Give in to Fate
Disclaimer: I do not Beyblade or any of the characters, if I did, I would be the luckiest girl in the world!
Hello once again! Thank you all soooooooooooo much for all your reviews, wow, I had so many! I didn't think it would be so popular, you all inspired me to write so thank you.
My updates may be slow at the moment due to evil, but important, exams :( I'll try and write as much as possible but I really should revise, I'm just trying to find excuses now…
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Saturday
The penetrating light through the tent material was enough to wake Kai from his peaceful slumber. He slowly opened his sleep-filled eyes to adjust to the current surroundings, only to find something rather unexpected. Ray. The gently sleeping face of the neko-jin was so close to the Russian that if Kai had moved a mere inch closer, their noses would be touching.
'Well, this is awkward.' Following the outline of Ray's body, Kai observed the tangle they were in. One of Ray's arms was draped over Kai's chest; almost clinging to him but that was just about acceptable, it was his team mate's leg that made Kai feel so uncomfortable. Somehow Ray had managed to fling his leg across Kai's lower body and curl it around the Russian's leg, his body becoming pressed up against Kai's waist. Unsure of what to do, the awake Bladebreaker gently grasped the arm of the other and attempted to prise it away from around his waist.
"Mmm…"
The moan from his team mate caused Kai to freeze. Despite being in the uneasy situation, he still did not wish to wake the slumbering balder, he could imagine how embarrassed Ray would get if he found himself in this position.
"Kai?"
The croaky voice caused Kai to turn to the one holding him tightly and cringe slightly as the neko slowly opened one golden eye. Ray's eyes froze once realising his current situation and just stared at the blader he held tightly.
"Huh?"
'What the hell am I doing! How did I get in this position? I don't usually move that much in my sleep, why now!' Ray continued to gaze into crimson eyes while his thoughts screamed in his head until a cough caught his attention.
"Er, sorry. D-did I walk in on something…important?"
They both turned in unison to the tent entrance where Kenny was standing with flushed cheeks.
'Oh wonderful, this might take some explaining.' Treating the circumstances as if they were nothing, Kai shoved Ray's arm off him, sat up and looked down at the bedazzled blader. He cocked his eyebrow as if to say 'get-off-me-now-or-I'll-make-you-regret-it'.
"Oh, I'm sorry Kai!"
Ray quickly removed himself from around his captain's waist and shuffled off to the other side of the tent.
"Well, just hurry up and get dressed, we've got a lot to fit into today." Kenny turned and walked out of their tent.
'My God, that was so embarrassing!' A subtle blush appeared on Ray's cheeks as he rummaged in his bag for his clothes. For some reason he had a horrible feeling that this trip was going to be a disaster.
"Right, today we're doing personal realisation."
Gathering from the looks of the team, they had no clue what Kenny was talking about.
"Er, Chief, what exactly is that?" Max queried, speaking the thoughts of most of the team.
"Well, today we're going to do orienteering to improve our ability to rely on ourselves."
Kenny looked around at the team, noting that they appeared no more insightful, he sighed loudly.
"Basically you will each have a map and you have to find the flags in the middle of the forest."
"That forest?" Tyson pointed toward the eerie-looking forest ahead of them. It had a weird aura about it, it was dark and foggy; generally not inviting.
"Yes Tyson, that forest. Here's your map, don't loose it." Kenny started to hand a large map to each one of them.
"The first one back here with a flag is the winner."
"Oh yeah! Let's show them Maxie!"
"No Tyson, you must do it on your own." The Japanese blader's face dropped as he was denied help from his friend. He pouted, snatched the map from Kenny's outstretched hand and stomped off into the forest.
"I'll show you all that I can win on my own!" Tyson yelled over his shoulder.
"Honestly, he will never change." Max slowly followed the path Tyson took until choosing a right-turn as opposed to Tyson's left-turn. Once he disappeared from sight, Ray turned to Kai. He showed no signs moving so the neko shrugged and followed the well-trodden track to meet his doom in the eerie forest.
'This forest is freaky.' Ray cringed as he watched a large spider digest a squirming fly just recently caught. Despite walking for at least half an hour, Ray was still nowhere near the desired location.
'I'm not even sure I'm going the right way…' Ray got out the map which he hadn't even looked at since being given. He just followed his instincts before which were usually reliable; however, they seemed to be letting him down that morning. Sighing, he scanned the map to find where he was.
(Rustle)
'What was that! Argh, this place is making me twitchy.' Peering suspiciously behind him, he looked for any signs of movement before folding the map up and quickening his pace.
'My God, someone is following me!' The distinct sound of something emerging from the bushes made the scared neko stop suddenly in an attempt to hear what it was.
(Rustle)
"Ahhhh!" Ray closed his eyes tight and made a run for it.
'Who is it? Are they going to kill me? I don't want to die here!' Ridiculous thoughts filled his head as he continued running for his life into the darkening forest.
"Ooof!"
Ray stumbled backwards as he hit something solid but warm. He slowly opened one eye to meet amused crimson ones.
"Kai! Help me!"
The frightened blader did the only thing he could think of to protect himself and flung his arms around his stoic team captain's waist.
"Someone was following me!"
A rustle accompanied Ray's desperate whimper as if to provide evidence for his case. He just buried his face into the Russian's chest so he didn't have to face the 'thing'.
"Is that what was chasing you?"
Ray slowly turned to observe the thing that Kai was pointing at. Having prepared himself to meet the gaze of a crazed mass murderer, the neko was greatly let down when he saw a bundle of fluff. I little black nose twitched as it sniffed Ray's ankle and then hopped off into a bush. He stared at the ground in shock that he had been so pathetic as to run from a bunny before turning his team captain that he still clung to.
"I swear, it sounded bigger than that!"
Kai's eyes twinkled as he attempted to keep the stifled laughter in.
"It's not funny Kai! I was really scared!"
Kai pushed Ray's arms away and turned to continue walking.
"Honestly Ray, when did you become such a coward?"
Ray pondered for a while on whether he meant that seriously or jokingly before realising that Kai was quite a way ahead of him. In desperation, the neko sprinted to reach the Russian.
"Hey! Don't just leave me here!"
Kai stopped to let Ray catch up and sighed as he emerged by his side.
"I'm sorry Kai, it's just - …wait, did you hear that?"
The Russian ignored the whimpering blader and continued onwards.
(Rustle)
"Ahhh!"
Ray rushed to Kai's side and clung to the well-toned arm. 'What am I doing? Kai's going to hit me! But I'm so frightened and I can't help it. Hold on, why isn't he pushing me away?' The Chinese boy looked up to Kai's face who looked just as composed as usual, showing no signs of Ray bothering him.
"You're such a wimp."
"I know, I'm sorry, I can't hel- whoa!"
Ray tripped over an inappropriately placed log and staggered backwards. As he was still hanging off Kai's arm, he accidentally dragged the Russian with him.
"Oh Kai, I'm sorry!"
Ray looked up into the crimson eyes which were now above him.
"Ah, there you are guys! What's taking you so long; I already have my flag- What?"
Tyson stopped suddenly as he caught sight of his two team mates. 'I can see why this may look suggestive.' Kai was now lying fully on top of Ray, arms either side of the neko's head and their legs entwined. The position may have been explanatory but the fact that Kai's lips were almost touching the other's didn't help their case. Ray's face flushed a colour similar to Kai's eyes as he tried to sit up but just stumbled against his team mate's weight.
"Er Tyson, it's not what it looks like!"
"Right…" Tyson looked suspiciously at them. "What are you doing like that?"
Kai gently disentangled himself from Ray and got to his feet. Once brushing himself down he turned and left through trees that Tyson had just came from. 'Oh thanks Kai, just leave me why don't you!' While quietly fuming inside, Ray noticed the Dragoon blader was still waiting for an answer.
"We just fell, that's all, honestly." Tyson still looked a little unsure but quickly snapped back to reality and started to jog on the spot.
"Sorry Ray, I gotta run. I'm gonna win this!" With a final cheeky grin, he jogged off. 'I'm all on my own again.'
(Rustle)
'Oh, just great!'
Once they got back to camp, nothing interesting happened as far as Kai was concerned. Tyson had won the stupid flag competition 'I could have easily beaten him up for his flag but it wasn't worth the effort.' Kai took his aggression out in the beydish instead by smashing Dragoon into microscopic pieces earning him a glare from both Tyson and Kenny.
The team were now peacefully sitting around a crackling campfire toasting marshmallows. Kai actually had quite the soft spot for the sticky sweet but had no wish to participate in such a childish activity. He merely watched Ray as he slowly turned the pink ball on the stick through the flames, it was strangely hypnotic. The others must have felt it too as Tyson and Max had dozed off, Kenny showing signs of following them. It was only 9pm and Kai was irritated by their complete lack of stamina.
"Are you sure you don't want one?" Golden eyes were directed his way as Ray offered him the bag of marshmallows. Kai, having the habit of portraying his thoughts through his actions, crossed his arms and closed his eyes.
"Well, ok…" Ray brought the warm, melted marshmallow towards his mouth and bit into it causing the gloopy insides to run down his chin. Kai watched the strange ritual in fascination as he urged to now taste the warm liquid.
"Mmmm…" Ray's soft groan of pleasure only enticed the Russian further. Without thinking, he quickly swept in and licked the remains of the sweet off Ray's chin. The neko-jin gasped at the contact but had no time to react otherwise as Kai withdrew just as quickly.
'Why the hell did I do that?' Kai regretted his actions as soon as he saw the startled expression on his team mate's face. To avoid any awkward questions, the Dranzer blader stood up and walked towards the tent they were sharing.
"Kai!" Ignoring the neko's yell, Kai stepped into the tent and flung himself onto his sleeping bag.
'I get the feeling tonight won't be quite as comfortable as last night.'
To be continued…
Was it ok?
I actually have no idea where this story is going to go, I have numerous embarrassing situations for them to get into in my head but no clue how to link them together! I'm just starting to realise how hard it is to keep more than one fic going at the same time, its impossible!
I think I'll do the next chapter of 'Open Your Heart' before I update this one, tell me otherwise if you'd rather see the next chapter of this first. I also have another new fic that I'd like to finish soon but I doubt I could keep up!
If you really like this story please write hate mail to my dear friend Atari-chan because she doesn't like it :( She says it's too cliché, well it probably is but I don't like being told that! (Also, don't fall for her cookie bribes, she never intended to send them:0 shhhhh, don't tell her I said anything!)
Thank you for reading, please review, I'll love you all forever!
Mimi
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