Against Demons

Yushiro

Yushiro

Sleep.Eat.Study that's my everyday routine for almost a decade. Ever since my parents died, I lived in my auntie's boarding house, she lets me stay there for free because I'm still a minor and I can't work. She's kind but we don't talk too much due to her businesses. She's a woman in mid-60's, though she's strict she still supports me in my everyday life. I don't even know how could I pay all my debts from her and every time I ask if she would let me help her in her Cafe she always says;

"Yushiro, just study hard and on that way, you can pay me, okay?"

I really want to, but every day that I went to school feels like I'm living in hell. Although my grades are good, and the teachers always say that why I don't participate in clubs. I don't even have a single friend.... The truth is ever since my parents die; I don't want to be with someone else. Because their death is my fault. Every time I think that something bad would happen if people will be socialized with me.

~~FLASHBACK~~

10 years ago

That rainy night, we are inside of my otto-san's (father) car. Until we realized something different. Are car's break don't work. It wouldn't have happened if I just don't insist on going to that place. Our car crashed on a tree; I lost my consciousness that time. When I look for them, I saw otto-san and okka-san under a large tree. Their bodies were full of blood. Otto-san died immediately, while okka-san said something before she died. She touched my face and said;

"Yushiro-kun...kyotsukite..(be careful) even without us" Those were okka-san's (Mother) last words. Her hands fell....

~~End of Flashback~~

After that Auntie decided that she will be the one that will take care of me.

"Ohayou!! (good morning)" a loud voice came from nowhere.

I remember he's Kitsuki, I don't officially call him as my friend, but I think he do. He always come here every day for ten years, encouraging me to come for school. He's a volleyball player in our school, he's also good in academics.

I went to the door and opened it.

"Ohayou, Yushiro-kun!!" he said.

"Ohayou" I replied.

"Argh! You're still the same Yushiro, today is a good day. Therefore, your energy is low" he said while teasing me.

"Are you going to school?" He asked.

"I won't if I could but I had no other choice"

"I understand but life in school was so fun. There clubs, new friends-- oh I forgot you don't have a friend except for me" he said. I don't know if he's encouraging me or what.

I don't even call you as my friend.

"Yushiro, I'm your one and only friend. We know each other for ten years so why don't we get along" he said

I don't think so.

Even if it's against my will, I have to go to school. As we enter the large gate, I decided to let Kitsuki go first. I went to my classroom after I check that book in the library. A few days ago, I found a book entitled "Isekai : Journey in Another World", its not that I'm a bookworm and I love books, I just found it interesting. But every time I try to open it, it seems like destiny is stoping me.

~~after school~~

I went outside our room and saw Kitsuki.

"Hey! Yushiro-kun!" He shouted.

"Nani? (what)" I replied

"Do you want to eat something?" He asked.

"No, thanks. Just eat by yourself I'm still full" I said

"Okiiee, then bye bye" he replied

As I went down stairs, I saw a man walking opposite on my direction.As I look at his face I saw an exhausted eyes. Eyes of a person who doesn't want to live, its different from the other's eyes. Its different from mine. I can tell. He has a dark aura.

As the distance between us gets shorter, my bad feelings are getting stronger.

"Sayonara....(goodbye)" he said as we encounter each other.

"Chotto matte (please wait), do I kno--" but as soon as I turn my head to see him, he disappeared

.

I climb the stairs until I get on the rooftop. I see him standing on the edge.

"E-excuse me, what are you doing?" I asked.

He didn't answer my question and at the time that I realized that he will jump. The thing that's on my mind is to run and save him.

I grab his arm, this is my first time to save a person. Even if I don't know him, there's still a part of me that wants to save him.

"Hold on!!" I said.

His face changed, he smiled and said;

"Just like what the prophecy said"

On that moment, it feels like my whole body can't move. He pulls my arm and I realize that I am falling. I can see the clear blue sky. It’s so beautiful, it's so funny that on the time of my sure-death, is the time where I appreciate the beautiful sky. That experience was the best, it feels like I'm touching the sky.

Kirai desu ne (so beautiful)

While I'm falling, I saw the man I saved jumped from the rooftop and fell gracefully like he's flying.

Blaaaaaag

Until I fell from the ground.

My body aches, it hurts.

"Are you an angel?" I asked.

"Nope, I'm your sensei..." He replied.

"Se-sensei? Soka ( Isee ) , but I'm dying you know. I....think this is just my hallucination"

He placed his palm in my chest. It feels warm... No, it's cold. I can't understand how it really feels.

"I won't let that thing happen; you still have a mission to fulfil. I won't let you die trust me. I promise" he said.

"Hontou? (really)" I ask.

"Hai! I never broke a promise on my entire life..."

That's the last words I hear. I close my eyes and say goodbye to my life.