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:
FireieGurl: I'm soweee I know I said she'd be okay but I thought it might fit the story better if she wouldn't be.
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And now dear readers I give you chapter twenty-one of What Was Once Lost Is Now Found.
(-Thoughts-)
Chapter 21 - Hospital Visit.
Ray and Kai walked into the hospital. Ray had finally convinced Kai to come with him although it took a little more persuasion than he thought.
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"Kai, I need you to come to the hospital with me." Ray said seeing the owner of Dranzer lying on his bed looking up at the ceiling.
Kai gave a quick glance over at Ray then resumed his ceiling staring.
"Kai, are you okay?" Ray asked walking over to him.
"Fine." He answered in a monotone voice.
(-Whatever happened between you and Tyson must have been pretty big to put you in this mood.-) Ray thought.
"Is there something you want, Ray?" Kai asked his voice flat and emotionless
"I need you to come to the hospital with me." He repeated then when he saw he would get no reply he added quietly "Tiffany's there."
Kai got up on his elbows and looked Ray. Ray was certain that he was about to get up and go with him but Kai surprised him by shrugging and lying back down.
"And that affects me… how?"
"What's gotten into you, Kai?" Ray asked partly amazed at his reaction.
Kai didn't answer but just continued to look at the ceiling.
(-What's wrong with me?-) he wondered as Ray began to speak again but he wasn't listening (-I should be… happy that Tiffany's been found. Tyson can finally stop worrying where she is.-)
"…I know you and her hadn't exactly gotten off to a good start but at least you could go for Tyson's sake. I mean what if…"
Kai thought back to the first time he met Tiffany. He could see that there was something about her that he didn't like and when she revealed that she was Tyson's sister he thought that Tyson would start to pay more attention to her than to him. It made him… jealous in a way, he remembered when he saw Tyson watching her and Max in the garden back at their place he may have seemed calm and collected but he was actually hurting a little, thinking that maybe Tyson would 'forget' all about him and go off with his sister.
"Kai? Kai? Hello?" Ray said waving a hand in front of the teens face but getting no reaction. (-He must be in deep thought.-) Ray thought (-how do I get his attention? Hmmm… maybe if I…-) Ray drew a deep breath then shouted "KAI!"
Kai jumped a little at the loud voice and looked over expecting to see Tyson but instead saw Ray. "What!" he said annoyed.
"Are you coming or not?" Ray said getting annoyed himself.
"Why should I bother?"
"Have it your way, Kai. Guess I'll just have to get either Tyson or Max to come with me. I just hope Tiffany's okay if not I just know they're gonna lose it." Shaking his head sadly as he headed towards the door.
"Don't bother." Kai said as Ray reached the door "I'll go." (-Tyson's been through enough as it is-) he thought.
Ray turned back to Kai a small smile on his face, "Thought you'd see it my way."
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Ray walked up to the desk and saw a lady with red hair, she looked about thirty-five.
"I'm Ray Kon. I got a call that Tiffany Kino… North was here."
The lady looked down at her notes then said "Ah yes. Sally said you'd be down to see her."
"How is she?" Kai suddenly asked.
The lady sighed, "She's unconscious at the moment. If you'd like to follow me I'll take you to her."
"When was she found?" Ray asked as they walked towards Tiffany's 'room'.
"She was found by a passer-by in the park about an hour ago." The lady shook her head sadly before continuing. "I've never seen so many cuts and bruises before. She must've been in one hell of a fight."
Ray suddenly paled at what the nurse had said. (-I should've paid more attention to what was going on around us.-) he thought. (-Goodness knows what they did to the poor girl-)
As they walked into the room Tiffany was in Ray couldn't help but gasp at the state she was in. There were tubes and wires everywhere all connected to her, there was a massive bruise on her cheek as well as a few scratch marks on the rest of face.
Ray looked over at Kai seeing the shock on his face then looked back over at Tiffany and walked slowly towards her.
"I'll leave you gentleman alone with her. Perhaps you can get a response that we weren't able to." Walking out.
Kai was suddenly glad that Ray had talked him into coming. He didn't think Tyson… or Max would have been able to cope at seeing Tiffany like this.
"Tiffany, I'm so sorry." Ray suddenly said quietly.
"Ray." Kai said walking over to him but Ray wasn't listening, he just kept looking at Tiffany. "Ray!" Kai grabbed his shoulders and turned him to face him. He was a little surprised to see a tear make its way down Ray's face. "It wasn't you fault."
Suddenly Kai felt like he was having a deja vu moment, hadn't he said the same thing to Tyson?
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Kenny sighed as he walked out of Tyson's room he then noticed Ray or Kai were nowhere to seen. Being too tired to wonder or care where they were he went to his room and fell quickly asleep.
Max came out of his room an hour or two later, he was surprised to see that Kai, Ray and Kenny weren't anywhere to be seen. He decided to see if Tyson was okay after not having seen him since earlier that day. He went over to his room surprised to see the door open. "Tyson?"
Tyson looked sadly over at his friend from the window, "Hey Max."
"How are you doing?" he asked sitting on Tyson's bed.
"To be honest, Max, I'm not really sure." Tyson said with a sigh as he joined Max on the bed.
"I know what you mean. I yelled at the Chief a couple of hours ago." He said.
Tyson looked confused, "Why?"
Max shrugged, " I can't really remember the reason." He sighed and looked down at the floor. "Tyson…"
"Hm?"
"Do you think she'll ever come back?"
"Of course she will." Tyson replied as cheerfully as he could.
Max shook his head sadly, "I don't."
Tyson was surprised by what Max had just said. He thought that out of all people Max would be the one to never give up hope -next to him that is-.
"What makes you say that?" he asked curiously.
"I guess you could call it an premonition."
This totally confused Tyson, what was Max going on about?
"Okay, Max. What's going on?" he finally asked his voice very serious.
Max looked up at Tyson seeing the confused and annoyed look upon his face.
"It's just this dream I had last night." He began then looked down at his hands.
"What about it?"
"She… Tiffany b-be…" no matter how hard Max tried he just couldn't get himself to say that word.
"What, Max? What did she do?" Tyson asked worriedly (-please don't tell me he's gonna say what I think he is.-)
"She turned on us, Tyson." He said now looking at his friend.
Tyson paled at what he had just heard (-it was just a stupid dream that Max had, Tiff wouldn't really do that, right? Right.-) he told himself.
"Said that she was just using us to find out our teams secrets and that now she had her team would win the tournament." Max continued.
"Her team?" Tyson said momentarily confused.
"The Mythicals."
The more Tyson heard the more likely it sounded that Tiffany had actually done that.
"B-but you know the worse thing she said?"
Tyson shook his head not trusting his voice.
"Sh-she said that she didn't love me, that she could never love someone like me." A couple of tears fell down Max's face.
"Oh Max…" Tyson pulled the now crying blonde into a comforting hug and said soothingly "It's gonna be okay, Max. You'll see, everything's gonna turn out right." Rubbing the teen's back, but as he said these things he knew that he didn't believe them. What Max had said to him had made him think things about his sister he didn't think possible.
'I was just wondering… did I go with Uncle because I wanted to see new places or to get away from you!' Tiffany's hurtful comment to him back when they went to see their uncle suddenly appearing in his head.
He then remembered the 'argument' he had with Kai and sighed. Had he lost the two people he cared most about? The more he thought about it the more he realised that Kai was right, Tiffany wouldn't have been moping about wondering about where he was. She would have been out there looking for him, so why wasn't he out looking for her?
"Tyson?"
Breaking from his thoughts Tyson looked down the teen in his arms.
"Yeah, Max?"
"What's wrong? You look… sadder than I do." Max said joking a little.
Tyson gave half a smile at Max's attempt to cheer him up.
"I was just thinking."
"What about?"
"I had an argument with Kai earlier." Looking over at the window.
"So what's new?" Max replied chuckling a little.
"I blamed him for everything that's happened." He continued ignoring what Max's comment.
"Everything?" Max asked a tad surprised.
Tyson nodded.
"Why?"
"I-I dunno. I was angry I guess."
"With Kai?" still a little confused.
Tyson shook his head, "Not really with him. I was just angry and I guess… I just… took it out on him." He now looked back at Max. "I think I lost him."
"You lost me a few minutes ago." Max said his face full of confusion.
Tyson chuckled at Max's remark.
"Max… what would you say if I told you that… Kai and I are together… or least… we were."
"Serious?" Max said sitting up.
Tyson nodded and Max smiled.
"I thought something was going on between the two of you."
"You mean you don't mind?" Tyson said partly amazed.
Max chuckled, "Now where have I heard that line before?" he teased a little referring to when Tiffany had said it, after Tyson had caught her and Max kissing.
"Answer the question, Max."
"Why should I? It's not as if I have anything against Kai." Giving Tyson a smugish smile at his reply.
"Very funny, Max."
"Seriously though, Tyson. Why should I mind? Just because you prefer guys to girls doesn't make you any different to me." Max said.
Tyson smiled, "Thanks, Max."
Max smiled back and gave a nod, "Although I don't see how you could like Kai." He said teasingly with a slight chuckle.
A devilish smile appeared on Tyson's face, "That's it." Pouncing on poor unsuspecting Max and tickling him.
"No, Tyson! Please! Stop!" Max said through his laughter.
"Not a chance, Maxie!"
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Kai and Ray were still in Tiffany's hospital room when none other than the Mythicals walked in.
"What do you want?" Kai said coldly.
"Only to see how Tiffany is." Kara answered.
"She's unconscious, no thanks to you." Ray answered annoyed.
They were both stood in front of her so the others couldn't see.
"We had nothing to do with putting her here." Danny said trying to take a look but Kai blocked his view.
"You expect us to believe that." He said rhetorically.
"Personally, I don't care what you believe." Starlet suddenly said. "We came to apologise for Kara's stupid brother Jason."
Kai and Ray didn't move and looked at them with distrusting eyes.
Kara sighed, "My brother, -the one Tiff's brother fought- can be a little overprotective at times. And anyone who upsets me he takes it upon himself to 'get them back' so to speak."
Ray saw a flash of recognition on Kai's face before looking back over at them.
"Your 'revenge' seems to have worked." He said bitterly and was about to say something else when Danny beat him to it.
"This wasn't suppose to happen!" Danny exclaimed.
"Forget it, Danny. They won't believe you no matter what you say. Let's just go." Starlet said turning to open the door.
"Why are you so angry with her anyway? Just because she left your team doesn't mean she deserves this." Ray suddenly said.
Starlet stopped in the doorway as if thinking Ray's words through then continued out closing the door behind her.
"Aren't you going to join her and leave." Kai said indicating that he wanted them to go.
Kara shook her head.
"How long have you known Tiffany?" she suddenly asked taking one of the seats in the room.
Danny sat next to her while Ray and Kai remained standing.
"What's that got to do with anything?" Ray asked a little confusion seeping into his voice.
Both Mythicals looked at each other and nodded before looking back at the two Bladebreakers.
"You may think you know her, but trust us, you don't." Danny said.
Intrigued by what Danny had just said Kai asked, "Meaning?"
"First answer the question, how long have you known her?" Kara said.
"About a month." Ray replied.
"Only a month?" Danny said surprised.
"Why so surprised?" Kai asked his voice flat and emotionless.
"She 'left' us a little over a year ago. We thought she'd gone back to the brother she always talked about." Danny answered.
"You mean Tyson?" Ray asked.
Kara gave a nod.
"He forgot all about her until she showed up and told him who she was." He added.
"Then we better let her tell you. When she's ready." Kara said standing up to leave. "We have to get going. I have a brother to beat in the finals." A devilish smile appearing on her face.
"Since you guys pulled out they go straight to the finals and face us." Danny explained.
Ray looked surprised as the two bladers left. (-We pulled out? I thought Kai was only going to ask if they could postpone the match, but to take us out… that's not like him. This must have affected more than he let on. Wonder if that's the reason he and Tyson had an argument.-) he thought.
"I was only doing what I thought was best for the team." Kai said seeing the surprised look on Ray's face.
"What was best for the team or best for Tyson?" Ray asked rhetorically.
Kai turned a slight shade of pink and said quietly "Both."
Ray smiled, "Speaking of Tyson, we best get back and tell them all that Tiffany's okay."
Kai gave Ray a look that said 'you call this okay?'
"Well at least that we found her." He amended.
Kai gave a small chuckle and nodded.
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When they entered their hotel room they heard laughter and it sounded like it was coming from Tyson's room, they both looked at each other a little confused. Laughter was one thing they weren't expecting to hear especially not from Tyson. Then they heard "TYSON! STOP! PLEASE! I SURRENDER!" they both recognise the voice to be Max's. Driven by curiosity both Kai and Ray went over to see what was going on and were a little surprised at what they saw.
There on the bed was Tyson and Max, Tyson was sitting on top of Max and was mercilessly tickling him. Ray cleared his throat to get their attention and both teens looked over. Tyson's eyes went wide when he saw Kai.
"Ray! Kai! Thank you!" Max said wiping a tear from his eye. "I thought Tyson was never going to stop!"
"What did you do to invoke the tickle wrath, Max?" Ray asked with a small smile.
Max shrugged, "All I was doing was teasing Tyson about how he like Kai, and the next thing I know Tyson pounces on me and starts tickling me."
"Uh huh." Ray said now knowing why Tyson was being so merciless in his tickling.
Tyson got up off Max and sat on the end of the bed.
"I'm sorry I shouted at you both earlier." He apologised.
"Before you start apologising, Tyson, you should know that we've found Tiffany." Ray said.
Max sat up and looked at them both. Kai gave a nod as confirmation to what Ray had just said.
"Where is she? What happened to her? Is she okay?" Max asked hurriedly.
"In hospital." Kai answered.
"What?" Tyson said in shock hoping what he just heard wasn't true.
"H-hospital?" Max stuttered.
"Yeah, she got hurt pretty badly." Ray said. "Kai and I just returned from there."
"And you didn't think to tell or ask us!" Tyson suddenly shouted.
"And what would of you done, Tyson, hm?" Kai spat. "Start yelling and blaming the hospital staff."
Tyson jumped a little in surprise at the tone of Kai's voice. (-Guess I really have lost him.-) he thought sadly.
"Come on guys, lets not fight, huh. The main thing is that at least we know she's safe and well." Max said trying to calm the situation down.
"Not unless you call unconscious 'well'." Kai muttered.
Ray sighed (-way to go, Kai. Just make the situation worse why don't you.-)
"UNCONSCIOUS!" both Max and Tyson shouted.
"Hey, what's with all the yelling?" a voice behind Kai and Ray said.
"We found Tiffany." Ray answered turning to Kenny.
"You did? Where?" he asked.
"Sh-she's in h-hospital." Max said still trying to take in what he heard.
"Is she okay?"
"Sh-she's unconscious." Tyson answered still in a little shock.
"Oh."
"We should all get some rest." Kai suddenly said. "Ray and I will take you to see her tomorrow."
"Why thank you, Master." Tyson said sarcastically to which Max gave a small giggle.
Kai glared at him then walked off to his room.
"I better get going, before Tyson decides to tickle me to death." Max said getting up off the bed "Night, Ray, Chief, Tyson."
"Night, Max." Ray replied.
"I think I'm gonna go over the data I got on the next team we're gonna face." Kenny said.
"I wouldn't bother if I were you, Chief." Ray said.
"What do you mean, Ray?" Kenny asked slightly confused.
"Kai pulled us out." He explained.
"He what?" Tyson said amazed.
"Kai did that?" Kenny said surprised.
"His reason was that he was doing what he thought best for the team." Ray continued, "Although I think it was more for someone else." Looking at Tyson.
(-Wow, Kai did that for me? Now there's something I never thought would happen.-) he sighed inwardly (-that makes me feel even more guilty for blaming him earlier.-) Tyson thought.
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The next day Kai and Ray took Max, Kenny and Tyson to see Tiffany. Tyson and Max were so shocked at the state she was in that the others thought they had turned in statues. They all stood there in silence before Max finally said something.
"Tiffany. Oh Tiffany, what happened to you?" walking over to her and holding her hand.
Tyson's shock had turned into anger and fists shook by his side.
Seeing this Kenny hesitantly asked, "Tyson? You okay?"
Tyson didn't answer but instead ran out of the room surprising everyone. Ray looked over Kai to see if he would go after him, but Kai made no effort in going after the blue haired teen. After a couple more seconds Ray decided to go after Tyson himself.
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Moonlit Sea