1 The Mark

Shin a 17 year old boy, with a burnt mark on his right arm, He's an orphan who lives near "Inari Shrines" where his grandmother and grandfather works as a caretaker. 17 years ago, He was found by his so called parents in a basket while on the way home near 'Inari Shrines gate' . Her grandmother don't know what to do, so she ask his husband to keep it and bring him home, at first he doesn't like the idea, but , the time Shin raise his right arm towards her grandma's cheeks. He saw a burnt mark in his right arm. They say that, If a child was born with a burnt mark, he can inherit the "Flames Of Shrines" which the legend says. His parents hide it from him, not until when Shin turned 18. He began seeing things that normal people don't, then one day he saw an old lady crossing the road while there was a truck coming, He rush towards the old lady and pull her back. The driver of the truck was confused why Shin did that while there was no one in the road, but Shin keep saying that there was. A moment later while walking back to his home, he saw the old lady again, He followed her silently. Then Shin realized that it was the same way from his house, and while on the chase, He heard a voice .. An old lady's voice, saying "Come with me" repeatedly , and it leads him to the Shrine. The "Inari Shrines", then suddenly his burnt mark started to ache and began to have flames, A blue flames covering his whole right arm,. not far from the Shrines, his grandfather saw a blue light coming from Inari Shrines and without any thoughts, he rush forward to the shrine with a "Holy bandages" believing it can keep the flames tamed from Shin right arm, his grandfather wrap the holy bandages in Shin arms knowing his own hands will burn too, and , it worked. The flames has stop, but suddenly, Shin fainted and his grandfather's arm are burned.

A couple of days later, Shin woke up, asking why he has a bandages in his arms. His grandfather told him the whole story about the 'Flames Of Shrines' and about the burnt mark while Shin left confused, and his grandfa told him that he can't go back to the Shrines or even near it, cause the holy bandages might broke and you lose control, burning all of the things around you like what happened to my arms.

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