I couldn't leave you guys hanging like this just before I go back to school and the homework starts coming in again!

Future Hope

The return of Trinity, the debut of Marth and Kirra, the plan- and the plan in action...

Previously on this wonderful, marvelous, beautiful fic: The wonderful world of text implying R/M lemons! Emily arrived! Bryan of the Demolition Boys captured Mariah! The bad guys keep saying that Mariah and Emily are 'one of the seven!' Galux Phoenix worked out what that means, but will she be able to figure out the significance of the seven? Ian of the Demolition Boys got arrested for murder after he impaled someone on his nose! Oh, and Tyson found out he knows nothing about the real world. ;)

Now the continuation! Evil, evil laugh

Trinity stood on the rooftop where she had spoken to Kai, her golden eyes surveying the scene around her. She sighed, things hadn't seemed to get any better, but at least they hadn't gotten any worse, either. Behind her, two other pairs of golden eyes- all three pairs being almost completely identical to each other.

"It seems that things are under control here, Trin."

"Yes, but.." Trinity blinked, and tucked a strand of her red ringlets behind her ear "I can't help but worry, I have a bad feeling- something is wrong."

The female figure behind her smirked. "Maybe you are just overreacting, after all you have never been the one to keep your cool."

Trinity sighed, and rubbed her forehead with her hand. "And maybe you should show a little more respect for your elder."

"You two, stop fighting! I'd love to live to see a day where you two don't pick at least one fight with each other. Remember what we are here to do," the male snapped glaring at the two girls.

"Fine, I'll go and find them," Trinity mumbled before calling Mystellara, jumping on it's back, and going flying over the rooftops."

"I hope she knows what she's doing..." the girl snapped before trying to brush the tangles out of her pink hair with her fingers.

"Trinity is older than us, and at a much higher level of skill and strength. We have to respect her decisions. And I don't know what we would do without her." His dark hair was blowing in the breeze.

Those words made her stop trying unsuccessfully to get the knots out of her hair, and give a slight laugh. We may not always see eye to eye, but I don't know what I would do without her either.

Ray sighed and rubbed his eyes. It had been almost two weeks since he had last seen Mariah, knocked unconscious in Bryan's grip. And for the past two weeks, he had barely slept at all. He had just sat there in a sort of trance, staring off into nothing. And he could tell his friends were worried about him. They had attempted to cheer him up, without success. Emily had almost fully recovered, and was now sitting between Max and Tyson, explaining what had happened to her in a rather loud voice. Kai was just sort of staring at Ray, a worried expression on his face. Kai sighed and wandered off into thought. I hope Trinity comes back soon. Maybe she'll know what to do. She seems to know more about these youma things than we probably ever will. Maybe this happened in her timeline, and she knows how to rescue Mariah, maybe...

Kai continued to think about what to do about the situation they were in, and he handed Ray a cup of coffee. Ray downed it without much reaction. All I can think about is her. I need to get her back, I know she's in danger, but... Ray hesitated before continuing to think to himself. ... I have no idea where she is, or how to get to her. And even if I did, what chance would we have of getting her back? Jeez, maybe I'll never see her again. Maybe I should just try to forget about Mariah, and THAT NIGHT... (AN: :)!)

As Ray thought back to that night, he shuddered at the images that filled his head and looked at the floor.

He could taste her as he delivered another passionate kiss.

He could feel her as he ran his hand down the length of her body.

He could see her perfect body beneath his.

He could smell her as he buried his face in her hair.

He heard her whisper his name against his shoulder.

(AN: Okay, I'd better stop now, I'm getting carried away)

Ray rubbed his forehead. He could hear Emily's voice behind him. Suddenly his eyes widened. He wasn't really paying attention to what she was saying, but those words had stood out far more than the rest.

"They kept kicking me and saying that I was one of The Seven..."

"What?" Ray questioned, and everyone jumped. It has been quite a while since Ray had said anything.

Emily blinked and then repeated slowly. "One of the Seven."

"That's what Bryan said about Mariah before he took her away..." Ray stood up and walked into the other room. "Did they tell you anything else? Like what the significance of these Seven are?"

"No.. just that I was one of them."

Ray frowned. "You and Mariah obviously, but who are the other five?"

A sound from the door startled the group. Ray slowly walked towards it, opening, ready to attack at the same time. Instead of an enemy, he was faced with an identical pair of golden eyes, staring directly back into his.

"Mariah?" he asked.

"N.. no." Trinity stepped back one pace so Ray could see her better. Her voice was full of concern, her brow slightly furrowed.

"Oh."

"I need to talk to Kai again."

"I see. Kai, this girl wants to talk to you again."

Kai walked to the door, only to come face to face with Trinity.

"Follow me. There is much we need to talk about."

Kai nodded and followed her to the rooftop where they had first talked. When they arrived at their destination, Trin looked around once, clicked her tongue and muttered something that sounded like "Where did those two go now!" Trinity then spun around on her heel to face him, and put her index and middle finger to her forehead. She then closed her eyes

"Nathana, Kirra erh Marth, kintala. IRANTAROL!" (AN: Just tapped a bunch of keys, it's not a real language)

Kai's eyes widened, and he stepped backwards, now she was speaking in tongues!

Trinity then opened her eyes and saw the shocked expression on Kai's face.

"Don't worry, you will understand in a moment." Trinity was focused on the sky.

"Can I just ask you, do you know who The Seven are?"

Trinity stared at him as if he were an idiot. "Don't you know, it's you guys! Tyson, Emily, Max, Kenny, my mother and father, and of course, yourself." She counted off on her fingers to prove she was right. "And Emily would have just recently arrived."

"Err, right. And what part do we play in this?"

"Yourself, Max, Emily, Tyson and Kenny have just been fighting alongside my mother and father for a long time, and are recognized allies. However, my parents are..."

Trinity suddenly looked up to the clouds again. Kai noticed she had another 3 sets of earrings in each ear. Kai looked to the sky as well, only to see a Galux with stripes. He rubbed his eyes, and looked again, but it was still there, coming towards them. Suddenly, a person jumped off it's back from about one hundred meters up, and landed perfectly on her feet. She then stood up to face Kai, and he gaped at her. It was Mariah. Kai took a closer look, and realized that it wasn't, but there were only slight differences. This girl had silver-blue streaks through her pink hair, and he had a smaller frame and figure. She wore black jeans complete with black silver studded belt, platform shoes, and a very sparkly black halter-top, with a wedge missing down the front, so he could see the two cat paw marks, identical to Trinity's. She also had 2 pairs of earrings in each ear. And she had the golden eyes and the teeth. Kai then realized who she must be.

"This is my sister, Kirra, and her bit beast Mysticala. I believe I have already told you about them. She just recently passed the test, making her the second girl to get into the Crystal Senshi." Trinity's voice cut into his thoughts, starling him. "And my brother should be here soon."

Kai nodded, and suddenly felt someone behind him watching him. He turned around, and saw an almost exact duplicate of Ray, with a Driger with spots. He had black hair, much like Ray's, except minus the ponytail- and with reddish tinge to it. He had black T-shirt, black cargo pants, and black fingerless gloves. He had one earring through his ear, and a single cat paw tattoo on his right arm. The bit beast- who he assumed was Mysticisia, roared before returning to his blade.

"And the runt is Marth."

An anime vein suddenly appeared on Marth's head. "Who are you calling a runt? One day I'm gonna be bigger than you, and I'm gonna bash you up!"

Trinity snorted. "I'd like to see you try, Squirt. My overall talent outclasses you by a mile!" For effect she threw out her chest, and Kai swore he could here a 'boing' sound.

"Excuse me, but you ALWAYS take the credit for everything!" Kirra snapped at Trinity who then spun around and snarled.

"At least my makeup isn't more important than my missions!"

The three siblings continued fighting. Kai sighed and sweatdropped. Talk about your case of sibling rivalry...

He then coughed to get their attention.

All three spun around to face him at the same time, and all three shot him glares that only people with golden cat-like eyes could pull off. "WHAT?"

"Shouldn't we be talking about the matters at hand?"

Trinity blushed, she felt foolish for letting herself get distracted. "Yes, probably. When I saw my father..." she trailed off. "He looked like he hadn't slept for about a fortnight. I was shocked. You don't often see a dead-pan expression on his face."

"That's because he hasn't... your mother was captured by Bryan of the Demolition Boys. The day after they conceived you, I assume."

Trinity's eyes widened, and she blushed a deep red, before saying "You've got to be kidding me."

"About which part?" asked Kai.

"THE CAPTURE PART!" Trinity snapped.

"This was not supposed to happen... we killed Bryan." Marth muttered to himself.

"No, our parents never told us about this, if it ever happened in our timeline at all." Kirra took a small step forward.

"Look, I know this is a lot to ask, but could you three help us rescue her? I'm afraid if we don't try to get her back, your father isn't going to last very much longer, living the way he is."

Trinity sighed. "Give us a minute to talk about this." And all three huddled together.

"It's risky."

"But we can't just leave our own mother in some weird place with that freak Bryan."

"We must help, for the good of The Seven, and all those related to the matter."

"Agreed."

The three parted, and Kirra spoke. "Although it s risky, letting the other five- six if you count out mother- see myself and Marth because we look so much like our parents, we believe we have no other choice. We will help you rescue our mother. Our lives depend on it... literally."

Kai gave a very rare smile, and thanked them. "I will lead you back to the others. But can I just ask you first, why you all have earrings and tattoos, and why you all wear black?"

"The tattoos are for family group and rank, each set of earrings represents a rank, and the black clothes are just for the frightening effect. Don't ya think we look intimidating?"

Kai had to agree that he wouldn't want to get on their bad sides. "Oh, well, that's all I wanted to ask, I will lead you to the others."

All four of them started jumping the rooftops.

Max poured himself a cup of coffee (AN: What is with these people and coffee?) and walked back over to the couch where Emily sat. She had grown her orange hair out; it was now resting on her shoulders, and had stopped wearing glasses, Max assumed she hadn't needed them anymore. She smiled at him as he sat down, causing him to blush very slightly. Max put the coffee cup down on the table in front of him, and slipped his hand into hers. She looked down at their hands before looking up at him, and her eyes caught his. Max moved closer to her and leaned his face down towards hers, and she leaned her face up. Just one more second and...

"Ahem." Max and Emily spun around to see Kai standing in the doorway, with the red-haired girl Max had seen a few weeks ago, and two others that looked a lot like Ray and Mariah. Emily gave Max a questioning glance, and he shrugged back. Tyson suddenly walked into the room, and noticed the three siblings standing there with Kai.

"Gee, do you ever look like Ray and Mariah! Are you two related to them or something?" Tyson directed the question towards Kirra and Marth.

" Umm, No. Not closely anyway." Marth had a sweatdrop running down the back of his head.

"Yeah, we're probably distant cousins or something." Kirra shuffled her feet.

"But we aren't here to talk about family ties. We need to rescue my mo... I mean Mariah," Trinity said, realizing the mistake she had almost made, and sat down on the couch.

"Yes, the place where would have been taken isn't far from here- we could get there in a matter of minutes using our bit beasts."

"Then we will do that." Ray had entered the room, and immediately noticed the almost identical copy of himself that was Marth, and then Kirra, who looked almost identical to Mariah. He simply stood and stared at him for a while, and opened and closed his mouth. Kirra simply looked back and forward between her brother and her father, and Trinity shuffled her feet uncomfortably.

"We should go now." Trinity stood up and started walking towards the door. "You can ride on our bit beasts, if you can't harness the power of yours in that way."

Once they were outside, the three siblings called out their bit beasts, and Ray stared at Mysticisia and Mysticala, and then at Kirra and Marth some more.

"Point at your Beyblade and say 'Rise'," Trinity said to Ray.

Ray did so, and Driger rose out of his blade and just stood there, waiting for him. Ray cautiously got onto Driger's back, and looked at Trinity, who nodded and gently kicked Mystellara's side. Stella quickly started jumping away, Trinity and Kai on it's back. Mysticala had Kirra, Kenny and Tyson, and Mysticisia had Marth, Max and Emily. Ray quickly followed suit, kicking Driger's sides, and it sprang after the three other bit beasts.

(AN: This chapter is a long one, ne? Already 2,800 words, and there's so much more stuff I wanna put in... looks at 2L bottle of Red Fanta Thank the Fanta!)

Mariah woke up, where was she? The last thing she remembered was seeing Bryan of the Demolition Boys, him hitting her, and then everything was black... she shook her head, and surveyed her surroundings. She was in a cell of some kind, all stone except the door, which was steel. She reached into her pocket, and just as she expected, Galux was gone. Mariah sighed, she would have to find a way to escape. She spun around as she heard the door open, and Bryan and what looked like some sort of scientist. She shivered and shuffled backwards, her eyes wide with fear.

"She'd been out for nearly for two weeks, I was afraid she wouldn't pull through."

"Maybe we underestimated her power, as we underestimated the trainer of that purple bit beast."

"We will not do that again. We will not make the same mistake in this situation as we did last time. It nearly caused our downfall."

"All three of them are dangerous to our plan, but especially the first one, there is something about her..."

"I know, she far outclasses the skills of her siblings, it's quite amazing considering they came from the same parents- siblings aren't usually too different in that sense."

"True, but all of them outclass all the other Crystal Senshi- maybe it's because of the family ties."

"Quite possibly, either way, we can't let her" he gestured towards Mariah "stay pregnant."

Trinity urged Stella on as fast as she could, while trying to explain what was happening to Kai in a voice that the others couldn't hear.

"The other three White Tigers still help my parents," she whispered to Kai "Lee was pretty... 'surprised' when he found out about me and my kid brother and sister."

'More like on the floor in conniptions...' Kirra's voice echoed in Trinity's mind, and she turned to look at her little sister, who had a big sarcastic smile on her face, causing Trinity to almost laugh out loud.

"The other All Starz sometimes help out, but mostly they're mercenary types- doing whatever for the bonus involved. The Majestics work very close to my mother and father in the company, but mostly they just do research with Kenny and Emily, which probably better suits them anyway."

Kai nodded to show he had heard her. Trinity's eyes suddenly narrowed as she saw the building off in the distance. She urged Stella on, and saw her younger siblings do the same. It would not be long now.

Emily was snuggling up against Max's back, which was causing him to blush a deep cherry red colour.

"Oh, and Emily is pregnant to Max."

Kai's eyes widened, but he let it go. "Who couldn't see that coming? But you seem a lot older."

"Well, yeah, my parents just got it together earlier. All of you are still in your early to mid thirties."

And with that, they landed outside their destination building.

Mariah did a double take on that one. 'I am pregnant?' she thought to herself as she put her hands to the sides of her stomach. She found it hard to believe. How many times did it take? Only once...

"Surprised? We were too when we first found out." Mariah jumped in surprise; this was the first time they had spoken to her directly.

"But then again, it does make sense, seeing that it is Ray's." (AN: Mwuhahahaha!)

"We have to dispose of it, otherwise the danger to us is too great."

Mariah instinctively put her arms across her stomach in a protective position.

"How dare you? You two are freaks! You just wait, and help will come for me!"

"Empty threats, girl, you and I both know that."

And with that Bryan and the scientist both walked out of the room. Mariah's eyes suddenly filled with tears, and she tucked her arms across her stomach tightly.

"Don't worry, little one, I won't let anything happen to you..."

Behind a bush, outside what looked like a huge factory, the Bladebreakers, Emily, and the three Crystal Senshi mapped out their plan. However, Trinity, Kirra and Marth seemed perfectly calm.

"We need a plan before we just rush in there, those things are dangerous," Kenny said, tapping away on Dizzi.

"Don't worry, just leave it completely to us," said Trinity, who then nodded at Kirra, who jumped from behind the bushes, and calmly walked towards the Youma patrolling the outside of the building. It immediately noticed her and raised the alarm.

"INTRUDER ALERT! ALL AVAILABLE PERSONEL TO THE FRONT GATE! INTRU-"

That was a far as the youma had gotten, because Kirra had fisted her hand, and stuck it through the creature's head.

"No! Awwww, man, when I gave it a new ventilation hole I broke a nail!"

Trinity and Marth sweatdropped, before also charging forward, kicking heads off guards etc.

The Bladebreakers and Emily sweatdropped, before calling their bit beasts and running forward, following very closely behind the three rampaging teens. Kenny also ran after them, giving them directions.

"Ok, according to this the cell block, where I assume is where Mariah is going to be, is strait down this hallway, first turn to the right, keep following that path there isn't a turn until the end, we take that, and we should be there."

"Okay, we'd better get moving, I have a really bad feeling about this," said Trinity, who had just returned back from her massive destruction rampage. She then took off in the required direction, running at top speed. Marth and Kirra appeared, and immediately followed their older sibling. The five Bladebreakers sort of stared at their speed for a while, before following.

Mariah was still sitting on the cell floor, with her arms around her stomach, she didn't even know why she was doing it; it was just slightly comforting, she supposed. A huge explosive sound startled her, and Bryan ran back in, panting slightly.

"Jesus, we're under attack! Well, no matter what happens to me, I'll have to get rid of that devil child, and maybe had some fun of my own..." he smiled suggestively at Mariah, his eyes shining evilly. She just backed further into the corner. Suddenly, a person dashed in, and threw a kick at Bryan's head, which caused it to come flying off his shoulders, and sort of roll around the floor. (AN: How long have I been waiting for that...? Lee in my books is Gerbil man, and Bryan is Badger Man) Mariah screamed and looked at the person who had done this, only to see a girl almost identical to her down to every detail.

"Slimy Son of a Bitch," the person commented matter-of-factly, before scratching her arm and shrugging. A person almost identical to Ray, and the red-haired girl that had saved she and Ray a while back walked in also and surveyed the scene.

"It doesn't top the time I killed Ian," commented Trinity.

"Yeah, you were a little uneven on entry," Marth commented further.

"Well, Jesus, I'm not perfect!" snapped Kirra, snarling a bit at Trinity.

"Oh, yeah, and I am?" Trinity glared at Kirra.

'Jeez, I hope my child isn't like that...' thought Mariah. (An: Heh heh!)

Marth then ran over to his mother. "Sorry about us. We are just kind of used to decapitating stuff. It's our line of working expertise."

Mariah nodded. Presently, the Bladebreakers and Emily rushed in, and Ray immediately ran over to Mariah and grabbed her, and just held her, happy that she was back with him. Mariah snuggled closer to him as well. "Ray... they told me I'm pregnant."

That caused Ray's eyes to open wide and to look directly into hers. He then smiled and kissed her fully and deeply and passionately. (AN: Carried away again)

Kai gave Trinity an, 'I told you so!' nudge, which caused Trinity to go red and look at Kirra, who looked at Marth, who looked back at Kai.

"Ummmmmmmmm... we'd better get going, then," said Trinity, before nodding to her siblings. Ray grabbed her by the arm, and she turned around to look at him.

"Whoever you are..." Ray hesitated for a moment "Thank you for helping us rescue Mariah. It was none of your business, and you still helped us save her, so thank you."

"Believe me, this WAS our business, and it was our pleasure." Trinity grinned, and dashed out, Kirra following closely behind. Marth hung behind.

Ray didn't get what she meant about it being 'their business' but nodded and smiled.

"And by the way, Galux is in Bryan's pocket, if you feel comfortable about getting it out," said Marth.

"Not exactly..." Mariah said, and Marth simply bent down and retrieved it. He then tossed it to Mariah and smiled.

"You two take care of each other." He then rushed after his siblings, who had already gone ahead.

Ray smiled, pulled Mariah closer, and put his hand to her stomach. A baby, and it was theirs. He then started tracing slow circles on her stomach

Tyson sidled up to then and elbowed Ray. "Your never gonna be able to live this one down, Buddy."

Ray glared at Tyson, before letting go of Mariah, but catching her hand in his. "Let's go home."

The group then started through the corridors to the entrance. The first blow had been struck. They needed to keep fighting for hope in the future.

Warm and fuzzies... purrs

Whoa, long chappie, almost 4,500 words and 12 pages, but I wanted to give you a treat before I go back to school, and can't write as much. So hope you all liked it!