Kenzi stepped through the doors of the famous Raven Academy. He felt both excited and nervous, he had never been to an academy before and didn't really know how to act. He decided that first he would take off his jacket. He hadn't realized that it was so hot in in the
Academy. He watched as the rest of the new recruits stepped through the doors, looking around in awe at the complexity of their new training school, and temporary home.

Kenzi sighed and took out his PDA from his pocket. He checked for any messages, but he found none. He felt a tap on his back and jumped, then turned around to see a smiling face at him.

"Neil!" He said rather surprised, "H-how did you make it into the academy…"

Neil just smiled, "That's my secret…" Kenzi groaned disappointedly.

"So what do you think of our new recruits?" A man said

"Hmm… zoom in on that one…" Said a woman in her mid-twenties.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure about it, don't make me say it again." She commanded.

"Um… yes ma'am. Sorry ma'am" The man zoomed the camera in on Kenzi.

"Hmm… what's his name?"

"Kenzi Kusanagi ma'am." The man handed her some papers, she took and read them. Her eyes scanned the information on the paper with interest in her eyes. Then, with a gasp, her eyes widened with shock and surprise when she read a current section of the paper.

"These are his scores. Why, these are far better that any of the scores in the academy." She said in shock. The man was speechless and dumbfounded. "Why did you not tell me earlier!" She demanded sternly.

He said nothing… (A/N: Kinda sounded dumb but i didn't know what to write so...)

"Welcome, new recruits, to the Raven Moon Academy." A woman said on a stand. Kenzi was already starting to fall asleep from extreme boredom. Neil, on the other hand, was listening intently. "I am Ms. Hakura. I will be in charge of this academy. You will follow all of your instructors if you want to become a raven in the "Arena". I have a good feeling that all of you pass." Neil elbowed Kenzi's arm to wake him up. "Your class phases will begin in twenty four hours. In that time you will get to choose your rooms and know your squad mates. That is all, dismissed!" And with that the recruits began talking amongst each other, some were pairing up with other people that they wanted as their squad mates.

In that time, Neil had moved up next to him with another one of her squad mates. "Lemme guess… we're squad mates now, right?"

"Yep, guess so Kenzi!" She smiled.

"You're too overconfident, ya know that right." Kenzi grumbled uncomfortably.

"And you're too stubborn… Asuka…" Teased Neil, Kenzi stuttered. Neil's roommate giggled.

"I don't get it!" A girl shouted in frustration. "No one should get scores this high!"

"Now now… Miss Allester I'm sure it was just a glitch, we'll do another-"

"I don't WANT ANOTHER RECORD CHECK!" She snapped back at her caretaker. "I want you to find him for me! I 'm gonna fight him in tomorrow's matches and prove to everyone that I am the best one in this academy!" Allester almost sounded insane.

"I don't think I can do that ma'am." The butler said inferiorly.

"Why must I have to do everything myself." She said calmly.

Kenzi had to sleep on the top bunk, he hated the top bunk. But it was either that or get a different room.

"I hate the top bunk!" Kenzi complained for the millionth time as he threw his stuff up to the top bunk. Just then Katrina came through the door with Neil.

Neil was one of his squad mates. She had blond hair blue eyes and almost always wore her ex-boyfriends air force jacket. He never did know why she liked it so much. He asked her one time and she said that she liked the smell, another time she said that it just looked cool on her. When he asked her a third time she just said that it reminded her of her boyfriend. Kenzi never did understand Neil, her character was hard to read, even when she was doing the most basic and common of activities.

Katrina was his other squad mate, she was about fourteen. Kinda cute, and was mostly quiet. Katrina had a nice personality, and was very likeable, but she never smiled a lot, and her eyes were always showing a sad quality in them, even when she smiled. To him she looked like a lost, mistreated puppy lost in the rain. If anyone could picture it. She had grayish green eyes and silver hair with brown bangs. Kenzi figured that she probably dyed it for some reason.

Sometimes Kenzi didn't believe himself. That he could tell who someone was in just a matter of hours. He sometimes even surprised himself.

"Hey!" Neil shouted in his face, knocking him back.

"Uugh… Whacha want now…" Kenzi groaned as he got back up.

"Katrina wants to talk to you." She said sheepishly. "It might have something to do with the Karasawa Rifle."

"Oh, well what about the Karasawa?" Kenzi asked with puzzlement in his voice.

"Don't know." Neil said immaturely as she disappeared into the bathroom. Kenzi laid back on his bed, a couple seconds later he heard the shower running. He smirked to himself and climbed down the cold, steel bunk ladder. Wonder why they don't use wood anymore, Kenzi thought as he walked out the into the hall. Wood was warmer that steel, Kenzi already knew because he had once slept in one. But he quickly remembered that wood was now in short supply due to the intense combat that both Earth, and the terraformed Mars.

Kenzi sighed sadly, he missed the old days…

Katrina looked at the bluish moon as it continuously hid and appeared from behind the haze-like clouds. She took out the card certificate from her trouser pocket and stared at it for a while.

"Should I give this to him?" She asked herself as she leaned on the railing. Katrina was still uncertain if she should give him the card that her father had entrusted it to her.

"Here Katrina take this certificate card. It will help you in the academy"

"But father, this is your latest design. I can't take it."

"Sure you can." Her father said smugly. "See you in ten months!"

At that time Kenzi had came through the balcony doors. He waved at her and walked up to join her on the railing.

"So what you want with me?" Kenzi asked.

"I wanted to give you this…" Katrina answered quietly as she gave him the certificate card. Kenzi's eyes brightened when he took a look at the card.

"No way!" He shouted surprisingly. "This is the Karasawa Mark Seven ("Karasawa MK. 7")!" It was the newest model in the Karasawa series.

Katrina nodded. "It is, and its yours."

"But why would you give it to me…" Kenzi asked with puzzlement.

"Because I saw your performance scores…" She said with more sadness in her eyes and voice. "You'd need it more than me…"

Kenzi looked at it for a while. It shimmered in his hands in the moonlight, as if it belonged to him. He stared at it, then looked at Katrina. She had a sorrowful expression on her face.

"You take it." Kenzi said after a while.

"Wha-why Kenzi?" She blurted out uncontrollably.

"Because," He said confidently, "I'm already among the best in the academy. I won't need it, sure it's a great weapon and all, probably the greatest one. But I'm sure I won't need it."

"Are you sure Kenzi?" She asked demandingly. Kenzi nodded, then walked towards the door. Katrina hesitated for a moment then walked up to him.

"Thank you." Katrina smiled. Kenzi continued towalk through the doors.

"You're welcome." He whispered so that only he could hear.

Katrina stood there watching the door. She looked at the card and thought of that boy.

So there are others that care…

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A/N:That's chapter one,I hope you all liked it. I have five chapters typed already so...

(Need reviews to upload next chapter)