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: I'm a little annoyed at the moment. I've just found out that one of my stories (Someone Comes Knocking) has been deleted-growls- but it'll be back you'll see! It's not the end of it just the beginning-coughs- okay enough of the complaints and stuff on with the reviews! Oh and I owe most of this chapter to FireieGurl who helped inspire it.
You/Kai fic fan: yeah yeah yeah I know I took way too long to update the last chapter, no need to rub it in! Awww thank you -blushes-
Pupplaupp2008: this soon enough?
Nami Kahaku Kai's GF: confused? That's never good when a reader says they're confused -looks worried- I'm soweee I didn't mean to confuse you. (Just out of curiosity, how did I confuse you?) Hey, no probs -smiles- at least you reviewed now.
FireieGurl: I'm glad you liked that scene -smiles- I tried to make it cute but not so cute that it was unreal. Glad it worked -winks-. Oh and thank you for your ideas and the pictures you sent me, they really helped a lot. -chuckles-

22/2/05: uh! I don't believe this! Because of some 'infraction' I did (which I don't even know what I did) I wasn't able to upload this chapter until now. It's been ready since the 17th!

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

(-Thoughts-)

Chapter 20 - The Tiffany Effect.

It had been three hours since Ray had told them all that Tiffany was missing. Being team captain Kai had gone to see if he could postpone today's match. With Max and Tyson acting the way they were, there was no way they'd be able to concentrate on blading. As he walked past two guys he heard a snippet of their conversation, which made him stop and pretend to look in a shop window to hear the rest of their conversation.

"They're all probably out looking for the stupid girl." One guy said.

The other guy chuckled and nodded. Kai couldn't help but growl, there was Tyson crying his eyes out wondering what on earth happened to his sister and these guys were standing there making fun of them all. The two guys gave Kai a suspicious look when they heard his growl, but Kai just kept staring at the shop window making them think they were hearing things.

"So what's the plan now?"

"First Jason's going to have a little 'fun' with her then we take her to the match they're scheduled to have. They'll be so surprised and distracted that they won't stand a chance." The guy said as he smirked.

The two guys began to walk off but not before Kai heard one of them say, "And thanks to Jas, that blonde kid won't ever trust her again."

(-So that's why Max and Tiffany were acting so strange yesterday and this morning.-) Kai thought as he continued on his way (-I'll sort out the match first then ask Max what happened.-)

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She slapped him and tried to run off but her damaged ankle wouldn't let her and she fell to the floor landing on her badly bruised arm. Her clothes were ripped and tattered and she was exhausted but she'd be damn if she'd let him know that. Her face had a few scratch marks on it and there was another bruise developing on the side of her neck. She turned to face him knowing that he would come after her and growled at him. He chuckled and crouched next to her grabbing her bruised arm harshly and making her cry out in pain as he tightened his grip.

"Now what did I say about running away, hmmm?" he asked rhetorically.

"I hate you." She said with pure hatred.

He laughed, "Now now, Tiffany. Hate is such a strong word." As he smirked at her.

She tried to hit him but he caught her other arm and increased his grip on her bruised one making her yell out again.

"Y-you… won't… get away… with this." She says as she squeezed her eyes closed the pain she was feeling was excruciating.

"Oh? And who's gonna stop me? Your brother? Or maybe your boyfriend?" Tiffany opened her eyes as he gave a slight chuckle. "They don't even know where you are. They're probably still sitting around crying their poor little hearts out." He said mockingly.

Tiffany growled at him, how dare he make fun of her brother and Max.

"That's even if they've forgiven you for what you did."

Tiffany looked sadly down at the ground, she suddenly felt sorry for Ray for having to tell Tyson that he'd 'lost' her. She knew what kind of temper he had.

Suddenly she was thrown back whacking the back of her head on the ground. She wanted to scream, to cry out but she was all screamed out and she could no longer feel parts of her body, now numb with pain.

"I wonder what your dear little sweet boyfriend would think if I told him about how you followed me out that night. I'm sure he'd be interested know you were thinking about me instead of him."

Tiffany's eyes went wide as she heard this, if he did that then Max would probably never trust her again and Tyson probably wouldn't either. Jason gave a small evil chuckle at the fear he saw in her eyes.

Tiffany sighed, "What is it that you want?" she asked resignedly. (-I'm sorry Tyson, Max but I just don't have the strength to fight him anymore and I don't wanna lose the both of you.-)

Jason smirked he knew she hadn't of told him about what happened that night and was keeping in reserve for moments just like this. (-Bingo.-)

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Max looked over from staring out the window as Ray and Kenny walked back in. They had gone to see if they could find any trace of Tiffany but so far they had no luck.

"Anything?" he asked his hope seeping into his voice.

Kenny shook his head, "I'm sorry, Max. We looked everywhere."

"Oh." His hope suddenly flying out the window as his face fell with sadness.

"Cheer up, Max. We'll find her soon or who knows she might even come back by herself." Ray said trying to reassure the usually cheery blader.

Max gave Ray a sad smile and a nod. He couldn't help but relive the nightmare he had that night. Did she really 'play' them all? Was she ever coming back? And more importantly did she ever really love him or was it all part of the 'plan'?

"How's Tyson doing?" Kenny asked taking a seat and bringing Max out of his thoughts.

Max shrugged, "He hasn't come out of his room since Kai left."

"Maybe I should go check on him." Ray said walking over to Tyson's door.

"I already tried that, Ray. He won't let anyone in."

Kenny sighed, "He must be taking this really hard."

Max looked angrily over at Kenny.
"Are you saying that I'm not!" he suddenly shouted "Just because I haven't locked myself in my room like Tyson doesn't mean that I don't care or that I'm not worried about her!"

Kenny jumped and looked scared as Max glared at him.
"N-no, M-Max. Th-that's not what I m-meant."

"Then what the hell did you mean!" his anger growing.

"I-I j-just meant that since h-he's her b-brother and everything th-that he's

probably taking it harder than all o-of u-us."

"Oh." Max said his anger suddenly gone.

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Ray shook his head sadly as he heard Max's outburst, Kenny really knew how to put his foot in it at times, this being one of those times. Max had been edgy ever since he'd managed to tempt him out of his room. As he reached Tyson's door he gave a small knock. "Tyson? It's me…Ray." No answer, he continued, "Can I come in?" again there was no answer but Ray could've sworn he heard something that sounded like muffled crying. Then a sharp "NO!" was heard.

"Come on, Tyson. Locking yourself away in your room isn't going to help anyone or solve anything."

"Go away, Ray!" came another sharp reply.

Ray sighed.
"Tyson, your not the only one who's upset over this you know. How do you think Max feels and what about the rest of us? Don't you think we're all worried too?"

"I wouldn't expect you to understand, Ray. And as for Max… that's different." Came Tyson's reply.

"How?"

"He's not her brother. He doesn't care for her like I do."

"That maybe true, Tyson, but he's her boyfriend and he cares for her just as much as you do." Ray reasoned.

Tyson didn't respond for a couple of minutes and Ray thought he'd finally gotten through to Tyson that he wasn't alone in this but that thought was quickly shattered when he heard Tyson shout "LEAVE ME ALONE, RAY!"

Ray again sighed, "Your not helping anyone by doing this you know, Tyson. Especially your sister." He said quietly at the door.

"Perhaps I should try." A voice said making Ray jump at the sound of it.

Ray turned and saw Kai behind him. (-He must of heard Tyson shout. Heck I bet the whole damn building heard Tyson shout!-) he gave a nod and returned to where Kenny and Max were only to find that Kenny had somehow managed to upset Max even more and he had also locked himself in his room… again. (-This really isn't my day.-) he thought resignedly as he went to go and see Max… again.

"Tyson."

"I told you to leave me alone!" not registering in his head that it was a totally different voice.

"Open the door, Tyson." Kai said firmly.

"Go jump off a cliff!"

(-I hate to do this to you, Tyson, but you leave me no choice.-) Kai thought sadly.
"What if I told you I knew where Tiffany was." He said half praying that Max didn't hear him and come running up saying 'Where! Where!'

The door opened a second later to reveal a red-rimmed Tyson a few tears still falling down his cheeks. Kai was shocked and sadden when he saw this, he'd never seen Tyson so upset before. It made him even angrier with the people that 'took' Tiffany.

"You know where Tiff is?" his voice was full of hope as were his eyes.

Kai shook his head, "I only said that to get you to open the door."

Tyson's hope suddenly turned to anger and he growled at Kai.
"I hate you." He said in a low and harsh voice. He then went to slam the door in Kai's face but Kai managed to stop him a moment before.

"KAI! LEAVE ME ALONE!" he shouted angrily.

"No." Kai said plainly.

Tyson gave another growl before saying, "Fine! See if I care!" walking back into his room

Kai walked in, quietly closed the door behind him and leaned against it.
"Ray's right, Tyson. Locking yourself away here doesn't help anyone."

"What the hell would you know!" turning to him with anger and hatred burning in his eyes.

"That if it were you that was missing, she wouldn't be here moping in self-pity. She'd be out there looking for you."

Tyson's fists shook violently by his sides, his eyes glared at Kai with a hatred that Kai never would of thought possible from Tyson.

"How dare you!" he said his voice just above a whisper. "You don't even know the first thing about my sister!" he now yelled, "You hated her ever since she came!"

Kai now looked down at the floor unable to look at Tyson any longer. He couldn't stand Tyson being like this. He wanted the fun loving, helpful, annoying Tyson back. He wanted his Tyson back.
"Only because I thought she was gonna take you away from me." He said quietly.

Not hearing Kai's answer to his 'question' Tyson continued, "I say that you do know where she is! I think you planned this whole damn thing!" his anger now driving him.

"Now hold on, Tyson!" Kai said sternly now looking at him.

"Where is she, Kai! What the hell did you do to my sister!"

There came a voice from the other side of the door, "What's going on in there?"

"Kai knows where Tiffany is." Tyson shouted out to them "But he won't tell me."

Kai growled at Tyson, how could Tyson be so stupid as to think that!
"You know what, Tyson. Stay here and wallow in your self-pity. While your sisters out there probably hurt and waiting for you to find her." Then he opened the door nearly colliding with Kenny and walked out.

"What was that all about?" Kenny asked as he walked in.

Tyson was staring at the door in disbelief, did he really just say all that? Did he really just blame Kai for all that had happened? (-What have I done? Kai, I'm so sorry-)

"Tyson?" Kenny now walked over to him seeing Tyson just standing there staring. He waved a hand in front of Tyson's face. "Tyson?"

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Ray let himself fall onto the sofa next to Kai and sighed, rubbing his temples. Kai just sat there not even acknowledging his presence, he still couldn't believe that Tyson was blaming him for all that had happened.

"What are we gonna do, Kai?" Ray suddenly asked. "Max keeps saying that Tiffany's gone and won't come back, so he's never coming out and Tyson…"

"Swap." Kai suddenly said interrupting Ray.

"Huh?" giving him a confused look.

"I'll handle Max and you handle Tyson." his voice was emotionless like he didn't care anymore.

"Oh no. Sorry Kai but I'd pick Max over Tyson any day. No offence." He quickly added seeing the look Kai was giving him.

"Smart choice."

Now curious Ray asked, "What happened?"

"Nothing."

"Come on, Kai. Something must've happened for you to want to swap Tyson for Max." Ray said matter-of-factly. "What did Tyson say?" he pressed on.

Kai closed his eyes and sighed as much as he wanted to shout at someone he couldn't shout at Ray it wasn't his fault. Instead he got up and walked to his own room.

(-Great.-) Ray thought unenthusiastically. (Some team we are. We can't even talk or help each other in times such as this. Who'd of thought that one person could have brought us down so easily.-) he sat there in an uneasy silence when the phone rang making him jump for the second time that day. he then stared at the phone as it continued to ring. (-What if it's them Telling us what they want, what do I say? But what if it's Tiffany ringing to say she's all right? Or what if… for goodness sake, Ray, just answer the damn phone-) his mind yelled at him (-oh…right.-) going over to the phone and picking it up. "H-hello?"

"Can I speak to Max please?" A female voice asked.

"He's unable to come to the phone right now." Glancing over at Max's door.

"Oh. Then to whom am I speaking?" the voice was kind and reassuring not anything like what Ray was expecting from people who knocked him out and took Tiffany.

"Ray."

There was a muffled conversation on the other end before the voice said, "Is Tyson available?"

Ray shook his head then inwardly groaned at his stupidity, they wouldn't see that over the phone. "I'm afraid not." Taking a glance over at Tyson's door, surprised to see it open.

Another muffled conversation then, "I'm calling from the hospital…"

Fear and panic gripped Ray as he listened to what the lady was saying. (-Pleasssse let Tiffany be okay, if not for my sake then for Max and Tyson's.-)

"We have a…" rustling of papers "Tiffany North here…"

Ray didn't hear the rest of what she was saying he was to busy wondering who this Tiffany North person was. Then he remembered when they all got to the hotel, the guy that had met them had called Tiffany 'Miss North'.

"Sir? Um… Ray?" the lady asked sounding a little worried.

"Hm?" Ray answered coming out of his thoughts.

"I asked if you would come down and see her."

Suddenly the worse case scenario played in Ray's head. He saw himself walking into a morgue and them pulling out a dead body. As they pulled the sheet back he saw Tiffany lying there. Pale and lifeless.

"Uh… yeah I'll be down as soon as possible." Shaking his head to get rid of the horrid vision he'd just seen. (-You've gotta be okay Tiffany.-)

"No need to worry, sir. She's perfectly dead."

"What?" Ray said his voice just above a whisper. Did he just hear that right?

"I said she's perfectly all right." She repeated.

"Oh." Ray said with relief, his mind was playing tricks on him.

"May I have your full name, sir? So the nurse will know who I contacted."

"Ray Kon." He answered then added "Will it be okay if I bring a friend?" he didn't want face this alone especially with all the tricks his mind was starting to play.

"That'll be fine, Mr. Kon. Who will you be bringing?"

Ray looked round wondering who to take. His eyes went from Tyson's room to Max's and finally landed on Kai's.

"Kai Hiwatari."

"Very well, I shall inform the nurse of your and Mr. Hiwatari's visit. Goodbye."

"Bye." Ray replied quietly as he put the phone down. (-Now all I have to do is to get Kai to come with me.-) heading towards the crimson-eyed bladers room.

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"You did what! Jason, that wasn't part of the plan!"

"Hey, nobody upsets my sister and gets away with it." Jason said.

She growled at him, "You were only suppose to scare her, not put her in bloody hospital!"

"Kara, calm down. How else was I to scare her? Continue with just appearing here and there? Yeah right, like that was gonna work." He said with a little sarcasm.

"But to go so far as to put her in hospital…" Kara said a little sadly.

"Was necessary."

Kara sighed, "Starlet's not going to like this."

"You'll bring her round." Jason said with a smile.

"Not this time, Jason." Another voice said.

They both turned to the voice.

"Starlet!" Kara cried in surprise.

Starlet stood there with Danny both looking rather annoyed.

"You could've thought of something else to scare her instead of putting her in hospital. Or has your 'brain' run out of ideas." Danny said insultingly referring to Cameron.

"You didn't seem to mind when Jason led her into the garden to 'scare' her." Simon retorted walking in with Cameron.

"That was different. At least that we could've used it in the match we would've had against them. Now thanks to you three there will be no match." Starlet replied.

Everyone but Starlet and Danny looked confused.

"Their team captain Kai has pulled the Bladebreakers from the tournament for 'personal reasons'." Danny explained.

A smug smile appeared on Cameron's face.
"So, that means that we'll be facing you in the finals." He said half questioning half knowing.

A smug smile also appeared on Simon's face when he realised what Cameron was doing. He gave a small chuckle. "Look out Mythicals, the Rogue Raiders are gonna wipe the floor with you."

Jason laughed at the thought of beating his sister's team. Kara growled at him.

"Just because you're my brother doesn't mean that I'll go easy on you. You guys are so gonna get creamed."

"Can we get back to the topic at hand here, please?" Danny said somewhat annoyed at how easily they got sidetracked.

"Now there's something we should've seen coming." Jason suddenly said smirking at Danny.

"Awww does poor ickle Danny have a thing for the 'traitor'?" Cameron teased in a mockingly sweet baby voice.

"Let's get out of here." Kara suddenly said.

Jason suddenly chuckled quietly to himself (-gotcha sis.-) he thought as they left.

"I told you she wasn't going to like it." Simon said.

Jason shrugged

"Hey, Jas." Cameron said getting his attention. "You wouldn't happen to know how each of them blades, would you?" an evil grin appearing on his face.

Jason and Simon looked at each other before grinning themselves.

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I decided to leave it there. Heh heh. Don't worry though there will be more beybattles in further chapters (that include the Bladebreakers and Tiffany -winks-) we just haven't got there yet. Oh and if anyone would like to see the match between the Rogue Raiders and the Mythicals just let me know otherwise I'll keep it out.
Moonlit Sea