Zero
Chapter 3
Images of the past
Zero silently sits atop the pillar shaped mountain, playing his ocarina. He tries to concentrate only on the tunes that come out of the instrument, shutting out everything else but the music he produces. Below him numerous cars drive by, none noticing the lonely figure atop the pillar. The strength of the wind increases, running through the warrior's long hair, making it wave in the wind behind him. He closes his eyes, not wanting to be disturbed by anything he might see. Slowly his mind begins to drift, as he enters a trance like state. While he was on the run from the Arcanum Corporation, he was hit with a flashback, where he silently played on an ocarina. He remembered that he also entered a trance like state then, and when he awakened his power had increased. By pure reflex, he tries to stay conscious, though he knows that he will be unable to do so. How he knows it he cannot tell, but it seems to be some sort of racial memory. Silently he drifts off, entering the dark and endless voids of his mind. Zero seems to be unconscious, as he falls backwards at the top of the pillar shaped mountain, the better ocarina falling from his hand. The wind increases in strength, as the grass waves back and forth. The cars keep on passing by, as Zero begins to receive visions. Visions from his past...
Zero finds himself standing at the top of a cliff, looking down at the water far below. Mists cover the area, giving the vision a ghostly glance. Slowly he turns around, almost as if somebody guides his actions. Behind him stands an old man, with a long, grey beard. Smiling, the old man points towards a couple of targets, marked with rings. Zero nods, as he opens his right hand, which until now was clenched into a fist. He turns his palm upwards and starts to concentrate. Slowly his ki, his life force, begins to stream through his palm, collecting in a ball. He concentrates harder, and suddenly the density of the ball increases. It is now what is commonly referred to as a fireball. The old man smiles, as he once again points to the targets. Zero nods, as he turns his attention to the targets. He aims the fireball at one of the targets, throwing it towards it once he is sure it will hit. With incredible speed the fireball flies towards the target, only barely missing it. Sighing, Zero turns to the old man, who chuckles a little. Old man: "Practice. All you need is practice." Suddenly Zero's vision begins to blur, the man disappearing for his eyes. He had just relived one of his memories, so he now knows how to generate the energy necessary to make a fireball. Realising that reliving his memories will give him knowledge, Zero tries to dig deeper into his psyche, to find out more about himself.
Once again Zero finds himself in a landscape covered by mists. The old man stands beside him yet again, smiling at him as he points to the sky. Zero concentrates hard, as he focuses his ki downwards, trying to push himself from the ground. Slowly he lifts from the ground, but after a few seconds he falls down. Sighing, Zero tries to focus his ki again, now sitting in the locus position. Ever so slowly, he begins to rise from the ground, until he hovers about a meter above it. Chuckling, the old man once again speaks. Old man: "Good, my student. After so many attempts you have finally learned the art of bukujitsu..." To Zero it sounds as if the man is about to say something more, but before he can continue, Zero's vision blurs again, the brainwashing overriding the rest of this memory.
As it happened the last two times, mists are all around Zero. But this time the surroundings are different. He is standing in some kind of martial arts school, multiple men looking like the old man surrounding him. He looks puzzled around, as all the men but one disappears. Then the old man begins to split up into multiple forms again, all of them surrounding Zero. For some reason, Zero knows that this is the zanzoken technique, and he knows that he is also capable of performing it. Suddenly Zero puts his hands up beside his head and yells out, as a bright light erupts from him. Suddenly remembering the Solar Flare, and what it is capable of even though it does not have any real power, Zero finds himself charging towards the old man, who begins to mutter some strange words, once he has regained his sight. Old man: "Ka-me...Ha-me...HA!!!" As he yells the last sentence out, he extends both his outstretched palms towards Zero, a blue energy wave being launched from them. Once again feeling that someone controls his movements, Zero also begins to mutter the same words, soon after releasing a kamehameha of his own towards the one that the old man launched at him, there is just the difference that Zero's kamehameha is more powerful than the old man's, being shown in the fact that it overpowers the blast. The old man dodges the attack, then charges at Zero, just as Zero's vision blurs once again.
Slowly everything comes into focus again, though mists still cover the area. Now Zero is standing alone, in a forest. Everywhere around him he can hear different sounds, of heavy machinery moving straight through the forest. Once again on autopilot, Zero opens his hand and takes the palm upwards. He begins to gather his ki into a ball above his palm, a ball that resembles the fireball, except that its density is greater. He looks around, trying to find the source of the sounds. Suddenly a huge robot, looking like the one who captured him, bursts out of the woods, heading straight towards Zero. The lone warrior throws the ki ball towards the robot, which easily dodges it. Zero smiles slightly, as he begins to make some obscure movements, which sends the ki ball flying back straight at the robot. Unable to see the blast, the robot is unable to defend itself as the sokudan passes straight through it, continuing towards another robot that just appeared. Sokudan? Zero doesn't know how he suddenly knew the name of the technique, but as his vision blurs once again, he knows how to do it.
Suddenly Zero stands in a field, completely alone. He looks around, wondering about the emptiness of this place. Breathing slowly, he looks at his hands, and once again he unconsciously does what he did before, essentially reliving his memories. The mists whirl around him, as he powers up to his max power. Suddenly all of the mists get blown away from him, and he can now see the grass below. He slowly begins to charge his energy into his hands, which can be seen clearly as a red, flame like aura begins to appear around his hands. Staring intensely at the two flames appearing, Zero mutters two words. Zero: "Soul Fire..." He can feel that all of his energy is collected in his hands now, but still, he is unsure about how to release the energy. Suddenly Zero hears something behind him and spins around, being met with a huge dinosaur like monster. The monster charges at Zero, trying to bite its way through him. Agilely, Zero jumps above the dinosaur and makes a throwing motion with both of his hands towards it. The fire is released from his fists, flying straight at the dinosaur with lightning speed. One of the two blasts hit straight into the monster, while the other one misses. As the best turns around, once again charging at the warrior, Zero charges the soul fire into his fists. The dinosaur swings its tail at Zero, who dodges it by jumping over it. He lands on the monster's tail and starts running by it, until he reaches the dinosaur's face. Suddenly the flames on Zero's left hand disappears, as the flames covering the right hand becomes stronger. Yelling out, Zero drives his right hand straight into the creature, resulting in a huge explosion. Once again Zero's vision blurs, but this time no new visions appear. Now, he needs to rest.
Chapter 3
Images of the past
Zero silently sits atop the pillar shaped mountain, playing his ocarina. He tries to concentrate only on the tunes that come out of the instrument, shutting out everything else but the music he produces. Below him numerous cars drive by, none noticing the lonely figure atop the pillar. The strength of the wind increases, running through the warrior's long hair, making it wave in the wind behind him. He closes his eyes, not wanting to be disturbed by anything he might see. Slowly his mind begins to drift, as he enters a trance like state. While he was on the run from the Arcanum Corporation, he was hit with a flashback, where he silently played on an ocarina. He remembered that he also entered a trance like state then, and when he awakened his power had increased. By pure reflex, he tries to stay conscious, though he knows that he will be unable to do so. How he knows it he cannot tell, but it seems to be some sort of racial memory. Silently he drifts off, entering the dark and endless voids of his mind. Zero seems to be unconscious, as he falls backwards at the top of the pillar shaped mountain, the better ocarina falling from his hand. The wind increases in strength, as the grass waves back and forth. The cars keep on passing by, as Zero begins to receive visions. Visions from his past...
Zero finds himself standing at the top of a cliff, looking down at the water far below. Mists cover the area, giving the vision a ghostly glance. Slowly he turns around, almost as if somebody guides his actions. Behind him stands an old man, with a long, grey beard. Smiling, the old man points towards a couple of targets, marked with rings. Zero nods, as he opens his right hand, which until now was clenched into a fist. He turns his palm upwards and starts to concentrate. Slowly his ki, his life force, begins to stream through his palm, collecting in a ball. He concentrates harder, and suddenly the density of the ball increases. It is now what is commonly referred to as a fireball. The old man smiles, as he once again points to the targets. Zero nods, as he turns his attention to the targets. He aims the fireball at one of the targets, throwing it towards it once he is sure it will hit. With incredible speed the fireball flies towards the target, only barely missing it. Sighing, Zero turns to the old man, who chuckles a little. Old man: "Practice. All you need is practice." Suddenly Zero's vision begins to blur, the man disappearing for his eyes. He had just relived one of his memories, so he now knows how to generate the energy necessary to make a fireball. Realising that reliving his memories will give him knowledge, Zero tries to dig deeper into his psyche, to find out more about himself.
Once again Zero finds himself in a landscape covered by mists. The old man stands beside him yet again, smiling at him as he points to the sky. Zero concentrates hard, as he focuses his ki downwards, trying to push himself from the ground. Slowly he lifts from the ground, but after a few seconds he falls down. Sighing, Zero tries to focus his ki again, now sitting in the locus position. Ever so slowly, he begins to rise from the ground, until he hovers about a meter above it. Chuckling, the old man once again speaks. Old man: "Good, my student. After so many attempts you have finally learned the art of bukujitsu..." To Zero it sounds as if the man is about to say something more, but before he can continue, Zero's vision blurs again, the brainwashing overriding the rest of this memory.
As it happened the last two times, mists are all around Zero. But this time the surroundings are different. He is standing in some kind of martial arts school, multiple men looking like the old man surrounding him. He looks puzzled around, as all the men but one disappears. Then the old man begins to split up into multiple forms again, all of them surrounding Zero. For some reason, Zero knows that this is the zanzoken technique, and he knows that he is also capable of performing it. Suddenly Zero puts his hands up beside his head and yells out, as a bright light erupts from him. Suddenly remembering the Solar Flare, and what it is capable of even though it does not have any real power, Zero finds himself charging towards the old man, who begins to mutter some strange words, once he has regained his sight. Old man: "Ka-me...Ha-me...HA!!!" As he yells the last sentence out, he extends both his outstretched palms towards Zero, a blue energy wave being launched from them. Once again feeling that someone controls his movements, Zero also begins to mutter the same words, soon after releasing a kamehameha of his own towards the one that the old man launched at him, there is just the difference that Zero's kamehameha is more powerful than the old man's, being shown in the fact that it overpowers the blast. The old man dodges the attack, then charges at Zero, just as Zero's vision blurs once again.
Slowly everything comes into focus again, though mists still cover the area. Now Zero is standing alone, in a forest. Everywhere around him he can hear different sounds, of heavy machinery moving straight through the forest. Once again on autopilot, Zero opens his hand and takes the palm upwards. He begins to gather his ki into a ball above his palm, a ball that resembles the fireball, except that its density is greater. He looks around, trying to find the source of the sounds. Suddenly a huge robot, looking like the one who captured him, bursts out of the woods, heading straight towards Zero. The lone warrior throws the ki ball towards the robot, which easily dodges it. Zero smiles slightly, as he begins to make some obscure movements, which sends the ki ball flying back straight at the robot. Unable to see the blast, the robot is unable to defend itself as the sokudan passes straight through it, continuing towards another robot that just appeared. Sokudan? Zero doesn't know how he suddenly knew the name of the technique, but as his vision blurs once again, he knows how to do it.
Suddenly Zero stands in a field, completely alone. He looks around, wondering about the emptiness of this place. Breathing slowly, he looks at his hands, and once again he unconsciously does what he did before, essentially reliving his memories. The mists whirl around him, as he powers up to his max power. Suddenly all of the mists get blown away from him, and he can now see the grass below. He slowly begins to charge his energy into his hands, which can be seen clearly as a red, flame like aura begins to appear around his hands. Staring intensely at the two flames appearing, Zero mutters two words. Zero: "Soul Fire..." He can feel that all of his energy is collected in his hands now, but still, he is unsure about how to release the energy. Suddenly Zero hears something behind him and spins around, being met with a huge dinosaur like monster. The monster charges at Zero, trying to bite its way through him. Agilely, Zero jumps above the dinosaur and makes a throwing motion with both of his hands towards it. The fire is released from his fists, flying straight at the dinosaur with lightning speed. One of the two blasts hit straight into the monster, while the other one misses. As the best turns around, once again charging at the warrior, Zero charges the soul fire into his fists. The dinosaur swings its tail at Zero, who dodges it by jumping over it. He lands on the monster's tail and starts running by it, until he reaches the dinosaur's face. Suddenly the flames on Zero's left hand disappears, as the flames covering the right hand becomes stronger. Yelling out, Zero drives his right hand straight into the creature, resulting in a huge explosion. Once again Zero's vision blurs, but this time no new visions appear. Now, he needs to rest.