MS: ANGSTINESS, and yet, kinda gothic at the same time. (of course, I don't even know what real gothic stuff is.)

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Derin came to school the next day, but he had changed. Instead of his usual red and white attire, he wore a long, black coat, with the hood up, hiding his face. He wore all black, including gloves and shoes. On the way to the school, he ran into Seifer and his gang again.

"You're gonna get it this time, lamer!"

Derin merely stood, unmoving from his spot.

"Prepare to hurt!"

Seifer threw a punch at Derin, but he did the same as before. He stepped to the side, and he grabbed Seifer's arm. But instead of heaving him over his shoulder, Derin kicked him in the gut, and swung him around, into a car. Then, Derin summoned a giant tomahawk in his right hand, and swung it at Seifer. Seifer barely managed to dodge the attack, and the car was chopped in half. Seeing this, he and his gang ran off. Derin watched them run.

"Hmph, fools."

Once he got there, Derin didn't waste any time. He immediately got to his homeroom, after removing his hood, and sat down at his usual spot. Roxas shot a worried glance over at his friend.

Derin's never acted like this before. I wonder what happened…

He decided not to ask about it until lunch. Then, the teacher walked in and the usual school day commenced.

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Derin sat down at the lunch table, next to Kairi again. Roxas decided to ask him flat out.

"Dude, what's with the coat? You decided to change you're look or something?"

Derin scoffed.

"Don't you guys ever read the papers?"

A newspaper materialized in his hand, and he tossed it into the center of the table. The group looked over the front page. It read, "THREE PEOPLE FOUND DEAD IN BOY'S HOUSE. AUTHORITIES BAFFLED." In the article itself, it read that both of Derin's parents were found dead in his home the day before. His mother was stabbed to death, and his father was shot. The biggest mystery of the crime, though, was that the killer himself was also found dead in his parents' room, decapitated by a large blade.

"That man died because of me. I killed him to avenge my parents."

"Dude, don't blame yourself-,"

"Don't you understand? I DID IT! I KILLED A MAN WITH A WEAPON THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE!"

"Calm down! Get a hold of yourself!"

Derin calmed himself, and then ate his lunch in silence.

"Derin, tell us what's wrong."

He let out a loud sigh, and then turned his head toward Roxas.

"That is no longer who I am. My name is Xedrin."

With that, he stood up and walked off, leaving his friends in shock. Even Naminé was worried about him.

"What's wrong with him?"

Sora bowed his head.

"Don't worry about it, Naminé, it's not our business."

"Oh… okay."

She didn't like the idea of leaving Xedrin to suffer for the loss of his family. She knew how he felt, for her parents died when she was a child. Her foster parents weren't the nicest people to live with, either.

I hope he'll be okay…

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Xedrin walked out of the school, not caring about the presence he felt around him.

"Hey you."

Xedrin halted in mid step, looking around for the owner of the voice.

"Over here."

Xedrin whirled around to face three guys, all dressed the same as him. The one on the right had his bluish-silver hair in an emo-style haircut. The one on the left had his blonde hair in a Mohawk. The one in the middle had long, spiked red hair, and had green arrows painted on his face. Xedrin looked at them blankly.

"Who are you? What do you want?"

The middle one laughed.

"The name's Axel. Got it memorized?"

He motioned to the man on his right.

"This is Zexion. Z-E-X-I-O-N. Got it memorized?"

He then motioned to the man on his left.

"And this is Demyx. D-E-M-Y-X. Got it memorized?"

Xedrin scoffed.

"What do you want?"

Axel laughed again.

"We heard about your killing the murderer of your parents in order to avenge them. We simply wish to aid you in that ordeal. See, we're part of a bounty-hunting group called The Organization. We kill criminals, like that guy, for profit and enjoyment. We seek to avenge those who were killed. You might be just what we need."

"Interesting proposal," Xedrin stroked his chin thoughtfully, "What's the catch?"

The three of them burst into laughter.

"Catch?" Demyx managed to say in between laughs, "There is no catch. We have no reason to take anything from you."

The laughing ceased, and Axel offered his hand.

"Whaddya say? Are you in?"

Xedrin smirked.

This might be interesting.

He shook Axel's hand.

"Sure, I'm in."

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Xedrin, Axel, Demyx, and Zexion were all grouped on the roof of the school building, hoods up, waiting.

"So, who's this guy?"

Axel turned to Xedrin.

"He hasn't committed any murders yet, but he's been a real nuisance. So far, he's raped 6 teenage girls, all around your age, and robbed 4 houses. Amazing the local authorities didn't do anything about him sooner."

"Anything else?"

"Yeah, he attends this school. I'll tell you when I see him. He usually rapes the girls around here."

Sure enough, the man appeared, dragging a struggling young girl with him. She was tied up and gagged, but Xedrin immediately recognized her.

"Wait, isn't that, Naminé?"

Demyx looked over at him.

"Friend of yours?"

Xedrin nodded, rage boiling up inside him. Then, he got a better look at the man who was dragging her.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Seifer. That little…"

Xedrin stood, fists clenched.

"I'll handle this. He's not much of a threat."

He jumped down from the school building, landing right in front of Seifer. Seifer jumped, and then pulled a dagger and held it to Naminé's throat.

"Take one more step, and I swear, I'll kill her!"

Xedrin chuckled lightly.

"You wouldn't do that, now would you, Seifer?"

"What? How do you know my name? Who are you?"

Xedrin laughed, and then used a telekinetic shock to make him drop the dagger.

"Seifer, you fool, it's only me."

He removed his hood to reveal his face, and then summoned his scythe. Seifer glared at him.

"You!"

Xedrin laughed again.

"Yes, me. I'm the last person you'll ever see. You picked the wrong person to mess with this time, Seifer. Now, no one will save you. No one would even want to save you!"

Xedrin edged closer to Seifer, until he was within killing range.

"Farewell."

He swung at Seifer, and cleaved his head off. Then he ran over to the still tied up Naminé, and erased that image from her memory. He untied her, replaced his hood, and began to walk away.

"Wait!"

He halted in mid step. She ran up to him.

"I wanted to thank you, for saving me."

Xedrin turned his head slightly to see her with the corner of his eye.

"No need, just doing my job as an Agent."

She ran in front of him in order to block his path, and removed his hood.

"I still want to thank you, Xedrin."

She stood up on her toes and kissed him. He resisted a little at first, but then he welcomed her touch, and kissed back. When they parted, he backed up, and disappeared in a portal that he created. Naminé stood there, smiling at where he once stood.

I think I'm in love.

Then, she saw writing on the wall of the school. It read, "You must never tell anyone about what happened tonight. I don't want our friends to worry about me any more than they do now."

She frowned slightly.

"I guess this means I can't tell anyone about the man who saved me tonight. About Xedrin, the dark hero."

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MS: YESSSS! The dark hero is born! Anyways, R&R please!