The Advent of Spirits

"Urghh, where am I?" In the middle of a road, a young boy could be seen waking up groggily. "Ouch, my head hurts..." He muttered, albeit quietly.

He was a young boy, around six to seven years old. He had light indigo coloured hair and a matching snow white skin, making him look extremely attractive. Contrasting to his light coloured hair and skin though, was his eyes. His right eye was red in colour, while his left had a golden clock in it, giving them a stark contrast between his eye and skin.

"Hey Shido, are you finally awake? Let's play now!" A voice could be heard coming from the direction of his left hand. Turning his head to face it, he saw a white puppet shaped like a rabbit. It also had a button as its right eye while having a pink dot as its left one. Judging from its voice, it seemed to be a male, if a puppet could have gender.

"Shido? Shido!" The puppet shouted at him when he saw him daze out.

Snapping out of his daze, he realised that he remembered almost nothing, except for the powers that he could wield. "Yoshi...non?" He asked with uncertainty.

"Thank god you remember me Shido. I would have smacked you if you didn't." Yoshinon said angrily.

"Sorry..." Shido immediately became downcast, not noticing the weird stares he was given by the passersby.

"Hey Shido! Let's get out of here for now. Those people have been staring at you for some time now." Yoshinon urged him as he noticed the number of stares increase.

Shido, who just realised it got up unstably. Almost tripping over his own feet, he tried balancing himself properly, as if trying to walk for the first time. He ran towards a small alley and away from those people before talking to Yoshinon again.

"Yoshinon, where are we?" Shido was afraid, he didn't know anyone in this foreign place.

"I don't know as well. Why don't we just have fun and cause some mayhem? It would be interesting." Yoshinon, not knowing anything 'advised' him. Yoshinon was extremely playful, wanting to play every minute of the day.

"Then...Yoshinon...do you know anything? Anything about me?" Shido asked desperately. He didn't know anyone else, and his instincts told him that Yoshinon is his most trusted person and loved one, and Shido trusted his instincts.

Shaking his head, Yoshinon replied, "I don't know anything more than you know, Shido. I only know you can summon a sword, a book, a halberd, a piano, an organ, a broom, a lance and pendulum which can combine into a bow and arrow, a crown and a clock. I think you could summon more since I might have forgotten some. You can also manipulate shadows that work with the clock."

Shido had already known all of this, so he didn't get any new information. He knew the clock requires time to use, and is also the most dangerous weapon despite it being a clock. He didn't care about others' lives, but he wouldn't kill them without a reason. Despite losing all his memories, he could still differentiate good from bad, like an innocent child.

Looking around him, he realised he was hungry and thirsty. He didn't have any money and had no idea on how to get food. "Shido, you do realise you have your ability to get food right?" Yoshinon quipped at him when he saw Shido not knowing what to do now.

"...Right..." Shido realised, and decided to summon a weapon that would help him out in this situation.

[Haniel!] A broom appeared and a witch hat appeared on his head. Pointing the head of the broom towards himself, Shido transformed with a 'Poof' sound, turning into a handsome 16-year-old boy. "Alright! let's get some food!" Shido exclaimed excitedly. Although he was in a foreign place without knowing anyone except Yoshinon, he didn't worry too much. He was with Yoshinon, and that was all that mattered. He didn't need anyone else.

"Let's get some money first." Yoshinon suggested. Agreeing with him, Shido looked at his surroundings. He was surrounded by rubbish and trash. Aiming his broom at them, they all turned into Japanese notes and coins, while his ragged shirt turned into a new one which emphasised his light indigo hair , making him look like an idol. He unsummoned his broom and started picking up the money.

Stuffing his pockets full of money, he walked out of the alley and towards a ramen shop. Although he felt a bit bad that he was using fake money, he had no other choice. He had no identity and he was too young to work, he had no other way to earn money. So the simplest solution? Transform trash into money, even though it would disappear after Shido loses his consciousness or wants it to disappear.

"Shido, what are we eating?" Yoshinon asked curiously. He was a puppet that has a life on his own, and although he could, he didn't need to eat. "Ramen." Shido replied simply,"It was the closest shop to us." As he walked down the street, he was observing other people. They were...special. Some had an extra eye, some were producing electricity in their hair. He even saw a tail on one person.

Other people were also staring at them for different reasons. Men were jealous of his good looks, women were enchanted by his handsome looks while children were drawn towards him as he had an air of innocence around him and a puppet.

He didn't mind any of their gazes, he just smiled lightly as he continued talking to his puppet. "Shido, you sure are popular! Look at how many people are staring at you." Yoshinon didn't care about other people's surprise and just did things at his own pace.

"You are popular too, Yoshinon. You look so cute as a rabbit." Shido told him, causing Yoshinon to be happy. "Hee hee, we're the most popular!"

Arriving in front of the restaurant, he peered inside and saw the restaurant almost fully seated. He knew he made a good choice coming into this restaurant for lunch, judging from the satisfaction that could be seen from the customers' face.

The waitress saw Shido standing outside but did not come in. "Good afternoon sir, how many people do you have today?" The waitress asked politely.

She was a bit stunned at his looks, but quickly recovered. She was a professional after all, and knew how to control her emotions to a certain extent.

"Good afternoon miss, do you have a- ?" Shido greeted her back while giving her a smile. At this point, Yoshinon interrupted. "A table for two."

A bit surprised that his puppet could talk, she pointed him to a table and left after he ordered two bowls of seafood ramen.