Chapter 6

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I woke up to a bright light. Not an artificial light but one that was natural and took its time to reach the depths of darkness. I was scared at first. Never in my life, have I seen a sunrise. I've heard about it in stories but I've never seen one. I gazed out from the bench and saw the light mix of red and yellow to make a smooth orange. It was just beautiful. I was just awed by the slight appearance of waves around the sun. Out of no where, I heard a grumble. This was also new to me. I felt it come from my stomach. I began to worry.

"You hungry, boy? You best get off this field. The game's soon to start. I gotta clean this here field." A strange man with a garbage can said to me.

"This is what being hungry is like?" I whispered. I've always been fed so I've never really been hungry. The man said he'd feed me if I helped him clean the park. I agreed and asked if he could tell me about the neighborhood.

"Sorry son, but I don't have all day. To clean this field it'd take an hour minimum. There's no way you can run ask m everywhere in 30 seconds." He laughed a bit. But he actually gave me an idea. Man was he gonna be surprised. I ran at full speed and picked up all the garbage. I returned to him in 15 second.

"You're right, I can't pick it up in 30 seconds. It'd only take me 15 seconds." I smiled at him. His jaw hit the ground and I noticed something registered in his mind.

"Alright, let's go eat. Maybe if you're lucky we can watch the game." The old man said. He took me to a small deli. He got me a bacon egg and cheese sandwich. He described to me that in this neighborhood there was an old master who possessed my powers. My brain brought back my memories. I had to get stronger to face the  government dogs. My eyes lit up.

"Where does he live?!?" I yelled. He giggled and explained to me that he lives on the top of the mountain. The only way to get there was to have the super human strength to climb.

"Can't people use helicopters?" I asked curiously.

"Apparently, if anyone tries that method he destroys the aircraft but leaves everyone unharmed at the bottom of the mountain." He replied.

I stood up and I thanked him. I left and yelled out to him.

"My name is Neji by the way"

I ran out but realized I never asked where the mountain was. I was feeling pretty stupid. I walled right back in and asked him for directions. He spit out his coffee and laughed at me. He explained where to go and I left again.

"Good luck!!" He screamed.

I found the mountain at last and looked up. I couldn't even see the top.

"Oh boy" I jumped up and grabbed on to the mountain. I began to climb up. It wasn't that bad. I got the hang of it pretty quickly. I kept climbing for hours. My fingertips began to bleed. I almost slipped a couple of times. I felt my heart fall miles down so many times. A couple more hours passed and I finally grabbed on to the levelled ground. I was so tired, and exhausted. I got on all fours and my head hit the ground. There I laid, unconscious.

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