A Tale of Two
Summary: Two Gangs- The west side Seagulls and the East side Dolphins. When two guys have an unfortunate meeting everything turns upside down. Now it's an all out war between East and West for domination over Destiny high. But what will happen to the two who have secretly fallen in love. Shonen-ai. RxS AU
Overall Rating: Overall 'R' for cursing, violence, and um . . . maybe some other stuff. I'll tell you now there will be no lemon! I do not write lemons and I do not intend on writing one. If you cannot enjoy a story to it's fullest without crude sexual content then please don't even bother reading. I don't want to hear people whining about wanting a lemon. I will however add some 'lime' whenever it is necessary.
Chapter Rating: PG-13
Author's Notes: Well! I've decided to try something new. I figured out that I'm better at AU than actually following the game story line. Although the story may seen a little cliché in its semi-Romeo and Juliet theme but leave it up to Kumagoro-Chan to make it cool. My writing skills have improved since my 'He's Going To Be Mine' epic, but there's always more room to improve no?
Chapter 1: And Then They Meet
Narration: The sun beamed down as usual on the small island where adults busily hurried to work and children bustled to school. Nothing special ever happened on the peaceful Island of Destiny. Well of course nothing special ever happened if you made it that way. What I mean is- nothing special ever happened if you stayed away from the West side of town. Nothing special ever happened if you stayed away from the East side of town. If you wanted your life to stay normal and uneventful, you'd do the smart thing and stay either North, South or somewhere in the middle. And why was this the smart thing to do? Well unless you wanted to shorten your life by a few years, you'd stay clear of the West side Seagulls and the East side Dolphins; both where the two most vicious gangs in all of Destiny. And as far as the citizens were concerned, the Seagulls and the Dolphins were the worst two gangs in the whole wide world. If you happened to get caught by the Seagulls chances were you'd lose you money, your car, you clothes and if you really got on their bad side, you'd probably be crippled for the rest of you life! The Dolphins weren't quite as bad but they were still pretty tough. They mostly overcame the Seagulls in intellectual wit.
Well enough about gangs! No one wants to be scared before the story even begins now do they? I didn't think so!
For his first day of high school he was pretty calm. Although he was a petite boy for his age he had no fear of entering a new school. Optimism shinned through his every pour and lightened his day before it had even truly begun. Stuffing the remaining books into his bag, the cinnamon-haired teen ran down the steps of his house and into his country decorated kitchen.
"Sora, you're going to be late on your first day if you don't hurry up!" His mom yelled to him from the living room. She was a sweet, hard-working woman whose main goal in life was to look after her son. Although she was often criticized for being such a young mother, she was only 19 years older than her son; she had the same amount of wisdom as any other well respected mom.
"I know!" He shouted back to her. Sliding over to the fridge, he almost bumped into the 12 foot cock his mother had put next to if for the 'southern, down-home' feeling she always talked about. What did she know about a Southern décor? She's never been anywhere except Destiny Island!
"Hey Honey, do you want me to give you a ride?" She asked him while watching him quickly pull out a can of Soda from the fridge. "I'm about to leave for work an you're running late so I-"
"No mom! I'll run!" He yelled to her while zooming past in a blur and out the door.
"Honey, don't drink that! It's not breakfast!" She yelled after him while he ran down the street. Shaking her head, she smiled to herself. 'I can't believe he's going to his first day of high school already. Before I know it he'll be 15!'
Sora ran down the street as fast as his legs would carry him while he glanced at his watch every ten seconds.
"Oh shoot! I'm gonna be so late if I keep up this speed!" He mumbled to himself while taking another glance at his watch. Destiny high was about 15 minutes away from his house and since he had gotten a late start, it didn't seem like he was going to make it before the late bell rang. He was sure he was going to be called a dork now!
'No! Sora, you can't think like that! You have to have faith!'
Picking up speed, the sable-haired teen closed his eyes to focus solely only his running and running alone. Occasionally he heard a whisper saying 'Wow! Look at that kid go!' or 'Hey! Slow down!' The only time his attention was grasped was when he heard a woman yell out 'SEAGULL!'. Looking up Sora echoed to himself questioningly. 'Seagull?'But before he could register what the woman was talking about, he was falling backwards and straight onto his behind. Not too long after he had fallen he heard another loud thud just in front of him.
"Oww!" Sora moaned while rubbing his posterior, trying to relieve the pain.
"Hey kid! Watch where you're going! Who do you think you are bumping into one of the mighty seagulls!?" a deep voice yelled infuriated! "I should have you-"
"Sorry! I'm running late! I gotta go!" Sora yelled back not paying the slightest attention to whom it was he knocked completely off the map. He had already stood up and had started running to school again. "I'm very sorry, I hope you're ok!"
Dumbfounded the silver-haired teen sat there in a daze. He couldn't believe that someone- no some kid had knocked him completely on his ass and didn't even give him the courtesy to pound his face in the ground. This was unforgivable. No way would anyone ever get away with disrespecting the second leader of the Seagulls. The mighty Riku would not be taken lightly!
Riku quickly started charging after his prey at an alarming rate and surprisingly he wasn't catching up. This kid was fast. Dodging and weaving through obstacles, Riku was slowly making progress in catching up with his next victim.
"Ah! I've got only two minute!" Sora shrieked giving an exaggerated edge to his voice. He let out a small sigh of relief when he saw his school right around the corner.
Dashing through the front door of the building, he turned the winding corners of the long halls. It was a mystery haw he was possibly going in the right direction of his class. But just before he could make it to his class room he felt a strong grasp around his arm pulling him back into a warm embrace. Sora let out a small gasp and closed his eyes from the sudden shock of the pull and the rush of warm body heat. But it was gone all too quickly when he felt the sharp pain of being thrown again the cold solid wall.
Opening his eyes, Sora was met with beautiful blue-green eyes directly in front of him. He could tell that his captor had a similar expression of shock on his face. Around these bluish-green eyes were soft, chopped bangs the color of a periwinkle crayon with sterling silver highlights. It was some of the most beautiful hair he had ever seen; he wanted to reach out and touch it to see if it would melt in his hand. But before he made any movement he noticed that he was pinned against the wall by someone who didn't look all that pleased.
On Riku's behalf, he was shocked to see such a cute, child-like face from someone in the 9th grade. The bright blue eyes, the pouty lips, the small build, everything; it made Riku feel a little sorry for having to beat him up.
"Hey kid! Do you know who I am?!" The taller of the two glared
"Um, no. Am I supposed to know who you are?" Sora asked cautiously in case that wasn't the right answer.
Riku pounded his fist into the wall right beside Sora's head.
"Wrong answer!" he scowled.
'Oh shit! I knew that was the wrong answer!' Sora mentally cursed himself. All throughout the hall you could hear the bell ringing, sounding that all who were in the hall were considered tardy. Now not only was he late for school but he was also going to get his face pounded in the ground by some thug dude! This was just peachy.
"I am Riku! The second acting leader of the West side Seagulls! You have made a big mistake by getting on my bad side!" Riku sneered while leaning in close to Sora's face.
'For a thug, his breath is really mint fresh.' Sora noted to himself and he inhaled his captor's breath.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" A voice called out from the stairwell across the hall "If it isn't the trash from the West. The dirty West side rats with wings." They chuckled at the end.
Riku let go of Sora dropping him with a thud. He turned about to face a small girl with mahogany hair and a purple pastel skirt. You could see the tattoo of the East side Dolphins clearly on her right thigh though. The image depicted a sun rising from the east with a dolphin in the ocean. To those who didn't know what it meant would have thought it beautiful. But to Riku it disgusted him.
"What do you want, bitch?" He regarded her with no respect.
"I want you to leave this school. You have no business on the East side at all!" She glared at him.
Sora watched the two bicker while he wondered why no teacher was stepping in to help. Maybe all the teachers were afraid.
"Listen loser fish," he started. "I can do whatever the hell I want and if I want to come to the East side I can do damn well if I please."
Sora listened wondering how such a visually appealing person can say such ugly things.
"He probably got lost on his way to the bird nest" Another girl in the far back said. There were about 6 people standing around Riku and Sora. Sora noticed the all of them had a tattoo that illustrated a rising sun and a dolphin. One girl had it on her shoulder, a guy had it on his next, one guy had in on his face, another girl had it on the inside of her wrist, and the girl he assumed to be the leader had it on her right thigh. The other guy who didn't have his exposed must have had it somewhere else. Sora didn't want to wonder where for too long. His mind started to wonder.
"I don't have to take this!" Riku snapped and them and then turned to leave. He stopped and looked down at Sora who was sitting against the wall on the floor.
"I'll be seeing you again. And you can bet on that." He growled and finally walked away.
The members of the Dolphins laughed among themselves for a while proud that they had run the 'rat with wings' away. To Sora, Riku didn't seem that strong after all. The leader of the pack walked over to Sora a kneeled down.
"Hey kid, you ok?" she asked looking him up and down. He was quite small for his grade.
"Yeah, hey thank for-"
"Give me your money!" She ordered him while snapping her fingers for him to hurry up. Sora couldn't believe what he had heard. He was sure they had saved him. Now she was trying to rob him!?
"But I don't have any money."
"No? Well too bad. I guess I'll give you back to Riku and let him have some fun with you. I know he probably has a few plans for that pouty mouth of yours."
"What!?" Sora asked shocked. 'What the heck does she mean by that!?'
"Yeah, to tell you the truth, I've never seen him let a guy or girl go for even looking at him the wrong way. There's no way he was scared of us. He didn't earn the title second leader for nothing."
Now he was scared. Not only was this guy coming back after him but now the though that he might have 'plans' filled Sora the agony. He had this feeling in the pit of his stomach that made him have to use the bathroom.
"So do you have any money . . . or am I going to have to introduce you to Riku 'personally'?" She asked impatiently.
Sora pulled $10 out of his pocket and handed it over.
"You know, I should beat you up just for lying to me about having any money. But I'll let you go for now. I know some people have better plans for you." She stood up and motioned her crew to follow her. "Oh, and the name's Kairi by the way. Remember it well, kid." She yelled over her shoulder.
Sora inwardly groaned. 'So these are the great gangs of Destiny. I didn't think they were real! Riku and Kairi . . .'
Sora stood up and brushed his pants off. Slowly he began walking in the opposite direction of his class. There was no way he was going to be able to concentrate on school today. What was one day if he skipped?
Author's Note: well what do you think? I made Riku a little rough didn't I? A little too rugged? He is part of a gang though. And I actually made Kairi cool. You know, some people dis Kairi because they only want to focus on the SoraxRiku romance that's hardly even in the game. I find it to be purely fictional although I do enjoy it ;. Well I like Kairi so she shall be cool. In any words, I would like it if you R&Red. Thank you!