Hi all! There will be some smut this chapter, but as usual I will put a warning just in case you're not interested in reading it! I know I don't think anyone was really expecting that about Johnny, but there was a reason they broke up, and unfortunately it was because Mr. Playboy couldn't keep it in his pants. I hope you enjoy this one NickyVilla. Thank you for your review as usual :)

Maps

Chapter Fifteen: Back Again

Disclaimer: I do not own beyblade or any music used in the story.

The group of four had decided to go to a botanical garden and then take a trip to the supermarket for the barbecue. Ray and Salima hung back away from Kira and Kane while they had walked ahead to check out some other flowers.

"So what the hell is this, Salima?" Ray asked her as he looked over at Kira and Kane smelling flowers. Well... Kira was smelling flowers, Kane just kind of watched her and made comments here and there.

"What ever do you mean, Ray?" Salima looked at and took pictures of the flowers nearest to them, not making eye contact with him.

"Don't do that. You know exactly what I'm talking about." Ray crossed his arms and glared at her. "Why did you bring someone over for Kira? Why did you show up unannounced like that?" Salima stared at the flowers for a second longer before sighing heavily and looked at him.

"Oh I dunno. You've been ignoring me since before you left for Bora Bora. I got tired of waiting. You told me you all were going on a trip for Kira's birthday and that I wasn't invited. Next thing I know, I'm seeing pictures and videos of you two all over social media. Not to mention that TikTok video you two made, where you may as well have been fucking her on camera." Salima narrowed her eyes into a glare, and Ray looked away. "Did you sleep with her?"

"Nope." Ray looked over at Kira and Kane who laughed about something, and then back at Salima.

"Did you kiss her?" He paused for a moment and nodded.

"I did." He paused and heard Salima sigh, angrily. "I was going to call you-"

"When?" Salima looked at him with her eyes wide, and he could see that she was about to cry. "You guys have been back a week now. When were you going to call, Ray?"

"We were busy with tr-"

"Don't bullshit me! You want to be an idiot and have an affair with your ex, fine. But she is your ex for a reason! I've never done anything to hurt you. I... I love you, Ray! Damnit." Her lip quivered and she sighed, looking away. "You guys are celebrities in this town. It's not hard to figure out where you are or what you're doing."

"Is... everything okay over he-?" Kira and Kane had walked back over over, and Salima turned, glaring at Kira, then slapped Kira across the face leaving her feeling dumbfounded. Kira stared off into the distance in front of her as she slowly touched her cheek. Ray's eyes widened and he could feel anger boiling up inside of him. Salima was seething with rage, glaring at the girl.

"You're a stupid, fake bitch... let's go, Kane." Salima stormed off, out of the botanical garden. Kane grabbed Kira's phone and called his phone, basically giving her his number.

"If you ever wanna go get coffee or...whatever." Kane smirked at Ray and then looked at Kira and, who was still staring off, dazed from getting slapped across the face.

"Are you okay?" Ray asked her after Kane walked away, carefully touching her cheek. "Why the hell did she slap you and not me?"

"Girl code..." Kira looked down, at the ground ashamed of herself. "Also probably to upset you." He sighed and touched her cheek wincing as a red handprint started to appear.

"I'm so sorry, Kira. I was going to call her tonight to set something up so I could meet with her, and not with you there." Kira shook her head, and sighed.

"At least it's taken care of... let's go get that food so Tyson doesn't have an aneurysm." She gave him a small smile, and took his hand.

The two took a bit of time at the grocery store, just to spend some time alone. They were definitely getting some looks and stares from people in the grocery store, but Kira didn't really mind. Ray's ball was finally in her court again.

He picked out a few different types of meats to grill, as well as a bunch of veggies that he could cook into a platter. Kira hung back with the cart as Ray looked at the different vegetables, and she smiled, admiring him.

"You okay?" He asked as he grabbed some green peppers and placed them in the cart. "You kinda look like you're spacing out." He gave a small chuckle and she shook her head.

"I'm fine! Just... doing some thinking, I guess." He placed his hand on the small of her back as he set the peppers down and smiled at her. Kira felt her skin light up on fire from the contact and looked at him. "This is a lot of food." She giggled, looking down at the cart. "You're gonna be exhausted from cooking all this."

"Well.. I guess it's a good thing I have the best assistant out there then, hm?" He winked at her as he pushed the cart forward. She hung back at pointed at herself.

Kira was good at a lot of things... but cooking was not one of them! She could season like a pro, but when it came to actually cooking the food... well you were better off eating something a five year old made with play-doh.

"Ummmm I hope you're talking about someone else because I will kill everyone in the house with my cooking."

He chuckled and shook his head. "You'll be fine. I'm gonna be right there at the grill the entire time." Kira pursed her lips and sighed. This was not a good idea.

"You guys sure fixed everything fast..." Luna crept up behind Kira as Ray grilled the food for everyone. Kira was sitting outside with him in front of a small fire while he cooked, talking to him about random things in life. "I know you guys can't have fixed all your problems just like that."

"What's there to fix, Luna?" Kira shrugged and looked back at her. "We've been talking about things and trying to work on them."

Luna pulled up a chair next to her cousin and shrugged. "I just don't want to see you get your heart broken again. You two are so head over heels for each other, and I know you guys have an amazing physical connection, but what about up here?" Luna tapped her head. "Have you even talked about why you guys broke up? Have you apologized to each other?"

"I mean... kinda." Kira shrugged, and sighed. She looked inside the house at Ray who was laughing and talking with the boys.

"If some other girl were to come in as a distraction, would he use her as excuse not to get serious with you again?" Kira looked at her.

"That's kinda what we're trying to work on right now, Lune. He realized that he was trying to deflect from our problems. We both know we have to take it one step at a time."

"Great. Because this isn't gonna last if you guys don't. Even Kai has a hard time opening up, but he'll do it for the sake of our relationship." Luna frowned, looking at her cousin. "I know you love him, but he isn't worth losing yourself over. Just remember that." The lavender haired girl patted Kira on the shoulder and left to go back inside. Kira brought her knees up to her chest and hugged them as she sighed. She could see her breath in the air as the temps were cooling down again.

"Food should be done shortly. I hope you guys like it." Ray sat in the seat next to her, tucking his hands into his pockets. He saw Kira's stature and change of mood and tilted his head. "Everything...okay?"

"Why did you lie...?" Kira asked him quietly. A normal person may not have been able to hear or understand her, but he did.

"Lie? About what?"

"Back when... I told you I was a virgin. Why did you say you were one too?" She bit her lip, staring out at the fire pit that was her sole source of warmth. Ray thought back and sighed.

"Honestly, I didn't mean to. I was just listening to you talk so excitedly about your virginity and what it meant to you, and... I accidentally said what I meant to say in the wrong manner..."

"So what did you mean?" She looked over at him, and he shrugged.

"I guess... that I wished I had waited instead of just sleeping with Mariah because I thought it was the right thing to do. I'm glad I had the experience so I knew what I needed to do to make you feel good..." Ray shrugged, blushing. "But I would have given all that back to share that first experience with you." Kira stared at him, watching him as he spoke and put her chin back down on her knee. "Maybe Mariah wouldn't be so crazy over me either." He shrugged and gave a short laugh.

"Maybe..."

"I really never thought Mariah would have brought that up, otherwise I would have cleared it up. I'm sorry Kira." She turned her head to look at him again as it rested on her knee, and gave him a small smile. He felt his heart clench in his chest at the look she gave him. "God, you're so cute..."

"I'm sorry that I kissed Johnny..." She sighed softly, still looking at him. "I don't know what came over me that night."

"I get it... don't worry." He bent over and gave her a soft kiss on the lips before walking back over to the grill. As he opened the lid, the flames grew in front of him and she could feel the heat of the fire on her skin.

"Duuuuuude, that smells so goooood!!" Tyson ran out, to check out the food.

"Little man is right, my dude! This smells terrific. I might not let you go back to China after you guys are done with this season!!!" Tyson's gramps cheered, and Kira smiled.

'I might not either...' She looked over at the boys and her eyes sparkled.

After feasting upon a multitude of foods, Kira found herself with Ray outside of her apartment.

"Wow... this is really nice." He noted, looking around.

"Oh yeah... you haven't been here, have you?" She looked at him. He shook his head and she led him to her actual apartment door. "Crazy to think Mariah came here before you did." She unlocked it, and he looked at her confused.

"Mariah... like White Tigers Mariah?"

"No Ray, Mariah Carey. Yes of course that Mariah." She rolled her eyes opening the door. "She came here before they left to China begging for me to get you to break up with Salima." Kira sighed, thinking back to her and Mariah's conversation. "But I couldn't do it. I was so sure you were happy and knew what you wanted... little did I know, I didn't even need to do anything. Guess she was right after all." Kira pulled her boots off and started to walk in. "Well... welcome to my not so humble abode." She held her arms out, and led him inside.

Ray walked in, taking his shoes off behind her, and stared misty eyed at the apartment. The huge glass windows on the far side of the wall held a magnificent view of downtown Tokyo. She had a nice grand piano near the windows, with a modern styled couch against the wall, and a TV across from that, not that he ever really knew her to even watch TV. To the left was her bedroom and bathroom, he guessed, and to the right...

"Guest bedroom, which I'm using as a home studio to make my music when I can't make it to the actual studio." She walked over to her fridge and pulled out a bottle of wine. "Want some?" She asked him, smiling. He nodded, and she grabbed out some glasses for them.

"So..."

"So?" Kira asked and he sat on one of the island barstools next to her.

"Where do we go from here?" He looked at her, and she pulled the cork out from the bottle.

"Umm... I mean... you just broke up with Salima, right? We're still working on our friendship-slash-relationship..." She looked up at him, and poured him his glass.

"I'm not trying to rush into anything, but I'm just trying to figure out where your head is at. I can't read your mind like some people." Kira was silent while she poured her wine. Once finished, she took her glass, sat down on the barstool next to him, and turned to face him.

"I guess... I'm just scared, you know? Everything was so good for us for a while, and then everything crashed so hard, so fast." He nodded.

"Most of that was my fault, so I can understand why you're scared... plus your history with your parents doesn't help. I know I have to prove my ability to be reliable, and I plan on it." Ray placed his hand on her thigh, and she looked down at it as she sipped her wine.

"I want to trust you, and I think I do.. you just can't abandon me again." She centered her vision back on him and looked deeply into his golden eyes. "Especially without saying goodbye..." She barely whispered the last part, and he stood, grabbing her in a hug. He sighed, squeezing her tight, rubbing the naked skin on her upper back.

"I'm so sorry, Kira. I can't apologize enough." She closed her eyes, leaning into his hug and sighed, happily.

!SMUT WARNING!

"Well... there is one way you can make it up to me. At least... for now." He pulled back and she gave him a mischievous smile, pulling off her sweater, leaving her in her lacy black bra, and her skirt with thigh high socks.

"Ummm..." He looked back at the windows that had absolutely no curtains on them, and she laughed.

"No one can see up this high, promise. It's just you and me up here." Ray returned her mischievous smile, pulling her face in close, their lips centimeters apart.

"I mean, this is the first time we've been truly alone in... I don't even know how long. Who am I to say no?" Kira could feel her chest burning with desire, as well as the center of her groin. Their make out session back on the island had left her high and dry, and she had had no relief since then. Her breath caught in her chest as she felt him run his hand slowly up her thigh, to underneath her skirt and he reached his other hand around to undo her bra.

His hand carefully traced the spot where her thighs met her core, as he softly stroked the line of her underwear. He softly kissed her, watching her, as he pulled off her bra and started kneading her breast with his free hand. Kira's eyes closed from the contact, and she gave a muffled moan as he pinched and massaged her nipple.

He switched his hands and switched thighs, and carefully stroked the inside of her thigh to the edge of her lace underwear again. Ray smirked and chuckled softly to himself as she opened her legs wider for him, resting one on the barstool where he had been sitting before. Kira deepened the kiss, even though he was slightly distracted. She softly bit and sucked on his lower lip, and then traced his tongue with hers.

She groaned, and scooted closer to him, silently begging him to push past the boundary of her underwear. "Ray... please.." He heard her whine, and he pulled back from the kiss.

"I've been waiting too long for this. Sorry Ki, but I'm not rushing into it. Plus, I have a lot to make up for." He moved his hand to softly rub her over her underwear.

"Mmm.." Kira squeezed her eyes shut, and pushed her hips out trying to get more contact. Ray could see her face flushing, and he deepened the pressure right on her most sensitive spot, and he saw her body shiver in pleasure.

"Do you want more?" He asked with a soft, husky voice leaning in to kiss the side of her neck, and he nipped at her skin. He sent shivers down her spine.

"Yes, please..." She whispered, twisting her neck to the side. Without missing a beat, Ray pushed her underwear to the side and began slowly rubbing her clit, making her moan out his name and clench onto his shoulders as he bit down a bit harder on her neck and shoulder, and then sucked on her skin. "Mm!" The pain mixed with pleasure sent her into a craze, and she pushed her hips against him more.

He felt her dripping against his hand, and felt himself continue to grow harder.

He worked his way down, nibbling and biting on her skin to her breast, and took her left nipple into his mouth, and inserted his fingers into her, immediately finding her g-spot. He remembered exactly the way to drive her mad, rubbing her clit with his thumb and her g-spot with his fingers inside, and sucked on her nipple.

"Fuck.." She cried out, and he felt her clench around his fingers. He pulled his mouth back from her breast and looked up at her. He could see her flexing her stomach, and her face wrenched with pleasure.

"How bad do you want me, Kira?" He asked her, speeding up his finger rotation.

"S-s- Ah!" He didn't give her a chance to answer, and placed his mouth over her sensitive bud, sucking and licking right on her clit. She reached out behind herself and grabbed onto the counter, Ray reached around her and pressed her more into his face, as he continued to use his right hand to pleasure her from the inside.

It didn't take long at all for Kira to reach her climax, she cried out, leaning her head back. "Ray please..." He stood and smirked, licking his fingers clean as he pushed his pants down. His member was hard, out in front of him. Kira was trying to catch her breath, as she felt him pull her panties off of her. He pulled her hips forward to the edge of the barstool, and positioned himself at her entrance.

"Kira..." He whispered, rubbing himself along her slit. She moaned softly, enjoying the light sensation, and sat up. Her eyes were heavy and lidded with desire.

"I want you, Ray.. please." She pulled her naked chest up against his and wrapped her legs around his waist. He placed his hands under her bum and lifted her up so he was just under her entrance.

"I love you, Kira.." He whispered, sliding her down onto him, and she gasped. She felt herself filling with the electricity she was so addicted to. It surged through her body, hitting every single sensitive nerve. She clenched onto his shoulders and felt him pumping in and out of her, hitting her spot and sending electricity through her with every pump.

"I.. love you... Ray..." She managed to get out through moans and gasps. She clenched her walls around his shaft as he sped up, and she did her best to grind against him and match his speed. He pulled her into a deep kiss, setting her core even more on fire than before. "Fuck," She cried out as she reached her climax again and he could feel himself getting there, but he wasn't ready to be done yet. He pulled out of the kiss and kissed his way down her neck, and bit down hard on her shoulder, causing her to cry out in pain and pleasure again.

Ray carefully set her down, and she turned, facing away from him. He entered her from behind slowly at first, and then sped up and pounded into her. She fell forward in pleasure and held tightly onto the edge of the barstool in front of her. "Shit..." She managed, feeling herself come to climax yet again, and not a few seconds later, he met his own climax. After giving her a second, he pulled her to stand again, and kissed her, hard. She wrapped her arms around his neck, feeling her own and his own heart beating together. Both of them were breathing heavy, and Kira pulled away, looking into his eyes.

!end of smut!

"I love you. So much." Ray shook his head and sighed. "I know I've done a shitty job of showing it but..." Kira put her finger up to his lips.

"I love you too, Ray." She stood up and looked over to her bedroom. "I hope you know you're not leaving me tonight. I need you to do that again... and again... and again." She giggled as Ray kissed her.

"Gladly." He chuckled and she pulled him to the shower.

A few more days of intense trainings had past, and they were finally getting ready to face up against the Psykicks. The team was mysterious as it is, and yet they still knew almost nothing about them.

"Hello?" Kira answered her phone as she was getting her dufflebag ready to head to the BladeBreakers.

"Kira, darling!!" It was her agent, who's voice was excited as can be. "I have amazing news!"

"Well, spill!" She filled up her water bottle, and practically dropped it, hearing the news. "What?! You can't be serious!! Oh my God!!" Kira jumped excitedly and covered her mouth. "The only problem... we're getting ready to battle with the BladeBreakers and they need me..." Kira sighed, but continued talking to her agent.

About thirty minutes past, and Kira finally arrived at Tyson's house. She ran into their gym and breathed out a sigh of relief, seeing that they had just gotten started.

"Sorry I'm late, I had a phone call!" Kira sped through changing, switching her pants to her gym shorts and pulling off her sweater for her sports bra. She switched her boots to her gym shoes and ran over, tying her short hair in a tight ponytail.

"Ahem..." Kai glared at her. "About time you showed up." He shook his head and looked at the boys. "Let's get started. First-"

"Well actually, I have an announcement." Kai looked at her annoyed, and Kira bounced back and forth on her feet excitedly, and tried to contain herself. "Okay. I need to take a short break from the BladeBreakers and go to America for a few days." She winced, knowing Kai would be pissed, she didn't even have to look at him.

"Kira." His tone was sharp and she closed one eye to block out his angry face.

"Before you explode, I'm... up for an award and a performance at a huge award show... even bigger than the JVMA's! I only have to be gone three days tops! That's not that long, Kai." Kai saw the look on her face, and sighed. He didn't have a soft spot for a lot of people... but Kira was one of the ones he had a hard time saying "no" to. Especially when she looked as excited as she did.

"Three days."

"Three days, tops. Swear."

"What about security?" He asked her, crossing his arms.

"Thats the best part. I already called Johnny and Robert. The Majestics will be there the entire time with me!" Johnny? Ray's head snapped over to look at her and furrowed his brows.

"Not us?" He butted in, and she looked at him and shook her head.

"They have all the free time in the world. We already took a week of your guys' time. Besides, they didn't get to go to my performance last time, so..." Kai shook his head.

"Alright, let's get going with practice guys. No more distractions." They started jogging inside a small basketball court style room since it was still too icy outside. Ray ran to catch up with Kira who was keeping pace, almost right behind Kai.

"So.. this award show..." He started and she looked at him.

"I just got the call this morning. That's why I was late. I... was thinking about asking you to go, but it's still too soon. Besides, the team needs you here and.. I'm still not completely over you missing the last performance I gave at an awards show." Ray felt a pant of guilt in his heart and sighed.

"Yeah... that makes sense."

"Besides, I didn't even ask the guys if they wanted to come last time, so... this is kind of a "Thank You" to them."

"But Johnny?"

"Knows where my heart is when it comes to you." She smiled at him. "I need you to at least try to trust me, okay? If I wanted to get with him, I would have. I just want you." She started to speed up, but Ray easily kept up with her. "C'mon, I wanna get faster at running. Push me!" Ray shook his head, laughing and sped up. Finally things were better between them.

Kira and Ray were back in the kitchen of Tyson's house after practice had ended.

"There is no way Tyson is going to eat that." Kira shook her head and rolled her eyes, but she gave a small laugh. "It has too many vegetables."

"I'm sorry, do you even hear yourself right now?" Ray asked her, as he chopped up some green onion. "I told you I'm going to make a traditional Chinese breakfast. I think he'll love it."

"We'll see..." Kira leaned against the counter and watched his graceful movements.

Ray turned towards her and offered her a dumpling. "This is called congee." He held it out and she took a bite from the food in his hand, holding her hand under her chin. Kira's eyes rolled into the back of her head as the taste flooded her mouth.

"Mmmmm.. that's amazing."

"Really? Let me have a taste." He smirked, setting the congee down, and put his arm on the small of her back, pulling her in for a kiss. "Oh yeah, that's good." Kira giggled and shook her head at him.

The two jumped as they heard someone clear their throat.

"Seriously? We're not even broken up." Salima shook her head. The ends of her ears were bright red, and Ray backed away from Kira. "Can you look like anymore of a slut?"

"Uhh.. so what the hell was all that at the botanical garden then? Sure seemed like a break up to me..." Ray asked her, and Kira took a step back. She wasn't scared of Salima, but really didn't feel like getting slapped in the face again.

"I was confronting you about you cheating on me. No one ever said anything about a break up." Salima scoffed. "But clearly it looks like you two are nowhere near finished."

Kira looked back and forth between Ray and Salima and shook her head. "It's over between you two. I mean-"

"No one asked you. You don't live here anymore so I don't even know why you're here." Kira furrowed her brows and crossed her arms.

"I have more of a reason than you do."

"Salima, I don't know why you think we're still together. I thought I made it clear-"

"Ah. Before you finish that sentence." Salima held up a finger and smiled at Kira. "I have no problem coming forward to the media about your infidelity. With Ray, or with Johnny. Take your pick."

"Why would I care about that? Ray doesn't want to be with you-"

"I have evidence. Besides, you have an awards show coming up to perform at, right? It'll be your first big performance in America."

"Are you trying to blackmail us?" Ray asked her, narrowing his eyes.

"Precisely!" Salima smiled, clasping her hands together. "I'm not ready to break up with you, Ray. And I know I can make you happier than she does."

Ray looked at Kira and sighed. "I can't let her ruin this for you... I'd never forgive myself."

"Hey Kira, Ray! Is the food almost done? I'm starved!" Lucy yawned, coming into the room stretching. "Wha- Salima?!" Lucy looked at Kira confused, and Kira was glaring daggers at Salima.

"Do I make myself clear?" Salima raised her brows at Kira.

"Crystal..." Kira grabbed Lucy's shoulder and spun her out of the kitchen.

"What's going on?? What happened?" Lucy asked her, and Kira shook her head. They got outside and Kira let out a heavy sigh.

"Sorry, I was trying not to lose my temper." Lucy's eyes widened. "She's going to tell everyone about me and Ray and our affair. So I have to stop seeing him... for now at least." Kira's eyes closed and she let out a short breath.

"Seriously? After you just got him back?" Lucy looked towards the kitchen and her brows furrowed. She pushed up her sleeves on her arms. "Do you want me to go beat her ass?"

"Nope. I'm gonna make her miserable. I might not be able to be with Ray right now, but that doesn't mean I can't flirt with him, or just be around them every waking minute."

"I could just say that whatever proof she has is doctored, that you were talking to me." Lucy offered, frowning. Kira shook her head and gave Lucy a hug.

"I don't want to make you out yourself just for me. After we go to America, I'm just going to say fuck it. I think our fans will support us, but I don't want this whole issue to cancel my performance... besides I don't even know what the evidence that she has is... her and Ray had a conversation at the botanical garden, I think she may have recorded him."

"And none of us want you to cancel your performance either... but you can't let her blackmail you." Kira shrugged.

"Unfortunately babe, it's too risky to my career." Kira sighed, and snaked her arm around Lucy's shoulders.

Alright I'm gonna end it here! I know it seems like a whole lot of nothing may be happening, but I promise it's all essential to the story. I hope you all enjoyed :) lots of Kira/Ray fluff and smut this chapter ;)

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