Chapter 1: Intro and Mission Plan
I get a lot of random ideas so I have to write them. I still plan on updating my other two fics, so check em out. Anyways, hope you guys like this fic. It's different than the rest of them in my opinion. Still action. Still intense. But futuristic. And not to mention, a bit of character status change up, but I'm still gonna try to stray away from OOC. The characters will have the same basic traits as they do in the manga. Some will obviously change due to the different setting and all that, but I'll try my best!
I was trained for this. Born into a world of destruction. But I would not be destroyed. My name is Kagome Higurashi and I am an armoured warrior, proud to fight for my people.
There are 5 of us in each base. Each of us a machine. Picked when we are young, we were brought into the undercover unit, and began learning the skills we would need in order to stand tall against our enemies. I am the new leader in the Japan unit. The youngest leader in the world, or so I was told. I lead 4 other armoured warriors, and 15 stealth agents into abandoned cities to fight off the demons that attack.
Alas, these demons are no ordinary demons. These demons are otherwise known as Legions or Incarnations. They are a newer-known breed of consistent demons. They came into existence thousands of years ago when yokai would come upon humans and rip and replace their soul in exchange for longer life and power. But only 500 years ago did it become a huge problem.
The year was 2375. It became consistent, where mass murders would be reported quite often, where the culprit would be a Legion. Finally, a corporation (Cosmo Corp.) that had been funded to study space travel had done it. They had created a headquarters in outer space. The world was thrilled at this amazing breakthrough in technology. But it was not all that it should be. The head of the corporation, Onigumo, had an accident merely hours after the project was revealed to the people and merely hours before representatives of the World Equanimity would go and take residence on the headquarters, taking large ownership of the creation. This was expected, though. Onigumo had no objection because he still remained the creator and was rewarded with billions and billions. But he made a mistake.
It was said that he had been deep in the main Cosmo building on a small island 25 miles east of Japan, when something triggered a small explosion. Now this explosion was extremely small. By looking at the building, you did not see a fire or smoke or anything, but it happened. The result was Onigumo's supposed death.
Now I say supposed because his body was never found. Onigumo was gone, though. That much was for certain. But something evil lurked within that building. Evil demons came about Cosmo Corp, and the approximately 1,200 workers became demons. Incarnations to be exact. And, being made up of many different backgrounds except human (who's soul would in the end be obliterated), they hated humans with a passion.
What the world wasn't prepared for (besides Onigumo's death) was the alternate portal to the new headquarters. Onigumo probably created it for himself, but unfortunately, he would not be entering that portal. Something else did, though, and it took all Cosmo's research with it. Before the world knew about the tragedy, Legions wiped out Cosmo Corp, and took over the knew headquarters, expanding it greatly throughout the years.
Now, why would Legions be so interested in an outer space base? No one could pinpoint it at first. When representatives from World Equanimity were informed, they readied troops to head through the official portal that was put in place in America. But what came out of the portal was disastrous.
These things were deformed and armed with the latest weaponry from Cosmo Corp. And they attacked. Legions killed more hundreds of thousands that week. Humans and demons tried to fight them off at first, and demons did do damage at first. But soon, new armor was made and this time, demonic attacks didn't scratch the surface. The amount of casualties from their side began to fall. Only occasionally would we succeed in killing one, and it took a whole lot of ammo.
All hope was lost, when World Equanimity came up with their own set weapons and armor. By this time, the world had suffered greatly, but did not back down. 50 years had gone by and no one understood why Legions would go to such lengths to kill Earth's inhabitants. But no one cared. All that mattered was defense, and soon, World Equanimity began it's new project, creating multiple hidden underground cities to protect the remaining few million humans and demons.
Then, we reached the year 2575. 200 years later. We captured an elite legion, who, although was badly injured, we successfully brought him to a base 60 miles beneath the Earth's surface. During that time, scientists studied the yokai more in-depth. What Earth came across was terrifying news.
"The gem will bring us glory. The gem will bring us life." It breathed its hatred into their faces.
Rumors spread about what that could mean, and soon enough, one legends reached the surface of the new age. The legend of the Shikon Jewel. The legend states that four spacial beings: Aramitama, Nigimitama, Kushimitama and Sakimitama created the Jewel with their immense powers, becoming one existence for the existence of many. This Jewel was then given to the one who possessed the four spirits in balance. This was Midoriko, a priestess in ancient Japan, who was said in her final battle, to be brought to the moon, where she fought her opposite, and took her own life in order to take the yokai's as well. But in this scenario, the two became one in the Jewel, allowing it to take not only a pure side, but a corrupted.
In the end, the jewel's location was said to be amongst the stars in its own existence. But with the new technology, proving its reality no longer seemed impossible. And if the Shikon Jewel was real, it could be used as our ultimate destruction. And now, Legions had expanded the outer-space headquarters to almost 15 times its original size. They called it The Web.
World Equanimity took its part in the game now. In the year 2770, amoured warriors were created. The armor was almost if not just as strong as that of Legions, and the weapons were of more power than any human or demon could imagine before the war. Amoured warriors had two jobs: Infiltrate The Web or explore the farther corners of the universe. They led units from all over the world (with the help of the lesser rank troops: stealth agents.)
Now, we are in the year 2883. My unit is assigned to infiltrate, specifically the section of The Web near the center: Saimyosho.
I was granted leadership only last week, after years of being trained and working as a Stealth Agent in America. Now, I had come to meet my team, though it was not as expected.
Although, being leader, it was not appropriate to show my face or say my real name, the rest of my crew did. I didn't bother to remember the names of my 15 Stealth Agents, but my 4 Amoured Warriors I made an attempt to keep in the back of my mind, although I found it much easier than I thought.
"My name is Sango Taijiya." Spoke the woman. She had been retrieved at the remains of a city. She was not officially trained in World Equanimity, but her efforts in defending the remaining population in her area were astounding. She wast tested and shown to have a great amount of strength and agility, stronger than the average Stealth Agent by far. I was actually extremely impressed.
"My name is Miroku Maitreya." He came from descendants of monks, although he was taken at a young age and trained in South Korea. He was known for great speed.
"My name is Shippo Kitsune." A demon. A fox demon. Although he was a bit younger than me, he was known for his cleverness and sneaky tactics.
"Keh, my name is Inuyasha Takahashi." A hanyou. Half dog demon and half human. His scoff at the beginning was probably a sign of jealousy at my higher ranked position (I was told this might happen.) Although, he was supposed to be of abnormal strength and endurance, even for a demon.
"You refer to me Aome." I spoke, trying my best to mask my voice to sound raspy and manly. The 15 Agents whispered in the back, earning the scolding from the apparent bold hanyou.
"Will you all shut the hell up!" He barked, staring back at the masked agents.
I glared at the hanyou. He had guts, but he also was arrogant. I could tell that much.
"Hey, would you listen up?!" I lectured, "We're currently on a covert ship heading to The Web. You may lose your lives during this mission, but as long as I'm in charge, it won't be because of pure stupidity, got that?"
"Aome is correct. We must hear her plan." Miroku added, "She is leader for a reason."
Shit. I didn't mask my voice well enough. Well, nice going Kagome.
"Keh, what we should do is obvious." Inuyasha mumbled, "Send the agents around the top of the Web, surrounding Saimyosho. While we go in and investigate, particularly areas close to the center."
Who does this hanyou think he is? Not like I could insult him, though. That was the plan I had come up with as well.
"Thanks, Takahashi." I said, "But if I wanted your input, I would have asked."
He scoffed and crossed his arms, "Well, if you got any brains, you were thinking the same thing."
I straightened up. How was I gonna deal with this kid? "I was, in fact. But I like how my voice sounds explaining, so I would consider closing your mouth until I ask you to speak again. If I feel that your arrogance and blatant disrespect will affect my mission, I will have you discharged, and you won't ever be asked to fight in this battle again."
Being discharged was the ultimate dishonor. Most would rather die. I knew I hit him close. He put on the happiest face but he also did keep his mouth shut. Which was good.
"Anyways, I would ask the agents to come forth and take a look at this map." I called, and got out a hologram map of the outer shell of Saimyosho.
They all surrounded my desk, concentrating and waiting to hear what I had to say.
I pointed to an area on the east, "I need agents 171, 172, and 173 to cover this area." My finger moved to the west, "174, 175 and 176 cover over here." I pointed to the sides, "177 and 178 you are ordered over here, the side nearest the sun. 179 and 180, I want you nearest the moon." Finally, I pointed to the center of Saimyosho, "181 through 185 you will cover this area."Remembering what number agents I was assigned so much easier than names.
The agents memorized their spots before looking back up at me.
"Remember, your job is to observe your given areas, collect any information and stay away from situations of conflict. You are Stealth Agents. I expect no failure." I never had a problem with that on the job back in America, so I knew this was not a high expectation. Conflicts happened inside with warriors, so most of the time Stealth Agents were never even spotted and Incarnations saw no need to pack the outer shell of The Web with many guards.
"Now, get out." I ordered, just like my Leader had done to us. They left the room, probably heading back to their bedrooms or maybe the dining hall. It was almost dinner time.
"My warriors." I smiled behind my mask, "We will obviously be inside. Each sector of The Web is huge and Saimyosho is no different. It has 4 openings, where ships and weapons are released. But each has an underlair, where an opening that isn't heavily watched is present. Those are the bases of exits and entrances." I had switched the map so it was the inside of Saimyosho and showed them the openings. "We will travel in one group of 3 and one group of two. The group of three will enter through this opening." I pointed, "And move alongside this path. There are possibilities of maps to where The Web planned on searching for the Shikon Jewel. If they are there, I expect you find them. Avoid large conflicts, but kill any few numbered parties of Legions on your way." At this point, I was not sure which three would be going this route. "Myself and one other will enter through here and make way towards the center of The Web." I pointed.
"Who will be going where?" Sango asked.
"I've yet to decide, so everyone pay close attention." I answered, "Incarnations took something from us, which is why this mission is important." Truth be told, there are probably many missions to retrieve stolen goods, but still, this was important.
"What did they take?" Inuyasha asked, intrigued.
"Not a what. They took a who." My voice lowered, "Her name is Kaede. Retired leader in a special sector of World Equanimity. 40 years ago, she led the expedition to The Web, where they found the necklace hidden holding a stone. Meido Stone. It was rumored that stone could bring the living back to life, but on the way back, their ship was attacked and the necklace fell out. It was a successful yet unsuccessful mission. Kaede retired after that, not speaking much of her experiences."
"Then why put all the effort into rescuing the old hag." Inuyasha seemed let down that this was their mission.
"She never really spoke of her experiences..." Miroku echoed my words, "Could she have seen something important?"
I nodded, "Who will accompany me?" I couldn't really decide. I saw benefit in all of them, although I was not expecting this volunteer.
"If the old hag is so important, I'll go with you." Inuyasha decided, "Better than looking for some map shit."
No one objected (unfortunately.) Inuyasha's record was impressive but his attitude was discouraging. But he knew that map missions were rarely a success. Occasionally did we find anything important to bring back, but World Equanimity never stopped trying.
"We have a range of weapons to choose from." I continued.
"I'll take Tessaiga." I was interrupted by the hanyou, "If ya got one."
We did. I was more of a Kyudos person, which are two blades that are charged with spiritual energy, but hey, to each his own.
I led everyone to the weaponry vault. Agents didn't get to choose, they were all give long range, silent weapons considering they weren't supposed to get involved in conflict anyways, never the less close combat.
Surprisingly, everyone chose different weapons. Miroku chose Kazaana (an automatic weapon), Sango chose Hiraikotsu (fire boomerang), and Shippo chose Firebomb (long-range gun), and well, Inuyasha picked Tessaiga (electric sword). I had never actually seen someone wield the Hiraikotsu, so I was really hoping she lived so I could see her.
"So, how long til we hop on the web?" Shippo asked, holding the medium length gun in his hand, grinning.
"Three hours." I responded, grabbing my blades. I, too, was smiling underneath my helmet. It was almost time to kill some Incarnations. Though, killing for fun was not what I worked for, I knew that every expedition had a chance to be great, and in order to stop the spread of evil and the full corruption of the Shikon Jewel, we had to defeat our enemy.
"So, partner..." I heard Miroku ramble on to Sango until a loud smack was heard.
"Don't you dare let your perverse mind get us killed." Sango threatened. The look on her face was priceless.
I kind of wondered how hard it would be to never reveal my face to these 4. I kind of felt left out. They were acting like new kids in a class, meeting and learning how to get along, and I was the lonely teacher. I sighed. It's not like I didn't want to be leader. To defeat evil was everything I aimed for, but I would be secluded from the group.
"Aome, will you be accompanying us to the dining hall?" Miroku asked. I noticed the four of them heading towards the door. It was probably time for food.
"Uh...yeah. I think I will." I remember my old leader would rarely join us for dinner. But I didn't want to be so isolated entirely.
"Well, we gotta fill ourselves with a nice meal before heading off." Sango smiled.
I liked this group. They were laid back and didn't show fear. And they all just seemed so warm and friendly (besides the hanyou.) It was like they were all passionate about the same goal, just like me.
"So, we sure the hag is in Saimyosho?" Inuyasha pondered.
I nodded, "Just about positive. This area in The Web holds many different rooms. Particularly some that look like old hospital rooms, where it would be smart to assume that torturing subjects is done there. As well as chambers."
"Keh, then let's get her and let's get her quick. Once we rescue the old lady, we can fight off some Legions. Let those filthy bastards know who won." Inuyasha grinned.
I was starting to get the feeling I'd like having this hanyou as a partner. At least in this mission. And as long as he didn't die.
"We'll make a mark." I agreed, smirking under my helmet.
Well, what did you guys think? I like the whole future demon war type thing. I got the name Legions because it is a term used for when multiple demons possess a person.
Saimyosho is the name of Naraku's demonic wasps.
Aome is what they call Kagome in the Latin American Spanish dub.
I made Miroku's weapon an automatic gun because his Kazaana (Wind Tunnel) is basically an automatic weapon. Sango is a boomerang but I wanted it to be futuristic. Shippo's is long-range because he's not really a close combat kid, and well, Inuyasha's is pretty obvious why I did it. Kagome's is spiritual because I wanted to keep some of the manga stuff alive.
I used a lot of the stuff about the Shikon Jewel to make the legend. It's not all made up.
The stealth agents aren't that important. I'm not sure if I'll include any of their names (maybe I will like one...)
Well review pleease. Any suggestions? I'm well open.
Really hope you guys liked it.