A Memory… Nothing More Than A Memory

By: MacchiNightmares

Disclaimer: I don't own Beyblade, so… Please don't sue me!

Chapter 2: Meeting Old Friends

I returned almost a year later. Still the same, but a little different. At first I decided to check if Kai was at the tree. When I arrived the place was deserted, so I decided to look in the city. As I was walking down the street in my normal wear: a black sleeveless shirt and black pants and my favorite black boots; I saw a group of people near the plaza. I immediately guessed that they had to be seeing the BEGA qualifying rounds on the big screen TV. Not many people were there so that only meant one thing: the qualifying rounds were over. I was able to see who had made the BEGA team. It had six members: first was Ming-Ming, a blue haired spoiled brat, who is also a pop star; second was Crusher, a big guy who can hold up his own against ten grown men; next was Mystel, a mysterious free spirit, he can jump great heights, he has sand colored hair and blue eyes; after him is Garland, a grumpy kid, he's really skilled at karate and uses his skills combined with his beyblade to beat his opponent; up fifth was Brooklyn, I hadn't seen him before so I guessed that he was an amateur, but how could an amateur beat one of BEGA's best blader? The last member was a girl wearing a mask, they called her Mystic I think, her hair was black and her eyes were red- orange, like mine… I read from one of the e-mails Ray sent me that Kai had tried to join BEGA, so I was shocked that I didn't see him on the screen as one of the members of the team. I continued to look for the gang. Soon, I had bumped into Kai, but he didn't seem like himself. He seemed lost and confused.

"Serenity?" He asked in a distant voice, as though he didn't know if anything was real anymore. It was weird to see him like this, so I was concerned about him. After a few minutes, I had hoped he would have said something, but that didn't happen. He seemed to be really lost in his own world, and he couldn't find his way out.

"Kai, it's not the end of the world. You can still train and- and become stronger."

I had hoped that the words I just said would make him feel better, but no avail. I don't know why, but something inside me snapped and I couldn't take it anymore. "God, Kai, what happened to you? Did you get soft while I was a way? What happened to the confident blader that I battled almost a year ago? Did he leave when someone beat him? I bet it happened at the BEGA qualifying round, right?" I walked towards him; I stopped right in front of him and stared into his eyes. He still had that lost look in them. For some reason, I raised my hand and it connected with the right side of Kai's face. "Pathetic. You're so pathetic, you know that? I can't believe I…. Never mind, I don't think you're even listening."

Then I left him in his thoughts. It seemed to me that the slap got through to him, but I didn't stay long enough to make sure. I decided to meet up with the rest of the gang. I heard for someone that they were bey battling. When I got in the stadium (of course I had to sneak in) I saw that Ray was battling Crusher. It was the second round of the BEGA Justice 6 tournament. It was a four out of six deal, since both teams were supposed to have six members, but G-Revolutions only had five: Daichi, Ray, Max, Tala, and Tyson. In the first round, Ming-Ming had beaten Daichi. The current battle was fierce, and in the end, Ray ended up losing, and Crusher was the one crying (MN: -. Crusher was the one crying? Interesting…). Ray quickly left to the locker rooms and I followed him. I found him in his locker room, banging his head on the wall and saying, "Stupid, stupid, stupid."

It way funny to see him doing that, so couldn't help but laugh. I guess I laughed a bit too loud because Ray turned to see me. At that point, all we could do was stare at each other, blushing the whole by the way.

"You saw my match, didn't you?" He broke the silence. I could hear his voice full of sadness and disappointment. I, of course, felt sorry for him.

"Ray, you weren't that bad. You were batter then I expected, actually." I smiled at his reaction; he had an anime vain and was blowing steam out of his ears (not literately). But then it hit him that I was trying to make him feel better, and he was thankful.

"So, what are you doing in town after almost a year of being gone, anyway?" He asked me as he sat down on the bench.

"What? I'm not welcomed here anymore?" I asked joking.

"No, you're welcomed. I just want to know. I mean you were gone for a long time."

I sighed and sat down next to him. I used my hands for support as I leaned on the bench. "I just wanted to visit. And make a better impression than the last time I was here."

"So……that means you'll be leaving soon?" I could hear it in his voice, the fear of never seeing me again and being unable to say all the things he wanted to tell me.

"Ray, nothing lasts forever…… but I am going to stay for a while, maybe a year or two."

His face lit up at my words. I was glad to see him happy again. I suddenly felt a hand over my own. I looked and saw Ray's hand over mine. My face quickly went red as I was blushing really hard. My gaze went to his face and he smiled at me, though he was blushing as well. I couldn't help but smile too. Then we decided to hold hands and I rested my head on his shoulder. Something told me to look up at Ray, and I did. I saw that he was staring at me.

"Is something wrong?" I asked him.

"What? Can't I look at the most beautiful girl that I have ever laid eyes on?"

My face went a deep crimson at his response. Then I saw that Ray's face got closer and closer to mine, and I did the same. But as fate would have it, something had to happen to stop us from kissing. We almost touched lips when we heard laughing from outside the door. I smiled sympathetically to Ray as I got up from the bench and quietly made my way to the door, hoping to catch whoever was spying on us. I quickly opened the door and crashing in came Tyson, Daichi and my two little 'sisters', Carman, a blonde nine year old with brown hair, and Angel, a nine year old red head with blue eyes. They were the first to see me, and they had seen the look I had in my eyes before. The 'You'd- better-run-for-dear-life-and-get-the-hell-away-from-me' look. By the time Carman and Angel were turning down the hall, Daichi and Tyson had already gotten up, and were still having a good laugh. And because of that, they didn't notice that I was right behind them. I had a huge anime vain on my head and my background was full of fire. I hit them both on the head and they quickly stopped laughing to rub their heads.

"Ouch, Serenity! That really hurt!" Daichi told me as he had anime tears in his eyes.

"Humph!" was all I said as I stormed off. During the whole thing, Ray stood there with an anime sweat drop.

As I was walking out, I found Max, Hilary, Kenny and Tala.

"Serenity! Your back! Great! Now I have another girl to go to the mall with! Why…" Hilary started but I stopped her.

"Hilary, not now. Bad mood." I snapped

"Tyson or Daichi?" Kenny asked.

"Both." I replied.

"Figures." Everyone said with a sweat drop, except Tala because he didn't know me.

MN: So… you likey? If not, it's okay, I don't really care… Anywho, please review! Laters!