Re: Air Gear: Chain

Rickettz · by Rickettz on Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:34 am

The white Uwagi and extremely loose trousers flung around in the decent breeze and Shiro's hazel eyes took in every detail. "I'm starting to really hate those police. All I wanted was a nice battle, a decent fight, Dojiru shimatta! But no matter, there is always some eager Trekkers after a run around... just have to find a knot of them...oh." Shiro notices the failing lights down a paticular section of city, heading away from the coming sirens and moves off to follow, keeping to roofs as much as possible. "One can only hope..."

His jacket flowing behind him, his Hakama tight against the front of his legs, he moves at an astonishing speed, easily clearing most street wide gaps. He never liked wall-riding, or grinding, or anything for that matter. The thrill of the fight and the feeling of weightlessness after a good jump was all that mattered. Everything else was just obstacles to be jumped over or ran around, nothing more. Maybe he could have had a team, hell, he could be higher ranked than most people out these days but Shiro "Cage" Ikoma didn't care for all the 'classes' and rules set for team matches. He just wanted to fly and if people wanted a brawl, to fight them and come out on top. His reverie was broken as he crossed a roof and stops his gears."Scatter!!" Comes the call from below and Shiro just crouches to see where the meanest-looking riders screech off too. "Well, well. Ripe for the taking, methinks."

**Kia** · by **Kia** on Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:13 am

As the Riders that had been following head off, Akiko waits just a few extra seconds in order to keep distance between them, and then heads out herself, sticking to the shadows as she races down the streets.

What a boring night. One of the main reasons she'd come out was to see Fox battle, he cut it way to short for her liking. And just a few minutes after that, they were raided. And she's not even being chased.

"Boring..." She thinks as she lets out a disappointed sigh after checking over her shoulder.

She then speeds off, making her way home. It was probably for the best that tonight had been so uneventful anyways... she has a long day ahead of her tomorrow...

Jeimuzu · by Jeimuzu on Fri Jan 22, 2010 2:57 am

Okusa raced and glided through the air. He could feel the thermals from the many car fumes in the city tonight. Though he hated pollution, he did like how it helped the development of his Wind Type ATs he was using for tonight. The newbie he realised was almost catching up to him, although the newbie looked at Okusa slightly amazed because of the heights he was reaching. They finally got to a water tower, quite a few stories up. Okusa asked the newbie, "So...how did this treck feel to you?"

**Chojin** · by **Chojin** on Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:57 pm

Keitaro sat leaning against the water tower. The sounds of the sirens were more distant. For the time being, they were safe. Unless the police decided to continue searching the city after the raid, they would remain safe.
"So... how did this treck feel to you?" The Cog asked.
"It felt... right." Keitaro replied after a few moments.
"Right? That's good, then. There'll be many more, in time."
"That's what I'm hoping."
They both fell into silence as they looked out over the city. Keitaro faintly heard shouts, evidence that the riders were still scattering.

Jeimuzu · by Jeimuzu on Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:45 pm

Okusa then began to ride off, but left while saying, "I'll see you again tomorrow, I will have a look at your ATs and see what we can do. Til thn, get home safe, newbie. We have a busy day tomorrow."
He rode off into the sky...and disappeared into the night...

**Kia** · by **Kia** on Tue Feb 09, 2010 4:02 pm

It's a bright and sunny morning, and today is the first day of a new term at school for students of Tsubasa, one of the three most popular schools in the area. And possibly the only school that changes it's uniform's base colour according to the time of year. During the Spring and Summer, the uniforms are white with coloured trim, jacket, trousers/skirt, tie/ribbon (deep blue for the boys, and deep pink for the girls). And during the Autum and Winter, the uniforms are black with the same blue/pink coloured trim, jacket, trousers/skirt, tie/ribbon. The jackets are always optional, as are the choices between short and long sleeves tops. And, aside from the uniform colour change, Tsubasa is probably the only school that changes it's logo depending on season too. The logo of wings is stitched in colour (blue/pink). The white uniform set has soft, gentle, angel like wings. Whilst the black uniform set has hard, agressive, demon like wings.

One of the students preparing for their new term, is Akiko. And, in much of a contrast to her personality the night before, this morning she's wearing a cheerful smile and dancing to her music as she readys herself in her short sleeved summer uniform. She matches her socks for her uniform's base colour too, and, though they're long, wears them folded down so her legs stay cool in the hot weather. She also matches her school bags to her uniform, drapping the strap of her white bag over her left shoulder, so that it lay diagnally and the bag itself rests around her right hip area. The bag even has pink stitching, and the design of pink wings, matching the school's current logo, stitched onto the front flap. Even her shoes match, as she puts her white trainers into her bag, and slips into some white ATs with pink stitching and wheels.

Once she's ready, she puts on her heads phones, and leaves for school.

Akiko had lived alone in her appartment for a while now. Her older sister used to live with her, taking care of her since they had no parents around. Even after she passed away in an accident, it still seemed as though Akiko's sister was looking after her; leaving her the apartment and money she had at the time. But her sister's death had never sat right with Akiko. She wasn't sure if it was that it still didn't seem real, or if it was that something just didn't add up. In any case, there has always been a cloud of uncertainy surrounding her death. But it's something Akiko doesn't usually like to think about, much less talk about.

Besides, today was going to be difficult enough. Akiko always had a habbit of waking up late, and thus arriving to school late, usually due to her activities the night before, which also frequently resulted in her falling asleep in class. And even when she was awake, she was usually day dreaming anyways. Lastnight had been an earlier night for her than usual, what with the lack of events, so maybe she'd be ontime for once.

Rickettz · by Rickettz on Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:30 am

"I better not jog today... it hurt just getting up..." Ryoshiro sighed, "That big guy could hit pretty hard, heh, but without the momentum of his AT's, he was nothing..." The long sleeved jacket of Tsubasa High barely hung over his shoulders as he trod lightly. The bandages around his ribs helped a little, but very little could help damage from a fist the size of a normal mans HEAD. Injury was all part of the game, for all the fun times, you had to get hurt, at least thats the way Ryoshiro looked at it.

"HEY, CAGE!" came a shout from across the street and only then did Ryoshiro notice his "friends" coming his way. It's not that he wasn't interested in what they were, computer games and women where his favourite passtimes, but everything came second to Air Trek, a subject his companions knew little about. "Mitch, Akira." Shiro stated off-handedly as they crossed and started to walk beside him.
"Cage, man, you really should of come out last night. Pre-term party..." Mitch started. Akira just nodded and moaned underneath Mitch's continuing tirade. Shiro stopped for a second and looked Akira straight in the eyes and grinned. "Happen to miss your AA meeting, Akira?" Akira's name happened to be Akira Akimoto, shortened to AA, which tied in perfectly to how much the young man thought he could drink. "Lay off... had to show one of them Himazawa boys how to do it properly... plus the chicks digged it..." Ryoshiro chuckled and moved on, wanting to get in at a reasonable time on the first day of the new term.... for once.

**Chojin** · by **Chojin** on Thu Feb 11, 2010 2:01 am

Keitaro was laying on his bed, not really thinking about the day ahead, but rather the night behind him. He had no idea what it would mean for him. He actually thought that might've been a dream and that he had really gone to bed rather than went out for a run on his ATs. Groggily, he got himself up. He made his way to breakfast.

Keitaro stood in the doorway and looked at the breakfast table. He stood thinking for a few moments, there was nothing really there that he fancied.
"You look rough." Said his sister.
"Whatever." He replied.
"You not eating?" Asked his mother half-heatedly as her attention was divided.
"Don't feel like it." Keitaro replied as he mentally drew patterns on the floor.
"Well, then hadn't you better get ready for school? You don't want to be late your first day. Keitaro hadn't even been thinking about school. The holidays had seemed to have rushed by. Keitaro looked at the clock. The bus had already gone, so he was already late. He turned back towards his room.
"I'll grab some food at school." Keitaro said in a rather unenthused tone as he walked away.

Back in his room, Keitaro found his bag, and packed all the necessities he could think of. He even put his shoes in there. He pulled on his uniform and located his ATs. He stared at them for a few moments; thinking, again, about what happened. He shook himself out of it and put them on. He made his way out of his house without saying another word to the rest of his family. He hoped he wasn't going to be too late.

**Kia** · by **Kia** on Fri Feb 12, 2010 7:31 pm

Riding through the streets on her wasy to school, Akiko takes every opportunity to play around... griding on rails, zig-zagging and spinning, jumping over random obsticles... her attitude in the day always seemed more playful and less aggressive than it did during the night.

And, though there were a few who knew who she was, it was something that helped keep her Storm Rider identity secret from most people. She'd never been that bothered about people finding out... just that it was a hassle and she couldn't be bothered with ass-kissers or pointless challanges.

**Chojin** · by **Chojin** on Fri Feb 12, 2010 10:14 pm

Now outside, Keitaro headed in the general direction of the school. He wasn't entirely sure exactly where it was, but he roughly where he was going. If need be, he could always ask someone for direction, or hope he caught a glimpse of others in the same uniform. Funnily enough, his route to the school took him on roughly the same route he had taken the previous night. As he rode past the now darkened street lights, he looked at them. Flashes of last night ran through his mind. Ahead of him, he could see the fence between the two houses. He was tempted to grind on it the way he had the night before, but that would take him away from where he needed to go. Instead, he took a sharp turn right down a relatively empty side road.

**Kia** · by **Kia** on Fri Feb 12, 2010 10:34 pm

Akiko, lost in her own little world, with her music blasting through her headphones, isn't really paying much attention to anything around her. And it's only a matter of time before she gets herself into trouble...

Still in her own world, it takes her brain a little while to process the time as she glances at the clock tower when she passes...

"Shit!!" She says as she realizes she's not as on-time as she thought she was, and quickly speeds up.

But the ATs she uses for school aren't as up-to-scratch or advanced as her usual ATs, so the perfomance can be limited and it takes alot more effort to get what she can out of them.

As she hastily screeches round a corner, she comes swiftly into contact with something, throwing her off balance as she ends-up falling on her backside in the street.

**Chojin** · by **Chojin** on Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:22 pm

Keitaro sped his way down the side road. He quickly glanced around him to see if anyone else was around. Seeing no one, he decided to have a little fun with his school run. He mounted a wall and ran along it's length. The edge quickly approached. He continued to the end of the wall and dropped down into the middle of the road. Unfortunately, he was not the only person passing through that particular point. A small mass of white crashed right into him, sending him sprawling to the floor.

After just laying in the otherwise empty street for a few moments to catch his breath, Keitaro picked himself up and dusted himself off. He looked to see what had hit him to see a girl wearing the white uniform of Tsubasa.
"Are you ok?" he asked as he offered a helping hand.
"Just got the wind knocked out of me, I'll be fine." She replied as she took his hand.
"A little late for school, aren't we?" Keitaro joked.
"So are you." She said.
"Yeah, well I'm not exactly sure where Tsubasa is." Keitaro laughed.

**Kia** · by **Kia** on Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:35 pm

"Oh, you're new this year?" Akiko asks, giving him a smile. "I can show you the way." As she considers swapping her ATs for her trainers, she realizes she doesn't have to when she notices Keitaro's ATs. "Air Treks, huh? Me too."

"Yeah, but I'm still kinda new to it." Keitaro replies, a little embarrassed.

"Hey, don't worry, you'll pick it up. We all gotta start somewhere, right?" Akiko winks. "Oh, do you mind if we take a little detour?"

"Aren't we late already?" Keitaro reminds her.

"Yeah, but if we're gonna be late anyway then what's a few more minutes?" She giggles, planning on making a little stop at a small shop to pick up some lollys and soda.