Me: I want to say sorry that I took so long but I'm not because I wanted to post this chapter on the 14th of September, which is my birthday! Yay!

Kai: You kept them waiting because of that?

Me: Well I wanted to (in a way) celebrate my birthday with Tala's. See his birthday is the 21st of December in this story and that's what day it is in the story but if I post the chapter on the 14th of September its basically the same thing!

Kai:...

Disclaimer: I no own.

"Tala, wake up!"

"What is it?" Tala groaned.

"C'mon, it's your birthday today!" Johnny said, shaking the shirtless teenager awake.

"I don't want it to be…wake me up in a few hours," Tala said, burying his head into the pillow. He groaned when Johnny threw the blankets off of him and sat up, glaring.

"That doesn't scare me, Tala Ivanov," Johnny reminded him, rolling his eyes. "C'mon. Wake up. Miguel and Kai got together…"

"That's nice. Tell them that I'll see them tomorrow," Tala yawned.

"Would you just get up?" Johnny demanded.

"No," Johnny glared at his lover and then smirked.

"Huh, so I'm going to have to tell Rei that his cooking…" his lips brushed against Tala's shoulder. "Will have been…" He placed a kiss on the joint between Tala's neck and shoulder, traveling up to his neck. "For nothing." Tala groaned and sat up, pulling Johnny into his lap.

"Rei's here?" he asked.

"And everyone else…" Johnny said.

"Tyson…" Tala growled.

"He's sulking," Johnny informed him, resting his head on Tala's shoulder.

"I don't like him," Tala snapped.

"Neither do I…that's why he's sulking," Johnny said. Tala looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

"What did you do?" he asked.

"You wouldn't believe me unless you saw, now come one, get dressed," Johnny said, standing up. Tala groaned and let Johnny pull him up; helping out slightly by not being a total dead weight…otherwise his boyfriend probably wouldn't have been able to move him.

"Where are they?" Kai muttered to Miguel. "Everyone's been here for half an hour and Johnny went up there almost ten minutes ago.

"You know how Tala is, he isn't a morning person," Miguel said.

"But its the afternoon," Kai muttered to himself.

"So are you ever going to tell me why you decided to put the cold walls back up when we were shopping for Tala?"

"Oh that…" Kai blushed. "I was in a really bad mood earlier and Anya said something that reminded me of it."

"Well, I'm glad you're feeling better now," Miguel smiled, leaning in to kiss Kai, who met him halfway. Their lips moved against the others slowly, sensually at first. Then as they got bolder, the slow part of the equation began to disappear before the passion in their kiss became obvious.

Oxygen, damn the whole concept of it. That was what Kai was thinking as he and Miguel had to part. He'd be perfectly happy kissing Miguel for the rest of his life…and then some unmentionable things, we're sure.

"Hey, I'm awake!" Tala shouted as he and Johnny came downstairs.

"About time!" everyone shouted.

"Ah, put a sock in it," Tala smirked, pulling the zipper of his mostly white jacket about a quarter of the way down, revealing a white shirt.

"Dang man, you can sleep!" Aaron said. Kai rolled his eyes and Bryan snorted.

"You have no idea," Ian muttered. "Hey Tala, come over here for a second!"

"Hell no, shrimp," Tala said. "You're gonna make me fall through the floor or electrocute me or something."

"He's not doing anything like that," Kai gave Ian a pointed look.

"Nothing like that," Ian said, pouting slightly. "Just come over here already." Tala let go of Johnny's hand and walked over to the youngest member of the Blitzkrieg Boys warily.

"Alright, what?" Tala asked and then something exploded above his head. He put his hands over his head in immediate response and opened his eyes when he felt paper on his arms. "Confetti?" he asked. "And a happy birthday sign…thanks, kid."

"No problem, captain," Ian saluted. Tala rolled his eyes and gave Ian a slight shove but everyone could tell that he had enjoyed Ian's gift. Johnny walked over to Tala and brushed some of the confetti out of his hair.

"Where's my brother?" Tala asked Johnny quietly.

"He's coming," Johnny said. "He said that he'd be here a little late." Tala nodded and was suddenly shoved a whole lot closer to Johnny then he had been before thanks to Rei and Matilda jumping on his back.

"Huh, I'd thought he'd fall down," Rei said.

"Maybe we're to light?" Matilda asked.

"Trust me, you're heavy enough!" Tala growled. "Now get off of me!" He stood upright but Matilda and Rei had a very good grip on his shoulders and they fell backwards.

"Tripping over things already, Tala?" Bryan snickered, offering a hand to help the red head up which Tala took readily.

"Tell that to the two who decided to jump on me," Tala muttered, brushing invisible dirt off of his pants before easily pulling Rei and Matilda up.

"Hey, you're the birthday boy," Kai smirked, hitting Tala's head with a wrapped present.

"This is from Anya's store," Tala said. "What the hell were you doing there?"

"Just got the need to shop for a certain somebody," Kai shrugged. "Open it and quit staring at me like I've grown a second head!" Tala smirked and opened the gift carefully as to not rip the wrapping paper.

"You're supposed to rip it off," Hiro said.

"Says you," Tala snorted but he stared at the book when he opened it, caressing the hardcover of it. "How'd you get this? I thought some other customer had got it…"

"I was that other customer," Kai said. "I went into town with Miguel to go shopping for you."

"Thank you," Tala said, entranced by the book. Johnny bit his lip and Miguel saw this. He took the book from Tala and put it on the shelf next to the telephone.

"Come one, Tala. Everyone else has presents to give you too," Miguel scolded him. Tala nodded, snapping out of his trance before wrapping his arms around Johnny's waist and turning to Johnny.

"Can you be my birthday present?" he asked. Johnny turned bright red and everyone laughed.

"He's… bold," Claude said to Rei. Rei nodded and smiled.

"That's Tala Ivanov for you," Rei said.

"Hey Tala, open your presents before we drop the cake on you!" Bryan shouted. Tala rolled his eyes with a smile, pulling Johnny to the table of presents as Oliver tugged on his wrists.

"So I take it that you two are doing alright now?" Kai asked Oliver while leaning into Miguel's embrace.

"Me and Bryan? We are," Oliver smiled. "We've agreed that we'll try smaller places for public dates until he gets comfortable."

"That's good," Kai said. "You call me if he ever gets unmanageable like that again, alright?"

"I will, thanks Kai," Oliver said. He then went to stand next to Bryan who pulled him against his side, making the green haired boy blush.

"So Spencer's having Hiro move in?" Miguel said, threading his fingers through Kai's hair.

"Unfortunately," Kai muttered, leaning into Miguel's touch.

"So how many people are moving in here now?" Miguel asked.

"Hiro, Johnny already lives here, Oliver might have to come live here because Bryan's more at ease here… Kevin might come sooner or later," Kai muttered. "That's when I will definitely leave."

"When Kevin comes?" Miguel laughed softly.

"Do you want to be around with a dynamite expert and a thief along with the madness of Tala and Bryan? Then there's Hiro who I can barely stand as it is," Kai muttered. "You tell me?"

"Well then, my home is always open to you," Miguel said.

"But don't you live with the rest of the Battalion?" Kai asked.

"I'm getting my own place in the city soon," Miguel said.

"You know what… with or without Kevin moving in, that sounds like a really good thing," Kai smiled, pressing his lips to Miguel but when they parted his expression turned serious. "Although Tala and Johnny would probably be constant visitors if I moved in…Bryan too, on that note." Miguel stared at Kai's serious expression before he burst out laughing and pulled Kai closer to him.

"If I can have you in my life…they could live with us," Miguel whispered to him, smiling. Kai blushed and hugged Miguel, smiling tenderly.

"Hey, hey!" Tala said. "I know you two just got together and like all the mushy stuff and all but it's my birthday!" Kai laughed and hit Tala upside the head.

"Butt out of my moments! I don't butt into yours!" Kai laughed.

"But it is my job to butt into these moments!" Tala gasped at Kai's statement. "Otherwise I would not be-!"

"Tala!"

"Yes, that. Hey Mikhael we're in here!" Tala called.

"Where is 'here'?" Mikhael called back.

"The dining room!"

"Where's that?"

"Just follow my voice!"

"But everything echoes in here!" Mikhael said, walking into the room just then.

"He has a point," Enrique told Matilda. "Everything does echo in here."

"Hey that reminds me, what did you do to Tyson?" Tala asked Johnny.

"How do echoes remind you of Tyson?" Johnny asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I don't know, they just do," Tala said. "So?"

"Well whoever this Tyson kid is can wait," Emeline announced. "You need to come outside, Tala."

"Okay," Tala said skeptically. Emeline and Mikhael smiled at each other before motioning for everyone to follow them.

Tyson was sulking outside. He sighed and thought about his conversation with Johnny that had happened when Tala was still asleep.

"What's he doing here?" Johnny demanded.

"Gramps made me take him," Hiro muttered quietly to him, not meaning for Tyson to hear but he did.

"Well now that I'm here, this party will be somewhat good!" Tyson sniffed the air. Johnny narrowed his eyes.

"Excuse me?" Johnny demanded.

"Well it's true. Everyone knows that Tala hates stuffy parties and that's the only kind of party you're good at," Tyson said. "And since you've got Kai here, it's got to be even more damage then what you can do by yourself!"

"Ignore him," Hiro said but Johnny was never one to back down.

"You think that I can't satisfy my boyfriend?" Johnny hissed.

"I think we've covered that," Tyson said.

"I think that the fact he's stayed with me for this long speaks for itself," Johnny snapped. "And besides…if you presume that I can't satisfy my boyfriend, what does that say about yourself?"

Tyson and Hiro stared at the redhead. Apparently his bark was way worse then his bite. Kai smirked from behind the tree. He was bristling inside that Tyson had basically called him a party pooper but it was worth backing down to see Johnny keeping something of his temper.

"And I may not get along with Kai that much but don't you dare insult him when he's been nothing but a good captain to you! He's even tried to be your friend!" Johnny spat. Kai blinked. Johnny was defending him? That was new…

"Y-you're defending him now?" Tyson demanded. He had thought Johnny would be on his side…he had just as much against the enigma as Tyson did! Wouldn't it be awesome to see Kai become tame under his arm?

"Yeah I am," Johnny said, trying to believe it himself.

"But he's so cold hearted-" Tyson reeled back as Johnny grabbed his shirt collar and punched him.

"Johnny!" Hiro said but he made no move to pry the redhead off of his little brother.

"Hey, what's going on?" Rei asked.

"Someone insists on continuing to believe Kai is a stick in the mud," Johnny snarled. Rei's eyes narrowed.

"Didn't I tell you to leave Kai alone the other night, Tyson?" Rei asked.

"You're against me too?" Tyson gaped. "My own teammate!"

"I'm his teammate too," Rei snapped.

"Hiro, why aren't you helping me?" Tyson demanded.

"I think that if you've made Johnny mad enough to deck the punches…that I should remain neutral," Hiro shrugged. "You need to learn a lesson Tyson. Not everyone revolves around you."

Kai stared at the situation before him. Why were they all defending him?

"Hey Tala," Kai pulled Tala off to the side.

"What is it?" Tala asked.

"Make sure to make Tyson's life a living hell today," Kai said.

"Why?" Tala asked suspiciously. "I'll do it, sure, but did he do something to you?"

"No, not exactly," Kai hesitated.

"Kai it's either a yes or no question," Tala said, his eyes narrowing.

"It's about Johnny," Kai said.

"Johnny?" Tala said. "You're asking me to help him? What's going on today? What happened to that strict silent rivalry that no one could figure out?" Again, Kai hesitated.

"Tyson…he said…he said that I was a stick in the mud," Kai paused.

"I'll kill him," Tala said, the blue in his eyes turning icy.

"No, you won't kill him about that…well, knowing you; you'll use both as excuses," Kai rolled his eyes. "But this time I won't mind."

"Alright, so if you don't want me to make his life a living hell because he insulted you, what did you want me to do it for?" Tala asked, looking down at Kai with a stern gaze.

"Well, Johnny defended me," Tala's eyebrows rose. "And then he said Johnny didn't satisfy you. I was going to do something myself but I thought you'd be more suited to immediate action."

"You don't need to worry about a thing," Tala promised.

"Tala, where are you?" Mikhael called.

"Tala!" Johnny shouted.

"Coming!" Tala shouted back. "Let's go." He and Kai appeared through the front door and Miguel quickly went over to Kai's side. Tala walked calmly next to Tala.

"Now we got you two helmets," Mikhael said. "And you are not to go on this without telling Johnny or Kai." Tala and Mikhael met each other's looks and Tala shrugged.

"Alright," Tala said. Mikhael smiled and took off the blanket and bow over the tall item.

"You got me a motorcycle?" Tala said in disbelief.

"Figured you'd like the speed and all," Mikhael shrugged. "Try it out." He tossed one helmet to Tala and another one to Johnny.

Tyson had decided to go see what all the fuss was about and walked over to the gate. He was standing in the exit way to get onto the streets and saw Johnny getting on the back of a motorcycle with Tala, holding his waist.

"Hold on tight," Emeline told Johnny. Johnny nodded and hung on a little tighter and Tala smirked, making the engine roar to life. He looked ahead and saw Tyson in the gateway. He grinned evilly.

"Thanks, big bro!" Tala said. "Hang on tight Johnny!" He moved the motorcycle slowly enough for Tyson to get away from the exit but fast enough to make the dense blader fear for his life a.k.a. about five miles an hour.

Tyson shrieked like a girl and then wondered why he wasn't moving… the he hit the water and made a huge splash.

He stopped when he hit the sidewalk outside of the gate that separated the house from the street.

"Hey Tyson!" Tala called to the blader who was getting out of the pond.

"What?" Tyson said, spitting out water.

"My sex life is more active then yours," Tala smirked. Tyson gaped at him and Johnny shouted obscurities at Tala as Tala drove away. Tyson turned to the laughing group of beybladers and gave them a pathetic glare.

"He tried to kill me and you're laughing?!" Tyson shouted. That just made them laugh harder.

"Oh my god…he looked like a flying heap of…!" Rei was choked over by laughter.

"Tala was going like five miles an hour!" Bryan howled. Tyson glared at them, standing up straight as he got out of the water but then they were almost falling over. Kai leaned heavily on Miguel and Hiro snickered behind Spencer.

"Tyson, get some pants on!" Max said. Tyson looked down and turned ten shades of red. His pants were gone!

Tala pulled up into the enchanted garden, taking the key out of the engine. He took off his helmet and offered his hand to Johnny who had already taken his helmet off.

"I have something for you," Johnny blushed, taking a small parcel out of his pocket.

"This is also from Anya's store," Tala noted.

"You like it there," Johnny blushed. Tala smiled and kissed Johnny's forehead before opening the parcel. On a thick brown string was a small carving of a wolf and just below it on another string attached to it was a carving of a salamander.

"You know, except for you…this is the best present I've ever received," Tala said.

"You're lying," Johnny muttered, blushing and looking down at the ground.

"Do I lie to you?" Tala asked, raising an eyebrow.

"No, you just don't tell the whole truth," Johnny said. Tala used his index finger to lift Johnny's chin up.

"I love you," Tala said, slipping the necklace over his head.

"I love you too," Johnny whispered. Tala smiled and bent down to kiss him, pulling his lover close.

"Now that," Kai snorted. "Was freaking hilarious!" Some of the bladers were staring at Kai, who they had never seen laugh, but most of them were laughing amongst themselves.

"I'm sure Tala couldn't have asked for a better birthday present then that!" Bryan sneered, raising his glass.

"I don't think I'll drink to that," Oliver chuckled.

"I'll drink to the fact that Tala's going to be getting some tonight!" Ian snickered.

"Ian!" Kai said.

"I'll drink to the fact that you're with me," Miguel whispered to Kai who smiled back.

"I'll always drink to that," Kai smiled, capturing Miguel's lips.

"Ah, get a room!" Bryan shouted.

"You're not really one to talk!" Miguel laughed, pulling Kai against his chest. Kai grinned happily. It was all good.

Me: I am really proud of this story now!

Johnny: Is this the end?

Me: Well I wanted to add on a Christmas special because I don't want it to be over yet! And then I might add on some more chapters, I mean, the whole thing with Tyson isn't really resolved...

Kai: Tell her what you think about that...

Miguel: And wish her a happy birthday by reviewing...There was a reason she waited until the 14th to put this up...although it might just be a way to get more reviews.

Ian: Just review anyways, sheesh.