**Well, it took me less time than I thought! It's amazing how fast one can write while working at the same time.
Here's chapter 2. Enjoy!!**
“She’s even more beautiful up close,” Kyo thought to himself, as he sat, awestruck, in front of the mysterious, crimson clad young lady. As he stood back up, the Devas quickly surrounded Kyo, Kazu and their new ally. Kazu, having regained his footing, looked at the girl and said, “I sure hope you know what you’re getting yourself in to.” To which, she quickly replied, “Trust me. If I couldn’t handle it, I’d have left you here to fend for yourselves.” And with that, the battle began.
One of the Devas tried to take a swing at Kazu, who dodged and countered with a left hook, which knocked the thug out cold. Kyo had a greater problem: He had two Devas to deal with. In a normal one-on-one fight, he had no worries about holding his own, but taking two people on at once would prove to be a challenge. One Deva tried to distract him with a flurry of kicks--forcing Kyo to block and dodge--while the other tried to work his way behind him for a surprise attack. Out the corner of his eye, Kyo spotted a two-by-four. The only problem was he had no idea how he would get to it in time to defend himself from a double attack.
While Kyo was pondering how do deal with his assailants, “mystery girl” was dealing with two thugs as well. She quickly rode up a wall, back-flipped over one of the Devas and kicked him square in the crotch; a blow that would even send the largest man down to the ground. Before she could even react, the other thug grabbed her from behind; putting her in a sleeper-hold. “You bitch!! Just who in the hell do you think you are?!” The angry man said, as he shook her by the neck. “I’ll show you! You’ll see!!” Kazu, having no other opponent to face, took initiative and struck the man in the head with a brick. Instantly, his hold was released and he collapsed.
Kyo, still dealing with his double attack, finally worked up the nerve to dive for the two-by-four, picked it up and smashed his kicking opponent in the knee. “Yaaarrgh!!” the thug screamed in pain, as he fell holding his knee. Now, he only had one more person to deal with. But, before he could stand up, the mysterious, crimson angel quickly approached the remaining Deva and kicked him in to a pile of old and broken electronic equipment. The three victors stood idle for a few seconds after the fight, just staring at one another. Kazu took it upon himself to break the silence, “Well, that was fun, wasn’t it?” He broke out in to nervous laughter. The woman in red walked toward one of the downed foes and bent over him.
Kyo couldn’t help but stare at her backside. “Sure is a low cut skirt, huh, Kyo?” Kazu whispered to him, “If I had the chance—“ That’s when she turned around. Kazu quickly hushed up as she walked toward Kyo with a pair of one of the Deva’s AT’s. “Here take these,” she said as she handed them to Kyo, “I have a feeling I’ll be seeing you again sometime soon. Think of me when you use those. Catch ya later, cutie!” And with that said, she sped off on her AT’s, disappearing in the dust cloud behind her. “I didn’t even get her name…” Said Kyo, as he stared deeply at his new AT’s. Kazu, being the perpetual clown, slapped Kyo on the back, “Well, it looks I was right! You’ll be getting’ laid after all! Ha, Ha, Ha!” But Kyo knew that couldn’t be it. There had to be some reason she gave him that pair of AT’s besides, ‘you’re cute.’
A few hours later, after Kyo checked himself for any injuries and finished his homework, he decided to strap on the free AT’s given to him by the mystery girl. He hadn’t been much of a rider—in fact, he only seen AT’s being rode on via television or out of his classroom window—but he figured he’d try them anyway. He knew the basics, from what he learned off of television, so moving and braking weren’t that big of an issue. He sped toward the street and began his test cruise. Halfway down the block from his house, he spotted a make-shift ramp, made by the neighbor kids for their bike jumps. He used it to get enough air to place him on a rooftop. Using the roof’s peak as a ramp, he gained even more air and soared over the neighborhood. As he was—what felt like—floating in mid-air, he felt a rush that he never felt before and he liked it.
“Is this what I’ve been missing all this time?” He thought to himself, “Yeah! It has to be! I’m filling the void that I’ve felt inside of me all these years. For the first time of my life, I feel… ALIVE!!”