Chapter 1

Prologue Part 1

The Greatest Nightmare

Narrator: transcending history and 2 worlds, and tale of souls and swords eternally retold.

(Camera shows Garu, Pucca, Gura, Abyo, Ching, and Ssosso doing their usual stuff just outside Garu's house: Garu using Gura as a human shield to avoid another kiss from Pucca, Pucca simply pulling Gura out of Garu's arms and kissing Garu while now carrying Gura, Abyo Ripping his shirt and practicing his kung fu, Ching looking at Abyo with hearts for eyes, Ssosso reading something. But Gura jumps out of Pucca's arms and starts walking off with a small smile.)

Gura: Big Bro, you can't hide your real feelings for Pucca much longer. I just know it.

(While Pucca and the others were busy, Gura starts walking into the bamboo forest by himself.)

Gura: ahh, it's a beautiful day, the kind of day where I'm never bored. Oh wait, That's everyday in Sooga Village. Good thing I once got Master Fate to change my past so that I've been living here all my life instead of just a few months.

(Eventually, Gura sees something falling from the sky; it quickly lands right in front of Gura like a meteorite. Gura reacts by jumping several feet back and hiding behind a nearby bush, Fortunately, the thing lands leaving only a tiny crater about as long as a beach ball in diameter. Gura sighs in relief and decides to look in the crater. He sees a strange red piece of metal. Curious, Gura decides to pick it up, But upon just touching the piece of metal, He feels a painful shock entering his body, Gura gives a blood curling cry of pain in response He then gets a brief vision of what appears to be a ominous flaming demon. The demon looks as though it was saying something but Gura couldn't make up what the demon said. Gura immediately drops the piece of metal and falls down to his knees in apparent exhaustion, causing the demon to disappear. Garu and the others heard Gura's scream and arrive to see what happened.)

Ching: Gura! Are you alright? We heard you suddenly screaming and rushed to see what happened.

(Gura says nothing and points to the red piece of metal.)

Abyo: you mean this thing?

(Abyo attempts to pick the piece of metal up. Before Gura can say anything to stop him it was too late and Abyo already picks up the piece of metal. Strangely, nothing happens.)

Gura: b-but how? When I touched it, I got a powerful shock and I saw some flaming demon trying to tell me something. When I dropped it, it vanished.

Abyo: really? It looks and feels like a normal piece of metal to me.

(Garu says something.)

Ching: you right, Garu, we should take it to Master Soo; he probably knows something about it.

(Camera cuts to the entire gang in Master Soo's palace. Master Soo is seen holding the red piece of metal and examining it.)

Master Soo: this may surprise you, but I don't know anything about it. It must be from a completely different world. Gura, you say you saw a demon after you picked that thing up?

Gura: yes.

Master Soo: I'm definitely clueless, There's not any kind of metal I know of that can do that. Whatever it is I think it should be kept somewhere safe until further notice. I say hide it in the Dojo.

(Time passes, camera cuts to only Garu and Gura seen at the streets on Sooga Village.)

Gura: I just know what happened back there, I saw that flaming demon in that vision. Garu, what do you think it means?

(Garu simply shrugs. Having no clue what it could possibly mean. Suddenly, the sky starts to turn dark orange. Gura and Garu hear some electric crackling. They around quickly and see a dark portal.)

Gura: what the heck it this?

(a strange humanoid being slowing emerges out of the portal, he looked like an evil-looking man in azure-colored armor with a disgustingly mutated arm with a 3-fingering hand. The armored man was holding a huge sword with an eye on it, that had a type of metal similar to the piece of metal Gura found.)

Armored man: I'm am known as Nightmare. This village has something that belongs to me. (holds up his sword.) a shard of my sword is here. Tell me where it is! Or your souls will be my next meal!

(The majority of the villagers start to hide or enter buldings upon noticing Nightmare and hearing what he said, with an exception of Gura and Garu.)

Gura: a shard of his sword? Could this have something to with that piece of red metal I found in the bamboo forest? (Gura realizes what he said and covers his mouth in response.)

Nghtmare: (hearing what Gura said and turns to him.) So, you found a piece of red metal. That must be the piece of my sword I'm looking for. Tell me where it is!

(Gura starts to say smething but garu stops him,elling Gura that he doesn't trust him well enough to give that kind of information.)

Nightmare: So you won't tell me? Perhaps I should give a little persuasion. (gets into fighting stance, making it clear he wants to fight.) And to make sure…Tira! Assassins!

(a apparently teenaged girl holding a wide hoop-like blade comes out of the portal, along with several strange swordsman appearing in old-fashioned Arabian clothes and clothes covering up most of their heads.)

Gura: uh-oh! Looks like we're outnumbered. Are you sure we shouldn't just tell him where the red metal thing is?

(Garu reminds Gura that Nightmare was treatening to kill the villagers should they not tell him where it is, Which must mean that Nightmare's intentions with that red metal shard must not be good. Garu then pulls out his sword.)

Gura: well, you're right, this guy's not really a nice guy to me neither and neither are those kooks with him I bet! (Gura pulls out 2 different swords; one Chinese sword that looks similar to Ching's, the other is what appears to be a basic katana similar to Tobe's.)

Nightmare: This village will regret allowing only 2 mere children take me and my comrades on.

Abyo: (suddenly arrives) who says it's only 2? And not just kids! Hiiiya! (rips his shirt and pulls out his nunchucks.) We're some of the best martial artists you'll ever see around here.

Ching: (Also suddenly arrives) besides, we're not gonna let any of you harm anyone! (pulls out her sword.)

Ssosso: (Also suddenly arrives) Evil does not prevail as long as Good has anything to say about it. (pulls out his bo staff.)

Nightmare: 5 children claiming to be skilled martial artists? Even if you're right, you're still outnumbered.

Gura: so what? We have our ways of turning the tables on you.

(Garu advices to Gura to stay back, saying this could be too dangerous.)

Gura: Garu, you're worrying too much, I can fight too you know. Remember? The 4 of you trained me.

Nightmare: Assassins! Attack!

(the aribian clothed swordsmen charge at our 5 heroes. Garu blocks one Assassin's slash with his sword and immediately slashes the Assassin in return, knocking him down. Abyo uses the chain of his nunchucks to grab another Assassin's sword, grabs both handles, and piledrives the assassin by swinging his nunchucks the opposite direction of where he was facing. Ching has demonstrated to be a superior sword wielder by effortlessly disarming one assassin and knocking him by swinging the flat side of her sword at the Assassin. Ssosso swiftly dodges sword swings and knocks out a row of Assassins by swinging his bo staff. Gura, unlike his teachers, has slight trouble fighting just one Assassin. It takes a short while of crashing blades before Gura can see an opening and stabs the Assassin's belly. The wound causes the Assassin to pass out.)

Gura: didn't mean to wound him like that, but I guess he deserved it anyway.

(slightly over a minute passes when Garu and the others finally take out all the Assassins. Nightmare simply looks at the 5 martial arts warriors slightly impressed.)

Nightmare: impressive, perhaps you were right to the foolishness of underestimating you skill. Next time I'll bring Berserkers. (looks at a certain direction.) hold up! I think I sense it….yes! it is! The shard of Soul Edge! Tira! Keep those kids at bay while I get what is rightfully mine!

Teenaged girl with blade-like hoop named Tira: Sure thing, I'll even make them regret messing with us.

Nightmare: see that you do. (runs over to the direction of the Dojo.)

Ching: oh no! he's heading straight for the Dojo! My dad's still here! (Starts to run after Nightmare, but Tira immediately blocks her path.)

Tira: awww, what's the matter? Trying to prolong what maybe your dad's inevitable death? (gives a sinister laughter.)

Ching: grrrrrr! Why you! (Ching angrily swings her sword at Tira. But Tira almost instantly blocks it with her hoop blade.)

Ssosso: some of us should try to stop Nightmare from getting that metal shard.

(Garu nods in agreement and dashes after Nightmare while Ching battles Tira. Abyo follows Garu. Gura was about to do the same but Ssosso stops him.)

Ssosso: no, Gura, Nightmare seems way too powerful for you to fight, beside, Ching may need our help.

(Gura sighs, feeling underestimated, But joins Ssosso and Ching in the fight against Tira, figuring that Ssosso might be right.)

(Camera cuts to Abyo and Garu runnig after Nightmare who's already just moments away from getting to the dojo.)

Nightmare: even if you can get to me, you won't deny me of completing Soul Edge. Once I'm restored to my full power, I will show you all the Greatest of Nightmares!

To be continued.