Tyson: Has anyone noticed how she always manages to ramble on about nothing? Really, that's got to be a valuable life skill; mind teaching me how to do that?
RTC: Why aren't muses ever supportive?
Kai: Because you authors have egos that are quite large enough as it is. Now really, why don't you just leave me alone since I'm not even in the fic anymore?
RTC: Because I don't want to! (Grins evilly.) Disclaimer please!
Hilary: Ray-Tiger-Cat has explained, or rather had us explain that she does not own Beyblade. Do you really need more clarification?
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Confusion
"Oh my God, I can't believe he saw me like that!" Kari screeched when she was finally out of sight of Tala. She ran into the dojo and found her bag and put on the baggiest sweatshirt she could find. 'I do not need to deal with now! I can't handle it! And what if he doesn't really like me?'
Meanwhile, Tala just stood and stared, dumbstruck. 'I can't believe I did that! Smooth, Tala, smooth. If she liked you before, she won't give you a chance now.' He sighed and went into the hallway where the others were cleaning off the walls.
"Oh, hey Tala! Want to help with this mess?" Tyson asked teasingly.
"Hey, where'd Kari go?" Max asked.
"I think she-" Tala started.
"I'm right here, I just went to change out of my wet top," she said and glared at Tala. Tyson, Hilary, Lynn and Amie all looked clueless, but mischievous grins crept across Ray and Max's faces.
"Hey Max, are you seeing another Tyson-and-Hilary relationship blooming here?"
"Totally. So, when are you two going to admit it?"
"We're not in a relationship!" both Kari and Tala shouted.
"Yeah, yet! But you will be!" Ray continued grinning.
"They're still in the denial stage. Don't worry, they'll get over. Just do us a favour and don't go making out at every chance like this two love birds!" Max added, pointing at Tyson and Hilary.
At this, Kari and Tala blushed tomato-red, and Tyson and Hilary both looked like they'd like to disappear.
"Alright, we'll stop now," Max said, feeling a little pity for them. With a few final laughs from himself and Ray, they all got back to work on the walls.
A few hours later, the walls were finally clean, the kids were playing safely outside and the group was exhausted.
"Man, who knew a couple of kids do make such a large mess?" Tyson wondered.
"Tell me about it," Max agreed.
"Hey, can we eat something now?" (That was Tyson, of course.)
"Tyson!" The group just started laughing uncontrollably at that point.
"Some things never change!" Kenny remarked.
"Well, how about we go make dinner then?" Hilary asked. Before the others could reply, the doorbell rang. Again.
"Yo, Little Dude! Look who's here to see you!" Grandpa Granger shouted, which was followed by a blurry figure, red haired running into the room.
"Daichi!"
"Caught an early plane," he said with a really proud grin. "I didn't even get plane sick!"
Hilary went green and commented, "Lovely. We were just going to make dinner; you came just in time"
Another little while later, they had finished making dinner, and Tyson and Daichi were drooling buckets.
"Can someone go bring the girls in? And preferably get them washed up?"
"I'll go," Kenny volunteered, just as Max said the same thing.
"Let's both go; I think after the mess they made this morning, we'll need all the help we can get," Max said.
However, they both came running back in a few minutes later without the girls.
"What's wrong? Where are the kids?" Ray asked, sounding bit panicked.
"We don't know! There's no sign of them in the yard! I know they were out there fifteen minutes ago when I checked up on them, but they've disappeared!" Kenny gasped.
"Do you think they've wandered off?" Hilary exclaimed.
"It doesn't look like it; there isn't any sign of the nearby, and we ran around the block calling for them!" Max said.
Just then, they heard someone rapping at the door. When they opened it, they found a neighbour standing there, looking somewhat alarmed. "I heard you calling for someone, I take it was those kids that were in your yard, right?" he asked and Tyson nodded. "Well, I saw them being taken to a black car and driven away. I couldn't really see what was happening, so I thought you'd allowed them to go, but when I heard all the commotion, I realized what'd happened and I had to come tell you!"
"They wouldn't just take off like that! Amie's much too shy and scared to go with strangers!" Kenny pointed out.
"And Lynn has been taught not to run off with people she doesn't know," Ray added.
"Which means someone forced them into that car! Now who would want both Lynn and Amie?" Tala asked.
"Boris!" Kari exclaimed. "And if I know Boris, I know where he's taken them!" And with that, she stormed off and hopped onto her motorbike. As she reached for her helmet, she felt someone's hand on her shoulder. "We don't have time to wait or call the cops!" she shouted.
"No, it's not that. I'm coming too," Ray said and hopped on behind her. She passed him a helmet, and then quickly took off.
"We'd better not be too late," she muttered.
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RTC: Haha! I wrote another cliffie!!! May my evilness always control my writing! Now I'm pretty sure some of you have picked up on some very evident hints I've been dropping about pairings, right? And now all has been revealed! Boris is on the loose and looking for revenge! I'll bet some of you forgot about him, didn't you? I love doing this sort of thing!
Kai: (Shoves RTC in a closet and locks door.) Peace. Bye everyone!
RTC: Hey, let me out of here!