Takao shivered a bit when the wind whipped him. He growled under his breath about how badly he's being 'taken cared of' and hopes his 'kidnapper' heard. Well Takao thinks this guy is a kidnapper; his wrists are tied together behind his back and he's staring down at the city from a very high place. And sitting on his legs for a good hour wasn't really comfortable and he's freezing.

"20 Faces won't come…" Takao added in his normal volume. Takao couldn't believe he got into his mess. He could've sworn that was 20 Faces on his balcony, HIS 20 Faces. Only to open the doors and find the very imposter that almost succeeded in framing 20 Faces (if it wasn't for the help of the BBA School Detectives). Now he's being held hostage until the real 20 Faces shows up.

"How could I have mistaken Rei for this…guy, that doesn't even look like him!" Takao thought with an anime vein as he turned his head to look at the fraud again. His costume was identical to the original 20 Faces but a black cloth covered most of his face and his hair making it hard to recognize who this guy was if Takao even knew who this guy is. The taller man noticed Takao's glare.

"What makes you think he won't come?"

"Because! Because…we broke up! He's not going to be coming for me and he never will! He knows I don't want to see him again and I don't know what kind of idiot would come for me knowing that!" Takao shouted at him as he tries to move.

"He won't come…" Takao said in a whisper, "He won't come for me…even if he did; it's most likely because Nii-Chan threatened him…"

"So let me get this straight. Is it you think he won't come or you don't want him to come?"

Takao hesitated before answering,

"…Both."

The fake thief glanced behind him. He got up and roughly pulled Takao to his feet by his arm.

"Hey! No need to be so rough you jerk!" Takao snapped at him.

"I apologize; it's just that it's show time."

"What?" Takao blinked a couple of times in confusion but then felt a familiar presence.

"Rei…"

Something was just thrown at them and Takao was roughly pulled aside by his kidnapper as he dodged the sharp rose that was thrown at them (well just the fake thief to be exact).

(Ignore this but I just have to say: Tuxedo Mask! I'm sorry, everyone knows that a red rose being thrown just makes you think of Tuxedo Mask right off the top of your head)

"Let. Him. Go," came 20 Faces' voice, nearly demanding it.

"Told you he'd come."

"Shut up! My Nii-Chan was probably the reason behind it!" Takao tried struggling again but with no luck.

Max was snuggled up in back of the limo, asleep…with his teddy bear. Kai reached in and shook Max,

"Max! Come on! Wake up!"

Max only frowned and curled his body up even more. Kai groaned and snatched Teddy from Max. Max immediately sat up,

"Give it back to me!" Max cried.

"Get out of the limo," Kai ordered and Max nearly leapt out and held his hands out for Kai to return his bear to him which Kai did and Max hugged it tightly before following Kai.

"What's going on, Kai?" Max asked while trailing Kai who's making his way into a building and then into the elevator,

"Weren't you listening when I called? Takao's assumed to be kidnapped an-"

"KIDNAPPED?" Max exclaimed,

"Yes, and Rei's going after him," Kai explained.

"What are we supposed to do then?!" Max exclaimed in worry and fear.

"We're going to help," Kai replied,

"How?! We're in an elevator and I'm not even sure where we're going!"

"Calm down, Max! You're giving me a headache!" Kai snapped.

"…"

"Why in the world did Rei come?! I thought I specified that I didn't want anything to do with him anymore! It's not like this guy is really going to do anything to me," Takao thought as he watches the stare down between 2 thieves.

"I'm glad you came, 20 Faces. It seems that this boy really does have some importance to you…"

"Great, 20 Faces is here, so let me go!" Takao demanded but he was only held onto tighter,

"Not yet…Anyway, 20 Faces, I assume you know what I want from you. Because you know what'll happen to the youngest son of the Kinomiya family is you don't show the world who you really are! Take off that mask of yours and show the world just who is the most wanted criminal in all of Japan!"

"What?! That's what you wanted him to do?!" Takao exclaimed and struggled some more, "That's completely unfair to him! 20 Faces! Don't do it! It's not like he's actually going to do something to me!"

20 Faces lightly bit his lip as looked between the two people in front of him.

"Usually, I'd just rush in and get it over with. But something's bugging me…like Takao doesn't even look like he's desperate to be saved. Or is it something else?"

Takao was quickly pushed to the edge and Takao lets out a cry,

"Takao!"

Takao had his eyes shut, thinking he was about to go over; but he only being hung there for a short time before being pulled back again.

"You know I'm being serious now, right?"

Takao was breathing heavily, that nearly scared him to death. 20 Faces lets out a sigh of relief,

"Yes…but let him go, please," said 20 Faces. Takao couldn't believe what he was hearing. Was 20 Faces really going to go through with this?

"You're an idiot! Why would you give in so easily?!" Takao thought angrily. Takao felt his shirt being grabbed,

"Oh no, I'm not letting him go yet. I know what you're thinking: Never trust the 'villain' in these situations. But I assure you, I'll keep my word. Kinomiya-San can go free as soon as you keep your end of the deal. You're a mastermind criminal, I'm sorry to say that I can't trust you're word…"

"Yeah? Well I don't trust either of you two. Why don't I get a say in this? But I can't just stand here and let this all happen!" Takao glanced down and then quickly bit the hand that was holding him by the shirt. In a flash, Takao was finally released from his grip. 20 Races rushed forward and quickly grabbed Takao and pulled him along as 20 Faces leapt off Takao Tower. Takao lets out a horrifying scream,

"ARE YOU CRAZY?!" he shouted. 20 Faces kept his grip on Takao and held him close,

"Trust me…"

20 Faces reached for his belt and took out something. He reached into the air and shot a grappling hook.

"Hang on," whispered 20 Faces in Takao's ear.

"How?! I can't move my hands!" Takao reminded.

20 Faces lightly sweatdrops.

"Sorry…"

The hook latched itself onto Tokyo Tower and 20 Faces used the tower itself to give him a boost in his swing and he swung them both onto the next tallest building where Kai and Max were waiting.

"This is going to hurt isn't it?" Max asked but Kai didn't bother to reply as he got ready to catch Rei and Max shuts his eyes waiting for the impact he was going to get.

The four all hit the ground at once.

"Rei? You alright?" Kai asked as 20 Faces shook his head to see straight again.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Takao? Takao!" 20 Faces stood up and went over to Takao to and helped him sit up.

"Ooh…so no one cares about me?" Max almost whimpered. Kai walked over and helped Max up and handed him his teddy that was on the floor earlier. Max smiled and hugged his bear tightly.

20 Faces took out a blade and cuts the rope around Takao's wrists.

"Takao, are you alright?" 20 Faces asked worriedly. Takao rubbed his wrists,

"Yeah, I'm fine. But who asked you to come?!" Takao demanded,

"Uh…w-well…I-uh, wanted to come," 20 Faces stuttered. Takao saw through his lie and stood up,

"You came because everyone told you to! That's why right?!"

"Whoa, calm down, Takao. He just saved your life," said Max.

"Don't give me that! Do you honestly think he was really going to hurt me?! And I thought I made it clear back at the school that I don't want anything to do with you, didn't I, 20 Faces?!" Takao shouted. 20 Faces stood up,

"Takao, please, listen. I…I didn't mean-" Rei was cut off when some metal things landed on the roof they were on. 20 Faces' natural reaction made him grab Takao and cover him with his cape.

Smoke exploded from the metal containers. Kai grabbed a hold of Max and pulled him away, towards the door on the roof.

"I thought I paid Rei to protect me not Kinomiya…" Kai thought as he helped Max get away from the smoke.

"This isn't over 20 Faces!"

20 Faces felt the presence behind him. He quickly shoved Takao and pulled out his cane and turned around in time to block the blade that could've sliced him if he wasn't prepared. But 20 Faces was overpowered and he hit the ground on his back.

"Why do you hate me? I didn't do anything to you!" said 20 Faces as he continued to hold back his attacker.

"No, you didn't. But the previous thief did!"

"That has nothing to do with me!"

"Yes it does! You're 20 Faces! Whether you're the previous one or the current one!"

20 Faces knocked the blade back and grabbed a hold the body in front of him and flipped it back. Using the same momentum, he flipped himself up.

"I don't know what happened but that's no excuse to bring somebody else such as Takao into this! Takao had nothing to do with any of this! I can't believe you dared bring in an innocent person to your mess!" 20 Faces raised his cane but the imposter thief swung his legs against 20 Faces; causing him to lose his balance and hit the ground.

"He called Kinomiya-San by his first name…"

Takao was sitting in the corner, unsure of what to do. He was actually scared. This guy had a blade with him the whole time? Just who was this person?

Takao snapped out of his thought when he heard his name being called. He looked over to see Max waving him over to the door. Takao leapt to his feat and headed for Max.

Before Takao could reach Max, he was grabbed really roughly and both his hands were grabbed and held together again but this time, he felt something think and cold against his neck.

"Oh god…" Takao lightly whimpered.

"Takao!" Max and 20 Faces exclaimed.

"Oh great, Hitoshi-San's going to kill me if I don't save Takao…" Kai thought when he saw what happened.

"Okay, I guess you are serious…" said Takao and gulped. He was extremely nervous feeling a knife right against his neck.

20 Faces didn't move, he didn't want to risk anything.

"Justice always prevails, 20 Faces. And your time is up! I'm not afraid to push my own limits just to see you go down!"

Takao clenched his teeth and tried to hold in a cry as the blade presses against his neck and blood tinkles down his throat.

"STOP!" 20 Faces shrieked, "PLEASE STOP! Don't hurt him!"

"Nii-Chan…" Takao whimpered, "Help me, Nii-Chan…"

20 Faces felt pain in his heart, not just because he's seeing this happening.

"Takao…he's not calling for me?"

"Nii-Chan…"

20 Faces looked down,

"Do you truly dislike me that much, Takao? Do you not realize that I'm even here? Here for you?"

20 Faces gave in, he didn't know where Hitoshi was, and he couldn't get him anyway.

His hands slowly reached for the back of his head to find the knot.

Takao blinked twice when he saw what 20 Faces was doing,

"What are you doing, Rei?!"

The mask was double knotted; the first knot was untied.

Takao was afraid to speak with a sharp object against his neck. But he wanted to scream in protest!

20 Faces was about to finish undoing the final knot.

"GO SHOOT!"

A beyblade knocked the knife out of its owner's hands and away from Takao by being shot at it from behind them. 20 Faces stopped what he was doing. The beyblade returned to its owners hands.

"I'm not going to just stand here and let this happen. And besides, as part of the Hiwatari family I'm supposed to the help the Kinomiya family if they're in need and vice versa. So take your grubby hands off of him!" Kai demanded.

"At least he didn't call Takao a mean name," Max thought as he stepped out with his own beyblade ready in hand.

20 Faces knotted his mask back on once and quickly broke into a run and picked up his cane on the way and didn't hesitate to use it and hits Takao's holder against the back of his head.

"Ow…that must've hurt," said Max as he watches the body to hit the floor.

"That wasn't exactly smart. 20 Faces could get into bigger trouble if he killed the guy," said Kai and was digging around the plants that were planted on the roof.

"Just what are you doing Kai?" Max asked with a sweatdrop.

"Don't you think it's strange that he wanted 'to show the whole world' 20 Faces' true identity when we're the only ones up here?" Kai asked and pulled out wires, "See? Cameras. He probably had these planted on most of these rooftop building as well as Tokyo Tower."

"Wow Kai! I've forgotten how smart you were after we shut down the BBA School Detectives!" said Max as he clapped.

"What's that supposed to mean…" Kai asked with an anime vein.

This is Max. It's been a while since I last wrote in my detective journal. After the mysterious guy was knocked out by Rei, Kai pulled off everything that was covering his head and we were all surprised and shocked by who it was. Well, everyone but Kai that is, I swear, that guy knows almost everything there is to know.

It was no other than our special visitor, Wolfgang! Apparently he was no fan of 20 Faces. Speaking of which, 20 Faces quickly left the scene after he handed Takao to Hitoshi-San who was waiting for them.

Takao was crying into his brother's shirt as Hitoshi held Takao close.

"It's alright now, Taka. We're you scared?"

Takao nodded.

"It's going to be okay now, don't worry. No one's going to hurt you now…"

The police and ambulance quickly arrived so we understood 20 Faces' hurry to leave. Both Takao and Wolfgang had to go to the hospital for a little checking up. Both of them were fine. Takao got bandaged up and Wolfgang has a large bump at the back of his head. That's basically how bad it was, really. I didn't stick around the 'case' to find out Wolfgang's reasons for his actions. All I know was that he's an orphan, his parents died in a fire. Coincidentally, the fire started after 20 Faces' visit at his place. Though it was never proven whether it was truly 20 Faces' fault or not. But I do know for a fact that it wasn't the current 20 Faces' that did it since that was years ago. Either way, this is what revenge does: nothing. I'm not sure what happened to Wolfgang but I do know that Takao had a talk with him. Takao's so nice, he didn't even look angry when he said he wanted to speak with Wolfgang. I wonder what did happen to Wolfgang though; I hope it was nothing too bad; he seemed like a nice guy.

It's been a few days since the incident but not everything's been going well. Takao came back to school after a couple of days though. Takao quickly became popular though, especially with the girls. The news quickly covered the story of what happened: Youngest son of the Kinomiya family was kidnapped tonight! That's basically what the headline looked like on the newspaper.

"It was bound to happen!"

"Yes it was!"

"Kidnapping the best beyblader on campus and all of Japan!"

"What a horrible thing to do!"

"Oh yes!"

"Takao-Kun, are you still hurt?"

"Uh…" Takao felt his neck, "I'm going to be okay I guess…"

"Oh you poor thing!"

"We're you scared, Takao-Kun?"

"Well…yes," Takao admitted.

"You must've been horrified!"

"Poor Takao-Kun!

"I heard the kidnapper had a sword too!"

"What? Oh Takao-Kun, are you injured anywhere else?"

"Well…" Takao wasn't used to this kind of attention. Sure he got attention as well as a reputation of being the best blader in all of Japan and the world as well for that matter, but never has he gotten this kind of attention! Takao was sitting at his desk and he was surrounded by girls.

"Uh! Excuse me! One of his best friends would like to come through!" came Mystel's voice.

"Pardon me!" Ming Ming pushed her way through with Mystel following.

"Takao! I heard what happened! Are you alright?" Mystel asked and Takao simply nodded.

"No need to be so brace, Takao! You can admit if you're not!" said Ming Ming.

"Brooklyn said he's worried and would like you to go see him some time. The whole school knows what happened you know," Mystel added.

"Are you serious?" Takao asked,

"Yeah! Hiromi-Chan said she'll make you lunch sometime this week!" said Ming Ming,

"Kyoujyu-Kun said he's going to stop by your place for a visit," Mystel also added.

"I see…" Takao groaned, this is going to be a long week.

"Hey Kai! When's your next date with Kaida?" Max asked cheerfully one morning. Kai flinched,

"Why do you care?" he asked with a hint of anger in his voice.

"I was just wondering! Because you know how Rei's been acting recently? Well maybe all he needs is a date with Takao and I thought maybe they should do a double date with you and Kaida! Isn't that a great idea?!"

"…No!"

"Wha?! But Kaaaiiiii!"

"Max, you're missing the point. How do you know Rei and that dope wants to go on a date in the first place?" Kai pointed out.

"Uh…"

"See? Whatever's going on in Rei's head, he needs to learn to confront whatever the cause of it is or confront us for help," said Kai and sipped his tea.

"Awe…but I wanted to see a double date…" said Max,

"Get a girlfriend and you can be in one!"

"You think it's so easy?!"

"You have plenty of fan girls, Max!"

"Hey Takao! Don't strain yourself! You're still injured!" Mystel warned as he watches Takao warm up for kendo.

"I'm fine, Mystel. I feel a lot better than before, really," said Takao.

"It's not just that. I don't want you to stress yourself out after what happened," said Mystel worriedly.

"Actually…I feel fine," said Takao as he stretches his body a bit.

"…What about Rei?" Mystel asked.

"What about him?"

"What do you mean 'what about him?'? You know what I'm asking!"

"Actually…I'm not."

"Takao, what happened to your relationship with Rei?"

"I'm not sure...but it's fine now. I feel kind of good," said Takao and picked up his kendo sword (I forgot what the name of it is okay?),

"Takao, did that incident fry your brain or something? How could you take this so lightly?! One moment, you're upset over your break-up with Rei and now you're fine with it?!"

"Well, I can move on, can't I?"

"Well, yeah, but…"

"But what? Mystel, I'm fine, I promise you I'm okay."

"Oh alright…"

Takao put on some of his equipment for protection. While doing that, Mystel looked over by the windows and balcony of the gym they're in. A lot of girls were here today.

"Takao has no idea how popular he is now…" Mystel thought with a sweatdrop.

"I'll talk to you in a bit, Mystel, okay?"

Mystel sighed,

"I thought Rei was the one that broke up the relationship, not the other way around…" Mystel thought as he watches Takao practice with other members of the kendo club.

After Takao's practice ended, the two walked home together.

"So you're saying I'm taking this too lightly?" Takao asked Mystel.

"Kind of, don't you feel any sympathy for Rei at all?"

"He's the one that broke up with me, why should I?"

"That's not the point, Takao. I'm worried about Rei, he's not acting himself. He seems so depressed since what happened at Tokyo Tower. And I was worried about you too but you seem to fine with it, are you sure-"

"Yes, Mystel, I'm sure! I'm fine and I'm okay with being single…again. Boy, being single sucks…"

"You're missing my point Takao. Can you please talk to Rei?"

"No! Do you know how awkward that would be?"

"No, but Rei is my friend and even if he's not your boyfriend anymore, isn't he still your friend?" Mystel pointed out, "Takao?"

Mystel realized that Takao wasn't even listening.

"Should I talk to Kaida? She ended up with Kai without even lifting a finger…"

"Takao…you're not listening to me…"

Rei sighed for the fifth time this past two minutes.

"Rei, stop sighing so much, you're going to drive me crazy…" said Kai and you can hear the patience being lost by the tone of his voice. Kai was sitting in Max's desk writing some daily notes out as Rei cleans the office with a broom. Since it was after school, Max already left.

"I'm sorry, Kai…it's just that…never mind…"

"I've never seen Rei this miserable since the last time he had a relationship problem with Takao. That was back in Junior High I believe…" Kai thought as he watches Rei stand in one stop and just randomly sweep the floor.

BBA School Library:

A long black-haired girl was scanning the shelf of manga.

"Hmm…great! No one's returned the next volume!"

The girl glanced at the clock on the wall,

"Oh, it's time to meet up with Kai."

She picked up her school bag and headed for the door.

"Hey! Do you believe those rumors that Rei-San is homosexual and he has a boyfriend?"

The girl stopped when she heard Rei's name.

"I don't believe it, otherwise, we'd see him with a boy and the only boy he spends time with the most is Kai-Sama!"

"But Kai-Sama already has someone! And that's a fact!"

"I believe the rumor! But recently, Rei-San looks down…"

"That's what I wanted to talk about! I heard that he and his boyfriend broke up!"

"Really?!"

"Yeah! And you know what else? This girl, she's a transfer student named Tek, she says she knows who Rei-San's boyfriend, I mean, ex-boyfriend is!"

"Tek…? Oh no…it better not be the Tek I know…"

"No! Who is it?! Did she tell you?!"

"You won't believe this! According to her, it's that Kinomiya boy that was kidnapped some time ago! Takao Kinomiya-San!"

The other girls gasped.

"No way!"

"I can't believe it!"

"Well that actually explains a lot!"

"It does?"

"Yeah!"

The group of girls carried on with their conversation and gossip.

"…That was definitely the Tek I know. Only she can do the impossible and make things worse while she's at it…"

"HI KAIDA!" a blonde girl leapt into sight giving the other girl a heart attack.

"Geez! Tek! This is a library!" Kaida scolded. Tek only grinned,

"I'm sorry, I'm just so happy to see you!" she squealed and jumped-hugged Kaida.

"Um…nice to see you too. So you weren't kidding when you said you were transferring here?"

"Nope! I meant it!"

Kaida dragged Tek out of the library and headed for the office where Kai was. Tek decided to tag along with her old friend.

"So Tek, how did you find you about the relationship between Rei and Takao?" Kaida asked,

"Huh? Oh that rumor? I just spread it so I can have that hot and sexy beyblading champion to myself!" Tek grinned and then squealed in delight. Kaida stopped walking and turned to Tek.

"You're saying…you made that up?"

"Yup!"

Kaida gave Tek a weird glare

"…Tek…those rumors you just spread…are true."

"...WWHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?!?!?!"

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"Did you hear something?" Kai asked but Rei was too busy moping around the room to even hear Kai's question.

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"What? No! It can't be true! NNOOOOOO! Takao-San can't be gay! He can't!!!!" Tek cried and fell to her knees.

"Come now, Tek, he could be Bi. And he is single at the moment," said Kaida and pulled Tek to her feet.

"I can't believe it! My dreams are crushed!"

"She's still the Tek I knew…"

Tek was crying and whining the whole way while following Kaida.

Kaida knocked on the door.

Kai looked up from his work and got up to get the door since Rei doesn't seem to be in the mood to do anything.

Kai opened the door and Kaida smiled at him,

"Hi Kai," she greeted.

"Hey…" he noticed the blonde girl who was going on and on…and on about something.

"Who's she?"

"That transfer student from America. I just told her that Takao, her big crush, was gay," Kaida explained.

"I see…" Kai gave Tek a strange look as she continued to mourn over her loss.

Kaida took Tek with her inside the office.

"Hey Rei, how are you doing?" Kaida asked and Rei looked up from the floor,

"I'm fine, just fine," Rei replied.

"You know…if you're so upset over Takao, maybe you should actually talk to him?" Kaida advised,

"I don't know…it's just that, well…"

"Rei, just talk to that dobe and figure out the problem and get it over it!" Kai was more straight to the point than Kaida.

"It's as easy you know!" Rei snapped back,

"Rei's right, Kai. In general, men aren't that good at sharing feelings. You of all people should know what that's like," said Kaida and Kai kept silent.

"Kaida…"

"Yes, Rei?"

"Did you and Kai ever fight?"

"Well…" Kaida glanced at Kai who turned his back to them.

"Yes, we have. A lot of times actually. Over the most stupid things too. Our problem is that we don't tend to agree on something. But we work it out," Kaida explained.

"Really? That simple?"

"Well no. It's not that easy. Especially in the beginning of our relationship. But one thing is true; you must talk to Takao about your problems. The longer you wait, the harder it will be. Especially if you still have feelings for him because the longer you wait, the chances of Takao getting another lover will increase."

Rei almost flinched upon hearing that. But that also got him motivated.

"Alright, I'll talk to him, thanks Kaida," said Rei and finally, smiled again.

Tek's ears perked up. She jumped onto a chair,

"So I see! The Love Cat is in the dumps! Now that he's been inspired by my friend, Kaida, I will now cheer him on! Oh Love Cat! Your story is so inspiring! I could just feel your love for Takao-San! I don't need to know the whole story so no need to explain anything! Just go get him Tiger!"

Rei and Kaida sweatdrops.

"D-Did she just call me 'Love Cat'?" Rei asked.

"I'm sorry, she gets excited with romance and couple problems…" Kaida apologized.

"Just who is she?" Rei asked and was kind of afraid to know.

"She's a friend of mine. Apparently she must've gotten really bored if she decided to come to BBA School," said Kaida.

"Oh! Speaking of which!" Tek jumped off the seat and went to Kai who was busy working again.

"You! You're Kaida's boyfriend aren't you?!"

"Why do you care?" Kai asked,

"Hmm…yes! Kaida! You picked a perfect boyfriend! You two are opposite enough and similar enough to be together! That's perfect! Kaida! You are such a lucky dog! To snatch someone as good looking as Love Dove here!"

Rei and Kaida lightly giggled,

"Did she just call him…?" Rei didn't even need to finish.

Kai grew a large anime vein.

"What. Did. You. Call. Me?!"

Kai stood up and gave Tek his best death glare.

"Ooh, feisty, yup, Love-Dove's definitely your type, Kaida," said Tek who was now officially the first person to withstand Kai's death glare.

Kai's anime vein grew larger.

He reached over to Tek and grabbed her.

"This isn't going to be pretty…" said Kaida and she and Rei quickly left the office.

Takao happily ate Brooklyn's cookies.

"You seem a lot happier, Taka-Chan," said Brooklyn.

"I think I am," said Takao and took another piece.

"Are you sure you're not just denying it?"

"Denying what?"

"Never mind…"

Brooklyn watches Takao eat and drink his milk.

"You sure you're alright? I still can't believe what happened," said Brooklyn worriedly.

"I'm fine, Brooklyn, really."

"So…are you and him officially not together anymore?" Brooklyn asked.

"I guess so…"

"Good! Because you seem happier already!" said Brooklyn with a smile.

"Hmm…I guess so," said Takao and just finished Brooklyn's plate of cookies.

Notes:

-Grapping hook and blade: As a thief, don't you think he'd have some equipment besides his noggin and cane?

-Max's teddy: Max is adorable; I can easily imagine a high school Max having a teddy bear. Plus, I was influenced by it b/c I just finished an Ouran High School Host Club amv(it's to celebrate the last day of school!) and one of the main characters has a teddy bear but the cute character has a bunny and he's 17!

-"Go Shoot!": "Let it Rip!" The Japanese say 'Go shoot' but the English say 'Let it rip.'

-I guess we can say that they closed down the BBA School Detectives when they entered High School. That is, until Takao asked for a favor last chapter.

-Yeah…Max is still single

-Kaida became Kai's girlfriend in "BBA School Detectives" which took place back in Junior High. Now that I think about it. Rei and Takao got together first before Kai and Kaida did.

-Tek appears in my other beyblading stories. She's the 'matchmaker' of the group as well as the only other person besides Takao that can live through Kai's beatings. Her real name is Kira.

-Kaida said "In general" she's not being a stereotype.

-Love Cat and Love Dove dates back to my other beyblade stories (also my firsts). That's pretty much how she makes fun of them without trying.

Next:

Tek and Max have joined forces to help bring Rei and Takao back together!

But Kai won't let that happen so long as he's around (knowing that the 2 might make things worse).

Rei on the other hand, finally puts on his costume and confronts Takao.

Takao, unfortunately, meant what he said when he said he didn't want to see the thief again.

Heartbroken, Rei…gives up.

But when Takao's friend from France, Olivier, comes by for a visit, which might turn into a stay, Rei gets his motivation back because he refuses let Takao be swoon and taken away that easily! Especially if his new rival is just as good as a chief as he is!

Please R and R! And yes, Tek will play somewhat of a part besides comic relief. And wow! This is probably another one of my long chapters in Beyblade!