Tiger Tiger
Bad News Blader
Early the next morning Tyson tried to sit up, but found he couldn\'t. He opened his eyes and waited for them to clear up. Once they did he found why he couldn\'t get up. Rei was lying on his body. No, not across but ON his body. Rei\'s head was resting on Tyson\'s chest and the rest was resting between his legs nestled in close to him.
The biggest blush of red formed on Tyson\'s face. Why the hell was he blushing? This was his pet! As far as Tyson could tell, Rei was knocked out in sleep. So he moved his body and slid Rei off him.
After Tyson got Rei off of his body without waking him up, he looked down at the sleeping tiger. It was hard to tell he was a tiger after all he just looked so cute. Tyson ran his fingers though Rei\'s bangs as he sighed in his sleep.
Just then the door opened and Max came in. \"HELLO!\" He yelled. Now Max can yell, and this yell rang in Rei\'s ears, which woke him up in a fright. His hair puffed out as he snarled, his tone deadly and his eyes narrowed into slits.
“Down kitty,” Max held out his hands as he stared at the tiger.
Rei relaxed and yawned as he saw that it was only Max. He could trust him.
“What’s the big idea,” Tyson covered his own yawn as he stretched his arms. His body was stiff, most likely from the tiger boy having slept on him all night.
“You were supposed to be at practice an hour ago!” Max pointed out as he crossed his arms over his chest. “The chief sent me to check what was keeping you.”
“One hour!” Tyson bolted out of bed, stumbling as he ran to get his clothes. He changed his clothes in the room, the indecency of it not even crossing his mind, after all no one was there but his best friend and his pet.
Rei licked his lips, wetting them as the blush crept over his face, especially as the boxers came off and were replaced by clean ones. His heart pounded as his gold eyes traced over Tyson’s lean body and he felt changes throughout his body.
A purr sounded from deep within his chest as his eyes widened, taking in fully the sight of Tyson’s body.
Max’s jaw dropped as he saw the unwavering attention Rei had on Tyson. Something was going on here, but it was way over his head.
Tyson finished getting dressed and turned towards Max, pulling his hair back in a ponytail as he propped his hat on his head.
“I’m ready to go,” Tyson said as he walked out the door. Rei however was following them. “Rei, stay home!” Tyson ordered him and as soon as they began walking again Rei ran after them. He didn’t want to be separated from Tyson.
Max shrugged his shoulders as they stood in the yard. “What can it hurt?”
Tyson nodded his head in agreement as he took the necklace out of his pocket and placed it over Rei’s head, instantly the boy turned into the tiger cub once more and rubbed against Tyson’s legs.
Tyson picked him up and held him close to his chest. The rough pink tongue darted out and licked his nose lightly causing Tyson to laugh.
“Come on Tyson,” Max whined. “The chief is gonna be mad if we’re any later.”
Tyson nodded his head, following Max towards the training area.
“You’re late,” Kenny said matterafactly.
“Yeah, sorry,” Tyson said. He was still trying to figure out where Kenny got ordering him around. After all, he was the captain.
Tyson set Rei down and he scratched him behind the ears before he stood and grabbed his beyblade, locking it into his shooter.
“What’s that?” Kenny asked as he pointed at Rei.
“Oh, he’s my new pet,” Tyson explained as Max grabbed his own shooter.
Daichi however was preoccupied with looking at Rei. Rei’s butt wiggled as it was stuck in the air and he pounced on Daichi, claws outstretched. He bit, but Daichi bit back, chasing the tiger cub and wrestling softly with him.
Max laughed out loud at the sight of Rei and his new playmate. Rei pounced on Daichi, purring loudly as he wrestled with his new friend, biting and clawing until finally Tyson cleared his throat.
“Daichi we need to practice,” Daichi nodded his head as he brushed Rei off him and stood up. He stood in front of the low beyblade dish and locked in his beyblade.
“Let it Rip!” All four of the bladers launched their beyblades, sending them sailing into the dish.
Rei’s eyes traced the spinning blades and without warning he pounced, landing right in the middle of the dish. He swapped and the tops, knocking them over and smashing them against the sides of the plastic dish. He chased after them as they skidded around, his paw batting playfully at them.
“Rei!” Tyson exclaimed as he looked down at the tiger. Rei grabbed one of them in his mouth and jumped out of the dish and began running with it.
Kenny sighed as they all chased after the tiger, his swift feet avoiding them every time they tried to snatch him. Eventually he stopped, so sure he had outrun them, his prize secure in his mouth as he purred.
But that’s when he saw the lumbering giant heading his way. It stuck its wet nose in his face and pushed him over.
The dog wagged its tail as it barked loudly, sending fear through Rei as he swatted at it. It lumbered over him, jumping on him. Rei only knew he had to get out of there or else he would be crushed.
Rei ran as fast as he could, the dog on his tail until his eyes spotted a tree. His claws dug into the soft bark and he launched himself up it as fast as he could until he was well out of reach.
He panted as he clung to the high branch he was perched on and peered down as Tyson ran towards the tree and swatted the dog away. He stared up in the high branches of the tree and shielded his eyes, catching a glint of the white fur that he knew to be Rei.
“Rei!” Tyson called his name and saw a striped face peering down at him, his prize still clenched deep in his teeth.
“What he’s worried about more? His cat or his beyblade?” Max muttered to Kenny who scolded him.
“Maxie! This isn’t a time to joke.”
“Come on Rei,” Tyson called as he held out his arms. “We’re not mad, just come down.”
Rei prowled over the branch as he looked down. It was too high to jump and there was no way he was going to climb down. That left only one thing to do. He lay down, his tail drooping off the edge of the branch and he held the beyblade between his paws and meowed pitifully, pleading for help.
Tyson groaned as he heard Rei’s cries. The tree was way too high to climb. Then suddenly a beyblade shot through the air. It sliced through the tree branch dropping Rei to the ground.
Tyson gasped and jumped, just catching Rei in the knick of time. “Who are you?” Tyson called out as his eyes searched around. “Come on you jerk! Show your face! You almost killed my cat!”
Kenny bent down and picked up the blue beyblade with the red streaks. He felt his own fear as the red bit chip came into his view
“Show yourself!” Tyson yelled as the balder came out from the shadows. The wind whipped his scarf freely in the air, his face a look of death as Tyson felt his breath freeze in chest.
No, it couldn’t be, he couldn’t be back.
“You’re not welcome here Kai!” Max yelled, his face showing truly just how furious he was.
Rei sniffed the air. He didn’t like the smell of this guy. He hissed as his fur puffed out. His eyes narrowed into dangerous slits as he stayed close to Tyson.
“Please leave, we don’t want any problems,” Kenny pleaded as he handed the beyblade back to its owner.
“Pitiful. A worthless pet for a worthless blader,” a smirk touched his lips as he stood there. “You’ll never be worth anything besides a slut, remember that Tyson.”
Tyson almost felt the tears come again. He couldn’t deal with Kai again. His old words always rang so clearly in Tyson’s ears. He was worthless. He deserved to die.
Rei jumped from Tyson’s arms and his claws dug through the cloth of the pants and into skin, he bit, satisfied at the yell of pain from the teen. He wanted him to die but he wasn’t large enough, not with the necklace on.
Kai kicked, sending the tiger flying back. He rolled as his small body hit the ground and he was on his feet again, racing back to attack Kai.
That was when Daichi snapped into action. He saw the tears stream down Tyson’s face and his hatred burned. In their years of practice they had grown so close and he wouldn’t even be on the team if it weren’t for Tyson.
Daichi attacked, launching his beyblade as he ran towards Kai and his strong jaw latched onto Kai’s arm, his teeth digging in as his beyblade made its own attack on the Russian.
Kai threw Daichi back, kicking Rei away as well as he launched his own blade. It hit Daichi’s jaw with a sickening crunch and then returned to Kai’s hand.
Kai snorted as he left. “None of you pathetic wasted life forms are worth my time,” he snorted as he left. They all watched as he left.
“I’ll take Daichi to the doctor,” Kenny told Max. “You take Tyson home.”
Max nodded as he wrapped his arms around Tyson who was hugging Rei close to his chest.