Disclaimer: I don't own beyblades, only the dumb girl, who makes a short apperance and I won't mention her again untill she appears cuz I'm growing agitated at mentioning her. I don't own Ran, it's owned by Akira Kurosawa. I have it on dvd. If you wanna know what it's bout then ask. It's really good.
Ray slept good, deampt of Kai all night long and he hated when he had to wake up. Ray sat up when he was woken up by a crash and he just sat there without moving, except for his eyes which would just blink. Ray looked around to notice Tyson, Chief, and Max were still asleep, but he wasn't sure about Kai. Kai was the one who might be awake, but would act asleep. There was another loud crash and Ray jumped and hit the floor with a thud. Kai turned over and just looked at ray.
"Ow. That hurt." Ray said in a whisper and noticed kai was looking at him.
"You okay?" Kai said and Ray nodded.
"Yah, but what were those crashes?" Ray asked and stood up just as Kai did. They put away there sleeping stuff and walked outside. They slipped on their shoes as another crash was heard and Ray jumped again. Kai tried to surpress his laughter, but it was a little obvious with his face. They walked around front to see fireworks go off and ray just starred.
"You're afraid of the loud crashes of fire works?" Kai asked and Ray felt himself blush. Stupid, he knew, but he still wasn't used to fire works. Kai knew he wouldn't get an answer so he grabbed Ray by the hand and took off at a run, Ray tried to keep up. Kai took Ray into the park and to where he had been in the morning. And they sat on a bench and they could see the fireworks even better. They could see people all over the place watching them, but they were alone where they were. Ray was in love with the beautiful colors of the fireworks and it just made Kai laugh to see Ray so interested in a light show. All the lights in the park had been turned off for the fireworks, so it was dark and foreboding, but the two didn't care. Ray sat like a little kid waiting for the candy store to open and stared at it like he was watching kai blade. Kai just sat there casuly and would glance at Ray every now and then to make sure he doesn't fall off the bench from leaning foreward to much.
"Wow. How do they get those colors?" Ray piped up after a while of silence, yet the show continued, and Kai shrugged. He was no genious at it and he didn't quite care.
"I have no clue. It's just lights." Kai said and Ray nodded. He moved foreward just a little and lost his balance. He accidently grabbed kai's shirt and kai down with him. Ray hit the ground first and looked to see Kai on top of him, their lips very close to touching. Both of them couldn't help but blush, then Kai went closer and both of their lips met in a kiss. The loud crashes of the fireworks didn't bother the two, but the light seemed to set the mood. It would light up the sky and allow them to see each other and when it was dark they just waited for the light. Ray had the nerve to talk to break the silence.
"I wish this could just go on and on, Kai." Ray said and Kai moved and sat there Indian style.
"Everything will change soon." Kai said and it made Ray think.
"How come I haven't gone back to normal yet? I found you, Kai. I know you're my true love, but I'm still a girl." Ray said and Kai began to think.
"Maybe there's one thing more you have to do. That that girl didn't tell you." Kai said and Ray nodded.
"Yo, you stupid, ugly, fashion senseless, girl. I got a bone to pick with you and your ugly face!" Ray said in a harsh tone and Kai was shocked for he never heard Ray such mean things. There was a blow of wind and a girl stood there, a little agitated. Her brown hair was in two buns on the top, back of her head and her bangs were here and there and some hair dangled by her ears. She wore tan capris, a Chinese shirt, and black boots that only went to her knees.
"Do you have any clue what time it is?" The girl barked.
"Yah. I wanna know how come I'm not a boy again?" Ray barked and the girl crossed her arms.
"Touchy touchy, Ray Kon. You have one other thing you hae to do in order to be turned back." The girl said and it agitated Ray.
"What is it?!?" Ray just about yelled and the girl smirked.
"You'll see, it always comes to each relationship. You'll know when you see it." The girl snickered and disappeared into thin air.
"That girl is seriously gunna get it." Ray said and Kai couldn't help but laugh.
"She speaks in riddles." Kai said.
"I wonder what she meant." Ray said.
"Let's see, regular relationships- fights, making out, sex, breaking up, spliting up, doubt, dates, meeting each other's parents, suspison, jealousy, need I go on?" Kai said and Ray sighed.
"Um…. One of those has to be it." Ray said.
"Meeting each other's parents is out of the question. The only one that makes any since is dates." Kai said and Ray nodded. Then we'll have to do something." Ray said and leaned alittle on kai, knowing Kai wouldn't really care.
"Dates are something I don't do." Kai said and Ray laughed.
"Movies then. They always seemed so cool. Movies and tv, in the white tigers village we never had them, so it's pretty cool. Going from there to here was like stepping into the future. And going here back is like taking a step into the past. So is the movies okay? You can pick the movie." Ray said.
"Fine. I want to see an action/horror movie." Kai said and ray nodded.
"Okay, fine with me. I have no clue bout that, but sure. I'm always up for new things." Ray said and sat up by his own and kai stood up. He held out a hand for Ray and ray took it, to be helped up by kai. Kai pulled Ray close into a different type of hug and they just looked into each other's eyes until everything was pitch dark. Ray could feel Kai's presence and Kai could feel Ray's. Kai kissed Ray and Ray kissed back. Lights slowly turned on in the park and voices could be heard. The kiss had to end for the voices were growing closer and they were familer. Kai let go of ray sadly and began to disappear into the darkness. Ray felt as though it had all been a dream and slowly walked off towards Kai had disappeared off to and then he began to run with one hand stretched out, but no matter where Ray went, Kai was no where in site. By the time Ray searched the whole park, day was breaking and he was all alone. Ray crossed his arms and walked back to Tyson's. No one was there. No where to be found, not even Tyson's gramps. Ray went off to Mr. Dickonson's, but no one was there. Hillary wasn't at her house and Kai wasn't at his grandfather's. They weren't at the stream, the park, the blading center, nowhere. Ray didn't know what was going on. He sighed as he decided to go to the park. He was walking to the park when he felt a tug at his shirt. He looked back to see a small girl. She had golden eyes, that showed pain and hurt in them, and Her black hair was a mess, the bottoms showing that they had been burned by fire. Her clothes was a blue dress, with holes, cuts, and dirt. She wore no shoes, but she did wear socks, but they were in as bad a condition as her dress. Her body was bruised and scrapped and dried blood on her knees and cheek.
"Please, can you help me?" The girl asked in a small voice. Ray tried to guess her age, 3 maybe 4. Ray nodded and took her to Tyson's house, which had been nearby. He went into Tyson's room, where his stuff was and began to dug through his bag, the girl just sitting on the floor looking at him. Rei pulled out an outfit.
"Okay, Mariah is no longer allowed to pack my things." Ray laughed and turned to look at the girl. He handed her the small outfit, it was one of Mariah's outfits from when she was little, she never wanted Ray to forget her so she always packed that when he was leaving. The girl took it in her hands.
"Huh?" The girl looked at the outfit to Ray and back and forth.
"Put it on, it should fit you." Ray said and the girl nodded. She slowly got up and removed her dress. Ray noticed the scars and bruises on her back and chest. The girl put on the shirt which put perfectly and then the pants, which were alittle long, but fit. Ray dug into his bag and pulled out a pair of socks and handed them to her. She put them on and Ray folded them so they fit better.
"This good?" The girl asked and Ray nodded.
"Yup. That was my friend's outfit. You can keep it. It fits you perfectly." Ray said with a smile and the girl hugged him.
"Thank you, thank you." The girl said.
"You're welcome. Who are you, exactly?" Ray asked and the girl sat down right before him.
"I'm Kotori. I'm 4." The girl said.
"I'm Ray." Ray said and the girl nodded.
"Nice to meet you, Ray-chan." Kotori said and Ray smiled.
"nice to meet you, too. Where are your parent's Kotori?" Ray asked and Kotori looked down.
"I ran away from them. Mother is never home, but when she is she's either asleep or drunk. Father hurts me and my brother does, too." Kotori said and Ray nodded.
"I see." Ray said.
"I ran away, hoping to go somewhere else. Find someone nice and live there with them." The girl said and Ray stood up.
"Then you can stay here until then." Ray said with a smile and Kotori's face lit up.
"You mean it?" Kotori asked and Ray nodded and the girl hugged him.
"Thank you so much." Kotori said.
"No problem. I don't mind you calling me Ray-chan, but I'm a boy. I've have a cursed placed upon me, and only when I figure out what I'm supposed to do, will I turn back." Ray said and Kotori nodded.
"Then Ray-kun." Kotori said with a giggle.
"Alright. Now I have to find my friends." Ray said and pulled out a pair of shoes from his backpack.
"I wanna help." Kotori said and Ray nodded.
"Sure." Ray said and they both walked out of the house. Ray slipped on his shoes and the girl put on the shoes Ray had tooken out of his bag, they fit perfectly. They took off.
"Where do you think they'd go off to?" Kotori asked and Ray shook his head.
"No idea." Ray said and Kotori grabbed his hand.
"I know. How bout the park. Did you know that today is the sakura blossum festival? Let's go." Kotori said and Ray nodded. They headed off to the park. There they were, Tyson, Max, Hillary, Kenny, Mr. Dickonson, and Kai. They were all sitting on a blanket under a sakura blossum tree.
"Hey, finaly!" Tyson yelled and waved a hand for Ray to come over. Ray smiled and walked over with Kotori.
"We were wondering if you were ever gunna come here." Mr. Dickonson said.
"Ya, we were growing worried." Max said.
"I forgot that the festival was today and we were going." Ray laughed.
"Then how'd you remember?" Tyson asked.
"Kotori reminded me of it." Ray said and everyone looked at her.
"hello. I'm Kotori." Kotori said with a bow.
"She's adorable!" Max said and Tyson laughed. Ray let go of Kotori's hand, who was getting apraisal from Tyson, Kenny, Hillary and Max, and sat next to Kai.
"Glad you finaly could make it. I didn't wanna be stuck here with them." Kai said and Ray laughed.
"Sorry." Ray said.
"So who exactly is Kotori?" Kai asked.
"Dunno. She ran away from home and wound up running into me. The clothes she wears are Mariah's. Her clothes weren't in good condition, she didn't even have shoes. I suspect that she must have run away days to weeks ago." Ray said and Kai nodded.
"Is she staying with us?" Kai asked and Ray nodded.
"Ya, you should see her body. She has been abused. I thought it was best." Ray said and Kai nodded.
"It is." Kai said.
"Yo, Kotori is stayin at my place. It's been decided and no one better make a fuss over it." Tyson said and the others nodded. Sakura blossoms had opened fully in a matter of time and everyone enjoyed it. The only time of year they did, it only came once a year and was a beautiful site. The sun was slowly setting and everyone got up.
"I think it's bout time to head on home." Max said and yawned.
"Ya, sounds like you need to get some sleep, Maxie." Tyson said with a laugh.
"Ya, I know." Max said. Hillary got up and brushed some petals of her skirt.
"I'm gunna be staying with you guys tonight, if that's alright." Hillary said.
"Sure. The more the merrier. We can play truth or dare again." Tyson said with a laugh.
"Long as I don't need to go outside with my boxers on my head again, sure." Max said and the others laughed.
"Fine, Maxie." Tyson said.
"I'll see you all later, I have things to do." Mr. Dickonson said and left. Kotori got up and went over to Ray.
"Ready to go?" Kai asked and Ray nodded as they got up.
"Where you going, Ray-kun?" Kotori asked.
"I'm going to go see a movie." Ray said and Kotori nodded.
"Can I come?" Kotori asked and Ray shook his head.
"No, stay with Max. He's fun. He'll put his boxers on his head and act like a super hero for you and hIllary is really nice and always gives into anything." Ray said in a whisper and Kotori nodded. Kotori ran over and grabbed Hillary's hand.
"I come with you." Kotori said and Hillary nodded.
"Sure." Hillary said.
"You sure know how to get rid of others." Kai said.
"Had to do it all the time back home." Ray said.
"Let's go, let's go! I don't wanna miss my fav show!" Tyson said and took off. Max, Hillary, chief, and kotori took off back for Tyson's. Ray and Kai went off to the movies.
"So have you decided on a movie, Kai?" Ray asked.
"Ya, they're showing a good one. It's the remake of one I saw a while ago. It's called Ran." Kai said as they entered the theaters. They got the tickets, the popcorn, soda, and cruncha buncha and went into the theaters. Ray was on the edge of his seat the whole movie and truly enjoyed it. They left the movies and it was dark out and they were walking down an allyway. There was a small flash which lit up the dark allyway, but soon was gone. They reached the lamp light and Kai stared at Ray.
"What?!?!?" Ray asked and Kai grabbed Ray's hand. He pulled him to the stream and Ray looked at his reflection.
"You're back to normal." Kai said and there was another light as the girl stood there.
"So you figured out a date would change you back, but you won't stay that way for long. You have to help out someone in need. It has to be something good. Then I'll appear once more and you'll finaly hear the news." The witch girls said, she was in black pajama pants with devils on them and a black pajama shirt with a devil on it that says bang and she has on slippers.
"Okay." Ray said and the girl laughed.
"You might wanna change sometime soon or you'll be tooken for a cross dresser." The girl said and disappeared. Kai and Ray then laughed.
" Here." Kai said and Ray looked at him. Kai took off his shirt to reveal an undershirt and removed his pants to reveal a pair of shorts. Ray took the shirt and pants and changed.
"I hope I get to stay a boy permently, now." Ray said and Kai laughed.
"I was getting used to you being a girl. Even if it's only been a day or two." Kai said and Ray pouted.
"Not funny, not funny one bit." Ray said in a childish voice and Kai moved closer.
"Ya, I'm sorry." Kai said and kissed Ray on the lip, Ray kissed back.
"We should get back. I have to figure out who to help in order to stay a boy forever." Ray said and the two headed to the dojo. With one last task to do in order to be turned back to a boy permently, Ray's so close to being back to normal, but unless he comes up quickly he might have to face an expected challenge which puts him and Kai at risk. Exactly who is Kotori and how come she's come in now? Fine out next time.