Ch.1 The New Beginning...

Things haven't changed much. Supposedly the Blade Children and Ayumu got rid of the hunters... and things have been quiet for now. Everyone has been able to relax, well... sort of. Ayumu Narumi, little brother of the well known Kiyotaka Narumi, had been having weird feelings lately. He still hasn't heard from his brother since when he first contacted him about going after the mystery of the Blade Children, when everything had first begun and that seemed so long ago. So this is where we start. Its early on Ayumu's first day of summer. He sat at his kitchen table, staring down at his cup of cocoa blankly. It was 5:37am and Ayumu hadn't gotten one minute of sleep at all the night before, but it wasn't all that abnormal for him lately. He hadn't slept for seven days straight now and his body felt like it was going to break down on him at any moment. He sighed and closed his eyes. What seemed like five minutes later he opened his eyes as Madoka walked into the room yawning.
"What are you doing up so early? And waking up by yourself? Something must be wrong..."Ayumu joked with his usual nonchalant voice.

Madoka just glared at him. "Oh shut up Ayumu..." She sighed and looked at the clock, it was 6:17am now. She then looked over at Ayumu. "You're up really early... again... This has been going on for a week Ayumu and there's no reason for you to be up this early... its summer break, theres no school for you so shouldn't you be sleeping in late like you used to?" Madoka asked concerned as she sat across from him at the table.

He just looked at her blankly. "I'm fine... my internal clock is screwed up or something okay?"

"Did you get any sleep at all this time?" She asked persistently.

"Yeah... I told you I've gotten plenty of sleep each night... I just... wake up early." He lied.

"AYUMU! Stop lying to me!" Madoka yelled. Her voice now softened and her look was full of concern again. "You're not sleeping at all... and you're barely eating! Ayumu, you're scaring me... some thing's wrong... so what is it? Why wont you tell me? Why wont you let me help you if I can? Ayumu... please..." Madoka begged.

"I told you Madoka... my internal clock is just messed up or something, and like I said about the food thing... I don't eat when I'm not hungry and I haven't been hungry okay?" He got up from the table and walked into his room. He changed and gathered a few things and packed them into his backpack. He picked up his keys off the table and

pulled his cellphone off its charger and shoved both things into his pocket. He walked out of his room and Madoka was standing right outside his room. Her expression was mixed with anger and concern. "Where do you think you're going!" She demanded with her foot tapping rapidly on the floor and her arms crossed, with her eyes narrowed. "Hmmm?" She persisted again.

"Just... out..." He said blandly as he walked passed her and towards the door. He checked the clock once more and it was 6:59am but before he turned to leave it turned to 7:00 am. "Ill be back later okay Madoka? You can survive on your own can't you?"

Madoka was angered a bit by this. "OF COURSE I CAN! I'm not a child!" She yelled but soon she held only concern and the anger was gone. "But Ayumu... you don't look so good..." she said looking at him. His complection was a bit pallid. "What if something happens and no one is there to help you?"

"I'll be fine. Like you I'm not a child." At that he walked out the door and down the steps. He started down the street having no particular destination in mind. He pulled his headphones from his bag and began to listen to music but soon enough he was disturbed by his cellphone vibrating in his pocket. He turned his headphones off as he continued to walk the streets of the city and he saw the name of the caller, displayed on his cellphone in bold. 'Hiyono Yuizaki'. He sighed and picked up. "Yo..." He said plainly.

"AYUMU!" Hiyono chirped happily over the phone. "How are you enjoying our first day of summer!"

"Its okay I guess..."

"Oh come on Ayumu! Its SUMMER BREAK!" She wondered if something was wrong. Though his voice almost always was nonchalant she just felt these things from him. "Ayumu... is there... something wrong?" Hiyono asked curiously.

"Nope... not a thing... why?" His voice did contain much fatigue though he was good at concealing it. He hadn't even told her what had been going on about his lack of sleep and food. He didn't want anyone to know so they wouldn't worry nor bug him with questions.

Hiyono felt something was wrong. She knew he was lying... somehow. "Ayumu... I don't believe you for a minute! Please... why wont you tell me whats wrong?" Hiyono begged. She just somehow sensed these sort of things with him.

Ayumu sighed again. "Hiyono its nothing okay?"

"Then just tell me!"

"No because there's no reason to..."

Hiyono couldn't take it. "AYUMU NARUMI! TELL ME!" Hiyono screamed.

"Owww... god... I haven't slept in a week and Madoka's bugging me about that and not eating... okay? Happy?"

"You not sleeping and eating! Ayumu your body is going to break down on you!"

"I'm fine... and have been..."

"Ayumu please... you call that fine?" She sighed and got her things together. "Ayumu will you meet me at the park?"

"Why?"

"Just please do it... I'll meet you there in fifteen minutes okay? Also... if you don't show I'll hunt you down myself..."

"Fine fine... meet you there..." At that Ayumu hung up and started for the park.

Hiyono giggled and happily and quickly finished gathering her things together, and then, as fast as she could, she made her way to the park.