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Prelude to The Wish to Lead Another Life. AU Kai was looking for something to break his boring and nostalgic life living with his grandfather. While he walked home from school he ran into someone that turned his life into an utter anarchy. (TyKa)
Well here is Kaiyuku-kun again with the prelude to The Wish to Lead Another Life. Now you do not have to read that one first but if you want to have a blast! Well this is all about Kai so I think I might as well put this in Kai's POV! Yay! We get to see the world through the blood red eyes of a pessimist. Ready? Set? READ!
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Chapter One: A Sudden Run In
"Nightmares are only disguises of your true problems in the real world."
Another boring day, another night of homework; I hate my life. I have to put up with it though. Only a bit longer and I'll be free, only another few years and my grandfather will no longer bind me. My parents are never around and my grandfather is anything but sickly and weak.
I wait at crosswalk watching as cars lazy drive by, lost in my own thoughts. I never notice the person running across the walkway while the light was still red until that person crashed into me. I fell to my ass and looked up as the person that ran into me grabbed his head.
"Tyson!" someone yelled from across the street. "When I get my hands on you, you are so dead!"
"Yah right Ozuma!" the person yelled. The lights from the cars and the shops made it easier for me to tell it was a male about the same age as me. He had long midnight blue hair and matching eyes. He looked at me and smiled as he stood up and offered me a hand. I took it staring at the boy. I found him oddly fascinating. Something drew me to him in s weird way. I could not say why but there was something in his eyes that captivated me.
"Tyson!" the one who he called Ozuma said as he ran across the street as the pedestrian walk told them they could.
"Shit!" Tyson said. "It was a blast talking with you dude gotta run!" he said running off as Ozuma and three others went after him. I paused watching as they ran own an allay yelling at the midnight hair teen. Part of me said to leave it and go home but a stronger half said to follow. I ran after them swinging my school bag back and forth.
When I got to the allay I saw the group of guys that were chasing the midnight one were kicking something. I assumed it was the one that they called Tyson and ran over to then knocking one of them flat on their ass. "Isn't three to one a little unfair?" I asked as the one I pushed over stood up and glared at me.
"Listen up rich boy unless you wanna get your ass kick but out." A boy with green hair said. The one I pushed over did not look as forgiving as he walked over to me and raised a fist.
As he brought it down I ducked under it and punched him in the gut. He was big but as the saying goes, the bigger they are the harder they fall. He coughed up a bit of blood as he fell to the ground. Tyson stood up and was gripping his side as he leaned on the wall. He had the look of surprise written all over his face.
The next one of them to attack me was one with black and red hair. He looked ready to kill me but I have had enough training in the martial arts to know how to knock this guy for a loop without even breaking a sweat.
I stopped his fist with an open palm and flipped him over my shoulder causing him to land painfully on his back. "Did you like that?" I asked as I placed an hand on my upper arm a smirk playing my lips.
"Cocky ass hole!" the big blonde one said standing up.
"Dunga stop!" the one I threw to the floor said. "We've got what we want. Come on." He said as he stood up. They began to leave but turned back to us. "Take note that next time I see your face I'm going to kill your ass." The spiky haired one said before he left.
"That was cool." The midnight haired teen said. "So how much does it take for you to be my body guard?" he asked with a laugh.
"A name to start." I said as I folded my arms and shifted my weight to one side of my leg.
"My name is Tyson Granger!" he said with a smile as he titled his head to one side. "Your name is Kai Hiwatari right?" he asked me as he snapped his head up right and looked at me.
"How did you…?" I asked as I let my sentence drop off.
"Come on! You and your grandfather are all over the news!" he said as he almost jumped around where he stood. He flinched as he grabbed his side and scrunched his nose. "Ow."
I looked at him for a minute before muttering something to myself then turning to pick up my forgotten school bag. "What did they want anyway?"
"It'll probably piss you off to know you saved a thief." Tyson said with a grin. I did not understand why he was still smiling. If he was admitting he was doing something bad why did he keep grinning like an idiot?
"I don't care." Kai said as he looked to the street filled with people and steam arising from the vents of the city. "Do you have somewhere you can go or do I need to play host?"
"As much fun as it sounds to see you play host I have a place to stay." Tyson said his smile never fading. "Unless you insist." He said as he practically slid over to me and nudged my side.
"Come on." I said grabbing him by the back of his collar. "I'll play host tonight."
"Yay!" Tyson said his face almost lighting up with happiness.
"WHERE IS HE?" my grandfather's voice could be heard from the entrance gate. I paused my footsteps listening to his yelling knowing he was talking about me. if I were to ever go missing he would pay the piper and my parents would but off the money that they pay him to watch me.
I nodded to Tyson whom had looked alarmingly at the house then to me. "I hope you don't mind the old man." I said as I led the way up the steps. "You could always go back." I added as I noticed he was not following me.
"I'm coming!" he said puffing up his cheeks and running up the steps.
"Grandfather I'm home you can stop harassing the maids!" I called as I took my shoes off. Tyson mimicked my physical action and stared startled at my grandfather who had made his way to the door.
"Where have you been?" he shouted at me.
"I was working on a school project with my friend." I said pointing to Tyson making up a lie on the spot. "Is that illegal?"
"When you don't tell me what the hell you're doing it does!" he exclaimed as he looked at Tyson. "If you would be so kind to wait in Kai's room, it's to the right, the fifth door to the left on the second floor." He said pointing to the double staircase. Tyson began to make his way up the steps when my grandfather pulled me into another room. The minute the door shut he hit me knocking me into his bookshelf.
I winced as my back slammed into the tomes and let out a cry when he kicked me in the side. "I told you last time to be home before dark no matter what the consequence! What if your parents would have been here?"
I knew better then to try and retort anything at all. It would only reward me in more pain from his buckled boot, and another slap from his ringed hand. Beatings like this were not abnormal in my house. I would frequently come home late or not at all. I hated being here. It was not even a home to me; it was a building with for walls and a ceiling. Some things in it only were for show; kind of like a peacock, the bigger the tail feathers and brighter the colors the more attention that the female will pay to the male. It was all for social status.
I felt another swift kick to my stomach and coughed up some blood. Ironic how it plays out, I had beaten up someone else earlier before and now I was the one being beat. "I'm done now." He said as he bent down and yanked me up by my hair. "Make sure you get home before dark, or next time it will be worse."
I stood up on my own and nodded. I stepped out of the room and walked up the stairs. I had made it to my room when I felt like my lungs collapsed on me. I gripped the doorknob and fell to my knees. I felt the handle moved under my hand and heard the door open as I squeezed my eyes shut. I pain was too much for even me to take and I fell forward as the door opened fully.
Tyson gasped as he knelled next to me and turned me over. "Are you okay?" he asked shaking me a bit.
"Don't bother telling anyone about me…" I said holding onto consciousness a bit longer. "None of them would care."
"What do I do about you then?" he asked in a panic.
"Leave." I said before the darkness took me.
I woke up the next day to the light sound of rain beating against the window pine. My head hurt and I was in my own bed. I sat up rubbing the sleep from my eyes and looking out the window. The sky was a gray overcast and the rain was steady, almost like a heart beat. I began to remember the events of the pervious night as I stared out the window in a complete daze. I blinked a few times before turning my head to look around my huge room decorated in whatever I felt the need for.
I gasped when I spotted Tyson leaning on the dresser on the other side of the room sleeping soundly. The rise and fall of his chest were in sequence to the inhale and exhale of his breaths that I could hear clearly. I sighed as I stood up and began my way over to him. I knelled down next to him and looked at his face. I felt like my heart was going to jump out of my throat when his eyes began to slowly open.
"Kai?" Tyson said as he rubbed his eyes and looked at me. I froze, something in me was screaming at me to hug him but I did not know why.
"Ah…ahh." I said as I stood up quickly shaking my head. "Come on."
"Where are we going?" he asked as I walked past him and to a walk in closet.
"Wear this." I said throwing him a pair of tan jeans and a yellow shirt. I walked a bit father back and picked out a red coat. I walked back out shutting the door behind me my own clothes in hand as I threw him the coat. "Hurry up."
"Oh, ah, alright!" he said as he looked around. I guess it was somewhere to change so I pointed to the doors that lead to my bathroom. "Thanks." He said as he smiled sheepishly.
I quickly changed into a pair of black pants and a button up white shirt. I looked out the window again trying to figure out why my heart went nuts a little while back. When I heard the door open I looked around at Tyson who was looking at himself with a raised eyebrow.
"Not saying that I know you or anything but you don't seem like the type to wear this kind of thing." He said pulling on the collar of the shirt.
"Shut up." I said as I looked back to the window. "Tell me…" I said as I stared at the gray clouds pouring rains out like tears. "What kind of life do you lead?"
"A reckless one." Tyson said walking over to me. "I am always running from some other kind of gang or street punk and everyday I'm looking for a new way to get through the day." He said with a smile as I looked at him. "Why are you asking anyway?"
"I'd rather work to live then be kept alive as a profit." I said closing my eyes and remembering the day my parent first left me with my grandfather.
"Well then let's go." Tyson said happily. I looked at him slightly stunned at his words. "It's like I have anything better to do and anyway…" he paused as he turned from the window and walked toward my door. "I like you." he looked back with a cheesy grin, yet those words meant something much more to me then he could have ever imaged.
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Now that I have gone through a ton of anime in the last few weeks that I've taken off of writing to watch I think I can now come up with better story lines then before! Another thing is that I began a collage English class. It's a lower level one and ridiculously easy for me, now that I get to thinking about it I think it would be a good think for me to start from basically scratch and get my written skills up to snuff. So if you notice some changes in my style do not try to mind it too much. Also I'm trying to be as descriptive as possible; therefore, adding to the effectiveness of my writing. Things will get longer then these measly five pages that I took to write this first chapter but for now live with this!
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