Revelations

Summary: Kai/Ray!! Taking place after Ray's fight in the World Championships. Chp.5: Kai and the rest of the crew have arrived at the hospital, and some things are said between the two. Sorry, a bit of Mariah bashing here. I don't like her v. much.

WARNING: this is male/male slash, so if it's not your cup of tea, I have issued the warning.

Rating: PG-13

Disclaimer: I can't truthfully say that I own Beyblades, but it doesn't stop my imagination!
~*~*~*~REVELATIONS: Chapter 5~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"Tyson! Max! Kai!" Mariah waved at them from the other end of the hallway. "Ray's in here!"

Kai heaved a sigh of relief. The nurse that they'd asked for direction as to where Ray was, she'd glared at them and told them that they would have to wait.

Max went back to get the rest of the group, who were stuck sitting in the waiting room. Tyson and Kai went on ahead, following Mariah.

"He watched your last fight against Tala." She told Tyson quietly. "He was so relieved when you- you know-" She trailed off.

"Yeah- so was I!" He laughed quietly, trying to lighten the mood.

"How's Ray, Mariah?" Kai interrupted.

She shot him a startled glance, as if she had temporarily forgotten he was there. "He's OK now. He only woke up about and hour and a half ago, but he's doing fine. He's really scratched up though, and he's got a fractured arm."

Kai swore.

"No, the doctor said it's not that bad!" She amended hastily. "Just that well- he fell pretty bad, and apparently there was too much pressure on his arm and it just- gave way a bit."

Kai didn't know what to say in reply to that, and neither did Mariah. Tyson was watching them, and frowning at what Mariah had just said. So they walked on, in silence.

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"Ray?" Mariah pushed the door open to room B117, and stuck her head around the door.

Kai's heart skipped a beat at Ray's slightly irritated-sounding grunt. //He sounds OK// He thought, relieved.

A small frown passed over the White Tiger's face, before she pushed the door open all the way. "Tyson and Kai are here. The rest are down stairs in the waiting room."

Ray perked up. Kai was here? As well as everyone else? He thought they'd be out celebrating or something- not here in the dingy hospital to see him. And putting up with Mariah since he'd regained consciousness was enough to wish he was still knocked out.

He smiled as Kai entered the room- only he tried to make it look like he wasn't.

"Ray! How's it goin'?" Tyson's voice knocked Ray out of his thoughts, and startled Kai. Tyson bounced over to the bed and offered a friendly high- five to Ray, which the Chinese boy returned dubiously. Ignoring Ray's hesitation, Tyson prattled on about the outcome of the World Championship, apparently heedless of the fact that Ray -had- seen most of it on the TV. And Tyson continued in this vein for quite some time.

"Hey, Tyson?" Ray said quietly.

Tyson stopped in mid-sentence. "Yeah?"

"Do you wanna go get the others? I mean, I wanna see them too, so maybe if you could- ah-" he fumbled for words, "go get them or something?"

Tyson blinked, then nodded. "Sure thing!"

Ray and Kai watched as Tyson bounced out of the door and down the hallway.

Kai turned slightly red as he felt Ray's gaze settle on him. Turning around, he met Ray's gaze equally with one of his own, and he stared into Ray's golden-brown eyes.

Suddenly at a loss for what to say, Ray could only blink, before averting his gaze to outside the window. He was somewhat confused. He'd gotten rid of Tyson so that he could talk to Kai, something that he'd been really wanting to do since.well.ages. And the whole Biovolt thing had really messed up his plans. But they were here, together, and alone, and he couldn't seem to say a word.

Kai laughed, slightly, breaking the tension. "And to think, you watched the Beyblading match from a bed, and the rest of us had to sit on cold hard seats. Must be pretty comfy."

Ray nearly choked. Of all the things to say.but he couldn't help laughing, either.