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Chapter 10: The Last Trouble

The next morning and I awoke with an arm round me. It surprised me because I had momentarily forgot last night's event. My sudden movement in surprise had awoken Kai and he slowly got up rubbing his eyes.

"Morning, Dawn. Good sleep?" he asked with a smile.

I rolled over and sat up facing him, also smiling.

"Yes, you?" I asked.

He nodded and swung himself off the bed and got dressed. I also got dressed and ready then we went down to breakfast.

When we entered the kitchen, Tala looked up and smirked.

"What Valkov?" asked Kai, slightly annoyed by Tala's smirk.

"You two. You spent the night together. Don't think I didn't notice you not going to your room, Kai." said Tala and took a bite of toast.

I blushed and Kai frowned.

"Immaturity does you no favours, does it?" asked Kai and Tala frowned, then Bryan entered.

"Hey, what have we got here?" asked Bryan and gave me a suggestive smile. Kai growled and Bryan laughed. "Oh my...a jealous Hiwatari."

"Am I surrounded by idiots?" asked Kai.

"Probably." said Ian also entering, grabbing some toast and leaving.

Kai shook his head and finished his toast, then left the kitchen. I stayed, since I was a slower eater than Kai and I faced Tala after a while.

"So, you're Kai's new girlfriend...I mean first girlfriend." he said.

I choked slightly on the last piece of toast and Tala laughed.

"Well, I don't know." I answered after swallowing properly.

"You don't know? Heck you slept with the guy, you must have some inkling after that." he said.

I frowned and Tala stared, mostly taking in my triangles still.

"You actually look quite pretty with them, no offence meant." he said.

I looked straight into his icy blue eyes and he could tell I hated him for saying that so he got up and left the room to join the others.

I left also after a while, and I went outside in the sun. I heard a beyblade sound and followed it to find Kai training.

"You okay, Kai?" I asked.

"Fine, why do you ask?" he asked.

"Because I care about you, Kai. Like you care about me, or was last night a one off?" I asked.

"We didn't do anything, Dawn. I was just keeping an eye on you. It was too soon to sleep with you really." he admitted as he caught his blade.

"Yeah it was, but it was nice and made me feel better. I love you, Kai." I said and I blushed.

He turned to me and his gaze hit my triangles and he couldn't look so he turned away. I let my small smile drop and could feel tears swelling in my eyes once again, like the night before.

"I thought I had found what I had always hoped for...well, Kai...have I?" I asked.

"I don't know yet, Dawn. It happened too fast and it could have been out of guilt that I kissed you." he said with a low growl.

I let my tears fall and ran away. Kai watched me go, then hn'd and went back to training.

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In the base, Tala was talking to Ian, Spencer and Bryan. The Bladebreakers, minus Kai, had gone back home after all this mess.

"Why would he sleep with her if not going out with her, Tala? You missed waking up this morning, didn't you? You just got straight out of bed." said Bryan.

"Out of guilt that he couldn't help her in the abbey." said Tala.

Ian laughed.

"What's so funny, shrimp?" asked Tala.

"Kai wouldn't sleep with someone out of guilt. He loves her, but can't admit it because of his strong reputation." said Ian.

Bryan's eyes flashed as he realised the shrimp could be right.

"He has a point for once. Reputation can prevent a lot of things. Remember you and that French princess, Tala?" asked Bryan.

"French princess?! That must be from your horror book, because I've never met a French person since that Oliver kid." said Tala and Bryan said "Oh yeah." and chuckled.

"Anyway, maybe she feels horrible due to those triangles on her face." said Spencer.

"I wouldn't be surprised." said Bryan.

"As long as she's okay. I mean, Voltaire is still out there." said Ian.

Just then Kai entered.

"So, where is she, Kai?" asked Tala.

"Oh, she ran away. I thought she'd have come back here." said Kai and the worry in his voice was noticeable.

"We haven't seen her since breakfast, Kai." said Bryan.

Kai's expression turned to fear and he headed back outside and looked down at his blade's bit piece.

"Find her, Dranzer. Please." he begged his bit beast.

Dranzer glowed and Kai followed the signal best he could.

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Over a fair distance away, I was running and crying. I hated Tala for his comment about my triangles and I hated Kai for not admitting his feelings to me.

"Oh Kai, I love you...why did you say what you did?" I asked out loud.

I kept running and finally stopped by a tree in an alcove. I stood against it kicking my foot against the hard ground with tears falling. I lightly touched my triangles again and felt my tears thicken.

"Dawn, you're all alone. Since you're Biovolt's property, why don't you come back with me? I'm sure I can fit you up with some finishing touches." said a voice and I turned to see Voltaire.

"Back off, Voltaire. You've done enough." I said in fear.

Voltaire grabbed my wrist when he heard a voice yell.

"Get off of her right now!"

We turned to see Kai. My eyes lit up and I smiled.

"Grandson, you want to join your girlfriend? Well, that's fine. But this just means my plan comes true sooner than planned." he said chuckling evilly.

He held me in front of him and held a knife to my throat.

"No, let her go!" said Kai and he got his launcher out.

"You just try, grandson. The last thing you'll see is her blood splattering all over the floor." said Voltaire and Kai lowered the launcher.

"Kai, please help me." I pleaded and he stood there stuck for ideas.

"Hahahahahaha." laughed Voltaire evilly. "He can't help, he's a little weakling with too many emotions."

Kai's eyes flashed and he was about to release Dranzer when a shout interrupted him.

"Wolborg, Novae Rog!"

"What? Tala Valkov? What are you doing here?" asked Voltaire as he faced his ex-top student of the abbey.

"To stop you and save Dawn. Get Dranzer out, Kai." said Tala.

Kai released Dranzer and his blue blade followed Tala's grey blade into an attack pattern.

"You two fools are going to kill her." said Voltaire.

Tala turned to Kai and nodded. Kai nodded back, but a little unsure.

"Blazing Gig Tempest!" shouted Kai.

His blade lit up and a fireball headed for me and Voltaire. At the last minute, Wolborg created an ice shield to surround me and protect me best he could while Voltaire burnt away.

"Oh my..." started Tala and fell to one knee. "Holding back your power is like..." and he panted heavily.

Kai came over to me and lifted me up. I was almost out, but perfectly fine, not a mark thanks to Tala.

"Dawn, I'm sorry. I really do love you so much." he said and I saw tears form in his eyes.

"It's okay Kai...I love you too." I said and we kissed.

Tala got up and smiled.

"When's the wedding?" he asked with a chuckle.

Me and Kai both smiled and blushed slightly. With Voltaire and Boris dead, we looked forward to a happy future together.

"Oh, and Dawn. Since I now get my freaky grandfather's money, how about I use some of it to remove those?" he asked, referring to my triangles.

"That's what I call an engagement gift and I bet it means more to her than a ring." said Tala, who listened in.

"Oh, Kai. That would be wonderful." I said and he smirked, then we kissed again.

Eventually, my triangles were removed and me and Kai got married, lived a beautiful life and had a daughter we called Katrina: The Perfect Ending