knowlee- Hello peoples! I wish to thank all the ones who left this story wonderful reviews on the prologue of this story. Thank you! Well, here's the long awaited first chapter of the Elements fanfic. Sorry for the long wait, I had many things occupying my time and I was honestly trying to write this while doing those. Hehe...well I also have decided to put up profiles of the characters that appear within this story on my profile to help you guys better understand things as they go along. Well, I better not keep you waiting any longer, so please read, review, and enjoy!!!

Disclaimer: I do not own Beyblade not its characters. Nor do I own Avatar or the Avatar universe. I do own however the character Marcus in this chapter.

Previously on Elements...

The Fire Nation now has reason to believe that the elemental beasts have chosen new benders to house them. With this in mind, they knew that the other nations could stand a chance of defeating them if these individuals were found and became united as a team.

So now with this new knowledge in their grasp, the Fire Nation gave the task of finding the people chosen and destroying them before this could come to pass to a pair of bounty hunters...

...and this is where our story begins.

Elements

Book 1: Water

Chapter 1:

The Bounty

His hands were clenched tightly onto the hilts of his dual swords. He was growing impatient. He should have been here by now.

He turned his head towards his partner who was crouched down on a thick branch that was directly over where their target was supposed to appear at. Keyword: was.

His partner must've felt his gaze on her because she looked up at him. Crimson met ruby as a silent conversations began.

'Are you sure he's headed this direction?' he conveyed to her through his eyes.

'Of course, I'm sure! My information is never wrong!' she replied back.

He nodded. He should have known better than to doubt her. With the way she could force information out of people, he knew it had to be correct.

As if an act of mercy against his impatience, a lone man atop an animal was heading in their direction.

'There's our target!' he thought as he narrowed his eyes, waiting for the right moment to strike.

Slowly, but surely, their target approached the tree they were hiding in. Once he was close enough, they sprang into action.

Jumping from the limbs they were crouching on, they landed easily on their feet. Their sudden appearance scared the man's riding animal enough to cause it to bolt. The force of it caused the man to fall off and the animal to make a run for it.

Muttering curses under his breath, the pair's target looked up and noticed them standing there. He pulled himself off the ground while taking in the details of the two people who were in front of him.

One was a man, the other a woman. The man was wielding two dueling swords and standing at ready. He also noted that the man had an interesting color combination going on with his hair. The back part of it was a deep blue while the front was dull silver. His eyes were a crimson red. But the most striking feature of the guy that caught his attention most was the two pairs of blue triangles on either side of the guy's face. It gave the man a look of danger and the aura of one who could take care of himself.

Shifting his eyes, he then decided to take notice of the woman standing next to the man. She didn't have any features that struck him as well as it did with the man. To put it simply, she was well, plain. Her hair was a chocolate brown. It was a color that he saw on most girls during his travels. And while most of those girls he saw had their hair fixed up in some way, the one's wasn't. Her eyes were a lighter color of the man's; ruby. And on the danger level that he sensed from her companion, he got nothing from her. She looked as if she didn't even belong here! But, he couldn't help but feel as if she wasn't as strong as she looked.

"Hey!"

The man diverted his attention away from the woman and looked at the source of the voice, the triangle guy.

"Marcus, I presume?" the triangle guy asked.

The man glared, "Yeah, what about it?"

A smirk crossed the triangle guy's face, "I'm afraid that you're going to have to come with us!"

Suddenly the man realized who they were: bounty hunters! He clenched the throwing knifes that slid into his hands. No way were they gonna take him! No way!

He chuckled, "I don't think so!"

He threw his hand out, letting go of the knifes at the same time, and sent them flying towards his assailants. The weapons he had thrown quickly became obsolete due to the triangle guy striking them down with his swords.

Marcus took a few steps back, preparing his next round of knifes to strike should they do the same. The woman took this moment to run behind him to prevent an escape from occurring.

Quickly taking in his surroundings and his two opponents, Marcus figured that the girl was nothing to worry about. The guy, on the other hand, was another thing. He would probably have to put up a fight against him. Before he could decide what approach to use on him, the triangle guy ran towards him, getting ready to strike.

Launching his knifes at him once again, Marcus moved back, carefully taking notice of what the woman might do. As if on cue, the woman moved forward to get ready to subdue him as her partner was dodging the knifes. Taking this chance, Marcus circled around her, wrapped his arm around her, and held a knife at her neck, ready to use her as bait to get out of this mess.

He waited until her partner was looking at them to speak.

"Hey, take another step towards me and she gets it!"

The triangle guy gave a glare to the man that sent shivers down his spine. He then looked over towards his partner and nodded. She nodded in return. It was time to take it up a notch!

Acting quickly, the woman rared her elbow back into her captor's stomach, knocking her lose. With him starting to lean over in pain, she proceeded to turn around and kick him hard on the chest, sending him flying back a few feet.

Groaning in pain, the man slowly began to get back on his feet. He looked over towards the woman to see her partner walk over beside her, still glaring at him. 'She's definitely not as strong as she looks!' he thought.

Continuing to give him a glare, the triangle guy combined his two swords together and sheathed them. He took a stance and gave Marcus a look as if he was daring him to come and fight. Marcus growled. Well if it was a fight he wanted, it's a fight he'll get!

Marcus finally got up on his feet. 'Let's do this!' The woman moved away from the two men as Marcus began to run towards his opponent. Once he got close enough he rared his fist back to punch the triangle guy's face in! His eyes widened at what happened next.

A smirk crossed the triangle guy's face. He moved his left arm to the side of Marcus' and pushed it aside with his hand. Then taking his own fist, he hit Marcus square on his face. Spitting up blood, Marcus turned back to his opponent and sent a kick flying towards him.

Once again, his opponent dodged his attack and launched his own. The attack forced Marcus to the ground. The woman walked over to her partner.

"Ya know Kai, I think they want him alive not beaten to a bloody pulp!" she said to him.

Kai! His eyes widened. No way! This guy- the guy who's beating him- is Kai!?! The famous bounty hunter who's never missed his target!?! He's the one trying to capture him!?!

"Relax, Hilary. I'm just shaking him up a little." Kai replied to Hilary's statement.

"I know. I just wanted to make sure you remembered, that's all." she said back.

Marcus looked at the two. Kai and Hilary; expert bounty hunters and not to be taken lightly. He automatically knew that there was no way he could get out of this one. His thought was confirmed as the two bounty hunters returned their attention to him, their target.

"Now to add the finishing touch." Kai smirked and looked over at Hilary.

Hilary nodded and began to walk over to Marcus. Marcus slowly took out one of his knifes and began to prepare an attack. Once she got close enough, he struck out with his weapon. She apparently saw this coming and grabbed his wrist to keep the silver blade from piercing her skin. She took her other hand and placed it on his neck. Before he knew what she was doing, he had drifted off into the blackness of his mind.

Kai weighed the parcel of money in his hand. He could tell by its density that it had enough in it to pay off their debt to the landlord of the apartment they were renting as well as buy them some decent meals the next time they went out. Shifting his attention away from the money they had received from capturing Marcus, he looked over to his parter, Hilary.

"You know, you kinda scared me back there." he spoke.

Hilary looked up from the ground, which she had been staring at since they dropped Marcus off at the town jail. "What do you mean?"

She saw Kai raise one of his eyebrows as if to say, 'You know what I'm talking about.'

Hilary giggled, seeing what he was referring to. "Oh that! I was just trying to see whether or not he was one of those guys that thought they could take me. He was giving me the idea that he was."

"Hn."

Silence descended upon the two bounty hunters as they made their way to their home. Once there, they headed straight for the landlord's office. Upon entering they saw the person they were seeking was sitting at his desk. Kai approached the man as Hilary stayed back, leaning against the wall.

Kai pulled out the bag of money he and Hil received from the jailers. He took out the money needed to pay the bill and handed it to the man.

"Alright that'll take care of this month!" he noted when accepting the money.

Kai returned the money bag back to its place and began to walk away, but the voice of the landlord caused him to stop.

"Ya know, there was a couple of men in here a few minutes ago. They said something about offering you guys a job. A pretty good one too by the sounds of it. They may still be outside somewhere waiting for ya, if ya hurry!"

"Hn." Kai replied and headed out the door with Hilary following close behind.

The sunlight greeted them once again as they exited the building.

"So," Hilary started, "Where do you suppose they're at?"

They received their answer soon enough as they saw three men standing at least ten feet away from them. Kai eyed them curiously. They certainly didn't look as if they were from around here. Oh well, they were potential clients, might as well hear them out.

"Hey!" he called out to the men.

The men looked towards the direction of the voice and saw Kai and Hilary standing there.

"You the guys looking for bounty hunters?" Kai finished.

The middle guy, who Kai guessed was the leader, came forward. "Yeah, you heard of the infamous Kai and Hilary?"

Hilary smirked, "You're looking at 'em!"

The men looked at them skeptically. "You sure you ain't pulling on our legs?"

Kai glared at him, "Does it look like we're joking?"

The death glare Kai sent made it's target cower and hide behind the leader of the three clients.

Seeing this, the leader answered, "Alright, we'll take you're word for it."

"Hn."

The three men walked over to the two and began to discuss business.

"So you have a job for us?" Hilary asked the men.

The leader looked over towards her, "Yes, and it's a big one too. You see we've been sent over here directly from Fire Lord-"

"Wait a minute! Fire Lord? I could tell that you guys weren't from around here ever since I first saw you! As you know we're not affiliated with any nation and we don't ever intend to be!" Kai interrupted.

"The Fire Lord understands that but-"

"But nothing, we don't want to get involved in this war! C'mon Hil, let's get out of here!"

Kai turned on his heel and began to walk off with Hilary following closely behind.

"Wait!" the leader called after them.

They stopped and turned towards him, deciding to hear his words.

"You're not exactly getting involved in the war. The Fire Lord just wants you to capture some people for him and bring them to the Fire Nation. That's all."

Hilary asked him, "So what you're saying is that we're just going to capture some random guys for him and that's it?"

"Yes and the money you'll receive in payment can be anything you want it to be." he answered.

Hilary looked over at Kai. Kai inwardly sighed. Oh well, at least they weren't getting into the thick of things. "Fine we'll do it! But that Fire Lord of yours better give us the money we want afterwards!"

"It'll be done!" the leader promised.

Kai inwardly sighed again. Another day, another bounty to hunt. 'I wonder who the lucky ones are who've been chosen to be brought into the Fire Lord's presence.' he thought to himself as he stared up in the blue sky above them.