Hello, everyone! A quick update - chapter 7!

Disclaimer : I do not own Beyblade or any of its characters (though I do own a very nice Dranzer GT and Draciels S to V2)

A Secret to Be Told

Chapter 7: Meet the Bladebreakers

Kai looked at his friends. "Explain."

Before any of them could respond, a small, peevish cry drew their attention to the small child still in Ray's arms, who seemed to have disliked the fact that nobody seemed to be paying any attention to her.

Kai stared at the child, then raised an eyebrow at Ray. "And you're holding a baby because….."

What am I supposed to say? thought Ray. Oh, this is just my daughter?

However, Hilary beat him to it. "This is Ray and Mariah's daughter, Rin!"

Kai looked at the child in astonishment for all of two seconds before his face fell back into its usual emotionless expression.

"Figures," he said. "And who's the blond?"

He once again arched an eyebrow as they exchanged looks, except Tyson, whose downright gleeful expression almost made him flinch.

"Oh, that's just Alex – short for Alexandra – the "pretty lady" Daichi helped out earlier" – he paused for dramatic effect – "and your wife."

Tyson watched with glee as the colour drained from Kai's face.

"What?!" he choked. Tyson fell to the ground and rolled about laughing. "Ahahahaha! You should see the look on your face! Even you can't believe that you're ma-married!" Tyson gasped as his stomach began hurting from laughing. Kai simply continued to stare at Tyson, who was wiping tears of mirth from his eyes as he stood up, with a look of utter disbelief on his face.

"Hey, come on guys!" said Kenny, hoping to defuse the situation before Kai's temper took a turn for the worse because of Tyson's continued laughter. "We should head back in."

Once everyone, including a still rather stunned Kai, were inside the house, Mariah took Rin from Ray and said, "Okay, so Alex and I called everyone and asked them to get here asap – Kenny, Max, Tyson and Hilary will be here soon, and so will Ray; Daichi's in his hometown, so he can only be here by tomorrow morning at the earliest. Alex is still trying to reach Kai, but he may not be able to come till later." She finished and then laughed.

"Boy, it sure is weird talking to you all about yourselves!" causing everyone else (minus Kai) to laugh as well.

Alexandra came into the room. "His secretary said the meeting will be over soon."

Kai stared at her as she sat down, taking in the details of her appearance, from her hair, complexion and eyes down to the delicate curves of her body.

"She is beautiful," he thought to himself, unable to fight back the faintest tinge of colour from his cheeks. Thankfully for him, nobody noticed.

The sound of loud crying suddenly made itself heard from somewhere upstairs. Alexandra once again got to her feet with a small sigh. "He was fast asleep just a few minutes ago…" she said, hurriedly exiting the room.

"Oh, that's right! We didn't tell you about Gou!" exclaimed Max, turning to Kai, blue eyes sparkling with excitement. "You have a kid in this time too, Kai! And he looks just like you! Isn't that cool!?"

Kai simply stared blankly at him, momentarily dumbstruck.

"Haha! I don't think I've ever seen Kai look so shocked!" laughed Tyson.

Kai's expression changed and he gave Tyson a very intimidating glare, and he was about to chew him out when the door was thrown open and a tall, lithe young man dressed in Chinese style clothing with very long black hair pulled back in a dark blue wrap and golden eyes walked in. He cast his gaze over the room, which seemed to have been momentarily stunned into silence, before giving a lopsided smile that exposed the tips of his sharp canines. "Well, it certainly looks like I missed quite a bit."

"RAY!?" The teenagers collectively burst out, while Mariah gave a tiny squeal of delight and strode over to give him a quick peck on the lips. They all stared at the grown up version of Ray, who was once again looking at them - a tiny frown now on his face - and the teenage Ray, who was looking slightly flustered by Mariah's little PDA.

"So, about what happened…..you guys mind telling me the details?"

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"So, let me get this straight….an ancient stone tablet somehow transported you six years ahead of your time?" questioned Ray, after the teens recounted the day's events to him (Alex had joined them soon after as well after attending to Gou, and greeted Ray warmly). "And Kenny," he turned to the bespectacled boy. "You found that there were some energy signals similar to that produced by bit-beasts emanating from the stone?"

"Yes, that's right," confirmed Kenny. "I'm trying to process the data by running it through some programs on my computer, but I'm not sure if I can get any satisfactory explanation…."

"I'm sure yourself and Max – the ones from our timeline, I mean – can help you out on that front. They have some highly advanced computers at the BBA research facility."

"Wait – Chief and I work with the BBA!?" asked Max, his eyes wide with curiosity and astonishment.

"Yup," said Ray, smiling. "Doing a great job too – beyblading technology is progressing at an enormously rapid pace these days!"

"Wow! That's amazing!" exclaimed Kenny, excitement and delight written all across his features. He had always wanted to work at a BBA tech laboratory.

"Wicked cool!" agreed Max, looking just as excited as Kenny.

At that precise moment, the door was pushed open once again and four people entered – a cheerful and energetic looking blond young man, a shorter, bespectacled man with a thin goatee, a well-built and tall man with his navy blue hair styled in a longish mullet and a young lady with choppy, shoulder length brown hair.

"Hi, everyone!" greeted Mariah excitedly, running up to hug the brunette.

"Good to see you all again!" said Ray with a grin, going around and warmly embracing all of them.

"Glad everyone could make it," smiled Alex.

"No-no way..." mumbled Tyson as he gaped at their future selves.

Seven chapters done! Woohoo! ...And a large number still left to go. Heh.

An apology for the long introductions...some of which are still to be made(sweatdrops). Thank you for your patience!

Also, I realise that up to now Alex has been coming off as a much dreaded typical 'first-timer OC' girl, but some of her personality defects will be revealed later on in the story - so not to worry! She won't be a Little Miss Perfect!

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