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"Nazo! Nazo!"

A boy of 17 years of age was shaken awake in his bed. The boy sleepily rubbed his eyes and mumbled, "What is it Mom? It is still too early for school…"

The women kept shaking her son, "Wake up and get dressed! We need to go to your father's work! We will be safe there!"

The boy shook his head to rid himself of sleep. Then quickly got dressed and ran downstairs to where his mother was waiting impatiently.

"What is the rush mom?" Nazo asked as he got his shoes on.

"Something is coming," was all the reply he got before the mom grabbed Nazo by the wrist and dragged him out the door.

It was early, around 1 AM in the morning, so why was it that people were running about in a panic? Far away, it seemed the sun was rising, for an orange glow emanated from that direction. Nazo would have been willing to believe it too, if not for the fact that the orange glow was in the west direction, and that giant humanoid figures that seemed to be made of Plasma were not walking around.

"What the hell are those!?" Nazo yelled as he was thrown into the vehicle, and mother got into the driver's seat.

"I don't know, Nazo, and I don't want to stay long enough to find out," was the mother's response as she started the vehicle and they took off, flying away from the carnage. The ride was silent. The mother was focused on driving, while the boy could only look around in horror as he watched the giants fired laser after laser creating massive explosions. After was seemed like hours, the two parked the vehicle in front of a building. Technically, they would get fined, but they didn't really care at that point. They ran to the entrance where father let them in. The three embraced for a second before they let go.

"Dad, do you know what is going on?" Nazo asked, trying to sound calm… He was obviously shaken, but he was doing his best to stay collected.

The father shook his head, "No, I have no idea what those things are, but they are far away, we don't know if they will come over here next or just miss us all together."

The father beckoned the wife and son toward the back of the building, passing through doors they came upon an empty room with panels on the walls.

The father ran up to one of the panels and pressed in a key code. A cryogenic chamber rose from the floor.

Nazo took a step forward in interest. "Dad, you perfected it?"

The father nodded once while briskly walking to the other side of the room, keyed in another code opening a side closet full of suits. "Nazo get over here and put one of these on."

Nazo walked over and picked out one of them and strapped it on.

"Dad? Why am I putting this on anyway? Wouldn't it be hard to move in this?" Nazo asked as he finished putting the suit on.

"Nazo put on a breathing apparatus as well," was all the reply his father gave as he walked toward the cryogenic chamber.

Nazo picked up a device that looked like a dust mask and strapped it on, then walked over to his father who was beckoning toward him. The father put his hand on Nazo's shoulder.

"Nazo… look, we don't know what the hell those things are, but they are destroying everything. You will be safest in this chamber, the glass is a polypropylene composite that is the strongest my company has made. It was not released to the public due to manufacturing costs. "

Nazo took a deep breath, "Is this the only way Dad? There has got to be a better solution that this."

The father shook his head, "I would not suggest this if we had any other option son, please, trust me."

Nazo nodded once in acceptance. He hugged his parents tightly before he climbed into the chamber. His mother stepped forward. "We will get you out as soon as this whole thing blows over, ok dear?"

Nazo smiled, though it was unseen due his mask, "Ok mom, see you later…"

With that the capsule was closed and the Nazo slowly shut his eyes…. His last thoughts seemed to echo around his mind as he fell unconscious. "Later…. Huh?"

After the cryogenic chamber was secured, the machine set the date for a thousand years, as it was the date programmed into the system. The parents were already running toward the roof, to get into the father's air transport vehicle, to fly far away from the advancing beasts. They got in and took off, adamant at staying alive so they could later reawaken their son. As fate would have it, 3 days after Nazo's sealing, the parents were caught by not the giants, but people trying to survive. They were dragged from the vehicle and were killed by people who were in a panicked mess.

Approximately 1000 years later…..

In a ruined building, which was on the very edge of the poison forest, a capsule cracked open releasing a boy. The boy lay there for around 3 minutes, getting feeling back into his body. He finally got up and slowly lifted himself from the capsule. Nazo slowly looked around.

"Mom? Dad? You guys around here?" Nazo called out. There was no reply. Nazo started to look around the dreary room. It seemed everything was covered in a layer of dust and pieces of concrete sitting around. There also seemed to be a powdery substance in the air. Sort of like a miasma. Nazo continued to search around, he went to open the door, but found it was falling off its hinges. With a few rams he was able to bash the door to the ground. He proceeded to look around the dirty building. The equipment had faded and worn away to nothing. Nazo heard a crash in the room that he had awoken in. Curiosity getting the better of him, he wandered back toward the room. He did not expect to find what he saw now. It was an overgrown insect that had bashed through the wall and was now carelessly walking around. It was grotesque; the giant legs had hair on every single inch. Its wings were torn in several places. The compound eyes looked dull and faded, as if it were a mindless being.

"What the hell is that? Why is it so big?" Nazo muttered as he continued to watch behind the door frame. Eventually the bug gave out a shriek and charged at Nazo, with its claws ready, Nazo dodged into the room to avoid getting sliced. The bug whirled around and attacked blindly again, forcing Nazo to jump to the side. The bug crashed into the cryogenic chamber shattering the covering. Shards of different sizes flew everywhere; smaller shards went further, while larger shards fell near the capsule. The bug turned slowly and charged again. Nazo jumped forward and dived under the flying insect.

"There is no way in hell I can fight this thing!" Nazo thought as he got off the ground. Then he noticed it. A relatively large shard of glass sat near him. He remembered his father's words.

"Glass based polypropylene… I'll give it a shot…" muttered Nazo as he ripped the suit he was wearing. He tore a long, wide strand from the suit. When the bug attacked again, he ran towards the piece of glass. He knelt down and wrapped one of the ends up in the strand of cloth. Then he picked it up and held it out like a sword. The bug had rounded at this time and started to charge at him. Nazo wound up and swung his makeshift sword at the bug. The makeshift blade did cut, albeit the recoil also cut Nazo's hands. The now bleeding bug recoiled in pain and slammed into the wall. The building shook.

"Now is a good time to get out of here!" thought Nazo as he dashed out of the hole that the bug had earlier created. Nazo vacated the premise as the building collapsed, taking the bug, and his sleeping pod with it. Nazo sighed and shrugged his shoulders and sat down to tend to his bleeding hands. He tore off the outer suit and fashioned makeshift bandages out of them for both his hands. Then he picked up his "weapon" and started walking. He was at the edge of the forest and wasteland. He was against going into the wasteland, since he would probably starve to death, but going into the forest only to find several more bugs larger than life was not appealing, so he walked on the edge keeping his eyes peeled for anything that could potentially attack him.

Nausicaä loved flying. The feeling of the wind rushing through her hair ever since she was young was an enthralling experience that she would never forget. The first time she and her father had jumped off the cliff in the valley and let the winds take them up in their current was exhilarating. She had practiced from then on, and eventually was allowed to her own devices. Her glider, which she named Mehve, was her constant companion during her travels to the toxic forest. Today was no different. She was on a routine trip to the toxic forest. Her mind started to wander.

It had been one year since she had been revived thanks to the Ohmu. The forest within the valley was slowly re-growing. It would take many years for the forest to eventually grow back to what it was. The fields that were burned during the Tolumekian Invasion were slowly being regrown. Life was slowly starting to get back to normal. Lord Yupa had traveled out again. The discoveries he would find would be anyone's guess. Asbel had gone back with the Pejitei ship to reorganize his people. They had found a place not far off of the valley. Afterword, Asbel went out to travel with Lord Yupa. She shook her head to clear it of thoughts as she concentrated once more to gliding down toward the forest. She spotted something in the distance. A faint glint of light was moving at slow speed at the edge of the forest. Nausicaä decided to investigate. She angled her glider downward and accelerated to where the glimmer was. As she closed in, she could make out the glimmer as some sort of clear object, with a boy with black hair around the same age as her holding it. The boy was looking from side to side, as if prepared for a fight at any moment. Nausicaä decided to call out to the boy.

Nazo did not know how long he had been walking. His throat was dry, his feet were heavy, but he did not even dare stop. If he let his guard down, it could potentially go downhill.

"Hey! What are you doing?" A voice called out as if from nowhere. Nazo started for a second and looked to where the voice had come from, the sky. To his genuine surprise, a girl around his own age wearing a very blue outfit with a striking contrast of red hair was gliding above him. She landed nearby, got off her flying device, and approached him.

"So, what are you doing?" asked the girl as she stopped in front of him and put her hand on her hips. Her uniform was odd to say the least. She had blue boots along with a blue top that was like a long sleeve shirt, mini skirt combo along with tan leggings. Her mouth was covered by a brown breathing mask.

Nazo scratched the back of his head. "Can't say I am up to much, right now I am just trying to find civilization… would you be so kind as to tell me the year?"

The girl cocked her head to the side in confusion. "Year? Geez, are you making fun of me or something?" The girl narrowed her eyes in annoyance.

Nazo frantically waved his hand, "No, No! I just came out of a cryogenic chamber! I have no idea what is going on. I just want to know the year."

The girl put her hand to her chin, "Cryogenic…. chamber?"

Nazo sighed. "Am I out in the boonies? Dad's building was in the middle of main street."

Nazo shrugged, "I guess you don't know what I am talking about… Could you point me to the nearest civilization then?"

The girl nodded and pointed toward the sun. If you travel that way you will reach the Valley of the Wind, in about 20 minutes…"

Nazo smiled…

"…By glider"

And just like that the smile fell.

"And how long would it take to get there on foot?" Nazo asked, hoping it would not make too much of a difference.

The girl rubbed her chin, as if calculating the distance. "Well… If you cut through the poison forest, it might take 3 hours, assuming no bugs attack you. If you traveled around the poison forest, might take the rest of the day."

Nazo deflated at the prospects. "You wouldn't happen to be willing to lend me a ride to your civilization would you?"

The girl seemed to grin, as her eyes gained a happy look, "Sure, why not? The name is Nausicaä, princess of the Valley of the Wind. What is your name?"

Nazo extended his hand in greeting, "The name is Nazo Nōryoku, while I am not a prince or anything, I am the son of an engineer and a doctor, pleased to meet you." They shook hands. Nausicaä led him over to her glider. After instructing him to lay down, she pressed a switch and took off. Nazo's eyes widened at as he took in the sights below. But the sight was not one of mystifying glory, it was a sight of obliteration and wasteland. As Nausicaä flew back towards the Valley, Nazo watched the land roll by, and wondered, where in the world was he…

Thank you for reading this story. If you want to know what "Nazo" means, it stands for "mystery" or "unknown" while his last name, Nōryoku, means "ability." I have a detailed bio of Nazo on my main profile, if you are interested, but there is no need to check it. As the story advances, more pieces will be added to the bio.

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