Seeing You Again Is Not Always Easy

Wahey!!! Reviews!! Thankyou Becky, *nods and smiles,* I think you know already how much that meant to me!

And the tigris- thankyou for your review!

Chapter 2 is here, not really much to tell you about. You shouldn't need to be reminded about timing just yet- I think Kai's out of character at the beginning, but if I come up with something better I'll put a modified version of this chapter up later. Nothing else is to be said, apart from the fact that Tyson's acting up and driving me crazy. In every chapter he's always eating food! AAARGH! I know it's his character, but all he ever seems to say is 'Let's eat.' He has a jab at Kai in this chapter though, hmm.

Tyson: Geez, she really needs to work on that temper problem.

Lou: TYSON SHUT UP!! Or you WILL only be eating cow dung in this chapter.

Tyson: Yeah, yeah, whatever.

Lou: I'm sorry, did you want to be the main person in this or not?

Tyson: *eyes widen* "Yeah! Why, am I not now or something?" *Eyes narrow*

Kai: Like I said before, that's me Ty. So leave the girl alone so she can at least WRITE the next chapter.

Lou: *sniffs* Thanx Kai.

Tyson: That's it, Mr 'I'm so calm and serious and everybody loves me.' Stand up for her *looks ready to explode.*

Lou: Hey! Do you mind?

Kai: *looks ready to explode*

Kitty: "Hey guys, what's going on?" *realisation dawns.* Oh, er, okay. I guess I'm doing the disclaimer, right?

Kai & Tyson: *glowering*

Kitty: Um, ok. Louise, the (Lou: *most wonderful.*) person who wrote this, does not own Beyblade (Lou: *Though sometimes she wishes she did*). Do you mind? I'm doing the disclaimer, seeing as you didn't want to do it!

Lou: Fine then, get on with it!

Kitty: However, she does own the best character, and that's me, Kitty.

Lou: Uh- oh.. That wasn't a good thing to say, Kit.

Kit: *Looks behind her to see Tyson and Kai glowering- but at her this time.*

Kai: *growls* Let's get her!

(Wow- that was a long disclaimer!)

"Ah Rei, found your lover at last?" Kai teased, still walking.

"Shut up Kai." He snapped.

A few metres away, Tyson grinned. "Love at first sight eh?!"

It was Hilary's turn, "Shut up Tyson!"

Both Kitty and Rei were still standing staring at eachother. Hilary nudged Kitty.

"Go on then, do. something!!"

Kai had joined them, he frowned at Hilary as Kit walked towards Rei.

"What the hell.?" he began, but Hilary just held up a hand.

"You'll see in a minute Kai."

In all honesty, it looked exactly like a shootout. Except, people that are about to shoot eachother don't generally hug, do they?

Kenny appeared and stopped dead. "Er.. Dizzi? Is that Mariah?" he questioned, opening the laptop.

"Hey, that's Rei's sister! And you'd know if that were Mariah chief. Think of the hair." Dizzi stated. The laptop began to slip from Kenny's fingers.

"Woah- don't kill the messenger!"

Rei pulled back from the hug to find tears running down his sister's face. He brushed them away with his hand.

"What on earth are you doing here?" he questioned, taking her face in his hands.

"So you haven't forgotten about me then?" came the slightly sarcastic reply. Although it's not nearly so effective when you have tears running down your face.

"Kit, of course I haven't! And can we just leave the guilt trip for the moment? I'm finding it hard to believe you're standing in front of me now!" Rei smiled as Kit tugged his wrap playfully.

"Hey bro, your hair got long again!" using a phrase that she'd often used back in the village, she smiled sincerely at him.

"Shut up!!" he pulled her hair, but stopped to ask a serious question. "When did you leave the village?"

Kit looked directly at him, "Two months after you. Why?"

"Two months? Where have you been for the past three years?" he was confused- what on earth had his sister been doing in her time away from the village?

"Oh, just around." Her answer was too brief for Rei, but at this moment, it didn't really matter. His protective nature meant that he was just happy to see her again, and the guilt thing and past years could wait, at least for a little while.

He glanced back at the others. Hilary was grinning. "Awww, that is so sweet!" The rest, however, were dumbfounded.

"Uh, maybe we should go tell them." Rei took her hand as they walked back the short distance. Hilary jumped up and hugged them both, squeezing all air out of them. But who cared? Kitty felt like she had a proper friend again. Everything was so right, so perfect. She'd dreamed of this moment ever since she'd left the village, yet hadn't wanted Rei to think she was just tagging along. Why on earth had she thought that? Rei wasn't one to pretend, and his sister could see he was overjoyed to see her again.

"Guys, this is Kitty, my sister." Tyson's jaw dropped. Max was first to speak.

"No way! Rei never told us that!" the boy grinned and hugged Kit, taking her somewhat by surprise. She hugged him back and sneaked a glance at Rei who looked as guilty as sin.

"Ashamed of me, were you?" she teased as he looked at the ground. "Hey, I don't mind. It just gives me something to use against you!!" she laughed.

"Tyson, stop drooling." Max elbowed him as he closed his mouth and cleared his throat.

"I was not drooling!" he hissed at Max before smiling at her sweetly. "Autograph?"

"TYSON!!!" Hilary yelled at him, but Kit was quicker, her hand darting out and grabbing the bit of paper from Tyson's pocket. True to form, it was his photo, and it was signed. "Looks like I already got one." She winked at Tyson as Hilary, Max and Rei burst out laughing. Tyson scratched the back of his head and grinned.

Max wiped a hand across his eyes, wiping away tears of laughter. "You carry signed photos of yourself around?!"

"Well, I never know when I might meet a fan who wants one!" he replied good- naturedly. Kenny had caught up with them by now.

"Hey chief, meet Kitty. She's Rei's sis." Tyson unscrewed the lid off his bottle of soda and put it to his lips.

Kenny gasped, "So you were telling the truth Dizzi!"

"How on earth could you doubt me, chief?" Dizzi took matters into her own hands, Kenny was too gobsmacked to speak. "It's nice to meet you Kitty. I would shake, but it's a trifle difficult!"

Smiling, Kitty addressed the computer, "Nice to meet you too, Dizzi. And you, chief!"

Finding his voice, the chief blushed as he realised how rude he was. "Oh, er, sorry, it's nice to meet you Kitty." He held his hand out as Kitty shook it. The only person in the excited little group that hadn't yet spoken was Kai. He stood in his usual position, arms folded, head bowed, watching her intently.

Max smiled easily. "Kit, this is Kai Hiwatari. The captain of our team." Kit's golden eyes met his crimson ones, as she held her hand out, forcing the smile onto her face.

"Hi." Was all he said as he took her hand and shook it, not breaking the gaze.

Tyson put his hands behind his head and imitated Kai's response. "Hi!!" he said in a deep voice, laughing as Kai scowled at him from under the two- tone blue hair.

"Don't mind Kai. He's always like that." Tyson told her.

"Yeah, and Tyson and Kai don't exactly get on, so don't listen to a one- sided argument!" Rei smiled as conversation between the six flowed, excluding Kai, who still stood silently watchful. The sun sank slowly, and for summer, it became quite cold as they stood beneath the shadow of the building in the late evening.

"Let's go and get dinner!" Tyson suggested typically as the group turned to the light spilling from the lodge's open door, and headed towards it.

Kai turned last, trailing a little way behind the others, and Kit dropped back. No easy feat, as everybody was interested in her, which, no denying, was a good feeling.

"Good to see you again Kit." He said quietly, not looking at the girl who had fallen into stride beside him.

"You too Kai." She turned to look at the silent, strong frame as they reached the door, and couldn't resist the question she was burning to ask.

"Did he-?" she began, before Kai anticipated the answer, forcing him to remember what he'd tried to suppress.

"No. But he tried." Was the only response she got, as her brother reached out, pulling her into the pool of warm light and homely cooking smells. Safe. For now, at least.

So there it is.

Tyson: "Hey! You never did let us eat that dinner!"

Lou: "You'd only just finished eating your burger, idiot. I didn't want to overfeed you."

Rei: "Aaah diddums. Well for your information Tyson, I have a lot of candyfloss somewhere in this fiction."

Lou: "Wha-?"

Tyson: "REALLY? WHERE IS IT? WHAT CHAPTER? CAN I HAVE IT NOW?"

Rei: "I shall not tell you anything until you agree to be really nice to Lou from now on. And Kai. And Kitty. And me, actually. Everybody. Say 'I will be nice to everybody.' *winks at Lou*

Tyson: *meekly* "I will be nice to everybo- Hey, what was that sly wink for?!"

Kai plushie: "Hn"

Kai: "Hey, is that all a plushie of me says? I'm not serious and cold ALL the time you know. And I don't say 'Hn' that often either. *Humph.*

Kit: *dripping with sarcasm* Oh no Kai. Maybe it should just say 'humph' all the time instead.

Kai: *raised eyebrow.*

Max: "Well well well, me again keeping the peace between warring Bladebreakers. Whilst Kenny helps Lou type up the chapters, and Hilary points out mistakes in them, I shall simply tell you to review. Please. Thankyou. *smiles sweetly.*

Hey! Lou may be manipulative but I, *sticks nose in the air* am most certainly not!"