This is the way the world ends,

Not with a bang but a whimper.

— T. S. Eliot

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I still remember the night before it happened, I stayed up late that night talking to my best friend and crush Takashi Komuro. I was going to the very same school he was at very next day and tell him and my other friends about what happened while I stayed over in America. The reason for me staying away for a whole year is stupid. I didn't want to face Takashi...

He was still in love with my other best friend Rei Miyamoto, but who could blame him? Pretty much every guy would give their left leg to go out with a girl like Rei. Not only was she beautiful but she's also one of the top students in our year. As much as it hurts to see Takashi still hung up over Rei I couldn't bring myself to hate her. Rei is like a sister to me...

As I laid my head down on the soft pillow on my bed I kept on thinking what the will happen the next time I open my eyes. If I knew what was going to happen the next day I would have wished I had never woken up. Because the very next day, I woke up to a hellish nightmare.

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It's the middle of spring and the sakura flowers were in full bloom. Clearly, nothing could spoil a beautiful day like today. However, one soul didn't have the heart to smile at such a beautiful day. A boy with black hair and brown eyes who was wearing a black Japanese school uniform was standing in a staircase of the Fujimi High School. He was looking over the rails at the city before him. His sulking form only got worse as he remembered his past...

{Flashback}

"You know we're gonna get married one day!" A little girl said as her dark purple eyes shined with enthusiasm. The girl had black hair that reached all the way down to her waist and was also wearing black round-framed glasses that outlined her face quite well. She was wearing a cute little purple dress that had star patterns along the hem of the dress. "Really do you mean it!" A little boy asked with hope in his eyes. "Yeah! Pinkie promise." The girl said as she holds out her own pinkie.

"Cross my heart."

"And hope to die..."

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"Why do have to go to America?!" The boy now all grown up asked in confusion to the girl before him. The girl has grown up too, she is now 5ft tall and her hair was cut to her shoulders and she had square framed glasses that fit perfectly. "I already told you I want to become a soldier and the United States Military Academy will help me Takashi." The girl said with slight annoyance in her voice. "But why? Why America?" Takashi asked again. "You wouldn't understand Takashi." The girl said before she grabbed her school bag and left the boy alone in the hallways. "I'll see you later kay Taka." The girl said as she left the building.

{Flashback Ended}

"Pinkie promise...Cross my heart and hope to die...yeah right." Takashi scoffed at the promise he made with the girl. It wasn't till a minute later till he heard someone walking down the stairs behind. Thinking it was the annoying pink haired genius coming up to tell him that he's stupid again for the day Takashi ignored whoever was behind him. "Wow, here I come back thinking I would get a warm welcome home and the person I thought who would give me that is ignoring me. No wonder your still single Taka." A familiar feminine voice rang his ears. Takashi turned around to see the same girl he was just thinking about not even a minute ago, but this time she looked different. Her black hair reached all the way down to her hips and she was wearing a pair of black Ray Ban glasses. She was wearing a white t-shirt with a dark purple bowtie that's tied around the collar and a black plaid skirt with black leggings. She also wore black combat boots that reached up to her knees. "Nacy your back..." Takashi said in shock as he slowly waked up to her. "Well, yeah I told you last night I was coming here didn't I?" Nancy asked with a smile on her face. Takashi couldn't hold it back anymore he lunged for the girl and wrapped her up in a tight hug that looked like she was about to suffocate. "Don't ever leave me alone again Nacy!" Takashi yelled as tears were rolling down his cheeks.

Nancy was stunned shes never seen Takashi act like this...

He looks so vulnerable....

Nancy wrapped her arms around his waist returning the hug. She also rubbed his back in comfort. "Don't worry I'm not going anywhere, Taka." Nancy said as she continued to comfort him.

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"So that's what happen while I was gone." Nancy said while looking at the city with Takashi. There was a moment of silence between the two that made it very awkward. "Yeah, so how was America?" Takashi said trying to change the subject. "Well if you must know America was"

CLANK, CLANK, CLANK

Suddenly a sound of hit metal cut off Nancy's chat with Takashi. The two teens heads snapped up, looking across the courtyard to the gate surrounding the school. A man is banging his entire body against the gate doors, arms stretched out in front of him like he's blind and trying to find an access point inside. "Who's that?" Takashi asks softly. "A trespasser?" Nancy question as she narrowed her eyes and leaned over the railing, trying to get a better look at the person.

Four adults walked up to the gates where the mysterious stranger was at. "You there what do you think you're doing? This is a private school." A woman with red hair and glasses on asked the trespasser who seemed to listen to her words. "It's okay Ms.Hayashi let me handle it." A man from the group said as he walked up towards the gate. What they didn't know was that the mysterious trespasser had a gaping hole on his lower back that showed blood and ripped flesh. The man grabs a hold of the trespasser's suit, pulling him roughly against the gate. "Hey, now Mr. Teshima! Excessive violence is.."

There's a brief pause before the trespasser grabbed Mr. Teshima's wrist and digs his teeth into his arm.

"What the hell?" Nancy gasped at the scene before her while Takashi was perpetually still, watching the madness with wide, disbelieving eyes. Ms.Hayashi rolls back and forth, screams of agony echoing all around the gate. It didn't take long for the painful cries to turn into groans before he's silent altogether. The other teachers stare at the body, no one was moving an inch.

"Oh my gosh, he's dead..." An old man from the group said breaking the silence. "No way...That's impossible he was just.." Ms.Hayashi said as tears were filling her eyes until she saw Mr. Teshima's bloody hand twitch. " Mr. Teshima?" She called out softly before Mr. Teshima's eyes snapped open but they were different. His eyes were deathly grey as his skin started to turn sickly white. "Oh, Mr. Teshima thank God! You had me worried there for a" Ms.Hayashi was cut off as Mr. Teshima gripped on to her shirt, popping the top buttons on her blouse to reveal her bra, and then takes a mass out of her neck like an apple. Ms. Hayashi screams out in pain as her blood spewed out of her neck.

Nancy's eyes are just as wide as saucers and so were Takashi's. The two teens back away from the railing, trying to process what happened. Before Nancy could say or do anything, Takashi grabs her hand. "Come on, Nancy. We need to get the hell outta here." Takashi said with urgency. Nancy nodded, agreeing with the boy wholeheartedly. The two rushed up the stairs and into the hallway on the third floor.