"Sur..vive..?" I heard Fuuji-san exclaimed with a grim and dark tone.
"That.. isn't enough..?!" Even Tori-san was shocked.
"Tch, there is an even worse one?!" Masayoshi clicked his tongue with frustration and anger.
"W-Why..?!" Hatsumi-san can't even comprehend what is happening..
I am also quite shocked to see that the real one had just began. After all the death that had probably occured.. this is only the start..
'Shihori..! Please.. be safe..! I'll come and save you!' I thought silently steeling in my resolve to save my only family.
*TAP* TAP* *TAP* *TAP*
"Tsk, this is bad.. real real bad..!" I said with an urgent tone. Danger is incoming and I could feel an impending sense of doom..!
"Everyone scatter..!" I shouted. All of them reacted the same way as each other.. is to move the fuck away..!
*SPREAD* *CRACK*
"Tsk!" I jumped as high as possible and when I looked down..
"..!" I saw a huge spike protruding from the floor!
'Dodge..!!!' I tried to think of a way to dodge this protruding spike that is headed towards me in high speed. One wrong move and I die..!
"Tsk..! Kick..!!" I then used my own momentum to flip myself in the air and used the back of my foot to kick the spike and shoot myself forward.
*KICK* *TAP*
"Genji, are you okay..?!" Masayoshi ran towards me but it isn't over yet..!
"Tsk! Masayoshi, dodge!!" I shouted to Masayoshi who widens his eyes seeing yet another attack was coming.
*TING* *TING* *TING*
"Everyone run!!" Suddenly I heard the voice of Fuuji-san shouting to us. I immediately realised what he had done and instantly jumped back in high speed grabbing Masayoshi along the way by the collar.
"W-Woah!" Then not even 5 seconds after we both ran away, suddenly a small explosion could be felt where I was standing before..
*BANG!!*
'Tsk! That destroyed more of the room!' I thought as I saw the already destroyed room became even more destroyed.
"Masayoshi-san, Genji-san are you okay?!" I heard Tori-san asking us.
"P-Please do not let your guard down! There are probay more enemy around..!" Hatsumi-san exclaimed.
"Let's get out of the classroom! It's already too crowded here..!" Masayoshi said while looking towards us. We all nodded and started running out of the classroom to the hallways.
*Tap* *Tap* *Tap* *Tap* *Tap*
The sounds of our steps reverberated throughout the now empty hallways only filled with corpses..
"This.."
"It's worse than we thought.." Both Fuuji-san and Hatsumi-san both said with an even more depressed face..
"Yuri-san.." I heard Tori-san muttered while she was examining the corpse of one of the student.. Matsuzaki Yuri. Tori-san seemed to be close to her.
"Nagao..!" I looked at Fuuji-san who apparently spotted one of his friends in the pile of corpses. He is running towards it while tears started to appear in his eyes..
"Chiharu-chan.." The last was Hatsumi-san.. she looked at the corpse in disbelief on her face.
"..." I could only stayed silent the whole time. I couldn't bring myself to say anything to them. Only I understood the pain of death..
"Genji.." Suddenly I felt a hand patted me behind my back.
"Masayoshi.." It was my friend.. the only true friend I ever had in this world. Had always been together since we are babies. We had gone through life and death together.. through victories and defeats.. through our own problems. He was the only one other than Shihori to always be there. So please..
"Please.. don't die.. Masayoshi" I muttered to myself silently so that only I could heard it properly.
"You know I won't.. Genji" But apparently even that was heard by Masayoshi.
"Thanks.." I couldn't say anything back to him.. so I only thanked him.
"You're welcome" He said back with a smile on his face. Somehow.. I had imminent feeling..
'It seems like.. nevermind..' I decided to not think too much about it and focused back on reality.
"Everyone!" I called them three. They were mostly unresponsive and I understood.. but.
"I knew all of you are sad.. but they all had.. died and.. we all need to just move on. The longer you felt that pain and let it control you.. the more hope you'll lost as a human." I said calmly without much of an expression change on my face. But it seems like Fuuji-san didn't take it so lightly..
"Huh?! What did you just say?!" He seemed quite desperate. His eyes held much anger and despair.
"What did you know about our pain?! You had.. no friends, Michikatsu Genji!! You had no one other than Masayoshi! And you dared to comment about our pain!?" Fuuji-san is practically shouting at me on my face.
"F-Fuuji-san..!"
"Fuuji-san.."
"You both agrees with me, right? This guy.. who doesn't even know a single speck of our pain suddenly spat in our grief and telling us to just move on..!" Fuuji-san kept on berating me with his own beliefs on me.. but..
"Fuuji! Enough with your words-" "No, it's fine, Masayoshi" I stopped Masayoshi who was about to defend me from Fuuji-san.
"I do not care how you truly felt about me. You can be free to speculate how much I know about your pain. But one thing that I knew.. We are still alive. And we need to keep on living. For the memories of those who died and had not.. we will live" I said to them with a burning tone. I truly did not care about what he said to me. I only live to protect my sister and I will keep on doing that whatever it took.
"I don't care about your goals. But one thing I need to do is to find my sister. So you if you do not agree with what I said you can kindly fuck right off." I said while turning back and started walking away towards the exit of this damned school.
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'This guy..!!' He kept on whining like a little bitch! Genji may be kind and forgiving but doesn't mean I will ever forgive him.
"You do not know what he had gone through to even be here, you little entitled shit!" I unknowingly already was mad at him..
"He saved you, you know?! You could've died if he hadn't saved you back then!" I reminded him.
"But I already paid my debt when I saved him as well..!" He tried defending himself. But I knew.. if Genji wasn't trying to protect this little shits he would already had gone out of this place alone.
"You do no know anything about him. He truly cared for all of you.. he steeled his will to protect all of you. Yet you treated him that way while both of you only stayed silent!" I am already practically was beyond angry. But I kept my cool and composure as to not attract more danger for them.
"You had never known his past.. the past that had haunted him even after all this time. Even he had forgotten it.. but I'll never forget.." I said to them with sad tone.
"Then tell me what is so fucking painful for our tough guy, eh?" This little shit.. it seems like he didn't believe me.
"Then, I'll tell you.." I then told them what his past was.. a past darker than the future of his. A past where his goal was only to protect his.. sister.
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<6 years ago>
[Breaking News: The earthquake with the strength of 8.8 Richter scale had hit the city of Osaka, Japan. An approximate of more than 150 buildings had fallen and multiple facilities had failed to work. There is an estimated 461 casualties with around 312 already found with light injuries, 126 with heavy injuries, 17 missing, and 6 are dead..]
"It had been more than 2 weeks since the incident and they are still talking about it.." A woman said while she was watching the news through the window of a electronic store that was showing it's products.
"I know it's sad news! But can we just move on already?!" Another woman said with a harsh tone. She was talking quite loud and everybody around was clearly feeling uncomfortable..
"Excuse me.." Then the sound of a child could be heard. She looked down to stare at the child and she saw a child around 11 years old in age. The child wore a hat that covered his face and a jacket with jean that mostly covered his body.
"What do you want, brat!" Her tone was full of venom like a snake in mating season.
"Ah.. I only wanted to say that your handbag was left opened.." The child said calmly. The child seemed to be more mature than the screaming entitled woman..
"Good to know, brat! Now go away, shoo! shoo!" She just shooed him away from her with a disgusted tone. Everyone only looked at her with disgust and disrespect while the child looked calm as he walked away.. but not without the woman's wallet on his hand.
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"Good thing she is so damn stupid.." The child now in a dark alley alone is currently checking his findings and placed it on his pockets and threw the wallet away to the trash to get rid of evidence.
He then walked out of the dark alley and blended in with the crowds while checking the time on one of the TVs on display.
"Hmm... it's 3 P.M. Might as well pick up Shihori from the school.." The child muttered while turning to the right.
This child is Michikatsu Genji, precisely around 2 weeks of the earthquake incident.. in that incident the parents of Michikatsu Genji had died buried by the ruins while they protected him..
He is currently going to his little sister's elementary school to pick her up from school. Her little sister, Michikatsu Shihori was a soft and gentle child. Ever since she lost her parents she had been very clingy to Genji.
Every time something reminded her of the death of their parents she will start to cry while her brother is there just calming her down.
"..I'm here" And why is Genji not in school himself? Well he skipped them.. there is no point in him currently keeping on going to school. But he sometimes are still going to school albeit only in important and specific days.
*RING~"
"Good timing.." Just as he arrived inside of the school compound the bell ringed indicating the school time is done.
"Let's wait.." Genji then waited for her sister to come out as he watched the other students walked out of the gate..
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5 minutes...
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10 minutes...
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15 minutes...
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"Where is she..?" 15 minutes had he waited but her sister hasn't came out from the school yet..
"Let's find her.." Feeling worried, Genji then entered the school to try and find his sister.
He went around checking every room on the first floor, asking the teachers, searching the second floor, asking the janitors, searching the third floors.. but none.
He can't seem to find his sister. His face became more and more frustrated and anxious. A wave of panic rushed over him..
"The rooftop..!" He then remembered about the rooftop of the school. He was also a student there, so he knew about the school's areas pretty well. He ran up the stair leading up to a single metal door.. The supposed to be locked door was currently unlocked..
*Creak~*
He opened the door with a single push and looked around.. there he spotted his sister on the ground crying while hugging her knees
"Shihori..!" Genji immediately shouted her name and ran towards her.
"N-Nii-san!" She immediately looked up and widens her eyes in fear and panic.
"B-Behind you-" Genji realised this and immediately stopped and turned around.. but he was too late.. suddenly he was grabbed from behind and was locked in place..
"YOU BRAT!" The sound of an adult could be heard resonating close to Genji's ears. He turned and looked at who it was and saw that he was one of the teachers there..
"Nii-san!!" Genji could hear his sister shouting to him..
"SHUT UP!!" The teacher felt annoyed and went forward slapping her in the face.
"..!!" Genji who watched this widens his eyes and stared towards the teacher who is still holding him in place with a pure cold death stare.
"Hah! Who do you want to intimidate, kid?" The teacher only snickered at his measly attempt..
"This is your sister, right? Both of you are the same! Both always made trouble! Now I'll have both of you disciplined!" The teacher said while he hit Genji on the head so hard making his head bleeds and spins almost knocking him out..
"Nii-san!!!!" Shihori couldn't do anything but cower in fear. Such a young child should not be subjected to this sight..
"I will taste your sister's body now, brat..!" The teacher said while approaching her slowly..
"No! No! N-No!" Shihori tried to run away but tripped down and lost her footing.
"Hehe, can't run anymore, brat?" The teacher said while licking his lips like a predator. He swiftly catches Shihori and held her in place.. Shihori who couldn't run away only struggled in place to release herself..
"H-Help me, Nii-san!!!!"
"Don't try to resist, brat! You might end up enjoying this yourself..!" The teacher reaches up towards Shihori clothes trying to tore them apart but suddenly..
"Stop resisting you da- Kuagh!!!" Suddenly Genji got back up and used the nutcracker techniques to the teacher. But his power was weak.. and it did not had enough power to stun the teacher for a while..
"YOU! YOU BASTARD CHILD!" The teacher became even more mad..
"Release.. my.. sister.. you.. sick.. fuck..!" Genji said with a killing stare. If his body was mature enough his gaze would probably be an intimidating one. But the seriousness in his eyes couldn't be faked.
"Hah! You are only a child! What could you even do to me?" The teacher underestimated Genji who had honed his physical skill and attain the body of a peak human performance as a child. So even if Genji was not as strong as a human adult he could at least do this..
*KICK!!*
"Urgh!!" The Teacher now felt more of it's effect reflexively covered his precious part of his future and released Shihori.
"N-Nii-san!" Shihori immediately came running to the back of his brother who is protecting him gently.
"Shihori, run down to the first floor and went to get the security.." Genji whispered to Shihori.
"B-But what about you, Nii-san? Let's just run together!" Shihori really cared for his brother. But his brother only shook his head in disagreement..
"He'll catch us both that way.. I will stall him my best here.. GO NOW!" Genji immediately pushed his sister aside and dodged an incoming punch towards his face.
"YOU UGLY BRAT!! I WILL BEAT YOU TO DEATH!!!!!!" The teacher now only filled with contempt and anger focused on Genji and didn't realise that Shihori had already ran away.
"Heh! Try me.." Genji said with a cold voice at the end symbolizing his seriousness..
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"*Huft*.. *Huft*.. *Huft*... Help! Anyone!" "Please! Please! Please! Where is everybody??" The sound of Shihori reverberated throughout the whole hallway of the school.
"Security-san! Janitor-san! Anyone! Please help!!!" Shihori ran all across the school but found nobody.
"No..!" Despair started to hover to Shihori's mind. The thought of losing the last family she had.. all because of her trouble... all because of her mistakes...
Slowly she started to slow down. Her breathing became ragged and body aches. But she still kept on trying to find some form of help..
"Please.. help.. us.. anyone-" "Shhhh.. it's fine.. I.. am.. here.."
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[Genji's PoV]
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"YOU COCKY LITTLE SHIT!" The teacher was really mad.. he seemed to be blinded by his own rage..
*PUNCH* * PUNCH*
He launched multiple punches towards me who casually dodged the punches easily.
"Is this it..?" I taunted him more and more to make him completely focused on me.
"TAKE THIS!" Enraged by my words he suddenly charged at me in full speed trying to choke me but I also dodged it easily by just stepping aside.
'Tsk! He is strong! I only could stall this fight..!' I silently thought as I saw the devastating strength he has..
"Heh! Only that? Even I could do tha-" Suddenly the air got colder.. no it's not the air.. it's the pressure.
"I am done playing around.." The voice of the teacher suddenly got colder and calmer..
"Wha-?!" I choked on my own words.. the pressure is immense.. this is no normal anger.. no this is hatred! This.. is.. killing intent!
'Shit! Move! Damn it!' I wanted to move but my body refuse to move in fear..
"Die..!" Suddenly.. he is already right in front of me with his fist right in front of my face..
'..!' He felt way different..! It's like I am meeting a way different person!
"Kuagh!" I braced with the pain as I was launched backwards with the force from that punch..
"Fuck..!" I couldn't do anything..! His fist was way faster than me and I couldn't even react to it!
"..Why..?" That's the only question I could ask.. I could feel something warm flowing from the side of my face.. my nose is broken and my head is vigorously spinning..
"Why..? Why? Why?! Ha-ha..Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha!" He laughed with insanity like someone whose roots stems out from destruction and insanity..
"I was a great teacher..! A respected one..!" His calm composure suddenly came back..
"But.. but..! Everyone ridiculed me..! Because of that little shit!!" He started clawing his face with his sharp nails..
"I was deemed a killer..! murderer..! But what I did was help that child obtain eternity..!" He said with a twisted expression..
"She needed help!! So I saved her.. isn't that given..?! Right, brat?!" He looked at me with that twisted expression and now bloodshot eyes..
"I was just trying to give your sister peace and eternity..! But.. YOU! YOU! YOU CAME AND RUINED EVERYTHING..!!!" With every words he spout out.. my fears are disappearing more and more.. his words doesn't gave me the chills anymore when he mentioned Shihori..
"Don't you agree, brat..?!" He suddenly slowly walked closer to me.. my body stopped shaking as I got up sloppily..
"I know..! Why don't I give you both peace and eternity!! Maybe you'll realise the truth that way..!" As he said that he suddenly pulled out a pocket knife from his pocket..
"You'll grant me peace and eternity..?" It's painful.. even to talk I must muster almost all my strength..
"That's right, brat!! So just stay silent and let me gave you it..!" He shouted while charging towards me like an intoxicated person with the sharp pocket knife on his hand..
"I refuse.." I dodged his charge simply by stepping to the side just as he was right in front of my face..
"WHAT?!" He who couldn't even react to it quickly kept on charging and eventually..
"NOOOOOOOOO- *CRASH*" Fell into his death..
He seemed to forget key details of our place... we are on the roof... He knocked me back far enough for me to almost reach the edge of the roof that was unfenced..
"Goddamn it..! This hurts...!!" I felt the injuries that was only caused by his one punch.. if it were multiple.. I would be.. dead.
"Shihori.." I immediately ran albeit slowly.. I ran. I ran and ran the best that I could to find her..
"..Where could she be..?" I searched for her throughout the school.. I was starting to worry..
"Please Help!" I could hear a scream.. a scream loud and clear enough for me to discern who it is..
"..Shihori..!" I quickly ran towards the source of the voice.. it doesn't matter how painful it is.. it doesn't matter how weak I am right now.. All I know is..
'I must get to her..!'
*Huft* *Huft* *Huft* *BANG*
"Please.. help.. us.. anyone-" There I found Shihori.. on the ground almost passing out of exhaustion..
"Shhhhh.. It's fine.. I am here.." I calmed her down before she completely passed out..
"Nii..san.." She held out her hand towards me right before she passed out...
"It's fine.. I'll protect you.."
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"What a painful life.." Tori-san muttered lowly. What I told them was a mere fragment of Genji's painful life.. he was forced to done everything alone with nobody to help him..
"Indeed it is, he had experienced loss more than you think he ever had.. if he had stopped to mourn for too long he will crumble. He is the only pillar his sister had.." I told the little shit who is now silent as a stone.. before he finally spoke up.
"Then what do you want to achieve telling us that..?" He asked me.
"Nothing. It is something you need to understand that while he acted like that.. he is a good person. He went all the way to protect all of you even if it's not his responsibility." I explained to him.
"I see.." He nodded slowly and walked past me.
"Then we should go find him, shall we..?" He said while not even looking back towards us. But I can see that he is clenching his hand so hard that his palm started turning red..
"Well let's go-" *BOOM*
Suddenly a loud explosion could be heard from downstairs.
"Hatsumi-san, do you know what that is..?!" I asked Hatsumi-san about the explosion but it seems like she didn't knew either.
"It's probably Genji! Let's go quickly!" I said to all of them before running quickly towards the source of the explosion..
'Genji..! Where are you..!'