3.) Traverse Town I

Traverse Town was a town of lights and festivals there were many buildings but no extraordinarily large damning towers lest it be the clock tower. Dez, Lucas, Griffin, Kizer and Rally came walking in through the large front door of the town which was completely empty. The skies above them were black and the stars gazing down upon them.

"Wow this place looks weird." Rally said stopping to look up at one of the many street lights.

"Weird as in cool?" Griffin asked admiring the streets and the pavement.

"Weird as in...weird." Rally shrugged as she walked off.

Lucas' eyes shifted left and right. "Is anyone even here?!"

"Man you guys are loud." A mature yet youthful voice stoically said breaking everyone's attention.

With that everyone looked up at the same time to see a boy with orange hair and a purple turtle neck sleeveless shirt. He had white pants and stood on top of the lamp post as if it were nothing. "Whose this?" Lucas raised an eyebrow as if finding a new rival.

Rally sort of blushed upon seeing him, she covered her mouth. 'Whoa, he's hot.' She thought.

"He looks queer." Kizer said with a straight face before Rally drop kicked him.

"Hey Rally, take it easy. Kizer's just foolin'." Griffin said picking up his philosophically perverted friend.

The youth hopped off of the lamp post held out his left hand which hand some glowing red numbers in it. It made him look almost like a machine. "Show me your left palms." He said vigorously. Without any questions, Rally was the only person to him while everyone else looked at Rally with a questionable gaze.

"What?" She glared back.

"You're not a player then." The boy said. "I take it none of you have the timers on your palms either?"

"Timer? You mean that?" Dez walked up on the boy and pointed at his palm.

He sort of backed away slowly. "Yes that." He responded. "If you're not a player of the Game, then I've no use for you. I need my partner."

"Wow, you're really rude." Dez said putting her palms on her waists in a lecturing mode.

"What is this 'Game' you're talking about? Is it something native to this world?" Griffin asked.

The boy simply smirked. "If you're not my partner then I don't need to discuss it." He started to walk off.

"What if we helped you find your partner." Rally said stepping forward.

The boy turned around to face Rally and raised an eyebrow. "What? I don't even know you."

Rally crossed her arms. "Rally, Rally Nightshade."

"Well Rally Nightshade, do you always trust total strangers that pass you by?" The boy responded.

"Yep." Lucas, Griffin and Kizer said all at the same time.

"Rally, I dunno about this." Dez said turning to Rally.

Rally simply nodded and winked. "I got this. Lead the way, guy...I'll help you find your partner."

"Tch..." The boy simply dashed off.

He leaped onto a lamp post, swung around it then flew towards a building where he parkour jumped from building wall to wall flying over the gate to the next district. Rally simply followed his movements in parkour fashion flying off leaving Griffin, Dez, Kizer and Lucas behind.

"Well that's Rally for ya, doing whaaaatever she wants." Griffin pointed out.

Dez looked more worried than anything else. "I dunno, that guy seemed kinda sketchy."

"She likes em." Kizer said sticking his hands in his lab coat pockets.

"WHAT?!" Dez, Lucas and Griff said all at the same time.

Lucas mouth dropped. "Like holding hands in the park after a movie like?"

Griffin hopped on top of Lucas. "Like taking showers together like?"

Dez hopped on top of Griffin whom was already on top of Lucas. "Like boyfriend and girlfriend like?"

"Yup." Kizer raised a finger. "Trust me, a guy whose been rejected by Rally 152 times won't lead you astray. I studied Rally, I know all of her emotions and facial expressions. She'd never shown that face before...it's got to be the face of love. So niave, falling for that queer when she has real man standing in front of her." Kizer began to flex his muscles and pose.

When he finally opened his eyes from his arrogant posing he noticed Dez, Griff and Lucas already walking off towards the Synthesis Shop in the center of the plaza. The three walked in leaving Kizer outside, as he huffed he began walking towards the Synthesis Shop as well until he noticed a man in a black coat with a long zipper down the front standing a top a building overseeing the entire scene.

"Hmm?" Kizer raised an eyebrow. 'That coat, Lecter was wearing it back then...'

The hooded figure stood up and walked off disappearing from the rooftop. "Hey wait, Lecter!" Kizer's keyblade appeared in hand and he dashed off towards the building, he leaped on it and ran up the side as if it were nature. Once on the red rooftops he spotted the Black hooded fellow several rooftops away, he looked back at Kizer before hopping down into a random alleyway.

Kizer strode through the air as if gliding until he'd gotten to the alleyway the hoodie had leaped into. He hopped down into the darkness without fear and landed in his fighting set which made him look like a ninja. The hooded man was standing across from him with his arms crossed. "Lecter! Is that you?"

"EEEEH...wrong." The hooded man pulled his hood down revealing he had crimson spiky hair. "The name's Axel...got it memorized?"

"Memorized? You mean on the first time?" Kizer asked raising an eyebrow.

Author's Note: I wrote this on a whim to get the writer's block out for my Final story, Kel Party. But this one seems alot more interesting.