Hello hello your friendly neighborhood Casterwill21 here to bring you a new story for Air gear! I am so excited for this story and I hope for those of you who are reading it you will get excited to. BTW this will be my first time trying 3rd person narrative and take into account I have not finished the Manga as I am only on Trick 300 out of 357 but I know the story, but If I make any mistakes please tell me and I will go back and fix them. So anyway let me tell you how my main character Xavier looks. He has fairly bad eyesight and wears glasses. He has dark blue hair and shares a striking resemblance to Agito/Akito strangely. Ok so if you have any questions PM me and I'll answer 'em. Anyway let's GO!
Disclaimer: I do not own Air Gear nor do i have to intention to
Trick 1: Eaglet's First Time in the Sky!
Noise filled his ears as the audience screamed his team name. Alongside him stood two men and two women whose appearances could not be made out to him. The boy didn't know who they were but he knew they helped him. The announcer turned on his mike and yelled. "In all my years of being a parts war announcer I have never seen such a flawless victory! I'm to say I Plugman am proud to be here today to witness Kogarasumaru be beaten by a lowly F class team!" Plugman praised his team as he continued. "None of this would have been possible if it were not for their team leader…" Plugman's voice became faint as another entered.
"Xavier wake up! Time to get ready for school!" Ringo's voice broke through the fantastic dream Xavier was having. Trying to escape back to said dream he rolled over and pulled the covers on his head. It wasn't until a few seconds later that he realized he heard his own mother's voice he sprang up and picked her up with unhuman strength in a giant bear hug. She smiled and ruffled his hair, knowing how much he had missed her. Ikki and Ringo had been away for two weeks having Xavier stay by himself. They had been away because they had gone to Kyoto meeting other kings discussing new teams coming in the field and what potential kings they might have so that they may pass on their legacy.
"When did you get back?" He asked so fast Ringo barely heard him. She shook her head at her son's energy. 'Ikki never had such energy early in the morning.' She thought to herself as she remembered the times she had to wake him up for school. She giggled lightly causing Xavier to become confused. He shook it off since that always happened.
"Just this morning, hurry up and get dressed school starts in two hours. By the way happy birthday my fifteen year old boy." She said to him as she walked out the door into the hallway and back down into the kitchen. Xavier grinned wide remembering it was indeed his fifteenth birthday. His grin quickly turned into a scowl as he remembered she said two hours.
"Why the hell did you wake me up so early?" He yelled down to his mother, forgetting he wasn't supposed to use such language in her presence.
"Language Xavier! I know I used to say such things at your age but I taught you better!" His father called from his study which was down the hall from his room. Ringo sensing the oncoming argument from the two stepped out into the hall.
"Boys hurry up and get ready I have breakfast ready!" Ringo yelled to them, making both their mouths water. Xavier realizing how hungry he was got ready putting his uniform on, his glasses, and gelled his hair to the side making it look rough yet presentable. He ran downstairs only to see his father had beaten him and had gotten most of the pancakes. Xavier gritted his teeth since his father always took most of the breakfast when his mother cooked it, which was rare since she always says "We have cereal, why would I cook? It would only waste food." Xavier grabbed whatever was left of his mother's cooking and sat down across from his father, who at this moment was destroying his food. Ringo grabbed food as well and sat next to Ikki and looked across to Xavier. "Are you excited for your last day of school?" to this Xavier nodded since he had a mouthful of food at the moment and didn't want to be rude. "Good and to make it even better it's on the same day of you and Yume's birthday" She told him with a motherly smile.
Xavier grinned remembering that it was his "twin's" birthday as well. Yume is the son of Emily and Kazu, strangely he and Xavier were born on the same day. They had grown up to be good friends and more like brothers than anything else always watching out for the other. Ikki cleared his throat causing Xavier's attention to come to him. "While we're on the subject of birthdays your mother and I have something for you." Xavier grinned as his father held up a bag holding his gifts.
"Thank you!" He yelled as soon as he got hold of the bag. Inside was a pair of air treks and an envelope. He smiled so big you might have thought his face was stuck like that. He hugged both his parents since all he has ever wanted since he was a kid was his own pair. These air treks would replace the roller skates he had used most of his life. "You guys are the absolute best!" He told them with childish joy. His father motioned towards the envelope and Xavier quickly opened it. Inside was twenty thousand yen –which would be about two hundred dollars in America- two keys, and set of instructions. One key was just a plain bronze key and the other in the shape of a skull which the instructions were for. He was confused at the gifts in the envelope and looked towards his parents.
"That money should be enough to make a storm rider team or you can spend it on whatever you wish, it's your money now. That key goes to the Kogarasumaru base which is now yours. I pass it on to you, you deserve it." Xavier held up the bronze key. "Ah right that one, go up in the attic and you'll know what the key fits." He widened his eyes in shock as his parents had always told him never to go up into the attic. He nodded slowly and gathered his things to head into the attic. He walked out into the hall and pulled down the stairs to the attic. When he reached the top he pulled the stairs back up and looked around.
On the walls were emblems and helmets from many storm rider teams. In the middle of the attic was a gray box and it was the only other thing besides emblems and helmets in there. He pulled out the key and unlocked the box revealing to him that it was very dusty inside. He picked up what was inside and wiped the dust off of it. It was a book titled "Roads of the Trophaeum" written by Ikki and Ringo Minami. Xavier had heard of the Trophaeum from his mother, saying it is where her team Sleeping Forest had been born. He opened it up and began to read about all the different roads and regalia of A.T.
He yelled in frustration because after an hour of reading that stinking book he couldn't find a road he wanted to ride. He threw the book across the room not caring what happened to it, hitting the wall the spine ripped and pages scattered everywhere making him realize how fragile the book really must have been. "Shit, mom and dad are gonna be on my ass for sure." He told himself as he began to pick up the papers. Xavier didn't understand why his parents had written on book on the roads of A.T, they had always said a road was found over time and was unique to a rider. As he picked up the last page he figured they wrote it to help beginners like him create their own and he had a good idea of what his road might be. Though he didn't know all the details of it he knew he was going to have the fang as it reminded him of his Uncle Agito.
He then remembered one of his chores he always had to do in the morning, feed Gale. He opened the attic window and placed two fingers in his mouth and then whistled. Hearing his masters call Gale –his pet eagle- came flying in through the window and tackled Xavier to the floor. He chuckled as his pet won again. They always had a chance to knock each other down, though Xavier was much stronger Gale was fast which meant Xavier always missed when he tried to attack him. "You got me again buddy good job." He told him as he took Gale of him and sat up. "Polly want a cracker?" He asked mockingly and Gale gave him a threaten glare. He held up his hands in defense. "Just kidding but I know you're hungry, now what could I feed you." He looked around the almost empty room and in the corner of his eye, he saw a little mouse.
"You are cleared for liftoff." He turned Gales head to show him the mouse and made a "runway" bout of his arm. He ran across it, though it hurt Xavier was used to it. Gale flew towards the mouse and you can probably guess the rest. Xavier tried not to gag and succeeded, he would never get used to that. He called Gale back over to his shoulder and he looked at his watch, it showed it was only seven thirty. "Wow thought it was much later, maybe I should take these out for a spin. Wanna come?" He asked his bird, who nodded.
"Hell yeah I wanna come, you wouldn't ride without your brother would ya!?" A voice came out from the window which Xavier instantly recognized. A figure came flying through the window and landed on the other side of the room upside down, knocking down some helmets and emblems. On the floor was none other than Xavier's best friend Yume Mikura, holding some . He wore the school uniform and his dark blond air touched the ground being upside down. 'He probably jumped from the trampoline in the front yard.' Xavier thought with a sigh. His father said they had to put their trampoline in the front yard since the back had no space. Yume had always been careless like this not really knowing about the consequences. He was a go-with-the-flow kind of guy and really went along with anything.
Xavier walked up to him and held out a hand which Yume gladly accepted getting pulled up with his unhuman strength which not many would think he would have considering his small physique. The truth was Xavier was just a natural born athlete though most people would consider him a nerd which he sort of is. He a bit of a narcissistic –no doubt getting the trait form his father- and has a fairly short temper, almost as short as Agito's. Though most people don't get near him because of this, his real friends know he is kind and gentle at heart. He noticed the in his brother's hands and smiled. "So your old man gave you some Yume?" To this he nodded and smiled. Thinking the same thing, they each put an arm around each other and yelled in unison "Happy birthday!" Xavier went over to his and sat down taking off his shows. Yume sat back to back with him doing the same. Both of them put on their but before they went out the window, a box was thrown through the attic window, landing in front of them.
"It's from Agito and Akito!" His voice strangely cracked saying their names. "They wanted you to have them! And they wanted me to tell you sorry they couldn't get a plane to Japan! They're stuck doing work!" His father called down below. They opened the box since it had both their names on it. Inside were red straps with hooks on the end, two sets of wheel, a pair of contacts –no doubt for Xavier-, and a black hat that had flames going around it with matching gloves.
"You can take the hat and gloves." Xavier said to his "brother" seeing the sparkle in his eyes. Yume smiled taking them happily and he also took a set of wheels while he was at it. Xavier took the hooks seeing as they would help him in using his "road", and the contacts taking off his glasses to put them in, knowing it would be dangerous to wear his glasses if he went out to ride his . Yume whistled seeing him without his glasses.
"Damn man you're gonna get all the chicks with that." He told him playfully hitting his shoulder. He hit him back and it soon turned into an actual fist fight. It wasn't until three minutes later Xavier had pinned Yume with his enormous strength that it had stopped. "Wait why were we fighting?" He asked.
"I don't know but thanks for the complement but I doubt it'll actually happen." Xavier told him wrapping the straps on his legs and arms while also putting on his A.T while Yume did the same. As soon as he was ready Xavier jumped out of the attic window. "Enough chitchat lets go already!" Landing on his roof and rode down it finding his first ride surprisingly easy as his brother found it a bit hard as he fell and landed on his face. Well it wasn't really surprising Xavier found it easy, he had ridden roller skates his whole life while his brother had ridden a bike. Xavier jumped down from the roof onto the sidewalk that led up to his house and road away enjoying the feel of the wind. These pair of A.T had sent Xavier into another world, a world where it was just him and the wind coexisting in harmony.
Eventually once he got the hang of it Yume rode up alongside him and noticed the wide smile on his face. 'Stupid guy he probably doesn't even notice me.' Like he thought Xavier road passed him ad jumped onto a handrail avoiding going down stairs. Yume following his brother and road down the handrail as well trying not to get cut by Xavier's hooks. Though he almost fell when he got on Yume found his balance. Xavier didn't know why but he heard a strange voice in the back of his head telling him to just mark people with his "fangs" to show his road. If he listened to the voice he knew he would feel satisfied but he resisted the strange urge and kept riding on. At the end of Rail Xavier jumped using the speed he gained from grinding and propelled himself forward onto a roof and jumped from one to the other destroying a bit of them as he went along.
He jumped down and landed in front of their school beating his brother there. When Yume road up he was out of breathe placing his hands on his knees bending down. "How are you not tired?" Xavier didn't answer as he was still stuck in his own little world. Yume waved a hand in front of his faced which snapped him out of his trance.
"Huh, what's up? He asked Yume not knowing what had been going on. He had seen things so clearly, every little nook and cranny seemed so clear to him and he saw every possible trick he could do. Even without riding those his vision stayed the same as they had now gotten a taste of the wonders of A.T.
"I asked, how are you not tired?" He asked him still out of breath and Xavier only shrugged. Truth was Xavier is just a natural born athlete who could take down the biggest of guys even though most people would refer to him as a nerd. Sometimes he would refer to himself as Kenichi the mightiest disciple making all around him groan. "Yeah right , whatever let's just get inside." Xavier sighed knowing he had to go in but he still wished to ride. He looked up at the wall to the clock tower which was now their base. 'I'm gonna need to learn to wall ride if I'm gonna get in there, maybe Uncle Buccha can teach me.' He thought to himself and nodded knowing his uncle would agree. As they walked in from up above shadowy figures had watched their entire "run" and chuckled to themselves thinking they found new punching bags.
Xavier and Yume made it into the building and put on their school shoes, instead of putting his A.T in his locker Xavier put his in his school bag so he wouldn't have to wait to ride after school. "Hello boys! I was going to mark you late but luckily for you I made and exception!" Their teacher Tomita Mari told them with a smile. The boys smiled back and gave an air five to their teacher which she returned.
"Thanks Tom-Tom!" They said in unison as they sat down in their seats. Across from Yume his number one fan, Kara Silva was staring fondly. Kara had been a new student to come to school around mid-December from Italy. She had taken to Yume quickly as he was always nice to her, but since Yume does not realize her feelings towards him, treats her like a normal friend. She was on the Junior Higashi High Softball team and was fairly fast on her feet. She's the nerdy girl who people have come to accept. Ms. Mari stood up in front of her class twirling her hair a bit and took roll. As she said the names each person said here and when she was done she gave the directions for class that day.
"So since today is the last day, I've decided to let you all do your own little thing as long as you stay in the classroom." She told her class sitting back down in her seat. Xavier grabbed a pencil and paper and began to draw. While he was doing so the class got into their own little groups and began to talk making noise fill the room. Yume went to sit next to Xavier and Kara followed wanting to sit next to Yume. After about a minute Xavier held up his finished artwork and showed his friends.
"I know its amazing isn't it." He said all high and mighty while sporting a smirk. The drawing was that of an emblem having the words "Hybrid Eagles" in the middle of it and towering above the words was an eagle looking as if it were made of fire and wind. It was indeed good drawing and Xavier knew it well. Kara narrowed suspecting this was for something strange.
"Is this what I think it is? Is this a storm rider emblem?" she said a bit too loud gathering people's attention. Yume and Xavier covered her mouth and laughed nervously. She gave them a threatening glare which could send shivers down anyone's spine and they released their hands. "What was that for you guys?" She asked them with a pout on her face.
"You can't really go around telling the school we're making a storm rider team. The police would be all over us." She nodded, knowing that would be true since storm rider teams were steal illegal in Japan. "So it is just you two on the team so far?" She asked the two of them who shook their heads. She tilted her head in confusion. "Then who else is on the team besides you guy?" They both pointed at her. "M-me I don't even own any A.T!" She told them in a loud whisper.
"Yeah then who's the girl who comes around riding each morning? If it's not you, it must be your long lost twin sister." Yume suggested mockingly and she blushed knowing she wasn't that good of a liar. "So you gonna be an eagle or are you out?" He asked her hoping his friend would join. She nodded which the boys thought that meant she joined. "I'm glad, it wouldn't be the same without you." He told her with a wide grin while she blushed furiously. After she had the blush die down on her face Kara looked up towards Xavier.
"So how are you going to pay for this team? It won't be cheap you know." Kara told him. Xavier knowing this would come up brought them in closer.
"Well my dad gave me twenty-thousand yen to pay for the team." He told them in a whisper and both of their jaws dropped in shock. "I know, I wouldn't think my old man had such money to just give away. I mean I don't even know what he does for a living." They both recovered and imagined what kind of job Ikki would have. The strangest thing that came across their minds was him as a clown. Then again if that did happen no one would be surprised. They all shrugged not knowing was his true job is. So they talked for hours upon hours on their soon-to-be storm rider and even talked about some anime, the topic brought up by Kara as she loved to watch anime. The one they most talked about was Bleach since it is still ongoing and in the three hundred's in episodes.
"Twenty, nineteen, eighteen, seventeen." Kara counted down not even looking at the clock. Telling the exact time had always been a gift of hers. At ten they gathered their things and headed to the door, Xavier already wearing his hooks and A.T ready to ride. At one they headed out the door the exact time the bell rung to signal the end of the year. Being the gentleman he is, Xavier waited for his friends to get on their A.T and as soon as they were ready he bolted out the door. The two soon caught up and Yume caught their attention.
"Come on guys! I know a shortcut to Kara's place!" Yume yelled to them and they followed. The reason there were going there was because Kara's father owned a shop where he made nifty things out of metal and even made adhesives like stickers. Kara and Xavier shared a look of confusion. Sensing the oncoming question Yume answered. "I used to ride my bike through here all the time, well when they weren't here." He mumbled the last part so no one could really hear him. The shortcut brought them through a junkyard and the only sign of cleanliness was the recycling post.
"Well well looks like we got some baby birds in our domain boys!" A rough voice broke through the silence between them. They looked through the source of the voice but found no one and nothing other than trash. "You're on Sewer Rat area so you better prepare to get a beating." Within a second over ten men appeared on the garbage piles and surrounded the three. Yume laughed nervously.
"Did I mention this was a storm rider area? I should have mentioned that huh?" They both nodded giving him a look. "Well better put your fists up its time to fight." He told them with his carefree attitude. The leader of the rats snapped and a rider headed straight for Kara fist raised. Xavier acted fast and took the hit himself. The rider looked shocked and thought this boy would have run away at the first chance he got.
"If you're gonna fight anyone fight me." He tried to punch the rider put he easily dodged it using his A.T. The rider punched back and knocked Xavier to the ground and the riders from all around started to come and kick him. The ones that weren't attacking him started to attack his friends. Yume tried desperately to start up a flame like his father had told him about. The only thing he could do in that moment was run away, but as for Kara an amateur rider was taking out at least a few with her unique road named the Polemos Road. Her combination of the Gaia and Sonia roads. She was eventually overpowered and knocked to the ground as was Yume. Seeing these things happen to his friends Xavier felt a rush of anger overcome him as his pupils slitted. He pushed the riders away from him and faced the leader.
"Fuck! You know what you are? A coward! Sending you're men to do a job you can obviously do by yourself!" Yume from the ground saw the slit in his eyes and knew it meant bad news. This mutation in his eyes only happened when he was experiencing an extreme sense of anger. The doctors always said it was a chemical in the brain but no one really paid attention. "Be honorable and fight me!" He saw chains on the rider's arms. "Members of the fang should fight one another. Am I right Mr. Mouse?" He asked with a smirk seeing that being called mouse made the leader a little angry. "Fight me as a member of the fang not as of a storm rider team!" And there it was, the one thing very rider needed to have a shadow. People could see his clearly, the bird man who wore the head of an eagle. Its talons sharp and its wings drenched in blood. The leader was surprised to see a shadow from a brat who just started to ride. A shadow was what showed other riders how the one who owned the shadow road. He didn't know what to make out of this. He only knew he wanted to fight this brat. The leader took off his helmet and faced the new rider.
"Alright little eagle, you're on." His voice echoed across the area so that everyone could hear. "Since you're new to the riding gig, I make it easy for you and we'll do F class dash. Sound fair to you?" Xavier nodded since it was really the only parts war he knew the rules for. "If you win, you got to go. If I win, I mark you with my road." Xavier liking the sound of these conditions showed off a smirk.
"Fine but don't expect to be winning, little mouse." The leader gritted his teeth and got down to ground level, then Xavier went to stand next to him. "I want to know the name of the rider who I crush." He said a little too cocky.
"Aikido Moto, leader of the sewer rats." He told him getting low to the ground. "You see that gate on the other end of the junkyard." Xavier nodded seeing the gate almost half a mile away. "Whoever makes it there first wins. Good luck little eagle."
"Xavier Minami, future sky king and leader of the Hybrid Eagles." He got in the same position as Aikido who started to laugh.
"Future sky king! That's the best joke I've heard in a while. If anybody is going to be the sky king it's going to be me! I can't wait to see you fall on the ground." He chuckled to himself as one of his men flipped the coin. 'Idiot is going to lose in that stance, he's too low for a beginner.' He thought to himself as the coin hit the ground and they were off. Aikido looked towards Xavier and saws his face almost touching the ground. 'I knew it.' But then he was gone in a flash. Aikido's pants ripped and as did the skin beneath it. He had been slashed by the Eagle's talons.
"I'm not that much off a beginner!" His voice rung through the area. "I've been riding roller skates my whole life! I know how to run buddy!" Aikido couldn't believe his ears. This brat had supposedly been practicing his whole life until the day he would get his A.T. Though he didn't believe it, it was true. Xavier had started roller blading when he was five and was taught by his father. So he knew the basics and could start from any position to run. "So try to catch up rat-boy!" He was fuming with at this point as he couldn't see Xavier at all. He was going too fast for him to see.
That's when he saw it, the trail of dirt he left behind. Aikido sped up and caught up the origin of the dirt as best he could. When he finally reached the origin he saw the brat and knocked him to the side but that was only an illusion. The one who had been taken down was his friend Yume. "Friction is the key to cause a flame, heat may not be that strong but if hot enough it can cause hallucinations. Mine just passed the margin for hot enough." He chuckled to himself. Yume had been right but without knowing he used the Rising roads electricity to create an illusion of the gate before him and Aikido. He looked around no longer seeing the gate and saw it diagonally from him. He could see Xavier reach the goal. He raced towards him full of anger, it was basically making steam come out his ears.
"You damn brat!" He yelled getting Xavier's attention. "You cheated! You got your friend to distract me with his flame road!" He yelled at him and Xavier stood as calm as ever.
"My father told me anything goes in a parts war so suck it up. Besides you saw me I didn't have any time to talk to him, he did that of his own free will." Aikido had to admit the kid was right, anything can happen in a parts war. The kid did follow the rules, it was his friend that did that but Aikido had to follow his word and let them go.
"Lucky for you, I'm a man of my word. Go on and get your friends out of here. But I'm sending you the bill for my pants." He was pretty mad his jeans got torn by the hooks. Xavier only laughed and nodded which meant he would pay for them. He rode up to Yume and grabbed his hand pulling him up. He put Yume's arm around his shoulder and helped him ride up to Kara who took his other arm. They made their way out of the junkyard and they went to rest sitting outside a gas station. Xavier and Kara hit Yume upside the head and he held both of the sides of his head.
"Ow! What was that for!?" He asked in a yelling tone.
"Your little shortcut almost cost us our lives!" Kara yelled at him feeling bad immediately afterwards.
"Fuck! As if I would let anything bad happen to you guys." A familiar voice passed through their ears and placed a wide grin on Xavier's face. The next thing they knew the one and only former Fang King Agito Wanijima was standing before them. "I saw that little dash you did, I don't know how you tricked him but you did. Good job Yume." Yume nodded with a smile and Agito turned to Xavier. "You look like you could take on the world with those talons of yours. Fuck! You're wearing your contacts, you look good." It sounded as if it were a father talking to his son. Xavier blushed a bit since he wasn't used to being complemented by Agito.
"Well thanks Uncle Agito." He cringed a bit at being called uncle. "You okay there." Agito nodded his head nervously which was strange for him and he took a look at his phone noticing the time.
"Sorry to cut this short but there is somewhere I have to be. You better not tell that crow you saw me here okay?" Xavier nodded slowly a bit confused and Agito disappeared. Away from them Agito dashed away and felt tears slip out of Akito's eye. "Fuck, why are you crying idiot?" He asked Akito. 'You know why and stop pretending I'm the only one who is.' Agito touched his cheek and found tears coming out of his eye as well. "Damn, I thought I was strong enough." Back with Xavier they shrugged and got up heading to Kara's place to get an emblem made. None of them expected to be making a storm rider team that day and no one certainly thought they would be pulled into a battle. Well out of all the craziness that happened that day, one thing was for certain, kings were born that day. They were sure to become a force to be reckoned with.
First Chapter re-done! It took me two days to write this and it was a hell of an experience. Sorry if it was sucky. Like I said it was my first time doing 3rd person but I hoped you liked it, I worked really hard on it. Reviews would be greatly appreciated Anyway see y'all next time!