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Note: The plot goes slowly in the beginning, but will soon be going by faster than ever. Hope you enjoy! :D
Chapter 1
Becoming a Guardian
Smack! I grunted and crashed right into some stools.
"Yeah, come on! Fight! Fight!" The crowd who circled me and some other guy were chanting excitedly. Well, if they want to see a fight, then I'll show em.
I got up from the stools and swiftly smacked my fist into the other guy's jaw, sending him sprawling onto the floor. And with a roar, everyone started laughing and patting me on the back.
"Nice Will, nice! You sure showed that guy!" A deep voiced, broad shouldered Beast named Pop brought his arms around my shoulder and got me to a seat.
He was like 6'1, and towered over all my other friends. He had a burly body with huge arms and legs. He also had a black mohawk and his blue eyes made him look...serious yet friendly. He wore on a black sleeveless muscle shirt and green army pants. His black boots were really huge.
Yeah, I'm in a rogue group. We usually go out into the cities to do some...operations.
And hey, I'm Will. I'm a 17 year old Beast who's been living with my group, The Raiders, for...well, 17 years. I had long, snow white hair that went down to my eyebrows and I had a light tan complexion. My eyes were violet colored and were slightly shaped like almonds. I wore on a blue shirt under a black vest and long, black pants that's trimmed with blue. I also wore on black sneakers.
And we usually hang out in many of the bars in Moatoob. But we usually hang out at this place called the Spiced Pub. It's somewhat a bar and a restaraunt.
There's a counter with many stools seated nearby with a bartender named Pubby. And there's also many cubicles, tables and chairs around the place. Framed pictures and a hologram T.V was hanging from the walls. And the bartender, Pubby, takes a real liking to our group. We usually help him out in tough situations, and we know that he'd do the same.
When the excitement of the fight settled down, me, Pop, and 2 of my other Beast friends, Jorten and Leesha sat down in one of the tables.
Jorten was an 18 year old Beast with a black afro and dark tan skin. He had dark brown eyes which looked as if he was bored. He wore on a brown T-shirt and blue shorts that went over his knees. He also wore blue sneakers.
Now the girl, Leesha, was also 18 years old and had blond hair that went down to her shoulders and had a dark tan complexion. Her eyes were bright yellow and they looked really...happy like. She wore on a yellow shirt under a blue hoodie and blue skirt that went alittle over her knees. She also wore wooden sandals.
Yes, I know, describing all these people may seem boring to you, but they played a really deep part in my life. So please, bear with me.
Jorten laughed loudly while holding his stomach. "Hahahaha! Oh man, you sure put a beating on that guy! You know, those lousy guys shouldn't really call themselves the Princes of Moatoob. Those guys should just give up!"
Pop chuckled and gave me a pat on the head. "Well, now they'll know not to mess with Will over here!" I smirked a little and I pounded fists with Pop.
"Heh, Dherek was asking for it," I said as I gave my order to Pubby for a PomeSoda.
Leesha turned towards me with a smile and said in a soft voice, "You know, they may try to jump us with their entire gang."
I just shook my and sneered. "Yeah right, if they tried that, they'll have to mess with Pop over here!" I glanced at Pop and saw him smiling.
Oh yeah, forgot to tell yah, Dherek and his Princes of Moatoob gang are our rivals. They usually try to invade our territory, and are ALWAYS trying to take this hang out from us. But always, we whip their butts. But...later on that day...it was probably the worst day of my life. But keeping on, let's just get on the present shall we?
Jorten stood up, pounded fists with me, and left. Leesha and Pop looked on in wonder.
"Hm, where's Jorten goin?" asked Pop, as he got his drink and slurped up his PomeSoda. Wait...PomeSoda?
I punched Pop lightly on the arm. "Hey! That's my drink!" Pop smiled and placed the PomeSoda right in front of me.
"Whoops, sorry. Didn't know that you liked Pome." I just laughed it off. But seriously, don't ever piss off Pop. If I punched him a little harder, he would've smacked me right in the face.
"Well anyways, Jorten is goin to the Guardians Branch Office across from here. I've heard that he's finally a Guardian," I explained as I started drinking the fizzy soda.
Leesha scoffed. "He's a Guardian? Who wants to be a Guardian? I mean, you have to listen to rules and all that..." I just shrugged and continued drinking.
Pop just nodded solemnly and got up from the table. "Well kids, I'm goin off to the Tenora Works. Looks like my boss wants me to fix up some weapons for shipment. See yah later." Me and Leesha nodded and waved at Pop as he left.
Now it was only me and Leesha left on the table. Yeah, there's more people in our Raider's gang, but they're pretty busy, or so I've heard.
Leesha dug something from her breast pocket and placed it in front of my drink. "Here Will, take this. It may be useful to you."
I just looked at the thing curiously and held it up to the lamp light to see more clearly. It was a weird glowing square patch with many lines that curved creating a heart. I furrowed my eyebrows and looked back at Leesha.
"The hell is this?"
Leesha smiled and took the glowing patch from me. "This here is a nanotransformer. All yah gotta do is stick it on a part of your clothing, and wa-la! It'll be stuck on it for life!" She stuck the patch onto my chest and the patch suddenly made a 'caching' sound.
"Oh yeah, and I've heard that you can put an unlimited amount of stuff inside it and take it out again just like that!" added Leesha. I just nodded and finished my drink.
I got up and placed my hand on Leesha's shoulder. "Well, I'm gonna go now. See yah?" Leesha nodded and I left.
Coming out of the pub, the sky was already getting dark. There weren't that many people walking around the central area. The stores were starting to close. And I was all alone again.
Maybe I should head over to Tenora's Works and check on Pop? Yeah, Pop was like a father figure to me. He's like the best person you can ever have as a father figure.
Walking up a hilly slope I passed by the PPT SpacePort. I haven't gone outside of Moatoob, but I'm sure it wouldn't be as good a place as Moatoob. Even though there's many reports of murders and thefts in Moatoob, its still a cool place to hang.
I was almost at the Tenora Works shop when none other than Dherek appeared there. Wow, he moves fast.
Yeah, Dherek is 19 years old with blond, spiky hair and a light tan complexion. His eyes were red and he had a scar that can be seen on his right cheek. He wore on a red sleeved shirt and red shorts with black trims that went over his knees. He also wore on red sneakers. And he had 5 other Beast goons with him.
Dherek smirked and took out a green twin saber. All his other goons took out green sabers. Oh dang, are you serious? They're already jumping me? I just wished I had someone with me.
"Hey Will, what's up? What are you doing all alone at night?" asked Dherek as he started to slowly approach me, both sabers held in front of him. I started backing away, but was soon surrounded by his other goons.
"Whoa whoa, Will. You're not goin anywhere. I mean, I wanted to tell you something."
I looked around for a way to escape, but it looks like I'm surrounded. "And what do you want to tell me? Your rant on how I kicked your ass?"
Dherek coughed a little and looked at me with slit eyes. "No. I just want to tell you...that you're life is about to end now."
Right after he said that, he sprang towards me. I yelped and sidestepped to the right, but one of his goons kicked me in the waist, sending me sprawling onto the floor. Dherek missed me but he quickly swung his left saber and just barely missed my stomach.
I pointed at Dherek. "Yo, this ain't fair! I don't have a weapon to use!"
Dherek sneered and started slowly walking around me. "Well, that's your problem. You've been a spike on our side for several years. Well now, its time that we got rid of you."
I sighed and shook my head. "You know you could've gotten rid of me a long time ago? What's with the wait?"
Dherek paused a step and snarled. "We were biding our time to build up our gang. And now look it here. This ain't even half of my gang! Now die!"
Dherek stepped towards me with both his sabers right above my head. I raised both my arms to shield myself from this predictable fate of mine, but then suddenly I heard a 'zlap' sound. When I opened my eyes, I saw myself wielding dual, green daggers.
Dherek's eyes went wide. "The hell? I thought you said you had no weapons on you!" yelled Dherek as he started pushing into me. I sneered and pushed upwards, toppling Dherek onto the ground. I then raised both my daggers in front of me and I looked around, wondering if anyone was gonna surprise attack me.
Well, now that I have a weapon, I think I have the upper hand here. Well, being surrounded by more than 4 people...that's gonna be the tough part.
Dherek got up and with a huff yelled out, "What are you guys waiting for? Kill him!" The 5 goons yelled and sprang towards me. I raised my right dagger and blocked one guy and stepped right beside him. I then slashed my left dagger through his neck, making his head fall off. I then swirled around and did a roundhouse kick to another approaching goon, kicking his nose and sending him sprawling backwards.
I felt one of the goons grabbing me around my neck and another one ramming into my stomach. I coughed up some spit and then got suddenly pinned onto the wall. 3 goons pinned me while Dherek walked right in front of me.
"Hehe, well, you got rid of 2 of my men. But it looks like you don't have what it takes to take em ALL." Dherek spit at my face and right before he could smile, I swiftly kicked my leg upwards...nailing him in the balls. With a squeak Dherek fell to the ground grabbing his balls at the same time.
"Boss, you okay?"
The goon who rammed me in the stomach raised his saber. "You're going down kid!" Now this is the perfect time to react.
I raised both my legs and grabbed the guy's saber arm, and brought it towards my face. But in a split second I bent my neck to the side and aimed the saber's blade towards the goon's face behind me. The goon behind me screamed in pain, and he suddenly let go of my neck. I then swiftly jabbed my left dagger at the goon's saber arm and slashed my right dagger across his chest, making him fall backwards. The 3rd goon ran away with Dherek on his back.
Whew. I breathed a sigh of relief and looked at my dual daggers. The design of the daggers were simple. The handle was as big as a bat handle with a green blade that curved back.
Where did they even come from? When I looked at the nanotransformer thingy on my chest, that's when I heard an echo in my head.
Oh yeah, and I've heard that you can put an unlimited amount of stuff inside it and take it out again just like that!
Oooh yeaah, what Leesha said. I guess these daggers were stored in this nanotransformer, and when I felt like I needed protection, wham! It appeared in my hands!
I touched the patch on my chest with the tip of the dagger blade and soon saw myself holding nothing. I guess, both daggers were sucked into the nanotransformer? Meh...
I walked into the Tenora Works shop and saw TONS of shoppers here. There were many counters, all selling different weapons and equipment. There were sabers, guns, wands, and even those weird line thingies. What were they called? Oh yeah, line shields. Huh, maybe I should buy one.
Walking inside, a lady behind the counter bowed and said a cheery, "Welcome to Tenora Works!" I nodded and walked around the place. It seems like there are many Cast, Human and Beast Guardians. Humans and Casts? Pfff...why are they here?
My mood suddenly got better when I heard a familiar voice.
"Will, my boy! What's up?!" I looked over at the weapons counter and saw Pop wiping some kind of glowing handkerchief on a shotgun. His boss was no where to be seen.
I walked over to the counter and placed both my elbows on it. "Hey, what's up Pop? How's the job?"
Pop smiled heartily and raised up a red shotgun. The shotgun had a huge barrel and handle. The muzzle of the shotgun was bright red and glowed brightly.
"Hehe, the boss told me I could have this shotgun for free. I guess he wanted me to have it for my good business skills," Pop excitedly said, as he wiped the barrel of the shotgun.
I just smiled and pointed at my chest. "Hey Pop, do you have a nanotransformer?"
Pop, without looking away from his shotgun, nodded. "Yes I do, Will. Everyone has one. Well, everyone SHOULD have one." Pop raised his head to look at my nanotransformer. "Why'd you ask?"
I shrugged. "Meh, just wanted to ask." I looked around and went closer to the counter. "Hey Pop, I just got jumped by Dherek in front of Tenoras Works shop," I said in a hushed tone.
Pop's eyes suddenly turned into slits. "You okay man? No injuries?"
I shook my head in reply. "Nope, none. I actually fended him and his 5 other goons pretty well."
Pops eyes suddenly got wide and got up quickly. "He jumped you with 5 people?! Damn Will, why didn't you call for back up!?" Before I could explain, Pop got out of the counter, grabbed my shirt and started to drag me out of the store. "Seriously Will, sometimes I don't get you. Come on, we're gettin Leesha and Jorten and the others."
Oh no...he can't be thinking of starting a...
Back at Spiced Pub
Me, Pop, Jorten, Leesha and 2 others were sitting on a table drinking our sodas and eating some Koltova beef. Pop coughed and started the meeting. Oh great...
"Guys, did you know that Will just got jumped?"
Jorten slammed his fist onto the table. "Are you serious?! Yo Will, come on, let's go to them and whip their asses!"
Leesha placed her hand on Jorten's shoulders and shook her head. "I don't think that's a good idea. They have a huge amount of gang members on their side. We would be outnumbered."
Jorten shook her hand off his shoulder and pointed his finger at me. "But didn't you just hear from Will? He took on 4 out of 6 of Dherek's guys! That's pretty buff ya know?"
One of the 2 guys named Feelite was sitting on a stool next to the table.
He had green mushroom hair cut with dark tan skin. He had green eyes which was always blocked by his sunglasses. He wore on a green sleeveless shirt under his green hoodie and long green pants. He also wore on green sneakers. He's also a constant smoker so...yeah, he has a cigarette tucked between his teeth.
"Well, I think we should fight back against Dherek. He's been a nuisance to us since he was born," muttered Feelite as he puffed another ring of smoke. Leesha, who was sitting close to Feelite, waved off the smoke.
"Feelite, please don't smoke here, or go outside and smoke."
Feelite shrugged and threw his cigarette to the garbage.
The last of the 2 guys is named Telros. He was sitting also sitting on a stool on the other end of the table.
He had long black hair that went down to his waist and dark tan skin. His eyes were dark brown and he wore an eyepatch on his right eye. He wore on a white T-shirt under a brown vest and white long pants that had yellow trimmings. He also wore black and white shoes.
"I'm with Feelite. I wanna shoot Dherek's eyes out," said Telros as he softly touched his eyepatch. Yeah, a goon of Dherek's, while we were in a gunfight, shot him in the eye. Telros was bleeding like crazy so we had to retreat. But it was a miracle when Telros survived. I was so happy at that time.
Then I nodded. "Yeah, I'm guessing ALMOST everyone wants to fight back?" Everyone nodded except Leesha. She had her arms crossed against her breasts.
"I don't think its a good idea."
Jorten howled in laughter and patted Leesha's head, to her dismay. "It's alright Leesha. Then us guys will do the fighting. You can just go home and sleep in your bed. You know, in the alleyway? Bwahahahaha!"
Leesha scowled and punched Jorten in the face, sending him flying out of his seat. "I don't...live in an alleyway, okay? I live in an apartment."
Jorten slowly got up to his seat. "Pfff, same thing."
Pop stood up and looked at all of us. "Okay then, tomorrow we'll finish off the Princes of Moatoob. Rest well and be well prepared. They may try to kill you in your sleep." We all nodded.
The next day...would be the suckiest day of my life.
THE NEXT DAY
Me, Pop, Jorten, and Feelite were lined up at the central area of Moatoob. Across from us was Dherek and his other goons. There were 30 of them!
Dherek smirked. "Hah, you think you guys can beat us with just 4 people?"
Pop stepped forward with his shotgun in his hand. "I assure you Dherek, you may think numbers can win, but sometimes strength and faith can win it out."
Shrugging off what Pop said, Dherek turned his back towards us and raised his arms. "Men, kill them off!" They all roared, took out their sabers and ran towards us.
I took out my dual daggers from my nanotransformer, Jorten took out a saber and Feelite took out a spear. Pop aimed his shotgun and fired.
A goon that ran pretty close to us got shot in the face, blowing up his entire head. Me, Jorten and Feelite charged towards the immense amount of Dherek's men.
3 goons got to me and lunged with their sabers. I held my right dagger in front of me, blocking the 1st goon and did a roundhouse kick to knock off the 2nd guy's saber. I then slashed my left dagger at the unarmed guy's face, slicing it cleanly.
The 3rd guy tried a horizontal slash to my waist but I brought the 1st guy's blade to block the attack. I quickly slashed the 1st guy's neck with my left dagger and I quickly skimmed my right dagger across the 3rd guy's blade, cutting off his saber hand. I then finished the 3rd guy off with an uppercut.
Looking around, I saw Jorten clash head on with another goon and with an elbow slam to the goon's chest, Jorten then slashed downwards, cutting the goon in half. Feelite was going pretty crazy though. He was surrounded by 6 guys!
He first swung the spear above his head, slicing off 3 of the goons heads off unexpectedly. He then stabbed his spear straightforward, stabbing a goon's stomach. He then started to swing the spear around with the body still embedded in the blade. He finished off the 2 other goons rather quickly. He finished off with lighting his cigarette and smoking. What a laid back guy.
Pop in the other hand was shooting and reloading like mad. A goon got behind him quietly, but Pop just thrusted his elbow backwards, hitting the goon's stomach. He followed it by swinging around and slamming the barrel of the shotgun into the side of the goon's head, knocking him out silly.
Then I heard a BAM sound. In slow motion, a bullet whizzed past my ear and shot into a goon's eye, killing him instantly. Oh yeah, Telros was stationed somewhere up in some building. He was using a rifle.
Several minutes later, all of Dherek's goons were wiped out. But we were pretty wiped out ourselves. Jorten had several cuts on his arms. Jorten had some slash marks on his back. Feelite...I don't even know if he can feel pain, but his stomach was partly cut open. And I just had some cuts and bruises with sore muscles.
Dherek was well rested though, because yeah, he wasn't even fighting at all. What a wimp. He had his twin sabers in his hands.
"What's wrong guys? You guys tired?"
Pop bared his teeth and raised his shotgun. "Not in the least. Just die Dherek!" I heard a shot come from the building and it whizzed towards Dherek. But something unbelievable happened.
Dherek raised his left saber and blocked the bullet! And the bullet was then reflected...right back at Telros.
"Gah!!" I looked back towards the upper building and saw Telros falling down a 3 story building. Feelite grunted and dashed towards Telros.
Jorten growled and ran towards Dherek. "How dare you, you stupid Prince!" Jorten slammed his saber into Dherek's left saber, but Dherek just pushed him off and stabbed his right saber into Jorten's stomach.
My eyes went wide. How did...he do that?" I looked at Pop's face and saw his eyes were also wide.
"No...Jorten!" Pop ran towards Dherek. When I looked back I saw Feelite coming back with Telros on his shoulder.
"He's dead." I nodded and looked at Dherek. He was now fighting Pop in a one on one bout. Jorten was on the ground with blood starting to make pools.
Feelite and I ran towards Jorten. It looks like he's already dead. Damn... when I looked up...I was surprised to see Pop in his Beast form. He was purple in color and was thrashing wildly against Dherek's sabers.
But...Dherek was blocking every single hit.
"Hah, is this all yah got Pops? Even my goons could fight better!" yelled out Dherek. He jumped and suddenly slashed at Pop's chest, creating an X mark. Pop then got sent crashing into a building. No way...
Feelite carefully placed Telros on the ground and took out his spear. And then he charged. Is he crazy?! Pop and Jorten just got killed! I ran towards Pop's limp body and sat down next to him.
Pop was already reverting to his normal form. "Will...heh, sorry for failing you." I shook my head and looked at Pop's face. Wow, he was turning kinda pale-like.
"Hey Pop, you're gonna be okay." He shook his head and placed his hands on my shoulders.
"I guess...its time for me to say good-bye. Although I thought we were gonna finish em off, but, looks like Dherek was holding back." I nodded slowly.
"I guess so." Smiling, Pop then nodded and closed his eyes.
But before he died, he said, "Take care Will. Hope you have a good life."
I turned my head to face the battle and saw Feelite get stabbed in the heart. Dherek was now walking towards me.
"Well now Will. How does it feel for your friends and family to get killed by me? Enraging right? Hehe, well, do not worry. I'll end your suffering right now!" Dherek raised his left saber and slashed downward. I closed my eyes to meet my fate. But then I heard a clang sound. Opening my eyes, I saw...Leesha?! She had on those Line Shields! Is she...
Blocking the attack, Leesha looked back at me. "Will! Get up and go towards the Guardians Branch Office over there! I'll meet you!" She was using twin claws as her weapon. She pushed Dherek back and started slashing at him. "Just go!"
I nodded and dashed towards the Guardians Branch Office. Once inside I leaned on the wall and sat down. There weren't that many people in here, just the receptionist and a Guardian or two.
Damn...they all died. Well, except Leesha so that's a good thing. But how? Was Dherek actually that strong? To defeat all of my friends? ...
Several minutes later, Leesha came back with some blood on her clothing. She saw me and walked beside my limp body. "You okay Will? Actually, don't answer that." I gave off a small smile and got up, not without any struggling.
Leesha placed a hand on my shoulder and looked me in the eye. "You know...I think, you should be a Guardian." My eyebrows furrowed.
"Why? Being a Guardian is stupid. Being a rogue is my life."
Leesha shook her head and pointed at my chest. Well, where my heart was located. "No, you should leave the past behind. Don't you want to protect people from the likes of people like Dherek?" I thought for a moment and nodded.
Pointing at the receptionist, she then said softly, "Go and register as a trainee." I looked at her cautiously. Somehow Leesha's attitude has changed drastically.
I nodded and walked towards the desk. And that, my friend...is how I became a Guardian. Okay, fine, a Guardian 'trainee'.
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A/N: This is my first story for PSU, or Phantasy Star Universe. Hope you guys enjoyed this story and please R and R!
Name: Will Priston
Age: 17
Race: Beast
Type: Hunter
Main Weapon: Twin Daggers
2nd Weapon: Claw
Appearance: White long hair that goes down to his eyebrows and light tan skin. Violet eyes that are shaped like almonds. Ears shaped like wolf ears. Wears a blue shirt under a black vest and long, black pants that's trimmed with blue. Also wears on black sneakers.
Personality: In the beginning he acts rebellious and cocky-like, but as time passes, he becomes concerned for other people and becomes kinder. When in battle, usually becomes crazy.
Hobby: Training, spending time with friends, sleeping
If you want to create a character for my story, here's a rubric. :)
Name: (What's your character's name?)
Age: (What's your character's age?)
Race: (What race is your character?)
Type: (What Type of Guardian is your character?)
Main Weapon: (What weapon does your character usually use?)
2nd Weapon: (Any other weapons your character uses?)
Appearance: (What does your character look like? What does your character wears?)
Personality: (How does your character act in battle? Near friends? With strangers?)
Hobby: (What does your character like to do in spare time?) (I have an idea for this part of the rubric)
