Author's Notes: Sorry for taking so long to get this chapter out, I really meant to post it a lot sooner. Thank you for all the reviews. I really didn't think I'd get many people reading this fic at all. So arigato. smile

I just hope this chapter is alright, and I didn't screw it up.

Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade.

Chapter 2: An Unfortunate Failure

The first thing he saw when he woke up was sickening whiteness, and the first thought after seeing this was, was he dead? But a few moments later when his senses came through he could hear a beeping noise. As his eyes un-blurred, he realised the whiteness he saw was the colour of the ceiling and the beeping was coming from the heart monitor sitting next to him. He was in a hospital.

"Damn." He groaned. Although the details of what happened were still a bit hazy in his mind, he could remember Tyson walking in the bathroom and finding out what he had done. He couldn't remember anything after that.

"Oh my, Mr. Hiwatari, you are finally awake." came a voice. Kai turned his attention to the door where a middle aged woman stood wearing a white uniform. Obviously she was a nurse.

"Yes, I'm awake, isn't that wonderful…" he muttered under his breath sarcastically.

"Here, let me check your blood pressure." She said as she lifted one of his arms. She gave him a sympathetic smile and Kai had to force himself not to glare at her. "Your friends are really worried about you, you know. That blue haired boy has been here since you were first brought in. He refuses to leave."

The nurse opened her mouth to say something else but quickly stopped herself as if thinking better of it. Kai assumed that it was no doubt something that would make him feel even guiltier.

"Well I'm sure they will be delighted to know that you are finally awake. I will go inform the Doctor of your condition."

She suddenly stopped as she reached the door. "Would you like anything, dear?" she asked kindly. Her kindness was ignored however as cynically he thought "How about a knife?"

"No, thank you." With that, she nodded and left.

He let out a heavy sigh, not able to believe that this was all really happening. It was like some awful dream; one he desperately wanted to awake from.

Suddenly the door opened again, only this time it was Tyson. The speed in which the boy came rushing in made it seem as if he were trying to escape some unspeakable terror.

"Kai, thank God, you're alive!" he cried wrapping his arms tightly around the blue haired boy. Kai stiffed at the sudden contact.

"I'm glad to see that you're alright." said another voice. Kai looked up to see another of his ex-teammates Rei standing there.

"Same here." added the small boy Kenny, standing next to Rei. "I'm just after talking to the nurse and she said that you'll be just fine."

Kai felt the arms around him slacken and pull away. Biting down gently on his lip he turned his head to look at Tyson, shocked by the expression on the boy's face. Tears filled his eyes and they had already been puffed up making it look like he had been crying for hours.

"Kai, how could you? Why did you want to- What possessed you to do such a thing?" He had asked him that same question before he had passed out and again he found that he could not answer. He wanted to look away so much, but couldn't bring himself to do so. Those eyes filled with so much sorrow, so much pain…

Tyson…

"What are you boy's doing in here?" yelled a voice. Everyone looked around to see Kai's Doctor storming in. "This young man needs his rest. You should not be in here so I ask that all of you leave right now."

Tyson opened his mouth to argue but Rei quickly stepped in, knowing that with Tyson that upset the boy was a bound to overreact. "We apologise Doctor but we wanted to make sure that our friend was alright. We were just so worried that we wanted to see him. You can understand that can't you?"

The Doctor sighed. "Alright, alright, but I'm afraid you'll have to leave for now. My patient needs his rest."

Tyson frowned disappointedly but nodded before turning back to Kai.

Tyson still had that look on his face and for some reason it pierced at the crimson eyed boy's heart. "Kai, I'll be back soon, okay." He nodded uneasily, not sure if the Tyson expected him to say something.

Rei and Kenny also said their goodbyes before leaving. As they reached the door, he could see the Chinese blader looking at him from the corner of his eye. His expression was nothing like Tyson's but it wasn't necessarily anger either. It was unreadable, and he was pretty much sure this is what the others must have felt like when they looked at his usual impassive face.

Kai let out a sigh as they left. He really didn't want to deal with this. His intention had been to never deal with something like this ever again…

The hours rolled by and one of the many thoughts that Kai had on his mind was that he had failed and he realised that his desires for Beyblading and dying were two completely different things. When he lost a beyblade match he would just train himself a lot more vicariously than before. Killing himself on the other hand wasn't exactly something one could train for. His Doctor had tried talking to him earlier and suggested that he should see a psychologist to discuss his problems with. He drowned it out of course. What he needed wasn't a damn psychologist but a purpose for living.

Killing himself would be easy enough to try again, but… He cursed out loud. Ever since he had seen that look on Tyson's face he couldn't get the boy out of his head. In his mind he kept on replaying Tyson asking why he had tried killing himself, making it sound like it was the most horrible thing in the world.

How could Tyson possibly understand? They were two completely different people. Tyson was something he was not and so Tyson could never understand.

He sighed, knowing that he would have to deal with him again in the morning.

He closed his eyes in an attempt to get some sleep when suddenly he heard the door crack open. Damn it wasn't that nurse again was? He kept his eyes shut. Maybe if he pretended to be asleep she would…

"Kai." whispered a voice. The voice he heard was definitely not the one he was expecting to hear. He opened his eyes as soon as he heard the bedside lamp being clicked on.

"What are you doing here? I'm pretty sure that visiting hours are way over by now." He stated looking up to see Rei standing over him.

"They are, but I wanted to come and see how you're doing." The other boy replied.

"I'm surprised they let you in."

"They didn't, but this is really the only time I could get to talk to you in private." said the Chinese blader as he scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.

"I'm honoured." replied Kai flatly.

"Well I'd ask how you're feeling but given the situation and what you're just after doing, that would be a very stupid question." said Rei, his voice taking a lot more serious tone. "I haven't seen you in along time so it's pretty much impossible for me to think back in time and analyze your behaviour to give me some insight into why you would attempt suicide."

Kai snorted. "Thinking of becoming a psychologist or something?"

Rei ignored him. "So why don't you tell me."

"I'm not in the talking mood."

"You're never in talking mood Kai, but all this time you've spent not talking to someone has clearly led to this." He didn't reply.

Sighing, Rei moved closer to the bed. "Look Kai, I just want to help you. Now tell me why you did it."

"I don't need your help, Rei!" He spat back angrily. "What I do is none of your goddamn business."

"No Kai. What you just did is everyone's business, or at least everyone who cares about you. So I'll ask you again-"

"I thought the answer to that question would be fairly obvious. I wanted to die."

The other boy groaned in frustration. "I don't get it. Why the hell are you so intent on keeping everyone out!"

"What I don't understand is why you want to know so much! I mean isn't there something better you could be doing like your little blade breakers reunion."

"Well you know after you doing what you did, it kind of ruined the mood." Rei replied bitterly.

"Is that why you're here? To find out the cause that destroyed your fun and get your own back?"

The raven haired boy sighed. "You know, for someone who acts so cool and makes it seem like he knows just about everything there is to know you can be a real idiot. The reason for me being here is because I care about you and that you're my friend."

Kai gave an amused smirk. "Since when have we ever been friends? You're just an old team-mate that's all."

"I am your friend, Kai and I'll always be your friend. If I wasn't I wouldn't be here. I care about you, Kenny and Max care about you, and especially Tyson. Kenny and I had to practically drag him out of the hospital earlier. He's hardly gotten any sleep and has barely stopped crying. You couldn't possibly understand what you've put him through." He stated, trying to repress the anger in his voice of seeing Tyson going through all this.

The crimson eyed boy snorted and turned away. "And why should I care? It's my problem not his. He shouldn't get upset over something so stupid."

"That's bullshit!" Rei clenched his teeth, restraining himself from punching Kai in the face and knocking some goddamn sense into him. "You try to push everyone away, isolate yourself and because of that you believe you have only yourself. That's why killing yourself was the only solution you could come up with for the problem.

"You need people Kai, no matter how hard you try to convince yourself otherwise. And I know you care about others. I saw the way you looked at Tyson today; the guilt… the shock on your face from seeing what your attempted suicide reduced him to."

"You don't know anything!" yelled the ex-beyblader, loosing control of his emotions.

"I see what's clearly there. You're the one who needs to open his eyes and look around."

"Shut up! Stop pretending like you know me!" Why was it that Rei was making him so angry? He rarely ever lost his cool.

"No Kai, I don't know you. You won't show anyone the real you. And judging from this conversation I'm pretty sure you don't know that person either." The Chinese boy stated sadly.

"Get out…" Rei's stupid logic was severely pissing him off.

"Tyson's seen a glimpse of that person though, I'm sure of it. That's why seeing you like this hurts him so much."

"This is all there is to me. Whatever else you think Tyson saw is all in his imagination." He replied in low voice.

"No, I think what he saw is true. And I believe Tyson is the one who can help you." The other boy was about to retaliate, when a faint smile appeared on Rei's face. "And knowing Tyson he won't give up until he has."

With a swift movement, he had clicked off the lamp and left the room leaving Kai in the dark.

The boy cursed out loud and turned over. "Idiot. What the hell does he know?" he spat.

Eventually he let out a soft sigh. "Tyson…"

He was shocked to find that he had unknowingly wrapped his arms around himself. Why does he care so much? What's so special about me? Why when he has everyone else?

He curled into a small ball. "…Why?"

Author's Notes: Poor Kai… Poor Tyson… Thanks for reading. Reviews and any advice on how I can improve are greatly appreciated.