Chapter 1: Daku
It is early in the morning in Japan. the streets are busy with cars and people on their way to god knows where. Business man and women on their way to work. While school boys and girls are walking to school excited for their first day.
But on this day we are focusing on one individual. A kid who has yet to become a man. A being who will shake the very foundation of reality itself. A nobody who will rise from the ashes and reach greatness.
A MAN. WHO WILL BECOME A GO-
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.....or not
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A hand is reaches towards the cupboard on the side of the bed.
(*sigh)"its already morning". I glance at the window; The sun is shining in through the window curtains, illuminating the room with just enough sunlight.
(I should have slept early instead of reading manga all night)
groaning, he rolled over grabbing his phone; while getting up off the bed.
Standing still for a moment while just looking blankly into space .
Then he starts stretching while walking slowly towards the restroom.
"I can't wait to finally finish school and be done with all this "waking up early in the morning" crap"...(*sigh)
Who knew I would be back in my mothers old home.
I thought I would be living with my fathers parents in the states ;but who knew my mother still had this place in Kuoh; back from when she was a kid.
(*smirk)....she always had a backup in mind.
But now that I'm in Kuoh. I have no choice but to attend school here. With help, I was able to enroll
into a private academy. I don't know much about the school. Only that they've recently allowed male students to attend. Hopefully these years won't be filled with trouble.
Now that I am in the restroom and see myself in the mirror; I realize I had forgotten to get a haircut.
"damn..its been a while since I've gotten it cut".
I'm just looking in to the mirror; messing with my hair. A mop of black hair that is obscuring my vision. A bit silky but mostly messy.
(*hmph)...I'm starting to look like those hentai guys.
After messing with my hair for a while; I start looking at everything else. Especially the small scar on the side of my forehead. "I thought it would've disappeared with time". Another thing is my weight.
I'm a pretty musacler, lean guy. Its been like that since I was a kid; for some odd reason. I've never really been that much a fat kid growing up.
"I am definitely my mothers kid.....I should really hurry and get dressed."
After getting dressed I start my walk, towards the school. The streets are a bit busy with people walking and driving. Cars passing me by and people going about their business. I see a couple of other students wearing the same uniform as me; talking and laughing with each other.
"I wonder if mom was like that growing up". (*smirk) "dad was probably messing around".
I keep walking while trying to stick to the path that leads towards the academy. I'm passing building after building, street after street. then I come up to a cross walk with a couple other students waiting for the signal to cross the street.
"Hey did you hear about the kid that got hit by the truck"
"No, what happened"
I look towards the guys talking and accidentally start eavesdropping.
"The kid wasn't paying attention and walked right into traffic". "The poor mom couldn't stop him and saw the whole thing."
At that point of the conversation, I just tuned out the world. I completely closed my eyes just trying to imagine the day moving on
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"I wonder what type of people I'll meet"
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DAKU!!!!?!!!!!?!
My eyes shot wide opened to the sound, loud, child voice.
I looked around frantically for the source.
To every person, every car, every corner, every building and not a single clue.
I'm looking at people thinking maybe someone said something similar that I might've misheard or maybe someone was trying to get my attention
But nothing. Fucking strange.
"who the hell said that?"
I continued to glance everywhere. At this point people were just staring at me.
Evetually I just faced forward. But my mind was stuck on one thought.
"Who the fuck said my name?"...(*sigh)..."I should've brought my earphones"
Suddenly everyone started moving. The signal was given for people to cross the street. I start walking along with the group. But then all of sudden.
"Who's kid is that?"
A kid.
Just standing there
Looking at me.
The kid is dressed in casual attire.
A plain black t-shirt with beige colored shorts
He's in the middle of the crosswalk
Just lookin at me.
Where are this kid's pare-
..."Daku".....
I froze.
I just fucking froze.
It was the kid, The kid just said my name.
!!!!!!!??!!?!!!!
W-why can't I move.
I glance everywhere and realize something.
"E-everything, everything is just frozen"
It's like the whole world stood still. I can't move a muscle
And the kid
The fuckin kid
is still there, Looking at me
....."Daku"...
!!!?!!!!!
The kid is talk-
..."Daku...Mckay"...
what's this feeling
This cold, dark, relaxing feeli-
He's walking.
He's walking towards me.
Shit.....I-I can't move
And that feeling.
It keeps building
It almost feels suffocating
Like I'm drowning
Going deeper and deeper into a dark abyss with no hope of escaping.
The kid keeps walking towards me
getting closer and closer and closer and closer, until it simply.....just goes black.
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beeeep...beeeep.
"what?"
...
...."hey man, move it"
My eyes open, and I'm in the middle of the crosswalk.
"excuse me"
A girls said as she moves pass me.
What?
what the hell was that
I glance up ahead and the group that I was initially moving with. Has already crossed the street and is moving on.
"what...happened"
"where's the kid"
slowly, I start moving forward but the entire time I'm thinking.
Where did the kid go?
What in the hell was that experience?
Was any of it real?
I'm looking around thinking maybe the kid might have ran off but still.
That doesn't explain it completely.
I felt I was drowning in nothing but darkness
but for some odd reason....It felt almost....
Calm
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(*sigh)"forget it...I'll just....."
Without even finishing my thought ;I keep on walking towards the academy but the whole time. My head is spinning. I don't know what I saw and I have not a single clue that points to what I saw.
"hopefully this day doesn't turn out bad"