A/N: I'm back! Please don't hate me! I'm pretty sure I warned you all that I wasn't good at updating. And if I haven't, consider yourself warned. However, hopefully it'll get better now that I've figured out my main problem. I hope this chapter doesn't suck like the last one did. I'm not very good at writing action, but I gave it a shot, anyway. Just as a warning, there's gonna be another cliff-hanger at the end. Anyway, sorry for the delay. Just today I figured out the missing link and was able to write this chapter. Again, it's not one of my longer ones, but it's something. Hope you're not disappointed.

Warnings: Contains yaoi, meaning male/male relationships. Don't like, don't read. It's quite simple, really.

Disclaimer: Wish I could lay claim to the wonderful anime called Beyblade, but sadly I can't. The bad guy, however, is mine. Feel free to borrow if you wish.

Pairings: Kai/Rei. What else would I write? Well, besides Tyson/Max.

Summary: Established Kai/Rei. Rei's been poisoned and it's unknown if he'll pull through. Can love do what medicine can't? …Man, that is such a crappy summary…it makes me cringe.

Finding You Again

"Don't tell me you've forgotten me already, Rei," the other boy taunted, managing to still sound mocking even though his face and chest were covered in blood. "It wasn't that long ago since we last met."

Kai looked from his lover to the other boy. "You know him, Rei?"

Rei began to shake his head, but stopped as he finally recognized his opponent. "Jeremiah?"

"So you do remember me. I'm touched."

"What are you doing here? Why did you attack me?"

"I haven't been able to get you out of my head, Rei. Ever since we battled you've been all I've been able to think about. I haven't been able to concentrate on anything else!" he cried in frustration. "Every morning I'd wake up and wonder if you were already awake. When I got dressed I'd wonder what you were wearing. When I ate breakfast I'd wonder what you were having or if you'd eaten at all. And when I trained I kept seeing your face everywhere, heard your voice. I kept seeing your face wherever I looked and I knew I had to see you again."

Rei took a step backward, away from the boy in front of him. "So you came here and attacked me?"

"I came here because I've fallen in love with you, Rei!"

The neko-jin blinked and took another step back. "Jeremiah…"

"I love you, Rei! But I see you're with him," he spat the word like venom on his tongue. "He doesn't deserve you, Rei. You're much too good for him. Come with me. I can make you happier than he ever could!"

"What is with people saying that to me today?" Rei muttered to himself. "Look, Jeremiah, I'm flattered that you feel so strongly for me, but you're right. I'm with Kai. I love him and I won't leave him. I'm sorry."

Even in the darkness Rei could see Jeremiah's expression change. "You love him? You won't leave him?"

The raven-haired blader took yet another step back, getting nervous. "Yes, I love him. No, I won't leave him."

"You're not going to change your mind?"

"No, I'm sorry."

Kai placed himself between his lover and Jeremiah, watching the other boy transform from pleading for love to burning with jealousy.

"No, I'm the one who's sorry, Rei. Because if I can't have you, then nobody will! Viporeon, attack!"

Rei gasped as Kai sprung into action and pushed him to the ground, a beyblade soaring above their heads. As soon as the blade landed there was a green light, which quickly formed into a snake. The snake only took a moment to locate its target, then struck. Kai and Rei both rolled in opposite directions, the snake coming down in between them. The two bladers rolled to their feet and reached for their own blades. However, only one was found.

Kai cursed when he realized he had left Dranzer back at the hotel. How could he have been so careless! He knew he couldn't help in this battle and hoped that his lover could take Jeremiah down without his help.

Rei swallowed hard when he realized Kai didn't have his blade. Looks like it was just him and Jeremiah this time. Dodging to the side again to avoid getting bitten, Rei set Drigger on his launcher, then let it rip. Knowing his master was in immediate danger, the tiger wasted no time in coming out, not needing to be called. He roared ferociously and leapt at the serpent.

"Drigger, be careful! Don't let it bite you!" Rei cried.

The tiger nodded and leapt again, only to dodge right to avoid the fangs.

Movement in the shadows caught Kai's attention as he noticed Jeremiah sneaking up on his lover. He moved to intercept the attack, not wanting Rei's attention to be taken away from the bey battle he was engaged in. Seeing Jeremiah getting ready to attack, Kai tackled him to the ground.

"Don't even think about it," he growled, pinning him to the ground.

Rei gasped as he felt more than heard the commotion behind him. He turned to see Kai holding Jeremiah down, rendering him helpless. A roar from Drigger drew his attention back to the battle.

"Drigger, Tiger Claw Attack!" he cried.

The tiger roared and charged Viporoen, his claws glinting in the moonlight. He swiped at him, but the other was able to dodge the attack, throwing off his balance. Jeremiah saw this and decided to use it to his advantage.

"Drigger!" Rei exclaimed in dismay.

"Viporeon, do it!"

Rei looked up, expecting to see the serpent go for his bit beast. He was surprised when he saw the serpent heading straight for him. He tried to jump out of the way, but knew he didn't have time. He braced himself for the impact, but couldn't brace himself for the pain he felt when Viporeon's fangs imbedded themselves in his shoulder.

The neko-jin cried out in pain as his shoulder was punctured, feeling the venom being pumped into his system. He tried to pry himself away, but Viporeon had wrapped himself around the rest of his body, preventing him from escaping.

Kai felt his whole world stop when he heard Rei cry out. He whipped his head around and immediately knew that what he saw was going to haunt his dreams for a very long time. "Rei!" he cried desperately.

He watched helplessly as his lover writhed in pain, tears gathering at the corner of his golden eyes. Finally, what seemed an eternity later, Viporeon slowly released his hold on Rei's body and uncoiled. After that, he slid his fangs from his body, as well. As soon as the support was gone, Rei slumped to the ground, unmoving.

Kai's eyes were wide in horror. "Rei…"

Sudden laughter ripped him from his horror-induced trance. He turned to look at the boy beneath him, hatred shining brightly in his eyes. He felt more hate toward this one boy then he ever felt toward anyone. Including Voltaire and Boris. He had hurt his lover.

"That's it. He's done," Jeremiah said gleefully.

"What do you mean by that?" Kai growled.

"I mean that Viporeon pumped him so full of venom that there's no way he'll survive it. I meant that no one else would have him. He'll be dead in twenty four hours."

Kai's heart stopped. "What did you just say?"

"I said—"

"Is there an antidote?" Kai demanded.

Jeremiah smiled smugly up at him. "No."

Without another word, Kai punched the boy beneath him as hard as he could, knocking him out cold. Immediately, he ran over to Rei's side, taking him in his arms.

"Rei? Rei, can you hear me? Open your eyes. C'mon. Rei, come on!" He smoothed back a lock of hair that had fallen into Rei's face. "Rei, please…"

After a few moments, Rei's eyes fluttered slightly before slowly blinking open. "Kai?"

The bluenet let out a breath. "Yeah, it's me."

"What…?"

"Shh. Don't talk, all right? I'm gonna take you back to the hotel."

Rei nodded, instantly regretting it. He groaned slightly and squeezed his eyes shut.

"Rei? Are you all right? What is it?"

"Really dizzy, that's all. And my body feels really heavy, too. I can barely even move my head."

Kai leaned down a briefly kissed his forehead. "Then don't try. I'll carry you, you're not that heavy."

"I should hope not," Rei said light, trying to keep the mood light, knowing something was very wrong but not sure what.

"Hush, love. Save your strength, all right? You're going to need it."

In response, Rei just rested his head against Kai's chest as he was lifted into strong arms and cradled. Kai held him as if he were the most important thing in the world. He was content to just be held and stay silent, but suddenly everything felt very wrong. Suddenly his body felt like it was on fire and it was getting hard to breathe. His head started to pound as he started to gasp for breath.

"Kai…"

Immediately Kai stopped walking and looked at the boy in his arms. "Rei, what is it? What's wrong?"

Rei shook his head. "I…don't know. Can't…breathe…Body's on…fire." In a brief moment of clarity, he raised his hand to rest on Kai's cheek. "I love you." He gave Kai one last loving smile, then fell limp in his arms.

Kai looked on in horror as Rei suddenly went limp, his head lolled against his chest. "Rei? Rei!" Tears started to gather in his eyes. "Don't do this to me, Rei. Come on. Rei, wake up! Rei, please…don't do this to me. I need you. Love, please, please open your eyes. Rei…" Kai didn't notice the tears that started to roll down his cheeks as he looked at his unconscious lover.

He didn't know how long he stood there in shock, but it was enough time for Tyson, Max, and Kenny to find him. He was shaken out of his daze by Tyson grabbing his shoulder.

"Kai! Come on, man, snap out of it. Kai!"

Kai blinked and refocused his eyes on the dragon blader. "Tyson…"

"Kai, what happened? We saw some lights that we thought came from bit beasts. One of them looked like Drigger."

"One was Drigger. The other was Jeremiah's." He gestured with his head behind them where the boy still lay. "I'll explain later. Kenny, call Mr. Dickenson and have Jeremiah picked up. I need to get Rei back to the hotel."

"Kai…"

Kai locked Tyson with cold eyes. "I'll explain everything later. Let's go."

The three other bladders looked at each other fearfully as Kai started walking ahead of them. Something bad had happened. To have shaken up Kai that badly, they knew it had to be something disastrous. All they knew it had something to do with Rei, and that blader was unconscious. All they could do was pray that everything would turn out all right.

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And there you have it. Hope I didn't disappoint anybody. I'm just happy I was able to write anything after so long. As you might have guessed, this is where the angst starts. We had the fluff, now onto the angst, even though I'm not a huge fan. Sometimes it's needed.

Anyway, tell me what you think. Thanks!