Child of Destiny

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A three-year-old kid woke up in the middle of an empty world with nothing but whiteness.

This little guy sat up and looked around seemingly a little confused. Despite his appearance, his eyes seemed to contain intelligence and wisdom that he was not supposed to have at his age.

Aside from that, his eyes, which had purple pupils, carried an immense coldness in them. His little face that supposed to be filled with innocence due to his age was currently expressionless.

Right after standing up and looking around, he seemed to realize something. It looked like he was aware of what he was and why he came into existence.

The kid walked around the empty world aimlessly until he found a kid curled in the middle of the white world, seemingly crying.

The two of them were of the same age. Even their build and appearance were completely the same. Aside from their pupils' different colors and their opposite expressions, everything else about them was the same.

If they stood face-to-face before each other, then it would look like they were standing in front of a mirror.

Looking at the crying kid below him, the other kid suddenly said. "What are you doing? Why are you crying over there?"

Hearing him, the one crying answered. "I hurt them. I hurt my friends again. I am a bad kid. I am-…"

The kid frowned as he listened to the other whine. He then clicked his tongue. "Tsk! Why are you blaming yourself? It is not your fault in the first place."

He paused for a moment as he looked beneath them. This 'ground' where they stood was filled with cracks where a black miasma was constantly leaking out as the other kid continued to cry.

The black miasma was slowly moving toward the crying kid, seemingly trying to consume him.

"Hmph!" the kid with purple eyes scoffed when he saw that. What followed was the appearance of a powerful suction force that pulled all the black miasma which got absorbed by his body.

A black miasma gathered at the heart of the purple-eyed kid. The heart was hungrily devouring the black miasma as if it was some sort of food; like it was the most delicious meal in the world and the best nourishment one could consume.

But instead of constantly absorbing the black miasma, the purple-eyed kid only took what he could and expelled the rest.

Moments later, he released black energy that formed an extra layer on the 'ground', which blocked the leaking black miasma. Even if it was temporary, it was more than enough for their current situation.

After dealing with the miasma, the purple-eyed kid continued. "You are not the one who is to blame for this. It is this demon beneath us."

"But-… I am still the one that hurt them-…I a bad kid-…" the other kid continued to cry.

Sighing, the purple-eyed kid suddenly said. "I will help and protect you, so stop whining. It is annoying."

The other kid stopped crying for a moment and finally turned to the purple-eyed kid. "How?"

The purple-eyed kid inclined his head for a moment before pointing beneath them. "I will help you deal with this guy and avenge your friends."

The crying kid frowned slightly before looking beneath them. Then he suddenly jumped in the air as he saw a humongous and terrifying monster under them.

He then subconsciously ran behind the purple-eyed kid to hide from the monster under them.

The purple-eyed kid sighed before saying. "But I-… we can't do anything about him yet."

He then stepped forward to turn and face the crying kid. "But before anything else-… I want to know what you want to achieve. What do you want to do? I will help you with everything."

The crying kid stared at the purple-eyed kid and said. "Who-… are you?"

The purple-eyed kid laughed when he heard that and said. "You are only asking me that after everything?"

It took him quite a while to calm himself down and said. "I am you and you are me, but we are also not the same. We are one, but also separated."

The other kid looked at him confusedly while trying to process his words. He then pouted and asked. "Like brothers?"

The purple-eyed stared blankly at the other momentarily before suddenly busting out in intense laughter. It took him quite a while to recover himself before he nodded his head. "Yeah, you can also put it that way."

"So-… you are my brother!?" asked the crying kid somewhat excitedly. He then suddenly became sad and said. "But you also have to get away from me or else I will hurt you like the others."

The purple-eyed kid was silent for a moment before shaking his head. "That is not going to happen."

"How do you know? Everyone who is near me will only get hurt," said the other kid.

"What about your Mom, your Dad, and your Senior Brother?" refuted the purple-eyed kid.

"They are strong. Shin can't hurt them," said the crying kid.

The purple-eyed kid chuckled and said. "Then isn't the answer simple? All I have to do is to be as strong as them."

"How are you going to do that?" asked Shin as he leaned his little head to the side.

The purple-eyed kid pointed at Shin and said. "You will have to help me with that."

Shin pressed his tiny index finger under his lower lip, thinking. Even if he did not know how to help the other kid, he still nodded his head. "Okay."

"But how do I call you?" he asked, returning to an earlier question.

The purple-eyed kid smiled mysteriously as he asked. "How about you give me a name?"

"Huh? Why?" asked Shin confusedly.

"Aren't we brothers? Just call me however you want," said the purple-eyed kid.

Shin thought as he mumbled. "My only friend around my age is Odin. He said he also had a nickname back to where he came from. First – I think?"

"How about I call you Uno?" he said after a couple of moments.

The purple-eyed kid smiled deeply as he heard, signifying that he liked this name very much. "Alright, let's go with this one."

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As Uno woke up from a long dream, he stared at the ceiling for a couple of seconds before sighing helplessly. "So, it happens again."

'You hide from it once again. I just hope that you are not going to run away this time by erasing everything once again,' he thought as he sat up.

The moment he did, the first one that greeted him was Cloe, who was about to pounce at him and his embrace.

But she suddenly paused when she noticed something.

"You-… who are you?"

As he saw her reaction, Uno could not help but smile bitterly. He knew that this was bound to cause a misunderstanding.

A serious one at that given the previous events that happened.

With a sigh, he opened his mouth and was about to explain.

Click!

Swoosh! Swoosh!

But before the words could even escape his mouth, the door of the room suddenly opened followed by the entrance of two people.

Arthur and Leonard suddenly rushed inside the room after hearing the words of Cloe. She had asked Uno with a somewhat heavy voice, which made the two think that something had happened – or someone had invaded the room of their friend.

The moment when they entered, they quickly took a fighting stance as they were expecting someone else inside the room.

But when they could not find anyone else inside the room aside from Shin and Cloe, they suddenly frowned confusedly.

They turned to Cloe with questioning looks on their faces.

Cloe did not even turn at them as she fixed her gaze on Uno, who was looking back at them. When the two saw that, the two also turned to Uno and stared at him intently.

As Shin's sworn brothers, they instantly realized that the 'Shin' in front of them was different from the 'Shin' that they knew.

Recalling what happened before Shin fell into a coma, the two suddenly 'realized' something.

The expression on their faces suddenly turned dark. They glared at Uno as they simultaneously released their respective Internal Qi.

They thought that Shin was possessed by a 'Demon'.

Seeing the two preparing for a battle, Uno could not help but sigh for another time. He wanted to explain the situation, but he knew that these 'kids' would not believe him.

All he had to do was to 'entertain' them while waiting for David to arrive and dissolve the situation. He did not believe that David would leave him that long when Shin was in this situation – once again.

Moreover, he also sensed the presence of Shin's mother previously when he was fighting the Seed of Hatred. He believed that she would not leave her beloved son in such a state.

'It has been a while since I stretch my body. Let's have some fun before anything else,' Uno looked at Arthur and Leonard with a provoking smile before gesturing to them. "Come! Let me see what you got."

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