Thanks for the reviews again! . I have read everyone's reviews and it seems like there's a bit of confusion in the plot so please allow me to explain since it is kind of confusing… I apologize if it confuses the readers V.V.

Basically, Kai is a boy but was treated as a girl ever since his family learnt that Voltaire will bring danger to the family. Kai does not know he is a guy in fact, he doesn't even know about anything that relates to male matters since his mom told him not to get involve in such matters. He has Dranzer and beybattled with the Bladebreakers. The Bladebreakers does not know he is a guy; only as a girl. They have no idea at all except for Mr.Dickinson.

I hoped that cleared some things up. Now onto the next chapter I Do Not Own Beyblades!

Chapter 2: Confused. Lost. Doubts.

Kai sat in the limo, wandering why such a person was after him or even his life. He sat pondering until Kiko who was sitting next to him, spoke quietly causing him to come out of his deep thinking trance.

"I don't know much about the Hiwatari family but don't worry. As your friends, we'll standby you during the good times and the bad." Kiko said as she took her right hand and linked Kai's left hand with hers as she continued to stare out the window.

It was starting to rain outside, tiny droplets forming on the windows. Kai was a bit surprised by the gesture but it felt warm (against his cold hands) and comforting, knowing that his friend was there with him. He has never been hugged or touched by someone other than himself or his parents. A warm feeling was slowly running through his veins, giving him warmth and comfort. It was getting warmer and warmer until his vision turned black.

When he awoke moments later, he discovered he was in his own room. He tried to get up but his head sent pain throughout his entire body and mind. He decided it was better to lie down on his pillow and looked around him. Kiko was sleeping up right on a comfortable chair nearby with a blanket wrapped around her. Her hair was wet from the pouring rain outside and there were drying up puddles of water around her. 'She must have helped carry me in.' Kai thought as he looked at his friend. He began to have flashbacks of when he first met Kiko…

Two years ago…

In April, the opening ceremony for the school was over and the students were heading to their homerooms. Kai didn't particularly like to sit in the front or the middle of the classroom, he preferred to sit in the back where he didn't have to communicate with anyone unless needed. He took his seat at the very back of the classroom and decided to listen to his music until a head popped up right in front of him.

"Hi! My name is Kiko Kidomo and you are?" a cheerful voice said. Kai just gave her a stare and wished that the girl would leave him alone. "Not the talking type hm? How about this then?" Kiko said as she took out a piece of paper and wrote out the same dialogue she spoke a few moments ago. Kai just stared at the paper and wrote down; 'leave me alone please'. Kiko just stared at his response and replied with a bright smile; 'let's be friends'. Kai couldn't believe how persistent this girl was and decided to ignore and avoid her. Of course, that didn't go as planned. She kept following him and talking to him; acting all happy and cheerful and friendly. Not soon after, she began to grow on him and Kai finally decided to accept her and be her friend after that incident. It was a snowy night when it happened. She was sitting alone on one of the park benches and she was crying when Kai passed by. Kai was carrying his take-out dinner and he stopped when he noticed the girl sitting all alone in the park. He decided to walk away but after a few moments, a nearby scream was heard. He knew the scream belonged to her from all the attempted conversation she tried. He ran back to where she was and saw she was surrounded by a couple of drunken old men. They were trying to touch her and she was standing on the bench looking scared and vulnerable. Kai tapped one of the guys and punched him in the face, in one quick swift moment; he took down all the men one by one.

"Kyle-chan, you didn't have to do that but thanks." Kiko said as she sat down on the bench. Kai sat down next to her and said "I came because… because… I care... You're my friend.". Kiko looked up and turned to face him; "Really? Took you long enough to say that." as she gave a small smile to him. They sat there for the rest of the night, the gentle snow falling on the food they shared. He learnt that she was similar to him, her parents passed away young and she was an only child. She lived with her grandparents and her childhood was a blur to her too. She had no idea what had happened to her parents but she said she would avenge them once she discovers what had happened and who or what the cause was. She told him that he was definitely not an ordinary girl. He wasn't the socializing neither the gossiping type nor the beauty type or has any of the physical qualities an average girl has. Ever since then, they remained friends and wished that both of them would uncover the blurry past that is bounding them.

Now…

As his flashback ended, he looked outside his widow. The rain was pouring down hard and it was making all these splashing and banging noises against the widows. His head didn't hurt as much so he decided to go downstairs to make some hot chocolate.

Meanwhile in another room under a different household, a masked figure stood in front of a study desk. Its chair was facing backwards therefore making it impossible to see the figure sitting behind it. "Did you get the information I need?" the figure asked.

"Yes I did, master. She has blue hair, crimson and amber eyes. She's with three other people when I attacked her. I presumed they are her friends. Her name is Kyle and one of her friend's names is Kiko. The other two were guys but I did not find out their names although I can do a data search on them. Aside from that, I did not get a chance to even put a scratch on her thanks to that Kiko girl. This Kiko girl can become an obstacle in our plan, should we eliminate her, master?" the masked figure responded.

"No, let her be. We're only concerned with Kyle. You have done well, you're dismissed." the figure responded as he waved his hand away, sending the masked figure away.

After the "exciting" weekend, school resumed on Monday and there was a surprise behold for Kai and Kiko's homeroom. A new student was introduced; he was taller than Kai and has black hair. His eyes were a crystal red and he had a good figure, to put simply; he was the ideal dreamboat. He was called Usota Yadane and he was definitely interested in Kiko from the actions he displayed, even though it was his first day of school. Of course, Kiko being the friendly character she was, became friends with him very quickly and their friendship grew rapidly. Kai, who was observing Usota's every movement didn't particularly like the guy and told Kiko to stay away from him. Kiko laughed and simply thought Kai was jealous because she made another friend and the fact that Kai didn't like Usota very much. If it was neither of the reasons above, perhaps it was the simple fact that a handsome boy was paying attention to her and she was just jealous like the rest of the girls in that grade. As time flew passed, winter holiday was approaching very quickly.

"Kidomo-san, what are you doing for the holidays?" Usota asked Kiko one day after school as they packed up their bags. The only remaining people in the class were Kiko, Usota and Kai.

"Celebrating the holiday with family and friends. Of course, receiving lots of gifts and opening them up! What about you, Yadane-kun?" Kiko laughed as she put her books into her knapsack.

"Well, I hoped to spend this holiday and the rest of the days with a very special and pretty girl. I'm hoping she'll say yes." Usota replied as he finished packing and held his bag in one of his hands.

"Really? Who's the lucky girl? I bet it's one of the sempai-s from Class A! You know I saw one of them put a love letter in your locker, she was pretty too." Kiko said as she closed up her bag.

Kai, who was on the opposite side of the classroom cleaning (he had cleaning duty today) slowed down his cleaning so he could hear them better.

"Will you say yes?" Usota asked Kiko as he took his free hand and touched one of Kiko's hands on her desk.

Kiko's eyes went a bit wider than usual and asked; "You… you're asking me? I'm that special girl you want to spend time with? Oh stop kidding, Yadane-kun." Kiko laughed nervously as she slowly took her hand away from Usota's touch.

"No, I'm serious. So will you say yes?" Usota said as he dropped his bag gently and took both of his hands and placed them on Kiko's shoulders.

Kai who was observing every minute of this felt confused and hurt. A rush of pain traveled through his body as he heard Usota asked his friend out. He didn't understand why he was feeling the pain, perhaps Kiko was right; maybe he is jealous because Usota liked her and not him or is it something else? He knew he was not attracted to Usota in any way (unlike the rest of his fan-girls) so why was he feeling hurt? Although there were so many questions and uncertainties, one thing was certain; he didn't want to see any romantic moments between Kiko and Usota. He cleared his throat and said; "Kiko-chan, it's getting late and we should start walking home. Besides, we were supposed to meet Takao-kun an hour ago." Kai said as he put away his supplies and packed up his bag.

"You're right! Yadane-kun, we'll talk later okay? I got to go now, come on Kyle-chan" Kiko said as she took her knapsack and exited the classroom, relief of Kai's rescue.

As the two left, Usota silently cursed under his breath; watching his beloved go off with her friend.

That night…

"Thanks for the delicious dinner and of course, that quick thinking brain of yours." Kiko said as she placed her napkin down on the table.

"No problem." Kai replied silently as he drank some of his water.

"What's wrong? You're more silent than usual. It was so intense in that classroom, I didn't know what to do. It was like my mind was frozen up, thank god you made up an excuse and got me out of that classroom." Kiko sighed a relief as she drank some of her water and headed towards the library where they were sitting down earlier before dinnertime.

The library had a beautiful roaring fire in the fireplace, creating a comforting and warm glow in the room. Two loveseats were set up in front of the fireplace with a nice cozy space in the front. As Kiko went near the roaring fire, a wave of warm air touched gently upon her face. "Kyle-chan, come here and feel this warm air. It feels so nice." Kiko said as she placed both of her hands on top of the warm heat waves.

"Do you like Yadane-kun?" Kai asked.

"Hm?" Kiko asked as she turned around, only to come face to face with Kai. "Yadane-kun… hmmm… I don't really know. I mean he's cute and handsome and very nice but I just consider him as a friend." Kiko said as she placed her hands a bit closer to the fire, Kai was being so close to her that her body was sending shivers.

"Do you like me?" Kai asked as he took his hands and placed them near the fire.

"Of course, otherwise I wouldn't be-" Kiko's sentence was interrupted by a pair of warm and soft lips. Aside from her lips, her hands were suddenly contacting skin. To be more precise, a pair of soft and strong hands. As the soft lips pressed against hers in a minimal pressure, Kiko's body sent waves of heat throughout her entire body. Her eyes were wide open, absolutely caught off guard by this sudden kiss. As the lips departed from hers, she turned to look at her kisser, her best friend for two years; Kyle Hiwatari.

Kai didn't know how his body acted this way. He was thinking about what had happened in the classroom earlier; Usota asking Kiko out, the pain that ran through him when he heard that and the next moment he knew, he had reached for Kiko's hands and pressed his lips against hers. He didn't understand why his mind and body acted the way it did, neither did he understand why he had kissed his best friend for two years and A GIRL!

Does this make him homosexual? He was a bit worry about his sexuality earlier last year when he discovered that he was not attracted to any of the boys in the school or the men on the streets. He thought it was just a stage or simply no men or boy interested him but now… that thought might be changed.

End of Chapter 2

Wow! This has been the longest chapter yet (including the Prologue)! Hopefully the readers haven't fallen asleep yet . Again, reviews and flames are welcome so please send them in so I can see what I can improve on them and I love reading the reviews from readers! They inspire me to continue! but I would still continue to write it even if there is no one reviewing! o I'll be on vacation very soon so I'm hoping I can update another chapter before I go on vacation. Later!