knowlee- Well, here's the first chapter of The Future Isn't So Bright. Please review after you have read it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade nor it's characters or the Jak II elements found in this story.

Chapter 1

Darkness Is All That Surrounds You

In this small town, many people roam the streets, searching for food and warmth. There used to be happiness and kindness, but now they have been replaced with fear and oppression.

Where there was once a beyblading stadium, now lies a huge heap of rubble. Beyblade shops have been closed down and the people who ran them are forced into the streets.

The new BBA building was shut down. It was never finished, so there it sat, incomplete. All the bit beasts were destroyed and every beyblader wielding them were either killed or imprisoned.

And it was all thanks to him; the ruthless dictator of this small town. No one knew exactly how he came to power or why he was so against the sport of beyblading. The only thing that the people did know about him was that he was pure evil.

Walking along the streets with the other homeless people was 20-year-old Hilary Tatibana. The wind blew through her chocolate-colored hair and the faint rays of moonlight reflected off of her ruby eyes. Her face was hooded by a dark cloak and her clothes and skin were dirtied by mud, because of hard work over the years.

As she continued walking, she saw a poster that had been taped up onto the side of a pole. It read, 'Wanted: GRevolutions!'. Then underneath the wording were six photographs.

The first one was a boy that looked like he had just turned twenty. He had dark navy blue hair as well as navy blue eyes. A cap was placed backwards on his head and he wore a red jacket over a yellow shirt. The sleeves on the jacket had been rolled up past his elbows. He also had blue gloves, black-bluish jeans, and red tenishoes. The name underneath the picture read, 'Tyson Granger'.

The boy right beside Tyson had thick blonde hair and blue eyes that held the spark of innocence. He wore a shirt that had green sleeves and the rest of it was yellow and it had a red 'M' on the right side corner of it. He also had orange pants along with an orange jacket tied around his waist. On his feet were green tenishoes and on his hands were green gloves. His name was Max Tate.

Next to him was a chinese boy who had long, dark, raven-black hair that was pulled back with a red bandana that had the yin-yang symbol on it and a long, white cloth. He also had cat-like golden eyes that glistened in the sun. He had a chinese-like shirt on that also had the yin-yang sign on it and he had a red sash tied around his waist. On his legs and feet, he had black pants and black shoes and his hands had red gloves with the yin-yang symbol on them. Ray Kon was his name.

The little kid who was right below him had red hair, green eyes, and a scar that layed on his forehead. He had on a blue shirt that had the sleeves rolled up to his shoulders. His pants were a light blue color and one side of them had been torn off. The shoes on his feet were blue and his wristbands on his wrists were red. Daichi was the youngest member of that team.

The boy with the glasses' name was Kenny. He had a light green shirt that had a green tie that was tied underneath the collar of his shirt. Kenny also had forest green shorts, blue tenishoes, and dark green gloves that matched his tie. His glasses were laying atop his brown hair that came across his eyes, so you couldn't see them. Kenny was known as the brains behind the GRevolutions team.

Then the next picture was of him. His two-toned hair of silver and blue was all in his face. His crimson eyes shone with the fire of victory. On his face, there were two pairs of blue triangles on each side. Around his neck, there was a white scarf that fluttered in the wind and he also had a dark blue shirt that had a black jacket over it. He had dark blue pants and black shoes as well as black gloves on his hands. He was the one and only, Kai Hiwatari.

Hilary looked up at the pictures of her friends. Ever since the law had been passed that issued that beyblading was now illegal and that they were on the most wanted list, they had gone into hiding. Five years had passed and she had not even heard or seen from them at all.

She figured that maybe the reason why they hadn't contacted her was that they probably didn't want her to be caught and be killed by the dictator's personal police force. Hilary's eyes closed in fear and anger when she thought of what the police force did to people who were friends with beybladers or to people who may be hiding them.

Hilary opened her eyes back up again and looked back over to the poster with her friends' pictures on it. She just hoped that wherever they were, that they were all okay.

Just after Hilary made that silent prayer, she felt a light tap on her shoulder. She turned around and her ruby eyes came in contact with one of the dictator's police officers. Confusion filled her mind when she tried to think of why they would want to talk to her.

After a few seconds of silence, once again the officer spoke up with a tone of seriousness in his voice, "Are you Hilary Tatibana?"

Fear swept through Hilary's body as thoughts of what they were going to do to her ran through her head.

"Y....Yes." replied Hilary with fear in her voice.

Then after she had answered him, he made a motion with one of his fingers and then slowly she was surrounded by a huge crowd of officers.

Hilary looked nerviously at the officers as they slowly surrounded her. She knew that she saw this somewhere else, but where? Oh no, they weren't going to do what she thought that they were going to do, were they? Suddenly the sound of the officer's thundering voice cut through her thoughts.

"Hilary Tatibana. You have been charged with being an acquaintance with the most wanted team of beybladers, the GRevolutions. Our ruler has given you the penalty of death." he called out.

Suddenly the officers cocked their guns and were ready to fire. Then a familiar voice came to Hilary's ears,

"Stop!"

The officers, as well as Hilary, looked up and saw a young man, about in his twenties, falling towards the ground, right at them. The officers once again cocked their guns and were about to fire, when the young man pulled something out of his pocket and launched it at them.

Before Hilary could even blink, each and everyone of the officers had been knocked out completely.

Hilary gasped as she looked at them all, but then, once more, the familiar voice caused her to turn her head. There, on the ground, was the young man. He was leaning over to pick up whatever he had thrown at the officers to get them knocked out.

When he turned back around, her ruby eyes connected with his crimson red ones.

"Nice to see you again.....Hilary."