Prologue: I'm Coming For You

[Was going to start with the first chapter right away but decided not to.
Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade.]

The five members of the Blade Breakers walked along a main street in one of the cities of Japan that they were staying in, obviously making quite a bit of noise from their talking... only about half of the group at the most. A dark blue-haired boy had his hands folded behind his head, an amused grin on his face as he glanced back at the group with his dark eyes.

"That match was awesome! You really took them out, Kai." He said, glancing at another boy that had darkened crimson eyes and blue markings on his cheeks.

"Tch..." The other blader flicked some of his two-shaded blue bangs from his eyes as he turned his head away slightly, looking elsewhere. "Just overconfident amateurs..."

"You gotta admit, they seemed to at least know what they were doing." Spoke up a cheery blue-eyed blond. "Your advantage was almost taken away."

"I wouldn't go that far, Max." Kenny spoke up, pushing his glasses back up under the bangs of his orange hair. "Kai has a lot more experience and his opponents were just looking for a fight. They sure got one, alright."

Ray rolled his eyes, flicking his yellow gaze to the sky as few fluffy pinkish clouds rolled across the dusk sky slowly and carelessly. He sighed quietly, continuing to follow his talking comrades. His heightened sense of hearing caught a sound from above and resisted the urge to stop walking.

'What was that...' He thought, cautiously moving his gaze over to the rooftops of the stores and restaurants. 'I swear... I heard something...'

He focused himself away from the sound of Tyson talking and tensed, hearing the noise again. His yellow eyes turned cat-like slightly as he definitely heard the softened thud of someone running and then he heard the original noise again...

'Chains...' He withdrew a small breath, feeling the wind pick up slightly.

He snapped his gaze forward, almost walking into Max as he noticed that they were all in front of Kai's home. He almost forgot to breathe when he noticed almost all of the other staring.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Max asked, blinking innocently. "Is something bothering you, Ray?"

"No." He answered, a little more rushed than he had expected. "Why are we here?"

"Are you sure?" Tyson butted in. "You seem a little zoned out and all. And did you forget already? We're just going to hang out for a while."

Ray shook his head, his muscles still tense. "Just thinking and letting my mind wander, that's all."

"Eh, if you say so." Tyson shrugged, folding his arms behind his head again. "You know, if something's up, you can tell all of us. We're a team and we're supposed to be open to each other."

"I'm serious, guys. Can't a guy just think for a while?" Ray asked, not liking the skeptical stares that he got from his teammates.

He sighed quietly to himself, watching the others walk into the hotel and he started following them. He glanced back as he rested a hand on the doorway, seeing nothing but it didn't leave the reassuring feeling. He just shook his head, walking through the doors to catch up with his friends.

A shadow seemed to emerge from a rooftop across the street and it disappeared, as soon it was visible, vanishing with the wind. The individual dashed across the rooftop, leaping across a very narrow alley onto another one and seemed to glide down a fire escape; completely dressed in black. Amber eyes were the only visible things to see and person dashed through the dark alley. A thick chain was wrapped twice around the being's middle and diagonally across the body with the hook attached to one of the links.

The being slowed down after jumping down a slope by the river, ducking under the bridge where three other similarly dressed beings stood, varying in height. An arm was placed across the individual's own stomach and bowed down to what seemed to be the leader.

"What did you find..." A male voice seemed to purr from the leader of the pack.

"The one that you have been searching for that came from the isolated village in China... Ray... Our sources proved true and he is currently here..." Reported the watcher, also having a male voice.

A low chuckle was a reply to the findings, the leader not turning his back. "Good... We've spent a long time training and it will not go without its spoils of victory..." He paused, running his fingertips lightly over the scar that was over his left eye as he narrowed the dark blue gaze. "It's been too long and we will finally be able to leave a mark of our own for that traitor... As he had done for me..."

"Should we go all out in one sweep of the city while the Blade Breakers are still in town?" A third member spoke up while the last remained silent.

"No... we'll make ourselves noticed... Not too much to blow our cover... It's a simple tactic. Make yourself known to the enemy but not so well known as they can see your identity..." The leader crossed his arms over his black clad chest, smoothly running his tongue over his feline fangs. "Everything that we have taught each other will be proved in this ultimate and final test... After this, our mission will be complete... but it will not be the last..."

The other three followers stepped back a few paces as the leader strode over to the edge of bridge, looking up past the structure and towards the darkening sky.

"It won't be long now... Ray... I'm coming for you..."

[Alright. This is really short for a prologue, I know, but I'm working on the first chapter right now and hopefully I'll get something up in a day or two. Xx; Another writing spree... Ra help me... Oh, and if there's any spelling mistakes, I'm sorry ]