Darkness returns to the world...

The warriors of light who saved us cannot help us this time...

What else can we do except turn towards a new light...?

And it Begins

"Late!!!" Matthew screamed as he ran out the house. He jumped on his bike and quickly rode off to school. It was clear that he slept in too late this morning, since his uniform shirt was untucked and his shoulder length blond hair wasn't combed at all. The other giveaway was that he was going well over fifty on his bike.

At the school gate, a boy with short brown hair and a red and blue gym bag was standing by himself. It looked like he was waiting for someone. He looked at his watch and groaned impatiently, "Ugh, where are you?" he said to himself. He then looked up at the school, "If you don't get here soon then we'll both be late."

Matthew was speeding down the shopping district. "Oh man, Rai is gonna kill me!" he said as he continued to ride his bike at high speed. He eventually saw the school in the distance, his friend pacing around the front gate. "Rai!!!" he shouted, catching his friends attention.

Rai looked in the direction the shout came from and saw Matthew on his bike, "Finally!" he said as he walked over to where Matthew parked his bike. As he walked he pulled out a comb for Matthew, showing how prepared he was for this situation. "You are so late!" he said as Matthew got off his bike.

"I know, I know! Do you have the comb?!" no sooner than after he asked that did Rai hand him a red comb, "Thanks man."

"Why the hell are you so late?!" Rai asked as they walked into the school, Matthew combing his hair the whole way.

"Well, Lauren and I-"

"I should have guessed that Lauren had something to do with it," Rai was shaking his head at that.

"Hey, I can't help it if I have a smokin' hot girlfriend and you don't," Matthew stopped in front of a window to check out his hair, "So I over slept, big deal."

"You won't be saying that once you find out who our homeroom teacher is," when Rai said that, Matthew looked horrified.

"Don't tell me... Mr. McKnight?!" Matthew asked, Rai nodded with a sad look on his face, "Shoot! Why didn't you tell me he was our homeroom teacher?!" he shouted running to the classroom.

"You never asked!" Rai said calling to Matthew. Then he realized something, "Do you even know what room it is?!"

"I'll find it!" Matthew called back from a distance.

Rai sighed, and then ran after him calling "2-E you idiot! 2-E!"

The students of 2-E were sitting in silence as a man with short black hair, green suit, white shirt, and red tie was writing on the blackboard. This was Mr. McKnight, a generally nice guy, unless he was teaching, then he became the biggest hard ass you ever saw. Matthew and Rai slowly walked into two empty seats. They thought he didn't see them, but...

"Alright class, if you would open your text books to page ten you'll see Matthew and Raimundo walking in late, on the first day," Mr. McKnight said without even turning his head to face them.

The whole class looked at them, Matthew and Rai just looked at each other confused. "How does he do that?" Matthew asked Rai, who just shook his head.

"That man has eyes in the back of his head," Rai replied as they both opened their text books.

After school, Matthew and Rai were walking out of the school together talking about their classes. Sadly, the only classes that they shared were homeroom and 5th period out of six total. Both of them were bummed out by that.

"Man, this year of high school is gonna suck!" Rai said hanging his head.

"Tell me about it! Out of six classes the only ones we even have together are homeroom and fifth period. One is history, and the other one is taught by a man so strict that the devil himself would cower in fear!" Matthew said also hanging his head, "Man, I just pray and hope that this day gets better."

"Matt!" a female voice called from behind them.

"Thank you God!" Matthew said looking up at the sky with a smile. Rai just rolled his eyes.

They both turned around and saw a girl with long brunette hair wearing the girls school uniform running up to them. This was Matthew's girlfriend, Lauren. When she ran up to them Matthew immediately embraced her. "I missed you," she said in a loving tone.

"I missed you too," Matthew said in an equally loving tone.

"Good god, you just saw each other in science!" Rai sounded annoyed. Maybe it was because he was just so macho, maybe it was because he was the captain of the basketball team, maybe it was because he didn't have a girlfriend, he didn't know. What he did know was that he hated anything that had to do with "love".

"You'll understand when you have a girlfriend," Matthew said, still holding Lauren.

"That'll be the day..." Rai groaned under his throat.

"Matt, is it okay if I walk home with you?" Lauren asked, even though she already knew the answer.

"You don't even have to ask," Matthew said in a loving tone, closing in for a kiss.

"And that's my cue to split," Rai said walking off.

"Aw, you're leaving?" Matthew asked Rai, both he and Lauren pretended to look sad.

"You know me, the moment you go into couple mode I don't know either one of you," Rai didn't even turn around as he spoke. The moment he left Matthew and Lauren kissed passionately. This lasted for at least two minutes.

After they got finished making out they began walking to Matthew's house. "Matt, I'm sorry I made you late," Lauren apologized.

"Why are you apologizing? It wasn't your fault."

"But if I hadn't kept you up all night talking then you wouldn't have over slept," she looked down in sadness.

Matthew stopped her and held her shoulders, "Do I look upset? Trust me, that isn't going to be the first time I piss off Mr. McKnight this year. Besides, I love you too much to be angry at you."

"Oh, Matt..."

They were about to kiss, but they were interrupted by...

"Matthew!" his mom...

"Hi mom..." he said trying to hide how aggravated he was.

"Mrs. Inaba, how are you today?" Lauren asked, surprisingly cheerful.

"I'm fine Lauren, how are you dear?" Matthew's mother asked. It was clear that both of them had forgotten that he was even there.

"Very well, thank you," Lauren bowed to Matthew's mother, then turned to Matthew, "I should probably get going."

Matthew had spaced out, but when she spoke he came back to reality, "Huh? Oh, right. Uh... see you tomorrow," he had an awkward smile that made Lauren giggle.

"See you tomorrow Matt," she kissed him on the cheek, and then walked off. Matthew just stared at her as she walked, unaware that his mother had walked up to him.

"She's a good girl. You better not break her heart!" his mother said to him.

"I wouldn't dare!" he defended. He then turned to walk inside, but stopped when he heard a strange voice in his head.

Yes... You're perfect...

"Huh...? What was...?"

"Sweetheart, are you okay?" his mother asked him, snapping him out of his daze.

"Oh, uh... Yeah..." he said shaking his head. He then walked into the house, confused about what happened.