The sounds of footsteps rushed my ears... I heard my name being called out followed by a scream.
Slowly my eyes began to open. It was night time and I could see the moon and the stars above me.
"Am I dead?" I asked myself as I raised my hand in front of my face. Hearing the faint sound of music and voices I quickly realized exactly where I was. I jolted up gasping for air.
"Holy shit!" I yelled as I noticed the time on my watch said 8:30 PM.
The Festival had started 30 minutes ago and here I was taking a nap on the ground. But once again I found myself shocked as I remembered why I was here. The monster.
So many thoughts protruded into my head at once. Is that Monster still alive? Where is he? And the thought that pained me the most... was he at the Festival? I knew I had to get going fast. I also knew that I couldn't allow anyone else to be killed. I quickly stood to my feet and began running down the alley straight towards the festival.
While I was running I noticed something. I was running faster than I ever have before, faster than any normal person. I ignored it as the things that could be happening to the people attending the festival would be painfully worse. Just as I emerged from the alley I was right in front of the Grand Central Hotel. I couldn't help but to stop and stare at the humungous building in front of me. I looked the building from bottom to top and noticed something. A man just at the top standing on the edge. Then things got really weird. The man looked directly at me with a deadly stare. We locked eyes and I truly felt as if he was looking directly into my Soul. The fear that I felt was that of when I faced the Monster from earlier tenfold. The aura this Man gave off... It was unsettling. I took a step back and with that the Man simply faded away. Unfortunately the situation took a horrible turn for the worst. Explosions began going off just behind me directly in the direction of the Festival.
"Oh no, I gotta go make sure Mom and Dad are okay!" I said to myself as I darted straight for the chaos that was unfolding right in front of me.
Just as fast as I headed straight for the scene countless civilians were running away. I tried to avoid and dodge as many people as I could but it was pointless. I was struck by a fleeing civilian and fell right on to my back. I could see as I fell that the person continued running. I don't blame them. I pulled myself up as quickly as possible and continued my way.
As I was passing by shops and businesses I noticed the streets lined with bodies. Blood painted the roads of the once peaceful Downtown are. More explosions followed. Right behind me a blast went off causing me to fly forward. I crashed right into a shop breaking the glass as I was launched through. Under a pile of rubble I sat for a moment. I removed the debris from atop of me and looked at myself. No bruises or scratches. Hell I barely even felt a thing. Just as I thought things could not get any more insane I heard the screams of two young boys.
I ran for the hole the entrance of the shop to see what was going on. My two classmates Zach and Nicholas ran in the road just in front of me. They weren't running from explosions but instead from a person. That person was the same man from earlier atop the building. He was tall with slicked back greyish/white hair. He wore a long, dark coat and on his waist was a sword in a sheath. The man reached for the Sword. I had to act. I grabbed a piece of wood from a chair I had broken when I was launched into the building and began to charge at the man. Once again I was faster than normal. As I was running I drew back my weapon with the intent on hitting the Man so my classmates could get away. Just as I was about to hit this guy he was able to dodge it swiftly. With that he pushed my arm away and disarmed me. I could hear behind me the sounds of my classmates running away. He then grabbed me by my neck raising me into the air. I struggled to breathe as his grip was tighter than anything I've ever felt. He was trying to kill me. The Man then began to speak.
"What did you think you were gonna do there? Kill me?" The man said sarcastically as he began to laugh. He looked to the piece of wood now on the ground and said "You really think that was enough to do anything to me?! That puny thing at the least would have given me a splinter!" He was clearly mocking me. Just as I was starting to lose consciousness he tossed me back. With just one arm he was able to launch me back several feet. But just as before in the shop the pain was minimal. I somehow managed to get to my feet quickly.
"What do you want? Why are you doing this?" I asked the Man in a serious tone.
"I'm looking for something..." he said in the most calm demeanor. "And it seems to me that your delaying my search so naturally I have to kill you." Once again he reached for his sword. I stood there preparing for death yet again.
And then....
I felt a mysterious energy building up in my right hand. I looked down to notice a ball of light shining from my hand. It was so bright that the Man had to turn away. Unintentionally my arm started to raise in front of me. My hand then opened up and the light extended forming into something. I couldn't tell what as it was so bright that I needed to close my eyes. As my eyes were closed I could tell something was happening but I didn't know what. A voice faintly said to me "Protect this world, Aiga...." and with that the light faded. I opened my eyes to an astounding sight. In my right hand was a sword. A sword like nothing I had ever seen before. The hilt was a Golden color followed by long, wide blade lined with what looked to be some kind of unreadable text on it. The most interesting thing about this blade is although it looked to be heavy it weighed nothing. For some reason it felt as if I was being reunited with this weapon after many years yet I had never seen it before. I swiped the blade to my side in a swift fashion. I could feel the sheer power of this blade rushing through me.
The man finally turning back towards me after being blinded by the light and looked as if he had found what he was looking for.
"I've finally found you... The False Sacred Blade...." The man said as he let out a sigh of relief.
I had no clue what he was talking about and chose to ignore hit. I then gripped my blade and began to run at him ready to attack. I felt so much energy inside my body it was like my senses were heightened and I was more aware. As I approached the Man I swung my blade at him. He quickly pulled his weapon from its sheath and was able to block my attack. Our blades locked up and we were face to face. I notice that our blades were similar in the sense that his was lined with the same looking text. He then said to me "Suddenly you're a lot more confident in yourself! Feeling cocky?!" and we separated. The Man then began to attack me. I was somehow able to keep up with him and block his attacks with my sword. The force that he was able to strike me with was astounding. With one final and powerful swing of his sword the Man yelled.
"LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN HANDLE THIS!" Our blades then crashed causing a burst of wind.
I was able to block the attack but I was sent sliding back destroying the road under me in the process. This was so crazy. How am I still alive?
I lowered my weapon to see what was happening. The Man was raising his sword into the air above his head. The text on his sword began to glow a purple color. I felt so strange at this point and was barely able to stand. The bodies of the dead that lined the streets began to glow with purple energy as well. I could see the energy slowly trail into the Man's blade. Along with that I could hear the screams and begs for mercy of these innocent people. I knew then exactly what was going on. He was taking their Souls from their bodies. I couldn't bear to hear the screams any longer.
"PLEASE STOP!!" I yelled to him as he continued tearing souls from bodies. The man then had that same look in his eyes from earlier. The intent to kill.
"This is the end for you, Aiga." And the man swung his blade at me.
A wave of purple energy came straight for me. My first reaction was to swing at it with my blade and to my surprise it actually nullified the attack. Again another wave of energy came hurling towards me. I deflected it. Wave upon wave of attacks were sent my way and I began struggling to keep up. I tried to swing my blade as fast as possible to save my self but it wasn't enough. After about ten attacks I gave out and dropped my blade to my side. I started to pant.
The man looked to me and said faintly "Too bad you have to die today. You have so much potential..."
Finally he let out one last wave of energy, hitting me directly in the chest. I hit the ground so hard I was knocked out instantly.