Transcendence
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Prologue
Katsura is an 18 year old boy, attending an academy for people with supernatural powers, varying in ability and capacity. What is common with all of these attendees is the use of the power they have via “Aura” which gives access to any of their techniques. A sad, demeaning past, and a sister he vowed to protect, Katsura’s life is more important and circumstantial to those around him than he knows.
Chapter 1: Capacity of Aura
(Calmly lying in bed after a long, tedious day at school, Katsura decides to get up, realizing that he has to get milk for the morning, due to him and his sister always eating cereal when they wake up)
Katsura: Hey! Asami! I’m going to the store!
(From her room down the hall) Asami: For what reason!?
Katsura: We’re out of milk and we need it for tomorrow’s breakfast!
Asami: Okay! Don’t stay out too long!
Katsura: Don’t worry, I won’t be long.
(Katsura gets his jacket, keys and wallet, walks out the door and subsequently locks the door)
(He now begins his walk to the store)
(Walking quietly and slowly to the store with his hood over his head on a cold quiet night, he hears a scream ahead of him)
Katsura: !? What was that?
(He begins to race to the location that he heard the scream but spots nothing)
Katsura: There’s nothing here… But who did I hear scream?
(In the blink of an eye, Katsura is surrounded by 3 Men, roughly his age and his height as well)
1st man: Aha! Katsura… Welcome.
Katsura: Who are you?
1st man: Oh, you don’t know me? The academy’s brightest and most powerful can’t recognize a simple face? Pathetic. I’m not going to tell you. It’s of your own accord to remember me.
Katsura: (Thinking to himself) This is weird… What do they want with me?
2nd and 3rd man in unison: You may be powerful, but numbers will prevail in this scenario!
Katsura: What are you talking about? What do you want with me?
(In the shadows, lying in a bush is a female, the same age as Katsura. Katsura spots this while he’s surrounded)
Girl: (Whispers under herself) What’s going on? Why is Katsura being surrounded?
1st man: You see… We were tasked by a certain someone to eliminate you.
Katsura: Why!? For what reason? Did I do something wrong?
1st man: Oh no, it’s nothing. You have to understand, people like us, we have no place in the mainstream society. They see us as mutants, and as such we have to compensate in some way possible. Carrying out assassinations of any scale is a nice way to make a good buck here and there. And taking you out will pay a hefty sum…
Katsura: Huh… I see. Truly pathetic.
1st man: What was that!? You’re not in a position to be talking down to people here. We’re in control right now.
And did I mention…. We have your sister…. (Sinister smile from all 3 men)
(Thinking to himself) Katsura: So that’s the scream I heard… Asami!
As the first man is about to grab Katsura to begin torturing him, Katsura punches him, knocking him a good 25 feet back
2nd and 3rd man: Hey! You can’t do that!
Katsura: You see… You said you had my sister… That doesn’t bode well with me!
(A sinister aura appears around Katsura, black in color as the ground begins to shake. Katsura’s eyes take a completely different shape; a complex design)
1st man: Such power… To think we could do anything to him (all with a smirk on his face)
Katsura: I’ll show you the power of these eyes that you are witnessing!
(The 2nd and third men are cowering in fear and Katsura sees them as no immediate threat. He turns to the 1st man.)
SFX: Aura step!
(Katsura channels his immense Aura power and flashes to the 1st man in an instant almost like a flash of light. He appears before the man, staring intently into his eyes)
Katsura: Tell me where my sister is!
1st man: Haha… to think I would tell you that. No amount of torture will change my mind.
Katsura: Who said anything about torture? (Evil smirk appears on his face)
I will cast this… Spiritual Arts: Illusion of disbelief!
(Katsura successfully uses the technique to extrapolate the information about his sister and her whereabouts)
Katsura: Release!
(The man is let down from his hold)
1st man (panting): You two! Make sure he doesn’t reach the girl! Kill her if you have too!
Katsura: !?
(The men begin to run, Katsura sitting motionless beside the 1st man)
1st man: Well aren’t you going to do something?
Katsura: Of course… watch.
(Katsura begins to levitate slight above the ground)
1st man: The ability to use Spiritual and Physical powers!? How!?
(Katsura lifts one leg up almost like a knee-up work out formation. He raises his hands to his chest’s height and faces his palms forward)
Katsura: Radial Depletion!
(A massive beam of seemingly white light is released from the hands of Katsura, aimed directly at the two running men. They are instantly obliterated with no signs left of their bodies)
1st man to himself: What power…
Katsura: You’re lucky. I’m letting you live. But tell anyone about this and you won’t be soon after.
(Katsura begins running to the location of his sister. As he begins too, he is followed by the girl in the bush who was observing the entire skirmish going down)
Girl: Wait!
Katsura: !?
Girl: Let me come with you!
Katsura: Why do you want to come with me, Mayumi?
Mayumi: I saw the whole thing. I can be your alibi if anything goes wrong. I know you were attacked by them and you only defended yourself. But I want to know what was the motive behind it all.
Katsura: They were hired to kill me by someone who they wouldn’t name. They also captured my sister and locked her in a warehouse not too far from here in an attempt to ruin my resolve… Didn’t work out so well for them.
Mayumi: But I heard that they wouldn’t tell you anything. How did you find out where she was?
Katsura: If you observed the whole thing, you must have seen me stare intently into one of the men’s eyes, correct?
Mayumi: Yes.
Katsura: When I use a certain aspect of my aura’s power, my eyes take a new design, and have their own subset of powers. One of those abilities is the power of illusions. I can use it to control people, induce a false reality, gain intel etc. It’s a multi-faceted power.
Mayumi: I see. It’s quite powerful.
Katsura: Indeed. Anyways let’s get a move on. My sister is all by herself. I know you’re a physical aura type, so that means you’re well versed in the use of the Aura step, right?
Mayumi: Yes, I am.
Katsura: Alright, we’ll be using that from now on to reach the destination faster.
(Both Mayumi and Katsura channel their aura and use Aura step to gain immense speed)
(They arrive at the warehouse shortly after their initial conversation)
Katsura: Asami! Are you in here?
(There’s a slight screaming noise that Mayumi takes note off)
Mayumi: Over there! In the corner!
(They reach the corner where the scream came from and it turns out to be Asami, Katsura’s sister)
Katsura: Asami! (He removes the bandages covering her mouth and the ropes around her wrists)
Are you okay!?
Asami: Yes, thank you guys for saving me!
Katsura: What did they do to you?
Asami: After you left, I heard a noise in the Kitchen. I went to investigate but those men knocked me over the head with one of the pans in the kitchen and brought me here and tied me up. They told me to keep quiet or they’d kill me.
Katsura: I see. Well they won’t be able to anymore.
Asami: You stopped them? Amazing! What else can I expect from my amazing Onii-San! Hopefully the police catch those crooks who did this.
Katsura (thinking to himself): Yea… whatever is left of them.
Mayumi: Anyways, we should get you home. You’re probably a bit wounded from the hit over the head and you could use some nourishment.
Katsura and Asami: Yes! That sounds like a good idea.
(Mayumi blushes at the sight of both siblings talking in unison)
(They begin their walk back home as Katsura stops Mayumi abruptly by holding her hand)
Mayumi (with a slight tumble in her voice): What is it?
Katsura: Thank you, Mayumi.
Mayumi: For what?
Katsura: You came with me to find my sister, and even offered to be my alibi should this whole thing end up on the wrong end of the law… I didn’t think anyone from the academy would do that.
Mayumi (smiling): Haha, I know what you mean. We lived in a messed up world. People fend for themselves while disregarding others. I’m not like that.
Katsura: I see. That’s good.
(Both of them stare intently at each other while they are still holding hands)
(Asami notices this)
Asami: Hey guys! You can act all lovey-dovey at home!
(Katsura and Mayumi both snap out of it and begin to blush)
Katsura: Yea, we’re coming!
(The scene changes to the front of Katsura and Asami’s house)
Asami: Thanks for helping Mayumi!
Mayumi: It was my pleasure.
Katsura: I’ll see you at the academy tomorrow, Mayumi.
Mayumi: Good night!
Katsura: Good night!
(Mayumi brushes her hair with one of her hands, in an almost flirty-like manner)
(Katsura enters the house and puts all of his things down on the table in the kitchen)
Asami: Katsura! It’s time to tuck me in!
Katsura: Really? Asami, you’re 15, and going to be 16 next month! You still want that?
Asami (beginning to cry): You mean you won’t tuck me in?
Katsura: No, don’t cry!
(Katsura begins to race upstairs and almost trips as he enters Asami’s room)
Asami: Yay! Katsura Onii-san is going to tuck me in!
Katsura: Yea… (Katsura gives off a fake smile in a most sarcastic tone)
Asami: Hey Katsura… Thanks for saving me today.
Katsura: Come on Asami, you know I’d do anything for you.
Asami: It’s weird not having Mom or Dad around anymore, but you’re all I have left
.
(Katsura begins to reminisce about his parents and sheds a couple of tears): I know. I miss them a lot too. That’s why I’ll never let
anything bad happen to you, ever. You’re all I have left as well.
Asami: Well, you know… It looked like that Mayumi girl wanted a little something from you too! (Giggles as she says it)
Katsura (as he’s blushing): Aghhh! Shh! Nothing happened between us!
Asami (as she’s smiling) Sure.
Katsura: Anyways, Asami, get a good night’s rest. We have another long day at the academy tomorrow.
Asami: Okay Onii-san, I will.
(They hug each other and Katsura leaves the room, closing the door 3 quarters of the way closed and turning of the lights)
(Katsura enters his room, undresses and lies down on his bed with a T-Shirt and his underwear)
(He begins to stare at the ceiling in deep thought)
Katsura (Thinking to himself): What that guy was saying… Maybe he was right. I don’t have many friends at the academy. They were sent to assassinate me. These supposedly blessed powers that we assassins have is more of a bane on our existence. We’re seen as nothing but tools to the vast majority of society… What is our true purpose? Is that all we’re good for?
I guess I won’t find out by just thinking here. I need some rest anyways. I’ll find out soon enough.
(Katsura exists his deep thought and begins to sleep)
Chapter End
For viewing sakes, for Mayumi picture Saeko from High School of the dead and for Katsura, picture a mixture of Hei (Darker than Black) and Zeref (Fairy Tail).
Concept art will be up sooner or later.
