Ray: You better not have killed Mariah!!
KG: Who, me? Never! You haven't gotten a chance to get together yet!!
Ray: ...
Kai: Are you going to continue or what? I'm bored.
Tyson: Oh, can I do the disclaimer?
Max: No way!! I said first!
Kenny: Technically, Tyson said first, Max.
Max: I DON'T CARE!
Ray: Here max, have some candyfloss, lots and lots of puffed up sugar!
Max: YEY!! SUGAR!!
Bladebreakers+KG: ...
Max: What?
Tyson: Anyway, Katgurl 2 does not own beyblade or any of the characters in it, because if she did Ray and Mariah would be happily married with 5 children and Kai/Ray fics would be illegal.
Dizzi: I'm with you on that one girl!
Ray/Mariah fans: Us too!
KG2: Read and review please people!
Chapter 2
"WHAT?" Ray's voice bounced off the walls of Mr. Dickinson's office. Mr. D calmly told Ray to sit down and Ray shakily sat in one of the many puffy, blue chairs (A/N: they are sooo comfy!!) in the room. Mr D took off his hat and placed on the desk beside him and looked up at the young raven haired teenager,
"Biovolt have attacked the White Tiger village. It is completely destroyed, Ray. There is seemingly no-one alive... the only survivor is a young girl called Kia, Mariah saved her and a few others, but she was the only one who got out alive. She somehow got here and told me what Mariah had told her to say... then Mariah left her to fight off Bryan and she never saw her again." Ray lowered his head and placed it in his hands, tears brimming in his eyes,
"Is Mariah gone too?" He said quietly. Mr Dickinson sighed and replied after a moments silence,
"We think so, we have not gathered all of the dead bodies yet and it seems that she may have fallen to her death from a cliff top. Gary's body has not yet been found either, but Lee's and Kevin's have." Ray felt the tears begin to stream down his face, this couldn't all be happening? Mariah was alive... she had to be... she couldn't be... gone...
"No! They're alive, they have to be alive!" Ray closed his eyes and tried to stop the tears coming. He felt his throat tighten and accepted his team mates hugs as they slowly came over to him. Kenny was crying his eyes out and so were Tyson, Max and Hillary. Even Kai looked upset, whipping away a stray tear when no one was looking. Ray stepped away from is friends and slowly said that he needed some air. Max and Tyson were about to follow them when Kai stepped in front of them,
"Give the guy a bit of space, he's just lost all of his family, most of his friends and his hometown. He's going to be feeling pretty shit, so all we can do is be here when he needs us, and right now he needs to be alone." The rest of the Blade breakers and Hillary nodded. Tyson smashed his fist on Mr. Dickinson's desk,
"Biovolt are going to pay for every drop of blood they spilt at that village, I swear, they're going to pay!" Kai, Max, Hillary and Kenny nodded in a mutual agreement. All they could do for now was wait, but when the time came... Biovolt were going down.
Ray senselessly walked around in circles. He had lost all track of time and place; all he could think about where The White Tiger's. He knew that Lee and Kevin's bodies had been found... but Mariah's and Gary's were yet to be located, and being honest he hoped they never were. Mariah... memories flooded him and fresh tears sprang to his eyes; how could Biovolt do this? The White Tiger Village had nothing to do with bringing them down!
"IT'S NOT FAIR!" He screamed out loud earning dozens of stares from passers by, "WHAT?" Ray screamed at them all and they abruptly turned away and continued doing whatever was occupying their time beforehand. He staggered off in a daze and walked further away from the BBA headquarters. His vision was getting blurry and he was sobbing bitterly. Ray felt as though someone had ran up to his heart and torn it apart because of the void of emptiness there. He shrank down against a wall in a back alley, his tears staining the gritty ground.
"Mariah..." He murmured quietly to the air. Ray reached down and pulled out his wallet. Shaking, he opened it up and looked at one of the many photos inside it. Mariah had her arms around his neck and she was on his back, laughing. Ray was holding her tightly and he too was laughing. Her face was to the left hand side of his and their golden eye's were shinning. That photograph was taken almost a year ago on a hot summer's day in the White Tiger village. In the background, Kevin and Lee were arguing and Gary was picking apples from the huge apple tree in the centre of the village. Mariah's friend, Amelia, had taken this photo... she would be dead now too. Just like everyone else... His fists clenched tightly onto his trousers and teardrops fell steadily from his eyes.
"I should've been there! Driger and I... we should've been there! We could've saved her and everyone else, we could've helped, we could've..."
"Died?" A voice said from his right and Ray slowly looked up to see Kai standing there. He looked at Ray, his eyes questioning and all Ray could do was look at the ground.
"But...I could've made a difference..." Ray muttered,
"Look Ray, all you would've done is get yourself killed. You would've increased the death toll even more. Do you think that your family, friends and everyone else in The White Tiger Village would have wanted that?"
"They wouldn't know any better, encase you haven't noticed they're all dead." Kai sighed, Ray was being incredibly stubborn and hard to talk too, so, he tried again,
"Ray, would Mariah have wanted you to die?" Ray froze and looked up at Kai, his eyes wide. He looked down at the photograph in his wallet, still firmly clenched in his hands and smiled sadly,
"No. She would have rather died than let me get hurt; Mariah's like that... she's selfless. Sure, she was stubborn and very independent and headstrong... but she was sweet and kind and cared about everybody's well being..." Ray felt more hot tears plummet down from his golden eyes, "Come to think of it, I never even got the chance to tell her." Kai raised an eyebrow,
"Tell her what?" Ray smiled and looked at the photo again, stroking the image of the pink haired beauty,
"That I loved her." Kai looked over at his teammate in shock, he had knew that Ray had harboured strong feelings for Mariah, but... love? No wonder he was so depressed, if it was Kai, he'd be exactly the same.
"Ray, it'll take time to get over…" Ray shook his head,
"You don't get it Kai, I'll never get over her. She was my first love and she'll be my last love. I'm going to avenge her... or die trying." Ray looked at Kai who nodded and offered a hand up. Ray accepted and he looked over at his team captain,
"Well, we better get training then, huh?"
The Blade breakers shouted commands to their bit-beasts as they rigorously trained, but none harder than Ray. There was a fresh determination in the Raven-haired youth, an anger and a bitterness that he was just waiting to unleash on the nearest unlucky soul, or should I say the nearest unlucky Biovolt soul. Mr. Dickinson had starting researching the new and improved Biovolt and had discovered that Boris and Voltaire had created a huge army, half human and half robotic. They were planning to take down all of the World's leading Beyblading teams and steal away their bit-beasts, using them for some other hidden purpose. Out of the White Tiger's bit beasts they had retrieved Galeon and Galman, but seemingly couldn't find Mariah and Gary as couldn't the BBA, so Galux and Galzzy where roaming about somewhere. The BBA had begun to assemble and army of their own and in just three short days after the brutal attack on the White Tiger Village, it seemed that war was inevitable. Many were comparing this to the outbreak of the First World War, when the assassination of Arch-Duke Ferdinand was enough to trigger of a four-year massacre. Bit- beasts were being modified everywhere and the scientists at the research centre at which Judy Tate worked, were working double the hours to invent new weapons and forms of protection. No-one could've guessed the friction between Parliaments and Governments all over the World, many were saying to get ready for World War Three, but the BBA had a bad feeling that it was going to be very different and that The World was about to get the shock of it's lives.
A young girl limped up the streets of Japan, her eyes searching. She found the destination that she required and headed towards it, her left arm badly bleeding and cuts covering her slender frame. She reached up to the intercom and requested for the door to be opened. The now traditional robotic system calmly asked her for the password,
"Hot pepper in the mouth." She said quietly, her body losing strength.
"Password confirmed, scanning Iris... welcome, to the BBA headquarters."
Ray dried the sweat off of his body with a towel as he walked back to his room, his face solemn. He had been training constantly over the past few days and his body was exhausted, but he couldn't give up. They had to win this. He had to win this. He had talked to the young survivor from the White Tiger Village on several occasions, mainly he asked her questions about Mariah and asked if she had seen her getting hurt at any point in time. Of course, the girl knew nothing and all she ever talked about was the promise that Mariah made to her, that she would see her again. At first it had ignited a flame of hope in Ray, but after a bit of a reality check that flame died down to a flicker. Mariah had made this promise when five scared children were with her, she had probably only said it to make them feel better, nothing could come of it. He sighed wearily, he felt so burdened. The deaths of the White Tiger's hung heavy on his conscience. He felt a sudden urge for some food, so he changed direction and walked straight into another person, limping down the hallway. Ray quickly apologised and got up and offered the person his hand, which they accepted. Ray pulled the girl up and shock filled his senses as it registered to him who it was.
"M-Mariah…?"
KG2: K Ahhh and she returns, just like Galux said!!
Ray: MARIAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mariah: RAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:: BIG HUG::
KG2: aww... has somebody got the hots for each other, hmm?
Mariah and Ray: ...
KG2, Blade breakers and Hillary: Hehehe!!
Tyson: People you better review or I'll set Hillary on you!
Hillary: HEY! I'M NOT SCARY!
Kai: Speak for yourself.
Hillary: ¬¬ hmmm
KG2: Here, Mariah, read this out.
Mariah: If you want to see me and Ray hitting on each other next chapter please review? HEY!!!!!
KG2: ;)
Ray: ...
Mariah: ...
Max: REVIEW!! Or I'll send the sugar puff monster after you!