Kakusei, Chapter 1.

The USS Samson was moving through the Southern Pacific, off the coast of the Bonin Islands. It had been a normal day for them when the person in charge of sonar began noticing something on the screen and his headphones picked up a weird sound. "Sire I'm picking up a contact. Bearing 280, 500 feet out." The captain turned to his officer. "Can you confirm?" The officer nodded. "Yes. Contact closing in, 30 knots sir, closing fast on starboard bow." The lieutenant stepped next to the captain. "Sir perhaps we should hail the contact. China has been trying to cause trouble in recent years with island reclamation and trying to start conflicts." He said. "Hmmm. Fire a warning shot. " One torpedo was launched and it slammed into it's target. "Take us deeper." The captain said to his second officer.

The sub descended a hundred feet lower. The crew waited. "Sir target still coming. It's right over us." The crew look up hearing an unearthly noise rattle the sub, like a giant whale was above the sub, pinging it with sonar. The sub then lurched violently as if being shaken around. The crew screamed as water burst in like a huge wave.

Outside the sub massive claws crushed the sub's hull and it exploded.

Okinawa naval base.

The phone rings. A man and woman enter. The woman in a dress detailed with flowers and red stripes. The man in a military uniform, corporal. "Hello?" He nodded. "Yes sir. Yes, understood sir." He hung up the phone and turned to the woman. "I'm sorry Megumi." He said. "What's wrong? An accident?" She asked. The man sighed. "I'm sorry I can't go with you to the opera." Meg looked at the brochure she hand, 'Tokyo Noh opera' it said. "I understand." Shigeru sighed as she said this. They had planned it for weeks. "Well let's go." He said as they left the office.

The meeting room at naval command was in uproar as people tried to get information from their contacts on what happened to the sub. The rear admiral walked in. "Any word?" One of the lieutenants turned, "Sorry sir. We are getting sporadic beeps from a distress buoy the sub managed to deploy, but that's all. Our frigate in the area should be arriving by nightfall." The admiral sat down next to another officer. "I hope the rescue ship can find survivors and tell us what happened."

That night the ship arrived over the site of the disaster and one of the officers aboard thought he saw a faint glow beneath the surface. "Hmm, maybe some algae." He said as he did his rounds. He walked back inside and just as he closed the door the ship shook violently. He was flung to the deck as he slid into the wall as the ship lurched as if lifted up. The lights flickering and the screams of the crew filling his ears as the ship shook again and all the power went out as the water burst into the hatch.

Outside, the two sections were ablaze as bodies filled the water. The ocean churned in the wake of the massive object that just submerged again. Death and destruction in it's wake.

Back in Japan,

News reports began breaking of a missing nuclear sub. The reporter was a man in his 40s, short hair and a red time and dark jacket. Typical business suit attire. He shuffled the papers on his desk as he read out the report. "Today at 4 this morning a US nuclear sub has gone missing. There was no distress call the the sub beacon was released alerting the Americans to the sinking. Ships at the Naval base in Okinawa have been dispatched to the area. We'll report more as we get more information."

The News report of the sinking sent surprise and shock through the people. What happened? Who was responsible for the missing sub? Was China or North Korea to blame for this? True in recent years the two countries have been at odds with Japan and the US,but never anything to this level. Perhaps things were changing for much worse than leaders putting the blames on each other with rhetoric to insight fear and hate. Some people watching Shinjuku were conversing with worry at what could have happened.

Five days later, Odo Island.

A crew on a coast guard ship had gone out to inspect a yacht seen just sitting in the middle of the bay. The yacht was just drifting when the boat pulled up to it and the crew tied the two together. A man with a camera boarded with about 4 others. The yacht was empty. "Hello? Hello is anyone aboard!" one of the men called. A man with a camera filed everything for evidence for their superiors and evidence once the yacht would be towed back to port for a more thorough investigation. They began walking through the yacht, trying to find if anyone was aboard it. Paperwork was strewn around the main room inside and a pair of shoes sat in the center of the room. "Ship seems empty. We'll be towing the yacht back soon." The man said into the camera as his colleagues finished their inspections. As the crew did their inspection the yacht then violently rocked upward as if something was pushing it, then it jerked down in the same manner. "Wha…What is this?!" one of the men yelled as he fell to the deck. The group scrambled as the yacht violently swayed in all directions. Some tumbled overboard as they lost balance on deck and fell into the sea. The little boat rose from the ocean then sank. The crew swam to their own ship and climbed aboard as they saw waves plash on the hull, larger than normal. Unbeknownst to them was a shadow beneath them and moving slowly away.

In Tokyo, Prime Minister's residence.

Rando Yaguchi hung up the phone. He had short hair, mid 20s, and was the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary. He and Aide to the Prime Minister, Hideki Akasaka were walking down the hall, fifth floor of the residence to meet their boss. "Intelligence reports say something appeared recently on the island and an investigative team is being sent to Odo Island to find out." Akasaka explained, carrying the large stack of papers and file folders in his right hand as the two went to the meeting room set up with other members of the Cabinet to figure out what was going on.

In the meeting room director Koriyama, and the rest of the staff sat down. "Sir." A young man to his left, Tanaka, said. "Do we know anymore about what happened on Odo Island?" Koriyama shrugged, "We're going to get a live report soon." "Was it an earthquake?" Yaguchi said as he sat down, Akasaka to his left. "We're not sure." "Video feed coming in now." A man said as helicopter video showed the destroyed village and buildings of the resort. Fires burned in places as panicked survivors filled the streets. "Are those, those look like footprints." Yaguchi said as he saw massive depressions stamped into the ground going through and beyond the destroyed buildings. "Impossible.", Hideki said. "Don't come to such conclusions without proof." "Look! It's obvious something large and alive walked through there. What else could it be?" Yaguchi replied.

Out in the hall Prime Minister Seiji Okochi was talking to his staff as they followed him in. All the people at the meeting stood and bowed as the Prime Minister entered and bowed back before sitting down. He saw the footage. He had the same reaction others did. What was that to cause such damage and leave such massive imprints in the ground? "Let us adjourn this meeting to the Prime Minister's office." Ryuta Azuma, another Chief Cabinet Secretary suggested. He was a man in his 60s, early 70s, gray hair and wore a blue sit with a black tie.

They all sat in the office of wooden walls, sofas, and two flat screen tvs. The PM was in the center seat of the table and the cabinet on either side. All watching the news feed when a disturbance in the sea altered them. The sea boiled and steam escaped. That was not all as a set of bony fins broke the surface and was moving out to sea before vanishing. "What is that?" Seiji asked, shocked and surprised at the size of the thing. "We do not know sir. At best it is a giant unknown living entity. We're getting the top biologists and scholars from universities and organizations. We're going to hold an emergency summit to find out what they know and figure this out." Hiromi Oatama said. He was the Nature Conservation Bureau Director. His task to protect the land of Japan's national parks and seas. This now included the strange sight just witnessed off Odo Island. "Yes, but what of our response?" Hideki spoke out. "Of course." Replied the PM. "It's simple." Koriyama stated."We can exterminate it or capture it if possible." "I vote exterminate it" said one Cabinet Secretary said. "I agree." Said the Finance Minister. "Look at the cost already of what it has done."

The Prime Minister sighed. He listened to the people bicker on what the best option was. "Start getting any information we can on this thing. Extermination, capture, or expulsion are all to be considered. Thank you gentlemen." He said as he stood up, as did they and all bowed before leaving.

As news filtered out of some disaster at Odo Island, people began to talk and wonder what it was that caused it. Was it another earthquake? Were there any survivors? People on their phones trying to get information or looking online for anything about the incident.

Government officials were trying to assess what was going on. The prime minister sat at his desk and sighed. His advisor knocked and came in. Hideaki Akasaka bowed as he entered. "Sir, some biologists have arrived. They say they can help us." The ministers all stood and bowed as the PM stood up. "Thank you gentlemen. If there is a solution to this dilemma please find it." He then left the room as al stood and bowed him out.