1 A New Beginning

[The screen is black] ??- It's been about half a millenium since our world changed... It happened during the World War... [In a camp on the battlefield] *Everyone formed a circle and had their hands placed on top of a gun* An army commander- Destroy them!! A subordinate*Lifting his hand*- That's it? Couldn't you think of something better to say, respected sir...? Army commander- Well... Why don't you say it? Give a speech and boost everyone's morale like you always do... Subordinate- You're the new commander for Christ's sake! Army commander-Then I pass the commandership onto you... Subordinate- Commandership? I'm quite sure that isn't an usual term... And... Changing commanders mid-battle?! That isn't an ordinary thing you can merely do... Army commander- Well... Nothing is ordinary on a battlefield... You might even see a person floating... Is a person considered to do that? No... But they might... Subordinate- Like that's going to occur... Army commander- You never know... There are things you can only see if you're in the army for, god knows how many years... You'll realise after you serve the country for as long as I have... Subordinate- We literally joined at the exact same time... It's absurd... I don't even know why I'm following you... I should've stayed back at home with my family... Army commander- You and your expressionless insults... ???- Everyone! Stand on guard! An Individual is floating!! Subordinate- I don't think it's the time to jest Henry! Henry- I'm not jesting! Look out! *A screaming person with moth wings comes flying at them* *They duck, attempting to evade that attack* Subordinate- Oh... This isn't real... I must be dreaming... It's time to wake up... *takes a revolver out of his pouch and makes an effort to shoot himself in the head* *The projectile stops mid-way in the air* *The commander has his arm towards the direction of the bullets* *The subordinate looks at him* Commander- What is occurring?! Or rather!! WHO SHOOTS THEMSELF LIKE THAT?! YOU COULD'VE PUT THE GUN AGAINST YOUR HEAD INSTEAD OF STRETCHING YOUR HAND LIKE THAT!! Subordinate- I don't think it's the time for that kind of lecture, sir... Something is wrong... We need to think rationally... Commander- Oh... You and your rationality... Subordinate- How did you stop that bullet? Commander- Well... I don't know... Maybe the booze gave me telekinesis... Subordinate- YOU'RE DRUNK?! Commander- Shhhh!!! I don't want the others to know... They might ask me for some of it... You know... It's really pricey... I have it stashed inside the--- Subordinate- For Christ's sake!! Henry!! Help me!! *The subordinate looks at where Henry was, only to find a beheaded corpse which shocks him enough to freeze him* *Fear surges through the Subordinate's body and his hands shake uncontrollably* *The commander notices the subordinate's hand, emitting a flame which was slowly melting the gun* Commander*running towards the subordinate*- HEY HEY HEY!! YOUR HAND!! *Slaps the gun out of his hand* Subordinate- What the hell is happening--- Commander- Snap out of it!! Control the flame!! Subordinate- HOW?! Commander- Try saying "stop"!! Or drink some of the booze!! That'll help yo--- Subordinate- This is not the time!! Someone killed Henry!! He is dea--- *A scythe cuts through the commander's hand* ??- Awww... I intended to behead him... I guess it takes some time to master a power such as this... How did I even do it horizontally when I wanted to do it diagonally? *A girl with a scythe hand sneaks up from behind him* Subordinate*petrified*-W-What have you done... ??- Eliminated a pest... Let's face it... He wasn't suited to be the commander... So... I'll be giving the commands from now on... Subordinate*trembling*- H-How could you kill him like that?! We are on the same team!! ??- Well... He isn't dead yet... Subordinate- W-Wha...?*Tilts his head downwards to see the commander gasping for breath* ??- What happened? Don't you want to help him? Subordinate- My leg.... It's frozen... ??- Ah... You're too scared to do anything huh?! Subordinate- ANYONE!! PLEASE!! HELP ME!! KILL THIS TRAITOR!! ??- Come on... Does it really hurt your feelings to serve a lady? HEY EVERYONE!! I'LL LET YOU DECIDE WHO YOU WANT TO FOLLOW!! STAND BEHIND HIM IF YOU WANT TO BE ELIMINATED!! STAND BEHIND ME IF YOU WANT TO JOIN ME!! I WILL TAKE YOU TO MY CAMP WHERE EVERYONE HAS NEARLY MASTERED THESE POWERS!! *A few number of people stand behind the subordinate at first, but seeing a lot of people on the opposite side, they too join the other side, leaving only the Subordinate and the dying commander on one side* ??- Let the Matriarchy begin!!*Attempts to slice off his head* *The Subordinate's eyes go soulless, almost as if he lost all his rationality* *His instincts kick in and he turns into a human torch and burns everything around him, including the commander* *He finally gains back control after getting severe burns as well as burning the commander* Subordinate- C-Commander!! Are you okay?! Commander- My battle face is ruined...*A part of his lower jaw melts off* Subordinate*bawling*- I AM SORRY!! Commander- Why are you crying? It's.... Okay..... You only intended to protect me... Subordinate*bawling*- I am... Sorry!! Commander- If this were any other occasion... I'd have said that men shouldn't cry... But... You've done enough to deserve to cry... You have done enough..... You can cry now... [Pause] ??- The thing you saw just now was my form of the first instance of chaos due to an ability being activated... This thing called ability is something which suddenly appeared in this world and set the course of history... The nations had to stop the World War because of this weird situation... There were just too many variables... Both sides had people with abilities which made them literal monsters... Well... We've been stuck in a cold war since... The League of Nations was formed in order to deal with this cold war situation but the terror still resides inside people's hearts... In addition to the horrifying weapons, the world now holds multiple espers... 99.98% of the world is made of espers... The western espers fight with firearms as well as their abilities while the eastern ones treat this power like magic... Like something God gave them... This made them stop caring about technology for some reason... I don't know why... I'ven't read about it because I don't like studying History all that much... But... Oh well... Back to the point... Some people have great abilities while some have some weird abilities... There was this one guy... Who had the ability to make his hair grow faster and longer... He did go down in history as the man with the longest hair... But his ability was useless at best... Except for the fact that he once helped soldiers climb on top of the Great Wall Of China with his hair as a rope... Well... His hair couldn't really handle the weight of all the soldiers so the last few soldiers fell and died with his hair... He became a Buddhist monk after that and was also known as the Gautama Buddha of China...... Well... There are many weird and useless abilities out there... Like... The one my mother has... Her ability is to get glimpses of different dimensions when she sleeps... And... I'm telling you... Some dimensions are weird... Like... Very weeeiiird... One day she woke up screaming about a dimension that had parasitic hamsters who lived in people's butts and controlled them... And... She was horrified... And... Due to that... I can never look at a hamster in the same way... *The sound of a clock striking is heard* ??- Well... I'm gonna get ready for school now... [The screen lights up showing a bedroom] ??- So... What kind of school can you see in a world as weird as mine? *Starts putting books in his bag* *picks up a book saying maths 11* Oh wait... That belongs to my senior, Kazuto... I don't remember why I took it... I don't like maths much either... I'll have to return it later *finishes packing the bag* So... You might be surprised to see this... But... The world is dark... Really dark… Literally… *Opens the curtains* *From the window some buildings are seen which are very high and the sky is dark* Well... There was someone in history... Who had the quirk to create permanent dark clouds... Which will never rain... But he'd've to collect moisture for that... So... What did he do? He went around the world collecting moisture for 50 years... And... Ended up using that to cover the world with a layer of clouds... Though it looks like this, it doesn't rain that much... So... It's better to not carry an umbrella around... But... You don't know when it'll rain either... The sky is always dark... *Opens the door to his room* Oh well... Time to start another boring day... Goodbye Mom and Dad, I'm off... *Goes out of the apartment* *Starts running down the stairs* You know... It's hard living on the 13th floor... It takes a lot to go down... I know that an old couple lives on the floor above mine... And... I don't even want to guess how many days they need to get to the first floor... *An old couple comes sliding down the railing**The man is princess-carrying the woman* Old man- Gotta live my life to the fullest huh, love? Old woman- This is what I love about you honey... *They turn around, kiss and go down another floor, sliding down the railing* ??- Umm... Okay...? So... That's how the people who live on the floors above me go down... I'll keep that in mind... I don't think I can manage sliding down the side of the stairs...*Tries to slide down the rest of the stairs but falls down* *Gets to the first floor by walking with an injured leg* *Opens the door and gets into a world, full of tall buildings and a dark sky* Oh well... I forgot... Today is Monday... The rickshaws don't run today... I gotta walk there... With this injured leg... I wanna die--- *A random guy takes his bag and starts running away* ??- HEY!! STOP!!*Chases him* *He follows the thief for his bag, completely forgetting the pain in his leg. A man with four hands was walking with really huge rods in his hands, which the thief jumped over, confusing the man. He trips, and the end of one of the rods ends up hitting him, causing him to end the chase* Four arms- I'm sorry!! Are you okay kiddo?! ??- Stop that thief!! Four arms- You need to go to the hospital first... ??- The money I need to go to the hospital is with that thief!! *Reaches for his pocket* *A shiny black car with golden highlights stops beside him before he can take out something from his pocket* *The window slides down and a gourmet boy looks at him* Gourmet- Well... Seems like you're in quite a pinch... Four arms- Hey kid!! That's a traitor!! Run--- ??- Kazuto-senpai! Kazuto- Well... Not to worry... I've got your back!!*Hits the accelerator, and within a moment, he strikes the thief and the bag flies up in the air, from where a bird-guy takes it* ??- MY BAG!! Kazuto- Well... That was certainly dumb... ??- BUT MY BAG!! Kazuto- He took it mid-air… What am I supposed to do? Get out of my car and actually chase him down? Four arms- UGH!! *Throws one of the rods at the bird guy. The bird guy gets hurt and drops down* Bird guy- THIS GUY IS A TRAITOR TOO!! GUYS!! CATCH HIM!! Four arms- NO I AM NOT ONE!! I WAS JUST HELPING A KID!! WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?! *A bunch of thugs surround the place* Four arms- Hey kids!! I can say you're strong... If you kill all of them... I'll pay you handsomely... I don't want my name to be ruined--- *He sees both of them get into the car and drive away* Four arms- THIS AIN'T FAIR!! I HELPED YOU GUYS!! Hey, thugs... Can I hire you to kill them? Bird guy- Thought you'd never ask... We don't come cheap though...

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