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Dawn and I had created an unwritten schedule. Every night I would go to her house to see if she was there. Usually she wasn't. She was always practicing on her ATs. The smell of her house still changed though. It was mostly fruits now. Strawberries, lemons, and apples where the most common. I still didn't know how she was doing that. Were they inscents, or candles?

After I knew what her house smelled like, I would go to the old arena where she liked to practice. Most of the time I switched to Akito. She seemed to like Akito a lot but there were times where she would ask for my opinion on a trick or some thing and Akito would have to switch over to me. Most times she didn't give me the chance to switch back.

"That was fucking horrible," I told her one night when she was practicing riding the wall. "You can only go that high?"

"You act like I can help it, I-"

"Scared of heights, I fucking know that. You won't get anywhere by saying that though. In a battle they won't wait for you to get to know you surroundings or go easy on you because you're scared-"

"I know that," she said frustrated.

"Then why are you giving me this 'I'm scared' shit?" she looked away from me. Her eyes were narrowed.

I think you upset her. Akito said. Try to comfort her. Maybe if you know what started the fear you can get her too work through it.

Why the fuck would I do that?

Fine then, if you won't I will! I was about to switch over when I saw her studying the wall. She was moving her hand over it, lightly brushing the bricks with her fingers. It looked as if she was trying to memorize every crack. She moved to the ground next, doing the same thing she had with the wall. Without warning she jumped up to ride the wall again. She got up higher this time, almost twice the height she was riding earlier.

She has her eyes closed Akito pointed out. She is a strong girl, what happened to scare her so much? I heard something jingle. I noticed something like a chain hanging from her skirt.

"How the fuck did you get all those emblems?" I asked when she landed.

"Teams kept challenging me, mostly when I headed out to practice or when I'm coming home. I make them bet their emblems so that they won't be able to bother me again," she shrugged.

"What have you been betting? Don't tell me it's that fucking bubble gum wrapper," she giggled at this. Her voice sounded like bells when she did.

"No, they're calling me some wired name, Shadow, I think so I bet my real name. I can't really bet anything else I don't have an emblem and I don't want one,"

I can understand that we don't have an emblem either.

"How can you fucking battle when you can't even ride the wall?"

"Well, most are just all out fighting, but I've been in a few speed races. Most of these F class guys are really weak," That's why they're fucking F class.

"Practice your wall riding some more, Akito wants you to come with us to watch an A class match."

"If I want to get better I need to know what the people at the top are like. That way I'll know if I can face them or not," she said, she closed her eyes and jumped again. She got higher this time.

All she needs to know is her surroundings and then she can do anything. I bet she could already face C class. All she lacks is experience and she's gaining that fast. Hey, Agito, have you considered asking Dawn to be our partner?

Fuck no, why would we need her?

Well, she is learning fast and she has decent fighting skills-

Get to the point.

You don't enjoy her company? Because I've noticed you're a lot nicer to her than to other people.

Nicer?

I'm referring to the fact that you haven't killed her yet and I don't think you will, I think you might like her.

Who the hell would like that fucking bitch?

So you haven't noticed it yet. Oh well, tell me when you do.

There's nothing to fu-

"Agito?" Dawn said suddenly. "Is something wrong?" She was about four inches away from my face. She smelled like Strawberries and cream, exactly what her house had smelled like earlier. I noticed that her hair really was the color of blood and her eyes were dark blue and deep. As deep as the ocean, a powerful ocean that would drag you down to it's depths and never let you see sunlight again.

"Nothing, its nothing," I muttered. Damn you Akito!

Hi everyone! Um, I'm putting this here because I don't know how to put up a line or anything. I'm really new to Fanfiction so please bear with me!

I'm really happy to be able to post my fanfics where people can read them and comment on them! Most of my friends don't read manga so they don't know where I'm getting my material from and I think that takes away from the experience. Also they know me so they tend not to be cruel when they review. The best I get is an "It's good keep writing." I'm not satisfied with that. Its like starving and only being able to drink a glass of milk! So please review and be as cruel as you want, I want to be able to do everything in my power to make my writing better.

Oh, by the way, I know I'm long winded, it runs in the family.

Right now I'm on summer break and able to update as much as I want. I know my chapters are getting shorter but every time I get done with an event in the story I just can't wait to upload it. Its good I don't want to keep you guys waiting, right?

Any way I really hope you enjoy this story because I know how a good fanfic just makes your heart beat (doki doki!).