Chapter 8 - Prologue II

Ketsugi Minamoto, a boy who was broken and lost in the thoughts of his own brain. He was kidnapped at a young age because of the potential of his ability, and an unknown power he held within. His parents Mako and Kaneoke tried their best to find his whereabouts but to no avail. He had to watch his mother get tortured till her last breathe for information about the Minamoto clan. He endured everything for the sake of the family he grew up with. They tortured and used him as a tool for his power, his power being able to read peoples memories with a fraction of the targets aura. Inhumane torture machines were created to brainwash the boy for his autonomy. Day after day he would endure nail pulling, finger breaking, burning, and then healed to feel the same pain again in an endless cycle. Contemplation of suicide would never leave his mind, till he was shown with his own eyes and power, the execution of members in Minamoto. The only survivors being Kaneoke, Kisan, and Kilah. His hopes for rescue were slim but not zero. He held on to the last string of hope he had left for his life outside. Then the opportunity for escape was shown when he was transported to the dungeon at Taira's hideout. A young but well built girl wearing a black armor with a cloak came to his rescue announcing herself as Krystal Minamoto. The boy being relieved and finally seeing the hope he long awaited for, but he falls into a deep sleep of exhaustion. Then later he awakes as a frightening battle takes place from two powers unmatched. The result was devastation as the boy who long sought warmth from his family fell and shattered in pieces as he saw his father with his last breath. The well of tears and emotion he kept inside his heart for years broke loose. He then learned the fate of the newly joined members, his tears for his fallen allies burned deep till his eyes dried and no longer produced a single tear. Kisan MIA, Nikke MIA, Kilah Critical Condition, Sam KIA, and Kaneoke KIA. The both fled to their hideout back into the woods as they carried Kilah. Krystal trained with Ketsugi for a year as they had both decided that she was gonna stay with Kilah to help him recover and Ketsugi will go out to search for Nikke and Kisan. So his journey began after a year of training, but his first obstacle was not an enemy but himself. Fighting for the true identity, not knowing who he was as memories of his fallen comrades clustered in his mind on the lonely desert.