RTC: I updated within a week! Aren't you proud of me!

Kai: She's had WAY too much sugar!

RTC: Oh, shut up. Anyway, I sent review responses through emails, so I don't have to go on about them now. This next chapter is in three parts and I'll tell you that they are in chronologic order, even though it may not seem like it at times. I noticed that chapter 13 was missing the bold writing, even though I put it in. I'm sorry for that and I hope nobody got too confused. This chapter does not contain two million different POVs, so don't worry. I think most you will be happy to hear that. Hmm, I don't have much else to say except enjoy and someone do the disclaimer! (Wow, the Author's Notes section seems so short now.)

Daichi: Do you think Ray-Tiger-Cat owns Beyblade? If you guessed no, then you're correct! (If you guessed yes, well, then you've got some problems.)

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Disasters

Hilary's POV

Well, there have certainly been a lot of unexpected announcements today. First Ray tell us that he's going home for a few days, then Kari announces that she wants to go back to Toronto and pack her things and make arrangements to move to Tokyo and finally Kai and Tala decide to go with her to help with the packing and that Tala would fly home from Toronto. Tala, Ray, Kai and Kari will all head to New York, get their things and be back at the airport within 2 hours to catch their planes. It looks like Mary Anne and Hiro are both going to stick around for a while, though I think Mary Anne will leave just as soon as Ray gets back.

The BBA had arranged for a small private plane again and we boarded it and took off. Like the last time there was a medical personnel, who took care of Max and wrapped up my ankle and gave me crutches. She tried to check on Kai because his wounds were pretty bad, but he insisted that he was fine.

When we landed, we saw Judy in the terminal waiting for us. She freaked out about Max and rushed him to the hospital and the rest of us were driven back to BBA headquarters by Hiro. Ray, Kai and Kari all grabbed their things and along with Tala, they headed back to the airport. So, now I'm stuck with the ever insane Daichi, Kenny, who won't put down his laptop after being separated for so long, Mary Anne, who's still a bit of a mystery to me and the feuding Granger brothers. Well, Tyson's the only one who's fighting and glaring, Hiro's ignoring Tyson's childish behaviour. I don't think I could take it if they were both acting like that.

Kai's POV-after they arrive in Toronto

"Hmm, big city isn't it?" asked Tala.

"Yup. That's one thing I'll truly love about it. I'll probably miss it when we return to Tokyo," my sister replied, looking a bit depressed. "Well, don't just stand there! Let's go to my school," she added, trying to perk up. Outside, the sky was barely visible with all those large buildings and the sidewalks were crowded with a lot of people. We eventually arrived at a boarding school. (A/N: Sorry if this is a bad description of Toronto. I just assumed that it would look like that.)

"This is it. Come on," Kari said, "We have to get boxes from the maintenance office."

"I'll do that, you can go on and start organizing," Tala volunteered.

"Okay, it's room 331. That's on the third floor." We climbed 2 flights of stairs and Kari opened the dorm room's door. Inside, there were two giggly girls.

"Look who it is! The Ice Princess who thinks she's all that because she beyblades! Ooh, got yourself a boyfriend?" asked one. Kari looked shocked and then angry. It looked like she was going to tell them off, so I decided to do it for her.

"Firstly, I'm her brother, not her boyfriend. It's none of your business, anyway, so don't ask so many stupid questions. Secondly, ditch the nickname; just because she doesn't socialize with low lives like you, doesn't mean she doesn't have any friends. And thirdly, we won't have to be putting up with you for long because we're leaving soon. For good." The girls and Kari all looked shocked. "And finally, do not insult beyblading. It takes skill, something you don't seem to have a lot of." Kari pulled me along into her room.

"Thank you. You didn't have to do that, but I'm glad you did," she said. Her room was tiny but neat, with only a bed, desk, bookcase, chair, dresser and night table in there. There were a few posters on the wall, trophies on top of the bookcase and a small framed family photo on the night table. Overall, it looked sort of empty.

"Hey, here are the boxes," Tala said, announcing his presence. It didn't take long to pack up Kari's belongings as she didn't seem to have a lot of useless junk, like most girls. When we were done, there were 3 suitcases full of clothes, 8 boxes of books, photos, trophies, bedding and other miscellaneous stuff and a backpack that had things of sentimental value because Kari wanted to keep that with her on the plane. Pretty soon we had hauled-or maybe I should say Tala and Kari had hauled because Kari thought I'd hurt myself-all the stuff downstairs and into a waiting cab. Kari looked sad when we left, but she assured me that she'd be okay. We took the cab to the airport and headed back to New York while Tala's heading home to Russia.

Tyson's POV

Well, we spent most of the day waiting around in the hospital to go see Max. The doctors were running about a million tests and it was taking a while. Hiro kept trying to talk to me, but I'm still mad at him. Hilary says I'm acting childish, but she doesn't understand what I'm going through. Actually, I don't understand my feeling either. When Hiro disappeared, I worried non-stop and I thought I was over the thing with BEGA, but then when Kai connected Biovolt with his attack, my brain automatically connected that to Boris and Hiro. The doctor finally arrived and told us that we could go see Max, which snapped me back to reality and out of my depressed mood.

"Hiya, Max," I said, trying to sound cheerful again. "How are you feeling?" His head was wrapped with a thick white bandage and he looked sort of pale, other than that, he looked normal.

"I'm alright, I suppose," he grinned, "At least the killer headache is gone. They gave me painkillers," he added, noticing that Daichi looked bewildered. "They make me sort of spacey, though."

"Maybe you should get some sleep," Hilary suggested.

"In a little while. Has anyone heard whether Ray, Kai, Kari and Tala got to their destinations?" Max asked.

"Kai and Kari phoned earlier and said they'd be here by midnight. I hope they'll be alright since they both haven't been eating and sleeping much lately. Tala's still on a plane, probably. What's odd is that Ray hasn't checked in. He definitely should have arrived in China by now," Hilary replied.

"Maybe he got into trouble with his mom again," Daichi suggested.

"I don't know. He and Aunt Diana go at it sometimes, but I don't think she'd have stopped him from calling," Mary Anne said.

Kai and Kari arrived that night and we all fell into an exhausted sleep. The next morning, Judy woke us up looking frantic.

"What's wrong? Is it Max?" Kenny asked.

"No, but you all should get up immediately. There's some bad news," Judy said, with tears in her eyes. We all ran into the dining room, still in our night clothes. Mary Anne was sitting in a chair, crying softly and Hiro was sitting next to her, holding and comforting her. If I weren't so worried, I might have noticed that Mary Anne was practically in Hiro's lap.

"What is it?" I asked, almost exploding with worry.

"I have bad news and worse news," Mary Anne said quietly, her eyes red rimmed. "Aunt Diana, Lizzie and Lynn were all going to pick Ray up at the airport. They and their car have disappeared and there are no signs of an accident and it doesn't look like they took much from the house with them, so the police think they were taken against their will."

"What's the worse news?" At this, Mary Anne wept harder.

"Ray, my poor little cousin; the plane he was on crashed off the coast of France. They've found some survivors, but more bodies. They haven't found Ray yet, though." After this announcement, I felt as though all the air was sucked out of my lungs. How could this have happened!

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RTC: MWHAHAHAHA! Ray torture! I hope you liked that and Max is suffering a bit too! To kill Ray or not to kill Ray; that is the question.

Tyson: So what's the answer?

RTC: Well, killing him would be fun, but then my favourite character won't be around to torture anymore. What should I do?

Ray: You kill me, you die!

RTC: How will you kill me, you'll already be dead?

Ray: I won't, but I think the reviewers will. (Smiles smugly.)

RTC: Well, still this is my fic and the reviewers love me. They wouldn't hurt me, right guys? So, there's Mary Anne's main purpose; freaking out because of this problem. Did anyone guess who she'll be paired with? (Hint: Look in the fourth last paragraph.) She'll be leaving after a few chapters, though, so if you hate the pairing, you won't have to put up with it much. Include what you think of the pairing in your review if you want, k? Oh and I'm sorry if I didn't describe Toronto very well; I just assumed it would be crowded with large buildings. I don't know much about it; all I wanted was a big city in North America for Kari to live in and New York was already taken. Bye for now!