Toy Soldier

Chapter 1: Hope in the Rain

Summery: (au, oc's, blood and swearing) To save a friend what lengths would you go to? Well for three assassins it means posing as slaves to get into high society. What will happen with there new masters? Will they befriend them or kill them first?

AN: Well here's my second fic. For those who didn't read Blood Moon, that's ok! (But you should go read it as it is a good ficcy!) But for those of you who did will recognize my oc's. So…ya…any how on with the fic!

Disclaimer: I do not and never will own Beyblade, but I do own my oc's!

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In any land those in high society rule all. High class, well bread men and women rule how the lower classes live there lives. Some taking the lower classes hard earned crops, cattle and live stock, some even daring to take those as slaves just because they think they are better.

But we all know that this is wrong and some times the worst of the worst must be made an example of…and those who rise from the lowest class…the slums are just the ones to do it. For we all know there is truly one group of people that the high class fear, the only group of people who have more control in society then the King himself …

Assassins…the assassins are the ones who rise from the lowest of society and they are those who kill and destroy the people in high society who deserve it… and some who don't. They do not care if they kill those in high society for money; all they care is that they get paid and that they get even for those who have been hurt by the people in high society.

And in the Kingdom of Veara is no different. But this is ware the most dangerous and well known assassins are housed…the Night Stalkers. Each one is marked with a black bird tattoo, and if you can acquire there help you can expect the job to be done with efficiency and on a low key…but you will always know a Night Stalker did the murder by there calling card…a single black feather placed on the right side of the victims chest.

But unlike so many of there peers the Night Stalkers are a passionate group and only kill those who deserve it… one of there known missions was killing a noble man who was kidnapping orphans only to use them as slaves.

But that is not this story…oh no. This story is a much graver tale about these assassins…and it all begins on a rainy night on a street in a bad neighborhood…

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She was young but not inexperienced…she was after all one of the greatest assassins…a Night Stalker.

But that didn't mean that she didn't make mistakes…every one did and unfortunately she was no exception. She had been seen making her escape after a perfect assassination and now every single guard in the palace was after her head.

She darted down an ally way and put her back against the wall, hiding in the shadows. The guards ran by her, they didn't even see her as they ran by. The assassin sighed with relief and wiped the sweat from her fore head.

In the pale light of the moon you could finally see what they young women looked like; she wore her black hair in tinny braids with blue streaks, she had tired looking brown eyes and her skin was the color of fresh coffee and was beautiful even though she had her fair share of scars. She was also vary short for her age; only reaching about 4'10. She wore a pair of baggy black pants and a tight sleeveless black shirt.

She sighed again and slowly came out of the ally and smirked. No one was around and she slowly made her way down the street, ignoring the rain that fell from the sky, smacking into the world below.

She stopped for a moment to squat next to a puddle and quickly pulled out her dagger, quickly washing away the blood that now coated it. She stood and with a sigh prepared to walk home ware her friends were probably waiting for her to return and tell them of her mission.

But suddenly there was a crippling pain in her side and she found an arrow sticking out from her side. She gasped and didn't even bother to pull it out before running away from the guards that had found her once again.

She could feel her energy beginning to drain like the blood that fell from her body. She darted down an ally and over a wall. She landed in a crouched position, panting for air.

She grinned when she discovered that she had once again lost the guards. 'Hum stupid, brainless twits!' She thought to herself

But she suddenly felt sick and weak and laying down seemed to be the best idea. Her legs gave out suddenly and she fell to the ground with a splash and a wet thump. She whimpered and moaned slightly coughing up some blood.

"Ouch…this bites." She said.

She rolled over onto her back and sighed. 'Well this is how it ends…with me in the rain on the street.' She thought to her self.

Rain fell from the sky hitting her body like little knifes, smacking harshly against her body. The water mixed with her blood, staining the ground a pinky red. Her eyes started to slide shut when suddenly some thing stopped the rain.

She forced open soft brown eyes to look up and see a beautiful young man staring down at her; he had bright golden eyes, slightly pointed ears, and flawless tanned skin. His long black hair was tied back into a pony tail with white cloth and had spiky bangs. He looked down at her with concern and asked "Ok don't move. I'll help you just hang on."

She winced when the young man pulled the arrow from her side and he ripped his shirt to place the cloth to her side to help stop the bleeding. He then pulled his cloak off and wrapped it around her lean body. He picked her up bride style and said "Hang on I'll get you some help."

"Thank you." She barley whispered.

The young man smiled and nodded, shinny little fangs peeked over soft pink lips. The assassin smiled and said "You're a neko-jin."

The neko smiled and softly said "I am, so what's your name?"

The young women smiled and said "My name's Mai."

The neko smiled at her and said "That's a pretty name."

"So do I get to know the name of my savoir?" Mai asked weakly.

"It's Ray. Now you shouldn't talk you need to save your strength." Ray said his voice full of concern.

Mai smiled up at him and said "Thank you Ray…" she then put her head onto his chest and closed her eyes and fell asleep…

A clocked figure stood on a roof top and cursed under his breath. He then turned and ran along the roof top muttering "Zai's going to be pissed!" under his breath…

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The cloaked male ran down a dark dirt road in the forest not far from the town. He ran to a small hut that was safely hidden by the trees in the forest. He went inside the hut and found nothing in side, the only thing that was there was a rug on the floor. He pulled the rug up to find it was a trap door.

Unsurprised by this fact he went inside, making sure he closed it behind him. He entered a dark tunnel and ran all the way through it until he came to a large wooden door. He pounded on the door with his fist and it slowly opened. A large young man in his late teens came out.

He was about 6'4, with hazel eyes and dark brown hair and was all muscle. He arched a thin eye brown and said "Josh ware have you been? Zai's been going nuts trying to find you guys. Ware's Mai?"

Josh pulled his hood off and he had light brown hair and had chocolate brown eyes and said "Decoda we have problems."

The two male's went inside, but not be for safely shutting and locking the door behind them. They walked down a nicely decorated hall of the Night Stalkers underground home.

They came to the main lounge to find three worried girls sitting by a fire place. Taking a deep breath Josh said "Guys we have problems."

A girl with red and blond hair stood up. Her eyes were two different colors; one was crimson the other an ocean blue. She had lightly tanned skin and wore all black. In a concerned voice she asked "What happened?"

Sighing Josh said "Zai…Mai was injured on her mission."

The other two girls in the room stood and quickly walked to there friends, all faces painted with concerned. A girl with tanned skin with short black spiky hair with dark purple bangs and bright green eyes asked "What happened?"

Josh said "Well-"

But was cut off when the last girl who had pale skin, spiky black shoulder length hair with white tips with icy blue eyes demanded "What the hell happened?"

Josh rolled his eyes and said "Well Kelly if you be quiet I'll tell you."

The blue eyed assassin fell silent and Josh went on. "Well…I saw her being hit with an arrow by a guard. Then she kept running and by the time I found her she was with some guy. A noble man I think, but I don't know who he was or ware he brought her."

Zai blinked at her friend then ball her hands into fists and cursed out loud. "Fuck! What are we going to do?"

"We have to find her." Jay said softly.

"How! How the hell are we going to find her? We have no idea who has her." Kelly said.

"We have to get into high society…some how." Jay said.

"You mean like under cover or something?" Decoda said.

"Exactly, maybe as guards or something." Jay said.

"Ummm, guys I don't mean to be a wet blanket. But I know that you guys are assassins, but they won't allow women to be guards." Josh sighed.

It looked as though they may never find there lost friend, until Zai gasped excitedly making her fellow assassins look at her. "Ok guys here's what we're going to do. We are going to pose as slaves to get access to high society and then we'll find Mai then get the hell out of there."

"Slaves…are you nuts Zai!" Kelly snapped.

"No. We are going to save Mai by posing as slaves. If we all split up we can try to find Mai. It's our best shot of finding her." Zai said crossing her arms.

The others put there heads down and scratched there chins and Jay said "Well…if the guys were to stay here and be our back up if we need it…I suppose it could work."

Josh and Decoda looked at each other and shrugged. "Sure we can be your back up. That is if you guys are willing to go under cover and be good until we find Mai." Josh said.

Kelly crossed her arms and said "Well…if I did do it would I have to obey my 'master's' every word?"

The others smiled and Decoda joked "Yeah and you would have to be nice to!"

Kelly sighed and punched the much larger assassin in the stomach. "Well…Mai's like a sister to me…to all of us. So we better go get 'Masters' and find her" She said sarcastically.

The assassins all smiled evilly and prayed for there new 'masters' because they were going to have a hell of a time with these 'slaves'…

TBC…

AN: Yay! The first chapter is done! Re-view!