Speech: "Hello Ryūko."

Kamui Speech: "Hello Ryūko."

Thought: 'Hello Ryūko.'

Thanks to DekkTheODST for being my beta for this!

Falling.

That was all that Masaaki could remember, everything else blurred past him. All his memories slipped through his hands like sand as they drifted away, he tried his hardest to grab the grains. Anything to keep his identity, but they would always escape in the end. After a while he gave up and slowly everything began to fade into a bright light.

Masaaki awoke to the smell of fire and ash, shooting up he saw that he was in a burnt out room. A large amount of the rafters that had held up the ceiling looked like they could collapse under the strain. Masaaki checked around the room one more time to see if there were any clues of where he was. Seeing nothing of interest he quickly left the room, leaving he now found himself in a large courtyard. Looking around he noticed that there wasn't much apart from an exit that seemed to lead to the front of the house, walking towards to it a flash of white caught his attention. Looking down he saw a torn bit of paper, reaching down he picked it up and turned it over. To say he was shocked was a bit of understatement.

Masaaki,

If you are reading this then I am most likely dead and this home has become compromised. I cannot tell you much, all I can give to you is this piece of information. You will find your answers at Honnōji Academy.

I

The paper was torn just at the bottom cutting off the name leaving him with a single character for a clue. Masaaki thought for a moment.

'Honnōji Academy huh, can't say that I have heard of it. Then again I can't remember a lot. I guess I have my first destination.'

Masaaki was interrupted from his thoughts by a clunking sound, he looked around quizically trying to determine what the noise meant when all of a sudden the floor beneath him fell away into a pit of darkness. He looked around frantically flailing his arms in the air in an effort to defy the laws of gravity. Sadly his attempt failed miserably and he fell down into the hole, screaming like a girl all the way. Watching him a middle-aged man with shades chuckled slightly before wandering off.

Back with Masaaki, he could be seen still screaming like a girl as he fell when it clicked that he should probably be attempting to stop his descent. Masaaki desperately tried clawing at the side of the walls in a valiant attempt to stop his free fall. He succeeded partially but in the process he cut up his hands from them grinding against the stone. Soon however the wall disappeared and Masaaki soon realised that he had fallen into a larger antechamber that seemed to be filled with clothes. Looking down he spotted a tower of clothes rapidly approaching and he squeaked and pulled himself into a ball to protect himself from the impact. A small 'oof' sounded from Masaaki as he collided with the tower crashing into it and rolling down it until he finally came to a stop. He slowly pushed himself to his feet and winced as pain wracked his hand, gazing down at his limb he saw that he was bleeding heavily.

"Damn I gotta get this bandaged up, luckily for me I landed in the largest source of cloth around."

Masaaki got down on his knees and began searching for a suitable piece of clothing that he could use. What he didn't account for was his blood dripping down through the clothing and onto a discarded school uniform. However the blood didn't stain the clothing and was instead sucked up by the clothing causing it to rustle. As the boy was searching he heard a rustling behind him, turning around he couldn't see anything so went back to searching. He paused when he heard a raspy voice sound out.

"More~ ! Give me more blood! I won't go back to sleep!"

Shooting up Masaaki turned around and looked to the source of the voice, he was shocked at what he saw. Standing in front of him was a black military uniform with orange trim and what seemed like two eyes that seemed to be staring intently at his bleeding hand. Masaaki looked down at his hand and then back to the uniform, before giving the intelligent reply.

"Errr What?"

Like it was a signal the uniform jumped at him.

"Give me more! Wear me!"

It began by tearing off Masaaki's clothes as he desperately tried to pull it off him.

"H..Hey get off me! I don't want to be worn by you!"

However his cries went unheard as the uniform tore off his last piece of clothing and then flowed over his body like liquid. When it was in position Masaaki began to feel a surge of energy shoot through him and everything erupted into orange and he screamed.

When he came to Masaaki groaned.

"Arrgh... What happened?"

He wasn't expecting to recieve an answer but he was granted one by a soft female voice.

"You put me on Masaaki."

Hearing the voice Masaaki spun round in a circle tensed up for a surprise attack.

"Down here."

Looking down he was greeted at the sight of two orange eyes staring up at him, Masaaki blinked owlishly before everything rushed back at him before he squealed and pointed at the eye.

"You attacked me!"

The eye seemed to roll its eyes which confused Masaaki.

"I'm sorry about that, but I couldn't go back to my dormant state and you were the best option."

Masaaki sighed and looked around for an exit.

"Anyway do you know a way out of here?"

"There seems to be an exit behind you about 500 metres ahead."

Masaaki turned around and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Finally a break for once!"

He took off at a jog eager to get out of this weird place. Or at least he attempted to, for when he put down a boot he launched himself high through the air and crashed into the ceiling and then fell flat on his face back onto the ground.

"What the hell was that!?"

"I was about to tell you Masaaki but we are currently in my combat form, if you look down you can see what I'm talking about."

Doing what the uniform asked him, Masaaki gazed down at his new attire. His eyes widened comically as he took in the new appearance. He was wearing what seemed to be a long black trench coat with glowing orange highlights running along its arms and down the back. The jacket itself looked skintight and hugged his toned body and was open at the front. Across his chest and abdomen there was an orange 'X' that covered his modesty... ever so slightly. He was wearing some tight trousers that hugged his legs and had an orange belt running around it. To finish it off he had some heavy duty boots on. His navy blue hair also had some changes with it becoming more wild looking and now had an orange highlight in it.

"Holy Crap! What the hell am I wearing!? I look like a stripper!"

"Like I said we are in my combat form and it has to touch less of your skin so you can use my full potential without being overwhelmed by my power."

Masaaki took a moment to take it all in and then decided that it was probably best that he didn't ask questions. He gazed down at the eyes that had grown larger in this new form.

"I've gotta think of a name for you otherwise this will be too awkward."

Masaaki thought for a moment before a light bulb flashed above his head.

"Ahah! I'll call you Senkō (Flash)!"

The eyes look down for a moment as if in contemplation before it looked up and moved up and down.

"That is an acceptable name for me, are we ready to leave now?"

Masaaki nodded and steadied his position, he took off at a jog but even then it was still extremely quick and he could soon see the light of the exit. However something caught his attention. Lying just in front of the exit there was a small plinth that seemed to hold a huge sword that seemed to be made up of segments. The guard had clockwork within it and the handle was orange. Slowing down to a stop, Masaaki considered the weapon for a moment before shrugging and grabbing the hilt and pulling. Due to his strength being enhanced by Senkō he soon pulled out the sword and held it up in all its glory. He gave it a twirl before accidently clicking a button on the hilt which caused the gears in the guard to spin, suddenly the sword shrank down in size until only a regular ballpoint pen was left. Masaaki held it in his hand before attaching it to his belt.

"This will be useful..."

Masaaki then walked out of the exit and began his journey to Honnōji Academy, little did he know that he would change the course of an entire universe.

Thanks for reading my prologue for my new story Before My Flash is Gone! Please give it a follow or a favorite if you liked it! Please leave a review so I can improve in my writing!

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OnyxTheSaiyan