Disclaimer: I could say "if they were mine, TyKa would be official..." but Takao Aoi-san already took care of that, he rocks! Arigatou gozaimasu, Aoi-san! But yeah, they're his.

Warnings: blah. Just another one-shot, like I said, they're all I can write these days. TyKa, no like, then please don't read, thanks.


"We have to thank you for this opportunity, Kinomiya-san..." a red-haired woman said, smiling warmly as she sat across from a blue-haired teenage boy. "We heard it's not every day that the three-time World Champion agrees to interviews."

Tyson Kinomiya smiled back, waving his hand carelessly, "nah, don't worry 'bout it"
He looked thoughtful for a moment, "as long as you don't ask too much about the battles... it just makes me big-headed."

The woman laughed, "alright then... my name's Jenny by the way."

"Hi, Jenny, nice to meet you," Tyson saluted, playfully.

"Same to you, Kinomiya-san... so, shall we begin?"

"Sure thing," Tyson nodded. "Uh, but I have one request..."

Jenny blinked, "oh? What is it?"

"Just call me Tyson..." he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "I'm not really one for formality... sorry."

"Oh..." Jenny nodded, "alright, thank you..." She waved her photographer to sit down, "by the way, this is Eddie."

"Hey Eddie, sit over here..." Tyson pointed at the seat to his right. "I'm told I have a nice profile," he joked. Eddie snickered, and sat where he was told.

Jenny laughed, "alright, Tyson, we'll start with a simple question... how old are you?"

"I'm almost 17... nearly time to retire from Beyblading apparently," Tyson smiled wryly.

"Oh? Why's that?"

"Kai retired from Beyblading at 17... I figure that's a good age to quit, too."

Jenny blinked, "Kai Hiwatari?"

"Oh, you heard of him?" Tyson laughed. "Yeah, Kai Hiwatari... former Team Captain of Team BBA, and runner-up in last year's World Championships."

"Nice intro... thank you," Jenny smiled. Eddie snapped a picture.

"I'll save you the trouble," Tyson grinned.

"When did you first take up Beyblading?"

Tyson furrowed his brow, thoughtfully. "Oh wow... um... heh, that's a while back... I'm pretty sure I was about... 5 or 6, I think... My brother introduced me to it... I dunno, it just seemed really interesting to me... honestly, I thought it was easy, but, uh... It kinda wasn't, since it took effort just to get the 'blade to stay in the dish."

"So even Tyson Kinomiya had to learn, ne?"

Tyson laughed, "of course... I wish I could say I was born with Beyblading abilities, like Brooklyn, but I'd be lying if I did."

"Several are curious on your secret to winning? Is there any special technique you use to keep your title?"

"Hmmm..." Tyson tilted his head, thoughtfully. "Well, not really, no... never giving up is a good 'secret', if you wanna call it that... I just really love Beyblading, and if you love something enough, you just enjoy it, and when you enjoy it, well... it just becomes something you sort of exceed in... so I'm told."

"Well said."

"Thanks," Tyson grinned sheepishly.

"Do you mind if I ask questions on your personal life?"

"Depends how personal," Tyson said, raising an eyebrow.

Jenny laughed, "we won't go that personal."

"Alright... ask away."

"Obviously your last World Championship tournament was a little rougher on you."

"... Um... yeah."

"Is there any specific reason why?"

"Well, you know about Team BBA, right? How it used to be, like who was part of the team, right?"

Jenny nodded, while Eddie took another picture.

"... It was just a little rough, because my old teammates, who were also my best friends, left the team... I had Kai for a while, but then he left too... for the same reasons as Rei and Max."

"And what reasons are those?"

"To battle me."

Jenny blinked, "I don't understand."

Tyson laughed, "to battle me, to see how strong they got themselves... winning the World Championships 2 years in a row, I guess they wanted to gauge their strength, it's kinda hard to explain, without sounding like I'm bragging..."

"Oh... well, that's fine... actually, if I may ask..."

"... Ask whatever you want," Tyson smiled cheerfully.

"Rumors that you are, or were, romantically involved with someone on your old team have been circulating for a while, now..."

"Oh those..." Tyson laughed. "I wondered if you were gonna ask about that."

Eddie snapped a picture of Tyson and his embarrassed interviewer. "I'm sorry if it's too personal for you to answer," said Jenny, slowly.

"No, no..." Tyson grinned, "I don't mind at all... it's funny."

"Funny?"

Tyson nodded, "yeah... I don't mean in a bad way... but some one those assumptions were just amusing to find out about... especially when the media got involved."

"You mean some of the pictures that were in the papers..?"

Tyson laughed again. "Sorry... but yeah..." he looked thoughtful, "I think the first picture we saw was that one of me and Max 'holding each other'..."

"Oh yes... that one caused quite a stir."

"Sorry to disappoint, but we were trying to put each other in a headlock... whoever that photographer was had pretty good timing," Tyson grinned.

"And that 'date' with Rei Kon..."

"Skating?"

"Yes, that one."

Tyson snickered, "not quite a date, per se... I was teaching Rei how to skate, hence the 'romantic embraces'..."

Jenny laughed.

"Actually, when those pictures came out, me and the guys just had fun with 'em... they weren't that embarrassing at all, at least not in our case."

"And the little scenario at a press conference?"

"Oh, that was just for fun..." Tyson winked.

"It caused another stir, you know that, right?" Jenny said, pretending to scold the World Champion.

"Well, Rei and Max thought it would be funny to pretend to fight over me... add fuel to the fire." Tyson snickered, "Kai's reaction was funny afterwards, since he pretty much bit Rei and Max's heads off."

"Oh? Why would Kai get angry?" Jenny leaned forward, looking intrigued.

Tyson smiled mysteriously, "that's for me to know..."

Jenny blinked, while Eddie smirked, and took another picture.

"About you and Kai..."

Tyson almost laughed, as he tugged at his hair and pretended to examine his bangs, "yes?"

"... Well... did... is anything happening between you and Kai?"

"When?" Tyson once again wore a mysterious smile.

"Anytime at all? Rumors on your romantic life, Tyson, I'm hoping you can clear them up for us."

"Well," Tyson scratched his chin, and sat up straighter. "First of all, Maxie... I may call him that, but it's like a friendly nickname, that's it... Maxie's one of my best friends, he's like a little brother to me."

Jenny nodded, "alright, so nothing between you and Max Mizuhara?"

"Mm-mm, not a thing... he only pretends to flirt with me just to tease the photographers, and all those other guys... he's a playful guy."

Eddie snapped another picture.

"... Rei Kon," Tyson tilted his head thoughtfully. "Okay, I admit this now... you're the first to get me saying this... I used to have a small crush on Rei."

Jenny blinked, "really?"

Tyson nodded, "I dunno, he's just been a supportive guy, and not too bad looking, so, there I was, with a small crush on him."

"Someone once said that there was chemistry between you and Rei, actually."

"Really?" Tyson couldn't help but laugh. "Thanks, but there's nothing between me and Rei. Just my brief crush on him, which came and gone, then Rei got really protective of me which confused him a bit, actually... we talked, and we realized, hey we're good buddies, that's it."

"So, no romantic relations between you and Rei?"

"Sorry, no."

"... Kenny Dion?"

Tyson blinked, then burst out laughing.

Jenny flushed in embarrassment, while Eddie chuckled, and snapped another picture.

"Oh man..." Tyson sat up, covering his mouth, "sorry... sorry, sorry Chief!" He bit his lip, then grinned sheepishly. "Sorry, just had to... um, no, there's nothing between me and Kenny, either."

"At all?"

"Well... he's always tried to keep me in line, in focus, and, uh... he's like Maxie, like a little brother to me."

"Oh..." Jenny nodded. "Now, you should know there's a lot of debating on your... relationship with... Kai Hiwatari."

Tyson merely smiled again.

"... Kai Hiwatari was your former Team Captain."

Tyson nodded.

"In your first year as Team BBA, you had to go to Russia, where something happened during the World Championships, correct?"

"Yes."

"Anyone who managed to get a hold of the story regarding the incident assumed..."

"Heh, alright, um... losing Kai, it was a harsh thing for all of us to go through," Tyson smiled wryly. "As a Captain, he was pretty good, he knew what to say when we were down, his training regimes were intense and brought out the best in all of us; his loyalty was questionable, but he was great to have, because of his strengths."

"His strengths?"

"Kai, in a way, held us all together," Tyson smiled faintly. "Hard as it was for the others to believe," he laughed. "Kai was a loner, but he still looked out for us."

"It just seemed like losing Kai to Tala and his team, it seemed to hit you harder."

"Well, in a way, I guess it did," Tyson furrowed his brow for a moment. "I guess I thought we were finally getting through to Kai, that he was ready to finally think of me, of us, as friends... so him saying that he didn't need me, us... well, yeah, I guess it did hit me pretty hard."

"But Kai came back."

"You bet... he came back, strong as ever, and more encouraging, even to me," Tyson smiled.

Jenny smiled, almost knowingly, "you seem to be very fond of Kai, Tyson."

"Do I?" Tyson grinned. "I suppose I am... he's always been there for me, in his own bizarre, almost twisted, way."

"Bizarre and twisted?"

"Last year's World Championships?"

"Ah, when your original teammates went their own ways."

"Mm-hm, Kai stayed for a while, then left... just for me," Tyson shrugged, then laughed, good-naturedly.

Jenny smiled, "sorry, but the reason I brought up Kai was because some people consider him to be your... special someone, Tyson."

"My special someone?" Tyson grinned. "Oh, you mean romantically... well..." he tilted his head thoughtfully. "Yes, I suppose you can consider him my special someone."

"Is there anything between you and Kai?"

Tyson raised an eyebrow, "wow, you weren't kidding about the personal questions."

Jenny laughed, "sorry... I'm just curious."

"As are everyone else, huh?" Tyson glanced at Eddie, "you curious too, Ed?"

Eddie laughed, taking another picture, "in all honesty, I am a little nosy."

Tyson snickered, "alright..." he sat up, resting his elbows on his knees, leaning closer to the redhaired woman. "You ready?"

Jenny nodded, leaning closer to hear.

Tyson smiled, "you want the truth?"

She nodded again.

"You want me to be completely totally utterly honest?"

Jenny blinked, "is this gonna be perverted?"

Tyson blinked, then couldn't help but burst out laughing again. "No, no, no, no...!" he said quickly, once he caught his breath, "no, not perverted."

Jenny smiled sheepishly, "good, otherwise I wouldn't be able to print it."

Eddie was still laughing, while snapping another picture.

Tyson cleared his throat, "okay." He looked Jenny straight in the eye. "Alright, the real deal is... I love Kai."

Jenny blinked.

"I love Kai, with all my heart. He lights up my life, he makes me happy, I can't stand the thought of not having him." Tyson's smile wavered, "but the thing is... he doesn't know I love him."

Jenny's brow furrowed sympathetically.

"... He can't see the way I look at him, he can't understand the way I feel, because he doesn't understand the concept of true love. He believes true love isn't real."

Tyson lowered his head, "the most he ever calls me is his 'friend'... 'good friend' if he's in a really good mood. At first I thought the only reason he got angry with Rei and Max, after that press conference, was because he was jealous... he was just having a bad day, which only made me... well, less hopeful on finally acquiring his love."

Jenny bit her lip.

Tyson smiled weakly at the kind-hearted woman. "I'm hoping by telling you this, Kai will see, and finally return my feelings."

"... I'm sorry."

"No, don't worry..." Tyson's smile broadened, "he'll see... he'll see how much I love him, and maybe he'll love me back."

Jenny stared at him, almost in awe. Such an emotionally strong young man. Her watch beeped. Checking the time, she sighed, "well, you're free now, Kinomiya-san."

Tyson blinked, "already?" He stood up, "well, thanks... this has been fun."

Jenny stood up, shaking the teen's hand. "It was so great to meet you, Kinomiya-san... thank you again for giving us some of your time."

"No problem," Tyson shook her hand firmly. Then he shook Eddie's hand, "see? Not a bad profile, huh?"

Eddie smiled, "not bad at all, thanks."

Tyson grinned, "well, bye... nice talking to you." With a polite bow, he turned, and headed for the door.

Once he was gone, Jenny sighed, "poor boy."

"You actually gonna print that part?" asked Eddie, doubtfully. "It might be bad publicity for Kai Hiwatari."

"If it helps Tyson get Kai, I'll put it on a billboard if I have to!" Jenny declared, punching the air.

Eddie anime sweatdropped.

oooXXXooo

Standing in the parkinglot was a strong muscular young man, clad in black jeans and a red t-shirt. Kai Hiwatari, in all his glory, wearing dark sunglasses, his scarf blowing easily in the wind. He was leaning against his black covertible, waiting.

Tyson waved cheerfully, as he walked over. "Hey, waiting long?" he asked.

Kai straightened up, "not really... 5 minutes..."

The younger teen grinned, almost impishly, at the taller young man.

Kai looked over Tyson, almost suspiciously, "what'd you do?"

"Nothing."

"Then what'd you say?"

Tyson smiled mysteriously again, "that's for me to know."

"... Tyson."

Tyson snickered, draping his arms over Kai's broad shoulders. "Just the basics..." he said, simply. "I love you, with all my heart. You light up my life, you make me happy, I can't stand the thought of not having you."

Kai scowled, "you didn't."

"But the thing is... you don't know I love you."

"... Tyson..!" Kai groaned, almost miserably. "Why do you say that? It just makes me out to be the oblivious bad guy."

Tyson smiled innocently.

"And then I have all these people coming up to me, telling me you love me, and that I should just return your feelings..."

The innocent smile remained.

"You have any idea how annoying it is, having complete strangers coming up to me, saying 'Tyson loves you! Love him back, damnit!'?"

Tyson laughed.

Kai scowled again, "a few of them even threaten me with bodily harm..." Then he paused, and a look of realization came over his handsome features. "You think you're cute, don't you?" he asked dryly.

"Well, someone has to tell you I love you when I'm not around," Tyson said, bottom lip curling in a cutesy pout.

Kai sighed, resting his head against Tyson's, "not like I'm going to forget."

"Fine, I won't tell people that anymore... but I do love you, Kai."

"... I know."

"Kai!"

"... Ya vas liubliu," Kai lightly kissed Tyson's lips.

Tyson smiled; Kai speaking Russian. He loved it. "Same to you," he murmured.


What's the matter with me v.v;;; I need to get out of this Slump... (throws a cookie at Yasuo) damn you!

Cookie: (hits Yasuo) XD mwahahahahaha!

Yasuo: ack, whaaaat! X.X;;;