Japan. Year 2024. Summer.
In the middle of Tokyo city, on the Inohori bridge. Aiden, a tall boy with dark glasses, wearing a fit black t-shirt with dark jeans and shoes, was just standing at the side of the bridge with a small book in his hand.
His height reaching six feet in total and his looks so charming that he needed his dark glasses to not attract any unnecessary attention but to his dismay, even that didn't go well as men and women who pass him always take a glance at him and stare in awe.
"wow….. who's that? He's so tall, and he looks so fine. Is he a model?" one of the high school girl asked as she walked by the bridge with her friends.
"…yeah…..should we approach him, I doubt he will talk with us." said another one.
The total of three girls who were just walking at their pace were now walking like a snail. Trying to glance at the man as much as possible. Living the life of youth, something already attracted the girls towards the man but didn't have the confidence to strike a conversation and eventually passed him, still staring at him.
They would eventually talk with the charming man, but something about him was telling them to not come any closer or disturb him, who was in the middle of reading.
"He must be reading something imperative? Look how focused he is, let's not disturb such a person." said the last girl, who was wearing glasses and also had a book in her tow.
The two others didn't want to accept it, but she was indeed telling the truth. So all three of them walked away, glancing back at him from time to time.
The man with the glasses slowly turned to the girls, their back eventually getting smaller as they were far enough.
"haaa…..thank god, they didn't come closer, otherwise they would had find out what I was reading." he said, adjusting his fake cover of the book.
"Damn, this novel is superb, the mc creating his own system. That's some new stuff." he said, concentrating back on his novel.
Being a weeb, he was afraid his uncle and friends would find out about his hobby, so he came out, disguising himself to read this recent novel he got his hands upon.
He was continuing his read when the call of his mobile rang, and it was his abusive uncle again. With a sigh, he canceled the call again, knowing he was going to be scolded for no good reason. He may look tall with that height, but he was only a sixteen-year-old who only had good genes.
Looking at his reflection on his mobile, he saw his hair. A bit of his original golden color showing in his hairline.
"It's just been three days. Why is it showing already? haa...have to color it black again."
He didn't know who his parents were, but he had unbelievably good genes, impressive looks, and ever growing golden hair. Which made him stand out a lot.
And being an otaku who wanted nothing but his anime and waifus. His own body was making it more difficult for himself to stay alone and have his peaceful personal time.
"I will color it later, just this last chapter then I will go." he said, for the fifth time.
He again leaned on the handle of the bridge, reading his book when the bridge moved, slipping his book from his hand and falling towards the river.
plop!
"what the….fu.."
He was going to curse out loud when the movement of the bridge got even more intense as his body lost its balance. Falling down.
"Earthquake?…"
He grabbed the handle to stand up and run away from the bridge if it would collapse, but it stopped.
"What in god's name? It's the eighth time already, and it's getting intense every time it happens." he said with a worried tone.
Afraid that the earthquake would come again and collapse the bridge. He moved away, going along the road, feeling sad that he just lost his book, which he bought with his hard earned money.
'Damn ….I just found a delightful book, and this happens. Today really is a bad day for me.' he thought.
As he walked along the sidewalk, the TVs were flashing all around the streets and being near one of them; he gazed upon one, curious about what the buzz was all about.
[Breaking news....United States of America has suffered from a 10.5 rector earthquake. I repeat, 10.5 rector. Breaking any record that had existed until now. As you may see on this live feed that many innocents have died, buildings collapsed, and that isn't all.
Many countries around them have also suffered, taking in the remaining quake of this mega earthquake and it didn't stop there. The earthquake had spread towards the entire world, even reaching to Japan as you all felt its jolt just now.
is it the end of the world, or something else, stay tune, until we deliver you every information live on channel @#$@.]
"What the fuck!!???"
He was complaining about his book, but it seems something even more disastrous had just occurred.
He was still watching the live feed of America, watching all the half dead people, buildings burning, people crying out for help and the army and many people trying to help much people they can.
"What a disaster….. Maybe I should sign up for help if they are taking people from here to help…"
Again, before he could walk away, the earth beneath his foot jolted. His body falling and smacking at the glass wall and it wasn't a small one, like before, as the earth was quaking nonstop. As he saw cracks on the pavement and the building.
He saw many cars and bikes crash, and the glass of windows breaking all over the place.
Even the glass window through which he was watching the news broke, as the building was still moving left and right.
"What the hell is happening??!!" he shouted out.
He walked to a light pole, trying to grab to not fall down from this intense earthquake and so were all the people coming out of their home in panic.
All the vehicles stopping as the rumbling wouldn't stop.
He was also going to the middle, as the concrete, which the pole was standing upon, was cracking when he heard something from above.
"noooo...my baby!!!"
Looking up, he saw a woman shouting from a balcony as he saw something falling down.
'A baby?' he thought.
Looking at the falling baby, his body moved on its own. His eyes glowing golden.
He climbed the poll right away and within a single second; he was at the bottom half of the poll, his eyes still at the falling child. He jumped, pushing the poll with his legs with full force, and took the baby in hand at the right moment.
His leaning body landed as his body dribbled on the pavement. Knocking his shoulder on the hard concrete.
The man didn't care about his shoulder at all as he looked at the baby in his hands and finally signed in relief seeing her ok.
"haaaa...thank god."
his panic ran down as he laid in relief until he realized the earthquake had finally stopped.
"It finally stopped...is it really end of the world or something."
He stood up, as some people were staring at him in awe while others were doing their own thing as the earthquake finally stopped.
He looked at the pole which he jumped from and found it was bend where he kicked to jump off.
'Shit….I did it again. haaa…..this is gonna go trending on youtuze as well…..oouuu…..my shoulder…I think I grazed it too hard.'
His brain started taking in the pain, as everything was now fine. He looked around the aftereffects of the earthquake and behold; it was a mess.
Some building already falling down, some house was burning with smoke coming out of the window. Many cars crashed with each other as the earth of the pavement split in half.
In other times, people would collect around him seeing what he just did, but everyone scared and having the trouble of their own that what he just did was not much important than their own lives. So it was plus for him, except for all the destruction.
"My child!!" shouted a woman, coming out the door nearby.
Aiden gave the child to her mother, who surprisingly didn't cry from that fall and also being in an embrace from an unknown person. The child only smiled, looking at him from the start to finish.
"Thank you…..thank you for saving my child….. But how did yo.."
The woman was thankful, but seeing the man jumped like that. She felt a bit surprised and even scared to a point, but seeing her child all ok, and the blood coming from his right arm, she asked nothing further.
"Thank you…" she again said.
"It's nothing much, be careful later on…." he said as he walked away right after. He didn't want to stay any longer after showing off that stunt. The more he stayed, the more people would look at him weird and he definitely didn't want that.
Seeing the man walking away. She wanted to stop him to at least know his name, but….
BOOOOOOOOOHHHH!!!!!…
A sound of a horn rang out of nowhere. So loud that it already started numbing their ears. All the people started closing their ear-holes. Their hands trying to close it off as much as they can. But….like it was right near their ears. The loudness tremored their brains so hard that most of the people started falling on the ground, screaming to the point where blood trickled down from their ears.
And it wasn't happening just there in Tokyo of Japan, but the whole of UK, USA, Asia, Africa, Australia…..it was everywhere. Spreading across continents to every country, to every city, to every person.
"What the hell is happening???!!!" he shouted as blocked his ears in pain.
everyone was wriggling on the ground, from the sound as he was the only was standing, trying to walk away from this torture when out of nowhere he heard another sound between the torturous noise of the horn.
[…..found you….]
And with those words, his body started oozing out white light and within seconds. He just vanished, like he was never there in the first place.