Last chapter I forgot to to do the discaimer so here it is: I do not own beyblade or any of it's related characters. Do you think I would be searching throughmy VHS tapes to find recorded episodes if I did?

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Chapter 2

The next morning the head line for the day was "Ray Kong Has Secret Girlfriend". And said blader was getting nothing but grief from his friends and teammates. "So buddy, ole pal, who's the lucky girl?" asked Tyson though he in all probability knew the answer. Max brought the newspaper so close to his face that his nose was nearly touching it and focused on one particular picture that showed a bit of the mystery girl's face.

"Hey!" he shouted unexpectedly. "This girl looks an awful lot like Salima! You know the girl from Team Psychic." The others instantaneously gathered around the blond boy to see for them selves.

"Your right, it dose! Is it Salima?" said Hilary turning to Ray. The neko-jin stammered for a minute, trying to find a way out of the current situation.

"Ah-ha! I knew it!" Tyson pumped a fist in the air. "I saw you two at the tournament yesterday! Boy wait till I tell Mariah. Tee-hee, I can see it now."

Meanwhile Salima was having her own problems. The previous day she had dashed up to her room upon returning home, and had not emerged except for dinner, after which she had fallen asleep.

"Salima, come here for a moment." Her mother called up the stairs. She was a healthy weight, though her belly was round from the pregnancy of the newest addition to the family whom had yet to come into this world. Her red hair was pulled up with a clip, and her black sweatshirt was loose over her frame. In one hand she held that morning's paper, the other rested on her swollen abdomen.

The girl in question soon appeared from the study where she had moved noiselessly earlier that morning. She stood on the top stair and looked at her mother wither a pen in hand and her head cocked to the side.

"What is it Mum?" she asked. Her mother motioned her down the stairs with the hand that rested on her stomach before returning it to it previous position. Salima padded down the stairs and came to a stop on the second stair from the bottom. Her mother shook the newspaper in her daughters face before handing it to her. She had immediately recognized the girl in the photograph, seeing as in the fourteen years that her eldest had been alive numerous pictures had been taken of the back of the girl's head.

Salima moved the article away from her face before inspecting it closely. Her carefree expression soon faded and a look of shock took over. "Bu- how- wha-they-we..." she stuttered her eyes widening. The lady before her had her jaw set like she did when she was a bit agitated.

"Now Salima, I don't need reporters knocking on our door at ever hour of the day, so I suggest that this be fixed. And I have two things to say to you. One do I have permission to send away the media as I see fit?" The young girl nodded, and the woman continued on. "And two, when will I meet this boyfriend of yours?"

"Maybe today," the younger redhead replied. "I've got to call him so we can sort this all out." And with that the girl walked back up the stairs, while the woman returned to the kitchen.

Mere hours later Ray Kong had escaped the Blade Breakers, and was being introduced to the mother of his girlfriend. To be quite honest he was terrified, I mean come on. Meeting the parents of your special someone is always nerve racking, the dad is always pestering you with questions to make sure your right for his little girl. However after the first few minutes the white tiger wielding boy had relaxed quite a bit.

And after the introductions and roughly two moments of chit-chat Salima's mother let them be, and retreated to the love seat to read a romance novel.

"So," he began. "How are we going to solve the press problem? Tyson has already informed half the city who you are." Salima sighed and rubbed her temples, this was going to be a doozy.

"There's nothing that we really can do except not say anything to the reporters, or Tyson."

"But, we also have another problem. My old teammate Mariah, well she has a huge crush on me and really can't take a hint when to give up. The loudmouth gave her a call today, and spilled the beans. Now she's flying over in three days, to do what I have absolutely no clue." (A/N: Sorry, I'm not meaning to insult any Mariah fans out there.)

"Anything else I should know?" When Ray didn't add anything she looked down at the table and began to trace random patterns on the top.

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TCR: All righty, I got one review. I was flattered by that one review nonetheless. Thanks a ton Izzy aka ShalBrenfan! This chapter is for you!I'll be posting a valentines story by Friday, or as soon as I can edit it. Which ever comes first. The next chapter will be up by Sunday. I'm going to make it extra long to make up for the shortness of these two. Please review so that I know that people are atleast reading my story. I understand if you don't have an acount, if your one of those acount-less people I forgive you.