Prologue Part 2

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The end of the beginning.

Narrator: The Gods have granted you swords to cut your own paths.

(Camera shows Garu and Abyo still chasing Nightmare, who's running toward the dojo. Garu manages to run fast enough to get ahead of Nightmare and get in his way.)

Nightmare: Persistant little human, aren't you? You're foolish to deny me. No matter, I'll just show what happens when you underestimate the power of Soul Edge.

(Garu simply charges toward Nightmare and lands several quick slashes at Nightmare, however, they only cause Nightmare to get pushed back as if someone shoved him.)

Nightmare: Pretty good, but NOT GOOD ENOUGH!

(Nightmare hits Garu with a vertical slice with Soul Edge, Causing Garu to be sent flying several feet away. Abyo becomes next to attack by delivering several blows at Nightmare with his nunchucks. But the attacks show little effect on Nightmare.)

Nightmare: impressive, the 2 of you are more skilled than I give you credit for. However, you still WON'T DENY ME!!

(Nightmare lets go of Soul Edge with his mutated arm and backhands Abyo which causes Abyo to be knocked be afew feet and rendered unconscious. Camera briefly cuts to Pucca, who happens to be just afew yards away from the fight. She simply looks at Garu swooningly, who's charging for Nightmare. Camera cuts to Garu and Nightmare. Garu jumps high and attempts to attack Nightmare from below. But Nightmare quickly grabs Garu by the head with his mutated arm and slams Garu into the ground, which knocks him out. Pucca dashes toward Nightmare angerly in response to what she saw. Nightmare quickly notices and smacks Pucca with the flat side of Soul Edge, knocking her out as well. )

Nightmare: you all try to succeed in stopping me, yet you only succeeded in annoying me and wasting my time. I can't have you denying me like this, so I'll bring a good friend of mine to keep you busy. (whistles)

(Camera cuts back to the middle of Sooga Village where Ching is seen battling Tira in a furious matter. With Gura and Ssosso standing by to be of assistance when necessary. But suddenly, 3 strange people arrive. One appears to be a really huge blue-skinned man with pupilless eyes, wearing nothing but a black pair of pants and a horned helmet and is holding a rather large axe (Astaroth). Another appears to be a red humanoid lizard wearing some armor and hold a one-hand axe and a small shield (Lizardman). The last one appears to be a normal human woman wearing a short white and blue dress and brown stockings and holding a set of weapons identical to Lizardman's, only she's holding a sword instead of an axe (Sophitia). )

Astaroth: Sophitia! Lizardman! You help Tira, she seems outnumbered. I'll go and see what I can do for Nightmare.

Lizardman: got it!

Sophitia: ….

(Astaroth heads the same direction Nightmare was heading earlier. Sophitia and Lizardman charge toward Gura and Ssosso.)

Ssosso: This isn't good…

Gura: You kidding? I bet we can take those 2. That's one of the things I've been training for. (Charges toward Sophitia and Lizardman.)

Ssosso: Gura! Wait!

(Gura doesn't listen to what Ssosso says and delivers his first strike at Sophitia. But she blocks the attack with her shield and counters by swiftly slashing Gura, knocking him back several feet.)

Gura: Jeez, she's tough.

Ssosso: That only happened because you were being reckless, be more careful from here on.

Gura: aw..

(Camera cuts to Tira and Ching who are still fighting.)

Tira: oh, boo hoo! why the angry look? Is your daddy gonna die? don't worry, you'll share his fate when I'm done with you.

Ching: grrrrr! Stop taunting me like that!

(Ching pulls out 2 swords and slashes at Tira furiously. but Tira effortlessly blocks all her attacks by looping her blade ring around her arms and body and occasionally her neck.)

Tira: You're father's gonna die, you're gonna die, I do wonder how many people are gonna be dead around here today….

(Camera cuts back to Garu, Abyo, and Pucca, who are still stunned by Nightmare's attacks, And Nightmare, who starts continuing his way to the dojo. the trio short recover and attempt to go after Nightmare again, but suddenly, Astaroth get in their way.)

Nightmare: Astaroth, perfect timing, keep those feeble humans at bay for me while I get that Soul Edge shard.

Astaroth: you got it! they'll never get pass me!

Abyo: I don't know who you think you are, but you're going down!

(Abyo attacks first by whacking Astaroth like crazy with his nunchucks. But Astaroth fights back by smacking Abyo with the blunt side of his axe, knocking him out.)

Astaroth: you remind me of a pretentious little bug who kept annoying me a lot. He puts up a good fight, and holds the same kind of weapon you do. Enough talk! Mash!

(Astaroth unleashes a powerful vertical swing with his axe at Garu, But Garu easily dodges it and in return slashes Astaroth several times, managing to knock him down, Pointing out that apparently Astaroth's not as strong as Nightmare.)

Astaroth: humph! Let me hear you scream!

(Astaroth gets back on his feet and slashs Garu, knocking him down to the ground and giving Garu a long cut across his chest. And as he wanted to happen, Garu screamed in pain though only slightly.)

Astaroth: yes! Ah hahahaha!

(Pucca in response becomes next to attack, Pucca manages to give Astaroth a powerful punch in the chest, Which easily causes him to get knocked back several feet away. But Astaroth quickly recovers.)

Astaroth: don't think you'll succeed, The power of Soul Edge will be at the peak of power once Nightmare gets that shard. And I'm gonna make sure that happens. In fact, I think you're now too late to stop him.

(Garu, Abyo, and Pucca gasp in response. Camera cuts to Nightmare already at the Dojo. Nightmare breaks the door open and get inside. Nightmate enters the main training hall.)

Nightmare: yes…. I can feel it, the next Soul Edge shard is here, but where?

(suddenly, Chang arrives holding a Chinese sword. clearly ready to fight Nightmare.)

Chang: I already saw what you did outside.

Nightmare: so you're head of this dojo? I see, If you really intend to oppose me, than this should be interesting. But none the less, you should just tell me where the shard of my sword is if you value you life, or just as badly, your soul!

Chang: To be honest, I'm not as strong as my former students you fought earlier. But I'll buy them some time to come over to stop you.

Nightmare: so they're already masters?

Chang: yeah, I simply help them with any practice they need now. They even have a student of their own.

Nightmare: you just told me that you're weaker than those runts from earlier. Now I know what the outcome of this battle will be. Tell me where the shard is, and I'll spare your life.

Chang: never!

(Chang charges at Nightmare. Chang attempts to slash Nightmare, but Nightmare parries the attack, leg sweeps Chang, causing him to fall off his feet. Nightmare then attempts to kill Chang by giving him a downward stab. But Chang just barely manages to roll to a side to avoid getting stabbed, causing Nightmare to only leave a hole in the floor, however, for some reason, some sort of visible energy starts enter Nightmare's Soul Edge. The energy seems to be coming from the hole Nightmare made.)

Chang: oh no! he found it!

Nightmare: so that's where it was! Under the floor of the dojo. And I found it! I can feel power coming back to Soul Edge, the shard's already back onto the sword.

(Nightmare starts to exit the dojo, but quickly turns to Chang's direction.)

Nightmare: be grateful I didn't kill you. But I'm in a hurry at the moment.

(Nightmare turns away from Chang and begins to exit the dojo. Chang desperately makes a last ditch effort to stop him by charging at him head on. But Nightmare quickly elbows Chang in the stomach with his mutated arm, grabs Chang by the collar of his shirt, and throws him to a side.)

Nightmare: you're pathetic! Go away!

(Camera cuts to Astaroth, who turns his head to the direction of the dojo and smiles.)

Astaroth: ha! Just as I thought, Time to go.

(Astaroth dashes back to the direction of the village.)

Abyo: you're not getting away that easily!

(Abyo dashes toward Astaroth and unleashes a powerful airborne kick at his upper back, causing him to back knocked down his feet.)

Astaroth: you annoying little worm!

(Astaroth quickly gets back on his feet and slashes Abyo with his axe, Knocking Abyo out. Nightmare quickly arrives.)

Astaroth: So Soul Edge is complete? Good, we can deal with those little rats quickly.

Nightmare: It's not complete! The last shard must be back in our world. We must get back into the portal quickly.

Astaroth: It's not complete? We can't finish our goals like that. You're right, we should get the others and get outta here!

(Astaroth dashes back to the direction of the village. Nightmare attempts to do the same but Garu and Pucca get in his way.)

Nightmare: do not worry about me, Astaroth! Just go, I'll be with you in a moment.

Astaroth: alright!

(Astaroth continues heading torward the village. Nightmare gets into fighting stance.)

Nightmare: you 2 would be wise not to underestimate the power of Soul Edge even when it's not complete. It's the most powerful of all weapons!

(Pucca dashes at Nightmare and throws a punch at him, but Nightmare effortlessly blocks the attack by using the flat side of Soul Edge as a shield. Nightmare then stabs Pucca, knocking her back several feet and causing her to pass out. Garu attempts to slash Nightmare but as if with lightning speed, Nightmare was able to slash Garu first and Garu ends up knocked out like Pucca.)

Nightmare: I don't usually spare lives but I'm in too much a hurry to fight for real. Just stay down if you value your lives.

(Nightmare runs to the direction of the village. Camera cuts toTira and Ching still fighting. Ching was just slashing wildly thanks to Tira's constant taunts about Nightmare killing everyone.)

Tira: my, my, my, you should really stop losing your head like that. Oh yeah, I forgot, you can't, 'cuz you, your daddy, and everyone in this pitiful village are all going to die. (sticks her tongue out.) LOSER!

(Ching suddenly starts tiring out, Due to slashing constantly and furiously at Tira with no success. Tira immediately sees this as an opening and quickly kicks Ching in the stomach, causing her to pass out. Gura and Ssosso quickly notice this in shock. While they were battling Sophitia and Lizardman.)

Gura: Ching!

Tira: relax, you'll share her fate. You oughta just give up and surrender yourselves.

Gura: how can she be so cruel?

Ssosso: there's evil within her, I can feel it. We should help Ching.

Gura: yeah, but the sword-and-shield duo here are in our way.

Ssosso: than if we have no choice, we should try to fight our way pass them.

Lizardman: foolish little imps! Do you really think you can beat us?

Gura: only one way to find out.

(Gura dashes at Sophitia. He tries to swing his swords at her but Sophitia with great athletics manages to jump over Gura and quickly knocks him out by smacking Gura's head with her shield.)

Sophitia: forgive me….

Ssosso: oh no, Gura!

(Ssosso tries to get to Gura, Lizardman tries to slash Ssosso in the process but Ssosso quickly dodges and swings his staff at Lizardman's head. Lizard lets out a brief cry of pain but quickly recovers and manages to knock out Ssosso by swinging his tail at him with mighty force and great speed. Nightmare and Astaroth shortly arrive.)

Nightmare: I got the shard! Let's get back into the portal to our world quickly! And get the last shard.

(Nightmare's goons enter the portal. Nightmare turns to the people or Sooga Village briefly.)

Nightmare: your warriors have failed to defeat me and my allies. And my world is now linked to your's. So once my sword is fully restored, expect me to come back to show you what you'll see as the greatest nightmare come true!

(Nightmare walks into the portal. Most of the people of Sooga can be seen panicking like crazy, afraid of what might happen should Nightmare return while the rest try what they can to calm down everyone. Gura, Ssosso, and Ching regain consciousness after Garu and Abyo arrive.)

Abyo: man! Who were those guys? I've never seen fighters like those before.

Gura: yeah, and one of them said that as soon as he got the last piece of his sword that he'll return to Sooga to 'show us the greatest of nightmares come true'.

Ching: we gotta stop him! Who knows what he'll do to the village if he gets back.

(Garu agrees with Ching and suggests that they all go through the portal and split up and see what they can do from here.)

Gura: great idea, Garu! Count me in!

(Ssosso walks over to Gura, places his hand one of Gura's shoulders and turns his head to Garu.)

Ssosso: I'll stay in Sooga and watch over your little brother for you, Garu, I promise I'll keep him safe.

(Garu nods at Ssosso. Gura looks at Ssosso and Garu with shock and disbelief.)

Gura: what??

(Ching turns Gura to her direction, crouches down to his eye level, and puts both her hands on his shoulders.)

Ching: Gura, we understand you want to go with us, but you're not ready for this sort of thing yet.

Gura: But I am!

Abyo: no, no, Gura, not yet, that's one of the reasons we've been training you. So that one day you will be ready to go on those kind of adventures, if you want to, of course.

(Garu tells Gura that their must be a lot of fighters in this world who are just as strong, if not, even stronger then those goons who attacked Sooga earlier, making the world far too dangerous for Gura to go on any quests in. Garu tells Gura for his own safety to stay in the village.)

Gura: but, but….GAH!

(Gura dashes off, frustrated. Ssosso calmly follows Gura at the direction he's going.)

Abyo: hey, where's Pucca? She was with us just a while ago.

(Garu shrugs and the 3 of them all go to their specific homes to gather their stuff.)

(Camera cuts to inside the Goh-Rong. Where Pucca can be seen talking with the Goh-Rong chefs.)

Uncle Dumpling: So that Azure Knight calling himself Nightmare, you tried to help Garu fight him but he was too powerful?

(Pucca nods)

Linguini: And he came to this village to get that red metal shard which turns out to be a piece of his sword and once he got it, he seemd to become even stronger. Are we getting warm?

(Pucca nods.)

Ho: And you're hoping to help Garu and the others find that last shard before Nightmare does. Are we right?

(Pucca nods)

Uncle Dumpling: alright, Pucca, you can go. But be careful, who knows what other dangers are as bad as Nightmare.

(Pucca smiles, quickly dashes to her room to pack up any necessary supplies, and dashes out of the Goh-Rong. Camera cuts to Nightmare and his goons, who apparently are in some wide hill top, apparently talking about where the last shard is. They suddenly see Tobe walking over to them.)

Astaroth: Who the heck are you? You'd have been smart not to bother us, Nightmare, should I dispose of him?

Tobe: wait! I'm on your side, like the fighters that opposed you earlier, I am from Sooga. But I not like them. I in fact want vengeance on one of them. I have reason to believe that even now, those warriors have entered this world in search of this last shard you're talking about and I think I can be of assistance should you allow me to join your team, interested?

Nightmare: hmmm, I believe the only reason we kicked their butts is because o their underestimation of Soul Edge's power and that my allies' skills were not what they anticipated. So yes, how can you help?

Tobe: excellent! I'll tell you…

(Tobe, Nightmare, and all his goons except for Sophitia give a sinister chuckle.)

(To be continued.)