Chapter 2: Clash With Motorcycles

She had survived. Kyoko Isami had survived her first week of school. For all that week, there had been no run-ins with the mysterious biker guy aka her so-called-attitude twin. In fact, Charlie and Virgil were secretly glad that Kyo hadn't met the biker kid. If the two of them were to meet, there would be no telling how the two would act. Luckily, everyone had forgotten the biker kid until the second week had rolled around.

As she crossed the street to the front of the school, Kyo took one step up on the sidewalk before hearing the roar of a motor behind her. She whirled around and sharply dove for cover as a rider astride his motorcycle nearly collided into her. A stunned Kyo stood up as she watched the rider move his bike up a few feet ahead on the sidewalk before braking and coming to a stop. She dusted herself off and felt an intense burst of fiery, dragon-like rage surge through her veins.

The rider was removing his helmet as Kyo stormed up to him in a rage. He shook his mop of messy, helmet hair out of his eyes before turning to face Kyo. The original expression of annoyance on his face was quickly replaced with one of a casual, laid-back nature as he laid his eyes on a steaming Kyo.

"Hey there," he began smoothly, "What can I do for you?"

Kyo clenched her fists as she remarked angrily, "Don't go 'hey there' to me! You nearly ran me over with your motorcycle! Are you flipping insane?"

The boy's blue eyes blinked and became full of concern and sincerity. "You were the person ahead of me just a few seconds ago?"

Now Kyo was really getting steamed. One, this idiot ran her over. Two, he tried to play Mr. Smooth by talking like he was some sort of an ace. Three, he was absolutely oblivious to people he almost ran over! What nerve! "No, that was another girl," Kyo sarcastically replied, "Yes that was me! What did you think I was, your ex-girlfriend or something?"

The biker ran a hand through his messy dark brown hair and cringed slightly. "Oh God, I am so sorry," he apologized, his voice full of concern, "I-I didn't hit you did I? Are you hurt?"

It took all of Kyo's willpower to keep her from punching this knucklehead to get some serious thinking power back to his brain. The boy reached his left hand out to touch her forehead and Kyo pushed it away.

"I'm okay but not any thanks to you!" she growled as she stomped off to her first period class. The biker sighed deeply before picking up his backpack and joining the sea of his fellow classmates headed to their classes. World History was first and he wasn't looking forward to it at all.

The boy dropped his backpack on the floor by his desk and slumped down in his seat. Damn it, he had really managed to screw things up today. First, he overslept and two, he had one angry Asian girl on his back. As he pulled out his binder and a pencil, Virgil came whirling into the classroom and slid into his desk.

"I'm not late," he insisted as the teacher gave him a critical look, "The bell hasn't rung yet." The teacher shook her head at Virgil before marking that he was on time in her book. Virgil relaxed in his seat and his eyes skimmed the classroom. A peculiar sight out of the corner of his eye forced him to stop and stare. The biker kid that Charlie had a run-in with was sitting next to him! He shook himself to make sure that he wasn't hallucinating, but lo and behold, the kid was in his World History class. Good thing Charlie wasn't in this class with him at that moment.

The biker kid was hunched over his binder and as Virgil could see, the kid was scratching his name violently into the cover of the binder, completely ignoring the lesson. As the kid finished the final letter, Virgil read that the kid's name was Zeke. It was almost too fitting for a guy like him.

Virgil caught up to Charlie at P.E. class as the class did some laps around the track. "Charlie!" he breathlessly gasped as he ran toward his friend, "I have some news! That biker guy that you confronted, he's in my World History class! His name is Zeke!"

Charlie's eyes widened at the announcement and he hit himself twice to make sure that he wasn't mishearing what Virgil had just said. "No-no way! You're kidding, right?"

Kyo came up to them, still fuming over the morning incident. Charlie turned his head to see an outraged Kyo jogging alongside them.

"Whoa! Somebody looks upset," Charlie murmured as he studied Kyo's face, "Would you like to share with us why?" Kyo took a few deep breaths before spilling the story.

"You wouldn't believe this. This stupid kid on a motorbike almost ran me over today!" Kyo blurted out angrily, "I asked if he was absolutely oblivious and he went all 'Oh wow, I am so sorry. Are you hurt?' on me. What an idiot!" Virgil cringed as he could see where this was going. It was probably Zeke that she had the run-in with. Ooops.

"Uh um," Virgil began, "I hate to mention this, but that guy's in my World History class. I just figured that out this morning. His name is Zeke." Kyo's eyes went up in flames at the mere mention of the kid's name.

Charlie leaned in close to Virgil and whispered, "I told you so. It was bound to happen sooner or later." Virgil closed his eyes miserably as he tried to keep Kyo calm about the incident. This is going to get ugly…