[Chapter 1]
*BOOM!*
The blasts sent us flying, crashing into the side of a building. Luckily, neither one of us had died.
However, that was enough to separate us...
The rubble of the buildings crashed down to the ground, in between where Masako and I had fallen. The two of us had become separated, and I was trapped in an enclosed space.
*Crash!*
I cried out to him. "M-Masako!"
"Hikari!" He responded with a faint cry. "A-Are you okay?!"
I did my best to steady my breathing, trying not to cry or lose my composure. I swallowed hard. "Y-Yeah, I'm still alive. Look, just try to get some help. Come back for me later!"
"N-No!" His shout rang through the enclosed space. "I'm not leaving you behind! You'll die!"
"GO!" I shouted back. It was taking everything I had to not lose my composure. "I'll be fine, I swear! I'll be right behind you, so just go!"
"… A-Alright..." In the end, Masako caved into my words. "But you better catch up or else!"
Even though it was dimly lit in the space, everything around me became blurry and I felt my body begin to tremble.
My emotions were finally coming out as I fell to my knees and the tears came. "Y-Yeah...*sniff*. I..*hic*..p-promise..."
"Don't worry," he said. "The nation's CPU will save you! Just hang in there!"
"…" Those were the last words he said to me before I heard him break into a sprint, his footsteps ringing.
I could hear the people's screams, their cries echoing and the violent shaking from the destruction being caused.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I let my tears pour from my eyes.
As the tears poured from me, I punched the ground over and over again. If the CPU was supposed to protect us, then where were they? Did they leave us out here to die? All because of their dumb Console War?
"H-Huh?" That was when I noticed it.
Wiping my tears away, I steadied my breathing and listened.
But I couldn't hear a single thing. No screams, explosions, nothing...
*Crash!*
Suddenly, the rubble was destroyed and the light shined into the dark, enclosed space, my gaze landing on the shadow of a figure. Even though I couldn't see their body, I could see their eyes and that was all I needed to know who it was.
I stared back into the pair of blue eyes, shining brightly in the darkness. It was the CPU of the nation.
She reached out and offered me a hand, smiling. "Come, you must be injured. Let's hurry out of here."
I nodded, speechless as I took her hand and she pulled me towards her.
"Thank y—A-Agh!"
*SHK!*
Before I could thank her, I felt a piercing pain drive through my gut, reaching all the way up into my throat. Slowly the CPU's smile coiled into a sinister one while everything around me turned to a crimson tone.
The energy inside of me was slowly being sapped from me as I fell to the ground, the world becoming distant.
Before I was allowed the pleasure of crashing to the hard ground, the CPU lifted me back up, jerking my head to look at someone.
"…!" My eyes widened at what I saw.
Masako laid on the ground, the lower part of his body trapped and crushed by huge boulders. Blood oozed from the cracks of the rubble.
"H-Hikari..." His eyes welled up with tears upon seeing me.
I could only watch speechlessly, unable to say anything or read his lips.
"That poor man..." The CPU shook her head before leaning close to my ear. "Why don't I put him out of his misery for you?"
I couldn't move or say anything as I was thrown back to the ground, forced to face Masako, watching the CPU slowly make her way towards him.
I squeezed my eyes shut to shield my vision from the sight.
*Shk!*
"G-GAHHHHHHHHHHH!"
But that wasn't enough to stop my ears from hearing his last, piercing and pleading cry.
*Shk!*
Forced to open my eyes due to immense sudden pain, I found the CPUs weapon stabbed through me again. The little breath and strength that had remained of me were drained once she pulled the blade from my gut.
I was right... CPUs were unreliable. No, they didn't care about their nation or its people. They only cared about themselves. No, CPUs weren't the protectors or the ones people should worship. In the end, they were just selfish beings, like everyone else in this cruel world. All they cared about was their stupid Console War.
Too bad everybody was blind to that. Their ignorance was what got us into this situation in the first place.
And it was all because of the existence of the damn CPUs...
It was then that I felt the last of my strength leave me, blinded by a white light.
I guess this was it...
And I didn't even achieve my dream.
Even though I was about to die, I prayed that I would somehow make it. I prayed to somehow miraculously survive so that I could kill each and every CPU...
That was all I wanted to do. But, instead, I would die...
A/N:
And here is the first chapter! Uploaded this early just because it's the first chapter and I had some time.
I actually didn't think that it'd take this long to write this story. I guess school and work just got the best of me. Anyways, this story has been written and will be uploaded every Friday. The schedule is on the page if you'd like to look for it. Regarding the other two OC short stories, they shouldn't take that long to write. This one just happened to go on longer than I thought. The other two will be around 10-15 chapters, but I'm not promising anything. That's all I really have to say. But, the poll on my page is still going on if you haven't voted on that yet. It'll end once the last OC story has been written. So, if you haven't voted, you should vote if it's not too late already. Well, that's it for me this time! Hope you all enjoy this story!
