Who are they? "What are your last names?" Sakura answered, "My last name is Hanami, and Akira's last name is Akimitsu." "What! You are Ms. Sakura's daughter!" She replied a bit pridefully. "Yeah, I know. Who is your dad, by the way? What are your names?"

Kaede announced "My name is Kaede Kanzaki. His name is Akarui Hikaru." She asked, "Hikaru... I know I heard it somewhere. The Hikaru's... Wait! The legendary family clan? Each of your family generations has at least 1 Elite. Wait, that means you dad and sister are. No way!" Akira continued while bowing. "We are sorry... Please forgive us!" "It's fine; we would love to bunk with you. Don't worry, I won't use my powers on you."

"Let's go pick a room." We walked and went to the first floor. "Let's pick the corner room on the first floor." They all replied in chorus, "Okay!" We entered to see a huge room with 4 bedrooms inside; each bedroom had 1 bathroom, a closet, and a desktop. The main hall had 2 sofas, a storage room, a huge TV, big windows, silk curtains, and high-quality wood. Kaede said enthusiastically, "Okay, let's unpack and get to know each other!" Sakura agreed, "That's a good idea!"

I went into a room. "This one's mine!" I put my suitcase on top of the bed and started unpacking. I put my katana on the table. This is it! After 20 minutes, we all finished unpacking and sat on the sofas. Sakura asked, "Hey, do you want to make a team?" Kaede questioned, "What is a team? I mean, I know what a team is, but what is a team?" Sakura answered, "A team is basically a team for a mission, so if we get a mission, it's for all of us." "Ah... So, it's like a party." Sakura confirmed it. "Yes exactly." Kaede asked me, "Akarui. What do you think?" "I don't see why not. Just make sure I get to kick my fair share of butt." Kaede announced, "Then it's settled. We will form a team."

Akira rejoiced, "Great! More birthday gifts!" "Speaking of missions, when will we get one?" Sakura answered, "We should get it soon. But it's not really much. Only easy missions, but the higher the level, the harder missions get, and they are more frequently given." "Oh man..." Kaede yawned and spoke, "For now we should get some sleep." "Your right, let's go sleep." We all went to our bedrooms. Today was a tiring day. Tomorrow the real fun starts! I slept like a baby the whole night.

"Sis..." My eyes turned into waterfalls. I was in a room with my older sister. She still had her dark red and purple hair with red eyes, light brown skin, and gold earrings. She spoke in a worried tone, "Akarui... careful. When power becomes a hunger and others become mere pawns, darkness creeps in, and evil dawns." She continued while smiling, "I love you. Remember that it wasn't your fault." I ran towards her with my arms open wide, trying to hug her. She turned to ash and vanished into thin air when my arms almost touched her.

"Akarui. Akarui! Akarui!" Kaede screamed, trying to wake me up. "I am sorry you died! Oh it's you, what's up, Kaede?" She announced, "Breakfast is ready! Get freshened up and join us." Yeah ok. Thank you." She smiled and left. I took a quick bath and dressed up. "Good morning!" They all replied in chorus. "Good morning!" I took a seat at the dining table and started eating. "What time does school start?" Akira answered, "9:30... we have an hour." "Thank god. I can't train to be an Elite while starving to death." Our phones got a message saying:

Mission:

50 people vanished in a nearby elevated forest. Find who is responsible and slay them. Cost and travel will be arranged. Be ready at the landing place at 9:30am today."

"Finally, our mission! Let's go." Akira agreed, "Yeah, let's see if you can live up to the honor of your family." We packed our weapons and walked to the port, where there was a boat."

The captain welcomed us. "All aboard! I know the location. When I say jump. You jump. Don't be scared; you can use your powers." "What did you say? Ay, bro, I didn't come here to die on my first day." He answered, "You heard me. Now get on!

We got in. And the boat started to fly at high speed. After 2 minutes, the captain announced, "Now good luck and jump!" We thanked him and jumped off. "Woah!" Akira asked, "Akarui, do you have a plan?" "Yeah, hold on." I made chains come out of my bracelet and wrapped it around Kaede's, Akira's, and Sakura's hands. "Shadow realm." I made a portal blow us, and I pulled all of us in. We entered a huge void-like realm; it was dark. I entered a trance.

Sakura screamed in shock "A realm! No way." Akira muttered, "At this stage... He isn't a normal student." Kaede was speechless, and she stuttered, "Wha-how-what is this?"

I got teleported to a vision. There was a guy with a person. He gave some blood to him. Then a city was burned down. People were murdered.

The realm suddenly cracked and burst. We were back in the sky, falling down.

I snapped back to reality and saw we were still falling. What happened? I forgot we were still falling. Akira muttered, "Blood tornado." He created a tornado in the sky made out of blood, which slowed down and made us land safely. "Woah! How did you do that?" He replied, "Bruh, you need to tell me how you unlocked realm creation." "What are you talking about? How can I unlock realm creation at this stage?" "What do you mean... I don't remember anything?" Kaede walked up to me, put her hands on my shoulders, and shook me, saying in gaps, "How. Did. You do that!" Sakura spoke "You must be level 400 at least." "Well, let's focus on the mission first, then we can tell the teachers." Kaede agreed "You're right. Let's go." We looked forward and saw a thick forest. An old lady walked towards us and said, "My children, please don't go near the forest. Lots of people went missing here." Tears started to form under her eyes, and she continued, "Including my son."

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I walked towards the old lady and held her hand. I spoke in a soft tone, "Ma'am, I don't know if your son is still alive. But if he is alive, and even if he is in the mouth of the monster, I will pry open the mouth and save him. Unless the monster grilled him first." She touched my cheeks and replied, "Thank you, my son." I nodded and turned towards the others, "Let's go." Kaede agreed, "Yeah." We walked deeper and deeper, each inch being more intimidating. Akira said hesitantly, "I got a bad feeling about this."

Sakura scolded him and hit his back. "Why are you so scared?" "Ouch. Any way. We should split up. Akira and Sakura go left. Me and Kaede will go right." Sakura replied, "Good idea!" She started walking towards my left, dragging Akira by his hair, with him pleading, "No!"

Wait, I sense an attack! From that tree. "Kaede, look out!" A strong patch of wind that came from behind almost beheaded me, but I dodged it in the nick of time, just grazing my cheek. I saw a figure on a tree branch. He spoke, "Not bad." "Damn, that was a strong fart. Who are you?" I am Kansa. A rogue sorcerer. And that was not a fart!" He jumped and charged towards us. "Light beam," Kaede chanted. She pointed her index finger towards Kansa, and a beam of light was unleashed. Kansa spoke, "Relentless typhoon." He spun his body, making circular slashes made out of wind around his body, and cancelled the beam. Kaede announced, "A wind attribute."

"No, a fart attribute."

"Shut up, brat. I am a wind attribute. The attribute that's going to kill you. Not a fart one!" He declared with pride. He opened his hands in a claw position. Wind started to form on his fingertips like razor-sharp claws. He spoke calmly, but I could see the pride clearly in his eyes. "Claw."

He leaped from the tree while having a grin etched in his face. He lowered his arms quickly, creating 10 slashes, 1 from each finger, "Tenfold." I raised my katana with the tip towards my right. I spun my katana, creating spiraling slashes, which cancelled the slashes.

He slashed the spiral with his wind claws, destroying it. He raised his claws and hissed after rubbing his chest. "One hundred thousand shards!" He extended his arms to his front, summoning shards that never stopped multiplying, made out of wind. He grinned and exclaimed with a hysterical laugh, "You have no way of surviving this!" He released the shreds. Damn it. Damn it. Do something! I mean, my funny speeches are getting on his nerves. I dashed towards Kansa while dodging the shards and then slashing them. Every shard and slash became faster. That kid isn't normal. He might behead me. He started to dash away from me quickly while still shooting thousands of shards in an instant.

My face made a smile, my eyes widened, and I gave a little chuckle. I kept pushing towards him, dashing left, right, up, down, and zigzag. My body became super hot, like the sun was in my chest. I became faster with every second and every slash. I kept slashing and dodging shards. Come on, Akarui, you came this far. Don't give up. Even if you were a bit stronger than normal people, your strength wasn't a birthday present. Now for your hard work, kill this scum. I threw my katana towards him. It cut his left middle finger off. It stopped the shards.

I could see fear in his eyes. His body was trembling with fear. He was screaming in pain. He made his wind claws bigger. He charged towards me. He attacked my chest; I blocked it with my katana, but I was sent flying a few meters away. His attacks are stronger. I was airborne. Kansa jumped towards me.

I muttered, "Serpent choke." I swirled around Kansa while slashing the body. I reached his ankles and threw it in front of me. I made a chain come out of my ankles and made it wrap around Kansa's ankles. I pulled my leg back, yanking Kansa towards me. I screamed, "God force!" I punched him in the stomach. As my arm and his stomach connected, I sent him and 10 trees behind him flying 600 meters away. His stomach got punctured. He coughed blood. His face was disfigured; his right ear was fully gone; his stomach was visible; his left eyeball had cracks; his chest was scattered with blood; and half of his shattered ribcage with his shattered broken ego was visible.

Impossible! That distance is approximately 600 meters away. How can I still see him? He fell on his knees and coughed blood. How did I lose to those brats? That little scum. I won't die without a good fight! He screamed so loudly I could hear him 600 meters away. "Come and get me, you little scumbag!"

I closed the distance with haste. "How does it feel to have your poor little ego hurt? That's a shame. If I hit you with a bit more force, you could have been a donut." He snapped at me while getting in a stance. "Shut up, scumbag!" He started to attack me with his claws. I also attacked him quickly; this time we both went faster than ever in this battle. "Oh, you asked for it!" He replied mockingly while colliding his claws with my katana, "Did you actually think you had a chance?" "Uhm... Yes?"

He lowered his claws, cut my leg's skin, and made me lose my balance. "Ouch!" I tilted backwards on accident. His claws came down at me. I did a backward somersault and dodged it in time. I slashed his chin, which made him tilt a bit back. I did a leg sweep. "Take this!" It made him lose his balance; before he collapsed, I spoke with a grin. "What are you going to do, half skeleton?" I spun my body and hit my katana with his neck, which took his neck, finally killing him.

Finally, my first kill. Wait. What is this feeling? Whose memories are they? They are not mine. Wait, this is Kansa's. He was a normal sorcerer. Who is that huge guy? Wait, is that a chain collar? What is this power surging through me? I must be taking his power and experience. I feel stronger. This must be Steal. Oh god, I forgot about Kaede. I rushed back where Kaede was standing still with shock in her face. "Kaede? You here?" She replied, a bit startled, "Oh!"

Kaede continued and asked me, "Akarui... How the hell did you kill him in 2 seconds?"