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Disclaimer: Oh yeah, I don't own Beyblade but I do own my own characters blah blah, you know the routine right?

Chapter 1-----Escape

"Huh, huh, huh, huh…" Mai breathed heavily as she placed her hand against the cold brick wall, struggling to keep herself up. She clutched her chest, her fore head glistening with beads of sweat. 'Must keep moving!' Her conscience screamed, but her legs wouldn't cooperate.

somewhere in the background "Where's the little wrench! Quick, find her! She couldn't have gone that far".

Footsteps clattered on the ground. Whoever they were, they were running, they were searching……for her.

'Crap! They're coming' Mai gathered up her remaining stamina and forced her weakened legs to run. 'But what have I done! Why the hell are they after me?' but the more she thought about it, the more her head hurt. Just then, one of the men spotted her.

"Mike! There she is! points at Mai"

"Don't let her get away!"

Mai ran like hell. What would they do to her if they captured her? Who cares? Her life was on the line and she wasn't planning on giving it up so easily. She ran down an alley, the pain in her chest was excruciating; it felt as if her lungs were going to burst. She made a left turn and met with a dead end. 'No! Oh my god, I'm going to die!' Mai panicked, her eyes darted around, desperately looking for an escape route while the foot steps closed in on her…

"She ran down here fellas!"

The foot steps stopped and all was quiet as the men scanned the alley.

"There's no one here," one of the men grunted.

"Search the place! Maybe she's hiding in one of those garbage dumps."

The men began hunting, cautiously opening cardboard boxes, garbage bins and other trash for fear of finding something else hidden in those things other than Mai.

"Come out come out wherever you are, c'mon Mai, we know you're here, so you might as well give it up!"

Mike kicked a garbage bin that was in his way. Mai cringed at the sound the bin made as it fell to the ground. This was surely a man who showed no mercy. She held on to the window ledge, watching the men below. 'Please don't let them find me, please please. Don't look up, please don't look up', she prayed, hoping that someone up there ya know wat I mean would answer her prayer.

"She's not here, we've searched everywhere…You sure she came down this alley?"

"But I saw her…"

"Pffht, if she's not here then we won't waste our time. Spread out and look for her! This time I want no mistakes." Mike's voice lowered in a dark tone.

He glared back at the alley, feeling as if he had missed something but dismissed the thought as time was running out. He turned his back and ran off, disappearing into the labyrinth of alley ways and dark corners.

Relief washed over Mai. She waited until Mike was out of sight befo-------------------------

"Woooaahhh!" Her fingers slipped and she came crashing into a pile of empty cardboard boxes.

"Itaiiii (means painful in Japanese)…rubs butt" 'Thank you so so soooooooo muchgratefully looks up at the sky' She cleared away the boxes and slowly picked herself up; her body was hurting all over. She tried to walk but ended up splashing into a puddle. 'Hell…I look like a mess…,'she thought as she stared at her reflection. Her blackish-brown hair was matted to her face because of the perspiration. Her slightly tanned skin was covered in cuts and bruises. She felt sticky and dirty all over. 'I feel like crap….'

She brushed away some hair on her face and slowly lowered herself down, back leaning against the wall. Tears started to stream down her cheeks as she thought of how her parents were always around when she felt pathetic…sad…lonely. But they'll never be there to comfort her now…No one to turn to, no one to trust, no one to make her smile when she felt miserable…No one would be there anymore…

'Dammit! It's all his fault!' Mai screamed inside as she pounded her fists against the brick wall, causing her skin to rupture. She was too enraged to care about the pain. 'Yeah, who gives a damn about pain now! I've lost everything I held dear to me so what's the point caring about some stupid bruise!' She pounded even harder, causing her knuckles to bleed.

Hot tears flowed down her face, stinging the wounds as it touched them.

"It's all his fault… cries silently He killed them…He killed everyone!"

Mai drew her knees close to her body for warmth and buried her head between them. She felt miserable…she was miserable. She pulled out her blade and clutched it tightly in her hand; it was the one thing she treasured most. The blade was white and its defence ring was made of diamond. The attack ring was coated with a layer of diamond dust Mai is wearing gloves btw and had faint blue designs on it. Her father had made the blade as a birthday present for her on her fourth birthday.

Mai stared hard at the centre of the blade. She could picture her mom and dad playing with a young Mai, teaching her how to blade, laughing when she fell down only to pick her up later on…The smiles on their faces…their laughter. She smiled, thinking about those happy times… when they had each other.

Mai's vision started to blur. Her eyes wanted to close, but she knew if she did, she would freeze. yes, it's cold, it's winter but not enough snow to cover the ground 'Must stay awake…stay awa--------------------------------------.'

Dream

"Oka-san! means mother in jap."Mai was being dragged away by her father. Outside, gunshots, screams and cries could be heard. They were setting the town on fire…

"Mai, you must run! I'll be fine. Henry, please take care of her." Her mother smiled warmly, trying to comfort her.

Henry had a worried look on his face but nodded his head reassuringly at his wife and ran out of the burning house pulling Mai along with him. Just then, a loud crash…

So that was the first chapter! Did you like it? If ya don't then NO ONE GIVES A DAMN! Ahahaha, kiddin. Anyway, pls review? I need comments and CONSTRUCTIVE criticism.

See yaz,

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