Rentaro: Age 7

Red. The color of their eyes. The color that coated my sword. The color of their blood. The color of my eyes. I stood in what used to be living room. All the happy memories here were long gone from thought as I looked at the sight before me. Both my mother and my father had just been killed by a creature known as a Gastrea. I couldn't help but weep and cry as I looked at what used to be my mother and farther. Their bodies were long from being recognizable anymore. I also looked at the creature that had killed them.

FlashBack

It looked like a bee. A big ugly bee. We were eating dinner when it happened. I was lounging in a chair as my parents sat on the couch. We were happy and peaceful until the bee burst through the window. It had immediately impaled my mother and my father soon fell after. When I saw the bee kill them rage clouded my mind. My vision gained a sharp red tint as I wanted nothing more than to end the life of the bee. I charged at it not fearing death and punched one of the creatures wings. To my surprise the wing was torn to shreds. I was too transfixed with what I had done that I failed to notice the bee moving with its wing now repaired. It managed to gouge my shoulder with its stinger as it launched me across the room.

When I slammed into the wall I was fixated into a daze. I didn't feel no pain due to the rage and anger. I looked above and noticed the family sword hanging on its plaque above me. I stood and with my good arm plucked it off the wall. I returned my attention to the beast as it again swung its stinger at me. I slashed at it with the blade and broke the stinger. To my surprise the stinger did not heal. Not letting the beast have a chance I soon finished it off.

I looked at my mother and father and saw my father's chest was moving but faintly.

"Father!" I said as I ran over to him.

"Rentaro *Coughs* I don't have much time left." He said weakly. "I wan't you to do me a favor Rentaro. I wan't you to grow up strong and become a man who can hold his head high. That is my last order to you besides the next request. Please put me out of my misery Rentaro. I don't wanna die due to the beast I would rather die by my own son."

I couldn't believe what was happening. The man that I looked up to was dying in front of me with no chance at all at saving. I gave him a nod as tears flowed down my face. I brought the sword to his neck and lifted the blade into the air. I noticed my father had dawned a smile on his face.

"Rentaro." With that I swung the blade and put my father out of his misery.

FlashBack End

I dropped the blade as the last of my strength left me. I now felt the agonizing pain in my shoulder. It felt like it was being slice open with a clear. The pain began to lessen to where it felt like I had badly scraped it. Then it lessened to where it felt like I pulled a muscle. The pain finally stopped completely. Confused I looked over to what was my mutilated shoulder to see it had completely healed. I couldn't believe my eyes. I had suffered a very serious injury and yet here it was completely healed.

I didn't have much time to rejoice in the fact I was completely healed as I heard the sound of engines nearby signifying that police or promoters were nearly here. I may be a kid but I know that if I was found I would be in serious trouble. I mean who would trust a kid that can heal magically and who can kill Gastrea? I looked around my house for what would be the last time. I reminisced the fond memories I had here. Knowing If I didn't leave now I wouldn't ever. I turned around and jumped out the hole the Gastrea had made when it first entered the house.

One Hour Later

I was currently wandering the streets shivering in the cold. I was in some old abandoned industrial district with tons of warehouses that were either infested with bugs or had too many holes in the walls and roofs. I finally found a dull grey one that didn't seem in bad shape. I opened the door and noticed the inside was pitch black except for small rays of moonlight that cascaded from the windows. The side I had entered on sadly had no moonlight to aid my vision. I saw a big patch of light a couple of meters ahead of me and I began moving towards it. I was surprised when I walked into something.

"Who's there?" I asked in a scared voice. A light show into existence and revealed a girl around my age. In one hand was a flashlight in another was a broken pipe. I looked at her appearance to take my mind off the weapon in her hand. The most noticeable thing about her was he long crimson hair. It was kept in two knee-length ponytails. In her hair was two black tags tying her hair with what appear to be bunny designs printed on them. Her eyes were rather soft, but had a slight edge to them. They were the same color as her hair.

"Who are you?" I asked the girl. She remained silent if anything my voice put her more on edge. "It's okay I am not here for any other reason other than shelter." I tried to reassure her. She analyzed me like she was trying to detect any deceit in my words. Finally she turned the flashlight off and walked away. The sound of her footsteps quietly reached my ears to the point that they stopped.

Not seeing any reason not to I continued towards my original destination and reach the patch of moonlight. When I finally reached it I noticed that the ground beneath it instead of concrete or some other material was lush grass. I did see some remains of concrete near the edge of the light but most of it was cracked and had weeds sprouting from it.

I patted the earth for a bit to shape it and after I was satisfied I sat down on the cold ground and laid my sword next to me. For the first time since leaving my house I allowed myself to process what had happened. The thoughts of my parents nearly pushed me to tears. I loved my father and mother. Even though my mother wasn't the one that had given birth to me I had loved her like a mother. I finally couldn't bear it anymore and began to cry over their deaths.

My silent tears turned into quite sobs. I cried for what felt like forever before I felt something wrap around me. Struggling to look past the tears in my eyes I looked down to find myself wrapped by a pair of arms. I looked behind me and saw the girl from earlier. I looked into her eyes and saw a look that I had not expected to see. Understanding. I continued to sob as she held onto me tightly. Finally after a good ten minutes I had stopped.

"Thank you." I said to the girl.

"Enju." She said.

"Huh?" I asked her questioningly.

"My name is Enju." She said in a voice that held nearly no emotion.

"Nice to meet you Enju, my name is Rentaro." I offered her my hand to which she just stared at.

"What happened?" She asked still with barely any emotion. I explained to her what had happened earlier. From the bee crashing through the window to me killing my own father and finding out I had regenerative powers.

"Red eyes." She said as hers flashed a bright crimson raid. I was shocked at their sudden brightening of color until I saw my vision turn a tinge of red. "You are like me." This time there was slightly more emotion that I could tell there was happiness and a small amount of hope in her voice.

"What are we?" I asked her.

"Family. Rentaro is family." She said this as she hugged me. I was shocked. The only family I had ever had in my life was my now deceased parents. And here I was with some girl that I had just met hugging me as she called me family. I looked at her and saw that she actually had a smile on her face right now. That smile brought warmth in me and made me wanna make her smile more.

"Thats right Enju were family." I said as I returned her hug. We stayed in that embrace for the rest of the night.