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AWAVEKENING(PROLOGUE)

On an Island in the West Blue

Dark, ominous clouds grayed the entire sky. Below, an entire village was beginning to flood with sea water with a massive tsunami quickly heading for them. Crowds of both men and women swiftly made their way to the shore, for there were a handful of rescue boats ready to evacuate them. This tsunami was total mystery, it seemed to appear out of nowhere in just a fraction of a second. By no means could this tidal wave be considered natural. Shouldn't the water recede before the wave strikes. Flooding usually comes after the tsunami!

This was a day of reckoning for the village, for it's peacefulness was about to be violently swept away by massive wave of water.

"Don't stop running ya knucklehead!" a man yelled at a young boy who had suddenly stopped running towards the shore, while the hundreds of other people continued running. [The man wore long brown pants, black sandals and a black, long-sleeved, buttoned shirt. He wore a cap over his brown hair and looked 30-ish]. [The boy who stopped running was only 8 years old, had short silver-white hair, crimson red shorts that reached his knees and a simple blue t-shirt. A pretty average looking young child, though he did have a rather goofy face].

The boy retorted back at the man "Shut up, Simmons! Ya can't tell me what to do! I ain't goin' anywhere 'till I find Ma!" the boy turned around and headed towards the town center, where his mother (apparently)was.

"That idiot! I hope he drowns!" Simmons gritted his teeth and just kept running with the other frightened townsfolk."Damn, when did I become such an an asshole? Whatever."

A random man turned around to see the young boy running back, "Hey kid! What the hell are you doing? The entire island is gonna be underwter, you have to get to the ships at the dock now!" the man stopped running. "Kid! You're going the wrong way! What the hell?!"

"No! I have to find my ma! I'm not going nowhere without ma! Nowhere!" The kid said, not stopping to even look at the man. He ran into the town calling out for his mother.

The boy finally reached the town center most of which had already been abandoned by the people, he was also knee-deep in the rapidly flooding water. He began searching wildly for his missing mother by running through the wooden village. He walked around for what seemed to be hours, splashing through the flooding water in his village square. The boy suddenly began to feel hopeless and scared, the sky was only getting darker, and the water was only rising. His despair began to take place. . . until eventually he heard a familiar voice:

"Daiko!"

The boy heard his mother call his name, and before he knew it, she was right behind him. Smiling, she ran up to him and hugged him tight. The boy's mother was very beautiful she had natural white, long hair and was around the age of 30, she was wearing a blue dress with a sash around her waist. This sash was black and had unusual red symbols and letters all over it, giving it a very mysterious appearance. On her arm was a rather large and stretched-out tattoo of a red lynx cat, it was roaring with it's jaws wide open and running with it's legs stretched backwards. She was a very pretty woman indeed, her skin was a light fair tan, her eyes were a crimson red, and on the right side of her face was another tattoo of a lynx.

Relieved, Daiko (the young boy) started to smile happily as tears ran down his face,"Ma, where were you? I was getting scared..." Daiko smiled and sniffed as his nose ran.

Her smile soon faded and a look of seriousness emerged on her face as thunder cracked in the sky. "None of that matters right now, you have to get to the ships now! Why didn't you follow Simmons like I told you to?" Daiko's mother then quickly tied an old black satchel to his back and around his torso. It seems the reason why she was separated from her son was to get this mysterious bag

"I don't wanna leave the island without you, Ma! And Mr. Simmons sucks!" Daiko looked at the black satchel on his back. "Huh? What's this?"

"Don't worry about that, just make sure you hang on to this until all of this is over! Promise me…" She pleaded.

Daiko didn't quite understand "Huh?" he pouted "Why?!"

Her expression stiffened "Promise me, Daiko!"

"Okay, mom...:" He surrendered.

"Good." She gave him a kiss on the head "Now let's get out of here!" His mother grabbed him by the arm and practically began dragging him towards the shore.

Minutes Later:

Once they had reached the docks, there were no more ships remaining. Through the heavy rain and deep fog, the pair noticed that all seven ships were already full at sea. All that could be seen were the swaying silhouettes of the seven rescue ships that the World Government had sent.

"Dammit!" Daiko's mother said. Daiko began to get scared, he had never heard her cuss before and knew they were in serious trouble.

"We can still make it, Ma! We just need to swim to the ships, the people already on will pull us up from there!" Daiko suggested, about to jump off from the docks. His mother pulled him back by his arm and slapped him across the head.

*WHACK!*

"Ow! What was that for?!" Daiko rubbed the back of his head.

"That's a stupid idea Daiko, the waves would swallow you up in an instant! This is why I told you to follow Simmons!" His mother began to get very frustrated and worried, she looked to have a million things on her mind all at once. "Where did that fool go, anyway?"

"Diiiiid someone call?" Simmons (The aforementioned man with the cap) appeared from behind Daiko's mother.

"I did, about a fewhours ago, you moron. You didn't pick up." Daiko's mother looked at Simmons with anger as her eyes twitched.

"Whoa, whoa calm down, Morgan. It's not my fault, Daiko just took off and left, I couldn't stop 'im." Simmons walked up to Daiko and Morgan (Daiko's mother).

"What are you even still doing here, Simmons? I thought you left!" Daiko questioned.

"I was going to... but then I realized I'd be leaving a sexy young lady and her innocent bumbling son on a hopeless little island. What kind of man would do that, eh? See? I'm a reliable guy after all, aren't I? Hehehe." Simmons smiled, the incoming death wave clearly wasn't rattling his sense of humor.

Morgan angrily crossed her arms and rolled her eyes "Well thanks a lot Simmons, now there's three of us stuck on a 'hopeless little island'." Morgan sighed as the rescue ships began sail away , farther from view. "Really, thanks a lot..."

"Hey, don't fret! I came prepared, as usual. Just follow me. I'm gonna get you two outta this mess, then we'll all be happy. And maybe I can get your number!" Simmons smiled again while adjusting his hat. "And then maybe I could take you out for dinner afterwards, hows that sound?"

"Don't even dream about it." she grabbed Daikos arm.

"Just shut up and lead the way..." Morgan said. Daiko and Morgan had no other choice but to follow Simmons along the shore. He led them both to a small hidden docking house nearby and on the shore of the island. This building had large doors that led to the open sea for ships to go in and out of. The raining intensified as they entered building. Inside was a small wooden trade boat, it's hull seemed damaged but it looked like it might actually be able to make a single trip.

"This will have to do I guess. Let's just get out of here now, this island isn't going to be here for much longer." Morgan said.

"Hey Simmons, are you sure this boat is strong enough to handle the waves? It looks pretty crappy to me." Daiko asked Simmons, who was opening the sea gate to the stormy sea.

"I can't promise you anything, kid. For now, it doesn't look like we have much of a choice." Simmons said as Morgan set the sails of the ship. The trio finally began to set sail, the wind was moving at high speeds, the water was rocking rapidly as the the small ship swayed back and forth. They were finally able to get off of the island and began sailing the steep waves. Morgan was navigating the ship with Simmons at wheel. Daiko held on to the mast in fear.

Things were looking up, as they were finally able to escape the island.

However, They soon encountered a very powerful current that began to overpower the ship.

Morgan noticed that the ship was steering off course "What the hell are you doing, Simmons? Hurry it up!" she yelled at Simmons while holding onto the side rails of the ship. "Get it steady before the west blue swallows us whole!"

"Hey I'm trying! The ship is too damn weak! Oh man! Oh man!" Simmons tried desperately to hold the wheel in place. Daiko was holding on to the mast even tighter when he noticed an enormous wave of water heading right for them.

"M-Ma! Look!" Morgan and Simmons looked behind them to see the wave. Morgan immediately afterwards ran towards Daiko.

"Holy shit! Are you kidding me? Screw this, I'm out of here!" Simmons let go of the wheel and ran inside of the ship while Morgan, knowing that there was nothing left to do, ran over to a completely frozen Daiko and hugged him very tightly from behind. Simmons entered the small single-room of the ship and hid under a desk.

"Please forgive me, Daiko, I should've gotten you out of here faster..." Daiko's face was wet with tears, he was completely overcome with fear and was hardly paying attention to his mother words. The wave was about to obliterate their small ship.

Regardless of their impending doom, she continued to speak to her son, silently and softly telling him her last words"I know this may be hard for you, but... forget about me. Just go out and live your own dream, once you make out of this mess." she paused as a single tear ran down her right cheek, and she smiled.

"Listen very closely to me Daiko, this is important. I want you to leave the past behind you, no matter what happens, don't allow it to hinder the future. You may not understand why I'm saying this now... but it will come to you..." Tears ran down Morgan's face but she smiled as the wave came closer to the small, helpless ship.

Seconds before impact, Morgan uttered her very final words to Daiko."Remember Daiko, darkness surrounds us. It will eventually come after you... But have faith in your blood name."

Daiko had no idea what she meant by a "blood name" but he was much to panicked by the situation to think about it.

Just then, a giant, demon-like hand emerged from the rapid waters. This hand was colossal in size! Spanning about 40 feet from thumb to pinky. The hand was open, with it's palm pointed towards the small ship. The massive hand rocked back in forth in the rapid waters, giving it an incredibly creepy appearance as it dripped with sea water.

After a few seconds of remaining perfectly still in the rapid waters, the hand suddenly lunged forward towards the ship. It soon impacted the ship, obliterating it into nothing but bits planks and metal.

Daiko fell into the water and began drowning. The waves were pulling him from side to side in such a chaotic manner that it began to knock him unconscious before he could suffocate. As he was blacking out, the last thing he saw was his mother being pulled under by the large hand. He wanted to call for her but couldn't muster up the energy, and even if he could, the sea water alone silenced him. His mother had a very drained and exhausted look in her eye as the hand pulled her under. The last thing she saw was her son suspended above, floating in the ocean waters. The ocean didn't allow her to shed a single tear.

She, however, was smiling, and though she was underwater, Daiko could tell she was also crying. She had such a drained look on her face, though it almost seemed as though she had been expecting this to happen, despite how bizarre the situation was.

And deeper underwater, directly behind Morgan, Daiko could see a horrifying and enormous being lurking on the ocean floor. Something about it emanated pure malice and murderous intent. Whatever it was, it was abducting his mom, but he couldn't do anything about it.

He soon lost all consciousness and blacked out.