"Aniki." Walking up to Tsunayoshi, I made sure to get between him and the other boys who were clearly about to pick on him. Always so weak and unable to protect himself… Why did I bother to stay? Why did I bother myself to even try and help a human, let alone help at all? I who was basically a god to these humans… "I want to play. Let's go." Well, perhaps it was because I hated these greedy humans more than I hated this boy.
Eyes watching their moves, I was making sure they were following while I tugged Tsunayoshi's hand to get him up and moving. Unfortunately, these boys were fairly persistent, annoying me more than anything else. "This your little sister, Dame-Tsuna? Cute. Why don't you-" I didn't even let them finish their sentence, freezing time for all of them. It was instantaneous once I undid their time, and they fell as a result of my attack while they were frozen. Well, all I did was tie their shoelaces together, making them fall and get tangled up in each other.
"Hmph." A small huff was all they got. They weren't worth the effort, but what could I do when… when Tsunayoshi looked like he was going to cry? In the end, he held my hand and we went to play at the park for a bit before we walked home to eat the dinner Nana made. I just kept looking out the window, wondering how much longer this would take. I had to recover my powers soon, else I wouldn't stand a chance against that other human. Yet, how did he obtain such power? Humans were dangerous. I glanced at Tsunayoshi. Indeed…
It will never cease to disgust me how they were so filled with greed. Their greed was always the reason for their tragedies and yet they complained as if they had nothing to do with any of it. Placing all their hopes on their leader, a scapegoat they used up dry for their own selfish wants. They started the war, they harmed, they sinned, all in the guise of religion or their need to defend or to protect. And once they used it all up, people were tossed aside to rot away. In the end, humans are the worst of the worst. It has gotten so bad that they don't even treat each other as equals. Stupid? Perhaps. But more than anything, they should just be wiped away.
Ugh but…
"Saiko-chan, do you want more?"
I looked over at Nana, then down at the bowl in front of me, shaking my head at her. "No… thank you." These people, what were they after then? All humans were greedy. They all have a desire to climb to the top, and the further they go, the more they'll do to obtain it. That's just how they have always been. I've only met a handful of people who didn't have a motive behind their actions. A rare occurrence that stopped me from destroying them.
"I'm… going to bed." Getting out of my seat, I went to put the bowl in the sink but felt a shadow over me. It was an immediate response, but I turned around quickly, fork in hand and- it was just Tsunayoshi. I stopped in time, but that feeling of fear… It wasn't going to go away. I could feel my own body shaking. It was just… I never met someone so powerful before. And those scars would never leave me. So I couldn't just regain my power. That wouldn't be enough. Yet how could I even become stronger? My purpose was always to protect time, and I always thought that what I was given would be enough.
A thought for another day. A thought that always lingered. "Let's go to bed, Saiko-chan."
I looked up at Tsunayoshi, nodding my head, holding his hand. For now, I'll play my part and recover the pieces of myself that I've lost. For now, I'm Sawada Saiko, a child that appeared out of nowhere, and will disappear when the time comes.
"Goodnight… Tsunayoshi."