Hi people! Kiki here.

So, I believe this is my second story on Fanfiction. I started writing this a year ago but recently I've cleaned up the grammar and layout. Or rather, I've tried to.

Category: Beyblade.

Rating: T.

Pairings: None.

Genre: Humor/Friendship.

Summary: Life as normal - Uh, except for the hair brained feline Ray, the eye licking lizard Tyson, the go slow speedy turtle Max and Kai, the red Cardinal...so maybe not that normal then. Oh, and then you've got a furry Tala.

WARNINGS: Attempted humour. Poor grammar. Foul language.

Anyway. My second draft at one of my first stories. I hope you like it and please feel free to review.

Enjoy!

The Eyes Of An Animal

Chapter One: Birds Of A Feather

Kai opened his eyes at the sound of Ray's voice calling him softly.

"Hey Kai, it's time to get up"

Kai looked at him groggily for a second, Ray was standing over his bed fully dressed and his own bed neatly made. Kai sat up

"I'm up, what time is it?"

"8:15"

"That late?"

Ray snorted, "for you maybe, I prefer to wake up at 8:30 and not before"

"Then why is it time to get up?"

"Because Hiro is coming today and Tyson wants us all to be up, I put the alarm on remember"

Kai got up, what was wrong with him? He was usually up well before any of the others, he was the one who woke Ray not the other way round and he'd slept through the alarm, he never did that!

"You've been working yourself too hard" said Ray plaiting his hair "take it easy, it's not as if we've got any tournaments coming up"

Kai didn't answer but got his jacket and top and pulled them on over his jeans. He winced as a pain sheathed through his body, the unexpectedness of it caused him to sit back on the bed which Ray was quick to notice as he paused in his plaiting "Kai?"

"I'm fine" but he wasn't, pain ripped through his legs, arms, neck. He swallowed down the cry of pain as it tore through his back. What the hell! He could barely breathe, he became aware of Ray going over to the mirror talking to him but not looking at him while he spoke to him. Something about Daichi calling to say he'd be round in the next couple of days and that Kenny was coming back also in the next couple of days, Kai tried to say something but his voice failed him as pain gripped his throat.

He stood up but fell to the ground; Ray turned and ran to him as soon as he heard the gasp and the flump as Kai's knees hit the floor.

"Kai!"

"Maxie! Where's my cap! My favourite one, red and blue"

Max grinned, shook his head in disbelief and rolled off the bed which was officially Daichi's "Tyson, you only had it a few moments ago!" he joined Tyson in the walk in wardrobe where Tyson was systematically destroying the tidy order that Kenny had sorted out for them, Max ducked as another top came winging his way.

"Where is it?!" Tyson whined throwing another top out the way.

"Tyson!"

"Uh sorry"

Shaking his head again Max went to sit on his own bed; he pulled out Draciel and smiled down at his new improved beyblade which Kenny had fixed up before he went to wherever he'd gone. However he dropped his blade as a pain clenched what felt like every muscle in his body.

"Ahh!" Max couldn't breathe, he clutched his chest trying to stop the pain, his legs screamed in agony "ah! Tyson!"

Tyson came out of the wardrobe just to in time to see Max fall to the floor.

"Max!" Tyson zoomed over and gripped Max by his shoulders…or he tried to.

Kai kept his eyes shut, his breathing became slower as the pain released its hold over him.

"Kai, are you…ok?"

Kai nodded, "I'm fine, you're probably right, maybe I have been pushing myself too hard" he admitted.

"Uh Kai" Ray's voice sounded unsteady and slightly unsure "do you feel any different than normal?"

Kai thought about this, he felt different in some way but he couldn't put his finger on it "why?"

"You might…want to open your eyes" Ray bit his lip.

Kai opened his eyes and nearly freaked, holy crap! Everything looked so huge! He looked up and around to see Ray, now a giant, looking down at him chewing his lip anxiously.

Trying to stay calm Kai asked "have I taken any drugs or drank any alcohol recently?" he didn't remember have anything to drink last night but there was always the chance…wasn't there?

"Uh possibly" answered Ray "look, Kai, there's no easy way to tell you this but um well" Ray, the now enormous Ray stood up and walked over to the mirror. Taking it off the wall he came back to sit next to Kai careful not to squash him. Silently Ray set the mirror in front of Kai and went back to chewing his lip while waiting for Kai's reaction.

Kai looked in to the mirror, he frowned not understanding what he saw. A red bird sat in front of the mirror looking in to it. Kai tipped his head slightly trying to figure out what kind of prank Ray was pulling. The bird in the mirror tipped its head to one side copying Kai. Raising his eyebrows Kai smirked "not bad Ray, how did you train the bird?"

"Kai, that's not a trained bird" said Ray, his voice a little tiny bit strained "you're looking in the mirror"

"Ray, this isn't funny!" Kai getting slightly annoyed.

"No! I know!" Ray whole heartedly agreed, his captain had just turned in to a bird, a red Cardinal to be precise, and was now sitting in front of the mirror looking sceptical.

That so wasn't funny.

"Ray! Kai!" Tyson came bursting in carrying what turned out to be a turtle, "Max turned in to a turtle!"

Ray looked at the turtle who had big blue eyes, unusual for a turtle, but was definitely a turtle. What was more unusual for a turtle was what it did next. Lifting up one flipper in greeting it grinned and said "well 'sup Ray? How's it hanging?"

Ray's eyes widened and unfocussed slightly "um ok, let's n-not panic"

Tyson put the turtle formally known as Max down on Ray's bed as Ray pointed down at the little red bird who was still having difficulty trying to figure out what was going on "that-that's Kai"

Tyson looked down at the red bird who had now discovered he had wings and was quietly hyperventilating; Ray and Tyson shared a look.

"No need to panic" muttered Ray.

…

Tyson screamed.

Ray and Tyson flattened themselves against the wall as Kai, who had found his wings, flew up on to the bed and inspected Max who in turn looked at Kai, blue eyes wide.

"Ok, who are you and what kind of prank are you trying to pull?" said Tyson in a non threatening high pitched squeal, Ray wasn't fairing much better as he was breathing hard and had gone rather pale.

Kai scowled "pull yourselves together!"

Tyson and Ray looked down at the little red bird with its wings folded and a cross expression.

They couldn't help it.

They burst out laughing.

Kai's frown deepened which had the opposite to the desired effect.

"Who's a cute little birdie!" cooed Tyson patting the top of Kai's head with a finger while Ray finished his hair and pulled on his bandana.

Kai's eyes narrowed dangerously.

"Ow!"

"That's what you get for treating me like an animal!"

"But you are, look at you!"

"Hey look at me! I'm a turtle!"

"See! Max has accepted it!"

"I'll be fucked before I accept this!"

"Hey dude hate to break it to ya but the only thing you'll be screwing is another bird!" Tyson sniggered "so how small is it, Kai?"

"You'll regret you said that!"

Ray cut in before Tyson could say/imply/utter/declare/state anything else "look, how about we all go downstairs and get some breakfast and talk about this?" he smiled brightly at them all.

"Good idea Ray! I'm sure Kai would love some nuts or something like that!"

Tyson zoomed out the room followed by a little red blur, Ray also walked out the room

"Hey wait for me!"

Ray turned back to see Max the turtle motoring (or not) across the bed at about a two centimetres an hour, Ray giggled helplessly as Max fell off the edge of the bed and shrank in to his shell as he hit the floor and skidded to Ray's feet. Max, being the size of an A4 sheet of paper, was easily picked up by Ray who turned him round to look in to the hole in which Max's head had disappeared.

Max's head popped out and grinned, "I guess there's no more zooming for me!"

"I guess not, Kai will be pleased," answered Ray taking Max downstairs.

"Ok" said Tyson slowly "Kai and Max are animals. According to Ray, Kai is a Red Cardinal and Max is a Green Turtle" there was a pause "there is something really wrong with the sentence I've just said"

"Yeah, your grammar and punctuation are terrible"

"And you're a bird! There's something terribly wrong about that!"

"Alright! Let's not start a fight guys"

"Max, you are a turtle, turtles don't speak"

"Tyson, you are a dickhead, dickheads don't speak"

"Knock it off the pair of you"

"You can't order me around!"

"On the contrary, I am still your captain no matter what form I take and Ray, stop smirking"

Ray grinned as he watched the scene in front of him: Tyson was sitting opposite him angrily stuffing his face with cereal, toast, eggs, bacon, sausages, beans, tomatoes, mushrooms, black pudding and other assorted foods associated with breakfast. Max, unable to reach the table if he was on the chair, was situated on the table crunching his way through some melon. Kai on the other hand had refused to sit on the table and had insisted on sitting on his chair. So Ray had piled some books level with the rim of the table and Kai sat perched on these much to the amusement of Tyson.

Kai looked at the little dish of water on front of him, he looked at Ray expectantly.

"I don't know what birds eat" Ray was defensive "unless you fancy peanuts or worms, if you want worms you can get your own"

"Ever heard of bread?" asked Kai pointedly "birds eat bread"

"Oh!" Ray got up and pulled a loaf of bread out of the fridge, taking the knife he cut a slice and proceeded to crumble it on to a small plate, this done he set it down in front of Kai.

Kai looked at it and then at Ray who became unsure again.

"Do you want some cake crumbs as well?" asked Ray doubtfully "I could always-"

"This is fine" interrupted Kai, he looked back at the crumbled up bread.

"I could always toast it first" Ray insisted.

"It's fine"

"Or would you like some jam, I don't think Tyson has finished it"

"It's fine"

"Maybe some butter…or what about peanut butter?"

"Ray! It's fine!"

"What about a bit of egg?"

Kai looked at him "what are you trying to do? Turn me in to a cannibal!"

"Huh?"

"Eggs come from birds, Ray"

"They don't come from the males"

"That's not the point!"

"Well…what about flies? Some birds eat flies"

"…No! … Thank you"

"Are you sure?"

"You're not seriously planning on catching flies?!"

"It can be done"

"The bread is fine" Kai could feel a headache coming on "when did you get so dumb?"

Ray sat back down "sorry, I'm feeling a little…lost"

"You're feeling lost! I didn't ask to be a dam bird"

"I know"

"Chill out you guys, we'll get to the bottom of this" Max smiled "we just need to think about what's happened recently"

"Right on Maxie!"

"Tyson, I'm curious. What does 'right on' mean?" Kai's voice was sardonic.

"Well…it means right on! You know… people just say right on!" Tyson scowled at Kai "you know some people would see this as an opportunity to change their ways and personalities!"

"Really?" Kai's voice was now full blown sarcasm "I am not one of them"

"Come on guys stop fighting" Ray said absently.

There was a silence "Ray?"

Ray looked up from his breakfast at Tyson "yeah?"

"What are you doing?"

"Eating breakfast"

"Sardines? Cream?"

"I just fancy some fish and sardines was the only kind we had"

"And the cream?"

"I just like cream"

"Over the fish?"

Ray blushed "not usually but…I'd just thought I'd try it"

"I'm a rich millionaire…get me out of here" muttered Kai.

"Look, there has to be something!" said Tyson rubbing his forehead furiously as he looked through their timetable of the last weeks. Ray looked up from his books which were describing the difference between animal and human structure and why it was impossible that humans could turn in to animals.

He glared at Kai who was fluttering backwards and forwards "Kai! Please will you just go and perch somewhere! I can't concentrate with you fluttering around my head!"

Kai glared back, he was restless, he didn't like being a tiny bird and he didn't like the fact that they weren't getting anywhere after an hour and a half "well then stop looking at a useless book!"

Ray glared "look! I'm trying my best! I don't know what's happened so I'm looking for clues!"

"Then why are you looking at a book which states people can't turn in to animals? It's obviously wrong!"

Ray closed the book with a snap "well what do you suggest?" he growled, he stood and went out the open door to the front yard and garden to sit on the terrace. Sitting down he leant back against the wall and closed his eyes.

He opened them again as Max shuffled v.e.r.y v…e…r…y veerry oh so slowly up to him.

"Don't mind Kai, he's just feeling a little insecure" Max put a flipper on Ray's hand in comfort.

"Why don't you feel insecure?"

"I do, but I've insecure before, I doubt Kai has felt insecure"

"Maybe"

Max started shuffling again; he stopped panting, "how do these turtles manage this? It's soooo tiring!"

Smiling Ray picked him up and set Max down on the grass in the sun, Max looked up at him and smiled "you don't suppose Tyson has one of those make shift paddling pools do you?

Ten minutes later Max was happily swimming in his pool, Ray sat by the pool absently flicking the water. Tyson came to join them. Sitting by the pool next to Ray he sent a small splash towards Max who grinned and splashed back with his flippers.

"Hiro should be here soon"

"Oh yeah! I forgot. What are we going to say? He's never gonna believe us"

"Ray, we shall cross that bridge when we come to it" Tyson looked up as Kai flew in to land on the ground.

Ray ignored him until Kai asked in a rather pathetic voice "do you think you could put that worm somewhere else?"

Ray looked down at him, he had his back to a worm which had found its way to the surface but Ray could tell Kai was juuuuuuuuust itching to pull it out the ground. Smiling slightly Ray carefully pulled it out of the ground and went to put it in the soil away from Kai. He sat back down careful to avoid Kai.

There was a silence between them while Tyson and Max played with the water.

"Ray"

"Yeah"

"This isn't funny"

Ray's eyes watered "I'm sorry" he wiped his eyes "you're so sweet!"

"I'm Kai Hiwatari. I don't do sweet"

Ray smiled and put a hand on the ground, Kai hopped on to it grumpily. Lifting his hand up Ray smiled in reassurance.

"Don't worry Kai, we'll find a way"

Tyson turned to them "yeah and if we don't I'm sure there are lots of female birds around that you can screw!"

And there's the first chapter.

I hope you enjoyed it!

Thanks for reading.

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Kiki