Chapter 1:A thief's beginning
This story is a work of fiction.
Similarities between characters or events to persons living or dead are purely coincidental.
Only those who have agreed to the above have the privilege of partaking of this game.
"I agree to these conditions." A young man's voice said.
The contract has been sealed.
The world is not what it should be,
it's filled with distortion,
And "Ruin" can no longer be avoided.
Those who oppose fate and desire change…
From time to time, They were referred to as Tricksters.
You are the Trickster…
Now is the time to rise against the abyss of distortion.
4/9
Saturday; Afternoon
In the air, an airplane was about to land with a Young man waking up from a strange dream and seeing a girl with silverish grey hair waking up from her sleep as well.
The girl was wearing red high heels, a punk short skirt with white frail a white button up top with a black color and designs and a red purse.
While the boy was wearing an unbuttoned black blazer over a black-trimmed cream sweater, blue jeans and brown shoes.
"It seems that we're here." The girl said as the plane landed and the two walked out of the airport "Taxi!" The young man called as a Taxi stopped and let the two in.
As the Taxi driver took the two teens to their destination, the Young man said, "It's been too long since we were in Tokyo." the girl looked at him with a bit of a sad expression "Yes. We haven't been here since we were children." The girl said as they arrived at their destination.
At the front of the big gate to the Japanese style mansion, The boy and the girl exchanged looks at each other "It still hasn't changed a bit, Huh?" The boy said "Yes. I'm sure Towa would have loved to live here…" The girl said as she looked under the gate's rug and found the keys under it.
As they entered the house, the two teens noticed that the house was very dusty and the plants were starting to over grow "Oh my…." The girl was not pleased by this.
"Well, we might as well clean this place up. It's been nearly five years since we last stepped foot in this place." The boy said.
"Then I'll get rid of the plants on the gate and you, Touma, Can handle the inside." The girl concluded.
"Wait, hold on. Why do I have to handle the inside all by myself, Sis?!" Touma asked as his sister completely ignored him and was cutting the entire wall as he got to cleaning the inside of the house.
After about 4 hours, Touma and his sister had finished cleaning the house, both inside and out
"We're finally done!" Touma shouted in triumph as him and his sister collapsed on the couch.
"Hey Twila, How about we ordered some take out?" Touma asked as Twila had already pulled out her phone and was dialing a place she knew and had already ordered some food for them.
"They said our food will be here in 20 minutes." Twila said as she put her phone away
"That was fast." Touma admitted.
"So much happened two months ago." Twila said as she scowled.
"Yeah…." Touma said as the two of them remembered why they were sent to japan in the first place.
Flashback
Twila and Touma were walking home from school and they were taking the long way back "Why did we have to take this specific route?" Twila questioned
"Hey, you know me, I like to take the long way back. Besides, we promised we would take Towa to that aquarium after school tomorrow." before Twila could say something they heard a man's voice
"Get in the car, Little Girl!"
Touma and Twila looked to see where the voice was coming from and they saw a man, forcing himself on a middle schooler, Who just so happened to be Towa, Their little sister.
"T-Towa!" Touma shouted as he and Twila ran to save their little sister from this man.
"Please, Stop!" The girl cried.
"Be quiet!" The man shouted as both of them, along with Twila and Touma, heard police sirens in the distance.
"Hmph, Someone called the cops, huh? Get in the car!" The man ordered as Touma went up to the man with Twila.
"Big Brother! Big Sister" Towa called out as the man looked at him and Towa.
"This ain't a show. Get lost you two." The drunk man said.
"Get your hands off our sister, you cur!" Twila demanded.
"Oh… This is your sister, Huh? Well i don't care!" The man yelled as Touma grabbed him by the shoulder.
"She said to let our sister go!" Touma said as he twirled the man around causing him to stumble and then fall and hurt his head causing it to bleed.
"Damn brats. I'll sue!" The man yelled as the police came out of the car.
Flashback ends
Touma scowled as he hated the man who forced himself on their little sister.
"That man forced himself onto our little sister and the police forced our father to send us to another country just so we wouldn't embarrass the family even more." Twila said as she got after hearing a knock on the gate.
As soon as the food came in, Touma and Twila instantly took the food out of the bag and started to eat the food very fast, causing a bit of a mess on the table so they cleaned it up real quick "Brother, after this we should take a bath and go to sleep. We have to meet the principal at the school we'll be attending for the rest of the year." Twila explained as Touma washed the dishes.
"Yeah…" After washing the dishes, Touma noticed that Twila was on the verge of bursting in tears and went behind her and hugged her.
"Come on. Let's go and take a bath together." Touma said as Twila laughed through the tears.
"Brother, How old are we again?" Twila asks.
"C'mon, That way we can get ready at the same time as each other." Touma explained as Twila gave in and went with Touma to the Bathroom.
Inside the bathroom, Touma was in the tub while Twila was sitting on a small chair while showering and cleaning her body with soap "Hey, Sis?" Touma called out.
"Yes, Brother?" Twila asks
"Never mind. It can wait." Touma said as Twila rinsed her hair and her body with water.
"Are you sure?" Twila asks with concern.
"Yeah! It can wait." Touma said as he got out from the tub and took a seat on the small bath chair while Twila took a dip in the tub.
After taking a bath, the two siblings changed into their pajamas and went into their rooms which they still had to unpack the rest of their stuff.
"At least our rooms are on two separate sides of the hallway." Touma said
"Yes. Well, we can unpack our things tomorrow. Good night, Touma." Twila said with a yawn
"Night, sis." Touma said as he went into his room and pulled out his phone's charger and plugged it in.
Touma was starting to feel bored and pull out his phone and notice that a red eye type icon on his phone "Huh? When did I install this?" Touma wondered as he started to feel sleepy and decided to plug his phone to the charger cord for the night and fell asleep.
Touma quickly opened his eyes to find himself not only in a velvet blue cell and/or prison, but he also noticed that he was in a prisoner's uniform and had chains on his wrists. As he sat up, Touma heard a giggle from somewhere and saw two little girls, who appear to be twins since they have the same platinum blonde hair and yellow eyes, and they are wearing blue prison guard outfits. Touma also notices that the two girls are wearing black eyepatches. Touma tries to walk towards them but notices that he was confined to a ball chain, even so, Touma still walked to the bars of the cell and saw a bizarre old man with a long nose, pointed ears and bulging, bloodshot eyes. He wears a black suit with white gloves. The bizarre man was also sitting at a desk.
"Trickster… Welcome to my Velvet Room." The Bizzare man said as Touma shaked the bars, hoping that they would break and he could escape but that sadly didn't work.
"What the hell is going on here?!" Touma questioned.
"So you've come to, Inmate." One of the girls said.
"The you in reality is currently fast asleep. You are only experiencing this as a dream." The girl with the braided ponytail said.
"You're in the presence of our master, stand up straight!" The girl with the braided bun hair ordered.
"Welcome. I am delighted to make your acquaintance. This place exists between dream and reality, Mind and matter. It is a room that only those who are bound by a "Contract" May enter." The Bizzare man explained.
"Who are you?" Touma asked as the Bizarre man chuckled.
"I am Igor, The master of this place. Remember it well. I summoned you to speak of important matters. It involves your life as well." Igor said.
"I don't care about any of that. Just let me out of here!" Touma demanded as he shook the bars to the cell once again but the girl with the braided bun hair pulled out an electric shock baton and slammed it to the cell's door, causing a short electric shock.
"Know your place, Inmate! Who do you think you're talking to!?" The girl asked aggressively.
"Still, this is a surprise…." Igor looked around the room "The state of this room, Reflects the state of your own heart. To think a prison would appear as such. You truly are a "prisoner" of fate." Igor said as Touma grabs the bars once again while catching his breath "In the near future, there is no mistake that ruin awaits you." Touma was shocked to hear such news.
"Ruin?" Touma asks.
"I speak of the end to everything. However, there is a means to oppose such a fate." Igor said.
"What can i do?" Touma asks,
"You must be "rehabilitated". Rehabilitated toward freedom… That is your only means to avoid ruin…" Igor explained Touma sorta understood what Igor meant but he was caught off guard by Igor's question "Do you have the resolve to challenge the distortion of the world?" Touma pondered this for a moment.
"I'd rather avoid ruin…" Touma answered.
"Then allow me to observe your rehabilitation." Igor said as the twin girls turned around and faced Touma "Ah, Pardon me for introducing the others. To your right is Caroline; To your left, Justine. They serve as wardens here." Igor explained as Touma looked at the twins through his cell.
"Hmph, try and struggle as hard as you like." Caroline said.
"The duty of wardens is to protect inmates. We are also your collaborators ...That is, if you remain obedient." Justine explained as they turned around to face Igor again.
"I shall explain the roles of these two at another occasion." Igor said as Touma still had questions that needed to be answered "Now then, it seems the night is waning… it is almost time. Take your time to slowly come to understand this place. We will surely meet again, eventually…" Igor said as a bell rings loudly and Touma became suddenly sleepy.
"Time's up. Now hurry up and go back to sleep." Caroline said as Touma passess out and felt like he collapsed on the floor of the cell.
4/10
Sunday, Early morning
When Touma woke up, he got off the bed and felt his wrist "That dream felt way too real." Touma said as he got ready for the day. Twila was already in the kitchen making breakfast which was rice with a side of eggs.
"Good morning, Brother." Twila greeted as she and Touma took their seats at the table.
"Morning." Touma said as he started eating.
After breakfast, Twila and Touma started to walk to their new school Shujin Academy "So why are we walking to our new school?" Touma asks.
"Because our school is not too far from here. And yes, we could use the station that is also close to use to get there faster but walking helps burn the calories we ate." Twila said as Touma rolled his eyes as they made it to the gates of their new school.
"It's bigger than i imagine." Touma said "Well, we have to meet the principal inside." Twila said as she and her brother went inside.
Sunday; Daytime
Inside the principal's office, The two met their new school's principal "So you two are the foreign transfer students from New York, Yes?" The principal asked.
"Yes, we are." Twila confirmed.
"Okay, I am Principal Kobayakawa. I believe I understand your brother's situation. Your little sister was being forced on by a drunk man, he got injured, then sued your brother, yes?" Kobayakawa said.
Could it be that someone finally understands my situation?! Touma thought.
"I understand that it was a family problem but that's what happens when he gets in the way of an adult that is like that." The Principal said.
Well that'll teach me not to get my hopes up. Touma thought
"Well, no matter. You two behaved a lot in New York and it will be no different here." Kobayakawa said as he motioned two teachers in "These two will be your teachers." Kobayakawa introduced them as the male teacher walked towards Twila and shook her hand.
"I'm Mr. Hiruta, Both your homeroom and Biology teachers. I hope we can get along." Mr. Hiruta said as Twila smiled awkwardly.
"Um… Thank you." Twila said as The female teacher with black frizzy hair.
"I'm Sayado Kawakami. You'll be in my class, Touma-Kun." Ms. Kawakami said as she gave Twila and Touma are given bags that had their uniforms in them and Mr. Hiruta gave them both a copy of the school rule book and their student IDs.
"Thank you." Twila said as she and Touma bowed.
"Well, meet us in the school faculty office the first thing you get to school." Mr Hiruta advised.
"Well, We'll see you two tomorrow." Kobayakawa said as the twins left the principal's office.
In the school courtyard, Ms. Kawakami and Mr. Hiruta saw a girl with light green hair with a shade of blue streaks in the front and lavender streaks on her buns, and dark purple eyes.
"Oh, Alice-Chan! What are you doing here on Sunday?" Mr. Hiruta asks.
"Oh, I'm just here to get something left the other day." Alice explained.
"I see." Ms. Kawakami sighed.
"Also, I'm just wondering, Were those the foreign transfer students?" Alice asks.
"Yes, They were." Mr. Hiruta confirmed "I see. Well, I'll see you tomorrow!" Alice said as she went inside the school.
At the house, Twila and Touma put their School Uniform in the washing machine and sat on the couch "Well that could have gone better. They're already treating me like I'm a nuisance." Touma said as Twila was in the kitchen making lunch.
"I suppose that's what happens when you have a criminal record." Twila laments as they wait for their food to be done.
"Well, at least things can't get any worse." Touma said as their food was done and they ate.
Sunday; Evening
In Twila's room, Touma was already fast asleep but she wasn't as she was wearing nothing but her underwear and a white T-shirt with a picture of a black rose and she was hugging her pillow and crying "Why did father have to abandon us?" Twila said through the tears but soon wiped them away "No, i need to keep putting a brave face. For my brother." Twila said as she wiped the tears once again and went to sleep.
4/11
Monday; Early morning
Touma woke up to the sound of his Alarm clock he set on his phone and got up from his bed and took off his night clothes and put on his School Uniform but put his own spin on things by wearing the red-buttoned black blazer with Shujin's emblem on the pocket unbuttoned showing the white shirt but kept the red plaid trousers the same.
When Touma went into the living room, Twila had already made breakfast and put on her uniform, which is the opposite of what her brother did. She still wore the uniform and left everything the same which consists of a red-buttoned black blazer with Shujin's emblem on the pocket, a white turtleneck shirt with chevron detailing on the collar and a red plaid skirt.
"Brother, why are you wearing your Uniform like that?" Twila asks.
"Well, there's no rule saying that we can't wear our uniform our way." Touma explained as Twila rolled her eyes and two began eating breakfast. After eating, the twins realized that they were going to be late and ran for the station, which was close to the house.
"Well, we made it. Thank goodness." Twila said as Touma noticed a drop of water landed on his hair and saw that it started to rain and he and his sister went somewhere to keep themselves from getting wet. They went to a lamp ceiling and that's when they saw two other girls.
One had blonde hair tied up into pigtails and the other girl had black hair tied up in a ponytail. Touma was surprised that there was another foreigner at Shujin Academy but before he could talk to her, A blue car came up with a Man with long black unkempt hair in a blue jumpsuit
"Hey, need a lift?" The man asks as the twins notice Alice in the passenger seat "Oh, Thank you, Mr. Kamoshida." The two girls said as they went into the car
"There's room for one more if you want." Mr. Kamoshida said
"No thank you. We'll wait until the rain stops." Twila said
"Okay. I hope you two get to school on time, then." Mr. Kamoshida said but when the window was rolling up, the twins saw sad expressions on the two girls and Kamoshida as they drove off.
A boy with spiky blue-tinted black hair, was chasing the car and shouted, "Takamaki, Suzui, Mr. Kamoshida!" The boy then kicked the ground with frustration "That damn pervy bitch!" The boy said aloud as Twila and Touma looked at him completely confused but unknown to Touma the app he saw the other day turned itself on
"Pervy bitch?" Touma repeated as the app caught what he said and so did the boy
"Hello…." Twila was a bit nervous to speak to the boy
"What is it? Are you guys going to rat me out to Alice Hiiragi?" The boy asked, his voice filled with anger
"Alice Hiiragi?" Touma questioned as the App also caught what he said
"You mean the girl that was in that car?" Twila asked
"Yeah. the girl does whatever she wants! Who does she think she is? A queen of a castle?" The boy questions as the app once again catches what the three were talking about
"Please, wait. We're new here, so we do not know what's going on." Twila explained
"Wait. You guys don't know who Alice Hiiragi is?" The boy asked.
"Not a bit." Touma replied.
"Then no wonder you don't know her. You said you two are new to Shujin, Right?" The boy asked.
"Yeah. I think my sister confirmed it moments ago." Touma said.
"Oh, well sorry. Anyways, the rain isn't too bad. We better hurry up or we're going to be late." The boy said as Twila nodded her head in agreement and the three started to walk a little but then the three felt a quick sharp pain in their heads.
"What in the world?" Twila asks.
"Uuugh, My head hurts." The boy said.
"Same here." Touma commented as the three started walking to the school again.
The three walked into an alleyway, which was the fastest short-cut to the school, and Touma felt that something was off as he heard a splash sound slow down for a second.
"What the-" Touma questioned.
"What in the world!?" Twila shouted and Touma ran to her and the boy's side and saw a Castle that had the sign that said "Shujin Academy" Touma felt a shiver down his spine.
"This is the school?" Twila asks the boy.
"This should be the place. We didn't come the wrong way though..." The boy sounded just as confused as Twila was.
"Let's check it out." Touma suggested.
"Brother, are you serious?!" Twila asks dumbfoundedly.
"We're just taking a look." Touma said as he entered the castle/school along with Twila and the boy.
Inside the castle, The three were super confused "That's weird… Where's the school?" The boy asked.
"I'd like to know that myself." Twila commented.
"Guys, We probably went the wrong way." Touma said as the boy looked at him.
"No. I know we came the right way, I'm sure of it." The boy said as he pulled out his phone and saw there were no bars.
"No signal? Where did we end up?" The boy asked as he put his phone away.
"The sign was for the school, Yes?" Twila asks, even more confused as everyone else is.
"It did say that." Touma said.
"Yeah, You two saw it too." The boy said as a knight in armor walked up to them, surprising all of them.
"Geez, you freaked us out…" The boy said.
"Who are you? Are you a student?" Twila asks politely.
"Wow, that armor's impressive. Is it real?" Touma asked but the person stood silent.
"Hey, don't just stand there. Say something." Touma said as a second knight appeared "Hey, What's going on?" Touma asks.
"I don't know!" The boy said as Twila backed up a little and she felt another suit of armor behind her and saw another knight.
"Wait! Calm down!" Twila said.
"We got to run!" The boy suggested.
"You don't have to tell me twice!"
"Well, stop standing around and run!" The boy said as the three try to run but encounter a fourth knight.
"What in the world is wrong with these four!?" Twila asks as one of them uses their shield to hit the boy from behind.
"Hey, Are you alright!?" Touma asked as he tried to help the boy up but was also hit from behind "Oww… What the hell man!?" Touma shouted as one of the knights knocked Twila unconscious.
"Take them away!" One of the knights said as Touma and the boy along with Twila's unconscious were dragged to the dungeon.