"My name is Mira Dom, and I'm the World Champion of Kickboxing... Oh, I forgot to mention that I'm 15 years old... Hahaha, I know, right? These losers can't stand up to me even after being alive for so much longer than me! What a waste of sperm..." Mira said with a smile as he took off his fashionable black shades
"Thank you for introducing yourself, Mr. Mira! So, what are your predictions for your next match?" The gorgeous blonde interviewer asked Mira as he was walking to his car
"Prediction? I will win, and that's set in stone, that's his fate! He is bound to lose to me!" Mira replied before spitting on the ground away from the interviewer
"Thank you for answering, Mr. Mira! Now, before you leave, do you have any words for your fans?" She asked Mira after he entered the vehicle
"Buy my merch and keep sending me your nudes!" He replied with a smile while sticking out his tongue
The black window slowly raised to hide Mira's face, and the car took off
"Mira, I told you not to speak to those damned interviewers!" A somewhat old man told Mira
He was Steve, Mira's coach
"It was a lady, I couldn't say no to a cutie like her, could I? Plus, we've spoken through chat, and if I continue this, I might also fu..."
"SHUT UP, MIRA! You're always wandering off, doing stupid shit you don't need to!" Steve told him angrily
"Give me a break, old man, I'm getting you money by winning, and you're getting me everything else. That was the deal, remember?" Mira said as he glared into Steve's eyes
Even though he was a kid, Mira's eyes had the spark of a beast
"Anyway, old man! We are going to that freaky interview you told me about, right? The fate-telling one?" Mira asked as he opened his socials
He was looking at inappropriate pictures sent by fans that were double or even triple his age
"Hehe, she has piercings on hers..." Mira said as he laughed devilishly
...
It wasn't long until they arrived at this medium of some sort
"Can I request you all to stay outside?" The old lady said while poking her head outside her tent
The tent was blue with stars on it
"Please, just a photo!" Many paparazzi yelled over and over again, but the medium didn't let anyone in aside from Mira
"Finally, we are alone!" The old woman said with a smile
"Hurry up, hag! I only agreed because this shit is going viral!" Mira said while browsing something on his phone
"My! Are you perhaps one of those people that don't believe in fate?" The woman asked
"Shit's fake! Horoscopes and all that star bullshit, it's all made up for delusional women and retarded men to think they're special when they're nothing but a waste of space and oxygen!" Mira closed his phone so he could focus on saying the meanest thing he could think of
"I see, so shall we start this 'fake' ritual?" The woman asked
"By any fucking means!" Mira responded
Mira watched as the medium's hands hovered over the deck
With a sharp breath, she pulled two cards and laid them face up on the table
A chill ran down Mira's spine for some reason
He got irritated
"The Devil" The medium said while tapping the first card
Her voice trembled as if the very sight of the card weighed her down
"You're bound, shackled by forces that control you, by your desires, your past, your pride. You walk a dangerous path, Mira"
"Yeah, yeah, I've heard this shit over and over again!" Mira said with a bit of hesitation in his voice
Mira's eyes narrowed as the medium revealed the second card, her movements slower this time
"The moon, this card symbolizes a persona, an illusion! You are afraid so you hide behind a front, one that is fragile and sure to be broken soon!"
Mira didn't comment on that, he simply let it go so this card telling can finally finish
"Now for the last card... The Fool, a new beginning, a step into the unknown. This card offers you a choice. Will you break free from the chains of your past, or fall deeper into the darkness?"
The cards glinted under the flickering candlelight, and Mira felt the weight of the decision pressing down, the moment filled with tension as his fate hung in the balance
He then suddenly got up
"Happy? Now tell the media what you told me so you can get some more clout! Oh, and here's for the performance!" Mira said as he slammed a $50 bill on the table, shaking The Fool card a little
Mira had this feeling of uneasiness as he walked out of the tent, so he ignored every paparazzi and went straight into the car
"What's wrong? Was it hot in there?" Steve asked upon seeing Mira sweating
"What? No..." Mira said as he breathed heavily
He then grabbed his chest
'What the hell is this feeling... Did I really get anxious because of some stupid cards?' Mira wondered to himself as he opened his window to get some fresh air
"Weren't we headed for the fight?" Mira asked as he saw the car steer in the wrong direction
"Mira, I want you to react calmly, alright? Most of your fights were rigged to your advantage, it's not like you wouldn't win most of the times after all the training you have been through. The youngest champion's time is over Mira, in the seventh round you will fall and never open you eyes until you feel a cold sensation on your left leg, that will be your signal, I will provide you with a fake passport and a house out of the country" Steve told Mira as he avoided Mira's gaze
Mira didn't speak
"I told you that after you won the world champion title, but it still very odd to see you accept it, I never told you to create this tough guy persona but it sold pretty good! I'm sure you would have done well regardless but you do this for the money so fame is the last thing you are worried about, I'm sure of it!"
"And what if I don't lose?" Mira asked with a calm look on his face
"Jonny, the guy you are about to fight gave a lot of money to get you where you are and is also giving you a lot to lose now, he is also mafia associated, you know what that means? We will both be gunned down if you try anything funny so just end your career or else he will end you" Steve said as he signaled the driver to turn toward the arena the fight will take place
'Man I hate this shit...' Mira thought as he lighted up a cigarette while lowering the car window
...
The lights were bright, and the crowd was very loud, loud enough to drown every thought, but at that moment, what was louder was Mira's heartbeat, he could hear his blood running down his body and a voice telling him not to win
That voice was, of course, Steve
In the first rounds, he didn't try too much, he threw in a kick or a punch, but his main focus wasn't to cause harm. He was still debating in his head. He knew he didn't care about the sport or the fame, the only thing that made him fight was his pride. He wouldn't allow someone he viewed as inferior to beat him like that
It was round 6, and Mira was sitting in his corner
"You gave enough of a show, now take a good hit and don't stand up!" Steve told him as he sprinkled water on him
At that moment, Mira was starting to lean into this option
'If he wins, then I can quit... If he wins, then I will get a bunch of money. I can help my mother settle once and for all without having to worry about fighting...' Mira thought as he looked around the crowd
He tried to find his mother in the crowd, but she was nowhere to be found
'Who am I kidding? Did I really just lie to my fucking self? She's just using me for my money. Even if I lost, all the money will go to her. She'll probably complain too, man that pisses me off. At least I will be able to live in peace after I lose since I made a promise to quit if I lose once...' Mira thought, but when he was about to get up, he saw someone in the crowd
He was a tall man with brown hair and red eyes. For some reason, he was standing up and staring back at Mira. Mira was never the type to care about someone random, but at that moment, the gaze of the stranger spoke to him. It gave him something he had been deprived of for a long time
He gave him D E T E R M I N A T I O N
Mira smiled and got up, and in the same round, knocked out Jonny
RING RING
"AND THE WINNER IIIIIIISSSS MIIIIRAAA THE UNDEFEATED CHAMPION!!!" The announcer yelled through the speakers
The crowd was excited, not because the outcome was unexpected, but because the only reason they came to see the fight was to witness that exact moment, the punch that would finish off Jonny
While Mira was celebrating, he tried to find the same man, but he had no luck
'Why am I looking for him? I ain't gay or something' Mira thought to himself as he walked off stage
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO?" Steve asked him as he pinned him to the lockers
"Let go of me, geezer!" Mira said calmly
"Are you out of your mind? He is going to kill us... NO, there is no 'us' anymore, you are alone. I'm no longer your coach..." Steve said as he made uncomfortable steps back
"Great, because I'm no longer active. I will retire!" Mira said as he got ready to leave the locker room all alone
"Tell him, tell Jonny I'm no longer with you! TELL HIM!!!" Steve yelled before running off
'What a bitch...' Mira thought as he put on his headphones
He then exited the stadium from a secret exit and walked toward the closest hotel to stay
As he was walking, he spotted Steve's car. For some reason, it wasn't as far as Mira expected it to be
Mira thought about cursing him one last time, but before he could, another car pulled next to it and unloaded an unholy amount of bullets
Mira was petrified
'He is dead...' He thought before his feet started to move on their own
He ran through narrow alleyways to hide himself. He didn't care where he went as long as it was away from the crime scene
'The car had blacked glass, so they must have assumed that I was in there... But I'm sure they'll quickly find out that this ain't the case, and when they do, I will be hunted...' Mira thought as he sat next to a trash can
Suddenly, something hopped out of the trash
It was a boy, with the same red eyes and brown hair as the man Mira saw during the fight
"You? What are you doing?" Mira asked the boy
"I was just wandering around. What about you? Why are you hiding?" The boy asked
"I... It's a long story" Mira said. He found it weird that he was being nice to this kid
"You can't escape death if that's what you are planning to do..." The boy said with a cold voice
"What?"
"Hmm? Did I say something odd? I mean, you did sign a deal with blood, didn't you? You were supposed to lose, but you broke that deal, and now you are going to die!" The boy said calmly
"How do you know?"
"The Fool... It represents a new beginning. You had your chance to start over, but you chose to stay in hell and rot... What can I say, mister? You sure are a fool yourself, but do not worry, they will get you!" The boy said with a smile
"You bastard!" Mira yelled before trying to punch the kid, but as soon as he tried, his hand clashed against the wall
'What is this... I feel sick...' Mira thought as he looked at his hand
A rusty nail had penetrated his hand. Mira quickly pulled it out of his body and started to run away from the alleyway
He walked toward a hospital to get treated. After all, he knew what a rusty metal wound could cause if it wasn't handled properly
As he was walking and covering his wound, images started flashing through his mind, images of the fight, of his childhood, of the red eyes he saw in both the kid and the standing man, and then the image of a man on a cliff with a dog by his side
He then saw a car pulling up next to him. With the car, a red butterfly also flew by him, giving him a sense of calmness in the mad city he was in
Then the windows of the stopped car slowly lowered, and a loud sound was heard
BAM
Mira then saw darkness... He was dying
'It's cold... Very fucking cold...' Mira thought as he tried to crawl away from the car
He didn't even crawl a meter before he figured it out
"This is it... I will finally die..." He said out loud as he faced the sky
'What the fuck is it doing?' He thought as he saw the red butterfly suck the blood he left behind
Mira's strength then ran out, his eyes closed
Mira died
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...
...
~What are you doing? It's not over? You are a fool, aren't you? This is just the start... That's right, the time to be reborn has come. Will you open your eyes for me, my child?~
Mira opened his eyes, and a bright light blinded him
"What's going on? Where am I?" He asked, confused
"It worked! Oh my God, it actually worked! I have achieved my awakening! This is MY Judgement! This is MY power!" A man said as he laughed maniacally
'What the fuck is going on?' Mira thought as soon as he looked at his skinny body