Chapter 1: Meeting a Massive Serpent of Fortune

It was a pretty hot day in the Mystic City, and it was a perfect time for ice cream, fast foods, and swimming in the pool with some water and ice spirits. A young boy with long purple hair with green highlights walked by with an Italian ice cream in his hand. he had a black tank top, brown shorts, and had a chubby frame, but wasn't at all ashamed or embarrassed by it. He also wore glasses and had a fake tooth colored pink. Another thing that was different was that he had a sort of spectral tail that was swirling colors of blue and purple. He was enjoying his time out before his summer school course began. He didn't go because he failed, but it was a way for him to get out of the house for a little while so his parents didn't go worrying about him all day. Technically he was adopted but he didn't care. He loved both of his dads and his big brother very much, so he considered himself blessed from being stuck in the orphanage. He looked at a strange tattoo on the back of his hand which looked like a pentagram, but didn't think much of it and finished the rest of his ice cream before running to school swiftly and weaving his way around the park for fun. Despite his chubby body he was very skilled in not touching anything and moving like air between people and the obstacles in his path. As he stopped at the school he remembered that he wasn't in his normal school clothes and ran back to get them. He hustled to his house and saw that no one was there, so his brother must be at school while his dads were at work. He put on green overall shorts, kept his tank top, and put on his shoes which seemed to resemble Taoist monk fighting shoes. He then looked at his tattoo again and saw that it was resonating a bit with something, but had no time to think about it as he ran to school once more.

As he went inside the school he saw all of his friends waiting for him, all of them on a computer playing an MMO game ad wondering if he was going to get there at all today. One of the students was a girl with an angelic appearance and had one angel wing and a specialized outfit that. "Hey, Suzaku. About time you got here slowpoke, we were about to start without you. Teacher says that we were taking a trip later so you better play while we got the time." she said while he was sitting down. Suzaku started to play but his tattoo started to resonate stronger now that he was with his friends. He gripped his hand as it started to cause him a bit of pain, and the girl rushed over to help him. She held his hand softly and began to chant in order to release his power completely. "Oh Lord who dwells in the heavens, I ask that you grant me this wish and heed my prayer. Release my friend's power from the soul's bonds, unleash the torrent of his hidden gift. Under my name, Eve of the Eye of Metatron, OPEN THE GATE!" she yelled as a column of energy erupted out of Suzaku's hand. Everyone else looked in shock as his hand began to glow a bit, then it stopped as energy cycled through his nerves, and he slowly got up after steam came off of his body rapidly. Eve helped him up and sat him in his chair as he was slowly waking back up. "What the hell...my chest feels funny. What was that?" he asked. Eve explained that his Meta Power had awakened, and that he was just going through a late awakening stage. She also explained that because of the war that took place about 19 years ago, it released a new power into the multiverse. The power called Meta, the ability to create, manifest, or control any power that correlates to the user's original ability. Suzaku looked in surprise at his star tattoo, and started to smile and jumped up, slightly levitating. He was beyond excited that he had this amazing new power and wanted to show his parents right away, but then remembered that he wasn't allowed to use his powers in school without the teacher's direct consent to do so, and floated back down to play the game and discuss more about the Meta ability afterwards. After about an hour the teacher came in, and was surprisingly a large orcish man with a large claymore blade made of bone and had a knight armor set on, which looked heavy for an ordinary person. "Alright let me take roll call. Suzaku Taylor, Eve Hiro, Isobu Morris, Kyubi Sakura, Anji Taylor, Orchid and Raymond Stocks. All present and accounted for as usual, good. Everyone get ready, we're about to leave. Computers off and make sure to log off first, no need for any unfortunate mishaps like last time. And please, remind me to fetch lunch food along the way, I don't need anyone starving out there." he said boldly and walked outside. Everyone got ready to go and ran outside.

As they went outside they saw their teacher summoning what looked like a large Eastern Dragon to fly on, and all of their parent's were outside and tried to look older, but decided on a young 40 year old look for themselves after becoming Divine Avatars. As they all got on the dragon's back, they all looked down at the town and then saw the new Eden Tree, that branched out to other universes endlessly. Then they saw the edge of the Western Continent Plate, and then saw the Middle Isles. Those countries consisted of Germany, Iceland, Greenland, Greece, and France. Dead in the center of that, was a massive azure land mass forming a perfect circle, and a large mystical dome surrounding it, with a massive tree that shone with a bright white light and an unknown power. As the group landed, they noticed all sorts of adorable looking creatures with androgynous humanoid bodies and looking in curiosity. They were the Mazoku, mystical creatures that were like humanoid born spirits that interacted on two planes of existence. They were peaceful, and kind to any and all races. A small slime went up to Isobu, and climbed on his hand. It looked at his face, seeing that he had one eye that was black with a red pupil, and his hair was white with pink highlights. He also had a mask covering the bottom half of his face, and had a sort of ninja like appearance, with no shoes, baggy pants, and a kunai he kept at all times. Being a half god, he was proud to be different like the rest of his friends, but usually had a bored expression on his face. He picked up the small slime, and let it stay on his head for a while. Eve giggled as he looked a bit cuter with the little slime on his head. The land looked like it was blanketed in endless star lit night with a constant full moon and clean crisp air and a feeling of mystery around every corner. It was protected by an Elder, that had been alive longer than any Mazoku, and was almost as strong as a god. His large snake body was visible from afar, and as such had a full view of the land. Everyone raced to him, seemingly even. Isobu had speed, and the ability to turn into lightning, but Eve and Orchid flew overhead, which to everyone else was cheating. Ray used a holographic projection rope to catch them both and run ahead, leaving both of them annoyed and running after him. Anji and Suzaku just ran like normal and got ahead of almost everyone but Isobu, who was keeping a constant pace without seeming to be slowing down or showing fatigue. It was very close but all of them managed to somehow tie, and stopped just at the base of the Elder's tail. The massive snake started to move, and showed his massive head, and looked at all of them. "Ah, these are children of great potential. And I see your parents have joined in the fun. It is nice to meet you all at last." he said in a quiet and calming voice. He then saw the Meta tattoos and showed a slightly surprised look on his face. "The Meta power..awakened in these children. It seems it was as the prophecy said. However...the rest has yet to reveal itself." he muttered to himself, leaving everyone in confusion. Gabriel stepped up. "Cabal, you know this power. Do you know who might want it?" he asked a bit concerned. Cabal shook his head no, easing Gabriel's suspicions. They noticed a strange Mazoku fox boy who was sleeping in midair like he was in a bed, and he looked like an RPG game character with his outfit. No one went up to him though as he seemed to be peaceful in his slumber, and they explored the rest of the island. They saw that the food was like ripe apples, crunchy and full of flavor. They hunted fish and wild animals for meat to go along with the fruit they ate, and they enjoyed it that way. Their homes didn't look like traditional houses, more like huts made of the dirt and rocks beneath them and had everything they could possibly need. There wasn't much technology yet but there were some people with strange looking TV sets. It seemed like a lovely economy, what with the tree being their way to go anywhere in the world and come back using spacial magic to close the gap.

After about two hours, they all got ready to leave. But before they did, they had a small Mazoku companion they were allowed to take with them. They were all basically little slimes, but they had the ability to evolve due to the aether that they would consume. They all got back on the dragon's back and went back to the Mystic City, bidding Cabal farewell for now. The sleeping Mazoku had woken up just in time to see them leave, and secretly followed them to the city for an unknown purpose.