Quiet Lovers

Summary: Max wants to do anything to help Kai, especially after the ordeal with Zeo and Cereberus, and ends up making a deal with the slate haired boy. If he kept quiet about the phoenix liking him, he would call the blonde his lover, but what do you do when you love someone, and you can't tell anyone he loves you too?

Pairings: Max/Kai, one sided Ty/Max, Rei/Kenny

The slate haired boy felt his anger rise up to it's most critical point as he heard the spoils of victory for each side. If he won this battle, this creature known as Kame would 'no longer exist' as he said. If he lost against this freak of nature, then he was going to take Max. He felt his grip on his launch cord tighten further, as a snarl appeared on his face. It caused the freak to smirk as he could see the anger coming from the Russian, it was dark flames covering his entire body. Kame pulled his launcher out with great force, as his two colored blade spun loose from it's hook, hitting the soft dirt under them that was slightly damp from the rain yesterday. The blonde watched from where he was standing, the phoenix had yet to launch his blade, his fingers seemed frozen against the launch cord he was holding.

"What's wrong, Kai?" The scale patched male asked in a sickening voice, "Your not scared, are you?"
"..."
"Oh, I understand now. You know if you lose this match, then the little turtle will lose. And it will be all your fault... just like in your dreams-"

"Kai! Don't listen to him!"

That caught the older male's attention, along with everyone else's. They all looked over at the young blonde, who seemed rather crossed that this unknown blade would dare say something like that to his boyfriend. If his aura could be seen, you would see blue flames surrounding his body, almost ready to send them at the opponent in front of them. The dragon seemed a little surprised at the turtle's outburst. Well, honestly, he had no idea what the hell was going on, but why did Max seem to know? A frown seemed to replace the scarlet eyed boy's face, as he looked back into the blue orbs of the blonde.
"Max...?"
The little puppy seemed to have finally put his foot down, "Don't let him mess with your head, you can beat him, just do your best, that's all you really have to do! Remember what I said to you last night!"

After getting all that, a little smile appeared on the eldest boy's face, as he turned back to the challenger in front of him, the frozen feeling in his fingers finally gone, as he ripped the cord from his launcher, as his blue blade latched out from it's hook, and onto the damp ground. The hiss of their blades was heard loudly, as pieces of dirt and rocks were thrown around them from the wet surroundings. The black-blue blade seemed to make the first move, and raced at the dark blue, as they came to a harsh meeting, dirt and sparks coming up from the attacks. The fire bird covered his face from the flying into his eyes, then brought them away, and pointed his arm forward, as the signal to return the attack. Flames licked at the blade, as it fought back at the headbutt it had come into. Kame seemed to see the energy boost given by the phoenix, as he came back as well, dark water swallowing the two toned blade. Everything seemed to go in slow motion, as the two blades collided, and the two energys seemed to slash at one another. Max watched with worried eyes as the older boy's blade was taking a beating. There was something weird about this blader... it looked like they had seen him before.

"Fire Arrow!"

As the order escaped the older boy's lips, the phoenix ran forward, as Kame's blade began to glow as well. His chip gave off a black light, as a ebony colored turtle appeared, it's deep red eyes glaring into Kai's. This caused a bit of shock and confusion between the Bladebreakers. There was another set of dark versions of the four bit beasts now? A narrowed look appeared on Kai's face, as Dranzer raced forward, and slammed the two toned blade backwards, as the gush of wind knocked Kame back a few steps, making the hood that was over his head fall off, causing the pair of red eyes of Kai to widen with shock. A scar... there was a scar across the scaled boy's face, like the one he gave that creature back in the pool who almost drowned Max. His fist curled up in anger, this thing tried to kill his Maxie. No one does that and lives, as long as he had anything to say about it. A sea of flames surrounded the blue blade, and raced forward, slashing through the two toned blade as if it were tissue paper. The battle was finally over, Kame had lost.

"Why, you--!" Kame started to growl, only to notice his body was beginning to disappear. It had finally happened, his master was through with him.

Kai stepped forward, glaring angrily, "It was you! Tell me, are you the one who attacked Max back at the pool!"

Everyone was left in shock, just as the scaled blade smirked, "Oh yes, that would be me, I was sent by my master to get rid of the person you brought into this battle."

"What battle are you talking about? And who is your master? Tell me!"

The red orbs narrowed in spite, "You should know, you left him many years ago, young Kai. Please... when you see him... give my regards to Black Dranzer."

And with that said, the scaled blade disappeared as if it was dust blown away in the night. That just left four beybladers and one genius confused as hell. Confusion were running through everyone's heads as the mystery blade disappeared. How was this connected to Kai? What happened to get Max involved? What kind of battle was it talking about? How was Black Dranzer even alive anymore? The young blonde broke the silence by hurrying over by Kai, making sure that his love wasn't hurt at all. Everyone was watching with different expression on their faces. Rei had a calmed look on his face, as he had his little genius in his arms, lightly petting his hair to get him to calm down a little, since the whole scene had kinda scared him a little. Tyson, on the other hand, has his eyes on the phoenix and turtle the whole time. The first love of his life was looking at Kai's wrist to see if he had gotten hurt there in any way, probably working his way from his shoulder down there. The hardened look in Kai's was gone... for the moment anyway. This was confusing the dragon to no end, and he seemed to be the only one left in the dark here.

"Will someone please tell me what the hell is going on, or I'm going to scream!" He cried out, making Kenny jump right out of his skin.

Kai looked over at the stormed eyed boy, "If I'm mistaken, you already screamed just now, Tyson."

A glare appeared, "You shut it. You know what's happening here, don't you? Tell me right now!"

"If you don't mind," The kitty added, "I would like to know too, I'm kinda lost too."

The blond haired blader slowly let go of his boyfriend's hand, and looked at the older boy, giving a worried look. The red eyes of the older boy look at him, then turned to him, and lightly patted his shoulder, causing the look to calm a bit, as Max gave a small nod to him. The older boy looked at the others, as he pocketed his blade into the buckle of his pants.

"Everyone go inside, I'll explain what's going on... I don't promise you'll like it, but it's the truth."

Everyone gave him a nod, and began to head inside. Rei slightly parted from the hug with the young genius, and took the younger one's hand, and headed inside, with Tyson trailing behind, almost looking like steam was coming out of his ears. The young turtle looked like he was about to go inside as well, but the hand of the older boy took a hold of his, causing him to stop. Before the younger one could protest, the older boy brought the boy into his arms, running one of his hands repeatidly through his silky hair. Hey, he had to go through a tough battle in order to keep his young lover with him, you'd be a bit clingy after something like that too. A soft look appeared in Max's eyes, as he relaxed against the older boy's body, clutching his scarf in his lithe fingers. Through the battle, Kai was actually scared for the first time in a while. He wasn't exactly sure if he was going to be able to win that fight. A small hand laid over the older male's painted face, as the ocean eyes were locked with firey volcano. Max gave a smile, and took the older boy's hand, and lead him inside... they both had a lot of explaining to do to the others.

The whole conversation started out calm, but it got a little hectic as Kai began to explain the situation to the others. He had been having bad dreams concering what seemed to be none other than Black Dranzer since before they won the world championships for the second year in a row. He didn't wanna get any of the others involved with the battle he was still confused about himself, so he tried to keep quiet like always, then... the moment with him and Max on the beach was poured out in the opening. You could swear that the dragon's jaw had broken off of his head, and dropped onto the wooden ground below. Oh my god, his beloved Max was dating the sourpuss ticked off easily, rough around the edges two faced...sorry... captian? He would have fainted if Rei hadn't taken the cup he had filled with water, and splashed it right in his face. He shook the water off, and looked back at the captian.

"Alright, you got Max involved in this, and now we're in it too, what is gonna happen now?"

"...Honestly, Tyson, I don't know... I'm in the dark about this whole battle myself." The older male sighed, lowering his head.

"Well doesn't that just suck," The kitty added into the conversation, "Right now, all we know is Black Dranzer is back, and he's targeting you, and also... there should be three other beasts coming after us now that we know this whole creepy business."

Kenny placed his fist into his hand, "Maybe I could look over the footage I took of Kai and Kame's battle, maybe it will help us get ready for the next battles."

"While we're training for the next world tournament next year? Everyone seems to love making the Bladebreakers multitask." The dragon pulled out a joke.

Max suddenly slammed a fist into the ground, "Tyson, this isn't the time for jokes. This is more serious than our battle with the Demolition Boys and Zeo put together. This is not for our titles, this is for life and death, it's not the same as multitasking, it's a matter of surviving, and getting out of this hole of hell in one piece!"

Everyone couldn't help but stare at the young one as he yelled at the storm haired male for his comment. Usually he was the happy go lucky one that pulled out the first joke in the moment, but ever since last night, and hearing Kai's side of the story, he wasn't in much of a joking mood. Tyson covered his head, as if he was afraid that the blonde was going to bite it off if he didn't.

"Don't hurt me!" Tyson let out a plea.

"Maxie, calm down, Ty didn't mean it." Rei let out the peacemaking card to try and calm the boy's spirit.

"..." The boy stood up, "I'm gonna take a shower."

And with that being said, he left the room, four other boys in his dust. Tyson looked completely scared now, Maxie hated him, he was so sure of it now. Rei went over by the young one, and lightly patted his shoulder, explaining that it was okay, and the turtle was just stressed out from what happened. Kenny was nodding along with his boyfriend, hoping the dragon would be okay. The slate haired boy was still looking in the direction that his love had left, as if he was still there. Seeing the others were distracted at the moment, he stood up, and made his way out of the room. He went into his room, and began to remove most of his upper clothes. It had been a while since he had battled anyone, and his top and scarf was drenched with sweat, another night where he did his own laundry. He tied his midnight hair back into a ponytail, it was staring to get longer, and bother his neck while he was battling. Maybe he should consider getting it cut, aw well, it didn't really matter right now anyway. After he slipped off his shoes, he went over to the other side of the hall, and stood in front of the bathroom where the younger boy was showering.

This was pretty odd, usually Maxie didn't use the room that lead to the shower stalls, that was probably because Grandpa was always in there... honestly, if I was one of them, I wouldn't want to see a wrinkly old guy taking a shower either. Though he would probably beat all of them if they said he was old in his face. He quietly opened the door, seeing the water was running, with hot steam raising into the room around them, giving it a misty surreal look, almost like a sauna did. He closed the door quietly, and made his way across the stall aisle. Since he was taller than the door, he could see the younger boy's head, as he was standing under the water, simply rinsing the soap that was in his soft hair. Heh, Kai must look like a total pervert right now, but hey, Max came in to see Kai while he was in the shower, so it was only fair he did the same. He removed his violet pants so nothing important would get wet, and went to the stall door, and opened it, causing a cold breeze to go across the blonde's back, making him turn around. Both of them were standing there, in their boxers, as the hot water poured down, damping their skin and hair as they did.

"Kai, what are you doing here?"

Kai closed the door, keeping the two of them inside, "I can tell your confused, so I thought you could use some company."

A eyebrow was raised, "While I'm in the shower?"

"We didn't have much trouble doing it before." He came back.

"...Good point."

"Maxie..." The older boy stepped forward, lacing his fingers with his boyfriend's, "If your confused, then let me help you, I love you, and I'm always be there for you."

The blonde stared at him, as he tightened the grip on their hands, "I love you too, Kai."

A smile appeared on the older boy's lips, as him and the young one were brought in a uncontroled kiss. It had been a while since they could do this, and now, they didn't have to worry about anyone seeing them. They had everyone's support through their relation, and the war of light and dark that was yet to come, they would be able to make it through... as long as they didn't get killed while doing it. It wasn't bothering them right now, as Kai pressed his beloved against the bathroom wall, the room seeming colder to them as their body temperatures soared.

The kitty was sitting on his bed, reading one of his books about the White Tiger Tribe's history, and things he always brought along with him if he wasn't beyblading. He had always loved to read, especially back in his hometown with the White Tigers. Lee could be having an argument with Kevin while Gary was trying to break them apart, and he wouldn't even notice, he would be too busy reading their tribe had won so many battles in the past, only using the power of the bey. Unless you tore the book out of his clawed hands, he would lost in his own little world for hours on end. He smiled, and turned one of the pages, going to read the next part of his book. Suddenly, there was a knock at his door. He looked up from his story, and looked at the clock. It was past 11, who would be awake besides him? Kai maybe, but he saw him and Max go to bed a couple hours ago, so it wasn't them. He set his book on the bed, and headed over to the door.

As he opened it, his golden eyes were caught with a pair of dark green lightly peering through the locks of brown hair that nearly covered his face like a sheet. They looked completely glazed over with sleep and what seemed like horror. He didn't even have Dizzi with him, just what looked like a plushie of a teddy that the kitten had won for him at the festival they had gone to a month ago. A shivering hand reached out, and took the kitten's, taking a tight grip.

"Kenny, it's late, why are you still awake? You were actually going to go to bed instead of working all night like you promised tonight."

"R-Rei...? Lemme stay with you tonight...please..." He litterally begged his lover.

A look of confusion, "Well, sure, I don't mind if you do, but what's wro--"

He got cut off by the boy throwing his arms around his waist, giving off a soft cry, his little fingers tightening around the kitten's white chinese garments. A soft look came into his eyes, as he reached down, and picked the young genuis into his arms, letting his curl up like a baby who was being fussy. He lightly pushed his book out of the way, and sat down on the bed, setting the male against the comforters. The stubborn fingers refused to let go of Rei's clothes, as he pressed his face against the boy's chest, as he began to softly cry. It had been a long time since Rei had seen his lovely mate cry like this, unless it was related to Tyson messing up blade, and asking Kenny to fix it. He brought his hand up, and gently pet the boy's hair.

"Kenny, what's the matter?" He asked softly.

"Rei, please don't die..."
"W-What?" He looked completely baffled.

The green eyes looked up into his, "Please don't go... I don't wanna lose you...please..."

"Shhh... it's alright, Kenny, I'm not going to die..." He stroked the young one's soft face, "I promise, I won't, you have my promise..."

"R-Really...? You'll come back?"

"I promise, I wouldn't leave you alone, I love you too much to do that." The kitty brought a blanket over the two of them, "Now try and get some sleep, okay?"

A small nod came from the boy, "Just don't leave while I'm asleep..."

"I won't go anywhere. I'll be here when you wake up in the morning."

Seeming reassured of something, the brown haired male laid his head against the kitten's chest, snuggling against it, as he let his tired green orbs close once again, his tightened fingers loosening against his beloved's shirt. This whole mess had left the neko-jin more lost and confused than before. Kenny dreamed that he was going to die? Why did this seem so familiar to him? His golden eyes narrowed in thought, and after a while, his tiredness finally caught up with him. He laid his head down on the pillow, keeping the younger boy in his arms, letting him rest against his chest, as he closed his eyes, his black hair covering his face as he fell asleep as well, breathing softly as he did. As the two boys were off into dream land, a pair of hard silver eyes appeared through a cloud of black, it's glare set on the black haired boy, before it sudden disappeared, making a shiver run through Kenn'y shoulders, and curl up more against his kitten.

A/N: Oh... my god... I am so sorry, everyone... I should have updated sooner, please forgive me. You see, I've been on Deviantart for the last few months, and I've been drawing up a storm, and even tried to show off more of Quiet Lovers to the world, but I got more and more addicted... and then I forgot to work on this... bows I am so sorry! Take this very very long chapter that took me hours to write as a apology! Please enjoy, and forgive me!