2 Destined Meeting

"Kh!"

Hot. Hiro can feel it on his back, it was red and have a bit slimy sensation. There's something connected to his back. By the time he sees his back to check it, there was a black knife-like thing pierced his skin. And realizing that there's a knife on his back, Hiro's brain starts to realize his situation and at the same time, he can feel a throbbing pain on his back.

"What's wrong, Hiro-kun?"

Yui who walk beside Hiro start noticed that something's weird, She look at Hiro with a slightly worried face. If Hiro tries to do something weird, maybe something that's even worse than a knife will fly to his back or maybe next it'll fly to Yui. Worrying about that, Hiro showed his best smile to Yui.

"No. I was thinking what should I do if all of it will end by the time I wake up in the morning."

"I see, we're thinking the same thing 'huh? you know I'm still asking myself whether this is a dream or not."

Drip, Drip. Hiro can hear his blood is making a dripping sound. He can feel a burning pain that's hurt enough to make someone scream. But Hiro's rather dead than seeing Yui's in pain. All he wanted to do is protect the smile on her face right now. And so, to prevent Yui from hearing the dripping sound, Hiro's start talking.

"No, That can't be. I should be the one who thinks about it, who would have thought that our school Madonna who's good at study and have a beautiful face and someone that everyone on our school always longed for cook dinner for me, and on top of it became my girlfriend. If everyone in the class knew about it, I'll definitely get doomed."

(It hurts, it hurts, it hurts.)

"No, that's not true. Even I have dreamed a day where I can have dinner with my Hero, and becoming his girlf..friend."

"What's with me? come to think of it, how can you like someone like me anyway?"

(It hurts, it hurts, it hurts.)

"Ah... that's, ah my house is right over there... well then this far is okay. Good night, Hiro-kun."

"Yeah, Good night."

Hiro can feel a cold sweat is running on his cheek. The pain still throbbing on his back, and luckily Yui can come home safe. And he's glad that Yui didn't notice his full of blood back and his drenched clothes.

After making sure Yui's gone inside her house, he turned his back and try to run as far as he could from Yui's house. But, due to blood loss, his vision's began to float. He didn't even think he can reach his house with his current situation. And so he walked, step by step trying to go home with the same direction he took before at that time,

Stab.

He can feel a similar sensation from before, at first he can feel the pain throbbing at another spot on his back. But next, he could feel a power flowing into his body. Hiro who's having a hard time to walk before right now is full of energy as if all that blood that's flowing out of his body is totally a lie. He pulls out the last knife that somehow recovers his energy from his back. Even though his energy is back, The blood is still flowing out of his wound. And that knife he pulls out have some weird pattern on it, it was different from the first knife he pulls out just now.

Because all of his energy's recovered, he tried to run. But,

Tratatatang.

A numerous knife is flying right in front of Hiro and is stuck to the ground. Judging from the knife, it was similar to the first one that's attached to his back, it doesn't have the pattern like the last one.

"What's this, Damn!"

Hiro runs with all his might to the other side from where the numerous knife is stuck on the ground while complaining. However, on a certain side on the crossroad, there's a presence he couldn't ignore awaiting before him. Merely standing, saying nothing but Hiro couldn't see his face for some reason Tap Tap he walks closer to Hiro, sensing danger Hiro take some step back. There, he can see a man figure but still the same his face couldn't be seen, but he uses some kind of cult-like clothes that he's never seen before.

Zwuush Tap!

"..."

A knife fly right beside Hiro's right ear. Hiro couldn't react to the knife because he couldn't see the man throw it, he can't follow it with his eyes.

"W-who are you! what do you want from me?!"

Panicking, he tried to ask what's the purpose of all this to the suspicious man before him, but the response he receives is pressure, no it's a bloodlust it's so cold that he can feel the bloodlust is piercing his body from inside. Hiro couldn't see his face but, somehow he can see his eyes, the eyes before him, is no eyes of a normal human. It was the eyes of someone who used to murder people. Hiro's whole body is trembling because of the bloodlust he feels and then ran away to the other side.

But that man didn't come to chase Hiro, all he did is standing there just watching. Hiro can still feel their presence but, just like a guardian, they won't attack him unless he didn't go to where they are. And there's always a way that they didn't guard. It was as if they're saying "Don't go this way," to Hiro and try to lead him somewhere.

So he kept running around and round without any destination while enduring the pain on his back. And when the time Hiro reach his limit, and can no longer endure the pain from the wound, he's feet stopped at the nearby local park. He can feel his consciousness drifting away from him, so he bit his lip to prevent it. because he didn't know what'll happen if he happened to pass out.

"Oh, He really came."

(Who's there?)

Hiro tried to lift his face to where the source of the sound is, and there he saw a girl that looked like at the same age as him, a white-haired girl with a black eye that's so deep that anyone who looked at it directly will get drowned by it. And one thing Hiro realize is somehow there's no light in her eyes, there's only darkness no matter how deep he sees. That girl wore a black mantle and a kinda cool-looking suit behind it, And Hiro can see through the girl's body curve even from the mantle. And that girl's looking at Hiro as if his long-awaited packet from online shop is delivered.

"Polaris-sama, Good work at making the magic circle with your blood for my sake. Really, Thank you very much."

As if she was bathed in the moonlight, she put one of her hand on her chest and tried to show her gratitude in a noble-like manner. Even Hiro's charmed by her strange attractiveness that's coming from her face. And yet somehow, her eyes feel so cold and dead, as if she's seen hell so many times before.

"W-what do you mean?"

"Nn? Aah, you don't need to know. You better focus on yourself, because I'll do the same."

That girl said it with his cold eyes, Hiro realizes it. That her eyes are not the eyes of a mere human, she looks at a human as if she's looking at living trash. Her very existence is already surpassed human, is it an angel? no, it wouldn't be exaggerated if one ever call her a god. However, at that time, Hiro couldn't hear what she said anymore, both of his eyes feels so heavy. And his entire body's feeling cold.

***

The moment Hiro open his eyes, all around him is full of darkness. He can feel his entire body, but he can't see anything, he stretches both of his hands trying to reach something. It was something to prevent tears from falling down from his eyes, he feels like if he cried now, he'll lose himself. Fear's filling his heart, it was the same feelings he once felt when he lost both of his parents. It was as if he was swallowed by massive darkness. However, after lost inside that massive darkness for a long time, a certain girl appeared and gives him light. She gives him a new reason to keep alive. The girl who made him remembered what is warmthness. She even made Hiro remember what's "Love."

While he's swallowed by the thought of Yui. At that time, there's a golden fish that's shining brightly inside that massive darkness. That goldfish swimming around Him for a moment, and slip past him. But unintentionally he sees that goldfish as Yui and followed where the goldfish is going. He's running right behind the goldfish while reaching out to it with one of his hand. But at some point, Hiro's stopped running. Because, right in front of him is the White room, and in front of him is there a middle-aged person with a knight-like appearance. There's a horizon between Hiro and that person when that person stands within the light, Hiro stands within the darkness.

"Good night, Haruhiko-kun."

After taking a good look at that man, Hiro can recognize that man. Hiro once saw his face in a certain old book when he's still a child.

"You are.. Boler Von Entress-sama."

"Yes, you're right. And I'm the one that people call "Polaris"."