NewType: Chrono Scream (first arc - chapters 1-20)

This is a story I've started to make, constructive criticism and advice on future chapters will be great. (BTW, Gingka's name is pronounced 'jing-ah'.) Any references to people (if any), living or dead, are purely coincidental.

Chapter 1: The Awakening
We know there are worlds out there that are similar to ours. There are also many stories of phenomenons that have yet been explained. This is one of those stories. In a forest on a parallel world similar to Earth in many ways, called Darminia, a lone arctic wolf lay asleep. He had completely white fur and a tuft of fur on his head that split into two bangs that were green near the edges. He had a black belt with studs wrapped around his neck and stomach. He had leg armor on both upper thighs. The wolf's name was Gingka.

Gingka opened his eyes, the hazel irises reflected in the rising summer sun. "Oh man", he yawned, "What a nap...." He put his head down on his furry paws. "Hmm?", he said, noticing his white forelegs. "Wait..... what?", he was looking at his body in a panic. "No way!", he screamed, "I've been turned into a wolf!". Gingka nearly fainted out of shock, but stood up anyway after a half hour of letting it sink in. He took one step forward, and lurched into a faceplant. "That didn't go so well", he said, brushing the dirt off of his nose and head. He tried once again and soon got into a good rhythm. "H-hey! This is easy!", he laughed. Gingka started running joyfully at his mastery of his new form. After running through twigs and underbrush he finally saw a light shimmering through the canopy.

He was blinded for a quick second, but the scenery took Gingka's breath away. There were numerous trees surrounding a shining crystal clear lake. The bank was dotted by what seemed to be an infinite amount of stones. The sky was a blue as the lake itself, and the sun was just about in the middle of the sky; noontime. "Woww.....", Gingka said, at a loss for words. The wonderful sight was interrupted by some smoke in the distance. "Wonder who's over there? Maybe they know what happened to me." Gingka hopped down the cliffside and dashed through the grass, tickling him.

When Gingka got to where the smoke was coming from, it wasn't a campfire. A nearby building lay in ruins while something large caught Gingka's eye. It looked like a medium-sized panther, but there were no eyes to be seen on it's head. There were sharp blades on its shoulders and elbows, and a huge axe at the tip of its tail. It somehow sensed his presence. Snarling, its claws shot out of its paws, and the blades on its body sharpened and enlarged. Gingka, growing scared, didn't know what to do. He had never been in a fight before. So, as usual, he went with instinct: run. Gingka darted forward towards the beast, as it did the same. It pounced at the arctic wolf. It had pinned Gingka underneath one of its humongous paws. It started pressing down, squeezing his ribcage. Gingka could do nothing to stop it, he was going to die. Minutes before he lost conciousness, a shadow darted past him. The shadow looked much like a cat's. Unknown to Gingka how it did this, it split into three copies of itself! Each one raced toward the eyeless feline, before jumping into the air, doing a somersault. Gingka was losing breath quickly, and everything was going white. Just before he blacked out, he heard the cat cry out something, It sounded like an attack name: 'Triple Saw Barrage'.

When he came to, the beast was lying on the ground, fading. The cat who saved him was standing overhead. "Are you okay", he said, looking worried. "You almost died, facing a Flood like that." Gingka was confused. "F-flood? What's that?", he asked, sitting up. He looked at the cat's face. It was completely black and had a diamond-shaped patch on its forehead, near the bridge of the nose; along with a few fringes of hair stylized in a sideways position. "That beast you just fought, was a Flood. Its one of the lower-leveled Deformed." Gingka's eyes widened. "Low-leveled?! That thing almost killed me!" "Calm down, hothead. By the way, who are you? Where did you come from?" "I'm- I'm a human, but I got transformed into... this", Gingka replied to the confused cat, "Who are you?" "Wait, wait wait- a human? You look like a normal wolf to me. By the way, I'm Twilight. You don't look so good. Lemme take you back to my campground," he said with a friendly look in his eyes. Gingka was taken by surprise. "Does this guy trust every stranger he meets? Oh well, may as well take up his offer." Gingka was silent for a moment, then replied, "Sure, w-where is it?" The cat smiled, "Follow me." Both of them walked lively into the forest as the sun was setting.