A.N: Well here we are again. It's always such a pleasure! Heads up, this story will NOT star Hei, as the main character is my own. Also, as a disclaimer, I do not own Darker than Black. I am not affiliated with any of the companies that participated in the original creation of Darker than Black. Without further ado, lets begin with the story.
It was a normal day, and the sun was shining, but Hibiki felt cold. His vision was blurred as if someone had taken off his glasses. He lay on the ground, feeling all the energy being sapped out him, as he was thinking "Is this the end? Is this how I die...?". There was a red pool of sticky liquid around him, and the wound he had received came from an oddly shaped blade.
He looked up at the figure looming before him, and tried to use his ability on him as a last resort. But to no avail did it work against his enemy, for his enemy's ability was to turn any damage done to them into someone else's pain. He yelled out in pain as he experienced the torture of his own ability. He stopped attempting to use his power because he knew how hopeless it was, and his price was remembering painful memories.
He felt himself going into the dark void of his mind and he let it take him wherever it would go...
Suddenly, he was a six-year-old, hiding behind a tree. He peeked out from behind the tree, and saw a dark haired kid wearing a white buttoned shirt that was around his age, staring up into the sky. "This memory? How is this my price?" Then a girl with dark hair wearing a white dress walked up to the boy. Hiding behind the tree, Hibiki heard the girl saying "Brother, are you looking at the stars again?" Then he heard a reply, coming from the boy. "Yes, Xing." Then the boy sat down near the lake that was there in front of them.
The girl, who was apparently named Xing, walked down into the lake and stood there, watching the stars as well. Then a few moments later, a shooting star fell through the sky and Xing was excited, Hibiki couldn't make out what she was saying, because he was busy watching the sky, with star after star falling. He soon got tired of watching and began to head home.
While he was walking, he passed an alley, and someone grabbed him. He didn't get to see the person's face though, but he could tell that the man was fully-grown. There was a knife pressed up to his throat, and he heard a rough voice saying "Drop your money and phone and then scram, kid." He replied by saying "I don't have any money, and my parents can't get me a phone!" He heard the man say "Bull!" He was then thrown on the ground, and his glasses were knocked off. He grunted in pain, and he saw a blurry figure standing above him.
Then he felt a sharp pain in his left hand and he screamed in pain, he looked at his left hand and he saw a red stain, and something black sticking out of it. He then grabbed it and pulled it out. "This is how my price is..." He thought. He picked up his glasses and put them on, he looked at his captor and stood up, holding the knife, he then ran at the man and stabbed his arm. Blood dripped down the handle and onto his fingertips, he rotated the knife and his captor screamed. The man then fell over, and he lay there, blood dripping out of his arm.
Hibiki waited there for a while, and the man stopped moving. Hibiki was breathing heavily, and he realized what he had done. He began to well up with tears, and he rubbed one of his eyes with his left hand, he winced in pain and looked at his hand. The bleeding had stopped, he went to the stream of water nearby and washed his skin free of blood. He began walking home, thinking about how his parents would react. He looked up into the sky and gasped, all the stars had disappeared. Then there was a rumble, and he fell over.