Resemblance

Pairings: mainly on Yzak x Shiho.

There's a little spoiler, some grammar mistakes and stuffs… Hope you guys won't mind.

Do kindly review. I'll work harder to write better chapters in the near future to come…

You guys can also read my first fan fiction on Yzak and Shiho.

It's called Forever with You.

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters that belonged to any of the Gundam series.


Introduction

Vampires and were-creatures are known to exist in fairy tales, myths and legends.

In this fiction, mythical creatures such as vampires, were-creatures and many others exist. Known as the Creatures, they have been around since ancient times, living among humans through generations and civilizations.

Early human civilizations came to accept the Creatures' existence. As faithful worshipers and staunch believers of spirits and gods, they believed that the Creatures were gifts from Heaven, aiding human in all aspects of life. Through generations, the Creatures used their unique physical attributes and abilities helping humans in countless ways; from imparting knowledge of growing commodities to aiding them in developing infrastructures for shelter.

It was only through the rise and fall of many great civilizations that the Creatures came to realize humans' selfish and greedy nature. In effort to prevent humans from becoming too reliant on them, the Creatures began to distant themselves from humans. Fearful that humans will start to question their origin, some Creatures quietly went back to their homeland, the Forgotten Realms. As for those who stayed, they rarely gotten themselves involved in human affairs unless their opinions were sought after or the harmony among societies were threatened.

With the rise of land and sea explorations and discoveries, humans began to question the Creatures' origin. After incessant efforts to get the Creatures to share what they have vowed never to reveal or mention to anyone except their kind, humans grew impatient and started raids on several Creatures' community. Violence and wars between humans and the Creatures ensued, resulting humanity on the brink of extinction as humans' technology then were rendered useless against the Creatures god-like abilities.

Recalling that extermination was never part of their plan to protect and rescue their kinds who were captured, the Creatures called for a truce which the humans agreed. Despite post-dispute tension and suspicions, humans and the Creatures began to work together in search of the peace and harmony their ancestors once shared.

Ancient civilizations soon evolved to a modern era, where ground-breaking technology, extraordinary discoveries and advanced developments are highly regarded as pillars of a successful society. With increased focus on democracy and equality, the Creatures were accepted as citizens.

As expected of any community – humans and Creatures alike, there will always be 'black sheep'. Differing perspective and ways of handling a misdeed or an unlawful act gave rise to numerous riots and protests which resulted to the formation of superstates and nations of varying identity.

Many said that history was about to repeat itself.

-End of Introduction-


Chapter 1: Perfect Nightmare

-Cavern leading to the ancient underwater city, Atlantis-

A series of noise resembling the sound made by shattered glass echoed through the cave.

"You know, Yzak. I must say that you are such a nice guy. You actually bother to rid your victims of any pain before you kill them." A tanned blonde sounded as he wiped off blood from his mouth.

Looking at the fragmented bodies, over to the tanned blond who was talking him and back at the splintered corpse, a male with platinum blonde hair spoke. "I don't give a damn about what they felt. It's just that I don't intend to create a mess by having human blood flowing all over and seeping into the waterfall."

"You could do it like how I do, feed on these monkeys' blood and leave the bodies for nature to break it down." The tanned blonde suggested, shifting his gaze to the lifeless bodies of humans he killed minutes ago when they had just set foot on the cavern. "Why waste precious water just to freeze them into a life-size ice sculpture, only to be splintered afterward."

"IF YOU WILL STOP BLABBERING, DEARKA!" Puddles of water floated above the pool of a waterfall, froze and elongate into dangerous looking ice-shards. In a blink of an eye, the shards suspended mid-air just millimeters away from Dearka.

Instead of being afraid, he chuckled. "Come on, pal. We've been through this since we were kids. And how old are we now? A little over hundred years old? And you are still threatening me with these… Popsicle?"

The shards fell onto the rocky ground as puddles of water once again. "Shut up, Dearka! Didn't you notice that the numbers of surface dwellers are increasing?"

The tanned blonde took a quick glance, calculating the numbers of humans who had entered the cavern this time. "Not the usual solo or paired cave-divers, I must say. Not a big group too. Come to think of it, we never have a group of cave-divers nor speleologists coming in at a specific point in time…"

Sensing that something was amiss, Yzak did a quick yet thorough search on the deceased body and suit, only to find hidden compartments. When he has completed removing various devices, identification tags and equipments, the platinum blonde waved his hands over the corpses, freezing them and then splintered them repeatedly into insignificant fragments. "Judging from these offensive and tracking devices, it's either they were from the military or a related sector."

"If only you didn't blow them apart, we could have taken some tissue samples to do tests which will bring us some answers. –Sigh- who am I to stop you?"

Assuming that the underground cavern's humidity have affected his best friend's intelligence, Yzak hollered at the tanned blonde in front of him. "ARE YOU BLIND OR WHAT? DIDN'T YOU NOTICE THAT I'VE REMOVED ITEMS FROM THEM BEFORE I SMASHED THEM INTO SMITHEREENS? The serial numbers on the devices and equipments can be traced to the manufacturing company! From there, we could cross-reference it to the organization which those humans belonged to after finding out their identity encrypted on the tags they are wearing!"

Being immune to his childhood friend's infamous outburst, Dearka crossed his arms in front of his broad chest, taking a minute or two to think through what Yzak have mentioned. Then it struck him. "How did those monkeys knew that the sinkhole above leads to this underground cavern? Besides, this cavern is too deep for cave-divers, speleologists or modern technology to discover. Are you implying that someone is passing around the location of this entrance of Forgotten Realms? No… that would meant someone has figured it out… the other gateways! There might be a chance that they are discovered too!"

Yzak smirked in response to his friend's exclamation. "This is one of the rare moments… seeing you fretting." Dearka started pacing around as Yzak thought through the possible course of actions he should take.

Ever since the war between humans and the Creature, neither humans nor their government dare mention or brought up any topic regarding the origins of the Creatures. However, the Creatures' society and its respective councils have been gathering information which hinted that humans, in their specific communities plan research activities and execute expeditions in effort to prove that the Creatures do have a homeland that they returned to or originate from. The next step would be discovering the exact location which will lead to disastrous consequences for all Creatures, especially those residing in Forgotten Realms.

Foreseeing humans' actions, the Supreme Council, a committee of six elected members, formed specialized units of Creatures to monitor and manage or respond to the situation. Creatures such as Yzak and Dearka who are born with an ability that enables them to manipulate these elements extensively- unlike some, who only share slight affinity to respective elements, are deemed extraordinary. Hence, they were recruited to join the units.

"Alert all units, Dearka. See to it that frequency of rounds and manpower at every gateway increased, especially the ones leading to Atlantis- like this cavern. I will be calling for a meeting with all members of the Supreme Council. Every division of all cities in Forgotten Realm is to send their representative to the meeting as well." Knowing that his childhood friend is in a sombre mood and the current situation at hand doesn't call for him to provide sarcastic or comical relief, Dearka nodded.

"I want their identities, the organization that they are from and other related information… as soon as possible."


Shiho hated this, she really do.

If only she could hit her lecturer with the laptop or even gouged her golden orbs out of the socket, "I don't get it, Ms Cagalli Yula Athha. Why am I the only one who has to do research on the Forgotten Realms? Don't you know that not a single soul even dare breathe about it? It's almost like a taboo. What's more, there's no concrete evidence that it exist. It's based on some hear-say since… Ancient times? I could get myself killed by any Creatures who heard about it. Most importantly, why is it that I'm always the one doing extra assignment on such…abstract topics?"

Although her lecturer emits the aura of a royalty, Cagalli Yula Athha has a temper of a man– aggressive and at times, egoistic. Clearly her lecturer has a short-fuse as well, judging by the way she stabbed her slender hand into her short hair, resembling liquid gold. "I'm NOT picking on you. All these extra assignments are for YOUR benefit."

As if Shiho believe that it's truly beneficial for her, besides the point of having additional knowledge. It's not that she was narrow-minded but it seems as though Cagalli have the tendency of isolating Shiho from the rest of her classmates during lessons by asking her extremely difficult questions. At times, like now, the lecturer from hell expects her to complete 'out-of-class' assignments related to the Creatures which are rather abstract and almost impossible to gather information on.

It was Mission Impossible. Shiho even consider it as a blessing that she managed to make sense of the vast amount of varying information gathered and a miracle to actually type out something logical on such speculative topics.

The seated blonde narrowed her eyes in pent up anger, "Given my authority, I have the final say. Take it or leave it."

Shiho knows that she is in no position to judge her lecturer since her relationship with Cagalli is purely lecturer and student. However, that woman with hair spun from gold and eyes made of flames was never spotted being feminine. Neither did she display the soft side of her that is if she even possesses any aspect of feminine; ever since the moment she introduced herself to everyone as their lecturer in Ancient History. Like how she replied her few seconds ago, voice uncompromising and unquestionable authority, it sounds as though she was the queen of Amazon.

If only her lecturer is feminine, together with her exotic features, she wouldn't be rumored as a spinster. Then again, it doesn't concern Shiho, since she believed that she's going to die as a lonely hag as no guy has ever shown interest in her.

Right now, Shiho has resigned to fate, destined to be picked on by this terrible hag. "I assume it's the same as before… the report will be ready in 3 days' time."

When the petite brunette exited her office, Cagalli let out a frustrated sigh. "You will need it, Your Ladyship."

-END of Chapter 1: Perfect Nightmare-


Pointers / Note:

The Forgotten Realms

-where the Creatures originate from, their homeland

-linked to surface (where humans live) through various gateways scattered across the world

-gateways are guarded by specific clan of Creatures from on the respective city that the gateway leads to

-the Forgotten Realms is divided into 4 major cities according to the main elements (essences of life): Fire, Water, Air and Earth

-each city is like a country, overlooked by a Guardian who is one of the elected members in the Supreme Council.

The Supreme Council

- made up of six elected members

- Four of them, who are guardians of each city in Forgotten Realms, represent the main elements (also known as essences) of the Forgotten Realms

- The main elements are Fire, Water, Air and Earth.

- The remaining 2 members represent entities that are crucial to the survival of the Forgotten Realms.

- known as the Barrier (the gateways to Forgotten Realms and its cities) and the Mist (related to concealment of Forgotten Realms and subject abstract in nature such as illusion, dreams, etc.)

MONKEYS

-a sarcastic/rude term used by Dearka to represent humans

-deprived from the theory that humans are Homo sapiens, evolved from primates/apes


Author's Note:

Alright, here's the end of the revised first chapter! I really hope the characters and changes didn't take all of you aback greatly and that you have enjoyed reading it. Just want to let all of you know that it will take me some time to upload the second revised chapter, again there will be changes.

But here's a little sneak peek, Yzak and Shiho will cross path but both have 'odd / varying' impression / opinions of each other (a vague hint: Yzak's background and past, *slight-average changes*).

That's all for now, see you next chapters =) don't forget to review!