Finally able to write this chapter… phew. It's the final exams here, but I finished studying, the next and last exam I'll be having will be on Sunday, 14/1/2007… I know what you guys are thinking. That day have passed!!

The reason is I'm writing thins on Thursday, 11/1/2007, soon to be Friday, 12/1/2007… it's 11:20pm now…

You'd ask why I didn't post it in time when I finished, ne? Well, university system blocks FanFiction, damn it… heh, I'll be cursing them every time I talk about them, 'till they unblock it again.

Anyways, let's start the fic, I talked too much.

Warning: this chapter is a little bit angst. And be aware, rated 'M' because of Tyson's big mouth.

Another Problem

After the small incident with Rei, Emily and Mariah suggested that they go shopping.

Well, it was more like force them with blackmail, but anyways, Hillary didn't come with them, she had business to take care of, and wasn't going to be with them for days.

(A/N: it's more like I want to get rid of her; I hate Hillary!!! She won't be in the fic anymore, yay!"

Now they were walking through the mall, buying what the 'experienced' girls thought was necessary, which was costing the boys to hold many bags, and most were heavy, "I just want to know what they bought!"

"Stop whimpering you big baby!" Mariah scolded at Tala, "What are you good for then if you weren't boys?"

"Tala," Lee called, "If you want to live, just do as they say."

"Yeah," Michael nodded in agreement, "If you don't, they'll make your life miserable."

"Thanks for the big comfort." Tala gulped, remembering Kai's threat. He then heard her coughing and paled, thinking she was going to get her revenge now, but he realized she was coughing into her hand; her cheeks had a small hint of red on them.

He frowned.

"Just how the hell did we end up with them?" Bryan mumbled to himself, but most the guys heard him, drawing Tala's attention away from Kai, who stopped her coughing by now.

"Because Kai's with them?" Spenser offered.

"Right…" he huffed then glared back at Ian, who wasn't suffering like them, "Why aren't you helping?"

"Because I'm too 'young' for it!" Ian skidded his way to the front.

"Lucky midget…"

And they kept following the girls, happily.

Or, not.

Mariah had knocked onto someone's back when she wasn't looking. She looked up and winced when she saw an ugly boy glaring at her, a group of boys with him, he had a faint black eye and bandages around his head and arms.

The other boys were better then him, but one of them looked like someone beat the hell out of him; his arm was broken and had more bandages than the first one.

"Watch where you're looking, sweety!"

Tyson, Rei, Max, Kenny and Kai recognized them at once; they were the same group who they encountered before.

Mariah frowned, "I'm sorry, but I didn't mean it!"

"Geeze, you should be gentle when you treat girls, you know!" Emily stepped up, too, "That was rude!"

"And I care because?" he smirked down at Emily and held her chin in his hand, "You know, you look cute."

The boys glared and were about to take action when they heard a voice talking, "Let her go."

"Now, why would I do tha-" he halted as he saw a familiar girl with two-toned blue hair, glaring at him, he unconsciously touched his cheek and eye where she had slapped him before, "Err… you…"

"Yes, me," Kai hissed, "Now, I suggest you let go of her if you know what's best for you." She then narrowed her eyes more, "If not…"

Emily was free at once.

"Good boy, now leave with your idiotic friends before I let them take care of you." She pointed back with her thumb at the Demolition boys, who wore their serious faces and glared at them coldly.

The boy stepped back several feet, and nervously walked away from them.

Kai smirked; satisfied with herself.

"What was all that about?" Robert asked, hands on hips.

"We had this incident with them last time we came here." Max laughed.

"What happened?" Steve's curiosity sparked.

"They had cornered Kai and tried to…uhh… flirt with her, but she got annoyed." Tyson grinned when she saw Kai's face.

Their eyes widened, "What happened after that?" Tala's eyes narrowed; no one had the right to touch Kai but him, just him!

"Let's just say Kai dealt them the beating of their lives." Rei snickered, "She even got all the people in the mall to beat them, and they ended dealing with the police."

"They deserve it, but damn, I want to put my hands on them," Tala hissed, "They'd be in the hospital for a month if I had my way with him!"

The other Demolition boys smirked at Tala, causing the rest to snicker at his protectiveness.

XXXXXXXXXX

When they finished shopping after two more hours, they got ready to leave, only to see it was storming outside.

"Is this some kind of punishment from god for our deeds?" Tala grumbled.

"Oh, great!" Mariah sighed, "Looks like we'll need to stay here until the storm passes…"

"Yeah," Emily nodded, "We'll do something else 'till then."

A growling sounded and they all glared at Tyson, who laughed nervously, "Ehh, how did you know it was me?"

"You could call it the 'sixth sense'." Rei answer with half mooned eyes. "Wow, I never believed it was true, but I guess it is then," they sweat-dropped, "Anyways, let's go get some food; I'm hungry!"

Soon, they were in a cafeteria by the exit/entrance of the mall, ordering food for each of them, Kai and the Demolition boys ordered juice only, though.

"You sure you can eat all that?" Eddy asked eyes Tyson's six cheese burgers, five beef sandwiches and three cans of Pepsi. For his answer, Tyson swallowed all her food in less than five minutes, "Ugh, where do you keep all that!"

Tyson just grinned at him. "Tyson, "Oliver tsked at her, "It isn't healthy to eat that kind of food that much!"

"I don't care."

"Who's going to pay for all that anyways?" Ian asked glancing at all the food that was ordered, "It will cost us a lot!"

"Everyone pays for what they ordered, easy!" Enrique answered, earning nods from the others. "But I didn't bring my money with me…" Max mumbled. Rei and Kenny blushed and nodded, "We too… we don't usually pay when we buy anything…"

"Why wouldn't you?" Kevin asked, "And who pays then if you don't?"

Four fingers pointed at Kai, who was sipping her orange juice, eyes closed. But one eye opened half way when she felt eyes on her.

"So, Mr. Dickenson gives you money to spend on the team?" Michael asked. "No." Kai closed her eye and sipped on her juice again.

"Huh?" Lee blinked, as did the others, "Then how do you pay for all that?"

"Hn," Kai glared, "Why do you ask?" Lee shrugged, "Well, if you don't pay for their stuff or their…" a glance at Tyson's empty plates of food, "…Food… they eat from Mr. D money, then where do you get that much money from?"

Kai glared some more then closed his eyes again, "From my own account."

"Your own account?!" they shouted, surprised. Kai raised an eye brow at that, "How did you manage that without running out of money, yet?"

Kai just shrugged. Tala and the Demolition boys snickered at the faces of the other teams' members.

"Ah, well," Tyson laughed, "We're all finished and the waitress's coming, pay up, Kai!"

"No."

"Huh?" all eyes widened.

"I said 'no'." Kai repeated. "Why not? You always did before!" Tyson shouted.

"But not this time." Kai sighed, "I'll pay for the Demolition boys and Kenny, but the rest of you will have to deal on your own."

"What!?" she cried out, "And why Kenny alone?"

"He updates my beyblade." A small explanation was all what Tyson got, then Kai took out her credit card and gave it to the waitress and she left; she had heard them and knew who was paying and who wasn't yet. She came after a minute and gave it back to Kai.

"But, Kai, you can't do that to us!!" Tyson screamed at her. "I can and I did." Kai stated calmly, still sipping, eyes closed, "You all need to learn responsibility, you're not children anymore, take care of yourselves; I won't be there looking after you everyday. What will you do then when you have a problem and I'm not there?"

Max, Kenny and Rei felt embarrassed as they lowered their heads; Kai was right.

Tyson's face went red, "You're just a jerk, and you know what?" she shouted making all of them look at her, "You're just like your grandfather!"

At that, Kai's eyes snapped open in shock.

The Demolition boys cursed; this wasn't good at all.

"You think you're just too good to be with us!" Tyson continued, "You don't want to pay because you're just too avaricious, rich girl!" she taunted, "You just think you're better than anyone else here, but let me tell you something. We don't care about you; in fact we all here hate you and despise the earth you walk on! As much as you want to believe we ever wanted you with us, we don't. I regret saving you from that frozen lake. You should have drowned there and died!"

"Wha-" Kai was about to say something but Tyson cut her, "We only needed you to win our difficult matches, but even the last one you lost to Spenser. You're useless now, and we don't want an emotionless machine and a cold-hearted loser that betrayed us with us in our team! Why don't you just go back to that bastard your grandfather and let us finally get rid of you? You surely won't mind that, I'm sure; you don't have feelings to start with. Or better yet, why don't you go crawling back to Boris? He'll be thrilled to have his pretty perfect dog with him at his service again. May be even in his bed, spending passionate nights together with you screaming his name in delight, moaning for more as he-" SLAP.

Silence was so overwhelming as Tyson held her cheek with her hand, staring at Kai.

Kai's was standing, her hand was still up after she slapped Tyson, her face was crimson red, and her eyes were glazed with-to the Blade Breakers and the other teams' shock- unshed tears. She glared at Tyson as she lowered her hand, "If money means this much to you, then you can have my credit card for yourself." She threw her credit card at her, and then turned her back to them and walked away out of the mall, "Count me out of your team, I hope you're happy now."

"Kai, wait, where are you going?" Johnny called after her. "None of your business… not that you care anyways."

"But," Johnny lowered his voice as Kai walked out of his sight, her hair and scarf trailing behind her, "It's storming out…"

They stared out at the storm, where Kai left in silence, before Tala glared at Tyson and grabbed her by the front of her shirt, "How dare you? How dare you say something like that about Kai?" he hissed at her, "Answer me!"

"I-I… I don't know…" Tyson shook her head, "I was-" "Smart thing to say, Tyson." Lee cut her, "No one is that heartless to say what you did!"

"You really did it this time," Robert glared, "How could you even say something like that about her and Boris? Have you no shame at all?"

"I didn't mean what I said!" Tyson shook her head harder, "I didn't think; I was just angry!"

"Well done, Tyson," Rei narrowed her eyes at her plate, "You just got us to lose our captain and gained a credit card instead, you should be proud of yourself."

"Try and use it well; or else you'll ran out of money in less than a day." Johnny looked at her in disgust.

"I never thought I'll hear you say something like that to anyone, I'm really disappointed in you!" Emily said frowning, "I don't like Kai much, but no one deserves to be treated like that!"

"You disgust me." Tala threw her back into her chair and walked away, "I'm going to look for Kai; the storm is bad out!"

Silence fell upon them again, as they waited for the storm to pass. No one talked as every one was in their own thoughts, until a whisper reached their ears.

"I'm sorry…" Tyson whispered.

"I hate you." Ian hissed. "I really am sorry." Tyson sobbed, "I didn't mean it."

"Tell that to Kai," Spenser said with his arms crossed, "She's the one you need to say sorry to."

"It's late," Mariah stated, "We better take a taxi or something and get back."

They all stood, Oliver paid for all of them, including Max, Rei and Tyson, and left. The Majestics called their limousine and went back to the dojo.

XXXXXXXXXX (A/M: I thought about ending it here but I thought it would be too cruel, but then again, I am cruel, however I'm having a free time and I plan to put it to good use.)

Three hours went by at the dojo, still no one talked as they used to and everyone was getting worried; Tala and Kai hadn't returned yet.

"I'm worried…"Ian mumbled to himself as he gazed out the window, the storm was still going. "They'll be fine," Bryan sat next to him, "They'll be back soon." Ian looked at him for a second then returned to gaze out again, "I hope you're right."

Spenser, setting behind, sighed as he listened to them.

The Majestics were passing their time playing chess.

The White Tigers were meditating.

The All Stars were bey battling.

Kenny was typing on Dizzy, who was silent for once.

Max, Rei and Tyson were setting on their own, feeling guilty.

"They're late…" Max whispered sadly. Rei and Tyson nodded, "I'm worried…" Tyson sniffed, "It's all my fault."

Rei and Max glanced at her then looked away again and sighed; this was getting them no where.

XXXXXXXXXX

Tala was still looking for Kai in the streets of Tokyo.

By now he was walking, he got tired after two hours of non-stop running while calling Kai's name, and now walking for an hour. Kai was no where to be found and Tala was getting worried more than ever; the storm was bad and he remembered seeing Kai coughing back in the mall.

This was bad.

He stopped to catch his breath and think, this was Kai who he was looking for, if she wasn't in the city where would she be?

His eyes widened as he smacked himself mentally, 'Of course!' his head snapped to the direction of the park, 'Why didn't I think of there before!?'

He broke into another run to the park, which wasn't far away.

About ten minutes later, Tala found himself in the now empty park, he darted his eyes everywhere to catch sight of his fairy phoenix, which wasn't long before he found a lone figure setting by the lake. His eyes softened as he walked to her.

Kai was setting gazing at the water of the lake rippling as the rain drops fell on its surface. Her legs were up to her chest and her arms wrapped around them as she rested her chin on them.

She heard a sound behind her and turned to find Tala setting down next to her, he wrapped an arm around her shoulder, leaning her against his chest, "You'll get sick if you stay here." He noticed the red tints on her cheeks, "Let's go back."

Kai shook her head, "They…they don't want me…"

"They do."

"Ty-Tyson-" Kai chocked on a sob, "Tyson doesn't…she sa-said…" she looked up at Tala and he found tears running down her face, she wasn't able to continue talking as she remembered what Tyson had said to her.

"She didn't know what she was talking about." Tala hugged her close, and felt her hug him back, gripping the back of his shirt in her fists tightly as she sobbed.

Tala bit his lip as he cursed silently; Tyson's words really hurt Kai, deeply. He made a mental note to beat her up when he saw her next time.

He then was alarmed when he felt Kai go limp in his arms. He pushed her away a little to check on her, she was flushed red, and even thought it was cold and storming, Kai felt hot.

Kai was unconscious and had a fever.

"Kuso!" Tala picked her up and ran as fast as he could with Kai in his arms to the dojo, hoping he wasn't too far away.

XXXXXXXXXX

The worried teens were startled when they heard the door open and slam shut as someone entered the house. They all rushed there and saw a soaked wet Tala holding an equally wet unconscious Kai in his arms.

"She…" Tala gasped, "She's sick… needs medical help….now!"

Robert wanted to take Kai from him but Tala refused, holding her for dear life, he sighed, "I'm going to call Mr. Dickenson.". Rei then stepped in, "Follow me!" she then went to Kai's room and opened the door. Tala followed her and placed Kai on her bed.

"Take this." Eddy handed Tala a towel, which he took and dried his hair with. Tala's hair had fell down on his shoulders, and it surprised them how tall it actually was; it reached a little over his shoulder blades.

"Get me some dry and warm clothes for Kai!" he ordered as he removed her scarf and arm guards then ran the towel over her arms, face and neck.

Max and Emily went to look for the clothes.

Kai was sweaty and panting harshly, "…Tala..." she turned her face to one side as she moaned. Tala took her hand in his and held on tightly, "Relax, I'm here." He lent down to her neck, "Try to rest."

The others looked on curiously; it seemed like something was going on between Tala and Kai as they watched him nuzzle her neck lovingly.

Max and Emily returned with the clothes and placed it on a chair near Kai's bed.

"Get out." A cold voice ordered, and they found Bryan glaring at them.

They got the hint and walked out, leaving Tala and Kai alone in the room; this was a private moment between the two of them and everyone knew how the Russians felt about showing emotions in public.

Spenser closed the door behind them as he was the last to get out.

"It's my fault, right?" Tyson asked when they all settled in the living room.

No one answered her as they stared at her; they knew it was.

She did too and she sighed, "I hope she gets better soon," She buried her face in her arms, "I need to say sorry to her…" she sobbed, "…I didn't mean for this to happen…I didn't"

END CHAPTER!

Ahh, I finally finished this one! It's 11:26 AM and 10 pages… took me long, it troubled me too much.

Heh, this chapter wasn't a humor one, I know. Emm, it started one but ended angst… what can I do? Angst is my specialty, check 'kiss me dead' or 'I'm going to die' if you don't believe me!

Or my shaman king fic, 'a broken soul' and 'my destiny'…. Oh, and the Dragon Ball Z one 'leave me alone'… hehe… they're all angst!

Anyways, this fic may contain mature stuff in the future, but I'll make sure of that and tell you, I'm even thinking of adding some lemons, but they'll have a warning before them so that if anyone who doesn't like it will just pass it.

Oh, yeah! You all thought it was Kai who slapped Enrique before when he asked if she'd go on a date with him, I want to tell you it wasn't Kai.

It was Oliver who slapped him.

Told you this fic would turn half yaoi. Enrique and Oliver are together, but Enrique likes to flirts with girls.

Ok, now let me clear out the pairings, I changed them, by the way. I only watched the first season and some episodes of the third, so I don't know the new characters much.

Tala and Kai. Lee and Rei. Spenser and Max. Johnny and Tyson. Ian and Kenny

New pairings, ne? well, I didn't find some of those pairing, sooooo…

I claim first Ian/Kenny pairing!!! XD

Is Spenser/Max new? I'd love to know it is… Heh…

I was having troubles with Tyson, I'm used to his Japanese name better, so I'll be changing it to Takao starting the next chapter, k?

This was the longest chapter for this fic. -

Anyways, I need more ideas for this fic for the future chapters, I know what I'll be writing for the next one and I have an idea for another one, but I need more. So, if you have please, tell them to me in a review. Thank you. I hope this chapter didn't disappoint you.

See ya all in the next chapter.

Miako6