A/N: I decided to go back and fix up a lot of the problems seen within this chapter.

Please review at the end and let me know what you think of it.

Air gear: The Rise of a Once Fallen King

Chapter 1: Introduction of a Noob

"Ahhhhh. The sounds of the morning. Birds chirping, trees rustling in the wind and the sound of my alarm clock…..THE SOUND OF MY ALARM CLOCK! Shit, if I don't get moving now, I'm going to be late for school."

"CHRIS! Hurry up, you only got about 15 minutes left to get to school," yelled his mother from downstairs in the kitchen.

"I know that!" he replied as he struggled to get himself dressed.

Hi, my name is Chris, a grade 12 student at a local high school, hoping not to be late for class, again. "Why does this always have to happen to me?" he thought himself as he came rushing down the stairs and towards the kitchen with his A.T's on.

"Do you really need to be riding around the house with those things on?" asked his mother.

As he grabbed a piece of fresh toast, he turned to his mother and said, "At this moment in time, yes." He turned again, grabbed his bag hanging on the wall, and dashed out the door. With only about 13 minutes left before school starts, he had to hurry himself up, but on the way he saw two of his class mates from second period. "Hey ladies," Chris said as he raced past them, turned and rolled backwards.

"Hey Chris!" they yelled as they continued to walk to school.

"So how was your weekend?" he asked.

"It was good," they replied.

"That's good," he said, not knowing that he was about to roll down a hill.

They looked to see the hill, pointed to it and said, "Umm Chris."

"What?" he asked as he looked behind him and saw that he was just about to roll down it. "Oh crap," he thought to himself. As he began to roll down the hill, he looked at the girls and said, "I'll see you two later."

"Alright, see you later Chris," they said as they watched Chris roll down the hill.

As you can see, I really am a noob at ridding A.T's, but I blame the fact that I can get a bit distracted sometimes. Approximately 12 minutes and 30 seconds later, Chris arrived at school, knowing that he had only 30 seconds to get to class. "30 seconds left, crap," he said to himself as he dashed through the front entrance of the school and down the hallway to his first period class. As he arrived to his class his teacher was standing at her desk, counting down the seconds left until he was late.

"3, 2 and," his teacher was saying before she was interrupted with the sound of the door opening.

"KAMAKAZE!" Chris yelled as he dove into his first period class room and crashed onto the floor. He looked up at the clock to see that he arrived with a second left to spare and said, "Few, that was aclose call."

His teacher looked down at him and said, "Chris, would you mind getting yourself up of the floor and to your seat so I can start the class."

"Alright miss," he said as he got up off the ground and walked to his seat. Before sitting down, he turned to his classmate who sat beside and said, "Hey Zeke, what's going on?"

"Hey Chris, nothing much same as usual," he replied.

As Chris sat down at his desk, he said, "Nothing seems to change in your life does it."

"Not really," Zeke replied. "I do many things, but I just don't talk about those things. Any ways, did you hear what happened on the weekend?"

"No," Chris replied.

"Apparently, from what I've heard, Ikki and his team beat the D Ranked team Behemoth the other night," Zeke said.

"Really," Chris replied. "That kid is sure moving up in the world and at this rate he probably will become the newest 'Sky King'."

"Are you two finished talking back there? Or will I have to come duct tape your mouths shut?" the teacher said as she directed her attention to them.

"WE'LL SHUT UP NOW!" they replied, as scared of her as ever.

Throughout the rest of the day, Chris couldn't get his mind off the fact that a 15 year old, named Ikki and his team were climbing their way up so fast, in a matter of months. "Is he really going to be the next great thing for A.T's or will someone else overthrow him on his way to the top," he thought to himself.

After school, Chris met up with Zeke, who was sitting on the bleachers beside the running track. As he sat down beside him, he turned to him and said, "Zeke, I have a question, well more like a few questions. How long have you been riding A.T's because I've seen you pull off some amazing tricks? Also, what else could you tell me about A.T's.?"

Zeke looked at Chris and said, "Holy crap Chris, could you ask me anymore questions."

"Actually, yes I could, but I think I will stick to those questions for now." Chris replied as he laughed a bit.

"Alright, well let's start with you want to know first. Firstly, A.T's are gigantic ass roller blades that you put on your feet…." Before Zeke could even finish his sentence, he was interrupted by the sound of a loud 'dong' from a gigantic clock tower in the middle of the city. He then stood up and looked over to where the clock was standing and said, "I'm sorry my friend, but I must go. There is something important that I must be attending."

"Alright, see you later?" Chris replied with a confused look on his face as he saw Zeke take off within a couple of seconds. He then looked in the direction of where Zeke was headed and thought to himself, "Odd, I've never seen Zeke act that way before. Maybe I should follow him and see what's so important." Chris lifted himself of the bleacher, put on his A.T's and followed Zeke. As he chased Zeke around town the sound of other A.T Rider's were heard all around the neighbourhoods he passed through. "Where is he going?" he thought to himself. "It can't be that much further because he's starting to slow down." Chris saw Zeke turn into a park where a bunch of people, wearing A.T's. As Chris rolled closer to the park, he decided to hide in some bushes and spy on Zeke. When he saw all the A.T Riders, he thought, "Wow, what's with all the A.T Riders? This has to be a meeting, but why would Zeke be at one. Thinking of Zeke, there he is."

As Zeke stood there, someone approached him and said, "Hey Zeke, long time no see."

Zeke turned around to see Spitfire standing behind him. "Spitfire, it's been a while. So what's going on?" Zeke asked.

"Nothing much other than that hair dew, I think it needs a trim," he replied with a smirk on his face as he pointed towards Zeke's hair.

"I know, thanks for reminding me about it. I'll book an appointment with you soon," Zeke said. "Besides the hair dew, what's going on with the meeting tonight?"

"Something big is going down tonight," Spitfire replied. "Simca is thinking of making Ikki the new leader of Genesis."

"Really? Don't you think it's a bit too soon for him to have that big of a responsibility." Zeke said with a shocked, yet confused look on his face.

"Yes, I agree it's a bit too soon, but it's not my choice. It's the choice of all the Genesis member's to decide," he said. "Speaking of decision time, Simca's just about to announce it."

As Zeke and Spitfire continued to talk, Simca stood on one of the benches and turned to the crowd. "Alright, everyone listen up….I said listen up! Agh….I'm Stripping!" she yelled from the top of her lungs. All of the sudden, everyone turned around and looked as fast as they possibly could. "I'm just kidding" Simca said with a bit of a giggle.

"DAMMIT! I had all these camera's ready too," Zeke said as he looked over to where Simca was standing.

"Umm Zeke. What's up with your head?" Spitfire asked.

"Well, I didn't have any time to turn and look," Zeke replied as he turned to Spitfire to show that his head was the opposite way of his body.

After all the guys finished moaning and groaning, they redirected their attention back to Simca. "Alright, now that I have everybody's attention, there is something important that I must discuss with you all tonight."

"YOU'RE GETTING NAKED?!" Zeke yelled from somewhere inside the crowd of disappointed guys.

"No Zeke…I'm not getting naked tonight." Simca replied as she looked towards where Zeke was and give him a wink.

"Awww" Zeke said. He then turned to a small group of guys and said, "Sorry guys, I tried."

"Its okay Zeke, we don't mind," one of the guys said.

"Alright, back to business then," Zeke yelled as he turned back to Simca.

"Okay, well this important matter revolves around Ikki," she said. "The thing is that I believe my little crow can go far in this world and bring Genesis to an all new level from what it is now. To prove that I believe he will make a difference, I would like to ask Spitfire to come here." She asked.

As Spitfire made his way to her, she looked at him and said, "Okay Spitfire, I would like you to cut a portion of my hair off." Before Spitfire could say or do anything, they were once again interrupted by Zeke.

"CAN I DO IT?!" Zeke yelled as he was hurtled the crowd of people.

"Sorry Zeke," she replied as Zeke landed in front of her. "I know that we've known each other for a while now, but Spitfire is the only one I can trust at this point because he's a hair dresser."

"Awe, fine," Zeke said as he rolled away, hurting inside. "Why can't I ever do anything fun at these meetings?" he thought to himself.

As Zeke rolled away, Spitfire turned to Simca and asked, "Are you sure you want me to cut your hair?"

Simca turned to Spitfire and replied, "Yes, because this will prove to everyone here that there will be a new hope for Genesis.

"Alright Simca, if that is what you want," he said as he pull out a pair of scissors.

As Simca turned to face the crowd again, she thought to herself, "Thank you for understanding." "Cut away Spitfire," she told him. Just as she asked Spitfire cut off a large portion of her long, pink hair, leaving only enough to go up to her shoulders. "This is how dedicated I am and how much I believe in my crow. Now I ask of you, will you join me and make our crow help Genesis succeed and become even more powerful than Sleeping Forest," she said to them. "Now, who's with me?"

No faster than Simca had spoke, the entire Genesis crew screamed and said, "I!"

"Simca and Genesis really believe in Ikki, don't they?" Chris thought to himself as he continued to hide in the bushes. All of a sudden, the sound off police alarms and spotlights were seen and heard everywhere. As this occurred, every A.T Rider from Genesis took off as fast as they could. "OH SHIT! I gotta get my ass out of here," Chris yelled.

"It shouldn't be that hard," said a voice from beside him.

Chris looked to his side to see Zeke standing there. "Zeke! How did you know I was here?" he asked.

"How didn't I know? You're louder than my fan club, 10 blocks away," Zeke replied as he looked down at Chris.

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"WE LOVE YOU ZEKE! YOU'RE SO AWESOME! HE'S GONNA BE MINE! NO HE'S GONNA BE MINE! STOP FIGHTING! AHHHH……WE SPOTTED HIM! GET THE GUN READY!" yelled his fan club.

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"Besides, my spidey senses are tingling. We better get moving before I get shot," Zeke said. "Alright, let's go!" Zeke told Chris as he took off, leaving Chris in the dust.

"Oh great, how am I going to keep up with him," he thought to himself as he pushed his way through the bushes. Just then he looked down and saw a note attached to his shirt. The note read,

Dear Chris,

By the time you finishing reading this and look down, you will notice a fishing line attached to yourself….well I think you know what happens next.

~ Zeke

"What?" Chris said as he looked down in confusion to see that there actually a fishing line attached to him. "OH SHIT," he said to himself as he was jerked forward by the line. As he gained speed, he started to lose his balance a bit, seeing how he was not use to such speed. He decided to grab onto the line and hold on for his life, but as he gained his posture he didn't noticed realize that there was some parked cars a head. "Oh crap, cars," he thought to himself as he shifted his weight to his left side, just avoiding them. As he looked up he saw Zeke no more than 30ft ahead of him, with line in hand and yelled, "What the hell Zeke!"

"Hey, you said you wanted to get your ass out of there," Zeke said as he turned his head to see Chris behind him.

"I didn't mean it like that," Chris replied.

"Well be more specific next time," Zeke said.

"Next time, what do you mean next time?" Chris asked.

"Well you asked about A.T's earlier and I've been noticing you practicing. So I've decided to take you under my wing and teach you the proper way to ride." Zeke replied. "Only on one condition though."

"What's the condition?" he asked.

"You see, all great riders have a great technique. This is what separates wanna-be riders from Kings. This will be your first test. I want you to learn how to control yourself at these high speeds. You think you can do that," Zeke replied.

"I'll try," Chris said.

"No Chris, don't try because if you only try, it will likely lead to your failure. You must will yourself to do anything, even if it means pushing yourself to what little you have left." Zeke said confidently.

"Alright then, bring it on Zeke," Chris said.

Zeke turned back towards the road ahead and said, "DODGE!" He then jumped over a parked car, and landed on the other side, setting up Chris head on with it.

Chris shifted his weight to the one side again, just missing the car. "That was too close," Chris said.

"I didn't say anything about the test being easy," said Zeke. He then turned his head towards Chris and said, "Oh and I forgot to mention you better hurry up and get yourself untied. I believe I heard a train whistle approaching."

Off in the distance, a train was approaching from the east and was on a direct course for Chris's path.

"A train, really," Chris thought to himself. With about 100ft to go until he was near the tracks, he remembered his Swiss Army knife he carried in his back pant-pocket. "Come on, where is it?" he thought to himself as he reached into his back pant-pocket. As he approached one of the streets, Chris figured that he had about 50ft to cut himself free. "Come on, ah there it is," he thought to himself as he pulled out the knife and cut himself free. Now free of Zeke's grasp, he then noticed a bigger issue. As he tried to slow down, the brakes on his A.T's began to fail due to the friction and heat of his tires. "This isn't good," Chris said as he looked up to see Zeke standing on one of the light poles.

"For God's sake Chris. You're an A.T Rider, be creative," Zeke yelled down to Chris as he past by him.

"He's right. I need to think of something fast," Chris said as he looked for a way to avoid the train. The train tracks were only about 30ft away and the train was approaching fast. Just then, Chris noticed a loading ramp about 12ft in front of the tracks. "Well it's the only thing that will do for now," Chris thought. With only about a few feet left before the loading ramp, Chris managed to steer himself over to it. As he hit the ramp at over 50mph, Chris flew over the train. "What the heck is going on?" he asked himself as he noticed his surroundings change. "Is that a road," he thought. Just as fast as the road appeared to him, it disappeared causing Chris to free fall into the river beside the tracks.

SPLASH…

As Chris swam up to the top and towards shore, he noticed Zeke standing on the rocky edge. When he approached the spot where Zeke was standing, Zeke leaned over and extended his hand towards him.

"You want help my friend?" Zeke asked.

"Sure" Chris replied as he reached out to Zeke's hand.

As Zeke pulled Chris out of the water, Zeke turned to Chris and said, "I guess you saw the road."

Chris turned to Zeke and replied, "Yes, I saw the road."

"That's a good sign of things to come for you then," Zeke said as he turned and rolled away. "See you later Chris."

"See yah Zeke," Chris replied as he headed home in the opposite direction.

A/N: I hope you like the new version of this chapter, please review and submit any comments on how I can improve.