AN:Alright, I know I've kind of vanished for a while AND I should really be working on my Naruto fanfic and what have you, but this is a project of mine that I've been just anxious to do for a while. Years, actually, and having people that aren't my friends IRL critique it will help out a lot. And yes, I'm aware I need a beta.

This is a completely original story. All characters are mine unless mentioned in an AN, as well as story plot, and pretty much the gist of it. If someone wants to beta this or get involved in my project at all, send me a PM and we'll talk turkey.

I couldn't find a spot for original stuff, so I figured, "What the hell, why not? Let's put it here." and it's in mythology... There's a lot of mythology in this so it's not a total lie...

Disclaimer: I OWN SCION'S GRIMOIRE! IF I OR ONE OF MY MINIONS FINDS SCION'S GRIMOIRE CONTENT MADE WITHOUT MY APPROVAL, I WILL NOT HESITATE TO HUNT YOU DOWN. This is not a joke, as hard as I've worked on this whole thing and the number of rewrites I've done over the past 5 years, including all the drawings, I feel a certain right is associated with it.

Let's get the show on the road!!!! Review a lot, please! I need it....

Scion's Grimoire

Chapter 1--- I am _______.....

Everything was white…. Pure endless white…. As far as the eye could see, everything was white.

"What would you do…?"

"Huh?"

"What would you do…?"

"Who the hell is this?!"

"To protect…"

"I… I…."

"Those you hold dear…?"

A screech woke the young person from his dream, followed by a few shouts and curses. His wild brown hair blown about by the breeze, and seemingly glowing green eyes scanning the area rapidly, he sighed and looked about one last time before yawning.

"What the hell was that dream about…? That made less sense than the usual dreams that I have… That's odd…"

Another reptilian screech followed by yet more curses jolted him from his reverie. He stood up on the tree branch he was napping on and put his hand to his head to get some glare out of his eyes.

"Gah… Lost 'em…"

He hopped down from the tree, about a 30 feet fall, this would send a normal person to a hospital if they were normal, but this young man is anything but normal. With a loud thud, he landed with a small loss of balance before quickly catching himself.

"So…. The drake is headed…." Another screech was uttered east from where he was. "… Towards Alexandria…. Great…" he deadpanned. He checked the gauntlet on his left arm, a high tech weapon called a 'power fist'. It amplifies his physical capabilities by utilizing his mana to augment muscles and bones to inhuman levels. Not saying that he wasn't already strong, his body was incredibly fit and athletic, wearing a sleeveless spandex shirt, and tan combat pants, he could get any lady drooling.

"WHY Alexandria…? The number of people there make it too hard for me to fight like I normally do…" He looked around for something, and realized he left something up in the tree he was sleeping in. He smacked the trunk of the tree "lightly" and knocked something out.

"Can't leave without my sword here…" he commented to himself as he caught it and strapped the large blade to his back. "Carbon steel is kinda hard to come by in this part of Ci'el… Gotta make it last for a while."

"CATCH UP TO THAT LITTLE SHIT!!!!"

"LITTLE?! THAT THING IS WAAAY BIGGER THAN MARTIN SAID IT WOULD BE!!!!"

"Stop your complaining and catch up, before either IT gets away, or HE beats us to it!!!"

"Damn damn damn!!! It's getting away!!!"

The young man had run into these 4 men while he himself was trying to catch up to the beast. He knew what they were here for, and smirked about what was about to happen.

"Pardon me, but what's getting away…?" he asked as innocently and naively as possible.

"Oh, it's that damn drake we've been chasing for the last week. That drake marquis is a bitch to catch up to." One of the scruffy men answered. "What are you doing in these part of the woods, kid? It's dangerous out here."

"Oh, nothing. I was on my way to Alexandria, actually… But then I heard all this screeching. So that was a drake marquis?" he responded while still wearing the façade of idiocy that he just put on.

"Yeah, nasty bastard… I feel kind of bad that we have to chase him to Alexan…" the man finally realized who he was talking to when he turned around.

"I-i-i-it's YOU!!!!" he stammered/yelled out.

"Who?! WHERE?!" the youth mock panicked, looking around. "SHOW YOURSELF, YOU!!!!"

"It's you!!! It's Albert Vitrussi…" he stated as he reached for his weapon.

"Oh that. Yup!" Albert grinned cheekily while waving. The closest man took a swing at Albert, which he ducked under, and socked the man in the stomach with his power fist arm, then jump flipped over the 3 still standing.

"Later! Gotta kick some drake ass, maybe I'll kick yours some other time?" he said while waving and running off.

"OoOoOoOoooooooooooooooOoO…………………."

The 3 men left standing remained as such with their jaws agape.

"Dammit!!! I wanted to get that drake BEFORE this happened!!!" the leader of the group exclaimed after a half minute of silence. "Martin specifically warned us about him too!"

Meanwhile, half a mile away, Albert goes over what he learned.

Well, so they were purposely routing the drake towards Alexandria… What is Shigei Corporation getting at by doing this? As easily as I dispatched that goon and left the rest behind, they don't stand a chance against the Marquis… Well, not without an army of them, mercs, the City Militia, or any nearby Templars… And that would decimate the part of town that they fight it in… Unless… Albert gasped in realization.

"They want the local militia and the mercenaries to look bad!!! Damn!" He yelled out loud. "Shigei Corporation wants to get more business by intervening when things look bad…!"

Although there is no law against that… A lot of people are going to get hurt and property damage will be high. I won't accept that! … Ehm… I'm not the tidiest of fighters either… But… My intervention--- that I was gonna do anyway--- will be required even more now… I hope everything on Reis' end is coming along well… Albert continues his musings even as he dashes towards Alexandria in the hopes of preventing as much loss of life and damage as possible.

It's a relatively nice day in Alexandria, the large port city is on the southern tip of the continent of Ci'el, which is along Forcena's equator, so they enjoy sunny, warm days throughout much of the year. Since airships dominate travel and trade on Forcena, the seaport is relatively free of commercial ship traffic, unless they are headed towards Hama-Shima, which has no airship docks. At a small juice bar in the market plaza, two friends are conversing.

"Man, today's a lot cooler than yesterday." The one on the left stool says.

"Yeah, it's pretty nice. The breeze isn't being blocked by the Vauxhalls, so we should enjoy it while it lasts." the other replies cheerfully. The other man nods in approval before taking another swig of his drink and setting it down.

"Shigei Corporation is setting up another branch of their company…" the first one states after a minute of silence.

"Really?" the other one replies in surprise. "Why? Isn't there one in Pe'ell already? Why do they need one here?" The first man simply shrugs while taking another sip.

"Hell if I know how businesses like that one work…" He snorts from his glass. A calm, male voice answers from behind the two.

"Money." the two men turn on their stools to look at the newcomer. "Ruthless corporations like that one, want two things."

"What would those be?" the second man asks while looking over the man. He has long blonde hair that stops at his back, a long flowing white robe that could be possibly used in battle, a headband with a strange emblem on it consisting of 3 squares turned on their vertices, a black pauldron on his left shoulder, a black bracer on his right hand, and a ceremonial staff in his hands. His eyes were that bright green, the eye color of every Avalean. He sat down next to the men and motioned for a menu.

"Money isn't one of them. Nearly every corporation wants money, that's widely known and acknowledged." the priestly man said. After setting his staff down, he continues with his explanation.

"What groups like Shigei want, is as much power as they can get. Gained legally or not, they don't care. The other thing they want is a high position in society, whether it be government or something else." his drink arrives and he puts some credits on the counter.

"Why is that, priest?" the first man asks. The priest takes a drink and lets out a contented sigh.

"Needed that…" the priest turns to them and continues. "The higher up on the food chain they are in business or government, the harder it is to get rid of them should they do something… Inexcusable."

"Makes sense."

"Yeah, it does."

At this moment, a loud reptilian screech is heard. The priest raises an eyebrow, while the two other men's eyes widen in surprise.

"Hm. A drake…" the priest states simply. The two men look at him with the same look on their faces. A loud crash is heard, followed by a scream from a young woman.

"Hm. An angry drake…" the priest adds casually before taking another sip like nothing is going on.

"EEEEEEEEAAAAAAA!!!!!!"

"Crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap!!!!" a flustered and out of breath Albert curses as he is running into town. He spots a bar as he is running and asks a question really quickly.

"Hey!!! Which way did that scream come from?!" he pants out. The priest gives him a brief look and returns to his juice. The other two point down the road at the same time. Albert nods and yells out a thanks before running off in a cloud of dust. The two uttered a synchronized "uh…" and looked at each other. The priest calmly finished his drink, grabbed his staff and stood up to leave.

"This should prove… Well, entertaining. It was a pleasure, gentlemen." he then seemingly flickers and disappears from sight."

"…."

"…. I gotta stop drinking so much juice at this hour…"

N-no!!! How did I end up in this situation…!

A young woman in green, loose fitting clothing was on her behind, and trying to move away from the object of her current fear. A large drake is currently walking towards her on its hind legs, growling menacingly and baring its teeth.

"Why did I choose today to go shopping…?! Ohhhhhhh... Am… Am I gonna die right here…?" the girl stares at the drake, no longer backing away since she's against a stone wall. The drake marquis makes a screech and prepares to attack with its claws.

"Force Spear!!!"

Out of nowhere, or rather, from down the street, a beam of yellow white energy slams into the side of the drake's torso, launching it into a cart selling miniature trees.

"Who…?" the woman asked to no one in particular.

"Christ on crutches that was close!!!" holding his left hand out, smoke freely wafting upwards from the hand an exhausted and relieved Albert is standing while leaning against a vegetable stand. Note to self: damn. Albert thought to himself.

Scanning the area, he looked for the young woman who was about to become dinner for that oversized flying lizard. Spotting her, he jogs over and offers his hand to help her up.

"You okay? Shit on a stick that was close… Sorry about that. What's your name?" The young woman just sat there, against the wall, in partial shock trying to gather her mind together. She then noticed Albert's hand and used it to help herself up.

"R-Rebecca…. My name is Rebecca… And…" she responds. Then she starts crying and tackles Albert in a bone crushing hug. "THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! OH!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!"

"Can't…." *cough* "Breathe…. Need… Air….." Realizing what she was doing she lets him go and bows in embarrassment.

"I'm so sorry! I was so scared… I really thought that was it for me…" she admits. Albert then catches his breath, and draws his sword. Rebecca eyes widen in fear. Oh no!!! He's a psycho!!! HE'S GONNA KILL ME! I WAS RESCUED BY THE RESCUER SERIAL KILLER! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!

"It's not dead… Not by a long shot… You should get back." taking a stance he looked over his shoulder and grinned. "This might get messy for you." Rebecca let out a breath that she was holding in her odd panic attack and looked toward the rubble before nodding her head in agreement. She then jogged towards the crowd that had gathered due to all the loud noises and pretty light.

"Huh. You're a big boy, you know that? Drakes from this area don't really get this big, OR wander into cities of this size… Oh well… I already know why you're here. I'm sorry that I have to kill you, but it has to be done!"

The drake let out a screech and took off towards Albert. Not surprised by the charge, he rolled to his left, and fired off a spell that he uses when there are civilians nearby.

"Prism Arrow!" he yelled to enhance his focus. A crystalline arrow made of light elemental magic congealed by his body, and he motioned with his left hand for it to fly towards his foe. The drake attempted to dodge, but was hit in the wing, disabling its ability to fly. Another reward that was received was a very loud screech, courtesy of the reptilian pin cushion.

"Hm… I tink I made it maaaaaad!!!" Albert sung in a child's voice and was promptly given the gift of a tail to the chest. The crowd winced and went "oooh…" as Albert's body flew into a nearby stand.

"Ow… That… Didn't feel good…" he said while freeing himself from the rubble. "That tail's got some force behind it…" the drake saw his chance and lunged forward to bite Albert. In response, he raised his sword and the drake chomped down on that. The two were locked in a power struggle that was evenly matched.

This'll change this little stalemate… Albert thought. Then, the power fist on Albert's left arm started to make a whirring noise and the gaps between plating started to glow lightly, as it started gathering mana.

"Now!" pulling the sword back with his right hand freeing it from the drake's jaws, he pulled his left arm back and went to punch the drake in its armored face, but it managed to partially dodge the blow, only being scraped by Albert's knuckles. The fist continued on, and Albert struck the ground near the drake with the force of a wrecking ball, creating a shockwave that knocked it off its feet and caused a few light wounds from shrapnel being blown about.

A collective gasp was heard from the crowd at the display of raw strength that this young man was exhibiting from a simple punch. Bleeding lightly in several places, and somewhat freely from the wing, the drake screeched again, and prepared to strike the open young man with its claws. Seeing that he wouldn't be able to move in time on his own, Albert blasted the ground with a Force Spear where his left hand was, giving him momentum to move quickly and near instantly. His glove suffered minor burns from the close range blast, but he managed to dodge the sharp claws of the marquis.

"Too close…" he said. "Good thing I remembered I could do that…"

"Albert!" Albert turned his head, it was Rebecca. "You can do it! SMASH THAT THING!!!!" Grinning, he nods and pulls his sword into a different stance. A slight glow covered the sword, and swinging in a diagonal upwards arc, a crescent beam of energy was flung at the drake. Surprised, he couldn't dodge it and was struck in the chest. Albert readied another Blade Beam and advanced on the stunned beast. When he reached within 7 feet of the reptile, he flung the beam and readied a much more powerful spell from his repertoire.

"That's a pretty strong spell he's casting…!" Rebecca observed. "That should finish the job!" The drake was stunned and wobbling around, trying to regain its senses and balance.

"Crush foes in a beam of infinite power!" the brown haired youth chanted, as more light elemental mana flowed to his hand. "Light Halberd!"

The winged reptile did not see it coming. A large beam of light elemental energy blasted forth from Albert's left hand, striking him in the chest. Enveloped in an explosion, the drake marquis was obliterated. The crowd looked on eagerly in earnest to see what, if anything, survived.

"Did he…. Do it?" a random citizen asked out loud. Hearing the person, Albert turned and shrugged apologetically. When the dust finally cleared, a bloodied, smoking corpse was seen in a crater. The crowd erupted into cheers and girls swarmed forward to hug their new hero. One of them was Rebecca.

"Oh crap…!" he exclaimed in fear. "Where's Reis when I need herrrr!!!!!???" Albert can be seen running away from his new fan club, the crowd being led by the young woman who he had saved.

"Heh heh heh heh heh." The priest saw the ongoing shenanigans and chuckles to himself. "He's got talent, that boy does. With a little refining and practice, he'll likely be the best." At this, the priest turned and headed towards the exit of Alexandria. To where, who knows?

I have a strong feeling that I'll see you again, and we'll have the chance to chat then. I look forward to it. Don't die before then.