Chapter 2: Prologue 2 - Mother... Please...!
12 years have passed since Lewin had met with Vin.
Since he was young, Lewin didn't have many friends and neither his parents were that much present in his life, so he was always very lonely. But now it was diferent! now he had one friend; Vin!
Because the diference in age between the two of them, Lewin was a bit worried that Vin would grow bored of staying on his house and would want to leave, but in the end the two of them actually got along really well. When Lewin was 7 to 9 years old, their favorite pastime was to sit on the yard or on Lewin's room and hear the histories Vin had about her life long cosmic adventures.
She would tell him about all kinds of creatures, enviroments, monsters, colonies and enemies that she met on her adventures, always using the last bit of the power that lasted on her tiny body to create some special effects to further enchance the history telling, light, shadows, explosions and ilusions, all happened while she told him.
When Lewin became 9 years old, he for some reason got interested in the training methods the civilizations Vin created made, and wanted to try them out, Vin was a bit hesitant, but after seeing the boy's big shining eyes, she couldn't help but teach him, so from his 9 to 12 years old, their pastime was to go to the florest close to his house and start training, training wich Vin ALSO enchanced using her powers by creating monster ilusions wich Lewin fought for all day long, the enemies weren't fisical, meanin that they couldn't reaklly Atack him, but at such moments, Vin would put on a little bit more effort to make the monsters at least able to touch him.
But in some ocasions where Lewin pushed out of his ass the idea of riding the monsters, Vin almost died trying to make his "Riding" as realistic as possible. After each of those "Rides", Vin would be out for a day or two because of her fatigue, adn after coming back to light would be meet with a shower of "i am Sorry"es that would last for a couple of hours.
After becoming 13 Lewin though his body was already trained to the point of perfection, even though Vin said that he still could improve a lot in these techniques, after all they didnt need any talent to be trained, and the more you trained them, the stronger you got. T wich Lewin agreed, but he wanted to test these techniques out, so everytime some bully approched him, he would just beat them to a pulp, and little by little, the amount of people that approched him to bully, started to avoid him.... But also did normal people! Ih their eyes Lewin was nothing more than another bully or goon to be aware of. But not that it mattered really, no one talked to him before anyway.
when he became 14, his body, even though little and still slim, could compete with a professional fighter in 1v1, and he could even win! So in school everywhere he went somewhere on his school, the people's reaction would be either run away, or bow to him saying "Boss!".
This reaction actually brought him lot's of problems, some "Bosses" on his school would want to challenge him for his position, professors would blame him for things that he didn't do, things got so problematic that people were even trying to contact his Dumbass parents, that to this point didn't ever suspect that there was a little red haired allien woman on their house. he didn't even TRY to HIDE her, they could talk as lound as they wanted around the huse, his parents just didn't pay attention.
But school was a diferent matter, if they continued persisting, his parents would start to pay attention to him, they never hit him before, but that was because he didn't really gave any work. He just ate, messed on his computed, and went to the yard take care of the flowers. If anything he was an advantage to them, but no one knew what would happen if he started t give trouble...
Lewin then begged Vin to use her powers to do illusions to some of the religious and annoyingly persistent professors that "God didn't like what they were doin and they sould be ashamed of themselves", and the issue with the adults would be cleared within weeks.
But about the Gang leaders at school was a bit troublesome. Vin and Lewin tried their bests coming up with a plan to solve the problem, but nothing seemed to be eazy, and descreet enough for them to use, after all, even if they used the strategy of ilusions again, that information would eventually leak, and maybe people at school, or even outside of it, would start to workship him like some kid blessed by god. Util Vin came up with the idea of using another training schedule, one that would make Lewin's body slim like an starving orfan, but wouldn't bring him no real harm, he quikly accepted her suggestion and satarted it, within a single week, Lewin was very slim, and seemed very weak, after seeing him become so thin and the information(Spread by vin) goin around that his parents didn't gave him enough attention, the gang leaders quikly lost interest on him, instead he received simpaty, some even started to use their underlings to gather food and give to him to eat, kids are kids after all. But, funny rhing, when he was giving trouble, all professors assembled together to report him to his parents, but when he appeared looking like a full esqueleton, they seemed to turn a blind eye to him, even the religious ones... The world really is dirty huh? What if he really was starving at home?
When Lewin became 15 his parents put him into a japanese class, he had no idea why, but he went there anyway.
when he became 16, an even funnier thing happened. Him parents... Had moved out of the house. To tell the truth Lewin didn't even notice they had moved out, he lived his life normally, goin to school, beating some stupid bullies up, training on his free time, and talking to Vin, who actually was the one that called out to him about this issue. One day after he passed a whole day trying futilely to take down a tree with his bare hands, he got home and showered, and Vin waited at the kitched, playing with a knife and stabbing a fish that was laying there, util, after stabbing it a few times, she noticed a foul smell comming from it, she analized the fish for a while, and by the time Lewin left the shower, she noticed the fish was starting to rot.
She tough it was quite strange for a fish to be out of the fridge, and to tell the truth, she didn't remembered to have placed the fish there, neither did she question if Lewin had placed it there, he was stupid after all, he couldn't fry an egg without getting burn.
After some research and spying, Vin learned that Lewin's parents had moved out, to a much, much, MUCH more luxuous house, no, a mansion.
Even though Vin was completely shocked by this information, and also infuriated, Lewin was non chalant about it, Lewin didn't hate his parents, for him they were only people that lived on the same house as him, but saying he loved them.... Was goin a littel overboard, after all they never refused to give him anything!.... Not that he asked anything to them to start with, BUT ANYWAY.
Vin saw Lewin's reaction and was pretty impressed at just how mature this boy was, but she, even though 10000 times older than him, wasn't buying their shit! She messed some information, signed some papers for his parents, used a bit of illusion and BOOM! Lewin now received around 5.000 USD every weekly for doin absolutely nothing.
When he became 17, Vin had already became very much his mother, she woke him up, cocked for him,did his loundry, cleaned the house(But with his help clearly because she isn't anyone's slave) and also dealed with his school bussiness.
During the period when he was 17 to 18 years, Vin's condition worsened... her skin became paler, her expressions seemed to pale energy, and she was much life an old lady now. At this point, Lewin noticed that house was no longer suited for them to live, even though they grew on this place, the house was too big, had way too much to clean, even though Lewin told her that she didn't had to clean everything, she insisted that she at least had to help this much, she as aways would go around the house cleaning what she could, but because this now consumed way too much energy from her, she started to take afternoon naps, but because they lived on a big city, there was loud noises all around them, wich constantly woke Vin up, so shw wasn't able to replenish her energies.
With his money, documentation, and Vin, they took a plane to japan, there they buyed a house at the contryside, and for one whose could be one of the last times Vin used her powers, They got a japanese citizenship visa(Author note: Don't know thi thing's name on america, i am sorry!!).
Another 1 year passed, and Lewin had became 19 years old.
On this day, Lewin was on his garden taking care of some tomatoes he was growing.
"Haah~ No good, they're dying again, i really am one of the worse Farmers on the world" Lewing sighed looking at some dead leaves that had fallen on the ground, this tomato that he was growing already had been replanted other 4 times, and everytime, after giving around 3 to 6 tomatoes, it would die, and this 5º time, it was dying even before starting to produce the next tomatoes.
Lewin sighed again and picked the tomatoes tha had already grown on it.
He put the tomatoes on a basket that was on his hands and walked inside.
his house was a humble house made out of wood in japanese architeture style.
The house had just 3 rooms, one was the bathroom, one was his bedroom, and a big room that worked like both the kitchen and the living room(Author: So many "Room"s), when you entered the house, you would look
At this moment, his televisin was turned on, and laid on a sleeping position was a sickly looking Vin, drinking tea on a little hand made cup. on the TV, you could see a show where 2 strong looking exagerately decorated warriors foght a man dressing like a vampire tha controled dark tentacles.
"Do you like the show?" Asked Lewin placing the tomato basket on a table they had.
"Not much, this show is kinda bad actually, the animation studio is completely doomed if they continue making things on this level"
"Is it really so bad?"
Lewin took a look at the screen, just to see a scene of on of the warrioes, one with a blue power, with a completely disproportionate head.
"...." Lewin was silent.
Vin laughed a little "i told you so."
Lewin nodded his head, feeling piy for the studio.
He picked a knife and started to cut the tomatoes.
Vin was laying on a giant pillow on the middle of the living room while ocasionally drinking tea from her cup.
She was there laying, and then raised the cup to her mouth, she blowed the tea for a moment, and sipped on it.
While she took a sip of the tea and tried to swallow it, but when the tea when down her throat, she started to gasp for her.
Lewin who was cutting th tomatoes imediately stoped, and went to help her.
He crouched at the side of her giant pillow and gave her back some taps trying to stop her coughing, with a worried face he looked at Vin's face, and saw that ever since he was 18, her impression had worsened even more.
After some moments she finally stoped coughing.
Lewin though for a moment and said.
"...I think we should find a doctor.... I mean, with your size, i am sure they're goin to try and call some kind of crazy doctor to open you up and study you, but i could take them hostage. Even if the police come, i can take some bullets, and my reaction speed has increased a lot lately, as long athey don't have a machinegun or submachine gun i can dodge it." Lewin Proposed already starting to get up and change into darker clotches so he could hide while fighting.
but when he started to get up Vin stretched her hand and grabed the sleeve of his shirt.
"Wait..." she started.
Lewin stopped while getting up and looked down at her. On recent years Vin had became very weak, so barely anything she did had very little strnght on it, when she grabbed, pulled or touched something, it would feel really faint, so Lewin developed kind of a sixth sense and became really sensitible to anything that happened around him, so Vin wouldn't have to spend more energy to just call for his attention. Lewin trained this sixth sense to such a level that without Vin even callingfor him he would appear there because "he felt she was goin to ask for him", and she was, everytime.
So when Vin's barelly noticeable push hapened, he froze his body, like if he moved too abruptly, he would break her, he slowly crouched back down and looked her deep in the eyes.
Vin noticed what Lewin did and deepon her hearth she was really happy.
She looked at Lewin's already grown body and started to remember the times when they met up, at that time Lewin was only a lonely years old boy that helped a random "Bug" out of a whin, and she saw that same kid grow up do become such a bealtiful and healthy young man. At fist vin trated him like just a little kid, then as a friend, but that feeling slowly deepened and son, for her, Lewin was like a son she never had, or better, she had now. At this moment her eyes filled with pride, both for herself to have raised such a young man, and at Lewin himself, to be such a great and talented person.
With lovingly eyes, she looked up deep on Lewin's eyes and asked.
"Lewin, are you free today?" she asked letting go of his sleeve and laying down on her pillow.
Today, lewin actually had something to do, he had to go to the bank take out the money from his parents that had got delayed from last week, not that he needed it really, bafter more than 3 years of receiving 5.000 USD, and by just buying what he REALLY needed to buy every time he got the money, so he roughly spent just 3.000of the 5.000, meaning that in 3 years, Lewin had accumulated a fortune of roughly 312 million USD, wich was around 34 billions on the japanese courrency. So lewin was pretty much settled on life.
"Yes.... I am..." Lewin answered honestly, for him spending time with Vin was one of the greatest pleasures of his life, if not the only one, but now when he answered if he could stay with her, his hearth ached and he was hesitant.
Vin smiled lovingly while looking at him. "That's perfect then, Lewin, could you ake me to your room?" Vin asked taking another sip of her already cold tea.
Lewin hesitated for some reason, e didn't knew why, but on his hearth, he felt like tears were gin to flow out of his eyes at any moment, but he swallowed the feeling and lifted Vin's pillow.
When they got to the room it was a really simple room, it had tatami on the ground, some blankets placed ona corner that was his bed and a white pillow above it.
Lewin placed Vin's pillow besides his bed and he laid on his back looking up.
And like this they would start to talk. Lewin about everything that happened on the ouside, like some fights that happened on the grocery store, betraials that happened between couples around their neighboor hood, and his opinions about some things that happened on the TV and on his street, as well as some reforms the prefecture was doin around the city.
While that Vin was also giving her opinions, comenting on ho dirty those cheaters where, and also let out some of her secrets escape while talking, such as that some times during the day she would float around the neighboor hood and try to scare some cats, dogs, or some people walking around. But because of her weak body, and inofensible impression, they just thogh she was an alucination, or in the case of the anymals, they would lick her, or try to grab her to hug, one time she tried to sacre a baby and was used as nursing nipple.
After he knew Vin had been leaving the house to mess around Lewin was a bit mad, but nothing that he could do really, he couldn't even scold her, because she was a mathernal fugire for him, he felt strange about doing so, after all the one to scold was her, adn he was the scolded.
While they talked, time passed real quikly, and without the both f them noticing, it was already sun set.
At this point, the both of them had stoped talking, and had bee silent for around 40 minutes. During their day long conversation, Vin's movements, talk, and expression had become much duller and sleepy, like she could fall asleep at any time by now. her before light strong red hair had lost it's color, and by this point in time was almost completely while, like a redish white, Her before prideful and energetic expression had dulled, dissolving into tiredness and sleepiness, even though today it was again full or pride and love, but the pride wasn't for her, was for him, after all in this point in time, the only thing she could be prideful of, was of raising this young man by her side.
By the window behind Lewin, the sun had already set, and the room was completely dark because he haven't turned any of the lights on. His hearth ached too much right now for him to just get up and turn a light on, it hur, it pained, he couldn't take it, he felt like if he moved right now, it was goin to break, he was goin to snap, if he moved even a little bit away from the pillow... he would lose something important... So with all his might, he stayed there, barely holding on.
Vin now was really sleepy, her eyes almost couldn't stay open anymore, but she tried her best to at least make them be half open.
They stayed like this for another 3 minutes, and then, the room lightened up. At this point Lewin was really surprised, he looked around trying to find the source of this light, but the light owner didn't even trouble himself hiding. When Lewing looked up from the ground, before him, he saw Vin's body shining, at that moment her hair had regained it's bright red color, her face was once again full of pride, and with this newfound strength she got up from the pillow, and faced Lewin.
At first glance, this looked like miracle, out of nowhere, a dying person got up from get death bed and walked, really seemed to be some kind of divine feat! And so though Lewin too, when Vin got up, Lewin was shocked, but then his face started to lighten up, filling him with excitement, just for that same filling to disapear, giving place to despair and helplesness. Slowly, Vin's body was disappearing, making it's way from her feet up to her head, many cracks appeared, and those cracks traveled all over her body, breaking her apart into tiny sards of light, that dissolved into thin air.
Vin looked at her body and said "Mt time has come, then?" even her powerful tone was restored.
Vin looked at the helpless Lewin Lying on the ground lost in what to do and smiled lovingly.
"Vi-Vin, wha-,what's happening...?" Lewin asked in trembling voice.
Vin just smiled, and answered with "Lewin... I am sorry, i wasn't strong enough to keep on living with you... Please forgive me"she said.
Lewin still didn't process what was happening completely, he just trembled while slowly stretching his hand to reach Vin.
Vin noticed his actions, and knew he wouldn't be able to formulate any proper phrase because of the shock, but she didn't had the time to wait him recover, and continued.
"I was expecting it to happen, just didn't knew it would be so soon....I am really sorry, but, as a parting gift, i have something or you." She said and stretched her hand. The light around her body started to move, and it bended the air and compressed the space, making on her palm, a little red orb the size of a pill appear.
She motioned with her hand, and the red pill floated to Lewin, lewin stretched his hand and let the pill land on his palm, he saw the red pill with the word "Beggining(始)" on it.
Lewin received the pill but couldn't react. he just stared at the disappearing body of Vin and started crying, it didn't have any sounds, it was just a dry cry with ters running down on his cheeks, his face was of surprise.
"If i knew it would happen so soon, i would have taken a bit more time preparing it. even though it would shorten my life span even more than it already had. Unfortunately, i couldn't place my hireditage on the pill together with my power, there's just my power, not my special atribute" She said, a little saddened for not being able to put her hireditage on the pill...
After saying that, a crack appeared in the middle of her face, and started to split it into two.
At that event, even Vin who was already expecting that was surprised, and she placed he hand on the crack examining it.
"...i think this is farewell...." She comented reluctantly.
At that moment, Lewin kind of processed the situation. Vin was dying, his family wa dying, his mother, his eveything, the person that mattered the most in the world for him... Was goin to disappear. He panicked and raised his hand to grab Vin, but his hand when right through her, without affecting her at all.
Vin shook her head "Lewin... My body's already gone sinse i lost into the fight 13 years ago, what you was interacting util now, was the remaining conciousness that used my power as a reflex after my death, so i was able to continue living for some more time, you already questioned why i got better with water? Because i used water to evolve some billions of spores, and created this body." She explained to him, like it was a completely normal atitude to have at this moment. "But i was tired of the fight, and my conciousness was justa fragment of i was before, and on top of that, i also had to constantly use my power to mantain my body for 12 years straight. Now just what remains is my energy, with an even more fragmentedconiousness than the one i had before"She shook her head "How pathetic!" she loughed at herself.
Lewin heard all that and understood the situation.
So that's what happened....
Lewin understood, but that didn't mean he accepted, util this point, tears incessantly ran down his cheek, but just now his face showed signs of real crying.
he was copletely lost, what could he do? What SHOULD he do?! Vin is diappearing, Vin's dying!! Someone had to help her.... he was BEGGING to someoen to help her!
While lost in his mind, and seeing Vin disappearing body, Lewin was able to form a single phrase.
"Mother... Please...Don't leave mee" he said witha tone that resembled a little kid
Vin stoped. "mother"..... She had never heard this word before...She knew it... But... That send a feeling of dejvu up to her brain, but at that moment, it wasn't importent, because at his only son's request, Vin never felt so regretfull on her whole life, at that moment, she even forgot her preparation to die, to accept death, and to go to the other world without suffering much.How could she be so stupid?! She was goin to leave her treasure on this world! Her family here, all alone! and at the realisation, despair also filled her, but not for death, but to leave her son alone.
She regreted being so willing to death, she regreted not sparing her last moments with her son and conforting it.
but it was already too late... there was no more goin back, and the only think she could utter at her last moments were the words.
"Sweet hearth...." She cried loundly "i am sorry-" cracks filled her whole body, and broke her whole figure into speks of light.
And at that moment, Lewin broke into tears, that lasted for a whole night, and even more time to come, while firmly holding the pill his mother had given him.
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(Author note:HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH 4245 words :DDDDDDDDDD)
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