Author's note: Rewrote Gear One and two. Edited Gear Three onwards. There are a lot of changes, I know. Sorry about this, but there are so many things I left out and I really had to put it in or the story will make no sense later on. Won't happen again.

Disclaimer: I do not own Air Gear, it belongs to Oh Great! I do however own all original characters, Roads and other stupid things you will come across.

Gear One: Out of the Barrel

And the gun shall sing…

It was like any other day at Yoshiro Junior High. The sun was shining, the birds chirping, students were falling asleep in their classrooms and fifteen years old Shou Kenta was…

"Skipping class again? That's the third time this week!" the senior male teacher exclaimed.

"I'm sorry for the trouble Mitsui Sensei." The fifteen years old female blond student replied. "I'll go get him right now."

"I'd appreciate that Miu. Make sure the two of you come back to class before the bell goes. I didn't bring my pass so I can't confirm your safety if you get caught." The teacher said with a smile and Miu was off for the roof.

XXX

His black hair was of medium length and naturally spiked up. He had a look of deep tranquility across his face as he sat on the railings of the roof, looking up at the blue sky with his warm black eyes. His uniform consisted of long silk black pants and a white buttoned up uniform with a collar. He swung his legs back and forth with opposite rhythms and hums a soft melody.

"Shou, are you up here?" The door to the roof closed behind Miu Hotaru. "I thought I'd find you here. Come to think of it, you're always here."

"Morning Miu." Shou replied sheepishly.

She took her own seat beside the male and swung her legs to the same rhythm. Her attire was of a black knee length skirt and a female version of the uniform of the school. Her dyed blond hair flows down from her side, reaching her shoulder and behind, tied in a ponytail.

After a short silent, Miu spoke. "We should head back to class."

"You go."

"If you stay, then I'm staying too." She replied smiling.

"You've never missed class before." He retorted.

"And you've never been to class before." She countered, giving her a blazing stare with her brown eyes. It was not a complete lie though since even when Shou is in class, he'll be far away in dreamland, fast asleep.

Shou gave a loud sigh. "Alright, you win." He said. "But even if I want to come to class, I can't."

"Don't make me push you!" Miu threatened him. "It's five stories high."

"Whoa! Wait a minute; I just drop my crutch when I climbed onto this railing that's all." Shou replied waving his hands in an attempt to defend himself.

Miu got off the rail and helped Shou off as well. "Come on you troublesome lump for a friend, you can lean on me. We'll get you're crutch after school."

Shou shamelessly leaned against her for there was nothing to be ashamed of. When you're right leg muscle is partially paralyzed and unable to carry your own body weight, getting helped to move around is part of the daily routine.

For Miu, she was used to it. Having known the guy for over seven years and carrying him on a weekly basis, he seemed pretty light to her now.

"I heard you're having another Parts War today. The Star Trekkers against the Hell Gates again was it?" Shou asked suddenly as they descended the stairs.

"Yes we are. Akio told you didn't he?" Miu replied.

"We both know he isn't exactly one who'd keep his mouth shut about something."

"I'm not sure about that. I've got a feeling he knows how to more than just keep secrets."

XXX

The bell rang and the classroom slowly empties. Miu makes her way to the far end of the room where Shou has fallen asleep to wake him. She remembers her friends saying that she is like a maid to the guy. Well, to a certain extent it may be true but she doesn't really mind.

"Come on Shou," She said, shaking the arm of the teen. "school's over, time to go home."

Shou popped his head out of the hands he buried them in and looked up to Miu. He gave a yawn while saying, "All right, let's get to the meeting place."

"What place?" Miu said confused.

"The Parts War, you're going to meet up with the guys right?" Shou replied.

"Yeah…, don't tell me you want to come along?"

Shou tilted his head to the left and leaned it against his fist and replied sheepishly, "Why, can't I come?"

Miu was reluctant but Shou insisted and in the end, she agreed to his request.

"Great!" Shou exclaimed excitedly, grabbing his crutch which lay by the wall and stood up. "Let's get going!"

XXX

Two figures waited silently in a long stretch of alley. Both were members of the Star Trekkers, waiting for their teammates to arrive. The female had short jet black hair with a ribbon tied to it. Her choice of clothing was a knee length frill skirt and a comfortable yellow polo shirt. She is a rider of the Rover Road, fifteen years old Amaya Sayuri.

The twenty four years old male beside her fancied a black cap where strands of white hair flowed out the back. He wore a tight black singlet which showed off his muscles and navy blue jeans with a chain belt. His name is Akio Isamu.

They heard the sounds of the familiar Air Trecks wheels.

"I sure hope it's Miu and Daichi." Amaya said nervously. Though the Hell Gates had not arrived yet, they were still running late with two members short.

Their hopes were quickly washed away as Masaru Nobu, leader of the Hall Gates came cruising in with five members at his heels. Each of them wore a black cloak and red devil mask. Masaru was the only one without the mask. His face has multiple scars which shows his past battles and has fashioned a blue shark fin haircut.

"Oh, I thought there would be more of you? Did the others chicken out?" Masaru greeted them with a taunt. "We're already damn lenient to you guys, making this a four on four instead of five. Do we have to make it a two?"

His tone was full of undeserved confident and Amaya had to grit her teeth as Akio replied to his taunts. "They'll be here, you'll see." Just as he said it, Miu, still in her school uniform, came in from the opposite of the Hell Gates.

She scanned her surrounding quickly and completely ignoring Masaru, asked Akio, "Where's Daichi?"

Akio shrugged and Miu stirred her head with a glare directed at the opposing leader.

Masaru gave an evil smile. "Maybe he fell asleep somewhere on the road?"

Masaru wanted to continue with more aggressive insults but a voice broke him off. "Eh? This is a Parts War? It's a much smaller scale than I thought it would be." Behind Miu, Shou slowly made his way towards the feuding group. "Hey guys. Where's Daichi?"

"Looks like he wont make it." Miu said, not looking away from Masaru.

"And Taku?" Shou asked again.

"He left last week." Amaya answered.

"Well now, that's just sad." Shou lamented at the parting of his friend. "He went to America with that scholarship of hi didn't he?"

Takura Maki, once a member of Star Trekkers. He had an I.Q of a genius level and even thought he was only fifteen, he was scoring full marks even for tests taken by people twice his age. Not only that, that guy was pretty talented in sports as well. He took to Air Trecks like a duck to water and was doing high level tricks in less than two months. A true prodigy.

"We'll have to make do without him and apparently, without Daichi as well." Miu added.

Masaru's smile grew even wider. "Have you forgotten? We already let you off for only having four members left on the team. We're not gonna stand for only three. Looks like you just have to forfeit the match."

"WHAT!?" The Star Trekkers shouted in unison.

"Whoa, wait a second," Shou cut in. "Why do you guys need to forfeit again?" He finished as he placed his bag down on the floor and unzipped it.

Miu looked at him questioningly. "Well, he just said we didn't have enough riders."

"What are you talking about? The way I see it," He pulled out a golden Air Treck, custom made for the left leg. Silver lining ran down the sides and round the rim of the wheels. A slipper like stand is screwed into place on top of it with straps dangling loosely at the sides. It has two grey front wheels and a tennis ball sized back ball-roller wheel. "you do have four riders."

XXX

Shou held steadily to the wall of the alleyway, his legs wobbling as if he was about to fall. Miu stared at him with a worried expression. She had been reluctant to let Shou be in this race but under Amaya's and Akio's insistence that with him, they can at least still take part, she caved in.

She turns round to find Akio staring at the lame teen as well. But his looks were not of worry but borders more on 'What do you think you're doing?' Miu was snapped out of the trance when she heard wolf-whistle of the opposing referee which calls for the start of the race.

Parts War, E-Class, Star Trekkers V.S Hell Gates, BEGIN!

Miu and Masaru rocketed off the starting line, their goal being the end of the alley. Akio followed suit, behind him are two Hell Gaters and after, Amaya started off.

"You're not going?" The last Gater asked.

Shou smiled and went into a crouching position. "Aren't you?" And in a flash, he disappeared with only a trace of dust, leaving the last man shocked in his ATs.

Amaya swerved right and then left into the wall. She turns herself, slides her right leg in reverse to ride backwards, places her left AT on the wall and immediately shot up in a ninety degrees angle and over the two opponents in front of her.

Orbit 180 to Eifel Tower

She landed beside Akio who gave her a cheeky smile. Suddenly, the male finds a chain wrapped around his right hand. Without enough time to even digest this turn of events, he was pulled back. Losing control of his ATs, he turns to see the Hell Gaters releasing the chain and behind them, a figure riding towards him.

"That guy is such a-!" Before he could finish his sentence, his instinct took over and he dived forward, passing the two Gaters. He made a superman-liked roll and once he was facing upwards, he extended his legs to face Shou with both feet closed.

Shou smashed into the space in between the two ATs with a dropkick which manipulate Akio to bend his knee and body to roll backwards until the legs pointed back at Amaya and the Hell Gaters. Akio pushed his legs which forces both ATs to roar loudly as the wheels of one turned the other as well. Shou gave another smirk and kicked off from Akio's legs, shooting pass the Gaters and Amaya with incredible speed.

Tag team acceleration, Round the Gear

XXX

Miu could see Masaru up ahead with the light coming up at the end of the alley. She sped up, not willing to give up.

An evil smile crossed Masaru's face. He raised his right hand an around twenty of his men appeared on the roof of the buildings, each of them standing behind two wooden crates.

Miu, sensing the danger, skidded to a stop as crates after crates come crashing down in front of her and soon the entire alleyway became a wooden maze.

"Darn it!" Miu cursed out loud. In that instance, Shou shot passed her, lifting up a gust of wind, ruffling her hair and outfit. "What t-!"

Shou lifted his feet up until he's only on his roller wheel. He swings his arms hard and turns his body exactly ninety degrees to the right, placed the rest of his feet down and gave a hard push. He ricocheted off in an exact right angle to the right, pulling off the tightest turn Miu has ever seen with ease.

Tightness turn, Recoil

He executed Recoil again, turning into the maze. From what Miu could see behind the rubbles, he did five more at close range, not once did he lost speed. Coming out from the destruction of boxes, Shou sped past Masaru with ease, sliding to a stop right after the finish line seconds before Masaru crossed.

Miu gathered as much of her composure she had left after witnessing those feats and asked nervously, "Shou, you have a lot of explaining to do."

Shou smiled weakly at her, "Yeah, I know."

Tricks

Orbit: A trick where a rider slide a leg backwards to revolve their body around the other leg which acts as a pivot point.

Eifel Tower: Done only when the rider is facing backwards. To execute, the rider puts a leg on a wall with the feet pointing directly ninety degrees up and pushes forward and downward at the same time which launches the rider into the sky.

Round the Gear: Executed when one rider launches another off his feet after making a roll. Both ATs must be in the same direction for the wheels to accelerate each other. This can also double as a recovery technique by having the launcher flip him or herself up after the kick.

Recoil: A special trick for Shou's Road. It involves twisting the body towards the desired direction while being on a roller wheel and kicking off with full force to make any sharp turns.

Team: Hell Gates

Status: Active

Member count: 23

Masaru Nobu (Leader): A ruthless man who is willing to use any sort of dirty tactics to claim victory. He is the leader of the Hell Gates and held a long lasting grudge with the Star Trekkers.