A/N: So this is the first story I've ever written, and as a result it will more than likely be a piece of crap.
If it is feel free to tell me. Flames are just as welcome as constructive criticism. Everyone has an opinion and they get to voice it whether I like what they have to say or not. BE WARNED, if you do like this story then I apologize in advance, there is a strong possibility that I might not update this story ever again just because I don't want to write. This is just an experiment to see if I find writing fan fiction enjoyable. Um yeah... that's it.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Shuffle! believe it or not. If I did Asa wouldn't have won at the end of the anime, and there would have been at least one fight scene.
Prologue: Arrival
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX(10 YEARS AGO, REALM OF THE GODS)XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
A large man wearing a white coat over a white dress shirt and dress pants slowly walks down a corridor with an unconscious boy no older than seven carried unceremoniously under his large arm. His pointed ears marked him as a member of the gods, but most would swear he was Satan himself had they looked into his cold red eyes for even a few seconds. He continues down the corridor until he comes to a white door. Opening the door swiftly he throws the small child into the room as though he were a piece of trash to be discarded. The devil then slams and locks the door while yelling, "If you don't show any improvement by the next exam we will be exterminating you."
Having woken up when he was thrown to the floor the boy took in the threat with a fearful expression. After hearing the devil's footsteps grow fainter the boy took in his surroundings. There was no furniture, no television, or even a window. Just a cramped white room. This had been his home for the past seven years.
"Why?", the boy asks just above a whisper.
"Why is this damn room the same color as him?", he questions no one.
"Why can I only see this room, isn't there more to this world then this damn room?", finally free to speak his mind the boy lets out all his frustrations.
"WHY CAN'T I LEAVE THIS DAMN PLACE? WHAT THE HELL DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS?" , he yells into the emptiness of his room. While screaming he neglected to notice the black energy gathering around him. The energy gathered and swelled until it filled the white room, and only then did the boy take notice of the dark energy that grew with his anger and hatred as its fuel. In his anger the boy realized what he had done.
"That bastard wants improvement, huh? Then I'll give it to him. I'LL BLOW THIS FUCKING BUILDING AWAY WITH MY IMPROVEMENT.", he screamed in an uncontrollable rage. He let the black energy explode outward without a second thought, and let it consume the white room and the building. All that surrounded the boy was darkness now, and when he finally let his rage go he passed out.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX(HUMAN WORLD, AMERICA)XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
An overcast, dark sky dotted with the light of a few stars here and there. That was the very first thing the boy saw when he opened his eyes. It was the first time he had awoken to anything other than the white of his former home. He slowly stood and when he had the time to look around he realized that while the room and building he intended to destroy were absent many towering buildings that reached toward the sky as they were trying to reach the stars.
"Where am I? Shouldn't I be in the middle of crater or something?", he questioned as though simply asking the question would reveal the answer to him.
He waited there unsure if he should venture forward or should rest there for the night. Whether it was fear of the unknown or the curiosity of a child that drove him, he decided it was to move to a more suitable location before falling asleep. He made his way down an alley before stopping at a puddle, fascinated by what it reflected. For the first time in his short life he was able to take in his own appearance. He wore the face of a normal boy, albeit slightly paler than most, and his green vibrant, yet sad eyes showed his hope and the pain of his life up until this moment. What stuck out the most, had you asked a god or devil that had seen the boy's display of power, were his rounded ears. The boy, although unknown to him at the time, was human. Glancing downward the boy the boy grimaced as he realized what he was wearing. A simple white t-shirt and white sweatpants covered his young frame. Anger welled up inside the young boy before it disappeared, and was replaced by wonder. On the right side of his neck was a small tattoo that read NERO.
"I feel like I've seen these before. Let's see... um I think the first one is an "N"", the boy guessed.
"I'm pretty sure the second one is an "E" and the third one is an "R", so that just leaves this last letter", the boy told himself.
"Hmm... I guess the last one is an "O".", the boy concluded.
"So "N", "E", "R" and "O"... Nero...? Is that my name?", the boy wondered aloud.
"Tch, to many questions and not a damn answer in sight, whatever, whether it was my name or not it is now", the boy declared to the empty alley.
"Now to find some clothes that don't remind me of that place. At least I blew it away", Nero told himself happily.
However, unbeknownst to the newly named Nero, he had not only destroyed the facility, but also opened the doors between the human's, devil's, and god's worlds. It was because of the actions of this small boy that the three races began to live together, but the boy couldn't know what he had done so he merely ventured forward wondering where he could obtain a new set of clothes as a light rain began to fall over the city.
"From now on I'll be as free as the rain drops that refuse to let anyone's will control when they fall", the boy said to himself as he made his way through the rain.
It would be some time before the boy realized what he had done.
A/N: Well that's all I got for this chapter. It's kinda dark, but it has to be for Nero's behavior to make sense later on... so, yeah. Um, if you want I guess review, but don't hold back at all. I hate it when people try to sugar coat something for me.
