"Haah... Todays the first day of school eh" I said as I finished my last slice of bread for breakfast. I started to zone out on the kitchen counter staring at a single breadcrumb that laid next to the toaster.

BOOM

"What was that" I exclaimed as I hastily started to gather my bags ready to leave for school.

I rushed out the door, forgetting to turn off the TV as it played a nature documentary.

I have been a big fan of nature all my life with me even playing nature survival based games to pass time. Due to my parents death I started to live alone but because of this my so called 'friends' stopped talking to me. They started to bully me for being an orphan. Who needs people like that anyway, no friends at all is better than 100 fake friends.

I missed my parents very much. When they died it felt as if a piece of my heart was ripped out, that's why I'll do everything in my power to bring them back.

As I headed to school, I started to scroll through my messages mostly from a user called Fae. Her latest message read,

[Fae] : Who do you think would win in a fight between any mammal and any insect?

I scrunched my eyes due to the weird nature of the question.

[Taiji] : The mammal of course, how would any insect beat something that is over 1000x their size?

Me and Fae often debate about weird topics that we can't really talk to anyone else about. We met around a year ago just after the accident and we have been talking since.

[Fae] : That is true but what would happen if the insect grew to the size of a human, would that change anything?

I chuckled as Fae always seemed so mature, what was up with this childish question?

[Taiji] : That would never happen.

I continued walking to school, still mulling over Fae's question. The sun was shining, casting a warm glow over the streets, and the sounds of birds chirping filled the air. It was moments like these that I didn't mind of the social situation I was in.

As I walked into the schoolyard, the chatter of students greeted me. I couldn't help but feel anger at my old friends. But then again, it was for the best. I'd rather be true to myself than pretend to be someone I'm not to fit in.

Classes passed by in a blur, and before I knew it, it was lunchtime. I found a quiet spot under a tree in the courtyard, away from the bustling groups of students. Pulling out my lunch, I glanced at my phone and saw another message from Fae.

[Fae] : Insects with the strength of our size, wouldn't that be fascinating?

[Taiji] : It would be more scary than fascinating, we would all be dead if that happened.

[Fae] : Your right, I got a bit ahead of myself.

"Oi Taiji!"

I looked up and sighed, approaching me with a condescending look was Kei Suzuki, one of my bullies. I can understand why he bullies others as I would also be mad at everything if I was named after a car.

"By yourself laughing at your phone, what a weirdo." He sneered.

"Leave me alone."

"Why should I Taiji. Did your parents not teach you manners before they died?"

My expression darkened as I stayed silent. It was common knowledge Kei was not treated well by his family. Maybe that's what made me let him talk to me like this. We were alike as we had no real family left.

At that moment the sunny sky suddenly darkened. I felt a voice ring in my ear :

"Game Start"

I heard confused voices coming from around us. It seemed everyone else had heard it too.

"Game Start?"

"Where did that sound come from?"

In the midst of the commotion I managed to slip out the school gates. I could feel my phone buzzing from notifications but decided to ignore it for now. As I headed towards my home.

I heard glass shatter and let out a puzzled sound confused by the sounds of fighting ahead. I decided to go and see what was causing the commotion.

As I turned the corner and saw the appearance of what seemed to be a fight between a man and woman both around their 20's. I recognised one of them to be a famous American TV star, Lucy. She was well known for being the 'Queen' of the American Film industry with long silver hair that seemed to move with her perfectly wherever she went.

The fight seemed to be supernatural with the man having tiger claws in the place of his arms. Each attack was being dodged by Lucy and jagged marks were left around the scene.

"Hahaha, Let me feast on you Lucy!"

Lucy was seemingly dodging every attack the man threw at her with him growing increasingly agitated each second.

He was looking extremely fatigued and annoyed and noticed me from the distance. A grin grew on his face as he saw me. He was moving towards me.

"Dammit!" He exclaimed as an overhead hook from lucy caught him in the jaw and made him tumble back into debris.

It was quiet.

I glanced towards Lucy. "Haha, Thanks for saving me."

Before she could reply a deafening roar came from the pile of debris the tiger man was buried in. Pebbles from the ground bounced up and down from the vibrations of the roar. I was paralyzed. I could hear Lucy's voice telling me something but I couldn't quite make out what.

"RUN!"

With a loud thud the building next to me came crashing down. I could feel the blood flow cutting off from my limbs as they were slowly crushed underneath the falling debris.

"H-Help me."

Nobody could hear me.

"This can't be the end"

"Please I don't want to die!"

Ping!

A dark red window appeared in front of me.

[The entity 'Man Eating Giant' is amused by your pathetic struggling]

[The entity 'Man Eating Giant' would like to form a contract with you.]

[Accept/Reject]

...

"Accept."

[Riku Taiji has become the official player for 'Man Eating Giant'.]

[DNA modification will now begin.]

[Hibernation commencing.]

[Game start]