Lei-chi Kon's Rants: OMG!!! It's been TWO months for god's sake!!!! Ahh!! My lazy hormones had been acting up and I wasn't able to update for two fucking months…. -.- Sorry…I'm just having a bad time is all…. (Actually…I'm so busy with school and stuff that I don't have time to use the internet…sorry peeps!)

Sigh…I'm actually sad since we don't have G-Rev here!! AAAHHH!!!! I'M MAD!!! Fuming mad I say!!!!! Damn cable! –curses-

But as I always say…I love you all, my lovely reviewers!! –hugs each and everyone- You always make my day and even though I haven't updated for two months, I hope that you'd still review my fic!

Here it is, chapter eight! HOORAY!!!!

The answering the reviewers thingy is at the bottom! ;P

Disclaimer: ……-glances at Takao Aoki- Aoki: NO! You can't have Beyblade! Lei-chan: MEANIE!!!

Chapter Eight – Phone Calls

Lavender hair brushed along her face as her jaw dropped to the floor. They had been sitting in the second floor balcony for a while now and the cold breeze of October wasn't helping at all. She gripped tighter her abused skirt in her fists as her ears continued to heed the information the Chinese sitting in front of her was conveying.

"…So that's it, that's the whole story. …Can you help us? …Please, Weinn…?" Rei pleaded, searching for answers in her rosy pink eyes. Her eyes were water-logged and her mouth wide-open, clearly, you can tell she was in shock and surprise. Rei was starting to have a bad feeling that he had done a wrong thing….

When she finally had senses she quickly stood up, almost toppling the chair she was perching on. "I…I can't believe…t-that…" she started mumbling, covering her mouth with her hands. Oh no…she was so freaked now…bad thing. "…That…your friend could do that to a girl!!!" She screamed, fisting her hands. "Who is this…?! Tyson…?! He doesn't know how to care for a girl…poor Maxine…"

Rei smiled sloppily as he sweat dropped. Yeah, he knew that what he's doing was wrong, telling Weinn that Max was a girl when he wasn't, but the least thing he wanted was to Weinn freak out because their friends were…that type of persons. And so far, he has been succeeding to making her believe, and he would do so until he thinks it would be best to stop. Right now, just, not yet.

Kai snorted after he heard his fiancée scream at the neko-jin's little 'discussion' with her. He just couldn't believe how gullible this person could be, yet when he told her that he doesn't at all like her a bit, she would not have faith in him. Tch…some people could be real asses.

"Alright, you can count on me, Rei-han!" Weinn confidently announced, fisting her dainty hands. "I'll help in thinking of a solution! Sigh…you really care for them, don't you? I can feel it…. You're such a kind person, Rei-han…" she continued to mumble, finally calming down. Rei felt content within himself that finally, they have another hand in helping with the… 'situation'. "…I wish Kai would be the same…."

"What?" Rei and Kai chorused, glancing at the lavender-haired girl.

Weinn quickly shook her head. "Er…nothing, nothing!" She glanced at the nearby clock inside the building and started to hyperventilate. "Oh no!!! One o'clock!!! Dad's going to kill me!!! I have to go!" she fidgeted as she started doing little jumps to stop her from being nervous. Both boys both headed for the main entrance followed by the problematic girl, she stirring with her hair. "Why do we have to go to Singapore anyway…??? Sheesh…okay Kai, Rei, I'll just call if I ever have something in my head, or if I could catch Kai online I'd message him or…e-mail…depends…okay bye!!!" She dashed speedily to the colossus gate and exited, and just as then a private car stopped in front of her and she entered it, waving back to the two boys.

The Chinese neko-jin waved his tanned hand in return and the automobile at last departed, obtaining a satisfied sigh from the young master.

"You're being a jerk again," Rei plainly uttered, not looking one glance at the older boy beside him.

"I know."

Rei shook his head but he couldn't help but snigger at Kai's obvious remark, until Kai placed an arm around his shoulder and he was snapped out of his sense, feeling weird at the Phoenix's sudden motion.

"Come on, lunch," Kai offered, guiding the way inside the mansion and to the dining hall.

On the way to their destination, along the different rooms and corridors, Kai still had his arm positioned on the neko-jin's clothed shoulder, and Rei was staring at the ground as they walked, blushing. Not because of the arm around his neck, he was completely avowed to that and didn't mind it, merely because of the simple remarks made by the girl with them while ago.

"Kai…" he started, blushing more as he glanced at Kai's direction. The Russian gazed at him too that made him flush red more. "…Do I really look like a girl?"

Gah, curse him and his sudden burst again. Why was he always too forward when asking questions that ran through his head? He was also wondering too…he had been doing that a lot lately these days…and he couldn't control it, damn!

Kai smirked and returned his crimson eyes to the open space before them, voicing out his thoughts mixed with slight jesting. "She was right you know, you look prettier and sexier than her."

Rei had his whole body tinting red by now. "I wasn't kidding Kai! Give me a serious answer!"

"…So what if you do? What will you do about it? Face-lift?" Kai mocked him, infrequently frowning. "Truth told, if people see us right now they would eventually mistaken us for a couple or something." With that said Rei had his entire physique jittering with enough tremor that could create an earthquake. God, he felt so embarrassed, and confused as to Kai's sudden openness. He was right though, people would mistake them for being 'together'….

"Tch, I just wanted to know your opinion dammit," Rei cursed under his breath, mumbling that he hadn't one bit received a serious answer from the oh-so-great leader of the BladeBreakers. Kai snorted.

"Yes, you look like a girl. Happy?" Kai answered, rolling his crimson eyes. Rei's face lightened up and he grinned like a dolt.

"YUP!"

"…You're impossible…."

"…But I don't like being referred to as a girl…. It's…kinda tiring you know, several people called me that before…as in TONS!" Rei exclaimed, blushing as he remembered several encounters he had the past before. The Russian looked at him funny, obviously confused. "…Well, you see…. I already told you guys that I was travelling the globe before I arrived here in Japan, right?" he asked, reminiscing the scene wherein he told the rest of the BladeBreakers of his… 'life'. Kai nodded and he continued. "…Most people I met mistakenly misapprehended me as a…shoujou1! And a bishoujou2 for that matter!"

"…"

Silence struck them as Kai was trying his best to keep his mouth shut, to avoid unnerving laughter to escape from his lips. Rei glanced a look at him fishily at his horribly contorted face of suppressed laughs.

Without walking any longer they had stopped now by the dining hall, met with its oaken portal welcoming the two hungry boys. Rei's face lightened up again and he fisted both of his hands in the air, making Kai's arm around his shoulder lose its position and falling beside the older boy's side.

"I wonder what we will have for lunch," Rei wondered aloud, smiling at Kai. The Russian just shrugged his shoulders as he hauled open the entrance, showing into view the widespread area of the dining hall, enough to support five hundred persons to be exact. The hungering aroma of the different delicacies seeped through the area and Rei sniffed the air, adding famish to his stomach. He quickly rushed to the table like a kid getting a gift from Christmas and Kai followed silently behind him, sweat dropping and head shaking with a matching roll from his eyes.

"I have a plan, finally!!!" Rei cheerfully exclaimed as he raised a spoon, glancing at Kai who was sitting just right beside him. So far, they had finished the main course and the side dishes, the only delicacy left now was the dessert. Swallowing a spoonful of jelly the captain nodded his head as Rei imparted his so-called 'plan'. "Well, here's it is: We play cupid for Max and Tyson! As simple as that!"

"And how exactly do we do that?"

"…Er…um…" the neko-jin trailed off, not really knowing the main part of the plan yet. His mind tried to think of the how-part, frequently bumping into ideas not actually helpful. After a few battles within his head, he let out a smile—he solved the how-part! "We…always set them up, until eventually Max realizes how good Tyson is, and…forgive him, and they could be together again!"

"…Let me repeat what I said: HOW exactly do we do that?"

Or he could be wrong. Rei thought as he quieted for a while, comprehending that he doesn't know the answer to that question too. "Uh…let me think about that…"

Suddenly, a ring from Kai's celphone broke Rei's thoughts and Kai sighed again, as if knowing exactly who was calling him. He took out his celphone and answered it immediately. "Talk."

"…Can I speak with Rei? He's more sociable," Weinn gently spoke from the other line, sarcastically but not meant to make Kai angry, unfortunately, she did. The irritated Russian heavily handed the phone to Rei who was surprised at him, putting up the device near his ear. "Are you there? Rei?"

"Yes, this is me…. Weinn is this you?" Rei asked, confusingly.

"Hai, Rei-han! Guess what? While I was dozing in here in the plane, in my dreams, I had an idea! I saw you and Kai with…maybe those were Tyson and Maxine…setting them up in an amusement park you know? And that was a ferris wheel ride too! So romantic…."

Rei chuckled a bit. "Yeah, you're right…. But…is it allowed to use phone in there? I believe it will disturb radio waves or something…."

It was Weinn's turn to laugh this time. "Don't fret over small details! So…could that count as an idea? By the way I also have another. You can reserve a table for them in a fancy restaurant and it's on Kai—I know he'll agree to that, especially if it comes from you! You know that too ne? You're a bestfriend of him right?" she teased, and the Chinese boy could perfectly see her now—giggling and her rosy pink eyes all staring at him capriciously. He almost blushed as he turned away from Kai's view that was by now wondering what the heck those…two girls were talking about that Rei was acting weird. He chortled, smirking at his thoughts.

"Yup, good ol' buddies," Rei answered calmly at her, successful at his attempt of acting normal. Weinn continued to snicker.

"…Well then Mr. Good-Ol'-Buddies, why don't you find Mr. Sourpuss a girl of his own, hm?"

"…He already has you, what more could he ask for?"

Weinn rolled her eyes, although not visible in the neko-jin's eyesight. "Oh please Rei! You don't think Kai likes me even an atom do you?!"

Rei tried to act innocent. "…Eh, he doesn't?"

"Of course he doesn't! Doesn't he tell you that? Pssh, he's never going to open to anyone…. Unless…."

"…Unless?"

When Weinn was about to speak Kai quickly covered the receiver of the electronic mechanism, blocking the raven-haired teen's conversation with the girl. "Aherm, Rei, we're eating! Could you hold that chit-chat girl-to-girl talk later?" he declared rather loudly that Weinn had heard it clearly, as she started laughing her heart out with Rei blushing majorly.

"I'm not a girl!" the White Tiger quickly counterattacked at the Red Phoenix, sticking out his tongue. Kai just rolled his eyes and smirked, turning back to his jelly. Rei glared at him then talked again with Weinn. "Sorry 'bout that…."

"N-noou, thafsht's ohkeay," Weinn mumbled, obviously she was trying to hold back her fits of giggles from break out. "He was right though. Shouldn't interrupt the food fest! Besides, I really should be going too. Dad's just back from the cockpit! Eep!" she squeaked, lowering her voice. "I hope I helped Rei-chan! Talk to you two later…wait, do you have a celphone?"

Rei blushed more, if that was possible, as he felt embarrassed since he doesn't even know how to use the calendar in a celphone. "Er…n-n-none…I don't have a cel…"

Kai's crimson gaze turned to the abashed neko-jin as he nibbled on the jelly, absorbing the stuttering sentence the kitten has just made. He again interrupted the conversation by snatching his phone from Rei who got startled, a bit huffy. "He has a celphone, and if you don't mind we're—"

"Okay, okay!" Weinn nervously replied, to which Kai handed again the device to Rei again. Rei quickly seized it and held it up against his ear. "Ja ne, Rei-chan! Ganbatte ne!3" she taunted, ending the call. Rei had by now flushing a thousand tints of red and just when he was about to speak for himself, he was greeted with a dead phone line.

"Damn it, Weinn…" he mumbled, inhaling big breaths to try to remove the crimson on his already-painted cheeks.

"What were you talking about?" Kai asked, looking at Rei who blushed more, trying to view other things except his captain. He handed back the communication gadget to the Russian, avoiding his sanguine gaze.

"Uh…she said some ideas that might help us for our set-ups for Max and Tyson," the Chinese replied, returning to eat away his jelly.

"Oh? Then why were you blushing?"

Rei's raven eyebrows met viciously at Kai's question. "It's…none of importance! What matters here is…hey wait a second why did you tell Weinn that I have a celphone when I don't?!"

"Because you'll have," Kai answered simply, his tone monotonous as always, his voice low and serious. The neko-jin wondered at him in confusion to his statement. Suddenly, Kai's crimson gaze made its way to his direction and started studying him, until the slate-haired boy smiled gently at him. Not very unusual to Rei that is, it's just like any normal smile Kai would show at him. "Besides, you have something, there," Kai pointed out, his thumb brushing along Rei's skin to wipe off the strawberry jelly that had soiled his face.

"And you have something there," Rei stated, letting his tanned fingers touch the face paint gracing Kai's feature.

….

Rei was the first one to pull away. "Let's go over to Maxie's house, what do you say? We better start this setting-up thing as soon as possible."

Kai nodded. "You're right, we better leave…" he stood up, walking up the door. Rei followed behind him, slightly depressed, as he clearly saw Kai's reaction—his face could tell all what he felt at the moment, he was annoyed, same time unhappy, whatever the reason was it was unrevealed to Rei's knowledge.

"Ja ne, Rei-chan! Ganbatte ne!" echoed Weinn's voice in Rei's head, bewildering him more. What did she mean by that? he wondered, thinking deeply. Flicking his raven locks, he tried to change the topic within his head, and his brain chose that time to remember the appearance of his distraught friend Max the moment he entered their Hobby Shop, eyes puffy, cheeks flushing and tear-stained. He felt sick again, and luckily for him he didn't throw up his lunch.

He carefully glanced at Kai who was seated beside him in the Ferrari 2003. They were now about to exit the Hiwatari property, and according to Kai's wristwatch the current time was two-thirty in the afternoon. As he analyzed the Russian's facial expression, he could distinctly notice the uneasiness within him, and those crimson eyes tell perfectly that he was in a deep-thinking trance.

"Kai, you okay?" Rei asked, blinking his golden orbs. Kai smirked, but not removing his gaze at the road ahead.

"Of course. Just…set your plan to action! Call Tyson!" Kai ordered, tossing him the black apparatus, to which the Chinese fidgety snatched it and started searching for Tyson's number in the phone book. He found the one for the Kinomiya's house and he began dialing it, then held it up on his ear. The phone in the other line rang for a few times and it was answered finally by no one else but the Blue Dragon.

"Hey Tyson, it's me Rei," he greeted, smiling as if he can be seen by the Japanese boy on the other line.

"What's up Rei? Almost a month since you called," Tyson answered sleepily on the opposite line, obviously could tell that he was sleeping in. Rei sweat dropped. He doesn't know what to say next!

"Um…uh…can you go to the…the…" he trailed off, glancing at Kai who mouthed 'Monogatari Amusement Park' with a matching smirk plastered on his face. Rei jokingly glared at him. "…Monogatari Amusement Park…I just thought it will be the perfect place to meet up on my arrival day, right?"

"You're going here in Japan?! That's awesome!!! Wait till Kenny and M…" his voice lowered to that almost of silence, and Rei could tell he was feeling guilty. "…Maxie hears about this!" he tried to sound happy, but Rei knew better. "What time?"

Kai signaled three-thirty. "Three-thirty, so you have one hour to prepare! Don't be late Tyson!" Rei joked, to which the Japanese pouted on.

"I won't be late, promise! 'Kay then, gotta get ready!" And to that both of them sent each other goodbye and Rei at length ended the call, handing Kai back the celphone. He sent the Russian a thumbs up and Kai shook his head, wondering again how some people could be so gullible.

"Now that Tyson's settled…it's Max's turn! I couldn't wait…drive faster Kai!" Rei sniggered, urging the BladeBreakers' captain to press on the gas pedal harder.

"Sheesh why do kittens have to be persistent??" Kai wondered audibly, prompting the neko-jin to stop his nagging. It worked!

Rei slouched back into his seat, ignoring Kai's annoying smirk of triumph over there. I hope what we'll do work…. Please let it work…. The next thing he realized, the automobile stopped, but from his view, the scene around them wasn't a bit near to Max's house. He straightened up and looked about, but no Hobby Shop Mizuhara in sight. Where were they?

"Kai…this isn't Max's house," he nervously stuttered. He fidgeted more when he saw that playful smirk grace on Kai's lips.

"I know."

What?!?!

Chapter Eight – Phone Calls – To be continued…

Lei-chi Kon's Rants: Wooow is it getting interesting now??? No one's going to predict what will happen, that I can assure! I have a wild, wild imagination and as much as possible I'm going to make this as unpredictable as I can! BWAHAHAHA!!! Just kidding…whatever comes goes! And why I titled this chappie as "phone calls" is pretty obvious, right? And here are the translations to the Japanese-language-devoid!

1 "shoujou" is for "girl" (shounen is for boy)
2 "bishoujou" is for "pretty girl" (same goes for bishounen…pretty boy)
3 "Ganbatte ne!" is for "Good luck!" or "Do your best!"

There…. Explains why Rei was wondering with what Weinn said…. Hmm…. And as always, please RR!!! Review and tell me the truth! And if you have any ideas for "set-ups" then don't hesitate to send in yours! Can't promise I'll use all though…. I'll try but if I didn't use some then it only means that…it isn't suited for my "plot"…hehehe…. Thanks!!!

Oh and here's the answering the reviews thingy:

Lomelindel – Heehee! You remembered! Good boy…er…girl O.o; whatever! (I think you're a girl…XP) And they're coming alright!! HEEHEE!!!!!! XDDDDD Thankies!
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saFire Flame – Wah?! Why did ya change your name?! Hmm…oh and thank you BTW! XD
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