Disclaimer: I do not own Santa clau- Oh shit, sorry wrong disclaimer! It's Beyblade. I don't own Beyblade. Or Santa. Or anything really...

Hello ladies, I'm back, sorry that the chapter is so late...but dude...it's christmas! So in the spirit of the Holidays, this is a special double chapter of Borderline, my late Christmas present to the amazingly gifted Tyka's Flower! I love you!

Once again, thank you to Tyka's Flower, Little A Granger, Angel Devastation,"Me", CorynOfHoole and Demons of the arch angel for all of the kind words and people who come back week after week for more chapters. Unfortunately after this, there's only one more chapter left before this story goes on hiatus.

So on with chapter 26!

Drinking game: Drink every time someone says "Oh my God" this chapter.


Kenny handed the blade to Kai. "Meet Dranzer Metal Blaze." The blade was roughly the same size and weight as Dranzer Metal Spiral. "Don't let it's looks fool you, it spins 20 times faster and is made out of a stronger metal alloy. But, like always it will be harder to control. Concentration is key. Why don't you give it a spin and see for yourself?"

The boys went into the garden and Kai shooed the kittens inside the house, remembering the first time her spun Dranzer MS and nearly killed a cat. He knew now never to take any of Kenny's blades lightly. Loading his launcher he took a breath. "Let it rip!" He pulled the ripcord.

The blade shot out and scaled up the entrance all, onto the dojo roof, then back down to the ground before returning back to the owner's hand. "Nice work chief." Kai praised.

In awe of the blade's speed Tyson cheered, "Awe, wow that was awesome! Man, I really wish I had my Dragoon."

"Then its probably a good thing I finished this." Kenny pulled out a white blade with gold and red trimmings from his pocket. "Your last blade was too damaged to be salvaged, so meet Dragoon Metal Tempest."

Tyson felt the hard, smooth, shiny surface of his new blade. "Dragoon Metal Tempest." he said in awe. He pulled out his launcher and loaded it. Spotting an empty pop can, he picked that as his target, before pulling his ripcord. The boys watched as Dragoon landed perfectly on the can, then by the sheer force of the velocity of the spin, they watched the cola can melt and be twisted so it was nothing more than a hunk of metal. Tyson recalled Dragoon. "Holy Chief you weren't kidding! Boris had better watch out!"

Kai gave a small smile. It seemed like the new blade reinvigorated Tyson's confidence. He held up his blade, silently issuing a challenge.

"Ah! Don't destroy everything!" exclaimed Kenny running for the dojo to take cover.

"Don't sweat it Chief! Kai doesn't have Dranzer, how much damage could we do?"

The answer to that was a demolished beydish, several broken beams, holes in the concrete wall and 7 shattered flower pots.

"Um...Oopsie?"

Kenny face palmed. He could definitely believe that these two blew up an island.


Later that night, inside the dojo, the dual-haired Russian stood in front of the Holy Sword of Dragoon. He could feel the Red Phoenix's power was at full strength. He launched his blade. "Come forth, Dranzer!"

Immediately the sword turned purple and the crimson spirit emerged then went into the spinning top, the blade then jumped into Kai's hand. "Welcome back Dranzer." The bit piece gleamed in response.

"So does this mean you're leaving?"

Kai whipped his head around to see Tyson leaning against the doorway, his face hidden behind his bangs.

"There's no reason for me to stay." he said softly.

"You knooooow..." Tyson looked up, a playful glint in his eyes that sent shivers down Kai's spine. "It would piss off Hiro royally if you stayed till Max and Ray leave next month."

Oh right. They were coming in two days – he had forgotten about that. He flashed Tyson a smirk. "I thought you wanted Hiro and I to get along?"

Tyson walked up to the Phoenix Master and chuckled. "I've learned to pick my battles carefully when it comes to you, Kai."

The dim lighting made the boy's eyes sparkle and Kai felt his heart beat fast. They stood there, eye to eye for several seconds before that same invisible force that they felt in a beybattle, started drawing them together once again. Slowly their faces inched closer-

"Ahem." Their heads snapped towards the intruder. "Am I interrupting something?"

Kai glared, Tyson just grinned. "Not at all, Kai just agreed to stay another month."

Kai could see Hiro's eyebrow twitch in irritation. "Did he now?"

"Yeah! Him, Max and Ray will be staying for a month so we can train for the tournament."

Hiro looked at Kai's smug face and his blood boiled, until an idea came to him. "Then how about I take over your training, so the six of you can train together?"

Tyson was confused. "Six?"

"Kenny and Daichi."

The look on Tyson's face was of pure horror. "Not Daichi! He won't leave me alone and will want to beybattle me all the time!"

Kai on the other hand just clenched his jaw. So if that's how Hiro wanted to play this game; Fine. He clearly had no idea who he was dealing with. "Hmm, I seem to remember us defeating the last team you coached." He said hotly stepping up so that Tyson was now behind him, his arms crossed. He smirked. "So why would we need you?"

"Wasn't it you who lost to Tyson? So what could you possibly have to teach him? I, on the other hand have never lost. I've been around the world and seen techniques that you could only dream of."

Tyson, who had been silent until now had finally had enough. "Would you two please stop fighting?!" he bellowed, brown and crimson eyes stared at him. "I know both of you just want me at my best, but fighting isn't going to get us anywhere. I blade because its fun! Last time I was so worried about being the champion and losing my title, I lost sight of what was most important. It's a game."

Hiro crossed his arms. "Fine. So what do you want to do Tyson?"

"Honestly, I've always learned best by watching others play. When they do a move that I've never seen before, I get so pumped up that I just have to to try it myself!

You both are right. I know all of Kai's moves, but I have fun training with him. Hiro, no offence, you know a lot, but I don't have fun training with you." he remembered how many times his brother had punched and thrown him to the ground with his 'tough love' approach. Kai was a slave-driver, but never cruel.

"So what do you want to do, Kinomiya?" Kai asked pointedly.

"Give me time to think..." he snapped his fingers and suddenly brightened, "I need to talk to Max!"

Both of the older men blinked.

"Why Max?" asked Hiro.

Tyson grinned. "Because he usually goes along with my crazy ideas!" With that, he ran into his room, leaving both males confused.


For the next two days Tyson was strangely silent about all topics relating to blading; opting to take on and learn all his duties of being Kai's personal assistant instead. Needless to say, Kai was suspicious about what Tyson was planning, especially since it involved Max; Anything involving those two usually ended up with him bailing them out of trouble. Truthfully, he was waiting for the call to bail them out of jail because a game of 'Truth and Dare' getting out of hand, in which he would say "Find your own way out." and leave them there for a night or two so they would learn their lesson. After that though an "anonymous donor" would pay their bail...he couldn't risk either of them meeting "Bubba".

He did enjoy Tyson being in the office and usually busied the teen with shredding papers, running documents and looking through resumes. Tyson went out voluntarily at 3:00 to bring him coffee and bagels.

It wasn't until Ray and Max arrived and the four of them were all sitting in the Dojo that Tyson finally revealed his plan.

"You want to do- WHAT?!"

"Go on a trip. We'll all pick a place and study how they blade so we can come up with new techniques."

Ray was the first to speak. "Great idea! It makes perfect sense. We already know most of the moves of the most powerful bladers in the circuit, but we also know that not all of them go to tournaments. We all know each other's moves. It's perfect!"

"How long do you think we'll be gone?" asked Kenny.

"Tyson and I were thinking about 3 weeks, so the last week we of our visit we can spend it practising and just hanging out." said Max.

"Then, yeah. I think it's perfect! Kinda like the trip we did in Europe."

"Exactly! What do you think, Kai? Do you think you could come?" asked Tyson anxiously.

Kai felt 4 pairs of eyes on him. He thought of the company and the answer was obvious. "Yeah, whatever." Tyson and Max cheered and they started making plans to leave.


Tala had his nose buried deep in paperwork when the familiar ring tone of "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" started playing. He answered.

Everyone in the surrounding offices could hear the next statement: "What do you mean I have to do your job for the next MONTH?!" Followed by sounds of various objects being thrown against the wall.

All the employees wisely avoided the office for the rest of the day. However the entire situation was good for one Lelouch Lamprouge, a young man who had risen through the ranks of Hiwatari Enterprises through superior managing skills and a vast number of overtime hours. When Tala saw this, he immediately called him in and wanted to make him deputy vice-president (which came with a substantial pay increase, a large Christmas bonus and a month vacation.). The Frenchman, sensing his boss' desperation, made sure to get everything in writing before he agreed.

For Tala, he sincerely hoped that Kai and Tyson would be fucking like rabbits after this trip, or else he was going to lock them into a room together; Kai's wrath be damned.

The very next day, Tala walked into Kai's office, weary and worn, fully expecting Kai to be there to greet him, but all he saw was a note left on the desk that said "Try not to screw things up." The vein on his forehead throbbed and he silently vowed to figure out a way to embarrass Kai so badly in front of the Tyson that the Dragon Master wouldn't let Kai live it down for years.

He chuckled so madly, that all the employees realized that this boss was crazier than their last and avoided the office at all costs.


After the long 9-hour flight, the former Bladebreakers plus Hilary landed in the "land down under" Sydney, Australia. They had decided this was the best place to go since they didn't get many Australian beybladers at the tournaments, so their blading styles were still quite unknown. By the time they had checked into their rooms and dropped off their luggage, Tyson was eager to find some bladers. "C'mon let's go already!"

"Hang on Tyson, do you even know where to find any bladers?" asked Hilary, making Tyson stop in his tracks and everyone sighed.

"I vote we check out the facility the BBA has here." suggested Kenny and everyone agreed.

Upon arrival, they saw two small children battling together, when the smaller one was defeated, the older one retrieved the blade and encouraged the little girl to keep going. The cute scene made the World Champion smile. "See, now there is the true spirit of the game."

"You better be careful Tyson, one day they might beat you!" joked Max.

"Maybe. Either way, we might see them at the Championships one day!" With one final look they entered the BBA building.

"Oh my God! It's you! All of you!"

"Eh?" Then man behind the desk rushed up to them.

"Great. A fan boy." Kai muttered.

"Oh my God! I can't believe you're all here, all the way down here! Max Tate, 'The Chief', Ray Kon, Kai Hiwatari and the World Champion himself, Tyson Kinomiya! It's such a honour!"

Tyson held out his hand. "It's always a pleasure to meet our fans." The man took it and shook it enthusiastically. "Who are you?"

"I'm Justin! What are you doing here in 'The Land Down Under'?" he asked, getting over his shock, "Are the Bladebreakers getting back together?"

"No, we've come actually to meet the people here and see new styles of blading and have a few battles since we rarely see any Australians in the tournaments." said Max truthfully.

"Oh then you have to meet Jason and his mates. Their the best!"said Justin.

"Ok, then what are we waiting for?!" Tyson turned around and ran out, only to come face to face with a hairy beast with 8 eyes and just as many legs. All the colour drained from his face and he promptly fainted.

But nobody, including Kai, could blame him; the spider was bigger than a dinner plate. Hilary hid behind Kenny.

"Oh don't mind Ol' Nancy there. She's harmless! It's the little spiders and the honey-bees that you gotta watch out for." explained Justin.

At the work 'bee' Kai stiffened. Making a quick decision, he picked up Tyson and threw him over his shoulder. "I'm going to take 'sleeping beauty' back to the hotel. You guys go meet this Jason-kid." he ordered.

"Yeah, no problem Kai." said Ray. The neko-jin was suspicious. Kai rarely showed Tyson any affection around strangers. And back to the hotel? Kai hated staying indoors for too long, especially since he was technically on vacation. There had to be something more going on here. Something he was missing.

Letting it go for now, he looked back to their group. With Tyson out of commission and Kai gone, he was in charge. "Alright Justin, can you show us the way?"


Once Kai was in the safety of the hotel room, he place Tyson on the bed of their shared room and laid down next to his crush.

Right now he would do anything to go back to Russian's cold tundra where the black and yellow bastards couldn't survive. He knew Australia had spiders, snakes and strange wildlife – those he could handle- but fucking bees?

It was bad enough that Tyson knew about his condition, but the others really didn't need to know. He sighed. This sucked.

"Ow!" a sudden prick made him cry out in pain and he cautiously looked at his hand. His blood ran cold. Sticking out of his hand was the unmistakable presence of a bee stinger.

Knowing he didn't have much time, he quickly launched himself at his bag and violently began ripping out his clothes until he found his salvation at the very bottom. Unfortunately he could feel his tongue and throat swelling and it was getting more and more difficult to breathe. His eyes and cheeks began to swell and his vision blackened.

He felt two strong arms around him and a piercing pain in his thigh and within minutes the swelling went down, he found himself in Tyson's lap and could hear the boy talking to someone.

It wasn't long before more people came into the room and he felt himself being carried out.

The last thing he heard was "It's going to be ok, Kai."


The next time he came to, he could hear a steady beeping and his left hand was touching something smooth and warm. Forcing his eyes open, he immediately shut them again, the bright, white walls blinding him. Once his cerise eyes finally adjusted, he looked to the side where the warmth was coming from and his heart melted. Tyson was flopped over on the bed, completely passed out and their fingers were intertwined.

Kai shifted himself to get more comfortable and the teenager was immediately awake. "Kai! Oh my God dude, you scared me so bad! The doctors were saying that had I given you the adrenaline shot a just a moment later you wouldn't be here. Guess you weren't kidding when you said you were severely allergic to bees." Tyson gushed.

Kai smiled. Same old loudmouth who cared way too much and refused to give up on him. This was the second time he saved his life. "No we have candlelight dinners and go for long walks underneath the moonlight." Well at least his sarcasm was still working. "Let's both be glad you can read directions."

"Yeah, no kidding buddy." A silence fell between them.

"Thank-you. I do appreciate you saving my life."

Tyson's bright smile made the Russian's heart stop. "Well I couldn't let you die on me so close to finals, it wouldn't be the same without ya man."

He really didn't deserve this midnight-haired angel.

"Oh! Mr. Hiwatari, glad you're awake! I've never seen a reaction to a bee sting as bad as yours." said the nurse as she walked into the room.

...For some reason her bright and cheerful nature irritated the fuck out of him. "Can I leave now?"

"The doctors will run a few more tests, then you can go." As soon as the nurse left, Kai ripped out his IV.

"Kai! What are you doing?!"

"Getting out of here and going back to Japan." he realized he was in a hospital gown. "Now where the hell are my clothes?"

Tyson remembered how much Kai despised hospitals, and his thoughts drifted back to the battle with Brooklyn, not only had Kai refused medical attention, but he had shown up in the middle of the chaos, covered head-to-toe in bloody bandages. Obviously there was no stopping him. Sighing he handed the stoic adult his clothes and licked his lips when he caught a glimpse of Kai's rippling pectorals.

"C'mon let's go Tyson."

They checked the corridor to make sure it was clear, creeping down the hallway, Tyson caught glimpse of a person he never wanted to see again. He grabbed Kai's hand and quickly turned a corner and they leaned up against a wall. "Damn I hope he didn't see us."

Crimson eyes narrowed. "Who didn't see us?"

"One of Boris' goons. He's really mean with a whip." the Japanese male said darkly.

Kai placed a comforting hand on Tyson's shoulder. "We need to get out of here."

Tyson peeked around the corner before snapping his head back. "No good, he's there."

Darting his eyes around, Kai's gaze fell on the window behind them, he nudge the bluenette who immediately caught on. Kai launched his blade at the window and the glass shattered and both boys covered their eyes. They could hear footsteps behind them. Grabbing hands they bolted and jumped out the window. Tyson tapped into Dragoon's power and they took flight.

Looking back, Kai watched as one of the doctors pulled out a gun. Red eyes glowed and the weapon combusted and the man caught fire. Kai smirked.


"Well that trip was a bust." said Max as he looked up at the Dojo ceiling. "Who would've though Boris would go to such lengths to get to you guys?"

"He's a cunning, manipulative psychopath. Nothing about him surprises me anymore." said Kai curtly.

"Yeah, guess you're right." sighed Max.

"Did you learn anything about that Jason-kid?" asked Tyson, only paying half-attention to his comic book.

"Yeah, he's pretty good, but you could tell that he was holding back." said Ray, a frown etched on his face.

"Probably because they know Tyson can copy moves." said Kai. He knew it threw him for a loop when Tyson started using opponent's moves when they battled together, putting his own spin on them. One more reason Tyson was such a brilliant and dangerous blader.

"So, now what?" everyone looked at the Chinese teen. "Anywhere we go, we probably won't learn much."

Tyson sighed. "Looks like I'll have to ask my brother to train us, even though he's such a hard-ass."

"Maybe he'll be different this time y'know? I mean if you've told him that his teaching is too rough, maybe he'll change his ways?" suggested Ray.

"Yeah, you should give it a try, Ty." Max encouraged.

Hn. This should be interesting. Russian thought as Tyson ran out of the Dojo.


"C'mon boys, a hundred more!" Hiro shouted.

Tyson froze, mid-sit-up. "You've got to be kidding me! We've done a thousand already!"

"I said a hundred Kinomiya!" Hiro demanded sharply. "I'm going easy on you, the Brazilians could do two thousand!"

Everyone groaned. Hiro was way worse than Kai on a day from hell with no caffeine, said man wasn't complaining though; Training in Russian, he used to do 1500 sit-ups a day. Use to. Thanks to work, the limited time to work-out (and not to mention the adorable cats), he was struggling with the exercises as much as everyone else. In result, the image of Dranzer slicing the man's head clean off his shoulders kept popping up in his head. What also sucked was where he was positioned, it was impossible to watch Tyson sweat...it was one of his many guilty pleasures.

"Hiwatari!" Hiro's ugly mug suddenly appeared above his knees. "Watch your posture, your nose should touch mine!"

BOOM!

Hiro was on the ground, clutching his nose and Kai gave a sly grin. "There. How was that?"

Brown eyes glared murderously, while the rest of them snickered at Kai's head-butt.

"That's what happens when you mess with Kai." the Russian heard Max whisper to Ray.

"Hiwatari 300 more!" came the sharp, yet nasally command as Hiro rose to his feet. Kai's grin grew wider as he saw the blood dripping down. That was nose number 38 he had broken in his lifetime.

"Whatever you say...coach." his smirk widened even more when the former BBA coach ran inside the dojo, probably to check the damage. At around 1250 sit-ups he glanced over and saw that Max and Ray were still going. "You guys were finished over a hundred sit-ups ago."

"Yeah, we know." came Tyson's voice. "But that was way too awesome for us to let you do those sit-ups by yourself."

"Yeah, we're a team after all." agreed Max.

This time a genuine smile spread across the Russian's face. "This doesn't mean I'm going easy on any of you in the tournament."

"We wouldn't dream of it." said Ray.

"Did Kenny pass out yet?" he asked.

"As soon as Hiro's back was turned he made a break for it." said Tyson. "Poor guy. I can't blame him."

"Shhh. Coach Hard-Ass is coming this way." warned Max. The former Bladebreakers silenced themselves and concentrated on their last hundred sit-ups.

It wasn't long before they heard footsteps and a cold voice ask, "Where's Kenny?"

Tyson spoke up. "His phone rang and he said he had to go home- family emergency. You understand, right bro?" a strangled scream made them all look up and to their horror Tyson was being lifted off the ground by his shirt.

"Don't. Lie. To. Me." spat Hiro, his voice screamed danger. "Where is he?"

Kai's anger finally boiled over.

Feeling his skin burn, Hiro released his grip on Tyson's collar and clutched his hand. Kai was able to catch the smaller bluenette before he hit the ground. In an even tone, Kai declared, "I don't care who you are, if you lay another hand on him again, I will destroy you."

The tension was thick enough to a crush a blade as Hiro and Kai glared each other down.

"Kai, I'm alright buddy, really." said Tyson softly, breaking Kai out of his trance and he set the boy back down on the ground.

"I'm done here." Kai turned around and headed for the entrance.

"Kai! Wait!" shouted Tyson as he ran after him.

Hiro turned around and was met by matching glares of disapproval.

"Wow, working for Boris, now this. Can you possibly sink any lower?" venom was laced into every word Ray spoke.

"It's a wonder how you are even related." added Max, before they ran after their friends.

The older Kinomiya sighed and looked up at the blue sky. "I'm sorry...Mom."

A pair of old and wise eyes looked at the 20-year old sadly, then at a picture of said woman that was hung on the mantle. "Yoshie, I never thought this day would come so soon. I'm going to miss him." He could've sworn the picture gave a reassuring smile.


When Tyson finally caught up to Kai, he was on the bridge staring down into the river. With the sun setting and the wind just tousling around the grey locks gently, the man looked simply ethereal. Putting on a bright smile he said, "Hey buddy, should've known that you would be here."

"Hn."

Taking that as an invitation, Tyson walked up and stood beside his friend. After a few moments he said, "Thank-you for what you did back there. I had it handled though." he laughed.

"Was it like that last time, all through your training?" the dual-haired man asked softly.

"More or less. He's always been that way though. 'Toughening me up' is what he called it. Just once though, I'd love to beat him in a fair beybattle and prove to him that I am strong."

"There's no point. He's beneath your level."

Tyson looked up curiously. "You've never seen him spin, how would you know?"

Smirking, Kai said, "Because he thought Brooklyn was as strong as anyone could possibly get." he stared straight at the World Champion. "You don't need to prove to him or to anyone that you're worthy. 'Cause I know that you are, and I'm rarely wrong."

A blush rose on Tyson's cheeks. All he had ever wanted was Kai's approval, it was all he ever needed. As he looked into those deep, sparkling crimson pools, he knew that Kai was all that he ever needed. He looked at those tender, pale lips and his body was suddenly acting on its own. His stood up on his toes and leaned in-

"Hey guys!"

The sudden noise made him lose his footing and he felt himself go over the ledge and he closed his eyes. A hand latched onto his and he felt himself be swiftly pulled up. When he opened them again, he found his face pressed into Kai's chest.

"You alright?" came the smoky voice that was like candy to his ears.

"Yeah, I'm fine!" he squeaked. Damn puberty. Now, whomever that was, he was going to beat them to a bloody pulp-

Oh. It was Kenny.

"What's up Chief?" he asked, completely forgetting that he had fallen off the bridge 10 seconds ago.

"Grandpa wanted to see you guys. It sounds important. Both of you."

Kai and Tyson shared a concerned look.


20 minutes later Grandpa, Tyson and Kai were siting around in the Dojo. Takao and Kei were in their respective owner's laps while Kouken was in Grandpa's.

"Yeah, but that's his fault! He's worse than Kai when it comes to training!- No offence buddy."

"Hn. None taken."

"-I don't see how I should be the one in trouble here!" said Tyson earnestly.

"Now hold your horses, I never said you were in trouble."

Tyson blinked in surprise. "What? Really?"

Grandpa chuckled. "Really lil' dude. It's obvious that his time away from home has made H-man undisciplined and I'm going to have to do some teaching."

"Oh wow, really?! I can't wait to see that!" said Tyson, doing a fist pump into the air.

"Actually home-dawg, since you're there half the time anyways, I was wondering if you boys wanted to live at K-man's digs for awhile. If that's alright with you K-man?"

Kai cocked his eyebrow. Well this was interesting. Obviously Hiro was in some major shit with the old man, it was possible he was going to dish out punishments that he didn't want Tyson to see, because the teen's caring nature might get in the way. With the thought of Hiro getting what he deserved at the forefront of his mind, he said yes without hesitation. "Yeah, whatever."

But when he awoke the next morning, with a raging hard-on, Tyson curled up in his arms and 10 cats purring loudly, he wondered what hell he just agreed to.


FUCK YES! FINALLY TYPED THIS BEAST OUT! You know the drill, leave me a pretty review and I'll release the final chapter before the hiatus. 3