Nen

chapter one broken doors

Chapter one broken doors

On the 17the of March 2003 nen was born in a small unknown village, Around 1000 people Lived there including newborns and elders on their deathbed. Some folks said the town had a depressing atmosphere and a grey looking tone in the winters, the town wasn't colorful, Most houses weren't that big, some were even damaged, wood planks Falling on the porch, Light grey paint peeling off. Revealing the millions of insects who've lived inside Your walls for Who Knows long. Bodies Of dead rats or other small animals all over your dirty kitchen floor, gruesomely killed By your old cat. The Official name Of the town is Victor town. I Think it's obvious for everyone that a man named Victor created the town and Named it after his name. But we're off topic, back to the 17th of march when a normal baby named after nen was borned. The Japanese Definition of Nen is “years''. You can see that as both positive and negative, A lot of kids in the town are recently Called after deep Japanese Meanings or legends, there's a man in town called shin. Many Kids are scared Of him Because His name refers to the direct meaning of death. There are rumors that it was done intentionally by his parents to show some kind of warning or to start a cult or something, until I was 6 I didn't believe In those so called “cults'' but when I Started to grow older and older I realized it might Be closer to reality than I could've thought.

5th April 2011 2:30 pm

tick tock tock tick tock to- RINGG

the class bell rang, loud noises started to form from different kids being excited to finally go home. It was warm, I was sweating and at this point you could probably see stains In my loose t-shirt. I lifted my head from my desk, “Uuugh...-' I looked up from my desk as I saw Ashida walking towards me with an Energetic smile on her face. I already knew she was Gonna Try to  make me do something I definitely didn't want to do,
 "what is ashida?" 
I said with an emotion of annoyance on my face. 
"Hehe i was wondering if you wanted to meet up in the forest with my friends!!" 

I cleared my throat before i spoke,
"Neh-.."

"AWW C'MON!! you never wanna hang out anymore!"

"I just really don't like your friends that's all.."
"Besides don't you think we're a bit too old to play with bugs and things anymore?"

"N-nen we're only 8!! We have like.." 
Ashida stuck her fingers up and started counting, 1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9 u-uh "WE HAVE LIKE MORE THAN 100 YEARS LEFT TO LIVE!!"

"I don't think that's possible" 

"Well.. what i'm trying to say is…. Just have fun Nen!! C'mon we only life one time"

I looked at her in confusion, one life..? I was confused, I started spacing out in my own black and deep thoughts. Whenever i space out it's like the world around me fades into a 100% light absorbing black hole where i can't hear or see anything besides my own thoughts, only one life?.. my parents always told me that everyone lives 6 life's, as long as you follow the rules you won't be punished or used by the acaran spirits, that's what my parents told me. AT LEAST i'm raised that way, it's the earliest memory i have and even if i try to think differently this is the only way i can make logic out of everything happening.  Why didn't she get raised like me? Is it because she's part of a cult and is immune to the acaran spirits?.. so many questions so much to think about, why did she ev-
SNAP-
"nen snap out of it" 

Nen opened his eyes again with a little shock of the snap, in front of him was his teacher who looked at him with a confused and concerned look. 

"Nen this is the 10th time this week you space out in the middle of conversations"

I guess she was waiting for an answer since it was silent in the room for about 30 seconds before her loud and rest disturbing voice started to speak again