Heather: Hey guys. I'm back once again. Sorry it took so long for a new chapter. I've been having trouble trying to figure out where I wanted this story to go.

Tyson: And people say I'm confused.

Heather: Don't make me bring Kai out here. He's already pissed that you hid Dranzer this morning.

Kai: *pops in* Too late! *starts chasing Tyson around the room*

Tyson: Ah! Help me, Heather! Come on Kai. Can't you take a joke?

Heather: I'll help only if you do the disclaimer.

Tyson: Heather doesn't own Beyblade. There. Happy? *sees Kai gaining speed* AHHHH!!!

Heather: Oh alright. * holds Dranzer out the window* Hey Kai. Recognize this?

Kai:* slides to a stop* NO! How did you get Dranzer? Give him back!

Heather: Ok. *throws the blade down the hall*

Kai: *screams and runs after his blade*

Tyson: *sarcastically* Wow, that was fun. Can we start the story now?

Heather: Alright. Hope ya like it! ^_^

Chapter 5

Midnight Strolls and Reunions

"Hey guys. What's going on?" Ray said flatly, not believing the scene that was in front of him.

"Ray?!" Rachel's eyes popped open as she realized what was going on. She started to turn around, actually happy that he came when he did. Kai slid his hand down from her face onto her shoulder gently.

"What are you doing here?" Kai said angrily.

"I wanted to talk to Rachel but I see that she's busy at the moment" he replied. He started to drop his head slightly. 'That's it. He won. Kai actually got Rachel' he thought to himself.

"I told you she was mine so why don't you just leave?" Kai said as his grip on Rachel's shoulder got tighter.

Rachel whipped back around to face Kai and snatched his hand off of her. "What did you just say?" she practically growled.

Kai looked down, not aware that he said that in front of her. "I just..."

"No." Rachel cut him off before he could finish. The anger was growing inside of her. She had to do something before she could do anything that she might regret later. "Come on, Ray. You can talk to me while Mr. I-own-everything thinks about what he just said about me." With that, Ray and Rachel left, Kai standing by himself.

Rachel had her arms wrapped tightly across her chest. She stared at the concrete below as she walked. 'God. Why does Kai have to be like that' she thought. 'That arrogant little bastard.'

Ray had been a couple steps behind her to give her space. He figured that if he bothered her too much, she might get angry at him too. He ran and caught up to her and said quietly "Rachel..."

"Oh yeah. There was something you wanted to talk to me about, wasn't there." she said, snapping back to reality.

"Yeah I did. Well...I just, um, what I mean to say is..." Ray couldn't believe how nervous he was. 'Come on, Ray. Just spit it out before you lose her.' He sighed and started to talk again. "Rachel, I just wanted to tell you that I..."

"Wait. Be quiet really quick." Rachel could have swore that she heard something. It sounded like it came from the alley. It was late so she couldn't see. 'Maybe it was just a cat.' she concluded. No. There it was again. Rachel stepped toward the alley to see if she could find whatever was making the noise.

"Rachel, don't. You don't know what it is." Ray said, trying to convince her not to go. For some reason, he knew that whatever was making those noises wasn't an animal.

"That's the point" she replied, stepping further into the alley. Her eyes began to widen as she saw a figure emerge from the darkness. It stood an inch taller than her and said "What do you think you doing?"

Rachel knew that voice from somewhere. Finally it clicked. "Joel?"

"Hey bud. What are you doin out here?" he questioned as she gave him a big hug. He had short, black hair that was spiked up on the top and dark brown eyes. He wore blue jeans and a light blue t-shirt. They had been friends since they were little. They had bladed together since they were five but hadn't got to see each other much after he moved.

"Just walking. Ray, I'd like you to meet Joel. He's a dork but you get used to him." Rachel waved Ray over to where she was and they shook hands.

"Nice to meet ya. So are you Rachel's boyfriend or something?"

"Shut up, Joel." Rachel shot out, knowing where he was going. "So, anyways, what are you doing in town?"

"Mom thought it would be nice to visit everyone again so we're staying for a week."

"That's great. It's gonna be so awesome with you back. You can help me beat up Tyson. Just like old times, huh?" She and Joel both laughed at her last remark.

"Well, It's late. I better go before mom sends out a search party. Nice to meet you Ray. See ya." Joel waved as he left.

"So, he an old friend?" Ray asked.

"Yeah. I've known since I was litle. So what were you gonna tell me?" Rachel asked.

"Well..."

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Heather: Aw. Another cliffhanger. I'm so sweet to you guys. Mwahahaha.

Tyson: Wait a sec. So there's someone knew to harass me?

Heather: looks like it. ^_^

Tyson:*sees Kai running back in after him* Uh oh. AHHHH!!!

Heather: Go get him Kai. *sits in a recliner with popcorn* This is better than a movie.

Kai: Come back here you little piece of

Heather: Hey! watch it Kai. Well please r/r and I'll write more. send a review that makes me happy and I might put ya in the next chapter. or maybe not. Mwahahahahahah*cough*