Even though it was the year 9999 the most peaceful year a man has ever seen, due to rumours that began to spread earlier the year that the world was going to end, crime rates reduced, wars subsided, countries formed alliances and decided to spend their last moment enjoying the company of one another, it was the best decision each leaders could reach, like nothing before the end of the world was clear to them as humanity has never made it that far, their technologies have grown and even things were beginning to look like they were heading back to the stone age, humanity was running out of ideas to evolve it seem like the normal cycle of life was coming to an obvious end, yes the end of the world was the best thing nature could do. This cycle will end and a new one would begin. Peace dawned on earth, peace and harmony like no one ever seen, that didn't mean that there wasn't robberies or theft or killings but people cared less, since they knew that soon they would all be together, that year could be recorded as earth most peaceful year after the year of earth's first creation, it wasn't an understatement.
However there was still that one person things weren't peaceful for, Reinard could not afford to say the word peaceful because it wasn't for him, as if he had killed the world hero in his past life, what did he do to deserve so much hate, sufferings from the society. The city of Leribe wasn't big, it had a maximum of 8000 population and it wasn't an overstatement to say Reinard was the only one suffering this much. Well it was understandable, the society of leribe hated him because of his father's atrocity, his father was labeled a deserter, a betrayal, in leribe rurals, you can kill a stranger and still walk around with the cheers of the people behind you, but once you kill a brother, you kill the whole community.
After taking a beating from his maternal uncle for not making it quick to the store to make deliveries he sighed as he walked through the dirty alley that leads to his rough street.
It was rural and his street was nicknamed underdogs because it was popular for hosting deadly thugs.
His uncle was an example;
"idiotic, drunkard, foolish, arrogant, ignorant, no word enough can describe how dumb these people are"
Rein kicked an empty can as he grumbled those words, often he saw himself way above these people even though his father was a thug like them his father was cool-headed though his father was arrogant which lead him to his death eventually.
Rein took a short pause and stared to the sky and scoffed, 'even though this place looked less of a rural and more of a slum no one could dare call it a slum, it was so organized and even the police feared to trespass this place, but now...?'
he turns his head around and looked at everywhere,
'Even the police don't come here now because it's too irritating, it's a waste of time to trouble this place. Well it's all in the past remembering it won't do me any good' he hesitated but soon continues his trek home, on reaching the front of his little old, one room house, he spotted three people, he had not taken note of them because he was lost in thought if he had, he would've made a run for it.
"Oiiinnggg here comes the little handsome boy, have you heard Rein-boy" he asked,
"what is it?" Rein asked with a strong glare as he realised their identities, 'them again' he thought.
"BOZO!" Kritt landed a straight and direct yet hefty slap on his face.
"you bastard, I was talking and you got the guts to ask me questions with that daring look on your face, that was fucking rude you bastard! Now, what are you supposed to do?"
Rein bowed, and said, "I'm sincerely sorry for my rudeness please forgive me!!"
"Ooii, Reinard don't you think you are becoming too obedient these days, I mean you used to beat me up back when your dad was alive and now you are letting this grunt tell you what to do?" This one wasn't arrogant like the first but he was worse, he stood up from the wooden box that was placed in front of Reinard's old single room, Reinard had been staying there since he entered middle school. His uncle said it was to punish him for being stubborn, nevertheless, he drove out of his own parent's house while his uncle lavished his inheritance on ladies and alcohol at least he still had the chance consciousness to pay for his tuition fees.
Rein liked it there, he could stay alone and he saved up money to buy his gaming console, so he could also play games in peace that was his area of expertise. Rein's real life was a mess but he never mind because all that he lacked in reality he made up for it in games, he was a very good gamer, he would often sell gaming account after topping the ranking list. But that didn't mean Reinard was oblivious to reality, Reinard knew the kind of life his father lived and never wanted to live like that, which is why he strived to go to school as much focused on games as he might be he still topped the class.
"Haha what else can he do, you have completely tamed him" Kritt voiced out and he giggled.
The sun was already down a long time ago and the street was quiet, only the sound of cats and rats rummaging garbages could be heard except times when there was a sudden but short wind blow that carried along thrash and drops them halfway creating a ~pang~ sound.
"Nononono this is just too boring don't you agree Rein?" He moves towards Rein who was facing down and gritting teeth and lifted his face up.
"Well, it's still fun though, you are doing so much to hold on the anger, it's fun to see how long that will last"
"Ha, ha, then let's teach this brat some more lesson, if he still has th--" before Kritt could finish his statement he was interrupted by Kain.
"you know I wasn't asking for your opinion, I guess you to have been growing a third ball since Rein doesn't put up much fight anymore" Kain gripped Rein's hair while dragging him nearer so his ear could be close to his mouth then he murmured, "Anyway Rein don't you think we should play some games together inside your stinky room"
Rein's eyeball shrank in as his whole eyes widened, he was still bending his head so no one could see the crazy and scary look on his face but Kain could tell he had hit him on the very right spot.
He smiled. "I knew it, I never really considered much of you when I heard you were a gaming pro, the news of you boasting that you are the god, the god of games, I even heard you dominated the ranker list of 7 top RPGs even though you didn't join the open beta test and you joined late after the game lunch, what do you think you are, kikikiki because you suck in real life you decided to make yourself feel good in games, you see Rein the thing is... I don't want you to feel good at all, afterall your dad did the same thing to mine, it's not justified the moment you start feeling good, isn't that why you have been enduring all this and trying not to hit me back?"
Rein's eyes were already trembling with fear, he just exposed his gaming character to his gaming guild friends earlier today he didn't think that he would even be hated in the guild, that someone would've leaked his secret to his greatest enemy.
Rein who thought the friends he made while gaming was his real friends was now devastated, he knew Kain this much, and if Kain was already this pissed just from hearing his gaming secret, he knew probably Kain would make sure he's never able to play games again, just then
"Ajett!" Kain called out
"yes, boss...." Ajett, the third guy with blonde hair, who had been silent the entire time.
"Break the door!!"
Rein immediately cried out,
"pleaaassseeee" tears were already rolling down his cheek, "I would do anything so please, don't take it away" he yelled while sobbing. "that is my life!!!!" He cried out and held Kain's clothes
"Oiii iii oi iii look at that didn't I tell you this was going to be fun, break it Ajett what the f@#k are you waiting for?" Kain shouted at Ajett and punched Reinard away from him.
With his slim legs, he lands a kick on the door it only took two kicks for the dusty wooden door to fall.
" haha am I strong or your door is just too weak?" He smiled as he joked.
"Don't joke unnecessarily Ajett"
Kritt walked past him and went inside, a few moments later he was coming out with Rein's gaming console all roughly packed,
"Boss you wouldn't believe it, this guy is a neat freak, I couldn't even feel the dust in his room perhaps he really should start cleaning our homes.
Rein ran towards Kritt but before his stretched hand could reach Kritt who was already startled Ajett kick had comfortably hit his groins from beneath, he fell to the ground, with his hands in his pocket before he kicked and even after, Ajett talked to him with sympathy
"oh boy why did you do that, now you're gonna make Kain destroy you for real" Ajett was the coolest of them, he had roughly curled light blonde hair and had a calm look, he was slim but skilled at using his kicks of course he was a kickboxer after all, even though he didn't take training seriously, compared to Kritt who was all muscular and heavy but didn't have any skills except his strong.
"Waow, I know you've still got in you Rein, I always wondered why you stopped fighting you know, back then in the kindergarten we used to get our butts kicked, your punch used to pack a lot of weight too but since your mother got admitted and your father died you've become boring. Bring that thing here Kritt"
Kritt went forward kicked Rein on his way back while he was on it and delivered the console to Kain. Immediately Kain received the console he punched Kritt real hard on his face enough for his nose to start bleeding.
"Why do you always have to do extra, just do what you are told you bastard"
He shook his hand and irritatedly said, "why does the bastard skin has to be so hard only one punch and it hurts"
He turned his attention back to Rein who was now standing up slowly, "I beg you I would do anything" Rein said as he stood.
Kain slammed the console on the floor, Rein ran at that same moment to try to save it but was too late, he got electrocuted as he collided with the scattered pieces of wires the console. Rein hit his back against the wall, both Kritt and Kain started laughing. But the sound of an alarm suddenly startled both of them.
"what the fuck! whose alarm is that?" Kain asked furiously,
"Ohh it's mine" Ajett answered and calmly removed his hand which housed his wristwatch from his pocket and raised his hand a bit shaking it to gesture that it was his wristwatch.
"What the hell did you set alarm for?" Kain asked angrily.
"Didn't you hear Boss?"
"Hear what?"
"That the world was gonna end today, so just in case, I set my alarm on 11:58 so I could get two minutes to do all I wanted to do"
"The f@#k did you believe that shit for..."
"Of course I do, the whole world does even countries that are at war have allied because of it, you are probably the only one that does not... Anyway boss I have to go now" He walks closer to Rein, crouched and said, "yo man if the world would end today I know God is gonna reward you greatly for holding on this long, actually I've got nothing against you, but it was just fun for me, your real problem is Kain, so my point is to forgive me and don't tell God I hit you at all" He stood up walked away throwing his hand's bye to Kain.
Kain watched him walk away with his fist tightened "I knew you were the one that was going to betray me first" he looks at Kritt who has been silent after receiving a punch on his face. "what are you standing for shouldn't you beat the hell out of him like you always do, or do you also believe that the world would end soon"
Kritt who was happy because it looked like Kain had finally recognized him as the one that cannot betray hurriedly starts to throw kicks at Rein who was all curled up moaning, the only thing he considered peaceful was taken in front of him.
Rein's thought for the last minute as Kritt kicked him and enjoyed it, 'is it the end? That's true I've it too, that the world would end, will the world really going to end, all my holding on... is it finally going to pay off?...or would I be given a chance again...?' This thoughts dwelled in his subconscious that even he was unaware of them, perhaps they were his true feeling about everything.
Then...
<<<<<11:59:59,,....00:00>>>>>... THE WORLD FLIPPED