Prologue:
On a cold December morning, a baby boy was born. The birthmother was indeed very delighted that it was a boy, as was the father of the child. They had both been blessed with a boy, which they had longed for. The couple named the child; Kai. Kai Hiwatari. As the years passed by, Kai became more handsome each day but during his fifth year, a true riot arose. Kai's grandfather; Voltarie was in grave danger as was the family. He was being hunted down by men because the leader of the men was killed by him; mentally. Orders were handed down that all the male members of the Hiwatari family or relating to them must be killed to prevent any chances of revenge. Unfortunately, Voltarie escaped with no serve injuries but Kai's father was not as lucky (he was the son-in-law to Voltarie). However, before his father passed on; he requested that they must keep Kai as a boy a secret. The outer world must never know that there is still an existing male member of the Hiwatari family, at any cost. After the funeral, his mother went through severe psychological problems but recovered from it. She followed her husband's wishes and protected Kai; she too didn't want to see her only child obliterated.
For the next few years, Kai was treated as if he was a girl. He was dressed, respected, taught and regarded as a girl; they even changed his name to Kyle! Yet all this time, he never understood what had happened that year nor he was in fact a guy; not a girl. His early childhood was all a blur to him. Throughout the years after the misfortunate event, his mother taught him to behave like a girl and told him to never ever question about his body or gender, even at school. Finally, the day came when Kai had to leave his mother. On his twelfth birthday, when he came home from school; he discovered his mother was hiding under a table- trembling and in a position from fright. He had no idea what was wrong with her but knew that she needed help. It turned out those men from seven years ago came back to look for something and they taunted his mother and she had a breakdown; suffering physiological problems. Kai was alone.
A few days after the discovery, his mother was taken away and there were authorized people that came to take away his home, property and processions. The home he had lived in for twelfth years was going to change. Voltaire had gotten custody of Kai and so for the upcoming years, he was living with his grandfather in the giant mansion his grandfather owned. However, Voltaire was unkind to Kai and he used Kai as a tool to avenge for the Hiwatari family but, mostly for himself. He forced Kai to train endlessly at the abbey in Russia that he sent Kai to. Kai suffered from the lost of happiness, love and care from his parents and in result, he tuned out the rest of the world; mostly keeping to himself except for one person… The only duty Voltaire fulfilled was keeping Kai as a boy a secret; he allowed Kai to grow his hair a bit longer from his usual hairstyle and allowed Kai to get his left ear pierced. Although Kai continued to dress, act and behave as a girl. His clothing consisted of baggy pants; never tight pants and shirts that showed off his toned body.
It has been days since his sixteenth birthday, he's been living through life as a normal teenager or rather a young adult. He was attending school and leading a normal life yet he hasn't found the thing he desired; love and care. Two years ago, Voltaire was put away for good and Kai became the sole owner of the processions. As he stepped outside during his lunchtime, a young and cheerful voice called out his name.
"Kyle-chan! Hey, wait up!"
Kai turned around to face his friend whom he knew for the past two years and halted to a stop. The owner of the voice belonged to a girl that was his age. She was medium height (reaching Kai's shoulders), has black hair with red streaks and with her uniform skirt flying behind her.
"Kyle-chan! You didn't wait for me!" Kiko pouted.
"Sorry, I had a lot on my mind and I forgot." Kai replied and started to walk away.
"Oh stop thinking, it's lunchtime and it's time to eat!" Kiko replied and took out a gigantic bento (lunchbox) with two pairs of chopsticks. "I made this especially for you, knowing you don't like your chef's cooking. Come on, dig in!" Kiko said as she sat down under a shady tree and started to take out the delicious food from the bento.
"I'm not hungry." Kai replied as he went to join Kiko under the shady tree.
It's been at least six years since the unfortunate event, tomorrow was the day his father passed away…
End of Prologue