Chapter 3 : China business….
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[Previously…]
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"Now Can you explain to me….WHY IS THAT GIRL FOLLOWING YOU AROUND LIKE A LOST PUPPY?!" demanded Motohama, glaring at his friend with jealousy written all over his face.
"I don't know...all I know is that this girl is connected to me somehow..." Replied Issei.
"Oh really...HOW?!" Demanded Motohama, his glasses shining ominously.
"I know this will sound Edgy but I am gonna say it…"Fate"." Deadpanned Issei, smiling awkwardly at his friend.
"Fate you say…I am not sure about that…I think it's more of a''Destiny.''muttered Motohama, observing the blond haired girl Critically.
"Say Ddraig, why do I get the feeling that our new guest is gonna be troublesome?" Asked Motohama.
[...She is a Dragon tamer, she also has a sacred gear. Her existence is needed. At some point my host might go Berserk And she will be there to calm him down If they develop a Relationship.] Explained Ddraig.
"Hmm I see… by the way guys, Han called. He said that he has gotten us an apartment ready. The place we are going to stay is close to an old abandoned war base that hasn't been used for a long time. So we can start our operation as soon as we clean and set up our base there. We have three months of free time until we start school and it seems like we can do half of our classes online. So we will have lots of free time in our hands." Explained Motohama, checking his email that just came.
"Nice, I need to start training with my sacred gear as soon as possible. The war base should help us out to hide our tracks in case we get attention from the local supernatural creatures."
[China...hmm if I remember correctly most of the gods there are either killed, sealed because they are evil or just hibernating...so you are safe for the most part, except there lives a Dragon king Yu-long...there is also the monkey King Sun wukong the Buddha. You will have to be cautious and ready for anything.] Interjected Ddraig, his voice becoming nostalgic for a second.
"Uh-oh that can't be a good thing, Ddraig is acting nostalgic…hmm The monkey King Sun Wukong... isn't he like super famous?" Asked Issei, looking at his friend who did a fast research on the folklore.
"It says here that he has ascended into Buddha-hood. He is also a yokai who can use senjutsu, a master of touki and sage who is known to be wise…he is Known to be unpredictable and benevolent towards our kin but this just a Folklore written by a human...we should take it with a grain of salt." Replied Motohama, saving the information for later use.
[No not all, that's the best description that can explain the Monkey king. An unpredictable Monkey who does what he pleases...he also is connected with a Hindu God if I remember correctly...Indra the heavenly emperor, who I call an obnoxious prick . Better be careful of him, he is quite the Unpredictable bastard. He tends to omit the future through his harsh remarks. He also likes to rile up people. Motherfucker was close to get me to burn his entire mountain down, he is lucky Shiva is still around or else not even Brahma and Vishnu wouldn't be able to stop me should I ever go into my berserker Mode…] growled Ddraig Darkly, you could hear him breathe fire from his nostrils.
"Yes... anyway, we need to train, we need to train like maniacs if we want to be able to throw hands with the local supernatural." Muttered Issei to his two friends.
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—[Two hours later…]—
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"Finally we landed...now where is Han? You told him to wait for us here, right Motohama?"asked Issei, Looking around in case he sees Han.
"Yea, i told him to wait for us in front of the main Doors." Replied Motohama, calling someone with his phone.
"There we go, now let's see...There!" Pointed Motohama with his finger. Close to the main dooors you could see a teenager opening his phone and turning towards them.
"Ahh you guys must be Motohama, Matsuda and Issei Right?" Asked The Chinese Youth, his eyes lingering on Issei a bit longer than the other two guys, making Issei raise an eyebrow when he felt something from Han.
"We seem to have much to discuss, my friends...too much from what I felt around you three…" muttered the Chinese Youth turning around and walking forward.
"...what's up with him?" Asked Issei, looking at Motohama questiongly.
"Well, from what he has told me...he can see what's hidden inside us." Answered Motohama awkwardly.
[A seer? Well this is an interesting development…]
"Oi Motohama did you take "that" with you as well?" Asked matsuda.
"Yes i did no worries."
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[Two weeks later]
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"How much have we progressed with our latest project Motohama? We need some eyes back home to see what's going on there." Asked Issei while doing push ups with one hand.
"Hmm we are close but we are missing some parts for the main components. The war base had some interesting pieces of technology just lying around. I Wonder why they never used these technologies to advance our society...I mean encrypted waves for talking long distances, flying machines that could be controlled from a long distance with just a game controller…" muttered Motohama to himself, his eyes never leaving the computer that was installed in the war base.
"It's because they weren't supposed to. This technology was supposed to be used for war, that flying machine was supposed to be used for spying, the same goes for the encrypted radio waves. China has a strict rule when it comes to unsupervised Technology. "No one should share our technology before we can make a countermeasure against it." Get it?" Replied Han from the kitchen, his voice becoming menacing when quoted the previous Leader of China.
"And for those who did? What happened to them?" Asked Matsuda, who was training his legs.
"...They ceased to exist, their bloodline was exterminated. Ten generations worth of relatives were killed by the secret police." Replied Han, pointing at a certain poster behind them that had a "No Mercy!" Slogan Written in it.
"Damn...your people are hardcore with their dealings." Muttered Matsuda, starting his pushups routine.
"Well...they were before the supernatural started to influence them, nowadays they are mostly focused one supernatural affected areas. Last week there was an outbreak of Skeletons from the underworld, they had to fight them off Until the monkey king answered the call for help. The gods have been asleep for a long time with no sign of waking up anytime soon." He explained, sitting down on the chair and eating breakfast.
"Huh, that's interesting. I had a little discussion with Ddraig. He said that yokai's here are supposed to be more feral and not as smart as the ones in Japan. We are in luck boys, next time we see a wild cat with glowing red eyes we can simply shoot it down with my dragon shot and be done with it. No yokai clans here to breath on our necks, these bastards are too feral to form big groups. Except for monkeys and other such types who work in large groups naturally, those are rare cases and they live far away from the human inhabited areas." Spoke issei, sitting down next to the other three boys.
{Not just feral, primal and animalistic like a wild beast. They can sense power and usually stay away from it but there are rare cases when they want to challenge it. I am convinced that they are more natural than most supernatural beings that were born from a natural disaster.} Added Ddraig after a few seconds.
"Hmm...well anyway, you guys, a few months ago I got a message from an unknown number. It said–"
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He woke up, the world was burning. Silver creatures flying around and slaughtering everything they came across, three distinct beings were fighting against a gigantic ship like mecha. One was glowing in crimson dark color, the second one was wearing a pure gold armor, two gigantic jets propelling him around as he continued throwing fists and blasts of gold energy at the gigantic mecha, which wasn't harmed even though the earth they were standing one kept being destroyed and the bedrock started being visible with each strike. The final one was wearing a silver white armor that was distinctly Familiar to him even though he had never once seen him in real life.
The being in white silver stopped and started chanting something, he could hear a few words that struck a chord in him–
[I who awak#n—]
He could feel something in him stirring, something ancient and primal that snarled like a beast! His chest started burning as a dark crimson aura started engulfing him in a cocoon of energy–
Dark thoughts began circling in his mind, dominate! Kill! Rage! Let your emotions freeE!
{Iss–}
A Familiar and comforting feeling engulfed him...buT He cAnt stoP! Can't StOp NoW! He is sO cloSe...OnE MoRe pusH aNd hE wilL ReMovE the SiLver DeMonS who sTole everything FrOm HiM!!!
[Oi! Kid, take a breath! It ain't your time yet, you have so much to live and experience! Don't throw it away, snap OUT OF IT KID! ISSEI!]
{PARTNER! SNAP OUT OF IT, IT'S A DREAM!]
Ddraig? I am so exhausted...my chest feels heavy...my head feels like its gonna explode...so sleepy–
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[Pov change: unknown land.]
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"So you were able to contact him? Interesting... judging from your expression, it went bad?" Asked a feminine voice, a silver mask adoring her face and hiding her identity.
"Hah hah...My link-k w-with him was hijacked by an alien God!" Replied the beautiful Goddess, her gigantic chest bouncing with every deep breath she took as she tried to get control over racing heart.
"What?! How?! You are one of the pillar deities! That is impossible, no-one should be capable of hijacking control over your links...the requirements for such a thing...oh no, please don't tell me that the Evil One was the one to hijack it!" Pleaded the masked woman, ger body trembling from the implications that would have on the world that the Holy mother contacted.
"No! Thankfully it was another one...A much more dangerous and dominating being…(who could temporary control me and project such future visions through my link…)"she retorted, mumbling the last part under her breath as her eyes went vacant for a second as a strange tattoo appeared behind her neck, a soft purple light pulsed and then disappeared away not leaving a trace behind.
"Did you say something Holy Mother?!" Asked the masked woman in concern as her deity's eyes went vacant for a second.
"Ahh, what?! I just remembered that I have to contact them as well and tell them about what happened!" Replied the Well endowed goddess, getting up and walking out of the room.
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[Back to normal Pov.]
Opening his eyes groggily, he saw some familiar faces surrounding him. For a moment he stayed there confused until the memories from the night came back to him. He jumped out of the bed, his crimson gauntlet appearing in his hand instinctively as he took defensive pose and started looking around him aggressively, the boost countdown going off as he started boosting himself, readying himself for combat.
"Oi issei…"spoke a familiar voice in concern.
"Where are they?!" He demanded aggressively, his eyes shining green with power as he began zipping around the base looking for his prey.
"W-who?!" Asked another familiar voice in confusion.
"The silver Demons and that giant mecha who killed ouR parents! Where.are.they!? I am gonna kill em!" Replied issei in a dark malicious voice that had a few other voices overlapping his.
"Silver demons?! Giant mecha!? What the hell are you talking about, Issei?! Bruh you have been asleep for 18 hours straight! We tried so many times to wake you up but you didn't budge, even Ddraig couldn't! What the hell happened to you?!" Demanded motohama, getting close to Issei and hitting him in the head with his fist.
{He is right partner! Your consciousness was in another plane of existence for 6 hours straight, for a moment I thought you died and the sacred gear was about to change hosts but...then an indescribable aura washed over your body and the sacred gear reacted, your rage was so high that past users got awoken and they begin that accursed chant. Thankfully you haven't unlocked the balance breaker otherwise this entire country and its neighborhood would have been completely destroyed!} Explained Ddraig gravely, you could feel him grimacing when he spoke about the past users.
"...So it was just a Dream huh...Haha thank god...there wasn't anything worthy to live anymore on that place…" spoke issei, his sacred gear resetting and fading away.
Man... I don't know why, but I get the feeling that it wasn't a mere dream...it was too complex to be a simple dream.
{You are correct Kid. That wasn't a Dream, your conscience was ripped from your body and I wasn't able to interfere with it no matter what I did. Thankfully our shared sacred link allowed me to see some brief flashes of what was happening there and from it I can come to a conclusion. That was the future and you were allowed to see it, you were given the privilege of seeing the future. "Our future."} Spoke Ddraig to him, his voice booming in his head.
If that was our future...then what now Ddraig?! You saw them, that gigantic metallic monster and its minions. They were immune to this world's magic and skills, that white guy had to transform into a gigantic white beast with blue wings to even have a chance of trying to harm it. And in the end, he died from it. The armor shattered in a million pieces, the guy in it got crushed in a bloody past by the mecha monster and the other two followed suit.
{Wait...did you say "white Guy" and gigantic white armoured beast with blue wings?!} Demanded Ddraig.
Yes…?He had futuristic blue and white wings, blue gems in different places of the armor and gold horns in his helmet? I don't remember much since I lost it after that and dark voices filled my head and I joined the battle in a bloody crimson armor shaped like a Dragon? I can't remember clearly since I was busy ripping the arm of the mecha guy…
{Wait wait wait now! Did you just say crimson red armor shaped like a Dragon?! And you were able to interact with the future vision and go as far as to rip the arm of that monster?!} Asked Ddraig in disbelief, his brain couldn't comprehend what his host just said right now.
Yes...my body and mind were filled with dark thoughts, revenge for your murdered parents! Revenge for your dead wife and your unborn child! revenge for your fiances! revenge for your friends! Kill, destroy, annihilate them!! Dominate them! And all sorts of things that I can remember and don't want to remember...there was a burning feeling in my body that kept filling and reinvigorating my power and stamina...I chanted something before I entered that form…{finis Dominus}...
Wait...I can still feel it, that burning feeling! It's there, somewhere deep in my body! Tell me Ddraig, can you feel something different from my body right now?!
{Let me see...huh now that I am looking, yes there is something different from your body, something has changed and a flame has been lit where your mana source was before...interesting, so does this mean that your body has started to adapt to the sacred gear already? You did get the second liberation last night after all. So the conditions have been met!}
Ddraig...why do you sound so happy?! You were all grave and worried just a few seconds ago! Please don't tell me that I will start developing scales and horn will come out of my head! Answer me damn it!
{Huh? No you fool. Your body will be enhanced and your skin will be thicker and you might develop a regeneration factor. And sharp canines but that is a given!} Deadpanned Ddraig, snorting smoke at issei comically.
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[Hey G my gamble paid off, I got the main guy in that shitty future. The funny thing is...his conciseness fused with the one from that place and they somehow boosted each other and ripped that ship guys arm off. And it came to happen because he somehow recognized the white kid's transformation chant, then the red kid started chanting and somehow a variant change happened in that moment and the past guy overlapped with the present one and a reaction happened since that place is infused with so many different power sources! Time got warped and space followed suit and two conciseness fused for a brief moment until their memories started clashing then I had to interfere otherwise the kid would be gone!] Explained the unknown entity, his voice full of amusement at what he was able to see in that cracked timeline.
{An Interesting conclusion brother. Did the other side see what you just did to their timeline? There is a timekeeper there after all, the baelor vampire wouldn't allow anyone to mess "with his heartbroken senpai".} Asked the other unknown entity To his sibling.
The first unknown entity Summoned a strange silver device in the dark space that they were sharing, it started projecting the event that they were discussing a few seconds ago. As he said a strange relapse in the time space continuum happened and the energy on the battlefield reacted like someone just chanted a spell. A destructive spell that empowered the red armored individual that was observing the battlefield before he was filled by the destructive rage that had killed his past predecessor.
{It seems like the past guy got some stuff when he departed with his future counterpart...3 spells, a tier 6 chant and a fancy new element. Oh and would you look at that, he is still so far back! Nothing has yet happened there yet...ohh and it looks like he has decided a new road for himself as well. Hahahahahah} spoke the second entity in amusement.
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And here we go guys! I am back with another episode of Drago– ahem i mean a new chapter! Ignore that. Anyways sorry for the late update, i took a month long break and I focused on my main story and this one got kinda forgotten BUT! THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I WILL NOT UPDATE IT! It means that it might take me a while to update it though. No worries though, no story of mine will be left to collect dust!
As always, Almanac here or whatever you want to call me since I have a few Dozen nicknames in different Platforms… review, follow, do whatever you like and enjoy the story!