Demon Kitten:Thankies for the reviews!!!*hugs the ppl who did*I appreciate them!!To answer your question Rei, Oliver, and Kar r da bomb noo it isn't so you can stop reading it... Anyway!I will try and make this chapter a little longer and sorry if it comes in late I was caught typing more than my time limit on the computer so I'm supposedly punished off the computer for a week.So I get up reaaaaly early to type the chappy for you guys!^^ Enough about my life, onto the story.Sorrrrrrrrrry for the long wait!!!!!

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The air was fresh and crisp. Ray smiled, he loved this kind of weather, cool with a little breeze. Walking to the back of the van, he opened the trunk and searched for his bag. Of course his bag HAD to be at the bottom...... Sighing, he waited for the others to get out and retrieve their bags.

Max and Tyson had finally ceased their horrible singing and realized that they had arived at their destined location. Kai was already out of the van, walking to the rear of the vehicle in the slow way he always did. Opening his eyes he searched for his blue bag containing all his clothes for the week. Kenny finished whatever he waas doing on his labtop and closed it up,opening the side van door and getting out, making his way to the back of the van. "Cheif" was one of the lucky ones who had his bag ontop, though being polite he quickly grabbed his so the rest of the team could retreive theirs.

Finding his bag, Kai grabbed for it and walked to the cabin. Now the only bags blocking Ray's were the two biggest ones, Max's and Tyson's...

"Tyson! Max! Get your bags so I can get mine!" Ray looked around for them and spotted them already in a lake that was about 50 yards from the cabin.

Sighing, Ray picked up both their bags and heaved ((threw)) them as far as they could go towards the clearing and seized his, shutting the trunk. He banged twice on the back door to tell the driver they were finished and the BBA van drove away down he bumby dirt road.

He looked over to see where the bags had fallen, relieved to see that they hadn't split open. Slinging his over his shoulder, he made his way over to the wooden cabin so tucked away in the clearing.

The grass was slightly wet and the path from the 'road' to the cabin had small pebbles to indicate that it was a walkway. His feet made little crunching noises as he stepped over them, closer to the cabin. Reaching the front door, he examined the inside, the door already being open from Kai and Kenny. He was surprised to find that the cabin wasn't good sized for nothing.

The first room, the living room, had small tan couches placed around a brick chimney, a small rug in the middle with a wooden table ontop. Pictures of various animals in their habitat hung from the walls. To the right a small half-wall seperated the sitting room from the kitchen. It had a refrigerator running on a generater instead of electricity. A small wood stove was next to it along with a few cabinets that were prestocked with food before they had arrived so they wouldn't have to bring it with them. A sink was placed on one of the counters, to wash any dishes.

Ray walked across the wooden floor down the hall, happily spotting an indoor bathroom with running water to the right. To the left was a closet, containing anything else they might need, extra sheets or blankets.

Towards the end of the hall was the bedrooms. White sheets covered the matresses of three bunk beds. Small chests were beside each bed to store their extra clothes.

Kai had already claimed the top of one of the bunkbeds, streching out and folding his arms behind his head, in almost a contented way. Kenny took the bottom of the bunkbed opposite Kai's. Hearing Max and Tyson racing each other back from the lake, Ray immedietly ran to the empty bunkbed and scurried his way up the ladder, he wasn't going to be the one stuck with Tyson on the top.

Ray watched them burst into the bedroom and make a mad leap for their chosen spots. Tyson nearly ran over Max for the remaining top bunk. Sighing in defeat, Max claimed the bottom bunk of the bed opposite of Kenny's under Kai who had claimed the top earlier.

Satisfied with the sleeping arrangements, Ray leapt down from the top of his bunk and grabbed his green bag and began to unpack. Setting shirts in the chest neatly and pants to the right of the shirts. Patting invisible dust off his hands, Ray stood up and made his way over to the closet outside the door for a blanket incase it got cold. Picking a blue one, he walked back to his bunk and tossed it up for later use.

When Ray walked back into the room he noticed Max was looking for his bag and Tyson just noticing that his bag wasn't there. Max was starting to look frantic.

"Ray have you seen my bag? I hope it wasn't left on the BBA van......." Max asked.

"Yeah, I hurled them out of the van when you guys went to the lake....I couldn't reach mine so I just threw them.

Sighing in relief, Max thanked him and ran outside, Tyson following suit.

Looking over at Kai, he spotted him in the same spot he had been in since he claimed his bed. Kenny was already talking to Dizzi about how to enchance their beyblades for the American Tournament.

Folding his hands behind his head, Ray walked over to the bedroom door and made his way for the door outside, planning o survey the area. He yelled to Max where he was going and walked into what looked like a trail through the woods next to their wooden cabin.

Mostly pine trees were scattered through the woods but the occasional redwood would show through. The woods was rather quiet except for the occasional birds song or woodecker. Ray liked it, it was a relief from the craziness of the city.

Looking over, he could have sworn he had seen something dark move. Slowly he walked over to the spot but before he looked closer, he heard Tyson telling him to come back and cook, being a good chef. Growling under his breath, he trotted back to the cabin, avoiding roots sticking out of the ground and leaping into the clearing.

Ray looked back to see if he could see it anymore, but it had gone. Grabbing the door handle he turned the door knob and entered the cabin, his mind on the shadow he had seen that had mysteriousl dissapeared.

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Demon Kitten:*gets down and begs* Forgive me for not updating!! Mother punished meh off the comp. for typing the first chappie.....Sooooooo how was the story? *ducks thrown inanimate objects* --;; Personally I'm not a Ray/Mariah fan.......so you can guess its noooooott a Ray/Mariah ficcie....Please R+R!! More reviewies!! Anyone who is a Ray/Mariah fan I mean no offense but please read this fic, you might like it!! Demon Kitten out!