An absolute dark world filled with despair, that's how it felt as the clouds blocked the sunlight to the extent that it felt there wasn't a sun to shine upon this world to begin with. The streetlights and lights of buildings from all over the area flickered, and an uneasy feeling enveloped the atmosphere. Some thrashing noise could be heard, and then…with an extremely loud sound, the streetlights in the area exploded leaving an eerie silence in the air.
THUD…!!
The silence was broken when a person fell out of the sky and crashed into the ground, it was as if he was fired by a cannon from afar. He tried to get up using the hilt of a broken blade but it was of no avail and could barely even manage staying conscious. Then, within some distance, another figure laid his presence onto the land. He had no injuries and was barely fazed, a masked figure holding a sword with a terrifyingly calm presence.
"This is the end of the line" Said the masked one and raised his left arm, small particles which gave a bright light gathered within his palm, making a sphere and aimed it towards the person who was still trying to get up with despair reflecting within his eyes.
These two people were fighting for certain causes pertaining to themselves but also had peace and destruction on the line. A battle which would decide the fate of many lives and the coming future for many other things, this battle happens in the year 2016 A.D.
In order to understand the events taking place in this time period, we need to go back, rewind the clock by twelve years to the time when a strange phenomena occurred on the planet where humans lived, Earth. A mysterious bluish light emerged within the far horizon one day, and shot up into the sky, becoming an illuminating pillar that shone brightly. The light shined from dawn till dusk and all night long; in other words, all the time. It could be even seen from some places on the eastern side of Earth in the far horizon.
Within a few minutes of its emergence, rumors and different discussions occurred, and within a mere hour, the entire world had been jolted awake. Some thought that the end was near, some claimed it to be the arrival of aliens and some claimed it to be the sign of god's existence. End of an era? End of humanity? End of the Universe? That's just about but a very tiny part of the never before seen mayhem that was occurring among people. Everyone was on the edge of their seats, teetering and whimpering for the next few hours, then some days passed, then weeks, some months, but nothing else happened. Alas, all those baseless rumours about what it could be amounted to nothing and the mystery light became an everyday sight for those who could see it from their homes, and as for those who couldn't, they even visited other countries just for the sake of catching a glimpse of this wonder with their own eyes; it was to the point that a few countries became tourist spots and developed areas for sightseeing. This phenomenon was even dubbed as 'The world's natural wonder'.
Even the best of the scientists couldn't figure out the purpose of this light or what it was. All they knew were some clear facts.
First was that this strange light was shining from an island where nothing existed, a completely barren land floating in the ocean not too far away from the country Japan. Humans of Earth never knew that an island such as this even existed until this incidents' occurrence, the light just shoots into the sky from this piece of land with seemingly no actual source that emits this said light. This led to the next fact that,
The light had no external connections which meant it was most definitely shining from within Earth and started on the barren land and that led to the final fact,
The light started to shine on June 13th 2004.
It was around this time that a feeble boy was starving for food on the streets of one of the dwarf planets which exists between the orbits of Earth and Mars. There was only one thing that kept him going and trying to survive inevitable death that loomed closer by the second, it was his will to live.
I
Date - 13th June, 2004
Place - North District
Time - 5:55 pm
It was a heavy rainy evening, dark clouds blocked the rays of dusk but some light passed through, the district contains many houses in colonies with a few street lights around each house, under one of these many streetlights was a boy sitting with his back laying on the pole.
He was wearing a tattered white shirt and jeans which were clearly not his size as they were too big. He was so pale and skinny that even some of his bones were visible, if one looked they may even mistaken him for a corpse as he silently sat, holding his knees close to his face.
Quite some time passed, but the downpour still continued on, just as he was about to close his eyes; he caught the glimpse of a houses' door creaking open. A man came out with a plastic bag and threw it within the garbage can beside his house. Seeing this, the boy stood up on his feet and summoned the last remaining bits of his strength to run towards the can in hopes that the bag which the man threw contained food, maybe it had some leftovers from lunch which the man couldn't eat or it could be some expired food; nonetheless if it was some form of 'food' which could fill his stomach then that's all the boy needed and hoping for that, he made a dash for it. Alas, some others reached there before him and dug out the plastic bag.
The pale boy had an idea of what would happen if he asked for food if it contains any from the group of three kids who took out the bag. He knew that asking would be in vain but as he was on the verge of death, going against his thoughts seemed to be the better idea, after all what else was really there to lose?
"C-can I have some of…that…?" the pale boy asked as he looked at the three search for food within the bag.
"Woohoo!! It's all food!" One of them exclaimed.
"Erm…c-can I-"
"Huh? What do you want?" Said the one who was the tallest among the three as he walked towards the pale boy.
"Can I-I…"
"I can't hear you! Oi, You two leave some for me as well!" Said the tall boy.
"Can I…can I have some of that food?!" the tired boy asked in a higher tone than before, his mouth watering at the sight of food. The three looked at one another and then one of them answered, "Sorry! It appears that it's not enough to the extent that we could possibly share it"
A white lie, there was a bag full of leftovers yet they refused to share any.
"Even a little is fine…just a mouthful is…enough…" the pale boy said in vain as he subconsciously reached out for the bag and walked closer.
"Just get the idea we won't give any!" The tall boy exclaimed as he grabbed the pale boy's shirt and threw him away.
"Grh…!" He groaned in pain as he fell on the ground, splashing some water on impact. One of the three boys came forward and kicked the pale boy in his stomach as he tried to get up which knocked him a bit further away near to the middle of the road.
"GAH?! Cough cough" He coughed some blood out as he clutched onto his stomach. The three kids left with the plastic bag after searching for more food.
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The downpour continued on but the boy didn't get up. He stared at the dark sky as water seeped into his eyes while he laid on his back halfway under the beam of a streetlight, his hands and legs sprawled out.
"Why…?" He whispered, "Why is it that I must live like this? Is this the result of some bad thing that I did…? Or was I born only to die…?"
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"Why can't I have a normal life…? Am I really just going to die like this…? Do I not deserve to have a life…?" He whispered as he shut his eyes tight.
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"Even I…!" He said as he grit his teeth and opened his eyes and clenched his hands in frustration, "EVEN I WANT TO LIVE NORMALLY!!"
CRACKLE!
Lightning flashed and crackled as he screamed with what little energy the boy still had. He noticed that the thunder just now projected a shadow of something beside him.
As he got up on his shoulder to see what was in front, he saw it was a girl standing in some distance, one that was about the same age as him. The boy had seen great many number of people around him everyday as he lived on the streets but this girl was the prettiest person he had ever seen, her red hair set her apart from anyone else he had seen prior but there was something other than beauty which caught his eye and it was the way her eyes looked, there was a strange emotion within them as they seemed very sad almost like there was no soul in them, like those weren't the eyes of a human.
As if scanning her, the boy's focus shifted from her face to the other parts, she was standing beneath a streetlight which made her visible enough despite the storming rainfall, he noticed that she had quite a few injuries and was bleeding; one beneath her face on her neck, slight dry blood on the upper left corner of her face which almost seemed to blend with her hair's colour, one on her left shoulder which showed through her torn black shirt and then the boy stopped observing further as he was about to reach the bottom half when he noticed something within the girl's right hand. His eyes opened wide and pupils constricted at the sight of a knife which the girl held onto.
CRACKLE!
Everything in his body screamed to get away from there as he saw that the girl slowly started approaching but he couldn't get up as his hand constantly slipped.
"Don't come nea-!"
The girl dashed before he could finish speaking, he closed his eyes tight and put his hands in front to defend himself as the final measure.
"Eh…?"
But to his surprise, the girl hugged him instead. His gaze shifted to look around and he noticed that the girl was still holding onto the knife in her hand. Afraid, he tried to push the girl away. Perhaps the girl noticed his fear and dropped her knife.
"Get away from me…!" He said while continuing to push her away but to no avail. Tears welled up within his eyes but the girl didn't let go nor did she say anything. It was only until few seconds after that the girl finally spoke,
"Do you…want to live normally?...perha-"
As soon as those words entered the boy's ears, he stopped pushing her away and a strange phenomenon occurred, he couldn't think about whatever was going on, what had happened or will happen; he couldn't hear the sound of the rain nor could he feel the pain he got from when he was kicked earlier; any negative thoughts within his mind vanished in the blink of eye and was overwhelmed by a warmth he hadn't ever felt before. Then, tears flooded out of his eyes filling up his small face as he replied,
"Yes…!!"
The girl's hug tightened slightly for a few seconds. The cold rain slowly receded, and the rays of dusk shone through as the boy felt warmth on his shoulders, it was the tears of the girl.
Thus, marking the beginning of a new life.