Chapter 1, Enter Sora Ventus.
Sora Ventus stood before his new school flexing his right hand which was wrapped in leather up to his elbow. It had been a month since the car crash that had killed his parents. After their death, he'd moved from Travers Town to Twilight Town to live with his cousin Roxas and his aunt and uncle. He was about to start his first day of his new life. He sighed and kept flexing his right hand.
"Yo Sor." His cousin Roxas called catching up to him.
"Hey, what's happenin' Rox?" Sora said, shaking his cousin's hand.
"Not a lot cos, checking out the prison?" Roxas asked.
"Yeah." Sora said. "Doesn't look too bad."
"Well looks can be deceiving." Said a voice behind them. Sora whirled around and met a guy with spiky red hair and two green tear drops painted under his eyes.
"Hey Axel." Roxas said. "Sora, this is my best friend, Axel Flurry. Axel, this is my cousin Sora."
"Cousin?" Axel said, shaking Sora's hand and looking back and forth between the cousins. "Looks like he could be your brother." Sora and Roxas looked at each other, there were similarities between them, but the biggest difference was their hair, Sora's was spiky and a mahogany brown while Roxas's stood up and was blond.
"We get that a lot." Sora said.
"So, what brings you to Twi-High?" Axel asked.
"My parents died in a car accident." Sora said. "I'm living with Roxas and his family now."
"Oh," Axel said, "sorry man."
"Thanks." Sora said. He looked back at the school and did a double take. "Damn, who's limo?" A limo had just pulled up and the driver had gotten out.
"That's the Aqua sisters." Axel said. "High crust of Twilight Town, there's three of them. Kairi's the oldest, a natural born leader if I ever saw one to be honest. Middle kid's Namine, shy, artistic, and the girl this moron's fallen for." He pointed at Roxas who threw a punch at Axel. "Youngest girl's Xion, she's kind of still trying to find her place, you know?"
"Yeah, guess she and I have something in common." Sora said.
"Well don't get to many ideas." Roxas said pointing at the limo as a silver haired guy got out. "Say hello to Riku Terra, the Aqua Sister's bodyguard."
"Bodyguard?" Sora said. "But he's our age."
"Maybe, but he's one hell of a fighter." Axel said. "Knocked this guy for a loop." The ruffled Roxas's hair.
"Do that again and I'll knock you for a loop." Roxas warned his best friend. "Come on, I've still got to get Sora to the office and all that other shit." Axel nodded and the Ventus cousins walked into the building. As they passed Riku and the Aqua sisters, Roxas gave a goofy smile and waved at Namine. She gave a smile back while Riku gave him a glare. Sora was about to smack Riku upside the head but then he saw the red-head and he felt slightly faint. She was beautiful, like a goddess from a Greek story. It was actually Roxas who had to smack Sora upside the head.
"Guess I'm not the only one who's fallen for an Aqua." Roxas said as they walked away from the three sisters, laughing.
"Remind me to kick your ass when we get home." Sora said. After they got Sora set up with classes, Roxas led him to his first one, English, which they shared. Sora and Roxas plopped down next Axel and a blond girl.
"Sora this is Larxene Nymph, Axel's girlfriend." Roxas said.
"Hi." Sora said, shaking Larxene's hand.
"Hey, what's with the leather?" Larxene asked.
"I was in a car accident a few months back, killed my parents and left my arm with some pretty bad scars." Sora explained sadly.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Larxene said. Then their teacher Mr. Ienzo walked in.
"This guys a bit of a weirdo." Roxas said under his breath to Sora. "Some people say he use to be a magician for kid's parties, optical illusions and shit like that." Sora nodded. The class went by pretty slowly with all the welcome back speeches and the plans for the semester. When the class got out, Sora got up and started to walk away when he bumped into someone, a red haired, blue eyed someone knocking her books to the floor.
"Oh shoot I'm sorry." Sora said, shooting down and catching the books before they even hit the ground.
"It's ok." Kairi Aqua said, smiling at Sora. "Nice reflexes."
"Thanks." Sora said, handing over her books. "Sora Ventus, I just moved here."
"Kairi Aqua." Kairi replied. "Are you related to Roxas Ventus?"
"We're cousins." Sora said, shaking her hand.
"Oh, I see." Kairi said. "So, what other classes do you have?"
"Well," Sora said, pulling out his schedule, "I've got history with Mr. Braig, math with Mr. Dilan, science with Mr. Even, gym with Mr. Aeleus, and astrology with Mr. Xehanort."
"Oh, well you'll have history and math with my sister Xion and science with Namine." Kairi said.
"And yourself?" Sora asked.
"We'll have astrology together." Kairi said with a smile.
"Looking forward to it." Sora said, smiling. Then, someone cleared their throat and Sora looked up to see Riku standing there, his arms crossed and glaring at Sora.
"Oh, Sora Ventus this is Riku Terra." Kairi said.
"Pleasure." Riku said in a cold, even voice shaking Sora's hand.
"I'll bet." Sora said. "I hear you're quite the fighter Riku."
"You've heard right." Riku said.
"We'll have to put that to the test some day." Sora said. "I'll see you later Kairi." Sora said and left the room. When he walked out, he found Roxas, Axel, and Larxene starring at him, opened mouthed.
"What?" Sora asked.
"Dude, you practically just challenged Riku Terra, on of the best fighters in this school and all you can say is what?" Roxas said, stunned.
"I didn't challenge him." Sora said.
"You practically did." Axel insisted. "And you were hitting on Kairi Aqua."
"And is that a bad thing?" Sora asked.
"Let me put it this way cos." Roxas said, sliding his arm around Sora's shoulders. "Let's just say I hope you can still kick ass like you use to, because you are now on Riku Terra's radar." Sora sighed and scratched the back of his head. "Whatever you say guys." Sora said with a shrug. "I got to get to math." He left them to go to his class." He left them there stunned. His other classes went by smoothly and he met many other students like Leon and Cloud, rivals and best friends, Tiffa, who had a thing for Cloud and was somewhat aggressive, Yuffi, a hyper girl who was always hanging onto Leon, Aerith, a quiet girl who also seemed to like Cloud. He also met several friends of Roxas's, Luxlord, a guy who was always playing with a deck of playing cards, Marlexia, who everyone had a sneaking suspicion was a transvestite, Saix, who everyone hated for being a teacher's pet, and Demyx who was a guitar player.
At the end of the day, as Sora made his way to Mr. Xehanort's astrology class, he sat down next to Kairi, with Roxas looking on with a snigger and Riku glaring at him as if daring him to try something with the girl he was protecting. As Mr. Xehanort began his explanations of everything that was going to happen during the school year, there was suddenly and explosion in the hall.
"What the Devil?" Mr. Xehanort shouted. Roxas and Sora were the first 2 to the door to see what was happening.
"Oh shit." Roxas said. "It's the Nobodies."
"The who?" Sora asked.
"The Nobodies." Kairi said. "They're a gang who think they run the streets of Twilight Town."
"For all intents and purposes they do." Roxas said. "Looks like they're feeling brave and decided to hit the school."
"Lovely." Sora said with a raised eyebrow. "So, you got any ideas?"
"Get past them and find the police." Roxas said.
"Sounds good to me." Sora said.
"Now wait just a moment!" Mr. Xehanort shouted. "You two are my responsibility, and therefore if anyone is going to go out there, it will be me." Sora and Roxas looked at each other and then bolted out of the room.
"Those two are insane." Riku commented.
"They're Ventuss." Axel said. "You can't expect them to do something smart." Out in the hall, Sora and Roxas were diving, bobbing, and weaving through out the gang of Nobodies and they broke out of the school through the front door.
"I'll head for the police station, you see if you can't flag down a cop driving by." Roxas said.
"You got it Roxas." Sora said and took off in the opposite direction.
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A figure darted into a nearby ally and pressed his back against the wall. Checking to make sure he was alone, he reached up and pulled off his glove to revile a large watch like object on his wrist and a gauntlet on his hand with various markings. Pressing a pair of buttons on the sides of the watch, the face popped up. Turning it like a dial, on of the markings on his gauntlet brightened, a 3 pointed crown.
"Time to see how this thing works." The figure muttered and pressed down the dial. His body was covered in a bright dome of light and he felt the power serge through him.
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Kairi grunted as she was thrown in the gym with the rest of the students and faculty.
"Kairi." Xion said as she and Namine moved to their sister's side along with Riku.
"Are you ok?" Riku asked.
"I'm fine, don't worry about it." Kairi said.
"No, you all should be worrying." Thorn, leader of the Nobodies said. "Cause when we're threw with all of you; you're going to wish you cut school."
"You won't be doing anything to anyone." Said a voice from above them. Everyone looked up to see a man standing in the rafters of the gym. His blond hair stood up on end and he wore a red and white shirt and red pants, yellow shoes, and white gloves. His face was partly covered by a black domino mask and a silver and gold, key-shaped sword was clutched tightly in his hand.
"And just who the hell are you?" Thorn demanded.
"The name's Driver and I'm going to give you two options: Option A and Option B." the man called Driver said. "Option A: you all walk away and nobody gets hurt. Option B: I beat the crap out of each and every one of you and then the cops will get a hold of you." Thorn snorted.
"Buddy, there's no was I'm scared of some wanna-be super hero." He declared. Driver jumped down and landed before the gang of thugs, his sword in hand.
"Oh, so unwise." Driver said, shaking his head.
"Dusk, Creeper, take this sucker out." Thorn ordered. Two Nobodies charged at Driver, one thin and wiry, the other holding two pieces of pipe, one like a sword, and the other like a spear. Driver shot around behind the two of them. As they looked around, confused, Driver lashed out with a furious barrage of attacks that knocked them both out.
"The Ars Arcanum." Driver said glancing back at the two knocked out thugs. "Just one of my many tricks."
"Samurai, chop this guy up." Thrown growled. A thug who actually held a katana at his hip charged at Driver, his eyes narrowed. Driver on the other hand was faster and slashed Samurai with his own blade, knocking him out. Thorn's eyes grew wide and he was starting to feel feet. "Gambler, Sniper, ventilate him!" Two Nobodies stepped forward one throwing a flurry of knives while the other fired a barrage of bullets.
"Ragnarok." Driver said, raising his weapon and firing off a small flurry of energy blasts that canceled out the shots and knives and also knocked out the two Nobodies. "I can do this all day, so why don't you just give it up before someone really gets hurt.
"Go to Hell." Thorn spat. "Dragoon." A tall, slim member of the gang charged forward and then disappeared.
"Nice trick." Driver said as Dragoon appeared above him, coming down with his knife. But all he hit was floor. "Mind if I borrow it?" Driver said, reappearing behind Dragoon and slashing him with his weapon.
"Dancer." Thorn said, starting to sound desperate. A young woman charged at Driver, bobbing and weaving, fighting him as if she were dancing. Driver actually seemed to be having a hard time with her until he shot forward and slashed her, and then did it several more time.
"The Sonic Blade." Driver said as Dancer collapsed. "Fast and strong, takes a lot out of a guy though."
"Sounds good." Thorn said, starting to grow confident again. "Assassin." Another nobody threw a series of knives at Driver, each one with a small bomb tied to the end of them. Driver raised his blade and knocked each and everyone away and then knocked them all back at Assassin. Each one was just far enough to blow up in his face instead of hitting him head on.
"Holy shit." Thorn said, stunned. Whoever this Driver guy was, he had taken out almost his entire gang single handed. His last man, Sorcerer, threw his bo at Driver, which broke up to get farther at him, but Driver threw his weapon at Sorcerer, knocking his weapon away and smacking the Nobody in the head, knocking him out.
"You're out of men Thorn." Driver said. "Give up." Thorn started to inch to the side, and Driver circled him. In one swift movement, he grabbed the nearest hostage, Kairi Aqua and pulled a blade to her throat.
"Back the Hell off freak, or else I slash her throat open." Thorn threatened. Driver flinched but froze. "Haha, I know you wouldn't risk someone getting hurt." Thorn laughed. "You're too much of a goody, ouch!" He was cut off as Kairi bit him. "You little bitch." He threw Kairi to the ground. Driver charged at him, but someone got there first. Riku Terra spun him around and punched him in the stomach, then the face, and ending with a powerful uppercut that knocked the gang leader out.
"Nobody touches the girl I'm protecting." Riku said, massaging his knuckles. "Are you all right Miss Kairi?"
"Yes Riku, I'm fine." Kairi said, and then looked around. "Hey, where'd he go?" Everyone else looked around and saw that the Driver had indeed disappeared.
Then, they heard police sirens and several men burst into the room. The Nobodies were taken into custody and the students and faculty were release after getting their statements. Sora and Roxas Ventus stood outside watching as everything happened.
"What happened?" Roxas asked Axel as he approached the cousins.
"You should have seen it man, this guy, called himself the Driver just popped out of no where and just kicked the Nobody's asses. It was freaking awesome."
"Dang, whish we'd stuck around." Roxas said.
"Guess so." Sora said, and looked over to the crowd. "Hey Kairi!" He called, running up to the redhead. "You're neck." Kairi reached up and touched her neck and pulled her hand back with blood on it.
"That asshole thorn must have cut me when he threw me to the ground." Kairi said.
"Come on; let's go get you patched up." Sora said, taking Kairi's hand.
"I'll take her Ventus." Riku said, pushing Sora away. Sora watched them retreat, flexing his right hand and rubbing his shoulder.
"Yeah, take good care of her Terra." He muttered.