Author Notes: Hello everyone and welcome back to another chapter of a World of Greed. I hope you had a nice easter (probably you'll see this a month after easter knowing the idiot I am) but anyway, enjoy.

Chapter 3

The city of Stormkev

Lawliet's Point of View

23th February, 14:00

"Only two days, Lawliet! I'm actually really excited for this!" Erin exclaimed, with her usual confident tone. "I'm going to be the best of the best, I'm terribly sure of it!"

"Watch out, your ice cream is melting."

"Oh!"

Song: Durarara! OST [Vol.1] The Sought-after Extraordinary #02

Erin quickly licked the part where the ice cream was falling down off her cone. I sighed as usual, this girl tires me too much for my liking. I can't believe she's eating an ice cream, it's freezing here. I understand that she doesn't like hot drinks, but seriously, if that's the best thing she could order then I'm done with everything.

It's been a month since I was greeted by George out there. To be honest, it's unbelievable so much time has passed since then. Back at that time, I was so…frightened. I'm surprised I didn't go under a deep depression. But I guess I slowly got over it. I'm getting over it, at least. I've already had a lot of chats with Erin about how we miss our families. Sadly, we haven't made any progress on why we're here or how did we get here. Which makes my happiness go down a little bit every single time I think about it, but…I feel like I'm getting used to it. Living here and all that.

Oh, and on that topic, Erin became friends with George and me. Took her a very long time, the girl's used to be surrounded by, well, girls. So making friends with guys isn't exactly her fortitude, hell, making friends isn't her fortitude. But after a while she opened up to us, maybe the circumstances we're in made her, but it doesn't matter. We hang around a lot lately.

Throughout this month we've been getting reunions from the school every now and then, with the teachers and the students. It seems like there's more people who come from Earth and ended up here. I hope the fact that we all go to the same school is a mere coincidence, but maybe there's more of us. I'm not sure.

The first one I should mention is Serena Cara. Which, I'm not exactly grateful of meeting her. She is an extremely loud girl who seems rather spoiled. Her temper reminds me of Zane, although that guy goes to a completely different level. Maybe it's just that I don't know her well, but, I don't know. Her appearance consists basically of cropped black hair that ends at her jaw line, big green eyes and regular weight.

Now that I mention Zane…I've got to talk to him a little bit more. We get along really well now, although he's really not a guy you want to mess with. He's known all around the city as one of the toughest guys on Stormkev. Zane doesn't seem to like talking about his past life, so we never really go into that topic. The dude has made enemies with this guy called Nyx Carson. He also goes to our school but I've just heard rumors of him. This Nyx person is, from what I heard, a guy who loves justice. Although he doesn't really seem to care much, since he always jokes around and when Zane really gets mad, as always, Carson thinks of it as if he were committing a crime, so they're always fighting each other.

One last person I met that I feel like talking about is this Shiny Gonzalez girl. Everyone seems to like her, from what I heard, people find her perfect on every single aspect. By everyone I mean most, as I'm clearly not one of them. I swear to God, this girl annoys me more than any other person here.

There are also those legends people ramble about all the time. Not Legendary Pokemon but, legends as in people with mysterious supernatural powers. Things have changed so much a lot of people I talk to don't even recall the powers of Pokemon. I won't cover the legends right now, but well, that's about it.

"So, what shall we do after this, Lawy?" Erin asked me, while munching her ice cream cone.

"I told you to not call me that."

"It's going to happen one way or another. You'll just have to accept how everyone will be 'Lawy, Lawy, oh my Lawy, please come with me'. The girls, that is."

"How do you know that?"

"I just saw how some of them looked at you and I guess I do have a little bit on knowledge about this stuff spread on my woman intuition."

"Erin."

The girl giggled. "I'm sorry, it was inevitable."

End of song.

Erin and I went out for a walk to just mess around like we always did. We were on a café; sitting on a table near one of the corners. I ordered a coffee to gain a little bit of warmth while Erin a bloody ice cream. I don't even want to try to understand that. We payed and went outside.

I was wearing black pants, black boots, a green jacket with a light blue long sleeved T-shirt and a scarf surrounding my neck. Erin was wearing her usual outfit, a long-sleeved, navy shirt, grey belt; short, dark-green skirt and brown boots with her white socks sticking out of the top. As we walked, we saw a bunch of people close to one place, all rounded up.

The streets were filled up with people as always. For being a business town as George explained to me, there is a lot of young people here. We were on a feet only street, so it was crowded. One thing I forgot to mention is that Pokemon are banned on this place. Not having them, but it's illegal to have them on the streets. I don't understand however how you're allowed to have those odd machines, but I digress.

Song: Durarara! OST [Vol.1] Justice Blooming out of Season #16

"YOU! COME BACK HERE!" A familiar voice echoed throughout the streets as everyone moved aside, pushing us to the sides. A boy with tanned skin, short dark brown curly hair, mismatched eyes, gray and brown of normal weight and average height rushed just next to me. He was wearing a blue cap; a green long sleeved shirt with blue jeans, black sneakers and a gray backpack came rushing by. His left arm was covered with some green machinery, which I deduced to be one of those grass type emulators.

"I'm afraid not, Zany friend, I've got important things to do right now!" The boy said.

"CAAAAAAAAAAAAARSOOOOOON!"

"Those are the eternal rivals Nyx Carson and Zane! This is such a sight to see!" I heard a girl whisper to her friend.

So that guy is Nyx Carson. I see, he's a pretty courageous person to go against Zane. The latter acquired the same electric thing the guy who attacked me on my first day had. Everyone gathered up on quite a big circle to see both guys fight. As I said, their rivalry had acquired quite a name around the city.

Zane launched an electricity bolt which hit Nyx straight on the back, causing him to fall. Everyone nearby gasped of excitement.

Carson chuckled as he stood up, cleaning the dust of his clothes. "Now, now, Zany, no need to get angry. We should all sit back and talk about this…CALMLY!" He shouted as he threw a vine at Zane's legs. They wrapped around him and Nyx sent him off flying. As he fell, Zane shouted with his left arm extended, his fist surrounded with electricity. His enemy just stood at there, staring at him falling. "COME AT ME!"

"YOU BET!"

From Nyx's hand, a series of seeds headed towards Zane like a speeding bullet. The latter just pulled them off to a side, to Carson's surprise. The justice loving boy managed to grab Zane's hand, to reduce the impact, although he still received the shock. Out of nowhere, a column of grass appeared under Zane, smashing his face and throwing him to a side.

"Argh!" He screamed.

That's an imitation of Grass Pledge I presume. A series of columns began smacking Zane from side to side, as he shouted in pain. "Sorry Zany, just doing what I have to do."

"Ngh! Screw YOU!"

A lightning bolt struck Nyx, followed by a volt tackle from Zane. While having the machines made them more resistant to hits, they were still getting pretty damaged. "I SWEAR, YOU'RE GOING TO BE DEAD!" Zane shouted at him as he dodged the columns Nyx threw at him from the floor.

"THE SAME CAN BE SAID TO YOU!"

Everyone was just shocked at the attacks they threw at each other, not looking like they would stop until one falls down. I saw it obvious that in the end they weren't going to kill themselves, but anything can happen. Erin told me she was puzzled by the fact that both of them had mechanical body parts, as they are extremely expensive. But I'm sure she liked the sight too.

Carson threw another vine at Zane, which wrapped around him once more and began smashing him against the floor. The latter grabbed the vine and sent a powerful bolt at Nyx. He shouted in pain and withdrew the vine.

"What happens Nyx? GETTING TIRED?!"

"Haha, no, as I said, I'm busy. See ya later, Zany girl!" He said as ran away at an amazing speed. Zane looked at him dumbfounded for a second.

"CAAAAAAAAAAAARSOOOOOON! YOU'RE DEADER THAN A CORPSE!" The short fused boy screamed, as he followed him.

End of song.

After the people checked the pictures they took and the videos they recorded, they just kept going with their everyday routines. Man, not a violence lover, but seems like this seem to be a spectacle in the city. That's sick. Then again I enjoy a game of innocent creatures battling each other until "fainting".

"Wow. Those two are going to get the school to ruins if they do this all the time." Erin commented. "It'll be fun!" She giggled.

Damn it, not you too Erin. Oh well. Nothing can be done about it.

"So, got your uniform ready?" Erin asked.

"Yeah. I really don't want to put it on, though. I mean, I've tried it and it feels so uncomfortable…"

"Don't be so whiny. Besides, I'm extremely sure we'll have a great time there."

I stopped, suddenly. "So, does that mean you don't give two FUCKS about your family? You aren't going to even try to look for them?!"

"What are you saying?! Of course I give more than one fuck about my family! I miss them, but looking at the situation…it seems like we have to get used to for at least another two months. Listen, I care for my family as much as you do, however, there isn't any way we're getting out of this situation anytime soon."

I grunted, as an answer. As much as I hate to admit it, she's right on this one, incredibly not saying nonsense. I suppose Erin isn't nearly as carefree as I thought she was.

Third Person Point of View

"So, yeah, pretty much. Zane is a guy you most likely won't want to mess with." A boy explained, while walking.

"What's Zane's real name?" A girl who was being showed the city asked.

"No one knows. But, does it really matter? I'm aware of two guys who may know it and perhaps Nyx Carson but yeah, point is, he's strong, he's fierce and he's dangerous."

The boy had coffee brown and messy hair, with emerald eyes and regular build. He was also pretty tall, letting him to get a good view of what's around him when in the streets. The girl, on the other hand, had long chestnut brown hair and deep brown eyes. She was also rather tall for her age and had quite the athletic build. The boy's name was Max and the girl's Mikayla.

"Stormkev is as alive as it can be. Say, what made you move here?" Max asked, facing the girl.

"Um…it just…happened, I guess." Mikayla answered doubtfully.

It is safe to assume that both of them are in the same situation. This isn't their world, their place of origin, their lives. It's just destiny that brought them into this whole new country, in a whole new world the two know very well.

"OK, so if I picked this up… Zane and Nyx are rivals and will get into pretty heavy fights. Zane is one of the most dangerous guys in the whole city; Nyx isn't someone to have as an enemy. Who else has gained themselves a name?"

"Rumors have been going around that this Takumi Nobuna guy is pretty…"

"Pretty what?"

"I can't find a word to describe it properly, but, don't count on him. Trust me, that'd be a very big mistake. Of course, those are just rumors, so we have yet to see it with our very own eyes, don't you think?"

"Well, I guess it depends on the rumor we're talking about."

"One of the toughest persons in Stormkev is Serena Cara. But not in the sense of her sheer force, in the sense of what she does with her force, to be more precise, her intelligence."

"So, what should I do?"

"Isn't it obvious? Stay away from her!" He chuckled. "No, seriously. Getting that girl even remotely angry just brings trouble. That varies in size."

"I see." Mikayla said as both of them kept struggling to walk through the crowded streets. Max stretched his arms, grunting as he did that. "Um, Max?"

"Yep?"

"Have you heard anything about Pokemon?"

"Why do you ask?"

"Well, to put it bluntly…" She chuckled. "This is going to sound insane, but I believe this isn't the world where I belong, but I think I know in which world I am."

"Woah! You're an alien?" Max asked as he turned around quickly.

"Nonono! I'm just saying that in the world I was this place pretty much didn't exist. I'm sorry; I shouldn't have told you this."

"NO! You did a great favor to me! It seems we're both on the same problem. Did you live on a planet called Earth?"

"Yeah and Pokemon was just a game."

"Yes! Yes, yes, yes and yes! Jackpot!" He screamed, jumping from joy. "Wait, no Jackpot. How are we going to get back?"

"I don't know…" Mikayla admitted. Then, an idea popped on her head. "What about if we live our lives here until we find a way to figure this out?"

"That is what I've been doing for a month, to no avail. But, I guess we can handle. Did your family give you an Xtransceiver?"

"Yeah." Mikayla gave registered Max on her device, the boy doing the same. She sighed, sort of admitting defeat. "What else should I kno-"

The girl was interrupted by a bunch of people shouting a name. The Silver Skyer!

A silver floating skateboard went past by at an incredible speed. The person riding it was dressed with a silver tracksuit and a black helmet covering her head. She used white boots and had red hair coming off her helmet. She was clearly a girl, as her bust was really easily seen.

"What's that?" Mikayla asked, innocently.

"That is the Silver Skyer." Max answered, confidently. That's one of the 'legends' I mentioned. Not much is known about her, just that she has that amazing motorbike and people say she has supernatural incredibly strong wind powers, without the use of any machine." His face was illuminated, shock, maybe joy surrounded him. "Sometimes she goes around saving people, sometimes she just causes trouble. No one knows her true purpose in the city. She's just there."

"Wow, that's…incredible."

"It is. I suppose that this gives me an excuse to explain to you all the other legends. So, where should I start?" Max said, scratching his chin. His eyes widened. "I'm guessing this other…thing you should be worried about is the Roof Attacker."

"I don't like the sound of that…" The girl admitted, laughing nervously. The two of them forgot they were on the middle of a crowded street; they even ignored the complaints from people.

"The Roof Attacker does what the name implies. It jumps from roof to roof, killing people with some kind of projectiles. The only clue about the weapons he uses are small pieces of metal that remain on the dead body. Dangerous stuff. No one has been able to see how he looks like properly and survive."

"Next there are the Gangsters, but I guess that's self explanatory. Don't mess with them and you won't get yourself killed. Most likely. There are several other street gangs but they aren't much nowadays."

"There's a bunch of other more international stuff but I suppose you're good in order to understand the city and why things happen this way."

A gentle breezed travelled through the city. Even though it was crowded, even though Nyx Carson and Zane had just fought and even though people were shouting from being so stressed…

For those who were patient and calm enough, it was peaceful.

25th February, 09:36

Lawliet's Point of View

"Congratulations to ALL of you for entering the school! You must've put a lot of work into that exam, but don't worry, it's all worth it. All of you have just entered a great school, not sure if the best, but certainly one we're proud of! Now, the dorms, alias who's going to sleep with who, are arranged like this:

In room 1, Nyx Carson and Jared Frederick." Oh God, Nyx Carson. I'm not sure if I would like to see those two interacting…

"In room 2, Tyson Storm and Lawliet Bries." Now who's that? Never heard of that guy before."In room 3, Erin King and Jocelyn Dubrea. In room 4, George Bries and Charles Quincy. In room 5, Natalie Waterbay and Serena Cara." Damn it, she's here. I don't want to be with that girl…

"In room 6, Max…wait?" The principal looked at the sheet of paper he had in hand, confused. Students and teachers began whispering about what could be the inconvenient. "I'm sorry, is there any student by the name of Max around here?"

"Me." A boy stood up. I'm guessing that's Max. "What's the problem?"

"Your surname?"

"Shouldn't you have asked me that on my exam?"

"It just doesn't seem to be on the list." The principal answered, with a bothered tone.

"Dennis. Max Dennis." He went back to his seat. Strange guy…

"Sorry for that…anyway, in room 6 Max Dennis and Takumi Nobuna. In room 7, Roxanne Hudson and Mikayla Wellington. In room 8, Sidra McNaughton and Alliston Hugh. In room 9, Axe Dixon and Takashi Kuroragi. Finally, in room 10 we have Josh Cend and Jim Bubba. Remember your 1° A, that's extremely important. Hope you have a great time in the school!"

I suppose this would be a great time to explain my surroundings. We were basically at the theatre with the things you would expect from a place like this. Curtains to the sides, dark red colored seats on the middle of the room, the stage, the stairs leading to the stage, etc. The carpet was of a dark blue color, fitting extremely well with the seats. The stage was pretty big, some high quality speakers and obviously, the microphone in the middle. The usual, really.

Our principal was a chubby, grey haired man. He had a few wrinkles, but nothing too noticeable. The man wasn't very tall, a bit small in fact. He was wearing a black suit with a white shirt under it and black pants hiding a pair of elegant brown shoes.

The theatre wasn't filled, but the relatives of every student covered a considerable portion of the place. Then again, there was literally a bunch of seats, so maybe the entire school could fit here. I still have yet to know a lot of people around here, including my roommate.

The uniform was a green button jacket with a white shirt under it, black pants and a brown leather belt. For the boys, that is. For the girls, a white shirt with a green tie and green pants, which I'm actually quite surprised that it's not skirts, but oh well.

"Now, make a line to grab your room keys." The principal ordered.

Each student headed to the stage and made a line. I could've sworn Nyx and Zane gave each other a death glare, but something that really bothered me was the fact that they didn't even mention Zane's name. Probably that's a nickname. Won't bother asking it, though.

It was finally my turn. The principal smiled at me and told me I was Lawliet Bries, that both of my parents had come here. I made a fake grin as an answer. He called my roommate, Tyson. He'd give us the key at the same time.

Tyson stood at 6'0". His hair was short, slightly messy, leaned to the right. Of a shining grey color, just like his eyes. He had slightly muscular build. The boy shook my hand as a hello. The principal handed to us our keys and we went straight for our families.

After a lot of talking and sobs from several relatives, everybody headed for the respective rooms with the indications we had been given. Our stuff was already there, which reminded me of Harry Potter, although I actually gave someone my things so it doesn't have the "magical" feeling. I met up with Tyson and headed for our room.

"So, where are you from?" He asked.

"Here, actually. Stormkev." I lied.

"Oh, that's cool. You must know everyone here."

I scratched my head. "Yeah, I think I can pretty much tell you everything about everyone." I lied again.

Tyson sighed heavily. "I can't believe it's already high school. We're going to get killed here."

"Hm…wait, high school?" I asked, puzzled.

"That's what this is, isn't it?" He asked my question, looking at me confused.

"Sorry, I just couldn't hear you correctly." If they gave me a dollar for every lie I've said since I arrived here I would be rich. No one ever told me the education system was like that. Could it be that Tyson also is…?

Snapping out of it, I kept retelling myself the instructions of how to arrive at my room. Once there, we took a great look at it. Two separate beds, a bathroom, a 29 inches TV, a desk with a window above it and a single wardrobe. Looked pretty comfortable. Our luggage was on our beds. I began unpacking my things, until…

I fell down to the floor from the shock. My 3DS. Somehow, it was there.

"Woah, watch out buddy. Would suck if you already have to go to the infirmary."

I grabbed my 3DS and put it in front of Tyson's face. His eyes widened. "This device…what's it called?!"

"How did you…"

"Answer."

"It's a Nintendo 3DS. And they're not from here."

Another one. This is not normal. Not normal at all. I let myself fall on my bed, sighing. Why is all this happening? "How long have you been here?"

"Around four months. I'm from Sinnoh, moved here. But in Earth, I was from the US."

"I'm Scottish." Tyson sat on his bed and stared at me. "It seems like we're on the same situation."

"Yeah. I'm glad I found you, I was getting desperate thinking I was the only one here from Earth. Like, in this planet."

Rain began to fall. I decided it would be a good time to talk about this. "You've realized this world is extremely different to the ones in the Pokemon games, right?"

"Yes, I played them a lot."

"Good, so we got that out of the way. I know two other people who come here and are from Earth. Erin King and Zane."

"Zane? You mean tough guy Zane?"

"Tough Guy Zane?"

"Not as a title, describing him."

"Oh, yes. That one."

"How long have YOU been here?"

"A month."

"And you have found three people from Earth in a month?"

"Yes. Which is also something that bugs me. Zane was here before me and didn't find anybody. Maybe it's just a coincidence, but…"

"We all go to Nexus Academy."

"Exactly. There's definitely a reason, I know that for sure. Besides, when I came here, my console wasn't with me. Now it is."

"Hm…"

We continued analyzing the possibilities. Not reaching an end, we just talked about Pokemon, the games itself, while unpacking. The rain still fell from the window. It was extremely similar to Scotland rain. And to think that Pokemon are so known back on my planet, and here…

Wait, hang on a second. No, it can't be…could it be that…George may be lying to me?

Author Notes: Month long wait. AGAIN. My apologies, review please, constructive criticism is loved. Just like you, for clicking my story and taking the time to read it. I love you. So, all OCs were mentioned here. Now that I got the school started, the basic thing is that each character will have a moment for themselves were they narrate what has happened to them lately. Same goes for the canon characters and the "legends" I presented. There will be more of those, if you're wondering.

See ya, and hope you have a nice day!