Title: What Was Once Lost Is Now Found

By: Moonlit Sea

Disclaimer: Don't own Beyblade or any of its characters (anything else you don't recognise I own). Also don't own the following songs Sorry seems to be the hardest word by Blue & Elton John and Love's got a hold of my heart by Steps

A/N: hey all, I'm forwarding to about two to three days from the tournament otherwise I'd probably bored your socks off! Just a note to say that I wrote the lyrics to the songs by ear so it may not be entirely right (but who cares huh?)
Angel V: I don't know how but somehow she's managed it. She's also a right little troublemaker I agree. -shakes head disapprovingly-

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

/-Thoughts-/

Chapter 12 - All Is Not Well.

It had been week since Max, Tyson and Tiffany decided not to talk to each other and the atmosphere around the house was tense (to say the least). Max spent most of his time in his room only coming out to eat or train; Tyson blamed himself for what happened to Tiffany (much to Kai's dismay) and Tiffany was barely around always heading out in the morning and returning sometime at night. When she was around she avoided Tyson at all cost and practically ignored him when speaking to the others. Poor Kenny and Ray had no idea what was going on. Every time they would ask the only answer they would get was 'ask Tyson.' or 'ask Tiffany.' Even Kai wouldn't say what happened between the two Grangers.

"This is becoming ridiculous." Kenny says to Ray at breakfast that morning to which Ray gave a nod. "We have to sort this out before the tournament starts."

"Perhaps we can get Kai to help us."

Kenny gave Ray a skeptical look.

"What are you two talking about?" Tyson suddenly asks.

"Nothing important, Tyson." Kenny answers.

After breakfast Max went back up to his room as usual. He closed the door and sighed, he couldn't do this all the time. He'd be glad when this tournament was over so they could return home and he could pretend he'd never met Tiffany Granger. But he had, and no matter how hard he tried he couldn't get her out of his mind. He sighed again and went over to the radio turning it on:

What I gotta do to make you love me?
What I gotta do to make you care?
What do I do when lighting strikes me?
On my way to find and you're not there

What I gotta do to make you want me?
What I gotta do to be heard?
What do I say when its all over babe?
Sorry seems to be the hardest word.

It's sad, so sad. It's a sad sad situation
And it's getting more and more absurd
It's sad, so sad. Why can't we talk it over?
Always seems to me, that sorry seems to be the hardest word.

What I gotta do to make you want me?
What I gotta do to be heard?
What do I say when it's all over?
Sorry seems to be the hardest word.

It's sad, so sad. It's a sad sad situation
And it's getting more and more absurd
It's sad, so sad. Why can't we talk it over?
Always seems to me, that sorry seems to be the hardest word.

What I gotta do to make you love me?
What I gotta do to be heard?
What do I do when lighting strikes me?
What've I gotta do… what have I gotta do…
When sorry seems to be the hardest word.

He wanted to forgive her so badly, wanted to see her smile again instead of that permanent frown she always wore since their little 'talk', but every time he tried that scene replayed in his head.

"What about Max?" Tyson asks.

"I... Don't…. Care!" Tiffany shouts.

It made him angry with her all over again, but he couldn't stay mad at her forever, could he? Then again why should he be the one to apologise? She was the one who hurt him, the one who tore his heart out and ripped it into tiny pieces with those very words 'I. Don't. Care.'

"Why? Why did you say it Tiffany, why?" he wonders aloud as he looks out the window.

A tear slid down his cheek, would he ever see her smile again? And what about Tyson? Would he ever forgive him about what he said when they heard Tiffany left?

#FLASHBACK#

"Good riddance I say." Max commented.

Tyson growled at Max's comment.
"You take that back!" he yells at Max.

"I will not!" Max yells back.

#END FLASHBACK#

They had been though many things together and not once did they have a fallout as bad as this.

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Tyson was sitting in the living room looking out the window, although he wasn't really looking. He was thinking about all the things that had happened since he had met up with his sister again. It had hurt him dearly when Tiffany said what she did, 'As far as I'm concern Tyson. I never had a brother!' her words repeating in his head. He flinched involuntarily upon hearing those words again partly unaware that he was been watched.

Kai had been keeping a close watch on Tyson since that day and it pained him to see Tyson like this. All because Tiffany would rather keep her secrets than tell her brother what he wanted to know. /-Tiffany and her stupid secrets.-/ he thought /-This is all her doing!-/
No matter how hard Kai tried to tell Tyson it wasn't his fault Tyson wouldn't believe him. He looked back over to the blue haired blader and found that he was no longer there. /-Where'd he go?-/ he looked around but couldn't see him anywhere.
"Tyson." He says quietly while sighing.

"Hey Kai." Ray says from behind him, "I was wondering if you could help us with something."

Kai turns to Ray and also sees a nervous looking Kenny beside him.

"What?"

Ray gave Kenny a nudge to get him to speak.
"We're tired of what's going on around here and…"

"You were wondering if I would help put a stop to it." Kai said finishing Kenny's sentence.

Kenny nodded. Kai turned his back on them considering their request. /-If I help them maybe that would get Tyson back to his 'normal' self.-/ then he heard Kenny say quietly to Ray "See… I told you he wouldn't help." "Have a little patience Chief, he'll help. If he wants Tyson back the way he was." Kai couldn't help but notice that Ray had raised his voice a little, which made sure that he heard him. Did Ray know something he didn't?

"Fine." He found himself saying as he turned around, "I'll help you."

"That's great Kai." Ray smiled.

"So now what do we do?" Kenny questions.

"We need to find out what's wrong with each of them." Ray reasons.

Kai could've laughed at that, he knew what was wrong with Tyson. He just couldn't find a way to 'fix' it.

"So… Chief, you go find what's wrong with Max. Kai, you take Tyson and I'll go after Tiffany."

"Haven't you already been doing that." Kai says rhetorically making Ray blush a little.

"Hey, why do I get Max?" Kenny complains.

"Because he doesn't like me very much at the moment." Thinking back to the argument they both had in the garden.

"What about Kai?"

"Kai's with Tyson."

Kai listened silently to the 'conversation' before him then when Ray said 'Kai's with Tyson.' It hit him. Tiffany was right. /-Now there's irony for you.-/ he thought.

"Kenny, go see what's wrong with Max." he said half ordering him.

Kenny sighed and slowly made his way up to Max's room, grumbling to himself as he went. Ray turned to Kai.

"You finally realised." He said.

Kai nodded.

"It took you long enough."

"H-how did you know?" Kai asked surprised and puzzled. If he didn't know himself how could Ray have known?

Ray smiled. "I do have eyes you know Kai. And Tiffany told me."

/-Figures.-/ Kai thinks. /-She can't wait to tell other people's secrets but when it comes to telling her own she keeps shut.-/

"She also said that she believes that Tyson may have a thing for you." He says with a wink.

Kai blushed at what Ray was implying, Ray chuckled and went off to find Tiffany.

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"Max? Can I come in?" Kenny asks as he knocks on the door.

"Sure Chief." Comes a reply.

Kenny walks in and sees Max lying on his bed looking up at the ceiling.

"What's up?" he asks looking at his friend.

"Actually that was what I was gonna ask you." Kenny answers.

"Huh?" Max says in confusion as he sits up.

"I came to see if you were okay." He explains, trying to figure out how to get Max to tell him what the problem was.

"Oh." Max said looking down at the floor.

Kenny went over and sat on the side of Max's bed, Max looked up at him and Kenny saw all the sorrow in the blonde's eyes.

"Max, tell me what's wrong then perhaps we can solve it together."

Max gave a nod. "She doesn't care." He said solemnly looking back down at the floor.

"Who doesn't?"

"Tiffany." He whispered.

Kenny inwardly groaned. He should've guessed this would be about her.
"What makes you think that?"

"She told Tyson so."

"Really?" a tad shocked.

Max nodded.

"Did she mean it?"

Max now looked at his brown haired friend. "How do you mean?"

"Max, I seen the way she looks at you, and believe me she does care… a great deal. Even Tyson and Kai know it."

"But… then why did she tell Tyson she didn't?" confusion now written all over his face.

"That's something you'll have to ask her." Kenny answers.

"Then I guess I'll never know." Getting up and walking over to the window.

Kenny sighed. /-Why did I have to get stuck with Max?-/ he moans.

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"Jon, have you seen Tiffany?" Ray asks.

"She's out, sir."

"Do you know when she'll be back?"

Jon shook his head.

"Okay thanks." He sighed and walked off.

A few moments later he heard shouting 'How the hell would you know!' /-sounds like Kai's having a tough time with Tyson. Wonder how the Chief's doing with Max?-/ he was just about to go to his room when he heard a curious sound. /-What was that?-/ curiosity getting the better of him he went to see what the noise was.

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Tiffany was in the kitchen making herself a sandwich and happily singing along to her mp3 player.

"I'm calling out
Won't somebody out there hear my SOS
Throw me a lifeline please and save me
There's no doubt baby you took me prisoner
I confess
When you crossed my defences and captured my heart

And now it's too late to put up a fight
I thought I was strong but as hard as I try
Can't break away
Darling there's no way out
Nothing can help now
Love's got a hold on my heart."

Although she had told Jon she was going out she really couldn't be bothered to go anywhere and snuck back in when no one was around. She knew all the places people rarely went so was able to walk around without being seen. She turned to go and nearly jumped out of her skin when she saw Ray standing in the doorway, she took out an earphone and smiled at him.

"Hey Ray, what's up?"

/-It amazes me how much Tiffany sounds like Tyson at times.-/ he thought. "Jon said you'd gone out."

"Oh…yeah…well you see…um." She said trying to think of a reason. "I uh… just came back? Yeah that's it I just came back." Giving a nervous laugh.

/-She's defiantly Tyson's sister, she even lies like him.-/ he thinks with amusement.

"What?" seeing the amused look on Ray's face.

"I was just thinking how much you and your brother are alike."

Tiffany gave a small growl surprising Ray a bit but what she said next surprised him even more.

"I have no brother."

/-Whoa. Must have been some fight those two had.-/

"And furthermore I am nothing like that idiot."

Ray didn't know what surprised him more, the tone of Tiffany's voice or the fact that she just called her own brother an idiot.

"So… what happened?" he asked.

"Ask him it's his fault."

"I'm asking you." He said gently but firmly.

Tiffany folded her arms and turned away from him.

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Tyson was sitting in the garden he knew Kai had been watching him in fact that's all he'd done since that day. Today though Tyson just wanted to be left alone, it wasn't that he didn't enjoy Kai's company -he did very much- he just wanted sometime to himself with no one examining everything he did just to be sure he was okay. He sighed as he looked at the stone Pegasus. It brought back memories of the match he had with Tiffany.

#FLASHBACK#

A shimmering white Pegasus came out from Tiffany's blade. It had two yellow thunder bolts down the sides of it's neck, mystical yellow eyes, silver wing protectors (A/N: like Dranzer's) and silver half leg and hoof protectors.

"Thunder Strike!" she cried.

Firefly flapped its wings at Dragoon and sound waves headed in his direction. They dispersed Dragoon's Tornado and kept on going straight for him knocking him backwards and leaving him temporarily stunned. After Tyson recovered from his little 'shock' he shook his head and growled at Tiffany.

"Come on Dragoon, snap outta it."

Tiffany smiled.
"Who's going to win, Tyson? Why, I believe I am… Firefly, finish him off."

#END FLASBACK#

How could things get so out of control so quickly? He'd been so excited to come here and participate in this tournament but was it really worth losing his sister over? He shook his head he need to think of other things or he'd go crazy. He took Dragoon out of his pocket and looked down at him.

"How about a little practice buddy." He says.

Dragoon glows in response and Tyson sticks him on his launcher and launches it. He'd only been at it for a few minutes when another blade appeared from out of nowhere.

/-Huh? Where'd that come from?-/ he wondered. As he continued to look at the 'mysterious' blade he began to recognise it.

"Dranzer? But…"

"So here's where you're hiding." Kai's voice said from behind him.

Tyson turned round and became annoyed that Kai was 'interrupting' him.
"Didn't you get the message already. I want to be alone." He says rather annoyed.

"Tyson, you have to stop beating yourself up about what happened. It wasn't your fault." Kai says ignoring Tyson's comment as Dranzer returns to him.

Tyson turns to retrieve Dragoon then turns back to Kai.
"Do we really have to go through this again. Yes it was."

Kai was starting to get annoyed with Tyson. /-When is it going to sink into that thick head of yours Tyson.-/
"If Tiffany hadn't of kept so many secrets from us, none of this would ever of happened." Trying to keep his annoyance out of his voice.

"So… what you're saying is that all this is Tiffany's fault?" he asks.

"I wouldn't say all of it but most of it."

"You're no help." Walking back to the house.

Kai followed him, somehow he just had to get Tyson to talk to Tiffany, and that was the easy part. The hard part was getting Tyson to stop blaming himself for all that's happened.

Later that afternoon everyone was in the garden training, with the tournament only a couple of days away practice was essential. Especially if Tiffany's little 'demonstration' of Kai's quick defeat had anything to do with it. At the moment Max was facing off against Kai. Ray and Tyson had finish a few moments ago although their 'battle' was good Kenny told them it was nowhere near as good as what Tiffany did. That seemed to dampen their sprits a little and they began to watch Kai and Max.

"Go after him Draciel!"

"Dranzer!"

Both collide producing sparks as they grinded into one another. Then something caught Max's eye he looked to see what it was and saw Tiffany walking towards them. "Tiffany." He said quietly. Seeing Max's lapse of concentration Kai went in for the 'kill'. By the time Max looked back to the dish Draciel had just landed by his feet.

"You have to keep your concentration on the battle Max." Kai says a little sternly. "Forget everything else around you."

"Sorry Kai." Max apologised picking up Draciel.

"Hey Sis." Tyson said cheerily noticing Tiffany walking up beside Kenny.

She glared at him then started to talk to Kenny. Tyson sighed how long was she going to keep this up? Everyone watched as Kenny and Tiffany talked with Kenny nodding his head a couple of times.

"Anyone know what's going on?" Tyson asks.

"Something tells me we're about to find out." Kai answers.

"It's time I gave you the help you need." She finally said although she was speaking to everyone she stared intently at Tyson.
It was as if she was waiting for him to say 'finally' but it never came, she stopped staring at him and walked over to the dish.

"What was all that about?" Ray asks Tyson curiously.

"Nothing." He replied calmly. He knew why she had stressed the word 'help' and stared at him while doing so.

#FLASHBACK#

"You say you're here to help us and yet all you do is… is…. Unhelpful!" he raves.

Tiffany once again took one quick look at her brother and saw the seriousness in his eyes. "You're serious aren't you." She says gently.

"Of course I'm serious, we'd do better if you weren't even here!"

#END FLASHBACK#

"Thanks Sis." He murmurs.

"So. Who's gonna show me what you guys are made of?" she asks seriously. Then when no one would 'volunteer' she looked at Kenny. "Kenny, you chose." She says in a sort of ordering voice.

"Me???" Kenny says in sheer shock.

"Do you see anyone else around here called Kenny." She answers sarcastically.

"Well…" typing away on his computer, "I guess… no not him… how about… no they won't do either." Talking to himself.

"Ah come on Chief, just pick someone!" Tyson said getting impatient.

"Max." Kenny finally said.

"Me?!" Max said in surprise, he was expecting Tyson or Ray maybe even Kai but not himself. "Are you sure it wouldn't be better if it was Tyson or Ray?"

Kai looked over at Tiffany while Max was 'debating' with Kenny to choose someone else. He saw that she looked hurt at the fact that Max was trying to get out of it, or could it be something else?

"Sorry Max, but you're the best choice."

"Go get her Maxie." Tyson says forgetting that he wasn't talking to the blue-eyed blader.

Max looked at Tyson for a second then smiled and gave a nod.

"Show no mercy Max." Ray encourages with a smile.

As Max approaches the dish Tiffany becomes serious once again.
"You ready?" she asks.

Max nods.

"Three… two… one… let it rip!"

"Show me what ya got, Max." Tiffany instructs.

"You asked for it… Draciel attack!"

Draciel went in for the attack but Firefly managed to quickly dodge it, this happen a couple of times and was starting to annoy Max.

"Why don't you stop dodging me and attack already!"

"Man, he's been hanging around Tyson too long. He's starting sound like him." Ray comments to which Kenny and Kai chuckle.

"Hey!" Tyson retaliates a little offended by Ray's remark.

"All in good time my dear Max. All in good time." Tiffany replies.

The game of cat and mouse went on a little while longer then Firefly suddenly changed direction and headed straight for Draciel. The blades collided with each other but were thrown back by the force of the impact. Tiffany smiled.

"I do hope you don't intend to beat me like that." She taunts.

Max growled at her.
"No, I intend to win like this… Draciel!" he calls out.

As Draciel appears from his blade Tiffany looks over at Kenny.
"I hope you're getting all this Kenny. I wouldn't want Max's loss to be for nothing."

Kenny nods and Tiffany turns back to the match.

"It's time." She says quietly. "Firefly…"

"Here it comes." Tyson said expecting the same attack she had used on Kai.

But it never came, in fact Tiffany didn't even finish her sentence before the shimmering white Pegasus appeared.

"Watch closely now Max. I called Firefly out just for this occasion." She explains. "Mythical Thunder!"

As they watched the thunderbolts upon Firefly's neck began to glow. Then Firefly darted towards Draciel at an alarming speed. The Pegasus turned from a shimmering white into a dazzling yellow and appeared to take the form of a huge thunderbolt. It hit Draciel so fast that no one actually knew it made contact until they saw Draciel fly though the air being caught expertly by Tiffany. The 'thunderbolt' 'turned' back into a Pegasus and neighed triumphantly, Tiffany chuckled at her bit-beast. "Okay okay calm down." she says to it. Firefly then returned to her blade then returned to Tiffany.
She then turns and walks over to the others.

"Well?"

"Hold on a moment." Kenny said furiously typing away.

"Well hurry up because I-I…think I'm ab…" but before she could finished she collapsed.

"Tiffany!" Tyson shouts running over to her, luckily Max was already there and caught her before she hit the ground. (A/N: Luckily? More like conveniently -chuckles- soz just had to put in my view there.)

"Let's get her back up to the house." Ray said.

Max nods and carries Tiffany to the house and up to her room placing her on her bed.

"Is she going to be okay?" Max asks worriedly.

"I think so. I believe she just fainted." Kenny answers.

"But why?" Tyson wonders out loud.

"It's probably got something to do with that attack she used." Kai said.

"Chief, you gotta find out what happened." Tyson says urgently and worriedly.

Kenny nods "I'll get on it right away." Walking out the room.

"Max. Max, I know we haven't seen eye to eye lately but…"

"Don't worry Tyson, I'll keep an eye her." Max said interrupting Tyson.

"Thanks Max."

"I'll go see if I can help the Chief." Ray says walking out to find Kenny.

"We should probably go too." Kai reasons.

"But…" Tyson started to argue but was shoved out the door by Kai before he had said anymore. Once outside "But Kai, I don't wanna leave her."

"I'm sure Max will tell us when she wakes up or if there's any change."

"Oh yeah!" Tyson suddenly says extremely annoyed. "Well what would you know! You've never cared for anyone in your life! Just leave me alone, Hiwatari!" walking off in a huff and slamming his door close.

Kai was shocked never before had Tyson used his surname in talking to him. Even when they got into a heated argument before he always called him 'Kai'. But Tyson's words hit home 'You've never cared for anyone in your life!' /-You're wrong Tyson.-/ he thought sadly /- I do care for someone. You.-/

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Whoa! What a place to end it huh. Just as everyone forgives everyone, Tyson and Kai have a fight! Talk about bad timing! Hope I wrote the little battle between Max and Tiffany up well. -looks a little nervous-
Well please review and next chap I'll start the tournament. (I believe that's what you've all been waiting for, am I right?)
Moonlit Sea