Garu's Arc Chapter 1
Narrator: In his journey, he will sacrifice the chance to obtain his greatest desire for something even more precious to him.
(Camera shows Garu coming out of a portal from his world to the world he's now in. Garu turns back to the direction of where the portal was to realize it disappeared. Garu briefly wonders how he's gonna get home and decides to worry about it after his journey has ended. Garu turns around again to see a small village. Garu enters the village. He looks around to see the people here are apparently European. Garu enters a small tavern he sees during his walk through the village. Garu walks over to the barkeep.)
Barkeep: ahh, yet another traveler quite a young one at that, let me guess, you're lookin' for info on Soul Edge?
(Garu gives a slightly surprised expression. The barkeep gives a small smile.)
Barkeep: ha! I knew it! Don't be so surprised, I see alotta travelers around here looking for Soul Edge. They tell me it's a sword of unbelievable power. Whoever possesses the sword would have the power to do almost anything. One traveler once even said one could use it to bring great honor.
(Camera zooms in on Garu's face with his eyes widening and the word 'honor' echoing in the background. Camera quickly cuts to a young man entering the tavern. The young man appears to be wearing a red vest, red pants, long black boots, and holding a red staff (Kilik).)
Kilik: These travelers are then fools, I know truly what Soul Edge is, I've seen it before. It's not a weapon of great power but a soul-eating demon. It must be destroyed at all cost.
Barkeep: uhh.. I'll just let you deal with this (quickly leaves.)
(Garu turns to Kilik and tells him weather it's a weapon or a demon that he'll found out for himself when he finds it. And tells Kilik that he now intends to find Soul Edge and take it from Nightmare somehow so he can restore his family's lost honor.)
Kilik: Honor can't be worth giving up yourself for. You take that sword and you'll become it's slave for as along as you live. Their can't be honor in that. And even so, there's no way honor can be worth it.
Garu: (looks at Kilik angrily and starts pulling out his sword.) Grrrr!
Kilik: And honor among family has been my experience to be solely just love and acceptance. What could your family possibly have done to lose that. (Garu attempts to tell Kilik about how his ancestors brought dishonor to his clan during their duties as ninjas but Kilik cuts him off.) The duty of a ninja should have nothing to do with family honor even if you come from a bloodline of them. Honor is just something you earn from yourself by doing what you think is right. Beside, you are yourself, not your ancestors! Any good person would know you're not bound to doing anything similar to whatever they did. That's only your choice to make.
(Garu dashes at Kilik out of anger, pulling his sword pull all the way. He slashes at Kilik only to have all his attacks blocked by him with his rod. Kilik then quickly jabs at Garu in the stomach. Garu falls down to his knees and clutches his stomach in pain.)
Kilik: Nothing will come of hate, you fought me out of anger. That's why you lost. At least think about what I'm telling you. And think rationally.
(Garu indeed thinks about what Kilik said. After a moment, he figures think what Kilik said is true.)
Kilik: Nightmare attacked your world didn't he? (Garu gives a a surprised expression) yeah, I know Nightmare must've come to your world to get the Soul Edge shard that was here. I saw you come out of that portal and figured as much. Especially since I know how the shard must've came to your world. My friend Necrid is a trans-dimensional creature with the ability to open dimensional gateways. He tried to stop the complete resurrection of the Evil Sword Soul Edge by trapping a shard into the void. But apparently he transported the shard to your world by mistake. I didn't expect that to happen. But Nightmare could only found out the shard was in your world if someone picked it up upon its arrival to your world. Do you know who?
(Garu tells Kilik about how his little brother Gura stumbled upon the shard and picked it up and how he claimed to have seen a flaming demon and felt a painful shock while he was holding it.)
Kilik: Inferno! This is bad, Soul Edge must've inserted some of it's evil energy within your brother. Has he been acting strange since he picked up the shard?
(Garu tells Kilik no and tells him the only strange acting he's been doing was when he described what happened when he picked up the shard.)
Kilik: Not much energy must've gotten into him. But if I'm right and at least some of it's energy got to your brother. Then if Soul Edge becomes fully restored, he'll become it's puppet and will involuntarily do whatever the sword wishes. Even if he dies in the process. And he could kill others as well.
(Garu gasps in shock.)
Kilik: I think I'd react the same way, anyway, if you intend to save your brother. Then our objectives are the same. We can team up and get the Soul Edge shard before Nightmare and his men do. But first, What's your name?
(Garu tells Kilik his name.)
Kilik: Garu, eh? I'm Kilik. Alright, let's go.
(Garu nods. Saying that this may or may not be the first journey not ordained by another like his honor quests in the past but a path he has chosen of his own free will. Kilik nods as well and the 2 leave the village to find the Soul Edge shard.)