Through Crimson Eyes

Year 2011, people of Estrife lead a peaceful life. Men went to work, children went to school, everything was fine, except in the shadows. For in the shadows lurked the creatures known as the Unseen. The Unseen targeted humans and ate them which helped them in becoming stronger. The Unseen were creatures which could not be seen with the naked eye despite their huge size, the one who could see them is a 15-year old boy Matt Crimson. Matt has unusual eyes which can turn Crimson Red which allow him to see the Unseen. His father was a well known priest who used to save people from the Unseen but 3 years ago he mysteriously disappeared without a trace. Matt looked into his father's notes and got a clue where his father might be. And the only one who might have known about his father's whereabouts was Shinosuke Takahara, an old friend of Matt's father. Matt went to old man Takahara to question him about his father. Takahara put up a deal that if he would take care of the Unseen lurking in the shadows for him he'll tell him when the time comes and gives Matt a Scythe which he can summon anytime. Later on, Matt is joined by two more people, Katie and Kai with whom he forms the U.E.S. (Unseen Extermination Squad) and steps forward to eradicate the Unseen and find the reason of his father's disappearance.

Name: Matt Crimson
Age: 17
Weapons and Spells: Scythe, Sword, Necro Spells
Special Ability: Crimson Eyes - Allow Matt to see the Unseen
Bio: A mysterious boy who searches for answers to his questions about his missing father. Mr. Takahara who is an old friend of Matt's father hands over Matt a Scythe which he can split into two and transform it into a Sword. He can also join his dual weapons to form a new one. He also uses Necro(Dark) Spells.

Name: Katie Stafford
Age: 15
Weapons and Spells: Bombs, Dynamites, Fire Spells
Special Ability: Explosion - Lits up bombs no matter where they are
Bio: Katie is a happy-go lucky girl and is also Matt's childhood friend and his class mate. Katie had an interest in Matt for a long time but Matt never realised that. She helps Matt in saving people from the Unseen and to find his missing father.

Name: Kai
Age: 17
Weapons and Spells: Twin Guns, Wind Spells
Special Ability: Shadow Gale - Can manipulate his own shadow and use it to attack his enemies
Bio: Kai lost his parents when he was very young and was then raised by his Uncle. His Uncle taught him the ways of an assassin and then he too passed away when Kai was 15. At first he believes that Matt's father was the one responsible for his parents' death but when he sees Matt's true nature and learns of his past, he decides to help Matt in his mission.

"Unngghh.... who's calling my name this early in the morning..."

Matt walks to the window and looks down, Matt sees a girl yelling

Girl: "Matt!! Come on already!! It's school tiimme!!!".

Matt: "Not her again..."

Matt walks away from the window. He takes out his school uniform and

starts wearing it. After done changing, he takes his bag and opens the

door and walks out. While heading for the stairs, Matt stops at the

door of his father's Study Room. After a few seconds, he continues

walking down and goes to the kitchen.

Matt's mother: "Oh Matt! You're awake. Good Morn-"

Matt: "Good Morning mother."
replies Matt to her mother who was about to finish her sentence.

Matt's mother: "Oh, well here's your breakfast. Eat it on your way,

okay?"

Matt nods to what her mother said and leaves the house.

Matt's mother: "After all these years, he still hasn't been able to

forget you..."thinks Matt's mother to herself after seeing off Matt.

Just as Matt walks a few steps, he hears a girl shouting at him.

Girl: "Matt!! Good Morn-"

Matt: "Good Morning Katie."
Matt cuts off the girl before she could say "Good Morning" and starts

walking to his way to school.

Katie: "Matt! Wait uuupp!!"
echoes Katie's voice as she runs after Matt who went ahead of her.

Soon after that, Matt and Katie reach their school. When Matt and Katie

enter their class, the girls start whispering.

Girl 1: "Look! It's Matt!"
Girl 2: "Aah! He's so cool!"

Matt silently sits down on his chair and takes out a book from his bag

and starts reading it whereas Katie glares at those girls that are

looking at Matt with lovey-dovey eyes.

Katie: "Tch! Why do they have to be after Matt?"
Thinks Katie to herself while she sits down next to Matt.

And so the school starts. Everything goes like a flow. *ding dong ding*

The bell rings, it's home time.

Class Representative: "Stand! Bow!"

As the students start leaving, Katie quickly turns to Matt and says

Katie: "Hey Matt! Wanna ha-"

But is surprised to see Matt already gone. Katie picks up her bag and

runs out but doesn't see Matt anywhere. She runs in the halls looking

for him but he's nowhere to be found. At last, when she goes to the

back of the building, she sees Matt with a girl who's handing over a

letter to Matt.

Girl: "I... you.... I want you to... read this..."

Matt looks at the letter, then looks at the girl.

Matt: "I am sorry, but I have no intention of being involved in this

kind of relationship."

And saying so, he takes his leave. The girl breaks into tears. It does

hurt Katie how Matt reacted to her but she was thanking God on the

other side that Matt didn't accept her letter. Curious why Matt

rejected the girl, Katie follows Matt and asks him upfront.

Katie: "Why? Why did you refuse the girl's proposal?"

Matt tries to ignore Katie's question but because of her constantly

asking, he replies

Matt: "It's like I said, I don't have any intention of being in an

unnecessary relation."

Katie: "Ho-How could you say that Matt?! She was one of those girls who

like you so much. She gathered up all her courage to confess to you and

you just rejected her?!"

Matt: "......"

Katie: "Even I.... Even I like-"

Matt suddenly felt a dark presence.

Matt: "Look out!!"

Matt hurrily pushed away Katie. Katie fell on the ground.

Katie: "Matt!! What did you do that for?!"

Matt: "Run! Run away as fast as you can!"

Katie: "Huh? M-Matt? What are you-"

Matt: "I SAID RUN!!"

Upon hearing Matt yell at her, Katie quickly stood up and started

running. As soon as she got a few steps away, Matt's eyes started

turning crimson red. It was as if blood was spreading in his pupil.

Matt: "Oh no you don't!"
said Matt as he quickly held a shadowy figure's face in his hand. Matt

lifted his hand mid-air, suddenly a dark aura surrounded Matt's arm and

flowed to Matt's hand where it turned into a scythe. Matt swung the

scythe at a short-distance and cut the shadowy figure in two and it

disappeared in thin air. Matt then turned around to see lots of Unseen surrounding him and said in a calm

tone

Matt: "Alright, who's next?"

*EPISODE 1 |Crimson Eyes| END*

Matt stood between the defeated Lurkers and slowly, one by one, they vanished into thin air. Matt's Scythe faded away by his will and

he picked up his bag and went on his way to home. At 9:30 PM, there was a knock on Matt's door.

Katie: "Umm.. Matt... it's me, Katie..."

For some reason Katie seemed timid than usual.

Matt: "It's open, come in."

Katie slowly opened the door and closed it behind her. Matt was lying on his bed while reading a magazine. Katie sat on the chair that

was besides Matt's study table and said in a low voice.

Katie: "Those.... things..... what were they?"

Matt half-ignored Katie's question by replying:

Matt: "You don't need to know, it's none of your concern."

Katie: "But.... those things lunged towards me... as if they tried to eat me... tell me Matt! What were they?! And why did your eyes turn

red?!"

At hearing that, Matt put down the magazine and sat on his bed.

Matt: "You saw me didn't you? I thought I told you to run away."

Katie: "I couldn't! I just.... couldn't....."

Katie faced down, almost about to break into tears.

Matt: "This isn't like you Katie, however, if you really want to know about them, I'll tell you since you've already seen them and my

Scythe. But you are not to tell anyone of what I am about to tell you."

Katie looked up and replied with an okay.

Matt: "The creatures you saw tonight, are called the Unseen. They lurk in the dark, waiting for a victim for them to attack and slowly

devour their minds."

Katie became serious at hearing those words.

Matt: "Usually, they cannot be seen with the naked eye, only those who possess the "Crimson Eyes", like me can see them."

Katie looked a bit confused.

Katie: "But then, how was I able to see them?"

Matt: " I don't know, but I do know a person who might know. You've got some time, right?"

Katie nodded.

Matt: "Good, we're going outside."

At hearing that Katie shook up a bit.

Katie: "Eh? B-but aren't those Unseen still outside?"

Matt: "Don't worry, I'm with you."

Matt's words seemed to have calmed Katie down. Matt stood up and wore his jacket.

Matt: "Let's go Katie."

Katie: "R-right!"

With that said, they both went outside. It was a chilly weather and Katie was shivering a little.

Katie: "W-where are we going?"

Matt: "We're going to see an old friend of my father, Mr. Takahara."

Katie: "B-b-but what does he has to do with all this?"

Matt took off his jacket and put it on Katie.

Matt: "You'll know soon."

After a small walk, they reached an old Japanese styled shop. The name of the shop, "Shop and Sell" was written on a board atop the

entrance. Matt slided the door and entered, Katie followed her.

Matt: "Old man Takahara! Where are you?!"

A voice came from the inside replying to Matt's yell.

Matt: "I'm here, I'm here! Be there in a minute!"

SFX: *rumble* *rumble**crash!*

Katie: "I-is he alright?!"

???: "Yes yes! I am fin- ouch!"

Matt: "He's fine, he does this often."

A man nearly of age 50 came out of a room on the right.

???: "Ow, and I am not old, ya' little twerp!"

The man yelled at Matt.

Matt: "Oh really?" said Matt with narrow eyes. "Anyways, Katie, this is Mr. Takahara, or just call him Old man Takahara."

Mr. Takahara: "I said I'm not ol- Why hello there! What a beautiful young lady!"

Katie: "Err... thank you, Mr. Takahara."

Mr. Takahara: "My my! What a mannerful young lass!"

Matt interrupted Mr. Takahara and said:

Matt: "We can do this another time. Old man, I need some help. It's about the Unseen."

Mr. Takahara suddenly got a serious expression.

Matt: "Don't worry about her, she knows about them. She even saw them earlier tonight."

Mr. Takahara: "What?!"

Mr. Takahara said in surprise and then looked carefully at Katie.

Mr. Takahara: "Come with me inside you two."

Matt and Katie followed his order and silently walked behind him in a room. They sat down on cushions around a table.

Mr. Takahara: "Now, Katie was it? Tell me, have you ever experienced something related to occult?"

Katie: "No, I haven't."

Mr. Takahara: "Anything, perhaps a ghost encounter?"

Katie: "A ghost....?"

Katie went in deep thought and then suddenly said:

Katie: "Yes! I did encounter one when I was in elementary school. It appeared in the hallway at night when me and my friends were

doing a courage test alone. When it appeared, it said something and then suddenly went through me! After that I fainted. My friends

took me home and my parents said I was asleep for 2 days straight."

Mr. Takahara: "Hmm..."

Matt: "Remembered something, old man?"

Mr. Takahara: "Yes, I did. Katie, what you saw there on that night wasn't just a ghost, it was an Unseen. That type of Unseen is called a

"Possesser". What it said to you were incantations to enter you and take over you. But for some reason, you didn't become affected by it.

Tell me, who treated you when you were brought home?"

Katie: "My parents said it was Matt's father."

Matt became attentive at hearing that.

Mr. Takahara: "I had a hunch, that old idiot."

Matt: "Why, what happened?"

Mr. Takahara: "That idiot did however purify you from the Possesser, but he left it's ability inside of you."

Katie: "E-eh?"

Mr. Takahara: "What he left inside you, is the ability to incant spells and absorb energy. You see, only the Possessers can incant spells,

they can also absorb many other things to power itself, and those were left in you."


Katie: "But what does that have to do with me being able to see the Unseen?"

Matt: "It's simple. When one has the ability of an Unseen, he or she can see the Unseen as a side-effect from the abilities."

Mr. Takahara: "Precisely."

Matt: "But one question remains, why wasn't she able to encounter one before?"

Mr. Takahara: "That was your father's doing. He placed a shield around Katie that didn't let any Unseen harm her and didn't let Katie

be able to see the Unseen. And it could only be deactivated when you used your powers near her. And that is what you did tonight by

using your Crimson Eyes."

Matt: "I see...."

Mr. Takahara: "Now that Katie's shield has worn off, she can be harmed by the Unseen. And for that, she needs offense."

Mr. Takahara stood up and opened a drawer. He took out a book and handed it over to Katie.

Mr. Takahara: "That book is called "Hi no Jumon no Hon" or in English, "The Book of Fire Spells". You'll be needing that book if you

want to protect yourself."

Katie took the book and opened it. Inside, everything was written about fire spells in detail.

Mr. Takahara: "Unlike Matt, you have to memorize these spells. You'll also be needing training. Matt, you know the drill."

Matt: "Yeah yeah, come on Katie."

Katie: "But where are we going?"

Matt: "To the place where you'll be practicing your spells, the Training Dimension."

Katie: "The what?!"

Matt: "Let's go!"

Matt pulled Katie up and dragged her into the backside of the store. Matt opened the door of the store room and went inside.

Katie: "THIS is the Training Dimension?!"

Matt: "This is the Gate to the Training Dimension."

Matt held up his hand to the wall and incanted the word "Veriza". Suddenly a warp whole was created. Matt told Katie to follow him

and went inside. Katie was scared a bit but did what Matt told her to. Once she entered inside. she saw a rocky area with a river on the

left side and a forest on the right. The whole place freaked Katie out a bit.

Matt: "This is the Training Dimension, where I had trained and where you'll be training....."

Meanwhile, in the previous room where everyone was sitting, Mr. Takahara was sitting on the floor with his arms crossed.

Mr. Takahara: "Everything is going how you had planned it.... Jack... your son has grown into a fine man... you'd better be alright

when he comes for you...."

*EPISODE 2 |Why can I see them?| END*