Warning: The origin, history and some other thing of Warframe will be altered for the sake of this story's plot. Suggestions are welcomed.
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing except my OC and my plot.
Chapter 1:
We are descendants of an ancient and mystical civilization.
We were warriors, cast in steel and fury, striking our enemies in a way they could never comprehend.
We were protectors, our strength led the luminous sun towards which all intelligence has blossomed under.
We were scholars, our wisdom saturated the soil and roots of the universe grew deep under our careful tending from the shadow.
We were watchers, dwelling in the Void and observing the threats out there so that we could hit them where it hurted
We were the victors, yet in the very end of the once everlasting war... we could only taste defeat.
Now...
We are ghosts of the past, cinders and fragments of history, lost in the cruel flow of time.
But regardless of the future, we will always stand united.
Waiting for an heir in a long dreamless slumber...
"Itou-san!"
Huh? Who... Oh? The class representative. Shaking his head slightly in order to get rid of his sleepiness, he turned to the source of the voice
"Is there anything you need, Kashii-san?" he said neutrally. It was rather funny how her surname was similar to his shorten surname that his classmates had to either called them by the full surname or just 'Kashi-kun' and 'Kashii-chan'.
"We're collecting the math notebook and you're the only one left." Said his class's representative with her usual smile "And I do remember asking you to call me Yui, right?"
She did? And for some unknown reasons, he could feel the gaze of his class's male population drilled into him as he was talking to the class's most prized student that he doubted the two Kuoh's Onee-sama or even Shitori Sona could compete. And if his memory served him correctly, he hasn't done anything offensive to any of his male classmates...
... right?
"Sorry. Old habit die hard." He shrugged as he passed his notebook to his long black hair classmate before letting out a small tired sigh. The day to pay the bills was coming close yet his next payday was still two weeks away...
"... Is everything okay, Itou-san?"
"Huh?" The sudden question took him completely off guard as he looked at Yui in surprise
"You've been day-dreaming since this morning." Said Yui with a hint of worry in her tone "You know that you can always come and talk to me since you're okay with me right?"
Ah, that.
"... It's nothing... It's just..."
"Is it about Akitsuki-san?"
There it was. For some unknown reasons, everytime his blue hair friend was mentioned in the presence of Yui, there was always a very well hidden edge in Yui's voice that made him shudder slightly. Worse, Fuuka would act the same whenever Yui was mentioned in her presence. What was the problem between these two anyway. Did they have some kind of conflict or rivalry that he didn't know?
But then again, if they didn't tell him, he had no reason to press anyway. After all, girls are hard to understand.
"Well, not exactly. It is..."
"So, Kashii-san knows how to be play piano and she wish to join the band?"
"Oh, and is there any problem Akitsuki-san? Your band needs someone who at least can play electric organ right?"
"Organ, not piano Kashii-san. There're differences."
"I can easily adapt, Akitsuki-san. After all, it's not like Itou-san is the best drummer yet you still invited him, no?"
Could they please not drag him into their conversation, he thought tiredly. And was it just him or there were really sparks flying back and forth between his two friends? Had he gone mad? Should he go to hospital and have his mentality and sanity checked?
Oh well, since the two remaining members of the band hadn't come, perhaps he could take a short rest. After all, he still had jobs after this and some shut-eye would always be welcomed.
'...Yo... Gra...'
'Huh? What was that sound?' came his confusing thought as his gaze moved around only to find nothing unusual 'Perhaps it was just my imagination... Zzz... Zzz...'
This. Was. So. Tiring.
For the first time, he regretted agreeing to help his homeroom teacher in delivering the report forms to EVERY single club in the school. At least he had some music to ease his mind. And he was really graceful for his last year's birthday presents that his two female close friends had given him: a MP3 player from Yui and a pair of really good headset from Fuuka.
Mune no naka ni aru mono / One thing that's in my chest
Itsuka mie naku naru mono/ One thing that ever fades away
Sore wa soba ni iru koto/ It's that you're by my side
Itsumo omoidashi te/ Please don't forget it all the time
Kimi no naka ni aru mono/ One thing that's inside of you
Kyori no naka ni aru koto o/ A heartbeat in the distance
Koi o shi ta no anata no/ For I'm so in love with you
Yubi no mazari hō no kaori/ Our tangled fingers, the scent of your cheeks
Fūfu o koe te yuke/ Let them go beyond husband and wife
As the music continued, his mind drifted to his newly form band, 'The Fallen Moon'. While it would be a long way until their first... 'debut', it was still rather promising given the abilities of the band's members, not including himself mind you. Though he was still worried about practicing at home given that he basically had nothing to help him.
Shaking his head, he casted the thought aside for another time as he walked toward the last club he had to deliver the form, The Occult Research Club. According to the rumors flying around the school, there was a large number of applicants yet the numbers of the club's members always remained the same, consisting of the two Kuoh's Onee-sama, the Kuoh's Mascot and Kuoh's Blond Prince until recently, one of the infamous Perverted Trio and another blond transferred students became the two new members. Causing quite a big uproar among the school's population.
Approaching the old school building, he took a brief glance at the clear cloudless sky. It seemed he would have no worry about raining tonight. Or better, tonight he might be lucky.
With a small smile, he raised his hand but before he could knock, a rather cold voice inside caught him by surprise
"Who's there?"
Oh well, at least he didn't have to knock the door. With that thought, he turned the door knob and what were inside made him frown. The air in the club room was so thick and heavy to the point he swore it could be cut by a butter knife. On one side of the table, there were the members of the club with their uniforms as the proof. On the other side, there was a group of women clearly NOT school's members, either staffs or students, with a blond man who kept looking at him as if he was a piece of garbage in the blond man's eyes. And finally, there was this beautiful silver hair woman in... maid outfit...
"Who are you?" said the silver hair woman as her eyes looked straight into his eyes as if daring him to tell even a small white lie.
"Sorry for the intrusion. I came to deliver the report form to the clubs." He said truthfully. He had nothing to hide anyway.
The silver hair woman looked at him very closely to the point it made him feel slightly uncomfortable, as if trying to see whether he was lying or not until she was satisfied.
"Here you are, Gremory-san." He put the form on the table before turning his back and walking back to the door "Now I will take my leave..."
Suddenly, the world around him turned orange as the cold feeling engulfed him. But before his brain could try to find out what was happening...
"GGGGGGGGGGAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
...an agonizing scream escaped his lips as the unbearable pain hit him full force along with the heat that felt like coming from a gasoline flame. The feeling of his skin being split and blistered and his nerve endings in his skin being burned along with his organs felt like being cooked from the inside increased the relentless agony tenfold.
'... Your... Grace... '
His ten fingertips felt like they were being turned into torches, his skull felt like someone had pour lava directly on it as his spine felt like it was literally melting
'... Call... for us...'
Please! Anyone! Make it stop!
'... For you... are the heir...'
"WHAT DID YOU JUST DO, RISER?!" shouted Rias in horror the moment she saw the fireball thrown by the Phenex devoured the unknown student
"Clean up some trash" sneered the blond man as Rias, Akeno and Grayfia immediately raised their hand, spells was on their lips trying to save the poor student or what remained of him "One human dying is not the end of the w..."
Before Riser could finish and Rias, Akeno and Grayfia could cast any spell, the flame was violently snuffed out by a strong gust of wind and what Rias saw next was forever imprinted into her mind.
On the floor, the once rather 'good-looking' student (in Rias's inner opinion) now was turned into a horrid blacken charred humanoid figure that kept wriggling every three seconds as the smell of burning flesh invaded her nostril and nearly made her throw up. But that was not all.
Two unknown entities now appeared in front of them, identical yet different. One black and one white. One had the left horn while the other had the right horn. Both looked humanoid yet at the same time, the feeling of the otherworldly, of something that surpassed far beyond the knowledge of any being on earth that made Grayfia's knees felt weak while the other devils were already on their last leg.
"How is he?" said the white entity
"In critical condition." Said the black one after checking the blacken humanoid figure "Third-degree burn. The nervous system is heavily damaged along with nternal organs. Internal bleeding. Currently in shock. I have done all I can. Immediate medical help is required for him to survive"
"You go with him. I will take care of this."
With a nod, a hologram screen appeared in front of the black one before both it and the blacken figure disappeared in a small flash.
Suddenly, all the young devils dropped down onto the floor like puppets with their strings cut as Grayfia also dropped down on her knees. For a very long time since the end of the civil war, this was the first time the silver hair woman felt so helpless as she could feel her strength and power were being sap away as the exhaustion and sleepiness were threatening to knock her down whenever her mind lost focus in even one millisecond. As Grayfia struggled to keep herself conscious, the white entity carefully inspected every unconscious devil until it reached Riser
"Ah, so this is the culprit." Said the white entity as a strange knife appeared in its hand. With a slash, the being drew out some blood from Riser and stored it in a strange looking vial before turning to Grayfia "As for you..."
Despite the amused tone, Grayfia could feel cold sweat running down the back of her head. That otherworldly aura coming from the white being... it made her just want to die to escape the suffocating feeling she was under.
"Pass my advice to the leaders of your kind..." its voice became so chilling that the fact Grayfia could still hold onto her conscious was the miracle in and of itself
"... They should start praying to whatever deities your kind worships that what happened today will not result in your kind's extinction."
(End chapter)
Author's note: This chapter mostly is to gauge the reaction from you guys. If it's positive, I will continue. Otherwise... Anyway, please read and review!
