User:Phoenixlight13/Dawning Shadows

Destiny-san suggested I actually make a fanfic, so here it is: Dawning Shadows. It's a crossover with pretty much any anime I can think of, from Vocaloid to Tokyo Mew Mew.

Disclaimer: I own no anime or manga used in this fic, only the OCs and plot.

Phoenixfeather: I hope she hasn't had any sugar lately...

Zoey: I don't think she did.

Chapter 1: Defying the Gods
Elaine moved her brown hair out of the way as she walked stiffly towards the mayor of the town. Her blue eyes flashed with calm fury. The mayor looked unconcerned that the young Master was heading towards him.

"Why?" Elaine questioned in a single word. Her pink and black kimono swayed in the wind.

"Why what?" the mayor questioned. His slicked back brown hair and menacing dark gray eyes shone in hte cloudy sunlight, his gray armor seemed almost indestructable.

"Why did you kill my brother, Chunosuke?" Elaine demanded.

"Bruno deserved it. He was not willing to pay his respects to Yami, so he was sacrificed," Chunosuke calmly responded.

"He was your apprentice! Why kill him for the sake of our so-called 'god'?" Elaine spat.

Normally, this would have made Chunosuke furious. He strongly believed Yami, the very master of his town, would be their savior. But this time, he would finally show Elaine why it was never a good idea to mock the gods.

Chunosuke soon began to transform into a horrifying beast. Large, almost butterfly-like wings sprouted from his back. His skin turned pure white, almost like fur, and claws grew from his fingers. Long, cruel fangs grew out of his mouth, until very little of his humanity was left. His eyes turned a menacing shade of gold, staring at the scared Elaine all the while.

"W-What did Yami do to you, Chunosuke?" Elaine stammered out.

"He gave me the most wonderful power. And now, I shall use it to crush you," Chunosuke answered. Before he could do so, a black kunai knife struck him down. Chunosuke howled in pain. Elaine looked behind her and saw her mentor, Hime. Her long ginger hair and brown eyes made her look like a princess, hence her name.

"Run, Elaine," Hime ordered.

"But sensei!" Elaine began to protest.

Hime shook her head. "There is no place for you now. Run, before he kills you," she ordered.

Elaine grabbed her sword and ran from her home. She refused to stop until she was safely away from the mountains and in the forest.

"Why, Hikari? Why have you forsaken us?" Elaine wailed.

Meanwhile, a hooded figure approached a small shrine. A few strands of blue hair were only visible. The shrine had a small statue of a white wolf sitting next to a black wolf and a gray wolf.

"Hikari, Yami and Kaze, the three goddesses who protect us, we need your strength now to protect Crystira from him," the hooded figure prayed.

And that's Chapter 1!

Hikari: I thought it'd be longer.

Phoenixfeather: At least she got it up.

Linkheart: (stumbles in)

Phoenixfeather: What happened?

Linkheart: Zeldastar...

Phoenixfeather: Okay...anyways, Chapter 2 should be up in a few days.

Zoey: Hi!

Phoenixfeather: Here's chapter 2.

Chapter 2: ReWind
Let's rewind to a month ago, when Elaine and her brother Bruno began training in their town of Kazesora. You see, in this world, those who train to fight are known as Masters, powerful fighters who protect the land.

The most powerful are known as Hoshigami, or Star God, though some prefer to call them Stars. These Masters have powers beyond normal masters, and as such, are revered and respected.

In some cases, even feared. There are also rogue Hoshigami, which are simply known as Yamitenshi, Dark Angels. They refuse to protect the people, instead killing them or destroying the very towns they call home.

But let's focus on Elaine and her brother for a moment. Elaine stood in front of Chunosuke, a smile on her face. Next to her was a boy roughly around the same age (Elaine is 13, the age Masters begin training) with blue hair and gray eyes. Both teens wore white kimonos. Chunosuke and Hime stood in front of the two.

"Elaine, Bruno, it is time for both of you to begin your training. I will handle Bruno," Chunosuke decided.

"That leaves Elaine for me," Hime decided.

"Can we choose our weapons now?" Elaine asked.

Chunosuke nodded. He snapped his fingers and behind Elaine and Bruno rose a table with an assortment of weapons.

"You have the choice of weapon. You may switch weapons later on as you become more advanced, but it's preferred right now you stick with one weapon," Hime reminded.

"I'll choose the sword," Elaine decided, picking up an iron wrought sword.

"I'll choose the bow and arrow," Bruno decided, picking up the quiver and bow.

Hime smiled. "Good. Then it's time to begin training," she announced.

Over the next 4 days, Hime and Chunosuke trained the brother and sister. Elaine showed amazing skill with the sword, able to actually make her mentor step back during training. Bruno was quick and clever with the bow and arrow, even getting to the point where Chunosuke actually had to stop an arrow heading towards him.

"Nicely done, Bruno. Even I wasn't this skilled at your age," Chunosuke praised.

"Amazing, Elaine," Hime panted after training.

One night, upon returning home, Bruno noticed Elaine was praying before she slept.

"Is something wrong, Elaine?" Bruno asked.

Elaine blinked, then turned around.

"I'm fine, Bruno. I've just felt a little unhappy lately," the young Master admitted.

"Why? I mean, you have one of the best mentors in the entire village. What's wrong?" Bruno asked.

"I don't know. I feel as if though something terrible is about to happen," Elaine admitted.

Bruno sighed. "Don't over exert yourself. We both need to protect Kazesora," he reminded, gently.

Elaine nodded.

Meanwhile, the village priestess sat in front of a shrine. It had three wolves on it, each a different color. The priestess's long black hair and dark colbalt, almost black, eyes, seemed to glisten with an unknown light.

"Hikari, Yami and Kaze, is the fate ahead really ours?" she whispered.

Days later, Bruno found Chunosuke standing in front of the shrine.

"Sensei? What are you doing?" Bruno asked.

Chunosuke did not respond immediately. He sighed wearily.

"I should have guessed, Yami. I should have known," Chunosuke murmured.

"Sensei! What are you doing?" Bruno questioned, a little more forcefully.

Chunosuke looked at Bruno with gleaming amber eyes.

"Yami needs a sacrifice. And so she will have one!"

Phoenixfeather: I expected something longer.

Hikari: At least she got it up.

Zoey: ...deja vu.

Sunsetstar: Okay...that was chapter 2.

Lightningheart: As you can guess, Kazesora means Wind Sky.

Snowheart: The third chapter should be up by April 10. See ya then!

Phoenixfeather: Hello!

Hikari: Here's Chapter 3-

Zoey: Got an update: we're doing a mythology chapter before going back to Elaine and how Kazesora is.

Chapter X: Birth of Light, Darkness and Wind
Long before there was the peace of the land, there was chaos in the land. People warred, fighting over land. Blood sank into the ground and crested it with red as a permanent reminder of the darkness in their hearts.

One day, a great deity appeared. To this day, no one knows who he or she was, but the deity split into three female wolves: a pure white one, a pure black one, and a gray one. Each wolf's color represented the different shades of gray a person could be. Pure good, pure evil, or just in between. The wolves stopped the war, but not without the help of several fighters. After the war, the wolves each took a different name: Hikari, Yami and Kaze.

Hikari created the new capitol of the land and presided over it. Yami created a town far from the captiol and ruled over it with justice. And Kaze created a village in the mountains and became its guardian. The wolves agreed the land should not fall into chaos once more, and thus decided people should be trained to fight to protect their land from the monsters roaming about.

The best, as you know, were called Hoshigami, as their very appearance invoked awe. They were the strongest of the strong, the best of the best. One day, there would be others like them. But who would they be?

Zoey: Gainax Ending.

Phoenixfeather: What?

Zoey: Never mind.

Phoenixfeather: Here comes chapter 3~!

Chapter 3: Once an Assassin, Always a Human
A young man with long orange-red hair tied back was working in a wheatfield. His ocean blue eyes glimmered with satsifaction at his work. His pure white kimono shone dully in the sunlight.

"I hope Haruko-san will appreciate this work," the young man hoped. A dull moan alerted him to someone nearby.

The man stiffened. He did not have his sword to defend himself against anyone. Slowly, he crept around the wheatfield until he came upon a battered young girl with brown hair and a sword clenched in her hands.

"Bruno...hang on..." she moaned.

Wordlessly, the young man picked up the girl and carried her and her sword to a small Japan-esque home harking back to the feudal era.

.::.

Elaine's eyes fluttered open to see she was looking outside a sliding door to a field near a wheatfield.

"Where am I?" she murmured.

"Ah, so you're awake," a young voice greeted.

Elaine flinched and whipped around, sword at the ready.

More later.