The town of Condor was a rotten place. It was a very big place and it used to be very beautiful, but after youngsters decided to go on berserk, things hadn't been the same for a long time. All the berserkers were one and all of them carried the same nickname; Black Ravens.
They started their 'little' organization ten on fifteen years ago, but the actions of berserk started long before that. Nobody really knew much about these evildoers, but there were those who were brave enough to fight these evil youngsters; Street Knights. The name wasn't that fancy, but don't judge anything just by its name.
Both of them hated each other to no end and they both thought they were doing the right thing. What else was the same between them was that both of them liked to work in secret; Black Ravens doing crime and Street Knights stopping it.
It was very early in the morning and the sun was barely even showing itself behind all the huge buildings. The town was still quite dark, especially all the dirty allies that never got any of the sunshine to bath with. No-one dared to go to the allies, because those were the places the Ravens hanged out with.
A young boy, age fifteen, walked into one of these allies, wearing long brown jacket, dark blue pants, black cap to hide his hair, a pair of sunglasses and a long, deep blue scarf. He kept his hands inside the pockets, acting perfectly calm in the darkness.
"Halt!" A deep voice from the even deeper darkness cried out. Three Ravens slowly walked out of the dark, all of them wearing black and no other colour. They all had a long pipe in their hands, which they used as weapons. "Who goes there?" The middle one spoke, coming closer to the stranger.
The young boy took a small bag from his pocket, which was full of white coloured powder. He smiled evilly as he swung it in front of his face. "I'm selling these today." He spoke carefully, the middle one quickly grabbing the bag and turning to his two companions. They all laughed, opening the bag and smirking widely.
"Oh boy! I've been waiting for this!" The middle one almost squealed, sticking his finger in the bag, some of the powder getting stuck on it. He tasted the powder in joy, but noticed that something was wrong with it. He turned around, looking extremely pissed as he threw the bag on the ground.
"Hey, what is this shit—" He screamed, but as he saw the gun in the stranger's hand, he gasped, not saying a word just like the other two.
"Sorry. I don't sell the real stuff. That was just original flour and I'm just an original Street Knight." The boy explained, loading his gun. The three Ravens stared at the boy in shock.
"You are?" The decided it was good time to run, but they only got to turn around when another stranger jumped in front of them out of nowhere.
"Going somewhere?" The new stranger was wearing a dark green jacket, grey jeans and a white band around his head. He had red hair and his eyes were very green and a wide smirk was playing on his lips. He also had a strange blue creature snickering on his shoulders. The creature had rabbit like ears, dog like tail and monkey like feet and hands. Its fur was blue striped, it had red sacks under his eyes and its eyes were yellowish.
The other stranger sighed and took off his sunglasses and his cap, revealing sea blue eyes and a blonde, pointy hair. "Show-off..." He mumbled, watching the red-head beat up the three Ravens with the help of his black and white Sais.
When the red-head was done, the blonde took out a piece of rope from the other pocket and went to tie up the defeated evildoers. "Good job, Finn!" The red-haired boy, age fourteen, chirped happily. He stood next to the now tied up Ravens, petting the strange creature that was still snickering at the beat up criminals.
"..." The blonde, Finn, stood up and unloaded his gun, putting it back in his pocket. "You just like to jump down from high places, don't you Aerrow?" He sighed, walking towards the brighter streets.
The red-haired boy, Aerrow, snickered and took out his cell phone and called the police, then going after his serious looking friend. "Hey, loosen up, will ya?" He grinned as he wrapped his arm around his friend's neck. "That serious look doesn't suit you~"
Finn just growled, pushing the younger boy away from him. "Don't touch me." He hid his hands inside his pockets and hid half of his face behind the scarf, which annoyed Aerrow. The red-head grabbed the scarf and pulled it off from the older one, who annoyed Finn. "Hey! Give it back!" He growled more, but Aerrow just showed him his tongue.
"Why do you always hide your face? You're so pretty!" Aerrow sighed deeply, admiring his friend's face, who used this opportunity to get his scarf back. He quickly wrapped it around his neck, blushing madly.
"Asshole..." He started walking faster, hoping that the red-head would vanish.
"Oh yeah, Finn! There are few people who wanna join us! Let's go meet them!" Aerrow grabbed the blonde's wrist, leading him towards their 'main base'. It was in a huge abandoned building that had seven floors. Their base was at the fourth floor.
The building had once got on fire, which destroyed almost the whole place. The seventh floor had no roof at all and the whole place was filled with deep black grime. But even if the place looked horrible, it surely wasn't that at all.
They finally reached the fourth floor, which had four rooms. The second one was their place. The door wasn't in a very good condition, but at least you could close it, even though the lock was destroyed. That's why Aerrow and Finn didn't keep any important belongings there, since it was way too stupid to do so.
Aerrow smiled widely as he looked around with his blue pet, everything looking the same as usual. "Nice~" He chuckled to himself, going over to the slightly burned office desk that was placed in the living room of the place. It also had a big sofa and two smaller seats. The other one was right next to the office desk and it was usually where Finn sat at. Aerrow usually sat or lay on the sofa, but today he'd have to be behind the desk. "They should be here anytime soon, right Radarr?" He grinned to his friend, taking a peanut from his pocket and giving it to his furry friend. "Here ya go~"
"Why do we need new people?" Finn asked with unimpressed voice, sitting down to his usual seat and crossing his legs and arms.
"Our current crew is too small. There are only three of us. And if these people join us, there will be six! And who knows, other Street Knights might respect us more." Determination lingered in Aerrow's voice, making the blonde sigh in defeat. He knew that whenever Aerrow decided to do something, he wouldn't change his mind again. What an idiot he was.
Radarr squealed to his master's speech, wagging his tail and munching his peanut in joy. The red-head petted the creature, acting like a small child. "Fine then." Finn finally answered, closing his eyes and looking extremely bored.
When they heard steps and talking, Aerrow quickly stood up, smiling widely. "It's them!" He grabbed Radarr and put him on the table, running then to the door and opening it carefully. Three persons were walking up the stairs, looking around in confusion.
The one on the lead was dark skinned, brown eyed and dark blue haired female, who was a blue jacket and black jeans with one or two chains. Behind him was a wallop, whose hair was grey and his eyes were brown as well and he wore a dark grey shirt and dark green pants and the third one was a black haired merb, whose eyes were about the same shade of yellow as Radarr's. He wore a deep red jacket with black jeans. Aerrow could tell that the merb was the most nervous of them all.
First one to notice the curious looking red-head was the female of the crew, who hurried over to him. "Excuse me! We're looking for the Moon Hawks—"
"Yup! Here!" Aerrow grinned widely, walking away from the door, leaving it wide open for the three to enter. "Please close the door behind~" He chirped happily, going back to sit beside his desk. "They're here...!" He whispered to Finn, who had a smoke between his lips and was just about to light it.
The three newcomers appeared in the room, the human female and the wallop smiling politely, while the merb looked around nervously. The smiling duo took a seat on the couch and the nervous one sat on the similar seat to Finn's. Aerrow bowed his head politely and smiled very widely.
"I am very happy to see you guys. Not many want to become Street Knights, more like to join this crew." The red-head explained, making the female giggle.
"Well... We wanted to join a crew that has people of the same age and... No-one else really wanted us to join their crew..." The dark female laughed, rubbing the back of her head.
"...because we're just kids." The wallop stared at the ground sadly.
"Oh, we know the feeling." Aerrow nodded, looking at Finn who was staring at the ground in deep thought as well. The blonde sighed deeply, letting out the horrible smoke from his lungs. "But first... We need to know your names, ages and abilities."
All three nodded and the female one rose up her hand with a bright smile. "My name is Piper. I'm fifteen years old and I'm very good at making strategies and maps. I can also fight with a Bo or any other long staff like stick and I know a bit of Kung-Fu." She smiled sweetly, blushing a bit since she felt like she was bragging.
"Very nice!" Aerrow crossed his fingers and leaned his head against his hand, looking over to Junko.
"Ah! I'm Junko! I'm fourteen! Almost fifteen... My specialty is machinery and strength! Like... I'm really, really strong..." The wallop blushed as well, feeling a little stupid.
"Good, good!" The red-head nodded, turning his gaze then at the merb.
"...my name is Stork. I'm eighteen and I'm good at inventing stuff... I also have a driver's license..." The merb mumbled, staring at the floor.
"Wow! I think all of your abilities will come in handy!" Aerrow grinned, patting Finn's shoulder. "Right, Finn?"
"Don't touch me." The blonde growled, crushing his smoke with his hand and throwing the remains on the floor as if showing that he is not the guy to be messed with.
"Well, anyways!" Aerrow stood up, walked around the table and sat up on it. "My name is Aerrow. I'm fourteen and I'm the leader of this group. This is Radarr, my most faithful partner." He pointed at the furry creature that waved to the three. "And this is Finn, our sharpshooter." He pointed at the blonde, who was looking somewhere else in boredom.
Piper, Junko and Stork nodded, the two on the couch smiling happily while the merb sat there in deep silence. Aerrow crossed his arms, giving them an evil smile. "Okay then. I will accept you in this crew, but only, if you recognise me as your only leader. I won't ask you to sacrifice your lives over me and neither will I treat you wrong. All I ask from you is teamwork. Sound good?" The three nodded again, Piper standing and holding out her hand.
"We won't disappoint you, leader Aerrow!" She grinned widely, Aerrow grabbing her hand and shaking it strongly.
"Please, call me Aerrow."
Moon Hawks were now a bigger crew and it made the leader extremely happy. With their help, he would surely reach his three dreams. They all stood outside the burned building, the newcomers looking around in curiosity. "Alright then everyone." Aerrow started, smiling proudly. "Being a Street Knight is full of responsibility and we don't give up on our job until the Ravens have been fully defeated. But being Street Knight is not all about power and skills, it's also about knowing your surroundings. How much you three know about this town?"
"Not much..." Piper answered in shame, looking little worried.
"That's fine, because we'll show you around. After all, it's our duty." Aerrow grinned, placing his hands on his hips. "But because of certain reasons, we can't wonder around in a big group. And from now on, whenever we need to see each other, we'll come here. We have each other's cell numbers so if something happens, call us, tell us your location and we'll come to help." The others nodded again. "Good. Now, we'll split into three groups. Piper, you come with me. Junko, you'll go with Radarr and Stork goes with Finn."
Stork flinched, carefully looking at the blonde human who was smoking another cigarette again. He didn't feel too comfortable about being with him alone, but he had chosen the red-head as his leader so he had to do as he said. Piper had no problems with her choice, but Junko apparently did. "Wait... Can he talk?"
"Nope." Aerrow smiled, taking a small notebook with a pen stuck on it and giving it to Radarr. "But don't worry, he can write."
"Oh! Good then! I was afraid I'd have to talk to myself..." The wallop laughed in embarrassment, while Radarr was giving its protests to his master.
"Radarr, be a good boy now." Aerrow smiled, patting his partner's head twice before walking away from the other four with Piper. "You take care now! If anything happens, call me!" The two disappeared behind the buildings, making Radarr whine. He then jumped on Junko's shoulders and pointed at some random direction, telling him to go that way.
As the two walked away, Stork gazed the blonde nervously. He didn't know what to say to him, since he really looked like the kind who beat up people if they said something that'd upset them even a little.
Finn took the cigarette out of his mouth, blew the smoke out of his lungs and dropped the poisonous stick on the ground and stomped it. He gave a small glare at the merb and put his hands inside his pockets. "Let's go." He simply said, walking into different direction from the other, Stork following him in panic.
The merb swallowed, shivering a little at the boy's cold actions. Or maybe it was because of the morning. He hated cold breezes so much. He looked up to the blonde, noticing that he was looking at him as well. "W-what?"
"You're shaking." The human watched the older teen with unimpressed look, half of his face still hidden behind the scarf. "You okay?"
"Uh..." Stork blushed a bit, looking down with slightly scared eyes. "It's just a little cold out here... Not used to this..." He explained, trying pull up his jacket a bit so he could hide his face. Finn sighed and took off his scarf, almost like throwing it on the merb's shoulders. Stork gasped, looking at the scarf for a moment then at the blonde. "What...?"
"You can hold onto it." Finn coughed, having a slightly embarrassed expression on his face. Stork gave the human a surprised stare, blushing deeply and smiling sweetly to him.
"T-thank you..." He mumbled as he kept staring the human. Maybe he wasn't that bad after all.
The blonde noticed the older one's stare, which made him glare again. "...what?"
"Ah! Nothing!" Stork waved his hands in front of him, blushing even more. He quickly wrapped the scarf better around his neck, starting to feel a little bit warmer. When the blonde looked away, Stork slowly turned to gaze him again. He blinked twice, admiring the human's looks. He was really pretty. And the scent of the scarf was pleasant too.
The sun was up and the streets were now filled with people. Couple of hours had passed since the Moon Hawks got their new crew members. All the walking had been very tiring, which is why Finn and Stork were now in a small café, eating and drinking something little. Neither of them had much money on them, so...
Finn was leaning his head against his arm, another smoke between his lips. The merb watched the boy with unpleasant look, while drinking his coffee. They hadn't spoken to each other for while now and Stork decided to break the ice.
"So uh... Finn." The merb started, swallowing down some of his nervousness. "Why do you call yourselves Moon Hawks...?"
The blonde gave a small glare at the older one, looking then out of the window again. "Because we like to work at night... And the moon is always showing itself in this town and we kinda like it..." He blew out the smoke from his lungs, his expression not changing that much. "And we're brave like hawks or something like that. I'm not actually fully sure."
A nervous laugh escaped from Stork as he placed the coffee cup back on the table. "I-is that so..." He blinked in confusion, carefully watching the boy. He was really a strange one, but he kind of liked it. What he didn't like about the blonde though, was the smoking part. Anyone his age shouldn't do such thing. The stinging smell of the smoke stroked the older one's nose, making him cough rather violently.
"Are you okay?" The blonde asked, Stork looking up at him shyly.
"Y-yeah... It's just... I can't stand smoke..."
Finn blinked, grabbing his cigarette and staring at it. "Really?"
"Yes... And you shouldn't smoke, you know... It's unhealthy..." The comment made the blonde raise his eyebrow as if he didn't know what the merb was talking about. He took his last glance at the smoke before dumping it in the ash-tray. He didn't say anything. He just looked out of the window, embarrassed look on his face.
Stork smiled softly to the blonde, drinking the rest of his coffee. He was sure that the boy wasn't as bad as he let others believe.
Junko and Radarr were a little lost, even though the blue one didn't want to admit it. They wondered around in one dark alley, Junko growling once in a while. "We're lost. Admit it." He just received an unhappy squeal from the creature, who was sitting on the wallop's huge shoulders. "Aargh, I can't believe this! Let's go back the way we came from and—"
His speech was interrupted by Radarr, who covered his mouth with his tail. The wallop glared at the creature, trying to get an explanation for this, but decided not to when he saw Radarr's shocked face. He pushed the tail away, watching the blue one in worry. "...what's wrong?"
Radarr jumped down on the ground and ran to a random direction, the wallop following him in confusion. When he was about to yell after him, Radarr stopped at a corner and stared at something in terror. Junko gave him a worried look, thinking of asking him what was wrong, but he decided to take a look at what he had seen. Junko peeked from the corner, eyes widening when he saw a lot of youngsters dressed in nothing but black. There were a lot of them and they were sitting in a circle, a huge pot of fire in between them. He also noticed that there was a young man standing next to the pot, smirking evilly and his arms up in the air. He was giving some kind of speech to the other, who cheered happily to it.
He wasn't sure what this was, but he needed to call his new leader immediately. He grabbed his cell phone and chose Aerrow's number, placing the phone on his ear. Radarr jumped back on the wallop's shoulders, shivering a lot. Junko bit his lip nervously, knowing that the situation was bad.
"Hi, Junko! What's up?" Aerrow finally answered with his usually happy voice.
"Aerrow! I found something! Ravens! It's the Ravens! And there's this really evil looking guy!" Junko panicked, trying to keep his voice as low as possible.
"Evil looking man?" Aerrow asked in confusion.
"Yes, yes! He...! He's...!" Junko tried to explain, but Radarr showed a piece of paper in front of his face, which only had three letters. "...Ace?" He whispered, blinking rabidly. He could hear his leader gasp loudly, starting to get panicked as well.
"Okay, Junko, don't do anything harsh! We're coming there right away!" Aerrow hung up, Junko starting to panic even more.
"But you don't even know—" He stared into emptiness with wide eyes, swallowing nervously as he put his cell phone back into his pocket. "This is bad, isn't it, Radarr?" He looked up at the blue creature, which was shivering as hell. They both flinched when they heard footsteps and strange tingling closing in, Junko automatically walking away from the corner, but got stopped by someone.
"Well, look at that. Street rats." The voice belonged to a young woman, who had a really ironic sound in her voice. Junko looked over his shoulder to see a rather beautiful woman, who had pink hair, bright yellow eyes and sunglasses on top of her head. She was also wearing black leather.
"Let's smash 'em." A male voice spoke, giving Junko and Radarr the shivers. They turned around to see who the steps and the voice belonged to and they saw a big man who was ever bigger than Junko. He had blue hair, deep blue eyes and weird marks on his face, which had probably been made with a marker. The man had a lot of chains attacked to him, which explained the tingling.
"Let's go then, you little snakes." The woman kicked the wallop's back, which made him squeal. Not really in pain, but he wasn't expecting it. They lead him to the other Ravens, who were now standing up, smirking and laughing evilly. It gave the two Street Knights the shivers.
"My, my. What are my eyes seeing?" The scary man from before chuckled, slowly walking closer to the two. He had black hair, but his eyes were hidden by sunglasses. He wore a black band around his head and his jacket was leather and it had a few chains and strange marks or medals. He gave Junko a very creepy feeling.
"What should we do, Dark Ace?" The woman spoke, smirking widely.
"Hmm..." The scary man, Dark Ace, looked over to the flaming pot and then gave an evil glance at the other Ravens that were still standing around it. "What do you say if we give these two a little taste of fires of hell?" The suggestion made the other cheer again, except Junko and Radarr who stared at each other in terror.
"This is definitely not good..." The wallop swallowed, Radarr holding onto his head tightly. "What a horrible beginning for this Street Knight..."