Title: Secrets of the Past.
By: Moonlit Sea

Summary: when something you did in your childhood returns to haunt you, who do you turn to?

Disclaimer: Don't own Beyblade or any of its characters (anything else you don't recognise I own)

A/N: this story takes place eight years after What was Once Lost is Now Found.

Chapter 1
A young woman with long midnight blue hair sat with a young man in the doctor's office, both of them were recovering from shock from what they had just heard.

"Ar-are you sure?" the young man asked.

The doctor gave a nod, "I take it this wasn't planned." Talking to the young lady.

She shook her head still trying to get over it. I guess it does explain a few things. She thought.

The man stood up from his seat, as did the doctor and shook his hand. "Thank you, Doctor." He turned to the young woman, "Come on, Tiffany. We better get going."

"Hm? Oh yeah right." She got up and followed him out. On their way back Tiffany began to wonder how her friends would react when they found out. She realised that she didn't want anyone else to know, at least not until she'd properly 'digested' it herself. "Kenny…" she began to say to the young man next to her.

"Yeah?"

"Um… I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone about… my… predicament." She said wondering how to word it.

Kenny gave her a quick confused look before looking back out at the road in front of him. "Why not?"

Tiffany looked down at her hands. "I uh I'm still trying to take all this in. It's all a little overwhelming. I need to sort things out in my head first."

"Okay Tiffany." He answered with a reassuring tone. "I won't tell anyone. I'll let you do that… when you're ready." He added.

Tiffany gave a sigh of relief and looked up at him, "Thanks Kenny. Do you think Ty and the others will be there when we get back?"

Taking a quick look at the dashboard clock Kenny said, "Most probably. The exhibition match should be over by now."

"Great." She said quietly and sarcastically. She wanted to get back before everyone so she could pretend like nothing happened. A few minutes later Kenny pulled into the driveway of the house. "Let's get this over with." She said getting out of the car.

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Tyson was just heading back from the kitchen when he heard the front door open. "Hey Sis, Chief. Where ya been?" he asked as he followed them into the living room.

"Where? Uh…" Tiffany said while trying to think of a good excuse.

"We went to the doctors." Kenny answered as he sat on the sofa.

Tiffany felt like screaming at him for saying that but she managed to keep it in. Just play it cool, Tiff. She said to herself.

"The doctors? Why, what's wrong? You are feeling okay, aren't you Tiffany?" a voice asked.

Tiffany turned and saw Max standing in the doorway with a worried look on his face. "Fine, Max. Just fine." She answered.

"Then why did you go to the doc's?" a confused Tyson asked.

"Er… I wanted to ask him something." Hoping she sounded believable as she turned back. "So how the match go?" trying to change the subject.

"You didn't really think we'd lose, did you?" Ray asked jokingly.

Tiffany chuckled, "No, but it doesn't hurt to ask." Walking off to her room.

Max looked at Tyson who seemed to be thinking the same thing he was, as he gave a nod Max went after Tiffany. Tyson turned his attention to Kenny. "Chief, are you sure she's okay." He asked his voice sounding more curious than worried.

"Yes, Tyson. I'm sure."

Tyson wasn't sure whether to believe him or not.

"If there was anything wrong with her I'm sure you'd be one of the first to know, Tyson." Kai said as he saw the doubt in his eyes.

Tyson sighed and nodded. "I suppose you're right, Kai." He said. "But it wouldn't be the first time she's kept a secret." He muttered to himself.

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Max walked into their room and saw Tiffany staring out the window. Quietly he crept up behind her and put his arms around her waist making her jump.

"Max…" she said with relief and shock as she looked at him, "You scare the life out of me."

Max smiled and Tiffany looked back out the window as she gradually began to lean into him.

"Tiffany." Max whispered, she giggled as his breath tickled her ear. "Is everything okay?"

She gave him a slightly confused look. "Everything's fine."

"You're sure. You're not hiding anything."

She smiled at him, turned in his arms so she was facing him and put her arms around his neck. "Max, I love you and I would never keep anything from you."

Max returned the smile and leaned in to kiss her.

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Later that evening Kenny caught up with Tiffany. "When are you planning on telling them?" he asked hurriedly. "Tyson keeps asking me if I'm sure you're okay." He added rather annoyed.

"Sorry Kenny." She apologised "For some reason my bro doesn't think I can take care of myself."

"Answer the question."

"Soon. Okay." She answered. "Hey, how about we give Firefly a little exercise, huh? It might help take your mind off all this." And mine too.

"Sure. Let me grab my laptop and I'll see you in the garden." Walking off to his room.

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Max and Tyson sat in the living room watching the two in the garden.

"Max…" Tyson began.

"Yeah?" Max answered as he looked over at the blue haired blader.

"Do you…do you believe her when she says that there's nothing wrong?"

Max nodded, "Yeah, I do."

Tyson looked over at his best friend. "You don't think she's hiding something."

"No Tyson, I don't. I admit that I was suspicious at first, but she told me she wasn't hiding anything."

"You're sure."

Again Max nodded. "Why? Don't you think she's telling the truth?"

"I don't… know…" Tyson replied unsurely as he looked back at the garden.

Tyson's answer confused Max. "You don't know?"

"It's just this feeling I've got." Tyson tried to explain. "That something's not right." He sighed, closed his eyes and shook his head.

Max took another look out at the garden. As far as he could tell, Tiffany looked fine.

"She looks okay to me." He said, "You sure you're not reading into this too much."

"Maybe… but maybe it's something only a brother can sense."

"Hey Tyson." a voice said interrupting the conversation.

Both guys looked over to see Ray walking in.

"Yeah Ray?"

"Aren't you and Kai suppose to going out tonight?" he asked.

"Oh that's right! I totally forgot! Thanks Ray!" running out of the room.

Both Max and Ray chuckled at Tyson's forgetfulness.

"We should buy him a calendar or something." Ray commented.

"I think you're his calendar, Ray." Max joked.

"Funny Max."

"Anyway, we already tried that, remember?"

Ray thought for a moment, "Right." He said and headed for the kitchen.

"Speaking of 'going out', don't you and the Chief have things to do tonight?" Max asked following him.

"I'm not meeting her until later, Max." Ray replied. A sudden thought crossed his mind and he looked over at Max with a curious look upon his face. "You wouldn't want to get rid of us now, would you?" his voice having a slight teasing tone.

Max chuckled nervously. "Me? No, why would I want to do that?"

"Oh, I don't know. Maybe so you can be alone with Tiffany." He half teased as he stressed the word 'alone'.

A small blush appeared on Max's face. "I-I don't know what you're talking about, Ray."

Ray gave a small chuckle, "Ssssure you don't." he said making Max blush even more.

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Dinner came and went and not long after Kenny, Max and Tiffany all sat watching TV. Thirty minutes later Tiffany got up and went to the kitchen, she came back a few moments later carrying crisps and chocolate as well as other food items. Max looked over at her and raised an eyebrow. "You know your becoming more like Tyson everyday." He teased.

"Hm hm. Very funny Max. I am e…" she stopped mid-sentence realising what she was about to reveal.

"You're what?" he asked curiously.

She smiled at him, "Just going to say that I am his sister." Sighing mentally with relief. Phew, close one. Good cover up.

Tyson's right. There is something wrong with her. But why all the secrecy Tiff? Max wondered as she sat down next to him.

"Ow!" Tiffany suddenly yelped.

"What is it? What's wrong?" Max asked suddenly worried.

"Something's digging into my hip." She put her hand in her pocket and pulled out her blade. She chuckled, "Oh yeah. I forgot I put Firefly there." She looked out into the garden.

Max sighed with relief glad it wasn't anything serious. He settled down with her again only to be confused when she got up and left for the garden. He looked over at Kenny who didn't seem to have noticed she'd left.

"Chief."

"Hm?" Kenny answered trying to concentrate on the TV.

"Tell me, why did Tiffany really go to the doctors?"

Kenny now looked over at the blonde blader. "She wanted to ask him something. She didn't tell me what."

"Why did you go with her? I mean, why didn't she ask me?"

Kenny shrugged in response. "Guess the only appointment she could get was today, and knowing that you would be busy she didn't want to bother you."

"She still could of asked me. Kai could've taken my place. It wasn't as if we were in a tournament or anything."

"Max, I can only guess why she asked me. If you want to know the real reason, I suggest you go ask her."

"Wow." Max blinked in slight shock "You know for a moment there you actually sounded a little like Kai." He chuckled at the surprise on Kenny's face at his comment.

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Tiffany sighed as Firefly spun in the beydish. "I always found blading helped me to think." She said quietly to herself. Suddenly a green blade 'crashed' into Firefly sending them backwards. "What the…" she said in confusion "Okay, who's out there?" she said into the night. No one answered, she looked down at the blade that was now attacking Firefly. There's something familiar about that blade she thought. "Firefly, Hyper Gallop!" to Tiffany's amazement the attacking blade dodged her attack. "How the… hm…" she thought out loud. "Let's see how you handle this… Firefly, use Thunder Strike!" calling out her bit beast. Firefly rose from her blade and flapped her wings at the opposing blade sending sound waves in its direction. But again the opposing blade seemed to somehow anticipate this and dodged the attack. The blade seemed to know all her moves before she even made them. Tiffany gave a slight growl Who are you and why do you seem so familiar she wondered. She was about to tell Firefly to attack when she realised that her blade was flying through the air and landed at her feet. She stared at it in shock I lost? But how? That was when she heard "Now I know something's up." She looked up and saw Max stepping out of the shadows. "I thought that blade looked familiar." She stated.

"You're keeping secrets again, Tiffany." He said bluntly.

"Huh? What are going on about, Max? What secrets?" she was confused. What did he mean by 'you're keeping secrets.'

"Why did you go to the doctor's? What was it that you wanted to know? Why didn't you ask me to go with you?" he asked seriously.

Max's seriousness was starting to scare Tiffany she'd never seen him so…. serious before. "Max… you're starting to scare m-me."

Max saw how scared she looked, he sighed downheartedly and looked down at the ground. Tiffany walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. He looked her and saw the worry on her face. "I'm sorry, Tiff. Its just…" he stopped wondering how to put how he felt into words.

She smiled at him, "It's okay, Maxie." she said with a slight cheeky smile. She finally understood what he meant earlier and gave him a quick kiss, she rested her forehead against his, closing her eyes. "I made a promise to you that I would never keep secrets like that again. I haven't broken that promise and I never will."

Max could hear the sincerity in her voice and gave a nod. "Okay then."