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).

A/N: my dear readers, your help is required at the end of the chapter (I hope you'll be able to help or it might be a long while until the next chapter is up! -looks sad-)
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And now dear readers I give you chapter thirteen of What Was Once Lost Is Now Found.

/-Thoughts-/

Chapter 13 - No More Secrets.

The next morning when Tiffany awoke she was surprised to see that see was in her room. /-How did I get here? The last thing I remember I was in the garden helping the others out.-/ as she looked round she was surprised to see…
"Max?"
It appeared he been up most of the night keeping an eye on her but had fallen asleep. She smiled at his sleeping form then hesitantly stretched an arm out to stroke his face, she pulled back instantly when he groaned but after realising he was still asleep continued with her earlier actions. She sighed deciding that this maybe the only time she may get to explain her 'comment' that she said to Tyson on that dreadful day.

"Max, I'm sorry. I-I didn't mean to say I didn't care about you, in fact I do… quite a lot." She blushed in spite of herself. "I was so annoyed with Tyson that I didn't know what he was saying… what I was saying. It wasn't until you spoke did I finally realise." She sighed again and closed her eyes to try to keep the tears from falling and continued.

Unknown to Tiffany when she closed her eyes, Max opened his. He didn't move but just looked at her as she spoke. Kenny was right she really did care about him, how could he have been so stupid and not notice? Just as Tiffany was about to open her eyes Max quickly closed his. He didn't want her to know he was awake, at least not yet.

"I-I think… I think that… that…I-I…" Tiffany began to stutter, never before had she bared her heart so fully to anyone before. She was afraid that Max wouldn't feel the same way if she did tell him. 'If you can't say it while he's asleep you'll never be able to tell him.' Her mind told her. /-Good point.-/ she thought.

"Max, I think I… I think I…"

Max lay there wondering what she was trying to say, he wished she would hurry up so he knew whether to laugh or cry.

"I love you. There I said it. I. Love. You. I think I have done ever since…" she said as she began to ramble on.

Max had to withhold a gasp as Tiffany said those words, I. Love. You. /-She-she loves me?! She loves me. She loves me!-/ he screamed in delight but it was short lived /- but… she still thinks I'm asleep…-/ his thoughts were interrupted when he heard Tiffany continue to talk; she was talking about how cute she thought he was? Did he just hear that right? How she liked him since that first day they met at the airport and how she kind of knew that she was resting on his shoulder but didn't want to say anything.

Tiffany sighed once more. " I wish I could tell you these things when you weren't sleeping but… I'm afraid that you wouldn't love me back. And I don't know if I could stand that." She looked down at Max's sleeping face.

/-Are you nuts! Of course I feel the same way! Maybe even more!-/ Max shouted in his mind.

Tiffany nearly jumped five foot in the air when she suddenly felt Max's hand on top of hers. As Max opened his eyes he found he was looking straight into Tiffany's dark blue eyes, he smiled.

"H-how long have you been awake?" she asked clearly confused and hoping he didn't all she said.

"Since you started talking." He answered getting up.

Tiffany had a half horrified half shocked look on her face.
"S-so you heard e-everything?"

Max nodded and Tiffany turned bright red, which made Max chuckle.

"Tiffany, there's something I have to tell you." Taking her hand, which made her blush even more (if it was possible).

"W-what?"

Max sat next to her on the bed and looked into her eyes.
"I love you too."

"Y-you l-love m-me?" barely able to speak.

Max nodded; it took a while for that piece of information to sink in and when it did.

"I-I must be dreaming, somebody pinch me." Tiffany says.

"I'll do better than that." Max says closing the gap between them.

As their lips touched Tiffany found herself thinking /-even if this is dream, I never want it to end.-/ as the kiss deepen the door opened and a voice said "Max, I…"
They both broke apart instantly and looked over at the person.

"Tyson!" Tiffany says amazed and embarrassed that her brother had just caught them.

"Um… your sister's awake, Tyson." Max said not knowing what else to say while blushing.

"I can see that, Max." Tyson states walking over to them.

"Um… Max was just…um… checking to see if I was okay." Tiffany said nervously trying to explain what Tyson just saw.

Tyson gave Tiffany a skeptical look. "What was he doing? Giving mouth to mouth." He says rather sarcastically making both Tiffany and Max blush even more.
Then Tyson smiled which surprised them both. "You two have been staring at each other for a while. So it's about time you both got together."

"Y-you mean you don't mind?" Tiffany says quite surprised.

"Why should I? It's not as if I have anything against Max."

Max then remember back to a conversation Tyson had with him back at their house.

#FLASHBACK#

"Hey Max." Tyson said with a grin on his face.

"Yeah?" turning to face him after watching Tiffany's 'sudden' departure.

"You like her don't you."

"I…uh…" Max stuttered going red.

"Well? Do you or don't you?"

"W-what would you d-do if I-I'd said yes?" Max asked nervously.

"Then I'd say I think it's time you both got together." His grin getting even bigger.

#END FLASHBACK#

He chuckled at the memory earning him confused looks from the two Grangers.

"Sorry I was just remembering the conversation Tyson and I had back home." He explained.

Tiffany looked between Tyson and Max; Tyson now had a small grin on his face. /-Perhaps I better change the subject.-/ she thought.

"So where is everyone? And how did I end up here in my room?"

"Ray and the Chief are downstairs trying to figure out what happened yesterday." Tyson answers.

"And Kai?" Max asks.

Tiffany couldn't help but notice the sadness and anger in her brothers eyes when Max asked about the crimson eyed blader.

"How should I know." He answers in a can't-be-bothered tone of voice.

Tiffany made a mental note to ask him about it later.
"So what did happen? And where's Firefly?" noticing her blade was missing.

"You fainted soon after our match." Max explains.

"Oh…I see." Looking down at the bed, not wanting to look at either of them.

"Max carried you back here. You know you had us all really worried." Tyson said then added "Well not all, I don't think Kai was very worried."

"And Firefly?" still not looking at them.

Max reached into his pocket and pulled out Tiffany's blade. "Here."

She finally looked up and smiled at him. "Thanks Max."

"Come on, let's get downstairs and grab some breakfast. I'm starved!" Tyson says earning him a couple of chuckles.

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"So what do ya think Chief?" Ray asks after taking a sip of his tea.

"Well I've discovered how Tiffany was able to beat Kai so easily but I still can't explain why she fainted after her battle with Max."

"That is strange. She's perfectly fine in defeating Kai but when it comes to Max she faints?" Ray said voicing his thoughts.

"I'm not really sure if she did just faint." Kenny says unsurely.

"How do you mean?"

"According to my readings, for Tiffany to 'slow down' her attack on Max she had to concentrate extremely hard." Kenny began. (A/N: sorry if it's a crappy explanation but it was all I could think of.)

"And knock herself out because of it." A voice interrupts.

Both Kenny and Ray look up from the computer.

"Morning Kai." Ray greets.

"I wouldn't say she knocked herself out exactly." Kenny comments.

"What difference does it make, she was still unconscious."

"Isn't that just like you." Another voice said.

"Hey Tyson, Max." Kenny greets.

"What? Don't I get a hello too?" Tiffany asks.

"Tiffany! You're awake!" Ray says as if it were a miracle.

"No, I'm sleep walking." She answers sarcastically with a small smile.

"So what did you find out?" Max asks as they all sit at the table.

"Beside the fact that Kai doesn't care about anyone." Tyson adds.

"Uh… yeeeeeah…" Kenny says a tad confused. "I figured out how Tiffany was able to beat Kai so easily when they battled."

"Because she was better." Tyson mumbled.

After seeing the glare Kai sent Tyson's direction, Tiffany lightly kicked her brother silently telling to shut up.

"I believe it's time I told you all how I know about the Mythicals team." Tiffany says changing the subject a little.

" 'Bout time." Kai muttered so only Ray could hear him.

"I used to be part of that team." She revealed.

They all stared at her, as she looks down at the table to avoid their stares.

"For how long?" Kai demanded.

"Five years."

"Why'd you leave?" Ray asks.

Tiffany shrugs. "Couldn't be bothered to stay I suppose."

"So can you tell us how they win?" Tyson asks innocently.

Tiffany gives a small smile at how Tyson worded his question and looked up at them.
"My knowledge is three years old." Remembering what Kara had said to her 'if you hadn't of left we'd never of got where we are today'. "But I will tell you what I know."

For the rest of the day after Tiffany had told them all she knew, she helped them train and helped Kenny gather the information he needed (even if it was three years old). After everyone had gone to bed she went to see Kai (A/N: thought I was going to say Max didn't ya lol) and ask what was going on between him and Tyson, but found no one in his room. /-Hm.-/ she thought /-I think I know where he is.-/

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Kai was out in the garden doing some late night training, at least that's what he told himself. Really he just needed something to do to get his mind off Tyson. What had cause Tyson to yell at him like that yesterday? He just couldn't figure it out, he lay awake thinking about it last night but couldn't seem to find the answer. /-Tyson, what did I do to make you so annoyed with me?-/ he wondered.

"My brother isn't as dumb as he looks you know." A voice said interrupting his thoughts.

"What do you want?" He asked coldly.

"To talk, if it's okay with you." She couldn't help but shudder at those words for they were just about the same as what Kara had said to her.

"Whatever." Kai answers looking back at Dranzer.

Tiffany looked also and smiled. "Doing some late night training I see."

Kai didn't reply.

"Mind if I join in?" not waiting for Kai's reply and launching Firefly.

"What exactly are you planning to accomplish?"

"What? Just because I'm not entering the tournament doesn't mean I can't train?" she says if a little sarcastically.

"Your loss."

"Actually it's yours." She said with a smirk.

Kai looked up at her a little confused by she just said. /-If you think you can beat me by using that attack again you're wrong.-/

"Firefly…"

Kai readied himself for the attack he knew was coming but was then surprised by what happen next. Before continuing with her sentence Tiffany looked up at him and shook her head. What? Could she read his thoughts or something?

"Thunder Strike!" she cried.

This caught Kai totally off guard and before he knew it Dranzer was at his feet. He stood there stunned, that was the second time she had beaten him. And she'd done it so easily too.

"So… do you wanna talk now or get beaten again?" she said seriously as Firefly return to her.

Kai stared at her but it was mixed with amazement and confusion.
"Ask your brother."

"I will… in time, but right now I'm asking you."

"Fine, you wanna know what's going on…" Kai paused for a minute before continuing "For some reason Tyson yelled at me yesterday saying that I've never cared for anyone in my life…"

"That's ridiculous." Tiffany states interrupting him. "Why would Tyson say something like that?"

Kai shrugs, "With Tyson who knows."

"He doesn't know does he." It was more a statement than a question.

Upon this Kai turned and headed back to the house. Tiffany shook her head lightly before following him in.

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The next day followed generally like the previous day with Tiffany helping the guys to train.

"So you guys ready?" she asks as they all walk back to the house.

"We'd better be. The tournament starts tomorrow." Kenny said.

"I'm sure we'll do just fine, right Sis?" Tyson says.

"Well… I must say that you have improved."

"How could we not, we had a great teacher." Max compliments.

Tiffany blushed "Maaaax. I didn't help that much."

"You may have help more than you realise Tiffany." Ray adds.

/-If that were true then maybe I could get my brother to stop being mean and childish to Kai.-/ she thought and chuckled inwardly at that. /-Old habits die hard huh Bro.-/ thinking of all the times Max had told about.

That night everyone had an early night wanting to be up bright and early for the tournament. But Tiffany couldn't sleep what Kara had to said to her kept going round in her mind 'I am the last… messenger you could say. Our revenge is near and when it's happens you'll be sorry you ever came back!' /-what are they planning to do? -/ She wondered, she was worried that they may find out about Max and her and do something to him just to get at her. Or perhaps they knew already, she thought back to when Kara told her where to find Max. She was surprised that she had told her the truth, she was expecting her to maybe lead her in the wrong direction but instead she tells her exactly where to find him. Could it have been some kind of warning? Or maybe they were watching to see what would happen between the two of them.
/-I must try and get some sleep.-/ she thought turning over and pulling the covers tighter over her. She sighed and closed her eyes.

Silence filled the house as all were asleep but then suddenly a scream pierced through the tranquillity waking its occupants. All run out into hall looking confused and wondered where the scream had come from.

"What was that?" Tyson asks.

"Sounded like a scream." Ray says.

"But where did it come from?" Kenny asks.

"Tiffany." Kai said.

"Tiffany? But why would she scream?" Max says confused.

"Let's find out." Tyson said heading towards her room followed by the others.

They all walked in expecting to see Tiffany up and about but instead they saw she was still asleep in fact she was sleeping peacefully with no sign whatsoever that the scream had come from her.

"Tiffany huh?" Tyson said sarcastically looking over at Kai. "Does it look like she's screamed to you?"

"She is the only one who could've done it. I mean I doubt any of us would've done that." Kenny reasons.

"But if it was Tiffany why did she scream?" Max wonders looking over at her.

"We'll find out tomorrow. Right now we need to get some sleep." Kai states.

They all agree and start to head out but Max doesn't move as he looks at Tiffany's sleeping form.

"Max, you coming?" Ray asks.

"Hm? No I think I'll stay in case she decides to scream again." He answers.

"Okay see you in the morning."

"Yeah, night Ray."

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Okay I know I said I would start the tournament in this chapter but I kinda need some help. You see I need some other bladers (other the Mythicals) to participate in the tournament. So if you guys would (ever so kindly) like to give me your ideas (or bladers which ever) it would be most appreciated. (Credit will also be given so don't worry about that.) Thanks people!

Moonlit Sea