towards the river, all of them completely missing Tyson carrying the unconscious Kai back home on the other side of the road.
TBC………
