"What? You want to TORTURE me?"
A boy asked in anger and denial.
20 MINUTES EARLIER
A boy is seen, probably between 17 and 20 years old. He is floating around a place that resembles the night sky with stars as bright as a sun.
"Huh, Where.. Where am I?.. What is this place?"
He says as he floats around mesmerised by his surroundings.He stares into a single star which starts to move and becomes bigger.
"What the..is that star getting bigger?"
He says as he begans to realise that the star is coming towards him.He begins to panic and mumbles
"Oh..shit"
He tries to move across the space by trying to swim.
Suddenly a female voice comes from the direction of the star
"Fear not for I am Death, I will guide you to the afterlife"
"What? I don't wanna die yet, I am still young"
He screams as he begins to fake cry.
"Why must you cry, for your suffering is over"
'Death' says.As the boy looks back, she sees a female covered in black clothes coming at him at high speed.
The lady approaches fast and as she is about to hit the boy..she stops.
"Who the hell are you?"
The boy asked.
"Is your brain not functioning properly?"
The lady asked. She sighs and mumbles something before saying
"You may call me Lady Death."
"Lady Death?"
The boys asked.
"Yes" Death said.
"I didn't know that the grim reaper was a girl"
The boy said surprised.
"Quite beautiful too"
The boy said, unknowingly making death feel an emotion between disgust, hopelessness and a bit of anger. Cringe, you can call it.
"You died, don't you have something that makes you wanna go back... Go back to your regular life?"
Death asked.
"Yes, I do, I think I do"
The boy said confused as he tries to remember his life.
"Think, Asmond, Think"
Death called as she started to encourage him.
At the sound of his own name, he began remembering his life and a woman whose he closely loved.
"Yes,YES, I want to go back…. I want to go back to.. her."
The boy requested as he began remember more about the girl.
"Well, I have taken a liking to your personality, it's kind of unseriousness"
Death said as she signalled him to come closer.
"I will send. you. back.. and only you.. Kiya-kun"
Death said as she whispered into his ears.
"Huh? How do.. How do you know that name? The ONLY ONE who knows that is HER."
The boy yelled. "Well, I am Death. You know.."
Death said as she just shrugged off a silly thing.
"Ah, forget it.. You said that you'll send me back right?"
Kiya asked as his eyes filled with hope and happiness.
"Woooh, not so fast… I have a condition"
She said as she shook her fingers to and fro gesturing denial.
"What?" Kiya asked. "After every time you die, I will send you back but…I get to torture yo-"
Kiya cut her off and said
"What? You want to TORTURE me. I cannot accept that condition"
He said in denial and anger.
"Well, you don't wanna see Kella?"
Death asked teasingly reminding Kiya of her lover's name which he would never forget but did.
"Yes, but-"
She cut him off
"Uh,uh,Uhh, No buts or maybes, on, yes or no."
"Think carefully Kiya-kun"
Death said as she looked at him waiting for his answer. After all, she cannot access his heart.
"After all, You made a promise, you made a promise… right?" She said with a smirk trying agitate Kiya.
Kiya, regaining his composure began to remember the promise, the promise which was etched into his heart like the patterns on a turtle's back.
"Yes, I made a promise, I made a promise that I would protect her forever"
He said, remembering it being the last thing he told him. With this last push from Death, he completely regained his memories.
"Oohh, you seem to remember it, you seem to remember everything huh?"
"Yes, I remember it, I remember it ALL."
"I seee, good good. Now, what about the Pro….mise?"
"Tch, aaahhh… This girl is starting to annoy me" He mumbled under his breath annoyed at Lady Death's personality, which was the polar a opposite of Kella
"Huh, what was that? Did you say something?"
"No, nothing at all" He said while smiling at her with innocence.
"Wellll?.... You know what? I'll give you one hour to decide"
"You WILL send me back, right? I will get to see her, right?"
"Yes, yes, all that. Now, what will it be?"
"Ok, You may send me… back….. to Her"
"Very well, but before that I have some instructions, after all I can't let you die before I make you bleed and cry hoping to die…. Before I make you suffer. So, where I am going to send you is to a place called Kriyip. It is a village of..mmmm, how can you put it…. Yeah, Like a village of outlaws who crave to kill, to eat, to survive."
"What? why don't you just send me to the same place I died… Oh, because the place I died is a war zone. Got it"
"Yeah, figured out your own question eh"
"But can't you send me to the same village where I live?"
"Ooh that's the problem, the village is destroyed, turned into a war zone"
"What?.. No….it can't be"
"Because unfortunately, the Thyr faction is losing"
Thyr is the faction supported by Kiya
"Shit!"
"Well, I'm giving you a chance to save your kingdom too.. So be prepared"
"Ok, fine. Send me back"
"Brace yourself.. Also you wanna close your eyes "
Kiya closed his eyes, thinking about his village and Kella. Lady Death then raised both of her hands backside down, turning the space from a Night Sky into a Bright Light.
Curious about the light touching his eyelids, Kiya opened his eyes, temporarily getting blinded. After the effects wore off after some time, he felt something touching his neck and arms. He opened his eyes. He had a collar on and had chains locked on his arms and legs. He was chained onto a wall, not a prison, but a house.The house was bigger than other ones. Becoming aware of the situation he was in. He let out a slight yell with his cracking voice
"Huh?"
With that, a gun was shot. Shot into his legs