Ruby: Ahhhhh!!! I'm back!!!!!! I'm so sorry!!! It's been so long! My computer still has that stupid virus, so I can't write. I have to sneak into the first compy available to update... Well, I have to admit, I can't believe the appreciation this fic had received. It's nowhere near good enough to even start to compete against my first fic... But you guys are so great!!!!!!!! LUV YA LOTS!!!!!!!!

Kai: Ruby, hurry up! What you made me do is killing me! T-T I broke Ray's heart... I can't stand it.

Ruby: Don't worry, big brother. I'm gonna give you a chance to make things better right now.

Kai: What do you mean "give me a chance"? You're SUPPOSED to make me make things better, dammit!! (death-glares at Ruby)

Tala: Oh, quit your whining, you big baby! Jeez... to think you're my partner during the tournament.

Ruby: O-O Tala? TALA?! Yuu-chan?!!! OMG!!!!!! (starry-eyed)

Kai: What're YOU so excited about? (growls)

Ruby: Oh, it's been such a LONG time!!! I haven't seen you in, like, forever! (glomps Tala)

Tala: Yeah, well, at least you were thinking about me. I see you added me in the last chapter. But I have just one question.

Ruby: Yeah?

Tala: Why didn't you let me knock some sense into your brother last chapter? (cracks knuckles to make a point)

Ruby: Because you're so wonderful, you didn't make him more upset than what he already was! (Tala: (blushes while rubbing the back of his head sheepishly)

Kai: Just get on with it...

Ruby: Ok, OK! Yuu-chan, would you do the disclaimer for me?

Tala: (smirks) Sure. (clears throat, then in sexy announcer's voice) Ruby Hiwatari, a.k.a. Neko Phoenix Girl doesn't own Beyblade or any of its characters, except herself, her beyblade and her bit-beast. She just borrows them to write fanfiction, and to torment her brother by not hurrying up and writing this chapter, which by the way, will be the last of this ficcy. (normal voice) How was that?

Ruby: Excellent! Well, up to the last chapter of "Confused Emotions"! 3...2...1...Let It Rip!!!!

Confused Emotions – Final Act: Sea of Forgiveness

Kai's eyes widened at the sight presenting itself before him. Standing right at the beach's shore, was a complete angel in all his absolute glory. There was the gorgeous Chinese boy of his dreams and nightmares, wearing a traditional long black Chinese suit over equally dark pants, with black wristbands to add to the effect. The dark outfit was formfitting, so the neko-jin's heavenly slim body shape showed right through. His raven bangs tossed freely in the cool nighttime breeze, relieved from the regular Yin-Yang headband; his ebony tresses were tied back loosely in a low ponytail by a black band. The angel looked sad, his heartrending golden gaze fixated upon the horizon, lost in the foamy waves that lapped the fine sand over and over again. Upon watching this sight, Kai managed to choke out a single word.

"R-Ray?"

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I... I can't believe this... Please tell me I'm not dreaming... Tell me this isn't just a cruel illusion played upon me by my mind... Tell me this is real...

"Follow your heart, Kai."

Tala's words resounded in my head, finally making sense to me. I had to follow my heart, let it guide me... to reach my purpose. I had followed my heart, and it had led me... to Ray. I fixed my gaze upon him once more. He looked beautiful... absolutely breath-taking... He is a gifted being. Gifted in all ways. He is beautiful... both in the exterior and the interior. He is honorable, courageous, brave, loyal, strong, and not afraid to stand up for what he believed was right. He is also honest, generous, sensible... but above all... sensitive. A wave of guilt crashed on me once more. It was because he was sensitive that this had affected him so much. He had given me his heart... ME. Nobody else. Not Mariah, not Lee, me. And what had I done? Crushed it between my fingers so easily, grinding it to pieces, destroying it completely. All without emitting a single word. And... to think I say that I love him... If this is what I do to someone I've loved for over three years, then I wouldn't like to think how I'd be with someone who I hate.

I took in a deep breath. How could I just walk over to him after just ripping his heart out? What if Ray hated me? What if he had moved on? What if he had decided to forget? Serves me right, for being such a sadistic bastard.

"But, I have to give it a try. This is a chance for me to make things right. This is a chance for me to tell him. Even if he hates me, even if he doesn't want to have anything to do with me, I'll be able to rest peacefully knowing that he knows the truth." I spoke more to myself than to anybody else.

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With this heart-led resolution, Kai quietly made his way through the sandy beach, until he stood right behind Ray. Feeling a familiar presence looming over him, Ray snapped out of his seemingly deep trance. Turning around to face the disruptor of his pondering, he gasped lightly with quivery eyes as he saw who it was.

"K-Kai!" he stuttered clumsily, backing away from the handsome Russian youth until he stood at the frontier where the sand met the waves, which were crashing more strongly than before. Kai took a step forward, trying to minimize the space between himself and the Chinese tiger.

"Ray." Was all the phoenix said, perfect crimson eyes boring into the beautiful neko-jin before him.

"Wh-what is he doing here?" Ray thought, his heart hammering wildly in his chest. Hadn't he hurt him enough? Why the hell was he here? Why won't he let me forget? Those and many questions invaded his train of thought as his gaze lowered to look away from those burning, searching ruby-red orbs.

The neko started moving away, his molten golden gaze fixated on the sand under his feet. Kai wouldn't have it, so he immediately stopped the raven-haired beauty by clamping his hand around the other's wrist. "Wait, Ray." He begged. But at that, shiny glimmering tears started to form in Ray's eyes.

"Please, let me go." He pleaded, the tears now rolling softly down his sun-kissed cheeks. This startled the phoenix boy. The tiger was breaking down in front of him. But his hand wouldn't release Ray's wrist. "I said, please let go!" Ray cried out, louder this time, struggling to escape from Kai's grasp. Every minute, every second he was spending there, standing near Kai, just wounded him more and more. But Kai tightened his grip on the stricken tiger.

"Ray... Ray! Please! Listen to me!" Kai supplicated, but Ray finally managed to wriggle himself out of the Russian's grip, running away from those deep scarlet eyes. "Wait, Ray! Come back!"

Kai then chased after the neko-jin, refusing to let him go. He was trying to keep the neko in sight, but it proved to be quite the difficult task. It was obvious the Chinese Driger master, with his lithe and graceful yet toned build, had a noticeable speed advantage over the Dranzer wielder.

"Why? Why? Why won't you just let me be? Why won't you leave me alone?"

These were Ray's thoughts as he sprinted across the beach, his tears blinding his already clouded vision as he looked for somewhere to hide. Finally, at the rocky end of the shore, he saw stood an old abandoned lighthouse. Out of breath, Ray leaned on the door, gasping for air. He looked behind him, only to make sure Kai wasn't in sight, before pushing the heavy creaky door that allowed him entrance into the run-down building.

Ray came face to face with a dark winding stairway. He gulped. It was dark and sinister-looking, somewhere he obviously wouldn't go under normal circumstances. But right now he was willing to go anywhere as long as it was away from Kai. Gathering up his courage and resolution, Ray ran up the stairway until he could no more. His side hurting from running so much, he finally made it to the top of the lighthouse. He then leaned against the cold brick wall, breathing harshly, before slowly slumping down the wall until he was a miserable weeping pile on the floor, hugging his knees close to his body. His beautiful eyes were waterlogged and blood-shot, his soft cheeks were tear-streaked... his heart was broken and his mind and emotions were confused. Could it possibly get any worse?

"Ray?" came a soft voice from behind him.

Apparently, yes.

"Ray, please, listen to me." Kai said gently as he finished the last three steps that distanced him from Ray. He walked over to Ray and knelt down before him. The wounded tiger ignored him and buried his face in his arms. "Ray." The phoenix repeated firmly, taking said teen gently by the chin, looking inside the drenched eyes of the one he loved the most. But the neko-jin reluctantly turned his head away, as the tears once more started streaming down his cheeks.

"Just... go away, okay? Just let me be. Just get out of my life for good. Do you have any idea what I've suffered because of you?" the crying neko sobbed, while Kai's eyes widened with every sentence. He should've known. It wasn't everyday that Ray declared his love for somebody, only to have that somebody cruelly stomp all over his heart just because said person couldn't recognize a good thing when it was in front of his face.

With quivery eyes and clenching his teeth, Kai looked to the side full of shame.

"Y-you're right." He said slowly, causing the Chinese beauty to look at him questioningly. "After all I've done... you deserve your peace." He then slowly started walking away, leaving Ray hugging his knees close, still sobbing. Kai soon disappeared from view. But... his voice broke the still nighttime silence one more time. It was almost a whisper, only loud enough for the neko's sharp hearing to understand.

"I'm sorry for hurting you, Ray. I never meant to... I was just... too stupid for my own good. It took me losing you to realize that."

"W-what?" Ray thought, his eyes shooting wide open. For some strange reason, his heart was about to beat right out of his chest. But, why?

"Goodbye Ray. I..." Kai hesitated, but finished. "I love you."

Ray's eyes widened when he heard those words, and he quickly got to his feet. He literally flew down the creepy flight of stairs, and was shaking so much that he couldn't summon the strength to pull open the heavy lighthouse door.

"Oh, stupid thing, open! Come on!" he cried desperately, until with one last desperate tug, the door flew open, causing Ray to stumble backwards. He quickly got up again, and slipped through the door just before the door shut again.

"Kai?" he said as he stood outside the lighthouse, expecting to see Kai around, but there was nobody there. "Kai... Kai?" he whimpered, looking madly around him, hoping to catch a glimpse of the phoenix. But he was nowhere to be found.

"Kai..." Ray let himself fall to his knees. "Why... why did you do it again? My poor heart can't take anymore." He wept, oblivious to the crimson gaze fixated on him. Kai was watching him from the other side of the lighthouse, his eyes watery.

"Why did... why did I do it again? Wasn't once enough? Just how much of a bastard am I? I was given another chance, and this is what I do?" he cursed at himself. Clenching his fists tightly at his side, and biting his lip, he slowly emerged from his hiding place.

He slowly walked over to Ray, who was starting to get up. As soon as he made it to the defenseless kitten, the phoenix enveloped his love in his arms. Ray gasped, but clenched Kai's shirt tightly.

"Ray... I'm so sorry. I love you. I loved you before, I love you know, and even if you don't love me anymore, I'll love you forever. Because only you were able to melt my heart." Kai spilt the contents of his heart, all the while his arms tightening around the gorgeous kitten in his arms.

"Oh Kai... I... after you left, I tried so hard to get myself to forget you but..." Ray just choked a sob and clinged more tightly to his phoenix. Kai hushed him.

"Shh..." he whispered shakily before locking Ray's lips with his own, kissing him desperately, wanting him badly. He kissed his kitten hard, not letting go, pleading for his kitten's forgiveness. Ray, shocked, slowly let his eyes flutter shut, showing no resistance, letting himself be controlled fully by his phoenix. Kai slid one hand down to Ray's slender waist, pulling him closer, while holding the back of Ray's head, deepening their kiss, causing a gasp and moan from Ray. Kai pleadingly nibbled Ray's bottom lip, seeking access to the sweet cavern that was the neko's exquisite mouth. Ray opened up ever so slightly, but Kai's tongue found its way in. In an overload of passion, he grasped Ray's shoulders sharply, causing the kitten to moan inside his mouth.

Ray was blissfully ecstatic. He had waited so long for this moment, a moment that, after his heartbreak, he thought would never come. This was a wonderful moment, when all his confused emotions became clear. He loved Kai so much that no matter how much he would tell himself otherwise, his feelings would never change. Like any normal person in love who is being kissed for the first time by his lover, Ray didn't want this moment to end. But sadly, the need of air was too great. He had to break away for air.

For what seemed like an eternity, both new-found lovers just gazed into the other's eyes, Kai sighing breathlessly at his gorgeous kitten's amazing golden orbs, and Ray losing himself in those marvelous ruby orbs that were Kai's eyes. Finally, Ray broke the silence.

"Umm... Kai?"

"Yes, kitten?" said blader replied gently.

"I love you."

Kai couldn't help but chuckle at this. Ray didn't need to tell him again. But... it was nice hearing his kitten say he loved him.

"I know kitten, and I love you too."

Owari

Ruby: Well, I'm officially done here. I had to sneak my uncle's laptop to write this, so I don't have much time to do individual review responses. But I just want to thank all my wonderful reviewers for being so nice and terrific to me. I love you all!!! And as a present for those of you who reviewed even though I wasn't gonna give you plushies in return, you all get the "Confused Emotions" plushie set, including Ray in his black Chinese outfit plushie, loving little sister Mariah plushie (please don't throw it away. Keep it as remembrance of a time when Mariah wasn't bitchy, but how we would want her to be in the series, instead of trying to get Ray.), sulking-but-soon-gets-happy Kai plushie, and Tala-wanting-to-knock-some-sense-into-Kai plushie!!!! Hope you enjoy it. Oh, and after the responses, check the bottom for a very exciting piece of news!! (In my opinion, anyway. )

Thank you's to the following:

Ming Ming: Gomen for leaving you hanging last chapter, but it was all part of my "evil-cliffhanger-of-doom" scheme, to keep you interested! Oh, and I think you should know, in G-Revolution, the Bladebreakers separate, and Ray becomes the captain of the White Tiger X team, while Kai goes to form part of the Blitzkrieg Boys. Max is now from the PPB All-Starz and Tyson, Daichi and Kenny (together with Hilary and Tyson's brother Hiro Jin of the Gale) form the BBA Revolution team. Thank you so much for reviewing all the chapters to all my stories!!! Luv ya lotz!!! (hands "Confused Emotions" plushie set)

Kasemeithesilverfoxyouko: Glad you love it, and hope you liked the update! Thanx for reviewing, too! (hands "Confused Emotions" plushie set)

Munku-JGSPTV: Thank you so much for the compliments! Unfortunately, this fic isn't going to be longer. But, check the bottom for some news! (hands "Confused Emotions" plushie set)

ChibiNekoSakura: Yep, everything ended up fine. Lol (hands "Confused Emotions" plushie set)

Darksaphire: Don't sweat it, even though I DON'T like to be rushed. Or threatened. Sorry I can't stretch the story, but there's something you'll like at the end of the chapter! (hands "Confused Emotions" plushie set)

TNTiggris: Thanx for the review! (hands "Confused Emotions" plushie set)

Forfirith-on-a-sugar-high: Have I ever told you how much I love your name? It's so great! Hope you liked this chapter! (hands "Confused Emotions" plushie set)

SaFire flame: Lol Run! Don't let those two get their hands on the sugar! Lol (hands "Confused Emotions" plushie set)

Winged Wolves: You're welcome, but it's really you reviewers that make me want to write. It's all for you guys. And Kai? (Kai: (cross) What?) Be nice! Or I'll be forced to write another fic like this in the near future! Bwahahaha!!! (Kai: You wouldn't dare.) Try me. (Kai: (begging for the 1st time in his life) Please don't.) lol Here is your plushie set, Wolfie! Say hi to Ty for me! (hands "Confused Emotions" plushie set)

A dragon's crystal: lol Love your review. It's hilarious! What? The best chapter by far? Thankies so much!! Forgive my cliffhangers, but they keep writers interested. Take care of this very special plushie set, and keep Tyson away from your plushie shelves! Lol (hands Special Edition "Confused Emotions" plushie set with an extra Bryan plushie to keep Tala company)

Aeris Turner: Thank you for the review! (hands "Confused Emotions" plushie set)

Autumnburn: Thank you reviewing! (hands "Confused Emotions" plushie set)

Ruby: Well, that's it for review responses. Also, thanks to everybody who read this fic, even though you didn't review. Now, for the big news:

I POSTED THE PROLOGUE FOR "DRIED TEARS" SEQUEL, WHICH I SHOULD MENTION, IS UNTITLED FOR NOW. SO WHAT'RE YOU WAITING FOR? DRIED TEARS' SEQUEL IS WAITING!!! Lol Hope you guys like it. It's just the prologue, though. As soon as I get a computer again, I'll type the first chapter, which I already have done in paper. Well, until then!

Ruby Hiwatari aka Neko Phoenix Girl