The air was suffocating, the temperature hot - it was hard to see or breathe - smoke covered the room as Nato woke up- he was bleeding from his head - must have been hit there earlier
"Why is everywhere so foggy..... Is this smoke? I can't breath properly and the ringing in my ears are so loud" Nato coughed as he tried to move out of the burning house
He finally managed to crawl out "Oh I remember,that gang that keeps coming after dad to collect the money he owes, I heard them talking to him outside, where is Dad now?, and where is my brother Sato?" he coughed to himself
He was finally regaining his sense of self, Nato looked around and could not believe the scenery
His father's wooden cottage which was just a few minutes walk from the main village was engulfed in flames and burning to the ground, the river close by reflects the raging flame in the moonlight as smoke filled the sky
"Nato? Thank goodness you are alive" a voice called from the far left of river "come here my boy"
Nato froze in disbelief as he saw his father, both eyes pulled out and a flag pole to his chest as he lay down bleeding into the river
"No way, this can't be happening!" Nato screamed
He rushed to his father's side to comfort him "Dad what happened to you?! where's Sato?!"
"They… they took him, he and his men, they took your brother… I overheard them saying they would sell him to cover the payments I owe," he said as he coughed up blood " There's no hope for me now, I have lost a lot of blood, your brother needs you, I.... I... I should have never taken that money from him"
"Don't blame yourself dad, we needed the money for moms treatment, it's not your fault it didn't work" Nato sympathized with his father "You said 'He' did this ??" Nato clenched his fists.
"You must save your brother, please all I want is for you two to be safe, and live a long life" Nato's dad said as his body went limp, he struggled to stay conscious but ultimately failed as he took his last breath in the arms of his son.
Nato gently carried his father's body towards the burning flames and set him down on what remained of the doorstep, and watched as the fire eventually covered his remains.
The silence was loud as Nato felt immense pain and hatred in his heart - he suddenly felt an intense but sharp pain in his head - the pain left as soon as it came - he ignored it - something more important was going on..
Tears rolled down his eyes
"I am coming for you Sato" he sniffed as he cleaned his tears in rage
Few minutes later
Location: Dorama village
A nerdy looking 17 year old with dark hair faded by the sides and dark blue eyes is working on something in his room,
"If I just merge these parts and connect these it should work Yo!" he said as he continues tinkering on his workbench
A soft knock is heard outside - a dark silhouette knocks from the window - Vulcan leaves his workbench and moves over to the window to open it.
"Vulcan I might need that crow bar" The voice echoed into the room
"Nato, you are covered in blood Yo!" Vulcan said after seeing his guest properly,
Nato crawls into Vulcans bedroom through the opened window "Just give me a crow bar I'll explain everything later" He repeats,
"Yeah sure thing Yo! But that's gonna be one hell of an explanation Yo!, what do you want it for now anyways?" Vulcan asked as he hands over a metal crow bar to Nato
"You said you figured out Hinata hideout??" Nato asks
"yes?.... Ohh we finally doing that, yo! This finna be sick!!" Vulcan responded "lemme grab a drone to show you the way real quick"
"I'm gonna find Sato, and take him back" Nato declared
Nato filled Vulcan in on the events of that night - Then he left for Hinata's hide out
A few hours later
Two silhouettes can be seen at night, one of a boy and the other a flying object close to him, it was Nato and the drone vulcan was piloting
"Should be on the other side of this hill" A voice echoed from the drone
"How did you find it?" Nato responded
Vulcan sitting in his room answers "not that hard, nobody really ever expects a drone, you can be careful enough to hide from the law and other people but not really hide away from a drone."
Nato looked down from the hill, there was a large warehouse used for storing goods and other equipment, the outside was dimly lit up and the inside was rowdy like the boys inside were arguing.
Only one person stood outside the door, he was resting his back against the wall, a stick of cigar in-between his lips as he puffed smoke into the air,
Nato carefully made his way to the side of the building where the light didn't expose him, leaving Vulcans drone a little far away as the propellers would alert the enemy of his presence,
"I am coming," Nato said softly to himself
A large thud is heard as a scream of pain echoed in the air
The cigar fell from the guards hand, his entire left arm was covered in blood, Nato had hit him with the crow bar, his entire left arm was dislocated and his bone popped out to the side.
"Aaagggrrhh, the hell!!?" He cried in agony as he fell back unto the floor, holding his now disjointed arm, "who the hell are you!?" He said looking at Nato but he didn't recognize him - the door suddenly opened as the men inside rushed out to investigate the sound - Nato counted the number of men that came rushing out
"There's way more of you than I expected " Nato said reluctantly
"What the hell is happening here?, you all are getting on my nerves" A huge man walked up from behind the boys, he was obviously a body builder, shirtless you could clearly see the dragon tattoos from his shoulder down to both of his arms, the only clothing on him was his white suit pants and his expensive brown shoes, this was Hinata Soruchi the leader of the Crime district
The atmosphere changed as the other gang members fell quiet and paved a path for him,
"Who are you little man? I was just winning a bet inside, you are really getting on my nerves" he scolded
"Where is Sato?" Nato asked in a low voice
"Ayato's kid? Then you must be the older one, you came barging in here, why is your voice low now?? don't tell me you're getting cold feet, you show up here, bust one of my guys? So what's up with that weak tone? Where did all your nerves go? Weak minded guys get on my nerves easily, my nerves seriously can't take this anymore, both of you restrain him" Hinata commanded firmly, with a grin on his face
"I ASKED YOU A QUESTION!!!" Nato screamed as he swung the crow bar again, it went across the first gangstars face, more than half his teeth went along with it
"Fusj ..myvv moutvh I vanv't feevl myvv moutvh" he cried in pain
With the gangstar in pain and disoriented Nato kicked his genitals as hard as he could, a little squeak was heard as the gangstar fell down grabbing his crouch - It could be said everyone felt that one
He immediately took advantage of the surprise of the second gangster and dashed forward to close the distance between them,
The man tried to react, throwing a punch but he was not balanced and couldn't aim properly
Nato shoved the curved edge of the crowbar into his stomach and lifting it up as he pulled out a chunk of flesh, the gangstar could only vomit blood as his organs were now exposed and he fell to the ground
Nato stood with his clothes flowing in the night breeze , he look down at the three half dead men and pointed the now bloody crow bar at Hinata
"Where the hell is my brother ass hole?"
Hinata applauded the young man "So that's how it is? Marvelous!!" He said with a rather excited but devilish smile "there's the moxie you showed at first why did you lose it? But you are seriously getting on my nerves kid, I didn't think you had the back bone, I'll do you the honor of ending you myself"
Nato dashed at Hinata mid sentence to catch him off guard, aiming for his face, but Hinata's reflexes was too fast, he sees the attack on time to react stopping Nato's swing by blocking the crow bar with his bare hands,
Everyone including Nato stood in shock- his bare hand?? - he didn't even feel it and his hand- its fine - the crow bar was bent affected by the blocked hit
"You know you shouldn't interrupt a guy in the middle of his sentence, you are getting on my nerves kid"
"I am getting on your nerves? Yeah you said that already" Nato interrupted with a smirk on his face
This angred Hinata even more - using his big arms he grabbed Nato and smashed him into the ground, dust filled the area - murmurs silently filled the atmosphere - after the dust clears - visible cracks on the ground were seen, Nato was now loosing consciousness as his pupils rolled to the back of his eye, blood gushed out from his nose and mouth
"Holy shit!" One of the gangstars behind Hinata said surprised
Another gangster beside him responds "Don't act too surprised, you heard of the story right? How Hinata came to be the leader of the crime district all by himself?, from what I heard his father always beats and rapes his mother and leaves her in a very bad state close to death whenever he was done, Nobody really understands how or why but one day, boss Hinata picked a knife and stabbed his father to death carving out his face, after that incident boss Hinata had never lost a battle of physical prowess, I don't know why but some time after that he decided to become a crime boss, he just walked into the crime district, walked straight up to the old boss and beat him up a long with approximately 50 armed men that were in the territory, with literally no scratches , that is why he is know as Hinata the Dragon"
Hinata cracked his sholders as he picked up Nato by the hair,
"Still breathing? Would be a shame if you died after one hit, that would really get on my nerves" He smirked.
Another man suddenly runs up to them "Boss Hinata, the authorities are headed in this direction from the village"
"Fine let's move back to the crime district, this hideout is useless now anyways, the authorities would never dare follow us back there, oh and leave the kid, he's basically dead, transporting a dead person will only get more on my nerves"
Hinata threw Natos unconscious body down - he and the rest of his men turned and left the hideout, going towards the opposite direction of the village.
Nato is now lying down in a pool of his own blood,
"I must save Sato, that's what dad..... Dad .. wanted " he thought to himself - he began remember what led to this moment
"We weren't always happy but we couldn't complain, life was good, then suddenly, mom fell sick, Dad had to work all day and all night to get money for her, he even went as far as to borrow from multiple people, I was always stuck at home taking care of my brother, he was just a baby then I was 9, mom finally died when I was 16 and Sato was just 7, he never got the love and care of a mother or father i had to grow up fast to be there for him, after Mom died dad couldn't pay back all the loans he had borrowed, it got real ugly real fast,the people he owe hired members of the crime district,to get the money back from my dad, we were forced to move from place to place, I thought we finally found a quite place, we were happy again" he sobbed
"Why !!!!? This is all bullshit" Nato thought to himself
Suddenly he saw absurd visions - weird images of a man no not a man, an entity, made from flame flashed before him, the entity was standing admist a blazing house and the man was smiling grin to grin.
"What??" He muttered to himself as he fell unconscious