Chapter 2: A King Before

10 years have passed during the events of Lost Christmas, The Apocalypse Virus. For Japan, it has long passed with the lost independence and most of its rights but Shu, it was more his older sister and his father died. His regret for calling his sister a monster his regret for doing nothing for her, it hit him hard. Shu was nothing, letting himself to be a coward, scared and what more weak but no more.

He decided to improve by being smart, cunning than most and above all else strong. He works with his Step-Mother, Haruka Ouma, is the Senior Researcher of Sephirah Genomics but he never saw her more than a person he lives and works with studies after his Mana die. Shu improved with man to man combat and swordsmanship from a coworker that his Step-mother knews at was in the military. After 10 years, Haruka put her foot down and told Shu that he should enter school again to finish it. We see both in the living room. It was evening with light in the sky.

"School? Why would I do that, when I already know more than a school does Haruka-san?" Shu says a cold emotionless sound with a blank face, his red eyes looking deep inside your soul, with a book in his hand. Haruka wears her sleepwear, which includes her bra, her panties and a nightgown, even now how different Shu was. She is very playful with Shu Ouma where she is very defensive of Shu saying she must protect his future.

"Yes I know Shu-kun but you don't have any friends or someone to talk to and hangout with" Haruka says with a sad smile on her face but looking away to the floor from Shu eyes.

"Your point being? School will just be a waste of time for me and you know I don't care for friends or for people in general." Shu said looking back at his book about Kings and Queens rise and their falls

"Shu-kun, think about what your father and sister were say.." Haruka was cut off by the sound of Shu closing his book and getting up and now he was looking at her.

"Do not bring my sister in this. I have other things to do than go to school that will not help me at all" Shu said coldly to her, making her flinch and his red eyes were glowing little. Haruka thought it was the lighting, taking a step back but not letting up.

"It is too late Shu-kun, I already got you in roll at Tennouzu First High School and you start next week. I will not let you not finish school and throw your future away, your sister wouldn't have wanted that Shu-kun." say Haruka forcefully to Shu, deep down feel sad for bringing Mana in this. She in her mind 'This is for his future, I'm sorry Shu-kun'

Shu was looking down at his right arm covered with bandages, seeing a bit red underneath, his eyes lost its glow and looking sad remembering what his sister would say to him not going to school as he heard what Haruka was telling him. 'Mana-chan…' Shu thought a bit

(sigh) "Fine, I think it is not the right choice to make but..." Shu looked back at her with a blank face and his eyes were a bit sad but she couldn't tell. Shu was walking away to go to his room

"Thank you Shu..." Haruka was about to finish before he walk away but she stop, she was sad that she has to force him to go to school by using his sister

"I'm not going to do it for you Haruka-san and you know why i'm doing it for" Shu said without stopping to look at her to see how sad she was or missing step as he walk out the room and going to his room 'I'm sorry Shu-kun' Haruka thought as she look at Shu back as he was away.

Shu entered his room and walked to his bed and sat down. Shu's room was dark with just the light of a lamp, on his desk. His room was very spartan like only having what he needed or wanted to be better, books of his father, books he brought himself, and tech to learn more about anything he could. He looks next to his bed and stands a picture. He grabs it with his right hand arm, a sad smile appears on his face. The picture was a bit burned from fire but it has a boy with a blank face and a girl with the biggest smile she could do. The boy was Shu at the age 8 and the girl was his big sister Mana at the age 9, a few days before the event that he lost her. 'Mana-chan.. Do you think you will be happy how I am now?' putting the picture back on the stand then look at his right arm and hand taking the bandages off and letting it fall on the floor. Scales like a dragon red as blood 'the gift' from his sister but instead of being how he was before saying he was a monster because of it, now as he looks and time has past he accept it as punishment for not helping his sister, punishment for calling her a monster, punishment for being weak, a loser and more a coward. He felt sad about his sister and anger to himself for what did and said.

He closed his right hand 'I need to do better and be better than before' in anger looking up, glow in his eyes and saw it was late the sun was gone and past. Opening his scaly hand and laying in bed getting ready to sleep. 'I guess I should sleep… school? I said "Yes" to Haruka-san... Is it worth it Mana-chan?' Shu thought before falling asleep.