Title: Conquer the Sky

Author: Issei

Genre: Yaoi, Alternate Universe, Death

Paring: Sendoh x Hanamichi + Rukawa

Warning: It contains death…

Disclaimer: The characters in the story do not belong to me and any similarities in storyline are purely coincidental.

Adapted from Korean "MTV" Si Niang.

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1.1.2 Chapter 2: The First Meeting

The sakura tree in the middle of the courtyard was in full bloom. The pink flowers covered the tree like a hood, dancing as the wind past by. Pink petals, the remains of the sakura flowers, covered the surrounding ground. It was spring; it was the beginning of a new school year. The freshmen walked in groups along the corridor, a look of lost painted on their face. The senior students provided no help; they eyed the helpless students and swiftly like a morning breeze brushed past them. The freshmen continued on their way, hoping that they could find their way around the seemingly huge campus. Two exceptionally tall figures walked in pair along the corridor, bringing unwanted attention to themselves. While one had a charming smile on, the other was a total opposite, a look so cold, he could have frozen anyone with a stare. The man who had a smile on had on a pair of navy blue jeans and a T-shirt behind his orange jacket, his hair was gel up into spikes, that amazing kept its shape unaffected by any movement. The other man had a pair of black pants on and was wearing a blue turtleneck shirt. His hair was a raven black and his features were sharp yet cold. His face showed no expression, a blank. They walked side by side, the man with the gravity-defying hairdo seemed unaffected by the coldness of the other man beside him; instead, he walked on, enjoying the attention. Finally, they came to a stop in front of a block of lockers.

" 327," the man with the smile said to himself, at the same time, his eyes searched the right hand corners of the lockers.

After a moment or so, his eyes finally come to rest on a locker with the number "327" printed on it. It was on the top most level of the lockers, but given his height, it was not a problem to him. And then reaching into his pocket, he pulled out a set of keys. After fumbling with the keys for a few seconds, he finally picked the correct one and slotted into the keyhole.

" Rukawa are you ready?" he asked as he placed his books into the locker.

He closed the locker door behind and gave the key a firm turn and with a soft click, the locker was safe. He turned to face the other boy and to his amazement, he found the man leaning against the locker fast asleep, like a doll.

He chuckled softly to himself, " He sure can sleep anywhere."

He gave Rukawa a shake. Rukawa stirred but went back to sleep. Finally, he had no other choice but to gave Rukawa a hard punch on his shoulder. Nothing else wakes him better than pain, which was learnt from all the experiences he had trying to keep him awake. Rukawa jerked awake and as if by reflex reaction, his fist flew out, as if greeting the person who woke him with a punch. Rukawa shook his head slightly, hoping to shake away the sleepiness in his head.

Sendoh waited for Rukawa to be out of his sleeping mode and asked again, "Are you ready?"

Rukawa returned with a blank look and at the same time fished out a key from his duffel bag.

"This should be the one," he thought to himself, "but which locker is it."

He looked bewildered at the rows of locker in front of him. His locker seemed to be among this sea of numbers, he had not the vaguest idea, which one was his (he had forgotten his locker number) and he had no idea how he was going to find his.

Sendoh smiled to himself at the puzzled Rukawa. Then he reached out and pulled the key out of his hand. In was then, Rukawa saw that attached to the key was a tag which had the number of the locker printed in bold on it. Sendoh pointed to the tag with a smug look on his face and returned the key back to the raven hair man.

Feeling his cheek going hot, Rukawa quickly located his locker and dumped his books into it.

"Ready? Going for lunch now?" Sendoh asked in an amused voice, trying hard to keep a straight face, it was not everyday you witness Rukawa embarrassed.

Rukawa ignored the question and instead walked on. Sendoh let out a smile and followed behind him. He had already gotten use to the coldness of the other man; he just did not like to talk or rather am not good at expressing himself.

At the other wing of the school another exceptionally tall figure strolled. His hair was a fiery red, a red different from those in fashion. It was an orangey red, making him stand out among the rest. He walked along slightly irritated by the stares of the passer-by.

" Haven't they seen red hair?" Hanamichi mumbled to himself, deciding that he should keep his cool, he was after all no longer a child and he was going to control himself.

Hanamichi walked on taking larger strides, he was not going to stay let those bunch of idiots take a longer look at him as if he was some kind of exhibit. He took a left turn and headed for the cafeteria. Then as he entered the cafeteria, he caught sight of two men who stood out among the crowd.

"So, I am not only the only tall person around this campus," Hanamichi thought to himself.

He stood around the doorway, wondering what he could get for lunch, then realising that the queue was getting long, he joined in and was soon enjoying his sumptuous lunch.

On the other hand, the two people had already long ago caught sight of Hanamichi, a tall figure at the doorway.

" Hey let's go introduce ourselves to that red head! He look interesting." Sendoh suggested hoping to widen his friend's circle of friend.

"I rather go queue up for food. And we better hurry, the queue is getting long," Rukawa replied with a voice of disinterest.

"We just have to introduce ourselves, no harm knowing one more person," Sendoh tried to persuade him.

"Fine, we can do that after lunch. I am starving," Rukawa giving in to the insistent Sendoh, his hunger had got the better of him.

"All right, you promised," Sendoh, flashed a smile of victory, it after all not often that Rukawa agreed to get acquaintance to anyone.

Rukawa walked on towards the queue ignoring the remark made by Sendoh.

It was half an hour later that they finished their food and drinks. Satisfied by the meal, Sendoh stood up, trying to spot a flaming red head among the sea of people in the cafeteria. Unfortunately, he saw none; there were a few blondes among the sea of brown and black but no red. There was no red.

"Darn, must have left already," Sendoh cursed, silently.

"He is gone," Sendoh reported, disappointed.

Rukawa showed no expression. But he too felt disappointed, the red head looked interesting although he did not want to admit, especially not to Sendoh, he would be so proud that he got him interested in another living thing.

"Maybe we could see him around somewhere else," Rukawa tried to lift the disappointment from Sendoh's face.

"Yah, you are right, there is always next time!" Sendoh replied, perked up.

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Writer's Note: Hello! Hope this chapter is all right. And Please Leave your comments behind … even if it is bad… hmm shall go work on the next chapter… bye! *Waves*