The Last Kaiser - Part 1/????

Note: Hey guys!  This was a random story idea I came up with a few days back, and I felt like giving it a spin!  Let me know what you think in the comments below!

The Last Kaiser - Part 1 - Time to Get a Watch

To begin, we must start at the beginning, not of our age but of theirs.  Far outside of the Milky Way, in a realm never explored by man before, there exists a galaxy known as "Xlonjr".   It is a much smaller galaxy than most, with only a single planets outside of a sun and moon.

Now, on the planet simply known as "Kaol", there existed a race of living beings, people like us.  I say "was" because that was indeed the truth of the statement at the time.  The planet was filled with vicious creatures, and the race did not survive for long.  It lasted for a total of 100 years in our time, before the entire race became extinct due to how superior the other inhabitants were.  It was truly a case of what we call "survival of the fittest".

With that in mind, you may be wondering about this out-of-universe tale I spoke of, or if I even have a tale to tell.  Well, at one time that would have been the case, but time itself is in fact the reason that I have a tale to tell.  For in another dimension there is another race known only as the "Mardoxx".

The Mardoxx are hard to describe, for even though I have learnt much about them I still know so very little.  They are like no race I could have ever dreamed of.   These unique being do not live in the dimension we know as "time", but somehow exist outside of it. 

These beings are deeply in-tune with some strange force that in our world we would call "magic", some strange mythical power through which they were great beings.

With the ability to remain outside of time and look at it from an outward perspective, they felt great pity for the people of Koal.  While the people showed intelligence and dexterity, they simply could not stand against the greater forces that their home contained.  The race didn't have the time it needed to develop, and great potential was lost.  And so the Mardoxx came up with a way to save them.

Using their mythical powers, they sent of the first of many saviors, Sariah. She was one of the strongest Mardoxx, and agreed to assist with the growth of the people.  Sent back to the beginning ages of the race, she came as their leader, and the people welcomed the leadership with open arms.  The race then existed for another 200 years, until the death of Sariah, whom now affected by the dimension of time aged unto death.  Then the race of people, still not fully developed, once again fell to destruction.

Pleased by the success of Sariah, the Mardoxx began sending more of their people, each one extending the planet's existence by about 200 years.  The people continually accepted their new leaders, and their saviors became known as Kaisers.  The Kaisers led the people with great courage and wisdom, and the people revered them for it.  

However, after over 5000 years of the race's existence, the Mardoxx began to grow impatient.  While the people grew in intelligence, so did other life on the planet.  Like a never-ending cycle, once the Kaisers stopped coming, the people disappeared in a mere few years.  Around 7500 years the other creatures actually began to develop faster than the people the Kaiser , they began to believe the race was truly hopeless.  After 10,000 years even the Kaisers could not save the people any longer.  They felt like the race had a good existence, and sent the last of the Kaisers, and left the race to it's demise, deciding to move onto other matters.

But even that isn't the end of the story.  I could tell you the history of the Kaisers, of the 10,000 years of the planet's existence, but there is a great tale to tell.  For when the Mardoxx though their connection with Kaol was over, they couldn't have been further from the truth.  The real tale I have to tell starts at the end, with the Last Kaiser, Shiron.

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Talia sighed as she opened the curtains, revealing once again the twilight in the sky.  How long had it been there?  Months?  Years?  She didn't know, they lost track of the days a while ago, and she didn't even know when.  The ruinous landscape hadn't changed much either, though there did appear to be a few more dead bodies lying around.  What had they done to deserve this?

She decided not to dwell on it and instead focus on the job at hand.  A maid's work was never done, after all.  She showered, combed her blue hair, then put on the traditional blue and black dress custom among servants of her rank.  After a bit of thought, she decided the first task of the day would be to find where the draft was coming from in the throne room. Talia sighed again as she began the incredibly interesting task of staring at walls for an hour trying to find out where the cold air was coming from.

"Talia, why on Kaol are you staring at that wall?"

Talia almost jumped.  Recognizing the voice, she immediately spun around and quickly curtsied, feeling rather embarrassed.

"K-Kaiser!  G-good morning, my lord, you're up unusually early!"

The young man sitting on the throne laughed.  

"Geez, I would've thought after knowing me for so long you wouldn't completely ignore me like that!  Honestly, you passed right in front of me about four times!"

"M-my apologies sire, I meant no disrespect."

He laughed again.  "What's with all the respectful words, Talia?  It's a bit unusual for you to be THIS much of a suck-up.   I mean, yeah I'm Kaiser, but you've been my best maid for what, nineteen er...actually, how many years has it been?"

"As long as you've been here, I believe."

"Yeah, good enough," he said, yawning and stretching out over his throne.  Talia couldn't help but giggle seeing the "Great and Powerful Shiron" sprawled out in such an undignified manner.  While it was true that he was still in his younger days as a Kaiser, having only been around for about 20 years, he was still a bit unusual.  Very stubborn, very cocky, and always ready to start a fight.  He looked the part too: long yet spiked white hair, royal yet stained purple, strange markings all over his body that looked more like tattoos than runic symbols, he was truly one-of a kind.

"So, what do we have for breakfast?" Shiron said, playing around with his massive sword.

Talia sighed.  "Unfortunately, we have very little right now, the suppliers haven't been able to give us anything for awhile due to the recent monster infestation outside the castle."

Shiron stood up. "Well then, why don't we go hunting?  Kill some of those freaks, clear out the front of the castle, and have a delicious feast with their meat afterwards!"

"I really would advise otherwise Kaiser...they've been increasingly resistant to the Kaisers for the last few centuries, I'm not sure even you could handle a whole army of them."

"Nonsense, I can take em' all on!  Other Kaisers may have had trouble, but I'm the greatest Kaiser ever!  Ain't nobody that can stop the 'Great and Poweful Shiron!"

Talia grew desperate.  "Please, don't go!  At least for my sake if for not your own..."

His excitement quickly turned to that of disappointment, and he sat down.  As Talia gave a sigh of relief, she noticed that once again something seemed off about Shiron.  Even though he was rather unusual, he'd been increasingly impatient lately, sometimes even depressed.  Perhaps now was the time to talk about it.

"You alright, sire?"  She said, walking over to him.

"Eh?  Yeah, I'm fine..." he said, now looking even more frustrated than before.

She put her hand on his and smiled.  "You can tell me what's on your mind, Kaiser, I'll do everything I can to hel-"

"STOP CALLING ME KAISER!!!!"  He said, banging his hands on the armrests, Talia pulling her hand out of the way just in time, and the whole castle shook.  

They both stared at the ground in silence for a what seemed like hours.  Then, much to her surprise, Shiron stood up with a very serious look on his face.

"...Shiron?" 

"I...am no Kaiser.  The Kaisers were great and powerful leader, respected and loved by all.  They had millions of admirers, massive kingdoms, and stood in the frontlines of many glorious battles.  Every single one of them is in the history books, filled with stories, legends, songs, some even receiving worship."

His fists began to tremble.

"And yet here I am, living in a crumbling castle, watching the world fall apart around me while I can do nothing but sit and watch.  There won't be stories about me, there won't be songs, there won't be legends; no one will be alive to write them.  I have no admirers, all of them are dead."

Through rage and to the great surprise of Talia, he tore the throne right out of the floor, and threw it through the closed window, shattering it and falling down the mountain.

"I DESERVED NO LESS THAN THEM!!!!  I AM SHIRON, THE GREAT AND POWERFUL KAISER!!!   WHY MUST I BE CURSED TO LIVE THIS PATHETIC EXISTENCE!!!  I AM JUST AS STRONG AS THE REST!!!  I DESERVE TO BE ADORED!!!  I DESERVE TO BE FEARED!!!  I DESERVE TO BE HONORED!!!  I DESERVE A REAL KINGDOM!!!  I DESERVE TO BE A REAL KAISER!!!"

Talia stood in absolute shock as she watched her friend in so much rage that his sweat was like drops of blood.  She'd never seen him like this before.  Depressed, sure, mad, sure, but never to this degree.  What should she say?  She tried, but no words would come.  All she could do was stare in sorrow.

"I...I'm sorry, Talia."  Shiron said, looking down.  "I didn't want to put this impossible burden on you."

Talia tried her best to give a smile, despite feeling everything but happy.  "I...I'm sorry you had to be sent to this cursed time, Shiron.  You're right, you didn't deserve this.  But there's nothing we can do about it.  All we can do is just keep moving on, and hope for the best..."

She looked towards him fearing she had said the wrong thing.  Her fear turned to immediate shock.  His previously distressed face now had an incredibly large smile.  In fact, it almost looked like he was laughing.  Then she began to hear it.  The laughter grew and grew in volume, and suddenly the whole castle began to shake once again.  It became so loud that Talia closed her eyes and put as much pressure on her ears as possible to protect them from becoming damaged.  

As everything began to calm down, Talia looked up once again, and the man that was nearly crumbling apart in rage was now smiling with determination, looking brighter than she had ever remember him being before.

"Shiron...you okay?"

Shiron laughed.  "Okay!?  I have never been this happy in my whole life!!!  I've finally found it, the answer to both of our problems, I'VE THOUGHT OF A WAY WHERE WE CAN LIVE THE LIFE BOTH OF US HAVE BEEN DESTINED TO LIVE OUR WHOLE LIVES!!!!"

"What are you saying!?" Talia said, trying to comprehend exactly what he was talking about.

"Time!!!  Just as my people manipulated time to fulfill their desires, so shall we!!!  We will travel back in time and take what is rightfully ours!!!"

"Are you suggesting we go back to a happier time?"

"Not merely just returning to the glory days, we'll defeat one of the Kaisers and rule the time that we were destined to have!!!"

Talia's head was swirling with various emotions, both positive and negative.  "Are you suggesting we take out one of the previous Kaisers!?"

Shiron laughed.  "Exactly!!!  If I defeat one of the previous Kaisers, it will prove once and for all that I am the superior Kaiser and deserve to rule in their place!!!"

"You sure you can do this?  I mean, can you really travel back in time?"
"We Kaisers have had the power to do so for as long as I can remember, though none of them had the guts to use it."

Talia giggled.  It might be because messing with time is known to typically not be a good idea...and yet maybe it was.  She had to admit, as crazy as the idea sounded, it also felt so...right.  To live in a time where there was peace and prosperity, where there were other people she could talk to and have fun with, where everything was once right in the world...the idea had a lot of promise.  It's not like she could stop him anyways, he WAS Kaiser after all.

"If you truly think this is for the best, sire, then you have my full support." She said, giving a curtsy of respect.  

Shiron laughed once more as he lifted up his great sword in victory.  His future awaited within the past.