Chapter 1

Jaden woke up in his bed around 10am, like he always does. He lives in an apartment in one of the more beat up parts of Domino city and by himself. His parents had left him when he was 10 and he has been surviving on his own. Well not all on his own, he did have one person that helped him. He had met him on the street when he was 11 and suffering under the burden of isolation. His name was Alexander.

Alexander C. Gostwaski was like an older brother to Jaden. He had short dirty blonde hair and aqua eyes. He had also been left to survive on his own but for different reasons. He had moved to Domino from Boston with his family when he was 8 but they were killed when local gangs had one of their shoot outs.

However Alexander was tough skinned, he didn't gave up as easily as most people would. He would take more punishment then a samurai fighting for bushido and he would never back down. He was a very good fighter and what he did for a living was a very simple job as a bodyguard. He had made a lot of money from what he did; rich people living in the wealthier part of Domino would hire him to protect them for certain occasions or to get revenge on someone.

He still remained in the slums were Jaden lived saying that he didn't feel like moving all his shit. But Jaden thought he didn't move so that people living there could feel safer, but of course he never expressed any sense of emotion to anyone except Jaden.

Jaden was around 17 years old while Alexander was 23 and he was supposed to meet him by his place today. Jaden worked as an assistant to Alexander who would usually have to protect some rich guy's daughter or kill some local politician.

Jaden got out of bed and headed to his kitchen. The money he got from his work was enough to have a livable lifestyle, but not too comfortable. It was a one bedroom, one bath apartment and had no paint on the walls. He was high up looking down on the street which was the best place to be since this is gang oriented part of town so the higher up you are the safer.

Jaden looked out the window and saw a couple of boys playing basketball. They all seemed like the ruffian type, but who wasn't here. Even Jaden could be mistaken as a gang member. Jaden put on a pair of warned blue jeans, a black shirt and his favorite crimson jacket. He also pocketed his 6 inch long knife that he hid on his left leg and his M9 pistol. He never knew when he might need to shoot or threaten someone.

He walked down the stairs of his apartment and walked into the open city. It was a pleasant day, the sun was shining bright and the birds would have been chirping, if not for the fact that local kids would throw rocks at them.

Jaden walked a block down the street and saw him. Alexander was leaning against a telephone pole smoking a cigarette. He didn't smoke often, only when he had a lot on his mind. He wore dark blue jeans, and a black slim fit athletic shirt. He was carrying his black jacket.

He was scowling at some people who were playing a game of poker and looked in the direction of Jaden. He gave him a weak smile then frowned again. When Jaden approached him he sighed.

"Hey Jaden." He said coldly.

"Hey Alex." He was used to his voice, the coldness not being so cold to him but comforting.

He leaned farther back on the pole and threw his cigarette on the ground "they asked me again."

Jaden nodded. He knew what he was talking about. Alexander had a very good reputation as someone you wanted to support you in a gang fight. There were two major gangs in Domino, the Serpents and Argonauts. The serpents have been trying to get him to join ever since last year and he had continually denied them. He said that gangs were for scrubs.

"You said no"

Alexander looked at Jaden his aqua eyes showing emotions of rage and anger. "I will never join a gang Jaden." A pulled out his switchblade and just flicked it open and closed.

"I know you wouldn't" Jaden replied and Alexander gave him a grin.

He gazed up into the sky, "another day of absolutely nothing to do." He looked at Jaden and he grinned.

"You want to just ride around looking for something?" Jaden asked.

"You bet your red ass I do" Alexander said. He had two motorcycles one red which Jaden used and one black which he used.

"Good, maybe we kind find some looking for a little 'protection'" Jaden said as he got on his bike.

The two of them started their engines and race down the city street.

Over in a different part of the city, or let's say the wealthy part.

"So can you go?" a brown haired girl was talking on her cell phone.

"No my parents are being a bitch" a blonde haired girl said on hers. It you have not realized yet, the rich blonde girl is Alexis, and just how I like it. She was lying on her bed in her room. Her room was huge with bright blue walls, a plasma TV in the corner, walk-in closet and a queen sized bed. She looked very mad.

"Oh common Alexis, I asked Mindy and she's able too, why don't you just sneak out?"

"Because Jasmine, if I get caught I'm dead"

The girl on the other line pouted "but he is so cute"

Alexis sighed. Her friends were much different than her. They wanted to check out this baseball player who was playing today, only problem was it was down by the east side of town, which is the gang side. Being grown up in one of the more wealthy neighborhoods, doing such a thing was out of the norm. Alexis's parents were very strict and worked for the government and would not allow her to leave the safety of the west side.

"Please Alexis, you got to grow up sooner or later. You can't be a daddy's girl your whole life."

This made Alexis mad; she hated it when people degraded her. "You know what, I'll show you. I'll meet you at your place and we will go. Savvy?"

Jasmine was very happy, "yes I am so be at my place in 5."

"Fine" Alexis got up from her bed and quietly and swiftly made her way out of her family's mansion and into the street. The street was much different than Jaden's. People of social status walked on it talking about business politics and other important things. There were no kids outside since they had everything they need at their families estates.

She walked down the street until she reached the border. Jasmine and Mindy were waiting for her. The border was a imaginary line that people had made that symbolized were the city was split. And that's exactly where her friends wanted to go.

"There you are Lex" Jasmine said. She was wearing a white blouse and a blue shirt. The girl next to her was wearing the same style blouse except blue and her shirt was white. They both looked like targets for a passing gang member, but Alexis didn't care. She was wearing blue jeans and a blue and white long sleeved shirt with a dark blue jacket over it.

"Hey guys. You ready" Alexis asked.

"Sure are" Mindy said and they walked across the border.