Ten Years Later

Summery: Shortly after Tyson won the second World Championships Hilary disappeared. After months of searching, the police give up hope and assume that the thirteen year old was murdered. Ten years later a woman stumbles into the flat that the former Bladebreakers are living in bruised and battered. The mysterious woman looks strangely familiar. Could it be? Is it really Hilary? If so…why doesn't she remember them? Pairings: TyHil RayMar MaxEm KaiOc KennyOc

Chapter One

Twenty Four Tyson Granger propped his feet up on the desk in his office and stared up at the ceiling. The former Beyblade World Champion was now the head of the BBA. He and the others had all been surprised when, in his will, Mr. Dickenson had left him in charge of the BBA two years prior. He was still trying to get use to it.

He was brought out of his thoughts by the sound of the door opening.

"Tyson," a familiar voice said, "how many times do I have to tell you not to sit with feet on the desk? It's not very professional."

The bluenette immediately took his feet off the desk and looked at the man standing in the doorway. "Relax, Chief. It's not like anyone important is coming today."

Kenny had had a growth spurt when he turned nineteen and was now the average height of a twenty four year old male. He was only a few inches shorter than Tyson. He was in charge of all of the technical information. His bangs had been cut to reveal misty blue eyes and he had replaced his glasses with contacts. In fact, he looked a lot better from the earlier days.

"You don't know that, Tyson! Sometimes they just tend to pop up unexpected and uninvited." Although, he was still over reactive.

Tyson just rolled his eyes and leaned forward on his elbows. "What did you want, Kenny?"
The brunette nodded. "Right. I came here to remind you that we have to be at the airport to pick up Max and Emily in an hour."

Tyson nodded his head and stood up. "Well then, I guess we should get going if we don't want to be late."

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Max Tate looked out the window of the plain and sighed. He couldn't believe he was actually going back to Japan after two years. The last time he had been there was at the reading of Mr. Dickenson's will. He smiled and closed his eyes as he leaned his head against the back of his seat. He couldn't wait to see Tyson and Kenny again. Even though he had talked to them on the phone the day before.

The blonde's job was to train all the bladers that were going to join the BBA. When he had been assigned the job he had been psyched, but conditions back in the U.S. had made it so that he had to leave immediately, and he was just now coming back.

Max opened his eyes and looked to his right when he felt a slight weight on his shoulder. He smiled when he realized that it was his wife, Emily. He opened his mouth to say something when he began to hear gurgling noises coming from the seat that was facing him.

Emily sat back up and reached across to pick up the source of the noise. "Hey, Eliza. You finally decided to wake up, didn't you?"

Max couldn't help but smile as Emily began to bounce their one year old daughter, Eliza, on her knee. Eliza was the spitting image of her mother. She had the same orange hair and emerald green eyes. She even had a bit of her mother's fiery temper.

I guess, Max thought, that's why I love her so much.

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Kai Hiwitari, Ray Kon, and Mariah(What's her last name?) all walked into the humongous flat that they would soon be sharing with Tyson, Kenny, Max, Emily and possibly others. The Russian sighed and sat down on the couch. It would be a refreshing break from recruiting eligible bladers for the BBA. It wasn't easy traveling all over the world, especially when you had to do it by yourself. Even if you are a loner.

The two Chinese bladers followed suit. Ray closed his eyes and smiled. It was so good to be back in Japan, even though he had only left two months earlier. He was in charge of all the physical training for all of the new recruits that Kai brought in. It was actually a pretty fun job.

"Wow," he said, "I can't believe that we're all going to be together again."

Kai looked at him and smirked. "Yeah."

Mariah gave them both a quizzical look. "What're you talking about? You guys are always together. I mean, you all work for the same company."

Ray smiled at his fiancé. "We may all work for the same company, but we're all in different parts so we hardly get to see each other. And when I do catch a glimpse of one of the others, it's either Kenny or Tyson because Kai is always gone and Max is in America."

Before Mariah could reply, talking could be heard from outside.

"They're probably here all ready. Don't get your boxers in a knot." That was Tyson.

"What if they're not? What if something happened to them?" Kenny.

A chuckle. "C'mon, Kenny. Tyson's right. Kai and Ray are probably inside listening to our conversation, along with Mariah." Max.

Mariah nodded her head in approval at the sound of her name. At least they hadn't forgotten about her.

"C'mon, Tyson. Just open the door. It's getting cold out here and I don't want Eliza to catch a cold." Mariah couldn't help but smile as she heard the irritation in Emily's voice. Spoken like a true mother.

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Tyson opened the door to the flat and smiled at the three missing people from their group. "Hey guys. See, Kenny. Didn't I tell you that you were worrying for nothing?"

The brunette chuckled. "Yeah. I guess you were right."

The next few minutes were filled with laughs and 'do you remembers' and a whole bunch of catching up.

"Gee," Max said as they all sat down either on the floor or in a chair. "I can't believe we're all together again."

Ray laughed. "Yeah. Neither can I."

"We're not all together," they all looked at Tyson in surprise, "Not really anyway."

Emily and Mariah looked at him confusedly. "What do you mean?" As soon as the words were out of their mouths they remembered. "Oh."

Although Mariah and Emily had never met this Hilary Tatibana person, they knew that she had meant a lot to the guys. Ray and Max had said numerous times that she was like a little sister to them. Kai and Kenny never said anything, but they all knew that they felt the same way. They all did. The only one who felt any different was Tyson, and that was only because he felt much more for her.

They all sat in an uncomfortable silence until Eliza broke it by banging her bottle on the coffee table.