While some people may have recoiled from the scamper of a mouse or the buzz of an insect, they sure weren't now. All kinds of small pest were outside that in human eyes, deserve to be killed. But now, anyone would think the sight of them is a miracle.

First off, the year is 2015. Several years ago, a missile was sent off by enemy territories, hitting Los Angeles in the US, causing hundreds if not thousands of casualties. From then on, things went downhill. Wars, nuclear waste and shrapnel were all I saw. It looked like we all went on a vacation to Mars. It was one of the worst things anyone could endure.

For the handful of people alive, they were lucky. Underground cities were built, and humans had to cope with more challenges.

Alien monsters arrived when a chunk of Venus collapsed, and impacted in the Pacific Ocean. The names Pedoleon and Hedorah struck fear in the hearts of everyone around the world. They ate the pollution, and in turn more waste filled the earth. Special teams were made to protect the people, but nothing killed the beasts.

Then, Pedoleon and Hedorah came in contact, and a great battle began. The fight aroused something else, an unspeakable force that I have trouble mentioning now.

Godzilla.

Pedoleon was defeated, and the tale wove on.

I'm going to skip the details now. What I felt after that was an emotional roller-coaster. Friends and foes, power and monsters. In the end, Hedorah's head was blasted into the boiling ocean, and Godzilla emerged victorious. On the way, we found an Amazing plant that could survive and purify the dirtiest air. Now, the tree is everywhere. Long story short, we succeeded.

I stepped outside and inhaled deeply. Wow. I hadn't said that in a while. I'm Akira, but you might know that already, so I'll spare you the details again. The sky was half covered with clouds. A couple months ago, the clouds all would have been thick, red and gray clouds that chocked the sky. Now, only a few smudges ruined the beautiful atmosphere. The rest of the clouds were big, white, puffy cumulus clouds.

A tiny bird fluttered over my head. I smiled at the little fellow. It was one of the first times I had been up close to a wild animal in a while. I stepped casually towards a large group of stands with at least 100 people in the area. What was the big deal? Tokyo's underground zoo and botanical gardens were releasing about 10 kinds of bugs, small animals, and plants into the wild. If all of these animals could survive successfully as a species, we would –

"Akira!" A sweet voice called my name. I spun around, to see Kazuko approach me. Her short black hair gleamed in the sun, and her teeth flashed at me, blinding me. Did I have feelings for Kazuko? You could say that. But I had never shared these feelings out loud. We weren't dating or together or anything.

"I haven't seen you in a while!" Kazuko said. "Where have you been?"

"Resting, mostly" I replied. Sometimes I just needed to keep up with life, to observe where we are and ask those big questions no one will ever find the answer to.

"Well, come out more. The weather's been nice, for the most part."

"Sorry, I don't want to suck all the oxygen out of the air" I was partially being serious, but Kazuko giggled. How I liked that much.

"Well, see you around the fair. I'm going to check it out!" Kazuko flashed a blinding smiled, then I watched as she seemed to mold into the mass of people.

I turned around, wishing I had said something else. I stared out over the vast, Mars-like land. Splotches of green dotted the land, and small developments had started outside. As I wondered and observed more, I noticed them.

Black and brown uniforms covered most of their body. They all had the same, black hair, stuck up in jagged edges. A little different from common styles. They sort of had spikes on their shoulders, like some sort of vest. Silver gleamed in their hands, and I had the creepy feeling that they were guns.

I glanced back at the crowd, but no one had noticed them. I turned back towards the place where I saw them, but they were gone.

I had no gun, but I crept away from the crowd towards the place I had last seen them. My shoes crunched the ground beneath my feet, and I tried my best to go on the balls of my toes and go into stealth mode. I didn't have my uniform of gun on me, so I was taking a big risk.

I stopped at one place, wondering where they could have possibly gone. I looked down, noticing the shallow prints of boots left in the sandy earth. I smiled smugly, and crept in the direction of the prints.

I was eventually led to an abandoned construction site. I think a small sinkhole opened underneath it. I ducked my head and slide under a metal bar. The air was eerily quiet and dust in here, and in the dark air, one of my footprints sounded like five. I took another step, and there was something pressed against my back.

"Don't move" a voice growled quietly, and my mussels froze. I had been trained for combat against people, but I fought giant monsters, and the last fight was a couple months back. I heard the sound of shuffling around me, and I guessed that there were a couple more individuals around me.

"Akira?" a voice called, worried and high. No… I inwardly groaned. Please don't come here!

I heard several guns click around me, and I nearly fainted. I wanted to scream, but I would probably get shot, and Kazuko would, too.