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Book One

The Revelations

Chapter 1

A Boring, Monotonous, and Entirely Uneventful Day

You know it's going to be a good day when you wake up with a headache, on a gloomy and foggy morning, with your mom yelling at you for the third time to get up and get ready for the first day back to school. The idea of getting up sounded entirely unappealing and arduous since nothing is as worse in the morning than to leave a warm and cozy bed.

"Come-on Kiyo-chan, you need to get up now or you'll be late! I'm not going to tell you again!" My mom called from the hallway in Japanese.

"I dun wanna." I called back half asleep.

My mom burst into the room and forcefully pulled my futon cover from me. "I know how you feel about school, but that still doesn't mean that you can't go!" she scolded.

"Why do I have to go? It's not like they teach me anything anyway." I grumbled. "Why can't I just work for uncle anyway?"

"If you want to work for my brother you still need to graduate high school!"

Overrun by the onslaught of cold air I had no choice but to surrender myself to the morning. Crawling out of my now ruined bed, I set forth to prepare for the day.

"Kiyo-chan, I'm going ahead. I'm working late at the lab tonight so I made dinner for you in advance."

"Yah, see you later." I mumbled.

As my mom walked out the front door I heard a small exchange of greetings. Moments later I was greeted by my ever grinning friend Hayato.

"Hey Kiyo-chan~!" he beamed, "so's I see that you're ready for school?"

"Don't call me Kiyo-chan." I glared at him.

"Aw, why not?" Hayato teased. "You're mom calls you Kiyo-chan all the time!"

"Yah, that because she's my mom."

"Then can I be your mom?" Hayato said in a mockingly cute way.

"No. Wait outside until I'm ready."

I quickly threw together some warm clothes and grabbed a quick bite to eat. Locking the house up, I met up with Hayato on the street.

"So's you excited to go back to school?"

"As excited as I'm ever going to be." I responded matter-of-factly. I could have honestly cared less.

"That's no attitude for the first day back!" Hayato frowned yet somehow still managed to keep his signature grin. "I mean thinks about all the girls man!" His grin intensified exposing his prominent k-9 teeth.

"Well if anything, you're only gonna attract girls that are into vampires or something with those teeth of yours."

He brought up his arm assuming a 'Count Dracula-esc' pose, "Bleh! I vill suck yours bloods!" we started to laugh, his "S" lisp making it all the more hilarious.

"I don't think you would make a very good vampire, I wouldn't be able to take you seriously." I smiled.

"All's the more reason to be able to gets my victims!" he chuckled. "Well how was the rest of your summer, did yous miss me?"

"Yah this last month was pretty boring." Although that's not to mention the ridiculous amount of déjà vu I had. "But I guess it was alright, how 'bout you?"

"I visited my cousin again and honestly I wish you could have seens where she lives! It's like a palace!"

"Oh really?"

"Yah really!" he laughed, "Massive gardens, servants and they even have their own mountain!"

"And I thought you were rich. Well sounds like fun I guess." I responded genuinely unenthused.

Hayato looked slightly disappointed, "I thought that would have gotten your attention. Guess nots."

"And what's that supposed to mean?" I asked.

"Whatevers man, you're just no fun Kiyo!" Hayato pouted. "Heh, well I bet your just jelly… I even got to dress up as a samurai!"

I gave him a quizzical look, "Jelly?"

"Yahs, jelly, like jealous" he jested

"You sound like an idiot." I laughed.

He turned to me, shooting me another beaming grin "Well Kiyo, we gotsta gets you a girlfriend so's you won't be so grumpy all the time!"

"Oh shut up…"

"Seriouslys though, you gots the looks, I don't know why the girls aren't all over yah!"

The walk down to school didn't take too long as it was all downhill. It would be only on the way back that would be a pain. Hayato and I had agreed to go to Bay Point High, a decent school with a decent reputation. We could have gone to a more preppy private high school but Hayato had said "screw that shits, we would have to deal with stuck up pricks and spoilt brats who talks about fancy cars all the time! I just wants to be with normal people anyways." So with that I found myself in an overcrowded class room with twenty-nine other kids waiting for our homeroom teacher to show up. I recognized about half of the class, most of them where talking about how they spent their summer going here and there. I waited quietly, having no one to talk to because Hayato had different morning classes.

As the bell rung, a tall, husky, and messy blond haired man in his forties entered the room. As I raised my head from my desk I could tell instantly that he was a very warm and easygoing person. With a smile on his face he turned to the class and announced "Hello everyone, I am Mr. Holland! I will be your first period humanities and school advisor. I look forward to a good school year with all of you!" Everyone turned from what they were doing and greeted him in return saying 'good morning Mr. Holland' or 'nice to meet you Mr. H'. We were then assigned our seats and proceeded to introduce ourselves. When it came my turn I introduced myself just as 'Kiyo'. Why you ask? Well it's because I never liked giving my given first name when I came to the states. Whenever I introduced myself as Kiyoshi, people would always butcher the pronunciation and would then result to say "oh like that green dinosaur from Mario?" I became so fed up with it that I gave myself the nickname of 'Kiyo'.

As I finished introducing myself like everyone else had, I looked around at the faces staring at me. They didn't look happy at all, and somehow I wasn't all that surprised. It all started when my mother and I moved here. For some reason everyone hated me (well excluding Hayato and my relatives) because I would get weird looks all the time. I doubted it was racism because of how ethnically mixed everyone is around here. Only moments ago everyone had been smiling and in good spirits, but as soon as my turn came… It was like I was tainted.

"Alright there young lady, it's your turn!"

The girl behind me stood up, or I assumed she did because I didn't hear a single sound of movement. No chair scraping, table wobbling, or the sound of her clothes. Then she spoke in a soft, sweet voice.

"I am Aoi Hirano, pleased to meet you."

And with that she sat down, or at least I assumed she did. I turned around to look at her. She was small, but in a more matured way. Her short black hair was slightly curled and went every which way. Not in a messy and disorderly fashion but was arranged that way naturally. Her eyes were piercing silver, but held a gentle quality to them. She turned her attention to me which made me realize that I had been staring at her. Our eyes met and she gave me a petite smile. "It is nice to meet you; I hope we can be friends." Aoi said quietly. She had taken me completely by surprise.

"Yah, nice to meet you too." I said slightly dumbfounded. I hadn't seen her from the two previous years. I think I would have at least noticed her. She must be new here then, maybe a new exchange student? "You're new here?" I asked.

"Yes." she replied.

Judging by her looks and name I asked, "You're from Japan?"

"Perhaps" She said keeping herself strangely vague. "I am what you can consider alien to this country."

I snorted. "Aren't we all?"

"Perhaps" Aoi smiled.

"You're Kiyoshi right?" I flinched as someone asked. Turing around, I was greeted by the warm smile of Mr. Holland.

"Yes I'm Kiyoshi." I responded by correcting his pronunciation of my name. "You can just call me Kiyo, everyone does." Well, if anyone really talked to me other than Hayato and this anomaly siting behind me.

"Sorry, I'll remember to call you Kiyo from now on!" Mr. Holland apologized. "Anyway, I need to talk to you after class. Since we've had major computer problems recently, I need to go over your school transcript to make sure everything is in order." Wow, go figure, something like that would happen here. "It won't take too long and it's better to get these things over with!" Mr. Holland laughed. I gave him a nod of agreement. Mr. Holland gave me a thumbs up and went about the class doing this and that with the other students.

The rest of my afternoon classes were spent with Hayato which went without much incident. It was a miracle that we didn't get chewed out by our teachers for talking and joking around so much. It's always hard to resist from breaking into hysterics after listening to any of Hayato's many anecdotes. Well I guess even the teachers get a kick out of his good natured humor too! As the bell for dismissal rung, I parted ways with Hayato and went to see Mr. Holland. I wish more teachers where like him as he was easygoing and genuine. We got my transcript sorted in no time and I was out in less than ten minutes.

Saying my goodbyes to Mr. Holland I made my way into the hallway. As I gathered my stuff out of my locker I began to notice how eerily quiet the hallways were. I was aware that it was the end of the day and all, but something was awry. There should at least be some activity, namely the janitors or teachers doing their last rounds of work for the day. The only sound I could hear was my own breath and the cries of protest from the hinges of my locker door. I started to make my way towards an exit when someone I hadn't seen before rounded a corner I was absolutely sure nobody could come around. Ok, let me rephrase, some-thing had rounded the corner. It looked like a person, but that would be stretching it. Whatever it was, it was no human. Its body was smooth apart from pulsating lines that divided its body. Its eyes glowed with inhuman light and its skin was pale and deathly. Its stride was unnerving as each step it took seemed to glide over the ground. Apart from its gangly and disturbing appearance it was trying to mimic a female body.

But what was most disturbing overall was its voice.

"So you are the one that they call Pureheart? I expected to find someone more imposing." Its sweet voice sung.

I was paralyzed with fear. This couldn't be happening right? This has to be a dream! I'm still in class with Hayato right!?

"What a pity. I was hoping for more of a fight, but I guess it doesn't matter as long as I kill you right?" the thing manically smirked. Without as much of a sound it lunged at me with unbelievable speed. I somehow was able to doge its first attack escaping with a flesh wound. But as I desperately tried to get up I found myself unable to move. "I'm sorry but I'm not going to take any chances. With the profile you have, I just want to get this over with." It said soothingly. Raising its right arm its hand grotesquely grew into a scythe. I gasped, my eyes wide and on the verge of tears. "Aww, don't worry; once I behead you, you will only be conscious for six seconds afterwards." The thing chortled.

This is it isn't it? This is real and I really am going to die!

As it brought its weight down on me a flash of light severed the thing's scything talon at the elbow. The severed arm flailed in the air a few times until it impaled itself in the ground unpleasantly close to my head. Surprised, the thing backed off without a single trace of pain or discomfort.

"Oh how foolish of me to forget. No wonder you are so hard to kill." The thing said looking a little upset with itself. "It's all because of your little pet bitch!" The thing turned its attention away from me. "Why do you protect him so avidly? Look at him, he is just a pathetic meat sack! And you call him your master, that mere human, how disgusting! No matter I will just have to destroy bo-" Before it could say anything more the thing merely blew apart in a flash of sickly purple ichor.

"Target neutralized." My savior let out a sigh. "If you are going to kill us, it would have been better if you had refrained from going into monologue." The girl turned towards me and offered her hand. "You should get up."

Realizing that I could move freely again I got up with her help. I couldn't believe my eyes as I stared at the girl in front of me.

Aoi?

"I wished for us to get to know each other through more normal means, but we do not have the time for formalities." Aoi spoke calmly.

Words could not describe how shocked I was.

"You are hurt, I will assist you." I hadn't noticed but my left side was bleeding quite a bit. I flinched slightly as Aoi put her hand on my wound. Within moments not only had my injury healed, but my clothes were mended as well.

"W-what just happened?" I said finally finding my voice again. "What the hell is going on?!"

"Please stay calm and try to act normal." She grabbed my arm and began to lead us down the hall. "I'm transferring us out of data jurisdiction and back to real space." Suddenly, like a lifting fog, I could tell that the area around me was back to normal. I could hear people and there was activity all throughout the school. Looking back to where Aoi had just annihilated that thing, all traces of its existence had vanished.

"What just happened Aoi? What the hell just happened!?" Yah, stay calm my ass.

"Please, I will explain everything to you once I transfer you home. Just try to relax."

"No, no, NO! I need- I need answers right now!" great job idiot, you're officially panicking now. We were clearly grabbing attention from the looks we were getting. Before I got any worse Aoi pulled me into an empty classroom and closed the door behind us.

"Very well, if you promise to lower you heart rate and return to a stable mental state."

"Who are you? Wait never mind that, I should really say 'what are you' because frankly some-thing just tried to lop of my head and you fucking just blew the SHIT out of it without even trying!"

"Will you please just calm dow-"

"No I'm sorry, but I don't think I can stay calm right now!" I cut her off. "I just need answers." I looked at her sternly.

Aoi simply nodded and began to explain. "I know a lot about you, my job is to observe and monitor you as you are a person of interest to my superiors. You hold a very special power that a very select few possess. Since certain events have escalated beyond the projected data stimuli of the primary subject of interest, you have become a target of several opposing factions to my own." I couldn't believe what I was hearing; let alone I was barely able to follow in my current mental state. "In addition to protecting you I have been instructed by my superiors to…" there was a slight pause as Aoi broke eye contact and looked down for a moment. Her expression had been blank and very hard to read, but I had sensed the sincerity and softness I had seen earlier that morning. "…prepare you for the possibility of earth shattering events."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing!

"You have a destiny, and I am here to guide you."

The walk home was very quiet. Having calmed down I agreed to have Aoi over at my house so we could talk in private. She walked silently behind me, both of her hands clasped around the strap of her school bag. I took the time to look at what she was wearing, having missed that detail from that morning. She wore a gradated orange T-shirt with very short sleeves that slightly puffed out at the shoulders. Over that she had a dark brown jacket vest that sported a hood and was lined with fake fur. She wore a layered white skirt which just went above her knees. For her feet she sported gladiator styled sandals that matched in color with her skirt.

"Aren't you cold?" I said, breaking the silence between us since leaving the classroom. "I mean, it's been overcast the entire day."

"The weather does not bother me" she responded flatly.

"Oh really…" I sighed, so much for some sort of light conversation to get my mind off of things.

"I'm home." I said quietly to no one in particular as I opened the door to my house. We took off our shoes since we still practiced the Japanese custom of having no outdoor shoes in the house. I showed Aoi to the living room and proceeded to the kitchen to make some tea.

"Well this is a way to end the first day of school." I said as I passed a tea cup to my guest.

Aoi sat quietly and began sipping her tea.

"Alright" I grunted taking a seat, "I guess we can continue."

Aoi rested her cup on the table and took in a calming breath. "As I have already stated I have been assigned to observe and monitor you as a person of interest to my superiors. You hold a very special power that a very select few possess. My task now is to prepare you for the possibility of earth shattering events."

"And what might be these 'earth shattering events' you speak of?"

"That… I am unable to tell you."

"Well that doesn't really help me does it now?" I said frustrated.

"Ever since the time-quake," Aoi continued "your latent ability of data manipulation had been unconsciously activated."

"Time-quake?"

"It was an event which caught the attention of my superiors and brought us to earth three years ago. We are currently in the process of analyzing and observing anything that is related and has been affected by this Time-quake. From what data we have gathered it has been the cause of the emergence of espers and a limiting factor on time travel."

Wow, wow, slow down there computer lady, what about espers and time-travel now?

"This event was also the cause of your recovery from the disaster which occurred three years prior to the Time-quake."

"What do you mean by….?" I stopped, realizing what Aoi was alluding to.

"I am referring to the incident six years ago in which you suffered massive head trauma from a near fatal injury." Aoi said with a quiet and careful voice. "You had sustained massive trauma to your Occipital Lobe. You should not be able to see at all; in fact you are still blind."

"What?"

"However since you are able to manipulate data, you have been able to regain the ability to see. Physically, your Occipital Lobe had been destroyed, but your will prevailed. You willed yourself to be able to see again."

"Well, what do you mean by data manipulation anyway?" I asked trying to take my mind off of the past.

"You have the ability to manipulate the data around you; in your own words you may even call yourself a psyker."

I held my tea cup in both hands, listing intently.

"Two years ago you had an incident where you began to understand and talk to animals. Doctors later diagnosed you as having psychological trauma and believed that your mind was trying to cope. You took their medicines and suppressed the ability to converse with animals. The truth is, it was not trauma, but you had the ability to converse telepathically with them."

Now that was a weird experience and I couldn't deny that happened…

"In the same year, you had an incident where all of your electronics blew out after you had a fit of rage."

I thought that we just had a really bad power surge…

"Most strangers you encounter find you hard to be around."

Yah, what of it?

"They do not understand you. Subconsciously people can detect that you are different. That is why they shun you. You are an enigma in which they respond with hostility."

"Enough," I brought up my hand "who are you exactly?"

"I am a humanoid interface under the control of the Data Integration Thought Entity. I am not from this world and am what you would consider, alien."

I couldn't respond. We both sat quietly for a while giving me a moment to relax. "W-would you like more tea?" I managed to get out.

"Yes, thank you" she said softly.

As I went to refresh our cups she began to talk.

"Opposing factions to our own are after you; they know of your powers and will exploit you or most likely destroy you if you are not prepared. That is why you were attacked; to them you are too dangerous to be left alone to live."

"Well even if you say that, aren't you trying to exploit me for your superior's benefit?" I questioned as I reseated myself.

"You may say that of us, but we have no intention of harming you. I am here to prepare you for the inevitable… I am here to protect you."

"Can you prove to me that I have these 'data manipulation' powers?" I asked.

"I will show you." Aoi stood up and walked over to where I was sitting. She slowly reached out with her right hand. "Relax" she breathed and placed her palm to my temple. Aoi's mouth began to move rapidly, uttering inhuman, electrical sounds. Time seemed to stand still as the living room proceeded to break apart into a stream of small iridescent blue hexes. Almost instantaneously a floor made up of the same data hexes formed around us, locking into place piece by piece. As the last remnants of the living room broke away I found myself sitting in dark and vast space.

Even after all I had been through that afternoon, rather than terrified as I should have been, I was completely amazed. "This is awesome." I said to myself. Standing up I took a look around. Lines of what looked like code steamed in every direction, illuminating the space. Surrounding me were towers made up the same hexes that had formed the floor. Each tower shifted ever so often; releasing beams of light that would travel up to an unfathomable distance.

"What is this place?"

"We are currently in a Data Plume, one of many billions of data hubs that surround this planet." Her voice echoed with an electrical ring.

"What do you mean by 'data' anyway?"

"To our understanding, data makes up existence; it is both energy and information and is the bases of physical reality and sentient life."

"Unbelievable…"

"Your mind is completely free in this current space." Aoi's electrical voice rang. "Try to manipulate the data around you and create something."

As I had been so taken in by my surroundings I failed to notice Aoi standing next to me. I was drawn in to what I saw. Her dark hair glowed with a soft, feathery light blue. Her eyes shown with a cool sliver with such depth that anyone could get lost in them. Looking closely I saw that her irises were laced with silken green lines which pulsed in various circuits.

"Hold out your hand, palm up." I broke out of my trance, realizing that I had been staring again, I quickly compiled. "Try to create something simple first, for example a ball."

"How would I go about doing that?" I asked.

"Your hand."

"Right…" I brought my hand up as she had instructed.

"Convince yourself that you currently have a ball in your hand."

"But I don't…" I began but stopped as Aoi just stared me down. "Alright, I'll give it a shot." I closed my eyes and took a slow and deep breath.

"Excellent, open your eyes."

I opened my eyes, catching the last moments of materialization as a cloud of blue pixels wisped away. I smiled as I closed my grip around the ball.

"So you're some sort of computer?" I continued to question her.

"A Humanoid Interface." Aoi corrected.

"Right, a Humanoid Interface… under the control of the Data Integration Thought Entity?"

"Yes."

"What is this 'Entity' by the way? Does it have a name?"

"No, it has no personal name. The Data Integration Thought Entity is a conglomerate of what I can only describe to you as sentient data."

"So it's like a hive mind?" That didn't really paint a pretty picture in my head….

"Yes."

"And because of my said powers, I am an interest to your master?"

"Yes, since three years ago."

"But why are you telling me now and not three years ago?"

"Because you were labeled as a secondary interest, we saw no benefit in interfering unless deemed necessary."

"And now it's necessary because I'm a target?"

"Partially." Aoi took a moment to think. "To my understanding, since the start of the April there has been a drastic increase in data fluctuations. These data fluctuations have been sporadic and unpredictable. In response to these recent events, the Data Integration Thought Entity issued me to activate you."

"Activate me?"

"The Overmind believes that there is an off chance a world changing event might occur. The Overmind also understands that you will be able to correct any errors in our current time-plane if they do occur. "

"So in other words, I'm a tool for your master to use." I said unhappy at that realization.

"I didn't mean it in that way." Aoi said crestfallen.

"So why should I trust you?" I pushed on. "Why should I trust that Overmind of yours, doesn't this mean that you are just going to use me?"

"We have no ill intentions, or rather we would regret if you were to fall into the hands of questionable and radical factions..." She answered me honestly. "Our goal is to observe and collect data from your planet in pursuit for achieving auto-evolution. We have no intention to tamper with our current reality. We wish to preserve the status quo and I wish to protect you from harm."

"I see." I left it at that. It was hard to question the sincerity that Aoi was currently projecting.

"Do you wish for more explanations regarding your abilities?" Aoi asked.

"What can you tell me?" I looked at her curiously.

"Your abilities rely solely on what your species perceives as an imagination. Anything that you can imagine can be created."

"So 'the sky's the limit' so to speak?"

"In a sense." Aoi began to elaborate. "If you are referring to scale, if you create something greater than a meter cubed, not only will you exhaust yourself, but whatever you are manipulating will become unstable and collapse. This also applies to mass. The greater the mass, the more energy you will need to sustain the object. In addition, anything you create will deteriorate over time."

"And how long would that be?"

"The longest projected time is within an earth day."

"Well so much for having a vault of gold." I said jokingly

Unimpressed by my material desires Aoi continued to explain. "You cannot create separate dimensions nor travel to them. You cannot time travel. You are not immortal and your powers rely on your health and physical condition. However, aside from your limitations your abilities permit you to project your subconscious into others. You can read the thoughts of others within various levels of the conscious and subconscious. You have a strong perception and can detect minute details. In addition your mind has defensive and offensive capabilities."

"And what might that mean?"

"For instance you can project psychic shields, heal minor injuries or use offensive abilities like mind rend."

"Mind, rend?"

"To tear, split apart into pieces violently." Aoi said with indifference.

"I doubt that I would have to use something like that!" I laughed nervously.

"That is yet to be seen." The air around us turned unpleasantly ominous. "However, I too hope that such ability should never have to be used." Aoi turned her head away from me.

I could sense a sort of sadness from her. Looking back at me, I could clearly see that her eyes carried a great burden.

"Can you give me one of your arms?" Aoi asked me unexpectedly.

"Uh, ok." I said unsure of what to expect as I offered my right arm.

"This may be slightly uncomfortable." She warned me as she took ahold of my arm with both of her hands. Before I knew what was going on, Aoi gently bit into my forearm. It stung slightly, but that was about it. After a few seconds Aoi let go of my arm.

"What was that for?" I asked as I rubbed where she bit me.

"I injected nanites into you which should help you control your abilities in real space." She gave me a tiny smile and nodded. "Today's goals have been fulfilled; now you must rest. I will return us to real space." She turned around and proceeded to walk away from me. Her tread was as light as ever, almost as if she were gliding. "We will continue with preparations in three days' time, speak of this to no one. I will see you tomorrow."

Before I could say anything more, the area around me proceeded to de-res, piece by piece. It took me a moment to realize I was back in my living room alone. As a calm silence filled the air, I stayed in place for a while. My hands clenched around the red rubber ball.