Chapter 6 - Emi Nakashima's Past

I remember perfectly that day... It was cold outside, of course, because it was winter a few days before Christmas.

Emi was on top of a bridge, she was standing on the fence in the border of falling.

I wanted to commit suicide, my parents didn't want me and they only wanted my sister, they didn't love me... they never cared about what happened to me, they only cared about their business. My sister was the only one who cared about me, she worried a lot about me and I was thankful of that, but it gotten worse over years.

"How are you Emi?" A blonde girl asked

I was silent.

The girl threw her things to the floor "How cold" she then sai

"Cold?" I said "Isn't throwing my things to the floor worse?"

"Oh? Talking back to me?" The girl pulled her hair.

"Hey stop!" I said

"Fine" The girl let go

I started getting bullied at the age of 13 and at 16 I decided that I couldn't handle it anymore, I decided to end my suffering.

"I'm sorry big sister.." I said

I jumped... Images passed through my head, they were about my sister and about when I was a kid, when my parents still cared for me.

I felt a hand grabbing my arm.

"Eh?" I said, suprised

I couldn't see his face clearly, but I knew he was a male.

"Let go of me!" I said "I want to die!"

I tried to make him let go of me, but his grip was tight.

"Let go of me!" I began crying "I have no reason to live!"

The unknown boy pulled her up and fell to the floor backwards.

"Why did you save me!" Emi shouted at him "I didn't want to be saved!"

I could see his face properly now, he had bright orange eyes that you could compare it a bit to the sun and had a friendly smile.

"Thank god that I made it on time" The boy said

"Why did you save me?" I asked

"Hm? What do you mean?" The boy asked

"You dummy!" I began crying "I wanted to die!"

The boy stood up "I see.."

I kept crying.

"Go ahead" He said

I was suprised "W-What..?" I said, while crying still.

"I said go ahead, jump" He said "Your family will be sad about it"

I walked up to him, mad "My family?! My parents don't care about me! My sister is the only one that cares!"

"Like I said before, your sister will be sad about your death" He said "You want that?"

"S-she'll just forget about me!" I said, while crying still

"Is that what you think?" He asked

"Huh?" I said, confused

"That's what YOU think" He said "That might make a big impact on her, most likely worse"

"Worse?" I asked

"You don't want that to happen, don't you?" He said "I wouldn't want that to happen to my brother"

"Then! What should I do!" I shouted at him "I don't want to suffer anymore!"

He had a smile that calmed you "Let's talk about it" he said calmly

"Talk about it?" I said, confused

"Of course!" He said "It won't stop your suffering, but I can help"

"Help?" I said, suprised, because no one had ever asked me.

"Yeah, I'll help you" He said "I'll do whatever I can"

I stopped crying "But why are you helping me?"

He pulled out a blue handkerchief from his coat and he wiped my tears off. "Why don't we get something to drink?"

"A drink?" I asked

"What? You want to eat too?" He smiled "Sure, I'll pay for it" He said and started walking off.

I was hesitant at first, but I agreed at the end, maybe because I was hungry...

(In a nearby restaurant)

I was eating some steak and drinking some cola.

"So, you really were hungry" He smiled "So tell me, why did you want to kill yourself?"

"My parents don't care about me, I'm getting bullied in school" She said "I have no purpose in life!"

"That's... it?" He asked

"What?" I said, suprised

"You see.." He said "My brother used to get bullied as well, I always conforted him and protected him, doesn't your sister do that?"

"She's in another school" I said

"But if she was in your school, she would protect you, wouldn't she?" He said "You should look at your messages"

I turned my phone on, there were a few messages from my big sister, she was worried about me.

"You should enjoy life" He said "Enjoy your life with your sister, no matter what other people say, that bond can't be broken by them"

"What happened to your brother?" I asked

He looked down "He... died" I noticed that he was still smiling, but you could feel some sadness on him.

"I-I'm very sorry" I said

"No, it's okay" He said calm "My parents died with him"

"Huh?" I said, very suprised

"They died in a fire" He said "I was lucky to have survived" he looked a bit angry "It was an arsonist who did it... I told myself to seek revenge on him, but he was released and died by unknown reasons, so? What's my purpose of living now?"

He looked outside, people passed through "To help good people"

"Help good people?" I asked

"Yeah, that's my purpose that I decided for myself" He said "So, who decides your purpose? Only you of course"

"Me?" I said looking at my hand "I decide my own purpose?"

"But, to do that you will need help" He said, he then raised and extended his hand out. "I will help you with that"

He saw something in me that I couldn't see myself, I extended my hand and... shook his hand.

"I-I'm Emi.." I said shyly

"Family name?" He asked

"Eh... Yonawaga" I lied, I felt like that if I told him my real family name he would just use me for money.

"Nice to meet you Emi" He smiled "I'm Yuudai Yoshikawa"

"Yuudai?" I said "That's a nice name"

"Really?" Yuudai said "Thanks"

He then stood up "Wanna come to my place?

"Huh?" I said, confused "To your place?"

"We can talk it in a private environment" Yuudai said "And I'm kinda alone for now"

I looked at him, very confused

"But you don't have to, I won't force you" Yuudai said

"Sounds good" I said

"Shouldn't you tell your sister first?" Yuudai sat back down.

"I don't think it's necessary" I said

"No, it IS necessary" Yuudai said "You would make your sister very worried"

"I dunno..." She said

"Tell her my address so she can find me easily" Yuudai said "Take a picture of me so she knows my face"

"Address? Picture?" I said suprised

He grabbed my phone, took a picture and sent his address to my sister, with no hesitation.

"There you go" Yuudai said "Explain the details to her"

"Eh? Sure.." I messaged my sister, she asked me if I was insane to trust a stranger. "You have his face and address" I messaged, I could feel her sigh in the other side and then she agreed, but I needed to call her at 9PM to make her know that I was safe.

"She agreed?" Yuudai asked

"She did" I said

"Well then" Yuudai said, leaving the payment "Follow me" He said with a smile.

We walked for a bit, he kept looking at me and smiled. I was silent the whole way, while he kept talking about his cousins and... I really wasn't paying that much attention.

A few minutes later we arrived to an apartment and entered through a door.

"Welcome to my home" Yuudai said, leaving his coat and shoes

"Seems, cozy" I said, while I removed my shoes and coat

"I'm living alone" Yuudai said "My aunt and uncle are paying for this"

"I see" I said

"Please take a seat" Yuudai said "I'll prepare something to drink"

I decided to sit down on his couch, it was soft and comfy, I noticed that he barely had any pictures.

"I've brought some tea" Yuudai said, while carrying two cups of tea.

He gave me one cup of tea, it was warm and tasted good.

He sat down beside me "Aren't you nervous?"

"Nervous?" Emi asked, confused

"Well you're a girl in a boy's house" Yuudai said "Mostly all the girls get embarrassed or nervous"

"Well, I'm not like them" I said

"So, would you mind telling me more about you?" Yuudai asked

I nodded and we started chatting.

(An hour later)

I had finished drinking my tea.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked" Yuudai said

"It's okay" I said "You want to help me"

"Of course!" Yuudai said "And that's why I had to do this.."

"Do what..?" I suddenly fell sleepy

"Sweet dreams, Emi" Yuudai said

Before I fell asleep, I saw him smile and grab my phone. When I woke up I was in a car, beside me there was a hand, it was my sister's hand.

"S-Sis...?" I asked

"Oh Emi" She said "You're awake" She then hugged me tightly and began crying.

"Sis?" I said, confused

"Please! Don't die!" She shouted at me "I don't want to lose you!"

"W-Where are we?" I asked, confused

"We're in our car" She said, still crying "That cute boy told me about what you did!"

"Cute boy...?" I remembered "Yuudai?"

She told me that Yuudai had called her to pick me up, told her about my attempted suicide and how much I suffered.

"You never told me about your school" She said crying "If you had told me I would have helped you"

"It won't change anyways" I said

"Relax... It will change" She smiled "Thanks to Yuudai"

"Thanks to Yuudai...?" I asked, confused

The car suddenly stopped.

"Mistress!" The driver said "There's some cops infront of the mansion"

"Hm?" Aki left the vehicle "Stay here Emi, I'll talk to the authorities"

She closed the door, while I sat inside the car, confused.

Our parents had been arrested for robbery and child neglect, they were suspected to have taken part on a jewel robbery, we felt happy but there was something strange about it and it got more stranger the next day. The bully had transferred to another school for mysterious reasons and I was confident that Yuudai had to do something with it, so the next day I knocked on his door and it opened.

"Oh Emi" Yuudai said, pleased "What do you need?"

"I know you did it" I said

"What are you talking about?" Yuudai asked

"You did something to arrest my parents and transfer my bully somewhere else" I said

The door shut behind me, Yuudai smiled.

"Yeah, it was me" Yuudai admitted without hesitation. "So, what will you do? Report me?"

I kneeled infront of him, Yuudai looked suprised.

"I thank you!" I said "I owe you one"

"Hm? Owe me one?" Yuudai sighed "You don't need to owe me anything"

"What?" I asked

Yuudai helped me stand up "We're friends, friends help eachother" he smiled.

I felt something, it was the first time I have ever felt it, my heart pounded.

"We're friends?" I asked

"I'll let you leave, but you can't mention anything that has happened to anyone" Yuudai said "I would get in trouble."

I shook my head "I can do more than that" I said "I want to help you" I said, without hesiatation.

"Help me?" Yuudai asked

"You are in a group right?" I asked "Let me join! I'll help you!"

"Are you sure?" Yuudai said worried

"Yes!" I said

Yuudai sighed "Each year I'll keep asking you" he said

"My answer will always be the same!" I said

"Even if it's necessary to kill or harm people?" Yuudai said

"Yes!" I said "If it's to help people!"

Yuudai let out a sigh, but smiled. "I'll be trusting you Emi" he held his hand "Welcome.. to the WJO"

Without hesitation, I shook his hand.

I was trained for three years, how to hunt, hide, set traps and how to kill people...

Emi was woken up by a maid.

"Mrs. Emi, it's time to go home" the maid said

"Eh..?" Emi was still half asleep

"It's already night" Yuudai said

Emi realized, she had fallen asleep without cooking dinner.

"Eh!? The dinner!" Emi said

Yuudai handed her a lunchbox. "I decided to cook it"

"I-I'm very sorry!" Emi said "I must have fallen asleep!"

Yuudai laughed a bit "Relax, it happens" he said "Your sister is waiting at home"

"I'm sorry for being a disappointment" Emi said

"Disappointment?" Yuudai hugged her "You never were, even when we first met"

"T-Thank you Commander..." Emi said

Minutes later, Emi was riding back home on their car.

"Mrs. Emi, are you feeling okay?" The maid asked

"H-He hugged me" She blushed "He finally showed me his affection"

"Umm.. yeah..." The maid said

"I'm a step closer for him to be my boyfriend!" Emi said

"Whatever you say" The maid said.

Emi rode back home, while talking about Yuudai the whole ride.