In a realm, long unbidden by the laws that govern earth, lies an expansive plane, wherein light has not intruded since millenia untold. The realm is not of blackness, but of a pure emptiness, the likes of which have never been witnessed by mortal eyes.  In this vast nothingness, a light appears. The darkness shies away, as if it were some monstrous creature. In that small oasis of brightness, sits a child. The child has no memory, no family. In this child's hands lie the fate of the cosmos. And though she does not know it yet, this child's name is Akira.