Chapter 2: The Meeting

Myzuki got up slowly and dusted herself off.

"Gomen," she apologized, as she offered her hand to help out the stranger.

"N-No I'm sorry," the stranger stuttered.

She got a better look at the person and realized she had landed on a rather cute guy. He had dark spiky hair, with amber eyes. From what she can tell he had a lean built, and he looked kind of muscley.

He wore a black jacket with a white t-shirt underneath. Black pants with one leg rolled up to his knee, so, the orange material that covered the inner layer of his pants was visible. He also had a pair of AT's on that were black with some areas in grey, and hints of yellow here and there.

"My name is Itsuki Minami, but everyone just calls me Ikki. What's your name?" he asked while getting up and letting his eyes wander.

'Damn she's really hot. I wonder who she is? I've never seen her around here before. I wonder if she'll slap me if I grab her boobs.' he thought.

"Oh, sorry my name is Myzuki Takahashi," she answered.

'Damn, he is a cutie. I guess my old man was right. Just maybe we can be friends. Nah, I shouldn't even think about it. I don't know how long I'll even be here.' she contemplated.

"Well I got to go, it's getting late." Myzuki said.

With that she took off on her AT's as quickly as she could ride, leaving a stunned guy behind her. As soon as she thought she was out of range she slowed down.

Ikki hastily caught up to her. He paced behind her going undetected. When he noticed that she decelerated, he took out his cell phone and tried to scan her AT's, but got a blank read.

'She must have taken out her flash drive' he concluded. So he decided on an alternate plan to test her skills.

"You know your fast, but not that fast." Ikki said coming up next to her with a smirk on his face.

"Who said that was the fastest I could go? And why did you follow me? Are you a stalker," Myzuki asked rather annoyed.

"What! I'm not a stalker. I was just wondering how fast you can go, but I see that asking you is pointless. Maybe you just have really crappy stats and you don't want anyone to find out. That's why you took out your flash drive from your AT's. Am I right," he asked. This time he speed up past her and turned around so he can face her while waiting for a reply.

"That is actually none of your business," she answered fuming from the embarassement.

"How about we have a friendly race then? If I win you can join my team. We'll race to the railroad tracks. It's straight ahead so, you won't get lost. How about it babe?" he asked with a sly grin.

"What's in it for me if I win? You're assuming you can beat me," she retorted.

"No babe, I'm not assuming anything, if you win I'll leave you alone," he answered crossing his fingers behind his back.

"You're on, and before I forget; drop the babe," she replied with a grin mocking Ikki's.

They both slowed down to a stop, and got into position.

"On three," he said. She nodded while powering up her AT's.

"One-Two-Three!" he said and they took off down the street. Myzuki promptly pulled ahead of Ikki, washing him in the gust of air that followed in her wake.

'Damn she's quicker than I thought. If I'm going to get her to join my team, I'm going to have to let her win. I don't want to force her into it, but I'll let her sweat a little.' Ikki deliberated to himself.

He leaned forward putting more pressure on the front wheels of his AT's. The wheels squealed under him as there RPM's increased dramatically. Causing him to rapidly catch up to her, he gave her a cocky wink as he passed, and leaped over an on coming car.

"Get out of the street; damn punk kids." The elderly gentleman from the vehicle yelled while honking his horn as he kept driving.

'Shit, he is good, I'm going to have to step it up a notch,' Myzuki analyzed.

She angled herself in a more aerodynamic position to increase her speed, while giving her AT's a heightened boost, and zoomed past him, her nose almost touching the pavement as it rushed by in a blur beneath her.

"What the hell was that?" Ikki asked himself.

'I've only seen one other person pull off a move like that,' he thought.

Before he knew it Myzuki was at the railroad tracks waiting for him with a victorious grin spread across her face.

'If she ever found out that I let her win, she looks like the type that would kick my ass over it,' he considered.

He always thought Kazu was the fastest person on AT's but man this chick comes really close.

"Hey slowpoke its about time," She said while trying to surpress her laughter.

"Your good! You should really think about joining my team," he said.

"Well, since I won the bet, I guess this is were we depart. Your not all bad, but it is getting late and I really should go," she replied while turning around to leave.

"Does that mean you'll join my team," he asked.

She glanced back thoughfully and asked, "What's the name of your team?" He answered with a smile, "Kogarasumaru."

She gave him a wink and said, "I'll see you later babe."

She soared up into the night sky and was gone before Ikki could stop her. She was enjoying her late run on her AT's, feeling the wind hit her face and go through her long black hair. She leaped from house to house grinding on the gutters when she got a chance. Half way to her house, her cell phone rang again. She skidded to a halt on someone's rooftop, and took out her cell.

"I'm on my way," she answered.

"Do you plan on being out all night? You know you start school tomorrow?" Her dad replied.

"Oh yeah, sorry I forgot," she giggled "I'm halfway there see you in a few." she said and then hung up. 'From up here Tokyo doesn't seem so bad' She deliberated.