Chapter 1: Damn

Seiken was enjoying his stroll to the subway station. It was the only peace he got during the morning. He sighed as he remembered his dad using a giant gong to wake him up. He had to share a bathroom with his little sister. She was always annoying him. She seemed to like framing him, too. But that was all behind him now.

He slowed to a stop at the seats in the station. He studied his English for a second; they had a test today. He noticed out the corner of his eye a small flicker. It looked as if someone was following him, but there was no one there. My mind must be playing tricks on me, he thought as he turned back to his studies.

The train came rumbling in. It pulled to a stop next to the platfom. The door opened, and Seiken swiped his pass to get through the turnstile. He spotted his best friend, Kazuma, who sometimes took this train in the morning. He quickly sat next to him.

Kazuma was kind of like the Sasuke of the school. He was popular and strong; he was the school's kendo captain. Seiken was the exact opposite; he was a Naruto. He was good a a couple of things, though these were only thing other people found nerdy, like getting a perfect score on PacMan and drawing the whole main casts of Naruto and Bleach in Konoha. But these polar opposites were friends because the other had something he didn't have. Seiken wanted Kazuma's strength, and Kazuma wanted Seiken's drawing skills.

"Hey," Kazuma said cooly. He reached in his backpack and pulled out a sheet of computer paper. On it was Ichigo, a Bleach character, in a dramatic pose, about to swing his sword down on a Hollow. Kazuma was a real Bleach fan, that was the reason he took up Kendo. He held up another drawing, this one a lone zanpakuto.

"That's great, I think you're getting better than me." Seiken said. " I've be practicing that new technique you showed me yesterday, I think I can do it now." Seiken patted the bamboo practice sword Kazuma had given him.

"Really? You're a quick learner. Show it to me when we get to school. Here's our stop." he said. The train slowed to a stop. They walked off of it and left the station quickly. Seiken couldn't wait to show him the new technique. They arrived at the schoolyard. Rei-chan was already there. sparring with Kai-kun.

The two of them were twins and both loved the martial arts; they claimed to come from a long line of Chinese masters. No one believed them, seeing that their father had a sign in front of their house saying that they used to be a samurai family. That was pretty rare in the small town they lived in.

Rei greeted them as they were coming. "Hey, Kazuma-san, Sei."

Sei hated it when she adressed Kazuma with honorifics and she ignored him. He had gotten used to it, but still, it was rude. He put it out of his head as he watched Kazuma and Rei fight. It was a ritual they did every morning, for the practice.

Sei pulled out his shinai(practice sword) and did a few exercises. He noticed Mai, a ninth grader, same as him, watching from a distance. He had taken up kendo under Kazuma to impress her. She had once said that she liked strong people, all the way back in fourth grade when Sei had first met her. Sei had resolved this year he would win her by becoming strong, so he went to Kazuma.

Kazuma and Rei finished sparring. Kazuma ran over to Seiken. "Show me how far you came with it."

Sei had been watching Mai."Oh, okay." Seiken rushed to show Kazuma the technique. He did a few stretches and got into the position, with his shinai held directly in front of him. Some others gathered around, including Mai. This was his chance to impress her.

Kai laughed when he found out what Seiken was attemting to do. "He'll do Kyousei Ken Bakufuu when a strange rift opens up in the sky and sends us all into different anime! " He was rolling around on the ground, laughing and crying. He had some grounds for doubting Sei. Kazuma had spent a year of special training to do it. It was a special attack that channeled the ki around the sword to repel anything in its way.

Kazuma and Rei whispered to each other. "He always did have a strange imagination."

"Well, maybe I'll just test it out on you!" Seiken drew his shinai(practice sword) and went into a battle ready stance. Kai was suddenly off the ground. He looked determined, ready to battle.

"Been I long time since I got to fight a weakling; I gonna have tune down the power here."

Sei- Hey, I heard that!

Kai- So what, you can't do anything about it.

Kazuma+Rei- Oo

Sei- (sprints foward with sword ready) I'm gonna make you eat those words.

Kai- Please, that clumsy little bamboo will never touch m - (gets hit and is sent flying)

Crowd that gathered to watch- OO

Kai- Please, that was just a lucky sho- (gets hit again, and again, and again)

Kai- (after getting up) Okay, another lucky hit.

Sei- Right, whatever you want to tell yourself. (Rushes forward again, confident that he can beat Kai)

Kai- (Blocks shimai with two-hand sword block and kicks Sei in the stomach) No, I'm pretty sure it was a lucky shot.

Sei attacks and attacks, only to have each of the blows turned back against him. "You provoked me to fight you just so you can humiliate me, didn't you?"

Kai approaches Sei and says "I would never do such a thing. I have honor." He whispers to Sei "Actually, Kazuma payed me to make you look good in front of that Mai girl."

"What!?!" Sei almost got angry, but then he wondered how Kazuma knew.

"Now that that's cleared up, lets fight." He stepped back and toyed with seiken, making him look good at times and making him look bad. He was a perfect actor, always letting sei prevail at the end after there seemed to be no hope. During one of their clashes Kai whispered "Lets finish this, use the technique."

The crowd watches as the two look each other in the eyes, all dramatic and animey. Mai watches, cheering Sei on in her mind. They start sprinting towards each other.

"Kyousei Ken Bakufuu!" Seiken yells. They are pretty close now, and Seiken unleashes his ready sword in a sideways swipe.

Kazuma nods on from the crowd. He is doing the technique perfectly. If this lands, Kai is gonna be in a world of hurt. And he will finally stop asking me to spar with him since he will get the girl. The we can spend all of our time on drawing lessons. "Mahaha Hahaha Hahaha!" he laughed. Rei, who was standing next to him, slid a few steps away.

The sword swings in a steady arc; Kai never sees it coming. The attack connects and then... a strange rift opened up in the sky and sent them into different anime.

Well, more accurately, the rift opens up, partially blocking out the sun, throwing a great shadow over courtyard. Kazuma, Rei, Seiken, and Kai start rising up into the rift. Seiken noticed that about three other students had been rising with them. He can barely make out Mai's face through the clouds. It was like they were all floating. There was no noise; it was serene and calming. That was the only thing keeping them from panicking.

Mai screamed. She couldn't stay calm. She reached out to Sei, trying to get a hold of him. Sei also reaches for her. Their hands briefly touched before they were torn away from each other, sent into different parts of the portal. One thing goes through Sei's mind, Damn.

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My first Fanfic. This was inspired by Owari by skittles88. I updated this chapter as I realized that I could do much better. Mai is a new character that came with the update, so if you haven't read the update, it will be confusing later on. I'm gonna integrate her into the other chapters as well. I don't write before typing a chapter, so the stuff I write had just come straight from my head. I also don't plan much of a story out beforehand. (It gets boring if you already know everything about the story). Review, Please. I need feedback.