Chapter One

Location: Okinawa, Japan

Timedate: 21st March 1946

The memories of both the hot scorching fires of war and the cold iron fists of an old empire still remained fresh and harsh within the minds, hearts, bodies, and souls of the people of Okinawa. A new government was already set into motion by a nation overseas, several military bases were established throughout the islands of the Prefecture, and a movement had been born to fight for independence.

Among all those affected by such affairs were the people of the long-lasting Azumi clan, who would place all their faiths within an ancient creature that they honoured as a deity and a guardian. But such a sleeping protector wouldn't prove much especially with these recently passed crises. So however, a solution would be made clear, a priest or a prophet would be needed to represent, awaken, and summon the guardian titan if needed. One stepped forth to volunteer in such an offered burden and strong responsibility, the young Nami Kunigami, then twenty-three years of age.

So after a bidding of farewells and good lucks, Nami was sent forth down the vast caves, caverns, and catacombs. With a deep and quiet breath of enclosed air, she ventured through the ancient passageways coated in thin vegetation, dripping waters, and clomping echoes. Nami looked on forward as the mild air kissed and caressed her pale skin. She kept a tight grip on the lower skirt of her black and white kimono as to keep it clean and dry enough. A few stumbles occurred every now and then, but she still managed to keep herself on her feet.

Soon enough after a while of walking down the spiralling tunnels, Nami made it to the very end, and there she would greet and in turn be greeted by the ancient kaiju. Ever since she was at a very young age, she had only seen representing renditions of the beast through wood-carved illustrations and jade statues, but now she was able to see him in the very flesh. The legendary guardian titan Shisa, up to about three hundred feet in length or height, cuddled in and laying within a long and easy restful slumber.

Slightly shaking still with eyes widened and breaths shuddered, Nami descended to her knees, twine her fingers together, and began singing a lonely lullaby of an ancient language. Shisa himself had never heard such a melodious voice within a very long time, and here it finally came to soothe him even when he was already in deep sleep. His triangular dog-like ears slightly twitched at the comforting vocals and his large flat mammalian nostrils sniffed and inhaled masses of air before exhaling onto the prophetess and embracing her with cool and calm winds.

Then before long, as the song was nearing its end, the kaiju slowly opened his eyes, slightly lighting up like glowing rubies and focusing on the young and elegant human girl. Facing eye-to-eye, the titan and the human nodded and smiled as one, their fates forever tied.

To be continued...