Ch. 1

Good-bye Forever

I ran down the street like a bat out of hell. Someone just about jumped me when I was heading down the main street. It was like… I don't know. Something I never felt before.

If anyone would listen to me, Kyohei will. I'm sure of it. Huh? I looked behind myself to see something coming right at me! I had to quickly duck off to the side of a building to avoid what was just fired.

Looking out at the crater… what is that anyway? It's moving like slim or something like that. I'm not sticking around to find out what it really is. Rushing down the street again towards Kyohei's place… the doors closed. Hmph. As usual, of course.

I stop at the front door and knock on it. Waiting for a little while… no one answers. "Kyohei! Kyohei, are you there!?" I tried shouting instead. Still no damn answer. Damn it!

"Kyohei!" I tried again. Still no answer. Damn it, I had to run again. Whatever was chasing me is still coming after me. I no longer have my kakashi because I purposely banged it up so badly that it has to get a new Seki. I left it just outside the village so, yeah… I can no longer be a Seki, which is fine by me as of a few months ago.

It's not even mid-day yet… Kyohei wouldn't be home anyway. Hell, he's probably on a date with that Hibino girl! Damn it!

If only I could find Kyohei right now, maybe I could shake this stalker. Ah, geez Kyohei. Where the hell could you be?! "Kyohei! Kyohei, where are you!?"

I still don't see him anywhere. I don't even hear him anywhere. Where am I? What the hell is going on here? That slim stuff was able to latch on to me after I tripped over something.

"Ah! Gross! Get off!" I shouted as I tried getting up. This slim is actually stronger than it seems. I'm pinned to the ground. I struggle and try fighting this slim when someone came up to me. I looked up and only saw this person… smirking down at me. Like he's mocking me or something.

I could tell this person was about to say something when… "Aki! Aki, where are you?!" Kyohei? Kyohei!

"Kyo-" this person covered my mouth with his hand and leaned in close to my face. I started sweating.

"I'll be back for you," he told me, then vanished from sight. The slim went away too. Although I didn't know that some of that slim was still in the hood of my hoodie.

"Aki! There you are. Damn I've been looking all over for you," Kyohei told me coming over to me where I lay. My eyes were wide. As if I was dead. Kyohei shook me a bit, "Aki, wake up. Wake up! Aki!"

I snapped out of it and looked around. "Kyohei?" I asked looking at him now. Before I could say something else, he cut me off. "We need to talk, Aki."

"Huh? Um… okay," I say as I get to my feet and follow him. We arrived in a park with various paly things for kids. Hmph… why talk here? There are little brats playing around here.

I look up to see Kyohei's girlfriend… Hibino, his sister Utao, his brother Kirio, and Mahiru standing by a tree near a bench. Once we got to them, Kyohei turns around and punches me across my face. Sending me to the ground.

I groan as I push myself up in a sitting position, rubbing my cheek. "What the hell, Kyohei! What was that for?!"

"It's like this Aki," Kyohei started. "You do remember that promise we made right?"

"Huh? The promise we made? I'd never forget that," I told him, looking up at him.

"Hmph. Yeah, sure you haven't forgot it," Kyohei told me with his arms crossed.

"You are such a lair, Aki," Mahiru scoffed.

"I've never lied to you guys," I told them.

"Oh. Idiot," that Hibino girl looked angry at me. What's going on here? I… I don't get it. Kyohei's siblings aren't saying anything but their expressions say it all.

"How can you expect me to believe you, Aki?" Kyohei asked with a scowl.

"I never broke that promise, Kyohei. I know you haven't either," I told him, standing up. Kyohei grabs the front of my shirt, making me choke a bit.

"You're lying right now, Aki," Kyohei told me with anger in his eyes. "I never want to see you again, you… you lying scumbag." He throws me to the ground again.

"Ah!" I landed on my arm, which hurt. Looking up again at Kyohei… he's serious. "I-I… I'm not lying Kyohei," I told him rubbing the arm I landed on.

"Go. I never want to see you again. You're not welcome at my place again… demon child." I gasped in shock at what I just heard. I always got that from the people in the village but… never Kyohei… wh-what's happening…. here?

I lower my head in shame. "I…If that's how you really feel, Kyohei. Then you could've listened to me back then and left me to die against that four legged kakashi!" Getting up, I ran off. Not wanting to show Kyohei or the others I was about to cry. Even if I have changed the path I went down before… I… I don't understand. He listened before even though he disagreed with me all the time.

I never broke that promise and he thinks I did. I went back to the area he found me in. Going in, I didn't expect that slim stuff to fall from the sky on me. I struggle but this shit is strong. I can't escape from it. It's like its hardening around my wrists once it forced them behind my back.

"Ah! Let go of me!" I shouted. The last thing I knew was something metal slamming against my head. I blacked out. Not knowing what else happened.

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