I just got this fresh idea, well, not exactly fresh. I just figured I should try to do a modern Soul Calibur and Legend of Zelda fic with a little defying gravity thing. Anyways, I'm writing this with Dark Lord Link, and this is OneWingedHeron53. This is the second long fic of us writing it together. Read on, cause it's too long and too complicating to explain on how things work out.
Chapter 1: Dawn of Evil
It was dark and murky in this land of evil. It's been over two thousand years ever since Soul Edge was destroyed for good...or so we thought. Tired of the old souls coming to attempt to destroy over and over again, Soul Edge decided to rest for a very, very long time. Many lives have rested and started to redeem themselves.
Many souls have found the love of their lives, or found time for it and settled in. Voldo was never seen again, but can be seen that he is now dead. Cervantes went to sleep as well after grieving for the loss of Soul Edge. Zasalamel still lives with his ability to reincarnate. Astaroth was put to rest after being tamed by the God of War. Nightmare turned into no more than a scrapped piece of metal. Many souls had kids and peace once more filled the land for eternity to come...
However, even eternity doesn't last forever.
Year: 2160
New York
In the busy city of New York, cars filled the streets, crowds filled the sidewalks. People talking and cellphones ringing were all that filled the city. Majestic buildings still filled the area. School Bells echoed the desolated school grounds. It was the starting of school, and every were eager to start it. Well, all but one.
In the bench, near the school entrance stood a young girl. She had her books on her lap, and the usual beige, knee-length, skirt, black knee socks, and white button shirt with a sleeveless beige vest over as the school uniform. She designed her red hair to go in high, pig-tails, and had a ribbon that kept it together. She kept her head down as if she was nervous.
"Amy?" A voice called out, in which she looked with her violet eyes. An older man appeared. He was wearing a dark, blue uniform, with a red tie. He had rectangle glasses on, and behind it were hazel eyes. His blonde hair was neatly streaked back, leaving only a handful of hair streaming down, not passed his mouth. "Everything alright?" He asked, sitting beside her.
"I'm...scared, father" She replied, leaning on his shoulder, (Yes, it's Raphael)
"Scared? Or nervous?" He replied, stroking her head gently, while looking over the horizon.
"Scared of going to a new school. What if they make fun of me?" She asked, still keeping her position and closing her eyes.
Raphael chuckled lightly before looking down at her. "Why? Because we're French? That's not much of a reason for them to make fun of you. If they do, just tell me and I'll talk to them" He replied, moving from his spot and kneeling in front of her to look at her eyes.
"But, I don't know the English language that well" She answered nervously, staring at her father's hazel eyes.
Raphael took off his glasses and sighed another chuckle. "Well, ignore them if they make fun of you. If they try to assault you, try...punching them in the face and run for it. Run straight for me, and I'll handle the rest. Okay?" Raphael mentioned, in which Amy nodded. "Now get to class. I have to go teach French" He added, in which Amy obeyed by standing up and going into the school.
Raphael watched her walk in and smiled. However, that smile faded into a frown as he looked on top of a distant building. Seeing nothing, because of the fog covering it, he put his glasses back on and went into the school building.
On top of the building Raphael was looking at, stood a figure. It wore a black coat, only showing the bottom of its face. It grinned before jumping off the building, disappearing from sight.
Korea
In a small village where technology barely reaches stood a building. In the Korean language, the sign can easily be translated in Seong Dojang. Many yells and shouts occured at the back of the building. Many students were performing the drills, the older ones at the back with the younger ones in the front.
They all dressed in a white ninja robe. The males were covered in it, only showing their hands and feet. The females were more opened in the mid drift, with a tail flowing behind. Each one had a colored belt, marking their skills, from black to blue to red, etc.
They all switched stance to stance as the instructor shouted. At the back row was a young woman, in her early twenties, who had a brown belt. Like all others, she dressed in white ninja robes. Her brown hair appeared in a braid, reaching passed her back with only a couple of bangs in front, being held by a red headband. This one's name was Seung Mina.
At the back, not to far away from her was a younger man, wearing a green belt. Dressing like all other males, he can only be identified by having red spiky hair and brown eyes. This one answered the call of Yunseung. However, as skilled as he was, could've even been brown belt as well, if it weren't for his lazy nature. He lazily did the drills, not yelling too much, and fell behind.
The master saw him and ordered them to stop. All students obeyed by standing straight, only Yunseung didn't stand straight. "Hong Yunseung! Come!" He ordered in the Korean Language.
Yunseung obeyed by walking hastily towards him and keeping a low head. Seung Mina looked at him as he passed by, like something that would happen everyday. "Yes, Master?" He asked with a bow and standing up straight.
The master looked at the other students, "Seung Mina! Come!" He ordered, in which was obeyed with her coming and doing the same bow.
The master eyed both of them, "Yunseung, show me what you learned" He replied, walking back and motion for Seung Mina to spar with him.
Both students walked with equal pace and turned around and bowed before going into their stances. Yunseung's arcing his back with his left arm lowered and his right arm raised. He bended his legs and kept dead glares at his opponent. Seung Mina slid her left foot and held her hands in front of her, doing the basic fighting stance. None taking notice of a dark being watching from across the road.
Out on the sea
On a ferry boat, marked by the name My Fallen Bride, for various reasons, stood a young man. He watched out at the sea inside the main room of the ship. He was dressed in the usual white captain uniform, with the general badge, and the hat. He had raven-black hair, with an ususual bang the seemed like an Elvis rip-off. His dark eyes showed no fear, no worries, and no childish nature, just a serious and calm nature.
He stood still watching the direction it was going to, that is until the speaker went off. "Captain Maxi sir. We have spotted a desolated ship in which we believe to be the S.S. Libra missing" A voice called out, not so much younger than his. "That, and we seem to have picked up stowaways that claim to know you" The young man added and waited for a response.
The captain, known as Maxi, smiled at the thoughts of cash he would get for this. But the last bit made that smile turn into a frown on the stowaways. "Who are they?" He asked in a dark voice, belonging to a man his age.
"They claim to be Xianghua and Kilik. Are they friends of yours?" The man, once again asked, while in the background, many chattering concerning the two people and such.
The frown again, took a 180 degree turn as the man smirked, "Send them to my quarters" He ordered, which was obeyed with the usual, 'Yes, Captain'. Maxi kept the smile on his face, thinking of past times, "It's been a while" He muttered to himself, turning around and heading to his quarters.
Maxi sat in his chair, behind a desk with his feet on it, waiting for his 'friends' to arrive. He examined a bust as a trophy for one of his accomplishments as captain. The door opened up and in came Kilik in a red jacket, and black slacks and Xianghua in a traditional Chinese outfit.
"Ah, Kilik and Xianghua" He greeted, putting down the bust and stood up. He was greeted by a hug from the two. "How's life going for you two?" He asked as he pulled away from the hug.
Kilik smiled, seeing his old friend, "It's going great. My Master told me to go on a journey to clear my heart and soul...or something like that" Kilik replied, muttering the last part.
Xianghua had her eyes closed and was smiling happily, "I got promoted from being a flower girl to the store manager" She gleed with a little hop in her steps.
Maxi stood staring at the eyes of his friends, "You've come at the right moment. We recently discovered a missing ship and we're about to board. Why don't you two come along?" He asked, crossing his arms.
"We'd love to!" Xianghua shot out, vaulting herself over Kilik and in front of Maxi. "But-" Kilik tried to object...
"Great! We're preparing now" Maxi replied, cutting Kilik off, who sighed in defeat.
"Oh well, this should be fun" Kilik thoughted to himself, holding up his hands.
"Let's go" Maxi replied, walking towards his door, and the two came along. They talked down the hall, while around the corner, around the captain's room, the black cloaked man appeared, not an expression of emotion on his mouth, which still only showed.
Korea
Yunseung charged forward and kicked at Seung Mina's jaw. She side-stepped and grabbed his leg causing him to groan inwardly as she smirked. Seung Mina swung him around, tossing him hard to the ground. Yunseung jumped back up, glaring at her, she smirked in response and winked.
He gave a mad yell and charged again. She knew what was going to happen now. She stepped to the side and tripped him, grabbing him in mid-air and slamming him to the floor. He launched his feet in an attempt to throw her off and stood back up, to recieve a blow to his back.
The force of the punch was enough to knock him back down. He gasped for air as Seung Mina rolled her eyes at him. 'He never learns...' she stated mentally.
After the battle, Yunseung laid at the feet of Seung Mina, beaten in combat. "Damn, not again" He muttered, going onto his feet slowly.
Seung Mina, only breaking a couple of sweats, smirked at her victory, "Sorry Yunseung, but you let your guard down" She replied, bowing down to him and walked back as the Master came walking.
"Yunseung..." The Master started, standing in front of him. "Hundred Pushups. Now" He ordered, holding his hands in front of him.
"What?" He objected, "After a fight?" He asked, complaining obviously.
"Two hundred" He added, not happy with his attitude.
"But-"
"Three Hundred"
"Fine" He mumbled and began to go on the floor and perform his pushups.
"The rest of you are dismissed" The Master added, walking away.
Seung Mina turned around and looking across the road, she saw someone in a black robe watching, she looked at the figure, trying to figure out who it is.
"What is it?" The Master asked, stopping as he passed by her.
Seung Mina looked away, "Uh, that man..." She answered, pointing where she saw the man, except he wasn't there. She looked around more, trying to figure out where he disappeared to.
"What man?" The Master asked, looking where she was pointing.
"Uh...never mind" She muttered, walking away with the man.
"Old fool" Yunseung muttered as he left, finishing fifty pushups.
"Five Hundred!"
"Damn it" Yunseung cursed himself.
Later that night
Yunseung walked on the roads, tired and weary. He felt an ominous wind as he looked ahead of him. A man in a black robe walked down his way. Feeling a threat, Yunseung kept his guard up and both walked passed each other. After a few steps, Yunseung looked back to make sure he didn't turn around and attack, however, the man was gone. "What?" He muttered to himself. Looking around, he didn't see the man anywhere, and the wind he felt was gone. Deciding not to take any risks, he bolted for home.
The black robed man came around the corner, watching the youth run. He than dugged inside his pocket and pulled out a red shard. "It awakens now" He muttered in an amusement. He than slowly pulled off his hood, revealing golden blonde, unkempt hair, and pure blue eyes. Skin a bit light, while at the same time dark. The most notable thing is that he had pointed ears. "Soul Edge, let this be the last battle we enjoy together" He stated, looking up in the air.
Core of the Earth
An eye shot open, looking around. All around it were veins and bloody skin. It closed it eye and shot open with a fierce roar. In which nearby, a tin of armor began to move and slowly it turned into a suit of armor. This too, let out a huge roar, "Ah, it feels good to breath after centuries again" It shouted out in amusement. It had a claw on its right arm, and on it left arm, red energy began to gather, until it formed a red crystlized sword with the eye on the hilt. "Let us bring forward Nightmares onto this new world!" It shouted, and grew a pair of pure, black wings and flew up into this new world.
Somewhere deep into the mountains
An ancient race, hidden from civilization, sensed a strange power in the atmosphere and began to walk to a strange chamber. In the middle laid a big behemoth, a giant brown skinned humanoid with red linings and its chest open, revealing its beating heart. It was tied in chains, having it immobilized, althought chances are, it'll break it like thread.
"Astaroth" One of the males replied in a quiet voice. At the mention of its name,the fingers twitched, and it slowly opened its pure white eyes. All the other beings slowly went in a circle sprinkling some dust around. "Soul Edge. It awakes. We need you to get it, so that we can bring back our age" The man whispered as the dust began to glow.
The being, known as Astaroth, began to clutch his hands and broke free from it's chains. Now free from its chains, it stretched out with a huge yawn. He placed his hands on his head and sharply turned it left, resulting in a crack, than did the same onto the right, resulting in another crack.
"Let me in this world and fetch your toy" Astaroth replied, taking his first steps after centuries. He walked towards his little friend (His axe) and picked it up, placing his great axe on his shoulder.
"The way out is this way" The man replied, pointing at the direction of the exit. Growling, Astaroth went walking into this new world.
Out in the seas...or under
In a sunken ship, under the darkest depths of a sea, where even the advanced technological submarines can't advanced to, laid a ship, forgotten during the centuries. The captain of the ship was the infamous Cervantes De Leon. He mournfully played a slow tune on the organ laying within his quarters, sighing, depressed. Even without Soul Edge, his will has allowed him to retain his immortality, but it robbed him of his strength.
He lifted one of his fingers to his eyes and found that a tear has formed on him. He examined it, amazed that he was able to produce a tear after many years. During his time of mourning, a shard, known as The Remnant of Soul Edge, that he kept on his organ began to shine in a red glow.
Seeing this, he picked it up and examined it. The glow shone more, starting to sizzle on his hand to the point he clutched it tightly. "Soul Edge. It still exists?" He called out to himself. He grinned evilly letting out an evil roar.
The door slammed open, letting water rush in, due to it being in the icy depths of an ocean. He wasn't affected by it though. He walked up towards his wheel with his beard floating up. When he reached it, he turned the wheel and the ship creaked and started to rise up.
After a long while, it finally surfaced near two boats. One seemingly abandoned and one labeled 'My Fallen Bride' He grinned evilly, "With this shard in the weapon, it'll consume their souls and make another Soul Edge. They will be the firsts to be fed to it" He stated, guiding his ship towards the two.
Inside the ship
Maxi, Kilik, and Xianghua were walking in front, while behind were several, most notably twelve, with guns in hand. "I thought this ship was abandoned?" Kilik pointed out, feeling uncomfortable around them.
"It is" Maxi reassured, walking with courage.
"Then, why the guns?" Xianghua asked, unsure of them.
"You can never be too safe. Chances are that rebels are hiding out here. So we can never be too safe" Maxi explained.
As they turned around the corner, they were met with a hail of bullets heading their way. Immediately, the three ducked behind the wall with Maxi making a 'I told you so' look. He looked over at his crew, who readied their guns and moved out in front of them.
"FREEZE!" The captain of the squad shouted like they were cops. The rebels only had handguns, while the crew had like SMG's, Rifles, Snipers, etc.
The rebels only looked at each other, before looking at the crews again. There was a total of ten rebels. Three jumped up, turning upside down and their feet touched the ceiling and they stood as they did on ground. While six went on the walls, like the ones one the ceiling and the lone one took off for reinforcements. They all shot immediately, catching some of the crews dead, while some seeked shelter.
"Damn, they got anti-gravity belts" One of the males shouted out, seeing three of their comrades already dropped dead. A sniper slid towards Xianghua, who grabbed it, and Maxi pulled out a pair of pistols. Kilik only grabbed out a bar that was nearby.
"Anti-Gravity Belts?" Kilik asked, crouching lowly.
"Devices created in 2105. It allows it's wearer to defy gravity and walk on ceilings or walls. Can even allow the wearer to survive jumps otherwise impossible, jump high, and throw off our aims" Maxi explained, checking his guns, seeing if they were fully loaded, and in good condition. "Ready for a fight?" He added, turning around the corner, firing away.
And there is the first chapter of my fresh new idea. Dark Lord Link will be helping me write this, like he has done the fight scene between Yunseung and Seung Mina.
The year is 2160, as mentioned. The only year I can think of that is high leveled in technology, like the Anti-Gravity Belts, and yet still in the Modern World.
Note that I'm introducing only a few characters, up to six to nine maximum at a time. It's pretty hard to think up of jobs that their reincarnations can have in a modern world
The jobs are as follows
Raphael = French Teacher
Amy = Shy Student
Seung Mina = Brown Belt Student
Yunseung = Green Belt Student
Maxi = Captain of a Ship
Xianghua = Flower Girl
Kilik = Monk
The rest are the same as before. You can suggest jobs for other characters, but not to fluffy, or something, like, Ivy being a stripper because of the way she dresses, and her whip-like sword. I acknowledge that you guys are getting dirty thoughts already, but NO, I'm not accepting that job. I already have a job in mind for her, and it's not prostitute.
There are a few references here, see if you can find them.
Lastly, don't worry about me taking away the main reason of the series by adding guns. Mostly there will be the old combats, so no worries.
I think I said too much, so review please