TOKYO RAIN FOREST, 7:45 AM…
Vincent Bari yawned and rubbed his eyes. He and Gustav had been up all night looking for enemy mamodo to fight. But they haven't had any luck for the past three days. "Just keep looking. We'll find something…" Gustav would always say. 'That man is going senile…' Bari thought as he walked over to the nearby river to wash his face. Suddenly, He heard someone scream. Bari jumped over the river and ran to the location of the scream. A leopard cornered a young girl with orange hair wearing a yellow shirt and a pink hat. "Hey, kitty! Leave the girl alone!" Bari shouted. The leopard turned its head towards Bari and lunged. Bari smirked and said, "Idiot…" Bari did one chop to its neck, another to its right front leg, and a final one to its spine. The leopard collapsed and Bari tossed it into the river. Bari turned back to the girl, who was staring at Bari with big wide eyes. Bari walked over to help the girl up, but all she did was slap him hard against the face. "WHA-" "YOU IDIOT!" The girl screamed, "I WANTED TO DIE!" "What…are you talking about?" "I LOST EVERYTHING THAT EVER MEANT SOMETHING TO ME! THE ONLY FRIEND THAT KEPT ME WANTING TO LIVE IS GONE! I HAVE NO REASON TO BE ALIVE ANYMORE!" Bari punched the girl in the face, knocking her out cold. "Great…now I have to deal with a senile man and a suicidal girl…"
Gustav was lighting a fire when Bari appeared with a girl slung over his shoulders. "Bari…did you do this?" Gustav asked. "No, of course not! She was being attacked by a leopard!" Bari shouted. Bari put the girl down and Gustav examined her. Gustav rolled up her sleeves and gasped. Deep red cuts were on both of her arms. "She's been cutting herself…" Gustav said. Bari suddenly felt something in his heart. Did he feel sad for this girl? "Try to wake her up. I'll get her some food and water…" Gustav ordered as he got up and went deeper into the forest. Bari nudged the girl with his hand, and her eyes fluttered open. "W-What? Is this…heaven?" she asked. Bari shook his head and replied, "You're still alive, remember?" Suddenly, the girl screamed in anger and pulled a knife from her pocket. Bari grabbed her arm tightly, trying to keep the girl from stabbing herself. "DON'T…THROW…YOUR… LIFE AWAY!" Bari clenched the girl's arm tight enough so that she dropped the knife. Tears began spilling down her face. 'Oh, boy…' Bari thought as he tried to calm her down. "What's your name, girl?" Bari asked the girl once she calmed down. The girl looked in Bari's eyes and said, "My name…is Shion."