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I do own the characters from the story Fending Souls and the land in which they wander.
Hello everyone, here is the prologue to my story. This chapter helps give a little background on how the journey started out, so you will probably want to read it before moving on to the first chapter. Well, I'm gonna stop talking so you can go on and start reading. Remember to review! -nudge- -nudge- As I have said before, read Sango0808's stories too! I'm telling ya that her stories are really kewl!
In the world of Gorathor there is little left to live for. Demons scourge the planet and kill all that they see. In this world, hope is dead and happiness is a forgotten dream. The little light of hope shines within the Elemental Guardians, for they are the only ones who can fight the demons. However powerful they are however, the prophecies told by the elders tell of only a few who would be able to survive the wrath of the demons that have destroyed the land. It is in this world that the legend takes place, and it starts in the village of Alphentia...
"Lets see you dodge this one Koraq!" Tageshi yelled as he threw another Shadow Ball.
Koraq easily sidestepped the incoming attack and threw a ball of energy of his own. The blast struck Tageshi and threw him back with a deafening explosion.
"To think you insult me about not dodging attacks yet you couldn't even dodge that" Koraq said mockingly.
"I was in the air! How was I supposed to dodge that!"
"If you had twisted your body right and bent backwards you would have easily avoided it."
"So now you're my teacher..." Tageshi said getting aggravated with Koraq's know-it-all attitude.
"Lemme give you a lesson of my own then, ya can't beat me up if you're too slow to hit me!" Tageshi added to annoy Koraq. He began running at full speed and because of this it seems he had vanished into thin air. Koraq's eyes searched but couldn't find him; he was simply running to fast. So he waited for a blow and after that he would counter-attack. Just as Koraq braced him self, Tageshi came up from behind Koraq and tripped him with his left foot. Then he kicked Koraq into the air with his right foot, catching himself with his hands before his faced smashed into the ground. He used his hands to spring into the air and flip right side up. He sped up passed Koraq and on his way down he stomped down onto Koraq's face sending him plummeting downward. As Tageshi came down he saw the ground erupt into a smokescreen of dust as Koraq smashed into the ground. Tageshi landed on the ground with a dull "thud" but no damage was done. He laughed to himself as he waited for Koraq to get up, but as the dust cleared he didn't see Koraq. Then he heard a voice say "Nice try" and he wheeled around only to have Koraq's fist meet him straight in the jaw. Tageshi was sent flying back towards a tree, which he smashed into, splintering the trunk. He fell from the tree, and as he was getting up the broken trunk gave way and the tree collapsed, landing on top of him. Tageshi slowly lifted the tree off of him self and threw it aside. He lunged towards Koraq and threw a heavily landing blow to Koraq's stomach, then flipping over in midair and grabbing Koraq's shirt to throw him effortlessly across the field. Koraq stood and faced Tageshi, a hint of anger flashing in his blood red eyes. Tageshi returned the glare with one of his own, and the two hanyou prepared for a true duel, both increasing their power by calling upon the elemental power that they held within. Tageshi could increase his power thrice, while Koraq could simply double his own. Tageshi had more elemental power while Koraq had more physical strength and discipline in fighting from training so vigorously. The ground shook and pillars of magma erupted around Koraq, while dark clouds swirled above sending bolts of lightning crashing into the ground around Tageshi. The wind formed a tornado around Tageshi, and the shadows crept towards Tageshi slowly. The magma slowly soaked into Koraq carrying the elemental strengths of both fire and earth. The tornado slowly shrank in size as its howling winds entered Tageshi, along with the shadows that crept into him and the lightning that flashed through the sky. Villagers looked over to the battlefield where the two were training and some walked closer to watch, careful to keep a good distance for safety however. The powerful surges of energy emitting from the bodies of Tageshi and Koraq nearly knocked the villagers off of their feet, giving most of them enough reason to leave the field as the fight would be too dangerous to watch. Some decided to sit and watch however, duels of this caliber were rare as Koraq and Tageshi rarely decided to go to this extreme. Koraq and Tageshi watched each other, both watching for the other to make a move that would betray them. Then, what seemed like a simultaneous motion, the two leapt at each other and engaged in a furious battle of blows. Koraq seemed to be taking a pounding, as Tageshi had more speed thus giving him the capability to throw more attacks in a shorter span of time, however Koraq had much stronger blows and though he didn't land as many as Tageshi, the damage dealt between the two of them was near exactly the same. Their fists met, and they jumped away from each other, Koraq leaving a parting gift. A small ball of fire stuck to Tageshi's hand, slowly moving up his arm towards his torso. However, its movement was too slow to notice. Tageshi moved at an amazing speed, circling around Koraq to his back, leaping towards him and landing a harsh blow to the back. However, what seemed like one punch was actually nine. Koraq was sent hurdling forward skidding across the ground until his momentum was stopped when he crashed into the ground and slammed his fist into the ground, his arm sinking up to the elbow into the rock. He stood up and looked around, but Tageshi had already sped around to his back and jumped into the air. Koraq looked up and put his hand up just in time to catch Tageshi's right foot in his left palm. The force went through Koraq's body and though it did not harm him, a crater at least five feet in diameter appeared below him as the ground was crushed. Koraq put up his right palm and fired a blast into Tageshi's torso sending him flying back up into the air; Koraq fallowed him. Koraq spun around in the air and slammed his foot into Kurayami's face sending him plummeting back towards the ground at breakneck speed. He hit the ground and another crater, three times in size of the last, was created. As Koraq landed Tageshi stood up slowly to face him. Koraq did not take a fighting stance however and simply looked at Kurayami.
"What's the matter? Givin' up Koraq?" Tageshi inquired.
"No. Look at your chest fool." Koraq said in his usual emotionless voice.
Tageshi looked down and the small ball of fire had reached the center of his chest. It slowly sank in as Kurayami studied it, and then realized what was coming next. "Aw Damnit…"
BOOM
Kurayami cried out as the ball exploded and burning energy erupted from him. He collapsed and his energy reverted to its normal state.
"Can we go back to the village? I need to see the healer..." Tageshi moaned, obviously in true agonizing pain.
"You mean you need to see the healer, again." Koraq corrected Tageshi simply for the purpose of angering him as much as possible.
"Shut up. So you won again, it doesn't matter." Tageshi said annoyed. "Besides, I'm gonna get ya one of these days, and then I will be the big tough guy! Ow…"
Tageshi's grin stayed in place all the way back to the village. After being healed yet again by the healer Tageshi bounded back out with his usual happy-go-lucky attitude. He walked over to Ryusenshi and Ryusenshi noticed that although he was acting like himself, he seemed happier than usual.
"Koraq! Koraq! Guess what! We get to be Elemental Guardians!"
"This isn't another of your pranks is it?"
"Nuh-uh! We're finally gonna be Elemental Guardians!" Tageshi said joyfully "But the problem is, my sister gets to be one too." he added with a sigh.
"So? Your sister is an awesome fighter, she may not be as skilled as us, but she is still quite powerful. Don't even say she is a pest because she isn't even half as annoying as you." Koraq replied. "Lets get your sister and train with her. We will all want to be ready for the tests that will be provided."
"Man! I hate tests… They make me think too much, and I don't like thinking. Tageshi complained.
"That is quite apparent Tageshi… I believe it is obvious to everyone that thinking is not your strongest point…"
"Yeah? Well how come all the girls in the village like ME and not YOU? Huh? Huh? Cuz I'm the cute one so HAH! I don't have to think, I just gotta do my little puppy eye trick and have someone else do all the thinking for me. My fuzzy ears help too, because all the girls like the fuzzizzyness… fuzzleness… they're fuzzy so we'll leave it at that!" Tageshi finished while trying to remember how to properly say 'The girls like how fuzzy they are' without success.
"Tageshi you dumb-ass… your ears aren't going to…" Koraq began to mutter but was cut off when he saw Tageshi paying him no mind. Tageshi had decided to simply flirt with every girl that now surrounded him in a circle.
"Hey! Tageshi! You're a dead man!" Came a cry from a couple yards away. Tageshi's sister, Kyogue, apparently had another bone to pick with her brother.
"What did I do? It wasn't me I swear! AHHHH!" Tageshi yelled as he took off like a bat out of hell.
"I know it was you who put chewed up neba-neba suru leaves in my hair while I was sleeping! It took all morning to get that crap out of my hair, your just lucky as hell I didn't have to cut my hair!" Kyogue screamed as she ran after Kurayami with the intent to send him on another run to the healer, if he still had the capacity to run or even walk by the time she was through.
Suddenly, an explosion rocked the ground. Villagers came out of there houses to see what the noise as. They saw Satsugai, Koraq's father, and Sakkidatta, Tageshi's and Kyogue's father, fighting what seemed to be a Mind Eater. It was being pounded, but it seemed to not even attempt attacking. Koraq saw its hands glowing though, as if charging up an attack. Then he realized that it was going to erase their minds, but it was too late when he did so. Satsugai and Sakkidatta were supposed to be extremely powerful, but only because they were demons. The only thing that held them back from their demon instinct to kill was the love of their wives and children, and without the memory of that love, they would have nothing to keep them from destroying everything. Koraq saw Kyogue rushing over to the two after Tageshi, so he began running too. Then the two fathers dealt a blow to the stomach of the demon, killing it instantly. When they looked back over at the village though, their eyes had begun to glow with demonic hatred. They had lost most of, if not all of, their memories. The two charged up a ball of energy and threw them simultaneously. The blast was enormous, and with that was the destruction of Alphentia. Koraq, Kyogue, and Tageshi all watched as their fathers walked off, uncaring and bloodthirsty as ever. The three mourned over the deaths of the village, but Koraq mourned with not tears, but oaths of revenge. He, along with Tageshi and Kyogue, swore to punish Sakkidatta and Satsugai, even if it meant killing their own fathers. They set out on a quest to become strong enough to defeat Sakkidatta and Satsugai, and since then two years have passed…