My Girl

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My life definitely wasn't the best.

I was born on June 12th 1990.

I lived with my mom and sister Hana.

Lived

My dad left after Hana was born. He didn't want the burden of taking care of 2 children.

They were only in college.

After Hana was born, my mom was forced to move back to Japan since she was going to schools overseas.

Back to the past tense "lived" with Hana and my mom.

When I was 8, my mom and sister were killed right in front of me.

Don't ask me what fucked up gang wanted to kill my mother and sister, but they killed them.

Where was I?

I was right next to them. To this day, I still don't know why he didn't kill me.

I remember his tall figure, hooded and had a ski mask on. He held the gun to my head, he stared into my eyes.

I watched him shoot my mom and sister dead. At that point, I practically begged for him to shoot me too.

He looked sad. As if he couldn't do it. So instead, he took me, dragged me outside, and set my house on fire.

He left me in front of the burning house.

"Is everything okay?" A boy asked. He was 18 at the time.

What he saw was a small 8 year old girl, standing in front of a now burning house. I had dirt and Brussels all over my body. I was completely in shock. But I was still able to make out those words with tears streaming down my face.

"He killed them. My family is dead."

That was the day I met Shinichiro Sano. He took me into his family.

As expected, I wasn't the healthiest kid. Mental wise, obviously.

It was a struggle to deal with.

For example, that one time in my 2nd year of elementary when I tried to make friends, only to have them question why I continued to stutter and laugh after everything I said, blacked on them later and become one of the most hated people in that school.

But Manjiro made it all the better.

Manjiro Sano was Shinichiro's younger brother. We were the same age.

Let's get one thing straight, he was just as fucked up as me. I don't know what happened, but it was true.

But being with him was always an adventure.

Gramps had a dojo. He taught Manjiro how to fight. He also taught other kids including Baji Keisuke.

Baji was like a brother to me. For whatever reason, he would always follow me and ask me how I was doing. He would also love to beat up other kids if they started to pick on me.

But who really was my everything, was Emma.

Emma one day came to the Dojo. She introduced herself to Manjiro as his half sister. Him and Baji were confused as to why Emma's name was, well... Emma.

"That's a foreigner name." They would say.

Emma would always feel uncomfortable for whatever reason.

"I'll be Edward, Ed for short." Baji said one day.

"Then I'll be Michael, Mikey for short." "Mikey", said.

Emma then explained that she wasn't sad because of them thinking her name was weird.