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A huge shout-out to Little A Granger, adbhut and Tyka's flower and all my other readers for sticking around this long! Here's chapter 7!


"Dude, how many freaking houses does your family need?!" they were standing in front of a beautiful, but massive cottage 2 hours outside of Beycity.

"Hn." the trio walked up to the house. Suddenly the ground gave way and the boys fell into the darkness.

20 feet below the earth they landed on cold, hard concrete. Tyson was the first to recover, "Ow! Kai, no offence man, but I think your house is trying to kill us." he rubbed his behind. Unfortunately all he could see was black. "Chief, you okay?" he called.

"T-Tyson." came a small, pained whimper. "O-over here...help."

The bluenette followed the sounds of the whimpers and crawled his way over, when his hand felt warm flesh. A "click" was heard before a small flame revealed Kai's face, he was kneeling over Kenny's body. The flame also revealed one major problem; The beyblade mechanic's leg was severely broken. It was bent at such awkward angle that it was impossible to deny it. "H-how bad is it?" it obvious that the brunette was trying very hard not to cry.

"Chief, it's busted up pretty good." Said Tyson honestly. "But don't worry, I'll carry you out!"

"Wait, Kinomiya. Take the lighter." Tyson did so and he watched the Hiwatari take out a small vial and a needle, his eyes widened. "Kenny, I'm going to give you something for the pain." Slowly Kai administered the fluid which after a minute it noticeably started taking effect as Kenny's entire body relaxed. Gently, Kai helped Tyson drape the small teenager over the world champion's left shoulder. Using Kai's lighter to see, they walked down the corridor.

"Kai, what exactly is this place?" asked Tyson.

"It's part of a security system, designed so only I or other extremely skilled beybladers could get through. Basically we get through the maze, we get inside."

"And you didn't tell us about this before because...?"

"...Zip it."

"You forgot didn't you?"

"Didn't I tell you to shut-up? Besides, I can do this in my sleep. Just try to keep up." He gave a reassuring smile to his friend, who returned it. He stopped. "Kinomiya, stay here until I give the word."

"Aye, Aye Captain." Tyson gave a playful salute, eyes brimming with trust, which put Kai's protective instincts into overdrive. Filled with determination, Kai stepped away from the protective wall and into the chaos.


Fifteen minutes later both Kai and Tyson were panting and sweating like crazy as they sat in a modest living room.

"Your...family...is...INSANE." Declared Tyson in-between large gulps of air. "Lasers, flaming beyblades...spikes and booby traps galore...No wonder...you're so...serious...all the time."

"Blading was...a lifeline." The Russian panted. "Still is."

Once they recovered, they turned their attention towards the youngest member of the group, who was sleeping peacefully. Tyson sweat-dropped. "What did you give him anyway?"

"Morphine. Unfortunately he's going to need more once I re-set his leg." Kai said, frowning. He disappeared for a moment and returned holding a large medical kit. He popped it open and searched for a moment before he found several small vials with the words 'morphine' on the side. "Kinomiya." Mahogany looked up at a somber crimson. "I need to reset the bone, I need you to hold Kenny down."

Tyson nodded in understanding and he straddled the brunette's waist, gently pressing the still-sleeping boy's shoulder's down. "Ready when you are."

Kai retrieved a pair of scissors from the medical kit and cut length-wise up the brown trousers to see what exactly he was dealing with. It was a closed fracture. No bones sticking out from an open wound. He sighed in relief. Gripping the leg he said, "Alright, on my mark...3...2...1!"

SNAP

"AAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Tyson held his small friend down as he screamed in agony, tears pouring down his face. Kai quickly put the child's leg into a split and swiftly gave him another dose of morphine. Kenny squeezed Tyson's hand mercilessly as he cried. Soon the medication took effect and the boy was sleeping once more.

Silence fell over the room. "How many times have you had to do that before?" Tyson's voice was encase in a dark, solemn tone.

Kai looked at the ceiling. "In the abbey...nearly every week." he shut his eyes. "If only we had the luxury of painkillers..."

"Yeah, why did you have that dose of morphine on you anyways? Never took you as one who relied on painkillers."

The older teen sighed. "After a rough training session in the frozen Tundra of Russia, Spencer ended up in an unstable patch of snow and it gave way. He fractured his ankle, and even after I reset it, the pain was too much and he couldn't move. We carried him, but we all nearly froze to death. We all had hypothermia and Bryan developed pneumonia. As soon as we were able to train again, Tala made it a requirement that we carried morphine with us at all times. Now it's just a habit."

Tyson recalled the day where they had been all trapt on that weird island with the mad scientists that had been desperately trying to steal their bitbeats, and how when a cliff collapsed he had fallen off the edge and had severely injured his ankle. What he wouldn't have given for a pain killer as he hiked through the thick vegetation? "That might be a habit that we all have to adopt..." Suddenly, what sounded like an angry bear filled the room, making the Dragoon holder look down at his stomach and blush in embarrassment. Kai only lifted an eyebrow in before grabbing Tyson's arm and dragged him into the kitchen. He watched in amusement as the boy's jaw dropped and hang open in shock. "I think Ray would seriously cry if he saw this."

The kitchen was decked out with 5-star appliances, black marble counter-tops with an island in the middle. It was any chief's dream! Bouncing over to the cabinets the teenager opened them and was delighted to find them well-stocked with an assortment of canned and other non-perishable items. There was a lot of cereal, oatmeal and rice.

Leaving his friend alone in his paradise, Kai silently left the kitchen and went outside, launching his blade at the trees, hoping that training would calm his erratic thoughts and emotions. Just when he thought he had everything perfect, of course his past would catch up. Was there ever going to be a day that he would stop paying for his grandfather's sins? Was there ever going to be a day when he could stop looking over his shoulder? Most of all, was there ever going to be a day where he and those he cherished would ever be safe?

CLANG

That unmistakeable white blade clashed with his Dranzer, and that glorious sound sparked his lust for battle. He turned to face his beloved rival. Mahogany eyes brimmed with confidence and a playful light. That look, combined with that confident grin that played on that gorgeous tanned face – it ignited his soul.

Oh, it was so on.

Half an hour later both bladers laid next to each other in the crater their blades had created, sweat trickled down their faces, their chests heavily up and down rapidly, clothes torn, both wearing the biggest grins they could muster.

Now that was fun.

The sheer power they wielded, the way they could sense each other's movements, the way the world completely faded away until it was just them. The high from the adrenaline rush was pure bliss. After countless of battles, with many excellent opponents, the battles with Tyson Kai would always regard as sacred.

Their arms touched. Electricity surged through the dual-haired teen's body, he turned to his head to the left slightly, meeting the other's euphoric face. Kai's breath hitched. Tyson was beautiful.

"Kai?"

"Hn?"

"5 years ago were we total amateurs weren't weren't we?"

The older blader thought back to 5 years ago, he had been cold, unaccepting of any help. Victory meant everything. He was good. But he fought only to be the best, to gain power. Now he bladed with everything he had. His heart. His soul. "Yeah, I could beat my younger self with my eyes closed." And put that jerk into place.

Tyson chuckled. "Yeah and I would totally blow myself away- literally! What I'm trying to get at here though, look how far we've come in 5 years. Could you imagine was we could do in another 5 years?"

The Russian looked at the boy in astonishment. "Wow, something profound actually came out of your mouth."

The Japanese teen laughed, knowing that the older was only teasing. "It's been know to happen."

"Once in a blue moon."

"Yeah, but could you imagine?"

Kai's eyes narrowed in concentration as he looked up at the clouds. "I honestly can't. I never imagined that I would become this powerful, but I would love to see how much further I can push myself." He smirked. "I can't stop until I've beaten you at least."

"Kai, I have no intentions to ever lose to you, be prepared to take your blade to the grave." said the teen cockily.

"I'll make you regret those words Kinomiya."

"...Who won anyways?"

They looked at each other and at their blades that had stopped spinning long ago.

"I think we can call this one a draw."

Sometime later, they finally manage to remove themselves from the hard ground and inside the house. Kenny was still asleep, but Tyson discovered that they had messages. The first was from Max. /Thanks for the heads-up buddy. My mom's place has really high security, so no need to worry about me. You guys okay?/

/Yeah Maxie, we're just fine. Well, the Chief has a broken leg after falling through a trap door, but Kai fixed him up./ Tyson texted back.

The second one was from an unknown number. /Hey Tyson, it's Bryan. Get Kai to call me ASAP!/

The third one was was from his grandfather (perks of having the old man dedicated to 'keeping up with the times') /Hey T-man, a few real shady lookin' dudes been snooping around the house looking for ya and K-man. I just pretend to be senile and they leave pretty quick./

Tyson grinned and messaged back, /What do you mean 'pretend'? No one has any clue what you are talking about anyways. :P/

Entering the living room, Tyson tossed his phone at Kai who was sitting in the armchair reading. "Bryan wants you to call him." He watched the older teen punch in the number – obviously he knew it off by heart. Jealousy gripped his heart. How often did Kai call them? He was never lucky enough to receive a call from the enigma.

"What is it?...What?...I see...Alright, keep a low profile until I say otherwise..." Tyson watched the CEO smirk. "You could say that...Keep me informed...Doing the same thing as you are...Pricks tried to corner me, they're looking for leverage...Exactly." Kai hung up and looked at Tyson. "They tried cornering Tala, telling him they had me captive and were going to kill me if he didn't sign. Tala jumped ship and went to Bryan's. Basically Tovi Lob wants to take over Hiwatari Enterprises and they can't do that without Tala or I, so their plans are fucked. Tala and I can run everything online and all it takes is another overhaul and Tovi Lob loses control."

Tyson studied the man carefully. "But you have a different plan in mind?"

"They tried taking everything away from me. I will make them pay." the malicious edge in his voice sent a shiver up the baseball-capped teen's spine.

"Just remember buddy, you do have friends and don't need to do this alone." he said softly. He made eye contact with those garnet orbs, there was a tenderness and appreciation in them he rarely saw. There was also something else...guilt?

"Well I can't do anything until Kenny's awake. Once that happens then things get really interesting." They looked down at the brunette.

It was hours later before the boy awoke, and when he did he had to rub his eyes to make sure he wasn't still dreaming. Curled together in the loveseat were Kai and Tyson. They were both in a sitting position, Tyson's head was rested against Kai's shoulder and Kai's head was rested against Tyson's. An open novel lay forgotten in Kai's lap and a comic book lay in Tyson's.

They were...adorable.

Unfortunately his full bladder reminded him of why he had woken up in the first place. Not wanting to wake his former captain ('cause there was nothing that could wake the world champion), he slowly brought himself into a sitting position, but as soon as he went to move his legs a wave of pain hit him HARD, and unfortunately a whimper escaped his lips.

Red and auburn eyes snapped open simultaneously and to Kenny's surprise, Tyson was immediately up and began fussing over him. "How ya feeling Chief?"

"Sore, but okay..." he fidgeted.

"Need some help to the washroom, buddy?" Thankful that his friend understood, he gladly accepted the older boy's help.

When they returned, Kai had two pills and a glass of water waiting for him. "Sorry, I need you alert if we're going to get out of here anytime soon. Those are Tylenol 3's. Still a decent pain killer." Kenny took the medication.

"So what do you need me to do?"

A sly smirk came across the Russian's pale features. "We're gonna make those bastards realize how very little control they have. Chief, I need you to upload a virus, one that basically forces people to chose between Kusenov and I. But if they don't chose correctly, it perminately shuts them out of the system."

"So it's like a popularity contest?" asked Tyson.

"...Or maybe a game..."

Two set of eyes fell on the youngest member. " How about a fighting game with the characters being you and Kusenov? They can pick which one they want to play as and which one they want to play against. As soon as someone kick's Kai's ass 3 times in a row, they are completely ejected from the system?"

"Do it." commanded Kai.

Several hours later, the brunette got the professional bladers to test-drive the game. He had included it with finishing moves, Kai's being the power to scorch the enemy and Kusenov throwing a massive rocket that sent the opponent flying.

"This is brilliant Chief!" complimented Tyson as Kai gave his character a brutal uppercut. "No one would suspect this was a virus." his eyes brightened. "Hey can you turn this into an actual game and add Max, Ray, myself, Daichi and Hilary? That way we can fight each other?"

Kai rolled his eyes. "Please don't. It's already hard enough to tear his eyes away from the screen as is." Cerise eyes narrowed as Tyson gave him a devastating round-house kick. "You'll regret that, Kinomiya!"

Watching the two play the game was so enthralling, Kenny considered Tyson's idea. Letting the members get rid of some tension without destroying their blades, might be a good thing indeed.

Soon, the cartoon Kusenov was knocked out and laying flat on his back and Tyson held his head in shame for losing. "Ah, that was close! Good game Kai!"

The CEO's lip curved upwards slightly. "Hn. Upload it immediately."

Tyson grinned. "That means it's awesome, in Kai-speak!" he and Kenny laughed while Kai just stared at them fondly.


24 hours later in the country of Russia, Vladimir Kusenov slammed his phone down in frustration. All of his undercover employees had been barred from the system! How did the little brat pull that off? He had help Voltaire create BioVolt as a means to recruit more soldiers and combine them with the best technology that money could buy! Perfect humans that would do their bidding without question.

But Kai seemed to only ruined those plans time and time again. It would seem that he greatly under-estimated the boy. The thing was, he was almost out of cards! Try to pull the company out from underneath the 18 year old's feet? As it turns out in order for that to happen he needed all 13 of the other board member's signatures, unfortunately this meant Tala. Even after he had the red-head cornered, the little bastard still had escaped, disappearing completely off the map!

He must be with those friends of his...but despite all of his efforts to try and find the other members of the Demolition Boyz, he had come up with absolutely nothing. They had no fixed address and must use cash and pre-paid cards for everything!

...Maybe he had trained them too well.

Then there was the matter of Kai. The issue was, after those he had sent out to capture Tyson came back with their faces practically melted, none of his other recruits wanted to go near the world champion or the little so-called "Ice Prince". Now he had completely vanished!

And the other members of the BBA Revolutions were just as elusive. They knew where Max was, but thanks to that bitch-mother of his, the security was just too tight. Ray, they knew was somewhere in the Chinese mountains, but the village was so remote, nothing ever came up on satellite. That other annoying player Daichi...well no one had heard from him in months.

He slammed his fist down on the table. They needed leverage dammit!

"Hahahahaha, it looks like Young Kai and his friends have won this little game you've started."

Angry blue eyes looked to the doorway, "This never would have happened if you had done your fucking job, Boris."

A decrypted, purple-haired man, wearing a dark-green sweater sauntered into the room. "Careful now, I would gladly offer my services to someone else."

The ex-general raised a blonde eyebrow. "And what services could you possible have to offer?"

A harmless-looking smile appeared on the Balkov Abbey's former Head Priest's face. "It's quite simple really. I know these boys. I know where they like to hide. You've got them running scared. Like always, it's my job to find them."

The other man thought for a moment. "And what pray-tell, is in this for you?"

"Oh nothing unreasonable. 50 million once you have control of Hiwatari Enterprises, and Tyson Kinomiya." He said this as if he were asking the man out to Sunday Brunch.

Kusenov crossed his arms in front of his chest and leaned against the desk. "Now I'm really interested, what's so special about him?"

"Nothing really. He's just ruined me so many times, I want to have the pleasure of breaking him." His words were laced with venom.

Kusenov rubbed his chin and chuckled. "Now revenge is something I can respect and understand. You have yourself a deal, Balkov."

"Excellent. Now to start with our dear Tala..."


It was Wolborg that had awoken him. Feeling something ice-like had jolted the red-head out of his dream, and it soon became apparent why – he could hear sounds behind the door.

"Out of the way fools! How hard can it be to pick a simple lock?"

Shivers ran up his spine. His breath caught in his throat. No. Not him. Even to this day he still had nightmares about what that man had put him through. He grabbed his lover's arm and began to shake him forcefully. "Bryan! It's Boris! We have to get out, now!" Instantly silvery-blue eyes snapped open. Knowing they had only mere seconds before they would be discovered, they threw on their clothes from off the floor and grabbed their emergency back-packs and their blades. They went to their last and only option. Upon hearing their door being slammed open, they jumped out of the 4-story window.


Hope you enjoyed! Also working on a collaboration piece called "The Unpredictable Battlefield" with Little A Granger! So, if you are looking for another great story to read, you should definitely go check out that one!

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