Me: Yes I know, this is a long awaited post and I'm sorry it took so long!

Taka: People are mad at you I'll bet.

Me: I know... just like you. Now please do the disclaimer!

Taka: Disclaimer: Serenity doesn't own Beyblade, nor does she own any songs that may and probably will be used in this story, she's just borrowing them for the fic. However, the band 'Anger's Rival' if there isn't one, and any other OC's that may appear in this fic are owned by her. She also doesn't own the two gangs mentioned in here, they are real gangs and are only being used for the fic, nothing more. So no profit is being made off of this.

Me: Now on with the Story!

"TyKaMaRe" - speech 'TyKaMaRe' - thoughts "TyKaMaRe" - lyrics

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Anger's Rival

The Past

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Tyson and Max stared wide eyed at the two newcomers, and suddenly burst into a fit of giggles and laughter. The black haired boy and the orange haired boy both smiled and stood.

"I'm sorry, I don't mean..." Tyson said, trying to contain his laughter. "To laugh but..." He giggled again, and laughed out loud when he heard Max's snorts of laughter. "You just... you looked so serious..." He said, tears pouring down his face from laughing so hard.

The black haired boy feigned hurt, as he struck a pose of anguish. "Ta-kun, I can't believe that you'd think I wasn't serious!" He joked, a playful smile on his face.

Tyson wiped the tears from his eyes, finally controlling his voice. "You've asked me that plenty of times before Taka-kun, And the answer will all ways be the same." He replied, a knowing smirk covering his features. "I would marry you, but you're not my true love!" He cried, giving him his brightest smile.

"I still say you're just stalling." The boy now known as Taka replied, looking over at his companion. "What about you, Brooklyn? Max give you the same answer?"

Brooklyn shook his head. "I have yet to actually GET an answer, he's still laughing." He leaned back against the wall, watching the younger intensely. That only made Max's laughter soar higher, and he soon fell on his back side, tears pour down his face like waterfalls.

Max breathed deeply, finally getting some sort of hold on his laughter, though small giggles still escaped. He gave Brooklyn an apologetic smile, and stood, brushing off imaginary dirt. "Sorry dude, but Ty's right. You guys looked so serious about it, and no offense, out you're not my true love!"

Rage emitted off of the other three of the boys in the room, and Tyson looked behind him. "Kai? You okay?" He asked, turning to look at the older with a confused look on his face. Kai's body shook, and something inside the kitchen burst. Tyson gave Max one of their shared 'what just happened' looks, before nodding. Brooklyn gave the two curious looks.

"Well?" Max and Tyson both snapped to attention. "Aren't you going to introduce us? I highly doubt that you've mentioned us before ever sense you two became huge stars." Brooklyn looked offended, and crossed his arms over his chest.

"That's not true!" Max defended quickly. "We tried to find you, but we didn't know where you were! Ty even sent a mental link to look for Taka, and not even THAT worked!" Tyson nodded in his own defense. Taka put a hand on Max's mouth before he could say anything more, causing Rei to glare at the teen coldly. Taka returned it, and went back to what he was doing.

"I would have been amazed if Tyson had been able to find me, because I'd been hiding my magnetic waves. That's the original reason that we came here. We need you two to come back to the Crypt. Now." Silence followed after that. Taka took his hand away from Max's mouth, and turned with serious eyes to Tyson. "Takao... you know better then anybody that we can't survive without you and Max. There's trouble. Rick's back, and he's got all of the Bloods on our trail, hunting for us. We were hoping that you two could come back and help us fight them. We're losing numbers. Fast."

Tyson bit his lip, nearly hard enough for it to bleed. "But what about the treaty?" He questioned, looking up into Taka's river blue eyes. "I know that it wasn't really what everyone wanted, but it kept the peace--"

"Tyson, what's going on?" Tala spoke up, mid sentence. He didn't like the way that this was going. First this Kai guy thinks that he can come in and just take Tyson from him, and now some guy whose name means hawk is asking him to marry him? What the fuck! "Who the hell are these guys, and why do I get the feeling that they aren't fans?"

Tyson groaned before sending a stormy glare over towards the red-head. "This is Hawk Eye, the leader of the Crypts. That is Zeus, the second in command of the Crypts. They aren't fans, well they may be, but that's not the point! They're old friends of ours. We met them the year after we lost our memory and the year before we met you two. Max and I joined the Crypts, and my street name is Arashi, and Max's is Snapping Turtle. Now shut up, and let me finish." Tyson was still mad at Tala for his earlier comments.

Taka spoke up first. "The treaty was broken after you two left. You guys kept the peace going because no one wanted to get on your bad sides. Without you around, everyone ignored it and just kept fighting." Taka looked downcast. "Raul and Julia... they both died a few days ago at the hands of King and Queen." Taka's gaze turned cold. "We need you back, if only for a short while. Without you two, there's no real reason for the Bloods to fear us. The think that they can wipe us out, and so far they've succeeded. Rick is going to kill every last one of us if he can help it. We only just barely managed to counter his latest attack."

"So what your saying is, Rick wants to kill you all?" Brooklyn nodded. Max looked over at Tyson, who sighed. He wanted to spend more time with Kai and be able to protect the others... then an idea formed in his mind. "That's it! You guys can all stay with us!"

"WHAT!" Four voices collided into one. Max literally glomped his best friend. Rei and Kai looked from Tyson and Max, to Taka and Brooklyn, then to each other. This was NOT going how they'd planned, at all. Tala's face was the same color as his hair, and ice formed on his hands, covering his clenched fists.

"There's no way that these guys can stay with us! Come on, think logically!" Tala screeched, the ice traveling up his arms at a slow speed.

"There's only like... what, 45 of them with Taka and Brooklyn? We can't do much about the others, but we can give these guys a place that they can call safe! The ballroom in the hotel will do just fine!" Max defended, just as Michael decided to make his appearance, with Kenny hiding behind him.

"What's going on?" Michael grabbed Kenny out from behind him and plopped him on the floor in everyone's view. Max gave Michael and annoyed look, and sent a pleading face in Tyson's direction. Tyson grinned and snapped his fingers. That caused a yelp from the second red haired man, who rubbed his ass as if it were in pain. Max and Tyson chuckled, but other then that they seemed completely oblivious to Michael's killing glare.

"Anyways..." Kai tapped Tyson on the shoulder, and he turned a questioning gaze to the older teen. He could tell Tala was pissed, even without reading his thoughts.

"Kinomiya, isn't this supposed to be a two week vacation for the two chosen fans?" The dual haired teen gestured to himself and Rei, and Tyson gave a nod of agreement. "So why are there going to be so many other people?"

"It's for protection reasons. I don't want to leave my friends out there on their own, especially when their lives could be in danger." The blunette explained, and Taka came up behind Tyson.

"I do apologize if we're ruining anything, but this is much appreciated and needed. We'll try to stay out of yall's way and keep quiet. This way we aren't running around on the streets, and you guys can do whatever it is you do. Sound good to everyone?" The black haired teen questioned, and he got nods from Tyson, Max, Rei and Tala. Brooklyn grinned.

"Looks like the other three got outvoted." He commented dryly, before standing up and taking a deep bow. "Thank you both, we're in yor debt."

"No your not. We do anything for our friends, you know that." Max chided, playfully whacking the orange haired teen upside the head. He got a smile in response, and Taka headed for the door with Brooklyn not far behind. "See ya guys!"

"Yeah, don't be strangers!" Tyson called as well, and they got two half hearted waves in response. They grinned, and turned to the others. They were getting two identical glares from the redheads, and Kai and Rei were both looking ready to kill the "competition". Kenny just looked down right dead. Tyson and Max sighed, and nodded. This was going to be a long two weeks!

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I can't believe that you'd think I wasn't serious!

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Me: Gosh that took far to long to do... I apologize guys, I'm not gonna give an excuse, I'm only gonna say that it's pure laziness that kept me from updating.

Tyson: Least you updated.

Taka: I can't believe this... who the hell are you pairing me with, Serenity!

Me: None ya beeswax. Anyways, I'm done asking for a certain amount of reviews to update, so you wanna, though I'd like you to, please review!