Realization.

Sparks of white and black go off around the universe, way before the existance of any life...

"The one chosen to wield this power, will be cursed but blessed."

Its the year 2024, anomalies are the enemy of the world, the cause? No one knows.

An average boy walks home on this spring day, flowers are blooming, the sun is scorching hot, birds are singing, the usual around here.

Finally the door opens.

"Ah, you're finally home, i cooked lunch for you, i ate out today, it should still be warm by the way."

Yoru Hikari, 16 years old, lives with our protagonist, she's his childhood friend, so she thinks of him as his brother.

"Thank you Yoru, im just... gonna shower real qui-"

Shiro Kazumi, 16 years old, our protagonist, he also thinks of Yoru as his sister.

He drops to the ground, exhausted, but Yoru manages to catch him before he falls completely, getting him back up again and helping him get to the bathroom to shower.

"What have i told you about working those 20 hour shifts? We aren't that needy, we're fine, dont overwork yourself"

Yoru cares for Shiro, after all, he's the one who saved her when they were little.

"Yeah but i still want to buy you that dress you wanted, for your birthday, remember?"Shiro manages to get back up again.

"But, i told you, i dont need it, i just looked at it because it looked pretty..."Yoru pouts, while Shiro pats her head.

"Dont worry about it, its for us, i dont mind working a bit more"

Shiro hugs Yoru"Im gonna be just fine, now, let me go shower"

Yoru moves and lets Shiro go to the bathroom, where he takes a hot relaxing bath.

However, after a while, the bathroom door opens, and Yoru enters with a towel on.

"Uh, Yoru, you shouldn't really be in here..."

Shiro gets confused as to why Yoru entered without even knocking first.

"Im just gonna wash your back and i'll be gone, just so you can relax a little"

Yoru ends up washing Shiro's back, and instead of leaving, she enters the bathtub with him...

"Remember when we were little? We used to do this all the time..."

Shiro smiles.

"Yeah i do, those were good times..."

After a few minutes of silence, Yoru gets up, still with her towel, and exits the bathroom.

"Ill go now, dont take too much or your food will get cold"

Shiro nods while looking to the ceiling.

"Yeah, dont worry 'bout it..."

Yoru leaves, and Shiro stays inside in silence...

10 minutes pass, and Shiro gets up and goes to get dry again, when he opens the door, he finds Yoru looking at herself in the mirror...

"You good?" says Shiro as he covers himself with his hands.

Yoru doesnt look back at Shiro, she stays looking at herself on the mirror.

"Yeah its just... something's off..."

A little mark starts to appear on Yoru's face, starting from her eyebrow, down to almost her chin, the mark looks like some roses going down on a spiral, although it only appeared for less than a second, more like a flash.

Yoru lets out a little scream, and gets back to look at Shiro.

"Did you see that?"

Shiro has his mouth wide open."Oh god, is that one of those marks from the weird anomaly-fighting people? Please tell me it isnt"Yoru wants to speak, but starts to look down, and blush.

"You're... still naked... Ill wait outside!", as she runs away.

Shiro gets dry, and gets dressed, then heads out the bathroom.

"So, what was that again?"

Yoru stops drinking her water, then looks at Shiro.

"Uh, i dont know, it was a mark, that's all i know, maybe you're right and its from those anomaly fighters guys..."

A mark spawning means that the user has a chance to die when awakening their power, which should happen about 3 days from when the mark is seen for the first time, even with a 10% chance, its still something to worry about.

After some time after the user's powers appear, if they haven't died within 3 months, they will be considered an "Immortal", the only way to permanently injure them is by getting attacked by an Anomaly, or being attacked by another person with powers, bullet wounds that are not imbued with the soul energy will be regenerated, and none of them will be fatal, thus, making the user somewhat immortal.

Yoru starts to shake and tears pour down her face."God, i dont know what to do, what if i die from this?"

Shiro hugs her, trying to comfort and calm her down."Dont worry, you'll be okay, its just a few days and you will be alright, trust me"

Finally, the time to eat lunch arrives, its still the afternoon, there's plenty of day still ahead, so they will spend it the best they can, just in case.

"God, this is delicious, the one who gets to be your husband wont ever complain 'bout food Yoru" says Shiro still with his mouth full.

She blushes and looks down, not wanting to reply to that.

They start planning where to go for the afternoon, of course, an icecream date, as friends, obviously, is one of the top choices, but they also want to go shopping for new clothes and to make memories, again, just in case.

Already outside, Shiro and Yoru start walking to the mall, their plan? Eat as much icecream as they can, and empty some clothing stores from their stock, they're in for a blast, wasting zero time, money is not an issue, as they've been saving exactly for this moment, and they have around 450.000 yen (2900USD) to spend, which they have saved for 2 years.

The day goes as planned, even better i'd dare to say, they get to have so much fun, eating, buying useless stuff, and goofying around, its almost as if something was gonna happen after this...

Shiro and Yoru are laughing together while walking, when she stops to look at Shiro laughing, she smiles, and thinks...

"I wished this day never ends..."

Bringer Of Balance, Chapter 1, Realization, The End.