Disclaimer: Just as in previous chapters. I do not own Beyblade or any of the characters. I only own Taro and future OCs. (I don't know if the parents counts as my Ocs.)

Warnings: Weirdness. Please don't hate me for having a little fun with Rei and his family!

A/N: Aaaanyway! This chapter is dedicated to Hispanic Tenshi. For these past two weeks, she's been my motivation to finally finish this chapter. (n.n)V

Rose Garden

Chapter 14

"Aaaaaaaaahhhhh!"
"Mom, what is it?" Tyson asked while looking at his mother who was currently standing on one of the couches in the livingroom, eyes wide while shaking like a leaf.
"I saw a mouse run across the room! Get it away from me!"

"Oooooohh... A mouse! Where? I want it!"
"Mom. No."
"But I'm bored!" Mei whined as she sat down on the other couch.
"I don't care. You are not allowed to play with the mouse. And besides, last time you played with a mouse, you hit your head on the coffee-table..." Rei said and sweatdropped.

Mei crossed her arms over her chest and pouted. Raisa walked into the room, holding something behind her back.

"While the rest of you look for the mouse, I'll distract Mei. And I suggest that both Lin and Rei should close their eyes."
"Why?" Lin asked.
"I'll tell you later. Now, close your eyes."

Lin and Rei did what Raisa had told them to do while Raisa walked over to Mei and brought out what she had hidden behind her back. A white feather. She poked the feather on the tip of Mei's nose, getting her full attention. She then moved it from side to side, up and down, and Mei's eyes followed the feather's every move with big curious eyes. Raisa then started to move away from the couch Mei was sitting on and Mei followed her. She slowly walked backwards and when she was almost at the door, Raisa stopped and widened her eyes.

"Rei and Lin has noticed the feather! Cover their eyes!"

Just like she said, both Rei and Lin had opened their eyes and when they had looked up, they had noticed the feather Raisa was holding, and they were now moving towards her. Tyson covered Rei's eyes with his hand and Hideaki covered Lin's eyes. Raisa hurried out of the room and Mei followed her. Tyson and Hideaki pulled their hands away.

"Why were you covering my eyes Tyson?" Rei asked as he blinked.
"Because, my dear friend, Raisa was holding a white feather that she used to make Mei exit the room, and both you and your dad noticed the feather as well when you opened your eyes."
"Oh..."

"But you looked cute though." Hoshiko said as she giggled from where she was standing on the couch.
"Yeah, you looked just like Petal does when I give her a yarnball." Max said and smiled as Rei blushed and Lin pouted.

"Aaaaahhh! There's that mouse again!" Hoshiko screamed as she pointed towards a TV-bench. (A/N: That has no TV on it. XP)

The little grey mouse looked up and sniffed in the air before it dashed over and hid behind the TV-bench. Max walked over to the bench and knelt down beside it.

"Does anyone here have an idea on how we are going to catch the mouse?" Lin asked.
"Maybe you could try using the butterfly net I brought?" Judy said.
"You brought a butterfly net?" Hideaki asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, because I wanted to catch some butterflies. I'll go and get it."

"There's no need for that mom. I've got the mouse." Max said as he stood up, with the cute little mouse sitting in his hands. "Where should I put it?"
"Are you sure that that mouse isn't going to bite you, Maxie?" Judy asked.
"Yes, I'm sure. And besides, it's only a baby. See?"

Max held out his hands so that everyone could see the little baby-mouse that was only about 2 inches long, with it's tail included. (A/N: -squeals- Cute! XD)

"Now, where should I put it?"
"Outside somewhere."
"No, it'll freeze to death if we leave it outside!"
"Then put it in a box with a towel as a little nest or whatever you call it. That should keep it warm." Judy said.
"Okay."

Max and Judy left the room to get a box and a towel for the baby-mouse. They found a box in a cabinet in the hallway where they also found a small used blanket. Judy put the blanket in the box before Max put the mouse down in it as well. The little baby-mouse immediately found itself at home and cuddled up. (A/N: -squeals- Cute! XD)

Judy and Max smiled to each other before they went outside. They put the box under som bushes so that if it started raining, the box wouldn't become wet. On their way back to the house, Max noticed that someone was sitting under a tree not far away.

"You can go back inside mom, I'll be right back."
"Okay."

Judy walked inside as Max walked over to the tree. When he came close enough, he saw that it was Kai sitting there. And he seemed to be asleep...

Max P.O.V

'I wonder why he is sitting here. I'd better wake him up.' I thought before I knelt down beside him and reached out to wake him up by shaking him. But as soon as my hand was resting on his arm, something weird happened. It was like I could see his dream...

-'- Dream sequence -'-

I'm in a room that seems to be a livingroom, I think. Everything is black, white and grey and it's completely quiet. Except from the bird chips coming from outside.

'I wonder where this is..'

Suddenly the scene changes and I think it's evening since it's dark outside. It's the same livingroom, but now I see a younger version of Kai sitting on a couch. He's holding something but I don't know what it is. He looks really sad... I hear footsteps so it turn my head to see Misha walk into the room.

- "Kai, you need to go to bed now, it's getting late." -

Kai didn't say anything. Instead, he hugged the thing he had been holding. Misha walked over to him and tried to grab the thing that was in Kai's hands, but Kai curled up so that he couldn't grab it. Misha sighed before he said:

- "If you hug the photo like that, the frame and the glass will brake and you can hurt yourself. Now give it to me. We'll put it on your nightstand, okay?" -

Kai looked up at his dad. He then looked back at the photo he was holding and nodded. He held it out to his father and Misha took it. Kai stood up as Misha grabbed his hand.

- "I promise Kai, you will see Max again. Some day." -

The scene faded and switched to another one...

- "Class, may I have your attention, please?" - A teacher asked. She looked unusually tall to be japanese, but her facial features told me that she is a native japanese.

The class settled down a bit and a few turned their attention towards the teacher, as I looked around the room. I spotted Kai, Rei and Tyson by the windows and they looked like they were about 10 years old or something. Tyson was wearing a baseball cap and Kai had those sharkfin-thingies on his face. I really wonder what those were for...

- "Today, you are getting a new classmate." - Kai, Rei and Tyson immediately turned their attention toward their teacher at those words.

The door to the classroom suddenly opened and a boy stepped inside. He was blonde, just like me, and had a very similar eyecolor to mine. I looked at my friends again and I noticed that their eyes shone with hope. Maybe they thought that the new classmate was me?...

- "Why don't you introduce yourself?" - The teacher asked the new student. The student nodded and turned to the class:

- "Oha minna-san, my name is Ryan and I come from Brighton, England. I moved here with my family a few month ago and..." -

I turned to look at Kai and the others. Just as I had assumed, they looked completely heartbroken. The hope in their eyes were gone as they continued with whatever they were doing before that boy Ryan stepped into the room. I glanced at their teacher and I saw that she gave Kai, Tyson and Rei a quick glance before she sighed and massaged her right temple. Apparently, Kai, Rei and Tyson must've reacted like this whenever they saw a blonde person that resembled me, and she must've seen them everytime.

Several other short scenes followed. Everyone showing the same thing...

-'- Dream sequence end -'-

Suddenly I was out of Kai's dream and I removed my hand from his arm. Kai was still asleep.

"You guys never forgot about me..."

'But I forgot all about you...'

I looked down at the ground before I sighed and closed my eyes. Kai, Rei and Tyson have been by my side for the past few weeks, and yet, I have almost no memory of them at all from the time when we were small and lived in Bay City together... Stupid car-crash and stupid amnesia! It totally ruined my life...

"Max? What are you doing out here?" I looked up to see Kai looking at me with a newly awoken expression on his face. He actually look kind of cute like that.

'Wait a minute! Did I just think that?' I thought as I blushed. Luckily, he was yawning so he didn't notice my blush. I giggled before I said:

"Tyson's mom saw a mouse in the living-room and started screaming. I decided to catch it and when I did, I saw that it was just a little baby. It was so cute! And just a few minutes ago, my mom and I put it in a box with a spare little blanket and put it outside underneath some bushes. I didn't want it to freeze to death when the night comes."

"Heh, thanks typical you. Caring for everyone and everything." Kai said and smiled. I blushed and this time he saw it and chuckled.
"Mean... Anyway, what are you doing out here?"

"I was just... thinking about things. Nothing special actually... Let's get back inside. It's getting cold." He was about to stand up, but I put my hands on his shoulders and pulled him back down.

"Wait! Can't we watch the sunset? Please?" I asked and pointed towards the sun almost setting between the mountains. From where we sat, you could see the lake.

The surface of the lake was shimmering in the warmest of colors, reflecting the now orange sun. The edges of the mountains shining in bright yellow. It's really a beautiful sight...

Kai was still looking at the sunset when I turned to look at him. He looked like he was thinking about something, dunno what. He then turned to me and said:

"Okay fine... Hey! What are you doing?"

"What does it look like?"

"Sitting in my lap. Why?"
"First of all, since it will become dark when the sun sets, I feel safer than sitting on the ground and second of all, you're more comfortable to sit on... Why are you blushing?"

"Ehh... Nothing..."

I giggled before leaning against his chest to watch the sunset. I felt his arms encircle my waist as he pulled me closer to him, making me blush slightly as I smiled.

Max P.O.V (end)

Kai P.O.V

'Either he knows that I'm in love with him, or he doesn't have a clue at all and is just being very cuddly... Especially with me...'

I sighed before I turned my head to look at the sunset, while unconsciously nuzzling Max's hair. I stopped when I felt Max freeze, so I asked:

"What is it? Is something wrong?"
"Anou.. No.. It's just that... A few weeks ago, in the alley... Taro nuzzled my hair... and it scared me a little..."
"Oh.. Sorry then.."
"No no, it's okay when you did it! It felt nice actually... I just didn't expect you to do something like that..."

"What do you mean?"
"Well... You don't seem to be like a nuzzling-peoples-hair-kind of person."

"I'm not, but it's not my fault that your hair is soft and fluffy!" Max blushed at that. "And for your information, I didn't even know that I was nuzzling it..."
"You didn't?"
"No."

We looked at each other in silence before Max burst out giggling. Which of course, was contagious, making me start laughing along with his giggling. (A/N: Nawww... -giggles-)

We stopped after a while though just in time to see the sun go down between the mountains, and in the matter of only a few minutes, the stary sky could now be seen.

Although, none of us could see it since we both fell asleep directly after the sunset...

Kai P.O.V (end)

Marin: Yay! Chapter 14 is finished! The chapter may be a little short, but it's finished! Now I'll have some time to sort out a couple of things in the story, before the next update...
Varden: So until next chapter, Ja ne minna-san! -waves-
Marin: -waves-