A/N: Hi there... I know I should probably be working on my other fic...but I'm stuck there... this idea has been bothering me for some time now so I decided to give it a try...but I should warn you... the updates will be few and far between... thanks to college and such...
This fic will be a RikuxSora later on...but it will manly revolve around Riku...there will also be some AkuRoku and CloudxLeon in there somewhere but it will be minor...some more pairings may come up as well...
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
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It was a little after midnight at Traverse Town's train station. A cold place on an even colder city, in one of the trains that rested at the station was a boy, a boy that turned seventeen earlier that month. He was curled up in a ball trying to get as much warmth as he could, just like a small child would do, such an innocent demeanor was hard to come by in Traverse Town, most of its children were already tainted with its crimes.
The boy was running away, from a past he wished not to remember, but that would haunt him forever. Many did the same before him, a foolish attempt; little did he know... he should have stayed home.
As the boy was sleeping, a tall and lean figure stepped inside the confined space. The stranger was wearing tight blue jeans and a burgundy sleeveless hoodie; he had flaming read hair and tattoos under both eyes that resembled tears, a souvenir he got in his early years. The stranger was looking for anything that could be of some use for him, that's when the redhead spotted a curled up thing on the cold, hard floor. Curious as to what it was, he approached it with great care, for when someone lived on the streets as long as he had, one always knew not to let their guard down, not even if they were nearing something that looked like a beat down puppy.
A closer inspection proved that the "puppy" was actually a boy, a very small boy. Kneeling, the stranger poked him with his fingers. The little boy started whimpering and the redhead thought that maybe he was a puppy after all.
"Come on kid, you're gonna get the flu or something if you stay on the floor like that." Nothing, the redhead tried again. "Come ooon, I'm not going to leave you here to rot little fella, it would stay on my conscience... at least for a week anyways." With that he shoved the seventeen year old a little hard with his boot.
"Leave me alone bitch." What? Here I am trying to help the little punk and this is how he acts? The redhead thought.
"Fine, if you want to die be my guest, I didn't come here to waste my time on a brat like you." Suddenly the boy got up scared and looking everywhere until he remembered where he was and why.
"Sorry about that but, who are you?" He asked eyeing the taller boy suspiciously.
"Humph, that's okay I guess, name's Axel by the way. A-X-E-L, got it memorized?" What a weird guy was all that was going through the other's mind. "And what's your name boy?"
"I'm not a boy! I'm seventeen, and my name is Riku."
"So tell me Riku, why are you here anyway? You ran away or something?"
"Yeah, but that's none of your business." That's when it hit him, where was he exactly? Damn it, why he had to fall asleep? "Hum, which city is this?"
"Gee, you're really lost huh? This, my little friend, is the one and only Traverse Town! The city of a thousand lights!" Traverse Town? Shit! He definitely shouldn't have fallen asleep, this was the very last city the train would go, very far from Twilight Town where he came from. Well, the longer the distance the better right?
"Well... I guess it could be worse."
"Ha! Worse? You don't know half of it dude, this is the shitiest place to be."
"What? Why?"
"Here's a quick history lesson for ya, this city is full of the lowest kinds of assholes the society could produce, the most vile scum that walks the earth. This city is ruled by organized crime Riku." He was clearly shocked... he didn't want this, he was supposed to be at Hollow Bastion and not this violent place. If Axel was telling the truth, and he had no reason to believe otherwise, he was royally screwed. "Well... that lost look on your face tells me you are not used to this kind of thing right? But worry not; I like you kid and I will take you under my wing. I'll give you a quick explanation of how things work around here."
"I guess I don't have a choice; there is no turning back now. Go on." And so Axel started telling him the crude reality of Traverse Town.
Traverse Town was long ago taken over by a gang, that gang was led by brothers, Ansem (A/N: the one from kh 1, Xehanort's heartless) and Xemnas. They had complete control of the city, they had corrupted cops and politicians at the palm of their hands. Their mutual rule was not long though, the brothers fought for power even between them, Xemnas wanted utter control of the financial aspects as well as over the cops, while Ansem only wanted to be feared and to do as he pleased. Xemnas was disgusted by his brother's stupid antics and decided to kill him in order to gain control of Traverse Town, but Ansem was no fool and predicted his brother's betrayal. The gang was then torn apart, some siding with Xemnas and some with Ansem, they were at war constantly, and all the while the cops turned a blind eye to all the mayhem caused by this power struggle.
Eventually two more gangs appeared; they took advantage of the weakened forces of the brothers and assumed control of two parts of the city. And since that day all the four gangs fight constantly, but they never attack each other directly in fear of weakening themselves and allowing one of the other gangs to take control.
"Well, that's a pretty summed up version of it... but it will be enough for now. All I have left to say is this, if you want my friendship and my protection, you will have to join my gang, it's called AVALACHE, and we could use some extra hands if you know what I mean."
"What? No way, I'm not a criminal, and I'll surely not join some thugs thank you very much." Axel looked a little angry about what Riku said.
"You know nothing, yeah we may be a gang but we are no criminals, we only want to bring those bastards down so the people here won't suffer so much, and the only way to do that is by being a gang... since the cops are corrupted pigs and the governor doesn't care as long as he receives his share of the profit!"
"Hum, sorry, I didn't realize that, I though you guys were just a bunch of thieves and murderers, all the "gangs" at my old home were like that."
"It's okay, sorry if I got a little defensive there."
"No problem, but tell me... what are the other gangs' names?"
"Oh, right. Ansem's gang is called The Heartless, Xemnas' gang is known as Organization XIII and the other gang goes by Deepground. Deepground is formed up by a bunch of fascist bastards that want only the "pure" to rule the city; they are run by the Tsviets, a group of five psychos. So... have you decided if you will join us?"
"I guess I don't really have a choice in the matter, so yes... I'll join you guys."
"Heh, glad you chose the right option Riku... but it's not that simple, first you must be tested. Come on, follow me."
"Tested? What do you mean? Hey! Axel! Come back here and tell me what the hell you mean! AXEL!" Where did I get myself into?
To Be Continued...
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A/N: So...tell me what you guys think...is it good? Criticism will be greatly appreciated... how fast I update depends on the number of reviews I get... cause I tend to get discouraged easily...
Anyways... until next time and don't forget to review!!