This is my first fanfic about Shakugan no Shana, so I'm not that great at this thing. I have watched the anime, only first season though so I haven't dived completely into it. Well, here goes. Some part of this story is first person and parts of it third, it's your job to find out which is which. It will also change perspectives from time to time. Well, hope you guys (the reader reading this story at this very moment) like the story. This is my own story and not including much of the main story.

Disclaimer: I do not own Shakugan no Shana, I just watch it, write stories about it, and upload my ideas. I do for a fact own my other stories, this story, and my computer and other necessary items.

Flame Haze Dante

Why am I going to this blasted place again? Oh yeah, I've been ordered by Sabrac to go to this place. I don't know why this place of all places though! Why must I have to go to a place that's been nearly destroyed by war? Not like there's going to be many torches there anyways.

"There have been sightings of a zooming bird at high speeds. This "bird" is heading in the direction of Balantalus. We're not sure why this thing is heading there, but it is probably just a test-" "why are you watching that bro? No reason for you to be watching the news at night. It's really boring and nothing good is on."

"Jason, just shut up, and head to bed. I'm watching this for school. I'm supposed to write about something that's happening during this week. It's for a class; don't know why I need to though. Still, get out of my room!"

"Alright, fine whatever you say little bro."

Mason turns off his TV and flops onto his bed. Wish I could have a better and cooler life with thrill and without my annoying older brother! Well, at least I have a life and I'm living. Nothing much I could ask for. Then, he turned off the lights and fell asleep.

The next morning

The alarm clock rings at 8:20. "My god! Is it already that time?" Mason quickly gets up and dresses up for school, bolts out of his bedroom and runs to school. Crap! Got to be quick! Why did I set the alarm clock at 8:20? He checks his wristwatch which says 7:45. Oh yeah, I set it 35 minutes early, forgot that. He slows down his pace and walks to school. Along the way, he sees Orihime, a childhood friend of his.

She has waist length red hair, blue eyes, tall and slim. She's very shy around other people, probably why she sticks around me a lot since she knows me very well. "Hey Mason. I didn't know you come this early. Why'd you decide to?

"Well, I set my alarm clock a little early so I woke up real early. I decided to walk to school I suppose? Anyways, how're you doing? Is Everything okay with the family?

"You could say that. My older brothers are fighting a lot though. They seem to have no mind at all, they're just yelling at each other left and right. And I'm good. I feel apprehensive at the moment though. The tests have gotten me startled and everything.

Oh crap! I forgot to study for the tests! Oh man, what am I going to do? If I fail this test, who knows what will happen to me and my future? "Oh yeah, the tests. Don't worry about them, they're just an obstacle blocking us from victory!"

"You didn't study again, did you. I'm right again, aren't I Mason? There's no use in trying to lie, I've been friends with you since kindergarten. I know you didn't study."

"Heh, you got me there. Well, let's just hope we can get a good score on this test. The next year depends on this test."

(to the readers, couldn't find a way to put this in the story) I'm Mason Allighiere. I'm a high schooler attending Akajuma High. I'm a kid with silver hair, teal eyes, and light skin. I'm not white, but Asian. Thing is, my mom married a white guy, so I have the last name of one. (This is not meant to be racist; it's just for the story) I'm very intelligent, skinny, surprisingly muscular despite my skinniness, and nimble. I don't really do any sports, but I do do archery in my backyard.

Later on in the day after school because I'm too lazy to write it all out

"Man, those tests were hard. And annoying. Wish they were lots easier."

"I thought you claimed yourself intelligent. Or is that a lie and you are actually giving up to a simple test?"

"I'm not going to let a test beat me and make me tell me I'm a complete loser! Anyways, I'm going this way for a view on the lake. It's a beautiful sight; the lake does shine like how most people hope they would. Well, see ya!" Mason told Orihime. Mason starts to walk toward the lake when all the lights turn off, everyone stops moving, and time seems to have stopped. What the hell? What happened? He looks everywhere. No one seemed to have noticed, they just stood there! Why are they just standing there? The place has suddenly gone dark and no one seems to be moving! A building falls down in front of him as a giant skeleton on flames with six arms emerges from the smoke of the fallen building.

What is that thing? It looks like its dead, but it's walking! What kind of thing is this?

"DIEEEE!" what was that? Where'd it come from? Is there such a person brave enough to face that thing? He must be crazy enough to face that thing!

The skeleton's head falls off without any kind of signal of what had decapitated it. What happened? Nothing seemed to have decapitated the thing but it's head fell off! The slayer must've been quick! "What are you doing? Standing in the way of fire and- Wait, you can move. I can hear your breathing. You're a Mystes. I can tell. Hmmm…." What the hell? Who's there? Mason quickly turns around to find a person in a black robe wielding two swords stained with blood dangling from his sleeves.

"Who are you? And how'd you kill that thing?" Mason asks. There's no way someone could get up to the head of it and slash it off!

"Who am I? I'm irrelevant to you and that's all that matters. How did I kill it? That's none of your concerns. The Rinne did very little damage, so I won't need to use power of existence from the surrounding area; I'll just use the ones I have taken." The mysterious figure puts his swords in front of him and chants a few words under his breath. What is this guy doing?

In the next instant, everything seemed to be normal. The building that had toppled was rebuilt, the people who were damaged were healed, and the part of the street that the giant had stepped on was repaired. "So umm, what just happened?"

"The world around you was damaged earlier as you saw it. Now that I've concentrated my power of existence and put it into this one area, that damage has been repaired, but not everything is the way it once was."

"What do you mean by 'not everything is the way it once was.'?"

"Alright, before I start time again, I'm going to brief you on the things about your world, and mine. You see those people over there?" he points to some kids who stand next to a game store examining things. "Those people are what we call torches in the Crimson World. Just like any other fire, they will eventually die. Unlike the human way of dying though, they will not die a brutal death. Instead, they will vanish into thin air and all memory of the person will fade away as if they never existed."

"You mean like, just go away and nothing happened? They won't even know who he was after he disappears?"

"Yup, pretty much. They will continue to live life so long as they're flame doesn't die. If you were a normal torch and had any memories of the kid, you wouldn't know of whom he was; he'd be lost forever. It keeps the balance between my world, and yours."

"Balance? How can you say that's balanced when people are disappearing every day! I say that's unbalanced!"

"Let's say you had a friend, okay? And one day her flame died. You would forget who she was. Now, let's say you didn't forget those memories! Wouldn't you question where she was and how no one else remembers who she was? It would cause DISASTER! Had people not forget those memories, then this world would be nothing at the moment, do you understand?"

"I suppose, but what happens if someone does memorize the person?"

"We have people called tuners who work things out. They come here, wipe out those memories with a little assistance, badda bing badda boom, things are back to the way things should be. I have said too much already. You should continue to do whatever you were doing."

"You called me a Mystes, what is that? And do I have a flame inside me as well?"

"You can answer the flame part yourself. You can see it yourself if you look down towards your chest. As for the Mystes part. A Mystes is a container for a treasure tool. Treasure tools are things that some flame hazes and tomogara look for. Mystes contain these treasure tools and hope that they don't die too quickly. Not all flame hazes hunt down Mystes though, I would be one. Some protect these until they vanish. When you vanish, someone else will hold this burden and it will continue to go along. Now, run along now, I have a feeling I won't be seeing you again."

People start walking again, time continues to go, things seemed to be normal again. But to Mason, everything was different. Things are so different now that I know new things. Where'd that guy go anyways? After looking around a bit, he didn't see the person who had told him all this new information. I suppose I was just daydreaming.

The hooded figure floats above town peering at it while looking as if it was talking to thin air.

"You told him TOO much information Dante! I don't have to tell you this every time now do I? You should have just killed him and taken the treasure tool!"

"Sir, unlike you, I'm not interested in what he contained. Besides the fact that he contained the Reiji Maigo, I-"

"THE WHAT! HE CONTAINED THE REIJI MAIGO! Dante! I am very disappointed in you! You could've taken it and used it for our purposes!"

"I have ideas Sabrac. I intend on waiting and letting it grow. Then, when the time is right, I shall take it."

"You had better hope this turns out to be in your favors boy, or I will leave you be and you will forever be an alone Flame Haze, wouldn't want that now, would you?"

"I will not fail, for failure is not something that I do often. Now, I have things to do."

Well, this is it so far. This should be good for the first chapter, introducing the Mystes, the Flame Haze, and who he works for. Dante isn't really contracted with Sabrac, he's just someone who works for him. Sorry if I caused confusion to you when they were talking, just kinda how I do things.