ZERO


Author Notes: This story is told in my POV. This how I met Zero and this my journey with him the battle for the crown of the mamodo king. Enjoy.


Story

" Just shut up and keep your damn apologies to yourself!"

"Why did you do this to us? We thought you were our friend?"

"Nobody gives a damn what you did first!"

"You make me sick!"

"Rahkshi?"

My eyes shot open. Another horrible nightmare. Ever since summer started, I keep having these nightmares once each week. It was before the end of jr. high school, before I graduated and was going off to normal high school. I had plenty of friends, but I got into a fight with one of them, and it was all over some story. This fight is completely pointless and stupid, but I just couldn't see it. My emotions and feelings always get the best of me, and I always regret it, but that fight is when I regretted it the most. One of my other friends came up and snapped back at me. This led to a stupid fight with me and him as well. But on the last day of school, when I graduated and was now able to go to normal high school, I went to my friends. The gang was mostly girls, but I never had a problem with that. And there was only a few guys there, if you're including me. I was the oldest of the whole gang, by only 1-2 years older then they were. I apologized to all of them. But they all just stared at me, like they don't know what I was talking about, but the two of my friends that I fought with knew what I was talking about. But they never responded to my apology. I knew it, they knew it, it's probably over for good I guess. Without a second thought, I left them all and walked to my parents' van and my parents drove me home. I guess they'll never forgive me after what happened. That was it. I'm a loner now. I lost my friends, all because I can't control my damn emotions and feelings. Maybe... they're better off without me.

Well, it was now morning and officially the end of summer vacation, and officially the first day of when I'll go to my normal high school. My eyes were still tired, but someone burst into my room, which brought me to wide-awake.

"Morning, Rahkshi!" the voice of a girl a few years older than I am called out. It was Marcy. She's an elder teenager who lost her parents in a car accident on a bridge above the Mochinoki river bed. My parents took her in. Marcy has been like an older sister to me ever since we first took her in. She always drove me to the places we like to go, plus we have a lot in common.

"AAAHHHHHHHH! Marcy, I'm not dressed yet!" I shouted at her so loud, the shockwave sound of my voice made her literally flew out of my bedroom. Indeed, I wasn't dressed yet. I still only had my boxors and a night shirt on. I slowly got out of my bunk bed. Just to let anyone know, I sleep on the bottom bunk, while nothing sleeps on the top bunk.

After a few minutes, I exited my bed room in my new high school outfit; a brown and white sweater vest with a little bow-like ribbon thing in the middle, I hate those things. And black shorts that went down a bit pass my knees. I walked into the kitchen where my I met Marcy and my mother. I guess my father had already went to work. Speaking of my parents, my whole family is filthy stanken rich, but we don't need to live in a fancy looking mansion and all that jazz. Plus, me and Marcy are really helpful around our home.

Marcy was sure in a cheerful mood today. Sometimes, she reminds me of a woman named Winry Rockbell from an anime show called Full Metal Alchemist I watch sometimes. In fact, Marcy almost looks like a splitting image of Winry. She has the same face and even the same hair style and color. Except she doesn't have gray eyes like Winry does. Instead, she has grass-green colored eyes. She's in a female version of my school outfit; same brown and white sweater vest with that weird bow thing, and a brown, green, yellow, and white checkered-like skirt.

"So are you excited about your our first year at high school?" my mother asked while I was getting myself some pop-tarts from a cabinet.

"Yes, if you're counting out the learning part and homework part." I answered my mother's question as my pop-tarts popped out of the toaster. I began to watch some morning cartoons while eating my breakfast. Pray Mantis Joe was on, but it's a sissy carton for younger kids, cause to me, Pray Mantis Joe is as terrifying as Barney. I continue to flip through the channels until the only thing that was good on right now is Teen Titans.

"Oh, Rahkshi, honey, you got this in the mail." mom came up from behind me and gave me a strange rectangular package. I took it and read a small letter attached to it. It reads:

To: Rahkshi Five Hundred.

I've been watching you for these pass few weeks. I know why you're suffering these nightmares. This 'Gift' will help you with your new life, but if you say 'yes', you'll be drawn into a battle with extreme dangers, but it will make you into a better person. If you say 'no' then I'm just wasting my time with you. Either way, the choice is yours. Leave an answer on this letter. If you sign yes, leave the letter in your mail box once you leave your home, and I'll meet you at your school at the end of the day. If you say no, leave the letter and the package at the end of your side walk and you'll be free to continue living in a life full of guilt and regret.

The choice is yours. Think about it.

From: Zero.

'Who is this Zero?' I thought to myself. Well there's one thing I know I'm doing; I'm signing yes. I'm sick of living in guilt of what happened between me and my old friends. I just want to put it all behind me. Maybe this Zero person could really help, but what does he or she mean by a battle with extreme dangers?

I snapped out of my thoughts and began to open the package lying on my lap. It was a strange looking book with markings on it and a swirling color of black, dark red-purple, and silver coloring. And last, there's a large scratch mark across the front cover.


Half an hour later.

Me and Marcy grabbed our backpacks and began walking to our high school. Of course, I remembered to slip my answer into the mailbox, but I felt a quick breeze showed up and disappeared without a trace, like someone just appeared and disappeared behind me really fast. I shrugged it off me and followed Marcy to my high school. But I still keep thinking of this one guy that is still Hr. High school. His name is Kiyo Takamine.

He's been bullied a lot by others all because they were jealous about him cause he's smarter than they were. I don't mind Kiyo being smarter, but on that day when he decided to stop going to school seemed like he's taking this thing too serious. I still remember that one time when he was about to leave the school's grounds, I came up to him to apologize for everyone that treated him like shit, but then he treated me like shit.

Flash back.

"Kiyo, wait! Listen, I'm really sorry that all those jerks have been treating you like trash, but come on, man. Aren't you like taking this situation too serious and far. Again, the whole school wanted me to tell you that they're all sorry for treating you like that." I apologized for all the jerks who treated Kiyo so badly. Why can't they just do it themselves? I can already tell that every student in the whole Jr. high school is watching me and Kiyo right now.

Kiyo seemed quiet for a bit. "Kiyo?" I spoke again, but then he turned around very fast and yelled in my face.

"Leave me alone! I'm sick and tired of this stupid school and all of you brainless losers!"

"But Kiyo-" I tried to calm him down, but then punched me right in the forehead, which sent me to the ground and he yelled again as loud as he could.

"Just shut up and keep your damn apologies to yourself!" then, just like that, he walked away towards his house.

And ever since then, all the students, except me and my former friends were talking about Kiyo being a jerk to them and stuff. So I guess that's one of the reasons why they're still treating him like trash.

End flash back.


At School.

I sat in the very back of my classroom. Marcy was in another classroom, so I 'm just here by myself for the rest of the day. But now I don't feel so hot. All these thoughts of my past years were making my stomach twirl and do flips. My brain is banging itself against the sides of my head. When will this pain ever stop. But then the teacher came in and began to introduce all of us.

"Everyone. When I call your name, I want you to stand up so that the whole class can see you, and then you may sit down." she announced as she began to take roll-call. Just to let everyone know, there's only ten students including me in this class.

"Oji Hamiya"

"Risa Inoue"

"Ken Bak"

"Sosuke Sakurai"

"Shiori Okada"

"Rahkshi Hundred"

I didn't mind everyone in the class except the last classmate; Shiori Okada. Her appearance made my stomachache and headache went away like that. She's the most amazing girl I've ever seen, along with Marcy and a few of my former friends. She appears to be one year older than I am, but who cares. I'm mostly attracted to her eyes and long smooth black raven colored hair. Yep, you all guess it. I've fallen for this girl.


After school.

Everything else in school today was really boring. Nothing but talking, a lot of talking, but at least I don't have homework on the first day. I was now getting my shoes on, since P.E. is my last period, and Marcy is waiting for me. I grabbed my backpack, but I then walked into someone, since I wasn't watching where I was going. The person I walked into was Shiori.

"Excuse me." I spoke as I helped her up.

"Oh, don't. I'm the one who should be sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going." The girl I've fallen for responded as I handed her backpack to her. "Oh wait, you're Rahkshi, aren't you?" she asked me as her face began to get closer to mine.

"Uh... yes." I answered her as I took a step back, cause Lori's now in my personal space.

"Well, it was nice to actually meet you, Rahkshi. I'm sure we're gonna get along this year, I guess." she chat as she gave a weak smile, but I could see something wrong in her eyes. As cheerful as she's being right now, I always know that it's just a mask to hide a painful dark secret. But what could be wrong with her? Then we were interrupted by Marcy.

"Rahk, come on! It's beginning to rain already." Marcy called out with her hands on her hips, as I see it.

"Can I get a minute?" I responded to Marcy and then turned my attention back to Lori, but she's gone just like that. Weird.

I threw my backpack onto my back and walked over to Marcy. "So do you want walk home together? I have an extra umbrella." she asked. She's becoming more like a sister to me, and a bit of a girlfriend for some odd reason, but my heart now belongs to Shiori.

"No thanks, Marcy. I'm suppose to meet someone after school. Don't worry, I'll be home very soon." I answered Marcy's question and watched her walk home.

A few minutes went by and I was beginning to get bored and sleep, waiting for this 'Zero' person to show up for who knows what. My eyelids became a bit heavy. I dozed off for a few more minutes, until I heard a dark voice which woke me up.

"I've arrived, Rahkshi Five Hundred." the voice spoke to me.

My eyes shot open and I jumped to my feet and looked down to find the source of the voice; A kid in a dark cloak with an 'X' on the front and suddenly my backpack began to glow. I opened it up and found that it was the strange book that was glowing instead. Whatever the point is to all of this, I just know I'm gonna find out in the next chapter.

To Be Continued...