Hey-lo! (it's my new word. Don't insult it!) Well, first let me say, it's a miracle I can post this write now because I have TWO reports I procrastinated on due tomorrow (so this might be a little...er...'crappy'), dad's b-day was two days ago and I am broke (sob), you probably don't want to read this, but you don't have to. I'm not forcing you.

I've also been working on my own story which I've been calling "Seer". It's about twin girls. One can see ghosts, and the other finds out after sixteen years of life that she can see the 'truth'. What 'truth' is (I've just made up seeing 'truth'), me no tell, cause you probably want to read the 4th chapter now. Well, again, I'm not forcing you.

Chapter 4: Intertwined Hearts

"Which boy?" Tysa asked as she walked to Dev.

"That boy you met yesterday morning…Wyatt, correct?" Tysa flinched a bit.

"Yes…" Dev turned around and threw a piece of paper in Tysa's hand.

"This is a list of some people in Japan whose last name starts with 'S'." Tysa looked down the list and then saw Shimizu, Wyatt.

"Ok, and…"

"Those are all the people who died last year." Tysa choked on her breath.

"T-then how can he be here, then?! It makes no sense!"

"I know. It's very strange…all hell's breaking loose to try and figure out how this happened. After all, he can't be in two places at--!"

"Dev?" Tysa asked, noticing he had started to think hard.

"Of course!" Dev muttered angrily. "How could I have overlooked…"

"Dev?" Tysa asked again, starting to feel ignored.

"Aaa, I have to come back later, Mizuki…ah, craps how could I…" As Dev muttered to himself, black flames started to envelop him.

"Alright." Tysa said as Dev started to vanish. "Later, Lucy."

"Why you little—" Dev snapped right before he vanished. Tysa sighed. She would be in trouble the next time he came. Tysa fell back on her bed and looked towards the desk/wastebasket. The forsaken letters were still in a clump in and around the basket, and the last letter, the one she would be sending, was in an envelope on the desk.

"…" Tysa sighed as she looked at the letter wistfully. "I should send that…he'd…like to know what I'm doing right now…" Tysa cut herself off as the sensation of Kai's kiss filled her mouth. She gulped again.

As if I wasn't nervous enough…Tysa sighed and walked towards the letter and picked it up. …I wonder what you're doing right now, Ray…

Ray stared out the window with a vacant look on his face. Like back in Japan, the sky was still sunny with clouds.

I wonder what you're doing right now, Tysa…Ray felt that he had a right to be worried. After all, he hadn't gotten a single letter from her since he left. I wonder if she's mad at me…heh…I wouldn't blame her. But, still…

"Hey, Ray!" Kevin's voice called as his beyblade 'accidentally' shot for Ray's head. Ray, too deep in his thoughts to hear Kevin, stayed in his thoughts until the beyblade collided with the back of his skull.

"Ow!" Ray cried, rubbing his head and turning around. "Who shot that?!"

"Ray, what's with you?! It's like you're not even here!" Kevin told him.

"Er…sorry, guys. I've just had…a lot on my mind."

"…" Lee stared at his friend. "Ray, come on."

"Huh?" Ray turned to Lee, who started walking out the door. "Hey, wait!" After a while, Ray caught up to Lee.

"Kevin's right, you know." Lee told him when they had walked a distance. "Lately, it's like you've been somewhere else."

"Oh, um…sorry." Ray apologized.

"Ok, what did you do?" Lee asked.

"Huh?"

"You obviously did something you regret. Otherwise, you wouldn't be so vacant."

"Um…well…it's not like I regret it so much…it's more of the reaction."

"Ok, that narrows it down to everything. What did you do?"

"……" Ray sighed. "I…don't know…I mean, I do know, but…ow!"

Lee hit Ray on his head.

"Just tell me already!" Lee growled. He hated it when anyone was indirect. "Is there a sign over my head that says I'm a mind reader?!"

"Urm…no…" Ray was silent for a little while. Sure, he had grown up with Lee, but that doesn't make anything easy to tell. "…I told Tysa that…well…I almost told her…I loved her."

"Oh." Lee said, regretting his bruteness. "Wait, almost?"

"Something hit me." Ray replied, sighing. "But I think she got it, and now I think she's upset with me." But of them were silent. "Would that be wrong?"

"What?"

"To tell her."

"I wouldn't know."

"Thanks, Lee…" Ray muttered.

"I just thought you needed someone to talk to, but apparently you're talking to the wrong person."

"Huh? Then who—"

"Tysa, of course." Ray gulped.

"What?! But, I can't—"

"You think she's upset at you, right?"

"Yes…"

"Then ask her!" Lee commanded. Then muttered: "It's like you need a map with everything…"

"…" Ray thought that over in his mind. "That would be a good idea, but…I'm way too nervous." He said, slumping.

"…Well, it's not like she hates you…uh…" Lee regretted saying that as his friend started to become more depressed.

"…" Ray looked at the nearby phone in the restaurant where he worked (you only see it once in the first season, but oh well!). Lee's right…I should just ask to see how she's doing…just talk a bit…at least…Then Ray sighed. But what do I expect? Me to tell her I love her on the phone, over 1000 miles away, and then her not to get upset and say that she loves me too?…..then maybe pigs will fly…

"…" Tysa looked at the letter she was planning on sending in the family room as she lied on her back. "…"

"What is it with you and that envelope, sis?" Tyson asked, watching his sister from the side of her. His clothes (as always) were similar to his sister's, except he was wearing a t-shirt.

"I don't know." She answered in a joking manner, trying to get her brother off the case. Tyson gave her a flat look.

"…I'm not sure. You've been staring at that for two days. TWO days!"

"Good, you can count." Tysa retorted.

"How did you get so mean?" Tyson asked in a whining voice, not really meaning it. After all, that's how his sister was. It would be pretty out of the ordinary if she wasn't.

Then again, Tyson thought, Hito-san said she acted strange the other day…

"What's in there, anyway?" he asked.

"A cow." She said sarcastically. (Stupid questions get stupid answers…)

"Ok, I'm aware there's a letter in there!" Tyson yelled. "But what about?"

"How I'm disowning you and Hito-san."

"What?! You can't disown us!"

"And why not?"

"I… I don't…I don't know…" Tyson said, facing away from his sister. Tysa sighed, even though her mood was slightly increased by teasing her brother. She sat up and took a deep breath.

"It's really nothing, Tyson." She said normally. "Don't you have summer homework to finish up?"

"Hey, I have plenty of time left."

"You have three more days to complete an essay on a book. You've haven't read anything yet, and I'm not going to help you."

"What?! That's mean! I'm your brother!"

"And we wonder why I have the 'disowning' letter."

"Zhòu mà ta…" (Curse it) Tyson muttered as he blew air out of his nose in annoyance as he left for his room, although both of them knew Tysa would help him anyway. Almost on cue, the phone in the family room rang after Tyson left. Tysa answered it, although the number was unfamiliar.

"Hello?" Tysa asked. There was no answer. "Hello?" Tysa asked again, getting slightly more annoyed.

"Um…hey, Tysa." Tysa gulped.

"Ray? Um, hi. Uh, how are you calling?" Tysa asked, knowing that the White Tiger village had no phone service.

"I'm calling from the restaurant." Ray told her.

"Can you do that?"

"I…don't know." Ray gave a small nervous laugh. "But…I really wanted to talk to you, Tysa…."

"Uh, sure. That's ok." Tysa said sitting down against the wall.

"…You're not mad at me, are you?"

"No!" Tysa cried into the phone. "Why would I be mad?…You were…being honest….weren't you?"

"Of course! Tysa, I…I wouldn't lie about something like that. I just…got worried. I mean…ah heh…you didn't write or anything…" Tysa gulped, looking at the envelope in her hand.

"Well, I was planning to but…" Gee, I can't think of a single thing that doesn't sound mean…. "Ray, I…"

"Ray! Shèn me shì ni zhèng zài ma?!" (What are you doing?!) called an angry unfamiliar voice from the phone, breaking the atmosphere. " Ni shì ding yòng, fú xiào yu!" (You are to be working, not talking!)

"Wei, xian sheng! Duì bu qi, xian sheng!" (Yes, sir! Sorry, sir!) Ray cried out of the phone. Then he whispered: "I'll talk to you later, Tysa." With that, he hung up the phone, leaving Tysa to stare at her end.

"…If you're able to…" Tysa completed, then sighed. She looked at the envelope. "But…I think I'll be able to send this now." She took a deep breath. But part of me still resists. Why? And it seems to be stronger since…The memory of the kiss again flooded Tysa's mouth, making her swallow deeply. "Er…..Raaaagghhh!" She banged the back of her head on the wall. Why me?…Crap, my head hurts…

Mine would too if I banged it on the back of a wall. Anyways, i gotta go now. Zai Jian! (Chinese for good bye. I'm taking Chinese)

Mizuki Sakura