Chapter 2: Snow of Dust

Five years later

In a few years prior to the boy's birth he was now on the corner of the room drawing a few pictures.

As the boy was busy drawing a whatever was in his mind his mother was walking towards him with some juice and snack's on a plate as she calls him to come.

" Shirumo-chan come here I have a few snacks prepared "

The boy heared his mother's call as he stopped whatever he was drawing and looked at her mother for a while before answering.

" Okay coming!! "

He left whatever drawing he was doing and climb to the couch to get his juice and snack's. the mother and son enjoy's there little snack time with each other as his mother tsudomo was looking at her child's drawing and said.

" Shirumo-chan what are you drawing? "

" Hmmm? "

Shirumo turn at her with a cup of juice to his mouth as he looks to his drawing before saying.

" Oh that! I'm drawing mist!~ "

" Mist? "

" Yes mist! A huge mist!! "

" Um that's... sounds creative shiru-chan but... why mist "

Her mother said as she questions her little child this question. the boy who was just enjoying his orange juice and eating honey cracker's looked at her a bit confused and said.

" But mist is huge and white and everywhere. mist is big and mysterious!! we are sitting inside the mist! "

" Umm? "

Tsudomo was a bit confused by this answer as she expected something else but non the less. even so she decided to ignore it and ask to bring his drawing so that she can see it but.

" No! it's not finished yet and... I don't think you'll like it "

" Honey I promise I'll like it and beside's I really really wanted to see what's my little artist draw "

" Hmmm "

Shirumo was a little hesited for a while but he decided to agree a little. he puts down his snack's and walk towards his drawing to pick it up and brought it to his mother.

He climb's up the couch and hide's his drawing for a bit before slowly showing it to him.

" D-don't laugh "

He said as tsudomo looks at her son's drawing and a bit.

He saw a drawing of a smocky white colored picture with a weird picture of a floating being in white clock with a mane that has a mascorade like mask holding her son's arms. at first he was confused and questions her son about the drawing.

" Um son this drawing look's... beautiful but who's this "

" Him? his our friend don't you see him? "

" See him? "

" Yes I call him Owl he always tuck me in night and watche's over me like you mom. his also fun to play when your aren't around.

I thought you knew him "

The words coming from his sons mouth felt odd but even so she just let it slide as she thought the being in the picture he draw's was nothing but an imaginary friend.

But she doesn't want to let her son be sad to tell him that his friend is real so she decided to play along.

" Hehe sorry shirumo-chan but I can't see your friend. but don't worry if he appeared I make sure to see introduce to him okay "

" Hmmm Okay! "

The two said to each other as the boy put down the picture as he decided to finish his snack's. both mother and son enjoyed there snack to each other as the little boy of five years old was drinking besides the white clothe flouting being with a mascorade owl mask as a face.

A few weeks later.

At the snowy time in japan the mother and son duo that where dressing up to go outside closed the door and headed out to buy a few groceries.

" Watch your step's shirumo-chan "

" Okay mom "

Both walk down stair's of there apartment as tsudomo opened the car to start the engine.

" Vroom!! "

" Ready shirumo-chan "

" Yes! "

Shirumo who was buckling his sit said with enthusiasm in his eyes. with both of them ready she put's her keys to her engine and start pulling the lever.

" Then. here. we .GO!! "

She said as she drives faster to her car as snowflake's dust off as both finally drive's through the slippery slope of the snow.

" Hahaha Weeeeee!!! "

Shirumo felt a rush of excitement as he scream in delight after which studomo turn's her car to switch to the side. The two took off as both drive through the snow with a little smile in there face's.

Tsudomo reach something from her car as she pass a snow hat to shirumo to stay warm.

" Here shirumo-chan "

" Ugh! Thanks! "

Shirumo catch the snow hat as he wears it to starve out the cold. both drive through the snowy roud as the two just enjoyed the snow looking wonderland outside.

Shirumo looks outside the window as he watche's every snow that falls over japan, he looks at the snowy roud with a bit of a wide eye as he started to imagine that he was outside jumping through the snow as if there a trampoline as he saw his white friend join his imagination.

" Oh you want to join jumping to? "

He said to the white cloth figure that he imagine's with outside the car as he looks at him himself. he use's his imagination to imagine that both of them have a race of jumping snow to see who can get to the supermarket sooner.

" Hehe you can catch me "

He said to his imaginary self as he skip's ahead of the white cloth being through the snow as he felt he was running.

Both his imaginary self and the white clothe being skipped and ran until they manage's to reach the supermarket.

" Shirumo-chan where here "

Tsudomo said as she unlock's the car in which shirumo jump's and run's outside.

" JUMP! "

" STEP STEP STEP! "

" Haha winner! "

Shirumo said as he raise his arms to balance each other out and turn to look at the white cloth being.

" Hehe I'm the winner owl. which means you have to bring me snacks on the fridge for punishment! "

" Honey come back here it's to dangarous! "

Tsudomo run's towards his sun as she grabs him and brushe's off some of the snow he carries. shirumo closed his eyes out of the patted snow as he tries to get out of his mom's grasp.

" Agh! mom! "

" Don't you ever run like that! I didn't even park the car "

" But I was racing owl "

" You can play with owl later right now let's go back I still haven't park the car "

His mother said to shirumo as he shrug's the patted feeling he gets from his mother. with a few patted removal of his own he patted himself for a while before walking along to his mother toward's there car.

" Okay bye owl "

He said while parting ways with the white cloth being known as owl. they get inside the car and parked there car after leaving.

The walk outside the snowy roud towards the supermarket as studomo hold shirumo's hand for safekeeping. They went inside through the door and begin to move through the supermarket's shelves and iles to buy a few groceries.

Shirumo followed allong with no questions as he was observing the supermarket. there are a few people inside the market as well as people with mutant type quirk's. He looks at everything with curiosity as this is his first time at a supermarket.

Studomo hold's shirumo's arm's tight before looking through the shelve's and start choosing what to grab.

" Hmm? shirumo-chan what do you want for breakfast? "

" Fried chicken!! "

" Really but we already have frie- "

"Fried chicken! Fried chicken! Fried chicken!"

" Hehe fine you win. fried chicken it is then "

Tsudomo said as she agreed to shirumo's desicion. the two move to another Ile to get a few cold chicken to frie and some ingredients before moving to another Ile to get something else for her groceries.

Both skipped and walk to dozen's of Ile's luckily finding a few items for tsudomo's grocery list.

With there plastic bags almost full tsudomo was about to find the last item on her list.

" Shirumo-chan mommie needs to find one last item before we cook fried chicken. in the mean time go and find something you like you can meet me over there "

Tsudomo said as she pointed her finger at the counter. shirumo followed what she point's before looking at her and nod's in agreement.

" Okay mom I remember. Super memories on! "

" Chuckle " Glad to hear it a- "

" Come on owl let's go together I maybe we can find you your very first favorite food! "

Suddenly she was inturepted by her son as she see's the boy imagining holding hands with someone. She looked at her child a bit worried as it has been a several weeks since she heared about her child's imaginary friend.

Although it is childish and he was just a child she does worry that this imaginary friends of his will continue when his older.

' Hmmm let's give him a couple more years right '

She thought to her self before separating ways. she isn't worried to lose her child as this supermarket isn't that long and shirumo isn't an idiot kid. his always remember what her mom tells him without forgetting and is capable of memorizing thing's fast so she isn't worried for him the slightest.

Both separated way's to get there desired items of choice, tsudomo's final item is a couple of avocados and bananas as shirumo love those.

She walked at the fruit Ile as she check's and pick's for avocado's and bananas to see if some of them isn't broken or have a bad rotten side.

As she was checking a few fruit's a noise was suddenly heared.

" CRASH!!! "

" AGH! "

She said in total shock as she blocks her arms as reflexes. she finally get back to her bearings as she slowly krept her face to see what's going on.

Coming out of the broken glass window of the supermarket three weird looking male's with mutant type quirk's appeared and shouted.

" THIS IS A FUCKING ROBBERY GET DOWN ON THE FLOOR OR WE'LL REEK HAVOC!!! "

A gigantic man that looks like a humanoid alligator said as he smash the ground causing great creater's. All of the people in the supermarket panicked as they tried to scream but shut there idea's up.

No one is dumb enough to act hero or screamed as the villain's are obviously strong. they complied and bend down the ground. The villain's who saw this couldn't help but to smile as the alligator like villain said to the other two to grab a few cash on the cashier.

Tsudomo saw the chao's that the villain's cause and hide behind the fruit Ile. She didn't move as she was a bit scared to see villain's coming at the store but even so her trembling body shake's a bit before she force to move her body and crowl slowly from the fruit Ile.

She slow and steady her pace as to not cause a sound. shirumo is still out there on the supermarket's Ile's as she tried to find a way to sneakily find her son.

She bit her teeth in nervousness and fear of what will happened to her one and only son the only thing special thing in her life. she started to fear and regretted her choice of leaving him making her to try and find him.

' Please please be safe! '

She thought as she sneakily crowl and find other places to hide on the three villain's.