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Author notes: hey guys, this is my first fanfic so please take a moment to read and review, i know my skills aren't the best but i accept any criticism. for all you naruto/bleach/death note/fairytail lovers, you will love the characters i introduce later on in the story. Enjoy ;)
Chapter 1: Sozo-Ryoko
There I sat, awaiting my test results which would surely come around in a minute held by a middle-aged balding professor who would, as usual, congratulate me on being top of the class again. I hardly cared these days about academics; it all seemed too….normal. I hardly cared about anything really, the only living relative I had was my grandfather.
My mother died when I was just a few months old, till this day the autopsy never revealed how she died. As I stared out the classroom window, I thought about the reports I looked over countless times, there were no abnormalities in the blood tests, no physical wounds, and there was no sign of a struggle at the house. My father left soon after my mother's death and my grandfather took me in and cared for me. I tried tracking my father down but every time I asked someone about him, they would respond as if he never existed. Even my grandfather, who should have known dad the best seeing as it was his son, simply looked off into the distance when I asked about him and refused to respond. I had always wondered about my mediocre life, was this all that was going to happen? Was I simply supposed to get good marks, a well-paying job and simply live out my life not knowing?
"Luhar!" shouted the professor. I looked around; everyone stared at me as if I just found a cure for cancer. The professor called for the classes' attention, he then said "I was just telling the class, Luhar, about your outstanding results on the test. You managed yet again to be the top student". There was the sound of half-hearted applause and the bell rang and everyone seemed to forget about what the professor just said. With the usual sound of desks scraping and kids laughing as they talked about their plans for the weekend, I just stuffed my test in my bag and started walking.
As I stepped outside, I noticed the usual gang of school bullies picking on an eight-grader. I watched for a while before deciding to step in, at this point the four boys had him upside down and were taking turns punching him in the stomach. I grabbed the one furthest from the boy and hit him full in the face. The other boys turned around, but it was too late. I followed up on the punch by landing another blow in his stomach and knocked the wind out of him, the other three boys attacked me all at once. I grabbed the first guy's wrist as he punched; I twisted his hand and sent him flying into the next guy. The third guy who looked like the leader seemed more apprehensive. Good. I like fear. He lunged at me and I caught his arm, I twisted it until he was on his knees. By now there were several onlookers and no body dared to come between us. I took one long look into the leaders eyes and snapped his arm like a twig and knocked him unconscious. The other three boys had already run off, which is probably the best idea they ever had. The eighth-grader that I just saved approached me. I gave him one cold look and hit him across the face much to the distress of the crowd of onlookers. I never meant to be a hero, and I hate weaklings, I just loved fighting.
I walked away before any of the staff showed up. On my way home I imagined what it would be like to have unlimited power…. The power to do anything…. The power to bring back my parents.
I got home at last, the house was nothing fancy. It was pretty old-fashioned seeing as it is my grandfathers. I walked in and was greeted by the usual sight of my grandfather sleeping in on his favorite armchair. I crept upstairs not wanting to wake my grandfather. I looked out my window at the setting sun, is this all life was meant to be? I kept wondering if there was something bigger out there, something… stronger.
I always had these strange feelings, like I didn't belong here, as if I wasn't meant to be a part of this world. Little did I know that night, I was going to be proven correct. I finished all the work I needed to do and went down for dinner. My grandfather always cooked up something good, but this time, as I walked down the stairs I could not hear him in the kitchen nor could I smell any food. I looked around and found him still sleeping in his armchair but something was wrong….. There was something eerie about the sight of him, I couldn't see him moving at all. I was paralyzed, I suddenly realized that I was now truly alone in this world.
They took away the body the next day. I held no funeral for him for a simple reason. He told me he didn't want one. As I fell asleep that night I thought about everything that was happening. I searched the house earlier that day for any clues about how he could have died but I found none. The house was spotless as usual, everything was the way I left it but I couldn't help feeling that there was more to this than met the eye. I decided I would check the house again tomorrow and fell asleep.
I was woken by a loud crash that seemed to come from the front door; at first I thought my grandfather had crashed the car into the wall. I got out of bed, grabbed my knife and headed downstairs quietly. I looked at the front door, well actually what was left of the front door. It was completely blown to bits, as if there was a bulldozer trying to take down the house. I switched the lights on and searched silently for the cause of the destruction, my heart felt like it was stuck in my throat. I suddenly heard a roar that sounded louder than a cannon. I spun around only to see something that resembled a huge set of armor running at me full speed; its helmet was full of darkness with only two red dots which must have been eyes. Before I knew it, I was knocked to the ground with the force of a school bus. The thing that was on top of me tried punching me but I kept dodging and with each blow, I watched as he would break the wooden floor. And then I saw a bright light and with sudden warmth the creature flew off me. I looked around for my savior. At the entrance I saw him. He was pale-faced and had blue spiked hair, he stood hunched with one hand in his pocket and in the other he held what looked to be like white flames. The white flames shot from his hands straight at the creature that just attacked me, I watched as the flames devoured the dark creature and eventually disappear.
The young guy who had just saved me offered me a hand up; I took it and looked at him with curiosity, my mind full of questions. He stared right back at me with piercing blue eyes and said: "hi, I'm Ryuzaki". I introduced myself and watched as he went over to where the creature had vanished and frowned. He gave me a quizzical look and said "what do you know about Sozo-Ryoko?" Now I was really confused, this creature shows up and attacks me, and then a boy not much older than me wipes the floor with him using white flames and now says something about 'sozo-ryoko', what does that even mean?
"You'd better sit down" he said. "I am from Sozo-Ryoko", he said before I could question him, "It's a place that's not quite normal. It's a world that thrives with what you people call magic", he said this all with a completely straight face so I couldn't tell if this was all some sick joke or not. "You're no ordinary person Luhar; I can see that, I have orders to bring you back to Sozo-Ryoko with me." I sat in shock, barely registering what I was hearing. "You're joking" I said, sounding desperate to hear something that was not insane.
He stood up and walked towards the wall. He looked up and said "have you ever felt like you didn't belong here Luhar?" he smiled slightly at this. I looked at him knowing full well he already knew the answer. He turned his attention to the wall; he started muttering some indistinct words. Soon there was a white glowing door on the wall, I got up and stepped back but a part of me felt like this was familiar, as if I belonged to this madness. Ryuzaki took one last look at me and walked through.
It took less than a heartbeat for me to decide what to do, should I run to the police or should I go through those doors. As soon as I walked through the door I felt a weird sensation and suddenly I felt like I was falling through the air unable to move or breath. When I opened my eyes, my feet were firmly on the ground. I looked around and took in my surroundings, I seemed to be in a huge white palace of some sort, and there were huge pillars on the sides of the rooms with windows that extended all the way to the top. Ryuzaki was looking at me with amusement. "What's so funny?" I asked. "It's nothing much really; it's just that you are the first to survive that trip from earth to here". I couldn't tell if he was joking or not so I went along with it anyway. He turned and walked away toward huge brown doors set at the end of the room. "Follow me" he said.
I did as he said and found myself in a slightly larger room; this one had the same style as the last one with the exception that this one had a throne at the end of it. On that throne sat an ancient looking man, he had a rough face which had many scars on it. When he spoke, he had a deep soothing voice. "Luhar, I take it?" All I did was stare back; I didn't quite comprehend everything yet.
Ryuzaki stepped forward and bowed "my lord, I have brought him as requested". The king nodded and Ryuzaki stood up. "Come with me Luhar, I owe you a lot of explanations". The king got up and walked towards a door behind the throne. I followed him into the room; this one was not like the others. It was much smaller with two doors on either end and a wooden table sat in the centre of the room; the king took a seat and told me to sit.
"I shall let you ask all the questions I guess since I sense you have a few" said the king. I thought about it for a while and asked "what is this place, Ryuzaki kept mentioning Sozo-Ryoko" the king stared at me for a moment, he looked as though he was figuring out the best way to answer me. "Sozo-Ryoko" he said "is a place unlike anything you have ever seen. This world is much different from earth. In this world our source of power is something that earthlings would describe as magic. Over the eons many forms of this magic have been formed. The ninja's of the Hidden lands have what they call Jutsu, the wizards of Fiore in the northern part of Sozo-Ryoko use a powerful but very limited form of magic, there is also a place called Soul society in the southern parts of this world which are home to shinigami who use magic in the form of their swords called zanpakuto as well as the use of set magic rituals. There are many others in Sozo-Ryoko that can manipulate magic in a specific way but not many journey out of their cities to adventure, but remember, every person or thing you see here can use magic, there is no exception." He paused here for a moment and looked straight at me, "There is a Legend however about a single person who can manipulate the power of magic in its bare form, able to do anything. Unlimited power. We believe that you may be that person Luhar. There is an evil spreading across the land, infecting people, misusing the gift of magic. We think that this person may have the same power as you." He stood up "follow me Luhar". "Where are we going" I asked. He opened the door across the room and said "To the training grounds, we need to get you ready to set out". "But I still have more questions?" I said. "All in due time, Luhar, maybe after you choose your dragon"