191"Tala!?"
Thee cyborg opened his eyes, only to be meet with midnight-blue orbs. " T-Tyson…?" he muttered, unsurely. "Tala, what happened to you?" Tyson asked as he helped Tala into getting a better position.
"C-could I explain later? My throat's rather sour…I haven't drank and eaten for days, and my body's really aching all over…" he said hoarsely.
He winced as he felt the pain on his right shoulder blade, and held on Tyson's shoulder for support as he tried to stand up. "Here, let me help you." He offered as he took Tala's left arm, securing it around his shoulders and holding him by the waist. "My house is just right over there by the right corner, you could rest over there." He said as they began to walk with a little bit of difficulty.
"Thanks…" the red-haired muttered as he smiled at him weakly. Tyson returned the smile, waving his free hand at him, "Don't worry 'bout it!" he said assuring.
They spent the rest of the walk in silence. It had been only for about five minutes before they hade reached the Kinomiya household.
Him and Tala entered the large wooden door gate, passing by the beautiful Japanese garden and into the front door. "Tadaima!" Tyson said as they entered, removing his shoes as he still held the Demolition Boys beyblader and slipping into his house slippers.
"Grandpa I'm home! We've got company!" he shouted, leading them towards the living room.
He loosens the hold, letting the injured boy sit by the sofa. "You alright in there?" he asked.
Tala nodded. "Yeah… comfortable actually." He said.
"It's about time! Your ten minutes late on your Kendo practice little dude!" said Gramps as he entered the room, wearing the usual kendo attire and a kendo stick in hand. "Woe! What happened to you?" he mentioned at the boy sitting by the sofa. "Hey, aren't you the one who competed against my grandson?" he asked, suddenly recognizing him. Tala was having a hard time trying to speak because of his throat ache so Tyson had covered for him.
"Yeah gramps he is, now if you'll excuse us, I'll just be off to get the first aid kid. As you can see, his badly injured so don't ask questions." He piped as he headed towards the kitchen. He stopped abruptly from his tracks as he remembered something, looking from his shoulder to his grandpa, "And how come you remember him which was four years ago and not remembering that I'm allergic to takoyaki!?" he pouted, and then he was gone.
He came back from the kitchen with the first aid kit, a basin of hot water, glass of cold water and a face towel.
And found his grandpa poking the head of the injured boy with the kendo stick.
"Grandpa, what are you doing?" he asked, raising an eyebrow as he laid down the things he was carrying by the living room table, the glass of water giving it to Tala.
"Oh hey little dude! I was just wondering how he made his hair stand up. It looks like horns or somethin'. I can't understand why children today had such bad tastes in hairstyles. I mean, in our time, our hair styes are just so groovy! Just like this one!" He said, showing them a picture of him on his teenage days with a large round bushy curly hair.
Him and Tala had a big sweatdrop from the back of their heads.
"Err… ok grandpa… why would you just leave us alone for a moment ok? Let's just do our kendo practice later." He said as he pushed his grandpa towards the door.
"Fine but there'll be an additional hour for skipping practice little dude!" he shouted, waving frantically with his kendo stick. "Yeah, yeah…" he muttered, slamming the door shut and leaning against it.
He sighed.
"Is your grandfather always like that?" Tala asked, drinking the glass of water.
"Yeah… quite a big pain in the back." He smiled sheepishly as he went towards the first aid. He placed down the basin, soaking the face towel with the now lukewarm water. He twisted the clothe, making the water absorbed come out from it. "There… that's better!" He smiled as he headed towards him, face towel in hand.
"What are you going to do?" Tala asked, puzzled.
"I better clean up your wounds if were going to bandage it, It might get infected." Tyson informed, leaning towards him. Tala felt his face heat up, which he doesn't know why.
"Your face is all flushed, are you sure your alright?" Tyson asked in concern, placing his palm against his forehead that made his blush deepened.
"Y-yeah…" he managed to say.
"If you say so…" he sighed, holding his chin up. He began to wash his cheeks, stroking his face with the wet face towel that wiped out the dust from his skin. Tala felt that all his blood was transferred to his head. "Your too warm…" Tyson said, a frown on his face. "I think I'd better get the thermometer…"he said, trying to stand up but was stopped as Tala held on to his hand.
Tyson blinked.
"You don't have to…" Tala said, not facing him. He was looking down the floor as thought it's the most interesting thing in the world. He didn't even know why he even did it. It was like he was afraid to loose something…
"Really… I'm alright…" He murmured.
Tyson nodded, settling down as he continued to clean his wounds.
"Could you take off your shirt?" Tyson said more like an instruction than a request.
Tala's blush came back in full force.
"D-do I have too?" he muttered.
Tyson nodded.
He sighed, before taking of his white leather jacket and the shirt underneath it, revealing a body full of cuts, stabs, punches and wipes.
"Oh my—what happened to you Tala!?" He asked, quite shock.
Tala shrugged, leaning against the sofa, face expressionless. "They started beating me up the moment I lost to you four years ago… Also the day when Voltaire was arrested… So then left Boris to take care of the organization… said I should work harder… beating me up if I do just so little mistakes… wiping me if I didn't manage to do what they say… the rest of my team had the same situation, a reason to why we escaped." He breathed, " We had the help from our bitbeasts, and then when we were finally free was then that we had parted our ways…
"I didn't know where I would go, traveling for days without food or water… I then ended up here, where I had collapsed in exhaustion and hunger… and that was when you came…" He finished, taking another gulp of water.
"I'm sorry to hear that…" Tyson muttered, sitting right next to him by the sofa.
He had again soaked the face towel because it was already getting dry, wiping the wound from Tala's shoulder blade. "Could I ask you something?…" he muttered, watching as the boy beside him trying to heal his wounds. "Sure, what is it?" Asked Tyson, not stopping from what he was doing.
"Why do you care…?" he murmured, facing him.
Tyson stopped from cleaning his wounds, smiling at him as he looked at him face to face. "Because you're a friend." He said simply.
"A friend?" he repeated.
Tyson nodded. "Yeah! I mean, you're a good company! What, You don't want us to be friends?" Tyson asked. Tala immediately shook his head. "No, It's fine…" he said, smiling a little.
Tyson returned the smile, making his heart skip a bit that made him so confused.
"Hey!" Tyson suddenly said, "Since you still don't have a place to live, why don't you stay here with me and my grandpa for the meantime!?" He exclaimed, grinning at him.
Tala blinked. "Here? Live with you…?" Tala said aghast.
"Well, yeah! But if you really don't want to…" Tyson trailed off, fiddling with his fingers. He stopped from what he was doing the moment when Tala rested his hand on top of his', "I'd be too happy to oblige…" he said, giving him a genuine smile, "Thank you…" he murmured.
"Tyson smiled at this. "Don't mention it!" he beamed.
TING!
"Oh! I think the sushi's ready! I figured that your dreadfully hungry, hang on while I get it, k?" He gestured to him as he stood up, heading over towards the kitchen.
Tala only nodded as he watched the midnight blue haired boy headed towards the next room.
"What have you done to me…" he whispered.
TBC….
Ok! Fifth chappy done! YAY! Ya…. Anyways, sorry if there's no Kai in this chapter, But I promise there will be in the next and the next and the next and the next next next and the other next! *nods* Yah! I pwomise!
I tried to finish this before school starts which is on Monday and it's friekin' Saturday so it means I just got a day and a half to use the computer freely! *Bawl*
Damn! I still haven't updated my other fic so I think the next chapter will have to…. wait. Sorry minna! Demo, I'll try my best to update it as fast as I can! Zuto!
Anyways, here are my replies to those who reviewed chapter four:
DarkSpider: Yup! I sure will! Glad you like the Rei plushy! Hey! Want to have a Tala plushy? *grins*
EjgHorseLady: ARIGATO! Gosh! You flatter me! Lolz Kyaaaaa! Really!? I also got A pikachu plushy! *glomps* I really love Pokemon especially Satoshi(Ash) and Shigeru(Gary)! Their my favorite couple! Here! Have all the 150 pokemon plushies! YAY! *unloads a truck full of pokemon plushies* Oh yeah! There's another truck waiting for you! It's neon version pokemon plushies!=^_^= o^_^o—pika!
Darkarc: Yup! *giggles* I love them being possessive!
Beyblade fanatic: Gah! Soemeone beat TYSON! KILL OZMA! (an angry mob suddenly appears out of nowhere) KIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLL! (angry mob attacts Ozma) (Kai beats crap out of Ozma for beating his hunnybuns *sweatdrop*)(Ozma is dead) YAY! *all cheered* Yah… Wow! Passing notes? What does they say? *Wink* *wink* *nudge**nudge* *hint* Er… ok…. Younger or older brother? And kill the skunk! Kill the skunk! *sweatdrop* Ok, I'll stop now.
Ice suzaku: Wow! You're a sophomore too!? And you start on june 9 too? And your only allowed to use the PC on weekends too? We are so the same! Ok I'm copying am I… Yup! WE sure got a lot of similarities! I study in La Consolacion Collage by the way in Caloocan. And…. KYAAAAAAA! ARIGATO! *Hugs his new cute bishounen Tyson plushy* Here! Have a cute chibi version of Kai! He's just so KAWAII!* gives Ice plushy* ^_^
Pink Devil: Yup! Good luck!
Mizu17: Yup! ARIGATO!
Asa-chan: Arigato! Yup! He is! Here! A Tala Plushy! *gives Asa-chan a Tala plushy*
Miekkkie: Yay! You go Kai! Uhuh! Kai is still oldie self! *nods*
Radical Aisha: Nope! Your not weird cause this is a KaiTy fic! Nly slight ReiTy and additional TalaTy Fic! YAY!
Seth: KYAAAAA! Arigato! *Hugs Rei with kiss the cook apron* So KAWAII! Yup! Me too likes possessive Kai! *nods* Good luck with your fics! ^_^
Hi: Arigato! Here's the next chap! Hope you like this one!
Tsunami Wave: You could start laughing now cause looks like Tala is also falling for Tyson! ^_^ DOMO!
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Aya-mikage2002: Yup! I found it cute too! Gomen for the cliffy! I found it as one of my hobbies. ^_^
Eternal Radiance: YAY! You reviewed! Hehe! *giggles* Looks like Kai is jealous. *sniff* Kai even took all my Tyson plushies! Yeah! Go TyKai! *waves flag of TyKai*
Tala: I agree with you! *nods* So naïve… *shooks head*Tsk!Tsk!Tsk! Arigato for LURVING it!
*_* : Domo!
Cherry-blossom-angel: Your welcome! ^_^
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