Once again I do not own BlazBlue or its characters…
Death to Destiny
Ch. 3
Seth awoke to the sound of a massive airborne cargo ship docking at the port. This was the only port in the entire city and it was done purposely so students couldn't leave. But Seth had planned to prove the Librarium wrong and escape from what he now saw as a prison. He approached the ticket teller who was just now setting up, judging by the position of the sun Seth believed it was maybe six thirty in the morning, around the time students started waking up, he had to hurry. "Hello sir, are you here to ship something?" the teller asked him.
"Yeah myself," Seth said crossing his arms. "I'd like to buy a ticket."
"Very well then, I'll need your ID as well as the sum of money that corresponds with your number of bags," the teller said looking over to see Seth was carrying both his suitcase and a small duffel bag. "Are those all your bags sir?"
Seth opened his wallet and noticed he had left his ID on his nightstand; funny thing was that was the one thing he had left behind. "How 'bout I add fifty percent as a tip and we forget the ID?" Seth asked rubbing a couple bills together.
Without a word the man working the booth accepted the money and said, "Welcome aboard sir, enjoy your flight!"
"Right…" He walked through the gates and looked behind himself; the port was filling up with people and he'd best bust his ass into the ship or someone will surely recognize him. After quickly flashing his ticket to the men in front of the ship one of them nodded towards someone else who whistled and the door fell open on the platform acting as a bridge. After walking across it he began looking for a quiet and barren place where no one would find him; Kagutsuchi wasn't far but it only took one person to recognize him as a student and then his plan goes to shit.
By the time he'd found a vacant room that looked like it was freshly cleaned for a party or something a voice came over the com. "We will now set off for Kagutsuchi. We ask that you refrain from smoking while aboard our flight to keep a clean and healthy environment, thank you for listening and please enjoy your ride."
Seth closed his eyes when he entered, he couldn't take his mind off the look in the poor girls eyes as she was being dragged away… He never even caught her name as the file only referred to her as 'Subject Eleven'. He saw no point in brooding over it and opened his eyes to once again greet the sight of the vacant room before him. He felt this was a safe place to let loose a bit of steam without disturbance, he threw off his black jacket revealing a well-toned, muscularly built body, it was quite clear he was not someone you'd like to meet in a dark alley. The alloy he dispersed among his skin using Ars Armagus added a dark gray gleam to both his arms. "Eins Gauntlet, activate!" he said raising his right arm towards the ceiling. No worries for anyone hearing him, not many people traveling aboard this particular vessel as it was primarily used for cargo transport though there was a designated passenger section. The alloy fully dispersed throughout his body aside from his neck and face giving his entire body a metallic look. He had a load of steam he needed to release and he couldn't do it during his exam yesterday without killing his sparing opponent. No, scratch just killing him, reducing his to a miserable, unrecognizable pile of blood and guts without a single speck of flesh being visible; yeah, that pretty much sums up how angry he was.
~That same day 1145 hours
The room that had once been neat and clean was now a mess of bladed chains and splinters with a single, exhausted figure in the middle loosing clutching an arming sword in his left hand and panting while on one knee. Suddenly, in a flash of black light, a pale girl in a dress with what appeared to be a cat toy on her left and on her right what appeared to be a stuffed chibi bat… with the slight exception that this one was flying. "Oh dear, it appears we've made an unexpected detour. Dare I ask where we are? It looks like someone attempted to imprison a giant what with all of these chains lying about," the young girl said examining the room. "Excuse me, but where are we?"
Seth stopped panting for a minute and looked at the girl. "What do you mean? We're aboard a flight to Kagutsuchi; did you hit your head or something?"
"Mind your manners around the princess!" the cat-like thing said in a voice that made 'it' sound like a homosexual.
"Whatever furball…" Seth responded clearly not caring who this girl was. She didn't appear to recognize him which was good but he wouldn't let his guard down yet.
"Why I never…!" the gay cat thing began only to be silenced by a firm slap on the face by the elegant young lady.
"Silence Nago. I'll allow your previous lack of manners go unpunished… anyways I highly recommend you take a shower soon as you'll be smelled by anyone within a five kilometer radius if you don't," the girl said turning away. "Gii, we'd best leave this aromatic gentleman to his self-pity."
"Of course princess!" the chibi bat 'thing' said in a high pitched voice.
"Wait…" Seth said. "Who the hell are you and how could see through to me?"
"Oh I'd best show you some manners even though you don't seem to have any yourself. I am Rachel Alucard, and how I read you was simple, you aren't even trying to hide your emotions. It's quite clear to me that the only two reasons one would cause such destruction was either that they were very angry or were looking for something to do other than brood over how miserable they are. You are clearly a combination of both. Oh, and by the way, your description has been circulated, you'd best steer clear of anyone associated with the NOL for a while," Rachel said. "Hmm… I've got an odd feeling about you, try not to die, it'd be interesting to see your story unfold." With a slight chuckle the dainty girl vanished into darkness.
With a sigh Seth flopped on a small space that wasn't totally decimated by chains. "That was random… well I guess I'd better head her advice, once I land I should lay low for a long time… and maybe…" He slapped himself for thinking what he just thought. "No way am I joining Sector Seven! I've had enough of psychotic, stereotypical evil scientists for a lifetime!"
The voice from the intercom echoed again. "We will be landing soon at Kagutsuchi port near Orient Town; we thank you for flying with us and apologize for the disturbing sound of chains. We believe it to be a technical difficulty and will fix it as soon as possible. Thank you for traveling with us and we sincerely hope you enjoy your stay here in Kagutsuchi.
Seth jumped to his feet, sheathed his sword and put his jacket back on. "Finally arrived…" As much as he hated to admit it to himself part of him regretted leaving the academy, now he would provide for himself, no need for the support of an organization of immoral bastards.
Doing his best to blend in with the small crowd of people Seth disembarked the ship. He was greeted by the sight of an ordinary town and other passengers running to meet their friends and family. He took a deep breath of the fresh, new air. This place was almost completely different from the academy, for starters not one person wore the same clothing as another and the overall surrounding feel made it drastically different. "I guess this place will do for now… I'll take that girls advice and lay low, time to walk through this door that's opened in front of me."
Me: Well three chapters up, I have to say, when I checked how many people had read this I was shocked!
Rachel: I'm as shocked as you are. How could a dreadfully uncoordinated person such as yourself ever get even a single reader?
Seth: Oh come on Rachel, it's not a bad idea he had… gotta say, I like the powers he gave me!
Me: Speaking of which… I got the idea of your power from an anime I love. If anyone can guess who inspired Seth's shield they get a cookie! Anyways, any questions inbox?
Seth: Yeah. –throws paper airplane at me-
Me: -annoyed as airplane hits the side of my head- -unfolds- Let's see… a question from a 'SoulEdgerev'… Do I detect a Soul Calibur fan? Damn I love that game!
Rachel: Say the question before I turn Mr. Lightningrod here into a prime example of the hazards of lightning.
Seth: -thinking- (Bitch…) That wouldn't work…
Rachel: Oh? And why not?
Seth: See, with my shield I can –spoilerspoilerspoilerspoiler spoiler-. What the hell Shadowking?!
Me: Didn't know whether it would be a major spoiler or not, better safe then sorry right?
Seth: Good point…
Rachel: Now get on with the question.
Me: Right… oh, there are three actually! They are as follows: "Will your roommate have/will have a name? Does the setting take place when everyone didn't graduate in the NOL Academy yet? And will more characters from BlazBlue show up?" Ah, three good questions. Well as for your first question I considered the idea then thought I'd make he'd more of a filler character. But there will be more original characters I can assure you.
Seth: As for your second question these first few chapters did take place before we graduated but, as it says in Death to Destiny's description, there will be a four year time skip right after this chapter.
Me: And for the last one I can promise you more characters from BlazBlue itself will appear. Some with mere cameos –looks at Rachel-, and some will have more important roles in the story, Kokonoe for example, will play a much larger role than a simple cameo character in this story.
Rachel: How dare you merely give me a cameo? Why I ought to turn you into a-
Me: Adios. –snaps fingers and Rachel disappears-
Seth: -thinking- (Ding dong! The bitch is dead!) Anything else before we close up shop here?
Me: Yes, I extended the time the story encompasses past what is canon for BlazBlue Continuum Shift itself as I need the time for a certain character relationship to develop… Oh and I will not be getting Chrono Phantasma for a while as I have a game I'd like to beat before I even consider buying it.
Seth: Is that everything?
Me: That's about it, anyways people, don't be shy about asking any more questions and don't be afraid to leave a review! Peace!
