Lets get this party started! I said that i would get things started, right? Well guess what? Here's the REAL Chapter ONE. Hope you enjoyed the 3-part prologue,
Major Time Skip Time YAHOOOO!
Ahem, anyway, Disclaimer: I do not own Nausicca. It belongs to Miyazaki-san.(had to put that in there for no reason whatsoever).
Chapter One: The Meeting.
Location: Valley of the Wind
Date: November 19, 3419 AD
estimated time: 11:00AM
One Thousand Years since the Seven Days of Fire.
A Young Girl, around the age of twelve, ran around with her friends, they were playing around the old machine from the days before the seven days of fire. After that Incident that took place two years back, the once forbidden place was a playground for children. Today however, the children discovered a new area, it was a little bit less rusted than the rest of the ship, course the new room must have been air tight, but it still showed signs of weeds and the like.
Her name was Olivia, she stood around 4'2'', brown hair, and green eyes. She wore a green dress that went down to her ankles, her skin was pale. She is currently living with Princess Nausicca, since her parents went missing when she was five. Their bodies were found maimed and brutalized, they didnt know who did this so they thought it was just an accident.
Olivia peered into the room, looked around and walked inside, she saw what looked like a door, but it was sealed shut. It wouldn't budge. she noticed that it was sealed some other metal. She scratched at it edges and the rust seemed to fall off in small chunks. She got an idea and hurrying to look for something the pry it open with.
She grabbed a metal bar that looked like it could pry it open. She smirked and began working on the rust. Just was she whacked the door in a certain spot it fell with a crashing sound making her jump. Her friends must have heard that since they poked their heads in the room she was in.
A Red headed girl, no older than Olivia asked, "What on earth are you doing?" Olivia shrugged, "I dont know, just found this door sealed shut, just wanted to know what was inside."
"Well, if it was sealed then there must have been some reason for it." said the boy. "You know, if I didn't know better, there must be something worth looking at in there." Olivia nodded, "Yes, but for some reason I felt drawn to this room...I wonder whats inside.."
The three causiosly walked into the room, there was a hole in the sealing that the sun shown through, and toward the back of the room they see something weird propped against the old wall, they saw a small light at the bottom shining through the small amout of sand than otherwise covered that whole floor..
"Olivia, Kiyone, looks at this." said the boy. Kiyone responded, "What'd ya find Takeshi?"
He pointed at the strange glowing item, "What do you think this is?" he asked as Olivia inspects the pod shaped dome. "I dunno, but there must be something inside of it." she moved her hand near the top of the pod, brushing away whatever covered it, all she saw was darkness inside, "Can't see anything in there, is there a way to open it?"
He shook his head, "Lets go find something to open it with." Takeshi and Kiyone are the only ones who left the room. Olivia started to leave when she heard a strange beeping noise. She looks at the pod as the noise sped up, it shifted a little and air was suddenly released making a hissing sound, the front of it pitched forward causing her to jump as it landed on the ground, something also landed with with, but since the dust was kicked up she couldn't see what it was, but she did hear an unusual sound, it sounded like someone fell face first.
As she pondered what it was she heard a voice, "Damn, I feel like shit...How the hell long was I out?" She moved closer to the voice as the dust settled, moments later something stood, it took her a moment to realized that it was human.
"EEK!" She fell back and the figure jumped, "What the hell?" The voice sounded like a man, and the figure wobbled toward her and she got a better look at his face, he also sees her saying, "Well, hello, what's your name?" moments after he asked that he doubled over and fell, unconscious just as her friends ran in, "What the? Who's that?" asked Kiyone you pointed at the strange man. "He came from that thing." She said pointing at the pod, "II think we should get him to the village, he needs help." They agreed and they started to heft him out of the massive structure.
"This guy's a little heavy.." remarked Takeshi.
"Oh quite your wining ya Idiot." Kiyone said in annoyance as Olivia picked something up that also fell out of the pod, she realizes that it's a sword and brings it with her. It's better than leaving it here. she thought to herself.
The first thing Elijah saw when he woke up was the ceiling, he moved his head around and realized that he was in a room, the walls were made of stone. He also noticed plants that sat in the windowsill, they were small red flowers. he turned to look to his right and noticed that there was a chair by his 'bed'. He took another look out the window and saw the signs of autum, the window also had no glass. He turned his head a little to the left and notice the familiar sheath and handle. Then he noticed that he was undressed with some bandages, which surprised him, since he doesnt remember being beat up when he entered the Pod. Just then he closed his eyes to pretend to be asleep as the door opened.
A young woman and an old man with a beard came it the room that their 'guest' laid. "How long has he been out?" asked the man.
"Since this morning." She replied, neither of them knowing that the man was awake and listening in.
"Nausicca, what of those wounds?" asked the man.
She shook her head, "When he was brought in they told me that they went over some sharp rocks, they also mentioned accidentally dropping him several times. So his wounds were cleaned and bandaged."
Elijah thought inwardly as he was listening, That must explain why I'm so banged up...Who the hell was carrying me? And why was I blacked out in the first place? How long was I in that thing?
He was trained to pretend to sleep without being noticed, so he will stay perfectly still, maybe make a twitch here and there, but never opening his eyes. I have no idea who they are, and why does the name Nausicca sound so damned familiar? they continued talking as these thoughts ran through his mind
"Lord Yupa, I need to check his condition, could you go bring Olivia here? Since she found this man in the first place, and I wanted to ask her a couple of questions." asked Nausicca. Elijah heard the man reply, "Certainly, though I am wondering about this man, Once i send her I'm going to investigate those ruins."
He heard the door opening and closing, he heard the girl saying, as if she was talking to him, "I wonder when you wake up, you can help with a certain problem.."
Elijah kept his eyes closed and remained silent. He could feel whoever it was changing bandages that had his 'wounds' I can't stay here, I'm leaving once she leaves. He waited until she stood before he twitched his hand, she must of saw it cause he heard her say, "Thats the first movement you've made since you got here, Are you awake yet?" he kept still, just breathing, "I guess not.." she said solemnly before she opened and closed the door.
Elijah opened his eyes and made sure that no one was in the room. He jumped off the bed and found his clothing and his sword before he looked out the door opening it slowly. As he looked around before closing it again, he looked at the window and determined that it was big enough for him to get out. As he looked out the window a large fan came across the window, thats when he learned that he was in a windmill. "Well, that's convenient.." he said sarcastically before getting ready to jump off, "I always hated this kind of stuff..." he complained.
He jumped and grabbed on to one of the wooden bars that stabilized the fan and hung on till he got the the roof, but as he did so he heard a gasp and looked into the room only noticing two people, but he didnt get a look at their faces before he was lifted to high.
Meanwhile:
After Nausicca left the room she went down the stairs and met Olivia at the bottom, "Oh, your already here?" Olivia nodded, "I've been here for a while, Lord Yupa just came through here telling me that you wanted to see me before he ran off."
Nausicca shook her before grabbing her hand, "Come with me." She pulled her towards the room, "I understand that when you found him he saw you and asked for your name shortly before he collapsed right?"
"Yes, But I didn't get his name either." she said nodding, "Is he gonna wake up?" Nausicca's shoulders dropped, "I don't know to tell you the truth...maybe he won't maybe he will. In any case we should watch him." She opened the door looking at Olivia, "Well here it is." as she looked in the room she saw that no one was in there before noticing a silhouette on the giant fan and gasped, he turned his head just in time for them to see that it was the Mysterious Man who was sleeping in a comatose state, is very much awake and active. "Olivia, go home, whatever you do, if you see him let us know okay?" Olivia nodded before running off.
Determained to find him Nausicca raised the alarm, which was the bell that served for their emergencies. Lord Yupa seemed to have come from no where asking, "Whats going on?"
"That man is awake, and active.." she said. Yupa put his hands on her shoulders, "I don't know what he's after, but I'll help look for him, Okay?" She nodded before they ran out of the windmill.
I don't think he's bad, but we need to question him. she thought.
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Time Elapsed: Eight Hours.
Time: 1900 hours.
For the past eight hours the village looked for the somewhat very elusive man, even Lord Yupa is having a hard time tracking him. Nausicca sat on a bench outside one of the houses since she was very confused as to how someone could make it so they never existed.. "Seems impossible.." She got up grabbing her gun and went to look again.
Meanwhile:
It's night time now, better get moving, these guys are serious..Gotta get out of this valley. Elijah thought as he stayed in a large tree by a plantation that he assumed where they grew their necessary foodstuffs. They already searched through this area, but since Elijah was trained in stealth, they didn't find him. Thats mostly cause they don't know what to look for, plus they don't have suitable lights to find me.
Elijah is also aware of the fact that he almost got caught by that swordsman who hung around some areas he was in quite a bit, he was obviously a skilled tracker, but since Elijah's methods were something he's never seen before, he was harder to track, but he came close a couple times.
He heard a voice and thought, This is the second time they came through, There're not going to find me. A young girl with brown hair came towards the tree and sat at the bottom, she looked a little sad, from what he could tell anyway.
He lightly landed on the ground on the other side of the tree and spooked her when he said, "So, may I ask why you look so sad?" she practically jumped at his voice before snapping her head towards him, "W-what?" Elijah sat down.
"Well lets see, I'm hiding from everyone here and while I am cooped up in the tree, you come around looking sad." he said, "And on top of that my curiosity got the better of me so I decided to ask what was wrong. Plus, I still remember that your the one who brought me here in the first place."
The Girl looked away, unshed tear threatening to come, "When I saw your face you reminded me of my parents." she pulled her legs in and wrapped her arms around, "I guess I came here cause after bringing you here I started to think about them.."
"What happened to them?" he asked, with a sincere look. "When I was five...my parents vanished without a trace one day, few days later they found them..they told me what happened and I guess I really lost it..They were murdered." She said.
Elijah clearly remembered of a similar situation..that little girl who he found in a demolished mall complex. Working up the courage he said, "I lost many close friends and family. It's been a while but now that I think about it, they weren't murdered, most of them died in wars accidents, just so much pain and suffering." he placed a hand on her shoulder, "At first I blamed myself, almost killed myself too, until later on I was told the difference. between lives wasted for no reason and lives spent for a good cause."
he stood up and took off the top of the handle on his sword and pulled a piece of metal out, a small chain was also attached, he grabbed her hand and placed it there closing her hand,
"Take this, maybe it'll give you good luck one day, like it has me. Keep it safe, don't let anyone take it from you, okay?" she nodded.
He stood and drew his sword turning around, "I know your there, show yourself."
A Bearded Man emerged from the brush and looked at Elijah's sword then at him, then glanced at the girl then at him again, "What were you planning on doing with the girl?" he asked.
Elijah stared at her then at the old man, "Nothing. What about you?"
The Old man replied, "I was planning to protect her from you." he turned to the girl, "Olivia, can i ask you to go home for now?" She looked at Elijah who nodded and she ran off.
"Okay, now that the young one is safe, might i ask what you were doing?" asked the Bearded Man.
"Is there something wrong with comforting a little girl? I just felt like it is all." Replied Elijah, "Since we're getting no where with your questions, Where am I? and what year is it?"
The Bearded Man thought it was Odd that he was asking such weird questions. "You must have lost your memory, it's the year 1419 AD, thousand years after the Seven Days of Fire."
Elijah's mind just went out right then and there. Thousand Years ago? Yeah, Right. "Okay, I don't know where you come from friend, but there's no way I was in there for a thousand years."
The Old man drew his sword, "Your coming with me, we have questions for you."
Elijah laughed, "You think your blade can beat my Kotetsu? you must be insane." he lifted his blade and was about to fight before they were interrupted.
"Lord Yupa!" someone cried as Elijah, wanting to avoid more complications, vanished into the night. Nausicca ran up towards the mountain but didnt notice that the man was there, Lord Yupa noticed that he was gone.. "Nausicca, who told you I was here?"
"I was already coming up here when Olivia ran by me." She said. "Is she Okay?" he asked after looking for the strange man.
"Yes, she's fine, She said she was going home. Sorry that i couldn't get here sooner."
"It's alright, but right now I need to see the history of the Valley of the Wind."
"Why?" she asked.
"Does the name Kotetsu mean anything to you?" he asked.
She shook her head, "No, but I've never read anything on our history, that library is locked, no one's been there since i was born."
Lord Yupa nodded, "Well considering that Olivia and her two friends found him, and his sword is not normal either, so I'm leaving to look through the records." Nausicca nodded, "Well, if you find anything let us know." Lord Yupa left towards an old library, It can't be The Kotetsu, that sword was lost over 1400 years ago...
As they walked off they didn't even notice they were being followed, and Neither did they or their pursuer that the Village was belong watched by two dozen people in black armor.
A little fast paced Chapter yes I know, but once i started writing this chapter I decided to put two chapters in one, even though they might be a little small.
Anyway, I'm not bugging for reviews, but if you see amiss, like a certain detail i forgot, then dont hesitate to contact me.
