Everyone says you discover who you are when you're young.
For me, that day never seemed to come.
At fourteen, I was invisible.
In class, my name was called only for attendance.
On the field, I was always picked last.
When teachers talked about "talent," they never looked in my direction.
I wasn't lazy.
I wasn't scared.
I just… wasn't special.
My name is Kaito, and I trained every day after school.
Push-ups until my arms shook.
Running until my lungs burned.
I believed that if I worked harder than everyone else, something would change.
But effort without results slowly turns into pain.
That evening, I sat alone on the school rooftop, watching the sun disappear.
The city lights below flickered on one by one, like stars I could never reach.
"Why am I like this?" I asked the empty sky.
No answer came.
I stood up to leave when everything suddenly felt wrong.
The air grew heavy.
The wind stopped.
Even the sounds of the city faded, as if the world had muted itself.
My chest burned.
Not like an injury—
but like something deep inside me was breaking free.
I grabbed the railing as my knees weakened.
"What… is happening to me?"
Then I heard it.
A calm voice.
Cold.
Not human.
"Awakening sequence initiated."
My heart skipped.
"Awakening?" I whispered.
Light burst from my body, wrapping around me like fire that didn't burn.
Memories I didn't recognize flashed through my mind—symbols, power, something ancient.
I screamed—not from pain, but fear.
When the light finally faded, I collapsed to the ground, breathing hard.
The world was silent again.
But I knew something was different.
I could feel it.
Something had awakened inside me.
And far away, beyond the city…
beyond the sky…
Someone opened their eyes.
"So… it has begun."