The ground shook as if an earthquake had erupted. Chatters of panic echoed throughout the city people scattered from one place to another in search of a place to hide. A boy and his parents had jumped through a trapdoor, others went in garbage cans and so on the scenes of the town played out. We see a huge black jet like ship landed on the sandy ground around the small isolated broken down city. On top of the ship a man with brown hair and eyes with fair skin wearing a black cloak looked over the city.
The man touched both of His palms in a prayer position and exhaled, His hands distanced to make a white sphere between them. The sphere began to whirl between His palms."The yoratch has decided." said the man as He pushed the small white sphere at the city and upon disappearing into the city, a huge flash enveloped followed by an explosion. After the flashing light subsided all that was left was but a huge crater. "That was quite the lightshow", comes a voice from the man's earpiece. As he turned around to go back towards the ships entrance."whew.. haven't passed 'judgment' in a long time." Said the man." The city folks probably thought we were here to collect debt huh"
"They were barely able to call themself a city" said the voice in his earpiece."We lose too much for us to give them supplies so wiping them out was for the best Rhyne"
"right..."replied Rhyne as he took a glance back at the crater where once stood a city of people."I heard this isn't the only one this time Tereska?."
"Yes it appears to be a City that's West from here" Tereska replied.
"West huh.. that's Zenshou isn't it?" said Rhyne moving his gaze to the sky. "Awfully close to the Rebel cities, wonder if it'll go well."
"It's going to be in another 48 hours we could still make it there." Tereska suggested.
"Nah best not be involved atleast not someone as low rank as me, There's a reason why the rebels town still exists.Even if one rebel shows up i'll be screwed." Said Rhyne chuckling to himself as he returned into the ship from the top hatch. "Let's head back to Gyokuza."
The ship lifts of the ground and darts away into the sky.
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In the town west of the crater clicking sounds of a wrench is heard as an old man is under what seems to be a generator working in a garage. The man rolls back up from under the generator and wipes his face with a cloth.
"ahh almost done." He said. "Now where has yoshinori run off to now.."
"Good Morning Mr.Amagaki" a voice is heard from outside the garage. Amagaki looked to see a tall young man, tan with dark red hair and yellow eyes looking down at him.
"Oh good morning Jiro." Amagaki Replied."I see the tank top is showing your body well, what shape you're in eh."
"It's pretty average for a mechanical worker." said Jiro humbly as he walked in the garage and rummaged through a box near the side table.
"pff speak for yourself, I look like a rice cake" Amagaki retorted, slightly annoyed at himself.
Jiro chuckled as he took out some parts and stuffed them in his cargo pants.
"Putting the Tank top aside, Cargo pants in this heat looks like torture." Amagaki remarked as he stood up from the Creeper.
"Sounds like a fast charge for my power to me, collecting loads of heat" said Jiro as he walked to the middle of the road and suddenly halted. Steam began to blow off his body and his muscles expanded. "well i'm out gotta catch Ray."
"huh Yoshinori? Tell him to come to work." Before Amagaki could get another word out Jiro had dashed off into the inner city. "seriously those boys.."
In the alleys of the city we see a young man wearing an oversized white T-shirt with short spikey black hair and blue eyes. It's Ray. He walks down the alley juggling a bunch of scrap with one hand and the other in his pocket. humming a song.
"Stand up punk!" A man's voice is heard from around the corner that catches Ray's attention.
He goes around the corner to see three crooks wearing cut up jeans surrounding a blonde young boy in a uniform who was on the floor. The one who was near the boy had tattoo's on his face. The boy looked terrified as he looked up to the man.
"What do you think you're doing?" Ray called out to the crooks.They all quickly turned around in a panic to their relief only to see Ray juggling scraps on one hand.
"heh seems like someone else wants a beat down too" said the crook as he walked towards Ray, as the other men chuckled.Ray stopped juggling the scraps and his pupils constrict and eyes begin to glow as a blue auror emit from his eyes surrounding his body. The crook in front of him was already confused by what was happening. "hm?".
Ray held the scraps in his right hand and held it up and twirled his hand. The scraps immediately take form around his right hand to make a glove like device.
"ah wait a minut- '' surprised but before the crook could get a word out Ray landed his fist on his chest and to that impact the glove shattered away and the crook went flying backwards to his goons landing on his buttox. All 3 of the crooks and the boy were completely shocked.
The crooks hurriedly helped their friend up and dashed away. "Dammit just had to be our luck." The man with tattoos said as he scurried off. The boy in uniform stood up and looked over at Ray who wore a serious expression on his face."Uh.. tha-" before the boy could get out another word Ray burst, "AAH THEY LEFT THANK GOD", He wheezed. "I dont have anymore scraps to make another glove, We both would have been goners if they stayed huh?".He said grinning ear to ear scratching his head. But a hand grabs his shoulder from behind and Ray's smile quickly fades.
"It's my win.. again", It was Jiro. Ray fell to the ground in defeat.
"Dammit I was so close, this is what I get for helping people." Ray complained.''This is your fault boy who I don't know." Ray says dramatically sobbing.The boy is shocked and profusely apologises. "Huh who's that?" Jiro asks, puzzled. "Either way you can never beat me in speed." Jiro claims grinning.
"Yeah I know that's why I threw the challenge rock in during work hours to catch u off guard." Ray explained. "And i almost managed to hide away too".
"If it weren't for this meddling kid huh?", Jiro mocked.
"So what's your name? Fred?" Jiro joked. Ray and Jiro stared at the boy for a moment and tilted their head in unison."Hey.. Aren't you a little too young to be wearing that?". He says taking a closer look at the boy wearing brown pants with a long sleeved biege shirt along with suspenders. his hair combed nicely from the middle. "AH!" Ray exclaimed, half excited. "You're from Nadir!"
"Ah wait i can expla-" before the boy can get a word out all three of them are startled by the sound of yelling. "Thats coming from the fountain square" Jiro notes as he dashes towards the direction."Hey wait for me!" Ray yelled tailing from behind, The boy following him.
At the fountain square a crowd is gathered shouting things like "get out!" and "liars!", and in the middle of it near the fountain was a man with downward spiked blonde hair hiding half his face with dark skin wearing the same outfit as the Nadir boy but with a more intimidating look.
end of chapter one