No one's POV

It's been a couple about an hour since last time. Y/n steps out of the train into a subway. He was currently surrounded by a large group of people either exiting or entering the train, making his anxiety rise.

'It's too crowded...' Y/n thought.

Y/n took a deep breath before he walks with the crowd that were leaving the station, shoving his hands in his pockets and slouching a bit. Y/n did his best to stay away from the more crowded areas as best as he could. Even though no one payed much attention to him, he felt as though everyone was judging him as he passes by them. His heart beats quickly and his anxiety rises beyond control as he desperately looks for an exit of the subway.

'Come on...come on...' Y/n thought over and over again internally.

Sweat drips off his face as he increases his pace from normal walking to a power walk. His eyes dart from one part of the area to the next very rapidly, in hopes to find the nearest exit and to see if anyone might be staring at him. Soon, his luck finally came to him. After searching for several minutes, he found a stairway that lead to the surface.

"Finally!" Y/n whispers with a smile.

He jogs up the stairs as he gently passes through several groups of people entering or exiting the subway. He eventually got to the top of the staircase and was met with a brand new city.

"Damn..." Y/n mutters to himself. "So this is Kuoh Town..."

Y/n felt his body begin to tremble. He's still debating whether or not coming to this place was a good idea. But he really doesn't have a choice to go back. He doesn't have any money left nor does he actually have a place to run back to, not in a very long time. But then again, he could consume someone to-. No, he can't. Y/n shook the thought out of his head as he mentality slaps himself.

'N-no!' He mentally shouts. 'Don't become the monster that they say you are! You're better than that!'

It took a moment for y/n to calm down. When he did, he took a deep breath and lets it out before stepping forward. He forces himself to continue walking and to explore the new place he's arrived in and might be stuck at for a while. As he did, he did his best to stay in less populated areas and tries not to interact with anyone he passes by.

After some time, y/n found himself walking through a shopping center. He saw a group of people standing in front of a store window as some were mumbling and whispering about something. He wasn't going to pay too much attention to them, but he noticed some of the people, mostly the females, held their palms over their mouths in shock and horror.

"That's terrible!" A woman whispers.

"Is that even possible?!" A man shouts.

"It's like from a movie or something!"

"What the...?" Y/n mutters to himself. Becoming curious of the commotion, y/n decides to investigate the problem. He hesitantly steps towards the group and gently went through the crowd. When he was at the front of all the people, he saw they were all standing in front of a tv store. Several of the TVs were on a news channel, nothing too unusual. His eyes dart around all the TVs to see what they showed. A news woman was talking about something that no one could hear due to the glass in between them. When y/n read the headlines, his eyes widen in horror as he gaps quietly.

"POTENTIAL NEW VIRUS OUTBREAK DISCOVERED IN THE UNITED STATES. CITIZENS OF MICHIGAN ARE BEING FORCED INTO QUARANTINE FOR THEIR SAFETY. COULD THIS BE CONNECTED TO THE "MERCER VIRUS" THAT DISAPPEARED TWO DECADES AGO IN NEW YORK?"

'T-that's impossible!' Y/n thought. 'How could-?!'

An image appears in the upper right corner of the screen. Y/n could feel his heart stop and sink when he saw the image.

The news went on about the virus, but y/n doesn't pay attention to it. His mind spun a million miles per hour as he stumbles back. He almost trips on himself but he manages to steady himself before falling. Y/n shook his head to clear his mind before turning around and ran through the crowd that stood behind him, not carrying if he pushes anyone. All he knew was that he had to get away from the TVs quickly.

Meanwhile...

A tv in a dark room shows the news as well. A man stood at a doorframe as he silently watches the news.

He is a tall man appearing to be in his twenties with an average build, black hair, golden bangs and black goatee. He wore a grey robe over a while shirt. He had grey sweat pants and wore white socks.

"Damn...it's finally happening again, huh?" The man says to no one. "I wonder who caused it this time..." He mutters sarcastically, knowing exactly who- or at least a few people- who could of done this. "It's been almost two decades since the last outbreak. Maybe..." He trails off, thinking about something. Though that was quick before he spoke again. "Perhaps I should have Vali do some investigating to make sure...?"

Meanwhile...

Y/n found himself walking through some kind of neighborhood. He's been walking for some time now. He wasn't sure how many hours has passed as he doesn't own anything that tells time, but he knows it's been at least a few hours. He decided that he had enough exploring in the city for the day. So he took a route that would take him downtown.

Right now y/n was standing in front of a gate that was surrounding a giant building. Many kids, a couple of years younger than himself, dressed in school uniforms walk pass the gate to the outside.

Several of the students noticed y/n, who was oblivious to them as he was too busy staring at the campus. A couple of girls in a small group that pass by him saw him staring at the school like he just saw god, which made them giggle a bit and whisper to one another.

"What's with him?" One of them whispers.

"Beats me. Never seen him before." Another replies.

"Think he might be transferring to the school?" A third asks.

"Don't think so. He looks a little too old to be in the school. Maybe he just graduated?"

"Who knows?" The first one asks. "But all I know is that he looks a little cute."

"Oh my god! You think so too?!" The third asks the first.

"Ugh! Grow up, you two!" The second says in disgust. "He's probably got a girlfriend already." She adds, causing the others to whine in disappointment.

Even though they pass by him, y/n didn't hear them at all. He was too entranced by the school to notice everyone passing by him.

"So this is a school...?" Y/n mutters to himself.

"Huh?" One of the girls barley heard y/n. She turns around and stares at him in disbelief. "D-does he not know what a school is?!"

"Maybe he was homeschooled?" One of the two other girls say behind her.

"Maybe he's rich!" Another says.

The girl who stopped stares at y/n for a little longer. Eventually she turns around and follows her friends.

"Amazing..." Y/n mutters.

His awing was cut short. Y/n felt a sudden pain in his mind. He clenches his head in his hands and grunts in pain while shutting his eyes closed. He heard countless screams of joy, laughter, and people chatting over one another invade his thoughts. Several images of different schools from around the world flashes in his mind like a slideshow. The images and sounds were memories from the past, but not his past. They were from them who y/n unfortunately had to-.

"Hey man, you alright?" A male's voice asks over y/n's pain.

"?!" The pain in y/n's head fades. He slowly reopens his eyes and stops grunting. He lowers his arms and look up to his left. He saw a kid a few years younger than him standing there, looking worried.

He had short spiky brown hair, with two short locks of hair behind his head, and light brown eyes. Y/n noticed he wore a school uniform like many of the other male students over a red shirt. And finally, he held a briefcase in his right hand.

"You doing okay?" The boy repeats.

"..." Y/n stares at the boy in confusion, shocked that the memories were suddenly stopped. That never happened before. How could-? Y/n shook his head, clearing his mind. He straightens up and puts on a fake smile. "I-I'm fine." He lies.

"You sure?" The boy asks. "You looked like you were in-."

"Migraine." Y/n quickly interrupts without even realizing what he said. "It was a-a migraine, I'm u-used to it."

"A migraine, huh?" The boy questions as he rests his right hand on his shoulder, his briefcase touching his back. "Never had one before, though I heard they're a pain real in the ass."

"Y-Yeah, they are." Y/n lies, letting out a nervous chuckle as he rubs the back of his neck.

"..." The boy doesn't laugh with y/n, causing the latter to feel anxious thinking that he was caught lying. "Hey, are you new here?" The boy asks, catching y/n off guard. "Never seen you before."

"H-huh?" Y/n lowers his arm as he looks confused for a brief moment before calming down a bit. "Oh, yeah! I'm new to this city."

"Seriously? Planning on transferring to this place then?" The boy asks as he points to the school with his thumb.

"..." Y/n was hesitant on answering, not sure how to respond. "I...I don't think so. I think I'm too old to go here. I-."

As y/n stares at the boy, a strange image flashes in his head. He saw the same boy, but his arm was different.

His left hand had some sort of gauntlet with a green orb in the center on it. He looks serious about something before the green orb suddenly glows, blinding y/n.

"Hey!" The boy says, making the image disappear yet again.

"!!" Y/n's eyes widen. He shook his head and puts his palm on his face as he felt his head spinning a little. He stumbles back and felt his back hit the wall blocking the school. 'W-What was that???' Y/n thought as he felt a hand on his shoulder. "?!"

"What's with you, dude? Another migraine or something?" The boy asks as his hand on y/n's shoulder tightens.

Another image flashes in his mind. It wasn't clear, but y/n knew it was his, and bad. Y/n instinctively slaps the boy's hand away as before he slowly walks away, still having his hand on his face.

"H-hey! What-?!"

"Sorry..." Y/n apologizes. "I-I need to go... Goodbye..."

The boy tried to yell at y/n to gain his attention, but he ignores him. Seeing it no use to try to make y/n's situation worse, the boy stops and simply stares at the pained y/n walking away. "Geez, what's with him?"

Meanwhile...

The two didn't notice someone was watching their conversation the whole time behind a tree while eating a candy bar in silence.

The girl was a petite girl with white hair and gold eyes. The front of her hair has two long bangs going past her shoulders and several loose bangs hanging over her forehead, while the back has a short bob cut. She also wore a black cat-shaped hair clip on both sides of her hair. She wore the girl's student uniform like all the other girls in the school.

"..." She silently studied the two boys and listened in on their conversation. She saw the younger boy leave as she took another bite of her candy.

<==To be continued===

A/n: What do y'all think?