...9 years ago…...

...It was the first time when I came to senses I felt like I was alive,My throat was sour I needed to drink water so I called out to my mother...but no one responded. I got up and searched for some water,somehow I just happened to know where it was. After drinking the water I started to get a headache...some of my previous memories returned to me -- ...

...I was playing or more like fighting with a random boy, I don't remember much about him but it seemed like I lost the fight. I was left crying but then someone reached out to me and gave me a toy to play with…after a while a bell rang and then my mother picked me up back home. ...

...This memory was seemed to be back when I was in kindergarten, I was so weak before that it was pathetic. Soon I came to realise that my previous memories didn't felt like they were mine, it was like someone else was in my place at that time.Almost as if I wasn't myself....

...Years and months gone by I transferred schools,made friends,started to live a normal life. I was from a middle class family so there was limited things that I could do. My dad was a shop keeper and mom was a house wife. She was a real control freak if things don't go her way she loses her mind. Once I was at my neighbour's and then my mom called out to me but I didn't listen, so she walked up to me and dragged me away. Then at home she picked me up in air and tossed me on the ground…the last thing I remember, I was in great pain I broke a leg and hit the back of my head and passed out....

...From that day everything changed....

...Mom and dad fought everyday,debts that we could not repay,my marks started to get worse and worse, I avoided going out of my house, after all of this I was too afraid to look my mom in the eyes. The only thing I was great at, was lying. I lied to my family,friends every single day. The guilt was killing me but I had no choice. And all of this was just the beginning. My friends were the only one that I was happy with. Slowly we all had to separate one by one for various reasons. I barely smiled anymore after that. I never had a love life and I was desparate for one that maybe it will make me happy again. The one time I almost did have one I screwed up....

...--Present--...

...The final boards are coming closer but I have completely lost my interest in studying anymore. I am certain that I am going to fail so I may as well embrace it. But I am too afraid that everyone will be disappointed in me, my mom and dad raised me all of this time to just to see me fail? I couldn't bear this feeling anymore. So I talked to them, they said that they didn't care how but they wanted me pass. I lost it. I have been enduring this feeling,this pain. ...

..."I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!", I said to myself....

...I searched for ways to kill myself, I wanted to escape, I am ready to do anything to just leave it all behind....

...And then one day the opportunity arrived. We will be going on a school trip near the mountains so we decided to do a little climbing. There is a cliff almost straight as a wall. I am scared of heights but I have to do it. When everybody were busy with their work… without a second thought…I did it. I jumped off the cliff, I heard light screaming coming from behind but it's too late…I closed my eyes and it was all over…...

......Suddenly I opened my eyes it was pure darkness,everywhere... I thought I was finally in after life, but then I found a flashlight thingy droped at my feet. I turned it on and flash it forward and saw that there is a sign, it is written in a different language that I have never seen before but I am somehow able to read it....

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...And It said,"LIMBO"....

..."LIMBO? what does that mean? Where am I? What is this place? Is this not after life?" I asked to myself. It was too dark to see even with a flash light. If I go silent I could hear the winds blowing and the water rushing. I decided to march forward, it was the only thing I could do. There was not a single soul who could show me the way where I need to go....

...After walking a little bit, I noticed that time wasn't progressing like normal... everything seems to be...very calm. Then, I stumble upon a big oak tree. It looked like someone was trying to burn it down. When I got closer to the tree, it had a door...but it was locked. ...

...Suddenly something echoed in mind,...

..."Only the one with the key shall enter, forcing your way through shall put you in grieve danger." ...

...I was sick of people telling me what to do, always ordering me around. I broke the burnt door and set my foot inside... ...

...As I gaze forward, Everything around me was starting to turn into ashes,...

...My ears started to ring, I heard people screaming in agony. It felt like my organs were bursting out of my body!......

..."...what...happened...?" ...

...I got myself off the ground,I looked around, I am in a cave. Then I see......

...A half-human half-crow shaped figure leaning against the wall,at a closer look he was also wearing a ninja outfit? Who is this guy? I was shocked but then I thought, at a place like this stuff like that might be normal. He is mumbling,...

..."Why?...why?...WHY?!,They are supposed be our ENEMY. Why did I SAVED him?!" Then he notices me, he fixes his posture and greets me....

???:"Ah, you're finally awake...are you hurt anywhere?"

Me:"...No,Thanks for saving me,Mr?"

???:"Call me Kanzo, and no need to thank me."

Me:"...Ayato"

Kanzo:"Why didn't you listened to what he said?"

Me:"Who?..."

Kanzo:"The great oak tree!, The source of the balance in this world!"

Me:"...I don't like people ordering me around."

Kanzo:"Do you have any IDEA of what you just DID?! You saw the tree was burnt down and you STILL went inside?!"

Me:"Why do YOU care if something happens to me? Nobody cares...why do YOU care...you don't even know me..."

Kanzo:"...I...it doesn't matter. what matters is that, you're safe now."(why did I save him, like I said humans are suppose to be our enemies...is it because...no. it can't be...)

Me:"...Leave me alone."

Kanzo:"wha-"

Me:"I said leave me alone!!!"

Kanzo:"Where are you going? Stay here. With the balance broken the monsters are set free, you can't defeat them on your own."

Me:"Don't tell me what to do!"

Me:"*tch* naive kid."

...As I was on my way to the old oak tree,I felt a chill run down my spine. I tried to convince myself that it's probably nothing. Bushes started rustling, I hear footsteps getting closer. Alright, alright, there is definitely something chasing me. I ran as fast as I could trying to reach the oak tree before 'they' reach me. Wait the oak tree is not here anymore, piles of ashes on the ground that's all there was. So,this is what he meant by 'balance broken',it's all my fault again. I feel a presence behind me I was too scared to move, I could feel his breath on my neck. I should have listened to Kanzo, welp looks like I am done here. The creature pierced his weapon trough me I felt the pain going through my entire body...it...was... unbearable...I felt my heart beat...slowing...down...I......

...screamed...but...noone... Heard....

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.........

..."You are not allowed to die yet,brat."...

...With a blink of an eye, he sliced the monster apart...blood splattered everywhere. "Come on,let's treat those wound of yours." ...

Me:"Ouch...sorry about earlier, I shouldn't have done that."

Kanzo:"It's okay, It's going to sting a little but it's better than being dead all over again."

Me:"What do you mean?"

Kanzo:"Have you ever thought about what 'Limbo' means? It's a place between life and death. If you die here you can consider hell your new home."

Me:"oh..."

Kanzo:"But if you survived you can either choose to go to heaven or reborn as yourself and continue where you left by being twice as strong than before."

Me: (twice as strong? what does he mean by that...how does he know about all of this?)