[18 YEARS AGO: Komeri, age 12 / Location: Mosule Residence]
"Alright kids, your father and I will be going on our honeymoon for a few months..." Their mother then looks at Komeri's stepsister, Neila. "Neila, I want you to be the one to take care of the house, and Komeri... just listen to your sister." Then they both leave with thier suit case in hand, and Komeri and Neila are left alone in the house.
"What was that pause for...?" thought Komeri in his 12-year-old body.
His stepsister was not so different in aura, but she was always nice to him in her own way. Right now, she is 16 years old.looking at her carefully she has a petite figure, with short, messy blonde hair and silver eyes.
As the parents vanished from sight, she showed a mischievous grin and faced Komeri's direction, slowly creeping up to him with her devious finger movements.
"Neila, no! We talked about this," Komeri said,slowly moving back.
Without waiting for a response and not listening, Neila strangles him, putting him in a headlock and also holding his legs in place,so he won't escape.
"Komeri, don't lie to me. I know you are strong. I want you to fight me in a duel,....ok?" Neila demanded.
"What are you—pwah!" Neila tightens her grip, not wanting him to finish.
"I don't want any questions from you; just do it," Neila insisted.
"F-fine, just let me go," Komeri replied. Neila then lets go, leaving Komeri with relief on the ground floor.
After competitively eating and fighting over who was supposed to clean the dishes, they were now outside in the backyard, facing each other and ready to duel.
"Are you sure? You know I'm 12, right? And you are 16," Komeri said.
"I know," Neila replied.
"Then why?" Komeri asked.
In response, she looked into the distance with a serious gaze. "Komeri, do you remember the first time I met you?"
"Oh yeah... the time when you started playing with me like a rag doll! And that was just three years ago i was 9!!!," Komeri said.
"Hehe~ not that ... I said you had the potential," Neila explained.
"I see..." Komeri replied.
"Enough talk, let's begin... ready... go!" Neila shouted.
After a quick martial qrt stance,they sprinted toward one another and began to connect their blows, counterattacking with precise agility and punching and kicking with unique strength. Then, with a final blow, they hit each other in the face at the same time and fell to the ground, exhausted and bruised.
"You know....." Komeri said.
"Hmm..." Neila replied.
"I did not get this strong on my own; I had help from my grandpa before he passed away," Komeri explained.
Neila then gave a worried expression. "I-I'm so sorry."
"Well, don't be.... because that old man trained me when I was four. I mean, who does that? Every day, I was carrying weights while walking in a hot room, and he manipulated me by saying that I would get candy every time."
"Well, did he?" Neila asked.
"Well, he did, but that's besides the point," Komeri responded.
"I think he did a great job; now I have a potential training partner," Neila said.
Komeri then grabbed her cheeks and pinched them, with a suspicious look on his face. "Neila, my sister, you just picked me at that facility because you were bored, weren't you?"
Neila shook nervously while trying to avert her eyes. "N-n-no..... What are you talking about? Wait, what are you doing with that garlic lunch bar?"
Later that night, when they were in the living room, Neila was sobbing, "Komeri... I told you I hated garlic, then why?"
"So I got stronger," Komeri thought to himself, not paying attention to her.
Neila then headlocks him with a snot on her nose. "Wait, get off me, that's disgusting!!!!"
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So the apocalypse around him began....
[4 YEARS AGO: Komeri, Age: 15 / Location: Middle School, Roof]
Komeri is currently walking upstairs with confusion in his eyes. "They said I should move to the top; I wonder why."
He gets there before opening the door, and to his surprise, he sees another student there, beaten onto the ground. Without hesitation, he approaches him cautiously, not knowing this is a setup. He hears a click of a camera and helps the student instead of investigating.
After hours pass, he is walking alone back home after a long day of school.
"I hope that guy is doing ok"komeri said.
He opens his phone, scrolling through his news letter, and his eyes turn to shock.
"Wait... is that me?" Komeri said. Then two cops block his path.
"Sir, you need to come with us," one of them said, with a beard.
"???" Komeri was confused but felt he had no choice but to not resist.
"You are under arrest for the assault of Miduka."
"So that was his name"komeri thought.
And calmly he was taken to the police station.
Inside one of the newsletters on his phone, it wrote, "Student hospitalized another and left with intent."
After a quick investigation, Komeri was released with no charges, but the situation worsened.
The next day, people began to gossip behind his back, but not all of them thought it was just mutual.
However, fate had other plans...
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"Damn it, that did not work. I guess I have to go with plan B... isn't that right? I will show you not to mess with me, Beatrice," she said, as she was the one who filed that report...she disappeared into the shadows.
[1 YEAR AGO: Komeri, Age: 18 / Location: High School, Behind the School]
Komeri is quietly eating alone since it is lunchtime away from the hatred eyes. Beatrice comes with a grin on her face; she looks down at him.
"Hey, what are you eating? It looks good," Beatrice says with a fake smile.
"Beatrice Nicola, also the little sister of Takat Nicola, her brother the class president. What's she doing here?" he thought as he looked at her in surprise.
"Just some lunch I made at home," Komeri replied.
"Hmmm... you made this yourself? That's quite manly, don't you think?" Beatrice asked.
"She's making me uncomfortable,did i do something" Komeri thought.
She pressed her cleavage against Komeri's arm, which made him nervous for a little while, but he pushed the thought aside.
"He's quite strong, I can tell you that, but let's see if you can handle this," Beatrice thought. Then she took his arm and guided it to touch her cleavage, smiling at his surprised reaction.
"To tell the truth, Komeri, I'm interested in you, and I was hoping we could go further right now, i see you how you look at me" Beatrice said, putting on a fake mask in front of him.
"When was that again?"thought Komeri.
She guided his other hand to touch other areas to make it is as lewd as possible.
"What is she saying? Does she like me... hmm?" A quick glance to his right revealed that there was someone taking pictures and videos, but then he/she vanished without a trace.
"I've got to go," Komeri dashed away.
Leaving Beatrice behind with an evil smirk on her face, she thought, "Well, that went well. Komeri, your life is over."
A few weeks passed, and there was news around school saying Komeri had assaulted Beatrice. With a quick glance and a shocked expression, Komeri saw a video and photos of when Beatrice forced him to touch her, along with some assault clips that were edited on his phone. "Did I get blackmailed?"
He wondered the thought went straight into his head.
As he continued walking, some other students from different schools looked at him in disgust, while the ones at his school gossiped about him after casually walking to class.
"Hey, look at that pervert. Who is he anyway? Next time I see him, I will beat him up. Haha, look at his face; it's terrible!" That's all he heard throughout the entire day, with the teachers also looking at him with disapproval, though they tried not to show it.
Was his quiet life over?
Later, after a horrifying day, Komeri comes back bruised from the beatdown by some delinquents from another school, who were talking about how he is a pervert and that he should just die.
Neila was standing in front of him with a serious look,when he got in.
"Did you really do it? Assault her?" Neila asked.
Komeri passed by her. "Nope, I didn't," he said calmly.
"Then why were you in the video, doing it?" Neila questioned.
Komeri then turned his head to Neila with a disappointed gaze and eyes so intense it peirce her heart. "Neila, you can see potential in me... what a joke."
Komeri moved forward, and Neila stopped him by the shoulders. Komeri could see the guilt in her eyes, as if she felt that she was about to be abandoned.
"Wait... I'm sorry... I was just—" Neila started, but Komeri stopped her before she could finish. He faced her and gave Neila a smile. "Neila, let's fight...but i want you to not hold back. There is something I need to test."
Neila was surprised. "!!!!????"
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[Present day: Komeri, Age: 19/ Location: Vorica, gladiator arena]
The fox girl and her two companions walk gracefully down the stairs to the arena area. She looks straight ahead, seriousness in her eyes as she remembers her past with Komeri.
"Neila, we are here," said the half-cat man, Julies, to her.
On the other hand, Komeri was in the back preparing a strategy with Liana and Drana. Still, there are a lot of different contestants, especially the beastkin.
"I wonder how she's doing," Komeri thought, looking briefly into the skies.