Konichiwa! I know, I have only minutes left to live becuase in a few second my wonderful readers are going to kill me for how long it has taken me to update.

And so, I will take the few minutes left of life and say... I'M SORRY! FORGIVE ME PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! I've been really sick for a week with flu and getting hardly any sleep.

Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade or Kai Hiwatari, but I do own Kai Hiwataree! HA! Mmm, Kai would change his name for me right? He better do!

But anyways, ENJOY!

Two To Tango

Chapter 33: ESCAPE!

Kai raced through Mirror's house, close on the tail of the two girls who brought him the news. His eyes were haunting, the usual stoic orbs were gone, even the warmth in them that was mostly shown to only Mirror and Jay was gone. He slammed the front door of the house behind him and practically jumped into the drivers seat of his black dodge viper, Tala was already in the passenger seat waiting for him.

Kai reversed with a massive screech of the tires as he pressed the accelerator a little too hard before rolling off the curb and onto the road. Then with a massive roar of his brand-new engine he sped off, following the silver Aston Martin that Willow and Tamsyn were currently driving.

Within about ten minutes they had arrived at their destination. Kai came to a hard halt right in front of Johnny's fire red Ferrari F430. In a matter of seconds he was out of the car and walking towards the owner of the red beast.

"Did you find her?" Kai asked getting straight to the point. He couldn't help being worried about her, what Mrs Rider said was right, Mirror wouldn't let anything happen to herself, she's strong, he knew that for a fact. He got first hand proof literally the first time they met.

Johnny looked at his friend, his eyes solemn as his girlfriend pulled on his arm so he would hurry up and say something.

"No, she's not in there but, well, we think she was not so long ago, maybe yesterday, or even this morning." He replied and watched as Kai's eyes flared again in anger and then with worry.

Willow watched the scene with worry as well, she wasn't only worried about Mirror anymore, she was worried at the amount of stress this was putting not only on Kai's shoulders, his mostly, but all of Mirror's family and especially on her friends. Chizuka was a wreck, they all knew she got upset very easy, but Mirror was like an older sister to her. Mariam and Mathilda were holding brave faces but Willow knew for a fact they were exhausted, they hadn't had the chance to sleep much through the night and she could see in their eyes that they couldn't last much longer. Tala and Johnny too, she knew Tala had more reason than just Mirror to be here, but Tatiana was coming out of hospital later today and he needed to be awake to take her home. Johnny was no better, he looked practically like death itself, he didn't get any sleep, neither did Kai or Tala, and neither did she.

She groaned in her head at how bad she must look. The only person that looked fine was Tamsyn. She looked as fresh as a daisy… then again, she's used to the lack of sleep.

Kai looked up at where they were, it was a small house on the edge of the Santo Rio semi circle of a town. It looked run down, as if no one had lived in it for at least a decade and he ground his teeth at the thought of his girlfriend being forced to stay in a place like this. He walked up to the open door and his eyes landed on a short boy that was his age with dark green hair and feline features, quite like Ray and Mariah.

"What's he doing here?" Kai asked over his shoulder at Johnny who looked down at what he was talking about.

"He's the reason we found out about this place, after all he was in the little clique of theirs. He knew quite a lot too." Kai's eyes snapped back to Kevin and finally he saw the ropes that were keeping him tied to the first bar of the banister. He was also heavily bruised and seemed to be unconscious. Kai gave him one last glare before following Johnny into a side door that led down to the basement. He looked around, his anger boiling inside him, he was going to kill Miguel, if the police didn't get him first, he was mentally promising the blonde teen a slow and painful death. No one kept his woman in a place like this.

There was only one window there offering the only light, the floor was a cold concrete and only one other door led out of the room and it led straight to the outside. His eyes widened when he saw red liquid on the ground and on the wall, there wasn't a lot, but one droplet was enough for the slate haired teen to snap.

"Where the fuck is he?" Kai growled, his muscles contracting, he needed to punch something, anything.

"Kai?" Mathilda whispered, taking a step towards him, her baby pink hair was flat from the lack of wash and her eyes were dark and tired. Everyone knew she was scared of Kai in the most part, let alone when he was angry, so they were shocked to see her approach him. But Kai hadn't heard her, he was fuming in his own head, too preoccupied to hear what was going on around him. "KAI!" She yelled, Kai snapped out of his thoughts and looked straight into her baby pink eyes. "Kevin told us something else," She said again, she was fiddling with the edges of her sleeves, any bravery she had evaporated when Kai's orbs connected with her own.

"What?"

"It's Kane who hurt her, not Miguel, Miguel loves her, he's doing his best to protect her, please don't hurt him," She whispered.

Willow's mouth grew wide, she knew all this, but she didn't know Mathilda still loved him. She was his sister but, Willow thought when she had seen what her own brother had done, she would have in some sense, disowned him. She smiled at the loyalty Mathilda showed to her family.

Kai just stared down at the pink haired girl and processed what she said. He could tell the girl was getting anxious because he wasn't saying anything. He gave the girl credit for telling him, for standing up for her brother. Kai gave her a small nod of the head before walking around her and back outside, he needed to find her.

Mirror's POV

"Maaaaan, why does this have to happen to me?" I groaned loudly. I wasn't scared, I'd been saying the same thing along with a few swear words in six different languages, over and over again. Followed by, "I'm BORED!"

I stood up and closed my eyes, taking in a deep breath before opening my orbs again and looking for the thousandth time for a way out. For some reason all the scare had been knocked out of me, well, that is until Kane comes for a visit.

I sighed and sat down on the wooden chair, the only chair in the room again.

There was a small knock on the door and my head shot up from where I was leaning my chin on my chest.

"What?" I snapped, I had taken to being rude to Miguel, I mean, he is the one who got me into this mess.

"Tut tut Mirror, I thought you would have learned by now not to be so rude to me," My breath hitched in my throat at the sudden realisation that I had made a mistake. My eyes widened slightly as Kane walked in, a gun in his hand. It shone mercilessly and I could quite grasp what was about to happen.

"I'm sick of hearing you voice, and sick of having to make sure your alive, so I thought about the situation, and I really don't need you alive. Kai will come look for you if your living or not, how would he know I killed you? He won't know until it's too late, then I'll give him the same fate as you…" Kane sneered looking down at me. He put his finger on the side of my face and stroked my cheek. "You know, if things were different, I would have taken you as my woman."

I looked up at him in a mixture of fear and now horror.

But Kane's orbs didn't see it, if he did, it sure must have fuelled him because he lifted the metal killing object and pointed it right at my temple.

"No no no, you can't!" I cried, tears gathering in my eyes.

It was all in slow mo from there on. Maybe just for me, but I could never quite love the God I don't believe in more then I did at that moment.

My eyes snapped closed waiting for the impact of the bullet to splatter my brains out onto the wall I was sitting by. I was praying, yes, I was praying that my friends wouldn't forget me, that Kai would find someone as good or better than me, that he would have a happy life. I prayed that my parents would work out their differences and help Ozuma be his real self.

But as the second ticked by, nothing.

My eyes flew open and landed onto the cold malicious ones of Kane.

"You won't die so easy," He said still looking down at me with a serious look on his face.

Then out of the blue, the gun that he had put down at his side, had been lifted again but this time, pointing to my leg.

"NO!" I screamed, and that when everything froze, or it was so slow I had still barely time to register what was going on. I saw Miguel run through the door and grab Kane around the neck, he pulled him backwards, the gun in Kane's hand set off, I screamed again, the sound of the shot ringing in my ears.

I watched with wide eyes as Kane's skull slammed into the ground knocking him out with the impact. Then I saw Miguel head shoot up, his cerulean blue glaciers of eyes looking straight at me, widening with horror. I could hear anything by then. I'd gone pretty much deaf, but my body was falling, I had no strength to keep it from falling to the ground. I only felt the soft flesh of arms before I blacked out…

General POV

Tamsyn slipped her form into Ozuma's room. Kai and Tala had finally collapsed on Mirror's bed, she had been surprised at how long they had lasted. Johnny and Willow were probably sleeping somewhere as well. Mathilda and Mariam had gone home, promising they would be back in the morning. And Ryan, well, no one really knew where he ever was, she expected he was out looking for his favourite victim, or trying to make Chizuka laugh.

She looked around at what use to be a neat room. There were clothes and things thrown on the floor. A broken lamp lay smashed beside a wall. She had been expecting this. She knew what had happen to him, what had happen between him, Tala and Kai. She half knew he deserved it, but in her heart, she couldn't let him go.

She sighed as she spotted him curled up in his duvet on his king size bed. Flame hair only visible over the deep forest green of his cover.

Tamsyn knew what everyone thought of her relationship with Ozuma, no one considered it a relationship. The saw it as a fling she was having with 'her' brother. It wasn't even Ozuma anymore, it was 'Mirror's brother'. She knew in a way they were right, well it had been her intention to have it that way over the first few weeks. But for the first time she had seen Ozuma grow into a man, she saw him take a new light, take responsibly for his actions even if he was deep in his own misery. She knew deep down he didn't mean any of the things he said to hurt Mirror. She also knew that every word he said to Tamsyn was the truth. He had proved that on more than one occasion. And she liked the fact that no one apart from them knew how they stood in their relationship.

She walked over to him slowly and quietly, she sat down on his bed pulling down the cover so she could see his angelic sleeping face. Tamsyn had an image of a hard heartless cold bitch, but she was different around him, it was just the way he made her feel. Lying down beside him she breathed in his masculine scent, she closed her eyes and allowed herself to relax in his presence.

Kai stared up at the ceiling; his eyes were hard and tired. He was pretending to be sleeping so the others would leave him alone. The night was closing in on the day and Mirror was still not back. He was sick to the stomach of not having her here. His birthday was in two days and he doubted now that she would be back by then.

He could hear Tala's deep even breathing beside him. His eyebrows furrowed as he tried to think of yet another way to work out a plan to get Mirror back, each one failed when he thought about it more closely.

He could hear someone knocking on the front door but paid no heed. He sat up on the bed and looked through the open ceiling to floor window at the place he called home.

"Tala! Kai!" His head snapped to the side when he heard his name being called. It was a woman's voice. Just as he managed to slip out of the bed, Tala sat up and began rubbing his eyes tiredly.

"Come," Was all he uttered to his best friend before he opened his girlfriend's bedroom door and walking towards the stairs where he found Tatiana talking hurriedly to Mrs Rider and flapping a white piece of paper around. "What's happen?"

Tatiana's and Mrs Rider's heads snapped up to the boy standing at the top of the stairs. Mrs Rider knew immediately the boy hadn't had been sleeping like he should have done. But she was proud of the fact he was so loyal to her daughter.

"This came for me at the hospital," Tatiana said handing the piece of paper to Kai who had walked down the stairs. "Where's Tala?"

"Here babe," Tala muttered as he ran down the flight of stairs to pull his girlfriend into his arms. He smiled against her sweet smelling hair. He was so glad she was alright, he couldn't imagine what he would do if anything had happen to her, if anything happen to Mirror either. They were both shining lights in the dark sky he knew as life. But right now, the girl in his arms was the only person he needed.

Tala looked at Kai over Tatiana's head and saw him staring at a piece of paper in his hands.

"What's that?" Tala asked, his hand slowly stroked his girlfriend's hair as she smiled up at him.

"It's from Kane," He replied. Instant silence fell over the two teens and Mrs Rider as all eyes turned to him.

Kai's eyes skimmed through the note, it was short, simple and he knew exactly what Kane was trying to say.

Come to the harbour at midnight, no police, no friends or family or your woman dies.

Kai's teeth gritted as he looked at the grandfather clock to his side.

20:45

He was going to get Mirror back.

Mirror's POV

Groaning I grabbed my arm from the searing pain. Then practically screamed at how much more pain came from doing that. Tears were falling from my orbs again and I didn't dare open them.

I lay there for a few moments, trying to get back the minor pain from before. I slowly opened my eyes and looked around. It was pitch dark but I could just make out the limp body of another person lying not so far from me. My eyes widened to full moons at who it could be.

Miguel or Kane.

I lay in complete horror as the head light of a passing car filtered through the single grubby small window and allowed me a glimpse of… blonde hair.

Gasping my good hand covered my eyes as I lay still on the cold ground.

"Someone help us… please!" I sobbed into the darkness that had once again taken over as the car passed.

"Mirror?" A voice I thought I would never hear filled the room. I chuckled, I was going insane already. Damn you Kane, I swear to God I'll haunt you when I'm dead. I won't move on until I make sure I kill you very slowly. "There you are!"

I heard footsteps and I was pulled into a firm and solid chest, my eyes still refusing to open.

"Mirror? Are you okay? Fuck, Mirror please be okay!" The male voice continued worriedly.

My eyes snapped open and I looked up to meet chocolate brown eyes.

"Jay?"

I was shocked, I was shocked to the shock of no return… okay that doesn't make sense but… oh fuck it!

"You hurt? Does it hurt anywhere else but the arm?" He asked his orbs scanning over me as his arm wrapped around my waist protectively. I looked down at my arm and my eyes widened even further when I saw a massive bloody wound. HE SHOT ME!

"Yeah, I've smacked my head like a million times but… Oh my God! Miguel! Go check if he's okay!" I cried pushing Jay's body away from me so he could check the blonde teens life signs.

Jay stood up and walked over to Miguel, he placed his fingers on his neck feeling for a pulse. His face scrunched up as he tried to make a decision, I propped myself up on my elbows to see him better.

"He's alive," Jay announced and I released the breath I hadn't known I was holding. "But barely, he needs to get to a hospital fast." I gasped again, getting on all fours supporting my self on the one arm that didn't have a bullet wound. I stood up, slightly wobbly at first but I got my foundations and gave Jay a demanding look.

"We're getting out of here, and you're carrying him!" I said walking up to the door and trying the knob… great! It's locked. "But first, unlock the door…"

I could almost feel Jay sweat drop at that. WELL I'M NOT PSYCHIC!

Jay walked up next to me, then passed me and then through the door. There was a click and the door flung open. I still found, even though I know he's a ghost, when he done ghostly things it was strange. Because to me, he wasn't a ghost but a normal teenager, and normal buff older brother of my boyfriend.

"Kane's here somewhere," Jay growled, his eyes darkening as he turned his head away from me and looked up the stairs that led to the ground floor of the house. Kane must have stuck us in another house basement because this isn't the first house we were in.

"Leave him for now, we can get him later, right now we need to get Miguel to the hospital, get him." I ordered slowly making my way up the stairs and Jay followed my request and disappeared back into the room, reappearing seconds later with the blonde teen bridal style in his arms. I could see the massive blood stain that showed clearly on his white shirt. Jay, obviously with some knowledge of first aid had tied a piece of cloth around the wound to put pressure on it. He looked up at me expectantly as I continued walking up the stairs.

The corridor that followed was dark, there seemed to be no lights in the house but I could still make out the front door. I walked towards it, stumbling slightly on a folded carpet that lay in the middle of the hallway.

"You okay?" Jay asked to which I waved my hand back at him.

Slipping my hand around the front door handle I was relieved that there were no problems with opening it. It flung open as I pulled on it allowing Jay to walk in front of me carrying the limp body of Miguel.

My head snapped to my side when I heard a noise. My eyes widened when I saw Kane standing in the doorframe of one of the rooms staring at me, confusion visible in his features. I looked back at Jay and it clicked in my mind. To him, Miguel was hovering in THIN AIR!

I would have laughed if the situation wasn't so inappropriate.

I took advantage of Kane's shock and ran straight at him. His eyes fell on me obviously noticing movement but too little too late. I rounded my good fist and smashed it straight into his face, on his way down he smacked his head against the wall and was once again, knocked out.

"That's for Miguel!" I snapped spitting on him, I then kicked him as hard as I could in the stomach. "And that's for Kai!"

"Mirror! Come on! We haven't got time for this!" Jay yelled from the doorway.

I gave Jay an angry look which shut him up. "I haven't given him one for me yet!" I said, which was followed by another hard kick to the stomach. "And that's for me!" I spat, turning my head back to Jay I gave him a sweet smile before walking up to him.

"Shit! We need to get Miguel to the hospital! Jesus Jay! Hurry up!" I yelled at him as I walked past him and toward the street that was opposite the house.

I heard Jay sigh. "I guess all those bumps to the head had no affect on your mind," I heard him mutter but ignored it.

I looked up and down the road, no cars, well no cars with people in them. There was one car but it was parked across the road and well… looked locked… all parked cars are usually locked duuuuh! I mentally kicked myself.

"What you waiting for?" Jay asked. He was already across the street beside the car.

"In case you haven't noticed it's locked." I rolled my eyes, but when I heard a clicking sound I looked back at the car.

"I think you'll find its not." Jay replied with a smirk. Ghostly powers will never cease to amaze me.

"Ookay," I drawled walking up to the door of the back seat and allowed Jay to put Miguel in. I was about to walk to the front passenger seat when Jay grabbed my arm.

"Where do you think you're going?" He asked and I looked up at him confused.

"Passenger seat."

"And what are you planning on saying if someone sees the car being driven by thin air?" He continued and I thought about what he said.

"Yeah that could pose a problem but… I CAN'T DRIVE!" I said waving my arms around wildly. Okay I admit it, I'm getting stressed. Looking at Miguel's still and pale face was making me panic. "Every car I have ever driven always involved me crashing into something!"

"Relax, you can sit on my lap and steer, I'll work the pedals and gears," Jay smiled sitting down in the drivers seat and waiting for me to sit on his lap.

…well this is leading into something very uncomfortable, especially after the kiss…

But I didn't have time to think about it. I sat down on his lap, gripped the steering wheel and as the engine miraculously roared into life I asked myself how I got into this mess.

Hmmm, I seem to still be alive... I think I'll enjoy it while it lasts.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 'skips around in a circle singing nursery rhymes'

Random Reader: DIE!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! 'Runs off into hiding'

Lol, only kidding, I'll try get the next chap up soon, after all I am getting better (as in the flu emidemic) and my half term is starting next week so REVIEW! And I'll keep the chapters coming.

BI BI!