3rd Person P.O.V

'Year 2XXX Before the Virus infected the World'

"Come on we have to keep running no matter what!" a young boy's voice shouted as he held two younger girl's hands as the ran down the streets of Tokyo in order to escape from their pursuers chasing them. The older girl managed to keep up with the boy's spend, but the younger girl had trouble keeping up them, as ragged breaths escaped from her lips, she tried to keep up with her two siblings' space, but her heart was pounding relentlessly through her head, and her feet were just aching for a break, but she knew that was not possible as the had to keep on running until those people stopped chasing after them.

"Big brother! How long do we have to keep running for?" the second sibling asked her older brother, as she was starting to feel the pain of running for so long. She looked back to see if their pursuers were still after them, and her eyes widened in surprise when she saw the black car speeding after them. A gasp escaped her lips then she turned her to face forward again focusing on running again.

"Until they stop following us, we'll turn at the next corner and try to lose them" the girl's older brother replied, she nodded her to acknowledge what he said.

"B-big brother I'm getting tired" the younger of the two girls said as her face flushed red and her breath came out in harsh pants as beads of sweat rolled down her face. Pausing for a moment the older boy crouched down with and held out his arms behind him, he turned to face his younger sister.

"Get on" is all he said as he looked forward again, the girl complied and hopped onto her brothers back wrapping her small arms around his neck. He got up again and grasped his other sister's hand and started running again. Thankful for the little time they stopped, the girl ran again with her small hand in her brother's larger one. Seeing the corner up ahead she started to feel a little relief as she could finally be able to get away from her pursuers and finally take a rest after the long run they just had. With her brother taking the lead, they finally turned the corner and ran into an alleyway losing sight of the pursuers.

Seeing a light at the end of the alleyway, the three sibling kept running until they were back onto a different street. Resting to take a break the young boy put his sister down and sat on the ground exhausted, with sweat rolling down his face.

"I think we should be fine now, we got them off our backs for now" the boy said as he looked at his two younger sisters, they were also on the ground trying to catch their breaths. They looked back at him then to each other and nodded their heads.

"But where are we supposed to go now?" the older of the two girls asked a sad expression came over her face as she remembered they have nowhere to sleep for the night. She looked up into the night sky filled with stars and the luminescence moon shining down over the Earth dressing it in its silver beauty.

"I have a place where we can go for tonight, but I don't know how we're going to get food" the boy said as he d\stood and started walking. His sisters immediately followed behind him, they walked for a while until they saw an abandoned building within their sights. They entered and went into the only bedroom that was there. Immediately the two girls felt fatigue take over them and the went to the bed a laid down on it. The older boy found a dirty sheet lying in the corner of the room and covered his sisters with it. The younger fell asleep as soon as she hit the mattress, but the older girl stayed up for a while and looked at her brother laying on the floor with his back turned to the bed. Curious ask to why her brother wasn't laying on the bed she came off the bed and went to her brother's side.

"Brother why aren't you sleeping on the bed?" the girl asked as she bent on her knees and tapped her brother's shoulder. The older boy turned and faced his little sister, parts of his hair fell over his left eye as he sighed. He sat up and replied to his sister.

"Because I need to be ready in case someone decides to some and sneak up" her brother said as he looked at the broken door. An intruder could come upon them at any chance and he wasn't going to risk their safety just because he fell asleep. His sister looked at him worriedly as her brows furrowed and her lips frowned into a downward smile. She suddenly hugged her brother catching him by surprise as he looked down at her little form trembling on him.

"Brother please, don't leave...I don't want to lose you or Yui, you guys are the only family I have left" the girl whimpered as tears cascaded down her face and her face flushed red. The boy was surprised at what his sister said not expecting that confrontation. He stiffened at first not able to say anything, then he relaxed and a small smile made its way onto his lips.

"Okay, I promise I won't go anywhere and leave you and Yui" the boy whispered back as a reply, and hugged his sister back while patting her head.

"Brother please sleep with us on the bed" the little girl begged as she looked up at her brother. Her big doe like eyes staring at his as she awaited an answer.

"I can't" he said as he looked at her.

"Why not?" she questioned curiously as she tilted her head.

"Because I need to make sure that no one sneaks up on us while we're here" he explained.

"Brother that is okay you don't need to do that" she counteracted.

"But I need to make sure that-" he was cut off by his sister putting her hand on his cheek and gave him a small smile.

"You don't need to worry about that, I'm sure no one will even bother to look in a place like this to see if a bunch of children are taking refuge in here" the girl said as she closed her eyes as her smile grew wider.

"Yukari...you've grown up so much even though you're still just a child" the older boy said as he looked at his sister now known as Yukari bewildered.

"Well, I am growing older Yuuta nii-chan no matter what" Yukari giggled at her brother's expression.

"You brat, you're not old enough to be saying things like that yet" the boy now identified as Yuuta said as he nudged his sister a big smile on face. Yukari looked to the bed where her little sister Yui was sleeping then looked back at her brother.

"We can make space for you on the bed" Yukari said as she got up and dragged her brother to the where the bed was. She pushed Yui over a little and then climbed on the bed herself. She patted the space beside her that was big enough for her brother to lay.

"Come now brother, it's way past bed time and we have to get up early tomorrow to find a new place for us to live" Yukari said as she laid down. Yuuta sighed and ruffled his hair as he climbed on the bed and laid next to his sister.

"You're so bossy" Yuuta commented closing his eyes and putting his hands behind his head.

"And you're so stubborn" Yukari counteracted as she smiled at her brother's expression as it turned to one of filled with annoyance.

"Tch, whatever" her brother said as he turned on his side, facing away from his sisters. Yukari just smiled and closed her eyes as she felt happy for the first time in a while.

"Good night Yuuta-nii" Yuakri said as she dozed off to sleep, her smile remaining on her. What she hadn't heard was the soft voice of her brother replying to her with a small 'Good Night' as he too succumbed to slumber.

Timeskip 3:00 a.m.

"Huh..." a sudden noise jolted the black haired girl awake as she looked around wearily with drowsiness still residing within her being. Thinking that it was just her imagination the girl went back to sleep, but the same noise woke her up again, coming to her senses she knew that it wasn't just her mind playing tricks on her, she got up and carefully climb over her brother to go to the door to see what was making that noise. Yukari peeked through a crack in the door and a surprised gasp escaped her lips as she saw a man in all black staring directly back at her. Eyes widened in fear, she screamed and fell back as her heart raced in her chest. she got up and scurried to her siblings slide losing her footing along the way.

"Brother, wake up! There's a strange man at the door!" Yukari exclaimed as she shook her brother awake desperation and fright laced in her voice.

"Huh? w-what Yukari?" Yuuta asked rubbing the sleep from his eyes, but when he saw her expression he knew there was something wrong happening. He woke Yui up and she slowly awoke rubbing the sleep out her eyes. She looked at her brother and got worried when she saw the apprehension on his face.

"Big brother, what's wrong?" Yui questioned as she held onto her brother's arm starting to feel scared, her heart rate picking up speed.

"Shh" he whispered putting his index finger to his lips, he stared at the door, waiting for any sudden movement from outside. After hearing a knock on the door, the three siblings froze, Yukari hugged Yui to reassure her comfort while Yuuta stood in front of his two arms stretched out to protect them from the oncoming danger. Time seemed to have froze as nothing could be heard except for the hushed breathes coming from the siblings, no sound was heard outside making the place become eerily silent. They held their breaths awaiting for inevitable doom awaiting them.

The sound of the door being kicked down surprised them to the core nearly making their hearts jump out of their chests. A man wearing a black suit from top to bottom with black hair and air of high class surrounding his being walked into the room with a smile on his face as he stared at the children. He inspected all three of them carefully noticing how scared they looked.

"Do not be afraid children, I'm not here to hurt you or anything" the man said as he closed his eyes, his smile still apparent on his face as he raised his arm up slightly to show that meant no harm to them. Staying silent the three children continued to stare at the man, not trusting his words.

"How are you so sure we will trust you?" Yuuta asked filled with suspicion, his words said with venom.

"Because I can give you a new place to live and you'll be safe, far away from your parents" the man spoke as he emphasized on the words parents.

"How do you know about them!" Yuuta roared gritting his teeth, his hands clenched into a fist.

"Oh please who wouldn't know about them, three little children don't just go off on their own without their parents" the man said in a matter-of-fact voice.

"Tch" Yuuta clicked his tongue turning his head away from the man, there's now way he's believe just what that man said, there had to be more to it than just that.

"Big brother I-I'm scared" Yui said trembling tears brimming at her eyes as she held onto Yukari more.

"There's no reason to be afraid young Yui, if you come with me you will be safe and have a new home to go to and warm food to eat" the man said as he walked over to the sibling and bent down to the height of the children. He reached his hand to pat her on the head, but it got slapped away. Looking at the boy in mild surprised then it went back to the previous expression he had on his face.

"Don't touch her!" Yuuta yelled with anger in his eyes and his teeth gritted that it looked like thy were about to brake.

"Feisty aren't we?" the man said with amusement in his voice, he found this boy interesting who was brimming with so much emotion, it made the man smirk a little.

"Oh dear me, where are my manners" the man said as he got up "My name is Makoto Kijima, but yo can call me Mr. Saitō" he put his right hand over his chest as he bowed at ninety degree angle.

"..." nothing but silence followed after with skeptical expressions on each child's face. Why was the strange man introducing himself to them when he just came in uninvited.

"It is normally polite to introduce yourself afterward" Saitō said he coughed in his hand to get rid of the awkward moment.

"And why should we do that" Yuuta replied back.

"Because it's something called manners young boy" Saitō answered.

"But you knew Yui's name before she even told you her own name" Yuuta counteracted as he narrowed his eyes in defiance.

"Alright alright you caught me" Saitō raised his hands in defeat "I received information about you and your siblings so I know who you guys are already, but introductions are still important in a first meeting even if you know about the other person" he said as he looked at the young boy.

"But seeing as how you do not wish to introduce yourself, I will not bother you any further, besides we are losing precious time going on with this conversation" Saitō remarked as he lifted up his suit sleeve to check his watch.

"Oh my it's this late already, come along children we have quite the journey ahead of us, so we must leave now" the black haired man said as looked at the children.

"And who said anything about us going anywhere with the likes of you" the young boy said

"As I said before I can give you a new home, warm food, clean clothes anything you name it" Saitō said as he turned his back to the three siblings.

"But most importantly, I can give you freedom from your parents" he said as he turned back with a smile on hi face, but however Yuuta saw it, there was something twisted and sinister hiding behind that smile.

"Where are we going mister?" Yui asked as she sat in the back seat of the black luxury car that Saitō was driving.

"Darling I told you, you can call me Mr. Saitō" the older male said as he looked at Yui in the rear-view mirror with a smile on his face, "We're going to your new home, where you can have new friends and a new family" Saitō explained focusing his attention back on the road.

"Really!" Yui said with a surprised face a huge smile overtook her facial features, and she felt a somewhat warm expression on her face.

"Yes young Yui, but before we get to your new home, I have to go and pick someone else up alright" the male said.

"Yes Saitō-san!" Yui said unable to contain her excitement as she looked out the window and kept jumping up and down in place, Yukari looked to her little sister with a gentle smile. It's the first she has ever seen Yui that happy, and it made her heart melt at how adorable her younger sister was being.

Timeskip

The three siblings fell asleep in the back of he car leaning their heads on one another as soft snores escaped their lips. Saitō got out of the car and went in the up a sidewalk seeing a little boy with black hair crouching down on the streets as his breath can be seen as mist when he breathed out.

"Yuu-kun I've arrived for you" the black haired man called out as he waved at the younger male. The boy identified as 'Yuu' got up as he looked at the man with a glare and narrowed eyes.

"..." no words came from the small boy as he just continued to stare.

"Geez, what's with kids these days and not respecting their elders" Saitō muttered under his breath combing his hand over his head.

"What?" Yuu questioned starting to get suspicious as he wondered what this man was talking about.

"You'll see what I mean son\on, now let's go now Yuu-kum" the male held out his hand for Yuu to take. The boy looked at his hands for a second before reluctantly putting his small hand in the males larger one. The two walked on the sidewalk before Saitō's car came into view. opening the passenger seat Yuu looked behind him to see three children in the back seat sleeping the time away. There were two boys and one girl. The boy looked to be around the same age as him, while the older of the gir;s looked to be around a year or two younger than him. The youngest chld seemed to be no older than five years old, but what really caught Yuu's attention is how they all had the same colour hair.

'Maybe they're all related to each other' Yuu said in his mind and as if he could do telepathy Saitō answered his question

"Yes they are siblings Yuu-kun, but you can't get too interested in them now" Saitō teased with a smirk on his face starting the car engine and driving off.

"W-Who would do a thing like that!" Yuu shouted as a blush adorned his cheeks not expecting his benefactor to say something like that.

"Ohh Yuu-kun you're so cute when you're not honest with your feelings blushing like that" Saitō chuckled.

"S-Shut up you old geezer!" Yuu exclaimed with embarrassment which just lead to Saitō fully laugh at Yuu's adorable actions. The ride went silent after their little episode and Yuu just looked out the car window watching the scenery pass by in a breeze.

"Wake up little ones we've arrived now" Saitō said as turned to the children in the car tapping them to wake them up. Slowly one by one, all four children started to wake up and they were met with the sight of a building that looked like an ordinary daycare centre.

"Welcome to your new home" Saitō said as he motioned to the building leading the kids to the front of the building.

"The Hyakuya Orphanage"

To Be Continued

Word Count: 3209 words

Masayume