Prologue

"Getting home from school is so tiring, It's my senior year.. and the workload is like a punishment when your absent all day..." Satoshi mumbled with a stressed tired tone.

"Pfft, how about stop procastinating," His friend chuckled.

"C'mon man, gimme' a break." Satoshi pouted.

"Here's my stop." His friend runs off to the train station and waves.

Satoshi looked at him and waved, soon after they depart he reached his home which is five minutes away from the station within a walking distance. Opening the gate he knocked in front of the door and the voice of a young woman is heard inside. "I'm home.."

"Coming dear ~"

Her mother opened the door wearing an apron and a plain yellow shirt and a white skirt below the knee with her left hand holding a spatula. She had dark brown braided hair and eyes that are like a night sky. She often wears a pearl necklace and her wedding ring on her ring finger.

"Welcome back sweety, and for today's menu is Hamburger steak!" Her mom posed with enthusiasm. She heads back to the kitchen as she hums her favorite song.

Satoshi looked to her mom for a second before heading to his room upstairs with every step have a creaking sound.

"I'm dead meat... " He shut the door with a frown.

"How can I even pass all of these three reports by tomorrow?" He scratched his head with slight irritation.

"Gonna pull another all-nighter-" He falls to his bed looking to the ceiling. Time passed and dinner came, Satoshi heads down as her mother called for dinner time. He heads to the dinner table seeing her mom placing the food at the table, there his dad sitting with his laptop seemingly doing his work after he came home.

"Dear, put your work for a while, could you? It's dinner time not working, the food will taste bad when it's cold"

"Just a sec honey, I'm just making sure the emails were sent in time, after all the thirteen hours time difference at the U.S is very different from ours, I'm just making sure the company has it before their meeting is held." Her father drank a glass of water... a few minutes later he shut off his laptop and proceeds to eat dinner

"Thanks for the food" The whole family then digs in.

"You'll turn 18 soon, isn't exciting? The road to your start of adulthood is coming soon to your doorstep." Her mom teased Satoshi as she pours gravy at the plate.

"Since your phone got broken months a way back, I bought a new one for a cheap price in an online shop, It may look outdated but it still has its features like a modern phone would have" As she spoke after having a bite.

"Ahh... Thanks!" Satoshi smiled.

"If your thinking that's your birthday gift, well that's like a consolation prize or something.. the real bad boy will be at your birthday" His father burped as he finished eating the meal.

His father sighed. "It would be better if the tickets weren't lost."

Satoshi felt curious and asked. "What ticket? I can help you find with it."

"Oh it's nothing.. no need really, just some private things.... like for the company!" His father eagerly said a reply as he cleared his throat.

Satoshi's mother crossed her arms with a look of a slight regret and eventually smiled within a second. A sudden change of pace.

Well excuse me then, Honey, I'll handle the dishes for today I feel rustly for sitting at the office for the whole day." His father then goes to the bathroom to clean himself a bit.

"Oh my seems my cooking is getting more powerful, isn't it right Satoshi!" Enthusiastically she speaks.

Satoshi reply being a little uneased. " Well yeah. Hahaahaha" (at least to dad.. the taste kinda feels bland.. I wonder if she put the right amount of seasoning..). Satoshi gets a little preoccupied as he turns back.

"Well, your small present is on the drawer of your study desk." Her mom stands up and heads to the living room"

("Guess I'll head to my room now, time to check up that sweet present") He walked to his room and eventually checked the present.

A note was attached at the present. "Happy Birthday, from Mom."

(Hmmm..)

Satoshi then opened the present as he unties the ribbon and opens the box.

(Wow. It doesn't look that modern - A flip phone huh...) "I wonder how much this is, well I guess it's not like I'm gonna use it for actual playing... so I guess it's just for browsing, messaging, pictures, and calls." He muttered.

("Well still it's essential, Thought I may use it for fun but seems I may need to buy a better phone, for now, I'll use this, besides better have something than nothing.")

Satoshi then put the phone beside him at the study as he started to do his report. "Let's get fired up!" He babbled with pride. As the night goes, it was getting late and Satoshi is half-finished with the third report.

"Man it's already quarter to 3 and I'm already dying with it.." Satoshi spoke with a lifeless voice with his soul living his body, seems like he's almost giving up.

("This sucks, I'm surely gonna get nagged and picked again if this happens. Darn it! Where's my nuclear caffeine!")

He heads down like a sloth filled with determination, heading to the kitchen he pull the light switch up but nothings happen.

(Ehh a sudden blackout?! But there's electricity just now.... and out of all times?!)

Satoshi was fueled but then he knows that there's nothing he can do. but he still needs to finish his written reports before school. Despite the inconvenience brought in, he went back to his room to fetch his new flip phone to use as a flashlight.

The whole room was dark and you can only see at most is the Silhouette of things from a distance. ("Seems mom and dad is completely unbothered because they are in deep sleep..") Satoshi then goes back to the kitchen after a pose in front of his parent's room.

As he pressed the button for the flashlight mistakenly, he clicked the button shortcut for the camera and auto heads to the gallery.

("Seems like a pressed the wrong button")... he scratched his eye and yawns as he speaks in a lethargic voice.

(I should hurry up, I feel like I'll fall asleep any second...) Satoshi then looked back to his screen seen with weird photos of him.

(Huh?... What the hell?.. ) He scratched his eyes once more... ("Am I dreaming or what?)

(Why the hell did my phone have a dead picture of me... Moreover, it looks like I'm burned?!) Satoshi felt nervously scared as he continues to look at his phone.

(...) "It looks so real! is this a prank... I mean if it was... but mom nor' dad ain't the type of person who does love pranks... well dad could be..?"

("But I'm likely dreaming. I could have passed out while I'm writing..") Satoshi slapped himself so hard that it left a red mark on his face.

"Ouch.." Satoshi looks back to the phone that still has his death picture on it. He dropped the phone frantically unfathomed.

He fell and felt dizzy all of the sudden while the whistling kettle whistles. (Aghh... I don't remember turning the stove so why Is the kettle whistling. it's so odd..)

Satoshi tried to stand up as his sluggish body is waving as he head in front of it. In a sudden a large explosion happened inside the kitchen, the gas tank weirdly exploded like its leak gas has filled the room.

"Duck... this can't be real. everything all of the sudden is so fast-paced how can this happened?" He coughs as he crawls down away from the kitchen with his phone to warn his parents about the sudden fire.

(Wish this is only a dream. Mom, Dad, I hope you wake up soon the fire is getting larger at any second.) As Satoshi hastily crawls his way to the up upper floor avoiding inhaling much of the smoke.

With his exhausted body he almost passed out with the phone in his hand.

"Mom. Dad wakes up...!" He shouted with a weary voice.

But not even a single reply was heard from the other side. The fire quickly spreads throughout the room and soon after reached the upper floor. He tried to break down and knocked on the door but to no avail, the burning and crisping sound of the fire is the only thing heard throughout the house.

"Why aren't you answering?!" Satoshi frustratedly speaks as he rushes immediately to the living room full of flames and heads the broken drawer on the side. Supposedly where all the room keys are kept. Upon inhaling too much smoke he then slowly passing out upon reaching the broken drawer. With his phone in his left hand, he tried to contact the emergency hotline but only to be able to press the backspace that heads back to the camera function.

("C'mon... stupid- should have called in the first place... but how can things escalated so quickly, I hardly remember anything that I have done before this fire broke out...") Satoshi felt teary as the burning ceiling is about to collapse on top of him.

There he raised his left hand to his forehead utterly crying while his finger shaking, accidentally pressed the phone as the exact time with his camera snaps the time stopped along with a weird looking portal of the same ceiling and the furniture of his home, unlikely that the other side isn't burning around the square where the camera exactly takes it photo.

Both of the sides have stopped time and only he can move freely in this time and dimension. Satoshi then looked to the phone showing a warning.

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[ You have opened the past portal or known ass rapportal, Remember that you are only able to interact within the objects of both past and present time. You cannot stay on the rapportal nor put your whole body. You can only interact with the objects in the rapport within the range of the exact frame, the time when you take the photo. Staying the rapport when a living body is between it can lead to gruesome things. Any changes that are significant at the rapportal can alter the present being - this may also affect the "Stopper" current location or in a rare scenario is someone's existence. If the Rapportal isn't closed within 10 minutes will be seen by the system is idle therefore the rapport will close automatically. Please be reminded as a "Stopper" is to remain anonymous and never share your data at your own risk.]

[Press 1 to continue]

Satoshi who is still unfathomed about everything, felt like he had no other choice as he feels helpless pressing the "1" button.

[Insert Name of the "items" owner]

Satoshi then pressed the buttons slowly on the phone while catching his breath and strength. (Man, I don't know what this is but I have no choice -... )

[Press "1" to confirm] .... [Owner confirmed as Kubo Satoshi]...

[Enjoy with Precussion]...

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[It seems that multiple disturbances have been felt within the owner's range. For emergency measures, this setup can be only used 1 by the stopper, and will now be automatically used by the system due to the owner's endangered state. You will now be redirected to your [true reality.]

("Huh...? Wait, what do you mean...??!") (wait....) The screen was left unchanged despite Satoshi's numerous times of pressing the Phone's "back" button.

Satoshi felt agitated ... Suddenly in the blink of an eye. He can see his previous memories that have never happened before in his life zooming towards his face.

("What's happening... what are these things!") Satoshi was confused as his body felt so light. with his unknown previous memories come springing towards him, it felt so real as he felt nauseous at the same time.

After the last memory zoomed in the blink of an eye, everything looked dark. This means that the stopper has now fully transmitted and now in his recovering state.

To be continued...

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[Chapter 1: The Beginning]