After the End prologue: The Summer Storm
#1 of After the End
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101** _ years ago, during the Long Winter_**
Oyashima is a distinctive land, the only surviving nation in the East, home of the Sintonese, the yokai, and of course, the kami. It was here that three foreign gods requested an audience with Susanoo, kami of the sea, the storm, and chaos. He had no bad intentions, but an awful temper. This caused many problems in the past. He had made his sister, the sun, hide for years on end. He had laid waste to the entire Shintonese colony of Hindu. And he was about to destroy even more.
"Zeus did WHAT?" Susanoo was beyond angry. Typhoons raged across the spirit world. The only thing that kept all of Oyashima from destruction was the various Torii gates that formed the barrier between the spirits and humans. Most shrines to him were protected against his strong winds or else they'd all be destroyed in his rage.
"Master of the winds," the three figures said in four voices, all bowing in turn. Each shrouded in darkness, but at one's feet, a patch of red sand formed. Another seemed to have ram horns and the third seemed to have two faces. "It wasn't just Zeus. Jupiter, Frey, and Horus each, in turn, insulted you. Zeus and Jupiter bragged that they could summon better storms. Horus doubted the sharpness of your sword, and Frey called you a blustering storm god that does nothing but destroy."
"I do NOT! I bring summer rains to the crops! That's it... Thank you for telling me, and so soob until my power returns. Kaminari-sama, my old friend, ready your drums of war and your army. My old friend, we're marching on the world! Rouse Typhon on Eta Island, we'll need him in our revenge!"
The three figures turned to each other.
"Chaos is coming to Mythos, boys. And in the aftermath? The world will be our playhouse," the sandy one said. "Ragnorok will happen in a year, and after that? We strike with this hot-headed idiot and his generals."
They never did. Ragnorok was too messy for them. Instead, each of the three gained a place in their respective nations and forgot about Susanoo.
But the summer storm never forgets.
Never.