The Bright Darkness.

Chapter 1 {Cruelty}

{ In the city of Thamoud, a 15 year old boy with long gloves appears to be on the floor and receiving showers of kicks from some food vendors at an alley. The young boy appears to have white hair with blood stains all over his face. They leave him on the floor and begin to walk away as he looks at them in pain. He finally gains enough energy to get on his feet and walk towards his house. On his way home, people stare at him with disgust written all over their faces and move away from him. A younger boy appears to be closer to him, but his mom pulls him away}

Woman(addressing her child) : Don't get close to that demon. Have you heard me.

Younger boy : Yes, mom.

{ The guy continues to walk while wiping the blood stains on his body with his gloves and looks at the people around him walk away from him}

Boy: That look in their eyes, I see them everywhere I go.
Even when I manage to earn a bit of their sympathy,...

"He pulls down his gloves and a black pattern of a snake, and a number seven is seen on his hand}"

Boy:... They tend to forget I'm a human after seeing my
Cursed mark. My name, Kouda, is one I'm not proud of. Many years ago, a serious virus struck the world.According to the stories, making a cure for the virus was merely an impossibility since the virus could easily
develop immunity to any medicine. I don't know why, but my mom named me after this particular virus. The last thing she left for me was a diary which I couldn't open,
a necklace and these gloves that I apparently I have close to no memory of her. I've never been treated as a human since childhood, and I can't really blame people for that, I was adopted by a group of assassins, and they taught me the thirteen killing techniques until I was ten. They tried making use of me, so...

{Kouda looks at the blood on his gloves and sees a memory of corpses on the floor}

Kouda :... I killed them. After killing for the first time, I
ended up losing sight of the value of one's life so
Killing them was merely child's play. After some time, I realized that each time I killed someone, I lost a fraction of my humanity. Humanity is one of the major things that makes me feel like a normal human, so losing it is something I simply can't afford. I don't believe in
good, nor do I believe in evil. Surviving is my only
objective, and I won't stop until I find what I want
but the question here is exactly what am I looking
for?

{Kouda reaches the outskirts of the town and enters his wooden structure.}

Kouda:I'm home.

{He falls to the ground, raises his right hand, and stares at it}

Kouda(speaking to himself) : What's life? What's happiness? What's there to life if everyone's just gonna die at the end?

Voice (from outside kouda's home) : Those are interesting questions if you ask me. I'm glad to know that there's someone out there who has got the same mindset as me.

{Kouda quickly gets up and goes looks at the entrance}

Voice: I'm right here.

{Kouda feels a pat on his shoulder and turns his back only to see a guy about his age, wearing military attire and a mask}

Kouda: Who are you? And how did you get in without me noticing?

Guy: The name is Enmu, but tell me, how do you live in this matchbox in the name of a house?

Kouda: That has nothing to do with you. Now leave.

Enmu: And what if I don't? Will you kill me, demon?

Kouda: I have no interest in that. Besides, I don't think you came all this way dressed up like that just to ask me silly questions. So what brings you here, Enmu?