Chapter 5 - The End & The Start

After suffering a humiliating last year at his middle school, Yuki had finally made it into the high school he had wanted. He chose it because it was a lot further than his middle school. By doing this, he wouldn't have to remember his humiliating past.

Yuki didn't want to be a laughing stock anymore. All he wanted was to be an average high school student. The least Yuki wanted was to stand out from the crowd. Everything he did was to stay average. Sometimes he would purposely get questions wrong on a test to match the class average. Luckily, he had made some new friends meaning that he wasn't an easy target for bullies.

Yuki had experienced a lot of that already, he didn't need any more of it in his life. Getting tossed around by everyone, not having any friends to talk to, then constantly getting reminded of the most embarrassing moment of his life. Yuki didn't want to remember a single detail of his previous life.

To accomplish this, he needed to avoid any confrontation, try not to get in the way of others, and most importantly, not be seen with a girl. During the early days of high school, everyone is nervous. If someone were to be seen breaking the existing tension, it would attract a lot of attention. This was the last thing Yuki needed.

Yuki managed to keep this facade of his for some time. Everything went downhill one day. As he was going to his next class, Yuki bumped into Chad. He was known for his short temper and ability to start a fight quickly.

Noticing his mistake, Yuki tried apologizing quickly. He couldn't afford to get into a fight. Everything was going so well for him. If his reputation were to get shattered, everything would return to how it was in middle school.

"Please forgive me, I didn't see you there," Yuki said.

Right as he said those words, Chad grabbed Yuki by the head and slammed him to the wall. Yuki struggled to breathe and was gasping for air. It turned out that Chad was having a bad start to the day, so it was the worst possible time to make him mad.

Barely being able to stay conscious, Yuki tried to stand up. That was a fatal mistake. Just as he managed to get his legs to work, Chad gave him a deadly uppercut to the jaw. To deliver the final blow, he went in for a punch targeted at Yuki's stomach. It was a critical hit.

Yuki barely managed to stop himself from puking. He couldn't think straight. He felt dizzy while also feeling the excruciating pain of Chad's hits. He was going to pass out. However, Chad said some last words before that could happen.

"That's what happens when someone tries to get in my way."

After he had worked so hard, all his reputation was gone. He worked so hard to earn the respect of others. All Yuki wanted was to be considered normal. Now all of his hard work was going to go to waste because of a self-absorbed narcissistic bonehead.

Moments later, Yuki woke from his slumber. He recognized the place as the nurse's office. The nurse was sitting next to him, anxiously waiting to ask him what had happened.

"Oh, so you're finally awake."

"Do you remember what happened before you were unconscious?"

Yuki knew everything that took place vividly.

"No, I don't. Did something hard hit my head and knock me out?" he lied.

The nurse sighed

"No, it's nothing." The nurse suspected that Yuki might've been lying but she couldn't say so for sure because he had been recently knocked unconscious.

There was an unspoken rule that if you get in a confrontation with Chad, no matter what happens, you can't inform teachers. This wasn't to protect Chad. This was made to protect yourself.

If Chad found out someone had complained about his behavior, they would receive the most painful beat down of their lives. It didn't matter how much a person hated him. If they valued their sanity, they would stay out of his business.

Yuki knew about this which is why he had lied to the nurse. He thought that if he had lied about the event, he could go back to his old average life However, he would be proven wrong later that day.

As Yuki was leaving the school, he was stopped by a group of guys from another class. They quickly swarmed him. Two of them held him down while the others took turns beating him.

He didn't question them, this was the natural order of things at his school. Those who stand out and can't defend themselves become a target. Yuki was going to return to the lonely boy that no one wanted to talk to once again.

After months of him getting beaten daily, he decided that he had enough. Nothing good ever happened to him. His life was just an endless cycle of bad luck. He was going to end his own life.

Yuki never understood why people cared so much about suicide. "Everyone would die at some point, so why bother if someone doesn't want to live anymore." He thought. People go around telling others that they are loved and cared for. This made absolutely no sense because if a person had people that cared about them, why would they give up on life.

It was the constant feeling of loneliness and despair that drove people to such lengths.

That night, Yuki decided that he had given up on life and that he didn't want to exist anymore.

"Well, this is the end I guess, there's no going back now."

These were the last words uttered by 15-year-old Yuki Kaito's mouth.

In the dead of night, he leaped off the 29th floor of the apartment he lived at with his mother.

Within 3.65 seconds, Yuki hit solid ground shattering all his bones including his skull.

"Welcome back, Master."