I added a prologue because it's a nice integrated teaser, no? ^^
Also, it's a good way to exposition the lore of this AU.
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN ANYTHING MENTIONED IN THIS STORY.
Just this story. Enjoy!
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Introduction
Hi. My name is Roxas Curtiss and I'm a journeyman Shade Hunter, a human equipped with ghost powers assigned to destroy Shades.
Among my friends, family, and allies: Xion (my older sister) and Sora (my fraternal twin brother), my siblings and fellow Hunters; Riku Jenova, the Scion of the Lycans (and resident bloodhound/jackass jock); Naminé Fleuret, the most powerful Memory Witch in the last hundred years (and the love of my life); Axel Lea, a redeemed Shade (and resident mentor/rival); Kairi Leonhart, a human acolyte (and my brother's crush for damn near ten years); and last but not least, Zoe Caelum, a journeyman Knight Templar (and resident ditz/combat instructor).
A diverse group? Certainly. Is it dysfunctional? Totally. We've suffered more drama and heartbreak and whatnot than most soap operas deem necessary.
But hey—it's all a drop in the ocean when compared to the Shades.
That's right, the Shades. They're the ghosts of deceased people who refuse to travel to the legendary World Beyond for some reason or another, and it's me and my friends' job to convince them to go using aggressive negotiations, to take a quote from the Jedi. Quite a few of us have gotten badly injured, sometimes near the point of death, in combat against them and we've given everything to destroy them, so much so that some of us have lost who we were originally. But all of us have changed; we're not the innocent youngsters we were at the beginning. Now we know what kind of hardships we'll have to go through in life. Now we know what essentially committing repeated homicide is.
Yeah, I know that this all sounds like a bunch of absolute horseshit. It did to me, at first—it did to everybody.
But now we know that the paranormal's a lot closer than we ever could've believed. Whether it's the guy at the Gamestop counter who's secretly a Revenant, a vampire; or those hot chicks who turn out to be deadly Succubae, seductive assassins; or hell, one of your best friends who turns out to be a freaking werewolf and he doesn't even know; you'll never know who's a part of the supernatural next.
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Yes, I'm basing much of Shade Hunters off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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What? It's a good show.
Main Pairings (in order of appearance):
Riku/Kairi
Roxas/Naminé
Axel/Xion
Sora/Kairi
Riku/OC