Thank you to the people that reviewed so far. Sorry for not updating earlier, cuz I had another case of writers block !!! Dun u just hate those? Lee finally appears in this chapter, k? OH! And those of you confused with the while roll of tape thing with Rei from the last chapter, she's wearing an undershirt and used the tape to roll up her boobs, k? It was from a movie that Leina and I watched over the summer when I slept over at her house. I think it was called "Now And Then" or something like that. Anyway, enough of my rambling and on with the fic! And Lady Adako, yes, most likely Rei's female form will have a better figure than Mariah's…. I think I just ruined part of the Story -_-U, and I'm still working on how the other White Tigers are going to react when they learned that Rei turned into a girl yet… -_-U Am such a slow worker… Anyhow, enough of my rambling. On with the fic. (Authoress giggles insanely)

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Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own Beyblade, though I wouldn't mind if I owned Rei or Kai tho ^-^

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Chapter 3

Rei sat on the back seat and was pretty fidgety, she couldn't stay put. Kai noticed this, even though his eyes were closed the whole time.

"Cool it, Rei. We're just going to meet up with Mariah, why are you getting all nervous?" Kai asked, still with his eyes closed.

"Easy for you to say. You're not gonna see a childhood friend who will probably look at you in a different way because you've changed." Rei retorted back.

"I wouldn't worry about it. You sound like an overexcited girl going on a first date." Kai muttered.

"Aw… Are you asking me out, Kai?" Rei asked, batting her eyes playfully at Kai.

A light pink tinted Kai's face, but it wasn't very noticeable.

"We're here. If you need a ride back, just call Mr. Dickenson and I'll pick you up, okay?" The driver said. Kai then breathed a sigh of relief that Rei didn't notice his face as she headed out of the cab.

"Well? Where is she?" Kai asked irritably.

"KAI!" A voice yelled out when they entered the mall. Both Kai and Rei looked at the direction where the yell came from and saw Mariah and Lee heading towards them. Mariah quickly ran up towards them and looked at Rei.

"Whoa, Rei, is that you?" she said, gaping.

"You look surprised." Rei said lightly.

"Hey Mariah, is she that friend of yours that you wanted to meet up with immediately?" Lee asked, crossing his arms.

"Yes, she's um..." Mariah stuttered.

"Reine." Kai said, making both Rei and Mariah turn to him.

"Nice to meet you, Reine. They call me Lee." Lee said, extending his hands towards 'Reine'.

"Err…hi…" Rei, or should I say Reine, said.

"Come on, Reine. Let's go." Mariah said, pulling Rei with her. Lee looked at the two girls as they headed to La Senza. "See you in an hour in the food court, guys!"

"Cute girl. Known her for long?" Lee asked, looking at Kai.

"You could say that." Kai said, turning his heel towards the hobby shop.

~*~*~*~*~ Rei and Mariah Scene ~*~*~*~*~

Rei looked around the shop with some distaste; everywhere she looked there was female underwear, with a few exceptions of a few pajamas and other stuff.

"Come on, Rei. We have to buy these first, unless you have some already." She said, looking at Rei up and down.

"No I don't have a bra," Rei sweatdropped, "I'm wearing an undershirt and taped my chest, alright?"

"Alright, fine. If you want to keep wearing the tape and feel all uncomfortable in it, then let's move on." Mariah turned her heel and was about to leave the shop, when she felt herself getting pulled back. She smiled to herself before she looked at Rei. "Knew you'd see it my way. Let's go."

"You are evil." Rei muttered, looking at the lingerie in front of her.

"Hey Rei, if I leave, it's your loss." Mariah said, then grabbing some of the bras from the rack. "I'm guessing that you're a "C" cup, so go to the change room, rip out the tape, remove your undershirt and wear that."

Rei looked at her and muttered, "Of all the people that could fall into the cursed spring of drowned girl, why'd it have to be me?" She then went into the change room.

"Come on. Being a girl isn't all that bad." Mariah said, hearing a scoff from Rei as she tore off the tape.

"Easy for you to say. You weren't a guy this morning." She grumbled, opening the stall and stepping out.

"Now isn't that more comfortable than that tape?" Mariah asked.

"Yeah, yeah. Here's the tag." Rei mumbled.

"That fits you perfectly. Good, we'll buy about three pairs. You do plan to change it, right?" Mariah asked.

"I won't be comfortable wearing this while training." Rei tried to argue, but Mariah cut right through it. "No big. I can give you some of my unused sports bra, unless we buy a couple of good ones here." She said dismissively then paying for the underwear. Rei just sighed; there was no way she could get away from this. This was going to be hell, especially for her.

After about an hour of torture from being pushed into one clothing store to another, Rei seemed exhausted. From Urban Behavior, to Bluenotes, the Gap, Old Navy, DKNY, Tommy Hilfiger, ESPRIT, Stitches; well to put it simply, Mariah dragged Rei into all the clothing stores in that particular mall and was able to find an outfit that suited Rei, even though they had an extremely limited time in each particular shop.

"Alright Rei, go to the washroom and change into these." Mariah said after digging into the bags, dropping one of the sport bras that they purchased by the sink, then tossing Rei a shirt and a pair of pants. "Now hurry cause we're suppose to meet up with Kai and Lee in the food court now."

"You've got to be kidding me!" Rei exclaimed, eyes the clothe before her with some distaste.

"Oh stop being a baby and wear it. You're a top ranked Beyblader for goodness sake!" Mariah exclaimed. Rei tried to reason, but Mariah slammed her down with the, "if you don't go and change your clothes right now, I will buy a pot of hot tea and pour it over your head while we are in front of Lee."

"Do I have to?" Rei whined.

"Yes, now go change and I'll get our food." With that, Mariah left Rei in the girl's bathroom with a plastic bag, so that she could place the clothes that she was currently wearing.

"I can't believe I'm wearing this. How can girls wear this? It feels so awkward." With her whining slowly said, she quickly changed her clothes and headed out.

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"Hey guys!" Mariah said, joining the two boys at the table.

"Where's Reine?" Lee asked.

"Who?" Mariah asked confused.

"The girl that you were with, remember?" Kai said, giving her a look.

"OH! Sorry, my mind was just preoccupied for a second there. She's coming though." Mariah said, flustered. The three of them were busy eating and chatting, well, Mariah and Lee were doing most of the chatting, but you get the point right? Anyway, Kai's spoon was midway to his mouth, but dropped it suddenly as he saw this girl approaching them.

"Rei…ne?" Kai asked, almost forgetting to keep Rei's name a girl.

The girl in front of them was blushing like crazy as she was trying to hide her stomach. She was wearing a tank top that showed a bit of her stomach and was wearing leg-hugger jeans.

"You look great! Now isn't that a better change from what you were wearing earlier?" Mariah asked, practically beaming.

"If better you mean less than what I usually wear, then I guess so." Rei said sitting down, still covering her stomach with the plastic she was holding.

"You have a better looking figure than Mariah too," Lee commented, looking at Rei up and down, making her blush even harder and causing Mariah thwacking him upside the head. "Ow! What? I was just telling her the truth." Lee grumbled, rubbing his head.

Rei looked at Lee after the compliment but after a quick glance at Kai, slightly frowned. What was upsetting him? Tyson or Max wasn't even around, so what could get him in a grumpy mood now?

"Are we done with this?" Kai muttered.

"What's with you?" Mariah asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I still have practicing to do, if you don't mind." Kai said, pushing his food aside.

"But Kai, the American tournament isn't until two weeks from now." Rei pointed out.

"I know that. You need to coma back with me now, so that you can help Rei out. Probably motivate him." Kai said.

'What's he talking about? Me motivate myself?' Rei thought, 'I don't need motivation… but I do need practice. Oh wait, that's what's he's implying.

"Alright, I'm coming." Rei said, picking up the bags of clothing that she and Mariah bought. "Thanks for your help, Mariah. See you, Lee."

Kai helped Rei up in carrying the bags but nearly dropped them as he heard the next few words that Lee said, "Yo, Reine! Are you free tomorrow?"

"Only after training, right Kai?" Rei said, receiving a scowl from Kai.

"Great. Want to go see a movie with me?" Lee asked, noticing that Rei's face started burning again. "Sure." She replied, "Bye now."

With that, Kai and Rei headed towards the entrance of the Mall, with Kai calling the cab from the hotel. On the ride back to the hotel, Kai was wearing a scowl the whole time.

"What's wrong, Kai?" Rei voiced out.

"Nothing. Nothing at all." Kai grumbled, closing his eyes. Rei sighed. Typical, he'll never get an answer from Kai.

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"Mariah, why didn't you tell me what you had a friend like that?" Lee asked as they were walking back to where the other White Tigers were.

"For one, you never ask." Mariah said, entering the house and headed straight to her room. Lee, unfazed by Mariah's reply, just smiled and looked out the window from his room. 'Man, I've just met her, yet it feels like I've known her forever.' So he slid down to his bed, thinking about the girl he just met.

"Oh Reine…"

To Be Continued…

ACK!!!! (Runs for cover) Sorry, sorry, sorry!!! (Covers head) I know that it's bad enough that it's late, and I did it like that. Sorry again. Well tell me what you think ppl. I think that I need to improve on this. Well, what are you still reading this for? Please review.

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