Author's Note: Sword and Shield is meant to take place after the events in the light novels. I'm planning on taking the story along a much more realistic bend then the light novels, and including more thriller elements. There are some AU elements due to the mixing of both the Anime and Light Novels in this portrayal.
Most of the characters act more mature then in the series or light novels. This is intentional. They're older; more experienced and have a better handle on themselves. In addition, Sousuke and Kaname have been through a traumatic ordeal over the last year and haven't yet gotten a chance to heal. While I don't doubt that Kaname is strong willed, being abducted and possessed would be a trying experience.
Update Notes: Changed the date from 1984 to 1981 to match the light novels.
Sword and Shield
Prologue
Whispered 1. n. one who hears 'whispers'.
On December 24th, 1981 there was an accident. At a secret city in the Soviet Union known as Yamsk Eleven a device designed to peer into the future was activated. At 11:50 Greenwich Mean Time it overloaded, releasing a wave of Tau particles worldwide for the next three minutes.
All children born between 11:50 and 11:52 GMT were subtly affected. Their subconscious minds could draw knowledge from the future, a whispering of a thousand different voices. They became the whispered.
They brought technologies into the world before their time. The arm slave, the palladium reactor, electronic camouflage systems, and others. Their existence changed the course of history.
Some wished to manipulate them to their ends. The organization Amalgam in its quest for power worked to restart the experiment, led by a whisperer, a child encased in the remains of Yamsk Eleven. She was called Sofia. They wanted the world.
The world fought back. Led by Mithril and the United States, Amalgam was defeated. Sofia was defeated, but little changed.
Still they are sought.
They are fought over.
They are guarded.
They are protected.
And they are loved.
It was hoped when Sofia was gone the whispers would stop. They didn't. They are the future and the future is now.