Genke almost fell out of his bed. He looked around. It was then that he realized it had just been a dream. His clothes and sheets were soaked with sweat.
He got out of bed and went to the window. The moon hung low in the sky, it was probably close to dawn. This wasn't the first time he'd had that dream. If he could remember correctly, this was the third time in the last month. Each time it was a bit different, but the same reflection and the same transformation to a giant ape would occur. But this time was even more bizarre. The ape had never attacked him before. And whose voice had that been? These questions he would ask master Eiji in the morning.
The sun came up over the mountains, as Genke got out of the shower. He'd had been awake for three hours and already he was tired again. The smell of tea leaves caught Genke's attention. Master Eiji was up.
Eiji was a great martial artist who, before becoming a teacher, had won numerous martial arts titles, including becoming champion of the world martial arts tournament six years ago. He had found Genke, along with two other children, lying in mud soaked sheets in the forest a few miles from his dojo. After trying to find the children's parents, and failing, Eiji took it upon himself to raise Genke and the other boy, Kayil, as his pupils. The girl, he gave to a couple of his students who had become good friends with him. The couple named their new daughter Freya.
Genke had never really been bothered with the fact that his origin was a mystery. It wasn't until now that he began to really think about where he came from.
Eiji sat down with the newspaper and his favorite blue cup of tea, as he did every morning. This was the only free time of the day he had. He was beginning to think of cutting a few days of his teaching schedule, to be able to get away for a while. He hadn't taken a vacation since winning the world martial arts tournament. His train of thought was quickly interrupted by the sound of someone coming down the stairs.
"Good morning master," Genke said as he came down the stairs.
"My, your up early this morning Genke," replied Eiji, as he turned the page of his paper.
"I couldn't sleep," explained Genke, looking a little troubled.
"You've been having dreams, haven't you?" asked Eiji.
"Yes I have, how'd you know master?" Genke replied.
"Kayil and Freya have both come to me recently," explained Eiji, "reporting that they are having weird dreams as well. I only thought it natural that you would be having them too."
"Kayil and Freya too?" asked Genke, "well did they tell you what happened in their dream?"
"Freya told me she kept following someone she thought she kept seeing, but never really found anything. She also said she kept hearing some voice," replied Eiji as he sipped his tea.
"Really?" said Genke, sounding excited, " there was a voice in my dream too, did she say who the voice belonged to?"
"All these questions," replied Eiji, "are enough to cause someone to pull his their hair out! Why don't you just ask her yourself?"
"Good point master, I'll go see her right away," exclaimed Genke as he ran out the door.
"Young ones today," Eiji thought to himself, "always looking for the easy answer."
The door came flying open again, causing Eiji to spill his tea on his lap.
"Master, I forgot to ask you what Kayil said about his dream," Genke said, while jogging on the spot.
"He told me to bugger off, just like I'm telling you to, right now!" retorted Eiji.
"Sounds like something Kayil would say alright," said Genke chuckling, "Well I'll see you later master," Genke cheered, on his way out the door.
"You and Freya better be here for lunch, or I'll make you guys run a million laps around the forest!" screeched Eiji, cleaning up his lap.
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The warm air seemed to perk Genke up a bit. It had been awhile since he'd been out flying. The smell of spring combined with the sunrise, brought a relaxing feel to Genke.
"Man I can't wait to find out what Freya has to say about this dream stuff," Genke thought aloud, "I bet she'll be know more about it than I do."
Genke sped through the sky at full speed. The trip from the dojo to Satan City seemed longer than usual. He couldn't believe that Kayil and Freya were having the same dreams. Maybe it was a sign. Maybe it was a clue about where they came from. Genke hoped so, because this was now troubling him far more than anything had before.
The sun was full in the sky when he reached the outskirts of the city. He landed in a back alley, out of site of anyone who would be able to see him flying. Master Eiji had told him that all people could fly, with the right training, but Genke knew that people other than extremely trained fighters would see flying as something out of the ordinary.
He began walking down the street, and passed the ice cream shop where master would take him and the others when they were younger. He always promised the children that the one who trained hardest that day would get an extra scoop. The thought made Genke smile.
That's when the screams flung him back into reality.