OMG Thank U SOOOOOOO much for reviewing chapter 2. Am sorry that this took longer to put up, cause I had another case of writers block . Ancarg012589, I know that you find the writes notes in the middle of the story was annoying, so sorry for that. I'll try to not do that a lot, k?

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Disclaimer: I dun own Beyblade, but I wouldn't mind if I owned either Kai or Ray.

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Chapter 3

~*~*~*~ Kai's P.O.V.~*~*~*~

Damn it. It's speed only increased by 0.5.

Too bad you can't get Ray as fast as your beyblades crash together.

Grr!!! Would you shut up?! I'm trying to concentrate here!

I scowled. Just when I thought that annoying voice had left me alone, it's back to torment me some more.

You are jealous. You are jealous. Great, now he's singing. I made a face -.-U.

"I AM NOT, SO SHUT UP!" I yelled out loud. I guess I couldn't hold in my annoyance with that voice. As I yelled that out loud, I heard the back door open behind me. I inclined my head slightly to see who it was. Tch. It's just Lee.

"I didn't even say anything, yet you're telling me to shut up?" he asked with his eyebrows knitted together, "And you're not what?"

"Nothing, it's none of your business." I retorted.

"Look," he says calmly, "I just came to tell you that the food is going to be ready soon, alright?"

I nodded and looked back at my blade. Dranzer seems to be getting restless.

"Let's go, Dranzer."

He responds in turn by spinning around the dish before it flung itself out of the dish and into my waiting hand. Hmm… Maybe, just maybe, I will be able to tell Ray what I feel right now.

Yeah, that you're a jealous bastard.

I groaned inwardly. Didn't you make me look like an idiot enough?

No. You like to torment the other Bladebreakers, that's why I love tormenting you.

Ugh! Talk about karma. The more I hear that voice, the more it sounds like Tyson.

"Kai!"

See? What did I tell you?

"Kai! Hurry up or I'll finish up all the food."

Wait… that's not the obnoxious voice in my head. That's actually Tyson. I looked at him and nodded my head so he knows that I'm coming.

I guess I am a bit hungry. After all, I've been training all day today.

~*~*~*~*~ The Living Room (normal P.O.V) ~*~*~*~*~

Kai arrived at the living room practically at the same time that Tyson finished demolishing the food that was on his plate. He eyes scanned the room and immediately noticed that Ray wasn't there…and neither was Mariah. He was about to voice this out when Max asked, "Hey, where's Ray?"

All the White Tigers present didn't look up from their food, pointed to the same door and said, "kitchen," at the same time. They then went back to eating their food and continued watching the movie that Tyson picked which was Rush Hour 2.

"Hey Kai!" Mariah said, poking her head out of the kitchen door. As the White tigers heard her voice, they all looked up at her.

"What?" Kai replied curtly.

"You can get your food in the kitchen." Mariah said, stepping out of the kitchen.

Kai walked past her and mumbled, "thanks." Mariah then looked at the other White Tigers and nodded. Gary and Lee both stood up and excused themselves for a moment while Kevin stay put. Gary and Lee both headed towards the two kitchen doors inside the house while Mariah hastily removed her apron and headed to the door of the kitchen from the outside.

~*~*~*~ Kitchen ~*~*~*~

Ray was humming to himself as he was preparing the last ingredients to the noodles that he was cooking.

"Hope they like this." He said to himself, completely oblivious that Kai was there.

"As long as you didn't poison it," came a reply.

Ray turned around to face whoever talked. He knew that Mariah just left the kitchen, so who went in? "Oh, hey Kai."

~*~*~*~ Ray's POV ~*~*~*~

Aw man. I thought that he was outside. Well, I'm not complaining that he's here, but still. Why didn't Mariah tell me that he was coming? Why?

Hey, just relax okay? You wanted a reason to be alone with him, so there you go.

"Hey," He said, interrupting my thoughts, "would you mind if I took some?"

"Not at all," I said as I shook my head, giving him some of the noodles that I was cooking.

I want back to stir the noodles while Kai grabbed a drink. My ears twitched as I heard three faint, barely audible clicks. I looked around in time to see Kai headed out the door. I turned back into the food that I was cooking, only to hear the rattling of a doorknob. I turned off the fire and moved the wok that I was cooking on to the side since it was already cooked.

"What are you doing?" I asked as Kai reached for the second door, rattling the doorknob just like the first one.

"Alright, what's the big deal?" He asked, eyes narrowing and was locked on mine.

"What did I do?" I asked, frowning.

"Why did you lock the doors?" His eyes narrowed into slits of ferocity.

I blinked. "I didn't do anything. I was just cooking and I didn't even know that you came in." I replied back.

"Well, if you didn't do it, then who did?" he asked, his eyes returning back to normal. Well, at least as normal as it usually gets.

I narrowed my eyes, bowed my head down as I scanned my thoughts. Who in their right mind would lock me up with Kai?

My head shot up as I heard a faint giggle coming from the door leading outside.

Mariah!

To Be Continued…

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*Dodges things thrown by people reading this fic * Gomen! I'm sorry I had to cut it here, but it was already way past its deadline by 2 days -.-U. This is probably the second last chapter, so this means that this is almost done (*Starts bawling*). Well, I'm quickly working on chapter 4 and I seriously hope that u like it. Am also hurrying up in writing Chapter 2 of my other Beyblade story: "Will You Accept Me For Me?" Please check it out. Well, enough of my rambling, please review, and go easy on the flames, k?

Ritchie Waterfighter