Chapter 1-

To say it was a beautiful day would be an awfully disrespectful understatement.

The first day of spring lacked nothing of what the changing season promised. The sun shone brightly and beat down on the faces of laughing children. New life blossomed at every turn, flowers bloomed popping color across the land. Birds sang in perfect chorus as if carrying a tune, the crisp and fresh breeze caressed a perfect atmosphere, taking the impact off the dazzling heat the sun provided. Who on earth would want to waste a day like that by hiding indoors?

Ginga, Masamune and Yuu, that's who.

Inside a colorful little shop lounged three teenage boys. Unbeknownsed to them was the wonders of the new light beyond the B-Pit's door. They closed off all the blinds and basked themselves in the artificial glow of a T.V screen.

The first, a red-headed young man who goes by the name of Ginga Hagane, lazed across the couch with his arms behind his head. Memorized by the moving pictures on screen, his stare was blank, unmoving. Drool dripped out of his mouth, he'd been there so long that Madoka had begun to accept his presence as part of the decor.

A significantly younger boy with emerald eyes and a mischievous grin had previously tried to move Ginga so he could have a place to sit too, but to no avail. So Yuu Tendo sat down on Ginga's stomach and claimed the place as his throne, Ginga didn't seem to notice.

Masamune Kadoya entered the living room last. Not being bothered to fight for a place on the holier than thou couch, he blew the red streaking of hair that hung across his forehead out of his face, shrugged and collapsed on the ground in front of the couch.

All three were silent; they didn't utter a single word to each other.

"Look at you lot, you're giving me diabetes just from looking at you." A girl stomped up the steps from the basement and put her hands on her hips. She flicked her head, whipping chestnut hair out of her vision and adjusted her goggles.

Yuu turned to her, placed a finger to his lips and said, "Shh Madoka, T.V is talking."

Madoka slammed her palm into her face as another, older and mature male followed her up the steps.

"You should really stop doing that, you're starting to bruise," he said.

"But look at them Tsubasa, they've been lying there for almost two days now."

"Boys will be boys, I suppose."

"Not on my watch," She walked over to the near positioned window and pulled back the blinds allowing a beam of sunlight to invade the room. "There, now isn't that better guys?"

Yuu jumped and ran behind Tsubasa's legs. He clamped his hands over his eyes and began screaming at the top of his lungs like he's just had a finger cut off. Masamune dashed behind the couch, hissing like a cornered cat. He pulled his shirt over his face and yelled, "Madoka, what are you tyna' do, blind us?"

Yuu kept wailing, Ginga still hadn't moved.

"Modoka," Tsubasa pleaded. "Close the curtains, I can't take Yuu's screaming much longer!"

"Fine, fine." Defeated, she closed the curtains shut.

Yuu stopped screaming and Masamune emerged from behind the couch. They lurked back to their original positions and resumed watching T.V like nothing at all had just happened.

Madoka sighed before sitting down in front of the couch next to Masamune's shoes. "Well, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em right?"

"Suit yourself, I'd rather read," Tsubasa replied taking out a book from inside his jacket. The title of the book said "Beautiful, Sexy, Confident; Hair Care Tips for luscious locks." He twirled his long silver tresses in his fingers.

Madoka decided to ignore what she'd just seen, she turned to Masamune. "Whatcha watchin'?"

"Pirates of the Caribbean," He replied dryly.

"But how? This hasn't even been released on DVD yet…"

Yuu took an eye-patch from his pocket and pulled it over his head. "Arg."

"Yuu, why are you wearing an eye-patch?" she backed away a little.

"Because, me lassie, we pirate copied this movie. We be pirates of the Pacific, Arg"

"Oh!" Madoka decided to play along. "Don't you mean pirates of the Caribbean?"

"Shiver me timbers, no. Me deck mates and me'self downloaded this movie right here in Japan so we be only Pirates of the Pacific."

"How does somebody become a pirate of the Caribbean then?"

"Easily, me Jewel, all we gotta do is swim to the Caribbean an' download a movie 'der, then we'll have earned that title."

"Hah!" Masamune mused, pulling out a crumpled piece of paper and pen from his pocket. "Gotta add that to the bucket list. Good idea, kid."

Yuu rose to his feet and stood on Ginga's stomach. "Don't 'ye be callin' me a kid or I'll make 'ye walk the plank!"

Masamune threw his palms up in defense. "Aye-Aye Captain."

Finally, Tsubasa noticed Ginga. He walked over to stand over him, "Is he… uh, is he still alive?"

"I think so, he's still breathing. That's a good sign right?" Yuu asked as he came out of pirate mode.

Tsubasa took a step forward to inspect Ginga more closely when he felt something hard under his shoe. He bent down to pick up what he had just stepped on. "I found the remote."

He felt three pairs of eyes staring daggers at him, he looked up and was partly relieved to see that Ginga had sat up and was glaring at him too.

"You paused the movie," Ginga whispered.

"Hold on, I'll put it back on." In his haste to press play, Tsubasa accidentally pressed the channel changing button.

Immediately, Yuu's screaming flooded the room. He began running around in circles before dropping to the floor and banging his head on the carpet hysterically. Masamune curled over in a fetal position and rocked back and forth, quietly sobbing to himself. "The horror, the horror. Not the news, anything but the news. Make it stop, Tsubasa, make it stop!"

Ginga said nothing but continued to stare at Tsubasa in a way that sent chills up his spine. Ginga's eye twitched a bit. Then, with no sign of warning at all, he leapt off the couch and wrapped himself around Tsubasa. He began biting him, pulling at his hair viscously. Tsubasa's book tumbled to the ground in a flurry of pages.

"Not the hair, Ginga, Anything but the hair!"

Madoka tried to pull Ginga off Tsubasa but became distracted when she saw that Yuu had a can of deodorant and a lighter at the ready, about to set fire to the entertainment unit.

Suddenly, it was as if all other sounds were canceled out as the news reader said "John's Big Burger Joint has just been awarded the 'Best Triple Beef Burger' award."

Ginga climbed down off Tsubasa like he was descending a ladder and sat powwow style in front of the T.V.

"Ooh, guys can we go?"

"Yeah, 'Visit best burger joint in the world' is actually on my bucket list," added Masamune taking out the piece of paper again.

Tsubasa was on his knees holding a strand of his own hair in his hands. He looked close to tears.

Yuu folded his arms, tilted his head to the side and said, "I don't know, there's this great Rave Party in town this weekend and missing that would be so stinky."

The news reader continued. "Johns been in business here for fifteen years, haven't you John?"

"Yes M'am," said a greasy looking chef. "And my wife makes great ice-cream."

Yuu, from this point on was hooked. He began bouncing up and down excitedly.

"Please Madoka," Ginga whined. He clasped his fists together in a begging motion. "You can drive, and you can borrow your dad's old car!"

"No way. Uh-uh. Never. Not in a million years. Don't think about it. No. That car's a collectable, he trusts me with it. Dad would be crushed if anything happened to it, and when he gave me the keys he specifically told me" She lowered her voice, put one hand on her hip and shook a finger with the other, "Hey Madoka, don't let them three klutzy friends of yours anywhere near this baby, okay?"

Masamune looked surprised, "Klutzy friends?" The cogs turned in his head before he said, "Oh, heavens no, don't be silly Madoka. You don't have to take Benkei, Kyoya and Kenta. Just us."

He threw a 'you-believe-this-chick?' look Ginga's way and Ginga rebuttled that by swirling a finger around his temple.

Yuu stepped forward deciding to take charge of the situation. "Well, if no one's going to take us, I guess we could hitch-hike."

"I can't let you three hitch-hike, what if something bad happens?" Madoka argued.

"You'll feel pretty bad then, won't you?"

Turning his back to her and making his way to the door, Yuu collected a hankerchief tied to a broom handle and motioned to the others. "C'mon, boys. We've gotta leave now if we wanna beat nightfall."

Ginga and Masamune collected themselves and stood by Yuu. Together, they began to hum the tune to "All By Myself".

"But, but wait guys,"

"No buts Madoka. We're leaving now. Off into the wilderness that is so perilous, who knows if we'll even make it back… I mean, what with all the murderers, criminals, dangerous wildlife…"

"I refuse to let you manipulate me like this, if you don't get back her-"

Ginga's humming broke into all out song, "Alllll Byyyeeehh Mah Seelfff, Don't Wannaa Be Alll-"

"Okay, okay, okay I'll take you." Madoka had caved.

The trio cheered. Yuu threw fistfuls of confetti that he had stored in the hobo sack over Ginga who had started having some sort of choreographed eleptical convulsion while chanting "Happy Dance, Happy Dance." His happy dance appeared to be a cross between MC Hammer's 'Hammer Time' and 'The Macarena' complete with the occasional spirit finger routine. Masamue beat boxed, providing a horribly out of tune rythym.

Tsubasa had only been torn away from his hair loss induced break-down when he noticed all the ruckuss. He approached Madoka and said, "You're not really taking them, are you?"

"I've got no choice. And hey, it might be fun."

"Sometimes, you worry me."

"Aw c'mon. There's one space left in the car if you decide you'd like to come with us."

Being the sort of guy who could never neglect a call for responsibility, Tsubasa sighed. "All right, I couldn't live with myself if I sent you out across the country with these three. When do we leave?"

So, what do you think? Should I continue this story or just leave it as it is?

Thanks for reading, guys.