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Chapter 2 - Chapter 2 Background of the Story

Yuu's POVI opened my eyes as I felt a pain and sting in my arm.The home is burning.

My other siblings were crying while they got swallowed by the fire.

I was confused, I was holding my burned arm as I ran through mother's room.

She's not there...

I ran through the burning hallway.

Hearing other kids cried out for help.

My only priority is finding mother.

I kick off every hands that desperately cling into me as I ran.

It was bothersome...

If they want me to help them, they wouldn't beat me up and hurt me in the first place.

"Remember Yuu, don't fight back, Karma is always catching up with people who hurts you" another of my older sister's word come flash on my head.That's right, I didn't fight back and now karma is doing it's job.The fire is slowly burning me.

Struggling to go through burning hallways.

Woods starts to fall down.

Other kids starts to became silent.

As if the only thing I can hear is the wood burning and the house collapsing.

But I can't hear mother, I can't see her.

I can't feel her, it can't be... She can't be dead, not now...

I still need her...

And slowly, the smoke is catching up into my nose.

I started to cough uncontrollably.

I want to breathe but I can't, I need to find mother first.

I pushed my body to the limit as I walk fire to fire to fire. Strange, I can't feel any pain right now.And finally, I'm slowly losing my consciousness.

My hand is bleeding and I tried to run away from the fire.

Unfortunately for me, I was on the second floor.

The stairs is already blocked by the fire, the only way out is the window.

I looked down to see nothing but darkness underneath. I was hesitating to jump.

I can feel the fire is getting bigger and close to me, I have no choice...

I jumped, as the broken glass pierced into my skin.

I just jump without thinking that I can fall to my death.

I can only close my eyes and pray for mother to be safe...."Hey! Wake up!"Unfamiliar voice woke me up.

I can feel my body were burned.

Everytime I shift, I feel a little pain.

I look at myself to see that I was covered in bandages.

Suddenly I heard a low hum beside me.

My eyesight is unfocused, I'm struggling to enhance it.

My eye's widen as I saw a man surrounded by men in black hoods.

He had a scar on his left cheek, had a left hand prosthetic.

Dark black hair with a hint of gray, and red crimson eyes.

It was a predator and monster that mother is talking about.

Instinctively, I pull myself together just to get away from the strange man.

I wailed in pain as I tried to crawl away.

My tears are falling every move I take.

He only stands there and watch me struggling to escape.

Finally, my body gave up.

I can't move anymore as I cry on the dirty floor.

"A-ah..ah!" I wanted to scream but my voice is refusing to cooperate with me.

I heard him sigh."You..." He knelt down infront of me as if he's trying to level his gaze on mine.He only let out a small chuckle.

"You must be her 'treasure'..."

What treasure? What do you mean by that?

He gently lift me up as if he's holding me delicately.

I tried to hold back my cries as the bandages are touching my burned skin.

Suddenly, I smell his perfume, it was familiar.

It's smell like her, my home.

Slowly my eye lids once again felt heavy and I close my eyes.

I don't know what happened next. The only thing I knew now is that, I got my new home...