The beggining of a new Promoter

10 and a half years later

Another morning in Tokyo city. One of the few places where people live now. It would seem like any other morning but it's diferent, special, because today I officially can start my real training as a Promoter. My full name is Jun Mozes Kurayami but almost everyone calls me Jun. What can I say...very strange parents. Before the Gastrea my parents were paleonthologists. They met and married in Ejypt so my second name is that of an pharaon. After the Gastrea...well my father became a Promoter but died when I was 7 years old. My mother had an accident when I was 8 and is still in coma. Currently my grandparents are taking care of me.

"Jun, dear, are you awake? Breakfast is reddy."

"I'm comming granny!"

When he gets down he sees that the lights are all out.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"- everyone in the kitchen says.

"Wwhat?!"

"Oh, come on! it's your birthday, isn't it? Don't tell me you've forgotten about it!"- said his friend.

"No, I...well...Yes, I've forgotten it."

"Lili was so kind to come here earlyer and help us prepare everything"- said his grandpa.

"I know you're nervous and excited because today is also another special event but you shouldn't forget that you're 14. You have to get some fun from time to time!"- said his grandmother with a caring look in her eyes.

"OK granny."

"Now, sit here and blow the candle already! If you don't hurry it'll melt!"- told him Lili.

Yes, today is also my birthday. I'll celebrate at home and will also meet my nwe partner, my Initiator. Now there is a change in the sisem, you can have a trained Initiator assigned to you by HQ or go and choose one from the many abandoned Cursed children that live outside of the city. I'm going to go and choose one, ofcourse if she wants to be my Initiator. If I'm going to be with my partner all of the time, I want someone that's with me because she trusts me and does everything because of her own will. I don't want someone that's with me because it's an order from HQ.

After they ate enough and celebrated Jun and Lili left the house together.

"Buye granny,grandpa!"

"Buye Jun. Good luck today!"

The two friends walked together to the training base of the Promoters. If you are wondering why, Lili is also aiming to be a Promoter.

"Good morning Jun, Lili."

"Good morning Eric. What's up?"- greeted Jun.

"Oh, nothing I just can't wait to see what partner I'll be assigned with. And you two?"

"We'll go to choose ours."- told him Lili.

"Why? Won't it be easyer to have one assigned? Also it's not sure that you'll manage to convince one of the girls to be your Initiator."

"Well...it's better to try than being sorry."- said Jun nervously.

"Hi there."

"AH! 'phew' It's just you Yume-chi."-said Lili with relief.

"What are you talking about?"

"Well..you see, we were..."

"ATTENTION!"-shouted the captain.

"Today you'll start the official training for Promoters. After you get an Initiator you'll have to learn to work in team and eventually go on a real battlefield, so choose wisely! Those who want ot choose their initiators on their oun, go outside and get in the bus, it'll drive you to the abandoned part of the city, Those who want one assigned from HQ, stay here. That's all."

Without much noise part of the trainees went to the bus and got on. When they were ready the bus drove to their destination.

It's finally starting! Today I'll make my family proud! -thought Jun.

===15 minutes later===

"Here you are. The abandoned part of the city. You have time untill 20:00 to find an Initiator and bring her to the base to be registered, if not you'll have one assigned by HQ. Go!"- said the co-captain.

"Good luck guys!"- Jun said to Lili and Yuki.

"To you, too. Find an awesome partner! "- told him Lili.

"Good luck."- said Yuki.

===10 hours later... around 18:30===

"Haaaah. Why can't I find a partner?"- said Jun with a gloomy face while sitting on some rubble.

In these 10 hours he went everywhere, literally. In some ruins, back alleys, sewers, drainage piper and etc. Everyone he askrd either said 'I don't want to risc my life' , 'I don't want to be your partner, you look too weak', things like that or just ran away from him.

"Just give up, brat!It's impossible for someone like you. Hahaha."- said one of the older men that were training with him.

After he walked away with his Initiator Jun sighed.

"Maybe it really is impossible for someone like me to get an Initiator on his own."

He then pulled a packet linch out of his bag, opened the box and just before he started eating he heard a sound.