Esper's Birth
Itsuki Koizmi. Seventh grader. Normal guy. That's all I thought I would be that seventh grade year until something happened one night that I can't exactly explain.
The day seemed pretty bright. I strolled home from school, sakura blossoms in bloom as all I could do was remain amazed at the sights.
"Wow…" I murmured. My schoolmates who had been walking with me nodded in agreement. Most students from my school were quite amazed by the sakura blossoms.
As I noticed my house, I waved goodbye to my friends and rushed home, ready for some homemade cookies made by my mother. I could already smell them from a fair distance.
"Hi, dear," my mother threw the door wide open for me to enter. Though my father had died when I was only three, my mother and I always had smiles on our faces. We knew that with a positive outlook on the world, not everything would be so miserable.
I rushed to the plate of three sugar cookies and milk that lay on the table. Devouring them like a had never eaten food in my life, I licked my lips, thanking my mom for making the delicacies.
Hours after dinner, I sat in my room, playing a video game when I realized my body had felt…different. I felt as though I was an esper, like the one I had been playing as in my video game. Puzzled, I hurried downstairs and noticed my mother close to death because of wounds from a huge, blue monster.
"MOM!"
She didn't have enough energy to respond. I dragged her fatal body out of the kitchen and stared at the terror that had been killing my mother.
"Why is this happening?" I screamed.
Because Haruhi wished for it.
I didn't question the obscure answer, I only believed it for the sake of my mother and my lives.
I closed my eyes and felt as if I were gathering energy for a burst of power. I opened my eyes and found that my thoughts were real. A ball of fire rest in my hand. I threw it at the monster and caused major damage as the being howled in pain. I continued testing with my new powers until the monster collapsed and died.
When I had reached my mother, her breathing had stopped. It was too late. I looked around and noticed the monster had destroyed everything in the house. Realizing I couldn't fix anything, I simply took a match from the counter and lit it. As the house caught on fire, I left, knowing I had to continue on.