I was born without a mother.
No... that is wrong statement, I had a mother but... she left me the day I was born.
I never knew my mother was, according to Gramps and the Oldman she was... kind, stubborn, passionate, and just like me Beautiful.
But that's just based on their opinion. I'm maybe had a different opinion if I knew her, maybe rather than kind she was... evil? Cowardice maybe? Lazy perhaps? But I agree when it's come to beauty, wants it or not, my face is resembling her... too much.
When I was little grade school perhaps, I asked this male classmate of mine who didn't have a mother just like me.
"Hey, what is it felt like?" I asked him.
"What like?" he asked me back.
"To not had a mother" when I said that, his expression become grumpy, and he told me to screw off.
But still, I asked. I also told him that I too don't have or knew my mother since I was born.
Just with a simple question, his expression changed again.
Like having eaten a fresh lemon, his expression become sour, he told me that it was kind of lonely. He told me that whenever he saw other being picked or shopping with her mother, his heart... feels like it was being squeezed.
Kinda funny...
I noticed that when he talks his eyes become rather watery, even I noticed the small droplet on the corner of his eye.
"Really?" I snorted at him.
Despite being a fellow orphan-no, that's not right... what you call a person who doesn't have a mother? Well whatever.
When I heard his answer, I can not sympathize nor empathize with him, or simply put, I didn't get nor doesn't care about him.
Even with the same similarity, I'm unable to understand him.
Talking about not understanding him, one day in my former grade school, our class pet and mascot "Hart" died.
It was a rabbit, fur soft and white like a silk, and a pair of red eyes like a ruby.
Everyone were crying, tears and snots fall to the floor.
Behind them, I'm just watching silently. In my head I said [It died, so bury it immediately. Don't you smelled the rotting fragrance?].
Like usual, I watch them silently while waiting the teacher to dispose- ah... she's also crying with them...
So childish...
I sigh when watching them, but-
"Isshiki... what's wrong with you? What with those eyes?" said one of my classmates.
When she said that, all my classmate and even the teacher looked at me with... uh... strange?
When I saw they face, I for the first time in my life I realized the true meaning of this word,
[Crap...]
It was a blunder of my part, I should act sad and mourning instead of watching.
That girl... Ousaka isn't it? She was a popular girl in my class, a queen bee. If I didn't cry right now... well... put it as my school life were going to be hard.
Thus, I acted
"I...", I lowered my head, "It's not like I'm not sad about him...", for the first time in my life I can now control my eyes to cry, "But... father said, rather than mourn and cry over the dead... it's better to let the dead go... other-otherwise they would... hic… They... would... cried looking at us crying from the heaven"
I lift my head, tears fall down from my eyes like a dam had been breakthrough, it's a bit disgusting, but now I can also control my nose to produce snot.
I continued the charade, "That... that was my father to say when- when... uwaaaa" I cried, I truly fake my cry, "That was he said when mom died! Uwaa... ugh... uwaa"
Is it unknown how, but all my classmate cried loudly than before. The teacher and that girl even walk to me and hugged me.
Funny. How can they be fooled by this third rate act?
Skip to my third year of grade school. I now had many friends... I can even control my expression better than before... even so, I had this empty feeling inside.
Furthermore, I understand the gist of the topic when we talk, but... when I tried to explain thing they kinda confused, I think my words were too advance for them. Thus, I just mimic and adapt the way they talk instead.
When they laugh at something isn't funny, I just followed through with my act. When they are sad, I pretend to cries with them.
Whenever I achieve something... well... based on who is the person I talked to... I, either humbled myself or... well, you know.
Not only that, no matter if it's study or sport, I can do it better... so good that I felt bored... I think at that time my presence caught the interest of an organization.
As I said before I was so good in my studies and sports that it felt... boring, and to elevate that boredom I signed up for competitions, academic wise or sports wise.
But... as I said, even after completing and winning the competition... that empty feeling still remained.
My abilities combined with my looks made me so famous, so much that it caught the attention of an organization.
I remember the organization's name was... SOL Technologies.
They so interested in me that they immediately come to my house and talks with my parent.
"We interested in your daughter"
Wow... What an amazing approach, jeered me inside.
"We wanted to give her our scholarship and become her sponsor. Her talent is very rare in this day and-"
"Shut it! Just tell me what you want?!" yelled my father, with an angry voice and face.
Well... if I was in my father shoes, I'm maybe... do something similar? I mean... who is going to trust a shady and unknown organization like them? Then just give your child without knowing they true intention?
Even so, their proposal intrude me. They said that the only gifted student weren't me alone and there are many in their affiliated school.
This rose my interest, until this day I still haven't found nor compete against a person that can made me go all out.
If there's truly children who's like me in their affiliated school, maybe... just maybe... I can elevate this empty feeling and boredom.
For that reason, I talked to my father about their proposal and tried to convince him.
That day also one of the hardest day of my life, to think that convincing my father is so hard that I let out... well I leave it at that.
My father agreed, and it made the representative of SOL Technology happy.
But, as skeptical as we are, we also wanted to know what their true intention with me.
I mean, Who wants to sponsor someone if he/she is of no value? Probably they had a hidden intention.
But to our surprise, the representative explained it all to us. What they wanted is for me to participate in some sort of test, they wanted to build some sort of A.Ito improve education around the world.
No not only the education, but also in other thing like healthcare, etc.
"Do you two know Baymax? That is what we wanted to create"
When I heard his explanation, I think, [Wow... that's a bullshit right there]
But after they showed us the prototype, and the similar A.I. and then the products that had been conceptualized and marketed.
We were speechless.
I scratched my statement that said you are shady organization.
That logo, I saw it in many place beside Kaiba Corp's logo.
Ergo, after we both agree, I was transferred to their affiliated school. For the first time, I was excited to go to school.
I wonder what kind of peoples I've going to meet, can they elevate my boredom and emptiness? Would I... fell in Love with one of them? Such though filled my head, and made my cheeks a bit red.
Sadly, when I came it's not like what I hoped...
...
"Draw!"
He looks at the cards in his hand, thinking how to create a breakthrough with this.
"I set a card, turn end"
Yuji set a card, he hasn't able to draws the key card for his combo.
Now is Sakura's turn, with smiling face she draws a card, "Humm", she looked at her cards, then shifted her gaze toward Yuji or E•HERO Absolute Zero to be precise.
"Talaya, ready for battle!" the moment she said that, Yuji quickly push the button on his Duel Disk, "This moment, I reveal the set card! Fiendish Chain!"
Unlike Sakura's fiendish chain, the images projected of Yuji's fiendish chain is more, well... vicious.
Black chains with dirty and rusted part, his chains also had spikes (11/2 inch) on each side, making it look crueler and brutal.
Sakura quickly adjusts her mind then took out the card she was holding then showing it to Yuji, "Rose archer's effect activate! When my opponent activates a trap card while I control a plant type monster, I can discard this card to the Graveyard, negate it then destroy the card"
A beautiful female archer with long black-colored hair styled in a ponytail, and revealing outfit appears on her field, steadfastly shooting an arrow toward Yuji's trap card.
Like agrresive snake, the chains extend and lunged toward the female archer to devouring her, alas the moment the chains hit the the arrow it immediately broken through, leaving the destroyed rusty pieces.
When the arrow hit the trap card, the card and the chains dispersed into countless mosaic fragments.
Without wasting any more chance, she ordered Talaya to attack, "Again! Sakura Gaeshi!"
Talaya waves her hand, rather than a spear she now made swords from the cherry blossom petals.
Talaya: Ha!
Ten swords surrounding The Elemental HERO Absolute Zero in spiral/circular motion at high speed.
PACHI!
One sword stab him in the stomach-
PACHI... PACHI! PACHI! PACHI! PACHI!!
Then stab him in the left thigh, right shoulder, right hand, left knee, chest, another two in the stomach, left forearm, and finally right in the head.
Before he fell, Absolute Zero's body begin to freeze then turned into an ice sculpture, various crack appears on the surface then-
FWOOSH!
His body explodes, freeing a raging mist that freeze Talaya's body into an ice sculpture upon contact. The ice statue of her crumble, leaving a trace of the destroyed idol, then disperse into holographic fragments.
Yuji LP 26002300
"My turn isn't over yet" told her, "I summon another Lonefireblossom in attack position, then activate its effect!"
The plant explodes, from the gradually dispersing dust, an ugly yet menacing plant appear, wriggling to intimidate its opponent.
"Bloom, Gigaplant" yell her.
The monster are large, green, tentacled plant-like beings, with an anemone or real life scallops-like head and large mouths lined with sharp teeth. This monster's artwork maybe inspired by The Marlboro from Video game series Final Fantasy.
Gigaplant (LV.6)
ATK/2400 DEF/1200
"Woah! Is this her new addition?" asked Yuji, amazed.
Sakura looks at her Gigaplant, she prefers to call Queen Angel of Roses, but when it came to monster's effect Gigaplant is much more useful, but only if she can resummon it, because like it or not Gigaplant is a Gemini monster.
"Hum... turn end" told her.
...
The first time I arrived at the school, I was speechless.
They said this is a boarding school ranked from grade school to high school, but after I saw how huge and extravagant the school are I can't but thinking, aren't this a University?
There are so many expensive and extravagant car, like a limo parked near the gate.
Here I am standing with my father beside his old VW Beetle, stick out like a sore thumb.
My ears twitches hearing the peoples gossiping about me and my father.
"Ha..." I sighed.
I just know...
It's seem my school life here would be more difficult than I hope.