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Chapter 1: The Beginning of the End!

Midday in a kingdom in the sky.

A tall man around 5'9 with short black hair wearing a red coat with white squares on the end of each side of the collar and with a white T-shirt under it while wearing a pair of blue jeans stands at the edge of a ledge gazing into the horizon. The tall man then closes his eyes thinking about a dream he had last night.

He thinks, "That dream I had last night what does it mean?"

The tall man then opens his eyes with an unmoving stare into the horizon.

He then thinks again, "Does this mean this is the end for my friends and me?"

He then closes his eyes again thinking about the dream that he had last night even more. He then sees images from his dream showing his friends dying as well as a dark figure laughing.

He then opens his eyes quickly as cold sweat slides down the side of his face which he then thinks to himself again, "Lately the dreams I have been having are coming true."

The tall man then looks down at a green crystal that is in the shape of the front end of a sword that is attached to a string around the back of his neck.

The tall man then grips it tightly saying to himself, "It all started ever since the king entrusted this crystal to me to protect."

Which he then brings the crystal closer to his eyes and starts to think to himself again, "A crystal entrusted to me to protect . . . There is no denying it . . . This crystal has some magical powers embedded within it."

The tall man then lets go of the crystal which it drops down and swings back and forth in front of his chest which he then says, "Well I guess there is nothing much to do but to go see if the king will tell me more about this crystal's past."

The tall man then turns around to walk away back to the town of the kingdom when all of a sudden he stops as if he was frozen in place. He just stands there looking forwards with a scared and shocked expression on his face. He then begins to shake like if something had really scared him which he then turns around quickly looking into the horizon.

The tall man then says to himself, "W-What!?. . . That power!!. . . I-It's the power of d-darkness I sense! "

Just then a fleet of airships appears out of the cloud line in the horizon. The tall man just continues to look onwards as even more airships appear out of the clouds which then finally the biggest of them all appeared in the midst of them all. The tall man just continues watching as he starts to shake even more as he witnesses what is heading toward his way. He then finally snaps out of the shock of the sight and turns around to run to warn the people of his kingdom when all of a sudden two enemy soldiers drop down from the surrounding buildings around him. The two enemy soldiers lands on the ground and draw their swords from their sheaths on their side ready to attack the tall man.

The tall man jumps back out of the surprise of the two enemy soldiers who landed in front of him which he then says, "Agh! I can't believe they already made it here in the kingdom."

He then pulls his right hand behind him to the side saying, "All right lets see how you two lackeys handle me! Dan the leader of the Guardian Angel Brigade!"

The two soldiers then jump toward Dan which Dan then swings his right arm toward his left and as he swings his arm a sword appears in his right hand, as it swings by it cuts one of the soldiers' throat. The other soldier blocks the attack as he lands on the ground and then jumps back away from Dan. Dan then continues to watch the soldier's movements as the soldier just stands there waiting for Dan to make a move. Dan then stands up straight staring at the soldier when the soldier starts to run at him. Dan then brings his sword up in front of him having the sword stand straight up in both hands which then a green aura surrounds him but disappears shortly afterwards. As the soldier approaches Dan, he pulls his right arm back above his head ready to strike down Dan. Dan then moves his sword in a right downwards ways the soldier gets within range to his right. Just as the soldier gets almost right in front of Dan he jumps up and slashes with his sword in a right to left downwards way. Just as the soldier swings his sword Dan swings his sword as well in a downwards right to an upwards left. The two swords then make contact causing a loud clinking sound. Dan then pulls back the soldier as he lands. The soldier then stagers as he falls back from the push, Dan then runs forward and slashes the soldier's stomach. The soldier then falls to the ground which Dan then runs off towards the center of the city. As Dan reaches the center of the city he looks up and sees that the airships have arrived over head. Dan then comes to a complete stop as he watches the airship come to certain points and let out soldiers to attack the city. He then looks down and sees that the people of the city are running around out of fear of the attack. Dan then looks up again and sees that an airship is over head dropping soldiers out. Which two soldiers then drops down beside Dan. Dan looks at both of the enemy soldiers and jumps back as they bring up their swords behind them. Dan then jumps back right before the two enemy soldiers swing their swords down on him. Just as Dan was about to land one of the enemy soldiers runs at him. Dan notices him and brings his sword behind him as the enemy soldier swings his sword in an upward right direction. Just before the enemy's sword comes close to him Dan swings his sword downwards hitting the enemy soldier's sword. Dan uses the force of his sword hitting the enemy's sword and pushes himself up into the air. Dan then does a flip and spin in the air which he then stops himself holding his sword behind him as he faces the enemy soldier up in the air. The enemy soldier looks up in the air as Dan comes down and Dan then swings his sword downwards cutting the soldier in half. Dan lands holding his sword in his right-hand kneeling on his left knee with his head down. Dan then looks up as the other soldier starts to run toward him. Dan seeing the other soldier coming at him does a back flip as the other soldier swing his sword in a left downward direction. As Dan lands on his feet he then holds his sword on his right side as he waits for the soldier to come. The soldier looks up growling at Dan which he then starts to run toward him again. Dan just continues to hold his sword on his side which it then starts to glow. The soldier continues to run at him which when he holds his sword on his side ready to strike down Dan. Dan carefully watches the soldier's movement as he approaches him. The soldier then jumps up into the air and brings his sword back behind him ready to strike Dan. Dan then glares as he sees an opening which he takes by swing his sword in a leftward direction. The sword hits the enemy soldier and sends him flying off away from Dan. Dan then stands up straight watch to see if the soldier would be able to come back. The soldier continues to fly backwards until he hits the side of the building hard and falls down on the ground motionless. After seeing that Dan then looks around and sees that friendly soldier are fighting enemy soldier trying to protect their kingdom. Dan was about to run off to help the friendly soldiers when he hears a girl scream. He then turns around quickly to see where the scream was coming from. He then sees a girl running from an enemy soldier. The girl tries her best to get away but trips to the ground. The girl then holds her head knowing that this could be the end for her. The solder then pulls back his sword but the side of his head ready to stab her. The enemy soldier then laughs and was about to strike when Dan runs in the way and knocks the sword out of the soldier's hand.

The soldier steps back growling which Dan then turns his head a little bit to look at the girl asking, "Are you okay?"

The moves her hands from her head and looks at Dan replying, "Yes sir."

Dan looks forward seeing two more soldiers have arrived; he then holds his sword in both hands to his right saying, "Get back! I will take care of this."

The girl then stands up and gets behind Dan saying, "Yes sir. But I won't let you fight them alone. I will support you Dan sir."

Dan nods as a reply while continuing looking forward at the three soldiers in front of them. One of the soldiers then runs toward them which the girl pulls her right hand in front of her face when all of a sudden a green aura surrounds her.

The green aura disappears and she shouts, "Thunder!"

A lightning bolt then shoots down from the sky and hits the soldier running at them causing him to jerk back from the hit while stunning him. Dan sees an opportunity to finish off the soldier, so he runs forward and jumps up then slashes in a left downwards direction as he comes back down. Dan slashes the soldier across the chest and stomach area which the soldier falls down on his back. As Dan lands the soldier without a sword holds up his hand to his face as well and as well a green aura surrounds him to.

The soldier then pushes his hand out in front of him shouting, "Blizzard!"

Just then an ice wind with small bits of ice chucks appears out of nowhere and slams into Dan making him jerk back from the hit. Which the other soldier starts to run towards Dan as the Blizzard attack hits Dan. Right after the attack Dan looks up and sees the soldier running at him so he waits for the last second to move. The girl watched nervously as she puts her hand in front of her face again hoping to cast as spell in time. Dan just stands there as the soldier as he draws close unknown to him, the soldier who cast it the blizzard attack has his right hand in front of his face as well with the green aura around him to. The soldier that is running at Dan jumps up into the air right before he meets Dan which he pulls his sword behind him. Dan stand firm and jumps back at the last possible moment as the soldier falls back down while slamming his sword down to hit Dan.

As Dan jumps back the soldier, who has the green aura around him throws his right arm in front of him shouting, "Thunder!"

A lightning bolt shoots down and hit Dan in the middle of his jump causing him to slam into the ground hard on his feet and making him fall on his back.

The other soldier who tried to strike down Dan starts to run at him which the girl then throws her hand out as well shouts, "Thunder!"

A lightning bolt then shoots down and hits him but only made him jerk back a little bit. The soldier then turns his attention toward her and starts to run at her. The girl steps back out of fear as she sees the soldier coming at her which Dan then grips his sword in both hands on his left side and slices the soldier's legs. The soldier then falls to the ground screaming at the top of his lungs from the pain which Dan then gets up and holds his sword in his right-hand looking at the other soldier. The soldier slowly backs up with then three more enemy soldiers arrive to aid him. Dan then glares at them angrily as it would seem there was ever more showing up to attack him. Just then two friendly soldiers show up to aid Dan, one of the friendly soldiers his holding a javelin while the other one is holding a long sword.

The friendly soldier with the javelin gets on Dan's left side and says, "Dan sir! We will take care of them!"

The other friendly soldier with the long sword on Dan's right side then says, "Yes! Now go! The king needs your protection!"

Dan looks at both of them and then looks forward saying, "Thanks guys but I don't leave my men behind to fight alone."

They all look at each other and then runs toward the enemy soldiers which they also do in return. Dan with the friendly soldiers clashes with the enemy soldiers leaving the girl and the other enemy soldier behind. The two then puts their hands in front of there face with the green aura surrounding them. The soldier then throws his hand forward with the girl jumps back out of the away which fire shoots out of nowhere and hits each other shooting up afterwards. After moving out of the way the girl throws her hand forward which then sends a lightning bolt down hitting the soldier that tried to attack her in the head. The soldier just jerks a bit and falls forwards on the ground not moving which the girl just watches Dan and the friendly soldiers fight. The soldier Dan's facing brings his sword over head and slashes at Dan from an upper left to a downward right swing. All Dan did was swiftly step to the side and dodges the attack which he then pulls his sword over his right while moving his left hand over to grab the handle of the sword. Once Dan grabs the sword with both hands he swings down with strong force behind it. He hits the soldier on his left shoulder and cuts through until the sword comes out about midway through the soldier's chest. The soldier lets out a loud but a short yell of pain, falling to his knees then the ground shortly after. Dan looks at the friendly soldier as they finish off their opponents which they turn and look at him.

One of the friendly soldiers says to Dan, "We got it covered here. Now got protect our king."

Dan nods and turns around to run off when he sees the girl looking at him.

Dan then walks over to her which he then says, "You need to get out of here as soon as possible."

The Girl replies, "Yes sir I will don't worry."

The girl then turns around and runs off which Dan then runs the same way which he then turns down an alley near by. Dan runs down the alley until he then comes to the end of it. Dan sees friendly and enemy soldiers fighting it out. He then runs toward a group of enemy soldiers which another enemy soldier starts to chase after Dan. Before Dan made it to the group of enemy soldiers, he notices that another enemy soldier is chasing after him. So Dan stops like if he didn't notices the soldier behind him which then the soldier was right behind him brings his arm with the sword in it up. Which then another soldier notices Dan and starts to run toward him from the front. At the last second Dan does a back flip over the soldier behind him and cause the soldier behind him to slash one of his teammates that was running at him from the front. Dan lands kneeling with his head down for a few seconds which he then moves his head to see the soldier that was behind him which is now in front of him with his back facing Dan. Dan readies himself to jump toward the soldier in front of him which another soldier notices Dan about to attack his ally. Knowing he wouldn't make it in time, the soldier puts his left hand up in front of his face which a green aura surrounds him and then disappears. Dan then jumps off the ground flying toward the enemy soldier in front of him.

Just as Dan takes off toward the soldier in front of him the other soldier throws out his left hand and shouts, "Blizzard!"

After saying that an icy wind with small chunks of ice appears right next to Dan as he flies through the air. The icy wind hits Dan knocking him down to his side which he rolls and pushes off the ground then lands to his feet. He then looks up and sees both soldiers running at him. Dan then returns the favor by running at them to. As Dan runs toward one of the soldiers, he pulls his sword over his right shoulder. The soldier that Dan is running at gets close and brings his sword over is head. Dan seeing an opportunity to strike jumps forward toward the soldier in front of him which Dan moves his sword down to the side and slashes the soldier across the stomach. As Dan lands on the ground the other soldier approaches him as slashes downwards at him. Seeing a sword coming down at him Dan then swings his sword in an upward right direction blocking the soldier's sword which makes a loud clinking sound. Dan then pushes back the soldier and then jumps back away from the soldier. The soldier stagers back a bit then regains his balance and runs back towards Dan. Dan then grips is sword in both hands and starts to run toward the soldier which they then swing both of their swords hitting each others sword. Both Dan and the soldier then start to push against each other trying to over power each other. Dan then slips to the soldier's left side which causes him to fall forward but not completely to the ground. After doing a complete spin around Dan faces the back of the soldier and bring downs his sword to his left side then swings it in an upward right way. Dan's sword hits the soldier in the back and sends him flying forward a bit then hits the ground. The soldier tries to get up after the hit but then fall back down on the ground not moving anymore. Dan who was looking at the soldier then looks away towards his right side.

Ready to run Dan hears a woman shout, "Help! I can't handle all of them!"

Dan then looks toward the area where the cry for help came from and sees a woman with green eyes wearing a sky blue turtle neck sweater with a blue skirt. She also had long red hair which is tied up in the back and holding two daggers fending off five soldiers that are surrounding her.

Dan then shouts, "Rain!"

Dan then runs to her aid slashing two of the five soldiers that was surrounding her. Two other soldiers from the group notices Dan and charge at him. Dan jumps back and prepare for an attack from the soldiers. One of the soldiers raises their sword and slashes at Dan, Dan blocks the attack with his sword and then kicks the soldier back in the stomach. The soldier stagers back from the hit which the other soldier lunges at him Dan was barely able to block the attack and almost falls backwards. Dan manages to keep his footing which he then pushes back the soldier with a trust of his sword which he then jumps back even further upon landing he is surrounded by a green aura and then disappears. He then puts up his left hand which two small fire balls circle around in front and the edge of Dan's hand.

The two small fire balls then circle faster and move inwards to form a bigger fire ball which then Dan shouts, "Fire!"

The fire ball then shoots off from Dan's hand and heads toward the soldier he pushed away with his sword. The fire ball collides with the soldier's head and explodes causing the soldier to fall backwards to the ground. The other soldier who Dan kicked regains his footing and stands where he is looking at Dan waiting for him to make a move. Dan then charges at the soldier, the soldier moves his sword up in front of him to prepare to block Dan's attack. As Dan comes in range the soldier then moves his sword to the left side of him and slashes in a left to upward right direction. Dan ducks dodging the sword which he then slashes upwards with his sword which is in his right hand cutting the soldier's left arm and chest. After he reaches the peak of the slash, he grips it which is above his head and slashes downwards cutting the soldier on the face and across the chest again. Dan then moves the sword to his left side still griping it in both hands and swings it rightward hitting the soldier in the face. The soldier spins around and falls to the ground not moving. The soldier who was hit by Dan's fire attack gets up and looks at his man then at Dan.

The soldier then says, "Ummm? Very impressive! So you angels to have some skill. But I think I would be more then a match for you!"

Dan then glares at the soldier while standing where he is waiting for the soldier to make a move. The soldier then brings up his hand and taunts Dan with the "bring it on" wave. Dan then growls and starts to run at him, the soldier just stands there not even preparing himself for Dan's attack. Rain notices Dan running at him while holding off the soldier's sword with her two daggers and tries to say something but can't really. Dan then grips his sword in both hands on his right side running at the soldier. The soldier just continues to stand there smiling. Dan then jumps up into the air and slashes downwards with his sword and almost in a flash the soldier slash back with his sword. The two swords connect and make a loud clicking sound. Dan lands on the ground which the soldier starts to push Dan back. Dan trying is best to not lose his footing starts to push back. Once Dan started to push back then it became a stalemate between the two with no movement either way. Seeing this the soldier then pulls his sword back a bit and then trusts it forward making Dan stagers backwards. Dan knowing what he was trying to do backs up but also trying to not lose his footing. The soldier seeing what he was doing then slashes at him; Dan moves his head toward the right which the soldier's sword only gave him a small scratch on his left cheek. Dan then was able to jump back away from the soldier. The soldier just stands in the stance after he swung his sword, which he then moves slow back to standing straight up. Dan lands on the ground away from the soldier and stares at the soldier as blood rolls down the side of his face.

Rain then was able to push the soldier in front of her back shouting, "Dan be careful he isn't just an ordinary soldier. He is a higher rank. He is an Elite-Lieutenant!"

Dan just continues to looks at the Elite-Lieutenant watch to see if he would make a move.

The Elite-Lieutenant then says, "You can take down my men with ease and your not dead yet. This could be more fun then the others I have taken down."

Dan then angrily glares at the Elite-Lieutenant growling at what he heard.

The Elite-Lieutenant then moves his right hand over to the left side of him at eye level which a green aura surround him then disappears saying, "Well let see how you can do against me. I hope your not a disappointment."

He then throws his hand forward towards Dan shouting, "Water!"

A Stream of water appears out of nowhere right in front of Dan which then flies extremely fast and hits Dan knocking him back. Dan slides back kneeling due to the water, he quickly looks up and sees the Elite-Lieutenant almost right in front of him already. Dan looks at the Elite-Lieutenant with an surprise expression and seeing no way to dodge the attack in time.