My Childhood
My childhood was pretty dull, to be honest. I spent most of my 13 years locked up at home, reading literature books in my father's home library, under the care of my mother. When not, I was playing with Sunny. We always played games in the corners of the house.
They knew that Sunny and I existed, the children of Hidetaka, pure demons, without any trace of angel blood in their blood, but for me in particular, it was always as if I didn't exist, the real me, was always hidden, and maybe it was just an unimportant thought, or maybe not.... I couldn't say, but I felt like I was slowly denying my mother's blood.
I went to the training academy in hell on a regular basis, and I ended up standing out as an exemplary student, a prodigy, and I always found the school to be a bit dull, and only a few students—including my own sister—could match me in developmental level.
I met many people, made friends, enmities, all this during the period I was in hell, and I always remained on the academic podium. In my spare time, my father trained Sunny, and he also trained me, so that we could prepare for the future and maybe, in his hope, that we would follow his example and become great warriors, but, I always thought that was unnecessary, I saw no reason to fight, except to impose my strength on other people, which for a long time in my head, was the reason why people trained, to impose their selfish will on other people. Thus, the honest or peaceful were forced to become strong in order to defend themselves.
Sunny didn't see things that way, she always saw training as a way to overcome, a goal, reach your maximum potential and blah blah blah. My father noticed that I didn't have as much motivation as Sunny to train and become stronger, and so he gave me special attention, which left the feeling that I was the favorite son in the air, making Sunny constantly jealous of it. But she didn't see the same as me: in fact, he wasn't paying more attention to me because he preferred me, but because Sunny already had the spirit of motivation necessary to train on her own, unlike me, who didn't show any determination to train. Some things happened at the gym, a lot of things that I can remember, I remember my awakening, the friendships I made at the gym..., but none of that matters for now, maybe just another time, I will remember the details of my childhood. On second thought, maybe my childhood wasn't so monotonous.
[Awakening: A term used to describe the event in which a being awakens the ability to utilize its innate Ningen or Mana energy. It is marked as a special day for anyone, and is usually celebrated when this happens].
Despite my happiness in living a peaceful life, all that would change on a fateful day of a silent night, from which a hooded man would break into our house. I don't know how they knew I was a hybrid, but somehow the news spread to someone, and they came after me and my sister.
The hooded man
At dawn, it is possible to hear a noise coming from the room, like a door break-in. Nadeko would wake up suddenly, and go down from her room towards the living room while detecting the invader, and would have prepared to fight. However, the man would evidently be more powerful than her, and would defeat her without so much difficulty.
I... I can remember that feeling, an aura that would spread throughout the house bringing a sense of despair, that we were all in danger and would die soon... I felt an inexplicable fear to the point that I couldn't move properly, my breathing became heavy, it was difficult to breathe. I still remember the feeling of nausea, and cold sweat, as if I was having a heart attack.
Even with this feeling, I stayed strong and went to the direction of the aura..., but with each step I took, the pressure increased, my desire was to run from there as fast as possible and hide, but I couldn't, my family lives here! I felt an obligation to move and do something.
Going down the stairs of my room, I would see my mother Nadeko shattered to the floor, and I couldn't tell if she was alive or dead... And next to his body, there was a man, with a sordid presence. I could see his face, it was a person who looked young, red eyes, with dark purple hair. I vaguely remember that he wore black robes..., but these memories are not clear to this day. I couldn't see anything else, he left for the kitchen, in slow steps, where he would be stopped by my father, who would fight a long battle against the mysterious man. The man in turn... It would be extremely powerful, I had never seen anyone at his power level.
The man was popularly known as Darkness, Ness Kurayami, a hitman, who probably received support from the government of hell to act. The reason why he would break into the house was obvious... He came to try to kill me and my sister, on the orders of hell.
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My father did not surrender at any time during the fight. They were fighting a battle at a level that I had never imagined. Hidetaka... When she sees the scene of Nadeko lying on the ground, in a moment of anger, she advances shouting:
"YOU BASTARD! YOU'LL PAY FOR IT!"
And with that, Hide appears in front of Darkness and hits him with a punch, which hits his stomach and throws him up to a wall of the house.
The blow would be strong enough for Darkness to crash into the wall and break it, reinforcing the idea that the house we lived in was strong enough to withstand attacks like a cannonball shot as if it were nothing. Darkness would rise from the ground, and smiling, amid the wreckage.
"You really know how to punch ... Wow."
Ness would have said this, in an ironic tone, as if he were mocking Hide, trying to provoke him, so that he would attack with everything and leave gaps during his attacks... And it worked.
Hidetaka again advances towards Darkness, and would begin to strike him with such speed that it would be impossible for me, who witnessed everything, to follow his movements. The speed of his blows was definitely at a Hypersonic speed, causing huge tremors each time Hide's fists hit Darkness' body. But the assassin would not stand still, receiving the blows, he would defend himself from the attacks and push Hide away, so that he could have his chance to attack. At that same moment, while being thrown away, my father sees me standing near the stairs, watching all that scene, and would say:
"RUN, TWILIGHT! TAKE SUNNY AND GET OUT OF HERE AS SOON AS POSSI-"
Hide is interrupted by an uppercut from Ness, which would throw him into the air, breaking the roof of the house. At this moment... The anger I felt for that man was not greater than my fear and dread, I was paralyzed in the same place, for not being able to react to anything that was happening. The man came to me, noticing my fear, and would approach me, however, my father would again return, falling from above and interrupting Ness.
"DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME? GET OUT HERE!", Hide shouted, very energetically.
Seeing this, I would have no option but to go upstairs and to Sunny's room, so we could escape. However, the assassin Ness would chase me, being interrupted at every turn by Hidetaka, who would be struggling to make time for me to run away with Sunny. He knew he couldn't beat Ness, and he had already accepted his death, so long, until his last breath, he was determined to fight for us to survive. I was terrified, and focused only on getting to Sunny's room and taking her away, so I could only hear the noises coming from the living room, the two fighting, because I ran without looking back.
When I arrived at Sunny's room, I would see the young woman huddled in the corner of the room, curled up over her sheets, her eyes watering. She would notice me, asking:
"I-I heard mom and dad's screams... Mom... Is she alright?"
Despite being scared, I decided to swallow all that feeling and take a strong stance, so I could encourage Sunny to stay calm.
"We are in danger here... We have to run away. Let's go!"
However, she replies:
"I'M NOT LEAVING MOM AND DAD HERE!"
She left the corner of the room and run to the living room, where Hidetaka and Ness were fighting. I ran after her to catch up with her, but it wouldn't be fast enough.
Sunny saw the whole situation: our mother thrown to the ground, while Hide, badly wounded, would be on his knees, and in front of him, Darkness, hurt by the fight, but in better condition than dad.
The man would hold Hidetaka's hair. Raising palm of his hand, he materialized a kind of dark purple energy scythe. Then prepare to decapitate Hide.
"You're very annoying Hide...", said the villain.
Sunny, as she cried, would jump down the stairs to Ness Kurayami, shouting:
"NO!!!!"
However, the man would simply kick her away, causing her to collide with the ladder.
"Don't rush to die little girl, your time will come soon. I'll kill you right after your dad dies.", Darkness said.
I remember running to Sunny to rescue her, and looking in front of me, Hide had his hand outstretched towards us, while Ness said:
"Right after I get rid of you, I'll kill your little children!"
"You can arrest me, kill me... Do whatever you want with me. But you won't lay a finger on my children."
Hide would use a forced teleportation technique on Sunny and me, and take us to an unknown location. I didn't see what happened next, but I suppose Darkness went berserk and beheaded Hide right then and there.
It was not a very comfortable story to hear, but it is necessary to know this fact to understand future events. I know that this incident, the death of my parents, happened after the decree of peace between Heaven and Hell, just when I turned 14 years old.
After being teleported, I find myself in a forest. It's night and it's raining. The weather is cold, and by my side, there was Sunny, fainting from the blow received. At that moment, I couldn't contain my emotions... I felt dread, inadequacy, hatred, sadness, confusion, indignation, all these feelings covered me and drove me crazy. I just remember falling to the ground, with tears falling under my countenance. I couldn't contain my sadness and fear. At that moment, I couldn't think of anything... My only reaction was to scream and punch the ground.
With a hoarse and flawed voice, I would continue to wonder why all this was happening, as I punched the ground, until my fists bled. Whenever I tried to remember the man who killed my parents, I couldn't recognize his face, it was as if it were a shadow, a darkness, like my worst nightmare incarnated in that life being.
(To be continued...)