[I feel so cold... is it because of the bloodloss?]
[Ahahaha... it has been so long since I was last wounded like this]
[Damn, they got my right leg… I'm happy that my comrades successfully escaped this is how it should be]
I mustered my strength and crawled to my little sister. I don't know how I should feel since I've lost her… There is no point in living anymore
Suddenly a red flash from a transmitter caught my attention
I grabbed the transmitter on Kaede’s chest
*bzzt**bzzt*
Static sounds blasted through the transmitter. It was not long till recognizable voices was blasting out from the transmitter…
Kaede! please respond! The rescue team should be there in few minutes so hold out till then!!!
Yo... Mika
i-is that you Jin!?
Just leave me here, cancel the rescue team. This building is about to collapse, we had too much casualties… The last one should be me.
We can't do that! I- I'm gonna save you... please don't say something like that. *sobs*
“Mika... listen I have too many wounds right now, I can barely speak and have a large cut in my chest. Also Kaede is no longer with us, so our priority for now should be to save as many as we can.
Plus we don't have time for someone like me who's gonna die anyway” I barely said from all my injuries.
“B-but!” Mika responded
Even when the whole force is at stake you choose to make a dumb move… An order is an order! *cough* *cough*
And besides, today is Kaede's 16th birthday… A gift, is all that I want for her.
I will stay here ... Fulfill my duties as a big brother, make her smile...
“N-No! Don’t give up there is still time!”, as Mika said with a tear on her face
Mika...One last request. Please tell this to my friends "I'm gonna go a little earlier, thanks for everything"
Y-You can't do this!! I love you!!I really really really love you don't go, just not you…
“Thanks Mika I love you too... as a friend of course... ahaha see ya im off to the other side!”
Jin!!! no don't g-
I cut the line and grabbed the present for Kaede from my left pocket, it’s a rose colored ribbon,
I gently knotted it in her hair...
“You look beautiful Kaede” I said to her, while admiring her for possibly the last time
“That ribbon is expensive you know...” *sob**sob*
I kissed her forhead, Goodnight Kaede…*cough* cough*
Damn the bleeding won't stop... not that I have plan to live anyway
I started hyming while thinking of her and our precious memories
*sobs* Damn It!!! I punched the wall as hard as I can I can't feel anything now.
Hey Kaede, have you thought before that the world is a really beautiful place ?
I think the world is really beautiful if you're with me, I thought that even with all this hardships, perhaps I can just even make it ...
I closed my eyelids slowly, “It’s finally time..”
I hugged her while the world becoming more and more dark.
“Goodnight Mika… Goodnight Kaede”
[What is this feeling?]
I am surrounded by a shroud of darkness, is this what happens when you die?
I turn my head and begin to look around. Darkness enveloped me in this weird space, no sign of light or stars around me.
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How did I came to this point?
Let us start from the very beginning
My name is Jin Hotaka, I started being an assassin in the age of 17 years old.
When I was young, I had the dream of every kid in the world. I had EVERYTHING you could ever imagine. This is because of my father being the governor.
My father once said that I was 1 year old when my mother brought my little sister Kaede to the world.
We were basically spoiled brats. Mostly because of me influencing her as a big brother…
Then my 6th birthday came…
My mother and father were assassinated in front of me and my little sister. I was too young at that time so I failed to understand what happened. I just looked at the corpse of my dead mother and father as my little sister cried. Heck even then I did not know what happened in front of me.
It was like that before I've saw all the blood that was surrounding my parents.
They’re dead…
A man with a coat repeatedly shot my parent as blood gushed around everywhere.
“No! Don't hurt them!” I said while trying to stand straight.
I pushed the man with all my might, not even nudging just a little.
*Bam!*
The man punched me as I fell flat on the floor. “You do not understand the situation don’t you kid?” he said with a wide grin.
“Well this is normally against the rules but since killing innocent and young kids are not my thing kid I'll give you a chance” he added.
“A chance?” I said.
"Yes a chance. If you and that young lady behind you work for me I'll at least guarantee you a place to stay and your life with you as well… Refuse or die with your parents.”
“So we had a deal kid?”
I accepted the deal not knowing what to expect. I wanted to live, and I wanted my little sister to come with me as well.
We've gone into hellish training and became child soldier.
We have studied martial arts and other ways to kill our opponents with or without weapons. We killed countless people, and many innocent bystanders. I finally understand how cruel this world is.
Fast forward 11 years we had made a reputation in the underworld. Earning us the title the strongest assasins.
It was all good till that faithful day…
Our organization gave us a huge task to be the leader of the suicidal squad that's going to plant a bomb in one of Americas Central command base.
It was really a huge task not to mention the tough security. The result was 3/4th of our unit was either taken hostage or killed. Only a few of us survived. We managed to hold up our ground but was ambushed from behind. There I lost my little sister and the guy I was carrying in my shoulders.
There no point of living anymore in that point.
Basically I'm a tragic hero
I regret my life. I have many things I still want to do
Damn...
The darkness slowly enveloped me again… My subconscious fading out of existence…
aru!!..
aru? What am I hearing things ?
Haru!!! *Slaps*
Oww!!
As I slowly regained consciousness, I saw a figure of a girl right in front of me.
Haru!!!
Wait Haru?!?