HOLA! Sorry it took so long to update this. I've been suffering from writers block, which is nasty. And I had to go back to school, which was worse.

Anywho, I'm proud of this chapter and I hope you enjoy it.

I find it funny that no one has asked what Illawarra is. If you think you know what it is can you say in your review, cause I wanna see who's right.

A few Thanks. They're not personal this time, sorry. I just don't have much time.

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Oh and DanjurisliCheezy, the lotus position is thinks about how to describe it when you cross your legs but have your feet on top if that's any help. Sorry if it isn't.

Disclaimer: looks through random papers I don't appear to have the contract that says I own Beyblade. I guess I don't own.

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The 5 boys, and Gramps, each took a seat on a lounge in Mr. D's office. They always sat here when Mr. Dickinson wanted to talk to them about something. And there was an order in which they sat that had always been there. Tyson would sit on one end, then Max, Kenny, Rei and finally Kai. By keeping Tyson and Kai as far away from each other as was possible, they stopped any physical fights, as well as any snide comments to each other under their breath. Max sat next to Tyson next because he was his best friend, apart from Kenny. Rei sat next to Kai because he was the only one Kai could stand. They had always sat in this pattern when they were younger.

Now, as young adults, there was no change.

Kai took this opportunity to have a closer look at Rei. He noticed the small changes to his face; he could see some extra muscle even through his clothes. He noticed that Reis' tan had also darkened slightly.

I wonder if Rei is tanned all over? Kai smiled slightly at his thoughts. Maybe you can check later. Naughty Kai.

Mr. Dickinson and Gramps sat on a couch across from the boys. Noticing Kais slight smile, and where his eyes were, Gramps chuckled.

"First of all, it's good to see you boys all together again." Mr. D said, smiling at the young men in front of him. "It's also good to see you back in Japan. However, you wont be in Japan for very long."

The guys looked at each other in confusion, except for Kai, who simply sat with his eyes closed.

"Nani? What do you mean?" Tyson asked, looking at Mr. Dickinson and then at Gramps, both of whom simply smiled at him.

"I'm sending you boys on a holiday before you start training. You can train while on this holiday, but no more than 2 or 3 hours a day. This is a time for relaxing and catching up with each other. So no long hours of training." He sent a pointed look at Kai, who simply ignored him.

Meanwhile, Max and Tyson were dancing about the room, much to everyone else's amusement.

"Holiday! Holiday! Kyujitsu! Holiday!"

Rei laughed at the two boys as they started some odd kind of jig around the seat. He laughed even harder when Kai tripped Tyson over.

"Kaaaiiiiiii! That wasn't nice!" Tyson whined from where he was on the floor. Max had been slightly luckier. When Tyson had tripped, he had grabbed Max to try and stay upright. However, the 'growing boy' was a little too heavy and Max ended up falling too. Landing on top of Tyson. Practically touching noses with the boy. When both realized exactly how they were laying, they both blushed several shades of red, before Max rolled off of Tyson.

Kai noticed the two blushing and leaned over slightly to whisper into Rei's ear.

"Are those two together yet?" he whispered, his voice slightly husky. Rei shivered. His ears were particularly sensitive, and Kais' breath whispering over his ear felt rather nice. Not to mention that Kais voice sounded like that of a god. A sex god.

"No, not yet. You'd think that they would be by now, no?" Rei whispered back.

Kai nodded, before sitting back in the same position from earlier.

"Mr. Dickinson?" Chief asked, adjusting his glasses.

"Yes, Kenny?"

"Where are we going? You've told us that we're going on a holiday, but not where."

"That's right! You'll have to excuse me. I forgot."

"Actually I think you were interrupted by Max and Tyson, sir. It's no fault of yours." Rei said, smiling cheekily at Tyson as he glared.

"Well now. You boys will have a week in Japan, counting today. After that you'll be getting a plane into the Southern Hemisphere."

"Southern wha…?" Tyson asked.

Everyone else face faulted.

"Tyson, did you ever pay attention in Geography?" Kenny asked.

"No. I slept. You need to sleep through at least one class a day, that's my motto!"

"I thought your motto was 'If it's edible, eat it'." Kai said dryly.

"Hey!"

"You were saying Mr. Dickinson?" Rei interrupted, quickly stopping Tyson.

"Well, you'll be flying into the South-Eastern Hemisphere. I'm going to let one of you guess which country."

They all sat there in thought, except for Tyson who just stared at Max in an odd kind of fascination, though he quickly picked up on what he was doing and looked away.

"I'll give you boys another few clues. It's an island. It has a desert in the middle. The national colors are green and gold. It has somewhat odd place names, such as Woonona, Bulli, and Wollongong. And finally, at it's center lies Uluru, more commonly known as Ayers Rock."

Even Tyson could get that one.

"WE'RE GOING TO AUSTRALIA!"

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Rei landed on his bad with a heavy thump. He sighed and rubbed his full belly, purring happily. The team, plus Gramps and now plus Kai, had headed back to the dojo. Once back, Tyson and Max were quick to run off to find a large amount of sugar with which to celebrate the news of a holiday to the 'Land Down Under'. Kenny had been dragged along with them and Gramps had mysteriously disappeared.

That had left Kai and Rei.

Rei had gone back to his room and Kai had gone to his old one.

And nothing had happened.

Rei sighed. He'd expected Kai to want to talk, or at least say hello properly. But it seemed that Kai had yet to change.

Rei had made dinner that night. And once again Tyson and Gramps had shown that the Kinomiyas had no table manners. Max and the Chief had complemented Rei on his cooking, and occasionally Kai had given him a compliment. But only a few words were used.

At least he was speaking that little bit more.

Rei sighed, however all that did was make his purr louder.

After dinner the others had told Rei that he should go to bed and that they would take care of the washing up. For which Rei had been thankful. He was suffering extreme jetlag from the flight. He had flown in from Indonesia, the last place he had visited before heading back to Japan. And now he discovered that he was heading back into the Southern Hemisphere?

Not that he was complaining. It was just frustrating that he'd had to change sleep patterns so quickly. From one to another.

He stopped rubbing his stomach and crawled further up the bed, undoing his shirt as he went. He dragged his shirt off and threw it to a chair in the corner of his room, his hair coming loose as the shirt hit the tie. But he didn't notice, even when his long hair fell about him. He was far too tired.

Curling up on the doona, he started purring as he fell asleep, forgetting that he had left his door open.

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Kai strode along the hall. He had finished his part of the cleaning up, which had been moving the dishes into the kitchen for the others. They didn't know where he'd been, but they felt that he would need sleep too after coming in from God-knows-where.

He was thankful. He didn't want to spend another minute with those idiots. Even though they were more mature now (even he had seen that they were more mature.), they were still idiots when compared to him.

Compared to Rei.

He was currently heading to his room, but was hoping to find the neko-jin on his way to it.

Thoughts kept popping into his head. Not nice thoughts. Not clean thoughts. And they had gotten worse now that he knew Rei was flexible. He had had, unclean thoughts about the raven-haired boy before. As he had traveled (for he had traveled), his dreams had been of Rei. But it had been of Rei as he had last seen him. And now that he had seen Rei again, and seen the changes, his thoughts involved a more updated Rei.

Bad Kai. You shouldn't be thinking of him like you are. It's wrong. But, he bit his lip as he walked down the hall, it feels so right.

He was near Reis room now.

Both his and Reis rooms were on the eastern side of the dojo. Tyson and Gramps had rooms on the western side. Max and Kenny went home during the night and returned early the morning after.

Kai could have gone home, but he really didn't want to go back to the mansion. As much as he hated to admit it, he needed the team to be with him.

Max and Tyson with their stupid antics, Kenny and Dizzy with their advice and strategies, not that he ever used any of them. And Rei with his…with his…what did Rei have that he wanted so much?

He only had to think about it for a few seconds before he smiled. That was easy.

He needed Rei to be there so that he could see him smile. He needed Rei to be there if he wanted to talk and have someone who would listen. He needed Rei to be there when being with the idiots became too much. He just needed Rei there, his presence alone working to calm him and make him feel at peace.

He noticed that the door to Reis room was open. Curious, he glanced in.

And the sight that met his eyes made him want to close and lock the door.

Rei was lying shirtless on the bed. His hair pooling about him. Oh how Kai wanted to run his fingers through that hair.

Kai soon realized that there was a loud sound filling the room. He smirked as he recognized the sound. It was Rei. He was purring. Again.

Kai had found out that Rei purred when they had been in Moscow for the Worlds. They had to share a bed for a night because of a bus problem. Tyson, Max and Kenny had to share a bed too, but that was in another room. Max and the Chief had received sympathetic looks when told that they would be sleeping with Tyson, from not only Rei, but Kai too.

Kai hadn't been able to sleep. Having Rei so close to him was killing him. The fact that Rei was shirtless hadn't helped either. Sometime during the night, Rei had started whimpering and mumbling a little. His face had been screwed up, almost as though he was in pain. Kai had leaned forward just enough so that he could hear what Rei was mumbling. It was in Chinese, which luckily Kai knew, and he had been able to decipher a few things.

"Mama…. Papa…don't go…don't go…Mama, where's Papa? Why are those men here? Mama? Mama! MAMA!" Kai had heard enough. He had grabbed Rei's shoulders to shake him awake and Rei had suddenly started thrashing against his hold.

Kai could see that he was still asleep and had managed to wake him up. Only to find that he had an armful of Neko-jin. Which he had liked. But Rei had been crying. Which he had NOT liked.

After calming Rei down and stopping him from crying he had tried to get the raven-haired teen back to sleep by gently rubbing his back. And it had worked. But it had also made him purr.

Kai shifted from where he stood at the door. He hadn't known anything about Reis past until that night. Rei had told him about the deaths, no the murders of his parents. And Kai had listened, and helped Rei sleep.

And he was rewarded by having an angel in his arms. Reis purring had put him to sleep too.

And now, Rei was purring again. Kai's smirk turned into a smile as Rei let out a particularly loud purr and then he left the room, closing the door behind himself.

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