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Chapter 3 - Nostalgia

After Okashii blacked out, There was a flashback to Okashii's childhood. He was 10 years old at his school and was one of the fastest students who had beaten every school Physical education record. Since at this moment, Okashii just feels the fact that he loved being first. But for some reason, he wants someone to be second and just feels so unfair to his fellow classmates. He sat at a bench, feeling very lonely and hoped that someone could reach at his speed. He thought "Am I too fast for them to keep up? Or is it because they can't increase speed and become unhealthy?" Okashi thought. But then remembered that there's a marathon coming up at the corner of tomorrow. He hoped that someone could be second, right next to him hoping for someone to be about his speed. When it was marathon day, he was fully prepared. Many students murmur about him and they say that Okashii maybe can become a ninja. "Alright kids, get into your position!" The starter yelled at the kids who were participating. Okashii was one of them and he got into his position. "ON YOUR MARK! GET SET! GO" The starter yelled as he shot his gun upwards. The race began and it was about 1 mile to finish. Okashii zoomed by other runners and started tracing first place in the race as he saw the finish line that was going to be a couple meters away. He was very close to the finish line but a girl managed to take first place and as he saw, he was thinking that he wouldn't get first place. He ran and continued running, but couldn't catch up to her. When he crossed the finish line, he saw her just sitting down like it was easy. To Okashii, he was kind of sweating and also didn't look like he was tired at all. He then came up to her to tell her something. She was pretty though and she does know how to run properly "What's your name first place runner?" Okashii said to her. "My name?" she replied. "Yeah, you are pretty fast and you caught up to me. So I want to know your name." Okashii explained to her. "So that's why you want to know my name?" She asked. "Yep. And that's why." Okashii told her. "Okay… My name is Yami Daisuke." She said, "Nice to meet you Yami" Okashii said to her. "Do you want to be friends with me?" Okashii said to Yami. "Sure! I would love to be friends with you since you're also a fast runner!" Yami said to Okashii as he began to sit right next to her. As they wait for the others to catch up, they both begin to chat and start a nice relationship. "So how old are you right now?" Okashii questioned. "I'm 11 years old currently. I'm about to turn 12 in a couple months" Yami answered back. "What about you?" Yami began to question about Okashiis age. "Im 10 right now and i'm going to turn 11 in a few months" Okashii said. "That's very similar to me, somehow" Yami said to Okashii. "Yep. I guess" Okashii said after many people came back from the marathon. "Looks like I have to go soon," Okashii said to Yami. "Looks like so," Yami said. "See you later then" Yami tells Okashii a goodbye as Okashii walks to his school. "Later Yami," Okashii told her. Before Okashii went to his school classmates, Okashii soon then woke up in the hospital. He saw that he was on the hospital bed and his head was in bandages to prevent heavy bleeding. "W-What happened…?" Okashii said as he saw Yami right next to him, also in a hospital bed. The doctor came to both of them. "Sir and ma'am. You were both blacked out while in the fight. Many of our 4th defense comrades were able to fend off the remaining new race. But it turns out that the new race was actually the Homs. They have created something called 'explosives' and they are very strong" The doctor explained to Okashii. "Oh… So that's why they were able to resist. So what now doc?" OkashiI asked the doctor. "Well I guess you have a special visitor who wants to visit you" the doctor told Okashii. "Please don't be my Younger sister" Okashii begged as he knew that his younger sister would just rush up to him and beg him for oreos. "Unfortunately, it is your younger sister who is here" the doctor said to Okashii as Okashii was looking down at himself. "No! She's going to take my oreo's away and eat all of them!" Okashii wined and as the door opened, he saw that it was his little sister, who was staring at him for more sweets. "Hello big bro" Honoko replies to Okashii, who was still trying to recover. Okashii then tries to pretend that he's still injured and also sleeping, but his sister still saw through his fake resting. "Don't play with me big bro" Honoko says to her older brother. "I can see that you're completely faking it," Honoko said as she saw through her older brother's sleeping trick. "I'm injured… can you please get out of here… sister..?" Okashii faintly replied to her. "Nope," Honoko answered Okashii. "I can see that you're playing with me. Plus… I'm here to see how you are going through right now." Honoko answered another question that Okashii was about to say. "Heh..?" Okashii questioned blankly. "So you're not going for candy?" Okashii replied. "Oh yeah… I also came here for candy" Honoko replied. "DAMN IT" Okashii yelled and then covered his face. Yami soon then woke up from her slumber. She was wondering what was going on and then Honoko noticed Yami waking up. "Who is she?" Honoko questioned. Yami then saw Honoko and then told her something. "I'm Okashii's friend." Yami said. "And who might be you?" Yami questioned Honoko. "I'm Okashii's little sister. My name's Honoko." Honoko answered. "Nice to meet you Honoko." Yami greeted her. "Nice to meet you too." Honoko replied. "So… How did both of you end up here?" Honoko questioned. Okashii then answered her question very fast. "Well first we were fighting the Homs and they were insanely good with their artillery and that's how we ended up here…" Okashii summarized it. The doctor thought for himself "Damn he's fast on summarizing things up. Why didn't he become a doctor in the first place?" The doctor then told Okashii and Yami about their injuries and then clarified what's going to happen next. "You two will be somewhere that is used for training. I will give you the information about the area later." the doctor said as he came to get the papers. "You can rest while I'll get the things that you'll need to train yourself." The doctor recommended it. Okashii was already asleep from the constant talking that it bored him. Meanwhile, the investigation of the attack from the Homs was unbearable because a lot of them were almost vaporized and the remaining body parts of the explosives were unknown from the vaporization. "Sir. You gotta see this." One of the 4th defense members said to the leader of the 4th defense force. "What is it? That is…" The 4th defense force leader questioned. "We saw that many of the remaining corpses were made not by the flammables, but by one cryomentical." The 4th defense force member answered. The 4th defense force leader was shocked when he heard this answer. "How did one cryomentical handle all of the new race?" The 4th defense force leader questioned. "We don't know how. There wasn't any evidence of burnt marks, droplets of water, or plant vines. But bits of icicles were attached onto the leftover parts" The 4th defense force member clarified. "We have to examine what happened and find out how that started out." the 4th defense force leader trying to puzzle it all up. "Yes Sir!" He saluted the 4th defense force leader and left to examine the area. "We must find out how that one cryomentical did it." The 4th defense force leader thought and then left the area.

(Summary of what happened after Okashii blacked out by the Explosives Homs)

While Okashii and Yami were both uncautious, Okashii's body somehow stood up on its own as his head and body were looking down on the floor. "Well, well well… Looks like someone didn't give up." The explosives noticed and then got ready to fight. But they weren't fighting with an ordinary Okashii. "Menace mode" Okashii murmured. Then, a blast of aura came out of nowhere around him. His hair flew up and his eyes were bright menacing red. "What the…" One of the explosives questioned but then got rushed by Okashii's incautious body at light speed. When they took a closer look at him, the Explosives body was almost vaporized. Only the legs show the remaining parts of that explosives. "DANIEL!" One of the Explosives yelled out to his comrade. "YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS BASTARD!" The explosives yelled and then charged at Okashii in his menace format. As they rushed at him, one of his comrades was vaporized from his right side. Meanwhile, at the 4th defense force base, The leader of the 4th defense force was feeling a small sense of power coming to him and then sensed it from outside. "Sir! There's something that you have to see right now!" one of the guards alerted the leader. "Show me where it is at." The leader answered. The guard then showed what the commotion was all about and then saw a lot of the new race. After one second, they were all vaporized within the speed of light. "What the…" The leader began to question and as he felt the aura of the person getting closer every second. He then saw a white figure with bright red eyes with an explosives heart in his mouth and saw it as the heart then was crushed. "Sir! We should investigate the area just in case!" A guard told the leader. "It's too dangerous to go out and investigate. Wait until the entity is gone." The leader tells the guards as he walks away the window. Outside, The aura was getting lower and then it was gone. Okashii's unconscious body then falls to the ground flat. The 4th defense force leader then comes back to see what happened. They then saw Okashii's body but mistaken him as a comrade of the 1st defense force soldier and the 4th defense force went for an investigation into the event that Okashii did while he blacked out.