Tara left to take a ride on her skateboard. Not much went on in Twilight Town. The only real big events were the Struggle matches, and a fair held at the end of the summer. When they first arrived, they thought that things would be great. So far, they were pretty much on the money.

She stopped at a bulletin board at station heights. "While munny's on the mind..." she whispered to herself. "Hmmm..."

"Looking for a job too, Tara?"

She turned around to see a girl with brown hair that went to her shoulders. "Olette!" She said. "Yeah. We're running low."

"If you wanna make money fast, try the mail delivery! (Seriously, in KHII, that's the easiest way to get money)" Olette smiled. "It'll be especially easy with your skateboard!"

Tara instantly took the flyer for the job! "What job are you taking then?" she asked Olette.

"Hanging posters around Station Heights for the Struggle Matches."

"Well," she grabbed her board, "Thanks for the tip! See you 'round!" She waved to Olette and road to the woman hiring. She gave Tara six letters.

"Give these to the people they're for," the woman said. "Come back when you're done for your pay."

Immediently, she started her job. It was easy the first three people...strike that, two people and a bird! The second bird, she had to grind on the rail of the slope to get to it it was so high and the fifth letter went to the same woman who hired her. "One question," Tara said, "Birds get mail?"

The woman laughed and gave Tara 50 munny. "Oh," she said, shocked. "You forgot one!"

Tara looked at the letter. She was as shocked as the woman when she saw that it was to her. "No problem," she smiled. "It was already delivered for me!"

The woman smiled with her.

"STOP!" A man shouted. "THIEF!"

Tara and the woman turned around. A man in a black cloak, hood on, was running towards the Tram Common. "Oh, no he doesn't!" Tara got on her skateboard and road after the man in black (no pun intended again). "You, stop!" she went to top speed.

She saw what the thief had stolen. It was a struggle bat. Why would he steal something as useless as that? Tara asked herself.

Coming from the Tran Common was Lexus, eating a piece of candy from the candy shop, soon to be closing down. She stoped dead in her tracks, which soon lead to both her and the thief falling over each other.

"I'm so sorry!" She said to him.

"Don't apologize!" Tara yelled. "The guy was making trouble!"

"Oh, well..." she pulled off the guy's hood and hit him across the head.

The man yelling, apparently the man who hosted the Struggle tournaments, ran to them, panting. The man was definitely out of shape. He looked at the, as they now saw, boy. "Who in the right mind steals a struggle bat?" The man yelled.

The boy flinched. He had a mullet, and green eyes. And, if people could judge by appearances, he looked kind of wimpy. "I'm sorry!" he said. "It won't happen again!"

"Tara!" the man yelled. "Thanks for stopping him! You've been a real help!" He snatched the bat out of the boy's hand and headed back to the sandlot.

"Hey!" Lexus yelled. "I helped!"

The boy stood up. "Sorry about knocking you down," he said. "It was a complete accident! I swear!"

Tara stared at him. Something didn't feel right about him. "What's your name?" she asked him.

He turned around and grinned. "Demyx!" he said.

"I'm Lexus!" Lexus introduced herself. No one could believe how cheery she was.

"Tara," Tara also introduced herself. "Hey, not to sound nosey or anything, but, why'd you steal a struggle bat?"

Demyx stayed silent. He scratched the back of his head and let out a nervous laugh. "Well...uh..." he mumbled. "I saw it out in the open, so I [icked it up and some guys started picking a fight, so, I ran."

"Oh," Lexus glared. "Seifer and his gang! They're no good at most times! They call themselves the 'Disciplinary Comity', but, all they are are a bunch of bullies!"

"You've got that bit right!" Demyx laughed.

Tara kept staring at him. Black cloak, she thought. Could it be?

"Tara! Earth to Tara!" Lexus waved her hand in front of Tara's face.

Tara blinked. "Sorry!" she look at her. "Didn't you leave with Evangiline?" she asked her.

"She went into the woods."

"The woods?" Demyx asked. Worry was written all over his face.

Tara glared at him. "Why do you want to know?"

He gulped. "This can't be good..." he mumbled.

Tara looked at him and ran towards the woods. "Shit!" she yelled. Completely forgetting her skateboard, she ran in front of a few of trolleys to get to the hole in the wall. She swore, she was running so fast that her legs were going to walk off without her.

When she finally got to Eva, she was lying on the ground. "Dammit!" she yelled. "Eva!"

"Stay away from her!" someone yelled. She looked around. "They'll come after you next."

"Who are you to tell me what I can and cannot do?" Tara shouted.

A man in a black cloak, the same black cloak as Demyx's, walk out of the shadows of the trees. His hood, unfortunatly, was up. "Take my advise! Stay away from her and leave her protection to me!"

"No!" Tara screamed. "Do you really think I'm going to leave my friend on the ground like this?"

"Not one thought about it." He pulled out a sword, one side of it was crimson red, the other black. Suddenly, about five white figures, no limbs, no fingers, a zipper looking mouth, and a symbol on their heads that looked like a heart combinded with a cross. Instintly, he cut through them like they were made of silk! "Although," he stated, "I don't think that you can fight these guys. At least, not yet." He laughed and left in a strange, black portal.

"That was Alan," a familiar voice said. She turned around. No one was there. "What the...?"

Soft moans were coming from Evangiline. She slowly opened her eyes, and stood up, brushing the dirt from her dress.

"Eva!" Tara hugged her friend tightly.

"Hey, Tara!" Eva whispered.

"Are you okay?" Tara let go of her. "Are you hurt?"

She shook her head. "He saved me."

"Who saved you?" She was almost acting like an adult, asking a little girl about a voice she heard.

"A man in a black cloak!" she blushed. "I couldn't get a good look at him, but, he saved me from the white creatures."

A/N: Dun dun duuuuuun!

Kat: I hate cliffhangers!

Me: Deal with it! It won't happen much, but, all we know is that Demyx is awesome and Alan is mysterious.

Lissy: He is also not part of Organization XIII, as you can tell by his name!

Me: Oh! And, to King Yazoo:

Thank you for reviewing! I'm glad that you think my fic is interesting! I hope you enjoy other chapters!

All: Ja ne~!

PS: I wrote this at 3:00 in the morning! Don't hate on me!