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"talking"

'thinking'

/Bit beast talking/

Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade or anything at all.

Chapter 13

*~*Bryan*~*

Max and Hillary had called in their takeout orders and were on their way back from picking it up. Ian was inside watching the weather report with Kenny, Hiro, and Tala. Spencer and Bryan were sitting at a table glancing at the clock. Spencer noted the time and turned back towards Bryan.

"He's been gone an hour and a half. He should be back by now." Spencer stated lowly so only the lilac haired Russian could hear it.

"Do you want me to go get him?" Bryan asked glancing at the blonde.

"Would you?" Spencer asked and Bryan nodded at him.

The falcon stood up and walked over to Hiro. Hiro looked up from the weather report, which was stating it would rain that night and all day tomorrow, and looked at him. Bryan just stood to the side and talked directly to Hiro so the others wouldn't hear.

"Can I borrow your car?" Bryan asked.

Hiro stared at him like he had grown a third head.

"Seriously? But you all are crazy! Plus you don't even have a license here!" Hiro said raising his voice slightly.

"One, we are not crazy, two, I have a driver's license in six countries, Japan being one of them, and third I am going to find Kai. It's not like he made it to the interstate!" Bryan growled crossing his arms.

Hiro gave him a long hard stare before Spence interrupted their argument. "Trust him. Bryan is probably the best driver out there; it was his specialty during missions while we were at the Abby." Spencer informed him.

Hiro sighed not liking it one bit but pulled his keys out of his pocket and held them for Bryan to take. The Russian smirked and took the keys nodding slightly at him.

"Thank you." He said smugly.

"You wreck it I will hunt you down personally and kill you." Hiro retaliated calmly.

Bryan just grinned as he walked outside. The sky did look pretty dark like it was going to rain so he hurriedly got into Hiro's car. Bryan scoffed as he turned it on.

'He is worried about me wrecking this car? It's not like it's a fancy sports car or anything. This metal is the most boring kind of care ever!' Bryan thought as he pulled away from the street.

/To be fair Master, he hasn't had the opportunity to drive a lot of variety of cars like you have./ Falborg stated.

'True, I guess I shouldn't be complaining.' Bryan thought logically.

/No you shouldn't/ His falcon replied.

'Hey I didn't say you had to agree with me.' Bryan grumbled at his bit beast.

/Then should I act like Wolborg Master and disagree with everything you say?/ Falborg asked, sounding honestly confused as to how he should communicate with his master.

'Heck no! Never act like Wolborg, or Tala for that matter!' The lilac haired teen quickly thought.

/Alright, I will remember that master./ The bit beast stated before leaving Bryan to his task at hand.

Bryan drove around for about fifteen minutes before he had any luck. When he drove around a park he happened to catch the glimpse of a form out of the corner of his eye. He braked, making sure no one was behind him, then backed up past the tree near where he had seen someone. Sure enough when he stopped he saw the small slate haired Russian sitting at the base of the tree. Bryan parked the car and got out of the vehicle.

Bryan walked across the sidewalk onto the slightly wet grass before stopping two feet from his target. Kai was taking in very sharp breaths with his eye clenched shut obviously in pain from the heavy breathing. His right arm was curled around his ribs as he slumped over slightly. Bryan noted he had scrapes on his knees from where he had probably fallen, his body making him stop running since his mind would have had him still going. The phoenix didn't even acknowledge his teammate standing beside him. The lilac haired teen crossed his arms and glanced down at him smirking.

"Eight miles, I'm impressed! I don't think I could do that with broken ribs." Bryan stated, stressing the last two words to get his message across.

"But of course, this is Kai Hiwatari we are talking back, the lover of pushing himself past his limits. No matter how much pain he is in. It's an admirable trait." Bryan continued smugly.

Kai glanced up at him and if his lungs hadn't been on fire or his side feeling like someone was stabbing him, he would have punched him all the way back to Russia.

"But, the good thing for me about you being in pain is that you are to focused on not letting it show that I can act as irritating as I want. But the best part of it is, since you are in so much pain you can't really talk without adding more pain to your ribs. Which means I can do anything I want and you won't argue back. So in that case I can just pick you up and carry you to the car without you making a big deal about it. Don't you just love your stubborn personality and the need to go running till you drop when you are angry hmmm?" Bryan said bending towards him slightly, giving him a big smirk.

'I'm going to murder him when I get back!' Kai scathingly thought.

'Muwahahahahaha!' Bryan thought.

Before Kai could even think of trying to get his breath back or move, Bryan stepped forward and picked him up bridal style. He was glad that his collar bone was healing and that Kai was actually fairly light. He felt the teen tense and knew he was cussing the older blader in his mind but Bryan didn't really care. He took him to the car and put him in the passenger seat, buckling him in while Kai just sat there exhausted, still breathing painfully heavy, and pissed off. He then walked around and got in the car, driving back to the Granger's.

He got back about when Hillary and Max did. He watched them walk inside before turning towards Kai. He instantly gulped at the murderous look he was receiving from the said phoenix. He quickly turned back to looking out the front windshield. 'Crap' He thought rolling his eyes. He undid his seat belt and got out of the car. He closed his door just in time to see Kai getting out of the car as well. His breathing was more controlled but he still seemed in pain. Bryan was going to walk over towards him when Kai shot his hand out making him stop. Kai then pointed at him.

"You come within ten feet of me and I will drop kick you onto the sticker bushes." Kai growled lowly before he began walking inside.

"Fine by me, I don't want your germs on me anyways…Oh wait! Too late!" Bryan shouted back immaturely as he followed the shorter teen inside. He glanced at the sky when he heard the thunder and it was almost pitch black from the storm clouds. 'Just in time too' He thought.

Kai just rolled his eyes and walked inside. When they came to the living room, which he had to pass to get to their bedroom, he saw everyone in there. They were crowding around the table diving for food except Hiro and Spencer. Spencer looked up sensing Bryan's return and made eye contact with Kai. Kai quickly broke the contact and glanced to the side finding the wall suddenly very interesting. He would have continued staring however Bryan had different plans and shoved the boy towards the giant blonde.

Kai sighed but walked past him. He almost made it by Spencer when the giant grabbed his arm halting him from moving past. He felt Spencer scrutinizer him thoroughly before he let go of his arm. Kai exhaled and continued walking out of the room when he heard his voice call after him.

"I'll bring you some ice and food" was all the whale said.

Kai sighed but walked towards the room.

*~*Spencer*~*

Spencer watched as Ian dove on top of everyone, desperately trying to get some Chinese food before the others ate it all. Kenny was pulling on Max's arm trying to get into the pile while Hillary viciously shoved Tyson away. It kept the younger Granger away all but three seconds before he was making his way back to the food. Spencer had to smirk when he saw a pissed off Bryan take an elbow to the gut courtesy of his captain. Hiro had somehow successfully gotten his dinner and was now safely eating in a chair near Spencer.

Once everyone had kind of settled down, the occasional grab for food and shove to get there occurring, Spencer got his and Kai's food. He walked into the kitchen grabbing an ice pack before walking back through the 'lion's den' he had dubbed it and towards the hall. He felt Tala's gaze on his back but he didn't bother to turn and look at his captain. When he walked in he saw Kai laying on his back down on his futon. Spencer quietly walked over and squatted down beside him before fully sitting on the ground. He saw a crimson eye tiredly open and look at him.

"Here" the blonde said as he handed Kai the ice.

Kai took it and pushed back his covers. He then gingerly set the ice pack across his ribs before pulling the blanket back over himself. Spencer then handed him his food silently and Kai nodded in response. He set them to the side, deciding to eat in a little bit when his ribs weren't aching as much. Spencer noted this and stood up.

"Where are your pain meds?" He asked as he began rummaging around.

"In my side pocket on my backpack." Kai told him and allowed the blonde to fuss over him for a second.

Once Spencer had handed him some pills he sat back and watched Kai. The smaller teen began to fidget with the end of his blanket. Spencer coughed and decided to speak up.

"Do you feel any better?" he asked with some slight concern hidden in his tone.

"Physically or Emotionally?" Kai scoffed.

"Both." Was the reply he got. Kai sighed loudly.

"Physically my ribs are in a lot of pain, especially when I breath or talk." He said softly, trying not to inhale or exhale to deeply.

"And your anger?" Spencer pressed on.

Kai sat and thought for a second before replying. "It's gone I'm just really frustrated and too tired to be angry."

"Good, cause I don't want to have to send Bryan to chase you down again." The blonde said smirking slightly. Kai let out a low growl at remembering how the lilac haired Russian had acted. Spencer heard it and let out a low chuckle, imaging what Bryan must have done when he found him.

"Deep down I bet he was really worried." Spencer offered.

"Yea and Tyson gave up food for life." Kai said sarcastically.

"Anyways I'm going to go check on the others. You sit here and eat and rest. Read a book if you want." Spencer said standing up.

"Yes sir." Kai mumbled hoping the blonde didn't catch it.

"Whatever brat." Spencer retaliated as he left.

*~*Living room*~*

"Hey everyone! Guess what Hillary and I picked up on the way home?" Max yelled excitedly as everyone was eating making Bryan and Tala choke from the spontaneous yell.

"What?"

"It better not be another squirrel or I'm sending both outside in the rain." Hiro muttered and Bryan heard it.

'Shit, if it's a damn squirrel I can't handle it! Not after last time!' Bryan frantically thought.

/It's alright Bryan, the squirrel won't hurt you./ Falborg replied.

"Hey Bryan, did you hear? It could be a squirrel!" Tala whispered to him with a wolfish grin.

Bryan went rigid and waited in suspense as Max prepared to tell them what it was. Max glanced around and saw he had everyone's attention. Smiling even bigger, if possible, he suddenly ripped out a movie case.

"A horror movie!" He shouted.

Dramatically a flash of lightening and a large clap of thunder followed. Kenny and Tyson hugged each other, slightly scared while Hillary and Hiro just rolled their eyes. Spencer chuckled as Bryan let out a sigh of relief and Tala and Ian both smiled excitedly.

"Awesome! That's perfect with storm going on and everything it will be even scarier!" Ian said standing up with excitement.

"Yea and we can turn the lights off in the house too!" Max responded with just as much energy.

Everyone quickly rearranged themselves around the room so that they were all sitting in front of the TV. Max popped in the movie and flicked the lights off. Hillary had cooked some popcorn and was passing some out to everyone. They all sat on the couch or right in front of it.

So about thirty minutes in and Kenny had ran from the room screaming. Tyson and Max were hiding under a blanket on the floor, just their eyes poking out to watch the movie. Hillary was eating popcorn trying to appear as calm as possible while Hiro just sat there intently watching the movie. He was even a little tense. Tala and Ian were enjoying it. They were actually encouraging the monsters in the film. Bryan had fallen asleep, surprise-surprise, and Spencer just watched the movie slightly bored. He like, Bryan and Tala, did not flinch at all at any of the jumping out/sudden noise parts while everyone else panicked.

It was an intense part of the movie as a girl walked down the dark hallway. Suspenseful music intensified the creepiness. Tala saw how drawn Max and Tyson were into the movie and that they were terrified of what would happen next. An evil smirk came across the Russian captain's face and he inched forward from his spot on the couch. As soon as he was within reach he suddenly grabbed both Tyson and Max's ankles.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Both Tyson and Max screamed, popcorn flying high in the air as they jumped up and hugged each other.

Hillary squeaked at their sudden yell and jumped about a foot off the couch along with Ian who was sitting next to her. Hiro, who had just happened to take a sip of his drink at that moment, suddenly began coughing and Spencer quickly patted his back. Bryan had woken up at their scream and was now frantically looking around for any threat while in a defensive pose.

Tala on the other hand was laughing his butt off on the couch. He was now holding his side from laughing so much. Bryan seemed to put two and two together and huffed as he plopped back into his chair.

"Oh man! You should have your faces!" Tala said in between laughs. Tyson pouted as he settled back down on the floor. Max still had a panicked look on his face.

"That's not funny! We were really scared!" Tyson whined.

Suddenly the power went out and the room was plunged into pitch black.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Tyson, Max, Hillary, and even Ian shrieked.

"Ok, everyone calm down! I'll go find a flash light." Hiro stated as he attempted to make his way into the kitchen. They heard a loud thump and a 'shit!' immediately after.

'Well, at least he found the kitchen table.' Spencer thought to himself half amused.

Hiro returned a few minutes later with some flashlights. He passed them out and then began assigning people tasks.

"Hillary, will you go make sure Kenny hasn't had a heart attack? I'm going to go find the fuse box and turn on the back up generators." Hiro said. Hillary nodded and walked slowly down the hall. He began walking towards the front entry. Tyson quickly lunged and latched onto Hiro's legs, stopping him from moving forward.

"DON'T DO IT! THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE MONSTERS WANT YOU TO DO! THEY ARE WAITING FOR YOU TO GO OUTSIDE SO THEY CAN RIP YOU TO SHREADS AND DRINK YOUR BRAINS!" Tyson wailed.

"Ugh, Tyson! there are no monsters! It's the storm that cut the circuit power." Hiro said to his little brother while rolling his eyes.

"But, but-" Tyson started but Spencer interrupted.

"Take Ian with you, he's really good with wiring and electrical stuff." The blonde said and pushed the small Russian towards him.

Ian's eyes widened and he quickly turned towards Spencer. "Are you serious? I don't want to get eaten! I like my brain!" He said fearfully.

"Oh get over it." Tala said rolling his eyes and crossing his arms.

"And you call your self Russian." Bryan said shaking his head disappointedly.

Ian glared at them and turned back towards Hiro. "You go first." he said and the older Granger headed for the front door. Ian took a deep breath and followed after him.

A few minutes later Hillary returned Kenny-less. She quickly explained that she had found him under all his blankets on the futon and that he would not be leaving them till the morning or till the storm was over. The lights suddenly came back on as the heard the generators start back up. Hiro and Ian entered shortly after.

"Well I think we should all head to bed, it's pretty late." Hiro said glancing at his watch.

Tala nodded and signaled for his team to head to their room. He began crutching after them when he remembered Kai would be there. He grimaced slightly at having to deal with the phoenix and hoped that he would be asleep. He didn't know about Kai's earlier explosion or exercise excursion. When he entered behind Bryan he saw him trying to be silent. As he limped to his futon he saw Kai sleeping. However it wasn't a very peaceful sleep and he seemed quite agitated in his sleep. The fatigued and pained expression on the younger teen's face didn't escape his keen eye either. He glanced away as he dropped onto his bed.

He turned to Spencer giving him curious look. The look he received was not one he had been expecting. Spencer was giving him a hard look as if he had done something. Tala's eyes narrowed and he crossed his arms.

"What?" Tala barked.

"You set him off today." Spencer said with a stern voice. He also crossed his arms.

"What?" Tala asked with an honestly confused expression.

"You have been pushing his patience too far." Spencer told him.

Tala huffed at him but was still confused. Bryan rolled his eyes at them and stood beside Spencer with his hands on his hips.

"Spencer's just trying to sound wise. Basically you have royally pissed Kai off. He lost it today, you should have heard his rant. He was legit fuming and shit. The brat went and ran eight miles too, I had to track his sorry ass down and everything." Bryan told his captain bluntly.

"Way to be blunt Bry." Ian said dryly.

"Why are you commenting? You're not even involved in this any way punk!" Bryan spat back.

"Yah! Stop it! We don't need two others fighting!" Spencer said stepping in between Bryan and Ian's eyesight of each other.

"Hey, get back on subject!" Tala said angrily.

"EVERYONE SHUT THE HECK UP!"

Everyone in the room turned towards the now very much awake and irritated Kai. Bryan and Ian saw his look and instantly pointed at the other as if to say it was the other's fault. Spencer sighed and walked out of the room to search the kitchen for wine, sake, beer…anything to make it all go away. Tala just stared at the duel haired blader. Kai finally met Tala's gaze, and he took it head on.

"What?" Kai said aggravated.

"Tell me why your angry." Tala said almost in an ordering tone.

Kai narrowed his eyes at the redhead and swiftly laid back down completely ignoring his captain. Tala clenched his fist but exhaled. People had been telling him all day he had upset Kai. And looking at him, he could tell the younger teen was exhausted and slightly depressed. 'He must have gone running.' Tala thought. He might as well sort it out now. He looked at his teammate again.

"I know it's something I've done. Why won't you tell me?" Tala said trying to sound calm and not frustrated but it was very difficult and he didn't really succeed.

"It doesn't matter. You're not going to listen and in the end it's going to be my fault." Kai said turning onto his side with his back towards Tala. Tala frowned.

Kai sighed as he looked at the sliding door that lead to the porch. He nearly jumped when he felt something plop down next to him. He looked over his shoulder to see Tala sitting Indian style right next to him that his folded knees barely grazed Kai's back. The wolf was looking down at him. Kai looked up at him with an expressionless mask. It almost faltered when he saw the genuinely concerned look on Tala's face.

"I'll listen to you. Please tell me?" He said gently nudging Kai's back with a fist.

Kai looked at him and sat up mirroring Tala's position.

"I understand you are my captain but you need to back off. You've been ordering me around and ignoring everything I have said for the past week. You know how I am with being controlled" Kai stated.

"That's the nice way saying you've been an asshole." Bryan stated from his side of the room. Kai quickly sent him a death glare and he quickly shut up and looked away.

Tala looked down at the bed out of nervous habit. He knew Kai was right, and Bryan too. He had gone too far. He knew that if Kai had acted the way he was acting, then Tala would have also had blown a fuse. And Kai has worse authority issues than the wolf. He glanced back up at him.

"You're right. I've been a jerk. I just figured you would be boring and have no fun at all! I mean none of us ever have fun!" Tala apologized.

"We have fun, you just think we need to publicly enjoy ourselves and we don't. That's not like us at all." Kai said.

"I know. Sorry…" Tala mumbled and fiddled with the blanket.

"Forgiven." Kai said smirking and bumped his fist into Tala's shoulder. Tala looked up and gave him a wolfish grin.

"Yea, I'll forgive you too." Bryan said piping back up.

"I'm not apologizing to you, I haven't done anything to you!" Tala barked back at him.

Bryan just grumbled and laid down on the bed. Ian had seen no point in staying awake during the argument and had already gone to sleep. Spencer walked back into the room and had obviously found something strong because he had a goofy look on his face.

"Awe did my little Kai and my dense Tals fix everything?" Spencer said crushing Tala in a bear hug.

"Yah get off!" Tala said but could not get out of the blondes grip at all.

"Drop him Spence." Kai said calmly.

"Ok." He said and dropped Tala back onto his bed. Spencer then crashed onto his own bed and went to right to sleep.

"I can't believe I have to put up with all of you." Tala said climbing under his covers.

"Hn." Kai said and once again laid on the side.

Tala snuggled in deeper under his blankets when he realized something. The light was still on.

"Bryan, turn the light off." Tala commanded.

"You turn it off! I'm already comfortable!" Bryan huffed from his bed.

"I'm captain!"

"I'm bigger and older!"

"I'm smarter!"

"I'm stronger!"

"I'm sexier~"

"I'm more ruggedly handsome!"

"I'm-"

THUD (Book flying across the room and hitting the light switch.)

"…"

"…"

"Thanks Kai."

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