NOTES: This is an alternative history fic featuring Reiji Kageyama's childhood. For better visualization, click here. A big thank you to Ivash-kun for supporting me while I did this piece of nothing and Chill-san for giving me a solution to the BIG problem in my fic .
©: Reiji and all Gatekeepers stuff here is not mine (duh!) so if you hate them sue their creator and not me. And although Reiji is my evil twin, we are NOT blood-related (but he is still my evil twin).
I'm Human Too
"Humans are stupid!"
I looked outside my window and saw it all: the insects selling food, the scum drinking down sake at the corner, and my idiotic younger brother who just went by my back. He's pathetic. He thinks I am unaware of the gift he's been trying to hide from me, the one for tomorrow. Why is he like that? Answer me! He tries to hide something from you, yet you know he's going to show it to you anyway at some later time. What is he trying to do? Prevent the inevitable? Hah! Just another proof of how stupid humanity is. And why do they give presents in the first place? They say it's to show their love—bah! These presents will never last, at some point they'll be destroyed and vanish from the earth forever. That's why I never give gifts… it only emphasizes that the person will perish sometime in the future.
If humans really do care, then why is it that the ones closest to them are the ones they hurt? We pride ourselves too much. Why can't we be more like… like the animals? They live according to their life pattern; they do not seek for more than what they have. They do not make themselves superior, they just fight to get what they want and if they don't get it—they search for another. The things they fight for are non-superficial. These objects tend to be vital elements like a mate, food and water.
Speaking of water, all this thinking has gotten me thirsty. And where can I get it? If I were a sensible animal, I would have depended on Mother Nature and searched for a stream. But no, these pests had to make things easier and created ready-to-drink water all bottled up in your kitchen. Hah! Lazy bums.
Of course, to get to the kitchen, I had to walk. Each step I made made me wonder more why the heck did humans have to invent vehicles. Mother Nature intended us to walk and run so she gave us feet. She gave us what we needed. It was as fate had given. Ducks are given webbed feet, horses are given hooves—but you don't see them complaining! Why can't we follow the Laws of Nature? How come we subject ourselves to laws made by fellow men? We should have known that by whatever degree nature would always have its toll over human. It is all because man is full of pride.
The kitchen wasn't empty. Mother was there. She was there. Oh, how I hate her. She is the reason why I was forced to enter this world of parasites! But then again, I should be thankful. After all, she brought to the world the being that will crush these insects down into the dirt, as they rightfully deserve.
Last night, as I was watching the television, an escape-box of humanity into a world where fantasy rules over reality, my imbecilic sibling came in with his recorder in hand screaming, "Reiji-kun kakkoi! Reiji-kun kakkoi!" but to no avail the recorder refused to work. He then tried something new, "Reiji-kun baka! Reiji-kun baka!" and the recorder went off repeating his senseless words. She, the reason of my being, came in and rubbed it to my face how intelligent the recorder was. "Bah! That contraption has more brains than the two of you combined!!!" "Oh, is that any way to treat your mother?" "YES! The only just way there is!" and I stormed out of the house, hoping to see neither one of them ever again. But of course, even humans need shelter, so I was forced to return.
I looked at her again, still with the same hatred I felt last night, and wished that looks could really kill. Maybe someday they will, when true justice prevails. With every sip of water I take, I began to believe it more, "Humans are filled 3/4 with water, but they are full over 100% of pride".