RTC: Hi! Sorry for the wait. I've been so busy this week (I'm beat!) but you guys are great! I never thought I'd be getting so many reviews. Anyway, here are the review responses:

bladebreakers: Thanks for the help. Just to let you know, anything that's not in quotation marks is in thinking mode. (It's only this stuff that's said out loud: "I think blah blah…") As for Tyson, I just stick him in whenever I need some tactlessness or stupidity. (Tyson: Hey! That's so mean!) I didn't realize he was talking too much to Kai.

jellybean-kitty: Wow, something other than update soon! Anyway, I'm glad you think my fic is great. (I really can't think of anything else to say, but I do appreciate the reviews you've sent me.)

Iluvbeyblade: Torturing the characters is one of my favorite things to do! Of course I'll keep that up!

Phoenix from the flames 1978: Sorry about the wait! As for your theory, keep reading. The answer is in this chapter!

BloOdY-JoKeR: Once again, sorry about the wait. I love getting new reviewers!

Iris: I update as soon as I can. I love kitties!

RTC: So, this chapter isn't one of my best works and I couldn't find a good POV to write in, so it's all normal, third person POV. Sorry about that.

Kai: She's even been too tired to come up with insults for the author's note.

Ray: Since we feel sorry for her, we'll do the disclaimer without being asked.

RTC: Thanks guys. (Hugs them both.)

Kai: Get off me.

Ray: Ray-Tiger-Cat still does not own Beyblade. So don't sue her!

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Medications and Secrets

When everyone entered the room, they could see what the nurse meant about ineffective medicine. Ray was propped up on some pillows, attached to an I.V. and he looked exhausted. Lizzie flung herself around Ray's neck.

"Hi," he mumbled, trying to focus his eyes. The dizziness hadn't left.

"Are you going to be okay?" she asked, sobbing into her brother's shoulder.

"Yeah, but I think I should be the one asking you that," Ray replied, full of concern. That only made Lizzie cry harder, so Kai gently took her out of the room. When he came back a few minutes later, Lizzie wasn't with him.

"Your mom is calming her down, I wasn't having much luck," Kai told Ray. "Is she alright? She's so worked up."

"She's depressed, that's all," Ray answered.

"She's just worried about her brother. If I were in her place, I'd be just as worked up," added Tyson.

"You'd be this worried if it were Hiro?" teased Lee.

"Actually, I'm worried about him now; he hasn't contacted me in months," replied Tyson seriously. "You said the snake that bit Ray wasn't usually found here, so how did it wind up at camp?"

"I think that's what the helicopter crew was sent to do; bring poisonous snakes out here in the hopes that someone will get bitten and die," said Kai. A nurse along with Diana and Lizzie entered the room then and the nurse hooked Ray up to another I.V. line. Lizzie was calmer but Diana seemed more worked up.

"Now what were you saying about training being perfectly safe?" Diana sounded more worried than angry but it got Ray on the defensive again. She also had a point, it had been less than 12 hours since they left and already someone was in the hospital.

"Mom, Ray, chill out. Ray, try to be more careful and Mom, this could have happened whether Ray was training or not," Lizzie said, preventing an argument.

"Yes, well, your brother could have been in serious danger if it had taken much longer to get here. Now I'd better get Lynn and take her home," said Diana. Ray was starting to fall asleep, so everyone left.

The next day was Saturday so everyone went to see Ray early the next morning, except for Lynn, who had been dropped off at her aunt's.

"Morning, Ray," Lee said, "Whoa, you don't look so good."

"Yeah, you look worse, not better," agreed Tyson.

"What's wrong?" asked Lizzie.

"Headache. It's just a bad headache," Ray mumbled.

"Well, I'm going to track down a doctor," Diana said. It took about an hour before a doctor came in and he disconnected the I.V.'s. A nurse followed him in and told everyone to leave so they could run some tests. Ray's mom was outside in the hall and told them that she was going to still around for a while.

"I think we should go pick Lynn up. She could use some time at home," said Lizzie.

"Why? Isn't she home during the week?" asked Tyson.

"She is, but not a lot of the time," Lizzie replied. Tyson and Kai quickly realized that Ray's life was complicated and that might have explained his reluctance to come home. However they thought he was hiding something because when they asked about the tests, he wouldn't say anything, except that he was fine. A few days later, Ray had been released from the hospital and was much better; thanks to the handful of medication he was now taking. (He wouldn't explain why there were so many, though.) They were back on the road soon. (Ray had to promise not to do any training for at least two weeks.) They arrived at White Tiger Hills late one evening to find everyone outside, running laps.

"How many more laps?" whined Daichi, "We've run like a million already and it's starting to rain."

"Stop complaining. You're supposed to-" Kevin started before he got cut off by Lee.

"Just go inside. I think we're supposed to be getting a thunder storm," he ordered.

"You're back!" yelled Hilary, who was not appreciating being forced to run laps.

"How come you're training?" Ray asked her, limping up behind Lee.

"Hey, you're alright!" Hilary said, "And Kevin forced me to train."

"Well, you said everyone should train," Kevin said nervously with a shrug of his shoulders. Ray and Lee both glared at him and Mariah scolded him.

They all got inside and Ray collapsed on his bed until Mariah dragged him to the table to eat. Tyson and Kai were convince that Ray was hiding something because he and Mariah were holding whispered conversations, A few days later, Max and Tyson found Lee and Ray arguing about medicine and food. There was something wrong with Ray's health and he wouldn't ell them what it was. The team also suspected that there was something wrong with his family, but they didn't have any proof, so they had to let the matter drop.

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RTC: I know, I know, it was sort of blunt. I promise the next chapter will be better. We'll be back to Kai torture! Yay!

Kai: You're evil.

RTC: Yeah, you've told me that several times. Guys, I still want three reviews before I update or we won't be getting to Kai torture. I think I'm being fair since I get five or six reviews per chapter; three is not a lot to ask. Okay, bye!