The teenager reaches a 2 storey building, circular in structure. The orange colour glows as the sun shines so brightly. It was surrounded by beautiful flora. It was like 2 concentric circles, one with fauna and the other was the building.
He stands in front of the main door and stares up, at the board where it is written in bold - "SUSAN SCHOOL".
He enters the one and only classroom, which is quite big. His arrival causes a disturbance in the atmosphere of some talkative boys, whose eyes are stuck to the black-shirted boy, though they were new as well.
He takes a vacant seat and puts his bag on the table. While he was searching for something in the bag, a voice distracted him-
"My name is Priya Gupta, nice to meet you"
The voice froze him, he imagined himself in a terrain full of beauty all around, and the sweet breeze made the environment the most beautiful it could be.
He turns his head towards her smiling face. She looks like an angel, this is what he thought. Hair so beautiful, one will definitely fall for her, her face was indescribable to portray the beauty.
"Hel...Hell...." the boy blushed, "what are you doing idiot!" he exclaims in his mind. "I'm Kamui, Kamui Kazama".
"What a nice name!", she replies
The conversation was interrupted by the arrival of a tall and slim guy who seemed to be the teacher. He slams his book on the podium and stands, stares for seconds, now stares at the green board, opens his mouth -
"Hello children, I am your teacher, the first teacher for your new journey in this world. My name is Abel. I have got a golden opportunity to guide all these cute children."
All the students start murmuring.
Abel clears his throat, "Well, you should not ignore me. Let's just focus on the subject. You are all unknown to this power system. A power system given to us by some gods they say, gifted? Really? Who knows? Just a goddamn theory, in my opinion. From where did this god come? Why did he intend to aid us? How do we control Susano? All these questions are still undiscovered, and only some mere theories are made on them."
Priya raises her hand, and Abel gestures for her to ask,
"Sir, then why are these things not discovered yet? I heard that it's around 2000 years since we got susano"
Abel replies, "Well, well, you seem a smart child to me. Research is not a child's play, my kid, it needs patience and whatnot! That's why we are building you - an intelligent mind to do so. Let's forget the history and just get to the present."
He took a break for air and was distracted by a knock on the door. Abel rushes to open it.
Kamui recognises the guy on the door, it's him, Kageyama Akira. The teacher and Akira were talking, and Priya interrupted Kamui's concentration.
"Well dosen't it seem cool ?" she asked.
"What ?"
Priya takes a sigh, maybe she realises that he is an idiot but a funny boy.
"The power system, Susano, history, don't you think....they are cool?" She says
"Oh yeah actually. I am very excited to learn more. I think we all are, and it's just the beginning, and it is becoming so cool." Kamui replies.
Abel returns and speaks again, "Sorry for this interruption, he was Kageyama Akira, an S rank. Oh, poor kids, you don't know what S rank is."
He sits in a chair and draws a map on the green board. There were 3 islands in proximity to one another. If we join their centres, it would definitely be, no doubt a triangle.
"It's the known world. Yes, only this, the 3 Great nations. Now you ask why we are not exploring. The answer is really too short - 'We can't'. The 'Deadly Ocean' restricts our research. It's not deadly by the name, but its composition. Whatever lies on it, it melts strangely, and boom! No traces left. Somehow, some animals can survive on them, but they are not normal. We see them rarely, we see them shiny, we see them big, we call them 'Divine animals'. "
The students seem confused.
Abel continued, "Don't give me that look. Just know that these are our obstacles and we need to find a way to counter them. And the one who does, is someone really to be appreciated."
By hearing this Kamui just got more eager to know about the world. As if he wants "to be the appreciated one".
Abel tells, "Now let's focus on the main thing. You are going to awaken Susano's power, that's what we imagine. If you don't, so don't worry because many aren't able to awaken. In the 3 nations we found-".
The teacher was again interrupted by a doubt-
"Sir, if we can't cross the ocean, how did we find 3 nations?"
Abel stares at the kid as if he sees a big leader inside him.
"Oh my god! Good question. The ocean does not instantly kill the object. The proximity between the nations is such that a boat could survive in the water."
Abel continues, "Where were we? Oh yeah, the 3 nations built a power scaling system. From D to SSS rank. Where above A comes S, then SS in the above ranking, and the highest being SSS. I am a C rank Susan."
A naughty kid whispers to his friend, "Of course, that's why he is here." Both laugh
Abel continues, "One leader is ruling his nation. So we have 3, and I forgot to mention the nations' names - Indo, Hinko, and Jinto. We live in Indo, and that's what everyone knows, but needed to be mentioned."
"Our nation is run by a powerful leader, the most powerful among the 3 leaders. We all respect him, his name is Yama."
Abel bows his head when he calls Yama's name. Kamui and others were astonished to see that much respect.
Abel continues, "all the nations have 10 teams for their official Susans, where each team has its own captain as the 2nd most powerful after the commander, the most powerful. Generally, they are S and SS rank respectively."
Kamui thinks, "So Kageyama must be a captain !".
Abel says a point, "Missions assigned to Susans also have these rankings, but we send the Susans so that their rankings, when added up, just double the rank of the mission for safety."
Abel continues, "Enough for the bookish knowledge. And now we must dive into the fun part. All listen carefully and watch."
He raises his right hand's 1st finger and speaks in a low voice
"Jal: finger"
Water, like shot by huge pressure, cut through the hard ground. All the students gaped as they couldn't believe that the water came out of the finger.
Abel laughs and says, "This is Susano! "
While the teaching continues, in the same building, Kageyama walks on the stairs leading to the 2nd floor. He walks like his life depends on it. He stands in front of a door that was titled - "Indo leader".
Kageyama knocks.
"Come in", a very mature tone came from the other side.
Kageyama opens the door and behold the leader's room. Yama sits on his chair, facing the same side Kageyama was facing. He is staring at the window and watching kids playing.
"Kageyama, I have trusted you so long. You are one of my favourites."
Kageyama replies, "Don't put a butter old man, you are also my favourite. So is it dangerous?"
Yama nods and turns back his rotating chair.
"I need you to accomplish this mission, an S rank, sorry you have to go alone, no other is available this time, and it's-"
"Urgent, " Kageyama says, "I know. What's the location, I will do it because I don't fear, you know and also we both have white hair-"
He stopped as the bald head of Yama shone.
"Aaah, I mean you 'had' " Says the comedic guy
"Be mature now, Akira. We can't afford this stupidity. It's Mount Makamoto."
Kageyama's eyes widened in pure astonishment, he had goosebumps while listening to the location as if his terrible past was connected to-
Mount Makamoto