The Kindergartener Aiko Nishimura.
Chapter 5: Endings Come With Another Story.
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It's raining very hard as of the moment.
Aiko's stepmother has no one to visit her own grave, except for Aiko herself.
How she was buried by Aiko isn't her main concern right now, the main problem right now that's probably going to affect her in the near future is… How will Aiko be able to perform anything that adults can only do?
Like shopping, and paying this month's rent? She is only young and she still has no clue, she wishes she could be smart right now, but her other side won't come out right now, she tried begging many times to forgive her, but the alien isn't responding back by blacking her out.
"He's probably still mad…" Aiko says to herself as she looks at the other graves, who have people around it, probably visiting their long loved dead family member.
It's not wrong to mourn someone, it's too bad you have to get your feelings hurt in the process.
"Mama said Aiko should be strong when mama isn't around anymore." She puts her head to her knees as the rain turns to a thunderstorm. "But mama… Aiko isn't ready to be strong yet…" The people around quickly get to a nearby shelter to hide from the thunderstorm, but Aiko insisted on staying near her mother's gravestone.
She couldn't care less about the lightning right now, all the stuff that she was thinking inside of her head keeps on going and going circling around and just playing with Aiko's mind.
Aiko herself didn't really like this decision, but now that Aiko's mom is gone… what will she do? How will she survive this cruel world? The aliens will protect her, but how on Earth would Aiko live without someone with at least one girl accompanying her.
...the only way to survive in a cruel world...is to be cruel back. But either so, how will she achieve it!
Lightning just struck the ground which completely startled her and she turns around to where that lightning just hit, and it turns out it hit another gravestone, but then again she ignores it as it's the least of her concerns right now.
She's just going to be with her mother for a few minutes, then go back home to figure out what to do with herself and what she's going to tell her teacher when her mother doesn't come when she's needed to come to school.
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A few days have passed, Aiko isn't doing much as of right now, she's been missing in class and the house phone is getting a lot of missed calls. Aiko doesn't even know what to do right now, she's just laying down on the floor, just thinking about what if her mother was still here.
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Aiko sighs as she sits up and actually tries to think of something this time. She can't just buy some food and steal money again and again, soon enough the authorities will question Aiko's parents and who owns this place. They won't obviously listen to a kid, so she has to think like an adult and speak like one. If only.
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>?
Aiko noticed her arm is getting a bit weird. Her veins are showing and they're pumping really hard. She looks at it. It doesn't hurt, but it feels weird to have your arm moving strangely in a small matter.
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"Hmm…"
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Aiko is now outside of an open field. She doesn't remember how she got here, but she thinks she's on the same page as her inner self. And that is to try and do that thing without blacking out.
That thing where everyone that she sees is immediately dead once she blacks out, but the arm she saw a few days back isn't like for show, it has to mean something, maybe something along like…fighting?
Aiko doesn't even know how to give a straight punch, but surely enough she'll learn. She has her inner side after all to watch out for her, she doesn't even know if it's really watching over her, but so far she's not getting hurt by it and is actually getting protected by it.
So this day she'll attempt to learn to call out her inner self, without the inner self taking control of Aiko, and instead she'll do the job. She has no clue why she has this mindset by technically that's all she could think of right now.
"O-okay… The last time that arm appeared is out of nowhere, but I will try my best to make it come out!"
Aiko takes a deep breath, and punches the air, but nothing happens. But she didn't give up as she kept on going and just shouting lower and louder with every punch.
After a few punches she got tired and she sat down on the field, panting.
"Huff Puff. T-that was difficult to do...but still no large arm…"
Aiko just wonders if she can even do it.
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>Pfww…
>?
Aiko turns around and she sees a tall figure behind her, a man staring right into Aiko's eyes. This startled her as she backed off.
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"Kid. I've come back to you. I have questions for you."
"Uhh- w-who are you…?"
The man then stares more deeply into Aiko's eyes which she started to feel a little dizzy, but once her eyes turn a bit red she stops her dizziness as she looks at the man who's still staring at her.
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"You do know that isn't going to work."
"AUGH!"
The man stomps on the floor a few times, ranting to himself and then looks at Aiko again.
"How are you able to surpass my power??!! No one in this god damn Earth has got passed by slavery hallucination!"
Aiko shrugs as she looks away from the man.
"Hey! Don't turn away little girl! I'm actually not here to play games!"
Aiko still ignored him.
"I wanna know, the source of your power!"
…Aiko then turns her head to the man again.
"My power…?"
"Exactly! How come can you surpass me?! I'm supposed to be invincible!!"
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"That is none of your business." Aiko said as she looked away again. "You're invincible huh? That's what I heard from the recent people that I have encountered."
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"They didn't live long."
>!
"Yo little girl! You must be that strong if you're telling me you've killed a bunch of others! Are they even aliens??" The man asked as he kept his distance. All he got is hallucinations, not physical strength, but if he was a hundred it would be deadly, but having his clones in front of this little girl isn't going to work.
"If you don't wanna add up to the pile, then leave this girl alone."
…>?
"What?"
"You heard me."
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>!!!
"Wait, you're a parasite?!"
"NO!" Aiko shouted as she faced the man, her teeth were already sharp blades. The man just backs off a few more steps to ensure his safety.
"I'm Aiko Nishimura. It's hard to explain, but I'm an alien, like the dumbass you are."
"I'm not any ordinary alien whose body is a child. I have a goal to take over this world. I don't foretell my name, but Aiko is what I go at."
"The one you're speaking to right now is the alien itself, yes it can talk. Aiko has no control of this alien, for now. For Aiko, she is nothing but a simple kindergartener. Weak, fragile, manipulated, and clueless. But it is the body that I was offered, so I had no choice but to stay."
"If you are looking for a fight with a fellow alien, you are making a brutal mistake. If you wish to perish, come closer and then try to hit me. If you wish to live longer, then get out of my sights and don't ever speak to me ever again foolish idiot."
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"What?? Hell no! I'm not fighting you! But I do believe you taking over the world is bullshit little girl-
A plane suddenly crashed nearby and it exploded on impact. A propeller just went flying and on to Aiko but she catches it easily.
This made the man just open his jaw wide as he just saw a little kid catched a speeding broken propeller.
"By the way, I don't like planes with propellers, it gives me irritation."
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>Walk Walk Walk Walk.
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Aiko turns around and sees the man following her. She just blinked and faced him.
"Oh, it's you again mister. I don't remember what happened, but you look okay. Did myself not kill you?" Aiko asked kindly, having the persona of an innocent kindergartener who means no harm.
The man is just looking at her, and his senses tell him that she's nothing more than a simple kid, but what he witnessed is almost impossible to believe, but right in front of his eyes is a prodigy.
"I-uh, you're Aiko, right?"
Aiko nods. "Mhm. Aiko Nishimura, though Mama never told me to talk to strangers…"
"N-nono! I'm not a creep! I'm barely an adult yet!"
>?
"Eh? You're not an adult?" Aiko asked.
"It's hard to explain, but basically I'm still 17-19, I don't know! I don't even know my own birthday!"
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"Oh, that's kind of sad..."
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"What do you want from me though…?"
Aiko asked as she felt a bit uncomfortable.
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The man just kneels down to her, which surprised her. And then out of nowhere the man looks at her again with a serious face.
"Miss Aiko, if you and your alien would agree, I would be very thankful, but can I ask something of you?"
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Aiko nods, not knowing what he means by alien, what alien? All she has is the inner friend inside her.
"I would like you, Aiko Nishimura, to have a place to stay in!"
"Eh?"
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"Your alien friend broke my house recently, and I don't have anywhere else to live in."
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"Oh… a.. okay… uhm… follow me mister."
The man nods as he stands up, from the pride alien monster declaring himself invincible, he literally humiliated himself by bowing down to a child. He still hates it, but he really needs to stay somewhere.
Aiko just continued to walk. She turns to her shoulder to see the man's face a bit irritated, and the face of someone who just got humiliated, although she doesn't know why he's looking like that. Maybe the fact that his home got destroyed by her...alien?
Whatever it is, this young man needs a home right now, and since Mama Aiko is no longer here, guess she won't complain having someone in the apartment, she does need a bit of company though.
If he tries anything fishy, surely Aiko's friend can deal with him.
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"Ah that's right!"
Aiko stopped and turned once again to the guy, the guy stopped and looked at her wondering why she just halted.
"I told you my name! Now tell yours mister! So in that way, I can make sure we trust each other!" Aiko said as she has this enthusiastic look on her face.
The man once again thought Aiko was an ordinary kid and thinked why is he following a child, but then realizes Aiko could be the next super kid or something.
The man stands straight up as she puts his hand on his chest. "I'm Saburo Nakano, I prefer to be called by my surname. I'm an half human alien, and if you don't know, you're one too."
"I am??" Aiko asked, surprised as she has never known before.
Saburo doesn't seem to get this girl, he just sighs and maybe once everything and he gets in some home, he will feel right at home, like the broken house, and maybe tell this Aiko that she's something special and even a threat to society.
>swp
>?
Saburo looks at Aiko, who is offering her hand to him. This turned to an awkward pause but eventually he slowly and gently shook Aiko's hand. She happily shakes his.
He pulls out very quickly, he looks at his hand and it's still intact and sighs in relief.
"Shall we go to my home now, Mister Nakano?"
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"Sure kid, or… Aiko. Let's go."
Aiko nods as she starts walking home with Saburo following behind her.
But there's one thing that Saburo is still worried about Aiko. It's not her power, nor her capabilities this time. It's that… why would Aiko let a complete stranger in her own place…?
…Guess she really is a kindergartener on the other side, while the opposite is an alien who knows what she's doing. And also the fact that maybe the other Aiko destroyed his home and this Aiko felt bad.
and also he doesn't wanna be homeless.
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Chapter Ends.