Red rose here, back for another chapter...though I have no plan for the story, no idea what's gonna happen...wow, I am totally at a blank right now...my train of thought has just crashed into a wall...that's what I get for three day weekends, fourth of july and all and 'twas me dad's B-day yesterday...

ducky76- yeah, well I got the idea from a dream a couple of nights ago I'm glad you liked it! Here's the update

Kerei Kitsune- Kai zombie??? Scary! And to your questions: Bo is crazy. Yes. You'll find out. Same as last answer. That too. Secret. Yes. If you were gonna ask what I think you were, O.o no, kai is not mental

moondragon-1001- yes he is, here's the update.

Arashi- I am happy you like it and you think its good! I really appreciate it!

Frostt- to be honest, I never thought I could think up anything like that. I love the Ring, I watched it home alone in the dark, I swear there was someone in the room with me, my phone also rang and no one was there...

Kazeilla- I try to update fast (I just have too much free time)

Lakura- demon Bo has some screws loose. Creepy was what I was going for, I think, glad you liked it! Yeah, it wasn't a dream, Ray will come, other people will come, the whole world will come and were gonna party like its 1952! Ok maybe not that...

Disclaimer- I do not own beyblade or the characters, or meatballs

ON WITH THE FICC-Y!!!
For the first time in a couple of days, the dojo sat still, the inhabitants were all soundly sleeping getting some much-needed rest. Ray slept the most deeply of all, knowing everything was alright and everything would return to normal soon enough. The moon shone through the window, casting everyone in its beautiful, silvery light. The gentle breeze ruffled the trees and a lone cricket chirped, it was a picture perfect night, until some police sirens raced by, about six of them, waking up the dogs and starting a chain reaction of sounds. Ray, Max, Kenny and Hillary all slept through the sounds, nothing would wake them from their dreams, nothing could wake them.

A single phone rang out in the darkness, crying to be heard. It kept ringing, for minutes on end, still not waking anyone form their slumber. It suddenly stopped, the caller would remain unanswered and the four teens would get their sleep as all the unwanted noise eventually died down.

A stray ray of light broke away from the rising sun and glided over Max's freckled face. He scrunched up his face, trying to keep the golden light out, but failed and eventually opened his eyes. He looked through the window and saw the sun peeking over the buildings. Max sat up and pushed his sheets away and wondered if Kai or Tyson was seeing the same sunrise. He stood up and quietly walked over to the kitchen in his socks. He opened the cupboard and got a cup out of it and poured some orange juice into it and sat in a chair at the table. The whole room was light with a golden shower and max figured there was no reason to turn a light on.

Kenny walked into the room as max was sipping his juice "Good morning, Max." he said, "did you sleep well, I know I did."

"You bet I did" Max stretched in his chair "looks like someone else did too."

"Yeah, Ray's usually up before any of us" Kenny said, "The early bird catches the worm, right?"

"Then Ray and Kai must have whole farms of worms!" laughed Max as Hillary stepped into the room.

"Why are you guys talking about worms, they're disgusting!" commented Hillary

The conversation eventually shifted from worms to when they were going to go back to the hospital, discussing whether they should give the boys some space or try to be with them as much as they could in the time they had at visiting hours.

Ray walked in, combing through his hair with his hand "Why didn't you guys wake me up, its so late!"

"You looked so cute sleeping, I know I didn't want to disturb you" said Hillary, earning her a small blush from Ray.

"Anyways, don't you have enough worms?" giggled Max, with a small smile from Kenny.

"What in the world? It's already eight, well I am going to the store to go get some cards, anyone want anything?" Ray asked.

"Cards, why are you getting cards? Were going to go see Kai and Tyson today, aren't you coming with us?" Kenny asked.

"Oh, I'm coming, I just have an urge to get them cards, I'll be back soon, don't leave without me." Ray turned around and left.

"Ummm ok..." Kenny said and started talking with max and Hillary.

After a couple of minutes Max noticed something "Hey, the light's blinking on the answering machine..." he got up and pressed the messages button. It said, "Message received at 3:44 A.M. This is the city police, there has been an incident involving Kai Hiwitari, we would like you to come to the station for questioning as soon as possible (click)"

Ray absently walked down the isles of the card shop, the walls were painted a bright blue with shelves of coffee cups, shirts, piggy banks, random things people might think they or someone they know would like. He looked at the different cards. "They all say get well soon or miss you, none of them could ever express how I feel, but I guess they couldn't, I cant even say how much he means to me, why would some hallmark know how I feel...surprising a bit, though, I thought they were supposed to have a card for every occasion..." he looked around "well I'm here anyway, so I might as well try to find something for Tyson..." Ray looked over his shoulder when he heard the clerk arguing with someone on the phone.

"I'm sorry but I can't do that...no, sir...yes, sir I'm sure it is and emergency but-...fine, but you can't tell my manager about this" the young woman in the orange apron looked over at Ray "Ummm excuse me, sorry for this, but are you Ray Kon?" she asked, blowing a strand of red curly hair out of her face.

"Oh, uh, yes I am" he said, looking puzzled.

"Well, there is a call here for you its an emergency..." she held out the phone and Ray walked over to the counter and picked it up.

"Hello, Max? What's wrong? Calm down, what happened?" Ray asked, starting to get worried.

"It's the police, they say there was an incident with Kai, they want us in for questioning..."

Ray's heart nearly skipped a beat "Kai, is he alright? What happened? When did it happen? Is anyone hurt? Answer me!"

"I don't know, I don't know anything, were heading down to the police station now, we'll probably find out there..."

"Alright, I'll meet you there" Ray threw down the phone and rushed out of the store, the bell made a little ring and the clerk stood still, looking at the door, baffled at what just happened.

Ray ran down the warm streets the sun was already bright and the pavement was getting hot. He dodged kids playing, people carrying groceries, dogs, and random people walking down the street. He turned the corner and saw a bunch of school kids blocking the way, between a wall and a short fence. Ray jumped over the fence, just when a car was coming by, and jumped back over to the sidewalk just in the nick of time. He came up on the police station and burst through the door, letting everyone in the room stare at him. "I came...as fast...as I...could" he panted.

"Yeah, I can tell, here sit down" Kenny said and pointed to the nearest chair.

"Thank you" Ray said and flopped on the chair "Where's Hil?" he asked.

"She just went in for questioning, they say she'll be out soon. She'll tell us what happened" Max said as he slid into another chair.

Ray bent his head back and closed his eyes, it felt good to sit down and let his body rest. He noted that a woman came through crying with a man saying "It will be ok" and some young men came through saying they were going to throw a party for someone. He didn't care about any of them he just wanted some answers, he thought about what might have happened, A robbery? An explosion? It could be any number of things, and all he could do was to wait and see.

Hillary came in the room with a man dressed in a blue officer suit walking right behind her. Her shoulders were slumped and she stared off into space, she looked really pale. She plopped into a chair and almost started to cry when the officer asked for Kenny to follow him. Kenny stood up and took a quick glance at Hillary, and then followed the man through the doorway.

"Hillary? Hilary?? What happened, come on, Hil, talk to me" Max pleaded as Ray sat up and looked at her.

"Kai...he...how could he?" she dropped her head into her hands and started to cry.

Ray stood up and grabbed her shoulders, pulling them up so she would look at him "How could he what? Tell me what the hell happened!"

"Stop yelling at me!" she yelled and Max put his arm around her shoulders, telling her that she didn't have to say anything if she didn't want to.

Ray sat back down with a flurry of thoughts going through his mind about what Kai did. He grabbed his head and tried to sort out what happened, trying to get a clue to what kai did.

Kenny later came in, much in the same condition as Hillary, who was still sniffling a bit. Kenny said he would like to go take a walk and asked if Hillary would like to come, and she gratefully left with him. Ray was still holding his head when the officer came in to get Max.

"Guess you'll have to wait to find out, Ray, see you later" Max said, with no response from Ray.

Ray didn't even notice that Max left, he was just alone with his thoughts, oblivious to anything else. He kept on looking through his mind to find an answer, but couldn't figure anything out and just sat in frustration for some unknown amount of time. He felt Max's hand on his shoulder and looked up, Max was leaving, and some middle-aged man was saying his goodbye's. An older man came into the room and the middle-aged man gave him some papers and spoke to him. At the end of the conversation, he said, "there's the last one, he's all yours." The older man nodded, he looked around fifty, maybe sixty, and motioned for Ray to come.

Ray stood up and followed him through a dimly light hall, there were many doors each looking the same, brown with a small window near the top and some writing. They walked for what seemed like forever to Ray, with the man's shoes echoing the whole way there. The man stopped and opened the door, letting Ray in first. The room was small, square and grey there was one light hanging down in the middle of the ceiling, shining on the little table with two chairs on either side. Ray walked over to the chair farthest from the door and the man took off his coat and set it on the table.

He sat down and began to talk "Well, my name is detective smith, I need to question you about the events involving a Mr. Kai Hiwitari. You know that much don't you?" Ray said "yes" and Smith went on "Do you know what happened, Mr. Kon?"

Ray said "No" and his heart started beating faster. He would finally know what happened.

"Well, well, your friend, he murdered someone last night...not much of a nice friend now is he?" Smith stood up.

Ray's heart stopped "murdered? Kai couldn't have murdered anyone, no he wouldn't do that!" he though. Shock shown through his whole face.

"You look surprised" Smith walked over beside Ray "Mr. Hiwitari was pretty brutal now, the reports say his victim had multiple bruises and was killed by his head being repetitively smashed into the ground." Ray could only sit in shock "Do you know who the victim was, Mr. Kon?" Ray shook his head "The victim was a Mr. Bo Mendoza, he was the man Kai was sharing a room with, am I right" Ray nodded his head, He had the feeling that he was about to throw up.

"Well, Bo Mendoza, 26 years old, birth date March 29 1978, height 6'4, weight, 204 pounds, and a full head of brown hair" Smith moved his hand over his balding head. "He was an airline pilot working for America West, he had a fiancée, and do you know who she is?" Ray shook his head again "No? His fiancée was Joanne Smith, my daughter."

Ray gasped a little and a small "no way" escaped his lips.

"Yes way!" Smith grabbed Ray's collar and held him up "your bastard of a friend killed my daughter's fiancée, I will not rest until he serves his life in prison, he needs to pay for what he did to my daughter!"

Tears were forming in Ray's eyes "NO! If Kai killed him, he had to have had a damn good reason, and it's that reason Kai is not going to prison!" Ray screamed and Smith threw him back down in the chair. Smith told him to leave and Ray got up, but stopped at the door "What is Kai's condition?" he asked.

"You really want to know? There were huge scratches in his neck, he's bleeding severely, maybe he'll die from that..." Smith smirked as Ray slammed the door shut.

Ray stormed out of the building and walked to the park, the sun was setting, painting the sky magnificent colors of red and purple. The darkness was creeping in and Ray could feel it getting colder, but he didn't care, he just wanted to be alone with his thoughts under the light of the moon.
Wow, well...don't ask me why ray would want to get a card, or why Smith would be working on the case when he has a personal involvement (is that even allowed in a murder case? Maybe I should watch some more cop shows...)

Well that's it for now!

BYE-S ALL!

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