It started when Yami went to the Raijin Clan for training. Taking place about 5 years before his normal life and near the start of his training, at the age of 10.
During the start of his unusual life, he first went to Raijin to learn some combat, and as everyone will tell you in this world, “You can’t survive in those dimensions without having any combat skill”, but some people who started their combat training never went to the Raijin and only a few would be selected due to is harsh test and training, that have killed or heavy injured many trainees as well as trainers there, which is why most people never go there for their combat training, but those who did, had chances in better surviving the dimensions.
Yami, who was completely aware of where he was going, decided to go there anyway, as it was the nearest clan from where he previously lived in and it was his only chance to be successful in life as his life was already troublesome and discouraging
When he reached the front gates of the Raijin Clan, he was greeted with 2 guards, who tilted towards him lifted one of their arms to point at the gate indicating his permit to enter
Upon entering, there wasn’t much to be seen, except for the incredible sakura trees which were aligned to make a path to the dojo, making his way to dojo, each step he took felt magical as every step pushed the blossoms away from his foot and with the mysterious wind blowing swaying the trees as well as gently picking up the blossoms, but it came to a stop, once Yami has made his way to the front of the dojo, where he was created by an elder sitting on the far end of the room
Walking up, the elder rose his hand up, palm facing Yami, telling him to stop moving, which Yami did
The hand was up for quite a while, but Yami, though impatient, didn’t move
The elder did a short chuckle, then placed his hand down, and then pointed at the floor in from of him
Yami then started to walk where the elder was pointing at and sat down
“My, my, now what do we have here,” he said
“You look exactly the same age as my granddaughter” he added on, chuckling
“Now, what is your name, young man, and why did you come to this humble place?” the elder asked
“My name is Yami Tenshi, and I am here to do combat training under your clan,” Yami replied
“Why would you know that you are here to do some training… I assume that you want to use this power of ours to live a rich life, yes?” The elder asked
“Yes, I want to be more successful, since the life I have had is -”
“Hush, hush, now boy,” the elder said, interrupting what Yami was going to say
“There is no need to go spoil this past of yours, I can already see the hardships you have faced during the day of your birth” the elder replied
“But unfortunately, we can’t accept those who are under the age of 15, as it may bring even more severe pain for those underage” the elder said
“Fortunately, for you, however, I can make a deal with you, just between you and me ok, young man?” The elder said
“Now, come closer, young man,” the elder said, leaning closer as well
“So this deal that I am about to make for you, I just between you and me, and only for you, understand, boy?” the elder whispered
“Make sure whatever you heard in this dojo stays in this dojo, don’t speak about this to the public, only those in this clan” he added on, “Or chaos might rain down from the heavens”
“I understand” replied Yami
“Good, so your deal is *whisper* *whisper*,” the elder said as the rest was inaudible for the rest to hear
“You want me to do this, elder?” Yami said to confirm what the elder said was going his deal
“Yes, yes” quickly replied the elder, “Fulfilling this promise, would allow you to learn the combat of the Raijin as well as live as one of us”
“Then I’m taking this promise!” Yami said with great happiness
“Ok then, first things first…” the elder said
“Yes, what do you want, elder?” Yami asked
“Can you get me up, I have been sitting here since this morning and my legs are weak” answered the elder
“Yes!” Yami said, as he quickly got up, but fell back down
“What is going on, young man?” asked the elder “Are you already hurt on your first day of the promise?”
“No, elder… it’s just that my legs are asleep…” Yami replied in shame
“Oh my, then let's wait until you can get up again,” the elder said as he got up without any trouble
“Wait, didn’t you say that you could get up?” Yami said, still lying on the ground
“Oh, it seems like my legs weren’t so weak after all,” he said chuckling and making his way out of the dojo
“Make sure to meet me at the mansion, so we can officially start your promise,” he said leaving Yami back at the dojo
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Yami whose legs were still asleep was stuck laying on the ground waiting for his legs to start functioning once again
After a minute of time wasted, Yami’s legs functioned again and start to quickly get up and head towards the mansion that the elder said, but the mansion, however, was all the way on top of a hill, making it stand out from the rest of the trees that were surrounding the mansion
After making his way up the mansion, there was another gate that surrounded the mansion and upon getting in, he was stopped by 2 guards that were there on each end of the gate
“State your business,” the left guard said
“I am supposed to be here, to fulfill a promise by an elder,” Yami said
“An elder” replied the right guard, “We haven’t heard of any old men in this mansion”
“But there was an elder, that told me to go to the mansion to move on to the next step of my promise,” Yami said
“And what was this ‘promise’, this ‘old man’ said,” the left guard asked
“Oh, it was to serve under the wing of the next princess of the Raijin Clan” Yami declared
Both guards then looked at each other and then started laughing
“You think you are worthy enough to meet the princess of the Raijin,” the left guard said laughing
“Trust me, kid, we are the royal guards of this mansion and not even we have even been worthy to be in the presence of the princess, while you, a kid, who has probably come from the Village of the Hazel and dressed in rags, are allowed to see her?!” the right guard said “You gotta be kidding, now move along kid, before we quickly turn you into mincemeat”
The Village of the Hazel is one of those very poor villages, which had many conflicts that were left unresolved by the mayor there, leading to its corruption and loss in population, but those who remained in the village were to pay big taxes or were utterly poor and lived in the streets. Yami was one of those people, who was forced to live in those streets, due to unfortunate events
The royal guards, who wanted him to move out, started to use their spears to intimidate Yami by jabbing their spears towards the air facing Yami, in hopes of scaring him off, but Yami still tried to convince them
“But elder told me so” Yami repeated, “He was at the dojo over there telling me that his promise has to be continued in the mansion” pointing at the dojo
The royal guards then stopped jabbing and looked at the dojo and then the kid, “Are you sure that you meant this old man there” the left guard said pointing at the same dojo Yami was pointing at
“Yes!” Yami said cheerfully, as it seemed to have gotten their attention
“That dojo hasn’t been used since when the 120th successor died,” the right one said
“And right now, the 121st successor, the current successor of the clan, forbid anyone from getting in” the left one added on
“How did you get there?” the left one asked
“From the gates over there,” Yami said pointing at the wall with no gate
“Kid, I think you are hallucinating,” the left one said, “There is no gate there, there never has been one”
“But I did come from there,” Yami said defending his claim
“Wait,” the right one said, as he approached the left one
“Could he be that…” The right one whispered to the left guard
“There is no way, man” the left guard replying in a normal tone
“That would be impossible that this kid could have done that” left one declared
“But just to be safe, how about we take him to the master,” the right one asked
“Seriously?! Are you joking?” the left said asking for confirmation, in which the right one nodded
“Alright then, have it your way,” the left one said before he approached Yami
“Hey, kid, change of plans, you’re coming with us,” the left one said, grabbing Yami’s left arm and pulling him and escorting him into the mansion and into the main office in where the current successor is at
He was standing facing away from the door that Yami entered in and was looking out at the window
“You better not make any mistakes, boy” he whispered in an intimidating tone
Yami who was fascinated with the interior of the room started to look around
The room was fairly large, with a table in the back of the room facing the door, bookshelves filled with unknown books on the left side of the room, and a door on the right side leading to who knows were, and a table in the center of the room, surrounded by luxurious chairs on each side of the rectangular table
The man who was looking at the window asked, “Isn't this scenery beautiful?”
Yami decided to then look out the window didn’t see much that satisfied him
“No” Yami replied
“Ahh, but each scene is different for other people,” he said, as he then turns around facing Yami, “so what brings you here on this fine day?”
“I was told to go into the mansion by the elder of the Raijin” Yami said
“Interesting, what did this ‘elder’ look like,” he asked becoming more intrigued into what Yami has to say
“Well, he…” Yami started to think
“I… don’t remember what he looks like now,” Yami said
“I see… how about we skip that and move on to the next question, where did you find this elder,” he said
“At that dojo,” Yami said as he went to the window to point at the old dojo
“And where did you come in from” he added on
“Over there,” Yami said as he pointed at a wall in front of the dojo
“Ok, this solves everything” the man murmured
“Welcome! My name is Mr. Raijin, you can call me Mr. Raijin” Mr. Raijin said
“I am also the 121st successor of the clan with my daughter being the 122nd successor after my reign,” he said
“How may I help you today,” he said once again
“I would like to fulfill a promise made by an elder,” Yami said once again
“Yes, yes, and what is that wish?” Mr. Raijin asked
“To serve under the wing of the princess of this clan” Yami replied and this shocked the man, as he pinched the bridge of his nose with his left hand
“Damn it, old man, what have you done” he murmured
“Did you say something, Mr. Raijin?” Yami asked as he heard Mr.Raijin murmuring
“Huh?! Oh, nothing nothing, I was just talking to myself here” Mr.King replied as he stopped pinching the bridge of his nose
“So about this promise?” Yami asked
“Yes, yes, I will make you...suitable for my daughter,” Mr. King said
“I will appoint you to be able to serve my daughter, let me call her…” he said as he inhaled, Yami who knows what is going on, quickly covered his ears, closed his eyes, and ducked
“TENA!!! GET OVER HERE BEFORE YOU GET PUNISHED!!!” Mr. Raijin said at the top of his lungs, shaking the office
After a couple of seconds, a girl dragged into the door and tripped over Yami who was still in position
“Ow,” she said as she slowly got up looked at herself, and patted herself down
“Yes, daddy” she replied in a small voice, scared of what is going to happen as well as ignoring who she tripped over
“Ahh, yes, Tena, don’t worry you aren’t in trouble, I just called you here for a specific reason,” Mr. Raijin said
“This man here,” he said pointing at Yami, who was still in position, “Is going to be your fiance,” he said
“ok,” she replied
“Ooohhh,” Mr. Raijin said, “You aren’t going to reject my offer?”
“It is because I feel like I am going to like him” she replied looking at Yami who was still in a position
“Good, good, now tell him to get out of that position,” he said
Quickly the girl patted Yami on the shoulder, in which Yami slowly opened his eyes and ears, to make sure that the shouting was over and upon opening his eyes, he saw a girl, leaning over at him
“Hi my name is Tena Raijijn, and I will be in your care!” she said as she bowed, crossing her legs and dipping, slightly flipping her skirt
“uh, uh,” Yami said he scurried up into a standing position
“Hi, my name is Yami Tenshi and I will be in your care too!” Yami said bowing
“My, my, this boy knows how to bow,” he said as an insult
“Yes!” Yami said as he quickly got back up from his bowing position, “My mom taught me before....” drifting off to silence
“Before…” Mr. Raijin said, trying to have Yami continue what he was saying for drifting off, but Yami didn’t reply, instead just stood there, lifeless
“Anyway,” Tena said, breaking the conversation, “Let’s get you cleaned!” quickly grabbing Yami by the hand and dragging him out the office
“Congratulations, you are fiance of Tena,” Mr. Raijin said to Yami before he was completely dragged out of the office
“Wait wait?!” Yami said as those were his last words in that office
This is how Yami was quickly accepted into the Raijin Clan, as well as being the fiancee of Tena, learning the way of the Raijin as well as for the life, being dragged into the big misunderstanding
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Just as Yami and Tena left the room, Mr. Raijin heard chuckling
“Wait do you want old man,” Mr. Raijin said as the elder came into the room
“My, my that is quite rude of you,” the elder said
“Well, I wouldn’t be so rude if it weren’t for you and your rants as well as prophecies, I would have accepted the boy,” he said
“Well, this may as well be my last one,” the elder said, “I am getting old”
“Yeah, as if you weren’t old enough” Mr. Raijin added on
“Soon you will be the one to take my place of the elder of the Raijin clan,” the elder said
“Yeah, we’ll see about that” Mr. Raijin replied