{PART SIX: Tell Me How To Win Your Heart}

"I was wondering whether when will this came out, eventually..."

Kinomiya Hitoshi told the person sitting in front. The blue-haired Japanese took off his spectacle and tuck it inside his pocket. His face remains the same since the last time she met him, accept for the thin beard that grew on Hitoshi's chin. The man's character have seems to change slightly, as Hiromi notices that he looks more serious and matured than he was a long time ago.

"You seems to be expecting this to happen a long time ago." Hiromi exclaimed. The aroma of the coffee in front of her failed to cheer her up like it used to, while Hitoshi seems to be enjoying every sip he took.

Hitoshi rubbed his temple. "Well, yes...but I never thought that he managed to keep you in the shadows for this long..."

"What do you mean 'he'?" the brunette cut his words "I thought the whole team knew about this?"

The older man straighten up his posture. It was lucky for them that the café wasn't as full as the other in town that day. Hitoshi had just gotten back here yesterday, even though he was planning to continue his journey at the neighboring country. He was hesitant at first, but when he found out that the truth have been told...Hitoshi knew that he have to get back home.

And, judging by Hiromi's situation and what she had been through...Hitoshi knew that he had taken the right decision.

"They knew who Takao really is, way longer before you two started to get serious, but they didn't knew that it was Kai all along. And even though that Kai barely show any signs of emotions under his cold and stern face, I was quite shock to find that he never told you anything at all."

Silence roamed the space for a while. Hitoshi took his cup and sipped the coffee, while observing the brunette's expression when she seems to be drown in the seas of thought. He placed his cup down and look straightly at the girl in front him.

"He'd told you, haven't he?"

The look at Hiromi's face when she heard those words clarify everything.


I long to see the sunlight in your hair
And tell you time and time again
How much I care

Hiromi storms through the streets as fast as she could. She was panting slightly, but it never stop her. When the brunette knew her destination is just around the corner, her pace became slow.


"If he really do loved me," Hiromi snapped ", he should have told me so, or he could just barged in when Takao was about to declare his so-called-undying-feelings for me!"

Hitoshi smiled, as he listens to her with patience. Deep inside, the older Japanese knew that he need to help her.

"You know that Kai would not do such a thing, right?"

A heavy sigh came out from Hiromi. "Yeah, but why he let me go through all of this? Is this about something that happened he told me? Or-"

"That something is what he had realizes."


Sometimes I feel my heart will overflow

The brunette look around the place. It was the park where she had tried to persuaded Kai to not giving up when the two-toned beyblader lost his bit-beasts to Zeo. Hiromi smiled as she remembered the moment, especially when Kai told her to go away. But, the smile only last for a second.


After she gained the courage, Hiromi finally found her voice back. "Something that he realized?"

"Although I couldn't say that I'm closed with him, but one thing I knew that is when he started to care for others, he won't let anything harm them." Hitoshi explained, "Before you met all of them, Mr. Dickenson told me that even though Kai always try to avoid them ever since the Bladebreakers were formed, he ended up being...well...slightly attached to them for the first time in his life."

Hitoshi then gave Hiromi a warm smile.

"How's that supposed to explain this situation?" the brunette asks.

The blue-haired man than grip Hiromi's hand softly.

"It's better you hear it from himself."


Hello!
I've just got to let you know

'Where are you?' Hiromi questioned silently, as her eyes darted everywhere. The brunette started to walk inside the place and only led by her instinct. She knew Kai is here somewhere, and silently regretted her decision that she made a few days ago.

A sigh was released. 'If only I had the courage to face him...'

Tears started to fill her eyelids. Hiromi look around once again, and suddenly started to sprint. A flash of memory came to her mind. After the Russian had explained everything from the beginning, he asks if they could met the next day so that he could clear everything. She half-heartedly agreed, since she was still not prepared for anything.

And it was almost a week since that day. Hiromi never showed up.

'cause I wonder where you are
And I wonder what you do

'If only I'm not terrified to face the truth...' The brunette halted, and panted heavily.

'If only-'

"Mrreow?"

The brunette opened her eyes and look in front of her. A brown petite cat was looking at her with a hint of curiousity, mewing repeatedly as if it was talking to her. Then, the feline turn back and walk towards a direction, which lead her to the person she was looking for.

Are you somewhere feeling lonely?

'...Kai'

The man was sitting under a tree, with his back facing Hiromi. The brown cat meowed at him, and was rewarded with a pat. Kai seems to not realized that the brunette was there, judging by his calm demeanor.

When Hiromi arrived, the feline had nestled in his lap. A pang of guilt attacks her heart. She was about to think whether to turn back or not, when Kai suddenly exclaimed.

"I thought you'll never came."

Or is someone loving you?

The brunette sat down beside him, and stared at the view in front. 'I can't run away this time, I have to settle this right now.'

"I was trying to find the strength..." Hiromi look at him "...to face all of this."

A soft breeze hit their place, creating a cool surrounding around them. Kai take off his jacket and cover the tiny creature. Hiromi watch his actions with a great interest, even though her heart is now beating hard. She look away, and clenched her fist.

"Is there something you want to ask me?"

She nodded. "Why did you do it?"

A smile creep upon Kai's lip. He then throw his gaze at the view. The beyblader seems to hesitant to tell her, but after a while, he returned Hiromi's glance.

"I have been alone for most of my life, and only cared about myself and Dranzer." Kai started "For years, I have believed that my existence in this world was to win and become the greatest of all there is. It might have been caused by what I've experienced as a child...which makes me forgot that there's something more important."

The beyblader took something from his pocket and handed over to Hiromi. It was a picture of the Bladebreakers when they won their first championship at Russia.

"But, when I've met them, everything becomes different from what I used to know. They have showed me what I've missed in my life, what kind of mistake that I've done, and unknowingly teach me something that I never knew before,"

Both of their eyes met each other's.

",friendship." Kai continued "Although how hard I tried to denied it, it only makes me came back to them. That's was one of the reason why I decided to stay with the team for a while. But, years after years, I started to notice that things are slowly becoming different from what I used to know. However, I decided to stay, hoping that it will not changed."

"That's why you never revealed anything...you're afraid that the truth will harm it." Hiromi added. "Kai, I'm really sorry for making you-"

"No," Kai hold up his hand in front of Hiromi, ",I'm sorry for hiding it all these years. You're right, I suppose I should have told you before things gets complicated."

Hiromi suddenly grab his hand. "Stop, please? I understand everything now. What had happened between all of us is just a memory from the past, it cannot be corrected again."

The two-toned haired beyblader pull out his hand from the brunette, before letting out a sigh. Once again, he threw his gaze in front.

"I guessed what they said was right; people are not afraid about anything that happen in their life," exclaimed Hiromi ",they're afraid of the change that happen around them."

"Are you?"

Tell me how to win your heart

The brunette stunned, her eyes quickly darted at him, trying to digest what she had just heard. In a sudden, the memory of the letter and Kai's explanation came flooding through her mind.

"You still haven't answered my question yet."

For I haven't got a clue

Kai turn away, looking as if he was avoiding a direct contact with her, Hiromi assumed. Well, she already knew that he was not the man of emotions after all...

Hiromi smiled cheerfully. "It's unnecessary for me to answer it, you know?"

But let me start by saying

Kai gave her a questioning look.

"After all, you've already been a part of me, a very long time ago."

I love you

THE END.


[Well, I can finally say that this story is complete! Thank you for those who had reviewed, favorite, alert or even just simply reading this fanfic of mine, I really appreciate your support for TMHTWYH ever since the first day it was posted! Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll shall be moving on with my other fanfics... Once again, thank you! *bows*]

~Duchess AnimeLove

p/s: In case you are not quite familiar with the Japanese version of the anime, Hitoshi was actually Hiro's Japanese name. The same goes with Hilary, or in the Japanese version; Hiromi. And Chief, or Kenny, was known as Professor. Since I'm not sure about Dickenson's Japanese version, I decided to stick with his name.