Chapter 1 : Anti Hero

[The Forest]

[Earth]

In the middle of a horde of trees, there were multiple black SUV's parked with the lights on, and men plus women in suits standing around, watching the perimeter.

Two suited men were leaning against a car, with one smoking a cigarette, and the other with his arms folded.

They began to talk:

"Sure we can trust these guys? I mean, is the proof real enough for us to trust them?"

"The Zaiyen's always predicted the times of the Valhalla Tower. Though, they don't know its origins, who made it, or what exactly is on the inside. All they know is that when you reach the top and defeat one single person, you gain immortality, riches, and power."

"Shit! Who wouldn't want that?"

"We're here because the time may be close."

"Oh yeah? I'm definitely getting my chance."

"You seem lost. First day in the CIA?"

"Yep. I've heard about the Valhalla Tower, appearing every 100 years. But I didn't know anything else."

"Ahh."

"What about you? You going in the tower when it gets here?"

"I have a wife and kids. I can't leave them behind. Besides, people supposedly die in the tower. I can fight, but I don't like to fight, I don't have much experience with it."

"Mhm Mhm. I love to fight. My happy ass is going in that tower!"

"Haha. Good luck."

A couple of feet away, there was an old man with shades and a white beard wearing a white suit, and he was standing in front of a light brown skinned man with feathers on his body as clothing, and green face paint.

They both were walking down a staircase that led underground, with the feather man leading him.

The feather man : Kosyin

The old man : Carter

Carter said, "How old are you, may I ask?"

Kosyin replied, "Old."

"Ah? That's not an age."

"It's a symbol. For the color of my hair is different than it was when I was a boy, but now they symbolize the experience I have in this life. I survived it."

"Deep. Deep. Like this damn staircase! Where are you taking me?"

"Somewhere. If you are not a fool, you'd understand the melody of wisdom."

"Right.."

Carter and Kosyin walked inside of a lit up cave with lanterns around, and there were markings all over the rocky walls.

Carter took off his shades, looking around.

"I'm guessing you're about to explain to me what all these scribbles mean?"

"They are not scribbles. They're markings, stories that tell a story, in which most would be too much in awe to comprehend."

Kosyin showed Carter over to a wall, in which there were towers drawn over and over again, with people drawn around the towers dancing and worshipping it.

Carter asked, "You guys are leagues ahead of us when it comes to information."

"Hm?"

"People from the CIA, people from many years ago left documents about you Zaiyens and the Tower of Valhalla."

"What did those..documents say?"

"They let us know who to go to when earthquakes begin to simultaneously appear around earth. Meaning the Tower of Valhalla is near."

"Which is correct. We Zaiyen's have been studying the Tower of Valhalla for years, in which even our ancestors have gone inside of it, and never came out. But even though Earth had been warned that death is most likely futile inside of the Tower, they are still greedy, hungry for long life, riches, and power."

"Damn. Couldn't be me."

"You are the same as them."

"You don't KNOW me."

"I know enough."

Kosyin led Carter to another wall, and it showed drawings of old men and women, along with young men and women.

Carter asked him, "What's this?"

"Our ancestors that have entered the tower and never came out."

"But didn't you just basically shit on everyone who wants to go inside of the Tower?"

"Back then, we just wanted answers. We didn't care about the rewards."

"How do you guys know about what happens if you reach the top of the tower and defeat some random guy? It wasn't in our documents, but tons of people know about it as well."

"Information may have been leaked by one of our own, that is the only way. But it was expected. We can't keep this a secret from the world, so there is no sin in what has happened. People all over the Earth know about the Tower of Valhalla, in which that is a good thing that they are aware. There was a woman not too long ago that had died. She was 107 years old. Akio Takahashi. She was involved with the Tower of Valhalla, and she had let us know what she knew. But she never explained how she knew. You CIA agents have your documents, but here, the walls are our documents. The Tower of Valhalla expands over all the worlds of the universe, accepting many into the tower, and knowing many, but Akio was different."

Kosyin pointed at an area on the wall, and it showed a drawing of a woman sitting in front of other people, talking.

Carter said, "Whoa."

"Yes. After consulting with the voices of the wind, and listening to the earth, we predict the Tower will arrive tomorrow afternoon."

"Good. You guys apparently have never been wrong. So they say in the documents. I don't want anyone going in that Tower, especially teenagers and other young people. Adults can do whatever they want. According to the documents, the Tower doesn't leave earth until a certain number of people enter it."

"The number is extremely great. For the Tower of Valhalla stretches from here across the heavens."

"Right. I guess. We'll be sending out all kinds of alerts and threats of any children or school people trying to gain access inside of the tower. We don't need them trying to go out and fighting at their age."

"I completely understand."

"Now uh..about Akio Takahashi..does she have any relatives around?"

[Yokohama,Japan]

[High school courtyard]

There were tons of students surrounding a group of students, and some of those students were getting punched around, kicked, headbutted, and slammed to the ground.

The one doing the beating was a 17 year old boy named Sho Takahashi. He had dark red eyes, wavy black hair, black dot earrings in both earrings, and he had a red tattoo under his left cheek. The tattoos were two small "x's" side by side.

Sho had blood all over his school uniform, fists, and face.

The other students around him said:

"This looks easy to him!"

"He's a monster!"

"Didn't he do this same thing last year at another school? But with the teachers?"

"Yeah!"

"Right now, Sho's fighting Kell's boys, he's not gonna be happy."

One thug student said to Sho, "Die!"

He threw a punch, but Sho ducked under it, grabbed the thugs face, twisted, and slammed the boy's throat on his knee, then Sho performed a backhanded punch across his face, breaking his jaw.

Sho turned around, and one thug student was running at with a brick. The thug swung the brick many times at Sho's head, but Sho dodged it each time. Then, Sho punched the brick, and it shattered, shocking everyone else.

Then Sho punched the thug in the stomach, grabbed a broken piece of the brick, and smashed it against the thugs face, splattering blood all over the place.

The other students said:

"Whoa!"

"Did he kill him?!"

"He's still breathing it seems."

"This is kinda getting out of hand."

Approaching them all, was a 17 year old boy named Kell. He had a high black ponytail, grey thin eyes, and burn marks all over his neck. He had his hands in his pockets, and he stopped a few feet away from Sho.

Kell smiled, "You must be a fool, Sho Takahashi."

Sho turned around, "Ah?"

Kell continued with a continuous smile, "You took good care of my boys. It's always the disgusting parentless kids who have anger issues. You have face tattoos, you smell like gym socks, you have no income, and you are nothing."

"You don't know me, dumbass! Ya wanna die?"

"Always restoring to fighting as well."

"Should've told your boys not to fuck with me. No ONE bumps into me! And I don't like people trying to come at me. And since you mentioned my parents, I'm gonna kill you. My father was an asshole, and he got what he deserved, but you still can't talk about him."

"Hm? You want to kill me? Please do. It's not like you could anyway. You have no home training since you are parentless, and have been for a while."

"Fuck you!"

Sho dashed towards Kell, and Kell grinned, dashing towards Sho as well.

[Principal's office]

Sho and Kell were sitting in chairs, right in front of the principal's desk in the office, and they were both bruised and bloodied up.

The principal, Mr. Kendo, had brown and grey hair, a brown mustache, and brown eyes.

Kendo asked, "What started this fight?"

Sho replied, "Fuck off, old man."

"Um…that language isn't appropriate in this office-."

Sho kicked the desk, blasting a hole in it while still sitting down.

Sho continued, "You think I care?"

Kendo jumped back, "Oi! Y-You're gonna pay for that desk!"

"No. Pay for your own desk, dumbass."

Kendo sighed, and he looked at Kell, asking him, "How did this fight start?"

Kell answered, "Not talking."

"My, my. You don't wanna talk either."

"Mr. Kendo, it goes against my morals to become a rat, the ones who look up to one as mature as I would become rats themselves," Kell said with a grin.

"Then what does a ten day suspension sound like for the both of you?"

Sho answered, "Go ahead. I don't care."

Kell answered, "That's fine with me. As long as my boys know I'm not a rat, then my reputation is stable."

Mr. Kendo sighed, thinking, 'Sho Takahashi, a delinquent brat who loves to fight or pick fights, loves to insult everyone and doesn't take any kind of bullshit from anyone. Kell Uzumaki, a boy with good grades, popular all around school especially with the girls, but he's brutally honest, not afraid to tell you what your problem is with a smile on his face, and he's arrogant. I never thought two people of somewhat different caliber would be in my office, two students who have been talked about the most by teachers and staff. According to what I know about them, I'm surprised I'm getting no answers from Kell.'

Kendo implied to Sho and Kell, "Witnesses say Sho rushed at Kell first."

Sho said, "…"

Kell stood with a smile, "If you're going to suspend us, then suspend us you worthless man. I don't like my time being wasted, especially wasted by a man over 50 years old weighing over 200 pounds."

"You.."

"Am I hurting your feelings? Are you getting offended because of what I'm saying? Last question, do you think I actually care how an old man feels? Scum." He said all of this with a smile on his face.

"That's it!"

Sho and Kell were walking out of the office seconds later, with 10 day suspension.

Sho had his hands in his pockets, and he and Kell were being escorted by the school security guards down the hallway.

Students watched them, saying to each other:

"I still can't believe those two fought."

"That fight was amazing."

"They're getting escorted by the guards, I bet they got suspended."

"Of course they got suspended."

"I love you, Kell!"

"KELL!"

Kell winked at some girl students, and their knees got weak, leaning up against one another.

Kell said to Sho, "Feels good to be loved. Right, Sho?"

Sho replied, "Do you want to die?"

"Man, you're ruthless. Better watch out for someone as scary as you. I might get hurt."

"Don't fuck with me! You're underestimating me a shit ton."

"I don't, really. Listen, some people know of your situation, I get it, I do. I felt like no one loved me when I pissed myself in third grade, then I turned around and boom, there were people who actually did love me, not caring I pissed myself at the talent show."

"Stop talking to me like we're friends. I'm not your friend."

"Trust me, I don't want to be friends with a parentless snob with anger issues."

Just then, students began to say to each other:

"The Tower of Valhalla could be showing up any day now!"

"I'm definitely getting in on that!"

"They said once a ton of earthquakes happens, then that's a sign."

"And whoever climbs the tower and beats the guy at the top, will get immortality.."

"Riches.."

"And power!"

"Awesome!"

"I'm going and I'm taking my family with me too! We can fight pretty well!"

"Who knows if there is actually fighting on the way up the tower?"

"No one knows."

"If the stories are true, I'm definitely going to the tower!"

"Same!"

"But it's too dangerous.."

"Some of us can fight!"

Sho, Kell, and the security guards were walking down another hallway, and Kell said to Sho, "Ah, the Tower of Valhalla. Been told about that as a child, and I premised my family I'd access it when it came. My family is already rich, but I'm looking to be the next head of it. I need leverage. My sister is joining as well, she just wants money for herself without having to get some from the family. What about you, Sho? You going into the tower? I know you know the rewards."

"Fuck you."

"Ah come on, stop being mean."

"Who wouldn't want to go into a tower and risk their lives for infinite happiness? You're asking dumb questions."

"I mean, I'd expect you would want to go inside the tower since you have no money whatsoever-."

"You bastard.."

One of the security guards grabbed Sho's arm before he could move, saying, "Stay still."

Sho smacked the guards hand away, and punched him in the face, yelling, "Don't touch me!"

The security guard's head smashed through a window in the hallway, and he almost fell out of it.

The other security guard exclaimed, "Oi!"

He ran towards Sho, and Sho tackled the security guard straight down a classroom door, and there were students in it, sitting down in desks with a teacher up at the front.

Sho sat on top of the security guard, and started punching him over and over.

Sho punched over and over, until multiple security guards ran into the room, and tackled Sho, pinning him to the floor.

Sho exclaimed, "You bastards! Get off me!"

Kell was casually walking down the hallway, yawning as all of this was going on.

(Hours later)

(Nighttime)

(Abandoned warehouse)

Sho was walking up the steps inside of the warehouse, in which his cot (thin bed) was on the very top, and at the bottom was just a large open space with nothing there.

Sho flipped up a light switch, and very dim light blue lights shone downstairs, and upstairs. No, the warehouse wasn't functioning with energy from itself, Sho was stealing energy from houses that had generators.

Sho took off his school jacket, and he walked towards a basket near his bed. He opened it up, and there was only an opened bag of chips inside with a half eaten apple.

'Shit. Getting low. Eh, I don't feel like going out tonight, I can survive off of this until morning.'

Sho started to eat the chips, and he finished the entire apple. He had a giant broken mirror beside his bed, and he was standing in front of it, looking at himself while eating.

He moved away from the mirror, thinking, 'That Kell guy fucked me up pretty bad, but I hurt him too. And it felt great. Who does that brat think he is? He clearly underestimated me. He's mister popular, knows what it feels like to be loved, knows what it's like to not worry about shit. Wish I knew what all that felt like.'

Minutes later, Sho was downstairs, and he was punching holes in the wall over and over like it was a punching bag. Sho had thick white wraps around his fist, and blood leaked from them, and sweat leaked from his head.

BANG!

BANG BANG!

BANG!

His fists smashed more holes inside, and blood dripped to the floor.

1 hour later, all the lights were out, and Sho was lying back first on the bed, looking at the ceiling. Sho started to remember what Kell said about the tower.

Sho thought, 'There's no way I wouldn't go into the Tower of Valhalla when it comes. Though nobody knows a lot of shit about it, we just know what happens when we reach the top. Tch, that's enough to make anyone want a shot at happiness. If I reach the top of it, I can get out of the stupid ass mess I'm in.'

Sho slowly started to close his eyes, and then he fell asleep.