Disclaimer: I own none of the characters.

I'm finally getting around to posting this. I'm sorry for the long wait. I just pushed this aside and kept procrastinating.

Anyways I want to thank everyone who has reviewed this fic. I'm so happy that you enjoyed it so much.

I'm not going to do an individual thank you to everyone, but you know who you are so thank you.

It's going to be AU here. Their still in the Beyblade World just that the World Tournament isn't as close as it is in the real version.

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Epilogue

A month had passed since Rei lost his voice. The moment Mr. Dickenson heard, Director Judy and him immediately set up a program so that Rei could learn to communicate in someway.

Due to his conditions no form of treatment would gain him his voice back. Though the matter was hard to accept, Rei took it day by day slowly accepting his fate. He had his team as well as Michael there for him.

At the moment, Rei was in one of his classes with one of the teachers going over a few of his signal vocabulary. Seeing as how Rei could only communicate by writing or signals Rei was currently learning sign language. Even though it would be hard for the others to understand a bit, Kai had volunteered to be a voice for Rei, when needed.

"Rei if you keep sighing, we're never going to get anywhere." Kai said leaning back in his chair a bit. Rei looked at Kai and tried to remember all the words he had learnt so far but it wasn't doing much good. Rolling his eyes Rei let his hands fall heavily to the table and put his head on the table with a thump.

"Okay, so there's something bothering you, but we're not going to be able to help you if you don't help us out." Michael said from his spot next to Rei. Rei turned his head to face Michael's direction and looked at him with a piercing gaze.

"Screw this. Rei just write down what's wrong. I really don't want to play a guessing game today. It was bad enough yesterday when you tried to tell us you had to go to the washroom." Kai said, sliding the small white board over to Rei. Picking up a red marker Kai handed it over to Rei who playfully snatched it away from Kai. Taking the lid off Rei placed the marker on the white board and quickly yet neatly wrote down four words. Finishing, Rei turned the white so that Kai could read it.

'What about the tournament?'

Kai raised his eyes to look at Rei. Rei looked back at Kai with a questioning look.

"I've already told you this." Kai said. Rei's face contorted. His fiercely shook his head.

"Yes."

Another shake. Taking the board back, Rei quickly erased the previous question with the sleeve of his shirt and set out to write another, but longer message.

'No we haven't, or at least I haven't been informed. And don't say that you didn't. I know you didn't tell me.'

Kai read the message. Looking back at Rei he sighed.

"Okay. Well Mr. Dickenson said that the tournament is still on, but just that it has been pushed back a bit." Kai said. Rei moved his hands a bit before pointing to himself. Kai took this in that Rei was asking if it was because of him.

"Yeah, because of your little accident. I know you're going to tell me that we shouldn't of waited for you, but seriously, we all know you wanted to participate in it." Kai said, answering Rei's silent question.

'How far back?' Rei asked.

"At least a few more weeks. We're hoping to get you out of here by the end of next week. Then we can head off for Russia." Kai said. Rei turned to his other side where Michael was.

Rei, not knowing very well how to ask the next question, grabbed the white board, erased the old message and wrote: You're coming too, right?

Rei showed Michael the question before waiting for a reply.

"I don't know yet. Judy said she was making arrangements. I think that we are leaving about a week after you do." Michael answered. Rei's spirit dampened a little. "Don't worry though. By the time you finish exploring I'll be there." Michael said, wrapping an arm around Rei's waist and pulled Rei and his chair closer to him. Rei sighed content and leaned against Michael. Kai rolled his eyes lightly and crossed his arms over his chest. The thought of Michael spending more time around him, made him add another reason to his hopes of finding a nice mental institution for himself.

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So there's the epilogue. Took me forever, but I finally got it done.

As for my other fics, I am having a serious case of writer's block. I hope to get over it soon.

Anyways I hope for those of you who read this, enjoyed it.

Devlinn Reiko