Digi: Yeah, I'm actually back. Surprise. Well, this chappy is a little 'feh', it kinda explains some things. HEHE. But still, it's a little on the 'feh' side.

OH WELLS, HOPE YOU LIKES :D

I also hope you like the song 'THE REASON' by hoobastank. It's an oldie but I like it.

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Hilary woke up but later fell back into her pillow, smiling like a fool.

Last night.. was an extremely good night.

-FLASHBACK-

"No! Hilary! What are you doing! You're not concentrating hard enough!" Kai argued, watching the brunette's beyblade wobble from side to side.

"Sorry! Sorry.." Hilary fell to the ground, she was exhausted and she couldn't help but think about what had happened earlier today.

He sighed then walked over to her. She was now positioned where her knees were close to her chest and her head was resting on it. He sat down next to her with his legs spread out and his hands on the grass behind him.

"You need to stop thinking about Zeo." He told her in an angry voice.

"I can't.. He comes out of no where without warning and then expects me to act like we're going out. I was happy that he was here until he brought back all the painful memories."

"Dump him, for good."

"He's the only one who really understands me.. I've told him so much and I love him so much.. I don't want to walk away from him forever.."

"You have other people in your life, Hilary.." He mumbled and she slowly turned her head towards him with still having her head on her knees.

"Like who? Who seriously loves me like Zeo does?"

Kai looked at her with a blank look.

He had no idea what to say.

Eventhough he didn't want to admit it, he still remembered and still felt feelings for her.

He had no idea why he was still fond of her, it was a childhood crush. But now that he's seen her once again, those feelings returned to him and they didn't want to leave. ((KINDA LIKE TSUBASA CHRONICLES BUT DIFFERENT.. HAHAHAAHA Yeah. I just realized that. >>;;))

It was if destiny called them together.

There was a reason why he was still here, carrying about on Earth.. and that reason was her.

I'm not a perfect person.
There's many things I wish I didn't do

Hilary kept looking at him, waiting for him to answer. He closed his eyes, mad at himself for telling her that. After a while, he looked at her.

But I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

What really attracted him to her? Was it because destiny was practically trying to push them into eachothers arms?
They stared at eachother for a while.. had he almost forgotten operation don't talk to Hilary. He couldn't do that to her anymore. It hurt him to be mean to her. And he knew it hurt her. He opened his mouth to say something but stopped himself.

I've found out a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you

He wanted to tell her so badly that he was the little boy in her dream and she was the little girl. He wanted to tell her that he still remembers what they did when they were kids. He wanted to tell her sooo badly that it wasn't a childhood crush, if they found eachother now.. then it must be something more.
This feeling that Kai had made him soft, it made him feel weak. But he also felt more stronger with Hilary by his side, eventhough she forgot.. he appreciated that she was still there for him.

I'm sorry that I hurt you It's something
I must live with everyday
And all the pain I put you through
I wish that I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
That's why I need you to hear

That's when he realized that she was still looking at him.

"I'm sure.. theres still one person out there.. truely suited for you."

"I wish I knew who.." She sighed.

'I wish I could tell you.' He thought then blinked. "You'll find out soon, trust me."

Hilary started shaking and her sniffles brought Kai to carry a look of concern on his face.

"Why do you seem to care so much? From what I heard.. you're a cold-hearted bastard."

"You're the only.." He stopped, not wanting to reveal too much. He couldn't go soft on this girl, he just couldn't.

She looked up at him, wondering what he was going to say. Hilary still had tears forming in her eyes and Kai wanted to rub them away but knowing ghosts.. they couldn't be able to do that.

The only way to express his feelings.. was through words.

Hilary now had baby sobs.. she tried to stop crying as she formed a smile. "Kai, you're the only one who can make me happy because.. I don't know.. but theres something about you that I really love."

I've found out a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is You

Anyone hear that? She said she LOVED something about him!

Oooooooh yeah.

Well, since she started confessing.. he wanted to tell her now, even more badly.

Instead, he smiled at her.

He knew that smile wasn't enough and he wanted to tell her.. But something told him to wait.

"I want to be human... -" He stopped, he didn't want to say anymore but she understood what he meant.

I'm not a perfect person
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

"Kai.." She wanted to hug him and never let go. But she didn't want to fall into the ground, looking like a fool.

"I have to tell you something.. but, it's too soon.." He mumbled, he couldn't help it! He didn't want her to suffer about this thing, I mean look at how hard she did trying to find his personal files!

I've found out a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you

I've found out a reason to show
A side of me you didn't know
A reason for all that I do
And the reason is you

Hilary didn't understand, was he trying to tell her that he might actually.. LOVE her? This was weird, she could never love Kai like she loved Zeo. But.. something wanted to tell her that she felt the same way.

Just then the children came into her mind.. the children from the dream.

"I'm going to miss you.. if I do leave." He admitted, looking down. After a while.. he looked back up to her and leaned in closer. He waited a while then kissed her on the cheek. To anybody else.. it would've felt cold and replusive, having a ghost kiss you.. but to Hilary it felt like she had found who she really loved.

Butterflies danced in her stomach, thoughts were roaming through her mind, and her heart almost stopped.

He pulled back and noticed the expression on her face. It was calm but her eyes.. there was something intoxicating about them before.. but now, it was more.

"Thanks and good-night." He walked away and she stood there, thinking about what to do.

-END FLASHBACK-

She continued on smiling onto her pillow then realized that somebody was staring at her.

Two somebodies.

She looked up to see Mariams face all close to hers and Kai looking down at her.

Hilary shrieked and backed up against her wall.

"G'mornin' sunshine!" Mariam smiled.

The brunette looked at Kai and wondered what he was thinking about.. Hopefully the same thoughts that were racing through her mind, were racing in his.

"Why are you guys both here?" Hilary asked, leaning back down until she plopped on her bed.

"You're mommy left a message on the phone. She talks about a yard sale and she wants to know what you want to sell and what you wanna keep. So you can either call her back or just.. go over and help her with the thing."

"My numsy called?" Hilary stood up then went downstairs to listen to the answering machine.

While she was doing so, Kai and Mariam had a talk up in her room. "So.. this is kinda awkward.."

The ghost shrugged. Last night she saw something and he saw something.

"You mean, you don't feel creeped out by it?"

"It's natural." He told her, shrugging.

"I'm too young.." She shook her head, putting a hand over her hip.

"You're fault." He shrugged, again.

"My friends told me not to go that party.. and.." She sighed then sat on Hilary's bed. "I should've listened to them."

Kai stayed silent. He didn't know what to tell her. He never knew anybody that was expecting nor has he ever laid sympothy on somebody who was expecting.

"If you promise to keep this a secert.. then I won't tell anybody what you did. Deal?"

He nodded. "Deal."

"I'm goin' back to Kyushu, I'm goin' back to Kyushu!" Hilary sang, dancing into her room.

"Gonna go help your mom?"

"Yeah! And I can't wait! I get to see everybody back there!" Hilary tried her best to ignore Kai and right now it was working.

"Well, I have to go to Lee's house today.. apparently he got jumped.."

"Really?" The brunette asked, trying to sound interested. "By who?"

"If I knew Hi-lar-y then I would've already beaten them down."

"Um.. ok..." Hopefully she wouldn't find out who.

"Anyways I'll see you guys later!" Mariam ran down stairs, laughing maniacly and both of them sweatdropped.

"I'm gonna go.. take a bath now." The ruby-eyed chick grabbed her clothes and quickly ran into the bathroom.

...Kissing her.

Kissing her on the cheek made her uncomfortable? He's tried being rude to her and ignoring her.. but KISSING HER!

That's what drove her away..?

He sighed then walked downstairs to watch his early morning cartoons.

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Ray slowly walked into the guidance office and sat down in a wooden chair.
It was early morning and homeroom hadn't started yet but the guidance office still ordered him in. It was very crazy.

His counselor sat in a comfortable big chair and began rocking in it.

"Uhm.. I'm here."

"I know."

"So.. are we going to talk?"

"Of course! So, what seems to be the problem?"

"Well as I said before, Julia's group started the whole fight."

"And why are you butting in?"

"Because two of the girls that fought eachother basically don't like eachother because they both like me." He said, sounding a little too proud.

"That's why they hate eachother?"

"I'm not sure but they don't like eachother because I've heard that they both like me and I guess they consider one another competition."

"I see, bring the girls in!" He shouted out in the hallway and four girls came in.

"Ray?" Salima looked at him and he turned his head.

"Betrayer." Julia mumbled, sitting down in a chair.

"Well as this young man says, you all started the fight?"

"No! Mathilda touched Julia first!" Elly stood up and pointed in a randon direction was if Mathilda was really there.

"Is that true, Ray?"

Ray shook his head. "I heard that Mathilda was going to walk away but someone grabbed her and told her to shut up. " He gave Julia an accusing look.

"She punched me first!" Julia shouted, glaring at him.

"Then you kicked her."

"I needed to defend myself, I'm not gonna show her that I'm weak!"

"Enough, ok children. Let's settle this in a way that we'll all understand.."

Thirty minutes later, the four girls walked out with detention slips in their hands.

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Ming-Ming put on her light pink ballet flats as she waited for her friend to come. It was still very early in the morning but she knew that her friend would come soon.

Her grandmother walked out of the kitchen with tea in her hands. She looked at the clock, which read 6:39 am, then back at Ming-Ming who was sitting by the door.

"Ming-Ming, sweetie?"

"Yes, grandma?"

"You're very weird for a sixteen year old."

"...Thanks."

"No problem dear." Then she walked into the living room while mumbling about young people waking up early.

Just then the doorbell rang and the bluette quickly opened it.

"Hello Shigold." She greeted properly then put on her jacket and walked out the door.

"Good morning Nini." He closed the door and soon they were off.

Four hours had passed since Ming-Ming's grandmother left her granddaughter in the hands of Shiga and right now, they were at a small cafe enjoying some soft drinks and noodles.

"Be sure to tell her grandma that everyone's gonna meet at the oak tree in two days."

"How will she know who 'everyone' is?"

"Oh, you know your grandmother.. she's a loser, been one all her life as a matter of fact! She's stuck close to the 'group' all her life.. I'm sure she knows what I'm talking about."

"You're group... tell me. Who's in it?"

He smiled. "My best friends.. You're grandma Nini was part of it. She was the loudest of the bunch. That woman was like a mother to all, she cared deeply for everyone. Then she was in love with a young man named Kouhei.. they had a bit of history those two. They were an odd couple.. Kouhei was the quiet and mean one and Nini was the hyper one."

"I see.. well go on, tell me more!"

"Then there was Yoko, she was the craziest and her best friend out of all of us was probably Yuni who was the more calmer of the group. Yuni always kept a level-head when it came to our insane and impossible missions. Then there was Reina.. oh Reina. She was one sneaky girl.. she snuck around like a cat but she was a true friend in the end."

"Okay.. so there's Nini aka my grandma, her lover Kouhei, Yoko, Yuni, Reina and you?"

"No.. one more, my favorite. He had a good head on his shoulders.. smart and very cunning. He could handle his own battles and never asked for help, he was very stubborn but everyone loved him."

"He sounds like my friend, Mathilda.. what's his name?"

He looked at her then took a sip out of his water. "Bakuten."

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Zeo walked on top of some gates and sighed. Right now he was residing with Kenny even though he really wanted to be with Hilary. He understood why she was upset but he didn't know that she felt so strongly about it.

A tear dropped from his eye then he held a fist up.

"I'm going to win your love back, Hilary! For I am your soulmate Zeo! You and I are destined like the stars in the sky had said, we will get back together!"

The figure watching him, frowned then used all his strength to quickly push Zeo off the gate and into some full trash bins.

And at that same time, Kenny walked out of his house with a robe on and some hot tea in his hand to see Zeo struggling into the sea of stinky leftovers.

"Zeo? Zeo! What are you doing in there?" The short brunette ran over to his friend and helped him out of the nasty-ness area.

The turquoisette ((xx;; I don't know what to call it. Oo;; He also DOES have turquoise hair right?)) coughed for a second then looked up suspiciously. "I don't know what happened! I was just standing on top of that gate and then this HUGE gust of wind pushed me down. It was crazy!"

"Weird..." Kenny then sneezed a couple of times.

"I forgot, you're still sick! C'mon, let's go back inside before that gust of wind comes back."

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Tyson sat in math class and looked to his left. Boy.. math without Hilary was boring.

OH GOSH! He totally forgot that Hilary was in his math class! 'Oh man, oh man, oh man! I'm so glad shes suspended or else it would've been so awkward with her here.. NOT LIKE I CARE THOUGH!'

Ray and Max stared at Tyson strangely as the bluette was experiencing a different set of emotions on his face. First he looked a little depressed, then relieved, then angry and now he looked like he was dreaming.

"That's totally your friend, Max." Ray said.

"..I don't even know him." Max turned his head away from Tyson as he was still doing his thing. "So Ray, how are you and the girls?"

Ray sighed. "I'm no longer the pimp of the school."

"Well, I hope you know your ex-position will be safe in my golden hands." Max smirked as he popped his collar.

"No but seriously.. Julia says she knows people that will come to 'get' me. I'm like 'whatever.'"

"Man.. what happened to beyblades solving the problem? Now it's like fights, fights, and fights galore!"

"Seriously dawg, seriously.."

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Hilary walked out of the shower, feeling fresh and clean. She combed her hair as she walked downstairs to see Kai watching TV.. again.

'Lazy bum.' she thought, glaring at the back of his head as she walked by. She quickly looked away when he turned his head.

'Dumb onna.' he thought, glaring at the back of her head as she walked into the kitchen. He looked back to the tv and began watching more of 'Avatar: The last Airbender'.

"Man, I hope we have more chocolate cookies.." The brunette mumbled, rubbing her tummy then pulled the lid away from the big jar. Hilary looked at it for a second then sighed and reached her hand in towards the bottom.

Kai had this strange feeling in his stomach. Something told him that she wasn't supposed to look in the cookie jar.. but what was it?

"Why are all the good cookies always at the bottom?" She thought for a second then shook her head. "Mariam.."

There was something he did with that cookie jar that she wasn't supposed to find out..

"What in the world.." She whispered, taking out a cookie along with something else.

The spirit crossed his arms and sighed deeply. Why was he so out of it today? Why couldn't he remember what he did with the cookie jar?

'Oh yeah, it's 'cuz of her.' He thought, then glanced over at Hilary.

Then, he noticed that in her hand was the silver necklace that she had given him so many years ago.

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Digi: Short.

Very short. >> ;;

I'm a little on the case of writers block, sucks for me since I actually wanted to write this damn chappy. ;.; OH wells. Hope you reviews and hope you liked it!