'The advent of the super rookie!' This was the title of a rather famous post on the web the very next day. It was originally posted on the Demigrace Academy website by a kid boasting about being the classmate of this super rookie but later got distributed everywhere. People really liked to watch young kids beat the sh*t out of each other.

Some were happy, some were jealous while some were just concerned about the whole thing. Though this was a very short video, it did showcase Helio's strength. And perhaps, even more, his madness.

It caught the attention of more and more people but perhaps the most concerning one were the International bureau of Kin. This was a private organization run by seven powerful individuals from seven different countries. And yet, its influence was over the entire world.

"Interesting. Is this the same kid?" One of the seven said. He was alone in the room with his secretory, watching the city below.

Bright daylight pierced everything and his eyes glinted like that of a hunter. His blue shirt contrasted well with his blue eyes and blonde hair.

"Yes." His secretory answered in a subtle voice. Her sunglasses and half mask were both black. Even her suit was black. She perhaps liked the color black, a little more than necessary.

Amused, the man glared fiercely at the glass wall, his reflection ever prominent. "I didn't know he was still alive." His grin widened and he turned around. "Looks like we'll be going on a little cruise."

***

The situation in the Battesuin household however was different.

"Let's destroy that island along with that cocky bastard."

The Battlesuin house was divided into three hierarchies. The main family, the branch family, and the adopted family.

The guy who just spoke was from the branch family. He was the head and he was also rather hot-blooded. His wife and son were present. The son, being Blaze.

There were others present here too. This place, the royal palace of the Battlesuins was their headquarters. It was seven storied and mazelike in architecture. It housed roughly 700 rooms along with three pools, two courtrooms, and eighteen training rooms: one forbidden room included.

"Let's not make haste." A woman walked down the spiral stairs and smiled elegantly. Normally everyone either used the elevators or perhaps their own powers for transport, but that wasn't the case with this woman.

"Lady Hyora." Everyone in the room bowed.

Hyora Battlesuin, was the current head of the main family. Some said her fairness was unrivaled in the whole world. Her skin was like the glowing snow, and so was her personality. Of course, she always conversed with a smile but only those closest to her knew of her true nature.

Her appearance was that of a teenager but she was the head of the family for over four decades now.

Hyora's blood-red eyes and crystalline blue hair were very uncharacteristic of the Battlesuin lineage. Some said she was perhaps not from the main family. But anyone who ever voiced any opinions on her lineage never lived a moment longer. Her ever so elegant smile never faltered, even when she coldheartedly murdered her own father and mother: not even when she imprisoned her husband in an eternal sea of sand.

"It's alright." She came down and looked down on everyone. The people in the room looked up to her, but no one stood up. For they knew standing up meant death. "Regina?"

"Ye-yes." Regina Battlesuin's teeth clattered.

"Where is your son?" Hyora's voice flowed like lyrics: flawless.

"Right here, my lady." She was almost in tears. She wasn't from the branch family, rather she was from the adopted family. Her position was basically at the bottom of the family hierarchy.

Blaze was seated right next to her, heads down. He already knew his fate. And yet, his whole body was shivering. 'Am I going to die?' His bladder felt fuller than it was.

Blaze's hot-blooded father's blood had gone a bit cold too.

Hyora smiled just as elegantly as she always did. "Kill him."

Blaze's father bit his lips in anguish but didn't say a word.

"My lady?" Regina was dumbfounded. She couldn't believe her ears. Disobeying a direct order from the family head meant death, and she already knew that. Even so, she couldn't. "Can't you please forgive him just this once?" She pleaded with all her being. She was from a rich family herself but when she was married into this family, that's when she learned what true cruelty was. She gave up everything. Her wealth, her position, her body, and even her future. But now her son?

"KILL him." Hyora's voice was just the same, but the pressure in the air wasn't. It was much more intense.

"I-I-I can't-" Regina couldn't finish the sentence as her head wasn't attached to her torso anymore. 'I'm dead?' Her body crumbled down on the floor as blood spewed everywhere.

"M-Mother." Blaze couldn't believe his eyes. He cried, he leaked, and he was next. His mother's blood coated his face as he witnessed despair.

"Rejoice. You've been given a second chance." Hyora said in a graceful, kind voice. "In recognition to your late mother's wish, I'll grant you life for another year."

"We are deeply grateful for your benevolence, my lady." Blaze's father's voice shook. Not with grief but with sheer anger. However, there was nothing he could do.

Hyora walked back to the stairs. "And everyone." All attention was on her. "No one touches that kid- Helio, was it? He's all mine." For the first time, her elegant smile warped into something hideous. Shivers went down everyone's spines. They knew Hyora wasn't messing around. 'I'll devour him myself.' A second later, she was gone.

People sighed in relief. Some looked at Blaze and the woman on the floor with pity, others with disgust.

These two had the gulls to tarnish their family name. From this day on both, his father and Blaze would be ostracized behind their backs, and they'd have to live with it.

Blaze formed a fist. 'I'll avenge you, lord Mother.' His eyes leaked and his pants were already wet.

His father put an around his son. "It's okay." His glare was fury itself. But he already knew, there was no way he or his son could go against that woman's wishes.

***

Somewhere in a field of sand, a man sat on a small hill covered with large rocks. The sea of sands stretched out past the horizon. There was not a trace of greenery in the whole place apart from that one hill.

He watched the large thunder clouds on the horizon, black spots apparent in his eyes. "A new storm is approaching." His voice was barely a whisper.

"You should really get a haircut." A woman appeared through a small oval-shaped black portal.

The man had facial hair everywhere. His beard was longer than his hand. And his hair was longer than his arm. When was the last time he even showered? "What do you want now?"

"Your son." The woman said as she flashed an elegant smile. "He broke through the second layer of the seal today."

"But you said!" The man stood up in shaky legs. He was in tattered clothes and he was almost just bones.

"I never said the seal was unbreakable." The woman chuckled.

The man's teeth clattered. It was as though the ground beneath him shook. "Then release me, and reseal him!"

The woman stopped smiling. Her red eyes almost glowed. "And what will you offer in exchange? I already own your lifespan. What else do you have?" She already knew he had nothing to offer.

"I'll offer…." The man gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, made up his mind. "My soul."

A hideous grin surfaced on the woman's face. She laughed uncharacteristically. "Like father like son." But a second later her usual graceful smile made a comeback. "Very well. It's a deal."

The man flashed a defeated grin. 'I'll at least get to meet my son, one last time.' He was content with his decision.

***

"Someone hurt a Battlesuin and got an away with too?" A man was reading through his Holo in his office and chuckled subconsciously. "What's more, the headmaster- that demon is actually backing him." It was a small office. And there was no roof. Similar sized offices were all across the large room with countless telephones going crazy.

This was a rather outdated place with outdated technology. People in this company were clutching onto a bygone era in the hopes of achieving something special. But in the end, they were just complicating their lives more than necessary.

A woman was present in the room. She was the man's attendant. "Yes, it would seem so. And his name-"

"Helio." The man finished her sentence. The small pores in his beard were like a weapon, sticking out like thorns. "Look into this kid. I have a feeling he has connections with that other monster." His grin widened. "But even so, what was this kid thinking. Does he want war?" He subconsciously caressed his beard and a second later realized, 'Oh yeah, I haven't shaved.'

"Not exactly. Our sources say, he did this for his roommate."

"Playing hero huh? Well, I guess he is in that age." The man looked at Helio's picture. "He does resemble that monster. Perhaps…" They burst out laughing. "Looks like we're going on a trip pretty soon, Hary." It was an on the spot decision.

His attendant only smiled, as she corrected her glasses.

"Boss, you okay?" A large man poked from above the office walls. He was really large.

"Is that how you talk to your boss! Can't you even come into my room!"

"Boss, your wife just called and she wants to know why she can't reach you. And she said if you don't go home right now, she'll come here straight." The large spoke softly. "And she's bringing 'it'."

"M-Miss Hary, we-we're leaving. Let's go see that kid."

He got up from his chair. He had a rather nagging wife and if her wife learned that he intentionally blocked her, let's just say, there would have been blood spilled, and a lot of it.