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Hey guys, sorry this is a little late, life has been crazier than usual. I'd like to thank Little A Granger, Tyka's Flower, chibiduo, adbhut and miniJkitty for all the amazing reviews. I love you all so much!
Got a little treat for you, this chapter is a little longer than the last and plenty of Tyka adorableness. If this seems a little different than the rest of this story and doesn't quite fit, I'm sorry I get really bored at work and this was a product of pure boredom. Editing this has been an absolute bitch. Now without further ado, I give you chapter 13!
The weeks just flew by and Grandpa Kinomiya had never seen his T-man so happy. Weekends were full of life in the dojo as the former Bladebreakers trained under Kai's careful supervision, the stoic teen sliding right back into his captain position. He made sure to keep the fridge and cabinets well-stocked for the hungry boys. During the week though, things were much quieter. Max stayed with his dad, Ray spent his afternoons at the BBA, training the next generation of bladers and Tyson was at school.
One day his grandson had asked if he could start spending Thursday and Friday nights at Kai's place, as the kittens were now old enough to be played with constantly and Tyson had to ensure that 'Kai didn't drown himself in paperwork' - an idea that Kai surprisingly had no objection to. So he had sat down with both young men to establish the ground rules: Firstly Tyson had to go to school. Secondly Tyson couldn't slack in his studies and lastly he had to check in every night.
Well, after that, a miracle happened; Tyson started spending a lot of time on schoolwork. Going as far as getting it done all in advance, so he didn't have to worry about it come Thursday.
Hilary was so shocked by this new development that she struck a deal with Tyson, if he could keep his marks higher than a 'B' average, she would exempt him from classroom cleaning duty.
At one point, one of the teachers had accused Tyson of cheating, and when Hilary's and his own words weren't enough to convince him otherwise, Kai had strolled into the classroom like he owned the place, slammed his high school transcripts on the teacher's desk and claimed that he was Tyson's tutor. After one look at the CEO's marks, the teacher had apologized profusely and gave Tyson a free-pass from homework for the week.
Kai and Tyson's relationship still remained for the most part, largely unchanged. They still argued, Tyson still teased the other relentlessly, Kai still held his devil-may-care attitude and still was uncommunicative. But in those precious, rare moments when Kai thought no one was looking, he was do small, almost unnoticeable gestures for Tyson and sometimes one could catch the pair curled up together some mornings on the couch.
It seemed like Kai was doing this relationship all on his own time and Grandpa Kinomiya could respect that. Now his attention was becoming more and more focused on Max and Ray who had a slightly larger issue to get past; the fact that Ray was torn between Max and Mariah.
The old man just hoped than the Chinese teen would figure out his feelings before either one decided to move on. He couldn't help but wonder if things would be sorted out with this upcoming tournament.
But for now, the training trip to the mountains was coming up fast and everything was being prepared for the bladers that they were expecting to arrive from around the world. The sheer popularity of the idea of a beyblade training camp was overwhelming. Conversation and arrangements were made (mostly Mr. Dickenson promising to take care of Hiwatari Enterprises while both Tala and Kai were away training) and now the trip was now a full week in the wilderness, with all travel accommodations covered for whomever signed up. Little did anyone know that he, Judy and Taro Tate and Romero were all in charge and had a few surprises in store...
Today was the day and Tyson was stoked! He had no idea how his grandfather and Mr. Dickenson had figure out to get the school to give him a week off school AND convince Kai to take a week off work, but he was not complaining. He had been too excited to sleep the night before; a whole week with all his friends, training and laughing together with the sport they all loved? It was like a dream come true! As he put on his lucky cap, he felt like he was ready for anything!
But as he climbed aboard the BBA bus with all his old teammates, nothing in the world could've prepared him for what he saw...
"SURPRISE!"
Tears pricked his eyes as he saw all his friends siting on the bus waiting for them. The White Tigers, F-Dynasty, the former BEGA team, team Psychic...just everyone. They had all made it!
"Hey, little brother."
A shiver ran up Tyson's spine as he spun around, his older brother standing behind him. The same one who kept disappearing and reappearing into his life.
His fist collided with Hiro's jaw and throbbed painfully as his brother and everyone else started at him with shock. "That's for ditching me for BEGA then disappearing for years. And this-" he grabbed Hiro's arm and pulled him into a tight hug, "-is for being here now."
Some of the girls awed at the sweet scene and the former bladebreakers, plus Hiro made their way to the back of the bus and immersed themselves in conversation. Well, with the exception of Kai, he sat down in the empty seat beside Tala and transfixed his glare on Brooklyn, who was sitting lazily next to Garland. He smirked slightly in satisfaction when the ginger hair caught fire and Tala shivered next to him.
In the chaos of people trying to put out the flames, Tala leaned in and whispered "Okay, you've made your point."
Suddenly a blast of icy, cold air hit his face and crimson eyes met Tyson's, disapproval clearly written on his face. Kai kept his smug expression, leading the Dragon Master to keep a close eye on the enigma for the rest of the trip.
When they finally arrived at the facility, Judy and Taro Tate stood there and waited for everyone to get off the bus and unload their luggage. Once they had their attention, the blonde woman stepped forward. "Hello everyone, so as you know this is a training camp and Mr. Dickenson has several activities planned to make this a friendly competition." Several heads perked up in interest. "Mr. Dickenson has organized a scavenger hunt and the first team who makes it back with all the items gets an extra strike for the World Championship." Immediately there was a buzz of excitement from the crowd over the valuable reward, an extra strike meant 4 losses were allowed instead of 3. "Teams have been per-selected in 2-man groups, any and all whining will result in immediate disqualification." She looked up to see the silent bladers, discontentment clearly written on their faces. "Pairs are as follows:
Tala and Daichi
Lee and Micheal
Mariah and Selima
Julia and Ming Ming
Ian and Johnny
Claude and Bryan
Crusher and Matilda
Raul and Rick
Kai and Tyson
Jim and Spencer
Emily and Gary
Steven and Gokie
Ray and Max
Mystel and Enrique
Garland and Miguel
Kane and Brooklyn
Aaron and Oliver
Robert and Kevin
Kenny and Eddy
Please introduce yourself to your partners if you don't know them very well, grab one of the supply bags here and a scavenger sheet. Happy Hunting!"
Hearing Tala mutter something about being stuck with "Monkey-Boy", Kai held back a snicker. He on the other hand, couldn't be happier with his partner. He had wanted to spend the weekend alone with the bluenette and apparently someone had granted his wish. Hearing some of the weird pairings though, he wondered if Gramps had anything to do with it. He grabbed their bag as Tyson grabbed a sheet from Judy, then over-excited teenager suddenly grabbed his arm and he found himself being dragged to the woods. Damn, Tyson was stronger than he looked! "Wait!" he shouted "Let's at least take read over the sheet in case we're missing something!"
The boy stopped and scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "Yeah, you're right. Sorry Kai, I got a little carried away." he looked at the sheet and a blank look came across his face. "What?! It's just a bunch of riddles! How are we supposed to make sense of this!" he pulled at his hair angrily.
Kai just snatched the sheet from Tyson's hand and read the entire thing carefully. Sure enough, it was all riddles. He started with the first one: What kind of bell doesn't ring, but it's smell makes the angels sing? "First thing we're looking for is a bluebell flower."
Tyson just stared at him, before giving one of his signature smiles. "Alright! Way to go Kai! At this rate, we'll be done before anyone else! C'mon, I think I know where some are from the last time I was here!" as Tyson ran up ahead, Kai couldn't help but appreciate the view as he stared at the teen's jean-clad ass.
"See? Look I told you we'd find it!" Kai was impressed as he looked at the field of flowers and saw bluebells, the only issue was it had taken most of the afternoon to get here. They were deep into the woods, and had it not for Tyson's navigation skills, they would most certainly be lost. A note stuck to a tree caught his eye. "Congratulations! Grab a sticker and post it on your sheet!". Well at least they knew they were in the right direction. Tyson eagerly stuck the sticker on the sheet and took a huge breath. "I love it out here."
Kai also inhaled deeply, the scent of the flowers was indeed refreshing, but he caught whiff of something else as well. Others were coming. "Let's go." Thankfully, instead of arguing, the bluenette followed, looking down at the paper as they walked.
"Hehehe, this next riddle kinda sounds like you, Kai. 'What always runs, but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats?"
Deciding to play along, he shot back, "What sleeps like the dead, always talks, stuffs his face but has no grace?"
Tyson grinned. "Touché. So where are we going?"
"The river."
"Oh, then we should go this way – found out the hard way there's a cliff over there." said Tyson, pointing to his left. Kai nodded before grabbing a branch and started sweeping it back and forth across the ground. Lifting an eyebrow, Tyson asked. "What exactly are you doing?"
"Wiping away our tracks. Mystel and the nekojins are probably jumping through the trees and anyone can just follow us without doing any of the hard work." The younger nodded in understanding and suddenly ran off in the direction of the cliff. "Kinomiya!"
"Don't worry Kai, I'm making a false trail! Keep going straight and Dragoon and I will find you!"
The Russian blinked. That was actually a smart strategy. Keeping on the path, he soon arrived at the riverbank, he saw a note attached to a tree and took out a blue star and put it on the sheet. He looked at the falling sun, hopefully Tyson would show up soon. They would need to set-up camp for the night. No sooner than he thought it, something jumped out of the water, startling him and spraying him with water.
"Hi Kai, did you miss me?"
Kai stared and found himself trying not to drool at the soaking-wet, nearly naked teen before him. Oh god, in the setting sun, the light hit the toned tanned body in just the right way that made it all look like a dream. Tyson was breathtakingly beautiful. The Phoenix Master cursed his growing erection and cursed himself for not wearing tight jeans – if he didn't regain control of his body soon, there would be a tent for all the world to see. "What did you do with your clothes?"
Dead kittens. Dead kittens. Dead kittens.
"Threw them into this bag." he got out of the water and tossed a large, sealed Ziploc bag with clothes inside on the ground, before he put his hands behind his head and grinned. "I came prepared."
Kai was thoroughly grateful for all his training at the abbey that helped keep the blush off his painted cheeks. "C'mon we need to set-up camp."
"Ok. How about you grab some firewood and I'll fish?"
Kai blinked. It was official, if he was left to his own devices, he might eat once a week. "Fine. Meet back here before sundown." he turned away, quite happy for some time to get his emotions in check.
"Aye Aye Captain Kai!" he heard from behind him.
An hour later, both men were fed and curled up in their tent that they had built together. Then sun had gone down and the temperature had dropped with it, and even under the blankets, they were fucking freezing! Kai really shouldn't be this effected after living in Russia for so long, his body had adjusted to Japan's much warmer climate, and he found himself despising the cold. Fortunately for him, Tyson made the first move, by timidly moving closer to him so their backs were touching - the glorious that travelled up his backside was heavenly! He rolled over to get more of it and Tyson turned over and looked at him with slight concern. "We'll both be warmer if we shared body heat." he explained.
Tyson gave him a soft smile. "As long as you don't mind." They locked eyes and both of their hearts quickened, the cold forgotten as for a single instant they forgot where they were. Leaning forward, being drawn to each other by some invisible force, eyes slid shut as they felt each other's hot breath upon their lips.
A piercing scream broke them out of their trance and in a flash they were up and out of their tent and looking for the source of the scream.
"Help!"
The boys looked over to the river where Ming Ming was being swept by the current and Julia was running along side the riverbank, trying to catch up with her partner. Looking ahead they saw a branch hanging over the river. Sharing a glance they withdrew their blades and took aim. It was suddenly like that battle all over again, where they were hyper-sensitive to each other's every move. Some sort of psychic-connection had formed. They inhaled and launched their blades in perfect synchronization.
With a deafening crack the branch hit the water with a loud splash and stayed in between two rocks, just in time for the pop star to grab on and her partner helped her out of the water and safely pulled her to dry land. The women laid on the ground, breathing heavily as the men rushed over.
"Are you guys ok?" asked Tyson.
"Yeah, thanks to you guys!" smiled Ming Ming brightly. "I totally have to write a song about my brave rescuers!"
Everyone sweat dropped. Kai narrowed his eyes. "What happened?"
"I was just getting some firewood when I tripped and fell into the river. Thank goodness you heard me!" she smiled sweetly.
Scarlet eyes eyed her suspiciously, his instincts telling him not to trust her. He started walking back to their camp, Tyson following a few seconds later after telling the girls to be more careful. "Jeez Kai, I know you're not big on conversations, but that was a little rud-"
"They were lying."
Tyson blinked, before getting slightly ticked off at the accusation. "What? Are you suddenly a human lie detector now? Pfft. Next thing you'll say is that someone is out to sabotage us."
But as they came around the corner to where their campsite should be, they found nothing but the blackened wood that was from their campfire. Their tent, their supplies completely gone, leaving them with only the clothes on their backs and their blades. "Fine, how's this then? Your friends are assholes."
The wind chilled his tired body as he looked at the place where their tent had once proudly stood, the World Champion found himself agreeing with his teammate. Rage coursing through his blades, he bellowed into the night sky. "Ok, you asked for it, THIS MEANS WAR!"
The chirping of crickets was Tyson's only response.
"Once you're done yelling at the air, you can follow me while I do something actually productive."
Folding his arms Tyson looked at his rival. "Hmph, like what?"
"Looking for shelter." the elder said, walking into the forest, his scarf tails dancing in the wind.
Thanking the stars that it was Kai on his team and not someone like Kenny the 17-year old quickly caught up with his friend, knowing that the Russian's survival skills was the only way that they would win this little game.
Eventually the pair came to a large hallowed out oak tree, finding a sanctuary in the base, they laid their jackets on the dirt and moss covered ground. The dual-haired teen then untied his scarf from the weights before draping the long, silky fabric over their chilled bodies, earning him a grateful smile from the younger boy as he shifted closer to his warm body. The enigma wrapped his strong arms around the Japanese teen's body and breathed in that summer storm scent that relaxed his entire being and brought a small smile to his lips. Just as the lulls of sleep was about to take him away, Tyson asked. "Do you think we'll ever get back there?"
Ruby eyes opened and studied his rival, knowing exactly what he meant. "We will, as long as we get the chance to have a proper battle." He had to believe that.
"I hope you're right. Did you feel it too at the river, that weird connection?" The paler teen nodded. "I love that feeling. When we're like that, it feels like we are completely invincible, y'know?"
"I know, I do too." his eyes began to droop. "Now shut-up and go to sleep Kinomiya."
"Fine." Tyson sighed, slightly disappointed at not being able to talk to his usually silent friend for a bit longer. "Night Kai, don't let the bedbugs bite me." he joked.
"...There's been a spider on your shoulder for the last 5 minutes." the stoic blader had to bit his lip to keep from laughing as Tyson jumped 3ft into the air, screaming like a little girl, brushing his shoulder's frantically hoping to get rid of the arachnid. He almost felt sorry for the 8-legged beast as it was hurled onto the ground and scurried away.
"DUDE! Were you going to let me fall asleep with that thing on me?!"
"You might want to shout louder, I don't think the people in Russia could hear you properly."
"It was an actual fucking spider!"
"Get over it! It was a harmless wolf-spider."
"It was a fucking spider, Kai!"
"Hn, who knew you could be such a girl?"
Enraged, the teen took a swing at him, which the Russian caught easily, forcing the Dragon Master to attack with his other hand, Kai swiftly moved his head and caught the arm and shifted them so that Tyson was pinned underneath him. He smirked and whispered huskily into the boy's ear. "Did you forget who I am?"
Tyson froze, wide-eyed a huge blush travelled across his cheeks. Kai chuckled in satisfaction, loving the way he could make the innocent boy react like this. He then slowly laid beside the boy and carefully wrapped an arm around Tyson's torso. "Goodnight Kinomiya."
"N-night."
Kai smiled to himself. Maybe there was hope for him after all.
So, funny story. I was reading this chapter out-loud to my brother to get his opinion, and when I read "...There's been a spider on your shoulder for the last 5 minutes." He thought I was talking to him and he got up and started screaming and reacted EXACTLY like Tyson. Well...while he was freaking out, his towel dropped and I got an eye-full...I am now scarred for life.
I also found out he and Tyson share a birthday...November 23rd.
My birthday is actually July 29th which is close to Kai's August 2nd birthday. So that was kinda cool to find out.
So I hope you had as much fun reading this chapter as I did writing it. Please send me a review! I love the feedback and making new friends!
