Its getting a big intense huh? I have to say, I'm proud with how far this story has come but I must thank my fans for giving me the ideas! I didn't intend for Katy to be a blader, she was supposed to be a former dancer, but this is so much better!

Enjoy!

Kai had been gone for a while, at least it seemed like that for Rei. Walking out of his room, he wandered if Katy was back yet and knocked on Hilary's door. She answered but it looked like she had been asleep, her hair was a mess and her eyes were half open. "Rei? Whats going on? Do you know what time it is?", she said as she opened the door for him to come in, which he did so to see that Katy wasn't in her bed. "Sorry Hilary, I was just wandering if Katy was back from the pool; is she in the shower?", he asked as he looked in the direction of the bathroom. His questions confused Hilary, running a hand through her hair. "What is this about Rei?", she asked as she yawned.

"Nothing, just curious if she was back yet. Kai took off as soon as I got back from talking to her at the pool; I haven't seen him since and its been almost an hour", Rei's words made Hilary's mind start to work, she thought it was odd her cousin wasn't back yet as well. When her mind arrived at a conclusion, she became shocked. "I think I know what's going on", she said with an eyebrow raised, crossing her arms as Rei gave her a confused look.

Holding an ice pack to her lip, Katy watched as Kai looked for more bandages. His scarf was replaced by a bigger towel, but she still held it in her lap. The nurse's station was vacant, Kai had to pick the lock and luckily there was no alarm on the door. As she watched him gather some ointment and bandages, she couldn't help but let her mind wander about why he was being so nice to her; about what happened earlier in the hall way and what his connection to Bryan was. "Can I ask you something?", she asked as he approached her, putting the package of bandages beside her without acknowledging her question.

Without missing a beat, she proceeded. "Why are you being so nice to me? Is it because of Black Dranzer?", she asked, seeing his eyebrow twitch to her question before he looked down at her, ushering her to drop the towel. When she shook her head, he sighed heavily before taking his scarf off her lap and holding it in front of her; like a curtain to shield her from him. "Fix your top", he ordered her, which she quickly did by tying the cut parts back together. "Are you going to answer my question?", she asked as she swipe her scarf out of his hands, raising her eyebrow curiously.

He quickly started to clean her injury on her side, trying to avoid her question but with her sitting right there; it was very difficult to do so. "Lean back", he ordered once more, waiting for her to do so before applying the ointment, feeling her flinch under his touch. "To answer your questions, you're apart of our team so I am looking out for you. Black Dranzer is a bit beast with a lot of power, as you know well of. He's a very wanted Bit beast amongst a group of corrupt beybladers; I am the only one who has a handle on Black Dranzer's power. That's why I'm doing this, I will hold onto him whenever he comes out", he said as he closed the ointment, grabbing a large bandage and gently placing it on the cut.

Katy wasn't buying that entire answer, she had a great feeling there was something else making Kai tend to her more than anyone else. When she saw he was done, she leaned back forward and went to wrap the towel around herself once more; but Kai wasn't finished. Before she could fully wrap the towel around her, he moved the right side of the towel and looked at her scar, seeing it looked like it was burned. "Does that hurt?", he asked as he took the ice pack from her and held it to her burned skin, hearing her hiss from the pain. "Yeah, I think he's getting pretty close to coming out. The pain felt like my skin was melting off", she said as she looked at her lap.

"It would be so much easier to just have him taken out, but how can we even do that without everyone making a big deal about it? The last thing you need is any sort of attention to attract Boris even more", he said, trying to ignore the fact that Katy was burning holes into his face with her eyes.

"I have one more question", she waited until he made eye contact; "What was all that about earlier, in the hallway?", expecting him to look away, which he did after a few moments; handing her the ice pack and turning towards the trash can.

"Let's get back, we've been gone a lot longer than I anticipated", he said as he put the rest of the bandages away and threw away the rags he used to clean the blood. Katy almost laughed, rolling her eyes as she slowly got off the exam table. "As usual, avoiding the important questions Kai", her words made him stop at the door, keeping his back to her as he let out a silent sigh. "This isn't the place, nor the time to discuss this Katy", he said before opening the door, waiting for her to walk out so he could relock it and shut off the lights. "Then when Kai? When is it ever a good time to discuss this?", she said as she remained where she was, refusing to leave until she got some answers.

Growing annoyed, Kai held the door open for her; "Lets go", he said as he patiently waited for her to leave with him. Katy knew she wasn't going to win this one, he would probably force her to come with him if she didn't comply. Hesitantly, she walked out of the nurse's station with the towel still wrapped around her body.

"You'll talk, one way or another", she thought to herself as they walked in unison.

Once they got to their rooms, Katy fished around in her jean pockets for her room key; cursing to herself when she realized she must've dropped it in the locker room. "What? Don't have your key?", she heard Kai ask, turning her head towards him. "Uh no, its pretty late too. I don't know if Hilary will be awake right now", she said as she sighed heavily.

Kai then opened his door, looking inside to see if Rei was asleep; but shocked to learn that he wasn't even there. "Great, this night just keeps getting better and better", he thought sarcastically as he held the door open for Katy. "Come on, you can take Rei's bed. He's not even here", Kai said, much to Katy's shock. "What do you mean he's not here? Where do you think he went?", she asked as she walked into the room, watching Kai close and lock the door behind him. "I don't know, and I don't care. As long as he's on the plane tomorrow morning, it doesn't' matter what he does", he said as he walked past her and started to rummage through his luggage.

"You're still angry with him, aren't you?", he heard Katy ask before he gathered some sweat pants and a shirt from his bag, standing up to walk towards her. He paused for a moment when he realized she had taken the towel off and put it on the desk nearby; his eyes going over the curves of her body before he realized he was staring at her. "Technically, I should be angry with you too, but miracles happen, right?", he said as he handed her the folded clothes. "Here, you can wear this for tonight; but I want them back by morning", he said sternly, watching her smirk and nod in acceptance. "Thanks", she said as she walked into the bathroom, shutting the door.

"Get it together Kai, now is not the time", he thought as he took off his shoes and changed his shirt, noticing the blood stain from when he was carrying Katy. "If he goes after her again, I swear I'll kill him", he thought once more, his hand gripping the shirt tightly.

As Katy changed into Kai's clothes, she couldn't decide if she wanted to take off her bikini top or leave it on. "I can't believe I'm about to spend the night with Kai", she thought as she decided to take off the bikini top and put on the black shirt he had given her. His smell was all over the shirt, it was really intriguing and intoxicating; pausing in mid dress just to take in a big breath of the shirt. "Damn, this boy sure smells good for not being interested in girls", she thought as she set aside her bikini top, taking off her shorts and bikini bottom. "Oh shit, I'm about to go commando", she immediately thought when she realized she didn't have any underwear to change into; nor did Kai give her any of his to borrow, not that she would take them anyways. "Oh well, its not like he would try anything anyways, right?", she wasn't too confident on Kai's intentions as she let her hair loose and checked herself out in the mirror.

"Damn, how am I going to explain this to everyone?", her fingers went over her busted lip, seeing a bruise start to form on the side of her mouth. "They won't believe I got into it with Mariah, since she's not even here", she thought as she washed her face, sighing heavily as she dried herself off.

Kai had already changed into his sweat pants and shirt for sleeping, turning on the tv as he laid down on his bed; he heard the bathroom door open and saw Katy walk out, watching her slowly get into Rei's bed. "What if Rei comes back while I'm asleep?", she asked, not wanting to put Rei on the floor. Kai was silent for a moment, flipping through the channels; "There is plenty of room on these beds, I'm sure he won't mind sleeping next to you; unless you mind it?", he asked as his eyes shifted in her direction. She didn't know what to say, a blush forming on her face as she pulled the blankets over her body.

"Uhm, I don't care where I sleep; but I know if Mariah finds out, it won't be good", she commented, watching him flip through the channels. "Since when do you care about what she thinks?", he asked as he stopped on the beyblade channel, watching a random battle from earlier in the day. "I don't care, I guess I just don't want to cause problems for Rei", she answered, lightly touching the side of her face and flinching when she did so.

There were a few more awkward moments of silence before Kai turned off the tv, pulling the blankets over himself as he relaxed against the pillows. "Like I said, these beds have plenty of room on them, so it doesn't matter to me where you choose to sleep. If Rei comes back, just sleep on the floor or the other alternative", he said as he turned his back to her. Katy knew what he was implying, but also knew he wouldn't just come out and say it either, raising an eyebrow to his words. "Alternative?", he heard her ask.

"You can sleep next to me if you feel comfortable doing that, I won't touch you; I promise" his words seemed legit, the room suddenly getting dark as he turned off the light. "Goodnight", she heard him say as she sat on the bed, thinking about what to do. The last thing she wanted was to be in Rei's bed when he comes back, knowing he might still try to do something and risk Rei discovering her injuries.

"I sure as hell don't feel like explaining anything to anyone; its bad enough I have a busted lip", she thought as she sighed heavily, getting out of Rei's bed and slowly making her way into Kai's bed. The bed was big enough, but there was maybe a one foot gap between herself and Kai.

Kai's eyes were closed until he felt his bed shift, snapping them open before he looked behind him to see Katy laying next to him. "Why did I have to open my big mouth?", he thought as he tried to settle back down and closed his eyes once more. He was almost asleep before he heard Katy's voice once more; "Kai? Are you awake?", she asked, bringing the blanket up to her chin. "What is it?", he asked bluntly, tucking his arm under the pillow.

"Thank you; for everything", she said quietly, her voice stating that she was smiling. He couldn't help but smile himself, closing his eyes once more. "Don't mention it", he answered before sighing out of tiredness. "Goodnight Katy", he said once more before falling asleep. "Goodnight", she replied quietly as she snuggled into her pillow and fell asleep with ease.

The next morning came quickly for Rei, who had fallen asleep in Hillary's room while waiting for Katy to come back. Rubbing his eyes, he quickly realized where he was, jumping up and walking out of the room as he cursed himself. Before he left completely, he looked back in the room to see if Katy was back, but he didn't see her sleeping anywhere. Confused, he went into his room to alert Kai that Katy was missing; learning a new detail as his eyes gazed upon the sight before him.

Kai and Katy were sleeping in the same bed, merely inches away from one another. Katy's back was to Kai, as Kai slept face up with an arm behind his head.

"What the hell?", Rei thought, his face holding a shocked expression as he walked into the bathroom and washed his face, trying to wipe the sleep from his eyes. Looking at the clock, he saw it was 5am; their flight wasn't leaving for another five hours. "Are they together now?", he instantly thought as he walked out of the bathroom and laid down on his bed, looking over at the sleeping Katy to notice a bruise on the side of her face and her lip was busted.

"Ok, now I'm officially confused", he continued thinking as he laid on his bed, thinking about getting some more sleep but there were too many questions going through his mind. Just the thought of Katy and Kai together made his blood boil, not because he still had feelings for her, but because that would mean Kai had liked her this entire time. It would mean he was benched out of sheer jealously…

"That better not be why he benched me in the second round, I swear I'll kill him if that was the reason", he thought as he closed his eyes for a moment, taking in a breath and exhaling in an attempt to relax.

At 7am, Kai's alarm went off with a loud beep. As the groaning leader slammed the alarm silent, he sat up slowly as he rubbed his eyes. Looking to his left, he was surprised to see that Katy was asleep next to him, looking at Rei's bed to see Rei snoozing as well. "Oh yeah, that's right", he thought as he remembered why she came into his bed in the first place. Katy then rolled over, so she was facing Kai, still sound asleep as she snuggled the blanket to her chest. As Kai looked down at her, he couldn't help but smile at how sweet she looked, moving her hair from her face ever so gently.

"Where did you two go last night?", he heard Rei ask, noticing he looked annoyed and a bit angry.

"That's none of your business", Kai answered as he grabbed some fresh clothes and went into the bathroom to take a shower.

Hilary had been awake for a short while, realizing she was the only one in her room made her angry enough to pack up all her stuff and go into Tyson's room to wait for the transportation to the airport, leaving Katy's stuff in the room but locking it. "Good morning, Hilary", Max said as he watched Hillary come into their room, the atmosphere growing tense as he saw the look on her face. "What's wrong?", he asked as he put on a new shirt.

"Oh nothing! Everything is just peachy!", Hilary said all too excitedly, raising the eyebrows of everyone in the room. "Yeah, right. What's going on?", Kenny asked, putting his laptop in his luggage bag. Hilary didn't want to go into detail about anything, but she couldn't hide the fact that she was furious. The conversation she had with Rei last night really opened her eyes to a lot of things; especially with Kai's behavior towards Katy.

Last night

"I noticed it since day 1, Kai probably has a thing for her and that's why he got so angry when he found out she and I were dating", Rei explained as he sat on Katy's bed, sighing heavily as Hilary did the same on the neighboring bed. She couldn't help but feel her blood start to boil, gripping the edge of the bed tightly as she squinted her eyes shut. "Rei, do you think he denied me because he has feelings for her?", she asked as she looked at him, almost in tears; looking away to wipe the tears from her eyes. He was a little surprised by her sudden run of emotions, "Um, I don't know. At least he told you the truth, right?'', Rei asked, his voice sounding calm but questioning what exactly happened between Hilary and Kai.

There were a few tense moments of silence before Hilary looked back at Rei with a furious look in her eyes. "Did he?", she asked, tears now freely falling from her eyes.

Sighing heavily, Rei got up from his seat and sat next to her, wrapping his arm around her shoulders in a friend type of way. "Hey, don't cry", he said soothingly before reaching over and giving her a tissue to wipe her tears. "I don't know if he told you the truth or not, but knowing Kai, he did tell the truth; but only part of the truth. Maybe in the moment, he didn't want to completely break your heart; just to let you down easy", he tried to reassure her; but it didn't work.

"By going after my cousin is letting me down easy? I don't think so Rei", she said angrily as she stood up and walked into the bathroom.

REALITY

Hilary threw her bags on the floor, sitting on one of the beds as Tyson came out of the shower. It wasn't hard to sense the change in atmosphere, putting on a shirt before turning to look at the angry Hilary sitting on the bed. "What's with you?", he asked curiously.

"I SAID EVERYTHING IS PEACHY!", she snapped, making everyone in the room stop what they were doing, everyone could feel the temperature in the room change. "Uhh, right", Kenny's voice broke the silence, but not before Rei came into the room. "Hey Rei, is Kai up yet?", Max asked as he gathered his bags together.

"Uhm, yeah he's up", his voice seemed innocent enough to everyone, except Hilary. She could tell by the look on his face that he located her M.I.A cousin. That only infuriated her more…

As Kai got out of the shower, he walked out after putting the towel over the curtain. Katy was just waking up, but slowly and painfully. Groaning in pain as she grabbed her head, she slowly sat up; "Hey, how do you feel?", she heard Kai ask as he approached her. She rubbed her eyes, slowly remembering what happened last night and how she ended up in Kai's bed. "Like hell", she responded as she laid her head back down, running a hand through her hair. "Did Rei come back last night?", she asked, her voice rasp.

By hearing that question, Kai then realized what kind of pot he was just stirring by allowing her to sleep in his bed last night. "Great, now everyone is going to think we're together, fuck!", he thought as he sat next to her, running his hands through his damp hair, "Yeah, he is in the other room; so is everyone else", his eyes moved to her injury. "How does your cut feel? Does it hurt?", he asked as he went to pull her shirt up to look but she stopped him, grabbing his wrist. "Its fine Kai, my entire body hurts", she said as she sat up once more, letting out a pained sigh before standing up.

After Katy put her bikini top back on, she realized she didn't have a shirt of her own to wear so she had no choice but to go back to her room to get another shirt; before realizing she didn't have her key. "Shit", she said out loud before she went across the hall, seeing that Tyson's door was open. When she went inside, she could feel the tension, looking around the room until her eyes landed on Hilary.

"Hey, I need to get into the room and I don't have my key", she told Hilary, who seemed like she was about to start yelling at her until she saw the bruise on Katy's face. "What happened to you?!", Hilary asked as she walked up to her cousin, who immediately backed away. "Nothing, I need to get into the room", Katy said as she walked back towards their room, expecting Hilary to follow her.

"Was she wearing Kai's clothes?", she heard Tyson ask, growing even more annoyed but that was the least of her worries right now as she followed Katy to the other room.

"Ok, spill it. Where were you last night and what happened to your face?", Hilary said more forcefully as she closed to the door behind her, watching her cousin dig through her bag for some clothes. "I don't want to talk about it right now, but I will tell you this; I didn't sleep with Kai if that is what you're thinking, nor are we even together. I just slept in his room because I lost my room key. I'm also wearing Kai's clothes because, once more, I locked myself out and I only had my bathing suit. Does that explain everything to you?", Katy said as she stopped digging through her bag, waiting for Hilary to shrug or make response to her words.

"Um, OK. That does answer some questions, but I still want to know what happened to your face", she said as Katy went back to going through her bag. Just then, Katy noticed something was missing from her bag, moving more of her clothes to the side before completely dumping out her luggage bag. "What's wrong?", Hilary asked as she watched cousin go through the room in a panic.

"Did you see a little bag anywhere? Its black with a zipper all the way around, has the initials K.T on it?", Katy asked as she started to look under the bed, through the bed sheets, in the bathroom, everywhere. "Uhm, no. Was is it?", she heard Hilary ask before it suddenly felt like she was mentally struck by lightning. Her key was missing, after the assault from Bryan took place; it wouldn't take a genius to figure out what happened to her mom's Beyblade. She couldn't explain anything to Hilary right now, deciding to take a few breaths to calm down before turning towards her with an embarrassed look on her face. "Um, nevermind. I must've left it at home, it's just something my mom gave me that I take everywhere with me", she said before calmly repacking her bag and grabbing a change of clothes before heading into the bathroom for a shower.

The second the door closed, Katy started to silently but physically cursing herself. "Fuck, Fuck, Fuck! Bryan stole my Beyblade; fuck!", she thought to herself as she grabbed fist full of her hair, sliding down the wall next to the shower. Tears streaming down her face as she looked up at the ceiling; shaking her head in disbelief.

"Mom, what do I do? Please tell me what to do!", her mind was going into tornado mode, and there was no turning back. Just when things couldn't get any worse for her, Black Dranzer was feeding off her energy once more, sending small amounts of pain through her body that caused her to tense up, taking in a sharp breath before something different happened; she felt her body go completely limp and her eyes rolled up into her head.

"Now you're….taking my energy? You really are…a greedy bit beast", she said quietly as she fell into a slumber, closing her eyes as she sat against the wall.

Sorry it took a while for an update! I had some things going on and needed my attention; plus I didn't know how to completely go about this chapter. Let me know what you think of this and please send me your ideas!