Chapter One

That dream. Again. Natsuki's eyes slowly opened, as she rested against the stairs below the trapdoor. Sunlight leaked through, and on the other side of the trapdoor, Kazuya slept soundlessly. Natsuki grimaced, she knew that she wasn't in a good mood. He had only caused her pain. Her whole goddamn life had become a simple schedule. Wake up. Chores. Get beat up. No Food. Go Shower. More Chores. More Beatings. Eat Dinner. Get fucked. Go to Sleep. Her fist clenched, and she wanted to hit Kazuya.

But she couldn't and wouldn't, because she knew that she did it willingly, to protect Kazuya.

She realized it herself, the first time she had looked into Kazuya's eyes, that he wanted to help her.

No. She didn't need help, but it wasn't for her own sake that she kept Kazuya with her.

Sure, in truth he had to be safe, but she knew it was going to be for someone else. She pulled off her cape that she had flipped the other way to make as a blanket for herself, and resuming it to its original position.

She wore a black tang top, and a smaller white tang top underneath. She then just wore regular messed up jeans, that were starting to fit in perfectly than the old times in where they sagged. Her cape went down to her knees so it would hide the gun holder and knife, and also her arms. Her cape was completely black, with a silver wolf embedded onto it, with a blue outline. She wore regular black and blue shoes, and had a black and silver wolf visor beanie.

A regular teen in the year 2013.

6 Years after the Ultimate Revolution, in which every goddamn country massacred each other. Through that, chemical reactors reacted to the other countries chemical make-up from the nuclear bombs mutating all the animals and plants known to man. Some stayed normal, some completely became monsters.

Other than that, it was a fucking massacre. No one was able to go out into the cities, because it was dangerous, and because on one was in the cities because a high number of them destroyed.

The nuclear weapons changed the climate, effecting global warming, but the chemicals in the air had a different reaction and caused the fresh water streams to become poisoned.

In turn, to live, man made water through science. Many things were created that either screwed up the Earth even more, or made it better.

In 2011, 4 whole years after the months of world war, the regions changed. North America became Windbloom with Canada, South America, and Africa. Europe became Shangri-La.

Asia became La'Cryma, and Antarctica became the destined land of Fuuka.

Fuuka was the only place where they tried to protect anyone who was in for world peace, to stop the wars.

Many fugitives, 3/7 of the world's population that lived from the war and mutations, lived there in times of peace.

Even with the harsh winters, they helped each other.

3/7 was around 1,800,360,140 people.

In 2012, Fuuka was bombed.

No one survived.

Natsuki came from Shangri'la to go to Windbloom to seek out answers. Up until then, the answers to of any thing all began with 'Why?'

Natsuki just wanted to know, 'Why did the war start?'

When the war started, chaos happened. The city she, her 'father', and Kazuya lived in was bombed, but only once. Their father left them, and Natsuki then began to 'care' for Kazuya. In truth, she just fed him, and made him follow her. If he got hurt she would just leave him. It was the start of her real life. She killed merciless, to gain money to buy the scarce food that wasn't injected with anything, and was only gentle to Kazuya. Back then, she never had an emotion, but she smiled from time to time with Kazuya.

She even stole a motorcycle from someone when she was 11, and drove to other cities in Shangri'la with it, killing and stealing from other innocents. Her first desire was to get to Fuuka to leave her annoying brother, but then when the news of it being destroyed when she was 15. Drug deposits and weapons were being sent acrossed along the sea, and Kazuya and Natsuki rode along it to Windbloom to find a refugee just have a one night of being able to sleep.

They said the war started because of an a simple robbery, but Natsuki knew it was a lie. It was too simple. For everyone to turn against each other is to much for a white lie. It pissed her off.

She stood up, and kicked Kazuya.

"Get the hell up."

He opened his eyes, so weakly, and said, "I …I'm sorry…"

That voice.

Natsuki looked down. "Sorry Kazuya…I'm really sorry…Its just…I …I…"

He smiled. "Don't worry, I know deep down you're the big loving sister that you were before…that..happened…"

Natsuki retained her sad but serious expression and let out a gentle chuckle.

She let her arm stretch out to help Kazuya up and helped him go up the trapdoor into the sunlight and fresh air.

That simple action meant a lot to Kazuya, since the normal Natsuki would have left him there with the rotting bodies. Unfortuanetly, that was a wrong mistake to open the door to the outer city of New York, or a 'city' of Windbloom.

The statue of liberty was nothing; the woman holding up the torch was obliterated. Because her torch was lit so long it burned her down. For some reasons, though, bombs weren't thrown anymore. It's been months since the last one that hit a building near Natsuki and Kazuya in what used to be Florida.

Suddenly Natsuki's lower left side of her back, precisely above her left hip, burned like hell, and froze like a piece of ice was being jabbed into her. She shuddered, and heard a large roar.

A giant beast, a mix of a crow and jaguar, came at them. Natsuki smiled. Been a while since some blood shed. I guess I can test out my new weapons too. She pulled out one of the dual guns, and aimed it at the monster. She clicked it, but to her disappointment, an empty chamber was echoed.

She cussed, and grabbed Kazuya and ran. Or jumped. Natsuki didn't know what to do, but she had jumped. Over the monster. She had jumped about 28 meters off the ground. Quickly setting down on the other side, rolling on the desert sand of New York, she set Kazuya down and loaded a cartridge. She clicked and released, but got no response. "What the Fuck!?!" she yelled, and put her guns back and pulled out the dagger.

This was different, because before she had at least a weapon to defend herself a bit. But using a flimsy knife wasn't going to help!

Or so she thought.

With a dash, Natsuki madly ran at the monster. With a simple slash, the small wound was…indeed promising. More promising than would Natsuki expected.

As small as the cut was on the giant monster, the cut soon began to have more effects. The giant screamed in pain, as blood started to spill out of the small wound, and soon enough, Natsuki noticed something weird.

The wound, became blue.

Within seconds, the monsters blood circulation froze.

Frozen Ice.

"whoa…wow…holy…shit…"

Natsuki and Kazuya stared wide eyed at each other and at the monster, and said the same thing, and both burst out laughing.

Natsuki guessed its been a long time since she had actually been in a good mood.

The monster shrieked again, trying to move, but instead it fell into pieces and frozen blood fell to the ground. The giant pieces crumbled down on Natsuki and Kazuya, so Natsuki ran to Kazuya again.

A grin was placed on her face, and Kazuya smiled.

"Woa…you haven't been this lively for a long time sis…"

Natsuki replied with a light laugh.

"I haven't been this entertained in a long ass time. These weapons really are something…I mean…there…fucking gorgeous! And they can kick ass!"

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Kazuya really was happy now, because his sister was alive again. The moment he heard her say sorry, something had changed. Her eyes were brighter, and she had laughed and smiled.

He didn't care what had caused it, but Natsuki was slowly becoming herself. Maybe, maybe she had realized why she had saved him, that she did it willingly and shouldn't blame him for it even though he is the biggest burden for her.

Kazuya smiled, and agreed with himself.

"This…is the best…"

He and Natsuki, after laughing for a few minutes at the crazy experience, got up.

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Natsuki pulled out a map. "Alrighty…where…to go…?"

They were in Old 'New York', and their destination was all the way in California. Across the Northern part of Windbloom.

After the years of war, everything, well mostly everything, became a desert, but as the years relaxed from the air that only caused the water to become poison, which all meant that it wasn't extremely hot. There were nice breezes, clouds, and it wasn't that all hot.

At night, it got extremely cold though.

"hey…I have an Idea!"

Natsuki looked at Kazuya.

He grabbed the map, and took out a pen.

Natsuki was confused, and went to see what he was doing.

He circled a building on the map, specifically named New York International Airport.

He grinned, and said, "Let's fly! We'll jack a private jet and fly, and to my calculations…we'll reach California in no time to get to L.A….I mean…yeah…"

The reason Natsuki and Kazuya were going to California was because it was rumored that the reason of why everything had started was in California, in one of the military bases.

During the years with Kazuya, Natsuki also wanted to find her father, who used to live in California in as a Bio-Weapon Specialist. It made some sense to her, since at one point of time she had stolen money from her father's room before the war to help herself, and found an letter. It didn't make much sense, but it just..Natsuki just wanted to know what it meant. Especially when it was about her.

"So how's Natsuki doing? We all know that what is to start is because of her…of course, It was the idea of Californias greatest Weapon Specialist, you Mr.Kuga! Project Mistake DNA Version 1 will be sent to you shortly"

That whole segment Natsuki had to find out. She didn't even recognize the man's name. Project Mistake?

Natsuki ha no clue to what it was, but she knew it had to do with her, and the war.

She didn't recall her father obtaining any packages that small for DNA too, since she had always been getting the shit.

Ugh, she shouldn't even been calling that man her father. Once this was over, Natsuki swore that she would hunt that goddamn man and whatever whore he's with and kill them, and kill him good.

Natsuki spit out in the sand, trying to get her anger out.

She followed Kazuya, as they approached a giant building.

"Wooow…" Kazuya said as they entered. It wasn't dark, because the roof was glass, or some seethrough material, and everything inside..looked…brand new.

Brand new as in hasn't been destroyed yet.

Looking around Natsuki found signs that led to where the planes were. All the outer planes were buried deep in the sand, so they were hoping to see if private ones were in the hangers.

To their luck, a free jet was there. With a grin, Natsuki pulled Kazuya into the cockpit and into the passangers side, and she jumped in as the pilot. They opened the garage, and instead of the front garage opening, the roof opened.

"Yey us…" Natsuki mumbled in victory.

She looked around cautionly, but then a single thought entered her brain. Suddenly, as if she was blessed with luck from a god, the helicopter turned itself on and went on autopilot as the engine started to rumble and prepare.

An a little screen, right next to the Flashing word Autopilot, the word DESTINATION made Natsuki grin even more.

Destination California, Los Angeles National Airport

A breeze brushed against her face, causing her to twitch a bit. Stretching out a bit, she took a deep breath of the morning, smelling the crisp morning air.

She must've left the window open last night.

Feeling the rising sun's rays upon her skin, she slowly curled up, soaking up in the magnificent warmth.

Tomorrow was her 17th birthday, and then she would finally be able to obtain her Windbloom license to get any means of her own transportation.

As much as she loved her father's helping toward her, she felt like a prisoner. Her father was a foster father, he took in lost kids during the war. Yet, He had only took in girls. Haruka and Yukino from La'Cryma. Her biological sisters Akane and Arika, who they only had the same father, had lived with her ever since. Haruka, being 17, Yukino 16, Arika 13, and Akane 12.

Of course, it gave her much doubt, but she could easily deal with it. She just wanted to get out, and her father promised her that once she was 17 she would get a license to have a vehicle and go out into Northern Windbloom by herself.

It was 6 months since the last bombing in Flordia, and Windbloom had declared that wars would be paused. So far, her father was one of the members of the Government, and they had made a one-year-pact.

No body was allowed to cross the ocean, or enter any other nation they were in. If one fired a weapon, they would immediately be persecuted.

She didn't have one single clue to as of why that had happened; It was too simple.

Living in 'Old' L.A. was partially good, since that area was rebuilt. Shields were made around the main city for protection, and much of the army were here. L.A. was one of the few cities in Northern Windbloom that was still intact.

Because her father was extremely rich and powerful for being on the government, they had 2130 acres of land. They sold it for natural reservations to regrow healthy plants, manufactured water, and to rebuild the city. What was left was 59 acres, which they built the mansion. The natural reservation was a little park at first, but grew into a deep forest that took of 3/8 of the city. Their mansion was at the edge, so the front was visible to the city, the rest hidden in the forest, and sided to the desert that led to the middle of Northern Windbloom.

Anyone who never entered the house would just think that they were a middle class house, but until one entered it, they would certainly be wrong.

The day seemed peaceful, so she thought about sleeping in some more, which was something that had recently never been don-

"DAMNIT FUJINO! WAKE UP! IT'S ALREADY NOON!"

Shizuru smiled at the voice; it was Haruka's, and she predicted that a squeaking voice would most likely be coming up next.

"H-haruka-chan, please lower your voice, Akane-chan might get shocked!"

Score 1 for Shizuru.

Running footsteps were heard banging into Shizuru's ears.

"Shiiiiiiiiizzzzzzzzzzuruuuuuuuuuuuuu!!! Good morning, good morning, good MORNINNNNNNNNNG!!!"

Something pounced onto Shizuru.

"Okay, okay…I'm up I'm up! Good morning Haruka, Yukino, and Arika."

Perfect. She smiled, as sad as she was from not being able to sleep in, (and a bit annoyed) she said it gracefully.

"G…Goodmorning Shizuru…"

A quieter voice was heard while Shizuru patted her younger sister Arika.

"Akane-chan, now now, come to. Are you okay today? Did you take your message?"

Akane let out a cough, and nodded her head.

It was silent, until she hastily said, "Y-yeah…I did"

Shizuru smiled. "It's okay Akane…"

Arika jumped off Shizuru. "Don't worry Shizuru! I made sure she took 'em!"

Shizuru smiled. "Thank you Arika, now…seeing that the weather is fine today…or…sensing that the weather is fine today, shall we have a picnic in the garden today?"

A gleeful chirp came from Arika.

"Yey!!! To the garden, to the garden!"

Arika yelled while dancing around.

Haruka sighed. "Well, I suppose we must ask Father first. You know how he hates to not know where we are." Yukino squeaked. "I'll go ask for his permission now, so we can prepare a meal! Also, may I suggest taking a swim?"

Now it was Akane's turn to bounce with Arika. "S..Swim! Yey! Arika, let's get our swimsuits!" Shizuru smiled at her two energetic sisters. "Well, could you help me change into something appropriate for today and the garden? Akane, Arika?"

Two positive answers were given, as Haruka left with Yukino, and Arika and Akane led Shizuru to the her wardrobe. Actually, it was a giant closet, but who cared.

Arika and Akane helped Shizuru pick out a yellow summer dress that ended to her knees, and a hat to cover her from any heat that might affect her. It never did get cold in the day, in fact it was hotter in the days than before, but Shizuru didn't know why. Putting on sandals, Shizuru exited and turned to her desk. Finding her way to it was easy, so she sat in her chair and faced it toward her window.

The breeze went against her face, and she breathed slowly. Arika and Akane scurried to their room next door to get swimsuits and clothes ready to play out in the forest and in the garden. At the side of her desk, a hiss was heard.

Shizuru smiled at her pet. It was a snake she had found, and it was poisonous, but it took a liking to her. She had found it long before the war happened, before this mansion was built. But she didn't know where.

She knew it must have been rare since most of the animals now were obliterated, but why it had lived so long was unknown too. She smiled at her pet.

"Kiwi…Good morning to you!"

She said while petting the snake.

She looked out the window again. The day felt safe for some reason, safer than she would have expected.

A dim light was visible.

//END OF CHAPTER 1