Mei: Hey! I finally updated this! Thanks for being so patient guys. You have no idea how many times I ended up re-writing this chapter -.-;; so I finally switched to third-person instead of first and… It was done. I feel really stupid now. I might edit the first two chapters and put them in third person too, but I think my laziness will get the better of me and I'll end up leaving them the way they are…

::Disclaimer:: Me no own beyblade. If I did then I would be very rich – and I'm not -.-;;

--Warning--(see previous chapters) – There's also two kinda make-out scenes in this chapter. O.o I didn't think they warranted a rating change – but they're in italics, so if you don't want to read it, you don't have to.

The Middle of Nowhere

Chapter Three

Tyson woke up to a heavy weight on his chest. He opened his eyes, squinting slightly at the sunlight, which filtered through the orange walls of the tent. After his eyes adjusted, he opened them wider and found himself inches away from a pair of impossibly beautiful crimson pools…

"Wake up sleepyhead," the owner whispered huskily, leaning closer so that they were nose to nose.

"Uh, Kai? What are you doing?"

The said teenager smiled, his eyes trailing down the younger boy's torso. His tongue darted out, licking his soft pink lips hungrily. It was then that Tyson realized he didn't have a shirt on.

But I swear I was wearing one when I went to sleep, he thought. Unless... Kai had taken his shirt off…

One of Kai's hands found their way into Tyson's midnight blue hair, pulling it free from the ribbon in which it was bound. The other trailed his hand down the smaller boy's chest, and past, tracing inane shapes along the sides of his thighs and making him moan with pleasure.

"Mmm… Tyson," he breathed, nuzzling into the other's chest. Tyson felt his breath catch in his throat as Kai whispered his name again.

"Tyson…" he said playfully. His tone suddenly grew more serious, "Tyson."

"Tyson!"

The world champion's eyes snapped open at Kai's voice, just seconds before the older boy hit him over the head with a pillow. Pain registered briefly in the world champion's disoriented thoughts and he wondered faintly how much strength it took to make a soft object hurt so much.

"Wake up!" snapped Kai impatiently. Due to his height, the older boy was unable to stand in the tent without have to bend over like a hunchback, so he was kneeling beside Tyson with the murderous pillow lying in his lap. He was already fully dressed, and looked like he had been awake for quite awhile.

Tyson felt the heat rising to his cheeks as he sat upright. What if he'd been moaning in his sleep? What if Kai had heard him? He turned away from his captain, making sure to avoid all eye contact with the older boy as he mumbled about how he was awake already.

Kai frowned, "Whatever, just get ready. Training starts in…" he paused to check his watch, "Two minutes."

"WHAT?" Tyson's eyes bulged out of his head as he turned to look at Kai in shock, completely forgetting his embarrassment, "Two minutes?! I haven't even had breakfast yet!"

"You missed breakfast," came the cold response. Tyson watched as the elder teen turned around and crawled towards the exit of the tent, "Now hurry up and get dressed."

"You could have woken me up sooner," Tyson grumbled, but Kai had already left the tent. The bluenette sighed, and changed into his clothes before crawling out of the tent himself.

He was immediately nose-to-nose with their wrinkled old camp guide, "You're late!" she cried happily.

Instinctively, the midnight-haired teen backed away, "Uh yeah… Sorry about that."

"Oh no!" the old woman gave the same creepy smile that she always seemed to wear, "Do not be sorry! It is good to see that some of today's generations are not dragged down by the expectations of modern times."

"Huh?"

"I am saying, my child, that it is good that you are late! You should be late all the time! It builds character – like spinach." Even though he couldn't see his crush, Tyson could imagine perfectly Kai's reaction to the words "be late all the time". Just thinking of the face his captain would make caused him to laugh.

"Ah, see? It is good to be late."

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The lake sparkled in the sunlight, the calm tranquility broken by the occasional rough splashes and cheerful laughter. Training was over and the group had gone to a nearby lake to relax. Tyson and Max were chasing each other around in the lake, splashing each other in a vicious water war, while Hilary practiced diving from a high rock, hoping to catch Kenny's attention (but was failing miserably).

Ray was sitting near the edge of the lake in his swimming trunks watching the others because he adamantly refused to go into the water, saying that it would make a mess of his precious hair. Kenny was sitting far from the water's edge at a picnic, complaining about how he hated camping.

And Kai? Kai was sitting beside Kenny, listening to the "brainiac" complain about how much he hated camping, but secretly wishing that he had remembered to bring some swimming gear so that he wouldn't have to sit there and listen to the Chief (Kenny couldn't swim).

What was worse, the eldest Bladebreaker could feel himself nodding off. He'd gotten very little sleep the previous night, partially due to Tyson's loud, obnoxious snoring and partially because he found it nearly impossible sleep soundly while lying so close to his object of affection.

Kai was tired and grumpy and Kenny was getting on his nerves. He was sure that if the small bespectacled boy made one more comment about how bored he was without his laptop – as he'd been forced to leave Dizzy in his tent when they went to the lake – he would end up doing something stupid and most likely regret it. Like picking the Chief up and tossing him in deepest part of the lake for a "crash course" in swimming.

Tyson climbed out of the water; laughing so hard that his sides ached. Max had given up on chasing him, the blonde was too tired to keep up with his friend – he'd argued that he and Ray hadn't gotten much sleep last night. Tyson had rolled his eyes. He found himself glancing up the shore at his captain, head bowed wearily from having to listen to the small boy beside him chatter pessimistically for nearly an hour.

Tyson smirked, if Max and Ray could have their fun, then why shouldn't he? He strolled on over to wear Kai was sitting and linked his arm casually around the older teen's. Kai looked up at him questioningly, but made no attempt to remove his arm from Tyson's.

The younger boy smiled seductively, "Come with me…"

Through this time, Kenny hadn't stopped whining, and Tyson doubted that he'd notice when they were gone. The poor Chief was moaning about his fears now – being attacked by a bear in the middle of the night seemed to be high on his paranoia list, along with being kidnapped by a psychotic serial killer.

"Well?" asked the world champion lowering his voice to a slow, sexy whisper and tugging on Kai's arm impatiently, "Are you gonna come with me… or not?"

Kai stood up numbly and Tyson smiled, pulling the stoic boy away from the bench and farther away from their teammates. As soon as they were out of eye's sight, the younger boy shoved his captain up against a tree, breathing harshly as he leaned in close to him.

"Do you know what I want to do to you?"

Kai said nothing, his breath had hitched in his throat his mind faintly realizing the distance between him and Tyson was slowly growing smaller.

"Do you know…" Tyson's voice softened, and his hands trailed up to cup Kai's thin, painted cheeks, "How much I want you?" Before Kai could respond, the younger boy's hands had gripped his head firmly, pulling him in for a rough, bruising kiss. He groaned as the younger boy pressed his chest against his. His slender, pale hands gripped Tyson's shoulders and pulled him closer.

Eventually Tyson pulled away, pulling on Kai's lower lip with his teeth as he did so and smiling lustily through dark, stormy eyes.

"Kai…" he whispered hoarsely, "I want you… I need you… Say you're mine."

"I'm yours," Kai replied dazedly, his breath catching in his throat as he felt Tyson's hand holding his chin in place.

The younger teen pressed his forehead up against the other boy's, "Again," he demanded softly.

Kai moaned, "I'm yours…"

Tyson smiled, "Wake up Kai…" but his voice no longer sounded like Tyson, it sounded like… Max?

"Kai! You're dreaming. Earth to Kai!"

Scarlet eyes slowly opened, blinking up at bright blue ones, framed by a mop of messy blonde hair.

Somewhere in the background Kai heard Ray snicker, "It's about time you woke up. Did you have a nice dream?"

Max smiled as Kai sat up, taking in his surroundings. Kenny had left to go closer to the shoreline, sitting in Ray's former spot near the lake and sulking as Tyson and Hilary – who were still in the lake – argued over something to do with whether fishing was any fun.

Tyson's hair was dripping wet, and the dark strands clung to his cheeks and his tanned shoulders. He looked gorgeous… Unfortunately, Kai wasn't given much time to stare because Max jolted him out of his daydreaming once again.

"So… Who exactly do you belong to, Kai?"

"What?" asked the elder boy groggily turning to look up at the American and his boyfriend.

"You were moaning in your sleep about how you belonged to someone," explained Max casually, as if this sort of thing happened everyday, "Who was it?"

Kai's cheeks turned a deep shade of pink, and he looked away trying to find something interesting in the sky for him to stare at.

"You know Kai," said Ray, grinning cheekily, "I never took you for the submissive type…"

The Russian boy growled, "Shut. Up." He silently cursed himself for falling asleep. At least Tyson hadn't heard him… had he?

"Come on Kai…" whined Max, "Please?"

"Face it," said Ray smugly, "We'll never leave you alone until you tell us." Kai glared at the neko-jin. The guy was enjoying this! He narrowed his eyes stubbornly and continued his search of the sky. In the distance, he could hear Tyson laughing, and Kenny screaming, "No! Don't do it! I can't swim!" followed by a loud splash and a ton of giggles from Hilary. Then Tyson was saying, "See Chief? It wasn't that hard!"

"Kai!" Max complained, "Are you even listening to me?"

"Look, old sourpuss, if you don't tell us who it is, then, well…" Ray grinned evilly, "We can always mention this little incident to the others, and they can help us pester you!"

His captain glowered, "You wouldn't dare."

The Chinese teen laughed, "Oh trust me, I would."

Kai sighed, leaning his head down on the table tiredly, "Fine," he gave in bracing himself to be laughed at, "It's… Tyson," he mumbled.

"It's who?" asked Max.

Kai gritted his teeth, "You heard me," his voice sank dangerously low.

"I heard Mr. Dickenson…" Ray replied thoughtfully, "But I don't think that's what he meant…"

"I said, Tyson!" snapped Kai, "TYSON!"

Over at the lake the blue-haired boy in question looked upon hearing his name, "Huh? Kai? Did I do something?"

Ray and Max watched in amusement as their captain's eyes widened and his cheeks reddened for the second time that day, "N-no. I wasn't talking to you! Mind your own business, baka."

Tyson looked hurt, but Kai didn't see that – he was too busy staring up at the clouds again. Ray and Max saw it though.

"Man that is not the way to win a guy's affection."

"What are you on about now?" snarled Kai.

"You know," said Max in a matter-of-fact way, "Insulting him, telling him to shut up and mind his own business? That doesn't score any points."

"Hn."

Ray sighed, and he and Max sat on either side of Kai, each grabbing one of their captain's arms to prevent his escape.

Kai sent them both murderous looks, "Let go."

"No, Kai," said Ray calmly, "We're going to help you. Just trust us; we'll have you and Ty together in no time!"

The elder teen's eyes widened, "Ah, no you won't."

"We will! We know all about matchmaking! We even set Kenny and Emily up – how about that, huh?" Max puffed out his chest proudly, "We are matchmaking geniuses!"

"No."

Ray smirked, "Come on Kai – the only cure for those wet dreams is to make them come true…"

Surprisingly, there was a long pause as poor naïve Kai tried to figure out what he meant. When he did, he made a face, "Pervert."

"So, you'll do it?" asked Max hopefully

"No!"

"Well, too bad. 'Cause we aren't giving you a choice!" said Ray, and with that, he and Max stood up, dragging Kai with them, ignoring his protests and marched their weary captain back to the campsite.

Mei: Oh my gosh! I actually finished a chapter of this story! n.n Yay! I got past my block. I even have the rest of this story planned out! n-n There's only two or three more chapters, I think, and then it should be done. And yes – Ray and Max did set up Kenny and Emily. Hehe… I'm so evil.

Tyson: Why do I have a feeling that something bad is going to happen because of that?

Mei: Oh… I don't know… ::evil grin:: - Thank you to everyone who's reviewed my story so far! (Even though I'm too lazy to answer them right now because I have to go to school in a few minutes -.-;;) But keep reviewing! I love to hear what you think n.n;; Even if you think it sucks n-n