2024. EY(Earth year), Valon
On Valon, a planet whose life conditions were similar to those of Earth, at the edge of the Milky way, in a old library made completely out of wood with no windows sits a brown haired, slim looking man aged around 20. His empty gaze staring into a schoolbook about an ancient war between Intergalactic government and "The Dark One".
On the open page is written: "The war was waged for hundreds of years between two sides, with neither getting the upper hand till the decisive Battle of Rien where "The Dark One" was finally killed. The Intergalactic government also suffered heavy casualties, costing them half of their elite force and 3 out of 7 "Commanders" during that time."
"Excuse me, are you okay? You've been staring at that book for a while now and i was getting worried", asked a blonde haired woman. He didn't even hear her approaching which left him a bit surprised.
"I'm fine", he said quickly, trying to avoid a conversation. He was always awkward at social interactions and hated prolonged talks.
"You don't seem fine. What's your name?" She sits across from him at the library table.
"I already told you im fine. And its Taiji"
"Nice to meet you Taiji, i'm Ana. I live just outside of the city and i come here often to study for school", she said while not looking away from him, which made him a bit uncomfortable. "What brings you here?", she added.
"Its... personal", he said after a long pause.
"Well, I'll leave you to it then." She slipped a piece of paper on the table while leaving. "Call me sometimes, I'd like to continue our conversation", and walked behind him.
When he turned around, she was gone. For a change he enjoyed this short conversation and wanted to talk more.
He sat in his chair debating weather to go after her or finish his research, but ultimately decided to go after her.
As he turns to leave, a sudden sense of dread fills his entire body. Last time he felt it was during the war when the Commanders entered the battle. He swiftly looks around, scanning for any possible dangers.
The explosion echoed throught the air. Next thing he felt was his body under a pillar and a warm liquid streaming down his forehead into his eye. As pain echoed through his entire body, he tried to get up, but was unable to. The pain was too much. It was the strongest in his abdomen. A piece of metal from the bookshelf was piercing his abdomen, near his spine. He didn't move, he knew how dangerous it would be if he did. He could be paralyzed or even worse, dead. He struggled to get up from under the pillar. Even though he was much stronger than an average human, it was very difficult to move.
He felt his consciousness fading due to blood loss. He saw a cloaked man standing in the middle of the fire looking straight at him. The man started slowly walking towads him. Unable to move, Taiji felt panic. Inability to fight terrified him. He knew his opponent has powers. After all, it was impossible to make an explosion that big without powers. The sheer power of the explosion terrified him further. His opponent was strong and he was currently no match for him.
The man pulled out a sword from beneath his cloak walking faster towards Taiji. He soon reached him standing just a few meters from his head. Taiji struggled more and more to move but was unable to. He saw his sword in the distance glowing brightly. It got separated from him in the explosion. As the glow grew brighter and brighter the less pain he felt, untill he couldn't feel any. His body started moving on its own, lifting the pillar with relative ease. He looked at his wound just to realize it was fully healed. He still didn't have control of his body which was moving on its own. It rose its hand up. His sword flew to his hand instantly.
His opponent, still covered in fire, stopped in his tracks, now vary of Taiji's newound strength. The opponent suddenly launched a dozen fireballs at him. Taiji's body instantly reacted, dodging all of them and appearing behind his opponent with such speed that even Taiji was unable to track his body's movements. The opponent reacted quickly blocking the slash from Taiji's sword. They stood there in a deadlock, each unable to make a move. Taiji's sword phazed through his opponent, slashing him across his chest. The opponent leapt back clutching the newfound wound on his chest. Once again he unleashed a barrage of fireballs. Taiji's body, once again dodged them all and leapt into the air. His sword stopped glowing and he regained the control over his body.