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Alice Mao

Alice Mao crouched in the brush, gun loaded and ready in her hand, her slender body as still as a statue or a predator lying in wait for her prey. She'd been lying in wait this way for a few minutes now, watching her target, a tall dark haired man with concealing bangs and dark blue eyes, move towards an oblivious blonde boy sitting on a rock under a shady tree, listening to music with his bright blue eyes focused on nothing in particular, sporting a black leather choker around his neck which held a silver and black 'X' over his collar bone. This boy wore a pair of worn black jeans with a white t-shirt featuring a black tree in winter with bare limbs, the black leaves swirling in the wind under an open short-sleeved hooded jacket with zipped pockets, his wrists adorned with a black wristband on his left and rubber bracelets on the other. His bejeweled cross of diamonds and obsidian hung on a silver chain about his neck, shining in the light that peeked through the few gaps in the shade of the tree leaves above which played over the boy's pale features, giving him an ethereal look with a gold halo from the light on his golden hair. The approaching man moved with a deadly silence towards the boy, who closed his reflective eyes in thought, his smirk framed with two small but sharp incisors and eyes shadowed by the brown hood of his jacket as he lowered his head, getting ready to strike at any moment. As he got out the knife swiftly and moved to pounce, Alice sprung from her hiding place in one smooth feline glide, flipping to get between them quicker. She was horizontal in the air when she blocked his knife's advance towards the male, who opened his eyes now as Alice pushed him back from harm's way with a leather gloved hand on his shoulder. The man staggered back, managing to avoid the impact of the block, his knife falling away from his hand as the boy fell into a pile of leaves behind the rock, a small gasp followed with a yelp when he hit the ground, his headphones falling around his neck, with music playing softly in the background of the confrontation. Alice aimed her gun to shoot, her face contorting slightly in anger as he moved, merely grazed in the upper arm through his jacket. Blood soaked through slowly as the man looked at Alice in sheer hate, "How dare you interrupt my meal you incessant little brat!", he growled through gritted teeth, "I was only going to have a little snack now and save the rest for later.", he mumbled, then smirked as the boy peeked at them over the cover of the rock behind Alice, whose gun was trained on the man, "Leave him alone, Allister.", she threatened in a curiously British sounding accent, not sparing a glance at the boy watching her curiously in her loose black capris, high top black Converse, and tight blood red halter tucked into the capris under a black wrap V-neck top with a hood and a belt under the breasts. Allister laughed with the fervor of a madman, causing Alice to narrow her liquid violet eyes with the dark midnight blue rims and scowl, "What's wrong with you now?", she asked, but this only made Allister laugh more, though he paused to speak in a tone she couldn't quite place, "Oh nothing, I just realized though that this boy is your age! His pretty face...", Allister broke off for a moment to chuckle, "I can't help but be reminded of you somehow Alice! I remember when you were so young you–", two gunshots rung through the air as Allister was stopped mid-sentence to dodge her bullet and return the shot a swiftly as she had, if not more so, hitting her in the shoulder. Alice resisted crying out, grunting through her teeth, before closing her eyes to take a deep breath then, with inhuman speed and strength, she opened her eyes and appeared behind Allister, using the hilt of her gun to strike a pressure point on the back of his neck, causing him to fall unconscious.

She watched him fall before speaking into the black earphone mic, "Target secured, no casualties, one witness.", Alice said promptly. After a small pause, she spoke in another language quickly, something that sounded to the boy like the French singing through his headphones, before turning to him and approaching him, blood running down her arm slowly. Inky black tribal tattoos appeared along her arm as the blood passed and her long black hair circled behind her when she turned. A helicopter began lowering until it landed in the field behind Alice, the wind blowing her hair about her as he tried to stand, meaning to speak to her though nothing came out. He opened his mouth but was caught in her apathetic stare which turned into curiosity and concern. Alice put a hand on her hip, turning her head to the side with a perfect eyebrow raised, "Are you okay?", she asked then took another step closer as she placed the other hand on her hip as well, leaning down closer to his dazed face until he could smell her minty fresh breath and she could feel his breath on her skin, "Hello?", Alice raised her hand and moved it in front of his face, snapping her fingers loudly, "You okay?", she asked once he jumped, snapping out of it, "Y-Yeah.", he stammered, then turned his attention to the blood running from her injured shoulder, "Y-You're hurt.", Alice looked surprised, as if she hadn't felt the wound, and leaned away slightly, giving her room to turn her head to assess her shoulder, "So I am. I'll be fine. But more importantly...", she kneeled down in front of him like one of the kunoichi he saw in ninja movies would to balance on a horizontal flag pole, "Are you alright? Any injuries?", she asked with a concerned expression as her eyes roamed his body, searching and analyzing every detail, for any visible wounds. He nodded numbly then felt his face redden as she smiled warmly, "That's good, but you scraped your palm when I pushed you.", she said, looking at him apologetically, "I'm sorry.", his eyes widened, "N-No problem!", he looked at his hand, seeing tiny droplets of blood appear from the scrape, "Don't apologize! Really! You saved me and besides, I don't feel anything!", he stammered out nervously. Alice smiled at him again, "That's great. Come on, I'll fix you up over here.", she gestured with a jerk of her head towards the settled helicopter behind her and offered her hand to him. He took the hand and was surprised by the sun-kissed girl's strength as she pulled him up swiftly, leading him by the hand to the helicopter.

"Hey guys I need a med kit.", she said and was promptly tossed a little white case with a red cross on it. Alice sat down, opening the case, "Come here...uh....", she paused, searching for a name, glancing up at him for an answer when she couldn't supply one herself, "Roxas Strife.", the spiky-haired blonde answered and she nodded knowingly, chuckling slightly before shaking her head to herself with a smirk on her face, "Come here Roxas and let me see your hand.", Roxas nodded, letting her turn his hand to the palm before using a wet towel to clean it and spraying a stinging disinfectant over the wound, which made him wince quietly, his masculine pride refusing to let him whimper like he would have if he was alone. She wrapped his hand in white gauze with experienced hands until she was satisfied and was tapped on the uninjured shoulder. Alice turned her head, choking on whatever she was about to say when she laid eyes on a tall boy with messy fire red hair looking at her with big green eyes through the long fringe that swept across his forehead over his eyes, the uneven spiky ends stopping just under his black eyeliner lined eyes. His eyes were light and cat-like with a certain enchanting luminescence to the irises within the perfect midnight blue rims that appeared black until a closer look was had. The boy's eyes were half-lidded with dilated pupils as if he'd just woken up in a dark room and walked into a brightly lit bathroom to take a shower. Alice looked at him with her own dilated pupils, the irises had turned gold as Roxas noticed, and sighed deeply as he spoke with a light lilting accent that sounded like a cross between British and Irish, "Hello, my name is Griffon and I will be your attending physician today.", Griffon smiled with very dog-like canines in a Cheshire cat smile. Roxas looked at the odd pair as Alice slowly inched away, "I'm fine Griffon, just a scratch.", she began but Griffon wagged a finger at her, adjusting his horizontally oval glasses with thin, sleek black frames, an evil glint flashing in his eyes, "Tsk tsk Alice, I'm afraid that you're lying. There's a bullet that needs to be removed from your shoulder and stitches are required, my lovely Lady Mao.", she sighed, surrendering with a one handed show of hands, and followed Griffon towards a black van that had driven up the nearby parking lot moments before Griffon's appearance. Roxas stood there by the helicopter for a moment until Alice gestured for him to follow with a circling movement with her index and middle fingers together. He caught up to her and Griffon, staying a little behind them as they talked like friends with smart ass jabs at each other while they walked to the van. The back doors opened to an interior with four seats, two windows, a motorcycle by its two helmets, and some screens with a table of wireless keyboards.

Alice sat down on the edge, back towards Griffon with her legs crossed, and let him pull down the sleeve of her black shirt to reveal the bloody wound. With expert hands, Griffon cleaned the wound, removed the bullet, and disinfected it before beginning to sow the wound closed with quick, nimble movements of a needle, threading a silver thread through her skin. He discarded his rubber gloves, now bloodied, and handed Alice a black leather jacket as she pulled off the black shirt, leaving the tight blood red halter as she replaced the dirty shirt with the offered black jacket. She wheeled the motorcycle out of the van easily, favoring a pair of goggles and a black beanie over a helmet for herself, and threw a helmet at Roxas, "I'll drive you home.", Alice offered as she sat on the bike, turning it on as she spoke to the blonde, who nodded and put on the helmet. Roxas climbed on the motorcycle behind her, holding onto her around her waist like he would if Cloud were driving, as she pulled her hair into a ponytail she tucked into the back of her jacket to avoid it whipping back into Roxas' face. Abruptly, she started the motorcycle and drove out into the street in a large arch to the right, going in the direction of his house without him telling her. They zoomed through Twilight Town, everything becoming a blur on the way to each stop light. At one light, Roxas thought he saw Hayner and his friends but they turned into a blur of colors when the light turned green. Sooner than he expected, they were are the Strife home and Alice was approaching the door as if she'd been there before, her goggles around her neck and ponytail out of her jacket. Before Roxas could pull his key out, Alice had pulled one from an zipped up pocket inside her jacket and banged on the front door, "Cloud, you bum.", she muttered before turning the key and opening the door to Roxas' house. Roxas looked with wide eyes, "How...", he began, looking around as he took of his shoes after her.

"Rox is that you...Oh god.", Cloud walked out in all his glory wearing nothing but black sweats and his socks. He'd been scratching the back of his head when he walked out before pausing, mid-scratch and yawn to see Alice standing in the foyer. His mouth hung open with his eyes as wide as saucers focused on the purple eyed girl until he looked at Roxas then back at Alice, "Alice.", Cloud opened his arms to receive her hug, picking her up in a bear hug so that her feet hung above the floor by a few inches, "Cloud Strife!", she exclaimed when she was set down, hands on her hips with a mock scowl on her face, "I bring your brother home in one piece and you don't give me anything sweet to eat? I thought you knew me, boy!", he sighed, "Was he bad or something?", Cloud asked and Roxas blushed red, "No he was great. I just wanna get a cake or something free from you. Money and personal belonging are also accepted.", she laughed with him and prepared to follow him into the kitchen when Roxas spoke up, "You two know each other...?", he ventured cautiously after them, knowing that his brother was prone to embarrassing him in front of company and emphasizing that Roxas was his little brother.

Cloud rubbed his sleepy eyes as Alice smirked, seating herself in a chair at their round wooden table in the kitchen, her legs crossed, after securing a fork and three slices of cheesecake on a paper plate, "Fetch me some whip cream, Strife.", she said to Cloud who lazily obeyed, something Roxas had to do a double take on. Since when did his brother the proud Cloud Strife listen to anybody? Let alone a girl younger than him? Roxas watched him as he took the cap off and sprayed the whip cream on top of the cake slices before seating himself at the table to Alice's right after he put the can away, "Well let's see...how to begin?", Cloud wondered to himself, sounding like an old man trying to explain to his naïve son how sex works. The younger Strife sat on Alice's left as she took a savored bite of cheesecake, "Well Strife and I have been friends for about...two and a half years? When he decided to live here while you and your parents were traveling, I ended up saving his sorry ass from the bouncer when he stumbled past him somehow. I was in town for a while and we became friends but it's been months since I left for France.", she said simply, chewing on another bite of cake, "Honestly Alice, how do you stay so little when you eat so much cake and sweets? You should be fat, it's not fair to other girls.", Cloud said mockingly, "You must be an alien or something. Which reminds me, what are you doing in Twilight Town? You staying long?", he asked. Roxas looked incredulously at his brother, "How does that remind you of that?", Alice spoke Roxas' same thought around a mouthful of cake before swallowing and pressing a napkin to her face, "I'm here to attend high school.", she said before finishing off the cake swiftly, casting a glance the pile of undone dishes, "Do the dishes, Strife.", Alice said before disappearing, "No problem...", Cloud said to the empty space she had been moments before and went to the sink as the brothers heard a motorcycle engine pull out of the driveway.

Sora Lionheart

Sora Lionheart stepped out of his brother's car as he slung his bag over his shoulder, "Thanks for the ride, Leon. I'll take the train home today.", Sora smiled and leaned away from the open window, closing the passenger's door, "See you at home little bro.", Leon replied, giving him a little wave before driving away in search of a parking spot. He just shook his head, messy brunette spikes moving with him, and grinned widely as he walked into the school building, looking for his silver haired best friend Riku. Sora pulled out his phone when he felt it vibrate in the pocket of his school uniform, "Hello? Riku, where are you?", he said, then looked around, "I'm walking by the office – ah!", Sora saw the door open and walked straight into a girl as she left the office. The two teenagers both fell back, Sora's phone falling away from him as they both sat up. Sora rubbed his head, "Ow ow ow....", he mumbled then looked over at the girl, "I'm sorry, are you...", the rest of the question failed to come out when Sora's eyes widened, taking in the sight of dark, sun-kissed skin, a few shades darker than his own. The girl had a hand on her head, the surprised expression on her face almost mirrored Sora's look of awe, while the other hand rested on the floor and her sculpted tan thighs were pressed together, knees bent, her weight leaning on the rested left hand. She was wearing the girls' school uniform with a short-sleeved button up white shirt, blue plaid skirt, solid blue tie, and knee high midnight blue socks, but instead of plain black shoes, she wore black Vans splattered with pink, green, and orange paint patterns and around her neck was a black choker with a gothic obsidian and ruby cross hung over her collar bone, visible due to the pushed away collar of her shirt and an undone button. Her arms were clothed in dark violet fingerless arm warmers, almost black, from her knuckles to just above her elbows with gold rings holding them in place at her wrists and above her elbows, a gold ring securing part of the cloth on each hand in place, gleaming from her middle fingers. She ran a tan hand through her long black hair before turning two captivating gold orbs on him through fringe bangs that swept over her forehead towards the left.

Sora gazed into her eyeliner and insomnia rimmed eyes, noticing the long curling black lashes that fringed them, and watched her right herself into a sitting position that was more acceptable in a skirt. He could hear Riku's annoyed voice on the phone a few feet away, "S-Sorry. Are you okay, miss?", Sora asked, standing and extending a helping hand to her, which she stared at quietly for a few minutes before turning her eyes back to him, making him nervous, until she accepted the hand. She hoisted herself up with his assistance, letting go of his hand to brush herself off, her eyes never leaving him. Sora laughed anxiously, retrieving his phone, "Eh...Riku? I'll call you back, 'kay?", he endured a few seconds more of Riku yelling at him before he closed it in his hand and returned it to his pocket. The girl looked at him, tilting her head in a cute way until he spoke, "Hi.", he began, for lack of anything better to say, "Hey, what's up?", she replied, her voice as clear as a bell though she spoke the way a boy might, "I haven't seen you before...", Sora trailed off, thankful that she picked the conversation up from there, "Yeah, I'm new here, just transferred from France and moved back home. I'm Alice, by the way.", Alice smiled, "Really? I'm Sora Lionheart.", Alice's eyes widened, "No way...", she muttered to herself inaudibly so he wouldn't hear. This was yet again a younger brother of some old friend of hers. 'Next thing you know, Kadaj is gonna have a brother pop up...',Alice thought until she saw a boy with silver hair run up to them and started talking to Sora, 'Oh God...Kadaj Advent doesn't have a brother...right?', Alice stared that the boy until he turned his head and paused, jumping slightly, "Excuse me...why are you staring at me...?", he asked. She jumped as well when he spoke to her, "Oh...sorry. You just look like somebody I know...", she mumbled, shaking her head to clear her thoughts, 'There's no way Kadaj Advent has a brother.', she thought repeatedly like a mental mantra until the bell rang. Sora looked away for a second when someone called his name then turned to look at her, "I guess I'll...", Sora blinked, "She disappeared.", he said before following Riku to their classes.

Roxas Strife

The room was loud and talkative when Roxas Strife walked into second period art. He sauntered to his seat next to Axel Cross, one of his best friends, and sighed, "I'm exhausted.", Roxas said as he dropped tiredly into the chair as his friend laughed. His table consisted of Axel, Hayner, Olette, and himself, though Roxas knew a few the names of a few familiar faces like the blonde Lightway twin Namine, Riku Advent, and Sora Lionheart at one table. They were all childhood friends, if he remembered right, and lived on Destiny Islands. Cloud and Leon, Sora's brother, were friends/rivals since they were kids and competed in everything they could from sports to school to girls. In one instance, they nearly drowned in a contest of who could stay underwater the longest, to which both Sora and Roxas were witness to and had to drag their brothers out of the water when they both passed out. When they had come to, they argued about who passed out first, regardless of their younger brothers' testimonies that they had passed out simultaneously. Axel was smirked like a wicked Cheshire cat, reminding Roxas of Griffon from the day before when he'd met Alice, "So what's new Axel?", he asked, seeing the look Axel gave him which begged for the question to be asked, "I've got first period with a hot new senior Mana Kageno and homeroom with a pretty new sophomore Alice Mao!", Axel explained in one breath as if he would've exploded if he kept the information in any longer, a sight that Roxas longed to see when he remembered what Alice said last night in the kitchen and realized that the girl Axel was talking about was in fact the Alice who saved his life. Roxas leaned closer, "Alice Mao?", he asked cautiously, wondering if he had heard wrong, and noticed in his peripheral that Sora head raised his head in their direction. Axel nodded slowly, eyeing his friend, "Yeah, why?", he asked. The blonde felt his heart skip a beat and saw Sora's eyes widen as he leaned towards their table to hear better, "What did she look like?", Roxas asked quickly, "Well....", the door opened and the class looked in that direction. Roxas' eyes widened. There stood Alice Mao, in all her sun-kissed glory.

"Well she looked like that.", Axel said when he saw the girl walk into the class to talk to the teacher. Her black backpack was slung on one shoulder and Roxas took in the sight of her in the school uniform with her arm warmers, collar, and shoes. The teacher pointed at Sora's table and Alice nodded, then smiled when she looked in that general direction. Sora was as surprised as Roxas, "Alice.", he said blankly. Alice tilted her head at him, "Sora.", she nodded at him in greeting then smiled at Roxas, "Roxy!", she advanced on him immediately, zeroing in on him as swiftly as she had on Cloud. She held out her open hand, touching her palm to his, "Now slide...and knuckles.", she said, pulling her hand back in unison with him and pressing her knuckles against Roxas' knuckles, "So what's up, Strife Number Two?", she asked casually, "Not much, really. I brought some cake to school with me today since you said you were going to be here for high school.", Alice brightened immediately as if she was a poor man who'd won a billion dollar lottery and an all expense paid vacation to Hawaii, "No way! I love you Roxy, you're way nicer than Strife Number One!", she said, smiling. She was crouched by him, legs together and the back of her skirt tucked between her thighs and calves, while the class was working on a free style sketch. Alice looked at Axel with recognition, "Axel from homeroom? Mana told me about how you were looking at her legs in her first period.", he froze, "Well, yeah...I'm Axel Cross, one of Roxas' best friends.", she jerked her chin up in a greeting then looked at Olette and Hayner when she stood up, "I'm Alice, a friend of Cloud's and now Roxas too, I guess.", she smiled. Instantly, Olette liked her and introduced herself, "I'm Olette and this is Hayner. What school were you at before?", Olette asked as she leaned closer in interest, "A school in Paris.", Olette gasped, "You gave up France for here? Why?", Roxas nudged her, "Olette...", he mumbled, "What? Just asking, Rox, jeez.", she said. Alice laughed, "I wanted to come back home, I guess. Besides, I was nervous letting my friend Griffon take care of my house and I missed some of my old friends.", Alice shrugged, "I guess I should start on this sketch...see ya.", Alice smiled at them before seating herself in the seat across from Sora that the teacher had pointed out for her. Roxas focused on the blank page in front of him, "How do you know her?", Hayner asked. Roxas felt his face blush lightly, "I ran into her and she gave me a ride home when I said my name. She's an old friend of Cloud's and probably one of the only people who can command him at will.", Axel's mouth fell open and Hayner smirked at Olette, "Ha! I told you so! I told you I saw him on some girl's bike!"

At the Sora-Riku-Namine table, Alice was talking to Sora, "I heard you say you wanted to move back home. Where do you live?", he asked and Riku smirked, "Stalker much, Sora.", Namine and Alice laughed at this, "Alice lives on Destiny Islands.", Namine said knowingly and the boys looked at her, "You know her Namine?", Alice was grinning like a fox with pearly white teeth, "Of course. We were best friends when we were kids.", she said and Namine looked at her, "Alice, I can't believe you let Griffon take care of your house! He's a freak and I can only imagine what he did to your house.", Alice shrugged, "Believe it or not, I came home to a clean house and fresh-baked cookies. You should have seen the pink apron he was wearing with a teddy bear on the front! It was so adorable and he had his glasses on so you can picture how that looks.", the girls laughed and Sora pouted, feeling left out of the loop as a sudden look of recognition came over Riku's face, "Wait I remember you! I went to Namine's place looking for Kairi during hide and seek one day and you were there with some other girl and Namine!", he said with a surprised look on his face, "Oh yeah....that one kid....what's your name?", she said, pulling out a chocolate bar and biting into it, "Riku Advent.", she started choking on the chocolate when she heard the name and Namine patted her back desperate until she swallowed and took deep breaths, "Please tell me you're not Kadaj's little brother!", Riku shook his head, "No we're cousins...he's living with me and a junior here...", Alice looked like she would faint any second, "Kadaj....is here...",she rested her head on the table, "Blah. Sora save me, Kadaj is living nearby and I think I'm gonna die!", she said dramatically as she grabbed his arms urgently. Heat rose in his cheeks, "Uh...I'm sorry?", he said then snapped out of it, "You live near Riku? I live pretty close by. You should come over sometime...", she smirked and laughed, "Oh I'm sure Leon would love that.", Alice smirked evilly, "Do you get home before he does?", Sora nodded, "I go home by train...", she nodded, "Perfect..."

Mana Kageno

"Where is my master now?", Mana Kageno thought aloud. The lunch bell had just rung and the tall bodyguard was searching for her charge, the younger Alice Mao, who was nowhere to be found, "This is all my fault.", she said as she jogged through the halls of the school, "I should've set a time and place for us to meet for lunch.", Mana looked at the deluxe traditional black Japanese bento box with five levels on it she carried she'd wanted to share with Alice, "I went through the trouble of preparing such a meal...", Mana jogged up the stairs quickly, "Ojousama likes high places...so the roof...", she mumbled to herself and leaped over the last flight of stairs with her long legs, opening the door that led to the roof then landing in a crouch. The forest green eyed senior stood, surveying the rooftop until she found her target, lying down on top of the school's midnight blue blazer, and approached her quietly to see that she was awake, staring at the sky dimly. Gold eyes glanced at Mana then the bento in her hands, "How extravagant, Mana. You have outdone yourself once more.", she smiled sincerely and Mana looked away modestly, "Griffon had a hand in it and the dessert was made by Lucifer, but I cooked most of it.", her master nodded, "Then I'm sure it's gonna be awesome!", it took Mana a second before she set up the bento, unwrapping the purple handkerchief and using it as a picnic cloth to set the different levels on. Mana flicked her dark brown hair from her eyes, the rest tied in a long ponytail from the nape of her neck, and handed her master the chopsticks, "Thank you.", Alice said and started with the Japanese cuisine, moving onto the Western before eating the fresh fruit. For last, she pulled out the ramen and slurped away as Mana ate portions of the food Alice hadn't eaten. They had two slices of chocolate cake for dessert and had drunk four bottles of Ramune between them. Mana checked her watch, "About forty-five minutes until lunch ends.", she said in an apathetic tone. Eating with Alice usually made her sleepy, along with an assortment of other things, and yawned as evidence of her fatigue. Alice shrugged, leaning against the fence, looking down at other students eating their lunches, licking her lips, "That was delicious Mana.", she said and Mana nodded, "I do my best.", the bodyguard looked at the raven haired girl who looked down at the other teenagers, the teenagers who had normal lives that Alice couldn't live, "Ojousama, that's dangerous.", Mana pointed out but Alice just smiled, "I'm not worried, Mana. I believe in your fast reflexes and agility.", she said before pushing off, "Let's take a walk.", Mana nodded and cleaned up, 'I'd follow you to the ends of the universe...'


Sorry if this ended a little short. I couldn't think of a better ending or what to do next. Review my friends, for the next chapter. :D