Remembering the Past
He knew he wouldn't be able to get away with it. It was obvious. His ears were so visible and his oh so cute tail was wagging like a metronome. He tried hiding his (gigantic) sword behind his back but Jayden just laughed at his effort in trying.
It was no used. He had to tell them the truth. He kept it for so long. He felt like telling someone anyways. Oh well it was worth it, he thought.
"So… You wanna know?" Kyou asked scratching his head sheepishly.
"Well duh! I'm your best friend for god knows how long!" Jayden shouted.
"God doesn't know how long Jadey!" Kyou stuck his tongue out in a childish manner.
"Do you want it the easy way and just tell us or the 'hard way'?" Jayden smirked; he knew his friend didn't like people getting in his head.
"Fine. I give. Just say out of my head! It all started few years ago. In a festival in Hokkaido…"
Kyou was walking down the streets. He was twelve. He was just walking minding his own businesses. It was really a nice day. The festival would start any time soon. He could smell the mochi's richness taste slithering across the air. Ooh! Just thinking of it made his mouth watered already. The streets were covered with beautiful lights sparkling making the street itself looked like heaven.
So as he was thinking, it was an awesome day. But it had to turn out terrible. He heard a scream, it was high-pitched. It was a scream of a little girl's voice. Kyou had run to the source of the voice. He saw it with his own eyes. He knew they weren't human, they aren't from this world. Their energy was too strong.
In the alien's arm was a little girl, she was no older than five or six. Suddenly, Kyou felt an urge to protect her. It was something he never felt before. So there he was, standing in front of two big aliens. What should he do next? Great question. Kyou just felt this boost of energy inside and the will to make him run straight towards the giant. He charged at them without fearing that he would die. He just needed to protect this little delicate thing.
He knew he was going to die. But hey, heroes always have a twisted ending don't they? Kyou had never expected this. It was dumb of him to charge at the evil alien like that he knew it. But what was the choices he had. He had always wanted to be a hero.
Kyou tried to kill the evil dude but luck had run low for him; the evil dude had slashed its sword down Kyou's stomach. Kyou started spitting out red pools of oozing red blood. He looked at the small girl with an apologetic smile; at that point, the most unexpected thing happened. The little girl started to glow with energy stronger than any Kyou had sense before.
"Stop it! Don't kill him!" the little girl shouted her eyes filled with tears. Her hair started to fly high up crazily with blazing light shining.
And as Kyou's world seemed to turn upside down, he saw the little girl killing the alien with a swift single blow. Then Kyou drew his last breath and closed his eyes.
Drops of unknown source of liquid fell on him. All that he could hear was an angelic voice saying something along the lines of 'he's alive' and 'the contract is to be sealed.' Before his father's voice came to his ears and said 'he's dead…'
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It wasn't right. He was supposed to be dead. But he wasn't. Kyou slowly peeled his eyes open and let them be greeted by an unusual source of light. It was unusual because it was dark. The light was dark.
"Oooh…Where am I?" Kyou slurred his words slightly.
"Shh. Don't speak so loud boy," an angelic voice whispered to him.
"Huh? Who's there?" Kyou asked curiously. He tried to sit up to get a better view but had to laid back down again from the pain in his stomach.
"Don't overdo yourself; you were seriously injured and you were knocked out for three days," the voice answered back. A small figure appeared, it appears as if she was floating in mid-air.
"Who are you?" Kyou almost screamed.
"I'm a guardian angel," the angel said softly with her angelic voice.
"Am I dreaming?" Kyou pinched himself but it hurt so that meant that he wasn't dreaming.
"No silly little boy. You're not dreaming. You're supposed to be dead. You're father thought that you were dead. Do you even know that you're lying inside you're coffin?" the angel waved her hands frantically in the air.
"Haha. Wait… I'm in an effin coffin?" Kyou blurted.
"Uh… Yeah," the guardian angel shrugged.
"But I'm still alive!" Kyou clamped his hands on his hair.
"I noticed that. But you're family thought that you were dead. It's better that way anyways!" the little innocent flying thing sighed.
"It's not good to make them think that I'm dead. WTF?" Kyou swore some more under his breath.
"Calm down little boy. Let me explain something," the guardian angel raised her hands, "you see, a contract was made by an incident that you were involved in. The one that you met those wonderfully polite aliens," she added some sarcasm, "you were supposed to be dead but that little girl that you saw saved your life by forming some kind of contract. I think it was formed by her feelings of needing to save you. If you want to really check it the contract is formed you can look at your left ear. It has a mark. Anyways, since the contract is formed the terms and conditions are that you have to always protect the girl. It will begin when her age is 12 she formed it to early. So that also means that you will have to fall in to a deep sleep for a few years I guess."
Kyou was going to protest but his eyes fell and he fell into a deep sleep.
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He woke up again. 'Must've been 6 or 7 years already!' he thought to himself. He got up.
"Shit. I forgot that I'm still in a coffin. I have to get out and get to another country," Kyou planned it all out. He banged the coffin but it didn't budge. He tried so many times. He looked at his nails. Last resort. He tried clawing it but something even cooler happened. His nails grew to claws and he easily made his way out.
"Now just to find which country I should go to… I know America. I want to fulfill the 'American' dream!" Kyou whispered to himself. He quickly placed the grave back as it was before and ran to catch a plane. He only had a thousand yen. He would need at least two times more of that to catch a ride to Florida. He looked around him. He knew he had to do this. He ran to his house looking for a sword collection.
He tried his best not to make any sounds. He crept in to his room and took all the money out of his piggy bank. Three thousand yen, not enough yet. He saw something shining. It was his swords collection. Each of the swords was worth at least five to ten thousand yen and he had about twenty of them. Kyou decided to keep one, the one that was his favorite; the katana with the word 'will power' written on it.
Kyou crept out. He went to the closest and most posh antique store he knew. He asked the buyer to buy it at the highest price. When the buyer said he wouldn't be able to buy it at the highest price. Kyou almost cried. But then the buyer offered something that Kyou wasn't able to turn back. The buyer/dealer had offered him a ticket to Florida! It was definitely his lucky day!
"Thanks. Since you are offering the ticket for free you can buy each of the swords at one thousand yen instead of five thousand!" Kyou offered something back happily.
The dealer decided to buy 12 of the swords and Kyou (being nice and generous) gave him 6 more for free. He looked at the money he earned. Twelve thousand yen! He also had two swords with him in case any evil alien decided to attack.
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It took a lot of effort for Kyou to have secretly snuck the two humongous swords inside. The plane started to gain speed and flew off the ground with a graceful whoosh. Kyou looked at his wallet. Now he has 109 dollars and 2 cents! Enough to live off a day. Kyou smiled silently and fell asleep.
When he woke up the plane had already landed in Florida. Kyou got off the plane and remembered something 'Where the hell was he going to live?'
Since he was hungry, Kyou ordered a burger at Buger King (it was lucky that he paid attention in his English class and that he took extra English lessons!) And he happily ate the burger whilst he went to get his train ticket. Kyou picked a random street name and off he was in the underground train.
He got off the train as quickly as he could because the sun was setting. Holding enormous swords didn't help it either. He took off in the streets when he suddenly found an orphanage. He decided he would have to stay there.
"Hello. What can I do for you today?" a lady asked Kyou politely.
"Miss. I need a place to stay. I'm an orphan. My dad just died yesterday. I have no relatives," Kyou lied smoothly.
"What's your name dear?" the lady asked again.
"Kyou. Kyou Kawari," Kyou didn't lie this time.
"How old are you?" the lady typed the information in her computer.
"Twelve turning thirteen in October 31st," Kyou said.
"Ok, dear. You can stay here until you are adopted," the lady said with a smile.
"Thank you miss," Kyou bowed his head. Just before he was about to leave. A man with light brown hair entered. He had a nice looking face and rich clothing. Judging by the looks, Kyou knew that the man was rich!
"Hello. What can I do for you good sir?" the lady asked. Kyou stood behind the walls listening to their conversation.
"I wish to adopt a child. A boy would be great. Age around 12," the man said.
"Oh. I think there was a boy a moment ago. He fits what you want," the lady said as she scrolled through her documentary.
"Kyou!" the lady shouted his name.
"Yes, miss?" Kyou came in the room.
"This nice gentleman here wants to adopt you," the lady smiled nicely at Kyou.
"It's nice to meet you good sir," Kyou smiled and shook hands with the gentleman that stood in front of him.
"What nice manners you have. I'm Thomas Tsukimori," the man smiled genuinely at Kyou.
"And mine's Kyou. Kyou Kawari," Kyou said as he bowed his head.
"Would you like to come and live with me?" Thomas asked.
"It would be a pleasure sir," Kyou replied with a smile that widened over time.
"Oh then that's great. My wife died a few years ago and we never had kids so I would love you like my own child," Thomas explained.
"That's great sir. All you have to do now is to sign this paper and you can both go home," the lady smiled sweetly.
Thomas signed the paper and paid some money. When he was done, he and Kyou walked outside in a peaceful silent.
They went in to Thomas's car which was a Ferrari.
"So tell me a little about yourself," Thomas said to Kyou.
"I'm from Japan. My father and I came to America to see what it's like in the big country. My mom died a few months ago from a car accident. Then my dad died yesterday from a heart attack. I have nowhere to stay. My relatives are all long gone," Kyou made up the story as if it was a part of his play.
"Oh you poor thing. I'm half Japanese and American. You see, my wife and I always wanted a child for sometime but my wife died from cancer a few years ago. I began to get lonely so I thought about adopting a kid myself," Thomas said with glassed eyes.
"I'll be on my best behavior and be the best son I can be. But what do you want me to call you good sir?" Kyou asked.
"Call me Otou-san. It means 'dad' in Japanese. You know that right?" Thomas asked Kyou.
Kyou nodded back with a smile, "Of course Otou-san!"
They stopped at a big gigantic mansion.
"Whoa! You're very rich!" Kyou exclaimed.
"Yeah. I guess. I mean I own a famous recording studio and a wealthy company…" Thomas bragged a little before saying, "Anyways. You would need to go to school next week which is in two days."
'Great today's Friday. School on Monday. Yippee!' Kyou thought as he got inside the house.
"Your room's the one with dark blue door and a black door knob," his Otou-san said as they walked.
"Thanks Otou-san. I'll find my own way!" Kyou said.
"Tomorrow we'll be going to the mall to get you some clothes! So sleep well!" Kyou's dad shouted before waving off.
As the days passed, Kyou began to like and respect the man that was his 'father' more and more.
It was Monday and his father had decided to drop him off to school. Kyou had remembered that it was a boarding school so his father wasn't going to see him until it was holidays.
"Bye Otou-san. See you in the holidays!" Kyou waved good-bye.
"Yes. You too son! Be a good boy. I might visit you during the month!" His father waved good-bye and rode off.
Kyou walked in school. It was the first week so newcomers were to get used to the school in the first day so there was no class. Kyou went to his assigned room. The room number was 390. Kyou knocked first then entered.
"Hello?" Kyou asked a little nervous.
"Hey. I'm Jayden McKensi. You're my new roommate? My old one left to Australia!" Jayden said with a bright smile.
"Hi. I'm Kyou Tsukimori. I'm from Japan. My family deceased and I was adopted. My former last name was Kawari," Kyou said in a polite tone.
"Dude. No need to be so polite man! I'm your damn roommate!" Jayden laughed.
"Uh… Ok," Kyou just said as he began to unpack.
"Something tells me that you're going to be a mystery to crack," Jayden smiled mischievously with a sly glint in his eyes.
"Wow! I'm impressed by what you went through, Wolf!" Jayden said Kyou's nickname.
"So who was that little girl?" Hoshiko asked titling her head in confusion.
Kyou looked at Mizuki. "I don't know. But it feels like the girl is somewhere close to me."
"You'll find her. Don't worry. We'll help you," Mizuki smiled.
"Yeah. Maybe it's even one of us. But obviously not Jayden!" Hoshiko pointed at the red haired boy.
"Hey. I might be a girl in disguised!" Jayden joked but Kyou didn't get the joke and paled.
"Dude. Chillax. It's a joke. I'm not gay!" Jayden laughed.
"You know. I have a feeling that I have seen you somewhere Mizuki," Kyou noted.
"I don't know. Maybe. I get those weird feelings too," Mizuki got up ready to go back to her room.
They all walked silently towards their rooms. They said soft 'good nights' and went away.
'It's her,' Kyou thought to himself as he took a last look at Mizuki before walking with Jayden.