Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade nor do I own any of its characters

This is my first RayxMariah fic. Enjoy!!!

Ages:

Mariah—13

Lee—16

Ray—16

Kevin—12

Gary—17

We'll be using the clothes the characters used on Beyblade G-Revolution since I think they look best there

Chapter I: Reunion

The sun shone brightly over the mountain on a town in china. It's the hometown of the renowned White Tigers team. Today is a special day for the people there because it is on that day that Ray Kon would finally return.

All of the villagers seem to be excited but the most excited of them all has to be Mariah. It's no big secret that she's best friends with Ray. The secret is that she's actually in love with him. Only a select few know about this, specifically, the white tigers.

"GIVE ME BACK MY DRESS KEVIN!!!" the normally sweet and cheerful pink haired girl chased the younger person who has in his hands a pink dress that Ray personally gave her.

"Twenty bucks and I'll give it back to you" Kevin shouted back.

"Why you little rascal!!! Come back here" Mariah launched her beyblade, Galux making the target fall face down on the ground…HARD.

"Ouch" Kevin grunted sitting up and scratching his cheek. Just then, Mariah snatched the pink dress away from him.

"Give me that" the female exclaimed. She examined the dress for a few seconds then gave the green haired boy a clonk on the head. "YOU RUINED IT!!!"

"What's so important about that dress anyway?" Kevin sat Indian style and crossed his arms over his chest.

"Ray gave this to me" Mariah replied, an animated vein popped by her head.

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Ray, the love of your life—"

"HE IS NOT THE LOVE OF MY LIFE!!!" Mariah cut him off. It's not because the white tigers know she's in love with Ray doesn't mean she'll admit it

"Really?…" Kevin smirked "…then mind explaining why you go red every time you see him? Mind telling me why you put so much makeup during your battle with him? Mind telling—"

"Hey, what are you two doing? Ray's finally here." Lee announced.

"WHAT?!" Mariah shouted. "H-he can't be here!!! I'm not dressed yet!!! I'm sweating and smelly and I haven't taken a bath yet!!!"

"Calm down. You still have some time. He's having a hard time getting through the traffic anyway" Gary smiled at her.

"Traffic? What are you talking about Gary? Cars scarcely come here and carts hardly cause a commotion" Mariah gave the big man a questioning look.

"Who's talking about cars and carts? We're talking about his fan girls" Lee butted in.

"Fan girls? Ray has fan girls?" Kevin asked as if it was a joke.

"Yes" Lee simply spat "So while his fan girls suffocate him, I suggest you get ready"

Mariah nodded and sped towards the bathroom.

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"OH MY GOD!! RAY, MARRY ME!!!" a girl shouted.

"RAY, YOU'RE AS CUTE AS EVER" another girl exclaimed

"OH MY GOD RAY!!! YOU LOOK SO SEXY IN THAT SLEEVELESS SHIRT OF YOURS"

"Uhh…thanks….thanks….thanks" it's the only word Ray could think of at that moment. The very second he got off the taxi, a crowd (scratch that…a HERD) of females swarmed around him and some of them don't even belong to the village.

Ray thought that crowds like these would be common since he's already a big time celebrity not only because he's a great beyblader but also because of his fair looks. But he never thought that it'd be so GIGANTIC. He already fought his way through the paparazzi and fan girls in the airport. He paid double to the taxi driver when the car got trashed by more fan girls on his way here. And now, this.

"Man, being popular is sooo troublesome" Lee said looking at the black hair in the middle of the mob of girls through a tree branch some 20 meters away from the herd of girls. He leaped to a higher branch to get a better view. There, he saw Ray, hands in front of him, a nervous smile plastered across his face and a sweat drop on his forehead.

Ray suddenly panicked when the crowd suddenly got aggressive as they tried to rip his clothes off him.

"RAY, TAKE YOUR SHIRT OFF, I WANNA GROPE YOU!!"

"RAY, COME WITH ME. I RESERVED US A ROOM ON A MOTEL"

Immediately, the man ran, desperately trying to go through the crowd

"Oh man, what I wouldn't give to be in Ray's shoes right now" Kevin said enviously looking at the poor teenager through a lower branch than Lee's.

After about 30 minutes, Ray managed to get through the herd. His bandana was missing but he knows exactly what happened to it when a girl shouted 'I GOT HIS BANDANA' and the rest started tackling the one who shouted. It served as a good distraction allowing him to sneak out with a messed up hair and shirt but alive and well.

There's no need to look for her there. Ray knows her too much. He knows that she is much too civilized to take part on such frivolous activities. And that's one of the reasons he loves her so much. He's the only one who knows the feelings he had for Mariah (except for the white tigers—excluding Mariah). In fact, she's the very reason why he took a break from beyblading—to see her—and if all goes well, confess his feelings to her.

"You know, you could've lent me a hand back there" Ray stopped at a tree and looked up.

Lee smirked and raised an eyebrow. As expected from Ray, senses as sharp as ever. "And miss seeing you being beat up by a bunch of girls no way" with that, the lion faced man jumped down from his spot on the tree.

"Where's Mariah?" the raven-haired boy asked almost disappointingly.

"She's getting dressed. You know girls, they take forever to prepare" Lee crossed his arms over his chest.

"Hello Ray" Gary gave Ray his usual smile.

"Hey, it's been a while" Ray replied

"Hey Ray!!" Kevin exclaimed jumping down from his position.

"Hey Kevin, how've you been?"

"Good. Hey Ray, mind telling me the secret?"

"Secret to what?" Ray gave the boy a confused look.

"You know? How to get a swarm of girls chasing you"

"Oh trust me Kevin, you do not want that"

"Excuse me, but I think we should get going before that mob of girls started chasing you again" Lee butted in pointing towards the mob of girls that's currently fighting for Ray's bandana.

"Yeah" Ray gave his agreement. With that, the four made their way to their 'base'

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"Man, this place hasn't changed a bit" Ray looked at their base. It was built by the elders since they were young specifically for the white tigers.

"I'll go get Mariah" Gary said as he went out to do what he said.

Ray nodded and entered the living room. It's a cozy home with three rooms, a living room, kitchen and two bathrooms. The main color of the house is white. Its interior is also white.

The living room is adorned with a sofa adorned with green fabric. One of the rooms is colored pink—For Mariah. The other room was painted Black and white—Ray and Lee. The last room with green—Kevin and Gary. All in all, it is a small house for a small group of friends.

Ray turned around to head back to the garden. What he saw made his heart skip a beat. Standing in the doorway was Mariah wearing the dress he gave her, hair in its usual pony tail. It's a pink strapless dress. It's quite plain really. On the right side of its bottom half, one could see a slit that reveals her legs up to the lower parts of her hips. She wore pink gloves that go up two inches above her elbow.

The raven-haired boy blushed as his eyes trailed down her smooth, creamy legs, up her thighs then higher still to the delicate curves that adorned her body. Gaze moving even higher, the crimson on his face deepened as his eyes landed on her cleavage. Moving higher, he came eye to eye with Mariah who was also red faced. How he loved her pink silky hair and round golden eyes.

At the same time Ray was checking Mariah out, Mariah's own eyes started to drift down his physique. She blushed as naughty thoughts came crawling in her mind.

'So much has changed' Mariah thought as her eyes wandered down his developing bicep muscles. The messed up shirt that clung to his body gave Mariah a mental image of the juicy stuff that's beneath it. Her gaze moved upwards to meet him eye to eye. She realized that like her, he is also blushing. How she loved his fair looks and his piercing golden eyes that would put any jewelry to shame. His shiny black hair only added to his handsome features.

He smiled at her "Hey Mariah"

She smiled back "Hey Ray. Welcome back"

To be continued

So? What do you guys think? Good? Or bad? I know there isn't much RayMariah here but I promise , there'd be more in the next chapter!!!

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