Diary of Dreams - Willow
It was a warm night. And Nisei was standing in the woods parting, near an old bell, waiting for a command... As always he was the one, who had to wait for the others to gather. Like a sign, that had to show, where they were suppose to meet up... Nisei grunted, pressing the volume key of his music player. He let the sound blare through his headphones.
This all seemed ridiculous to him. The old, rusted bell, that marked Septimal Moon's territory, stood in front of him. A mockery... Soon they won't have a reason to mark their territory, what's the point, if there won't be any school any more...
He gazed around the bell and the wooden construction, that kept it in place. He spotted old scribbles on it. What was this, a memorial of some sort? Nisei cocked an eyebrow, coming closer to it.
When he touched the metal bell, an old memory breached in. Why was it haunting him now?
He recalled the fast clicking of shoes, they echoed on the cement floor outside of his bedroom. Then the creaking door made a parting. And a sweet woman's voice called out.
"Sweet dreams, Nisei..." After those gentle words, the darkness greeted the young boy once again, with a loud bang. He still heard the last phrase of his mother.
"You little bastard..."
"Nisei, what are you standing there for? Let's go! We don't have time to waste!" Seimei's grunt voice reached his ear. Nisei turned around, spotting his master with a bunch of people shambling behind him.