First order of business: Thanking Reviewers
reikai: Thanks for your review and the spelling of Hiwatari! (",)
FlameWings: Thanks. It will start off with Ray/Mariah then there will be Ray/Mariah/Kai but I think it's going to end Mariah/Kai. I DO like Ray/Mariah but i just prefer Kai/Mariah a teeny eeny bit more. Who are you? You are one of my favourite people! a.k.a. a reviewer!
shallowsleep2: Thanks for your spelling. I always get confused and think there is two ts... you like my story? thank you!
Lyrikkal: aargh! that puts a lot of responsibility on me! but there are plenty of other good Kai/Mariah fics. Yeah, I did think Lee would be a bit grumpy so I sort of put that his tone wasn't as cheerful but I just thought that maybe Lee was a bit more forgiving. But I'm planning to put Lee in in a few chapters and then he won't be so happy with Kai for a reason you'll find out soon.
Second order of business: For some reason, Bold and Italic aren't working together so I'm putting Italics for dreams/thoughts/flashbacks.
E.g.: blah Dreams/Thoughts/Flashbacks
Third order of business: Disclaimer
Disclaimer: I refuse to write it! Mwa ha ha! You can't make me! I refuse to! I'm a rebel! Nope! I'm not writing it! I'm taking a stand! I don't own beyblade. Ack! Where the hell did that come from?
Fourth order of business: Continuing with story
Chapter two: Carnival
Kai rolled his eyes at Tyson stuffing his face with sandwiches. Ray and Max were battling with Kenny observing them. Hilary was reading some fashion magazine.
The good thing was, Mariah was safe and Kai's dreams weren't true.
The bad thing was, he was still getting them.
But last night, last night it had really got him spooked again.
Someone was running. It was dark and most of the streetlights weren't on but he could just make out pink hair.
"Mariah…" he whispered to himself. Kai broke out into a run behind her. Why was she running?
Kai heard a bang. Two bangs. Three bangs. He looked behind him and his eyes widened. Some man was holding a rifle. He couldn't make out his face. He turned back to Mariah and saw her slump onto the floor. The man threw her over his shoulder and took her into a black van. As Mariah was put in, he saw three tranquilliser darts.
He exhaled in relief. She was not dead. But then he realised, she had been captured.
"Kai! Yo Kai!" Kai shook his head as he got out of the daydream. Tyson was waving a hand in front of his face. Kai hit his hand away.
"What, Tyson?" he asked coldly.
"Didn't you hear what Ray said? Mariah is staying over!" Crumbs and spit flew out of Tyson's mouth.
"WHAT?"
"Mariah? You know, of the White Tigers?"
Calm down. It's nothing. It's just a coincidence. Come on, you were wrong before. She's just staying over. After all, her and Ray are an item.
"Don't worry Kai, she's staying round mine and she knows already not to get in your way." Ray said.
"I get the feeling we're not going to see you much, eh Ray?" Max asked as he nudged Ray and winked.
"Well, she is my girlfriend and she lives in another country but don't worry, we'll still hang out with you all."
"You better. I don't any girl coming in the way of our practise. We got Hilary for that." Tyson said.
"Tyson!" Hilary slapped his arm.
"It's true!"
"Whatever. Are we going to practise or discuss Mariah?" Kai asked.
It's nothing. Absolutely nothing.
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Mariah looked around the airport. He had to be here somewhere. She caught sight of Ray and ran up to him. He picked her up and hugged him.
"How you doing, kitten?" Ray asked.
"Pretty good, tiger." Mariah replied.
"How about a kiss?"
"Hm, I guess so."
They kissed but were interrupted by Kai clearing his throat.
"Get a room!" Tyson called.
"Hi Tyson, Max, Kenny, Hilary and Kai." Mariah said.
"We have so much to catch up on." Hilary said as she linked arms with Mariah and took her towards Kai's limo.
"Thanks for driving us, Kai." Ray said.
"Hn."
Hilary told Mariah all about Max asking Emily out and Tyson taking her to the ballet for their one year anniversary but ruining it by eating a funny peanut and having to rush out to the men's room. (AN: As boyfriend and girlfriend. NOT marriage.)
"It was a great night, none the less. And I suppose it was quite funny. So it's your six month anniversary, huh?"
"Yeah. But we've known each other basically our whole lives. We only made it official six months ago. It's kind of hard though, being in separate countries when we used to be so close."
"I don't know. They say that absence does make the heart grow fonder. Me and Tyson are constantly getting on each others nerves."
"But you're always close when you need it."
"I suppose. Here they come."
They all got in the back and the driver drove to Ray's place.
"Hey, you can come in if you want." Ray offered.
They all declined, saying they had other things to do and Mariah and Ray waved as they left.
"Now where were we?" Ray asked with a smirk as he picked Mariah up.
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Kai kissed her. Who was he kissing? Why was he kissing someone if he didn't know who it was?
Then again, he enjoyed it. It was… nice? This coming from the silent and solitary Kai?
None the less, Kai deepened the kiss and put his hands in her pink hair. Wait a second, pink?
Kai stepped back and looked at the girl he had kissed.
"Mariah?" he asked disbelievingly.
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Kai threw the covers off his body and immediately jumped up. He paced around his room then started hitting his head against the wall.
These dreams were just getting worse. Now he was dreaming about kissing Mariah? First of all, he didn't even like her that much. Second of all, she was Ray's girlfriend and third of all, he was Kai! He didn't need a girlfriend!
He put his hand through his hair. He seriously debated on going to a psychiatrist. These dreams had to stop. He touched his lips. He could still feel their kiss.
Kai shook his head. It wasn't their kiss. It was his sub conscious playing tricks on him. He didn't like Mariah. He didn't.
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Mariah laughed as Ray passed her the large teddy bear.
"It's so cute! Thank you, tiger."
She pecked him on the lips. Kai felt a surge of emotion. Jealousy? It couldn't be. He wasn't jealous of Ray.
No. You're jealous of the one that Mariah kissed. You want her to kiss you. You want that kiss but in reality.
He didn't want to kiss Mariah. He didn't care about the dream.
Then how comes every time you see her you blush slightly? How comes you find yourself staring at her lips? How comes you're imagining yourself in Ray's place.
It was just a dream. It meant nothing.
But you want it to be something.
Kai ignored the little voice in his head. He was not jealous and he did not want Mariah Wong kissing him.
"So what's up with you Kai? Hilary says you've been even more distant lately." Mariah questioned as she put the large bear on her back.
Kai willed himself not to blush or stare at those full, luscious, beautiful, kissable…
He shook his head. He was staring at her lips. "Hn." He replied. "I'm always distant." He realised that the others were watching Max score some hoops to win Emily a large teddy bear.
"That's too bad. You have no idea what you're missing." She said and walked over to Ray. She hugged him and he pecked her on the cheek. Kai felt the pang of jealousy again.
Kai walked away. He had to stop thinking about Mariah and these weird dreams.
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Second chapter done! Let's all have a party! It's the New Year! (Does conga dance)
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