Hasegawa Yuuta - Chapter 1

It was 7 minutes after midnight, Yuuta sat on the

field of cold grass near the river.

His eyes were red and swollen, his hand is full of

dried blood. Something has happened to him.

The way he hugs himself depict his feeling like an

open book, waiting to be read.

Tears flowing down, wetting his cheeks.

"Forgive me..." He muttered.

 (3 Hours Before)

[Hasegawa Yuuta, where are you?] His mother anger

could be felt through the phone call.

[I'm on my way right now.] He replied.

[Hurry up, Yuri is waiting for you.] His mother ends

the phone call.

 Yuuta was on his way from school, he promised his

little sister, Hasegawa Yuri that he will be back home on time to have dinner

with them.

But what can be done about it, Yuuta just finishes his

soccer club practice even though he doesn't like soccer that much.

But his late father really loves soccer. Yuuta don't

remember much about his father as he died when he still 5 years old.

All he can remember was they playing soccer together

before the day when his father never comeback.

Yuuta took the fastest route to his house, afraid that

his mother will go mad if he took so long.

A few meters from his home. Yuuta keeps imagining the

food that his mother cooked for him.

Out of the sudden, his steps stop. Yuuta cannot move

any further.

Something makes him scared so much.

'These smells, I know this smell.' He thought to

himself.

It's just 2 meters from his house, Yuuta catches the

smell of blood and rotten flesh from the inside.

"It's can't be true!" Yuuta denies the

situation.

"Mother, Yuri..." He whispered.

From the peak of the window, he could saw everything.

To his shock, blood was everywhere.

He shut his voice, aware that there is another

presence in the house.

'Forgive me, Yuri.' He thought.

Yuuta made his way to the garage, where his mother

keeps the gardening tools.

He took an axe and went to the living room.

Yuuta braces himself to get in, deep inside he knew

that his mother and little sister is beyond saving.

Before entering, Yuuta took a peek to the living room.

In the pitch-black darkness, there was a human-like

demon devouring the flesh of his mother.

Without further thought, Yuuta swings his axe and

march toward the demon, demolish his left hand and took away his beloved

mother's lifeless body.

"What a strength." The demon grins.

Yuuta paused, too startled to speak.

He never seen any demon that was able to hold a

conversation like the one before him right now.

It looks very much like a human; convey he couldn't

tell the difference.

Apart from the smell of carcasses emitted.

Yuuta took one last look at his mother's face while

putting her slowly on the floor.

He is now ready for another blow.

"Hibiki?! I thought that you have died a long

time ago." The demon stuttered.

With his bare hand, the demon makes a hole on the wall

and try to escape.

"Wait!" Yuuta shouted.

"I'm sorry Hibiki-sama. I am not that arrogant to

fight you." Said the demon as he flew away.

"Oi! Wait!" Yuuta shouted, but none of his

voice reach the demon.

He threw his axe away, while arrange his steps to his

mother and little sister lifeless body.

"I'm sorry... I was late..." He mourns.

After covering the two body with blanket, Yuuta makes

a phone call to some organization.

It was a number his father left behind in case there

is a demon attacking them.

After explaining everything to them, Yuuta mindlessly

walks toward the river near his house.

He sits there for a quite some time, hugging his

knees.

"How could all of this happen?" He asked

himself.

"Forgive me father. I failed to protect mother

and Yuri." Thick tears drop, wetting his face.

Yuuta wipes his face, taking along a deep breath.

"Hasegawa Yuuta." Someone called his named

from behind.

"Whose asking?" Yuuta got up, clench his hand

tight making a fist.

"Yagura, SSS-rated sorcerer from Tokyo Anti-Demon

High School." He replied.

"Tokyo Anti-Demon High School?" Yuuta asked

as that name doesn't ring any bell.

"Yes, an Anti-Demon school. A school where a

student with gifted ability like you train to slain the demon. We exist for

1500 years ago; don't you ever hear anything about us?" Yagura asked,

showing his disappointed face.

"No, never once in my life." He replied.

"Well, I'm not blaming you. Maybe it is not a

topic you brought at dining table." Yagura sighed as he scratches his

neck.

Yuuta looks at him with a dead serious face.

"Is there anything on my face?" Yagura

asked.

"How do I know that you are not one of those

demon?" Yuuta clenched his fist.

"Yare yare, how is there exist such a handsome

demon like me. By the way, this is my Anti-Demon badge." Yagura shows him

an SSS-rated gold-plated badge to him.

"Sensei, I already scan the unusual purple blood

at the crime scene. It's belonged to the registered S-rated demon." A

young boy approaching them.

"Is it you who demolished that demon left

hand?" Yagura asked.

"Yea, I should have aimed for his head.” Yuuta

replied to him, full of regret.

'What a strength! Without any proper weapon, he able

to cut a S-rated demon hand. This boy is something.' Yagura thought.

"Yuuta, first of all I want to apologize to you.

If only I were to caught that S-rated demon myself, this would not

happen." Yagura said.

"It is troublesome to search for someone to

blame. I was there but yet I myself not able to save their life. If there is

one to blame, it should be me." Yuuta said.

"You seem to be cool about it." Another

person amazed with Yuuta.

"This kind of event already occurred me twice.

The first one is when I was five. I sense the same carcasses smell before my

father decided to follow the smell's source and not coming back. The last thing

I knew that he dead. The second one is tonight. I might be lying if I said that

it doesn't affect me." Yuuta smiled.

"Come and join us! Let's go to the ADHS

(Anti-Demon High School) together!" He spoke.

"Who are you again?" Yuuta asked.

"Sorry, my name is Watanabe Aoki, first year

sorcerer from ADHS. A first-rate sorcerer too." Aoki answered as he

showing off his silver-plated badge.

"No, I don't want to be involved with all this

demon stuff anymore." Yuuta refused him.

"It such a shame to have that kind of power to go

waste. Well, it's not like we want you to take revenge on you family behalf

after all those befallen upon them." Yagura said as he walks away from

Yuuta.

"Sensei, are you sure about this?" Aoki

whispered to him.

Yagura just throws him a smile.

A cold breeze slap Yuuta's body with chill.

He thought for a second, reminiscing the face of his

little sister, Yuri.

The laughter that being took away from him.

Someone who'd been rely upon him all this time, now

gone for good.

There is nothing he can do about it anymore.

He cannot always stay this way; he needs to get back

on his feet and the only thing he can do now is fight.

"Wait!" Yuuta shouted.

"What good will it do to me?" He asked, as

Yagura's steps stopped.

"What good do you want?" Yagura asked him.

"I want to go berserk." With such a cold

face, Yuuta replied.

Yagura gives him a big smile, more like a grin.

"Good, you just what I’ve been looking for."

Yagura patted his back.

"Now Aoki, meet your new partner, Hasegawa Yuuta."

Said Yagura.

"What happen to the old one?" Yuuta asked.

"He died, unfortunately." Said Aoki.

" You two, after we settle this mission, we will

go back to Tokyo." Yagura told them happily.

"Okay." Yuuta replied, coldly.

To Be Continue_

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