Chapter One

Here is the new and first chapter for Rise of Shadow Hero! This is my first time on doing a fantasy story for To Love Ru, so please enjoy the chapter!

Special thank you goes to Xyaqom for helping me to put the chapter together and editing the chapter as well. Please check out his stories when you get chance to!

Thank you goes to everyone for reading my story so far!

Arc One – New Start of Life

Enjoy Chapter One!

-April 24, 2006-

A large city filled with many schools as today was a beautiful day, a young man was reading large black book top of Sainan High School's rooftop and the school's lunch bell rings to signals everyone that lunch was going to end soon with the book's final message was "The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams – Oprah Winfrey."

His hands close the book, which the young man gets up onto his feet to reveals himself to have dark orange spike hair with dark golden eyes as his outfit was white button shirt, dark blue jacket, and long black pants. Places the book inside of his black and dark red outline backpack with his expression was quiet because he did not know how to knowledge on having friends or anybody close to him. The young man's name was Rito Yuuki, and he was seventeen years old.

Rito places his backpack onto his backside and begins leaving the rooftop by walking over to the door, then stops himself from walking towards the school as his head turns to sees beautiful light bluebird was looking at Rito. His right-hand waves with friendly terms with the bird and the bird tilted his head towards a strange young man.

Descending the stairs of the school and stops himself with his head goes to sees Saruyama was talking to other students with the confidence, which Rito shakes his head of never understanding what everyone sees in Saruyama. Because Rito knew the truth about Saruyama was jerk and player for any girl in the school, yet Rito was near a genius with zero friends.

"I will rather be myself and not someone who pretends." Rito was telling himself inside of his thoughts, and his mind was wishing about going on a journey on where his mind could explore the new possibilities. He went to his next classroom and sees nobody has entered the classroom with his black notebook places onto the wooden desk.

Rito turns his head to sees the beautiful light blue skies and white clouds with a beautiful light bluebird, yet his eyes see dark bluebirds. Rito becomes sad because his family did not want anything with him because they disowned him when he was barely able to walk as the teacher speaks, "Rito Yuuki?" His head turns to sees his teacher shows concern expression.

"I'm sorry, sir… What were you asking?" Asked Rito.

"I was asking, are you okay, and I have seen you in here like five or eight minutes early." The teacher tells Rito with a soft attitude, and he went to sit down in front of him. The teacher takes the seat round to face Rito and "What's wrong… Don't worry, and I'm not going to tell anybody." The teacher continues the word.

"I don't have any friends to hang out, but I'm alright with it," Rito responds back to answer the teacher's response as his eyes look down at the wooden desk.

"Rito, someday you'll make new friends, and maybe they'll be the ones to show you how great the world is." The teacher tells Rito with a warm tone and good advice for Rito to hear it. Rito was impressed by the advice and began thinking about how to respond back to the teacher with his mind was trying his best to make the right decision to follow.

The school's day went quickly for everyone, yet Rito takes his backpack onto his backside with many thoughts about what the teacher told him about it. The teacher turns to sees Rito had little light inside of Rito's honest heart. However, he could feel the darkness inside of his soul was slowly disappearing by the light as the answer was what kind of person would Rito Yuuki be if he didn't have darkness inside of his soul.

School's final bell rings as everyone was going home for the day, and Rito gathers his items inside of his black backpack then turns his head to first notice a beautiful girl who has short purple hair with her outfit was a white button shirt and dark blue skirt down to her knees.

"Haruna! Watch out!" Rito looks up to sees Haruna was going to hit by a large truck and rushing towards her. He pushes Haruna out of the way, which Rito's eyes closes themselves as the large truck hits him to sends him away from the impact. "Why am I saving a girl I don't even know." Rito was asking himself with a firm voice, and his dark golden eyes were slowly closing to erase the pain.

Rito opens his eyes to first notices the ambulance people were trying to get Rito back from the parts of death, as Rito's thoughts were surrounding what his teacher was telling him about the person to become is someone who was going to change the world into a better place. His final wish to find a new life and become something more than his usual self.

Closing his eyes for the final time was the best relief for Rito to felt in his lifetime and starts wondering what type of life he would have if someone gave him another chance at life. The real question – why was Rito felt warm and comfortable around his body because his thoughts brought back if someone dies then should they felt anything but warmth.

-Silvia 4, 360-

A mother was holding a newborn baby's eyes are dark blue as the mother strokes the child's head comfortable, which Rito felt his mother's warmness within of her hands. She was smiling at her baby boy, and she was lying down inside of white silk sheets, then her outfit was a long white dress. The light brown wooden door opens to reveals a man with short black hair and dark blue eyes with his outfit was a dark silver shirt, and long black pants with dark silver armor pieces on his shoulders go down to arms and knees down to his feet.

"My apologies, and I am too late?" The man asks his wife with a confident tone, and he takes his newborn baby into smooth hands, strokes the baby's head, and his words are "He's a strong young boy." His wife shows a warm smile that appears towards the newborn baby, which Rito's spirit inside of the newborn baby.

"So, what should we name him?" His wife speaks towards her husband.

"His name is Zavier." The husband gives their newborn son.

Zavier opens his light blue eyes and enjoys the warmth inside of his father's hand. Then, the couple turns to sees the black with dark red outline armor knights walk through the village.

-Outside of Old Village-

Knight finds no evidence for any type of magic coming from the newborn babies by using his magic sensor was dark purple magic around his right-hand. The knight found a small ray of magic, yet it disappears as the knight founds it as strange as the magic would disappear. He would ignore the facts with his head looks up to notices his black knight with a dark purple commander with his helmet was raven formation.

"Any changes to report?" Commander was asking the knight with a firm tone.

"No… I got a small ray of energy, but not enough to make any difference." Knight tells the Commander with serious responses, yet he could not figure what he felt. His head turns to sees the old wooden house as he felt interesting powers coming from it. The Commander nods at the knight with confident expression underneath a helmet, which both them went to giant kingdom built of dark silver stone and dark red metal roof of the kingdom.

Commander and knight step into the dark silver stone gates, yet knight turns his head to sees giant stone stables hold the dragons for long travels. His mission was finding the magical child, which the choice belongs to the king, but the king was not interested in the child.

King had short black hair and dark red eyes with black robes with dark silver outline and dark blue undershirt and long pants as he turns his head to notices the Dark Crimson Knight and Black Commander enters his throne room. The throne room was large dark golden walls, the carpet was dark red, and the chair was golden and dark silver. He does not feel any threats from the child, and the king strokes his hair with his hand then thinks about the destroying the village to set an example for the rest of Aurora to learn his power and rule over the corrupted lands, yet he would wait until the time was right to strike the village down with his knights and commanders.

King waves his right-hand with the knight, and Commander leaves the throne room as the king went towards the window with his mind was thinks about how his brother used to be powerful mage inside of the army. However, he found the corruption inside of the laws and rules for the kingdom. He decided to leave with his wife to start a new life in a remote village, which was the same village that the king had felt the incredible energy from it.

A woman with pale skin with her hair was long black hair down to the middle of her backside, and her eyes are crimson red. Her outfit was midnight blue dress, which was open to reveals her large B cup breasts and dress went down to her upper thighs.

"Your highness… Is there something you need of my services?"

"They said you could read the future correctly." King makes the request for the woman, or should he say the girl.

The girl nods her head as the king went to sit down at his chair to begins the ritual to reveals a young child shall raise from the ashes of darkness then become the rightful warrior. King becomes impressed by the words of the impressive word for warrior. However, the future wasn't set, so the girl speaks once again, "Your future isn't set for this destiny, yet I do feel incredible energy from this person."

-Leto 7, 367-

In the village, a young man racing through the forest as his hair was shrining black with dark silver tips of his hair, and his eyes were dark blue. His outfit was midnight blue shirt and long black pants with dark silver shoes as jumps to climbs top of the tree to see a beautiful landscape with his curious mind was thinking about what else was there for him to explore.

"Zavier!" Zavier heard his name and looked down to sees a man with black hair as his own, yet his hair was slowly turning light silver with his outfit was a dark blue shirt and long midnight blue pants, then climb down to join the man's side. "There you are, my son." Zavier's father strokes his son's hair comfortably with the young boy who loves his father's warmth and comfortable hand.

"I'm deeply sorry, Father. I just wanted to see the rest of the world." Zavier responds back to his father with a confident tone, and his father only smiles at his son.

"My son… There is a lot of possibilities that you can go and travel the world when you become old enough." Zavier's father tells his son with a comfortable voice, and he bends down to meet his son at eye-contract. "But always remember that… Zavier, I need you to hide just like we train in this type of solution." Zavier's father spoke to his son because he could hear some horses were riding towards the village, and Zavier did not understand what was going on with his life.

Zavier's father places his own son into the protection underneath the large tree to hide his presence and begins rushing towards the village. His eyes extend of shock as the flames become destructive on the village, and Zavier's father went down to his village then sends lightning arrow towards the soldier to stops him from attacking the harmless innocents.

Soldier screams of pain, and Zavier's father went to strikes the soldier down onto the ground, which his head turns to sees the other soldier went to strike at Zavier's father with his dark silver blade in horizontal style with his dark blue lightning sword stops the attack. Turns his head to notices another soldier was coming at his opposite side, and his other hand shots the soldier with dark purple lightning went though his chest to make a hole where his heart used to be.

"Why are you here, and what are you doing here?" Zavier's father questions the soldier, which he got no answers from the soldier as his eyes see a symbol of darkness. He felt deep pain at his side, and his sight looks down to sees the third arm has to stab him in the middle section.

The blade was pulled out of his chest, and the man falls to sees the Dark Crimson King, and Black Commander comes forward to stands in front of Zavier's father.

"Where is he?" Dark Crimson Knight asks the downfall man with an emotionless tone.

"I will not surrender to the darkness of the kingdom."

Black Commander makes black ice spikes appear onto Zavier's father, which was painful and caused his lips to release blood onto the ground. His head gets lifted by Dark Crimson Knight's claw glove and "Give him your answer… Where's the child?" Dark Crimson Knight speaks with a firm tone, then Zavier's father turns to sees his wife was pushed down onto the ground with the black ice spikes disappears, which he took his wife's hand to felt nothing but chills of death.

"Honey… It is… It's hard to..."

"Don't speak but let us meet in the golden afterlife." Zavier's father spoke to his wife with an emotional tone and turns his head to continues, "Your kingdom will fall, once the light comes for you." Black Commander stabs Zavier's father inside of his chest for the final time with his black and dark red outline sword through his heart.

Black Commander and Dark Crimson Knight look at their soldiers to destroy the village, which the homes were torn down or burn down as they left with no existence was left for anybody to see it.

-In the Forest-

The protection of the large tree, Zavier got release the sphere of magic as his head turns to sees village had black smoke, and his feet begin rushing towards the hill with his eyes extends of defeat. He went down to the village, and his eyes only see dead bodies of his villagers, then his mind was lost in thoughts for Zavier could not believe it.

"Hello… Is anyone still here?" Zavier was asking the empty village, but he could not hear anyone's voice as he continues the road of death with his sight filled with nothing but emptiness. "Please, if anyone still around… Please give me a sign!" He told the village with a scared tone, and he went to sees nothing but more death.

The despair and loneliness begin shallow inside of Zavier's mind and heart, which he went to see if his parents survived the destruction from death. His eyes lengthen to sees his parents' lifeless bodies lay the front of their homes as he went to be at their sides with his lips releases scream of pain and hurt. His hands begin to dig the graves for every one of the villages as the memories brought back all the good times when they encountered Zavier.

Zavier was going to miss everyone in his village with his dark blue eyes were emotionless and closed his eyes to silent prays, which he places the necklace that his mother and father used to wear when they wanted to felt the connection between each other. Gathers the strength to stand onto his feet, and he would spend a day there at the gravesite with his mind was blank on where to go or what to do next. His sight looks down to his hands to reveals light blue aura surrounding his hands with his mind makes the promise to find the person who took everything from him.

-Leto 9, 367-

Zavier gathers his items into a large black backpack with a dark silver outline as his right-hand close the wooden door, which he was going to begin his journey into the world of Aurora.

Zavier was there before with his father but was only there once. This time, we were going to make the journey alone. Zavier turns his head to rubs his hand onto the wooden door, which his words are "Please find your peace and harmony. I will find you, mother, and father." Lifting his hand away from a wooden door and begins leaving his home to travels north where the Forest of Mystery. Zavier noticed that it was getting dark, so he had no choice but to set up camp.

Zavier gathers the wood from the forest to makes it pile as his hand makes light red then sends it towards the wood. The flames were born and sits down in front of the flames as his eyes blink of remembers the time when his father teach him how to use magic at first.

-Flashback-

Zavier was barely five years old as he saw his father makes lightning appear out of his hand. His father smiles at his son and waves his right hand forward for Zavier, then he went towards his father.

"Would you like to learn how to use magic, my son?" Zavier's father questions his son with a confident tone, but Zavier was scared to learn how to use magic and energy.

He was going to have to learn how to use his magic if he plans to survive. Zavier's father teaches Zavier the basics at first to sense magic and energy inside of the person. The magic was an outer source, and energy was an inner type of power for someone they can use. The biggest difference was magic can be used in different elements, and energy can be used for healing, strength, stamina, or endurance. Zavier's father tells Zavier that he was the first person to have both magic and energy inside of him, for he was Prime Mage in the Darkness Kingdom before the corrupted king came to claim the throne.

"Now for the basics... I believe we should know the elements you are familiar with." Zavier's father tells his son and places his hand onto his son's hair then begins to feel the energy and elements he can use if he needs them to.

Zavier was a confinement that he could pull these spells off, despite his incredibly young age.

His father couldn't believe it for his son has equal amounts to use any type of magic and elements which he was special. Kingdoms want to have Zavier to tip the scales for their own benefits as his father would keep the secrets behind on what his son can do and begins telling his son with a confident tone.

"Your energy and element are a mystery to me, but never fear. The magic and element will come to you." Zavier's father tells his son and strokes his hair comfortable and smooth then they begin to travel back to their home to get some refreshments from Zavier's mother.

'The secrets of his magic and element shall never be revealed until he's seventeen.' Zavier's father was telling himself with a soft tone.

What Zavier did not know was that his father cast a binding spell on Zavier, preventing him from using his magic until he reached adulthood, which is seventeen.

-Flashback Ends-

Zavier opens his eyes to sees the flames were drowned of coldness and placed the wood down in the flame. His lips release sighs of loneliness and turn his head to sees nobody was going to come for him at dead of night.

The dinner was nearly made, and his head turns to sees the bright stars were clear as beautiful crystals as his mother's words appear around telling him where to find the characters of stars.

Zavier began to cry, already missing his parents. Why did those knights attack his home village? They did not have any valuables, so why did they attack? Zavier lays himself down on the chilling grounds and places his father's old jacket to cover his cold body. His eyes begin closing them to allows wonderful dreams to take his mind off, and his dark blue eyes open to reveals his food was done, which gets up to starts eating his food with softly.

His mind was flesh on sleeping until the next day's mysteries as his right-hand takes hold of his necklace with the tears of loneliness and darkness begins surrounding his heart, mind, and soul. Zavier knows one thing was clear is that trust, care, and love were nothing but emotions that leads to death. He made a promise to himself that once he has gotten strong enough, he will track down the person who was responsible for destroying his home village.

Zavier finishes the meal and lays himself down inside of the jacket then begins his eyes to get some rest as his mind follows the beautiful light. The light of the sky begins shrining meant morning as came to wake the traveler up from his slumber, and Zavier opens his eyes to sees the fire has died down from the chilling air.

Zavier packs everything into his backpack and begins hearing a mysterious voice as tender of water been "Please help me." His head turns to sees there was nobody in his presence, and his mind thinks it was imagination, yet another voice speaks again as same as before, "Please help me."

"Am I hearing things?" Asked Zavier.

Zavier places his black backpack and walks towards the direction of where the voices could be. His mind was telling himself do not do anything that will threaten his chances, and his body felt intense aura coming from the areas he has not explored yet.

To Be Continued...