Chapter One

Ten's First Encounter

This is collaboration between CyberDreamer and myself. This fan fiction test the bonds of the new team by the introduction of four already existing factors…Enjoy!

Overall, Ten had been victim of a very depressing day. Depressing meant nothing happened, and nothing happening meant insanity brought about by boredom. As of right now, his current perch was on top of the local chapel, his legs dangling languidly over the edge of the stone railing he was now seated upon. He had a pair of earphones on, and that black cord led downwards to a Discman in his lap, and over the headphones, any passerby with decent hearing could hear Death Metal screams. Ten bobbed his head along, always having been a favorer of such deafening tones. So farking bored! His mind screamed to him. But Ten had a tendency to talk himself out of things, and now was no different. If I'm bored, that means there's no trouble, he reasoned. And that's good. It's a small price to pay. So, justified, he continued to jam along to his music.

Behind the one known as Cyber Ten, trouble was brewing in the form of a figure clothed in black pants and a matching tanktop, looking at Ten curiously from piercing ice blue eyes. That must be him…Said figure reasoned, and the slowly moved forward to Ten…

Our local idiot continued to bop along, completely oblivious of the person right beside him. But he did feel his headphones lift up, and he tensed up out of reflex, ready to send himself hurtling backwards into his mysterious visitor.

"Hiya Ten." The new person greeted him.

Ten, being a rather bright Cyber for being so strange, immediately put a face to the voice, and he was right. Behind him, his mystery visitor was indeed Cyber X-1, Mikae. He waved at her languidly, as he swung around to face her, never leaving the stone railing.

"What's up, Mikae?"

She grinned a little bit, and pushed her pageboy cut hair from her face. "I was just in the neighborhood, and I saw you here. So I thought I'd say hello."

Ten grinned wryly, biting back several spontaneous quips. Instead, he settled for one. "The only reason people visit me is because they want something. So, what can Uncle Ten do for you?"

Mikae giggled a little bit, and stated firmly, "I came actually to tell you something."

Before he even had a chance to reply, Mikae had grabbed the front of Ten's vest, and yanked him close. Ten figured something was wrong then, and his suspicious was confirmed when Mikae hissed cruelly, "You're dead." Mikae shoved him hard, and tried to throw him off the ledge, and that surely would have killed him. But Ten had time to see something coming, and twisted his torso in an almost impossible ninety degree turn, and her hand pulled him just slightly. From there, Ten smacked Mikae's hand with all his strength, which was enough to make her let go. Mikae jumped back, snarling with rage. Ten vaulted off the railing, landing in his favorite fighting position and his gauged his assassin warily. After a few tense moments, Mikae leapt forward, throwing out a fast right-footed snap kick towards Ten's jaw. Ten was tensed like a spring, and jerked his head backwards to evade the kick. He swiftly countered, throwing his own right foot up in a speedy snap kick, to match. Mikae's superior making allowed her to evade the attack, much in the same way he did, rocking her head away from the blow to be. Mikae wasn't finished, and she spun lower to the ground, throwing out her right foot in a sweep kick, aiming for Ten's shins. Ten threw himself to the left, flipping himself neatly over her incoming leg, spreading his legs so he could have a straight flight and a firm landing. Ten landed from the neat evasion, and drew his right foot up, way up, grabbing the tip of his foot in his hand. He slammed his foot down, throwing it at the same time. Mikae recovered from her sweep, and rolled backwards, tucked into a neat ball, leaving Ten's foot to smash into the ground. Cyber X-1 rolled up to her feet, and wasting no time, tackled Ten. Ten's breath left him in a swirl of wind, and a wave of pain. Mikae pinned him down, using her legs to hold his arms down. Ten's mind was ever sarcastic, and he thought to himself, Under other circumstances, I wouldn't mind this position. What quickly brought him back to Earth was when Mikae drew her right hand back, and smashed it into Ten's jaw, sending a spark of pain through his senses. Mikae drew her left hand back, and repeated the punch. Ten's head rocked with the blow, and he became slightly dizzy from the raw power behind the assault. Ten had had enough, however, and he threw his right foot up, smacking Mikae in the back of the head. She tilted forward in response to the blow, and that's what he hoped. He threw himself forward, banging his forehead against Mikae's nose, and he heard a satisfying snap as it broke. He felt warm blood run down his face, satisfied in the fact that it wasn't his. But the blood around his mouth was, for Mikae had come close to breaking his jaw. Mikae gave another low growl, and knitted her hands together. Ten's eyes widen briefly, before they were smacked closed by the hammer blow Mikae delivered to his face, sending a few teeth lose and rendering Ten to a state of unconsciousness. Mikae stood up, and growled, then leaped off into the distance, satisfied that she had made her point.