Yay!!! Reviews!!! ^^ I feel so much better now XD
kaiswings: Nope, not RayxMariah. My friend would kill me if I wrote one of those… literally… just uttering her name sends her off the edge…and besides, I like KaixRay way more than Rayxher. I don't know if this fic'll turn out to be KaixRay, but there will be hints of it for sure.
RzSweetKissiz: I'm glad you enjoyed it. More sense, eh? It's not exactly in my expertise but I'll try my best. My weird sense of humour's made it hard to make sense.
silverjustice1: Yes… mainly fuelled by reviews. I'm starting to run low on ideas and it'll take me a while before I think of something… so expect the update rate to slow a little… sry bout that ^^;;
Gabrella: Thanks for reviewing. More is on the way… much much more… mainly insanity for Kai, but there will be more.
lone*phoenix1: Thanks for reviewing. I'm glad you liked it ^^
Mazzy: Humour is what I write best :)
Alrighty, and on with the show!!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Beyblade.
Shower Curtains
Chapter 4
Ray slowly opened his eyes. Everything was pitch black around him, and so, he had no idea where he was. All of a sudden, a tiger with a brilliant snow-white coat appeared sleeping in front of him. Ray gasped, amazed at the beauty of the tiger. The tiger woke up at the sudden noise, and turned its attention to him. Seeing Ray, it looking at him warmly. Ray tried to reach out, only to be stopped by an invisible net. Stupefied, Ray started struggling against the invisible barrier, when it all came loose in his hands. He tossed the invisible net behind him. Looking up, Ray saw that the blackness was replaced by a magnificent cloudless blue sky. There was a bright green meadow filled with wild flowers of all shapes and sizes that stretched as far as the eye could see. A light breeze blew through the meadow. The tiger was now patiently sitting in the vast field of flowers. Free at last, Ray bent down at the tiger's side. He nuzzled his face into the warm body of the tiger. Ray stroked the tiger gently, feeling the warmth of the tiger's body against his own. The warm, comforting, furless—
"Furless?" thought Ray.
Kai's eyes snapped open at the feeling of someone close to him. Kai looked down at his chest to see Ray there mid-nuzzle and mid-stroke while Ray's eyes snapped open to meet his own. Looking at each other, they both blushed and quickly shifted to either side of the bed. Ray bumped into the shower curtain he was wearing before. Puzzled at first, they both realized that Ray was naked under the covers, which made them blush even harder. Ray was the more embarrassed of the two. He tried to move back, but that only made him fall off the bed. Surprised, Kai looked over the edge of the bed to see if Ray was all right. Staring up at him was clean skin of… Ray's butt. Ray had landed sprawled out in an awkward position, clutching the covers. Kai sat back closing his eyes and chanting quietly to himself, "I didn't see that, I didn't see that."
"K… Kai?" asked Ray weakly.
Kai broke his chant. Not wanting to have the same sight meet his eyes, he cast his eyes away from Ray and asked, "Are you okay?"
"Mhm," mumbled Ray.
"Good. Now we are not to speak of this again. Understand?"
"I wouldn't have it any other way," replied Ray. Ray reached up with a weak and shaking hand, until it collapsed into Kai's lap. Kai was taken aback.
"Kai… you mind giving me a hand?" Kai didn't respond. He was still overcome with shock.
"Kai? Are you still there?" Ray started to move his hand around in search for Kai. His hand slowly crept up Kai's leg. Kai stiffened slightly and he held his breath; he was still unable to do anything. The image of Ray's bottom was vivid in his mind. Ray's hand slowly stretched out so that it was between Kai's legs, which finally caused Kai to snap out of his trance. Kai roughly pushed Ray's hand away. Taking a deep breath, Kai got up off the bed and left the room.
"Kai… Kai? You still there?" mumbled Ray. When he didn't receive an answer, Ray struggled to get up on his knees and peeked onto the bed. "Kai? Now where did he go off to?"
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Kai walked down the hallways quickly. He needed fresh air… quick. He burst out the back door into the backyard, panting slightly. Letting the fresh air fill his senses, he relaxed slightly.
He climbed a nearby tree and sat on in the higher branches, not wanting to be bothered. Closing his eyes, he became lost in his thoughts.
Ray had nuzzled him, stroked him, mooned him though probably not on purpose, and… touched him… did Ray have the hots for him? Ray's behind started to resurface in his head. Snapping his eyes open, Kai shook the image from his head. Sighing, he leaned back onto the trunk of the tree. A cool breeze blew through the leaves, brushing his face.
Thinking back, he remembered how he and Ray would be together. They would always share rooms when traveling together for tournaments. In Russia, he woke up in the middle of the night because of a nightmare and Ray was already awake asking what was the matter. Awake… was Ray thinking about him? When they stayed at Tyson's place, even when he moved his mat farthest away from the boys, Ray would always shift his mat so that he would be closest to him. Ray usually stood or sat beside him when they were spectators at matches. He never noticed it before, but now that he thought about it, it all seemed clear. The closeness, the actions…Ray liked him. That means Ray's… gay. But… he didn't feel the same way about him. He wasn't gay… was he? Ray was nice and rational and all, but… to be gay with him. Kai was confused. He pulled at his hair in frustration. He didn't know what to do. Should he approach Ray? Or should he just see what Ray does? Getting a headache from all the thinking, Kai jumped down from the tree and went into the kitchen to get some Aspirin. Right now, he needed a nice shower and to stay away from Ray until he got his thoughts figured out… which could turn out to be never.
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Ray was looking for something to wear. The clothes in the bathroom were now dirty since Tyson had blown them out the window. Looking through his closet, he found that he didn't have any clean clothes to wear. Then it hit him.
"Darn it! That Tyson! He's got laundry duty this week! He always leaves it to the last minute AFTER Kai yells at him. The clothes that were in the bathroom were my last clean ones! Just perfect! First Mariah comes to do some odd investigation thingy, and now I've got no clothes to wear!" exclaimed Ray, annoyed, "This sure won't look good on Mariah's report…maybe I'll borrow a few of Kai's clothes…"
Ray looked out the door to make sure that Kai was still in the bathroom and that Mariah wasn't lurking around. Closing the door quickly, Ray zipped over to Kai's closet. Opening the door, he realized that Kai's closet was a walk in closet. Switching on the light, Ray saw that most of the clothes inside were of Kai's normal attire: black muscle shirt, black belts with silver buckles, and turquoise pants with large pockets on either side, (1st season outfit! I don't really like the outfits in the other seasons, so bear with me) but there were clothes of all sorts in Kai's closet. Stepping in, he saw clothing for all sorts of occasions. Clothes ranging from sleep wear to tuxedos, summer wear to winter wear, and clothes from all around the world. There was bound to be something in here that was Chinese. All the different types of clothing in the closet fascinated Ray. He never knew someone who always seemed to wear the same clothes everyday could have suck a wide variety. If it were him, he would have rotated his outfits everyday.
Looking around while heading towards the back of the closet, something caught his eye. Taking a closer look, he realized it was a Halloween costume. It was very old. Ray blew some dust off as he took it off the shelf. Unfolding it, he revealed a silky sleeveless black top and a tight black jacket. The tight black pants were shiny and had a long thin tail protruded from the rear. He noticed a pair of cat-like ears slipped into the pocket of the jacket and some fuzzy black paws on the shelf behind him. Ray put on the ears and the paws. They were very comfortable. His curiosity taking the better of him, Ray decided to try on the costume… but first… some boxers. Wandering around, he found a pile of boxers. Choosing a pair with red feathers, Ray slipped them on. They were a bit too big for him, but it was better than nothing. Ray began to put on the costume. It was a little tighter than he expected. Giving up on the pants for a moment, Ray slipped on the shirt and the jacket. He had a little difficulty breathing, but that was just a little sacrifice in order to wear the complete costume. Looking at the pants lying on the floor, Ray picked them up and looked at them threateningly.
"You WILL fit me! I WILL get you on! I don't care how long it takes! I WILL wear you!"
Ray began to put on the pants normally, but they wouldn't slide on. He began jumping around bumping into racks and shelves causing them to fall down, but Ray ignored them. Ray sat down on the ground tugging the pant leg up. It wasn't going anywhere.
"Grrrrr."
Taking a deep breath, Ray began to pull on the pant leg like crazy.
"Come on you stupid pair of pants! FIT!" Slowly but surely, one leg had slipped into the pair of pants. Ray rejoiced.
"Yes! One pant leg down!" Ray looked down at the limp pant leg and scowled, "and one more to go."
This leg was harder to put on than the other. His previous method of "pulling on the pant leg like crazy" wasn't working, so Ray resorted to shoving his leg through. Jumping up and down, Ray tried to shove his leg through the remaining pant leg, occasionally bumping into objects. Suddenly, half of his leg went into the pant leg. Ray grinned and punched a fist into the air, which caused him to lose balance.
"Uh oh." Flailing his arms in search for something to hang on to, his hands finally clung onto a shirt. He hung there, partially suspended in air. Ray tried to use the leg that was actually in the pair of pants to push himself off the ground, but that only resorted to further slippage, when the shirt he was clinging on to began to slip off the hanger. Desperately trying to get up caused the shirt to slip off its hanger completely resulting in a deafening crash as Ray fell onto the ground.
Cursing himself, Ray rubbed his backside. Ray struggled to put on the pants, not caring if he was completely bruised afterwards. After bumping into shelves and creating a great racquet and mess, the pants inched up, until they were completely on. Ray, beaming, stood up. They were uncomfortably tight. He glanced in the mirror at the end of the closet. The costume conformed to his figure, but rather tightly. He didn't mind. He smiled at himself. He looked more like a cat than before. He took the long and sleek tail in hand. It was made of the softest material he had ever felt. Ray nuzzled the tail. Turning around, he made for the door. He wanted to show off the costume. However, with the first step, Ray tripped and fell. The costume was too tight for Ray to move around easily. Falling, he crashed into the side of a shelf causing it to tip. Then, like dominos, shelf bumped into shelf, and racks and everything came tumbling down with a crash.
Next thing he knew, Mariah appeared at the closet door, eyes wide in shock. It looked like a tornado had ripped through the closet. Cautiously taking a step inside, she looked around looking. Clothes littered the floor. Shelves had tipped over spilling its contents onto the ground.
"MARIAH!"
Mariah jumped. Turning around, she saw Kai. He wore nothing but a fluffy white towel around his waist. His hair was flopped down dripping with water and he was fuming.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY CLOSET?!"
"It… it wasn't me! I heard a crash. And then it seemed to come from in here. And then I looked in the closet and it was a mess. I didn't do it!" rushed Mariah.
Faintly, the two heard something shift in the closet. Looking in, they saw nothing. A large shelf was blocking their view. Kai stepped into the closet and moved the shelf aside, to reveal a timid Ray in the corner.
"Heh heh… oopsies?" squeaked Ray.
"RAY!? What are you doing in here?" Kai and Mariah exclaimed in unison.
Struggling to get up, Ray replied fearfully, "well… Tyson hasn't done the laundry yet, and I didn't have any clothes to wear. So I came in here to look for something to wear. And then I saw this costume, and I wanted to try it on. And it was really tight and so I had trouble with it. And…" Ray stopped. Mariah had flipped open her notebook and began to scribble furiously. Kai looked at the notebook and read out what she was writing.
"Lacks… clothing… searches… through… roommate's closet… without… permission… and likes… to wear… clothing… too… small… for him… wreaks… havoc."
"Hey! It's not my fault!" protested Ray, "Tyson didn't do the laundry! And… and… don't I look cute in this costume?" asked Ray standing so they could clearly see him.
"You look absolutely adorable!" exclaimed Mariah admiringly. Kai on the other hand had his thoughts from earlier that day racing through his head. Ray was now snooping through his stuff and trying on clothes, a REALLY tight costume to be exact. Kai staggered back. Turning around, he left for the bathroom once again.
"What's the matter with him?" asked Mariah watching him leave.
"I dunno," shrugged Ray, "anyways, I should take this thing off."
"Wait! Wait! Wait! I wanna picture!" Mariah ran off only to bump into Tyson, Max and Kenny.
"What's the rush, Mariah?" asked Max.
"Ooo! Kenny… can you take a picture of Ray for me with Dizzi?"
"Um… alright…" said Kenny uncertainly. The group went to Kai's closet.
"Whoa! What happened in here? It looks like Dragoon battled in here or something," said Tyson in awe.
"It's a long story." Tyson, Max and Kenny looked up to see who it was, "Ray! What happened in here?" they looked at him up and down, "or better, tell us what you're doing in that."
"I'll explain later. Hurry up Mariah."
"'Kay. Kenny? You wanna take a picture?" Kenny nodded and held Dizzi up to face Ray. Ray held his tail and looked shyly at the camera.
"Smile Ray. 3-2-1-Click! Save… all done. Now. Ray, you mind changing? It's kinda… it IS disturbing. It's just a _little_ too tight around some areas…" said Dizzi, "Maybe we should put this picture with the other one, Kenny."
"Other picture?" came a voice. Everyone turned around. They couldn't see anyone, but they could tell it was Kai.
"What other picture?"
"Uh oh," muttered Tyson.
"There's no picture. Dizzi has no idea what she's talking about! Isn't that RIGHT Dizzi?" gritted Kenny through his teeth.
"What are YOU talking about? There's that picture that you told me to guard that's got—" Dizzi was turned off.
"Heh heh… Dizzi's got some sort of malfunction… I… should go fix it…" Kenny ran off.
"We'll help you!" Tyson and Max trailed after Kenny after receiving odd looks from Ray and a threatening glare from Mariah.
"Since when did Tyson know anything about computers?" wondered Ray. Shrugging that thought off, Ray began to take the costume off. Mariah left Ray to his privacy and re-entered the bedroom. She wanted to ask why Kai had a cat costume in his closet in the first place. Looking around, she noticed that Kai had disappeared.
"Odd."
"Mariah!" Mariah turned back to the closet. Ray had gotten tangled in the costume. Laughing, Mariah went over to Ray and helped him out.
When Ray had finally got out of the costume, he saw he had bright red impressions from the costume all over his body. Mariah was busy googling at Ray's body while Ray, grimacing, decided he should clean up the mess. Ray stood up and the boxers he was wearing started to slip off. Catching them, Ray started muttering to himself about belts for boxers. Mariah handed him a belt from the ground still googling at Ray, and Ray, not noticing Mariah's weird behaviour, took it graciously, and fastened it around his waist.
"You wanna help me clean this mess up? I don't want to meet Kai's wrath."
Snapping out of her trance momentarily, Mariah answered, "Not particularly, but I'll help anyways since you looked SOOO cute in that kitty costume," then Mariah thought, "and besides, it's some valuable alone time I get to spend with my beloved Ray." Mariah shifted closer to Ray, and in doing so, together they cleaned up the closet.
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A chapter longer than usual. That's because I don't think I'll be updating soon since my parents are starting to get on my case about it. So much for being fuelled by reviews :S… this last chapter just seemed to really suck to me… especially the last part, but I can't really think of a way to fix it at the moment. Anyways, please review!
kaiswings: Nope, not RayxMariah. My friend would kill me if I wrote one of those… literally… just uttering her name sends her off the edge…and besides, I like KaixRay way more than Rayxher. I don't know if this fic'll turn out to be KaixRay, but there will be hints of it for sure.
RzSweetKissiz: I'm glad you enjoyed it. More sense, eh? It's not exactly in my expertise but I'll try my best. My weird sense of humour's made it hard to make sense.
silverjustice1: Yes… mainly fuelled by reviews. I'm starting to run low on ideas and it'll take me a while before I think of something… so expect the update rate to slow a little… sry bout that ^^;;
Gabrella: Thanks for reviewing. More is on the way… much much more… mainly insanity for Kai, but there will be more.
lone*phoenix1: Thanks for reviewing. I'm glad you liked it ^^
Mazzy: Humour is what I write best :)
Alrighty, and on with the show!!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything related to Beyblade.
Shower Curtains
Chapter 4
Ray slowly opened his eyes. Everything was pitch black around him, and so, he had no idea where he was. All of a sudden, a tiger with a brilliant snow-white coat appeared sleeping in front of him. Ray gasped, amazed at the beauty of the tiger. The tiger woke up at the sudden noise, and turned its attention to him. Seeing Ray, it looking at him warmly. Ray tried to reach out, only to be stopped by an invisible net. Stupefied, Ray started struggling against the invisible barrier, when it all came loose in his hands. He tossed the invisible net behind him. Looking up, Ray saw that the blackness was replaced by a magnificent cloudless blue sky. There was a bright green meadow filled with wild flowers of all shapes and sizes that stretched as far as the eye could see. A light breeze blew through the meadow. The tiger was now patiently sitting in the vast field of flowers. Free at last, Ray bent down at the tiger's side. He nuzzled his face into the warm body of the tiger. Ray stroked the tiger gently, feeling the warmth of the tiger's body against his own. The warm, comforting, furless—
"Furless?" thought Ray.
Kai's eyes snapped open at the feeling of someone close to him. Kai looked down at his chest to see Ray there mid-nuzzle and mid-stroke while Ray's eyes snapped open to meet his own. Looking at each other, they both blushed and quickly shifted to either side of the bed. Ray bumped into the shower curtain he was wearing before. Puzzled at first, they both realized that Ray was naked under the covers, which made them blush even harder. Ray was the more embarrassed of the two. He tried to move back, but that only made him fall off the bed. Surprised, Kai looked over the edge of the bed to see if Ray was all right. Staring up at him was clean skin of… Ray's butt. Ray had landed sprawled out in an awkward position, clutching the covers. Kai sat back closing his eyes and chanting quietly to himself, "I didn't see that, I didn't see that."
"K… Kai?" asked Ray weakly.
Kai broke his chant. Not wanting to have the same sight meet his eyes, he cast his eyes away from Ray and asked, "Are you okay?"
"Mhm," mumbled Ray.
"Good. Now we are not to speak of this again. Understand?"
"I wouldn't have it any other way," replied Ray. Ray reached up with a weak and shaking hand, until it collapsed into Kai's lap. Kai was taken aback.
"Kai… you mind giving me a hand?" Kai didn't respond. He was still overcome with shock.
"Kai? Are you still there?" Ray started to move his hand around in search for Kai. His hand slowly crept up Kai's leg. Kai stiffened slightly and he held his breath; he was still unable to do anything. The image of Ray's bottom was vivid in his mind. Ray's hand slowly stretched out so that it was between Kai's legs, which finally caused Kai to snap out of his trance. Kai roughly pushed Ray's hand away. Taking a deep breath, Kai got up off the bed and left the room.
"Kai… Kai? You still there?" mumbled Ray. When he didn't receive an answer, Ray struggled to get up on his knees and peeked onto the bed. "Kai? Now where did he go off to?"
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Kai walked down the hallways quickly. He needed fresh air… quick. He burst out the back door into the backyard, panting slightly. Letting the fresh air fill his senses, he relaxed slightly.
He climbed a nearby tree and sat on in the higher branches, not wanting to be bothered. Closing his eyes, he became lost in his thoughts.
Ray had nuzzled him, stroked him, mooned him though probably not on purpose, and… touched him… did Ray have the hots for him? Ray's behind started to resurface in his head. Snapping his eyes open, Kai shook the image from his head. Sighing, he leaned back onto the trunk of the tree. A cool breeze blew through the leaves, brushing his face.
Thinking back, he remembered how he and Ray would be together. They would always share rooms when traveling together for tournaments. In Russia, he woke up in the middle of the night because of a nightmare and Ray was already awake asking what was the matter. Awake… was Ray thinking about him? When they stayed at Tyson's place, even when he moved his mat farthest away from the boys, Ray would always shift his mat so that he would be closest to him. Ray usually stood or sat beside him when they were spectators at matches. He never noticed it before, but now that he thought about it, it all seemed clear. The closeness, the actions…Ray liked him. That means Ray's… gay. But… he didn't feel the same way about him. He wasn't gay… was he? Ray was nice and rational and all, but… to be gay with him. Kai was confused. He pulled at his hair in frustration. He didn't know what to do. Should he approach Ray? Or should he just see what Ray does? Getting a headache from all the thinking, Kai jumped down from the tree and went into the kitchen to get some Aspirin. Right now, he needed a nice shower and to stay away from Ray until he got his thoughts figured out… which could turn out to be never.
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Ray was looking for something to wear. The clothes in the bathroom were now dirty since Tyson had blown them out the window. Looking through his closet, he found that he didn't have any clean clothes to wear. Then it hit him.
"Darn it! That Tyson! He's got laundry duty this week! He always leaves it to the last minute AFTER Kai yells at him. The clothes that were in the bathroom were my last clean ones! Just perfect! First Mariah comes to do some odd investigation thingy, and now I've got no clothes to wear!" exclaimed Ray, annoyed, "This sure won't look good on Mariah's report…maybe I'll borrow a few of Kai's clothes…"
Ray looked out the door to make sure that Kai was still in the bathroom and that Mariah wasn't lurking around. Closing the door quickly, Ray zipped over to Kai's closet. Opening the door, he realized that Kai's closet was a walk in closet. Switching on the light, Ray saw that most of the clothes inside were of Kai's normal attire: black muscle shirt, black belts with silver buckles, and turquoise pants with large pockets on either side, (1st season outfit! I don't really like the outfits in the other seasons, so bear with me) but there were clothes of all sorts in Kai's closet. Stepping in, he saw clothing for all sorts of occasions. Clothes ranging from sleep wear to tuxedos, summer wear to winter wear, and clothes from all around the world. There was bound to be something in here that was Chinese. All the different types of clothing in the closet fascinated Ray. He never knew someone who always seemed to wear the same clothes everyday could have suck a wide variety. If it were him, he would have rotated his outfits everyday.
Looking around while heading towards the back of the closet, something caught his eye. Taking a closer look, he realized it was a Halloween costume. It was very old. Ray blew some dust off as he took it off the shelf. Unfolding it, he revealed a silky sleeveless black top and a tight black jacket. The tight black pants were shiny and had a long thin tail protruded from the rear. He noticed a pair of cat-like ears slipped into the pocket of the jacket and some fuzzy black paws on the shelf behind him. Ray put on the ears and the paws. They were very comfortable. His curiosity taking the better of him, Ray decided to try on the costume… but first… some boxers. Wandering around, he found a pile of boxers. Choosing a pair with red feathers, Ray slipped them on. They were a bit too big for him, but it was better than nothing. Ray began to put on the costume. It was a little tighter than he expected. Giving up on the pants for a moment, Ray slipped on the shirt and the jacket. He had a little difficulty breathing, but that was just a little sacrifice in order to wear the complete costume. Looking at the pants lying on the floor, Ray picked them up and looked at them threateningly.
"You WILL fit me! I WILL get you on! I don't care how long it takes! I WILL wear you!"
Ray began to put on the pants normally, but they wouldn't slide on. He began jumping around bumping into racks and shelves causing them to fall down, but Ray ignored them. Ray sat down on the ground tugging the pant leg up. It wasn't going anywhere.
"Grrrrr."
Taking a deep breath, Ray began to pull on the pant leg like crazy.
"Come on you stupid pair of pants! FIT!" Slowly but surely, one leg had slipped into the pair of pants. Ray rejoiced.
"Yes! One pant leg down!" Ray looked down at the limp pant leg and scowled, "and one more to go."
This leg was harder to put on than the other. His previous method of "pulling on the pant leg like crazy" wasn't working, so Ray resorted to shoving his leg through. Jumping up and down, Ray tried to shove his leg through the remaining pant leg, occasionally bumping into objects. Suddenly, half of his leg went into the pant leg. Ray grinned and punched a fist into the air, which caused him to lose balance.
"Uh oh." Flailing his arms in search for something to hang on to, his hands finally clung onto a shirt. He hung there, partially suspended in air. Ray tried to use the leg that was actually in the pair of pants to push himself off the ground, but that only resorted to further slippage, when the shirt he was clinging on to began to slip off the hanger. Desperately trying to get up caused the shirt to slip off its hanger completely resulting in a deafening crash as Ray fell onto the ground.
Cursing himself, Ray rubbed his backside. Ray struggled to put on the pants, not caring if he was completely bruised afterwards. After bumping into shelves and creating a great racquet and mess, the pants inched up, until they were completely on. Ray, beaming, stood up. They were uncomfortably tight. He glanced in the mirror at the end of the closet. The costume conformed to his figure, but rather tightly. He didn't mind. He smiled at himself. He looked more like a cat than before. He took the long and sleek tail in hand. It was made of the softest material he had ever felt. Ray nuzzled the tail. Turning around, he made for the door. He wanted to show off the costume. However, with the first step, Ray tripped and fell. The costume was too tight for Ray to move around easily. Falling, he crashed into the side of a shelf causing it to tip. Then, like dominos, shelf bumped into shelf, and racks and everything came tumbling down with a crash.
Next thing he knew, Mariah appeared at the closet door, eyes wide in shock. It looked like a tornado had ripped through the closet. Cautiously taking a step inside, she looked around looking. Clothes littered the floor. Shelves had tipped over spilling its contents onto the ground.
"MARIAH!"
Mariah jumped. Turning around, she saw Kai. He wore nothing but a fluffy white towel around his waist. His hair was flopped down dripping with water and he was fuming.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY CLOSET?!"
"It… it wasn't me! I heard a crash. And then it seemed to come from in here. And then I looked in the closet and it was a mess. I didn't do it!" rushed Mariah.
Faintly, the two heard something shift in the closet. Looking in, they saw nothing. A large shelf was blocking their view. Kai stepped into the closet and moved the shelf aside, to reveal a timid Ray in the corner.
"Heh heh… oopsies?" squeaked Ray.
"RAY!? What are you doing in here?" Kai and Mariah exclaimed in unison.
Struggling to get up, Ray replied fearfully, "well… Tyson hasn't done the laundry yet, and I didn't have any clothes to wear. So I came in here to look for something to wear. And then I saw this costume, and I wanted to try it on. And it was really tight and so I had trouble with it. And…" Ray stopped. Mariah had flipped open her notebook and began to scribble furiously. Kai looked at the notebook and read out what she was writing.
"Lacks… clothing… searches… through… roommate's closet… without… permission… and likes… to wear… clothing… too… small… for him… wreaks… havoc."
"Hey! It's not my fault!" protested Ray, "Tyson didn't do the laundry! And… and… don't I look cute in this costume?" asked Ray standing so they could clearly see him.
"You look absolutely adorable!" exclaimed Mariah admiringly. Kai on the other hand had his thoughts from earlier that day racing through his head. Ray was now snooping through his stuff and trying on clothes, a REALLY tight costume to be exact. Kai staggered back. Turning around, he left for the bathroom once again.
"What's the matter with him?" asked Mariah watching him leave.
"I dunno," shrugged Ray, "anyways, I should take this thing off."
"Wait! Wait! Wait! I wanna picture!" Mariah ran off only to bump into Tyson, Max and Kenny.
"What's the rush, Mariah?" asked Max.
"Ooo! Kenny… can you take a picture of Ray for me with Dizzi?"
"Um… alright…" said Kenny uncertainly. The group went to Kai's closet.
"Whoa! What happened in here? It looks like Dragoon battled in here or something," said Tyson in awe.
"It's a long story." Tyson, Max and Kenny looked up to see who it was, "Ray! What happened in here?" they looked at him up and down, "or better, tell us what you're doing in that."
"I'll explain later. Hurry up Mariah."
"'Kay. Kenny? You wanna take a picture?" Kenny nodded and held Dizzi up to face Ray. Ray held his tail and looked shyly at the camera.
"Smile Ray. 3-2-1-Click! Save… all done. Now. Ray, you mind changing? It's kinda… it IS disturbing. It's just a _little_ too tight around some areas…" said Dizzi, "Maybe we should put this picture with the other one, Kenny."
"Other picture?" came a voice. Everyone turned around. They couldn't see anyone, but they could tell it was Kai.
"What other picture?"
"Uh oh," muttered Tyson.
"There's no picture. Dizzi has no idea what she's talking about! Isn't that RIGHT Dizzi?" gritted Kenny through his teeth.
"What are YOU talking about? There's that picture that you told me to guard that's got—" Dizzi was turned off.
"Heh heh… Dizzi's got some sort of malfunction… I… should go fix it…" Kenny ran off.
"We'll help you!" Tyson and Max trailed after Kenny after receiving odd looks from Ray and a threatening glare from Mariah.
"Since when did Tyson know anything about computers?" wondered Ray. Shrugging that thought off, Ray began to take the costume off. Mariah left Ray to his privacy and re-entered the bedroom. She wanted to ask why Kai had a cat costume in his closet in the first place. Looking around, she noticed that Kai had disappeared.
"Odd."
"Mariah!" Mariah turned back to the closet. Ray had gotten tangled in the costume. Laughing, Mariah went over to Ray and helped him out.
When Ray had finally got out of the costume, he saw he had bright red impressions from the costume all over his body. Mariah was busy googling at Ray's body while Ray, grimacing, decided he should clean up the mess. Ray stood up and the boxers he was wearing started to slip off. Catching them, Ray started muttering to himself about belts for boxers. Mariah handed him a belt from the ground still googling at Ray, and Ray, not noticing Mariah's weird behaviour, took it graciously, and fastened it around his waist.
"You wanna help me clean this mess up? I don't want to meet Kai's wrath."
Snapping out of her trance momentarily, Mariah answered, "Not particularly, but I'll help anyways since you looked SOOO cute in that kitty costume," then Mariah thought, "and besides, it's some valuable alone time I get to spend with my beloved Ray." Mariah shifted closer to Ray, and in doing so, together they cleaned up the closet.
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A chapter longer than usual. That's because I don't think I'll be updating soon since my parents are starting to get on my case about it. So much for being fuelled by reviews :S… this last chapter just seemed to really suck to me… especially the last part, but I can't really think of a way to fix it at the moment. Anyways, please review!