Well, here is the chapter only to be known as 'three'. Ok so on with the story... I don't own stuff.

Future Hope

Ray, Mariah, Max and Kenny were still staring at the rooftop where Kai and the girl (AN: Remember only Kai knows her name) had been perched on just a moment before. Mariah still had her arms around Ray's shoulders. Ray seemed pretty much recovered from the attack. "Are you alright, Mariah?" Ray whispered in her ear. She shivered slightly at the feeling of his breath on her ear. She shifted her position to look at him.

"Yeah, I'm fine, Ray. But what about you?"

Ray smiled slightly, his eyes shining inches from her own.

"I'm alright, but I'd feel even better if..." he didn't get to finish the question, because Mariah had already guessed what he wanted her to do, and gently brushed her lips against his in a kiss. However, she had chosen a bad time to do so, because they suddenly heard "OOH, LOVERS!"

They parted quickly and looked up at Max who had a big goofy-but-cute smile on his face. Kenny looked like he was being strangled more than Ray did before. A pink tinge entered Mariah's cheeks and Ray looked away from her, looking guilty.

Max just grinned wider. "But anyway, how are ya Ray old buddy?" Max yelled before he jumped off the roof and onto Ray in a sort of 'glomp'. Mariah had managed to move away just in time to avoid being 'glomped' by Max.

"Good, Max, fine!" said Ray, whose face was turning blue. "Now could you please get off me?"

"Oops, sorry, I get a little over-excited sometimes. But anyway, what's with those weird robots? Where did they come from?"

Ray sat up, coughed a little, and then put on a serious face. "I'll explain everything soon, but in the meantime, let's go back to our place, we are not safe out here," he said, gesturing to Mariah so Max knew what the 'our' meant.

"Oh, so you share a place too?" Max said smirking.

"Well, when you're the only two humans left in a place you don't really have much choice do you?" snapped Mariah.

Max looked guilty. "True, true."

Mariah sighed, satisfied. "Well, we'd better start heading back" She tried to stand up, but her injured hip prevented her from doing so. Ray hesitated for just one moment before walking over to her and scooping her up in his arms, cradling her like a baby. She looked up at him, and he looked down at her. He smiled that wonderful, heart-warming smile that always made her feel special, and she rested her head against his chest almost immediately falling asleep. Ray seemed well satisfied, and started walking, gesturing to Max and Kenny to follow him. Max stood there and gaped, before smiling. 'They really deserve each other, he obviously cares about her a lot and would never let anything happen to her, and she loves him more than anything else in the world probably, they need each other,' Max thought before starting to follow them.

Kai was still staring at Trinity, until he realized that his mouth was hanging open and he probably looked like a complete idiot. She was grinning at him almost victoriously but then continued to speak.

"If you wanna hear what's going on, you'd better close your mouth, you look like some big old frog waiting for a bug to land in its mouth."

Kai quickly shut his mouth at that, and glared at her some more. "Well are you gonna tell me or not?" he said coolly.

She closed her amber eyes momentarily, as if reconsidering, and then opened them again to stare into his mahogany coloured ones. She then started to speak...

(AN: this is Trin's POV at the moment so don't get confused)

"Okay, my name is Trinity, AKA Trin. My parents named me that because they believed that I made them complete, a group of three, thus the name Trinity. I guess they didn't count on my little brother and little sister..." she trailed off for a second, lost in memories of her family. "Oh well, I'm getting off the point. I came from the near future, and I work for a group of people that fight against the youma- yes that is what they are called. (AN: In Japanese that means demon) The group I work for are called the Crystal Senshi (AN: Japanese for soldiers) and we specialize in getting rid of the youma. There are not many left of us, because only the truly skilled will make it past the test to be made a member of the Crystal Senshi, and I'm the only girl to ever pass anyway. And even after you have passed it is hard to survive the rigorous training we go through every day, and the danger the youma present. It's pretty dangerous, but I wanted to join, it was the only way I could avenge my mother's family. (AN: Sound familiar?) They were all murdered by those beasts- every single one, and I would not stand for it. I wanted to protect my family- my little brother Marth (AN: I've been playing too much SSBM, but it's a cool name!) and my little sister Kirra, but most of all my parents. They were the people that thought of the Crystal Senshi in the first place. They were the first to learn how to harness the power of their bit beasts without their beyblades- they could do so by using a training technique we ourselves do. But, it seems that our family are the only ones capable of doing so properly. Maybe because our families' bit beasts were passed down from generation to generation, so only a limited number of people have the same powers as we do at our disposal. Kirra, Marth and myself have bit beasts descended from our parents'. They are my Mystellara, Mysticala- Kirra's bit beast and Mysticisia- Marth's bit beast. All of them are cats of some sort- Marth's is like my father's, Kirra's is more like my mother's and mine is sort of a cross between both.

"Wait a second- you keep saying your parents are these great people who have accomplished so many things- who are they? Do we know them?" Kai demanded of her.

"You already know who my parents are..." Trinity said softly, smiling to show her teeth.

Kai thought about this comment for a moment, before looking her over. He stared into the amber depths, and their pupils narrowed like a cat's. He looked at the dark red hair, with pink-fuchsia streaks shining in the early morning sun. His eyes then traveled downward, noticing what he hadn't noticed before- the teeth. More like fangs. Kai took a deep breath and said the only possible answer "Ray and Mariah..."

Meanwhile, Ray was still carrying Mariah, with Max and Kenny trailing behind him. He looked downwards to looks at Mariah, and thought how beautiful she looked, sleeping with her head rested against his chest. His thoughts were suddenly interrupted when he took the next step down the roadway and he felt the ground under hit feet was not stable. His suspicions were reconfirmed and as the ground once again caved in slightly. He gasped and stepped back, crashing into Max and Kenny who were now close behind him, as if afraid of getting lost or left behind.

"Huh? What did you stop for?" said Max before seeing the ground ahead of them.

A shovel sticking up through the ground suddenly surprised them. Their eyes widened and they took a step back, Max stepping in front of Ray, who still had Mariah. They prepared for an ambush. But then suddenly, to their complete and utter astonishment, Tyson's head poked up through the ground!

"What the...?" said Max, his mouth hanging open.

Tyson turned to face them, and smiled when he saw them.

"Hey guys! I got caught by the military, but I dug out through the bottom of my cell!" said Tyson, a big dumb grin on his face.

The other just stared, but Mariah remained asleep.

"Oh and guys, can you order in some pizza or something? I'm really starving after a day of tunneling."

Back on the rooftop, Trinity smirked. "Congratulations, you've won the Tupperware, would you like to try for the Microwave?"

Kai sat down on the edge of the building, pretty much blown away by what he'd just heard.

'But it does make sense, I mean how long have those two been hot for each other?' he thought. (AN: Heh, heh!)

"So when's it gonna happen?" he asked, she immediately knew what he was talking about.

"It's about nine months away from my birthday, so it could be any time soon," she said "My sister is 2 years and 2 months behind me, and my brother is 3 years and 11 months," she added as an afterthought.

"Ok, that's... alright. Wait until Max and Kenny hear about this!" Kai grinned somewhat evilly.

A look of shock passed across Trinity's face. "NO! No one else must ever know! Those other guys, according to my parents, might not keep the secret. I was given strict rules to only tell you, and that's how it will stay. And if they let something slip, there's a chance I might never even be born. And you wouldn't want that to happen to someone as cute as me right?" she had a pleading tone to her voice.

Kai sighed slightly before closing his eyes and folding his arms. "You have my word."

Trinity looked relieved. "Thank you. I had better be getting back to my own time- my parent's are probably worried sick about me! But don't worry, I will return as soon as I have seen them."

Kai then opened his eyes to look at her, and smirked. "You'd better, otherwise we're screwed."

She smiled, and then turned to leave. "I'd better be going, but I will return. But until then, sayonara Kai. STELLA!" the bit beast emerged from the pink and white blade and with one swift moment, Trinity had mounted it and kicked it's sides with her feet.

"Wait! Just before you leave, who do think is behind all this?" yelled Kai as her bit beast carried her further away.

She looked back; Trinity was quite a distance away but Kai could see her large amber eyes were clouded.

"We believe it is your grandfather." With that, her bit beast carried her away at top speed.

Kai was left standing alone on the roof.

Ray, Mariah, Tyson, Max and Kenny had arrived back at Ray and Mariah's place. Ray put Mariah down on his bed, before closing the door and going back to the living room where the others were.

"So," Ray said "This is our place."

"More like underground refuge..." muttered Tyson.

"Well, you can't be too careful these days," said Max.

"Yeah, don't we know it," said Kenny.

They suddenly heard a sound at the door. Ray peered around the corner to see Kai standing there, taking off his shoes.

"Kai! What did that girl say? Did she know anything about the creatures?" questioned Ray.

"Um, yeah, she said they were called youma, but other than that she, uh, didn't say anything of much importance!" Kai stuttered his way through the sentence. He could tell that Ray could see he was lying, but had obviously decided to let it go.

Ooh, this is getting interesting!