Hikari No Will Power

Act Two, Prelude
After Kaname, An Even Greater Evil Arises! Prepare To Stop The Invasion, Chikyuujins!


Her body shuddered and convulsed; once, twice, and yet again. Asleep though she was, a tremendous amount of energy continued to radiate from her, causing an almost transparent aura to flare up from the depths of her being. There was a buzzing sound that echoed amidst the silence, the circling and cackling of static around her...

... and a short while later, it stopped.

Her dream, the dream she had been having in a seemingly endless cycle of crests and troughs, had gone back to its equilibrium position, to its starting point. The violent body convulsions she had been having came to a halt, but it wouldn't take long for them to start up once again. No matter how desperate she was at waking up, she found herself unable to, as if someone had bound her to the flashes of light she was seeing.

She didn't know how long she had to endure the torture; she didn't know how long she can stand it, to be precise. The dream was too much for her to take. It replayed in her head like a corrupted transmission, and it began, flowed and ended the same way, every time.

At a certain point in the cycle of mental images, she reached out desperately to the person it revolved around, calling out to him repeatedly until her lungs were ready to burst and collapse. However, her efforts were all in vain, for she never received a response --- a response to her cries, that is, for the words she would hear after every single one were:

Goten Son.

A horde of aliens rushed in the scarlet-themed chamber, with walls painted in bright crimson and decorated with dark red paraphernalia. They aliens all looked the same. Tall and slender, with skin that was between the shades of dark blue and gray. They had faces marked with all sorts of tattoos --- colorful ones, in varying hues ranging from kaleidoscopic tints to pastel tinges --- and each of those faces contained a pair of sinister-looking eyes of peculiar shape. They all wore robes, jet-black robes with embroidered designs the color of mercury, and whipping from behind them violently were lizard-like tails with spikes.

There were other aliens in the chamber, looking similar to those that had just entered, but they were wearing light pink robes instead of the ebony-colored ones. They were cleaning up an altar of sorts which was situated behind a throne, and the said altar contained a few statues seemingly of great importance. By the throne, where an authoritative-looking alien sat with much pride and dignity, were females of the species, dressed in bright saffron robes, and they danced around their master like there was no tomorrow.

After a few moments, the dance died down, and their group parted to admit the team of warriors who just entered the sanctuary. Most of the newcomers gave the women meaningful glances, while some fell out of their military position to hold up flirtatious gestures towards the ladies. They fell still, however, when their squadron leader moved out of their formation to address the Ryuujin who was sitting on the throne.

"Masterr Rryuuuurrai," one of the aliens began, stepping forward before it dropped to a low bow with the others. "The mission has been completed. Kanrryuu is dead, and his rright-hand warrrriorr is in ouurr possession. She will not awaken uuntil the venom of the Rryuuubuki will wearr off, which will still be in a few morre houurrs. Six houurrs, to be prrecise, Most High."

"Well done, Commanderr. Youu and youurr men shall rreceive the crredit youu arre all duue. At this time, this warr we'rre having, we will need all the brriliant warrrriorrs we can get. Youu arre among those who have talents beyond exception, Commanderr," the so-called Most High said, licking his extremely pale lips in satisfaction. He then leaned back against his scarlet-draped throne. "Speaking of the girrl, what arre the rresuults of the tests that werre conduucted?"

The other alien's face turned into a shade of lighter blue. He wanted to lie, but he knew that it would only get him in more trouble. The truth was his only way out, if it would be so generous to provide him with a way out. "If I may be perrmitted to say this, Yourr Majesty, she has been trrained exceptionally well by Kanrryuu. Herr powerr level is imprressive, for a human hybrrid suuch as herrself, and it appearrs that she has a potential in the fighting arrts grreaterr than some of ouur finest warrrriorrs."

A twisted smile appeared on the superior Ryuujin's dragon-like features. "She hasn't changed, then. She is still the same girrl I knew frrom the Academy ten yearrs back," he muttered to himself before he turned to the warrior who stood still in front of him. "As soon as she rregains consciouusness, brring herr to me. I want to settle a scorre with ouurr dearr guuest. In the meantime, deploy the pods for ouurr tarrget planet. The time has come to take things into a higherr level, into a greaterr couurrse of action."

"Well then," Ryuurai declared as he rose up, the rest of the aliens falling to their knees as he did so. "Let the invasion begin."

[Author's Note] I know that was awfully short, but well, it's just the intro for the rest of the saga! And yes, I've decided to continue with this, and if I'm inspired enough, I'm going to work on the other fic too. Anyway... *sneezes* ... excuse me, I got a nasty cold that's why I skipped school (and it's our exams too)... here's Kioko-sama's prize for guessing the word! *hands virtual chocolate bar* Yes, it's invade, and from there, the plot thickens even more!

Thank you very much for reading, and the next chapter will be up pretty soon. Please review!