'You're just thinking its a small thing that happened, the world ended when it happened to me.~'

Life was always good for Amaya Inoue, she had a loving mother and father and grew up with and older brother. When she had turned 18 she moved out, not wanting to be a burden for longer ; even tho her family never made her feel like one.

One day she was at the park, apple juice in hand and a hibiscus flower on her lap. She was sitting on a bench enjoying the warm sun rays that met her skin in the best way possible.

The moment got interrupted after she got a call, she read the contact  
'Mom'

Her stomach churned, her and her mother always talked but this time she had a bad feeling.

She picked up the call, putting the phone at her ear.

She heard her mother sob, frantically.

'What..?, mom what are you saying..?'

'Your brother.... he's.. he's dead.'

'What? How? Mom your not serious right?'

'Your father... he.. he snapped said he always sucked in everything the entire time he physcoed out and he..'

'No. No,no,no,no mom your lying no what-'

'Amaya, stop it.'
 
Amaya's eyes filled with tears that streamed down her face non-stop. How could this happen? Her father never showed any signs of  being a physcopath. So what? What could have possibly went wrong? Amaya hung up. Got up and ran.

As she got up, the hibiscus flower on her lap, she stepped on it. Accidentally, she turned to look at it, she knew that  those flowers would always remind her of this day. Still, she ran. Ran and ran and ran to her mom's location.

When she arrived, she gripped her mom's shoulders shaking her.

'Mom tell me- tell me your joking right? Right.'

'Please.'

'Amaya...'

That one single word turned her world upside down, it was confirmation.. confirmation of her fear.  She dropped to her knees, gripping her mom's hand

'Kiyoshi...'

She whispered her brother's name, whispered it like he would return, he didn't. Not this time, he always did. When she was scared of thunder,or when it was too dark for her liking. He always came crawled up next to her and reassured her. Who was supposed to do that now?

Days after days passed, Amaya stayed in her house, she rotted inside. Going out would mean she forgot him,  moved on from him. She didn't, she wasnt sure if she ever would. So she stayed inside, she couldnt sleep, everytime she closed her eyes Kiyoshi would be there. He would be staring at her, smiling with that stupid smile of his at her when he tried to make up about eating her ice cream,or stealing her toy.

One day something clicked, she couldn't keep living like this, she dragged herself out of bed. Went to the bathroom and washed herself put her hair in a bun. She was out of food, she didn't bother eating the past weeks. She didn't know how she survived but she did. She put her shoes on and went out. She probably looked like hell, dark eye-bags, messy and greasy hair but she couldn't care  less.  As she headed for the grocery store she noticed  three guys standing there one caught her eye. The blonde one, but not that much seconds went by as she went back to her task.

As she finished what she had to do, she went back inside her house. She knew she had to shower, she looked like hell. She showered and then ate and fell back asleep. Her dreams weren't filled with Kiyoshi this time, she slept peacefully this time. She woke up afterwards, it was eerily quiet. Silence, but not the comforting kind. The kind that makes your whole stomach churn in a twisted way.

She looked out of the window, surprisingly the whole busy city of tokyo was... empty.  The city was always busy, especially during this time of the day.

She went outside, she ran around frantically searching for someone. She found no one. She went in the middle of the crossing and screamed at the top of her lungs

'HEY! IS ANYBODY HERE?! WHAT IS THIS?!'

No reply, just silence. Uncanny and eerie silence. God, how she hated silence. It left her and her thoughts alone, her whole thoughts  being filled with Kiyoshi now wasn't helping.

A whire screen lit up, she looked up immediately covering her eyes. The screen said

'GAME ARENA -->'