How long had he been standing there? Who knows, he had been standing outside the famous restaurant Flo for 2 hours now. But he didn't preach or say anything, Sion looked around tensely. It was getting later by the hour, he'd rather be home right now and eating his leftover curry.
'If only I had a 'Second gender', maybe it wouldn't have come to this?' He thought as he shoved his hands in his pockets. He actually had plenty of time to go home and come back but fear for the time before he stood the twins up dwelled in the back of his mind. Sure he could have told authorities but who would care? It was survival of the fittest, only those fit to the task could handle it. A mere human asking for help wasn't something demi-humans cared about.
Sion thought back to when his mother had been around, she had taken him to the Gender clinic on her way back from work. Her fierce grip constricted any efforts to slow her pace as she practically dragged him.
"I want the boy to see the best Gender specialist you have" she said with such authority to the woman who was attending her. The woman behind the desk seemed to show respect as her instincts knew this woman was dangerous. She then showed them the way; the doctor who was attending them after a blood test shook his head. "The boy isn't to be thirteen till August, his blood count is normal and I've found nothing wrong with his health-" cutting the doctor off Sion's mother spoke "The results if you will." Her words made no room for excuses or arguments. Prolonging this appointment wasn't an option and the doctor knew this but it wasn't going to be easy to explain.
"I'm sorry Mrs Reed, your son doesn't have and just simply won't ever develop a 'Second gender'" the doctors words crushed both Sion and his Mother for different reasons. Sion wanted to become a hunter, his father had told him the glorious times when he was a porter (one who carries luggage and picks up materials during a raid, raid being when hunters kill off monsters). Sion's eyes became lifeless as his Mother swore and grip her son's left wrist harshly.
"Your telling me Doctor, that my son is some crippled human!" Mrs Reed's fangs protruded from her lips, her aura seethed through almost seeming to suffocate the doctor and her son.
"Mrs Reed please, I know this is hard on you both but he's lacking the DNA strand most would have developed at 10. This sometimes happens, it's a rare thing yes but it's not the child's fault" the doctors words were rushed as he tried to explain further. Yet even though she calmed down, disgust and bitter emotions were present.
"Disgusting, my only child and he's a filthy human."
Sion thought about his mother's last words to him as the rain poured down. What if he had a 'Second gender' back then, would things have played out differently? Would she have still played make pretend of a beautiful house wife and dotting Mother?
Looking at his run down phone that he pulled from his pocket it was 10:24pm, they had said 8pm and yet Dante and Dio never showed. Should he leave? But if he left and they came later wouldn't that mean he'd end up being bashed again? Shifting on his feet he looked up, rain was still pouring but he was safe under the side walk over cover.
If he had been a hunter, would he have been brave enough to venture forth into a fracture? After the first band of hero's, hunters and guilds were made. The six in total championships of the first ever fracture (split in the sky) raid success. He'd watched the video online relentlessly, the way the people held their breath, that one person shouting and pointing as they finally came out. It was a video that made his skin crawl with pleasant tingles.
Thinking about it now, in honour of the six hero's, six guilds were made. Which one would he have chosen?
He knew all there was about the guilds, he'd been obsessed with them even after he found out he could never develop his counterpart.
Would he of gone with,
RiverFalcon?
Their motto being 'Bravery can take on even a fast flowing river'
Or perhaps,
LightStallion?
Their motto being 'May the light protect you as your feet push through the darkness'.
Scrunching up his face a bit Sion thought a bit more.
DragonDynasty?
Motto: 'Fly high with the claws of gold and scales of steel'
Maybe even,
ElkWood?
Motto: 'You can stand tall as a tree and grow stronger everyday'
Aqua?
Motto being: 'The river one day meets the sea, you can become an ocean'
Or would he have gone with
LionPavilion?
Their motto being: 'A war cry is a message of a battle spirit, carry victory through it'
Now that he thought about it, 'maybe doing it solo- but then again-' Sion's thoughts are interrupted by images of the monsters he'd seen broadcasted on TV. His body shivered, to take on something like that, you needed power, something he never would have.