Warrior Soul - Prologue & Chapter 1

Warrior Soul - Prologue:  A New Player

     The spherical shape shoots across the heavens as stars and planets streak by at astonishing speeds.  The pod had seen several battles, notice the dents, burns and marks across the surface.  You would think nothing living is contained within the pod, but as it passes by a sun you can see in shadows that somebody is indeed within the pod.  It has but one opening, a hatch in front with a circular window to behold the glorious sites that it is passing by.  Nevertheless, the lone occupant does not seem to notice or care to see the wonders of the universe.  After the pod passes the sun the only thing that can be seen is the soft glow of the instrumentation that makes up and runs the pod.  Moreover, the only thing that can be heard is the soft breathing of the lone occupant.  A computer voice disturbs the silence.

     "Last known location, the planet Chikyuu."  The neutral computer voice says.  A few beeps are heard as slim, but scared fingers fly across the keypad.  Star charts and a strange language are seen on the monitor.

     "Destination set, course change confirmed."  A few more beeps are heard as the last of the commands are entered in the computer.

     "New destination, Chikyuu."  The pod veers off in space towards the new location.  A tiny blue planet; one of the nine planets circling around a yellow sun.

     The sound of armor settling is heard as the occupant leans back into the pod chair with a sigh.  A soft, menacing chuckle breaks the silence as a long brown tail flicks around in the pod.  This occupant has but one single purpose…to find Saiya-jin no Ouji.  Now the silence is absolute in the pod and it continues its deadly course as it leaves a path of destruction in its wake.  Vanquished souls cry out warnings to the living ahead, "Beware the Destroyer."  However, they go unheeded.

     The computer voice again breaks the absolute silence.  "Sleep mode engaged."  A hissing sound is heard as the computer releases gas into the pod through the ventilation system.  The occupant breathes in deeply and slowly relaxes as the gas lulls the occupant into a deep sleep for the long journey ahead.  After several minutes the computer confirms that the occupant is in sleep mode.

     "Vital signs stable, auto pilot engaged, cryostasis unit online and activated."  The computer runs an auto diagnostics program and completes its self-check.  "Proximity alarm active.  Auto activation online."

     And life goes on… Or will the fates intercede?
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Warrior Soul - Chapter 1:  Abarekomu

     On a sparsely populated planet a group of villagers out foraging for food looked up in the sky and saw a big streaking object fly over them before it impacts against the ground a few minutes later, with a loud explosion, several miles away.  With fearful glances they run back to the village calling for their chief and priest.  Their fearful calls drew out the other villagers from their abodes.

     As the smoke and dust clear a hissing sound can be heard as the pod hatch opens and a shadow can be seen moving around inside.  Slowly a slender arm, with green wristband, reaches out of the pod hatch and grabs the edge of the opening.  Ever so slowly the shadows are banished by the light.  Long black unruly hair and eyes just as dark squints momentarily in the afternoon sun.  Tall and lithe the female figure stands on the opened door of her pod.  Standing at 5'8 the female stretches her limbs after a long confinement.  All five extremities go out full.  Her arms come down and her long brown tail wraps itself securely around her waist.  With a sneer on her face she raises her hand and clicks on the object on the right side of her face.  It covers her right ear and a red visor connected to it covers her right eye.

     The village priest and chief were in discussion with the villagers who saw and heard the strange object impact.

     "My chief…I saw it when it passed over us.  It stirred up a big cloud of dust, it was hard to see but truly I did see the object."  A tall male villager pleaded.

     "I believe you Turo," the chief says gently, "continue with your story."  With a wave of his hand he indicated a log for them to sit upon.  Once they were settled the chief waited for the man called Turo to continue.

     "The noise was so sudden and loud then we all took off running.  It was a shame in village pride but we were so afraid.  As the object passed over us I got a swift glimpse inside and saw a shadowy figure there."  Turo starts shaking silently, the village chief motions the village's priest to come forward.

     "What do you say old man?"  The chief ignores Turo silent gasp at the chief's sacrilegious address of the village priest.  "Who has come to our world without even a polite greeting?"

     "Hakai-sha." The priest says.

     "Eh?" The chief stands up, "That is just a legend."

     "If Hakai-sha is a legend then so must the counterpart Kyuusai-sha must too be a legend.  But we can not discredit this, I have seen, in my dreams, a time of massive destruction if we do not perform the Koshou."  The priest sadly shakes his head as if to dispel bad memories, then looks up in the sky.  "Hakai-sha is coming, you're so called legend will be here soon."

     "Nani!?" The chief exclaims, "The landing site was over twenty miles away.  That is at least a day to two days run from here.  Our own people saw it from distance.  Turo is the best eyes in our village."

     The priest slowly shakes his head, "Hakai-sha is not of this world.  He or she may be able to do things we cannot even image in our way of life.  To the villagers it will be like doing magic."

     "My warriors are ready, old man.  We will fight off the Hakai-sha like we did the other Outworlders.  We do not need to be civilized.  Our way of life has served us well for countless generations.  We have no need for this so called technology."

     The priest beckons the chief to his abode; the chief immediately starts to pace as the priest sets down in a fur-covered chair.  Speaking softly the priest says, "We were once like that... we had technology.  We were once a very advanced society.  We flew to other worlds in space, in ships beyond your imaging, just to see what was out there.  We ran across another civilization as advanced as our own but territorial disputes broke out and soon it became a full fledge war.  The battle lasted many years and countless lives were lost consequently.  It didn't take long for our scientists to develop a weapon of horrible proportions."  The priest slowly lowers his head briefly and then looks up to the chief.  In a whisper he says, "We killed them."

     "You killed their whole army?"  The chief asks.

     Shaking his head the priest clarifies, "No we didn't just kill them all… we destroyed the whole planet and the surrounding moons.  The resulting shockwave alter our planet's orbit.  Therefore we were now closer to the sun.  Instead of a lush, lively paradise our planet turned into a desert terrain.  While it was still capable of sustaining life it asked for us to change our way of life.  We no longer had to sit back and let science deliver to us but instead, in remorse for our deadly deed, we cast aside all that remained our advanced technology and simplified our lives."  The priest chuckles briefly, "We devoted ourselves to bringing our planet back to its former glory."  Cocking his head to one side and listening to things that only the he can hear the priest announces, "Hakai-sha is getting closer."