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Yuichiro didn't look up from the vegetables he was cutting. "Its not my problem." Yuichiro replied dully "Go get the rice."

Tokito ignored his command. "Hey! Let's be swordsmen! We can travel around the world and help people! Together!" The boy exclaimed.

Suddenly, Yuichiro slammed down the clever in his hand, the room turning silent as the newly cut vegetable rolled to Tokitos feet.

"Are you saying we could do something!?" Yuichiro yelled. "You can't even cook rice!! And you think you can help someone?! Your just like mom and dad! Too optimistic! Life isn't a picnic!! Mom worked herself to death even when she was sick! When I told her to rest..!! Dad went out in the storm to get herbs when I told him to stay..!! Only chosen people can save others!! We are children! You wanna know what we can do?! Die like dogs out here because we're mom and dads kids!! That woman is just using us!! I'm done talking about this nonsense! Get the food ready!"

Tokito stood there looking at the ground, tears staining his cheeks..

We didn't talk after that.

Oyakata-samas' wife kept coming to see us. My brother threw water on her once to get her to go away. We fought after that as well.

The tension between us didn't get any better as summer came. We hated one another.

The days grew hotter and hotter, it wasn't fun, but.. I would have taken the silent tension over what actually..

Late into the night, as Tokito slept, the sound of the door sliding open could be heard and footsteps echoed. But what got Tokito to wake up, was the gut-wrenching sound of a painful scream.

Tokito shot up from the noise, his eyes turned to the other side of the house.

Yuichiro was hunched over whimpering. His arm had been cut clean off, and over him stood a demon.

Tokito immediately grabbed his brother as if to protect him. He stared up at the demon in horror.. his eyes a crimson red.. no... Blood red.

"Shut up." The demon spoke "You two are just poor woodcutters. Whether you exist or not chances nothing. Truly worthless lives."

That's all I remember him saying.. I felt something inside me. A deep, boiling hatred. The last thing I remember is letting out a great howl, I never knew I could be so loud.

I can't remember anything from what happened, just what happened when I came too..

Thick crimson blood covered the ground as the demon layed sprawled out, wooden stakes loged in his arms and legs, rocks crushing its head. But still its body twitched. It was still alive.

Tokito felt blood on his skin, deep cuts in his legs and arms.. He was out of breath, what did he do? How did he even have the strength to do that?

How he did this wasn't his issue though. Yuichiro..

The boy stumbled his way down the path, struggling to keep his body up. At the door of his home, he fell to the ground, but still he persevered. He pulled his body through the door.

"N..Nii..-san.." Tokito said, only to be greeted by the sound of his brothers weak voice saying a prayer..

His brothers voice was barely even a whisper "Dear.. gods.." Yurichiro spoke "Please.. sp..spare.. m..my brother... H.. He wants.. to help.. he wants to.. be useful.. I'm... I'm the bad one... Just.. let him live.."

The words broke Tokitos heart, shattered it into pieces.. "N..Nii-san..!" He said as he grabbed his barely alive brothers hand..

"I.. I was wrong.." Yuichiro said.. "You are a chosen one.. I was... w..was.. just.. blind... I.. I knew all along.."

"The mu in Muichiro, is the in in infinite"

Nii-San..

Nii-San!

With a reawakened pain in his chest. Tokito opened his eyes, a dark blue mark forming on his face.

The anger. Use the anger. Use it! Use it to break free! To make sure you never lose anyone ever again!! Use the pain to gain power so you can protect the sun who cleared away the mist!

With what little air Tokito had left in his lungs, he took in a watery breath and with all his might swung his sword down.

And suddenly, his lungs were filled with air as he crashed to the grassy ground.