I hate math finals. The numbers are still whoosing in my head...x wha?

Chapter 26: Hidden Intentions

Kai looked through the brush, regretting that he was here. He had promised himself and the team that he would never set foot on these grounds again.

But that girl that looked supposedly like Tysa…it bothered him in a way he couldn't explain. And then he lured himself here…

What am I even doing? Kai thought to himself angrily. I shouldn't even be here! On BEGA territory…

"Whatcha doin', birdy?" Kai turned around, expecting to see Tysa (for that was her voice). His eyes widened.

"Tysa?" he asked. 'Tysa' had her long hair out, wearing a black tank-top and jeans, leaning against a tree.

"Close enough." She sighed. She moved up to an immobile Kai, smirking.

"You…you're that girl that looks like Tysa." Kai managed to say.

"Correct, Sherlock." Kai cringed a bit. Tysa used to say that when he got question like that right, and now this replica was saying it in a way he couldn't resist for some reason. Chaos took no mind to his immobility, and twirled his scarf on her finger.

"What do you want?" Kai asked. Chaos sighed again.

"You don't even know my name, and yet you're already asking my sinister plot?" she asked coyly. She looked up at Kai and smirked. "It's Chaos."

Chaos? Kai thought. Who would name a kid that? Bad parenting right there…

"The name's not who I am." She said in a bored tone, as if she read his mind. "It's what I am."

"That's nice, Chaos. Now answer my question."

"Well…you know, the usual villainess stuff. Money, longevity, chaos…" Kai bit his lip discretely. The word 'chaos' rolled of her tongue alluringly.

"So, who are you then, if not Chaos?" he asked out of pure curiousity.

"You haven't figured it out yet, birdy?" she asked alluringly. She put a hand on his cheek and moved close to his face. "I'm Tysa." She whispered. Kai suddenly found the strength to move back.

"You're lying!" he yelled. "There's only one Tysa!" He moved backwards, but soon found himself immobile again. Chaos sighed.

"Please don't tell me your sharpness is failing you now." Suddenly, Kai felt something pull him down towards the ground—like chains.

"What are you—"

"It's not me. It's the other one." Chaos told him.

Wait, Tysa, is chaining me down? Kai thought. Chaos looked up.

"And considering how late it is, she must be sleeping." She said.

What kind of dream is Tysa having! Kai thought.

"But…" Chaos moved down to over Kai. "this just makes things easier for me."

"What do you mean?" Kai growled, but couldn't help the blush.

"Simple. I'm trying to help you win the unfair game you play."

"What unfair game?"

"Like it isn't obvious to me?" She asked. "I'm trying to help you beat that cat."

Wait…cat? As in Ray?

"Yes, as in Ray."

"Stop reading my thoughts!" Kai scowled.

"Aaaww, but it's so much fun."

"And what can I beat him in? What game are we playing?"

"The "I'm-going-to-win-Tysa's-heart-game". That's what game you're playing, bird-brain. And, oh by the way," Chaos' eyes narrowed. "You're losing."

"Like I need to hear that from you?" Kai asked, but blushed noticeably. Chaos' raised an eyebrow over one of her narrowed eyes.

"Like you'll hear that from Tysa?" she asked.

"So what do you gain from this? Didn't you say you're Tysa?" Kai growled.

"I may be Tysa, but that doesn't mean I am. Well, completely that is."

"What?"

"You can call a tree a tree, but that doesn't stop it from being a maple."

"Fine then, Chaos. Why do you want me to win?" Kai asked. Chaos smirked. She leaned into Kai and kissed him.

Tysa woke up in a rush. She had earlier gone to her house and was back in her bed. She felt sweat-drops on her forehead. Her breaths became slow and fearful. She had a nightmare on a berserk Kai in chains. She laid back down on the bed and looked at the ceiling.

I…I don't know anymore…Beyblading was my passion. Marital Arts was my soul…they were all I ever thought about…now…Ray and Kai kept reaching her mind. She cringed, as if the thoughts were poison. She had never been interested in any type of relationship with anyone. Did she soften up? Maybe too much?

Maybe…heh…a year ago, I would've laughed if I known this would happen…I probably would've never gone to Tokyo…and I never would've had friends. She moved to her side and nestled in her pillow that she had 'took' from Ray's bedroom. It still smelled good. She sighed.

How much…have I changed? Then a thought of Chaos reached her mind. She winced in a sudden headache.

Why does it hurt? Whenever I think of Chaos…her head shot pain through her again. No! I have to remember! I have to…Sleep soon took the troubled teen. Kai looked at her from the window. He gently walked into the room, careful not to wake her.

Chaos separated from a shocked Kai.

"What's wrong?" she asked tauntingly as she licked her lips. "Tysa never kiss you like that before?" Kai blushed a bit. "Well, the chains are gone. You can move now." Kai checked to move his limbs. He quickly got up and distanced himself from Chaos.

"What do you really want?" Kai asked. Chaos looked at him lazily.

"I'll have you know you're trespassing into two things: BEGA territory and what you shouldn't know. Best bite your tongue, Kai." Chaos licked her lips again. "Or I just might take it." Kai growled, but ran off. When he felt he was distanced enough, he looked back at the BEGA tower. He made a scornful look at it, and ran off.

Kai moved closer to Tysa. He didn't see why she wouldn't appear in public like this—but the clothes could be changed. She looked nicer with her hair out, more like a girl. Kai then remembered the fact that her mother died.

Granfather and I changed a lot too when my parents died…but was Tysa the only one affected? He sat down on the bed and looked at Tysa's face. It seemed so gentle, unable to bring harm to anything. He brushed some hair out the way to get a better look. He sighed. He had let Chaos kiss him. Not that he could move, but her words made him shudder.

"It's not me. It's the other one."

"And, oh by the way, you're losing."

Kai looked at Tysa with burning eyes, but they were burning with love and passion, not with hatred or drive. He laid down next to her so that their noses touched and his lips ghosted over hers. He felt his heart racing. He moved a bit closer to her.

"Hey, Kai." Tysa mumbled sleepily. Kai's eyes widened was she—

"Yes, I'm awake." Tysa confirmed, but didn't open her eyes. Kai didn't move.

"Did I wake you?" Kai asked softly.

"No…I was awake for a while when I heard you come in." she answered. Then she smiled a bit. "Then I started thinking what would happen if Tyson or Gramps came in right now."

"I'd probably be a dead man."

"Not sure about Gramps but…Tyson wouldn't kill one of the two best bladers on the team. Maybe knock out, but not kill."

"And who's the other one?"

"Me." Tysa smirked. Kai smirked a bit too. "Hey, Kai…"

"Hmm?"

"What are you feeling right now?"

"I don't know."

"Of course you do."

"I'll tell you later, ok?"

"No." Tysa whined like a little child. "Tell me now." Kai held her close and snuggled against her.

"Go to sleep. We have to finish the tournament tomorrow."

"Don't…yawn…wanna…" Kai looked at Tysa and made sure she was asleep this time. He separated so that only their faces were touching.

I feel that…no. Not yet. But, Chaos' kiss was enough to tell me. I can't tell you. Not yet. I promise I will though…someday. He put a light kiss on Tysa's lips, and went back out the window.

---------------------------- ok, i goofed up cuz of my number head ache, and messed up with the line. so, this is the note. My head still hurts.

Mizuki Sakura