The Guardians Chapter 1: Chosen

"Where am I?" A teen boy spoke as the blinding white light dissipated around him. He had brown hair and brown eyes and spoke with a normal run-of-the-mill teenage voice. He found himself standing in the middle of a wheat field with what appeared to be burn marks all around the wheat where he landed. He also noticed his clothes had changed from his normal T-shirt, jeans and running shoes. He now wore a silver t-shirt with black trim around the neck and sleeves. He also had on black pants with silver stripes down the side golden gauntlet that was attached to his arm. "What the hell is going on?"

"Oh, there you are," another voice spoke. It was a bit high pitched but it seemed to have the wisdom of a Tibetan Monk.

"Who's there?" The boy asked as he looked around. His green eyes were a blur as they moved back and forth across the landscape waiting for a response.

"Ah hum…down here," the voice said again as the boy looked down. In front of him standing four inches high was a squirrel with brown fur and silver belly. The boy also noticed a blue jewel that was strapped to its back. "Ah you are one of the new guardians. My name is Kenji." It said as it bowed.

"Um…hi…" The boy responded with a quick bow. "My name is Chris."

"Chris, eh," Kenji responded as he climbed up a small tree hidden mostly by the wheat. He stood up on his hind legs and began to stare at Chris without speaking. It felt like Kenji was peering into Chris's very soul and searching through his every moral fiber and sense of being. When he finally broke his concentration, he turned toward Chris and smiled. "Good to know you're the real deal and you're not one of the others that appear here with a random golden bracelet."

"And where is here exactly?" Chris asked as he looked around.

"This is the Spirit World," Kenji said as he jumped onto Chris's head. "And I am your spirit guide. Now, if you don't mind, we need to get to Guardian Tower." As kenji said this he pointed out over a few rolling hills to a large structure that was easily 30 stories high.

"Can't you just teleport us there?" Chris questioned as Kenji moved to his shoulders.

"No," Kenji said as he hit Chris across his head with his paw.

"Ow."

"Oh, shut it. If that's all that it takes to get you to quit, I should just toss you back to your own world. Besides, we have to pick up your first teammate."

"Teammate?" Chris questioned again as he started on his way toward the tower.

"Yep, he's a spirit warrior about your age named Kuro," Kenji said as he pulled out an electronic holo-tablet and showed Chris what he looked like. Kuro had brown hair and green eyes. Chris also noticed he had a pair of wolf ears on the top of his head and a tail. Kuro also wore the same clothes that Chris wore.

"So, when do we…" Chris stopped all of a sudden. He could feel the presence of something…something powerful. "I think you might need to show me some moves."

"I agree," Kenji said as the gem on his back and Chris's gauntlet glowed together. When the light died down Chris looked over to see Kenji running down his arm to the gauntlet. "Quick flip open the command unit."

"What?" Chris said as he felt the presence getting closer. He even started to hear a low thumping.

"The gold part surrounded by blue, hit it!" Kenji said as Chris hit the corresponding glyph on the gauntlet. Suddenly, a screen flipped open on the gauntlet with a full keyboard under it.

"Sweet," Chris said as he watched Kenji press a button showing a Glyph with Spirit Mode under it. Chris was about to ask what this was when suddenly the tree line in front of him parted revealing a large, white mutated rat. "What the hell?"

"Duck!" Kenji yelled as Chris rolled away from the rat's claw digging into the ground. "Quick! Slam it back down!"

"Activate!" Chris yelled as he hit the screen back down onto the gauntlet causing it to start to glow along with the rest of Chris's body. When it died down Chris thought he looked the same but quickly noticed something was different. His clothes were the same but his finger nails had turned into claws and he felt his strength increase. He also noticed he now had a dog tail and he felt two triangular dog ears on the top of his head. "Woah."

"Look out!" Kenji yelled again as Chris easily dodged the second attack from the beast. He then ran up the rat's arm and was able to spin kick into the side of his head. The rat fell back as Chris landed on the ground and pulled a long thick branch from a near by tree and began to swing it around himself like a pole. The rat charged him again, but this time Chris made the first move. He jumped and hit the rat over the head with the end of the branch-now-quarter staff. After that, he quickly regrouped and dodged a counter-attack from the rat.

"Time for something special," Chris said as he landed on a tree branch and jumped toward the beast at full speed. The rat, though, caught Chris off guard and slammed him down into the ground like a fly. It then picked him up and tossed through a tree and into another.

"Damn, you okay?" Kenji asked as he had jumped off earlier.

'Never better," Chris said as Kenji dodged an oversized paw. Chris wasn't so lucky. He was smashed through the tree and into the ground again. Then the rat pounced on him, holding him down with one hand and ready to swipe with the other.

"Chris!" Kenji yelled from a tree as the rat seemed to toy with Chris. It moved its claws back and forth ready at any moment to strike Chris down.

"Damn," Chris said as the rat pulled its paw back and he closed his eyes. "Here it comes."

CLANG!

Chris waited for the pain of death but it never came. He opened his eyes to see a boy with short spiky hair and wolf ears and a tail standing over him. He was holding back the strike of the rat's claw with a black handled Katana and had forced the rat to release Chris.

"Get off!" The boy yelled as he forced the rat back and helped Chris up. "You okay?"

"Yeah," Chris said as he picked up the unofficial quarter staff. "Let's get this thing!" He yelled as he and the boy charged the rat. The rat backed off after blow after blow hit it. Finally, it took off the way it came leaving the two boys panting while they shethed/tossed their weapons.

"Nice moves," Chris said as he looked over the boy and extended his hand. "Name's Chris."

"Thanks, my name's Kuro," The boy said as he grasped Chris hands.

"Good job you two," Kenji said as he jumped onto Chris' shoulder. "Looks like you will make great teammates."

"Teammates?" Kuro questioned as Chris grabbed his shoulder.

"We'll explain on the way." Chris said as they continued toward the tower.

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Chris: Man it's good to write again.

Kuro: Didn't it take you like a month to write this.

Chris: So.

Kuro: (Sweat drop) Whatever.

Chris: So people's write those reviews. And if you flame I swear, I'll steal Bungie's Banhammer and smash you into the ground. Peace!