Yay! New chapter of Future Hope! Bet you've all been waiting for this little installment! But the R/M stuff won't happen until Chapter Five- but it's ok because on Thursday I'm going back to school, which means Internet every day again!
FUTURE HOPEPreviously in this fic: The Bladebreakers showed up to help Ray and Mariah! Gee, ain't that great? And we found out the identity of the Mystery Girl! Her name is Trinity, and she's Ray and Mariah's daughter! And then everyone assumed that I was going to pair Kai and Trinity up! The Authoress then sighed and wished everyone would stop guessing her plotlines! Now on with the show..
Kai slowly walked into the Living area of the Underground refuge, and looked around, almost cautiously. The first thing he noticed was that Tyson was there. He blinked in a 'shake it off' sort of way, before looking around the room at everything else. They have done the best they can. 'Who am I to judge them? And Trinity.. I have to admit Ray and Mariah have grown a lot closer- how can you help it, after being the only two humans left in a place? But it still seems strange, and she said that it would happen sometime soon. I have to make sure I let nothing slip.'
"Well, hello Mr. Sourpants. Didn't expect you to get this far!" said Tyson in that smart-alec voice only Tyson could pull off.
"Oh yes, and how did you get here? I thought you'd chickened out or got captured."
"I did get captured, but me being the smart, handsome, unique human being I am, I was able to escape!" Tyson said, his chest swelling with pride.
"Yeah, he gave a whole new meaning to digging to China," said Max, casting Tyson a sideways glance. Tyson glared back.
"Well, we need to focus on the situation at hand," Ray said speaking over Tyson, who was just about to throw a comment back at Max. "Kai, you are the only one who has spoken to that girl, and she seems to know a hell of a lot more than we do about those, Youma, did you call them?" Ray questioned, his eyes glinting slightly.
Kai nodded. "Yes, and apparently our bit beasts are quite effective for destroying them. They seem to have a weakness against them, although she was unsure why. And the only other thing she told me was that they christened them youma."
"You seemed to be gone an awful long time for just that little bit of information. Did she say anything else that could help us, or anything about herself? It could be very important to out goal." Ray blinked once, Kai felt like Ray's eyes could see right through him. Kai hesitated for a moment- Ray wasn't stupid. But he couldn't tell him; it was too risky.
"No, nothing else, nothing about herself, albeit the fact that she fights them."
Kai could tell Ray still didn't believe him. But he had enough common sense to remain silent.
"I will get drinks, any of you thirsty?" Ray stood up, stretching before waiting for their replies.
"Black coffee"
"I'll just have water."
"Same here."
"You don't have any Coke do you?" Tyson asked with a hopeful look on his face.
Ray sighed. "No, Tyson."
"Ok, water is fine then."
Ray then walked into the kitchen to get the requested items. When he returned, Max seemed kind of restless, almost uncomfortable. He kept fidgeting and looking at the floor. He handed Max his cup, and he gulped it all down first go. Ray looked concerned for his teammate, but shook it off. After a few minutes of uneasy silence, Max stood up suddenly, causing everyone to jump.
"I think I'll go for a walk. I need to clear my mind- so much has happened today, I need some time to think about it."
"I'll go with you!" Tyson jumped to his feet.
"I need to go alone Tyson. Don't worry I will have Draciel with me, and he is perfectly capable of defending me if need be."
Tyson nodded, and they all watched Max put on his shoes and jacket and dash out the door.
She looked up.. Where am I? The last thing she could remember was being attacked at the BBA headquarters when she and Judy had been researching new upgrades to bit beasts, when suddenly the wall had exploded. After that was black. The next thing she knew, she was in some sort of prison cell, and one of the things that had attacked was kicking and hitting her, yelling- only some of which she could make out. She shivered as she remembered those words.. "You are one of the seven chosen, where are the others? Where are the two? WHERE ARE THEY?" she, of course had no idea what he had meant. So they kept on beating her, assuming she knew something. She was finally saved when a bit beast- a fantastic purple-black cat- and it's red-headed master (AN: Super Trin to the rescue again!) had infiltrated the outer defenses and broken down her cell wall, enabling her to escape. She had run senselessly, having no real idea of where she was going. Soon her injuries and exhaustion from lack of food, water and sleep had stopped her, and she had collapsed in a roadway of some sort, probably in an abandoned town. She stirred, and coughed a little, causing a little blood to be left on her hand after she withdrew it from in front of her mouth. Would she die like this? Would she ever see her friends or family again? She sighed and closed her eyes again, collapsing on the road..
Max wandered through the streets of the town, the wind blowing his now Dark-blonde hair around his face. He didn't know what had made him come out here, just to wander aimlessly around when he would have been safer inside. 'Wait, what was that noise?' he immediately froze and listened for the sound again. It sounded like someone coughing. 'But that's impossible, there's no one here but Kai, Tyson, Kenny, Ray, Mariah and I..' he looked around for the source of the sound, and realized it was coming from an alleyway just left to where he was standing. He ran down the rather wide alley, and when he got to the end of it he saw it opened into what looked like a main road. Max then looked down, and gasped.
"Emily? EMILY!" Max yelled seeing she was hurt, and bleeding slightly from her forehead. He knelt down and grabbed her in his arms, rocking her back and forth like a baby, gently stroking her hair. He felt her shift slightly, he looked down and saw she had her eyes open, and they were on him.
"Oh.. Max.. I thought no one would come for me..." she whispered.
"Well, I'm here now, and everything is going to be OK, now. Emily, who did this to you?"
"It was, those.. things, those humanoid robots..." she said quietly, before her eyes closed and her head drooped.
"No!" Max quickly took in breath, and checked her pulse and heart rate. He sighed, relieved- it appeared that she had just passed out. Max then picked her up, and started running back towards Ray and Mariah's house.
Ray sighed and looked out the window, Max was not back yet. He was worried for his friend- what if he'd been taken by the youma? He was about to go and check on Mariah, when he heard a sound at the door. He quickly ran to it and opened it, and Max burst in, holding a very weak and injured looking Emily in his arms.
"Holy shit! What happened to her, Max?"
"Those things, those bastard youma.." Max trailed off, and his eyes welled with tears. "Please help her, Ray. She can't die, she can't!"
"Ok, the first thing you can do is put her in one of the spare bedrooms, and then you can calm down, you won't be able to help her if you're panicking, Max."
Max realized he was right, and took a few deep breaths before walking towards the spare bedroom next to the one he was in.
Ray sighed, and sat down on the couch. 'Mariah's family, Emily, Mariah herself.'. He knew that he had to make those youma pay.
It was now an hour since Max had rushed in with Emily. Ray and the others had patched her up as much as they could with bandages, and gotten some food and water into her, and now she was sleeping soundly, completely exhausted from the weeks she had spent with the youma. Max was sitting on the couch opposite Ray, looking like a ghost - his face was so white. They were pretty sure she would recover physically, but mentally they were unsure. They continued to talk for a while, before Kai got up to make more coffee, and Ray decided to check if Mariah was alright, move her back to her bed, and go to sleep. He made his way through the hallways of their house, and made it to his room and walked in silently. She was sleeping, but not as deeply as before, she was stirring now and then before rolling over and falling into slumber again. He watched her for several minutes, before making his way over to her and gently sitting on the end of his bed, running his fingers through her hair. He then continued to move his hand down her face, but when he got to her lips he stopped. Ray then stared up at the roof, wondering when all this would be over with, when they could live peaceful, happy lives again. His thoughts were halted when he felt and hand on top of his, and looked down to stare into the golden eyes of Mariah, who was awake and smiling up at him. She sat up but continued to stare into his eyes, and she put her hand on his chest so she could feel his heartbeat on her hand. Then moving like clockwork, he leaned towards her and pressed his lips against hers, staying there for a while, before he flicked his tongue against her lower lip, and hearing her surprised gasp. He almost pulled away before she accepted his request, and let him explore where he wanted to. She then leaned back, taking him with her- he had to take his hand, which was still tangled in her hair, and put it on the bed so he could take his weight. He then kissed her again, this time with the air of experience that swallowed them both. She tugged on the back of his shirt, and he sat up for a second- just long enough to take it off- before going back down and unbuttoning hers, and throwing it to one side of the room. And with her starting to run her hands up and down his chest- and he kissing hers- and now her tugging pointedly on the rim of his boxers- Ray wondered if this was always meant to be... and if they would be like this in the future..
(AN: I am NOT going any further- sorry- but I hope you like this next bit.. it amused me!)
Kai was sitting at the table, staring into his coffee cup. Max had just come back from Emily's room, and had gone to grab something to eat. Kenny was working on Dizzi, and Tyson had fallen asleep on the couch. Suddenly a shriek that sounded like Mariah screaming Ray's name traveled into the room. Kai knocked his coffee cup over, Max choked on whatever he was eating, Kenny jumped with fright, and Tyson yelled and fell off the couch.
'Oh, here's a go..' Kai thought before wiping up the coffee, smiling and refilling his cup.
"That shriek was from Mariah."
"Mm-hmm. And Ray is in his room with her," said Max, who had managed to cough up whatever he had choked on.
"What the Hell was that? Are Ray and Mariah playing Monopoly or something?" yelled Tyson. (AN: You'd have to read It's Just Porn Mum to get this to the fullest)
"Err, you could say that, Tyson," said Kenny.
"You know, Tyson, you would be a lot more attractive if you knew something about the real world," said Dizzi.
The next morning, Ray and Mariah emerged looking tired, happy, bemused and guilty all at the same time. They told the others about 'having to go out for supplies and would they like to come'. Everyone said yes, excluding Max, who said he would stay behind and look after Emily.
"Ooh, lovebirds!" said Ray, mimicking what Max had said to them the day before.
"I could say a lot for what happened last night, Raymond.." Max shot back. Ray shut up after that.
So, everyone went out to scout for supplies with Mariah and Ray. They decided to split up- it would be more efficient.
Mariah was walking on the main street of the town, feeling sick, and kept gagging like she was going to be sick. She had dark rings under her eyes, and kept rubbing her hand across her stomach, trying to calm it. Plus, she had that horrible feeling that she wasn't alone. She looked around, but couldn't see anything, so she decided to keep searching. Mariah kept going like this, until she felt something grab the back of her neck. She spun around in a defensive pose, but her eyes widened and her mouth dropped open when she saw who it was.
"Yo-you!"
That was all she could say before she felt a sharp blow on the back of the head, and fainted.
Ray didn't like the idea of Mariah being on her own- she hadn't looked especially well when they had left 'And no wonder, talk about your sleepless night..'
He suddenly heard something move behind him. Ray spun around quickly, only to come face-to-face with Bryan from the Demolition boys. And he was holding an unconscious Mariah under one of his arms.
"We finally have one of the seven, we will be able to put our plan into action.."
"No! What have you done to her?"
"Oh, nothing, we will just be borrowing her for a while, hope you don't mind, Ray. I will get you back for what you did to me at the World Championships all those years ago."
"This is all just a grudge?"
"No, it extends way farther than a mere grudge ever could, as you will find out soon enough."
And with that, Bryan disappeared, leaving Ray alone, calling out Mariah's name to the sky.
Awww. Well next chappie Trinity returns and agrees to help them rescue Mariah, but will they be able to pull it off? Will Max and Emily hit it off? Will Tyson get over his addiction to soap operas and learn something about the real world? You will just have to keep reading- and reviewing.. and sorry to the hentai people, but I don't really want another R rated fic against my slightly tarnished but otherwise good reputation. And please forgive me if this is a bit dreary- I wrote it at 11:30 pm. Don't forget to review.