CODE: STRIKE

Inside a certain house, a family was in... "Mama, when papa go home?" "He take long time!" A certain pair of siblings was asking their mother when their father would arrive. "He's busy at work, maybe tomorrow?" "Read us story!" "Story!" "Alright, alright, What about this book?" "What that?" "It's a story about a young commoner, a princess, and their allies, who saved the world. It's really wonderful!" "Okay!" They went to bed and the mother was storytelling. "Once upon a time, when a young man was living his life, his dream was to become a hero." "A super hero?" "Hero!" "When he was doing his usual job, he met a mysterious man. The mysterious man was scary, however, he saved him from monsters!" "Wow!" "Then when the young man was curious who the mysterious man was, he told him 'Join us'. The young man was foolish enough, yet brave, to take the mysterious man's invitation!" "Oo!" "I see!" "Then, the mysterious man introduced the young man to a lot of people! There was a princess, a cold guy, someone very reliable, there was also a guy with swords!" "Swords swords!" "Who are they?" "There was the master, who was the mysterious man, the fool, which was affectionate towards the dedicated, however he was somewhat annoyed, the good guy, and the princess!" "Wow!" "Alot of allies!" "The mysterious man, gave the young man a job. It was the same job of all the people in their group." "What job?" "Like dad's work?" "It's.. A little bit different, they fight off the bad guys on their planet!" "Amazing!" "They are heroes!?" "Yes, but then, when the young man fell inlove with the princess he confesses his love, however..." "What happened next!" "Yeah!" "The princess was kidnapped." "The princess!" "kidn*pped!" "The young man then came to the rescue for the princess the young man was in love with..." "What's next!?" "Next!" "Look at the time! It's getting late, you both have school tomorrow! Let's continue the story tomorrow, alright?" "Bummer!" "Awh..." They went to sleep, with a disappointed look. ============================================================= In the alleyway, blood was everywhere. As if it was a battle field, filled with pools of blood. And a man wearing a black suit was standing with a scary aura. Infront of a high schooler with black hair, blue eyes, and his high school uniform, Akira Hamoe. My name is Akira Hamoe. I am 16 years old, a high schooler. My dream is to become a hero everyone values. Right now I am... The man in the black suit started to talk. "Will you... Join us...?" "...Or will you die not knowing us...?" "Your life depends on this choice." "I..." ...In a very cool yet complicated situation... "I choose..." ...It all started yesterday. ============================================================================================= In our lives, we tend to dream of being a hero sometimes. There are people who wanted to be one. And I, Akira Hamoe, is one of them. I dream of being a hero, who is valued. My life was boring, if I were to say, it wasn't bad. However, It's just that, In the very edge of my heart, I desire to be valued, I want to get attention, and more! But that won't be happening sadly... I sure hope I jinxed myself. Class ended. "It finally ended..." Akira sighed. "Haha! Were you that bored!?" "Yeah yeah." A guy slapped his back. The guy was his best friend, Taiyo Daisuke. This guy I swear... I can't relate to him in any ways I mean like... Popular with girls, being handsome. Taiyo Daisuke. He is indeed popular with girls in his class, with his flashy blonde hair, social skills, and intelligence. He is perfect. He's perfect, How am I even best friends with him!? "How sad, being unpopular, huh? Hahaha!" "Shut up man! I ain't handsome like you." "What do you mean!? You're a hidden gem!" "Yeah yeah!" Taiyo was right. If Akira had groomed a bit more, he would have been very popular. "Anyways! Wanna hang out with me in the arcade!?" "You should have said so at lunch, besides I have plans." "What!? Plans!?" Taiyo was shocked. Akira barely plans or have any appointments in his after-schools. "Yeah, household slavery." "What?" "Babysitting." Akira sighed. "Who?" "Cousins, my aunt and my parents have plans." "And she entrusted their children? " "Three days too..." "Wow." "Yep, pain right!?" "Can't relate Haha!" "Come on..." Taiyo slapped him on the back once again. "Cheer up man! Let's hang out next time!" "Thanks man." Akria smiled. They then split their ways. ============================================================================================== Akira was walking to his home. "Man, I want to be popular..." he sighed. I want to be a hero, gathering attention alot and all. It is a very far-away dream ofcourse. Life's not that bad although I can't appreciate it... Bump. "Ah." "Oh!" He bumped into a man. He looked up to see his face. The man was in a black suit, a black top hat, and a watch. And his attention harvesting gorgeous red eyes, black hair, and handsome face. He was someone who looked like he was in his 20s. W-Wow, he's handsome... "I'm sorry!" "No, it's fine. It was my fault for not watching my way, young man." "S-sorry." Akira then passed through him and continued to walk. However, "Hey, You, young man." The man interrupted him. "Y-yes sir..?" "I see you have an interesting fate..." What? "Huh?" Fate? "That's all, see you." "S-See you?" See you? Doesn't that mean I'm meeting him again..? The man left. Huh... What just happened? He went home with a dumbfounded face. =========================================== It is Sunday, 4pm. He was already done babysitting. His aunt had picked her children to home. He was out, going to the convenience store. "Meat..." Akira's mom ordered Akira to buy some meat for dinner it seems. In the midst of jogging, in an alleyway... "Huh?" A purple light was coming from it. Akira got curious, he decided to go inside the alleyway. Tap Tap Tap. Wait... The sounds of his footsteps got stronger. "The sounds..." The cars from the street's sounds were gone. "It's..... gone...?" He looked back. The street was gone. "What...?" He faced where the streets were. "Nahhh, I must be tripping, right..?" The alleyway was still there, however, the path where Akira had come from, was gone, and it looked like a dead end. Paak! He slapped himself. "Is this a dream?" He blinked. "No, let's go forward." He looked back, and.. "Huh...?" The dead end awaiting him a while ago was gone. Tap tap tap. "My footsteps..." It's sounds are getting stronger. "Man, If this is a dream I better wake up." Although he looked like he was calm, his heart would be able to revive the beat of the dead people's heart by being a meter away. He turned and found two different, paths. The right, where the purple light was coming from, and the left where the streets are visible. "This... I could go back going left right...?" He took a step to the left however.. "This might be the only opportunity where I could change my life right...? He took a step to the left. "Let's do this!" He gulped, and stepped forward. He decided to go to the right, where the purple light was coming from. Tap. First step, pressure suddenly became heavy. "Heuk..." Second step, The gravity became greater. "!?" The gravity! He didn't give in. Third step, suddenly his heart started beating fast, and all his senses became extremely sensitive. !? Everything... I feel it... He felt unwell. Fourth step. TAP. THE STEP'S SOUND! It was very loud, since all his senses became very sensitive. At the fourth step, he lost the sense of touch. Though he didn't notice it. Fifth step, Akira adapted to its noise. At the fifth step, he regained the sense of touch, and felt a big shiver from his spine. !? "A little more!" The sixth step, his body felt tremendous pain. "AGH!" MY BODY! The seventh step, he finally reached it. "Ah!" All pressure, pain, sensitivity, and his heart beat became normal. "Finally..." But, how did all this happen!? He had realized as he snapped back from reality, That everything that happened till now wasn't normal. "Nothing's gonna work if I keep thinking about it." He ignored it and kept going. "Anyways... What is that..?" A purple portal, emitting the purple light, was there. "Crazy..." "Should I go in...?" While he was thinking about it, a hand came out of the portal. "!?" "Gukai!" Gu.. what? A laser came out of his hand. PEW! "!?" Akira dodged the laser. "Magic!?" A man, with a black robe, appeared from the portal. "You dodged it, huh?" "Who?" "There's no second time though, PORTO!" The man teleported behind Akira's back. "!?" The man did a right punch. Wait... Why does the punch look slow...? His eyes turned blue. The punch was not slow, in fact, it was only Akira who was feeling it. No matter, I'll dodge this. "!?" Akira dodged it and punched him in the stomach. "Keuk!?" The man got knocked back by a meter. Was I this strong...!? Akira had become dramatically faster and stronger. The man stood up. "You are no ordinary human are you...?" "So you're saying you're an alien?" "Hmph." The man rushed towards him. He's very slow! The man equipped his two daggers. Danger! He then swung it to Akira. He dodged it. Doing it multiple times, and not a single hit Akira. "Who.. are you...?" "That's my line, alien!" Akira kicked the man. "Keuk!" Akira then rushed to the man who was lying to the ground, and punched him. "Nice try." It didn't hit. Rather, there was a shield surrounding his body. "Play time's done." He punched Akira. "Gah!" Bam! Akira's back hits the wall. "Ugh.." "This is the end, boy..." The man pointed his finger at Akira "GUKA-" BAM! At that very moment, the man's face got punched. "GAH!" At that very moment, in the midst of chanting, Akira's eyes opened, and punched him at the speed of light. Akira rushed to the man and kicked him to the left, aiming at the wall. "KUEK!" "Die!" Akira punched him with his hardest. "!?" However, his punch was caught. "Haha! Hahaha... HAHAHHAHAA! YOU ARE DONE FOR! BOY!" "!?" His punch was caught by a shadow monster from the man's back. "Any last words!?" The monster then punched him. BAM! The man then stepped on Akira's stomach. "Last words!?" "Yeah..." "Say it!" The man pointed at Akira once again. "I..." "Say it!" "I hope your phone charger only works at a certain angle!" "Phone wha-" BAM! Akira had caught his leg and threw him. "GAH!" "Hah..." "Shadow! Attack him!" "KRHKKKK" The monster rushed to Akira and slashed him. "AUGH!" "Die! Gu-" BAM! The man was kicked. "GAH!" !? "KRHK!" The monster went to the unknown man who kicked the man in the robe. "EXPLOSION ARTS! DEATH PILLAR!" The spot where the monster was exploded, and an explosion in the shape of a pillar destroyed it. BOOM! The monster died. "WHO!?" "Die! You Tenebrian!" What...? "!?" "EXPLOSION ARTS! DETONATE!" The man exploded, spilling blood everywhere. "W-Who..." The smoke from the explosions were gone. The man's appearance is now visible. "!?" "Hey again, young man." It was the man who he had bumped on the way home last time. "We meet again, young man. It seems you got into trouble, huh?" "Y-yeah...?" "Forget that, you're in more trouble. Here's a question for you, young man." "W-What..?" "Things got very troublesome, and sine you are involved now, you're also in trouble you know." "So I'm gonna ask you,You can die not by my hands but them, and die withut knowing us, not having a single chance to survive." "Or will you join us, fight them, help us, and become a hero, it's risky though." "W-What..?" "Sorry, too much information, right? I'll ask you once again." "Will you... Join us...?" "...Or will you die not knowing us...?" "Your life depends on this choice." "I..." "I choose..." To be continued.