just in case there are any guys who read this story (just in case! most of you people are, or seem like, girls), if you read the title, you might see that there may be boredom for you in this chapter. But everyone have fun anyway. Oh, and another note, I'm going on vacation (again) for a week starting Wednesday. So, no posts from August 2nd to August 10th (yes, I'm aware that's eight days. I can count. But I don't know what time I'll return on the 9th)

And I still don't own Beyblade after 43 chapters

Chapter 43: Girl Talk

"Hey, I wonder why Ray or Kai's not showing up?" Max wondered Hilary and Kenny shrugged.

"Tysa! Come on! Get up!" Tyson yelled, disturbing the silence.

"I wonder why Tysa isn't getting out of bed. This isn't like her…" Kenny pointed out.

"Maybe she's sick or something?" Max suggested.

"No." Hilary pouted, stroking Shinsei harder. "It's something else. Hold Shinsei, Max." Hilary handed the bit-beast to Max and stormed inside the house. "Ok, Tyson, out!"

"What? But, Hil—"

"Out!" Tyson ran out the room faster than a cheetah. Hilary then turned to the motionless lump on Tysa's bed. "Tysa, get out of the bed." She was answered by a muffled sniffing sound. "Tysa!" The sniffling noise appeared again. Hilary wrinkled her nose. "Didn't want to do this but…" She then viciously yanked the covers from Tysa's bed.

"Yeek!" Tysa yelled out of surprise as she flipped over. Hilary gasped at her friend.

"Tysa? You look awful!" Tysa was wearing her usual pajamas, but her hair was a mess, her hair was flushed, and her long t-shirt was lop-sided. Tysa didn't face her friend.

"I know, ok?" she groaned. "Can you leave me alone now?"

"Are you sick?" Hilary asked, thinking Max could be right. Tysa sniffed.

"I wish that was all it was…"

"Tysa, did you sleep at all last night?" Hilary asked. Tysa sniffed again.

"No…" she groaned as she turned around and gathered the fallen blankets.

"What's wrong? Does it have anything to do with why neither Ray or Kai has shown up?" Tysa stopped moving and turned her head to the side.

"They…haven't?" she asked, looking at the floor.

"Tysa…" Hilary said compassionately. Tysa sniffed.

"I wish…I wasn't so stupid. Then, I would know what to do but…" Hilary saw tears come to her friend's face. "…I don't…"

"That doesn't mean you're stupid, Tysa…" Hilary said, realizing that Tysa had started to cry. Tysa turned her face back away from Hilary and rubbed her eyes.

"Look at me. I'm a freakin' mess." Tysa sniffed. "This isn't like me…it's funny. I've accepted the fact I'd be alone so many times but…I don't…want to be alone…Waaah!" Tysa turned into her friend's arms and cried harder. Hilary, awkward to her friend's unusual grief, put her arms around her friend awkwardly.

"Y-you're not alone, Tysa…" Hilary said, unsure what would get Tysa to cheer up. "You have friends now…like me, Kenny, Max…" Tysa sniffed, starting to calm down. "and Ray, and Kai…" That made Tysa cry harder than before. "It's Ray and Kai isn't it! Did either of them do something to you!"

"N-no…it-it's what they're gonna do…because I'm so s-stupid! I don't…uuuuhhh…wanna lose them as…oouuron…f-friends!" Tysa sobbed. Hilary prayed that the door was soundproof and that she could find a way to cheer up Tysa quick.

"No, you're not Tysa…you're not going to lose them as friends…"

"Yes I am!" Tysa cried.

"Well, you are if you keep being so negative!" Hilary yelled. Tysa lowered her crying to sniffles. "Where's that girl that can stand up to anything!" Tysa sniffed a bit more and turned her head to the side. "She never cried, no matter how bad situations got! Even when she accidentally fell into a garbage can!"

"I was…eight…" Tysa sniffled, although slightly happy Hilary remembered.

"Even still! You gotta hang in there, Tysa!" Tysa sniffled again, then her usual confident smile returned.

"You're right, Hilary! I gotta…" she sniffled. "stay in there!"

"Right!" Whatever there is… Hilary waited until Tysa had calmed down, perked up, got dressed, and washed her face to ask the question she had been wondering. "So…what happened between you three?"

"Uh…Kai and Ray got into…a fight, and…I think it was…about me."

"About or over?"

"Huh?"

"Well, I'm just asking. I mean…did they fight about how you're doing or somethin'?"

"No…" Hilary's voice and tone became bland.

"Did they fight about who was best or bad for you?"

"Er…yes? Ow!" Tysa yelped where Hilary banged her on the head.

"That's called fighting over you! They're fighting over you!" Hilary yelled. "Almost every girl wants two or more guys fighting over them!"

"Well, it's not that great once you have it, you know." Tysa scowled. "Do you know how hard it is to choose? Well, based on that last statement, you don't, but…if I make the wrong decision…the team could fall apart."

After a while, Tysa walked by herself for a while. She needed some time to clear her mind, and the noise from the passing people did just the opposite: dominate every thing in her mind so she couldn't think at all. Tysa let out a sigh for no reason, but then ran into someone.

"Huh? Oh! Um…sorry about that." Tysa apologized, even though the kid seemed about her age.

"Heh. It's all right." The kid said.

"Oh, here, let me pick those bags up for you." Tysa said, referring to the dropped bags.

"Are you sure? They're kind of heavy…" the kid said as Tysa reached for them.

"Eh…not really." She said, holding up each bag with one hand. "I've been doing martial arts training for a while so, my 'heavy' is much heavier to other people." The kid smiled and nodded as Tysa handed him the bags. Then the kid, stared at Tysa's face. "Huh? Is there something…"

"You seem upset." The kid said. "Is something wrong?"

"Well…uh…it's nothing you should be concerned about. Really. This is my problem." Tysa said, putting on a fake smile. The kid was silent for a while.

"It's eating you up from the inside." The kid said, surprising Tysa. "Soon, you probably won't even have a heart."

"Uh…I…ok?"

"Want me to help you?" the kid asked, smiling.

"…How?" Tysa asked. The kid started to walk away, smiling.

"Oh, you'll know, Tysa. My name's Shui, by the way." Tysa had a half a mind to stop him, asking how he knew her name. Then again, there was probably one way or another. Then, Tysa had to rack her brain for a while, thinking about the familiar name.

"But I don't see why Shinsei's being nervous about Shui. He seems nice."

Wait…could that be the guy Shinsei's nervous about? But, it doesn't have to be…sure, Shui isn't really a popular name, but there has to be more than one person with that name…

this was hard cuz I'm not good at making crying scenes like before, so it's kinda cheap (at least, I think it is). That's why I'm making the next chapter funny! With squirrels! (although, Ray and Kai might disagree on the humor...)

Mizuki Sakura