My First Air Gear fanfic, so feel free to criticize it.

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It was a dark night lit only by the moon. The street lights had gone off due to the blackout that spread throughout the city. The only person that dared to go outside was a girl. She stood on a high roof, nearly six stories high, looking out at the night sky. She gripped to the high ledge of the roof as if longing for something.

It was such a ….beautiful night, she thought and she had it all to herself. Call her selfish but she was glad of it. She couldn't remember a time that the night sky looked this wonderful. Well, one reason might be that she simply never really stopped and looked up at the sky. She was always in a rush, to busy to slow down and just look around. Not now though…it felt like she had all the time in the world. In a sense though it was almost like trying to grab a hold of slipping sand through her fingers. Now matter how hard she tried, everything got away from her.

So she stayed routed to her spot as she was, one false move in it might be all over. At least that's what she believed. She didn't want to go home. Home was supposed to be a place to relax, to be free, a place of serenity. Not to her though, it was quite the opposite. It was true that she lived all alone, so there was no one to bother her. Maybe that and that alone was it for her though. It seemed that it haunted her day and night; taunted her with the air of emptiness all around and the sound of dark silence that seemed to surround her. It was true she was all alone. It wasn't a boyfriend she wanted. She didn't care for that. Friends would be a nice step, but she had friends….but not friends she wanted or even needed. She wanted family….For things to be as they used to, as they still should be.

The girl remembered her astronomy teacher. He said there were many constellations in the sky that could be seen. That astronomers a long time saw these shapes and marked them down as some sort of guide.

For traveling through land or water? She shrugged though, land or water, same difference in the end. She tried remembering the different constellations, though in the end she could only remember some Zodiac ones. She tried to look for the constellations but she found it nearly impossible. Who in the right mind would see so many things in the sky? What she were just stars. Was it that she had no imagination? She tried to console herself with the thoughts that the people who had seen these shapes were just…mental. Actually, what she really saw was pure chaos and strangely enough it seemed to match her thoughts and soul as they were. It was almost like a mirror.

She then looked at the night sky in its entirety, or at least tried. There was so much to take in though. The moon and the billions of stars that seemed to surround and multiply around it. She took a deep breath as a strong wind blew and moved her gaze down at her feet. She stared at her ATs that seen to be worn out. She knew she needed new ones, but she didn't care. It was the only thing of the past she had with her. Someday, if she wanted to keep riding, she knew she had to get new ones. Can't waste that night away by just staring, she thought. She was ready and about to ride off in her ATs with the protection of the night, when she heard a voice; that sounded not the least bit friendly.

"Who the fuck are you? Don't you know this is my fucking territory? See the emblem, Kogarasumaru? That's my fucking team! So if you would please just fuck off, please," the last word added in a sardonic tone.

The girl turned around to find a blue-haired boy staring at her with hate in his eyes. Oddly enough he had his left eye covered with an eye patch. Not to mention the fact that he was in a straight jacket with hooks hanging by his side.

She frowned. Who the hell did this guy think he was to just boss her around like that? Not to even mention the way he just spoke to her. This guy was just an ass.

"Fuck off? I was just about to go but you know what? I think I've changed my mind. I think I'll just fucking stay here. So deal and why don't YOU just fuck off?" the girl replied boldly. Too boldly, the boy thought.

"Do you fucken see my emblem or not? Are blind? So just-

"Can you please just stop saying fuck? Seriously! What the hell you'd think you'd have Tourettes, except without the twitching….. or something."

"Fucking bitch, I can talk however I want to talk. If I wanna say fuck, I'll say it. Fuck!" His irritation rising.

The girl rolled her eyes. "I hate guys like you. Did your girlfriend dump you or something? Or did you just not get laid tonight and decided to take it out on me? The strip club might still be open, so why don't you just get yourself some?"

"Well, you know what? I hate girls like you! You all are a bunch of fucken whores, if you ask me. Especially you, your definitely the whore type, out here all alone by yourself! Not to mention in the middle of the night? There's a fucken classified section in the paper for that kind of stuff!" he retorted back, loathing beginning to build up in his eyes meanwhile the girl eyes were fixed upon him by a glare.

"Who in the hell do you think you are calling me a whore?! You asshole! You short bastard, call yourself up a hooker, who don't you?"

"Why call one when I'm staring right at one!"

The girl's glare turned into a wish for murder. She raced forward with her At's but the boy caught her wrist's and pushed her down to the floor. He then twisted her left arm behind her back and held her there. The hooks dug into her skin and she winced in pain. It was a wonder he could do this using only the hooks.

"I barely noticed you have AT's on. You obviously don't know who the hell your messing with! I'm Agito the Fang King! So if would fucking show some respect!" he said menacingly.