Prologue
EX: Hello everyone, and welcome to a new fanfic that I thought of writing, that is based off the word 'Ethereal', and yeah that is part of my name on here. So hopefully you will enjoy the prologue! EtherealXareon, out!
A river filled with blood, of those who have been lost for millennia. One person was standing in the middle of the stream, wielding dual turquoise Katanas, each with a black handle. This was the world where Dante trained his special gift…
They call it, the Ethereal realm…
It's very distinct from Celestia where the CPU goddesses ruled, now they rule over their own nations in Gamindustri. The Ethereal realm is a special case, since only those with the Ethereal blood coursing in their veins can enter.
The realm has lands as far as the eye can see, with different variations of light blue and dark blue lands. The lakes and rivers are filled with Ethereal blood from those before Dante. He is the only one left of his kind now. And he is the only one who has been given the power of immortality in his bloodline. But as time passed, training his gift, for a couple years since he became 15 years old, in human years.
Now he is 17…
Dante sighed, making the Katanas disappear into thin air. It was time for him to leave.
"It's time for me to go back to Planeptune." Dante said, summoning a portal back to his home there. He walked through the portal, back to his apartment that he kept visiting back and forth from the Ethereal realm to the Gamindustri realm.
His apartment wasn't anything special, just a generic apartment in the middle of the hustle and bustle of Planeptune. Where various people walked around the streets, and so on. To Dante's left, is where the kitchen was and to his right was where his bed, TV, and other electronics were.
"Everything is the way I left it, good." Dante muttered, glad.
Dante has shaggy black hair, with amber eyes. He wears a red shirt under his light blue jacket, with several black lines, similar to circuits printed on it. His pants are black jeans, with his shoes being blue sneakers. But when he uses his Ethereal blood, his eyes turn blue, and glowing lines and symbols appear on his skin.
He looked outside to see that there was sunlight outside, so he wasn't in the realm for that long. Only about a couple hours or so each day, to not overexert his body when using his Ethereal blood.
"I guess it's a good time to go and check out the guild right now, see if any quests fit my fancy." Dante said, leaving his apartment, walking into the streets. The city wasn't as busy as he thought it was right now. It seemed suspicious, considering people running away from the direction he was walking towards… When someone unfamiliar went up to him.
"Run AWAY! It's not safe!" The guy said, before running off.
'Huh and just when I thought it was going to be a quiet and peaceful day. Guess not!' Dante said in his head, before he started to sprint towards the fight wherever it was.
That's when he heard a large roar nearby, coming from a dragon. The strangest thing is that it didn't have wings. Several of the guild members were fighting it, but were unsuccessful at even landing a single hit on it, due to its body acting like an armor.
That's when Dante closed his eyes, to concentrate on bringing his power out. He slowly opened his eyes to reveal two blue ones instead of his regular amber irises, and blue glowing lines appeared through his clothes from his skin.
"Now, you shall feel the power of my Ethereal blood coursing through my veins!" Dante said, charging at the Dragon with a sword.
*SLASH*
The dragon screamed in pain, from the wound that Dante gave to the beast. The dragon started to shoot fire from his mouth, at the boy. Smoke started to shroud the area where Dante was, everyone expected the worst, that the boy was dead.
The smoke faded away, showing Dante completely fine.
"Here's a little lesson about me, that you might want to learn before I kill you. I AM IMMORTAL! Unlike the others who used ethereal blood before me, I can't die." Dante explained, before summoning another sword with his powers…
The beast then charged at him, and Dante did the same. As they clashed weapons, the dragon with his teeth, and Dante with his swords pushing against it. The boy gave a battle cry, pushing the dragon back. He disappeared, with his left sword going through the dragon's right side, leaving a big gash.
Dante did the other side similarly to the other, before cutting the dragon's head clean off.
"There that settles that…" Dante said out loud, when he unsummoned his powers…
Everyone who watched him, was wondering one thing
'Who is he?'
EX: Hopefully you enjoyed it! Okay, before you say 'The prologue should be longer! Why isn't it longer?' Well it's because, to me, prologues are usually short and to the point... Sorry to disappoint you if it's not longer than this.
A/N 1: So there is a realm that only those with Ethereal blood can enter? Yeah, I just thought of this cause it seemed the most fitting.
A/N 2: Wait hold on, has Dante been in that realm since he was born? Uh not exactly, he goes there every so often to train his Ethereal Blood.
A/N 3: So Dante is immortal? Why? Well I thought it would be an interesting concept, and I was like why not?
A/N 4: Ethereal Blood? What is that? It is a form of blood, that humans were born with, from the Ethereal Sharicite crystal. That's how it started. It is something from legend, that many people have heard of, but never found it. Dante was born with the Ethereal blood in his veins, from his parents. I will explain more on it, in later chapters.
A/N 5: If Dante is immortal, then what are his weaknesses? Well even though he is immortal, his stamina can burn out, which makes his powers useless, until his stamina goes back up to maximum or half.
EX: Now onto the Chapter Preview!
Dante: Wait who wants to see me?
IF: My friends.
Next time on Hyperdimension Neptunia: Ethereal Blood
Meeting Planeptune's CPU (Part 1)