MasterFranny: this is the fourth chapter; I know it's going on slowly, but that's because I have to be in the mood, which I lately wasn't. I am sorry. Let's go to the chapter now!

IMPORTANT NOTE for once I would be happy to write some unusual pairings. I was up to Spencer/Max. I don't like Tyson that much so I'll put him with Daichi, who I don't like either. Tell me if it's ok with you.

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Thanks to all nice people who reviewed… but I think I already replied to all of you –if I didn't I'm sorry but my connection to the net is quite lazy those times… I am still glad I have it though.

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Rating: M!

Summary: A stranger came. He has to save them before it's too late -just like it had been for him. But it isn't gonna be easy. Will be Tala/Kai.

Warning: YAOI inside. Flames will be used to work fireplace and not even looked at if about YAOI. Not just yaoi but disturbing scenes as well.

Disclaimer: If my name was Aoki Takao, then maybe but since it's not:-P

"Talking"

'Thinking'

"(Talking into other languages)"

/dreams sequences, flashbacks, memories/

Chains of Love

Chapter 03: Drabbling

Pacing around the room, he kept on growling loudly, scolding the other teen and glaring at him every now and then, to make sure the younger teen was listening to him.

Golden, light eyes were sparkling with fury as he raged on, not even pausing to take a breath.

"How could you! I thought I could trust you not to cause any distress, but here I was mistaken! You know we can't allow ourselves not even a minute if we really want to succeed, and now…" he growled again, shaking his head, lifting his arms up. "I give up –I do! I left you alone for how much, three minutes? And when I show up, you were disappeared! Haru!"

The crimson haired blader did not reply to this, and remained quiet, eyes not leaving the floor, as if ashamed. The older teen shook his head again, staring at him, eyes emotionless.

How could Haru be this carefree? He was the one who suffered the most, how could he be so irresponsible?

"Haru, you know you need to get a grip on yourself, right?" he asked.

No reply.

"Haru? Are you… are you even listening?"

Still no reply.

The older teen walked towards him and leaned over, and with a serious expression he lifted his right hand and…

SLAP!

He slapped Haru hard on the back of his neck.

"WAH!" Haru yelped, as a pair of headphones fell from his ears on the floor, followed by a blue I-pod.

"You were listening to some stupid music right when I was scolding you!"

"'Some stupid music'? I was listening to the t.A.T.u's new album!" Haru protested. "Gavriil, you need to check on your anger… you know it's bad for your health…"

Haru could actually see steam coming out of Gavriil's ears, and seeing his friend's fury was ready to unleash on him, he lifted his hands up hurriedly, "no, calm down, I know you were right…"

"Haru, can't you fucking understand how much we bet on this? We bet our lives, and even more! We can't fail, Haru! Of all people, I thought it would be you the one to press harder to succeed!"

"You know I want this to turn successful, Gav," Haru replied, in a low tone. "I don't know what happened to me… it's just that, there was nothing I could do in that moment, and since you were supposed to find us a place to stay, I thought I could actually relax… this whole thing stressed me quite badly".

Gavriil sat down on the chair next to Haru's, hiding his face in his hands, sighing softly, trying to regain his calm composure. When he lost control, he was blinded by rage, but right now this was not needed.

Haru stared at his friend, knowing he needed some time to calm himself.

Gavriil had always been his greatest friend, above everyone else; they grew up together and shared everything like brothers.

Usually people thought Gavriil to be the sneaky and sly one of the two, because he looked like a devil –messy deep purple violet that reached his shoulders in wild strands, rich golden eyes filled with naughtiness, the way he moved, secure and determined, people usually thought him to be the mischievous one.

Instead, Gavriil was more of the silent and calculating type, always thinking over things without racing onto trouble like Haru was usual do.

Haru, despite his innocent and rather disturbingly angelic exterior, was the one sly and mischievous between the two of them.

He was the one doing pranks to each and every one he met, he was the one that went back home with detentions or notes from his teachers almost every day. He was the one that always raced onto things without a second thought.

He was the one that picked up the chance to start going into pubs, not Gavriil. And he was the one to whom no one ever refused something.

Angelic exterior, devil inside.

Though, Gavriil could look scary when angry, and the few times he lost his composure, it had been hard to calm him down.

Not to add, it was Haru's fault.

"At least, was it any good?"

Haru was startled by the question, and blinked.

"What do you mean?"

"I asked you if it was any good going to the pub, leaving me outside waiting for you to come out," Gavriil's voice wasn't angry, that meant he once again forgave Haru's behaviour.

"Yes," Haru replied with a smirk. "I only wanted to drink something, you know, but then…" he sighed, remembering the angel he met. Crimson eyes, beautiful, innocent… "I met a guy," he finished.

Gavriil looked up at him, "a guy," his voice was lacking any emotion.

"Yes…" Haru cleared his throat, "I forgot what I was supposed to do, I forgot it all, when I saw him".

"So, you had steamy, hot sex all night, forcing me not only to wait for you in the cold, but then, I had to enter in that place to pick you up! That's why you were so dreamy! Oh, Gods…"

"I'm sorry, Gav, I really am" and Haru was not lying. He put on his best 'angelic expression' and looked expectantly up at his friend, who knew him too well to fall for it, but still, his anger vanished.

One couldn't simply stay angry at him.

Especially not him.

Plus, even if it still hurt, Haru was right. There was nothing he could have done since Gavriil himself said to wait for him here… he knew too well Haru's habits and it was his fault he hadn't expected him to do such thing.

"We can still continue our plan," Haru said, giving the older teen a sheepish smile.

"At least we now have a headquarter" Gavriil shook his head and pointed at the room around them. "I will go out and try to find the ones we are searching for, you instead will go to the facility and keep an eye on them" he stressed the word even if it was not necessary.

Haru frowned, "I wonder why we shouldn't just go there and…"

"Haru, how many times I have to explain that to you?" Gavriil grimaced. "Unless you want this to end up in a different way that what we want to, we must follow Mr. Glasses' plan down to the minimum detail".

"You still call him that?" Haru snickered. "He must hate you for that".

"Hm," Gavriil replied, but his eyes flickered with a sparkle of amusement.

"Ok then, I swear I won't do anything that you wouldn't do" Haru stated, tightening his fist. "I really want this to take a different turn than what is fated to… if not for me, at least for them".

Gavriil smiled, seeing in his friend's eyes the flame of determination he knew so well.

"Let's go then, we'll meet here in… let's say four hours. Is that ok with you?" the violet haired blader stared hard at his companion.

"I assure you, I won't fail," Haru nodded. 'It won't end up like it has been for me… I won't let them be hurt… for how much I act like I don't care, I do'.

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"(Go, Dranzer!)"

The blue beyblade circled around a can and turned swiftly towards the assigned target, smashing against the plastic bottle, sending it up in the air to Kai's waiting hand.

"(Impressing,)" Bryan commented, looking at him blankly.

He was waiting. He knew Kai allowed him to come only because he was up to tell him about the night before, so he waited –though patience wasn't one of his best virtues.

"(Listen, Bryan…)" Kai never looked up at the Falcon, and Dranzer stood spinning at his feet. "(You… I…)"

"(Kai, you don't need to explain anything to me,)" Bryan sighed and passed a hand through his hair. "(I'm not your mother, I can't put my nose in your business)".

Kai blushed lightly, and finally gathered enough courage to look at the lilac haired teen in the eyes. "(Yes, but…)"

"(Kai, I am not angry at you, why should I? Besides, we all went through this, you shouldn't feel ashamed)".

Kai sighed and averted his eyes from the older teen. Apart from Tala, whom he loved deeply, Kai confided greatly in the Falcon; when they were little they used to spend nights talking about all and nothing, until dawn. He trusted him and always went to him to ask for advice.

"(Yes, but… Bryan, I didn't love the guy)".

Bryan cleared his throat, this was going to be a pretty long conversation.

"(You aren't supposed to love every one you have sex with, Kai)" he said, sitting down on the grass; Kai mimicked him stiffly. "(Do you think Tala loves every poor guy he meets in pubs and discos?)"

The Falcon knew he'd said something wrong the moment he saw the flicker of pain in Kai's crimson eyes.

'Stupid,' he scolded himself.

"(I know, he's the great sex machine, and all that stuff…)" Kai blushed and glared at his toes. "(I just wanted to show Tala I…)" he stopped in time, but Bryan understood nonetheless.

"(You did it… because you wanted to be experienced? To show Tala you're not clueless!)" Bryan groaned.

Kai was clueless. He still couldn't see Tala was in love with him, just as Tala couldn't see Kai loved him deeply. It was understandable since Tala acted like a bitch in heat all the time, trying to impression Kai, and Kai acted as if he was a piece of cake someone left in the refrigerator a little too long than needed.

Bryan knew they loved each other, but he would not interfere. It simply wasn't right to do such thing. They needed to sort out between them, with no outside helping, for how much he wanted to see them together.

"(Well, that was my intention, yes,)" Kai blushed hard, his face matching his eyes, so he pretended to be suddenly fascinated by a ladybird climbing up a stem near his feet. "(But… things did not end the way I though…)"

Bryan coughed, feeling the conversation was lightly awkward for the slate haired blader –to him it was not, he was rather used to have something of the same sort with Spencer and Tala- but did not interrupt him, not even to tell his friend that indeed, he couldn't really have expected to be the topping one.

Bryan couldn't just picture Kai being on top.

"(So? Was it any good?)" He asked bluntly, trying hard to suppress a chuckle at Kai's astonished face. "(Was it worthy?)"

"(…)" Kai couldn't be redder. "(I…)"

"(I didn't want to embarrass you,)" Bryan said, placing his hand on Kai's shoulder. "(I shouldn't make fun of your first time, it's not fair,)" a light smile flashed through his face.

"(Yes…)" Kai decided to reply. "(It was worthy it. But now… Bryan, I know you know what I feel for Tala… and after yesterday night, I feel almost guilty)".

"(Kai, you had to do this experience, and it's not always we are granted the choice of doing it with our love, so better enjoy what can be offered to us,)" he sighed, his thoughts wandering back to his first time.

"(Who was yours?)" Kai murmured, not looking at his friend.

"(Well… he was a boy from the Abbey, when I was fourteen,)" Bryan commented, earning a shocked stare from the younger boy.

"(Fourteen!)"

"(Hell, yeah)" Bryan smirked. "(Not went like I wanted, as well –Spencer caught us in the middle!)"

"(He did! Really!)" Kai was looking more relaxed and at ease, there was even a faint grin on his lips, and Bryan smiled inwardly. At least, Kai had not wasted his first time.

"(Sure, but let's not talk about this anymore, let's we?)" Bryan cleared his throat once again.

Kai let a smile reach his face as he stretched up, "(Wanna fight?)" he asked. The Falcon smirked predatorily and nodded, "(Always up for a good challenge! I'll take you down in two moves, Chicken Boy!)"

Kai pretended to be mortal wounded by the nickname and prepared his launcher, "(Let's bet then! If I win you will clean my entire mansion in underwear!)"

"(But if I win, you'll go dancing in the next pub we're going to,)" Bryan replied with a knowing smirk.

"(Who tells you I'll be going to another pub?)" Kai growled.

"(Mmmh, I though you had a thing for these places after yesterday!)"

"(Hell no! I…)" Kai hated not to come up with anything to say, so he retorted back, "(And what about you? Wasn't Rei you only undying love?)"

"(Don't put the Kitten into this!)" Bryan placed a hand on his chest, mockingly wobbling on his feet, "(Ah, you are really mean, first you got laid without telling me, your best friend, and now…)"

"(Shut it,)" Kai smirked. "(Let it rip!)"

"(No fair! Go, Falborg!)"

The two beys circled each other before a battle started, Beast clashing against each other with fierce determination. From the kitchen's window, Tala, Spencer and Ian all stared shaking their heads, "(they'll end up destroying something again,)" Spencer sneered. "(I don't care whether Kai can pay for it, it's just stupid…)"

A huge rumbling sound could be heard as a part of the wall circling Kai's manor collapsed down due to the BitBeast's power.

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"LA, LA, LA, LA LA LA LAAAA…"

Rei groaned.

"LAAAAAAAA!"

'Hell, can't he get the tip and shut up!'

"LA, LA, LA, LA LA LA LAAAA…"

The horrible sound that was echoing through the dojo wasn't by any mean a poor cat that got his tail trapped in the doorstep; it wasn't a poor dog that was being ripped in pieces; it wasn't the TV showing ancient medieval tortures.

"One banana, two bananas, three bananas FOUR!"

It was Tyson. Singing.

"Four bananas make a bunch and so do many more!"

Rei was all too ready to bang his head on the wall –or to grab Tyson and smash him on the wall- when silence fell.

Blissful silence.

Followed by a gurgling sound, of something being shoved down someone's throat, possibly Tyson's, then choking, more gurgling, coughing fit, and in the end, "What was that about!" came a strangled voice from the kitchen.

"I thought you were being tortured by some unseen force, so I though I ought to help you," came the reply from Daichi.

"I was singing!"

"Oh, sorry, then you were not being tortured by some unseen force… it were us who were being tortured by a known force," Daichi snorted.

"Ho, ho, ho, you are so funny my toes are laughing," Tyson's still rough voice was filled with anger. "You did not need to shove an entire glass of water in my mouth! Besides, you are even more out of tune than meee!"

Rei groaned again as a bickering between the two of them started.

He couldn't stand anymore those two's company… he just couldn't. He thought it would be wonderful to stay a little with Tyson, so he wouldn't return to China. It wasn't that he didn't like it, only that Mariah was be coming more and more an obsession for him, and he wanted a break from her constant fussing over him.

Surely, he could tell her the truth, that he didn't love her, not in the way she wanted to, but that would break her heart, and for how annoying she could be, she was still his childhood friend.

Not to mention, Lee would have his head on a silver plate if he announced to the White Tiger's Tribe he was not interested in girls.

"Gimme back my hat, you stupid monkey!"

It would be a shame, the one chosen to be the Wielder of the Sacred Beast protector of the Tribe for generations, the one who already betrayed the village once to join up a Japanese team, leaving behind hurt friends and being all in all exiled, found to be gay.

"Don't pull at my nose like that! I'm not a doorknob!"

And pretty much in love with the very one that almost killed him.

Oh, hell, yes. It was fairly too similar to those scary and freaky soap operas people like Hilary worshipped.

'Let me introduce you to the life and troubles of Rei, the average teen, and to his life problems. See, he discovered to be gay, but there are a few problems that prevent him to go after his love… his family, with their bigoted mentality, intolerant to non natural behaviours, just like same sex love, think this is a sin; plus, let's count, he's a great BeyBlader, one that is often on television… so his private life would be on the news everyday! None to add, the person he loves, is the one that three years ago tried to kill him! Will Rei survive all the odds and be able to realize his love dream? Let's find out in the next, fantastic episode of "A day in Rei's shoes"!'

Rei growled in annoyance, he was really stressed lately; he should stop thinking like this.

He could feel a migraine coming up as the yells of the two monkeys turned louder and louder –he swore he would throw them in the nearest circus passing by.

"AAARGH!"

A new voice joined Tyson and Daichi's, followed by two loud thumps, and Rei recognized Grandpa Granger's voice as he scolded the two bladers about their loudness.

'Thanks God,' Rei sighed, relaxing back down on the couch.

Lately there hadn't been a single moment of peace around, and he really missed his alone time –he could actually start to understand why Kai often wandered away from the team.

'Speaking of Kai, it's been almost a week since we last saw him… I wonder whether he's still around. Maybe he decided to go and visit the Demolition Boys, no, the Blitzkrieg Boys… no, the Neo Borg… I should have asked him to take me with him… though, that would have sounded suspicious,' he mused.

"Rei?"

Opening his eyes, not even realizing he'd closed them in the first place, the raven haired blader looked up at Hiro, who was staring down at him with a concerned expression.

"Yes?" he answered politely.

Hiro was Tyson's brother, and thus decided his little sibling needed some sane person to bring him back to sanity, and settled down he too in the dojo, not going up to rejoin Bruce –Tyson and Hiro's father– to his researches around the world.

Rei was glad Hiro decided to stay, because otherwise, being left alone with Tyson and Daichi and Grandpa Granger would have driven him insane.

The Neko-Jin was sure in the Granger family insanity genes were very common. With Tyson they showed up at young age, whilst with Grandpa… well, no one could be sure about that.

Thanks God someone was spared from this epidemic.

"You are really quiet lately, are you sure you aren't catching a flu or something?"

"No, don't worry Hiro, I'm fine," Rei smiled pleasantly. "It's just that, well…" he nodded towards the outside garden, where Hiro could see Grandpa chasing around both Daichi and Tyson.

"I know, they can be annoying at times, but you will get accustomed to that easily enough," Hiro assured.

"I hope" Rei added.

The older teen laughed meekly and waved his hand in the air, "by the way, I received a phone call by Garland this morning, he wanted to know if your invitation was still valid".

Rei's eyes lit up, "oh, yes! I… well; I asked Grandpa if I could invite some people here, I was getting a bit bored… though with Tyson you can't really get bored".

Hiro smiled, "it's a good idea, Rei. You should invite Kai as well".

"I haven't his phone number, and he never gave his E-mail to Kenny," Rei grimaced, "maybe he wanted to make sure not to be disturbed!"

"I have his phone number," Hiro pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket. "Seems like Kai gave it to Garland because of a sparring match they were going to have at karate or something like that…"

Rei stared disbelievingly at him as the older guy shrugged –he neither could picture Kai and Garland having a match of fighting– and handed him the paper.

"I'll go calling!" Rei, suddenly feeling excited, jumped up from the couch and ran towards the phone, dialling the number and waiting for Kai –or his butler– to pick up.

Instead…

"Yeah" answered a cold voice.

Rei's insides turned into a shitty mass of goo as he heard a well known voice at the other end of the phone.

"B… Bryan? Is that you?"

Something like chocking could be faintly heard on the other end as a shuffling prevented Rei from hearing what was going on.

"Kit… Rei?" Bryan's voice held a tone that Rei couldn't decipher.

"Hello Bryan, what are you doing at Kai's?" Rei's voice was nice and calm but on the inside, he was trembling and churning.

"We've been invited here," Bryan replied casually. "Why did you call?"

"I wanted to ask Kai if he wanted to come over… I've been left alone with Tyson and Daichi and Tyson's granddad so…" he fidgeted and cleared his throat, then, inspiration hit him like a ton.

This was his chance! This was his chance! He felt like dancing around.

'And here's the turn all you spectators are waiting for! Let's see if Rei picks up the hint!' Rei's mind beamed. 'Oh hell I have to stop thinking like this!'

"Why don't you come as well? I mean, all the Demo… Blitzkr… NeoBorg!" Rei cursed inwardly. Why couldn't they decide over a team name and stuck with it? "I think the others will be happy to see you!"

Bryan on the other end felt a rush of happiness as his inner self –the one that conveniently stayed buried in the depths of his mind- tightened his fist and howled, 'oh, yes!' over and over again.

He glanced over his shoulders and was aware Spencer, Ian, Tala and Kai were all looking at him with equal frowns, but he cared nothing. They would all go. In fact, Tala would be easy to convince since he hoisted them all on the airplane only because he missed Kai; Spencer would not care, as long as he could stay somewhere quiet; Ian would be happy since the previous times he'd been shunned off.

And Kai… whether or not he wanted to go, he would be dragged along.

"Yes, count us in," he said determinedly.

"Oh, great!" Rei was unconsciously dancing around, and ended up tangled in the phone's cord, tripping on his own feet as he tried to free himself. "See you tomorrow then! Bye!"

Both shut down the call; Rei turned and was faced with the suspicious stares of both Tyson and Daichi.

"I invited Kai and the Demo… NeoBorg to come over tomorrow!" he happily exclaimed.

"Cool!" Tyson cheered, whilst Daichi was like, "aww, how could you? They are so cold and boring!"

But neither Rei nor Tyson were listening to him. Rei was too busy mentally patting himself on the back, and Tyson was already thinking about what he would do the day after…

Bryan in the mean while was smirking predatory like at the rest of his friends, almost daring them to contradict him.

"Cool down you bird brain we are going," Kai nudged him in the ribs to make him stop smirking –it was quite freaky.

He then sighed.

Tomorrow it would be a looooong day…

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MasterFranny: that's me, or this fic is getting stranger as time goes by? I mean, I wasn't up to write it anyway, but here I am… however, I think that in the next chapter I will be moving into neutral place. Ehm… you'll soon see what I mean.

Kammyh: you fucking son of a xxxxx! Gimme back my t.A.T.u's album!

Haru: nu!

Kammyh: I said GIMME BACK MY ALBUM!

/Kammyh chasing around Haru/

Tala /sweatdrop: please, give it back…

MasterFranny: /ignoring chasers/ I will give you… an interview with the OCs!

Kammyh /stops chasing Haru: OC? The tv-show? Where? Where//Looks around frantically/

Kai /twitches, hits Kammyh with random heavy object: shut up crazy girl.

MF: here we have Gavriil and Haru!

/People in the background cheering and clapping hands/

MF: so tell me, what are you doing here? What's your relationship with the principal characters?

Haru: what? Wasn't me the principal chara?

Gavriil: no, dobe. Anyway, we can't tell yet.

Haru: I had steamy night session with him /points at Kai/.

/Tala growls, Kammyh, who recovered from the hit, pats him on the head/

MF: well… then, ehm… /turns to Kai/ Kai! How was your first time with Haru?

Kai /blushing really hard: I… uh… well…

/Tala's growl turns louder/

MF: next chappie, more questions!