The sunlight stung his eyes.'Rainbow'appeared.Then, suddenly ,a shadow fell over

him and the 'rainbow' disappeared and was replaced with a dark shadow,an outline

of a human.It was the slightly shapely figure of an girl going through adolescence.

It was.

"Mariah!" he shrieked and sat bolt right up from the sand bed.Ray ran his fingers

through his hair,nervously and without confidence.He thought,"Mariah had certainly

grown more attractive."

"Hello.Ray.Long time no see.How are you?"Mariah said seductively.Mariah

thought,"Well,Ray is not bad at all."

"Why are you here?"Ray asked.

"Well,I'm here on a holiday with the White Tigers snd also to join un the training

session at the newly opened school-The Cyprus Beyblade School.I presume you are

also here here for the same reason?"Mariah replied,raising her eyebrows.

"Yes.."Ray replied.

The pair of childhood friends-cum-lovers-cum-lovebirds sat there recollecting old

times and exchanging news.They were very excited and were obviously happy to

see each other.

After about half an hour of catching up,they went back to their respective hotel

rooms at their respective hotels after promising to have dinner together that night at

"Marionett".

At his hotel room,Ray washed up and was in the bathroom for an hour.Tyson was so

annoyed that he said,"Are you a snail or what?!"Ray did not care and continued

on.He applied conditioner on his hair and deodorant under his armpit.He also applied

cologne on his shirt.All this while, he was thinking,"Finally..with Mariah.Oh. Yes!!!!!"

On the other hand,at her hotel room,Mariah was also washing up.She spent nearly

the same amount of time as Ray in the bathroom.She applied lipstick,blusher

etc.whatever things available on her face.Oh,yes!She also did a facial.She squeezed

jasmine perfume on her skin.All this while she was thinking,"Oh!Yes!Ray and

me."And a picture appeared in her mind.of her and Ray on the altar.

It's been three long years since the World Tournament and Mariah and Ray have

been separated ever since.They missed each other a lot and hoped that they will

meet up one time and thei wish has finally been realised.

They left their hotel rooms and met up at the "Marionett"as planned at eight

o'clock.They were very nervous and was excited at the prospect of a private date

together.But,alas,it was not to be.