Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade or any of its characters.

This was actually on another account, but due to problems I really didn't want to deal with, I'm moving it here, so I can finally update it and finish the damn thing. I feel inspired...

Get better soon Rei

Don't you cry...

Kai's gonna save you before you die

Beyblade

Broken Down Ghost House

By:Plushie-Sensei

Chapter 1: A Scary Invitation

Another typical day at Tyson Kinomiya's dojo; Kenny would tell Hilary to tell Tyson to fix something which would end up in Kai throwing relentless orders to Tyson, who in turn complained, making Max try to stop it. A chain of events, some would say, but a small pain came to heart when another member wasn't in it. Rei would sit to the side, watching everyone whilst he perfected his blade further, if humanly, or inhumanly, possible. He let out a sigh as the chain of events happened again and again, but he couldn't find his particular link. He didn't say anything, though, and it was difficult to tell if he actually felt anything about it...

"Rei, get over here and battle Tyson!" came Kai's harsh voice. Rei stood, fixing his blade to his launcher, obediently making his way to the dish. It always happened like this, Rei somehow finding his link in their chain. It was always one tiny link, but without it the chain wouldn't be, and that was what kept Rei going.

"Don't yell at him like that!" Tyson yelled back, making Kai's fists clench, angry at Tyson for challenging his authority.

"You little-"

"Knock it off. Come on Tyson, I have a headache so let's get this over with," Rei said, Kai hushing, though still fuming inwardly. 'I swear, these guys can be such idiots sometimes... including Kai...' Rei thought, heading towards Tyson.

"What? You're just going to do what he tells you! Why are you rolling over for him-?" Tyson's sentence was ultimately halted as his back met the brick wall behind him, Rei's arm against his chest, keeping him in place. Tyson's eyes widened a margin as he stared into furious golden eyes.

"What... did you say?" Rei growled, his fangs glinting as he spoke. Tyson remained silent. "This better get through your thick head, Tyson, so I suggest you listen up and hear every word..." Tyson nodded as Rei paused, swallowing hard as the pressure against his chest increased. "I don't roll over for anybody..." Tyson nodded and gasped in much needed air as Rei released him.

"Rei," Max began, but never finished as Rei began to walk away.

"I don't think we need a battle anymore, Kai," Rei said, not turning around, and made his way around the house and out of sight. Kai watched his back until he left, then turned to Tyson. Clearly, Rei was in a bad mood.

"For crying out loud," Tyson muttered, dusting off his pants, still catching his breath.

"Why is Rei in such a bad mood today...?" Max asked, looking like Christmas was cancelled or something.

"We don't have time to be worrying about Rei right now," Kai said, catching their attention. "Practice is done for the day, go get some lunch." Tyson, of course, was willing to eat and not practice, but it still bothered him how violently Rei reacted to his comment, though he knew what he had said was completely uncalled for. He bowed his head shamefully and followed everyone inside for a bite to eat. Meanwhile, Kai went the other way...

Rei sat on the sidewalk in front of the dojo, glaring at the ground.

"Mind telling me what that was all about?" Rei sighed, hearing Kai's voice behind him.

"Nothing, I'm just not feeling well," he replied in a defeated tone. Kai raised his eyebrow for a moment, then opened his mouth to speak, but was cut off as the mail truck drove up. Rei sat up straight, a confused look on his face. Kai's face mirrored the expression. The mail truck wasn't supposed to come today; it was Sunday.

"What's this?" Kai asked as Rei stood up. Just then an odd man stepped out of the truck, a few letters and a brown packet in hand.

"Which one of you is a Mr. ..." he turned around to get a small clipboard, checking over its contents. "Mr. Tyson Kinomiya?" he asked, looking at the suspicious boys in front of him. "Not any of you, I'm guessing. Here, be sure to give this to him," he said, giving Rei the big brown packet. Rei eyed it suspiciously while Kai stepped up, just as the mailman was leaving.

"Wait! What are you delivering mail on a Sunday for?" Kai asked, the question plaguing Rei as well. The mailman hopped back into the truck and turned to face the two, a smirk appearing on his face.

"Enjoy the ride," he said, and then stepped on the gas, clumsily driving the car out of sight. Rei and Kai exchanged glances again, then looked to the package in Rei's hands. It was indeed addressed to Tyson's house, but it was for not only Tyson, but Rei, Max, Kai, Kenny, and even Hilary. Rei's golden eyes roamed over the package and he frowned.

"There's no sender..." he whispered. Somehow the tone in Rei's voice sent chills up Kai's back and down again.

"Don't say that," Kai snapped, irritated at just how scared he really felt. Rei looked up at him, puzzled at his angry tone.

"Sorry," he said, looking back to the package.

"Come, on, let's open it inside," Kai said, leading the way back toward the house. Rei gave one last look down the empty street before walking after Kai, catching up as best he could.

"Oh, what is it!" Tyson asked his eyes bright with excitement. Rei sat on one of the empty chairs at the kitchen table, while Kai leaned against a nearby counter, making sure he could see what was going on.

"Open it and find out," Hilary said, her voice mimicking her exasperated expression. Tyson glared at her, looking away enough for Max to take his chance and grab the package.

"Well, let's see then," he said, tearing the top off. Tyson and Hilary stopped their playful argument to see what Max had discovered as Rei, Kai, and Kenny looked on with interest. Max slowly slid his hand in the package and raised his brow as his fingers came in contact with something.

"What's in it, Max?" Tyson asked eagerly, slightly bouncing in his seat from sheer anticipation.

"Paper..." Max said slowly, taking out a group of small squared papers. He placed the package on the table as he examined the papers. "They look like tickets..." he pointed out. Hilary gently pulled one from Max's grasp as she held it up to the light.

"They're airplane tickets," she said.

"There are some other kinds of tickets too," Max said, sorting out the different tickets. Kai decided to join the others at the table, curiosity getting the better of him.

"Hotel tickets?" Rei asked, holding one up for him and Kai to see. They exchanged worried glances.

"Who would be sending us hotel tickets and why?" Kai asked, looking down to the table. Rei grabbed the package, this time, making a surprised face when he felt the bag still had contents.

"What's this?" he said, pulling out a small envelope. With the envelope came a rattle on the kitchen table. Everyone looked down to see a ring of about six keys on the table.

"What's going on...?" Kenny asked, a thick cloud of confusion, suspicion, and other emotions hovering over their heads. One in particular was dread. Who sent these items? How did they know where the Blade Breakers were? How did they know where Tyson lived? These were only some of the questions reeling in their heads...

"There's a letter," Rei said, opening the envelope. After a few seconds, Rei unfolded a piece of paper and scanned over the text briefly, his eyes widening as he did so.

"What's it say?" Kai asked, snapping Rei out of it.

"It says:

"Hello recipitants... There are three sets of six tickets for a plane, ferry, and hotel. This is an all expenses paid vacation to the lovely little town of Devin's Creek where lots awaits you, including mystery and what not. Please do not find this strange, for this was requested by none other than Mr. Dickinson himself. Now that this has some familiarity, please take your attention to the ring of keys..." Rei paused as everyone looked to the untouched keys on the table. "There purpose will not be told in this letter. The keys will indeed help you later on, so please do not loose them. Think of it as a challenge in a way..." Rei cleared his throat, feeling suddenly very uncomfortable with all the eyes on him. He somehow felt the odd sensation of someone staring at his back... "Thank you for your time, and good luck! Below is the address of where you'll be staying and everything else should be explained when you arrive. Please look for a Mr. Maple when you arrive at the airport and further information is on the back." With that, Rei finished, briefly reading over some material on the back.

"Vacation?" Max asked turning to Tyson. Tyson shrugged, his face lighting up in a huge grin.

"But hey, it's an 'all expenses paid' trip! Why not-"

"No." Everyone turned to Kai whom was already standing up.

"Why not?" Hilary asked, Tyson and Max looking stepped on, their hopes of a vacation dashed with one little insensitive-

"I say we go," came Rei's reply. Kai glared at him while Tyson and Max looked hopeful once again.

"What?" Kai challenged, irritated that so many people would dare challenge his authority.

"Obviously, Mr. Dickinson thinks we need a vacation and sent us this. It would be impolite to refuse," he reasoned. Kai seemed unaffected.

"It's too suspicious," Kai said. "We're not going and that's final," he said, then left the room. Everyone sighed.

"There goes our vacation," Max whined as Tyson slammed his forehead against the table. Hilary and Kenny both bowed their heads as well. Rei, however, stood up and made his way into the other room with Kai, after placing down the letter.

'It's completely ridiculous. An all expenses paid vacation, my ass... How do they know it's not a trap or something?' Kai thought, pacing in the other room. He stopped for a moment, a look of regret on his face. "Though I really want to know why it was sent to us..."

"Well, you can find that out when we get there," Rei said, making Kai jump. His nerves already on edge with the whole mail guy... thing...

"I said no," Kai repeated, but Rei waved him off, taking a seat on the recliner.

"I heard you the first time," he whined. "Why can't we? You're making everyone all depressed and that's not good for growing boys... and a... girl..." Rei pulled a confused face for a moment, before turning back to Kai, whom was rubbing his arms as if he was cold.

"Are you alright," Rei asked. Kai sent a death glare his way.

"No, I am not alright," he yelled. "It's freezing in here, and I don't want to... Nobody is going, okay!" he yelled again, plopping down on the couch. Rei stared at him through narrowed eyes.

"You're just scared..." he teased, leaning back in the chair. Kai opened his eyes, a deathly glare in place.

"Come again...?" Rei smirked.

"Poor Kai... That whole ordeal must've given you the willies..." Rei opened one eye to see Kai fuming.

"Like hell I'm scared!" he snapped.

"Then we're going?" Rei asked hopefully. Kai glared.

"No."

"Alright, chicken..."

"I'm not scared!"

"Whatever you say, scaredy-cat..."

"ALRIGHT!" Rei flinched at Kai's deafening shout. He looked up, a hopeful expression back in place. Kai slumped in the seat. "We'll go..." he breathed, defeated. Rei smiled brightly, then turned to the kitchen doorway where Tyson and the others all of a sudden jumped through and onto Kai.

"Thank you, Kai!" Hilary said, hugging his arm. Tyson shook his hand vivaciously, fake tears in his eyes as Max and Kenny danced around, holding hands.

"Yeah, man, you're the greatest!" Tyson said. Kai put on a sour face as Hilary and Tyson continued to annoy him. Rei looked back into the kitchen, seeing the shining keys from his seat. Still, something about the whole ordeal seemed a bit... odd...

But, hey! At least they were going on a vacation!

TBC...