Transcendence Volume 2: Awakening

Chapter 34: How it all began

It has been a month since Classes began for him in First Grade, and even then he was unable to make friends.

While he wasn't against the idea of making friends, its just that nobody liked him and they even forced everyone to avoid him this was because on the first week he had managed to stand up with a boy who just so happens to be the son of an influential teacher within the school and since then, he was already treated as an outcast alongside a weekly beating session from him and his friends.

And so he walked alone as everyone went about talking with their friends. He could have easily told a teacher but given how the boy kept saying that he's the son of a teacher that it was basically his daily line so this isolation treatment kept on. Meanwhile his parents were too busy to actually care and notice even the bruises on his body.

A group of kids ran by him with one of the boys to happen to be part of the boy's inner circle and happen to casually shove him causing him to knock him and his stuff down he can only frown as he looked at his stuff with a blank stare.

One of the boys from the group from earlier, unaware the cause of the fall was in fact by someone from his group, walked over to him.

"Here let me help!" He said cheerfully with a wide smile, but his eyes widened as he saw one of the keychains that he was holding.

"Whoa, you're a fan of the Iron Rider Ronins!" He said holding the said keychain, the Boy just froze like a deer in headlights.

"Uh yeah," He said wanting to grab the keychain and shove it into his bag and make a run for it but as he was about to, another boy spoke once more.

"Who's your favourite Ronin?" He said pulling out a keychain from his pocket revealing another keychain and a Mask. "Mine is Blue Rider Kojiro, he looked so cool!"

"My uh my favourite is Red Rider Musashi," He replied as he pulled out a similar mask. "I I like him cause he was brave."

"Whoa, that's awesome." He said as he helped him up and smiled. "I like you, from now on you'll be my friend! My name is—"

"Hey!"

The boy felt his blood chill as he watched him and his inner circle walked towards them. It was there that he wanted to turn tail and run.

"You're not supposed to hang out with him." He glared at him, the latter crossed his arms and put on the mask.

"So what? From now on," He paused and looked at him. "What's your name?"

"Harumura Natsuki?" He answered visibly confused from what's happening.

"Harumura Natsuki is now my friend!" He announced doing a Blue Rider Kojiro Pose as if emulating the Character. "If something happens to him then you'll answer to me, Fuyumori Haruka!"

The Leader could only glare as they walked away while Haruka took off his mask and gave Natsuki a victorious smile.

Later that day, Natsuki was wandering around the hallways looking for Haruka not to hang out with him but rather to tell him to stay away from him to avoid getting bullied like him.

But he was too late.

He stumbled around the back showing Haruka standing victorious while the leader and his lackeys were sprawled on the ground groaning.

"Uh, you are you alright?"

"Oh hey Natsu," He smiled but it was a pained one. "It's fine they tried to tell me to stay out but I got pushy and I started swinging."

"Are you...alright?"

"Don't worry about it," Haruka shook his head reassuringly. "Besides My father hits harder than them."