A couple of silhouettes coat over the colorless wall until a cupboard breaks the shadows and forces the two shadows to combine and become one. As you see the mouths of the silhouettes move, they are only a shell for what creates it. Two adults shout and bicker till the one leaves and never returns home; the other takes his child and leaves the place where two friendships were created and forced to separate… until now…
"Where are you, Enzan? Wait for me… I'm coming home, back to you…"
Chapter One- Will you welcome me?
Inside a café on Beach Street is a teenager with white and black hair. He wears a red vest and a black tee-shirt with a yellow neck; his appearance seeming to be normal. He decides that it's too good of a day to say inside a café and walks to a table outside where he can enjoy the sun with his cup of cold ice tea. The sun beats down on his head and face and a soft breeze blows through. He closes his eyes and opens his eyes to look at the street and the scene of the beach and its powerful, yet graceful waves. At the edge of the waves is a girl. She sings and her voice carries to where Enzan is sitting; her voice is as sweet as the sounds of the water crashing into the land. He blinks then shakes his head for a bit then looks at the girl once again, but the girl has left from her position. "I must be seeing things. It couldn't be Ari," he assures himself. He slouches then faces his cup and sips a bit of the tea that he has. Suddenly, a shadow covers the sunlight that reaches Enzan. As he looks up to see who or what might being stopping him from enjoying the sunlight, he sees the same girl that was singing, but up close. She wears a red tee-shirt and deep brown pants. Her light brown hair is tied in a low ponytail and is tied with a deep red ribbon. Her eyes look directly at Enzan in a serious manner. Enzan recognizes the eyes immediately once he sees them. He immediately stops sipping his tea and stands up. He stands two inches taller then this girl that appears before him out of nowhere.
"Aren't you going to welcome an old friend, Ijuin Enzan? I really hope you haven't forgotten me. I know I haven't had a day without you in my mind," she says. She gives him a soft smile then continues to talk to him. "I did promise that I would come back someday, and here I am."
Enzan is speechless throughout the whole encounter he has been through. The only words he can mouth are "Ari." She just smiles and tells him to finish up his tea, and that she needed to talk to him about something important. He just quickly nods and pays for the drink. They both walk out of the shop and walk along the shoreline.
Ari just grabs his shoulders and turns him around to face her. "We are at a crisis. We need your help," she states in utter importance, "and we need your help, NOW." Her smile disappears and she looks halfway to tears. Her head hangs low while her grab lowers from his shoulders to the sides of his arms"I hate to disturb your peace, but I am desperate now… Can you please follow me? I need to take you to my Headquarters. The things I am about to reveal to you are top secret and…" She pauses and swallows hard but then continues, "…dangerous. We have lost agents of ours and this problem is going to grow deadly enough that the public will soon be involved. Follow me."
Ari releases his arms and turns to lead him to the base that they have set up in the area. Enzan grabs her hand and speaks to her softly. "I haven't heard of any mission from my commission. How is it that you know about this information before I do? Why are you even here? Where have you been all these years? I still have so many questions for you and your superiors." Ari just stops and continues to look to the brown moist sand. She motions her other hand for him to follow her.
"All will be answered there," is the only reply she gives and she breaks away from his grip. She continues walking and Enzan continues to follow.
His thoughts on this are "She left even before my mother died. She was a really hyper and happy person before she left. I haven't seen her since. Where has she been? Why is she here, now? Why does she know something that I wasn't informed about? I AM a net savior. Why wasn't I notified? Where will we go? I hope that it won't end up hurting Anetta or Ari. She seemed really sad when she asked, too. Was she forced? What happened to the agents she talked about?" Many more questions run through his head as they walk up to, what seemed like, an abandoned apartment building.
She looks at him with sad eyes and smile on her face. "Please close your eyes. I trust you enough to… just listen to me and follow my directions." She walks up the stairs while holding his hand and they enter the building once Enzan shut his eyes. They walk through the empty building and up to a closet door and both walk into it. Its darkness surrounds them at first, but then it turns brighter each and every second; Enzan can notice that under his eyelids. She opens the door and they walk out to a brightly lit room. The room they walk through was a shade of ultra white, a very bright white that seemingly lights itself up. Hallways and doors surround the area. Behind each door holds desks and computers and all sorts of people. "We're here, you can talk to 'Boss' here," Ari informed.
Enzan opens his eyes to see an ultra white wall and a bright white door. He immediately shuts them again then reopens them. "I thought you were going to tell me everything. Why do I need to talk to your 'Boss'?" he questions.
"Just go in, Enzan. You said you wanted to talk to my superiors and now you can, so talk," she answers. He just shakes his head and waits for a reply he wants. "Fine then! Don't go in! But I know for certain that you won't find out what I need help with and it will be your fault for not taking the job and getting the whole world into chaos. It isn't important to a net savior like you…" she says in an annoyed fashion.
With that last remark he just walks inside thinking, "Not my job! Not important? How…" His thoughts stop once the man known to him as "Boss" speaks.
"Thank you for coming to me today. I have much to inform you about our crew and the dangers that will come. I know for sure that you have never heard of the COO. It stands for the Conflict Origin Obliterators. We stop many major problems from starting. Ever since the incident with Nebula, the governments from around the planet have formed a force for their country protection. We collect information and we hack into systems to get information if we can. We also send in what we call 'agents' to rid the country of major threats, ones that will harm the planet. Lately there has been a group of people known as 'Dark Reflection' who have captured and killed many of our agents. That shows us how powerful this group is; our cadets are trained until they are good enough to become agents. Ari for example is an agent, one of the youngest and best, I might add," informs the shadowy figure known as "Boss". Enzan looks with surprise in his face.
"Boss" continues, "We have called the Net Savior HQ and they have said that you and two other boys your age were the best people to help us. I believe their names were Netto and Raika? Well, Raika will be informed with the based at that area and Netto will be informed with someone more familiar to him. Ari wanted to bring you here to allow you to see the facilities here and to assist her in her search for the base and the next attacks. I believe, from her records, that you knew her when she was really young, about when she was three or four. Am I right?"
"Yes, sir," replies Enzan, "We knew each other at a very young age until she moved away…" "Boss" nods and points to the door.
"Turn left. And thank you for your help. Good luck," says the mysterious figure in the chair behind the desk. Enzan nods and walks out the dark and dim room. He follows instructions and turns left. While walking down the hall, he sees, forward of him, Ari looking frustrated at the laptop screen. He walks up to the table that she is sitting.
"Need help?" he asks as he smiles at her.
Ari chuckles and says, "Now THAT is a better way of welcoming me back here." They both smile at each other as Enzan grabs a seat at the rectangular, brown table. "Let's get started."