Breath of Fire: Of Time and Destiny
Chapter One: How it all begins….
Time:Terra year 2190
Location:Neo New York, Terra
Neo New York City, named after the previous city destroyed by the demons, it was rebuild after the war and is now one of the fastest growing city in Terra with tall skyscrapers and buildings everywhere, airships and passenger planes have been flying in frequently to the airport, bringing people to find their dreams in an unknown land, despite the fact the city is near one of the dangerous place in the world. Subway stations has also been full of people to travel about the city but nothing beats a good old teleportation station where with a fee, this magic portal will send you anywhere in the city.
At the harbor where civilian ships of all kind have been entering and leaving in a constant rate, one part of the harbor shows that it is a naval port with military personnel on it, and the warships that docked there have been loaded up with supplies so that they could travel to the most maximum security place in the whole world: the Bermuda Triangle. This port serves as one the most important supply point for naval vessels coming from the Pacific Ocean to take turns in guarding that place, after all nobody is taking any chances should the demons decide to break out.
On a twelve storey apartment building located near the harbor, a 17 year old boy has been found sleeping in his room. He was sleeping so content when suddenly his alarm clock rang. The boy obviously does not want to get up by turning the pillow on his head, trying to keep that annoying sound out. But the alarm clock never stops ringing and something punches it hard on the button that it broke.
"Now that's better….." the boy muttered before going back to sleep. Just as he was about to go to dreamland, something cold splash on him.
"Gyaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!" the boy quickly jump out of his bed and fall to the side, finding himself dripping wet and shivering as well.
"Finally you decide to wake up on me my dear younger brother; I have to help you with that since you went to sleep again."
The boy quickly whirled around and stared at the entrance of his room. There is a blonde shoulder-length hair, Caucasian girl standing near the door and she was wearing a long yellow sleeve t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans with white shoes and she was carrying a bucket on her right hand which is quite empty.
"Ssssttteeeelllllllaaaaa! What the hell you think you doing? Are you trying to make me catch a cold?" The boy glare at Stella, who chuckled at his reaction.
"Like I say, Jack, you need a helping hand to wake up and besides I do not think conventional and normal means can make you wake up 'effectively'." Stella snickered, and then her face turns serious. "You better get dressed, bro. If not we are going to miss the study group at 12pm AND theoretical test this afternoon at 2pm." With that said she left and closed the door behind.
Jack immediately stop glaring and look at his wrist watch and found to his horror that it is 11am already. Jack's face immediately pale at this realization.
"HHHOOOOOLLLLYYY SSSSSHHHHIIIITTT!" Jack cries can be heard in the neighborhood, startling passer-bys and tourists alike. At the same time, the Loussier couples at their late 40's were eating their breakfast in the dining room and look up at the cries of their son.
"Another way to start a day routine, don't you think my dear?" The older man spoke out which have his wife started to shook her head in resignation.
"Ahhh….children….sometimes I wish those two will just behave more properly like the others at their age…." Mrs. Loussier spoke and laughed softly.
"Nay….that will put out their unique character which I do not think we should start now, besides that's what makes them special, no matter how bad it is." Mr. Loussier smiled at his wife.
Just then, the topic of their brief conversation appeared to join them for breakfast. Stellar Loussier (1), an 18 year old girl is the eldest daughter of their family, join by her 16 year old younger brother, Jack Loussier who now wears a dark blue t-shirt with a face of a lion in front and is wearing black jeans and brown shoes. Like his sister, he is a Caucasian and has short blonde hair. The two siblings begin to eat their breakfast while exchanging friendly insults between each other and their parents as well. Once they finish eating their breakfast, the siblings quickly grab their backpacks, wear their respective jackets and fasten their belt pouches to their jeans while taking their weapons with them.
"Mum! Dad! We're going!" Jack told them when heading straight for the exit of their room. "Don't forget Mum! We won't be coming home for dinner tonight!" Stellar added.
"Yeah I know! You'll be going out with your friends but I expect you back by midnight!" Mrs. Loussier reminds them which have the sibling laughing and close their door on their way out.
The two siblings quickly reach the other room on their floor which has a sign says TELEPORT ROOM and begin by stepping on the magic circle which it instantly transport them to the ground floor of the building their family is staying with instant of a thought. Then they began running all the way to the nearest Teleportation Center, which has the ability to teleport anywhere in the city but unfortunately cannot use to teleport to another city or continent (that is why the need of airships, airplanes and ships). On the harbor, a Statue of Liberty can be seen there as a symbol of the continual friendship between the allies after the Demon Wars.
"Hey sis! Are you using that bala thing again as your weapon?" Jack asked when they are still racing to the center, noticing the silver case she is carrying.
"It is called bat'leth (2), my dear brother! And yes, I am using it. It may look hard to master it but once you get your heart into it, anything is possible!" Stella said with a triumph.
"Ehhh... no thanks, I'll stick to my trusty bo staff, thank you very much." Jack begins touching his steel staff that was strapped to his back which has several different colored stones attached in its 8 slots after saying that.
"Why do you people have against the bat'leth anyway? I know it is young in terms of existence than the other weapons, but it has been proven in combat against monsters and many people have begun adopting it." Stella inquired.
"Well I did not go against it; it is just that I heard many nasty things about it such as people got to get his head off by it." Jack clarified.
"That is just a stupid rumor and I can't believe you actually believe it! Every people have to be trained in the arts of bat'leth before using it in actual combat by…" Stella was about to begin her lecture when Jack interrupt her. "Save it for later sis! We almost reach the center!" Jack quickly ran faster before she had a chance to give him a scolding for interrupting.
Once they arrived at the Teleportation Center, an old man wearing a magician hood looks up from his desk and smiled when he see the newcomers.
"Ah, Stella and Jack. Welcome. Late as usual, I presume?" The magician asked with a smile on his face.
"Hello Mr. Dan and yes we might be late again no thanks to that idiot here." Stella jerked her thumb at Jack, which raised his hands in defense and glared at Stella. Dan laughed heartily at their exchange.
"Ok, that means you two got well along just fine. Going to the ACADEMIA, Neo New York branch, I presume? Then wait a while, let me open the portal for you…" Saying that, Dan walk to the magic circle and began chanting a spell.
While Dan was doing that, Stella turns and asked Jack "Hey bro, do you remember to bring your materias (3)?"
"Of course, I will never forget these. If not, I wouldn't last a day fighting monsters with brute strength alone. What about you? Don't tell me you forget to bring yours." Jack snickered evilly.
"Don't be stupid! Of course I brought them all the time. Just remind you though, my dear brother." Stella says with a smile on her face.
Jack smiled back and looks at the materia slots on his bo staff, which he remember what the lecturer at the ACADEMIA have said about the history of materias. Found accidentally in the gold mine of Siberia by the miners in the year 1990, these mysterious stones have the power to use magic that is equivalent to a normal magic user which instantly bring great changes, such as normal front line troops now have magic at their disposal, medics can use them to heal wounds and saved even more lives, civilians can use the no encounter materia to avoid meeting monsters while traveling abroad etc. The benefits is enormous, but that is not the only thing the materias have to offer, for there are some materias that can specially summoned monsters to fight by your side such as Ifrit, the spirit of Fire, Shiva the Spirit of Ice, Ramuh the Spirit of Thunder and many more. They come in an abundant so it was never in short supply and it was quite handy to have them.
Then Jack grimaced when he remember it was also the same year the discovery of materias, that his sister's favorite weapon the bat'leth first began to appear. Apparently some people got this crazy idea to adapt this weapon out of some science fiction novel which a certain warrior race uses in close combat. At first it was quite absurd, but the weapon, just as Stella have said, did prove its worth in combat and soon this weapon is used by highly trained fighters and not for the faint hearted.
"Hey Jack, what are you thinking?" Stella voice snapped him out of the trance.
"Huh? No, it's nothing, just thinking about some things." Jack hastily replied.
Before Stella could grill him with questions, Dan has called out to them. "All right kids, the portal is open and please pay your fees." The siblings quickly paid the fees and went in the portal. "Thank you for your patronage, see you again soon!" Dan called out to them before the portal closed.
When the siblings appeared again from the portal, they have arrived at the gate of Neo New York Branch of ACADEMIA. This particular branch was built on the year 2050 and it is located near the outskirts of the city. The branch itself has the size of at least 6 football stadiums, making it one of the largest facilities in Terra beside its main headquarters in Paris and the other branch in Beijing and Tokyo respectively. This branch has 5000 classrooms which has capacity of 30 students each, meaning it can hold 150,000 students plus teaching staff, disciplinary committee, security officers and other staff of 7000 people (Jack always wonder how the hell headquarters managed to fund them and keep the facilities functioning but not too keen find out about it).
The facilities also include five sickbays, six canteens, a large underground car park, a large area for entertainment (sometimes organized by the student committee such as concert), a giant dorm where students from overseas or far places stay, a giant library, a couple of dozen of labs that specialized in magic, alchemy and techno and lastly the one giant training facility which host a lot of monsters caught around the world and place them there so that students can train themselves and get a taste fighting against them (of course they have to be accompanied by senior staff or a training staff to avoid 'accidents').
"Hey! Stella! Jack! You guys finally made it!" The siblings have just passed through the gate and turn to see the owner of the voice that just called them. Selphie Tilmitt (4), a 17 year old girl who happens to be their childhood friend from a nearby neighborhood, has short brown hair that the side of her hair curled up (Jack wonder how she do that, by natural or other means). She was wearing a yellow blouse with miniskirt and has a pair of brown boots, her weapon, the nunchaku, can be seen strapped to her waist. She is kind of cheery and love to talk, and she is also a member of the student committee which is lacking in numbers lately so she has a tendency to try to 'recruit' anyone, even Stellar and Jack.
"Late as ever, but if you guys decide to go punctual all of a sudden, this might be the end of the world." Said a certain African American with a hint that he was just joking when he and four others decide to join with Selphie. The African American that just talk is Bob Seagil (5), a 20 year old Californian who has come a long way to learn fighting skills in ACADEMIA. He is skilled in using katar, making him a close combat expert. He's now wearing clothes that make him look like a ninja from the island nation in the Far East except he is not wearing mask and wears black boots. He has quite a cheerful expression and loves to talk about anything except his family, which everyone respectfully (or fear) to avoid the subject.
Another girl in the group is Raquel Casull (6), 20 years old and she has long black hair that reaches her waist and wore green earrings, wears a purple vest and a pair of long pants with brown boots and lastly a long cape with symbols which protects wearer from physical attack that almost covers her whole. She never uses a weapon but she is definitely excelled in the art of magic. Among the group, she is more like a elder sister that looks out for her younger 'siblings', but sometimes she got absent-minded and klutzy at some time though.
Another male in the group is an Asian boy named Chen Xing Long (Chen is his family name and Xing Long means star dragon in Chinese). 17 years old in age, he was transferred here from the Beijing Branch about a year ago and somehow got himself mixed up with the group now. He wears a long sleeve blue shirt underneath a blue jacket and has dark blue jeans and with black shoes. His long katana is strapped to his back while his short katana sword strapped to his waist. Xing Long is a quiet guy, and only speaks whenever he believes he want to speak, nothing more but those who know him will find out that he is a actually shy (which he denies it) and kind hearted. How he came to this group with such personality happens because Jack is the one who pull him over during a group project and ever since then they have been working together. Like Bob, he never talks about his past.
Like Xing Long, Miyako Kururgi is another 17 years old Asian girl, hailed from the land of the rising sun. She also got transferred here from the Tokyo Branch about a year ago. Her clothes reflect strongly on her cultural influence since she was wearing a white kimono style clothes and blue pants that normally used in dojo and she was wearing slippers as well. Her long black hair is tied as a pony tail and has a white bandana tied on her forehead. Her weapon of choice, the naginata, which she is now carrying on her back. She is one of the most serious, hardworking girl in the group and normally the first to react angrily to anyone slacking off, sometimes chastened everyone who wants to have fun. Other than that, she is a kind hearted girl who will do anything to protect her friends.
"Oh, shut up Bob." Jack said with a mock glare at his friend, who smiled sheepishly back at him. Then a clap from Miyako got everyone's attention. "Now that you two are here, shall we go to the library where the others are waiting? Time is now against us you know."
"Agreed." Everyone turn to the normally quiet Asian teenager. "We only have less than two hours before the test starts, best get moving." Xing Long said in a matter of fact attitude that has Loussier siblings grimaced.
"Ow, Xing Long, you sure know how to drive home a point huh?" Stellar look at him with pained look. "Don't worry Stella, he is just concerned with all of us by saying that, right Xing Long?" Raquel spoke to Xing Long who only nodded in return.
"Ahhh I'm just kidding. So shall we go now?" Stella replied to Raquel which she smiled in return. Everyone then began marching to the library, where it contains various computer labs where students use to find information, group study rooms where students can study in peace and many books that you can see with your eyes. After all, the library section is the biggest of all facility in the Neo New York Branch. Selphie and the others have already booked a study room before the Loussier siblings arrived and they left three people behind to keep watch.
But when Stella and the others arrived, they only saw two in the room, a teenage boy and a girl. The boy is 16 years old Zack Trifield, a master of twin boomerang swords, these swords are short and curved like a boomerang, but they are sharp and can also be used like a boomerang against enemies from afar, which he has strapped them on both side of his waist. Zack has blond, short spiky hair and is an European descendant and he wears a black t-shirt with a orange fur overcoat made from Monster Tigers that lived in the deep mountains of Africa which his father has traveled there and kill some of them with the request of local help. The pants and boots he wore were also made from them as well. At first look, anybody will have thought he is a punk but in reality he is just a good guy but whenever he tried to express never seem to convey the meaning he wanted to deliver, besides he is a kind of guy who is a bit hot headed.
Next to Zack is a 19 years old Diana Gaimen, hailed from Eastern Europe, who actually is a descendant of General James who first discovered the destruction of the demon forces and reveal to the world about it. Diana is a beautiful girl with her shoulder length gold hair (and a killer body to boot) and her intelligence is considered unmatched since rumors speculate she is unbeatable in a field of strategic warfare (which she neither confirmed nor denied) and she is considered a 'goddess' because of her kindness and willingness to help. She wears a gold blouse and a miniskirt and wears high heel boots and she uses Blaster Edge as a weapon which she use to shoot a shuriken out to attack the enemies. Her specialty is the use of healing magic including the power to resurrect and holy power to cleanse the undead. Combined her good looks, body and personality, no wonder she is worshipped by all the males and respected by all females.
"Late again, I presume?" said Zack who is a little bad tempered while waiting tiredly for them to arrive. "Sorry about that. It was his fault that we were late." Stella jerked her thumb to Jack, who promptly stared at her. "Wha…why are you saying this again? I already said I'm sorry!" But Zack has a very strong 'sha chi'(7) and it is directed at Jack who began to wince.
Before an argument is about to break out, an angelic voice began soothing out to calm the situation. "Please you two, I know you guys want to argue but right now it is best to remember that we have more important things to do. Besides arguing is not going to help anyone, so please no fighting, ok?" Diana look at both Zack and Jack with a smile that could melt anyone's hearts.
Both Zack and Jack look at each other blushing then said at the same time, "Ok Diana, you're right about that. Sorry." "It is ok, so shall we study now?" Diana replied. Selphie whispered quietly to Xing Long, "I got a feeling that Diana could be the most dangerous woman in the world if she decides to get angry." Xing Long nodded in agreement.
Just as everybody sits down and began revision when Miyako asked "Hey, where's Robert?" "He said he wants to use the restroom about 15 minutes ago." replied Diana. "Knowing that guy, he probably went to flirt with the female library staffs again." Bob say it with a slap on his head.
"I'll get that idiot, you guys keep on studying." Stella gets up from her seat and left the room before anyone protests. She wandered around the library a while, when in the corner of her eyes, she found the target surrounded by five girls.
The 18 years old Robert (he has a long name but nobody care to remember anyway) is a son of a noble family living in Neo London. He is a handsome guy with short blond hair and wears noble clothes which can be traced to the year 1200. His personality is charming and friendly (which thankfully is different than those arrogant nobles) and cares to help people in earnest ability. His rapier can be found hanging from his waist belt. But unfortunately he tends to get side tracked when it comes to girls and he never seems to refuse them.
Robert is talking to the girls as usual, "As I was saying, we should try to get to know each other better, where we do not want too much distur-.." "How about we get ready for revision before I decided to knock your lights out?" A familiar voice with hint of anger interrupts him, which Robert to wince and turn slowly to see her.
"Hi….Stella, you finally arrived…..I eh just going to come back when I got…" Robert vainly tried to explain to Stella who began to emit dangerous aura.
"Sidetracked and talk to the girls, is that what you trying to say?" Stella finished for him but then she narrowed her eyes. "Then let me 'help' you get back on track!" With that said she immediately grabs the back of his collar and literally pull the noble to the amusement of the girls looking at them.
Yes…..this is a typical normal day for these ten normal teenagers, but the wheels of destiny have begun turning at this very day…..
Time:Goddess Era 2020 (8)
Location:Drogen, Aspiara
It has been six months since the eight heroes, consists of Ryu Clivestone of the Light Dragon Clan, Nina Windlan from the Wing Clan, Gillaim from the Forest Clan, Karn from the Thieves Clan, Gobi from the Traders Clan, Ox from the Ogre Clan, Mogu from the Mole Clan and Deis the legendary sorceress from ancient times have combined their strength to crush the ambition of Zog and expelled the Goddess of Evil, Myria from their world of Aspiara.
Now that the Dark Dragons no longer threaten the world and peace had been restored, the eight heroes have gone their separate their ways to dedicate themselves in rebuilding their homelands from the devastation, each believing that they would meet again in the future. In the town of Drogen, they are lots of people working around the town, from carrying the boulders to repairing the houses. It was hard work but the people are proud of their achievement and progress. One particular person has an unusually blue hair and a dragon symbol on his forehead is working to repair his house's window when someone called him.
"Ryu! Ryu! Where are you?" Ryu look up to see an old man walking up the path slowly to reach the house. "Ahhh…. There you are Ryu! I was looking for you." The old man pants and sits down to take a breather.
"What is it, grandpa? Do you need me for something?" Ryu asked when he sat down with the old man. The old man quickly took a letter out of his pocket and gave it to Ryu. "Here, this letter just arrived here today and it was addressed to you by Nina Windlan I think."
Ryu's eyes immediately lit up at the mention of Nina's name.
"Nina you say? Thanks grandpa!" He immediately took the letter and went back to his room in his house. His grandmother was just baking some cookies when she saw Ryu went up the stairs and heard his bedroom door closed.
"What just happened, dear? Why is Ryu in his room now?" She ask Ryu's grandfather who just came in. "He had just received a letter from someone very important to him." Granpa told her with a wink. "Ohhh…." Grandma understands the meaning immediately and smile.
While Ryu sat down on his bed, he begins to open the letter and read the following content:
Dear Ryu,
How are you doing? It has been six months since we last see each other and I already began to feel like I really do miss all those time we travel together, especially with you Ryu…
Oh! What am I saying? Anyway, the reason I want to write this letter is because I want to ask you to come to Winlan in the near future so you can meet with my parents. I know you have met them before not long after you start your journey and you might be busy rebuilding your hometown but if you have time, please come and visit Windlan. I just want to properly introduce you to them, that's all.
Hope that day comes when you are here.
From Nina.
Ryu laugh softly and blush at the same time when he sees the princess attempt to ask him to come visit her, but her parents? Wonder if it is 'that'? Shaking the thought out of his mind, Ryu decide to pay her a surprise visit by starting to journey to Winland tomorrow morning. If all goes well, he should reach Windlan in five days. With that decided, he went out of his room to tell his grandparents of his plan.
Meanwhile in Windlan, an old Wing Clan man is busy tidying up his books on the shelf in the royal castle's library. This old man is Professor Gaist and he is one of the top researchers on analyzing ancient documents from ages old, especially from the time of Goddess War, where many precious documents have been destroy with few surviving records and many others now stored in the library of Winland.
Gaist managed to take a stake of books and begin moving them to another shelf, but he failed to notice a few books lying on the floor that he tripped over them and fell and crashing into another book shelf, resulting in many books falling over the place.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch….I can't believe I actually made a mistake like that…" Gaist muttered when he sit up and look around the mess. "Now I have to clean this up….I need help…" As he stands to pick a book up, his eyes suddenly caught a particular book on the ground. This book is different from all the books he had seen before, as the book cover has some ancient language on it and has a dragon symbol embedded on the front cover.
Gaist then decides to take the book and begin to decipher it by skimming the few pages. After a while, he looks up from the book and rubs his eyes as if he couldn't believe his eyes. But the book is still there and he could not contain his excitement.
"I don't believe this! If my old eyes do not fail me, this old book actually dates back during the Goddess War and it survived till now! I must decipher it, who knows what kind of ancient knowledge it might have!" Excited, Gaist abandoned his cleaning duty and quickly head to his office to further his investigation on the ancient book….
Time:Goddess Era 2520
Location:Hometown, Aspiara
500 years later in the future, a new evil by the name of DeathEvan attempted to overrun Aspiara with his hordes of demons and using St Eva Church as a cover to suck the powers of prayers from worshippers to increase his strength. But once again, another Ryu and his band of heroes have risen to challenge and defeat this threat. This time, it is consists of Ryu Bateson, a ranger from Hometown and newly discovered Light Dragon Clan, Nina Windia, an exiled princess of the Wing Clan, Katt Chuan of the Woren Clan, Bow Doggy, fellow ranger and a Glassrunner Clan, Rand Marks of the Shell Clan, Sten Legacy, an exiled soldier of the Highlander Clan, Jean Tapeta of the Creeping Clan, Spar Gus of the Grassman Clan and lastly Deis, the same sorceress who helped the previous Ryu in the past.
After a long and dangerous journey, these heroes have discovered the terrible truth about St Eva Church and DeathEvan. They journey through the Gate to Infinity, guarded by none other than Ryu's mother, Valerie Bateson. When Ryu decide to battle the evil demon, she sacrificed her life so he and his companion could enter Infinity. They battle their way there and found other surviving Dragon Clan in Dologany, where they learn about the reason why the Clan disappeared for many years. After that, they travel to the deepest part of Infinity, battling number of demons, faced off against Barubary, second in command of DeathEvan and lastly DeathEvan himself.
The battle was long and hard, but when the heroes combined their strength, they finally defeat them all. In the midst of celebrating their victory, Ryu realized that DeathEvan is not dead but rather sleep to awake another day, therefore he decide to seal the Gate to Infinity like his mother before him without telling his friends. But the Township controlled and powered by Ryu's father, Garner Bateson, is one step ahead of his son and sealed the Gate by landing Township on it, telling his son to live his life to the fullest.
After the battle, some of the heroes went home to rebuild their lives. Rand returning to his home town to carry on the legacy of his late mother, Daisy, Sten returned to Highland to resume his duty as general at the side of his princess, Jean returning to Simafort to resume his royal duties, Spar decide to travel the whole world to find answers to his life questions and lastly about Deis, as suddenly she appear and as suddenly she disappear, last telling her friends she was traveling too. The remain four heroes are rumoured to be living in Township, repairing the damage the landing have caused to buildings.
In the famous Magic School in Hometown, Fiona Alyssa Lennete (9), a female student has been busy researching a certain ancient book which she had discovered from one of the shelves a few days ago. She was deciphering the book with great interest and stop to digest the information.
"Amazing! This book definitely has some sort of interesting spell written on it, and if my translation skill is correct, this spell must be activated by a Dragon Clanner. But Dragon Clan is not easy to find these days….." Fiona closed her eyes and began to think for a few minutes before she open her eyes in realization.
"Oh yeah! If the rumor is true, Nina should be staying with Ryu at Township! I better write a letter to her to ask her to come to Hometown and get to hear her adventures too…Kill two birds with one stone!" Fiona quickly finds her utensils and begin writing the letter……………
----- The two important wheels have finally be set into motion, making the whole thing known as Wheels of Destiny move and begin to accerelate…….-----
Stellar Loussier – I borrowed this name from a certain female character from the anime Gundam Seed Destiny, not her actual character.
bat'leth – A cool Klingon weapon from Star Trek Universe, please go to to see the details.
materias – From the game Final Fantasy 7, you got to love these suckers O
Selphie Tilmitt – A character from Final Fantasy 8, she is one of my favourite characters
Bob Seagil – The last name belongs to one of Laguna's friend Kiros in FF8, and therefore is not related to this guy in my fic.
Raquel Casull – A character from the anime Scrapped Princess, she really kicks butt in terms of magic and she is absent minded, really.
Sha chi – Meaning murderous intent in Chinese, it's hard to describe when people decide to give an aura that scared the hell out of you…;;;;
Goddess year – See Mary's translation from where it is under pre-BOF1 timeline.
Fiona Alyssa Lennete – A character from the anime series Zoids Chaotic Century and Guardian Force, at one time she is an archeologist looking at ruins.
