《Return of the fallen》


 Chapter 0:Beginning of an end, end of beginning

    Normal day like any other was in Ameyu house. Minding his own business, son of Shusaki Ameyu was playing games on his new pc until he heard someone calling him from downstairs.


    ''''Coming¡­'''' , he said with not so happy tone since his afternoon gaming session got disturbed, which he didnt like at all


    He went downstairs to see what the fuss is about, parents were sitting on the couch in living room looking like they could blow from happiness.


    ''''What is it?'''' boy said with somewhat cold gaze, not appreciating this situation at all.


    ''''Well¡­'''' , his mother began,''''we decided¡­ to move back to Japan'''', she said, seemingly about to burst from happiness


    Boyshocked, didnt know what to say from so sudden and unexpected information, his brain was giving its best to take that information in and form a rational response.


    ''''W-wh¡­'''', was all his brain could form in that short time.


    ''''So, what do you think son?, father chimed in with same dose of happiness as mother did.


    ''''When are we moving¡­?'''' he asked with now cold tone, not really caring what parents would think about his negativeness


    ''''In a week everything will be ready so we can get on our flight'''', father said with now more casual tone


    Without another word, boy left.


    *a week later*


    ''''Only thing we need to be careful with is to not miss our flight'''', father said with determined expression while still driving towards the airport.


    *rented car stops at the parking lot of the airport*


    As the family came trough the main entrance they were already in panic.


    ¡®¡¯Flight 578 towards Kyoto, Japan boarding now¡¯¡¯, that announcement made them all stiffen and hurry trough the airport.


    At last, they manage to board the plane just before door closed.Each of them found the seat that was given to them on the ticketStolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    Flight was long and mostly boring, mom read a book, father and son were sleeping.


    As they arrive in Kyoto they are greeted by huge displays and lights going all over the city, huge buildings spreading across the street, they knew Japan was in a whole new edition since they left, but never imagined that edition would be this futuristic and improved.


    They settled themselves in their new house. Mom sent the son to go buy some groceries she needed to make dinner.


    He was sent grocery shopping with a list of course, looking over it, minding his own business he was walking towards the store on a sidewalk as he used to.


    He stops to take a closer look to it and his face reddened in matter of a second.


    ¡®¡¯C-c-co-...¡¯¡¯, he was so embarrassed by the mere fact that was on the list that he couldn¡¯t form a normal word.


    ¡®¡¯Why tonight...¡¯¡¯, he thought to himself, not really sure if they can¡¯t restrain themselves or there is another reason.


    He was so focused on thinking this trough and reading the list that at first he didn¡¯t notice a truck that would run into him, luckily he managed to jump away, his heartbeat jumping from normal as fast as he did from the truck.


    He was shaking so badly from the shock that he was barely standing on his own.


    ¡®¡¯What was that..¡¯¡¯, still trying to catch his breath he asked himself not sure why that truck went out of control so suddenly.


    On the other side of the road was a girl named Rina that was about the same age as the boy, she was breathing as heavy as the boy did because she couldn¡¯t believe this was happening either.


    ¡®¡¯A-are you okay?, Rina asked, not sure if the boy heard her but she was concerned for his health, both mental and physical.


    ¡®¡¯Y-yeah... i think i¡¯ll be alright...¡¯¡¯, voice with which he spoke sounded pained


    Rina was eager to help him already starting to walk towards his side, but before she got closer a car ran into him knocking him back towards the oil transportation trailer which slowly leaked and released the fresh oil all around the street.


    Rina fell on her knees crying because she didn¡¯t have an idea what else to do, it could be told that she fell in love with him at the first sight so crying over him was not as big of surprise.


    The boy was completely pinned against the trailer by a car that ran into him. Soon after a person stepped out of the car, boy couldn¡¯t see it clearly with his temporary blurry vision.


    But when his vision returned to normal he couldn¡¯t get more shocked by the fact that the person standing in front of him was his dad that had so cold face expression it couldn¡¯t be colder


    His own dad, he trusted and cared for so much was now the worst enemy in boy¡¯s eyes


    ¡®¡¯Y-you...¡¯¡¯, his voice sounded angry, ¡®¡¯YOU WILL PA-¡¯¡¯, he coughed up full palms of blood, his internal organs were seriously damaged and some maybe didn¡¯t even work anymore.


    Dad just smirked at his attempt to scare him or to even speak.


    Without another word dad started leaving, lighting up a cigar(one of those big and long ones)


    and throwing the lighter into the leaking oil. Fire slowly reached the boy, he caught on fire, he was now burning alive unable to scream cause his vocal cords got damaged entirely.


    As fire was slowly advancing towards the point where oil leaked, Rina ran away noticing that trailer is about to blow still crying and now feeling guilty for not helping the boy. As soon as Rina turned a corner trailer blew up into smithereens, most evidence that boy was alive, was now nothing more than a story.

 Chapter 1:New life...

    Chapter 1:New life... damn... part 1


    I woke up suddenly in middle of a snowfield ¡®¡¯W-ha-ho-... Where am I?!¡¯¡¯, I had thousand questions coursing trough my mind not really aware of my environment at the moment.When i finally collected my thoughts together i saw nothing but snow, few mountains in the horizon don¡¯t count, that is too far!


    ¡®¡¯What am i doing here...?¡¯¡¯ that was a question I really wanted an answer on. I figured out it won¡¯t be answered so quickly, but... what to do... it¡¯s freezing outside but my body is warm and cozy like Im under a blanket.


    WHAT THE HECK IS HAPPENING WITH ME?! my head tilted towards the sky with hands ready to just completely disassemble someone, I looked at the sky like i wanted an answer to my question, something, even if just a small whimper, nothing... not even wind wanted to interact with its usual blows. But finally, i got a small sound, big piece of the snow under me moved. Then i proceed to fall god knows where.


    WHOOOAAAAAA!!


    I was sliding down trough some ice made slide, my hands and legs moving on their own in middle of panic.


    I finally make it to the end, but get thrown into an ice block from that speed.¡¯¡¯Ow...¡¯¡¯ i groan in a bit of pain that was aftershock of my bump. I looked around, and i couldn¡¯t see a more beautiful sight, whole damn city under an iceberg. I got amazed by a mere concept of something like that being here, i always thought this was presented just in fantasy books and that kind of stuff.


    I saw an huge entrance so i went straight towards it, two of the guards were standing there completely still until i came. They immediately bring their spears... Wait... spears? Weren¡¯t they used in like 18<sup>th</sup> century? Never mind... I guess its a free civilization that disconnected from rest of the world so it would be understandable that way.Guards spoke in a weird language i couldn¡¯t understand, nor could i figure out what language would it be close to.


    ¡®¡¯Sorry... but... i don¡¯t really think i can understand you...¡¯¡¯ , i was not really sure what other thing to say.


    ¡®¡¯ARE YOU A DAMN SPY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, WHAT IS THIS LANGUAGE YOU SPEAK, ARE YOU HERE TO KILL THE QUEEN? one of the guards started yelling at me in their language, but i didn''t know what it meant... The only word i could make out was ¡®queen¡¯. It sounded similar to my language, so i manage to make it out somehow.


    Not giving them any response guards thought i really was some sort of spy so they threatened me with spears, i immediately raised my hands in surrender, they took me by the shoulders and started to drag me somewhere.


    ¡®¡¯W-well... Where are we going?¡¯¡¯ I chuckled awkwardly, not really sure what to expect from literal cavemen.


    SHUT UP YOU DAMN IDIOT!!, both guards yelled at me at the same time, although i didn''t understand them, i took their yell as a sign to zip my mouth shut not wanting to cause unnecessary trouble for myself.


    City was full of people at the time, WHY NOW OF ALL TIMES... I was humiliated by the fact i was getting dragged down the street by guards with so many people looking.My face felt warmer by the moment, embarrassment clear, i couldn''t make myself look forward, instead... i looked down like a child that got caught stealing candy from the drawer.There were different kinds of looks among these people, intrigue, disgust, fear, hatred... etc.Like... hell did i do to you to deserve that kind of look... I felt a bit angry when i saw all of it, one side of me wanted to just disappear out of embarrassment and the other just wanted to smack some sense in those people.


    We approached what seemed to be main entrance of the castle after some time and all that humiliation. Two of the other guards opened the door for us. As we got closer to queen¡¯s ¡®territory¡¯ i couldn¡¯t feel more scared on what she will do to me after we arrive.


    To my surprise, or my unluck, she was armed to the tooth looking like some legendary warrior in that throne of hers. I go thrown in front of her on my knees by the guards, looking down unable to look at her from shame and fear


    ¡®¡¯Raise that pathetic head of yours...¡¯¡¯ she growled coldly but... i understood her, she knew my language, why though... Who was she and where did she come from? I wanted answers, i now looked up at her with newfound feelings, feelings of intrigue and curiosity.If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it.


    Her expression changed drastically, she wasn''t looking at me with that cold look of disgust anymore, she was shocked now, completely flabbergasted.


    ''''M-me... M-meyumi? I-is that really you?...'''', she couldn''t form a normal sentence from all that shock she was in, how did she know my name, i was now more shocked one. I nod cause i had no other thing to do, as soon as i did she jumped at me and embraced me with her arms


    She hugged me tightly while starting to cry, ¡®¡¯Big brother... Its really you...¡¯¡¯, my heart started bumping in my chest like crazy, was this really my little sister or someone is joking with me right now.


    ¡®¡¯Y-yumi?, i didn''t know what else to say other than name of my sister to see if its really her.


    ¡®¡¯Yes its me, Yumi...¡¯¡¯, happiness was bursting out of her in waves, her tears of happiness sliding down her face looking like they ain¡¯t stopping anytime soon.


    Half of the guards were confused on what was currently taking place, other half was happy cause they understood us and liked to see our reunion.


    A day passed since our reunion, we were sitting in castle¡¯s dining room eating breakfast, sat beside her.


    ¡®¡¯So how are you so big and strong all of a sudden...¡¯¡¯ i asked, curiosity at its peak


    ¡®¡¯You didn''t know after all...¡¯¡¯ she sighed like she was disappointed in me for not knowing something obvious i guess


    ¡®¡¯Dont know what?¡¯¡¯ i couldnt understand what she meant.


    ¡®¡¯To put it simply... we are currently in ice age...¡¯¡¯ she said it like it was obvious fact for me


    My world twisted, i couldn''t be more shocked by the fact we are in ice age.


    ¡®¡¯You mean... like... second... ice age?, please tell me im right, please tell me im right. PLEASE TELL ME I AM GODDAMN RIGHT!!


    ¡®¡¯Actually... we are in that ice age... 14 thousand years away from our era...¡¯¡¯, oh god was  wrong... i-I¡¯m now part of that... that same ice age... we read about in... Geography class...


    ¡®¡¯You-... You are joking right-... Right Yumi? We didn''t-... we didn''t go back in history...¡¯¡¯ i was barely speaking, my brain trying, yeah trying to process that information. World was spinning in front of my eyes, more i tried to focus more i failed.


    ¡®¡¯No...¡¯¡¯, that one, yet simple word that came from her mouth shattered everything i wanted to be true.


    I started laughing like i ran out of mental asylum, deeply scratching my face and wounding myself damn good...


    ¡®¡¯I cant believe it... MY WHOLE LIFE IS GOING TO WASTE... better to just commit suicide right now...¡¯¡¯ my expression changed drastically from insane to cold and lifeless, my whole face was in a crimson dress, bloody mess to put it simply.


    Yumi didn''t know what to do first from all this concern and panic, to reason with me or call the medic, she was at verge of tears


    M-meyumi... s-stay here...¡¯¡¯ she said desperate for me to stay seating since i stood up, worried that i would really do as i said since she knew i did that before when we were still at home.


    I sat down, my face completely emotionless, my right eye was still covered with my hand.I looked up at the ceiling then started...


    ¡®¡¯How did you end up here anyways...?¡¯¡¯ that question was lingering through my mind from since i first saw her yesterday.


    ¡®¡¯I-... Let me-... i stop her with raising my hand towards her.


    ¡®¡¯Im okay... now answer my question...¡¯¡¯, she retracted her hands and sat back down trying to calm herself down.


    ¡®¡¯Where to start is the problem...¡¯¡¯ she was slowly calming down.


    ¡®¡¯Ah, the wish-dragon.¡¯¡¯ she started, wish-dragon, what wish-dragon. I never heard about that.


    ¡®¡¯The... what?¡¯¡¯, what even is that so called wish-dragon anyways...


    ¡®¡¯The wish-dragon, a powerful magical beast that was found sleeping in depths of these caves, it can grant you up to three wishes every year... that''s how we get all our resources down from seeds up to stone and iron.¡¯¡¯, she looked proud of herself when speaking about that damned dragon, that still didn''t answer my question but i let her continue.


    ¡®¡¯And it can make any wish come true...¡¯¡¯, her voice now took a more dark turn


    ¡®¡¯Any?¡¯¡¯, if what she was speaking was true then i need to see it for myself.


    ¡®¡¯Anything your heart desires... i became a queen that way... but i was still a kid when i wished that... i wasn''t really aware of anything yet... i got in this age the same way you probably did, by death...¡¯¡¯, death... i died... that was a trigger to my memory now... yeah i did die, didn''t i... by such an painful death... but i didn''t die by accident... i believe all of that was planned... just to make it look like it was an accident...


    ¡®¡¯You know Yumi... if i ever get back to our era... I''ll make sure to make those two bastards feel more pain we ever felt... i will drain every drop of blood from that pathetic bodies until nothing is left...¡¯¡¯ i was so happy when talking, Yumi didn''t know to feel either disgusted or grateful i will avenge us.


    I WILL MAKE THOSE TWO PAY WITH TRIPLE THE PRICE!!, i jumped from my chair, spreading my arms wide, looking at the ceiling.


    Yumi was silent for a few moments after my outburst then she spoke.


    ¡®¡¯Okay... that was intense... but... do you want to know how i died?


    I closed the distance between us in an instant, our faces almost touching, my eyes were wide, eager to hear about her death...