Lei was fast asleep and dreaming.

Where he was, she was afraid to know.

Asaya was setting Driger on the transparent crystalline mini-analyzer when the door opened and Kai poked his head in.

"Oh. Mr. Hiwatari…"

"Please call me Kai." Kai looked over at Lei, who was sound asleep. "Is he fine now?"

"Yes. It was quite a shock when he fainted a while ago." Asaya then set the analyzer in place then tapped furiously away at her mini-notebook. "All his vital signs have stabilized, according to the doctor who checked on him a while ago. We thought…he slipped into a coma…"

"I see." Kai walked into the room and looked at Asaya's slim mini-notebook and mini-analyzer. "You do Bey work?"

"Yes. Pierre and I both. We serve as the Guild's Bey techs." Asaya blinked. "Is there something wrong, Kai? You look…troubled…"

"It's nothing." Kai looked over at the sophisticated mini-Bey analyzing and repair equipment, along with her still closed Bey Blade technician's tool kit.

***That –Auran- with you isn't quite what she SEEMS to be.***

"…" Kai was just quiet as he watched her work.

"You're pretty good. Did you learn all that from the Guild?" he suddenly asked.

"Yes. I'm thankful for them for helping me with Bey technology. But…Professor is quite talented too. I'm really impressed."

"…OK." Kai can't seem to point his finger at it yet, but it seemed as if Asaya was still hiding something.

"If you need any Bey assistance, Kai, I would be really glad to help," Asaya told him. "Llewelyn told me to be your Bey assistant technician to Professor. If that's OK with you."

"That's very GOOD." Kai nodded. "Well, I got to go and have some serious shut-eye. It's been…really interesting to talk to you."

"Oh, it's nothing. Glad I could be of some sort of service." Asaya gave a goofy grin. "Good night, Kai."

"Good night, Asaya."

They all had a really restful sleep that night.

Except for others.

Mao was looking at her Zero Garrox when Shao came upon her late that night.

"Still thinking of the –Auran- who defeated you?"

Mao tossed her hair over her shoulder. "Nothing of that sort. Why would I think of that worthless dreg, anyway? It was just one fight."

"That's good to hear." Shao nodded. "We have to defeat all those who are crazy enough to get in the Black Tigers' way. You DO understand that, don't you?"

"I understand it COMPLETELY." Mao's amber yellow eyes narrowed. "This time I'm REALLY going to pay him back for what he DID to me."

"Of course." Shao sat a few seats away from the still seething Mao. "How could I forget? It was for that reason why you wanted to kill him in the first place."

"Yes." Mao gritted her teeth. "That traitor! I swear by everything I hold dear that I would defeat him!"

"Good, good." Shao stood up. "Aren't you going to sleep? We have a busy day tomorrow."

"I'll sleep in a few more minutes. I still want to check up on my Bey."

"Alright, suit yourself. Good night."

Mao waited until Shao was gone, then looked at her Bey. It glinted in the gloom, the Crimson Death that was the Zero Garrox.

***Lei. This time I'm NOT letting you GO. Death will come to those who foolishly seek IT!***

Lei slowly fluttered his eyes open. Sunlight was streaming in from the windows, getting in through the small flaps of the curtains that were apart from each other.

He could hear Max and Takao outside, happily chatting away about something. Professor was with them, and he sounded panicky. They both laughed at what he had said.

***I'm still…alive? What…happened…***

He turned his head slightly to the right. He sees Asaya sleeping soundly on the chair beside him, with her upper body and arms upon Lei's bed, and the rest of her body in a chair. Her lightest brown hair was strewn over the side of his bed like finely-spun caramel.

***Asaya…?***

Lei sat up, rubbing his head gingerly. It felt like it was busted open by a 600 ton sledgehammer. The door to his room rattled, then Takao and Max poked their heads in a little while later.

"Rise and shine, LEI!" Max calls out chirpily. He grins. "We're going downstairs for a bite to eat, you want to come? Or shall we ring room service for you?"

"Uh…" Lei's mind was painfully blank.

"…" Takao turned SD. "We'll just ring room service for the both of you. She only slept this 6 in the morning, she spent all night fixing your Driger."

6…? Lei looked at the small quartz clock on his bedside table. It read 6:15 a.m.

"What?!"

"Well then, we'll see you 2 later. I'll ring room service for you. Do you want a French breakfast or a typical breakfast?" Max asked him.

"Errhm…" Lei gulped.

"Order 2 French breakfasts for them. They NEED it," Kai answered from somewhere beyond the door. "See you later, Lei."

They left. Lei started to sweatdrop.

***What was THAT all about?!?***