Hey again, this time I'm going to write a story like I said in my first story "The Forgotten Moon". There's a chance that I might discontinue it if I'm out of ideas, but I'll try.
Anyways, to my first chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own KHR.
A figure was sitting in his room, reading a book and ignoring the outside world in favor to focus on his reading.
Suddenly, he looked up slowly and stared at a corner in front of him.
"How interesting of you to go into my room with no sound. But you know that it's rude to barge into the room without knocking you know." he said, marking the page he's reading and put it down next to him.
The man who he mentioned, stepped out of the shadows and smiled happily at him.
"As expected of the new cursed one." the man said "My name is Wonomichi, servant of the man of the Iron Hat."
The boy smiled slightly "Nice to meet you, Wonomichi. Would you like some tea, or are you in a rush?"
"Hm...You're quite different from the others I've met. But nevermind that, here's a letter for you, Rogue di Valencia."
The boy, Rogue, cocked his head "I never had a visitor before, is it from your master?"
Wonomichi nodded, giving the letter to the pale boy.
"I must be going now, see you later, Rogue di Valencia." Wonomichi then walked out of the door, remembering to close it.
Rogue slowly opened the later and read the paper inside.
"...So the time has come…" he sighed sadly after reading, looking at the bright moon outside.
"For the I Prescelti Sette to gather for another brutal era."
-0-
It took him two hours to reach the destination, but he got there nonetheless.
He pushed the big doors open, and seven people sitting at the table greeted his sight. He observed them silently.
"Oh, a new guest. Would you like to have a cookie?" the woman with a mushroom-like hat, Luce, asked.
Rogue smiled apologetically.
"I'm sorry, but I'm not fond of sweets." he said while taking a seat between Fon and her.
"I thought they said there's only seven, how come there's another brat?" a man with piercings, Skull, said.
"The man who the Grim Reaper hate, Skull." Rogue said quietly, watching him stiffen "But being hated by the Grim Reaper doesn't mean it's a good thing..."
"Why doesn't it?" Skull challenged.
"Shut up, lackey." Reborn smacked his head.
Rogue just stared at the man with the hood, Viper.
"I'm going to charge you for staring at me." the illusionist said.
Rogue just gave him a small pouch.
Viper stopped counting his money and looked inside the pouch. Inside it were 20 gold coins.
"Hm, I guess this is enough." Viper took the bag away.
Fon raised an eyebrow while the little boy just stared at them with his one eye. That eye looks empty, like the person who had given up everything on Earth. His dull red eye seemed to be the only thing the boy could see, the other one was wrapped by bandages, making it impossible for them to see what his other eye was.
"It seems that all of you got the letter from the servant of The Man in the Iron Hat." he said slowly.
"Then you recieved it too?" the man who was called the second da Vinci, Verde, said uninterested while typing on his computer.
"Certainly, I don't know why I recieved it though, there was supposed to have seven, not eight." he said while looking at Lal Mirch now.
"Why do you sound so calm?" Lal demanded.
"Why shouldn't I?" Rogue asked "I'm sitting here, and I'm sure you won't kill me, a small fourteen years old boy."
"Are you sure that nobody will kill you?" Reborn asked with a hint of a smirk.
"I'm sure." Rogue said while taking out a small novel he bought along the trip to this place. Then, he started reading, unaware of anything at the outside world.
"...You are a strange boy." Luce commented.
"Thank you, I was called by that a lot." Rogue said.
A chuckle was heard, echoing all over the room. All of them, except the small boy, tensed in alarm.
"You certainly are, I've never seen one so calm in this room, where I gather the seven strongest people in the world." a shadow behind the chair Rogue was sitting said amusingly "You caught my servant's attention, too."
"The Man in the Iron Hat, I presume." Rogue said while flipping the next page.
The book was taken out of his graph. The fourteen-year-old boy frowned that his favorite book was taken away.
"It's rude to not pay attention to the elders." The Man in the Iron Hat said, dropping the book into the boy's lap.
"It's rude for a man to sent his servant barging into someone's room and sneaking in the shadows." Rogue retorted.
"Sharp tongue, I see… But that's not why I'm here." the man said "I am The Man in the Iron Hat, also Checkerface for short."
"What do you want with us?" Fon asked.
"I'm here to challenge all eight of you to see if you are worthy to called the I Prescelti Sette." Checkerface started.
"Seven? More like eight. Why am I here?" Rogue said.
"Your skills are needed in their missions. Besides, you're perfect for this position." Checkerface hummed.
"But I might not live when that time comes." Rogue said, pulling out a small blue diamond with red liquid inside it. The water is only ¼ left "It's only a matter of time before I die."
He received some gasps, but he didn't care, he was born with this anyway.
"No, my child." I'm sure you will live. Because I have a gift that could make it longer." Checkerface said.
"But will my health improve?" Rogue asked, still uninterested while playing with the cup of tea in front of him.
"No, unfortunately." the man said.
"Then I have to decline what you're going to say." Rogue said "I know what you're going to do. And I want to die with no regret."
"Oh, then is killing them still your regret?" Checkerface said.
There was a flash of guilt in the boy's eye, but it disappeared as fast as it appeared.
"What are you two talking about?" Reborn demanded.
Checkerface ignored him and pulled out an emblem,dangling it in front of the boy's face.
"Remember this?" he asked.
"...Return it." Rogue demanded.
"No." the man said.
"Return it." Rogue repeated, this time with something that made the seven people shudder a bit.
"That won't work with me." Checkerface said.
"...Fine." Rogue said.
"As I said, I'm going to challenge all of you to see if you all are worthy as the Strongest Seven." Checkerface said "That's all I need to say, I suggest you all should get to know each other before starting the next mission tomorrow. 12 midnight tomorrow at this place."
With that, he blended himself into the shadows while Rogue just stuffed his things into his bag, his eye now unfocused. He stood up and tried to walk out, but a hand grabbed his shoulder before he could reach the door.
A knife was immediately in the brunette's grasp and he swung at the one that grabbed him, his other hand had a gun. A hand easily stopped the knife before it came contact with the one who tried to touch him.
"Calm down, you brat." the man, Reborn, said.
"What do you want?" Rogue asked, throwing his weapons in the air and they disappeared.
"The Man the Iron Hat said we should get to know each other." Reborn replied.
"It's his suggestion, besides, I have something more important to do right now." Rogue shrugged the hand off his shoulder.
He flicked at the air and the door opened by the wind.
"I suggest you should sit down and calm down before you accidentally kill someone." Reborn suggested.
"..." Rogue glanced at the door before back at the group at the table "A hitman doesn't need to force himself to associate himself with one like me. You'll hate me, and I guarantee that you all will."
The boy walked away, leaving a few worried and confused people in the room.
-0-
Back at his house, Rogue was sitting on his bed, his eye staring at the diamond with blank eye.
"Remember Rogue, you must never remove this necklace. If the red liquid inside it almost run out, you have to come to me. Okay?"
"Hai, mama."
Rogue buried his face into his hands.
"I'm dying, mama. I guess...this is the price I have to pay when I did that, isn't it?" he said.
He shed a single tear that night.
There you have it.
I'll try to post my next chapter tomorrow, or on Sunday because I'm currently staying with my dad, and I have to come back tomorrow. Thanksgiving week is almost over.
Bye.