UniGirl: sorry for taking such a long time. Seriously I am. Okie Dokie to the fic.

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"Let it Rip!" Two blades, one black and one grey, flew into the dish.

The boy snickered. "Why do I waste my time? It is a lose/lose situation, Ray."

            "What?"

            "You'll find out soon enough."

            "Rats. Driger attack!" he ordered

            "Ray don't do it, he might have something up his sleeve."

            "Be quiet Kenny. I know what I'm doing."

            "Be careful Ray." Said Mariah.

            Driger headed towards the other blade. The boy smiled as it jerked out of the way.

            "What?"

            "Attack!" he said.

            "DRIGER!" Ray screamed for his bit beast, and it emerged.

            The boy smirked. Ray was falling right into its trap.

            "DRIGER TIGER CLAW ATTACK!"

            Driger charged toward the other blade, ready to slash it into pieces.

            It did. The blade cracked and flew out of the dish.

            "There. Now do you think Driger is yours?"

            the boy smiled.

            "Why are you smiling."

            "Look at your Driger."

            Ray did so, just in time to see it get captured by a machine in a nearby tree.

            "I told you it was a lose/lose situation, Ray. Did you listen? No."

            "How could you?" asked Hilary, "You can't do that, Ray won fair and square."

            "Open your eyes, girl. Welcome to the real world. There are no rules."

            With that, he jumped up onto the tree, grabbed a little black box, and ran off.

            "Come back here you…" said Tyson.

            "How could they do that?" asked Lee. He started after the boy.

            Kai, who hadn't spoken until this point, walked towards him and grabbed him.

            "What was that for?"

            "Let him go."

            "Why? He took Driger."

            "If we pursue him, we might fall into another trap. Let them approach us first."

            "Right."

            Meanwhile, Ray was trying desperately to get contact with Driger.

            /Driger where are you?/ /Driger!/ /DRIGER/

            Mariah walked up to him.

            "Did you find him?"

            Sadly, Ray shook his head.

            "Let's go home and work from there." Said Gary

            "I can't wait till I get my hands on that kid. I'm going to knock the stuffing out of him." Said Tyson, looking back at the woods.

            /Tut tut tut, Tyson. Aren't you being just a wee bit ego centric?/

            /Dragoon, we don't have time for this./

            /Really?/

            /Yes./

            /Then when's the right time?/

            /How's never?/

            there was no reply.

            Ha, I got rid of him thought Tyson.

            /Guess again./

            /DRAGOON!/

            /ouch you didn't need to shout./

            Max had been quiet for the whole time.

            /Draciel you have anything?/

            /Dragoon and Tyson are arguing again./

            /Why do you listen to these things?/

            he abruptly felt Draciel turn very red.

            /I just overheard./

            /Right./

            /You know what you're thinking,/

            /First you interrupt Dragoon's private thoughts, and now you do mine./

            /Anyway, it just might work. You could tell the gang afterwards./

            /Yeah, Draciel, you're always so calm and collected. How do you do that?/

            /Go ask Dragoon./

            /ha ha. Is Dragoon all you ever think about?/

            /No. I think about Dranzer sometimes./

            Max sighed.

            /It's no use. He likes Dranzer./

            /I don't get how you could like him./

            /Me? Like Dragoon? No way./

            Max smiled weakly.

            / You're not your cheerful self today./

            /took you long enough./

            /That sounds like something Dizzi would say./

            /I'm worried about Ray./

            /I knew that./

            /Good then stop acting like you don't./

            /Ooh one of your freaky mood swings again?/

            /Draciel…/

            Draciel was a very caring and understanding bit beast, but sometimes she would get annoying.

            /Okay I understand./

            /Good./

            Mariah sat down beside Ray in the house. She knew exactly how he felt. She had lost Galux too. What was worse was that they couldn't contact the bit beasts.

            "I blew it." Said Ray. "I let the whole village down."

            "You didn't Ray. We'll get Driger back."

            Ray sighed. He wished he was just as confident as Mariah was.

            Outside, in the tiny warehouse, a teen walked in to faced a man.

            "What does he want now?"

            "Nothing too much for you, my child." 

            "What?"

            "Take the three other bit beasts without a fight. Without them knowing. Use this."

            The man dropped three objects into his hands. Each was in the shape of a bit chip, with symbols so expertly engraved onto them, they looked exactly like the real ones.

            The teen smiled. "Consider it done."

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            Sorry for the short chapter. This will be a short fic. Maybe two or three more chapters and I'm done.

            Reviewz:

Evillive: it would help if you gave me a url. Thanks. I would like to read it but I can't find it. Oh and please tell me the correct wording, I'd like to know just for the fic. Thanks.

Britt: Oh and also about the fic you could write it and me edit it just because I am so terribly busy I hardly have time to update my normal fics. Thanks

Tomgirl27: When will you update? Anyway I know I respect those who don't like Kai that much and anyway my latest obsession is Tala. Yup. I'm that kinda person.

The Tigris: I see you did upload the story. It's good except for the tiny hint that I gave you on my review about yaoi.

Sorry for chopped up responses just to get this up quickly.