Chapter One: It all began.

Our story began on an island somewhere out in the Pacific Ocean.

On an island know as Sulicia a fifteen year old boy named Akasaki Shiro woke up from a very nice sleep.

When he went downstairs he saw his twin sister Inoe sitting at the table in the kitchen.

‘’G’ morning.’’ He said and prepared his breakfast.

It was a very normal day just like every other day, but something felt different.

He sat down at the table and his sister started to tell him what she had dreamed.

She told him she dreamt she was on a quest through different worlds with him.

It was a very nice story, the only thing that made him feel uncomfortable was that he also had dreamt something very similar to that.

He was on a dangerous somehow exciting adventure together with his sister.

Shiro didn’t feel really good about it but he didn’t really think anything bad about it either.

When Shiro finished his breakfast he told Inoe that he was going for a walk.

It was a Saturday morning so the twins didn’t have to go to school.

Every Saturday morning Shiro goes out for a walk usually relaxing and not thinking of anything, usually.

This time he couldn’t put the thought about the dream out of his mind.

Why did we have the same dream? Is something going to happen to us? I can’t stand not knowing what’s going on.

As he walked the island he kept thinking about the dream.

It was a very beautiful island.

It had a very nice beach with beautiful soft sand.

The water was as clear as can be and the air was very fresh.

There were many trees and flowers growing on the island and in the centre of the island there was a lake laying at the foot of a mountain.

Shiro walked over to the shore of the lake and threw a stone in.

Why? I got a bad feeling about this. But the point is I don’t know why.

After that he stopped thinking about it and he spent the day relaxing and doing whatever’s good for a boy of his age to do.

The next night he woke up all sweaty.

When he looked out of the window he saw the sky, stars and moon were covered by dark clouds.

Suddenly he heard a scream.

That moment Shiro could only thinks of one thing, Inoe!

He ran over to Inoe’s room but it was empty.

Afterwards he ran down the stairs and saw that the door was wide open.

He ran outside and screamed out Inoe’s name.

Shiro! He heard very far away.

He ran in the direction the call came from.

He screamed “Inoe” again.

Shiro! He heard again.

He followed his sister by calling out her name and running in the direction of the respond.

Eventually he arrived at a cliff.

There was a cloaked person standing at the end of the cliff, the person’s face was hidden by a hood.

The person was holding his sister in his or hers right arm.

‘’who are you?!’’ Shiro yelled to the person.

‘’I am Khan, leader of Defcon one.’’

‘’What are you doing with my sister?!’’

‘’I’m taking her with me.’’

‘’What do you want from her?!’’

‘’Inside your sister the dimensional goddess sleeps. With her powers I can break the dimensional barrier and there will be freedom to travel through dimensions. This freedom will create a war that will destroy the dimensions and then I will create a new dimension. A dimension full of evil and freedom for the darkness. Defcon one with the help of the shadows will rule over that dimension and it will be a shadow paradise. By the way, shadows are mystic beings created out of the darkness by a shadow caster, like me.’’

Shiro didn’t really get it but he knew it wasn’t something good.

‘’I won’t let you do that! Now give me back my sister!’’

Khan laughed.

‘’See you later kid.”

Then a dimensional portal opened and Khan left into the realm of darkness.

Shiro thought about it a second and then ran to the gate and dove through before it closed.

‘’INOE!’’ Shiro screamed.

No response.

Shiro looked around and he saw a huge castle standing out of the darkness.

Everything was colorless like there was no time.

He ran over to the gate of the castle.

Suddenly when he arrived at the gate a loud “click” sounded, Shiro fell onto the ground and the gate opened.

When he looked up he saw another cloaked person standing past the gate, but this one was smaller than Khan.

The cloaked person walked over to Shiro and told him to stand up.

‘’What are you laying there for? Stand up and fight me or I’ll kill you right now.’’

Shiro stood up knowing that he couldn’t give up.

Knowing that if he gave up Inoe would be doomed.

When he stood in front of the cloaked person, the person lowered his hood and Shiro was looking into the eyes of a perfect clone of himself.

Only this one’s skin was like dead and his eyes were filled with darkness.

‘’Who…Who are you?’’ Shiro asked.

‘’Who am I?!’’ The person replied.

‘’I am you, you are me, we are one, but I can’t stand your name. Only hearing it already makes me feel sick. Call me Yami.” (Yami is Japanese for darkness.)

‘’Now let us begin.’’ He said while he raised his hand.

Then suddenly a blade appeared in his raised hand.

‘’This is a shadow slayer.’’

‘’A magical blade used to , as the name tells, slay shadows or control them.’’

It was a very weird shaped, dark blade.

There also was a sort of dark energy coming from it.

‘’This weapon comes out of the deepest depths of the dark realm and grants the bearer great powers. And this weapon I shall use to kill you. Enough talk, let’s fight.’’

Yami took a battle stance and suddenly bursted towards Shiro.

Shiro rolled away just in time, trying not to get hit.

He ran away and yelled at Yami.

‘’What the hell am I supposed to fight you with?!’’

‘’I don’t care.’’ He replied.

Allright. Shiro thought.

Shiro charged at Yami in an attempt to punch him.

Yami easily dodged the attack like it was nothing.

He laughed.

‘’Is that all?’’ He asked.

‘’Don’t be so pathetic. Come on, show me what you really got.’’

Shiro kept trying to deal some damage to Yami but Yami kept dodging his attacks.

Then after a few minutes of worthless fighting…

‘’I’ve had enough of this. Play time’s over.’’

Suddenly a purple-black like aura surrounded Yami as he was lifted of the ground.

Then Yami screamed.

It was a scream of pure power and Yami bursted across the area.

He kept doing that for a short time while Shiro tried to dodge the attacks.

Shiro had a hard time trying to do so, but eventually he managed to dodge most of the attacks, but he wasn’t left undamaged.

Shiro knelt down, trying to catch his breath.

‘’What’s wrong? Had enough?’’ Yami asked.

I can’t give up, or else Inoe will…No! I can’t think of that right now. I got to win this.

‘’What are you gonna do?’’

‘’Look around.’’

Shiro looked around and saw purple traces of Yami’s bursts.

They formed a magical sign.

‘’This is a pentagram as you can see. It is needed to call out my full power. Are you ready to die?’’

Shiro stood up.

‘’No!’’ He yelled.

‘’I won’t lose to you, I’m not done yet.’’

Yami laughed.

‘’Gimme your best shot.’’

Shiro started to run towards his opponent, who did the same thing.

When they hit each other there was a sudden flash.

An enormous energy blew them onto the ground.

When the light faded Yami stood up again.

He sighed.

‘’You’re lucky. I guess fate doesn’t want us to kill each other already. But don’t worry, We’ll finish this another time. I hope you’ll be more a match to me then.’’

Then a gate opened like Shiro saw before and Yami left.

Shiro laid down on the ground but suddenly he stood up again.

What am I laying here on the ground for. He thought.

I have to save Inoe.

Shiro ran through the gate, into the castle.

Inside he arrived in a huge corridor, which had statues in it.

It were statues of weird beings, shadows he supposed.

But everything was still as colorless as the rest of the dark realm.

At the end of the corridor there was a door.

Shiro opened it and arrived in a great hall.

Still everything was colorless and quiet.

In the centre of the hall he saw Khan standing with Inoe in his clung right arm.

‘’I’ve been waiting for you.’’ He said.

‘’KHAN!’’ Shiro yelled.

‘’Give me back my sister!’’

‘’I’m afraid I can’t do that, kid. If you want her back you’ll first have to go through me.’’

‘’Stop calling me KID!’’ Shiro yelled in frustration.

Khan laughed.

‘’As you wish.’’

Khan started hovering above the ground and his hands started to glow.

Shiro started to run towards Khan while he tried to dodge the energy balls coming from Khan’s hands.

after being hit several times Shiro got to Khan.

He tried to hit him but as he did he was blow away by a strong force.

Khan laughed.

‘’It is no use. Don’t you see you’re no match for me.’’

An aura started to surround Khan as he raised his hand.

‘’Prepare to feel the fierce power of my very own shadow slayer.’’

A katana shaped shadow slayer appeared in Khan’s raised hand.

Khan attacked as Shiro prepared himself for the hit.

‘’DIE!’’ Khan screamed.

Suddenly, right before Khan hit ,a blade appeared in his hand and blocked Khan’s attack.

Time froze, as did Khan.

He heard a voice in his head.

‘’Shiro… That is a shadow slayer you are holding. I give this to you, use it wisely.’’

It was a nice and kind voice.

‘’Wait.’’ He said.

‘’Who…Who are you?’’

But no response.

The voice was already gone.

Then time came back.

Khan being forced back, ‘’WHAT?!’’ He yelled.

‘’But how? This can’t be. You…a shadow hunter? This is getting far more complicated than I expected.’’

Then Khan opened a dimensional portal and by using his powers he threw Shiro in, sending him off into another dimension.

‘’NO!’’ He screamed back.

‘’INOE! NO!’’

But it was already too late.

When Shiro was drifting between dimensions he thought to himself:

A shadow slayer…But why? And what’s a shadow hunter?

Then he lost consciousness and everything turned black.

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