Shattered Past

By Kitty-Kris

Chapter Three: New Friends

A young cloaked girl came down from the train that had just arrived in Bakuten, part of Tokyo. She pulled her hood back and stared at the clean sky, feeling the warm sun on her pale skin. 'Hum, so warm... we don't have such a warm sun back home...'

The thought of home made her feel sad, but only for a split second, as she remembered the reason why she had left. "The 6 o'clock train from Odaiba has just arrived, would everyone please stand behind the yellow line to avoid-" She was awakened from her thoughts by the voice coming from the speaker on the wall, and was soon running out of the station, hoping she'd be lucky enough to find somewhere to stay for a while.

(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)

"Tyson! Get your ass out of that bed right now!" yelled a slate haired boy "Do you hear me? WAKE UP YOU LOUSY EXCUSE OF AN IDIOT!"

There was movement under the blankets "AW! What do you want Kai? It's only 7 am for crying out loud! What's your problem?"

The boy snapped "YOU ARE! AND YOU BETTER BE AT THE PARK IN TEN MINUTES THE MOST OR ELSE! DO YOU HEAR ME?" and he left the place banging the door in the process.

The other boy blinked "Che, aren't we in a good mood this morning..." he yawned and slowly stood up.

(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)

'Idiot! All that jerk ever does is sleep and eat! Fucking pig...' Kai walked along the streets of Bakuten on his way to the park. It was the beginning of summer, and it was pretty warm and nice outside even though it was only 7 am. He breathed in some of the morning's fresh air to relax a bit and sped up his pace.

He was soon at the park, and decided to sit down on a bench to wait for Tyson, who he knew very well was going to be late. 'This town is such a waste of space... there's never anything to do, and it's always the same thing... the same trees, same people jogging, same idiots flirting the new girl with the weird robot thingy, same- WHAT?' Kai turned his head back to the park's fountain where two boys were standing, blocking the way to a girl who had a little robot behind her. They were both glaring at the boys who apparently were trying something with the girl. Kai smirked and motioned closer to them to hear the conversation better. 'At least I won't be bored anymore…'

"C'mon sweetie, why don't you come with us? We could buy you lunch if you want..." said the taller boy taking a step closer to her.

The girl just ignored the boy and turned her face away from him with a huff, rolling her eyes as the other one gave it a try as well "What about me? You wouldn't say no to this guy, would ya?"

She turned to directly look at him, her eyes glaring daggers and narrowing at his grin "Yeah, I would. No. There. Now leave me alone!"

The boy's face darkened. "No girl ever refused a proposal from me you know, normally they come asking ME instead, so you're lucky for having me asking YOU in the first place. So quit playing hard to get and come with me, 'k babe?"

The girl twitched at hearing the boy's last comment, which made the robot beside her cringe a bit and whisper to her something like "Let's just go...". She ignored it and looked at the boy with an evil grin "Yeah, why not? Just as long as you make me feel comfortable..." she said running a finger down his chest, sending him a coy smile.

The boy smirked. He had done it. "Oh, I'll make you feel comfortable, don't worry..." he said resting his hands on her slim hips.

The girl smirked and advanced on him as if she was going to kiss him, surprising the boy who let himself get pushed by the girl, still thinking about how great he was. He was so absorbed on his thoughts that he only realized what was happening when he found himself lying inside the fountain with everyone who had been watching the scene laughing at him. The bitch had pushed him all the way into the fountain! He stood up with a really mad look on his face and looked around for the girl. But she was nowhere to be seen.

Kai couldn't hold back a chuckle when he saw the boy dive into the fountain. 'For a minute there I thought she was going along with them. Glad she didn't. But where's she going now?' he turned his head to the direction she had taken after pushing the unsuspecting boy into an early morning swim, and decided to follow her.

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Melody ran out of the park doing her best not to have a fit of laughter in the middle of the street. She turned back while she ran to see Deenix after her with an amused look on her face, and just behind her, she saw a boy running after them. Without even checking who it was, she grabbed the robot and sped up through an alley, hoping she'd lose him that way.

She kept going until she saw light in the end of the tunnel, unable to hold back a triumph smile. It didn't last much though, since the boy was waiting for her in the end of the alley with an even more amused expression than the one of her robot. Melody stopped her track to look at the boy. It was neither of the boys she'd been running from, so she sighed in relief and leaned against the wall for a rest, ignoring him in the process. Deenix quickly broke free from her and stood in front of her Mistress with an annoyed look on her face. "Great! Just beautiful! Do you have any idea what so ever of what they could have done to you if you weren't fast enough?"

Melody snickered "Nope. But then again, I really don't give a damn. If they tried anything I'd just kick their asses to kingdom come! HA!"

Kai snickered a bit, making the girl frown at him "What?"

"I'd like to see that... hehe... But considering the way you pushed the guy off your way, I'd say you might have a slight chance of beating him... who knows? You might be lucky..."

The girl's eyes narrowed "Lucky? Who are you? And what do you mean by that? I could beat those guys up any time!"

The slate haired boy broke into a fit of laughter, and only stopped when he found himself pinned against the wall with the girl's hand around his throat and her face dangerously close to his 'Hello there, now that's a pretty face…' he blushed a bit. "If you want proof I can beat YOU up, and then we'll see who's right..." she sneered.

He looked bemused for a few seconds, but soon his expression changed into a smirk "You know, I was wondering what people would think if they found us like this... what do you think?"

Melody let go of him in a second, blushing deeply and looking around "Ok, fine! I won't strangle you! But you must tell me who the hell you are and why did you follow me."

"Fine! Chill! The name's Kai, and I followed you 'cause I was curious."

"Curiosity killed the cat..." stated the robot, making them both stare at her. "What? It did... didn't it Melly-Chan?"

"Melly-Chan? Is that your name? Weird…"

"My name is Melody, and what were you so curious about anyways?"

"That robot of yours mostly, and also because I wanted to know where an outsider like you was planning to hide from two boys who know their way around this town better than anyone..."

She sighed "The robot is a Bit-beast, her name is Deenix and that's all I'll tell you so don't even bother asking me anything else. As for your second question, wherever I could. Alright, can I go now?"

Kai was going to answer back when he heard someone screaming his name nearby.

"HEY KAAAAIII! KAI! WHERE ARE YOU? KAI! KA! Oh! There you are! I was getting worried about you!" he then noticed the girl standing beside Kai " Why, hello there! And who is she? Hehe..."

Kai rolled his eyes 'Here we go...' "Melody... I just met her, so don't start asking me questions like a four year-old."

Tyson grinned and approached Kai to whisper to him "Cool, so where did ya find this babe?"

"I HEARD THAT!" the "babe" shouted making both boys cringe in fear.

Kai quickly recovered "Don't mind him Melody, he's an idiot... now, as for you... WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN? I was waiting for you for at least 15 minutes!"

"Gee, sorry Kai, I was just sorta delayed n' stuff... hehe..."

Kai smacked his forehead and turned to Melody "Meet Tyson, the biggest dumbass this world has ever met..."

"Oh, charmed!" grunted Tyson sticking his tongue out to Kai and making Melody giggle "Hi! Oh! And this is Deenix. Say hi Dee!"

"Hello Ty-Chan! Hello Kai-Chan! Nice to meet both of you!" she said bowing down a little.

Both boys blinked in confusion "Huh, hi er, Deenix..." Tyson turned to Melody "Is this normal?"

She laughed "Oh, don't mind her! She makes up names like those for everyone. Never understood why."

"Melly-Chan! It's getting late and we still have to find us somewhere to sleep!"

"What do you mean late? It's only eight in the morning!"

Tyson then had a brilliant idea "I know! Why don't you guys stay at my house? If you need a place to stay it's ideal! I mean, we have lot's of room, and grandpa's always saying we need a female presence on the house to lighten things up. It's perfect! So, what do you say?"

"Oh, I don't know Tyson... I really don't want to be any trouble..."

"Ya won't be! I promise! Now quit whining and come on!"

Melody turned to Deenix waiting for her approval "I think it's ok Melly-Chan! They seem like such nice people! I say we go!" the girl sighed "Fine then, I'll take your offer!"

Tyson jumped fisting the air above him "YES! Now let's go!" he said while grabbing the girl by the arm and dragging her through the street on the way to his house, and babbling stuff about how happy his grandfather would be for having her over.

Kai followed them, closely followed by Deenix who ran along them jumping in joy 'Oh boy! we're finally having a place to stay! And they look like people we can trust so I guess we'll be fine! n-n'.

R&R PLEASE! n-n