Disclaimer - For the most part, this story is PG-13. However, because this series has violance in it, some scenes will be detailed. Language kept at a minimum (except on FF.net)
Story:
Fifteen year old’s Suzuka and Yuri used to lead normal lives, but when section six chases a convicted criminal to their town. The resulting battle cause’s an underground fuel containment facility to rupture, resulting in a massive explosion that destroys much of the city, killing eight five percent of its residents.
Amongst those killed were the twins mother and father and two younger siblings. With rage in their minds, they’ve set out to kill the two responsible for the brutal deaths of their family.
Prologue - That which started it all...
"Tihema! Read from page five," a teacher said as she looked up from her book and toward the person in question. "Uhh..." a young boy said as he looked at the girl next to him, "which of us do you want to read the page?" she asked sheepishly.
The teacher sighed. "Ok, Suzuka, read from page five," she said and began to walk up and down between the rows.
As Suzuka read, her twin brother, Yuri, followed along. He looked up from his book and out the window every so often, it was another perfect day, the sun was shining, the birds were out. In the distance he saw clouds but they were to far enough to be of any worry, plus he noticed they were headed east.
"Ok, that’s enough," the teacher said suddenly when she noticed that Yuri wasn't paying attention. "Yuri! Continue for her please," she said. Yuri turned and looked at her, then down at his book, he tried to find the part that his sister had stopped on but after a minute, the teacher sighed. "Outside Yuri," she said.
With a heavy sigh he got up from his desk and went outside. Leaning up against the wall, his hands clasped behind his back. "Its been a little over four months since we started the seventh grade... and already I'm in trouble," he said and sighed again, "mother's going to scold me for sure."
There he stayed until the bell rang for lunch; as his fellow classmates exited the classroom, the teacher called him in and scolded him, giving him detention after school. "You seem to have a problem paying attention," she had told him as she looked out the window, "you're sixth grade teacher said the same thing, but that you weren't so much of a hassle," she turned toward him and slammed the ruler on the desk, causing him to flinch.
"Go, eat lunch, we'll talk again after," she said. Yuri nodded and left the classroom, in the hallway he meet up with his twin sister and a few of their friends. "Why don't we eat on the roof?" Suzuka suggested, Yuri nodded.
On the roof, they found it was rather empty, "huh, usually there are students up here," Yuri said, curious as to where everyone was. "Who cares? We have the roof all to ourselves!" a friend of his said as he ran over to the fence and sat down, opening his lunch box.
Yuri shrugged. "I guess you're right," he said and walked over to where his sister was sitting and sat next to her, he opened his own lunch box, which she had been carrying.
As they ate they heard something in the distance, at first it wasn't that audible, but as it grew closer it got Yuri's attention. He stood up and looked around, before seeing three figures in the distance. "Hey, what's that?" he asked, although more so to himself than anyone around him.
"Look's like a few mages from the TSAB," Suzuka said. Yuri was about to agree before he saw the lead mage fire toward the two behind them.
"Wow cool!" someone said, he assumed it was his sister since it was a female voice. He continued to watch before the three began heading toward the city. It was then that they stopped high above them; he was beginning to get worried when he saw one of the two mages in front of him powering something on their staff.
"Ummm.. wait..." Suzuka said, taking a few steps back. She watched as a ball of light on the staff began to enlarge, although slowly. "Don't they realize how dangerous it is to fight here?!" Yuri suddenly shouted.
His friends went from being excited to terrified, heading toward for the exit. Yuri and Suzuka were about to do the same before a bright flash of light got their attention, they watched as the beam struck the road several miles from them. They held their breath, knowing exactly what was about to happen next.
The ground heaved, and erupted, fire spewed out from cracks that had begun to form. Suddenly, and expectedly, several large tanks to the north of the school exploded with enough force to send Suzuka and Yuri off their feet and into the fence. Windows shattered, cracks formed on the roof.
Another explosion, this was more powerful, blew the fence's support beams right out of the roof, sending most of it crashing to the ground. The fence that Yuri and Suzuka were up against was still up; Suzuka shook her head and got up. Yuri, unaware that the fence was already weakened, used it to get up.
The beam keeping that part of the fence up suddenly snapped, sending Yuri over the edge, he plummeted some feet before the fence stopped. He had been gripping the fence when the descent had stopped; he heard a pop in his left arm.
"AAaaaaahhhhh!" he screamed in pain as he hangs there. "Yuri!" he heard Suzuka shouted as she looked over the edge. Using his right hand and both of his legs, he managed to climb up the fence, but pain continued to go through his left arm. His sister grabbed his hand and pulled him back up to the roof.
Yuri panted, out of breath. "T-thanks..." he said, but he couldn't reflex as another tremor suddenly went through the area.
Suddenly a far enough siren sounded, a man over the loud speaker alerted the citizens to evacuate to underground shelters. Yuri spat blood on the ground, knowing that was futile. His sister helped him up and they both left the roof via the exit, while running down the stairs they noticed that the shaft was crumbling.
When they got the bottom step it had started to crumble, but they managed to get out before it collapsed. They heard some screams, and saw several students get caught in the collapse. Suzuka looked away, terrified at the sight before her; Yuri hugged her tightly with his right arm before taking her outside.
Fire was all around them, buildings, trees, gas lines and fuel lines leading to the star port had all ruptured. "Suzuka, lets get to our little brother and sisters school, they must be terrified," Yuri suggested. Suzuka nodded and they both headed to the grade school, they didn't get very far though before being stopped by the local disaster relief forces.
"You can't go any further," the man said, holding up both his arms to block their path. "W-why?" Yuri asked. The man looked away from them and at the ground, ".... the school back there is a mess..." he said.
Yuri's eyes widened. "W-what happened?" he said before pushing the man aside, his sister followed behind him. "w-wait!" the man shouted, giving chase.
He rounded the corner, and came upon the sight of the destroyed school. There was nothing left but a pile of smoking rumble, Yuri watched, terror in his eyes; he saw blood in various areas of the debris. He slumped to the ground, unsure what to say now.
"Y-Yuri?!" He heard a familiar voice; it was his little brother and sisters teacher. She rushed over to him and knelt down, placing her hand on his shoulder. "Why are you here?" she asked him.
"We were worried," Suzuka said after catching up and hearing her question. "I... see..." the teacher said and looked away, "I... I'm sorry... but...." she said and helped Yuri to his feet.
She brought the twins over to a makeshift tent. The inside was a bustle of activity, many students being treated for wounds, blood everywhere; she even saw that some of the beds had blankets over them. Suzuka realized that those children had died in the catastrophe.
The teacher brought them over a bed, on it was a young girl, her face was wrapped up, with only one eye that was not covered. "S-Suzuka..." the little girl said, tears forming in her eyes. "I-it hurts!" she said, complaining of the pain that pulsed through her body in various places.
Suzuka knelt down, trying hard not to cry, she placed her hand on the girls face, which only made the girl cry more. "Y-you'll be fine," Suzuka lied. She knew that her little sister, despite being as strong as she was, wouldn't survive, she could see the damage to the girl’s body even through the wraps.
Her eyes closed. "I'm getting sleepy..." she said as she closed her eyes. "R-Rena?" Yuri suddenly said as sat on the other side of her. He placed his hand on her. "Rena!" he said again, but she wouldn't respond. He then picked her up and hugged her, crying in the process, "RENA!" he sobbed.
Suzuka looked away and at the teacher. "Our little brother?"
"I-I'm sorry... he was inside when the school collapsed..." she said and looked back at the building.
Yuri picked up his little sister and went outside, slumping to ground, hugging her tightly. He heard something and looked up at the sky, watching the two TSAB mage's fly off. "Bastards..." he said through gritted teeth. Anger rose into his voice, "You'll pay for taking their lives in your useless battle..." he said, looking down as his dead little sister, and hugged her.
