Kagura POV
My name is Kagura Mikazuchi. I am four years old this year. I live in an orphanage with my big brother, Simon. We had each other to look after so we never felt lonely or sad, so as far as I can remember I have been very happy. Except the food in the orphanage. It’s not very good. My dream is to one day cook a lot of delicious food and have big brother eat it.
Apart from big brother, there is only one person that I am close with. That is big sister Erza. She and big brother started talking a while ago but not so much. The reason I like her is because she is very pretty and very caring. I heard from some other kids that big sister Erza used to be bullied. But she was saved by a very handsome boy who lives in the forest.
I asked big sister Erza about him and she said that he was the best person in the whole world with a very happy look. Big brother seemed a bit bitter at that, I wonder why. Big sister Erza doesn’t spend much time with us or in the orphanage. She spends the entire day with the person called Ray during day time and only returns when sun is about to set. She said that Ray person was teaching her how to fight. Although she did add I think in the end, she seemed pretty confident.
I was getting more and more curious about this Ray person. So one day after eating breakfast, I followed big sister Erza towards the forest. She walked for a while and soon reached a small lake. And there sitting by the lakeside leaning on a rock was the most handsome person ever.
No wonder those other girls who talked about him always said he was handsome and then they would sigh and say how much they regret or something. They also had this vacant look on their face and would always look at big sister Erza with envy.
As I realized all of this big sister Erza threw herself onto the Ray person who caught her with ease. They talked a bit and then started the training that big sister always talked about. After a while I was confused. How can running around the forest make you strong. And there were then these strange movements that he asked big sister Erza to do. She would always end up exhausted after doing those movements and after a while she asked to be taught how to fight only to be refused. She then started attacking him but he put her down easily. Wow, he’s so strong and cool.
After they finished their training they suddenly took off all of their clothes which made me blush and quickly cover my face with my eyes peeking through them. I saw that they got into the lake and were now cuddling with each other and big sister Erza would from time to time make a strange sound and lightly scold him. Once they were finished I thought they would notice me so I quickly sneaked back home.
After that day, I would follow big sister Erza every day and watch her spending her time with Ray. I thought of him as the most handsome and strongest and coolest person so I wanted to become his bride. This wish was solidified after seeing him caring for big sister Erza and seeing how gentle of a person he was.
So whenever I watched them I would daydream of getting married to Ray and have a very happy family. My new found wish didn’t affect my relationship with big sister Erza and big brother Simon was worried where I was going to and I lied to him. Teehee. I wanted everything to remain the same but it didn’t.
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One day I saw that Ray was going to be leaving and I was really sad. But he also said that he would come back so I decided that until he comes back, I will work hard to become a girl he likes. But, I never got the chance to do that.
A few days after Ray left, our village was attacked by some people. Big sister Erza reacted to this fast and managed to send me away but immediately after that she went back. I stood there with tears falling not knowing what to do but as time went on I grew worried for big brother and big sister Erza. I knew I shouldn’t go but I didn’t want to be a weak girl. I know that the reason Ray must have trained big sister Erza must have been because he liked strong girls. And although I didn’t train my body, my heart was stronger than any.
After making my mind, I ran towards the village but I was too late. Everyone was gone but I could hear the sounds of a carriage. I followed the sound and quickly saw the carriage taking away everyone. I ran with all my might but when I got close to a hill, everything suddenly turned dark and the next thing I knew, I was on a highway.
The sudden change in my environment made me both confused and scared. But I knew that I shouldn’t remain here so I hid myself in a rock formation nearby. I didn’t want to trust anyone after what I just went through so I slowly made my way off the routes people take.
As I kept on walking and walking for days, my hunger and thirst was making me weak. When suddenly it started raining. I was inside a forest and I didn’t know which way to go. I picked a direction and after a while found a cave. I made my way into it to take shelter but not before cupping my hands to catch some rain water to drink.
Due to the long time I spent in the rain my body was shivering with cold so I made myself into a ball and curled up in a corner. I didn’t know what was going on after a while as my hunger and the cold was making my senses numb.
Suddenly, I felt my body being covered by something and I immediately got frightened. But when I saw who it was I was at first surprised but then joy filled every bit of me. It was Ray. He was kneeling in front of me and he was looking at me concerned and was adjusting the blanket he gave me. He told me to rest while he went to find food and some wood to make a fire and I just nodded at him as I was still in a daze from him being here. I closed my eyes to rest like he said and slowly drifted to sleep.
I woke up to a sound I’m guessing to be the sounds made by wet clothes and as I opened my eyes, I saw ray working on the fire and food. I got lost in the moment as I found the frame of Ray working very charming. After he finished the first fish that he brought, I quickly devoured it when he handed it to me.
After we both ate he slowly asked questions like how I got here and stuff. But what surprised me was he said I should have been four years old. What does that mean. Seeing my confused look, he probably knew why I was as he immediately explained that it is currently X772. I was surprised at first but after calming down I told him what happened.
He seemed to be thinking about something but immediately, I had an idea. If this was the past, then that means we can prevent that incident from happening. I asked him to save the others and I knew that if he did he would have only a little trouble. Since I heard from big sister Erza that he beat a magical beast alone.
But he refused. He said that changing the past or the future in this case could lead to chaos in the world and we had to let what happened happen. Although what he said is true, but I still felt a bit sad at not being able to do anything to change it. But he promised me that he will find everyone and instead of just relying on him he gave me the chance to be strong and save them on my own. He told me he would train me and I quickly agreed.
We then discussed what to do and he had already come up with a training program for me. He said he would focus on swordsmanship and hand to hand combat. Fufu, I’ll learn how to fight before big sister Erza. After that I quickly fell asleep to get ready for the training.