Mitsumi lived with his father Rowan and his sister Livia. However, Rowan was always busy working at the liquor store trying to earn minimum wage and Livia always liked to hang out with her friends. Mitsumi thought Livia was nocturnal. She always fell asleep in the day and always walked out at night. Rowan inherited the inn from his late father. But because Rowan and Livia were hardly ever home, Mitsumi was the one who run it time to time.

Mitsumi used a stethoscope he found in the medical cabinet trying to hear the unconscious cats heartbeat. Mitsumi was undaunted hearing a slow yet rambunctious. Mitsumi, who studied health in school and excelled at it, he gave the cat CPR trying to bring it back to life."

" A-a-ack!" Mitsumi coughed after giving the cat CPR. Mitsumi opened his mouth and small balls of hair came out of his mouth. "Oh no. I got a hairball."

Mitsumi tried every medical technique he could think of—fireman's carry, CPR, first aid, and every other psychoanalysis technique he could think of—not one was able to resurrect the unconscious cat.

Mitsumi was just about willing to give up. Too him there was nothing he could do about the poor cat. While he was thinking, he reached his right hand in his pocket; he tried touching his mother gave him at his birthright, but shuddered as he couldn't feel it.

" What? Where is it? I'm sure I left my clothes inside before I went into the onsen, so how come it's not her—oh no. I must have dropped it at school when I was—I got to get it back!"

Mitsumi wanted to run straight towards the school as fast as humanly possible, but he stopped when he saw the orange cat lying down before him. Without thinking he grabbed the cat and carried him as he ran out the door. Mitsumi closed the door to the inn and ran straight for the school. It was dark out, the sky was bleak, and Mitsumi barely had any sense of direction. But he didn't want to leave his birthright alone for one second. It was the only thing that gave him joy.

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The school much like everything else at night was dark. Mitsumi feared he might never be able to get inside, especially since he had to keep his hands holding an unconscious cat. Mitsumi however remembered how most of the teachers in the faculty were lazy and forgot to lock all the doors.

" Okay, I just have to get into the school, unseen, sneak back into my class, unseen, and hope I find what I'm looking for there. What's the worst thing that could happe—"

Mitsumi's heart stopped. He heard rustling noises in the bushes around the school. In permissible terms: everything was scarier at night than it is in the morning. Mitsumi's hands became sweaty, he was rugged, and without a second thought he ran towards the school exit.

" Ahhhhhhhhh—"

Mitsumi bumped into something solid along the way. Mitsumi fell back when he bumped into the solid object and he fell on his butt hitting the ground. The first thing Mitsumi saw when he opened his eyes was his middle-aged teacher Mr. Radke, small curly black hair, red gym shirt; he was a Gym teacher, blue jeans, hazel eyes, and carrying a flashlight.

" Mitsumi?" Mr. Radke asked while pointing his flashlight at Mitsumi. " W-what are you doing out so late. Shouldn't you be at home by now?"

" You got to help me, Mr. Radke!" Mitsumi exclaimed. " I think something's after me!"

" Really? Where?"

" In the bushes. Something is watching me in the bushes."

" What? Let me see."

" No, don't go! I don't think it's safe!"

"Nonsense. If something is scaring you than I want it to stop. I'm a teacher who wants to help his students, remember. Now let me see…"

Mr. Radke crept over to the bushes and shined his flashlight there. He moved his flashlight side by side hoping to find something in the bushes. However, there appeared to be nothing but twigs in them.

" Everything's in the clear, Mitsumi. Everything is just fine—"

Something foul came out of the bushes and slashed Mr. Radke behind his back. His blood glistened in the moonlight as whatever attacked him swayed his blood side by side. Mitsumi grimaced at the sight of the blood and nearly shout, but held his mouth hoping whatever attacked him couldn't hear him.

" Mr. Radke? Mr. Radke, what happened to you?"

Claws glistened out of the bushes. They were smothered with bright red blood. The claws scratched towards Mitsumi, but he quickly willed himself and ran straight for the school.

Without thinking he ran straight into a locked door. With only a few seconds before the blood soaked being went after him, Mitsumi kicked at the door trying to break it down. While kicking he heard grumbling behind him as something lurked behind him. The only thing Mitsumi could think of while kicking was…

" I have to get this cat to safety. I won't let it die." Mitsumi willed himself to kick harder. With every kick he gave a dent was made in the door. " Come on! Come on! Come on—"

The door was kicked open.

Mitsumi ran inside. Behind he could still hear the sound of claws scratching the ground as something chased after him. Adrenaline pumped like rabid while Mitsumi was running for his life. He ran up the stars located on the left, kicked open the door at the top of the stairwell, and he ran down the hallway. In his hands he squeezed the cat trying to keep it safe from falling.

After running for so long, Mitsumi turned his head around to get a good look at his pursuer. What he saw looked like a genetic beast with a unique yet grotesque appearance. Some may say it looked normal enough whilst some might say it was something akin to a mutant. Its skull was exposed under grubby green skin, lack of skin that exposed its muscle tissue, sharp claws and serrated teeth, and giant oval black eyes that terrified Mitsumi.

" What is that thing? It's so scary."

Mitsumi knew he didn't have many good opinions remaining. At the speed he was moving, he would trip at the ramp the teachers made instead of stairs, and his only ulterior options would be to sneak into an open door of a classroom and hope whatever was chasing him wouldn't find him. He knew he only had one choice:

" I need to hide in the classroom."

Mitsumi skidded to the right where an open door was and he shut the door with his feet when he got inside. Without a second of wait he used the adrenaline pumping through his veins to lift desks up and barricaded the door with the desks. After barricaded the door, he used the last three desks to create a wall.

" That thing couldn't have…no, Mr. Radke just can't be gone. He just can't. If he's gone…it's all my fault."

The door was being breached. Something or rather someone on the outside was banging against the door trying to break through it. Whatever was doing it managed to made cracks through the door. Mitsumi feared that the thing that was chasing him would come in, but managed to calm down after stroking the cats fur.

" Wait, what am I thinking? This isn't what my mother taught me. What were the three greatest lessons she gave me? Learning is something you do yourself, not with the help of machines. Sacrifice is noble. But in your heart, don't you want to continue living? And she would also say…"

The door shattered. From the destruction of the door came the grotesque, disgusting creature whose claws were glistening with soaked blood. It noticed Mitsumi, thrashed the boxes away, and it stomped towards him. But just as he was walking towards the wall, Mitsumi jumped up and glared down at it.

"I know what to say. I am Sailor Mercury! Mercury Power!"

In the darkness Mitsumi's body glowed with bright white light. The light illuminated through the room lighting up the whole room. Mitsumi could feel power being bestowed upon him. And when the light faded, he knew he would get the chance to fight.

End of Chapter 2