Norukaito, Book I: Arising

Memories

Various picture flashes of the past.

Unknown Woman:
-weakly- You can not forget what you were born to do!

Unknown Man:
That's enough out of you.
grabs her by the hair and takes her to the kitchen

Asahi and Aki follow.

Unknown Woman:
struggles
LET GO OF ME! Can you not see our children in front of us!? GO! RUN! YOU NEED TO RUN AWAY BEFORE HE GETS YOU TWO!

Unknown Boy:
Come on Asahi! Mom told us to do something and we have to do it!

Asahi:
frozen in fear

Unidentified Mother:
ASAHI! DAMN IT BOY, LISTEN TO ME! GO WITH BIG BRO AKI! IT'S FOR YOUR SAFETY!

Asahi:
points slowly to the mother
A-Aki...

Aki:
looks at Asahi, concerned

Asahi:
W-What is dad doing to mom?

Unidentified Father:
grabs knife

Unidentified Mother:
-gasp-
PLEASE HAVE MERCY ON ME!
cries

Asahi:
H-He's making mom cry.

Aki:
tries to grab Asahi

Asahi:
-angerly- GET AWAY! WE HAVE TO HELP MOM!

Aki:
Listen. There is nothing we can do. Mother has already accepted her fate. Now come on!

Asahi:
NO! IF YOU AREN'T GOING TO DO SOMETHING, THEN I WILL!
Thinks: W-why can't move. I want to do something about this, but my body isn't moving. COME ON. MOVE!

Unidentified Father:
The time has come.
puts the knife to her throat

Unidentified Mother:
RUN AWAY!

Asahi:
MOTHER!

Unidentified Mother:
I love you Asahi and Aki. Please take care of yourselves. Make sure to eat enough food and stay out of trouble! I don't want anything to happen to either of you. If something did I wouldn't forgive myself.

Aki:
grinds teeth in anger and sadness

Asahi:
Mom... -sobs- DON'T LEAVE US! IT'S TOO SOON! WE STILL NEED YOU!

Unidentified Mother:
I left something for you Asahi. Happy 10th Birthday.

Asahi looks at the table. A gift is there. He walks over to the table and opens the gift.

Asahi:
I-It's a scarf.

Asahi picks up the white scarf and cries holding it dear to him

Unidentified Father:
Alright. You've said your last words, now it's time for eternal sleep.
slits her throat

Once the mother was slaughtered by the father, Asahi was right in front of them, covered in his mother's blood. The scarf Asahi held that was once white was now a bloody red color.

 Aki:
-enraged-
takes a knife as well and runs to the father with anger and vengeance stabs the father repeatedly
HOW DO YOU LIKE IT HUH!?
tears start to fall from his eyes as he says die with every stab he takes to his father's chest
DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE!

Aki has killed his father. Realizing that if Asahi was never born, none of this would have happened he glares at Asahi. With anger and resentment, he starts charging towards Asahi

Asahi:
-gasp-

Aki tackles and mounts Asahi. Asahi receives blows to the face from Aki.

Aki:
IF YOU WERE NEVER EVEN BORN NOBODY WOULD'VE HAD TO DIE! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT ASAHI! YOU KILLED OUR PARENTS!

Asahi:
cries
I-I guess it is all my fault... -sniffle-

Aki stops punching Asahi from guilt.

Aki:
No no! I'm sorry Asahi! I was just so angry! None of this is your fault! I just said it all out of anger! I don't blame you!

Aki gets up off of Asahi.

Aki:
Come on. Mom told us to leave.

Asahi:
Ok.

Asahi gets up off of the floor. A blood-stained and bruised Asahi and a now mentally broken Aki walk out of their childhood house. Never seeing it again.