March 14 - 2500.
"Splash… splash…"
Noises of a bicycle planting its wheel on the puddles created by the afternoon storm. A 17 year old boy named Tamashi was cycling home at night after training to run 10 laps in the abandoned park near the station.
"tsk, it's getting later and later and I haven't come home yet. I'm also incredibly hungry…" Tamashi said angrily.
"HELP ME… HELP ME!!!!"A loud voice rang out all over the street. Tamashi didn't know where that scream could come from but somehow it sounded like a familiar voice.
After a few minutes, Tamashi turns the corner and is faced with a scene that will leave him speechless. A person in a mask, wearing a black coat and holding a katana, had killed a person. That person was Ryo, his best friend, also classmate at school.
"W-WHAT IS HAPPENING!" Tamashi screamed in the middle of the street, immediately throwing himself at the masked man.
Tamashi from an early age has always trained in hand-to-hand sports. Over the years he has always learned how to defend himself from everyone, even those older than him. But in this case was different, the man was too strong, he had a supernatural strength.
Tamashi will try to punch the man, kick and other attacks, but nothing will work. The man will dodge all blows. throwing the last punch, Tamashi will trip and crash into the man's body, but something strange will happen…
"What? Can I touch him?" the man said to himself after accidentally grabbing the poor boy's arm.
The man pulls Tamashi's arm and throws him on the wall near the corpse of his dead friend. The impact will be very strong and Tamashi will break his shoulder.
"Ahh… shit, I can't do anything," Tamashi said in desperation. His face immediately turned to Ryo's body.
"Shit, Ryo, do you hear me? Tell me something!!! He doesn't move, I don't know what to do". Tamashi is in complete despair, until he sees the man's Katana coming in front of him. He will manage to dodge the blow and the sword will get stuck in the wall.
The man will once again grab Tamashi's arm...
"Tsk, more unique than rare" said the man smiling behind the mask. Tamashi will be able to move and kick the man's arm, releasing him from his grip.
Tamashi will go back to Ryo and will try to talk to him somehow but there is no more hope, Ryo is dead, with a heart attack, leaving an almost confused expression on his face.
"He's dead, don't try to waste useless time, time is precious, didn't they ever teach you that?" said the masked man after moving away from the boy.
"Bastard, why did you do that? WHAT HAD RYO DONE TO YOU?" Tamashi said screaming at the masked man.
"What did he do to me? Nothing, this is my job, it's the spice of my existence. I have nothing else to say. Anyway, goodbye," the man said.
"Wait, where are you going, it didn't end there. Do you think that after you kill my best friend I will let you walk away as if nothing happened?" said Tamashi determined to fight the man who was walking away.
"What are you looking for? Revenge? If you want revenge you will probably find me in the nearby forest outside the city. But I don't suggest you to fight me if you love your life. What is your name?"
"What do you care ab-" Tamashi was interrupted by the man who asked his name again.
"My name is Tamashi. Nothing more." He said.
"Well, Tamashi, you are a very special person in this world. This world that try to transcend and go beyond the rules imposed by nature. Reflect on your existence and you will not fall into the wrath of the gods…" said the man who disappeared into the darkness forever.
"Wrath of the gods? Wait!" Tamashi did not have time to finish the sentence that the man had already escaped, leaving the boy next to the corpse of his friend under a night sky.
"Am I special?" Tamashi said confused by everything that had happened in just 10 minutes.