The golden box.

Tom opened his eyes and he could see some strange looking people around him waiting for him to awake....

"Where am I ?", Tom shouted.

" Don't worry child you're in a hospital now ?"

"What's your name?", asked one of them.

"My .... name....?", Tom looked so confused. He felt like his brain is out of duty. He barely remembered some screaming sounds echoing in his head which made him panic even more.

Few days passed, but Tom failed to remember anything about his past life, one day a policeman entered to the room with a small suitcase. "do you remember this child?, this was with you when we found you", he said gently. Tom felt a great desire as he saw the little brown leather suitcase. He knew that it belongs to him and he grabbed it from the police officer as it's a head honcho for him but he didn't reply for any of the questions ...

Toms' phobia arose after the incidents happened to him, he remebers the explosion and the screaming sounds and those were recarnated in front of his eyes... He started to break down and cry at once. The doctors hushed inside to the room to calm down him but it didn't work. Midazolam (A sleeping injection) was injected as soon as possible. His eyes were loosened from pain and they were closed little by little for a calm sleep…

It was twilight when Tom woke up again. Everywhere was calm and quiet and he started walking carrying his mini suitcase. He got himself downstairs without being noticed to anyone as he had robbed something. Tom had absolutely no idea where he was going but he did go out of the hospital as he wished.

He could only see the cars moving at high speeds and lone light bulbs glittering in the road.

His eyes were stucked when he saw an advertisement on top of the building stating about the brand new bus station which was grandly opened and it is just a few kilometers away. Tom was delighted after that sight… Poor little lad finally got a direction to move.

It was almost 6 o'clock in the morning, the cold breeze awaked Tom from the chair at the station, the first bus arrived to the station soon after. It was a free travel for the first customer. (It was a good day for Tom!!!)

Within some dizzy hours, he arrived somewhere in the city… He saw a vendor selling Imagawayaki ( a Japanese street food) in the street. His stomach was groaning like a beast.

"May I have some please?", he asked expeditiously. "Yes, it costs 200 Yen child", but Tom didn't have a cent with him, he inspected the suitcase to give something in exchange.There was a Golden colored box inside which seemed to be the only valuable thing in the suitcase. "Can you have this in exchange for these foods", Tom asked.

The vendors' eye balls enlarged as he saw a tresure box. It had a fine craft with many designs as well.

"Where did you get this from?", the vendor replied.

"Eh… it was here in this suitcase, can you please offer these food to me", Tom repeated.

The vendor was like having a lottery in his hand, he was thinking about a beautiful shop and a nice home, he wanted to be rich beyond the dream of Avarice…

He swiftly gave some of the food and Tom ate those as he hasn't eaten for years. "Where are your parents?" asked the vendor.

"I don't have them", Tom replied eating a chunk of food in his mouth.

"Then have you escaped from your home?"

"Hmm…. no but I escaped from a strange place where I didn't know"

"So where are you going to sleep tonight?" the vendor proceeded questioning.

Tom had no idea about that and looked down sorrowfully.The vendor looked melancholy for Tom. "Oh poor child", he will die in this cold" the vendor thought to himself .

"Would you like to work with me?"

" I'll give you accommodation as well". He added ...

It wasn't a hard descion for someome like Tom because he didn't have anything to do or anywhere to go so his answer was a positive one but he was also in a dilemma whether to trust this person...

No option left because he can't let this offer fly away and die in the street. He had to go with the vendor.

Fusao, the vendor was describing a boring story about himself to Tom while they were going to the house. His wife was cooking noodles for everyone when they entered the old, cozy home.She was a chubby woman with a nice face and a long hair, her name was Saki. Tom could hardly remember someone like her but he thought it was someone in his mind. Saki was amazed to see his husband with a boy whom she hadn't seen at all...

" Uggh uhhh ...uncle Fusao made his throat , this is our new member to our family", he said cheerfully. The family were looking as it was a boiling news, but later on uncle Fusao managed to keep Tom in his place.

He had a pretty girl named Aika as well , she welcomed Tom as she knew him before… Finally Tom came somewhere safe and sound.

Days passed and quickly Tom grabbed everyone's love, he was given the name, Haruto , because he didn't even remember his name.

Haruto is now 23 years old and he's a handsome man. He spent years with uncle Fusao and gave his contribution for the development of his buisness.

Aika, the daughter of uncle Fusao was pretty as a mirror and her love towards Haruto has turned to a different direction.

It was the autumn in 1974, the leaves started to blow with the cold breeze of willingly winter. Uncle Fusao and Aunty Saki have left the home for a marriage in their village with Aika. Haruto wasn't with them because he is not a highlighted person in the village.

One day he was on his cozy chair reading an old book and drinking some "Sake". Suddenly he heared a noice in Uncle Fusaos' room. It was prohibited to go to their room, but his curiosity took him inside the room and what he saw was a mouse.

It is no wonder what will happen next….

He started to chase the mouse away, his shots made the room upside down but the talented mouse resisted from all those shots , while he was on his play a box fell down from a cabinet.

"What is this?"

There was something he knew inside ; it was the mini suitcase he bought when he came..."Why did he kept this here?" he thought curiously. The suitcase looked as it wasn't opened for years, he opened it while trying to recall his memory...

He found all those old items and the golden box was also there...

"Didn't he sell this box?", he questioned himself. While examining the box ,he found an unusal shape which is supposed to be the key hole, but there wasn't any key for that in the suitcase...