A bedroom, with two beds. Kitai appeared in this room. It seemed, so familiar to him, and yet, at the same time, it was also very distant to him. Where was this room? He knew in the back of his mind where it was, what it was, but something did not let him to remember. He searched the room, a closet, dresser, cabinet, sock drawer, a small TV suspended from a wooden support attached to the ceiling. He knew this room. This was his bedroom eight years ago. One bed was for him, the other his brother. He looked in the corner opposite of the door. He saw a small boy, crying there. Kitai knew the boy, he could recognize the boy, and yet he couldn't name him. Was this boy Kitai when he was younger? And why was he crying? Kitai felt pain rush to his head. He knew this memory, but his brain pushed it so far back because he did not want to remember this. This memory was a particular memory that hurt Kitai whenever he thought of it, and he also knew that in this certain event, something else happened. Something else happened, afterwards, something important.
Then the boy whispered something. "Suicide..."
Kitai abdruptly rose from his bed, tubes attached to him again. "Well, this is certainly nostalgic as well. Did that angel stuff really happen?" Kitai extended his right arm, and created his angelic orb. "I guess it did." Kitai waited a bit. If he knew what was going to happen next, then...
... minutes passed. Cyril was nowhere to be found. "Odd. He should've appeared by now." And with that, a doctor walked into the room. He wasn't Cyril either, but he started to say something.
"How long have you been awake?" asked the doctor, wearing his white labcoat garmets, and then proceeded to analyze Kitai's vital signs.
"Just a few minutes. How long have I been asleep?"
"Three days total." was the response.
"Three days..."
"Three short days. For anyone else, the healing should've taken about ten or so days. You only took a third of that time. I guess God is on your side."
"God... or maybe a Seraphim..." mumbled Kitai.
"Hmm?"
"Oh. Nothing."
The doctor then began to make sure Kitai was fully rested, and then proceeded to exit the room. "You're a strong boy Kitai. And you've impressed some very important people. Just a heads up, because he might come here today, knowing that you're finally awake."
"Eh... thanks." Important people eh? Like the stupid politicians and what not? Kitai could care less about them. Politics were stupid to him, most of the time the people would lie just so they could hold a position in office, and other times the politician themselves would be stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid. But what to do next? Surely, everyone would view Kitai as some hero. Maybe he could be rich and famous, and not have to work. Maybe the government will pay him big bucks or something, and give him a reward for what he did. After all, he single-handedly dismantled the famed Vertigo and his attack. Why wouldn't they?
And then his memory of the fight between him and Cyril popped inside him. That fight. He had lost so bad. Just how strong is a Seraphim? Cyril seemed to be holding back, even when he had copied himself... and also, did anyone know of that? Did anyone noticed the scar he had on his back, if there was one at all? So many questions yet again, and most would be left unanswered.
A helicopter could be heard from Kitai's room. He glanced outside, and noticed it seemed to be a rather important helicopter... army-class jets were patrolling the skies. The president probably. Who else would come in a helicopter to see someone who just became a hero? But Kitai wasn't in the mood to talking to anyone, anyone that isn't Rea that is. A few minutes passed, and finally the all important head of the United States came in.
The president's long, draught out speech had finally ended. Kitai hated speeches. They always managed to bore him, and this one was no exception. It was hard for Kitai to not fall asleep. Of course, if he had fallen asleep, he probably would've been smacked or something. But there was some good that came out of it. The president had agreed to do three things: Kitai would receive a large sum of money (everyone wanted money, even the great Kitai couldn't deny this), he would not be bothered by the media for the next week (the media could stalk him afterwards though, since the USA was the land of free press) and Kitai and his family would not have to pay taxes. Heh, taxes. But tomorrow would be a great day. Tomorrow Kitai would fly to Rea's house for the first time and see her. For the first time he would meet the girl he's loved for months.
You see, Rea and Kitai met in an odd way. Both of them played a game called international Ragnarok Online, an MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game). Thats where they fell in love. A game. A depressing thought for Kitai, just showing how much of a loser he was to other, more "popular" people, but he didn't mind. He truly loved Rea, even if he never saw her in real life.
So Kitai was going to make this day special. He was going to show her what it was like to fly, he was going to go on a date with her, maybe a movie, and most importantly, he would give her a beautiful emerald ring that he would soon buy, before he met up with her. But he still needed her address. He knew her number, and wha city she lived in, but he had no clue as to what address. But Kitai was a resourceful boy. He knew someone else that knew Rea's address, and he was easy to gain contact with. Very easy.
But first, he would have to head home to actually make contact with Steven. Kitai flew back to his house after he was allowed to leave the Hospital. Apparently his family truly did not care about him, because he didn't find a single member of his family checking up on him when he was out.
"Somethings never change..." Kitai sighed. He knew none of his parents would've cared, and he also knew that his family wouldn't of come. But he still felt as though he was let down. He still wanted to believe that someone would've checked up on him, and yet, no one didn't.
Kitai reached the front door of his house. He had no keys. He knocked. No one answered. He hit the doorbell. No one answered. "I guess no one is home." Kitai head towards the garage, and began to open it manually with his newly found strength. A relatively easy to open mechanism, he then held it open, walked inside, and dropped the door slowly. He then searched for the hidden key to the door to get inside, and he found it. Exactly how he left it. The door eerily opened, as if it was expecting him. The house was dark, so he flipped the switch. No activity. Nothing on. Not even the computer that his parents would usually remember to turn off was on. It felt like he was walking into an abandoned house, but he knew someone lived here. He knew four people lived here; his two parents, and two brothers. An odd feeling, he shook it off and changed into more comfortable clothes: khakis and a t-shirt. He went into the basement to get his TV dinner, and then started to heat it up in the same old usual white microwave. Then he headed over to the computer, flipped it on,and logged onto his fantasy world once again, Ragnarok Online.
"Login... KaiMagic... Password... MXman24..." he reiterated what he was typing for some odd reason. It felt like it was an eternity since he had last logged onto Ragnarok Online. He checked his buddy list on RO, and found no Rae to be seen. "Where could she be..." He checked his AIM buddy list as well. She wasn't on. "Odd, she usually would be on."
The microwave started to beep. Apparently his heart-warming meal of a crappily made slice of turkey along with peas that tasted like nothing and a spoonfull of mashed potatoes was finished. He headed over, and ate it hungrily. He hadn't eaten since the morning of the incident, so he ate the meal ravenously, even though it tasted quite bad. He went about it clumsily though. It felt odd to eat for the first time in four days.
After his brief meal, he head back to his computer. He found that Steven was on, an asked him what was wrong.
"Hey Steven, why isn't Rea on?"
"Dude! You're alive?"
"Uh, yes. Thanks for caring?" Kitai held in a giggle.
"Thats so cool Kai!" (Kai was Kitai's dubbed nicknamed that some of his friends used).
"Yea yea, anyway, why isn't Rea on?"
"Ah... well I don't know myself. She hasn't gone to school, I never see her there. I would call her, but as you know, I dont' know her too much, let alone her phone number..."
"Well, thanks anyway." Thanks for nothing. Jeez, if a girl's sick, and you know her, why not call her up to see if she's well? Not that it mattered to Kitai, since Steven wasn't really the most caring guy that would do that. He closed the window that he was talking to Steven in, and then saw that Meledi, an actual close friend of Rae, was on.
"Hey Meledi."
"Hi.. uhm..."
"Kitai. Y'know, Kitai? Rea's boyfriend?"
"Oh yeah, I forgot. Hey."
"Yea, thanks. Anyway, is something wrong with Rea?"
"Well, she ha --"
"... hasn't been to school, yea yea, but do you know if she's sick or anything?" Kitai was a bit annoyed at this point. He was filled with worry about Rea. But, worrying never got anyone anywhere, so he decided to wait until tomorrow to go to her house.
"No, I don't, sorry. Whenever I go to her house, her parents always tell me that she's in her room, sick."
"Is that so... well thanks Meledi." The thought of Rea sick made Kitai uneasy. She usually never got sick. He closed the window, and left the computer.
It was seven PM. Kitai never went to sleep at this time, and he didn't feel a need to start now. So he decided to use his newly acquired credit card from Mr. President up there, to buy a nice emerald ring for Rea. A very nice and beautiful ring for a perfect and spectacular girlfriend of his. He decided to go to the jewelry store after he got a shower. He smelled pretty bad.
After he ran his little errand, he went back onto iRO for a few hours, until he finally got too tired to do anything. It was ten PM that night when Kitai fell asleep.
