THEY SAID I was lucky, they said that I was a lucky guy, lucky boy, lucky ninja, or whatever. They always said that I was lucky to have this enormous power, but that’s not what I thought about myself. I always thought that I am a cursed demon because I have this power that only my family bloodline will have. It all started when my great grandfather was going on a mission with his group, everything was going very fine with them, they manage to deliver the package safety to the owner, they get some pretty nice reward from the owner, but then it all turns to hell when they all on their way to went back to our zone. They were attacked by some brutal witch just because they have something that the witches want, gold. It was the gift from the owner of the package. He gave them some gold, like some kind of extra reward for them in order for bringing the package safe and sound, also on time.
They fought really hard, but they failed to fought them back. His two teammates died while my great grandfather surrender to them. They take him as a prisoner. He was later brought to the Witch zone and the queen of the witch use him as some kind of lab rat and cast some spell to him. But what I've heard from most people is that he was cursed, the witches curse him that he will be possessed by soul of the death, a demon, they called for the rest of his life. And after that nonsense that they did to him, he was brought back to the Ninja zone.
We have no idea why the Witches bring him back to our zone, but there must be a reason. He was later found by the gatekeeper and they put him in the hospital. But then he started to do some really strange things like hurt some of the nurses and doctor, mad when the nurse inject him, and the most strange things is, he’s gone mad like an actual demon. The doctor told this story to the king and the king immediately called the Fairy for help because they are the only one that have a magic strong enough to fight the witch magic. The fairy, and a little bit of help from some skilled ninja, put some spells to him, some magic stuff that I really don’t understand
Eventually, after working for months with the fairies, they found a way to seal these demons in his conscious and he was finally able to control the demons. With the power of ninja summoning jutsu and fairy magic spells, he was finally able to learn how to summon them and use them in a fight. He then finally lived happily and finally had a son. I know pretty cool shit, am I right? That is pretty cool until the great war between Ninja and the Samurai happened. Apparently, he can't use this demon jutsu too long. And because of that, his conscious was taken over, fully, by the demons. The nice guy from the Ninja zone who used to be great ninja, turns into a big, giant monster in the field and destroyed the whole battlefield. He was killed by the fairy queen with a weapon that they called “arrow of destiny”. He needs to be killed because if he didn’t, he will turn this world into an actual hell. Since then, now I know why the witches brought him back to our zone, they wish to unleash that demon and destroy our zone.
6 years later, it was found that his son, or my grandfather was possessed by the same demons that possessed him. The ninja worked together with the fairy, and he was finally able to control the demons by himself. And this power keep running in my bloodline, my father have the same demons, I have it too. The demons, apparently only possessed the sons. My sister was lucky because she didn’t have to deal with this demon stuff.
Sometimes, I wish I was born a girl just so that I don’t have to deal with this demon stuff, maybe girls have periods but trust me, this demons is worse than having a period for 5 months. But I am what I am, and what I can do now is just live what I have.
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I wake up to the sound of the wind, flowing through my curtains. I left the window open. Well, that explain why there’s a thousand mosquitos buzzing and flying all over me like I was a goddamn meatloaf and they were a packed of hungry cats. I get up from my grimy bed and check out myself in the mirror. My face is pale, my shirt is tangled all over my body, my skin is very itchy, it’s because of the goddamn mosquitos.
I got up straight to the bathroom and take a quick shower. I rub my body with extra soap so maybe, hopefully it can get rid of the itchy all over my body. I dry my body with the cold, dusty towel and go to my room. I open my wardrobe only to find that my clothes are all fresh out from the dryer. They’re all still warm, cozy, and folded neatly by my mom. I check the calendar that’s hanging behind my door.
It’s Wednesday.
I take one pair of black pants, one dark-blue shirt, and a pair of black socks. I hear footsteps coming from outside my room and I hear a knocking on my door. It's my mom.
“Mori, are you up yet? Breakfast is ready”. How come she didn’t hear me taking a shower?
“I am. I’ll be out in a second”
“Ok, well hurry up will you. You’re going to be late for your training”
I look at the mirror one more time. I clean my eyes, tuck my shirt, put my watch on, and go outside my room to have my breakfast.
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It always hurt me when my mom is trying to take care of everything all by herself now since my dad died. He was killed by the Samurai when he’s on a mission. It was an A class mission, which is guarding the king’s wife journey back from the fairy zone. They were attacked in the middle of their way home. Of course, they can actually just ran and leave them but I knew my dad. He was always trying to be a hero to anyone
To me.
He sacrifice himself and letting the rest of the guards left him and take the queen back to home safety. Of course he’s dead now, and the queen is still safe back in the zone with her king. And from that day, I always have a desire towards the samurai. Well basically like the rest of the ninja feels towards the Samurai, but mine is different. I wanted to kill every single one of them. I really hate them.
I walk out of my room and go downstairs. I see Mirah, my sister in the dining room eating a plate of bacons and scrambled egg while reading some paper work. It must be the list of her patients today, she’s a medical ninja and work at the central hospital. She’s very good. My mom used to be a medical ninja but she’s retired since she married my dad. I sit next to Mirah and take a bowl from the bowl stack and eat some cereal. Shit, I forgot the milk. I get up and go to the kitchen and see my mom is cutting some onions.
“I thought the breakfast is ready”
“It is. I am cooking Mirah’s launch for her break later”
“Oh well, aren’t you going to eat with us?”
“I am. I’ll be there in a couple minutes”
“Alright then”
I take a glass of milk and go back to the dining room and sit next to Mirah. I pour the milk to my bowl of cereal and eat them. The cereal taste sweet and a bit sour in my mouth. Mom finally walks in and sit across me and grab 3 pieces of bacon and some scrambled egg.
“Mori, why aren't you eating your bacon?”
“Yeah I will, as soon as I finish my cereal”
“Oh c’mon, you know that cereal is old. It’s been a week since we bought it. You need to fill your energy, a bowl of cereal is not enough”
“Alright mom, chill” I laugh slowly. “I will eat them”
Mirah close her document and start eating her breakfast again.
She looked at me.
“So how’s your last mission going?”
“Which one?” I ask her back.
“The last one, dumbass. The one with the old lady”
“Oh, that one" I mumbled "It’s actually went pretty well. We did met 3 people from the Death zone but me and Tobi are able to fight them off while Lisa is bringing back the lady safe and sound to the kingdom zone”
Suddenly mom stop eating her bacon and look at me like she just heard the most frustrating thing she has ever heard. Her face turns distempers.
“What? And you only tell us now? What the hell Mori we talked about this”
“I know mom, I know. But that’s okay, really. The mission is completed and we are safe”
“Did you kill those guys?” Mirah ask curiously.
“If we didn’t we’d be dead by now, Mirah. By the way those guys are from the Death zone so I guess it’s pretty reasonable to kill them” I look at her and give her the why the hell did you asked that question face. She looked at me back confused.
My mom sighed. She start cutting her bacon and look at us both.
“It doesn’t matter. What matter is that you should be telling us when something happen. Mori, next time you meet those kind of people then call for help, OK? You can’t face them all by yourself”. Said my mom as she take another bite of her bacon.
“Who knows maybe there are more of them. Maybe you have the jutsu of a lifetime but it doesn’t mean that you can use it whenever you want, you still need to be careful OK? Do you got me?”
I stare at her for a while. “Alright mom. I got it”
“Good. Now finish your breakfast. You’re late”
I check the clock. It’s 8:42 AM. I am late. I finish my cereal and eat 2 pieces of bacon and get up from my chair and go to the front door.
“You haven’t eat your scrambled egg” shout mom from the dining room
“I'm late mom. Just give it to Mirah”
I put my shoes on and immediately get up.
“I’ll see you guys later!” I shout from the outside and ran to the training center.
YOU ARE READING
The Zone
FantasyIn a world of fantasy which was divided into 5 zones based on their special ability: Ninja, Samurai, Witch, Fairy, and Kingdom zone, a young boy was born with an incredible yet dangerous power that can easily wipe out the entire human race. This boo...
