The Day I Stopped Being Normal

The sun had come out.

A new day began.

Ryu walked down the sidewalk to school, with the backpack on his shoulder and lost look.

I couldn't stop thinking about what had happened the day before.

That girl ... Yuki ... was incredibly strong. Stronger than anyone you have ever seen.

And besides ... I could float in the sky. How is it possible that someone has that level of force and can fly as if it were normal?

He frowned, clenching his fists.

Then he hit me. I pierced my chest with a sword. I was sure I was going to die ...

But then, that strange green circle appeared under my body.

And my wounds ... They disappeared.

Even my broken bones cured as if nothing.

What is happening ...?

Better stop thinking about that ...

I need to find an excuse before someone noticed something weird.

I just hope they don't scold me ... as my mother did.

In his mind, the image was clear:

"But what happened to you, Ryu!?" Akane shouted the night before, with his eyes wide open.

"It's nothing, mom ... I stumbled ... several times," he tried to answer, covering his side.

Akane did not believe him for a second.

"You tried a motorcycle on call or what?" You have bruises all over the body!

Ryu sighed when he remembered the scene.

I definitely have to think about something better today ...

Ryu arrived at school with a tired step. He entered the hall where all the sitting students are already, including their friends. He approached them with a forced smile.

-Hi guys. How are they?

"Hello, Ryu," they all replied in unison.

Daiki looked at him carefully.

"A moment, Ryu ... Why do you have bruises in the body?"

"It's nothing ... I just fell," he said quickly.

Why did I say that ...? Thought. He will not believe it.

"He was sure to fight and that's why he tells us anything," Haruto said.

"I don't think so," Ryota added. He never fights.

-That's true. He has never fought in his life, "Ren added. After all, it doesn't have much strength.

"Then, why does these brands have?" Daiki insisted.

"I don't know ... but maybe it's personal." We better not ask him anymore, "said Ren.

Daiki, Haruto and Ryota nodded.

-Understood.

"Oigan," Ryu intervened, "stop talking as if she weren't here."

"I'm sorry," Ren said, something sorry. We were talking about something important.

"Yes, of course ..." Ryu was once.

"Well, let's sit down," Haruto said. The teacher is about to start the class.

Everyone settled in their seats ... until the door opened again.

Yuki Zevaroth entered the classroom.

Without saying a word, he scanned the living room with his eyes and, seeing Ryu, walked directly to him.

Ryu swallowed, tense.

It's her again ... it's going to kill me.

I have to go. Now.

But he didn't.

Yuki simply sat next to him, as if nothing had happened.

Immediately, Ryu felt that overwhelming presence again, that dark and terrifying aura that completely wrapped it.

The rest of the students looked at her with surprise.

Why did he sit down with him again?

In Yuki's mind, a memory returned:

"Why did you stop me, father?" It was about to kill him ...

"That's why I asked you to return." If you kill him, we will not know who was the demon who gave him his power.

"And what does it matter?" Anyway we have to kill him. Humans do not deserve our power. They are weak.

-Peaceful. You will kill him ... but later. The power it has does not interest me, it is pathetically weak.

But a human does not deserve to carry the power of a demon.

I want you to discover who the traitor who gave it was. And when you know ... you will kill them both.

I want your heads.

"As you orders, father."

I will kill them ... and nobody will know that they once existed.

Ryu's friends bowed to each other, speaking in whispers while looking sideways.

"He sat with him again ..." Daiki said in a low voice, without taking Yuki's eyes off.

"There is surely an explanation for this," Ren said, thoughtful.

"Maybe they know each other before," Haruto suggested.

"Or maybe ... she is in love with Ryu," Ryota said, leaving the group silent for a second.

"If that's true ..." Daiki added, with his eyes shining, "we have to tell Ryu."

"Then let's wait for the gymnastics class," Ren said. There we can talk to him without anyone interrupting us.

"It seems good," Haruto said.

"Set," Daiki and Ryota said at the same time.

Ryu looked at his friends from hisseat.

Surely they are talking about me ... he thought with a grimace. Curse…

I wonder why Yuki sat me again with me.

Could it be that he wants to kill me again?

And if he does ... Who will stop it this time?

... better stop thinking about that.

Later, in the gymnastics class, all students are running around the court under the sun.

Ryu ran with his friends, although with less enthusiasm than usual.

From time to time, he launched a quick look towards the edge of the field ... where Yuki was sitting, watching silently.

He is not doing anything ... but he still gives me chills, he thought.

Although he tried to concentrate, he could not get rid of that feeling ... as if a predator was watching him.

Ryu diverted Yuki's look and concentrated on running again.

"Hey, Ryu," Daiki told him as he trot to his side, "what is between you and the new girl?"

-Hey? Nothing, "Ryu replied quickly.

-Sure? Haruto insisted. Because he sat next to you.

"It must be a coincidence," Ryu said, looking forward.

-Coincidence? Please ... "Ryota intervened. It is clear that you like it. Don't you realize?

"She ... in love with me?" Ryu repeated, and released a short laugh. I don't believe it.

Besides ... I don't feel anything for her.

"If you say it ..." Ren commented with a smile, without sounding very convinced.

Ryu looked away, a little uncomfortable.

It is obvious that he doesn't like it ... after all, he almost kills me.

What I don't understand is how my wounds were cured so fast.

She mentioned something about healing magic ... but that does not exist. Or yes?

I think so ... although I am not so sure now.

Maybe I should ask directly ...

But if I do it, I probably ended up killing me really.

He sighed in silence as he kept running, increasingly confused.

After several minutes running, the teacher blew his whistle.

"Very well, they can now play a game," he announced. Form two teams.

The students quickly gathered in the center of the court.

Ryu's friends - Daiki, Haruto, Ren and Ryota - immediately grouped.

They formed a team between bromas and laughter, choosing each other.

Ryu waited for someone to call him.

But nobody did.

When he realized, everyone already had a team ... except him.

He sighed silently.

The same again ...

He had to join the other team, with students with whom he barely talked about.

While walking towards his new group, he looked down.

I guess I'm not so essential after all.

The game began and everyone ran along the court.

Ryu tried to keep up, but nobody passed the ball.

On more than one occasion he managed to catch him ... just to listen:

"Don't pull you!" You will fail it.

"Bet on, pass her, don't do nonsense!"

"It's fine ... Ten," Ryu said, containing his frustration as he returned the ball.

Everything continued the same for several minutes.

Ryu was not even trying to get close. It only ran in silence, ignored.

Until, suddenly, Daiki threw the ball hard towards a partner.

"There is going!"

But the other boy did not catch him.

The ball shot up, straight to heaven.

Ryu, for pure reflection, ran towards her ... and jumped.

He jumped so high that he overcame everyone.

He jumped so much that when he caught the ball, he realized ...

I was floating.

Suspense.

Silence.

Everyone on the court looked at him with his eyes wide open, without understanding what was happening.

"Q-What ...?" Ryu murmured, looking down.

What is happening?

Why am I floating?

What is happening to me ...?

The teacher opened his eyes as dishes when he saw Ryu suspended in the air.

"Q-What ...!?"

"I want to go down!" Ryu shouted, desperate. Please hold! Bájame!

At that time, his body began to descend quickly.

"Flota ... float ...!" He exclaimed, stirring his arms.

Curse, I'm going to collide with the ground! He thought, seeing how the court approached at full speed.

But just before impacting, his fall stopped dry, just a few centimeters from the ground.

That was close ...

A second later, he fell suddenly on the earth.

Thud!

He was lying for a few seconds, stunned, with the ball still in his hands.

From afar, Yuki watched him in silence, supported against the metallic fence of the field.

His powers are waking

The ball rolled on the ground.

Ryu was still lying on the court, with very open eyes, without understanding whatI had just passed.

Around him, silence was absolute. All students looked at him. Even the teacher had been speechless.

"Ryu ...?" Asked Daiki, approaching carefully. Are you OK?

Ryu did not respond immediately. He sat slowly, even feeling how his body trembled.

"Yes ... I think so," he replied quietly, even if he wasn't sure.

The teacher finally reacted.

-You! You ... How did you do that? What was that!?

"I don't know," Ryu said, with his eyes down. I swear ... I don't know.

"Go to the infirmary." Now.

Ryu nodded. He got up with difficulty, still dizzy, and moved away from the court, without looking at anyone.

Yuki observed it from afar, his expression was illegible.

It seems that you still don't control what hurt you would have been a good subordinate

Already in the nursing, Ryu sat in silence on the stretcher. The nurse had left him only a moment.

He leaned his elbows on his knees and covered his face with his hands.

First a girl who can float almost kills me and then that strange green circle

And now ... I'm floating in heaven as if there were no gravity.

What the hell is happening to me?

"Why were you floating ...?" I don't understand ..., "Ryu murmured in a low voice, still bewildered.

Yuki ... she also floated. Maybe she knows something. Maybe the same thing happened to me ... it also happens to her.

I have to ask you.

After leaving the nursing - where they reviewed him after his fall and told him that he had nothing serious - Ryu went directly to the court.

He looked for her with her eyes, determined.

Yuki ... I have to find her. I need answers.

Ryu left school and ran to the entrance, where his friends were about to leave.

-Guys! -called.

"Ryu!" Haruto replied.

-Here! Ryota shouted, raising her hand. "

-Are you OK? Asked Daiki, approaching. What happened to you?

"Yes, you jumped so high that you almost touched the clouds," Ren added, still impressed.

"I'm fine," Ryu said. I don't know what happened, but I'm going to discover it. That's why I need to find Yuki. She has the response.

"What is it that she has the response to jump like ... more than ten meters?" Asked Haruto, skeptic.

"Because she can also float." I saw it. One night, when we fight ... she was floating in the air.

"She also jumped like this?" Said Ren, frowning.

"How is that possible?" Asked Daiki.

"Wait ..." Haruto interrupted, "did you say they fought?"

-Yeah. We fight. I don't know how he did it, but what I know is that all this started when she crossed me with her sword ... and then that green circle appeared.

"What are you talking about?" Ren asked, clearly confused.

"Did you go through a sword?" Daiki repeated, in shock.

"It's a long history," Ryu sighed, "but I'll try to summarize it."

After you went home, I was walking towards mine.

Then I saw Yuki ... floating.

He attacked me without saying anything, beat me up, and then pierced my chest with a sword.

I thought I was going to die, but from nowhere a green circle appeared under me ... and it cured me completely.

There was an awkward silence.

"That ... it's a lot of information to process," Ren said finally.

"And you say it," Daiki murmured.

"What is it that this green circle cured you?" Asked Haruto.

"How did you do that?" Ryota added.

"I don't know," Ryu replied. It was activated alone. But now I need to find Yuki. I need answers.

"She went there," Daiki said, pointing to a side street.

"Thank you," Ryu replied, and without losing a second, ran out in that direction.

The four friends looked at him away.

"What a strange day ..." Daiki murmured.

"Yes, it is," Ren said. Ryu jumped more than ten meters.

"I wonder what is happening to him ..." Ryota added.

"Me too," Haruto said, looking at the sky.

Ryu walked the streets, looking in all directions. His steps were fast, his fixed gaze.

Come on ... where are you, Yuki?

He folded a corner and, in the distance, he saw it.

She walked alone, calm, as if nothing imported.

Without thinking, Ryu began to follow her, staying at a prudent distance.

But suddenly ...

He lost sight of her.

-Hey? Where…?

Before I could react, something - or someone - violently pushed him against the wall of a dark alley.

Bam!

The air escaped from the lungs to feel the impact.

He opened his eyes ... and saw aSword pointing directly to his neck.

It was Yuki.

His gaze was cold. Without emotions. Dangerous.

"Why are you following me ... damn human." He said, clenching his teeth.

Ryu raised his hands slowly, without moving.

"I just want to talk to you," he said with a firm voice, although tense. I don't come to fight.

Yuki released him abruptly and kept his sword in a clean and dry movement.

"Speak fast." I don't have all day, "he said coldly.

Ryu straightened with difficulty, even somewhat tense.

"Okay ... First, I need to know what you are." And why did you try to kill me?

Yuki looked directly into his eyes.

"I'm a demon." And killing you ... It's something that does not incumbent you.

Ryu's eyes opened surprise. He took a step back, almost by reflection.

"Wait ... a demon?" How those in the Bible?

And how does it not incumbent? You want to kill me!

"Yes, like that book," Yuki replied without emotion.

And no, it does not incumbent you.

"If you say it ..." Ryu growled, still stunned. But ... I thought the demons were in hell. So ... what are you doing here?

"Three question."

"But you didn't even answer me?!"

"I said: Next question."

Ryu squeezed his fists. His patience began to run out, but he knew he couldn't cause Yuki.

"It's fine ... I'll just make you one more."

What is happening to me?

You saw me ... I jumped more than ten meters at school. That is not normal.

No human can do something like that. You know what happens, right?

Yuki silently kept a few seconds ... and then spoke.

"I will tell you this:"

Better get training. Or you will end up dead.

And when that happens, don't expect to help you.

I am not your friend. I am your murderer.

So yes ... I'm going to kill you too.

He turned and began to move away.

-Wait! Ryu shouted, trying to follow her.

But when he took the first step ... she had already disappeared.

As if there were never there.

Ryu stayed alone in the alley. He breathed deep and leaned against the wall.

"Maldition ... A demon wants to kill me ... and I didn't even answer my questions ..."

He sighed deeply, closing his eyes for a moment.

"I just have to follow your advice ..."

Make me strong.