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Thanks to my reviewers, your sweet words and encouragement works wonders: MizuTenshi, KandKL, Flamable-Devil, Dragi, Kiina, Rimnerel Ayasugi, Kai-Lover33, x-Shadow-x, D. G., akari-hayashi and Lrigelbbub (and just so you know I didn't review my own fic….somebody else used this name.)

MizuTenshi – no I haven't ever seen Gravitation but Vialana told me about it. I have looked it up on the net and read some fics but that's about it. But I must say that I like Tyson better because my knowledge of Shuichi is rather biased….anyways I'd like to see it one day but I don't think it is ever broadcast here…but then again I wouldn't know--;; I'm so in the dark.

I apologize for taking so long to get this out…but I truly did not know where to take it, it has been sitting half done on my hard drive for 4 months or something. I do so hope that you like the update and I hope that it is somewhat worth the wait, ja?

Dedication: To Jen

REVELATIONS

I'm not that brave.

I wanted so much to feel but I couldn't allow myself that pleasure. Tyson was like this dream. He was perfect and beautiful and everything that a dream should be. But just like a dream he wasn't real. What I mean to say is that he is unreachable, at least to me. Not to say that he isn't real; because he is flesh and blood and… well, physical and all. I groaned silently to myself. My thoughts were going around in circles and all I was succeeding in doing was making myself more confused. I shook my head in a desperate effort to clear my head as I once again turned my attention back to his stormy eyes.

I could get lost in those eyes; such a perfect colour; a blending of sky and ocean blue with just a tinge of violet. They blaze when he is angry, dance when he's happy or when he laughs and shine with unshed tears when he is upset or sad. There is so much emotion locked in their crystalline depths. So much that I can see and yet so much that I just don't understand and can not comprehend.

And no matter how many times he has said that he had forgiven me I knew that I could never forgive myself. I had lashed out and he had gotten caught in the crossfire. I knew that I had hurt him in the past; with my actions, my words and my silence. But this time…this time it was different. It was different because I had struck him. He no longer had the bruises to prove it. Yet evidence fades in time….but actions - well they last forever.

But I had promised to be his friend. And friend I would be, until he desired no longer to confide in me. I would always back him up and be at his side. But I would never allow myself to feel openly.

I feel too much already.

I feel for him and it makes me weak.

XOXOX

As soon as we got outside, Kenny starting telling us about game plans and stats and so on and so forth I was listening, although I must admit as soon as he started to argue with his laptop I quickly tuned him out. Kenny is a nice guy but he sure could talk your ear off more that Tyson did when he got excited over something. I was placing my blade in my launcher when I looked up to see where Rei had gotten to. He was staring at the back door and was giving every impression that he was hanging onto every word but for some sneaky suspicion I figured he was in his own little world. The glassed over eyes clued me in but my suspicions where soon confirmed when he jerked at the sound of a door opening. His head snapped up and he gazed at the door with a look of apprehension masking his pretty features.

I shook my head disbelievingly. 'Did I just say pretty?' I entered my own dream world as I contemplated the causes for my saying that. One half of my brain was denying that I had even said it while the other was defending the decision in calling the neko-jin pretty.

I was currently agreeing with the latter part of my brain as strange as that sounds. I snapped out of my daze to see Kai and Tyson standing not far from the rest of us. My eyes narrowed at how close they were. "Come on Tyson. Kai, let's go," I called out. Satisfied when my attempt to put distance between them worked. I didn't know what had happened when Kenny, Rei and I were outside but it was obvious something had gone down and until I knew what it was I didn't want Tyson to get hurt again.

I sent a smile over to Rei when he glanced at me, a curious pout gracing his features.

"What's on the schedule for today, Kai?" Rei asked of Kai.

I watched the captain carefully, his previous joyful looking features slipped into one that showed nervousness and anxiety. I thought this very strange. I watched him more closely and did a double take when I saw that blush that was creeping up his cheeks. I blinked and resisted the urge to rub at my eyes before I looked again. Yep – that was a definite rosy hue. I almost giggled but then realised that that was rather inappropriate so instead I masked my laughter and listened to his instructions.

"Rei and Max square off."

How typical I thought. I had a feeling that he wanted to be alone with Tyson more that he wanted to see me and Rei battle each other. I glanced at my intended rival only to find his staring off into space again. I sidled up next to him; he didn't even blink let alone acknowledge my presence. I jabbed my elbow into his ribs.

"Owww!" he clutched his side and glared at me, "What was that for?"

I only shrugged my shoulders, "Kai just told us to square off. Weren't you paying attention Rei?" I mocked him, knowing full well he was in la la land until very recently.

"I was thinking about things."

"What kind of things?"

"Um……" his voice dropped several octaves till it became a whisper, "That kinda of thing," he jerked his head and I followed until my line of sight fell upon Tyson and Kai were seemed to be in a deep and meaningful conversation.

"Oh. Oooohhhhh," came my reply as I suddenly caught on. "What's going on with them?" I whispered back.

"Not sure. They were holding hands a second ago."

I blinked disbelievingly at that but did not comment, "You think that they made up?"

"Like that? No I don't think so…….but…….."

"But what? From what I can see Kai looks pretty happy and look at the colour in Tyson's cheeks."

"Yeah I guess……"

"You worry for him?"

"Of course I do. I care about him, about all of you. I still can't understand how he can be so forgiving to the one who constantly is pushing him down."

"That's just how he is. I think that that is how he has always been and so a long time into the future I don't think that that part of him will ever change."

"Unlike everything else that has,"

At his words I had a series of flashbacks that spanned several years in precious few seconds. Tyson sure was a memory maker in all his own league.

"Yeah," I voiced my agreement, "Over the past couple of years, he really has grown up. I never really noticed it before but now that I look at him, he has grown physically from that short stout boy we met all those years ago into a tall lean young man, but it's deeper than that."

"Hmm," he murmured in response.

I contented myself by watching them as Rei seemed to be deep in thought. I watched as Tyson reached out and touched Kai's hand. And Kai's reaction did not slip past me unnoticed. He leaned into Tyson's touch. That one was new!

"I got it!" he said in a stage whisper.

"Got what?" I wanted to know.

"I know why Kai always hurts Tyson. Why he is always so harsh on him. I know why he pushed him away that day."

I looked at him in wonder and I waited. And I waited and I waited some more until I finally huffed in annoyance and asked, "So…..Are you gonna tell me your wonderful finding – or keep me guessing?"

"Oh sorry," he apologized, "He likes Tyson," was the conclusion.

My jaw dropped, "What!" I shrieked.

"Shhhhhush!" he hushed me, placating me by resting his palm over my mouth.

I was too stunned to move but when he removed his hand I repeated in a calmer manner, "What?"

"Just moments after he had shoved Tyson he said something to me. I wasn't paying much attention to anything he said – I was rather preoccupied with attempting to chew him out. I was just thinking about it……it wasn't anything profound but it was more the way that he said it to me."

Again he seemed to stop in the middle of his account so I waited but no continuation came, so once more I asked, "Well…..you going to tell me what he said or not?"

"All right, all right, don't get your knickers in a knot. He said and I quote, 'Hey, look ok, he made me feel uncomfortable. I got rid of the feeling.'"

"So what's so special about that?"

Like I said it was the way he said it……he got all defensive. I can't explain it but looking at them now I just get this feeling. I know that Kai likes Tyson………."

His gaze moved backed to our peers, "Ahh! It's so obvious, why didn't I see it before?"

"Cause we never paid much attention to Kai before, much less studied his movements around Tyson. All we ever noticed was the cut downs and the insults."

"Yeah. I feel like such a fool. I have always prided myself on being more observant than most but I saw nothing. I was blinded. I thought Kai was bad; I knew that he had pigeonholed us but I did exactly the same thing. I took him at face value and I never bothered to see anything deeper than that."

"How do you mean?"

"Kai's a human being and he is entitled to his mistakes, granted he makes huge ones but still. I think that I had him pegged as this perfectly cool, collected individual when in reality he is just like you and me."

"And that is?" I wondered out loud.

"Scared some of the time. Slightly confused about a lot of things a lot of the time. But he is human Max and for some reason or other I only just realised that."

"Maybe he isn't so blind," he breathed.

"Huh?" I questioned.

He turned to me, his eyes widening slightly as he gathered that he had just said the last bit out loud. "When I was berating Kai………I said that he would never experience love cause he is too blinded by petty things……but maybe I was wrong……"

"Tyson loves him," I concluded.

He whipped his head around at that and looked at me wide eyed, "Yes," he whispered.

"I wonder if he will ever realise that that is all that he will ever need in this life."

"I don't know……..I'd like to say that I don't think that he deserves such a love but I know that that is untrue. I'd like to say that I don't think that he is worthy of Tyson but I know what Tyson feels and as long as he is true unto himself that I have not right to interfere."

He turned his gaze back to me.

"Come on Rei, let us practice."

'Yes, let's get it right."

I beamed and slowly turned my back on him heading towards the dish. My mind a whir of jumbled thoughts and indescribable feelings regarding a certain raven haired God that made my heart go ka-thump whenever he looked at me.

XOXOX

As I put my hand on his forearm I held my breath and resisted the urge to clench my eyes shut in wait. Barely two seconds had passed before I realised that Kai wasn't yelling at me. He hadn't wrenched his arm from my grasp. He was just looking at me. His eyes burned with a light that I don't ever remember seeing there before. It was soft and gentle like. I let a small smile grace my lips; I decided that I liked him looking at me like that.

"You had better go see Kenny."

"Hmm…..huh?" I blurted out, awakening from my trance.

"The Chief, I think he wanted to go over something with you."

"Oh….oh right of course." I bowed my head in embarrassment. I turned to leave.

"Wait."

I stopped in my half pivot. I raised my head and looked at him with questioning eyes. He reached out a hand to me. I saw it shake slightly and he hesitated before he touched me. He seemed too visible relax when he realised that I wasn't going to flinch away from him.

"Thanks," he murmured.

I turned to face him fully and stared into his features. His eyes were unreadable it was almost like he was making sure that I was in fact real and it was like he wanted to make from that the moment that I moved away from his didn't mean that I was going to fade away and disappear from him.

"I am not made of glass Kai."

He removed his hand then.

"I know….."

There was a large slightly awkward pause in which I turned to leave again.

"….but I am."

I caught that last thought that seemed to waft over me like a summer breeze. It chilled me to the bone. My eyes widened but I did not turn to him. What was I supposed to say and I had the distinct feeling that it was not intended for me to have heard that. It was spoken as a last breath it was not meant for my ears.

Kai was an intensely private person. I had to gain his trust but he did not seem to realise that he already had mine. When he was ready to speak his thoughts and his hearts whisperings to me face to face then I would be more that honoured. I will always listen to anything he has to say.

I want to know him by myself.

I walked stiffly away from him towards Kenny who was set up on the garden bench on the far side of the courtyard.

His words echoing my footsteps.

'…but I am…but I am…..but I am'………..made of glass.

He could be broken.

A/N: I've tried a new divider but in case it doesn't work and in case it is hard to follow the pov changes are; Kai, Max and then Tyson.

I trust that it isn't to confusing…..and is somewhat in line with continuity…..if not oh well – can't have everything.

Oh! oh! I have a kind of plot – yah! I mean I had a plot with the whole Kai hitting Tyson…but I've been floundering for something to say in recent chapters….but I have somewhere to take it now – I have a 'goal' to work towards….dunno if I'll fulfil it yet but it's a start

And hopefully it will tie in with the title --;;

I'm not sure how many chapters are left because I don't outline them first….I just sit at the computer and write when I have something to say….so that's probably why the continuity between the chapters is somewhat iffy. But I think 'Revelations' is coming to a close – perhaps only a couple more chapters to go……we will see.

Hope you liked the update

Be safe

-BG