Energon: The Beginning of Everything
Chapter 4, Tragedy
Moments before that, at Nagasaki High School, Japan.
"Until we substitute the result here...." The voice of a teacher explained in class,
"Hah—" Long breath from an 8-year-old boy, Sora Motushibi.
"It's boring. Everything I've learned and all I can do now is.... Oh— I know—." muttered Sora,
"Sensei! I'm asking permission to go to the toilet!" said Sora,
"Oh— Alright.".
Sora smiled faintly and got off his stool and left the classroom. He also pointed towards the toilet and beside the toilet there was a ladder to go down. Sora passed the toilet and went down. Out of the building and next to him was a drink vending machine, he bought a cold orange juice. *Cleck, *gluc, *gluc..
"Ah—" a satisfied voice that came out of his mouth spontaneously,
"Finally out of that boring lesson. But... What do I want to do after that?" sora said to herself.
He sat down beside the right side of the machine, placed his drink on his left side and leaned against the wall.
"Eugh— Ah—" her voice stretched her body.
He was silent for a moment, clearing his mind. There was a lot of insect noise around the school, it was summer. That means schools in Japan will soon be on summer break. But for Sora, it was only a small matter.
Currently, the 8-year-old has entered the 2nd grade of High School. Next year he will graduate at the age of 9. There is a news of Indonesian children graduating 8-year-old High School. Sora could actually graduate at the same age or even younger if he wanted to. But he didn't want to do it because he thought it wasn't an award but a joke.
Right now the "genius" child is just sitting restlessly. Not because he was about to graduate and face the adult world at a young age, but was restless because something was missing but he didn't know what it was.
Sora grew up different from a child his age. Not because he was forced to study but because he didn't have his name "the joy of youth". When he was 4 months old, he had spoken not words but sentences although not so clear. He is called the genius who is dubbed the "Smartest Child Alive". But he wasn't so proud of the award. All he wants is to play like a kid his age.
"Huft— is bored... is this their life? is it because I'm young? Whatever it is. they're really grown-ups yeah...".
What Sora doesn't know is that he's actually an adult and ready to face the adult world. But to make himself sure that he's not ready, because he has no definite purpose why he has to go there, a dark world, a world of deceit, a world where we have to obey "them" who has power. If everyone knew that it was life, would anyone want to go there?
"How long ago about.. I'm here yeah. in SD. 3 years... SMP. 1 year... SMA.. almost 1 year... Heh, it turned out to be just an instant." murmured Sora
He lifted up his body which was leaning against the wall. Then, gazing towards the field next to the school building and seeing some high school children who look like they are exercising.
"Bored..is nothing interesting going to happen?"
Sora stood up and stretched his muscles. Then finish the drink while walking into the school building. The drink ran out, she threw it into the trash can in the toilet and urinated after it returned to her class 15 minutes right before class ended. It was still 2pm, there was still 1 hour and 30 minutes for him to go home.
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1 Hour 30 minutes passed, 15:30 Japanese time.
"Finally.... About what mom cook ya—" muttered Sora.
He looked around and there was one thing that caught his attention. A group of suspicious people in a black van in front of the school like they were waiting for something.
"Hmmm...." Sora walked to the front of the school gate and one of them came to him,
"Sora right?" said the man,
"... Yeah, and who are you?", yeah?",
"I was the one your father told me to pick me up.",
"..." - ".Sora looked at him with stupid eyes.
"Cube knows you're something, um, if you're going to ward off people, you need more information no matter who he is.",
"Huh? Agh—".
Sora hits his crotch as hard as he can and runs away to school.
"BASTARD BOY! CATCH HER!".
Sora looked back at a glance,
"Heh, take off the mask immediately.".
A group of suspicious people immediately climbed over the fence and chased after Sora without caring about the people who saw. Stupid decisions are triggered by selfishness.
Sora runs away and enters her school building while thinking of ways to hinder them. He initially hid in his own class under the table where his teacher was sitting.
He saw no other place besides that because in Japan the entrance of the class there are 2 parts.
"I hate Japanese school!" muttered.
*bom!
The sound of both classroom doors opening violently.
"Son, we don't want to play rough, come with us and you'll be fine."
"..."
Sora noticed how she was breathing and her small posture, perfect for hiding. At least for now.
He quickly and a small voice checking his bag found something useful: a pen. He looked towards the pen and directly held tightly onto the pen.
He held it downwards and prepared to attack at any time.
"Where are you?! I know you're here... I can kiss you. hehe",
".... Pedo..." muttered Sora very slowly almost noiseless at all,
One of the people who always talked came to Sora's hideout.
"Heheh, I see you...",
Getting closer, step by step..... And....
"WOI! WHY ARE YOU HERE?!" said someone dressed like a gym teacher,
"Huh?! Don't bother us old man!" said the person who almost came to Sora.
While Sora under the table smiled proudly.
"OLD MAN YOU SAID?! LISTEN TO ME CAREFULLY! I AM A JAPANESE WRESTLER WHO HAS WON 2 NATIONAL LEVEL WRESTLING FIGHTS! DON'T MESS WITH ME, YOUNG MAN!"
"WE DON'T CARE, IF YOU'RE A GREAT FIGHTER, LET'S FIGHT!"
Sora who heard all those things was like seeing 2 chickens fighting. He did not know to be happy because he was given time to act or upset because of the 2 fools.
And they fought together, and another suspicious person reminded the pedo boss to focus on the mission. But unfortunately the boss who pedo and stupid did not listen at all.
Because her boss was being preoccupied by the high school gym teacher there, Sora quickly lowered her head and headed towards the back of the class.
"Ah— Woo! Here you bad boy!",
"Curtain! Let's get him a new member!",
Need to explain again there are actually 3 people who entered the class where Sora hid and the rest spread throughout the school.
"..." The man called "new member" answered nothing.
His face was almost invisible, he was wearing a black hoodie and tight training pants. From her curves and height, she seemed to be an 8-year-old female. What are 8-year-old girls doing here?
Sora who lowered his head closer to the Hoodie chick, ready to attack.
"No mercy.".
Sora quickly tried to stab the woman but failed. The woman is athletic, she avoids Sora's surprise attack by jumping up. But Sora immediately changed target and did not lose momentum at all like the target was not the woman at first. He was aiming for the woman's press, and with the pen he attacked her leg so as not to catch up again and a single "fall".
"AAAAGH!—" said his partner.
And because the female companion was closest to the door, Sora left the pen in the blood-soaked classroom and walked out of the classroom to the side stairs of the toilet before.
But before she left the classroom, the woman pulled out a gun quickly hitting Sora's left hand
"GOD!" Spontaneous Sora,
"...." the woman was silent for a moment, whether she should be impressed or upset, she did not know.
"Huh.huh...huh...." Sora ran away with a whimper.
Whatever the adult of his mind, his body is still the body of an 8-year-old.
As he ran towards the stairs down, he noticed that there was another suspicious person coming towards him. He realizes it and runs to try to catch Sora but succeeds Sora in being careless by sliding past her bottom.
"Well?!" said the man,
Sora continued running without saying a word, heading to the forest behind her school.
As he was about to reach the high and wide fence of the school, this time his right calf was shot by the same person. But it does not make Sora retreat, Sora still tried to pass through a wide fence with his small body, lucky the fence is not high and wide again so as to make Sora escape more opportunities. But unfortunately with Sora's current time, it was almost impossible, but he kept forcing it so that it made the woman shoot again almost hit Sora's right wrist.
"Gee!—"
*buk. Sora's voice fell. The woman approached him with her gun hidden in his hoodie pocket. Sora gave up his efforts and was ready to face whatever was to come.
"So, what do you want from me exactly?" Sora asked casually,
"....",
"Will not talk? Yes, that's it."
Sora quickly threw his bag at the woman. The woman jumped back and pulled out a gun ready to shoot but her vision was blinded by the dust generated from Sora's bag and when the dust was gone, Sora entered the forest.
"...",
The woman chased him again. Sora groaned with all her might until finally ended up in a mysterious cave where usually high school students skip school. And once again she shot him again and hit him in her left hand again.
"AAGHH!—"
This time Sora's power to run had run out. He faced towards the woman who was walking slowly towards him with a gun leaned towards him. Sora 'has not tried anymore', he pushed his body to the side of the mouth of the cave and leaned there.
"Huh... huh... you... You really hate the left hand huh?" sora said jokingly, hiding the pain,
".... Why?" ask the woman, though,
"... Ha?", huh?",
"Why...? why are you trying so hard to fight death? You know it's gonna hurt a lot."
"... The answer is easy, because I don't want to end up pathetic like this. Maybe this world is boring but I'll make it interesting to myself!"
Sora threw dust into the woman's careless eyes, taking her weapon painfully but successfully. Sora leaned his gun straight into his head without retreating at all.
"Well... You are.. stubborn...".
The woman raised her hand up as high as her head, and instantly snatched her gun back and managed to even shoot straight at Sora, but Sora was ready for it and he quickly looked down and picked up the dust and threw it in his eyes. But that woman will not be fooled again by that. What the woman did not know was that Sora was holding a stone in her right hand and at the right moment injured the woman's left hand and made her throw the gun.
"Cih!—",
And what Sora did not know was that behind the woman's body there was a katana of small size fused with her dark clothes. The woman pulls him out and is lucky to be hit by a rock that Sora is holding. Sora was made to retreat by that sword of surprise.
"Wow... Full of surprise huh?" said Sora,
"....",
And this is the fight between the two, between Sora and the woman who until now has not been known by name. Stone and Sword. This battle is like a battle between ancient humans and medieval humans.
And run them towards each other. The woman tried to slash through the right side but her attack was repelled by Sora stone and Sora tried to fight back by pointing it nimbly towards the woman but was blocked. But this time the woman who blocked the stone bounced back one step giving Sora a chance, and Sora did not miss it. Sora deliberately attacked a point where the woman was always facing, where her sword did not move in the slightest. Continuously non-stop, with only the right hand, covering up the pain. Until finally one fatal and violent attack from Sora was thrown.
"HA!—",
"Ah—Ha—".
His sword was out of his grasp. The woman tried to take it again, but forgot about Sora. Sora hit him with a rock so hard that he bounced away this time. Taking sword. The woman seemed to have no more tricks she could use.
Sora walked slowly towards the helpless woman. Carefully he opened the Hoodie. And it was true that she was an 8-year-old woman, but Sora was not surprised and did not want to lose her guard. Male or female, the enemy is the enemy.
Behind the Hoodie, there was a woman's face that was afraid of death, shiny black hair reflecting the moonlight as it was neatly tied like a perfectionist who bound it.
"Huh.. huh...".
But even so, Sora was still human.he threw the sword away, as far as the gun. He extended his hand to the woman.
"Come",
"....".
The woman finally finds out she's actually impressed, with Sora's courage. The woman grabbed Sora's rough hands and stood up, both of them smiling for a while before Sora whimpered again.
"Eh! wait!—".
The woman grabs Sora carefully and takes him into the cave. Then lowered her slowly letting Sora lean.
"Wait a minute!— Hang on okay?",
The woman came out of the cave and quickly returned with her sword.
He carefully inserted his sword into the bullet hole he had made earlier, trying to get the bullet out of Sora's hand.
"Egh— Akh!—"
The woman did not speak a word at all, and focused on working on the 3 shot holes.
5 minutes later, all of his bullets were removed.
"Hows it? Sick?", though?",
"Of course it hurts stupid! Still asked.",
"Pfft.. hahahah, sorry, sorry.",
"...",
The woman smiled for a while before finally uttering another word,
"I have to go, I'll tell you that you've been killed by me trying to cross the river and drift there, okay?",
"... Then what will happen to you?",
".... You don't have to think about it, I'm just gonna take a little punishment. No need to worry."
".... Your name?"
".. Uh?"
"Na-ma-mu-?",
"Eh, ah— Hanabi, My name is Hanabi...",
"Sora, you know my name."
"Huhuh.", uh...",
"We're going to split up here. Stay alive until we meet again...okay?",
"Worry about yourself! Oh yeah, take the gun and the sword don't forget."
"Ah— is right too— almost forgot his gun! Thanks, Siro!",
"May we meet again. if..." Hanabi said it was getting slower, though,
Sora couldn't hear it clearly. But he doesn't care about it.
"...".
He looked towards the bandage made by the woman named Hanabi.
"Perfect.. like... Forget it, I can't think much first. Shit, I miss mom's cooking...".