Author's Note: When I stayed on at school I didn't think I would be so tiring – oh well. Anyway thanks to;

Nameless Little Girl - Glad you loved it! Yah! -Jumps for joy- Thanks for reviewing!

or-chan - Stop talking to me? Oh right, I'm sure if no one wants to talk to me, then I will have to start talking to the wall or myself which will maybe get me flung into a room with white padded wall by anyway thanks for reviewing!

Irn2 - I'm addicted to cliff hangers, couldn't help myself - honest! I tried really hard so everyone that read it would know why Tala was so hurt and feeling the way he was. I'm slowly going over each area of writing and trying to get better at it... Thanks for reviewing!

kavbj - Old? Heh heh Kai your old! I hope I managed to update quick enough; homework is now evil and is stopping me from updating faster. Oh well, thanks for reviewing!

The Goddess Azure Thunder - Heh heh, I don't think Kai heard that! Now calm down, inhale and exhale, wouldn't want you to run after little Chibi Kai with a spork or anything would we? Thanks for reviewing!

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Chapter 26

Kai kept his face blank of emotion – since if he was to lower his guard then Tala might find out that he didn't really mean anything he was about to say. "I hate you." Kai smirked a little when he felt Tala's grip on him loosen even more and tense. Tala blinked, had Kai really just said that?

The smaller boy continued as he found that he was hurting Tala deeply, smirking all the while. "I always have." Tala on the other hand winced physically with each thing Kai said, he didn't know why Kai was saying this like this, all he knew that it just couldn't be true. Could it be true…? Tala frowned lightly, he didn't know why Kai was saying this, but he would not believe it until he was one-hundred percent positive.

"Your very look makes me mad beyond words." Kai narrowed his eyes as Tala stayed where he was, he still had not burst into tears - all he had done was stop hugging him. What would it take for this boy to cry?

Tala did not know what to do, all of his life he had been friends with everyone, not once had he ever fallen out with someone. Sure he had people he didn't like which would never be his friends but this… This was completely new. "Kai…I'm sorry…" The words just flew out of Tala's mouth even though he had been told that being sorry wouldn't help.

"You should see yourself looking so weak…" Kai mocked as he moved away from Tala. His sadness had turned into rage, he just wanted Tala to suffer he knew that he would go so far and then the redhead would break down and then he would just act as if this whole thing never happened.

He bit his tongue as he could feel a prickling heat in his eyes. He knew he would cry some time soon, though he wouldn't cry now… He would cry when he knew he would never be friends if Kai again. "Saying those words over and over again won't make me your friend." Kai added for some emotional effect. "Ever."

Tala choked back on the air he was breathing, he had wondered how much pain he had placed Kai through by ignoring him, but he would never have believed it would have been this painful. "Please…Don't fall out with me." Tala sniffed, and he rubbed an eye he hoped that he wouldn't cry just yet.

"I was never your friend." Kai shrugged off what the older boy had said though this was his mistake. Tala blinked, had he just admitted that he was never a friend? The boy clenched his hands into fists, why was Kai doing this? "Lair!" Kai was taken aback with what Tala had yelled at him. The blue eyes that once held sadness and despair were now filled with anger and…An emotion that Kai couldn't begin to place.

"What you actually think you and me were friends?" Kai managed to stumble over his words they were losing there boldness and slowly loosing their volume as well. Tala walked forward, and in turn Kai took a step back. Whether it was because Kai had just taken in account of Tala's height and strength, and if Tala wanted to physically harm him, he had all the power to do so.

Still Tala was angry but not because Kai was saying horrible things to him, or the fact that he was hurting him. Having denied their friendship was much more than any betrayal that Tala could think of. "I said sorry – that means you choose to forgive me or not - because I hurt you! You wouldn't be hurt if you didn't care! If you didn't care then you wouldn't look so sad! You look sad because you are not laughing with your friends! Your friends are us!"

Kai gulped back a lump in his throat, he wasn't sure what to say, he knew why he was sad and what would make him happy again. Though what stopped Tala and everyone else from accusing him again? "I look sad because I have to share the same lunch table as you." Kai retorted, the longer the argument went on it appeared that the more frustrated Tala became and the more Kai was dumbfounded on what to say or do.

"I'm not perfect Kai! How can you expect me not to make mistakes?" Tala yelled loudly at the younger boy who was now backed into another row of lockers, though Tala didn't go anywhere near Kai – he had seen the flicker of fear when he had came closer and yelled at him.

The blue haired boy frowned at the word perfect. Tala's eyebrows rose in annoyance as he watched Kai's reactions, "So I should be perfect? Why! Why do I need to do everything right when you are just going to run as soon as I slip up?" Tala narrowed his eyes uncharacteristically as he saw Kai shift uncomfortably.

"I can't be perfect if there are faults near me." The smaller boy glared back, which made Tala wonder if there was any point in continuing this argument though he noticed that the other boy looked away when he had finished what he had stated.

"Did your Voltaire say that?" Tala was sure that he had heard Voltaire was planning to make perfect beybladers, or something along the lines of that. Had Kai's grandfather installed that thought into his very own grandson?

"Why do you care what he thinks? Why do you even think you have to be…perfect?" Tala was far from perfect. He was loud and hyper most of the time not to mention quick to get angry. Something that Ian had to bare the brunt of when he said something out of context.

Kai bowed his head, at that moment he hated Tala – why did he always managed to get some sort of emotion out of him, even if it was just hate. "Perfect means you are the best. I have to be the best." Kai muttered, his voice was quiet and low, so quiet that Tala had to strain his ears just to catch what he was saying.

"To be able to get Black Dranzer, so you can use her whenever you want?" Tala watched closely as Kai's small frame tensed at the name. Tala was no longer as angry since it appeared that his words did affect him in some way.

Kai's head snapped up, his eyes gleamed with new found malice. "It's none of your business!" He yelled back, causing Tala to wonder what really the other boy had been through. He was sure that it was worse than most – than anyone at the Abbey to date.

Before Tala had any acknowledgement on what he was saying, he let his true thoughts slip. "Why do you do everything he says! He doesn't like you! He's using you!" Kai blinked, the words hitting him like a ton of bricks.

Had he also seen the way his grandfather acted, had he too seen the disgusted tone he used when he was talking about him? Kai bowed his head again, was he just trying to cover up the strange feelings he felt when he noticed what his Grandfather was doing. His own family hated him, and for some reason he couldn't bring himself to hate his grandfather – not yet.

"I know…" Kai muttered, his voice leaking some of the sadness that he was overflowing with, he hadn't really thought about everyone else when it came to his grandfather. If they had noticed it so easily why did he just keep sweeping it under the rug?

"I didn't…" Tala took a few small steps towards Kai, he shook his own head – scolding himself at his stupidity, he was trying to be his friend again he wasn't trying to win the argument! By the time Tala had managed to get nearer Kai, he heard the boy begin to mutter and without much warning Kai sank down to the floor. Hugging his knees, and tensing his whole body. A sigh escaped the still standing boy, what had he done now? Had he upset Kai that much? Had he any right to make Kai feel as if this was his entire fault?

"If I'm perfect then he can't hate me…." Tala frowned, and then quickly pieced together what Kai was mumbling about. His voice was harder to hear now that his face was covered.

"Kai…I didn't mean to ignore you… I just thought that maybe the reason why…You were so-." Tala was interrupted by the boy on the ground, Kai snapped back though kept his voice low so not to cause too much noise. He knew his plan had backfired, much like everything else he had tried to do. "Cold…? You actually think I would try to tear apart my so called friends. I'm not a monster."

Then there was a long silence, though somehow not awkward… Tala sat down next to the boy, who turned away from him. Tala sighed again wondering what he could do just to show Kai how much they all needed him back in the group as their friend.

"Kai. I will give you Wolborg…If you talk to me…and the others." Kai blinked, even though he was mad, and very depressed. He knew what Wolborg meant to the redhead. Ever since the day he was supposedly saved by the 'pretty doggie' he had never talked to the bitbeast in a bad way – ever. In fact Kai was sure he had heard Tala sobbing when his beyblade had been smashed, and it had hurt Tala because he knew he had hurt Wolborg because he was still too weak.

Out of the blue Kai came up with his own agreement. "I'll never use Black Dranzer, if you promise you will never accuse me of doing something like that again." Tala nodded slowly then realised that Kai couldn't see him doing so. "I promise."

At lunch Tala was happy even though the presence of Kai was not at the table. Bryan had been feeling very guilty which was an emotion he had never felt before and had asked Spencer tot try to locate where Kai was, just so he could try to speak with him again. Still the happiness of Tala just flowed from one person the next. Ian was back to his random self yelling strange things at other groups who were jsut as confused as the other members of Group 3 were. Bryan had ended up forgetting momentarily that he was feeling guilty and Spencer was slightly more relaxed that everything seemed to be going well.

When Kai had managed to come back after his 'meeting' with his so called grandfather, and had sat down with the group. Since Ian was the most hyper he began to try to make amends with Kai. "I'm sorry! Really! If you want I'll hit myself over the head… With this!" Spencer rolled his eyes as he brought out from underneath the table the machine gun type launcher. "Or…if you want I could hit Bryan!" Ian grinned as Kai shook his head – he must have been feeling rather merciful. The machine gun launcher was heavy…

Bryan on the other hand was going over what he could say to Kai in his head. He knew from what Tala had said that the boy didn't like to be apologised to, so how else was he meant to... Ask for…Forgiveness? Then another pang of guilt decided to show itself... Just great.

"Em…Kai?" Two crimson eyes suddenly met Bryans own lavender eyes. Bryan hadn't really said sorry – not to anyone that didn't accept the word sorry at least. He looked around and noticed the whole tables eyes were on him. He looked at the smallest and youngest boy.

"Fine." Bryan folded his arms. "Hit me with it then…" Within a matter of seconds of Bryan being hit with a machine-gun launcher; everything was back to normal. Ian and Bryan were arguing, Kai was looking amused and Tala was laughing full-heartedly. Spencer shook his head at the strange group, how on earth these kids had survived in the Abbey so long was beyond him.

Author's Note: I'll try to update tomorrow. Please review! And for those who have read my other stories then the so called sequel is ready to be uploaded since I now have the plot all worked out. (1st and 2nd chapter are actually done, though probably going to upload it when I have fewer chapters to do on this. Just keeping you all posted on what's happening!)