Title: What Was Once Lost Is Now Found

By: Moonlit Sea

Disclaimer: Don't own Beyblade or any of its characters (except Tiffany & Firefly).

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And now dear readers I give you chapter eight of What Was Once Lost Is Now Found.

/-Thoughts-/

Chapter 8 - Surprises.

"Is there something you want to tell us Tiffany?" Kai asks.

"Like what?" she asks not really getting it.

"Like how you know someone with a limo for instants." Tyson continued.

"Oh that."

"Yes that."

"How about I tell you about it later." Trying to avoid the question.

"How about you tell us about it now." Ray said.

"I-it's nothing really." She says now looking at the floor of the limo avoiding the stares she was getting.

"Then why won't you tell us?" Kenny asks.

Tiffany sighed and looked out the window.

"We have arrived miss Tiffany." The driver said.

"Thanks Malcolm." She replied, then slowly turned to the others "Perhaps it would be better if you saw for yourselves." Opening the car door and getting out.

As everyone got out they were amazed at what they saw.

"It's even bigger than Enrique's!" Tyson commented. (A/N: he's exaggerating by the way.)

"W-welcome to my h-home." Tiffany says nervously seeing the guy's reaction.

"Tiffany, you actually live here." Max says still shocked.

"Mmm hm." She says with a nod of her head.

The man that she had been talking to earlier approached her.
"Everything is all ready for you and your guests Miss." He said.

Tiffany gave a nod and looked back at the others.
"Guys, this is Jonathan but I just call him Jon, he's the head butler." She introduces.

"If you'll follow me I'll show you all to your rooms." Jon said.

Everyone followed Jon into the house and up to their rooms. Tiffany walked off to her room and flopped onto her bed. A few minutes later she heard a knock at the door. "Yeah?" she called out.

The door opened and she saw one the maids standing in the doorway.
"It is true, you have returned." She said happily.

Tiffany smiled back.
"Yea Crystal, it's true."

"I'm so glad you've returned miss Tiffany. We've all missed you."

"I guess it has been a long time. How are the others settling in?"

"Jonathan is showing the last of them to their rooms." Crystal replied.

"Very well, I'm gonna turn in now." Tiffany says with a yawn. "If any of them need anything please be sure they get it."

Crystal nodded and closed the door leaving Tiffany alone once more. She had just gotten into bed when someone knocked on her door, thinking it was one of the servants she said, "I said I was not to be disturbed."

"I think we need to talk." Came a voice, it defiantly wasn't one of the servants.

"Tyson?" going over and opening the door.

"Hey." He said.

"Anything wrong?" she asked him curious as to why he was at her door.

"We need to talk." He repeated.

She opened the door wider and let him in. They both took a seat on Tiffany's bed.

"So… what do you wanna talk about?"

"How did you manage all this?" he held out his arms to show her he meant the house and everything.

"I uh… didn't, our uncle did. He became quite a successful business man and was able to acquire all this." She explained.

"So… where is he?" Tyson inquired, curious to know why he wasn't here to greet them or anything.

Tiffany sighed and headed toward the window. /-Guess it's time another member of the family knew. I just hope he doesn't yell at me for not telling him sooner.-/
"Tyson… you have know something…" she began not knowing how to put all that happened into words. "When we came here our uncle didn't treat me like a niece more like I was his daughter."

Tyson could hear all the sadness in Tiffany's voice as if she bottled everything up for years and now it was all coming out. He went over to her and turned her to face him.
"Tiff, what happened?" he asked gently trying not to let his worry show.

A tear slid down Tiffany's sad face.
"He died Tyson. He left me everything. Everything. The house, the business, everything!" she was crying now.

Tyson was shocked to hear that his uncle had died but at the moment he was more concerned with calming his sister down.
"Shhh… don't worry everything will turn out fine you'll see." He comforted, walking her back to the bed.

She just cried into his chest all the pain that accumulated over the years was finally being released. A few minutes later he pulled her away from him and looked at her.

"Why didn't you ever contact grandpa or me?" his curiosity finally getting the better of him.

She sniffed.
"Please don't take this the wrong way Tyson but… I kinda forgot I had a brother back in Japan. America was all I knew from the age of four, everything else just kinda disappeared from memory." She answered looking down at the floor.

"So what made you remember?"

"A friend in Europe. He said he had battled you and the others, that's when I remembered."

Tyson gave a small smile.
"Are you sure you'll be okay?" he didn't to leave her on her own if she was still a little upset.

"I-I dunno." She answered honestly. "I guess so. Listen to me I'm being selfish again. Yeah I'll be fine you need to get your rest."

"Well… if you're sure." He said.

Tiffany nodded and Tyson returned to his room.

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The next morning Tyson went to check on Tiffany to see if she was okay but he found that she wasn't there.

"Morning Tyson." Max greeted cheerily.

"Morning Max. You haven't seen Tiffany anywhere have you?"

Max shook his head.

"Miss Tiffany went out early this morning. She asked me to tell you that she'll be back later." Jon suddenly said from behind the two boys.

"Oh uh thanks."

Jon gave a nod.
"Breakfast is about to be served sir, if you'll both follow me." Walking down the hall.

"I don't think I'll ever get used to that." Tyson said quietly to Max as they followed Jon.

"What's that?" Max asked just as quietly.

"People calling me 'sir' "

Max chuckled quietly and nodded in agreement, he didn't think he'd ever get used to it either. Jon led the two boys to a large room in which the others sat waiting for them.

"So there you are." Ray said.

"We've been waiting for you so we can have breakfast." Kenny said moaning a little.

"Heh, sorry Chief. I wanted to check up on Tiff before coming down."

"Anything wrong?" Ray asks worriedly.

"Not really. Just a… brother sister thing." He said hoping that they would accept his answer.

"Do you think Tiffany's already had breakfast?" Max wonders aloud.

"Where is she anyway?" Kenny asks.

"She went out earlier this morning." Max responds, ignoring the annoyed looks that Ray was giving him.

After breakfast the all sat in the huge living room talking about the tournament ahead.

"Chief, have you been able to find out anything about the Mythicals?"

Kenny shook his head.
" 'Fraid not Tyson. There doesn't seem to be anything about them anywhere." He sighed feeling as if he let the team down.

"Don't worry about it Kenny. I'm sure we'll do just fine." Kai said reassuring the brown haired boy.

"I doubt it, unless you've seen them battle before, which is highly unlikely." A voice says from the doorway.

Everyone turns surprised to hear the voice. They saw Tiffany was leaning against the doorframe looking at them all with a very serious look on her face.

"What do ya mean Tiff?" Tyson asks confused.

"You won't be able to get anything on them because they're careful about who they talk to. They don't do interviews either." She said matter-of-factly.

"How do you know this Tiffany?" Kenny asks.

Tiffany wouldn't answer them; she just turned round and started to walk away. This annoyed Kai; he was getting tired of all the 'secrets' she was keeping from them. He walked up to her and spun her round so she was looking at him. She still had a very serious look on her face and it didn't falter as Kai spoke to her.

"I've had just about enough of this! How do you know so much about this team and no one else does?!" He says a little threateningly.

"That may be able to scare other people into telling you what they know but believe me, I've seen scarier. Now if I were you I'd let go before I have you thrown out."

"And what would your brother think to that? His dear sister throwing out one of his friends." Kai said a tad sarcastically.

"I came with you guys because you needed my help and because Tyson's my brother but now I see that I should've just stayed with my friends in Europe. What was I thinking, thinking that my family would want me back after all these years." She said the last bit with sarcasm.

Kai let go of her arm and she called to the others.

"If you guys want to train there's a dish out back." And continued to walk off.

"What was all that about?" Kenny asks curiously as he walks up behind Kai.

"Let's say she knows more than she's letting on." Kai answers walking back to the others.

Tyson had heard the whole conversation between Kai and Tiffany and wondered what happened to change her so dramatically. Last night she was crying on his shoulder and now she was acting extremely cold hearted. /-What happened to you while you were out Tiffany?-/ he wonders.

After figuring out how to get to the back garden all the guys were amazed at what they saw. The garden was the size of a football pitch! There was a stadium size beydish to the left of the patio door and to the right there was a swimming pool. Further up the garden was a fountain, which had a stone Pegasus and rider, and there were a couple of seats around where you could sit and admire the garden (A/N: as in the flowers and stuff) as well as the fountain.

"Well you guys certainly took your time getting out here." Tiffany said from within the pool.

"It would've helped if you showed us the way." Tyson says a tad sarcastically.

Tiffany just shrugged as she got out of the pool and went over to her sun bed and towel. Max and Ray couldn't help but stare at her, for she was wearing a blue bikini and the water just seemed to shimmer off her already well toned body.

"Well if you guys are going to train don't let me stop you." Lying on the sun bed and catching the suns rays.

Tyson looked at her he just couldn't work it out, first she's all icy and cold and the next minute she's all happy and nice. /-What the heck's going on?-/ he wonders.

Max saw Ray looking at Tiffany in a… more than friendly way shall we say. It annoyed and angered him. He walked over to Ray.
"Ray, don't you even think about it! She's mine! You hear me." He said.

"I doubt that Max. I bet she doesn't even know you like her like that does she." Ray stated calmly.

"No, but she will by the end of the day."

"Who are you trying to kid Max? We both know that when it comes to girls that you are a total wash out."

"I am not!" Max shot back.

"Why don't you just save yourself the embarrassment and forget about her. She's more interested in me anyway."

Max's anger was boiling up inside of him, if Ray didn't shut up soon he was to make him shut up.

From the other side of the pool Tiffany could see both Ray and Max arguing about something but shrugged it off as some training thing and went back to her sunbathing. That was until the words 'let it rip' were heard she looked back over and saw that Max and Tyson had started to train, she watched intently then sighed and shook her head. /-They're so gonna get creamed.-/ she thought as she watched Kai and Ray battle.

"Yeah bring on the tournament cos the Bladebreakers…"

"Are gonna lose." Tiffany said interrupting Tyson as she walked towards them all.

"Why do you say that?" Kenny asked, he thought the training session went rather well.

"Because it's the truth." She answered plainly.

"If you really went to our matches here you would've seen that we won." Kai stated.

Tiffany laughed.

"What's so funny?!"

"You… and the fact that you think that you're actually going to win."

"Sure we are Sis." Tyson said before Kai 'blew a fuse'.

She shook her head.
"Not going to happen Tyson."

"Why not?" Max asked curiously.

"You guys may be excellent bladers, but you'll never beat the Mythicals if that's your 'blading style'." She answered.

"Care to give a demonstration?" Kai asked wanting to prove her wrong.

"Hey I'm just giving you guys a hand. I don't actually intend to enter or anything." Holding her hands up in a defensive pose.

"Is that cos you know you'll lose."

Tiffany's face suddenly turned very serious even more serious than earlier that day.
"I won't lose and I won't be bullied into a beybattle." She said coldly.

"You lost to Tyson didn't you." Kai said smugly.

If looks could kill Kai would be dead by now. /-What have you got yourself into now Kai?-/ thought Tyson

"I didn't lose." She hissed.

"Kai, I think you better stop before someone gets hurt." Ray said thinking of Tiffany's safety.

But Kai wasn't listening.
"You didn't win either."

Tiffany suddenly smirked as an idea popped into her head.
"Okay Kai, you want battle you got one. Just don't cry when I beat you."

"Don'tcha wanna get change first Sis?" Tyson says realising that she was still in her bikini.

"And have him say I'm just using that as an excuse not to battle him? No way, if he wants a battle then I say bring it on." She then whispers in Tyson's ear "You might want to pick up the pieces later." Walking off towards the dish.

They readied their blades for launch.

"3… 2… 1… let it rip!" Tyson says.

"Firefly, Mythical Thunder!" Tiffany cried out.

Before Kai could even react Dranzer landed at his feet seconds later. Everyone was amazed at what just happened. Kai lost in two seconds? Talk about major upset!

"She didn't even call out her bit-beast!" Kenny said in sheer shock.

"Next time, believe me when I say you'll never beat them." She said as Firefly returned to her hand. She was about to go and get changed when she heard a voice say, "Well well look what the cat dragged in."

"What the hell do you want and how did you get in here!?" she spat at the person.

Everyone looked over at who Tiffany was talking to and saw a girl around Tiffany's age. She had short flamey red hair and wore a black t-shirt with the words 'you suck, I rule!' written on it and black trousers.

"Now now Tiffany, is that anyway to talk to an old friend?" the girl said with a slight smile.

"You're right." Tiffany said her voice suddenly back to normal. "Where are my manners what I meant to say was GET THE HELL OFF MY PROPERTY!"

The girl growled at Tiffany.
"Very well, but just remember this Tiffany, we will have our revenge." And with that the girl walked off.

Before anyone could say anything Tiffany ran into the house.