Chapter 1 : The Day of That "Someday"

PART 1

Monday, this day marked the first day of classes for the school year 2035-2036. Students were waking up early to prepare for their first day in school.

But somewhere, a room was filled with nothing but darkness and silence. Almost nothing can be heard except the snore of someone comfortably sleeping. Then suddenly ...…..KKKKRRRRNNNNNNGGGGGG.The sound of the alarm of a clock broke the peaceful and silent atmosphere of the room.

The person on the bed that was covered by a blanket stretched its hand out slowly for the noisy clock on the side table and pulled it to peek on the time. Upon seeing the time, the person suddenly flipped the blanket and raised his body up from the bed with a pale face.

"Waaaah .....! I overslept again. Today is the opening ceremony! I can't afford to be late! I knew I shouldn't watched that anime!" after saying that, the boy rushed to the bathroom to prepare.

He was the story's main male character, Yuoh Mikuo, 16 years old, with light brown hair, same with his eyes and a normal body build. He was just a normal high school boy, an otaku like most of the people.

When he got out of the bathroom after 5 minutes, he then immediately wore his high school uniform with a very fast pace and ran out of the room afterwards.

As he passed by the dining room, a girl was sitting by the table while eating some breakfast.

"Yow Rikka! I won't be having breakfast because I'm already late. Say that to mom for me.", he said while running past the dining room to the front door.

"Yes bro. Take care! Oh, by the way, the postman left a package for you. Do you want to see it?" she was his younger sister, Yuoh Rikka, 14 years old. With light-blue hair tied into a ponytail with a white ribbon, with light-blue eyes. Needless to say, she is an otaku just like him.

Due to his curiosity, he stopped running and looked back to her direction. "Package? For me?"

"Yup. It's for you. Your name is written all over the wrapper. Want to see it?"

He was immersed in thoughts regarding the package but the matter about the time came back to his mind.

"Later I guess. Let's open it together. Well.....bye!" he went out after waving back to her sister.

When he got outside, he saw a girl waiting outside the gate of their house.

"*sighs* Geeez. Mikuo. We are going to be late because of you. I guess you over-watched some anime again last night." the girl said when he approached her.

The girl that was standing right there possessed an oriental beauty. Her yellow hair was tied into two different hairstyles: braided on the sides and the back was piled up in a bunch using a chopstick to hold it. Her silver-coloured eyes surrounded with thick eyelashes were wearing a pair of eyeglasses. She also has a fair complexion. But her beautiful face was now twisted with irritation with her arms crossed to each other.

She was Tetsuya Rinne, Mikuo's childhood friend that lived in the neighborhood, 16 years old. Same as Mikuo, she was also an otaku and it's one of the main reasons why they became good friends and got along well.

"*smirk* Oh sorry…... I'll treat you some ice-cream or candy later. Is that ok?"

"Hmft . . . ! A-a-are you mocking me? W-w-who do you think you are talking to? A kid?!! I'm already a high schooler so I no longer like that kind of things." her face became flushed in red due to embarrassment.

"But, you really like eating ice-cream until now right? Especially the strawberry-flavoured one. And you also like sweet candies."

"Shut up!*gggrrrrrrrr!!!*"

"Wooh...! The icecream-loving demon is angry! Everyone, run for your lives! [hahahahaha]" he said that while running with a cheerful smile on his face. "Hey . . .!*waves* were late already, hurry!!" he always find that reaction of her to be rather cute than scary.

"*facepalm* Coming!*run*" she didn't have any choice but to run and catch up to him.

Their school, Tokyo Academy for Anime and Manga, was not far from their home so they arrived within 15 minutes. It is the best school in Japan that specializes in anime so there were even students from different countries around the globe that were transferring here every year to study about anime.

When they arrived, the opening ceremony was about to start already and almost all of the students were already inside the gymnasium. The school grounds were very silent and there were some teens running along them, other late students.

When they entered the gymnasium, it was already filled with a large crowd of students but they managed to find two vacant sits at the back and sat there. The whole gymnasium was filled with the noise of the students, chattering and murmuring with each other.

"Mic test.Mic test.1 2 3.Now everyone. Let's stand to start the opening ceremony." the principal on the front stage tried to get the attention of everyone to start the program.

Everyone inside stopped what they were doing and directed their attention to the stage and stood up, including them. But his sight was averted to Rinne when she took a mild cough to get his attention. It seems there was something she wants to discuss with him.

"*cough cough*"

"Hmmm...What is it?"

"I have something to ask to you."

"What is it?"

"I wonder...…Did you receive a package this morning?"

"Huh? How did you know? Did you-----"

He wasn't able to finish his question because someone from their back interrupted their conversation with a violent cough.

"*ehemmm….ehemmm….*"

Both their attention was caught by that person. When they looked back, it's one of the teachers.

"Go outside if you will not participate to the ceremony. You'll just be a nuisance to other students who are listening."

It was one of the strictest and most fearful teachers inside the academy, Izayoi Kyouhei, despite being 29 and having a quite handsome face; he still doesn't have a wife nor even just a girlfriend. Maybe that was the reason why he was very strict and hot tempered. He was also called the Handsome Demon by some of the students because of his looks and his attitude, even some of the other teachers were afraid to him.

"Sorry Sensei. [hehehe.]"

"Sorry Sensei. [hehehe.]", their voices beautifully piled up with each other and they both gave off a wry smile.

"Let's continue this later." she said before pointing her attention to the stage where some speech were being delivered.

It took 2 hours before the ceremony ended and everyone went to their respective rooms to start their classes. They were both on the 2nd year high school department but it seems that they will not be in the same class like last year so they headed to separate ways.

Before entering the classroom, he took a glance to the sign board above the door. "Class 2-B. Just like last year." he took a deep breath before opening the slide door.

*kata kata kata* such noise was made when he pulled the door.

As expected, all of the students were noisy, chatting with each other. There were some new faces which he doesn't recognize. No one was approaching him, well, that was expected since he was a shut-in and talks only to few people inside the school, Rinne was one of them. Maybe it's not even an exaggeration to say that the fingers in both hands were enough to count them all.

When he entered the room and sat on the farthest seat at the back, next to the window, someone from his back patted his shoulder and a male voice spoke," Still choosing the farthest seat at the back. Geeez. Why don't you talk with girls Knight? You also have quite the looks so you will become popular like me if you just have the proper attitude you know?*sighs*" he didn't even need to look back on his face to know who it was.

Leunamme Blanc, 18 years old, he transferred last year from Italy, he was a very cheerful and talented guy, be it academics or extra-curricular activities, he was outstanding among the others, plus the looks that made almost ¼ of the girls population in the school crazy for him. He has red hair and a pair of red sharp eyes that can intimidate anyone who dares to look at it. He also has a pair of earrings that adds to his charm.

They became close friends last year when Leunamme was ganged up by some insecure seniors and he rushed in to help him. All of them received a detention but he and Leunamme received lighter punishment because it was the seniors' fault.

From there on, they became close and he even started calling him Knight. He rejected the pen-name but he insisted on calling him Knight because of the naïve reasoning that he was like a knight that helps other people who were in need.

"Get lost Leu, dealing with idiots first thing in the morning is not my thing." he just call him Leu because he's too lazy to say his whole name.

"Go earn some popularity on your own. I don't need it." he looked outside the window after saying that.

"See? That's what I'm talking abou-----"he wasn't able to finish because the bell that signals the start of classes rang.

*Ding Dong Dang Dong…* the door opened and someone entered the room.

"Later snob." he went back to his seat.

Everyone stopped making noise and went back to their respective seats. It's only natural because it's supposed to be there homeroom teacher. He recognized her; she was the new teacher, Tomoyo Asakura, 23 years old, a fresh graduate from the academy's college division. She was already popular because of her beautiful face and considerable figure. She also has a nice attitude that attracts more attention from the people around her.

"Alright everyone. Today is the first day of the classes. So obviously, we will not have our class, hmmm...everyone. Introduce yourselves here in the front."

The introductions went well, but there were some students who caught his attention:

First was Edrian Alcott, 18 years old, a transfer student from Britain, having yellow hair and eyes and was always wearing a headset. Despite being a transfer student, he seems to adapt easily and was making some friends already, he also looked arrogant. It seems took great pride on his handsome face.

Second was Clor Mako, 17 years old, a transfer student from China, with green hair and emerald eyes and was wearing glasses and was often seen reading a book wherever he goes. He was quite the silent type and was aloof and a little shy that makes him attract some attention from the girls.

Third was Maria Clara, 17 years old, a transfer student from Philippines, with long jet black hair that extends down to her back and brown eyes and was always carrying a fan to hide her face. She was quite shy and conservative that made her look cute. The skirt of her uniform was quite longer from the others.

Fourth was France Mont Blanc de la Valliere, France Valliere for short, 19 years old, a transfer student from Spain and was always wearing a hood, the hood was attached to his uniform that makes his face not very visible, he was kinda snob and don't speak too much with others, but those characteristics of him makes him look cool and makes him quite popular to the girls.

And lastly, Allysa Evans, 18 years old, having long straight light blue hair that extends down to her back and green eyes, a transfer student from America. She was active and talks a lot and was already making a lot of friends. She was already popular among the guys because of her beauty and attitude. She takes great pride on her voluptuous chest.

Maybe it's the fact that they are all transfer students from different countries that made them catch his attention.

Transfer students from other countries have a special priority given to them by the school, and that was to modify their uniform the way that will suit them as long as the original colours are not replaced. Many students here came from many different countries, which were the reason why there was no consistency in terms of uniform design among the students. The local students didn't really mind the special treatment since they know that other countries have their own culture when it comes to clothing.

After the introductions, Asakura dismissed the class for lunchbreak. He went out the room along with the others but his cellphone suddenly vibrated. There's a text message, it's from Yui."Meet me at the rooftop, bring some lunch and ice-cream."

"*sigh*seriously? She can be really bossy sometimes." after that, he went to the cafeteria to get everything with his shoulders dropped.

When he arrived at the cafeteria, it was already filled with students, there was noise everywhere. Students were gathering along the counter, no, the word rioting might be more accurate because it looked like some kind of rally or stampede; they were pushing each other to buy some lunch. It looked like buying some lunch will be like running across a battlefield where flying bullets and exploding bombs were everywhere.

"Seriously, I've been studying here for quite some time and I already adapted to the surroundings, but this is one thing I'll never get used to." sweat was oozing out of his forehead because of the battlefield before him.

"Okay! This is it! Charge!" as he said that, he rushed forward to the dangerous crowd of hungry students to buy some lunch. But he can't pierce through wall of students before him.

He tried and tried and tried even though he was being pushed by the other students. After almost 30 minutes, he was finally able to procure the necessary items for their lunch and immediately went to the rooftop.

As expected, she was already there waiting with an impatient look on her face. The screech of the door got her attention and looked to his direction.

"Ugghhh!! It's about time you know? Can you be more useful Mikuo?"

"Oioioi. Don't blame me. Its Japanese lunch time rush you know. I'm even lucky to get everything you ordered." the memories of what happened to him in the cafeteria came back to him and made him smirk. He received a lot of pain because of the crowd of students trying to get their own food.

After that, they began to eat. They started their discussion while eating

"Delicious…!" she said that in an ecstatic manner when she put the spoonful of strawberry ice-cream in her mouth.

"Neh Rinne. What is it that you're going to discuss with me?"

"Ahh. Yeah, I almost forgot about it. It's about the package. You receive it too, right?"

"Too? That means you receive something too?"

"Yup.So Mikuo. What did you received?"

"Hmmm. . . .about that, I don't know yet. I didn't have the time to open it because we're going to be late. How about yours, what's inside it?"

"It's a book."

"Book? Well…... Nothing is weird about receiving something like a book you know."

"There IS something weird. We're not the only ones who receive something. All of my friends receive some package too. And I confirmed that all of them receive a book. So probably, yours is a book too."

"Well . . . .That's indeed weird you know. So, what is the book all about?"

"As if receiving the book is not weird enough, its contents just makes it weirder. Because when I inspected the contents of the book, it's totally empty, except for the title Tales of Alfiorre."

Before speaking, Mikuo put his right hand under his chin as if thinking hard.

"Hmmm. . . . That's weird."

"Yeah.... Weird indeed. I examined the whole book from cover to cover, there is nothing inside."

Both of them were thinking when the school bell rang and the speakers declared the start of the afternoon classes.

"So then Rinne, I already treated you to some ice-cream, so were even now. Let's just continue this discussion after class."

"Okay. Okay. Hmmm….how about tomorrow? I'm going to be busy later because of the clubs."

Yeah... Unlike Mikuo who was considered a shut-in in his class, Rinne was a very active and sporty girl. She was affiliated with many clubs inside the school for as long as he remembers.

"Okay. See ya later."

Both of them started to walk to their respective rooms before the classes start. But Mikuo's mind was not in the classroom, he was still thinking about the books.

Until the classes ended and the last subject teacher dismissed them, his mind was still immersed to it, until someone patted his shoulder and said something weird.

"Be ready. Something will change everything you know. You might not see tomorrow if you are going to be careless." it's France, his weird classmate who was always wearing a hood with the shady character.

"Huh? What do you mean?" he asked but he was no longer there, he just vanished in the middle of the vast number of students in the hallway.

"Hmmm...….. What's with that guy? He gives me the creeps. Well, gotta head home, I wanna check that so called mysterious package." he rushed through the crowd and went back as fast as he can because he was really curious about the book.

But when he was about to take a turn on the corner of the hallway where there were no students, he bumped into someone that made both of them hit the ground. His butt hurt because of the impact against the solid floor. But when he was about to look to the person he bumped into, he saw a girl who was lying on the ground face up and was supposed to be revealing her panties to him because the skirt was flipped from the force of the impact. "Supposed" to be because there was an unnatural ray of light that was blocking the view. If this was an anime, viewers will definitely complain due to the lack of fan service. In reflex, his face became red instantly and he averted his sight towards the opposite direction because of shock and embarrassment even though he didn't really saw it. Not seeing it was actually worse due to his imagination running wild at the moment.

Maybe the girl noticed that and immediately sat and pulled down the hem of her skirt. It was Maria, the transfer student from Philippines. Her face became bright red maybe because of embarrassment.

"Di-di-di-did you-you see it?" she was stammering and panicking.

"Wha-what are you talking about?" his words became dumbfounded because of the pressure he was experiencing.

She became silent for a while and he thought it was going to be okay, but she suddenly began crying. That made him even more pressured. He can even hear the students that were passing besides them gossiping about him.

"The shut-in made that innocent girl cry."

"Maybe he did something to her."

"What a pervert, molesting a beautiful student on her first day."

"Gross."

"Pervert."

"He deserves to die."

He can no longer ignore it anymore specially that last one. He kneeled in front of her and tried to console the crying girl.

"Hey.... Why are you crying?"

Maria looked to his face and wiped some of the tears on her cheek. Her eyes were a little bloodshot because of crying.

"[Sniff sniff sniff] You saw it, don't you dare to tell a lie."

"Okay okay." he raised both of his hands as a sign that he gives up. "I did saw it. But just a little. Is that okay? Stop crying, please forgive me. If you want I'll treat you to some ice-cream. I know a shop downtown where they sell the sweetest icecream you'll ever taste in your life."

He tried the trick that he always uses to calm Rinne but it was in vain.

"I can no longer marry! [Sniff sniff]" it looks like she was going to cry again.

"Hey hey, don't cry,"

"I don't want that. I'm not a kid anymore. But I'll stop in one condition."

"What is it?" he was quite nervous about that condition.

"Come closer, it's embarrassing, I don't want others to hear it, and I'll whisper it to you." she was rubbing her hands with each other that proved she was really shy about it.

"Got it." he came closer and directed his ears to her mouth.

As he moved closer, he can smell the faint smell of her perfume and her breaths in his ears were sending chills down to his spine. Because they were very close, her body heat was being transmitted to him and her breast was pressing against his arm that gives him more chills and makes his face red and hot.

"Marry me." she whispered it gently to his ears.

"Huweehh??!" because of the unexpected answer, he made such a dumbfounded response.

"No way!" he tried to stand up to escape but she immediately caught his arm to stop him. Her grip on his arm was too hard that it made escaping impossible. *This girl is bad news* is what he thought.

"You won't? [Sniff sniff]" tears once again started rushing down from her eyes and faint cries were coming out from her throat. That made her very cute and only a cold-blooded person can refuse to this delicate girl.

"Okay! I got it! I'll marry you someday!" he was released the moment he said it and started running towards the front gate.

He tried to look back at Maria and he was surprised because she was waving a goodbye to him, but what made him more surprised was her expression, she looked depressed moments ago but now she was already wearing a bright smile

"Seriously? Her expression suddenly changed."

"See you tomorrow! Husband! [fufu]" she said that with an innocent smile and cheerfully went to her destination while hoping in between her steps.

"Ugghh..... Maybe she'll forget about it eventually." he continued running back home after that unexpected situation.

Because of running, he arrived within 10 minutes; he managed to catch his breath before entering their house. It's very silent, seems nobody was home.

"I'm back! Rikka! Mom! Dad!", he shouted, but no one answered. Maybe he's the first one who came back. Rikka must still be in school, Mom might be in their business office and working on some paper works, and Dad might still be working same as Mom.

They both established their own business and it was going quite well. Because of that they were always busy and often away from home. Though sometimes there mother come home to cook for them or act as a housewife if the work was enough for their father to handle.

"Hmmm . . . It's still too early I guess, I'll just wait for Rikka first before opening that. I don't even know where she put it. Geeez." he went to his room to change and went back to the living room to take a nap on the sofa. After lying on the sofa and relaxing his body, his vision became dark after some minutes.

PART 2

Somewhere far, there was a room that was filled with the light of numerous candles and many pile of books can be seen scattered everywhere. There was also some robes and staffs and wands that looks like props used in movies with magic and the like.

There was also a big magic circle drawn on the middle of the room with different ancient symbols written on it and a man wearing some kind of wizard or sage costume was standing on the middle of the circle while holding a staff and a book. It looks like a man in his middle thirties but his face was not visible due to the widebrim of the wizard hat he was wearing.

"[Ahahahaha ...!] At last, after millennia of waiting, I can finally get my hands on it. Setting everything up took a lot of effort but it was worth it. Just a little more and all my dreams will come true.*devious smile*", his malicious laughter echoed inside the room.

He started chanting some words that a normal person will not understand. He threw the book but instead of falling to the ground, it was floating in thin air and its pages began flipping on its own.

He held the staff high and the magic circle started to give off a glow that filled the whole room until nothing can be seen anymore because of the blinding light.

Part 3

"Big bro..! Wake up! Hey! Wake up already." someone was shaking his shoulders that made him wake up.

"Huh?*yawns*", Mikuo uttered that dumbfounded response to his younger sister's call.

"It's 6pm already. Wake up. Make some dinner. I'm hungry." she said that while shaking his shoulders to fully wake up his consciousness.

"6pm?*yawns*. Why not let Mom do it? I'm still sleepy." his head felt heavy and it's quite aching because of his sudden wake from sleeping.

"She can't. Dad and Mom are having a business trip today remember? They won't be here for some time, so hurry and make some dinner, I'm very hungry now."

Now that she mentioned it, he totally forgot about it. Their parents have always been like this. They founded their own business that gave them a proper life, but because of that, they were often away for business trips since they were kids.

Mikuo was already used to doing household chores, be it cooking or cleaning, he can do all of it so Rikka always relied on him every time their parents were away.

"Alright, alright, I get it already so stop shaking my shoulders coz it makes me feel dizzier."

"Really? [Yey!]", she jumped off the sofa because of joy. She was always been like this; her sources of joy are very simple that made it easy for her to become happy.

Mikuo went to the kitchen to look for anything to cook in the fridge and Rikka was tailing him, she was curious of what her Big bro was going to cook. He found some eggs and left-over meat from the fridge.

"Neh neh Big bro. What are you going to cook?"

"Hmmm... Eggs and meat, maybe some omelets will do. Well Rikka, why don't you wait in the living room and watch some TV while I'm cooking?"

"No! I want to help." she said that while forcefully swaying her head sideways.

They are still arguing about that until [Gruuugruoohh] a cute sound similar to that of an angry puppy came from Rikka's stomach.

"[Puuffttt] Looks like someone is very hungry." Mikuo said that in a teasing manner while trying to hold his laughter from bursting out.

"I-i-it's your fault for not making dinner immediately! Hmmph! Idiot Big bro! Idiot!" she ran out to the living room with a bright red blush on her face due to embarrassment.

"Geeez…. That girl." Mikuo said that with disbelief written on his face and continued preparing the necessary tools and ingredients for cooking.

After preparing the necessary ingredients and tools for the omelets, he wore his favorite white apron which he always wore every time he was doing some household chores.

He really loved that apron even though it was not knitted properly because Rikka was the one who made it for him as a present for his birthday last year.

While cooking, he remembered about the package again. He's still not sure if it was a book like what Rinne said or if it was something else.

"Rikka! Where did you put that package that you said is for me?"

"Ahhrrmm... It's in my room. Let's just open it after eating." she said that while she was busy munching on some potato chips and watching tv.

"Hey.... Stop eating chips before meals, you might lose your appetite."

"Yes! I'll just finish this one."

After that he just continued cooking silently. After some minutes, he was done and brought it to the dining room and called Rikka.

Her eyes glittered the moment she saw it and drools started to drop from her mouth.

"Thank you for the food!" they began to eat and the moment she put the spoon full of omelets in her mouth [bam bam], she slammed the table a couple of times to express her feelings of astonishment. She was always like that whenever she tasted something really delicious, well, that made him feel flattered.

After some time, they finished eating and cleaned the dining table. They also stacked up the dishes in the sink. They went to the living room to take some rest.

"Wait Big bro. I'll just get your package in my room."

"Okay. I'll wait here." he answered with some feeling of excitement in his chest. Rikka came back after a couple of minutes.

"So bro….. What's inside it?"

"I don't know yet. But we'll found out now."

He began tearing the wrapper of the package and just as expected, it was indeed a book. The title Tales of Alfiorre was printed on its cover.

He opened the book and examined its contents, but just like what Rinne said, it was indeed empty. He tried to look for anything, examined every page from the front cover down to the back cover, but there was nothing, just the title.

"Hmmm..... It is indeed weird." he put his right hand under his chin to think but nothing was coming to his mind.

"That's one worthless package you got there Big bro. But it's weird because even I and my friends receive this book."

Because of those words, his sight was averted to his younger sister.

"Huh?"

"Yup….. Wait. I'll just get my book." she leaved the living room and after a couple of minutes she brought back a book that was similar to the one he received. "This is it. See? It is identical with yours. All of my friends and classmate received this book too, some of them even brought it to school, and all of it was just the same with each other."

"Hmmm... That's really weird, maybe some of my classmates received and brought it to school too, I just didn't notice." or maybe he just didn't pay any attention to his classmates in the first place.

"Maybe it's just a prank by some rich guy who doesn't know where to spend his money."

"[heh] You're right. That's might be the case*yawn*. It's already past 8. We need to rise up early tomorrow as usual because of school because I don't have the intention of being late again. Let's go to sleep. You go first; I'll just wash the dishes."

"Okay. Goodnight Big bro!" she gave him a hug and ran to her room carrying her book after that.

"*sighs*... Maybe I'm just worrying too much about it. Okay! I need to finish this because I'm very sleepy already.*yawns*" he went to his own room when he finished it and prepared to sleep. He put his book on the side-table of his bed.

"I don't need to worry about things like that. Nothing bad will happen because of some book right? [hehehehe] I'm just worrying too much. I'm just overthinking about nonsense things." he turned off the lamp shade on his side-table and closed his eyes. He easily fell asleep because of tiredness.

Part 4

It's already pass 12 and Mikuo was already in the middle of a good night sleep. His room was filled with darkness and the only noise that was audible was Mikuo's light snore.

Everything seemed to be peaceful until his book suddenly opened on its own, the pages were flipping on its own and the book itself suddenly floated in mid-air and it started to glow. It became brighter and brighter until the only thing that can be seen in the room was the blinding light that was coming from the book.