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Thank you for all those wonderful reviews!!! Yah, and to those who know me, I know that my writing in this fic is kinda out of character for me, but I wanted to experiment with the… not so goody-goody side of my writing.
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Wings of Darkness
Chapter Two
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A sleek, black car pulled up in front of a white mansion. Out of it, stepped a grinning red-haired boy who leaned against the top of the car, noting the new front of the Harada mansion.
His name was Niwa Daisuke, and his eyes were a fiery red, matching his hair nicely, while his extremely boyish features made him extremely eye-catching. He had a cute smile, and an even cuter face that made girls gush and coo. It wasn't hard to determine that he was already a heartbreaker to around those his age… and then some. Yet the slightly ominous air around him made those who came within ten feet of him feel rather small in comparison to the young high school boy.
"Che. What's with girls and remodeling?" the owner of the voice was yet another male, who too was eyeing the extravagant building rather amusedly. Niwa Dark was the elder of the two brothers, in every way - from personality to actual age. His dark hair and even darker eyes more than complimented his incredibly handsome face. Mouth turned up into a smirk, Dark sighed and slid his thumbs into his pockets rather coldly, the air around him turning to ice. He was hot, to say the least, and he had every single person in the female population of their school drooling over him.
Those attributes fit the infamous leader of Wings of Darkness, and he didn't seem to mind the women throwing themselves at his feet… well they would if it weren't for another… side of him. He wasn't a heartbreaker because… girls couldn't get close enough to him. Daisuke, Risa, and Riku were the only ones he ever let his guard down with… and his guard was menacing. Nonetheless, a few desperate women still uselessly flung themselves at him.
Niwa Dark was the ruthless leader of Wings of Darkness, and he was the only one qualified for the job. There was no other that was as cold, strong, and commanding as he.
Grinning deviously, Daisuke honked the horn of Dark's expensive Mercedes, and the two of them waited. Five minutes passed by before Dark finally spoke, "Daisuke! Go knock on the door."
Daisuke frowned. Dark may be his older brother… and the leader of the gang, but still… it was annoying to be commanded by a sibling… perhaps being second-in-command of the gang was making him too comfortable with ordering others to do his dirty work for him. Pretending to not hear his aniki, the red-head ducked back into the car, giving the steering wheel a few more good honks.
Obviously Dark was in a good mood… otherwise Daisuke might have suffered a few painful injuries, but the much-feared head of Wings of Darkness dismissed his brother's relentless attitude and walked noiselessly to the door and raised his hand to a few hard raps on the door.
Risa's POV
Her eyes were shut tightly, but when she felt a pair of well-built arms encircling her, Risa's eyes shot open in surprise. She blinked a few times before realizing that the one holding her up was none other than… Dark.
Oh sht!!! I had just been telling myself that I couldn't act like a fool around him… I… have… I have to get my act together and apologize!
Looking away to try and hide the growing stain of red from appearing on her cheeks, Risa managed to mutter quietly, "G-Gomen…" Leaning her weight on his arm and clasping her hand tightly in his, she slowly removed herself from her previously… awkward position. "Dark."
"It was nothing."
Risa's blush grew as she began to realize that the man she had so rudely crashed into was still holding her hand. Doing her best to keep the embarrassment out of her expression, Risa looked up at her silent savior… only to notice exactly how… deep his eyes were…and how wonderfully striking his barely detectable smile was… of course only she would be able to see that smile… because only she studied Dark so much as to be able to know what mood he was in… since his ever-detached personality kept him from showing much emotion.
Perhaps only she, Riku, and Daisuke were the only ones who could tell how Dark was feeling, or what he was thinking.
Risa proceeded to be enraptured by Dark's mystifying black orbs, but her shy observation of him was cut off by a loud holler from Daisuke who was currently standing next to a laughing twin… when her older sister had gotten over to the car without her knowing was a complete obscurity to her. "Oi!!! Dark!!! Risa!!! We have to go now!!"
The annoyed boy pointed to his watch, "I know that we are always late, but still, I don't want to make too dramatic of an entrance."
With a authorative nod to Daisuke, Dark let go of her hand and raised an eyebrow at her, as if asking if she was going to come or not.
Well of course she was!
Silence would have prevailed during the entire car trip… had not Riku started loudly popping her gum, and had not Dark suddenly decided to turn the radio up to full blast. Daisuke too was making noise… except that noise was his snoring as he dozed off during the ride. Apparently he was still tired. While this normally would have been fine with Risa, she had something important to tell the infamous gang leader that morning, so she coughed loudly to get his attention.
Click.
Dark had guessed that she had something to say so he shut the obnoxious music unceremoniously. After casting a quick glance to the blinking clock, his foot stepped harder onto the gas pedal and the car sped up at a considerably faster pace, "What is it?"
"I was thinking, would it be alright if I joined Wings of Darkness now?" Risa bit her lip, but tried to look cool as she sat in the back seat, arms and legs crossed, staring out the window. She looked down in surprise as she felt Dark toss something over his head and into her lap.
It was a thin silver chain with silver wings as the emblem. Moreover, on those silver wings were etched four black Sakura blossoms. The necklace was a sign of membership into the gang for female members. It was the most basic symbol in their gang, and Risa couldn't help but feel disappointed that she wasn't given a position higher than just a common member.
Something else fell into her lap, and Risa's eyes widened as she picked it up and stared at it. From the front, Dark's voice could clearly be heard, "It's about time you asked. Here." In her hands was a second necklace and a separate buckle that hung onto anything. Risa promptly clipped it onto the right, backside of her belt. The necklace was again silver, but this time, it had an orb filled with a strange blackness, and in it, floated white wings interlaced with black feathers. This went around her neck.
The silver buckle with a black feather engraved onto it was a symbol that she was among the fifteen highest ranked in the Wings of Darkness, and the chain Risa wore proudly was a symbol that she was a leader of the gang. The only others that had it were the other three in the car with her. And the only higher symbol was… a scar that Dark had on his back…
Riku sighed in, what could be called relief and began digging into her backpack. "Catch." She tossed her imouto a black bag with a bunch of items with the gang symbol on it. "New stuff. I decided that we would start to use it as soon as you joined. We can toss those stupid school regulation book bags out. These are what we are using now, so suit up. Dark, Daisuke. I gave you yours already and you're using them… as I can see."
Daisuke had woken up and he gave his girlfriend a quick nod.
Saying nothing else, the twins in back began pulling on some new gear.
In one fluid motion, Dark pulled his Mercedes into the parking lot and into the slot reserved especially for him. As he parked, the heads of all the students turned, and everyone who had been bustling around stopped their actions and stood there quietly as they watched the most prominent students of all exit the vehicle.
It was Dark who got out first. As the leader of the Wings of Darkness, and hottest guy in school, he was easily the most feared person in the entire district, if not the entire city. He was popular with the girls, and every guy on campus (and off campus) envied him like no other. Even teachers fell respectfully silent when he spoke.
He wore a black, cut-up sleeveless shirt with white words on the back that read "Tsubasa no Death." (That means Wings of Death) A black, leather jacket covered it and its sleeves were torn so his clearly defined arm muscles showed. He wore black wristbands and baggy, black pants covered in buckles and chains. He had a wing-shaped earring that hung down from his left ear, and a leather strap encircled his right arm from the shoulder to the wrist. His hands were masked by leather gloves with the fingers cut off.
Eyes then shifted to Niwa Daisuke, the second in command. He too was greatly feared and revered for, while his facial features were boyish and near enough to cute, his icy aura chilled everyone around him, though not quite to the extent of his brother. Together, they were the most powerful people in the school, and their names struck fear in the hearts of many. Daisuke's outfit was identical to Dark's, except that he lacked the earring and his leather jacket still held their sleeves.
Still, a slight murmur ran through the crowd of highschoolers as Risa and Riku made their entry. While it was well known that the girls often arrived with the notorious Niwas, it was still quite a sight to see how the girls were garbed that day.
Riku always wore something at least remotely similar to what the gang leaders wore, but Risa had always worn the school uniform. News was beginning to travel. Wings of Darkness had itself a new gang leader… the former teacher's favorite.
Clad in a black jean jacket over her white, skin-tight tank top that just barely covered her bellybutton, Risa placed her right hand, which had a white glove with the fingers cut off on her hip. Her other arm had a long strap of white cloth that wrapped around the length of her arm and ended enclosed around her middle finger. She wore a black, leather skirt, which reached right above her knees, and wore high-heeled boots that reached up a little over a foot. Silver wings decorated her jacket pockets and trimmed the bottom of her shirt. Risa had, on her ears, matching, winged ear cuffs and a winged thumb ring on her left hand. Her hair was held up in a bun by a long, silver needle. The belt that hung loosely around her waist had a flat, silver buckle with the Wings of Darkness emblem on it, and around her neck hung the two necklaces that symbolized her position in the gang.
Riku wore a similar outfit, though her shirt was a halter top and her jacket sleeves were torn. She had fingerless gloves on both hands, and there were earrings that matched Dark's on both of her ears.
The four were the most elite and untouchable people in the county. They were rich, feared, respected, and cold. Grades didn't matter to them, though they somehow all aced what little test they took, and had perfect scores in everything they did.
Before, Daisuke, Riku, and Risa had been more loose, but now their personalities were very different. In front of onlookers they were the cold, perfect people they appeared now. The atmosphere froze to ice around them whenever they entered a room. Their leader, Dark, by himself could drop the temperature so low that people had to huddle together to not be frozen stiff by his menacing persona. Dark was always the cool, unfeeling gang leader.
Quickly taking note of some of the openly shocked expressions on the faces of some of those in the gang, Daisuke tapped his foot loudly on the ground and crossed his arms.
Within a few seconds, a group of people clad in black rushed up and took the four's bags. With a reverent bow to Risa as a sort of welcome into their gang, the members quickly rushed to form a circular barrier around the four in the center and the other… common students that scampered around school campus.
"I saw something very disappointing today. Something common level amongst this gang. Why is it that I saw so many shocked looks on your faces as you saw Risa?" Dark's voice was chilling and many of even the toughest members of the gang shuddered at the very tone their boss had.
Daisuke stepped up and tilted his head up, scorning those who had shuddered, "Well then. Punishment must be made. Wings of Darkness doesn't need weaklings who cannot control their emotions. Emotions don't exist in you all… Hattori! Miyano! See to it that all those who allowed… feelings get in the way of their judgment get punished."
"If I ever catch any of you doing something so pathetic and weak again, the consequences… won't be pleasant," Dark nodded to Daisuke, and Daisuke continued, "Remember that."
Riku elbowed her sister and Risa concluded the talk, "First and second rank accompany us today! Everyone else, scatter!!"
All the gang members bowed and then most of all the two hundred members walked silently to their classes. Sousuke, a boy with messy brown hair and amber eyes walked reverently up to Dark and Daisuke and took their bags. A girl named Shiho also went up and received Riku and Risa's belongings. They walked in back of Risa and Riku who were behind Dark and Daisuke. Everyone else in the top two rankings fell into a circular formation around them, shielding them from anyone who dared cross their leader's path.
A few of those in the second ranking raced off to the lockers to get the materials needed for their leaders' classes and returned shortly before the rest of them had reached homeroom.
"Second rank, scatter," Riku ordered.
Half of the members with them bowed and left, leaving about ten people with Dark. They walked into class and stood along the back of the wall at the end of the room. When the four took their seats in the very back row, which contained only four seats the four of the highest level in the first rank stood at a respectable distance behind their commanders, every gang member close enough to carry out instructions.
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To be continued
Author's Notes:
I'm here to explain a little bit about the rankings of the gang -
Dark, Daisuke, Risa, and Riku do not have rankings, as they are the leaders.
The First Rank consists of the best members next to the leaders. The number of them are always changing from ten to fifteen. This is a high-competition ranking, and those who don't perform up to Dark or Daisuke's standards are instantly dropped to the third rank. This gang is almost always with the leaders and during a fight they defend them, or standby for orders.
The Second Rank also consists of highly skilled members. People from this rank can rise up to the First Rank by challenging someone of the first rank, or by promotion of one of the leaders. When people from this rank drop, they drop to the third level. (This way there's a gap between the first and second ranking and the third.) There are only ten in this group. They not only defend in an attack, but also attack themselves.
The Third Rank can only be reached by promotion from those with the silver buckles (The top fifteen members including the leaders). When they drop, they drop to the fourth level and cannot rise to the third rank again unless allowed by a leader. There is also only ten in this group. They specialize in defending the leaders in a gang fight.
The Fourth Rank consists those gang members who have completed their training and are teaching those in lower ranks how to use weapons and/or how to fight. These are specifically trained to teach and are experienced fighters. Those who do not teach are spies in other gangs. They are hand chosen by those in the First Rank. There are about twenty in this group. Fourth Rank must be approved by the First Rank in order to move up, but every time a member moves to the third rank, a member from the third rank moves down.
The Fifth Rank also consists of teachers, though it is not a specific ranking for that. It teaches the beginners, and are in charge of taking care of the more amateur-like members. They pass along the commands of the higher ranks to the lower ranks. There are about thirty in this group. To move up to the fourth rank, the members have to challenge those in the fourth rank.
The Sixth Rank is made of those who have completed training but are not very skilled and only barely passed. They make up a rather large bulk of the gang population since there is no limit to their numbers. To move up to the fifth rank, challenges must be made.
The Seventh Rank is the lowest rank of all and it consists of the newest members and those who have not yet finished their training. They do most of the dirty work in the gang, and there is no limit to the number of members here. All that is require to move up is to pass the training test.
I'll put more info on the gang in the next chapter.
Tsubasa – wings
Imouto – younger sister
Aniki – older brother
Gomen – sorry
