A New Beginning

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"Huh?"

Ichi felt the damp ground on his cheek. He took a breath and was surprised he was even able to. "I'm alive."

As he pushed himself up, he didn't feel any broken bones or significant injuries aside from a few scratches. Ichi found himself at the back of the building where the large trash bins were. 

Although he wasn't seriously injured, Ichi felt weak and light headed. He began to walk unsteadily towards the main road, using the wall to keep from falling over.

A few minutes earlier, a group of girls coming out of a 24-hour restaurant were chatting amongst themselves when one of them, a girl with double braids, looked up and gasped. "Is that a-?"

The others follow her gaze and see a human figure falling off the building across the street. It happened so quickly, they couldn't be sure.

"Let's go check it out!" Their leader, a girl with brown hair wearing a denim jacket, exclaimed.

"Are you crazy?" Another asked but the brunette already ran ahead of them. "Ugh!"

When Ichi reached the side of the road, the leader named Fumiko approached him with a confused expression. "Um, did you happen to see someone—"

Ichi looked at her but could hardly see her face. Before Fumiko could finish her sentence, he passed out, falling right into the girl's arms.

"Call for help!" Fumiko cried out to the others who were just arriving.

3 months later...

A new semester had just commenced after the school break. Arata and his crew rendezvoused at the school football field, being loud as usual.

"I heard the tryouts for new recruits are next week." Jiro, a boy with an army cut mentioned.

Arata smirked. "As if, the freshmen look like a bunch of wimps."

The gang laughed heartily except for Kai who was sitting quietly on the bench.

"Oy, what's up with you?" Arata asked, annoyed.

Kai looked at him sternly like he wanted to say something but changed his mind and looked away. "Nothing."

"He's probably just thinking about Chiharu." Jiro teased but all of a sudden, the color drained out of his face.

"What?" Arata asked. The boys turned around to where Jiro was looking and one by one, their jaws dropped. "Is that-"

"Ichi?" Kai finished Arata's question.

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