WAI!!!!!!! THANK U TO THE PPL THAT REVIEWED SO FAR!! I was actually going crazy when I got these reviews. Oh, and Leina, I did realize that I made that grammatical error... when I was eating lunch the same day I submitted the story -.-U I was reading it and was kinda frustrated, but n e ways... Oh and if I didn't mention already, THANK YOU to every1 that reviewed so far it made writing the next chapter more faster than when I was writing the first one ^_^.

Oh, and DarkLightAngel, I guess I'm going to make there something going on with Tyson and Max. I wasn't sure in the beginning, but I guess I should work on what I had sort of hinted by accident ^^.Welpz. Enough of my rambling... Here's chapter 2.

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Disclaimer: I dun own Beyblade... I wouldn't mind owning Kai or Ray/Rei though ^_________^

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"Kevin! Stop monkeying around!" screeched Mariah, "Plus, you're ruining my house! Get out of the kitchen."

Kevin winced at Mariah as he left. Honestly how can one person be so loud?

*KNOCK, KNOCK! *

"Lee, can you go and get that? It should be Gary coming back from the store." Mariah said, poking her head out of the kitchen. Li nodded and headed towards the door. As he got nearer the door, he was hearing another voice besides Gary's.

"Hey, I was the one who bought this!" Gary's voice boomed.

"Yeah but what are we going to be eating later if you eat all of it?" Another voice shouted back.

Frowning, Lee opened the door and blinked at what he saw Tyson and Gary glaring at each other. Tyson was being held back by max, and both Ray and Kenny were holding Gary back. Kai had his eyes closed and was just leaning against a tree with the groceries right beside him, but wasn't doing anything to stop the soon-to-be fight.

"Lemme go, Maxy! He can't get away for the food that we've seen him eat, or we won't be able to eat any stir fry!" Yelled Tyson. As Tyson mentioned, "stir fry", Gary started licking his lips and said something along the lines of "Mmmm…. Yummy Stir fry." (AN: Sorry, but I dun really know if Gary would really do that -_-U)

As Gary said that, Max Tyson, and Kenny all face faulted, Li had a big sweat drop, Ray let go of Gary and shook his head and Kai was, well, he was still leaning against the tree with his eyes closed. (AN: Like he always does -_-U)

"Hey, Lee, what's the holdup?" Mariah asked as she stepped out of the house.

"I'm guessing that Gary was eating some of the food we asked him to buy. When I opened the door, Tyson and him were arguing about the food. 'Stir fry' was mentioned, that's why those guys are on the floor… well, minus those two." Lee said pointing to Ray and Kai.

"Hmm…" Mariah thought, "Ray, can you help me out with something?"

Without waiting for a reply, Ray yelped as Mariah pulled him into the house unexpectedly Li blinked at the scene and saw that Kai was semi-glaring at the spot where Mariah and Ray had been. Li then cleared his throat as Gary took the groceries beside Kai and went in.

"You guys can go in, you know." He said as the fallen Bladebreakers finished dusting themselves off and entered the house. When Kai was about to go inside, Lee blocked the doorway.

"I saw that," He told Kai plainly.

"Saw what?" Kai asked coolly, "What exactly are you accusing me of?"

"I saw the look you were giving to Ray and Mariah earlier."

"Your point?" Kai sneered.

"Why are you getting jealous?" Li said.

Kai's crimson eyes narrowed into a glare.

"What makes you so sure?"

"Why are you making a big deal out of it?" Lee shot back.

"Why should you care?" Kai snapped.

"Because Mariah's my girlfriend so there's no need to be jealous." Lee said plainly.

Kai blinked uncharacteristically, then narrowed his eyes once again.

"Just wanted to let you know." Li said, "Come on. There is no point in staying out here. You coming?"

Kai shot him one last glare before they both entered the house.

~*~*~*~ Mariah's Kitchen: Ray's POV ~*~*~*~

"All right Ray, what do you want to do?" Mariah said as she finished tying an apron around me. What exactly is she planning here?

"Well, the old saying goes, 'the was to a man's heart is through his stomach.' I personally never really believed that, but in your case, I'll make an exception."

I blinked. What exactly is she getting at with this?

"Say what?" I asked out loud.

"Fine. All I'm asking you is to make that stir fry noodles and dumpling that you always use to make when you were still on our team," She said, poking her fingers together. I swear her actions are making me more confused by the minute.

"You know that you could've asked me that in front of my friends, right?" I muttered as I headed towards the sink.

"Yeah, I know," She replied, rummaging through the groceries that Gary brought back.

"Well then," I said, "let's start."

~*~*~*~ Living Room: Normal POV ~*~*~*~

"Gimme a break. Galmon kicked Dragoon's ass to the curb," Kevin sneered at Tyson.

"Oh? So was that the reason I heard Galmon's screeches of defeat as Dragoon cooked up a storm and flung your beyblade out of the wok?" Tyson said as he had this cocky look with his arms crossed while looking at Kevin.

Kevin scowled. "Well, you weren't able to beat Ray when he was blading with you and that was without his bit-beast."

Tyson smirked but kept his composure." I didn't lose that match to you, now did I?"

"Humph! Showoff!" Kevin said he sat in the couch besides Gary.

"Tyson, give the kid a break," Max said as he pulled Tyson back, "We're here to have fun, not to argue with them."

"Well I was just telling him the truth." Tyson pouted as he grabbed Max's hand and entwined it with his. Both were gazing intently at each other's eyes but was interrupted as somebody coughed loudly and mumbled along the lines of "Pf, get a room." Both boys looked up in time to see Kai roll his eyes and headed to the backyard.

~*~*~*~ In the backyard: Kai's POV ~*~*~*~

I put my hands in my pockets and dug out my beyblade. I looked at it carefully as I saw a couple of modifications to it. Heavier weight ring to make it more stable. Better defense ring so it could withstand more attacks. In addition to Dranzer's power, the new attack ring makes it stronger. I took the Dranzer bit out of the secret compartment of my belt and placed it on my blade.

Why don't you think of something else besides Beyblading?

Great, I scowled, that annoying voice is back.

What are you suggesting? I shot back.

Why didn't you stop Mariah from dragging Ray away?

Because it's none of my business. Now stop badgering me and let me practice.

You're not getting jealous, are you?

Listen, you and I both heard what Lee said, so zip it and let me practice.

Duh! Of course I heard what he said. I'm partially you aren't I?

Would you shut up already?

Tch! You're no fun. How did I ever get stuck with you? Tyson and Max seems to be having fun…Well at least up to the part that you interrupted them.

I feel the sides of my face heat up as I launched my blade into the disk.

To Be Continued…

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Sorry, cliffhanger... *Dodges all the things that readers might be throwing at this moment * I wanted to submit something plus am so happy that I got this many reviews in just one week. My other stories are like a year old and only got like 15-ish reviews. Mreh. Enough of my usual rambling… Am quickly working on chapter three right now… hopefully I'll submit it next week too. Please review and please be gentle on the flames if ur gonna flame me -.-U. Oh! And I know some people prefer the Jap spelling of Ray's name, in my next story, if anybody is actually going to be interested, his Jap name is going to be used. I think it would be appropriate when you see what the story is about. Well, see you in the next chapter!

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