Pairing: AlMas(Alice/Masquerade) *I know I did it already, just give me break*
Warnings: AU, OOC Masquerade and Alice, and love that won't surpass a nice makeout session and some touching.
A man. On top of that building! Is he crazy?! Get him down!
He jumped. The people watching below screamed in horror. He had no expression that could be seen on his lips. His eyes were unseeable, due to the thick blue lenses of his ski-goggles. He was free-falling so fast, that his blonde hair was merely a yellow streak along the crimson skyline.
"Come!"
The crowd stood, waiting for impact like a man about to recieve a punch to the face. He never landed; on them at least. A black and purple hover board came out of a nearby alley, and whisked him out of the air. The crowd offered some confused mutterings among themselves, so nobody saw him coming back around, with a loaded machine gun in hand. It only took 200-some rounds before the ground matched the skyline. He swung the gun's strap around so the gun was on his back, then flew off to the glinting red sun.
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"What!!? What do you mean we lost more men? That's impossible! They were armed with the best weapons we had!!!" Shouted an obviously aggravated man from behind a desk. The room was completely dark, except for a flickering desk light on the mans desk.
"It was him sir. I have no idea how, but-"
"You better find out NOW!! Oh so help me I'll toss you into the prisons!!" Shouted the man. The man opposite him nodded, bowed slightly, and ran off. The man reached into his desk drawer and pulled out a cigar, and lit it up. After waiting several minutes, he dialed something into his cell phone.
"Sarge, any new recruits?" He was silent to wait for the man to answer. "Bring her in then." He hung up without hesitation.
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The hover-boarder returned to the scene of his crime to collect his loot. He got a total of three assault rifles with enough ammo to last him a good while, more machine gun ammo, and a bullet proof vest. 'This worked REALLY well...' He mused, and decided to drop the vest. He grabbed one of the tattered, bloodstained, black trench coats that the men wore. He slipped it on over his filthy bloodstained tank top. He also found a GPS on one of the men, with the coordinates of the enemy base marked. He grinned.'Just the break I was looking for.' He put the GPS inside his coat pocket, then mounted his board and flew off, just before a squad arrived to inspect the dead bodies.
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"What is this?! I ask for recruits and you give me a girl?!" The man shouted from behind his desk, the cigar now burnt to the cinders.
"Sorry sir. She was the only one to pass our survival test." The general said.
"General Shun, this is going to look very bad on your record if she dies at any point." The man said, leaning foreward, so his elbows could be seen in the flickering desk light.
"I give you my word that she will not displease you, sir." He said, giving an unseen salute. The man behind the desk waved his hand in dismissal. The man clicked his heels, and marched out, leaving the girl in the room alone with the man.
"I'm going to give you basic information on this association. If you disclose any of this information to anybody outside of this organization, you better have a damn good reason, got it?" She nodded frantically. To her surprise, he moved the lamp, so the light was right in her eyes. She had brown eyes, that winced shut at the light. Her bright red hair glimmered, as did her porcelain soft skin. She was dressed in the foot soldier uniform: a grey tunic, with metal vambraces, a pair of black cargo pants which were tucked in to black army boots. She looked no older than 17.
"Now," he turned the desk light around quickly, so it shone on his face. "I am the owner and founder of the group, my full name is Daniel Kuso. Unless told otherwise, you wll address me as 'sir,' or 'Master Kuso.' Got it?" He said as the light sputtered angrily at the sudden motion. He had short, shaggy brown hair, with green, cracked goggles on the top of his head. His eyes were a powerful red, which matched his long red trench coat. His undershirt was a torn yellow t-shirt, with the organizations symbol on it: a three pronged flame. (AKA: Pyrus Symbol) He had matching fingerless gloves with black trim that also matched his trench coat. (A/N: Yes, I know I have him smoking a cigar, he's 19.)
"Even though I personally couldn't care less, what's your name?" Dan asked, turning the light so it shone on several strewn papers on the desk.
"Uhm, Alice. Alice-"
"Yeah, great. Alice.... Hmph... kinda' wimpy, but whatever. You have decided to join the Pyrus team. So if you're mentally retarded, that makes out enemy the Darkus team. The Darkus team has...one.." his anger began to rise, "Measly.... member, and he has single-handedly managed to kill over 30,000 of my men!! Do you think you stand half a chance at surviving one of his attacks?!" Dan shouted, standing up and pounding his fist hard on the desk, so hard, that the light flickered and went out. He snarled at this. He sat down, reached in his desk and pulled out a single white candle. He pulled out a cigar along with it, and a match. He struck the match, lit the cigar, then the candle, which sent a flickering glow through the whole room. The light revealed that there was nothing except the desk in the room for furniture, and papers stacked to the ceiling
"Y-yes?" She responded nervously.
"What? Did you say something?" Dan asked, leaning back and putting his feet on the desk. "Whatever, if you think you can handle it, I have a special request for you." Dan said, before taking a long drago on his cigar. Alice stood focused and ready.
"We have sources who have confirmed several different locations of this....demon." He worded. He shifted some papers on his desk, until he found a poster sized map. He set it on his desk upside-down so she could read it. "These red dots are possible locations. because the demon is alone, he moves quickly, and regularly." The Speed City map showed thousands of dots. Most of the dots were towards the east side of the city, formerly known as the shopping district, and the rest were scattered among the north, east, and west sides. There were no dots in the south.
"The reason there are no possible locations on the south side is because that's where our base is, and it's very heavily guarded and monitored 'round the clock. Here's where you come in: see all those dots on the east side? You're going to explore those dots." Dan said, accidentally flicking some cigar ashes on the map, and purposely blowing some cigar smoke right in her face. She coughed and backed up.
"You will go in with our heaviest weapons and artillery that can be held by one person. Your mission is simple: if you find him, kill him. If you can't find him, don't come back. Got it?" Dan said, hiding the map under some papers. Alice nodded. "Good. You will go to the weapons room for further instruction, as well as getting equipped." Dan said, pointing her out. Alice lookd at him, puzzled for a moment, before bowing slightly and leaving. Outside there was an officer, waiting to take her to the weapon room.
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The boarder sat on the dusty floor of his hideout. He was in one of his favourite spots: the top floor of a once proud mall. The mall looked like it could fall apart at any moment, what with all the cobwebs, dust, cracks, and poorly boarded-up holes. The only light in the room was via the humongous skylights that let in the soft moonlight on the entire mall. He was in the food court, sitting at a dusty table in front of what was once a Starbucks. He set the assault rifles down, and began to remove the ammo. The mall was completely silent, so silent that the supposedly soft clicks of the ammo coming out of the gun sounded earth-shattering. His board sat was on the ground by it's side, the Darkus symbol residing on the top and bottom. His wildly spiked hair was like a diamond in the ruff, the only bit of colour in the once-bustling landfill of a mall. His gloved hands worked carefully, noting that the ammo in the assault rifles was explosive.
Some time later, the sounds of the ammo clicking were accompanied by a loud thudding, which would stop, speed up, stop, and slow down at random times. He sighed 'Dan's really slipping up, sending somebody who doesn't even have the common sense to tip-toe...' He mused. He removed the last bit of ammo, and put it in his inner-coat pocket, leaving one of the rifles loaded. He slung that one and his own machine gun over his shoulder, and picked up the other two. He got on his hover-board, allowing him silent access behind the counter of the Starbucks, where he stored the empty assault rifles. He used the upper part of his body to turn his board, and went over the rail next to the table his was sitting at, to travel down a floor to meet the clumsy soldier.
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Alice moved quickly, using a small mirror to look out around corners to make sure he wasn't there. 'No blond hair.... I beginning to think I should've started next door at that meat shop....' Alice mentally whined. She ran to the busted fountain in the middle of the second floor, with he boots clunking along noisily.
"Shesh, I can hear you, you know." Said a male voice. Alice panicked, and looked around, clinging to her semi-automatic shotgun. She closed her eyes, and listened for anything, a footstep, a loud sigh, anything. Not a single sound.
"Well? You've found me. Aren't you going to shoot me and get the biggest promotion of your life?" He taunted. Alice turned her head around the broken fountain head, and saw him, staring right at her. He eyes widened with fear, and thinking fast, she ran.
"You're going to make me chase you now? And I thought today was going to be boring..." He mused, and chased after her, easily getting ahead of her.
She was looking back, and, not seeing him, she was going to make for the exit, except that something blocked her path; and she ran right into it.
"Pardon you. Dan doesn'teven teach you basic manners anymore?" He shrugged, adjusting his machine gun like he was going to start shooting. Alice let out a mad shriek, which echoed to a very high volume, and ran the way she came. He held his hands to his ears, and groaned. "Common lady, Jesus, I kinda like my hearing!" Masquerade shouted, and boarded after her.
Alice ran up a busted escalator, followed by another neary staircase untill she got to the top floor. She then jumped behind the Sabbaro's Pizza counter, where she sat with her knees to he chest, trying her best not to make a noise.
"Hm-hm-hm... You're trapped now my friend. I'm going to find you!" he declared, and headed to the left of Alice's hiding spot. Unfortunately, the dust Alice had kicked up when she sat was coming back down, and making her have to...
"Ah-" She covered her mouth and nose quickly, hopefully he didn't hear her. She stopped the sneeze, and sat motionless.
"I heard that." She heard a clanking noise. 'Oh shit, he's going to shoot!' Alice panicked. Thinking for her life, she jumped out of her hiding spot, and tossed all her gear on the ground. Masquerade heard the loud noise, and came over to her.
Alice was on her knees, with her head down and hands in a preying position. "Please, I'll do whatever you want, don't kill me!!" Alice pleaded, desperation clear in her voice. He paused to consider this, putting a finger to his chin. He smirked.
"You know what? I won't kill you." Alice immediately relaxed, though stayed on her knees, her head still down. "On one condition. You will betray the Pyrus, and join Darkus." He bargained. Alice's eyes widened. There was a long silence before she responded.
"Y-yes. Just please don't hurt me." Alice pleaded. Masquerade smiled, and picked up the machine gun that was in Alice's over-filled bag-o-guns. She removed the ammo belts, and the ammo from the assault rifle.
"You got any more ammo on you or in the bag?" He asked, dismounting his board. Alice nodded, and, without lifting her head, she pulled a box of machine gun ammo from the inside pocket of her tunic.
"Pleasure doing business with ya." He took the ammo, and stuck it in his pants pocket. "Get up. You look so pathetic." He scowled. Alice did as she was told.
"Eh? Dan usually doesn't accept girls. He musta' sent you on this mission to kill you off, am I right?" Alice nodded, and looked away from him. He grabbed her chin, and slowly turned her head to face him. "You got a name, cutie?" He asked, an evil smile on his lips.
"It's Alice." She responded, not even trying to remove his hand from her chin.
"Are there any communication devices I should know about?" He asked, looking at the large back-pack on the floor. Alice shook her head.
"I had two options, I could find you, and kill you, or I could wander aimlessly and never come back." Alice said, as her removed his hand from her chin.
"Interesting. Dan should've told you about how I roll, right? I keep moving. Got that?" He said, picking his board up.
"Yes...But, Who are you? What do people call you?" Alice asked, looking right at him. He had set his board on a nearby table, and picked up the bag, begining to empty it.
"Hmm... I'm not sure. It's been so longs since anyone asked." He said looking down, ashamed that he can't even remember his name.
"Well, I have to call you something." Alice said, puzzling.
"Something? That works." He joked.
Alice snorted at his humor. "Masquerade?"
He arched an eyebrow. "Masquerade?....hmn...Mas-quer-ade... hnnn....I like it." He said with a smile, and began to remove all the contents of the bag. Several dozen guns, and a lazer scope, which it kept. Everything else, except the bag, he put in the Sabarro's pizza oven, and turned it on. It would heat up, but very slowly. He put his gun in the bag, after attaching the scope. "I've got a reserve in town that has most of my stock of guns in it. We'll go there and get you a gun, as well as a Darkus patch to cover up that Pyrus one on your shoulder." He said, pointing to the patch in question. He walked over to her, and ripped it off her uniform.
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END O' CHAPTER 1!
Holy crap, my first chapter fic!!! (in a LOOOOOOONG time). I decided to make this because on my first AlMas ficI gender-bended him... ^^; much to the displeasure of some Masquerade fans. So, in this one he will stay perfectly straight (though I replaced his traditional pointed blue mask with a pair of ski-goggles...)
If you are unclear on anything, heres what we have so far:
Dan Kuso is the leader of team Pyrus, with Shun Kazami as his lead general. Masquerade is the leader, and only member of team Darkus. Alice was the first female to join team Pyrus, and Dan sent her out on a highly dangerous mission. She begged Masquerade not to kill her, and on his terms, she was spared, but had to be in allegence to team Darkus.
The setting: An appocolyptic Speed City. (If you've seen Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, then picture New Domino.) Appocolyptic is why the sky was crimson at the begining, and the mall was more like a four level haunted house.
Other Characters to be introduced next chapter!
PLZ R&R!! (Tell me what I can improve on, and wether or not I rushed it!!)