Where it Began

"Boys!" A women called from inside of a small traditional japanese dojo-style home. "Dinner is ready!"

"Ah! Let's go Kyo-chan!" A white-haired little boy shouted as he jumped up from the grass. He dropped a ball he was holding.

"Oh, eh I-I'm coming!" A black-haired boy, known as Kyo-chan by his brother, said racing after his brother. He tripped over the ball that his brother dropped, but luckily his brother noticed and helped him up.

"Mom, what's for dinner?" The white-haired boy asked as he opened the sliding-door. He smiled as he kneeled down at the table. "I'm starvin'!"

The women chuckled and smiled. "Anju, calm down. We are having Yakizakana and Chahan" She sat down next to an older gentleman and looked across the table staring at her twins with happiness.

"Ah! My favorite!" Kyohei said.

"I like Ramen better...Kyo-chan always get's his favorite meal." Anju whined. He sighed and put his elbows on the table.

"Anju! I don't want to hear any of it. You're brother graduated Kindergarten today. He deserves his favorite meal." The older gentleman scolded the white-haired boy.

"Sorry Pa..." Anju muttered.

"Remove your elbows so we can eat." Pa said he bowed his head and waited for everyone else too. "I receive this meal." He announced as the other's echoed him in sync. They started to chow down from there. The twins were consuming their food at fast speeds.

"Whaaa! Mama! This is great!" Kyohei shouted happily. Anju agreed with his mouth stuffed with food.

"Boy's don't eat so fast...you're going to get a stomach-ache." Mama said.

"Ahhh, Sukio just let them do what they want." Pa said with a chuckle.

"But, Tsunao I don't want them to get sick." Sukio said in a usual motherly tone - which was always full of worry. She sighed as Tsunao waved her off. The couple continued to eat as the boys finished. Anju got up to dart outside. "C'mon Kyo-chan! Yin is ready for play time." He said referring to himself as Yin. The boy's had very interesting features which could remind you of Yin and Yang. So along with their given nicknames they created their own.

"Oi! Anju! What do you say before you leave the table." Tsunao, their father, asked in a fatherly-tone.

"Ack! Sorry Pa!" Anju said nearly frantic. He bowed his head, as did Kyohei, and they clapped their hands together. "Thank you for the meal!" The boys then got up and ran outside to burn off the calories they just had taken in.

"Wait An-chan! Yang is slow!" Kyohei said referring to himself, much like how Anju did. Anju was already outside near the Koi pond waiting for his brother. He was tapping his foot impatiently. Kyohei joined him shortly after.

"Took you long enough." Anju said with a small frown.

"S-Sorry An-chan." Kyohei said lowering his gaze in shame.

Anju just placed a smile on his face and hugged his brother. "It's ok brother." He said as he let go. Anju and Kyohei played through out the evening until it was bed time. That night Anju thought about his own behavior. His brother was always so smart, he was too! He just couldn't behave well. He wanted to graduate Kindergarten like his brother. Anju was small and innocent then, so was Kyohei. They never knew what type of future they would have. A few years passed by and Anju started to keep up with his grades and behave as well as he could. He started to gain a sour attitude at school and around others though. He and Kyohei were in the same grade by the 2nd grade. They had moved from their traditional home to a more modern home by then. It was only a day before they started middle-school that something bad happened.

"Kyohei, Anju. I am so glad you are home." Sukio, their mother, said with a warm smile. She seemed to look more ragged than usual.

"Oi." Anju said as he wave to his mother. "Cram-school is a hassle. I need to go study." Anju said walking up the stairs to his bedroom.

"Oh me too!" Kyohei said with a smile, he hugged his mother first before following Anju. "Yin...do you think we can finish all this work in time?"

"Yeah, but if you keep talking we won't." He said glancing at his brother. The boys still shared a room, but they had two separate desks. Kyohei just smiled sitting down at his desk, which was next to his brothers. He got to work like mad, but Anju happened to finish first. Anju had become much more capable than his brother, he started to need to study less and even take less time on his work. But, just because he had this ability doesn't mean he is smarter than Kyohei. They each share the same amount of knowledge and academic ability. It was just a little more effortless for Anju. That night the boys laid down after finishing their Cram-school work and studies.

"Anju...." Kyohei said, when he said his brother's full first name it was something serious.

"Yeah?" Anju asked.

"You think Mom and Dad are looking a little more tired lately?" Kyohei thought about how their parent's looks seemed to wither. They started to look older than they were.

"Yeah, but they are older now. Why wouldn't they?" Anju said, at that moment Sukio opened their door. "Good-night my boys." She said in a caring but tired voice.

"Night Ma." Anju said quickly as he turned over.

"Good-night mother." Kyohei said in a more gentle and sweet voice. Sukio smiled and closed the door slowly. The boys drifted off to sleep, but before long they both awake to the most horrible curdling yell they had ever heard in their lives.

"What the hell!?" Anju said sitting up right away.

"It was Mom!" Kyohei said jumping out of his bed and swinging the door open. Anju followed him as they made their way carefully, but quickly, down the stairs. "M-Mom? Dad?" Kyohei called out quietly. The boys stumbled onto a scene they never thought in their lives they would ever see. Their mother had been stripped bare and tied. Their father was motionless on the floor and their were these four people. The twins weren't able to gender all of them since they were wearing masks and several things to hid their identity. The apparent leader was a man and he was touching their mother in such a disgusting mannor.

"S-Stop! Don't touch her!" Anju yelled. He ran over to push him away but one of the other bandits caught him. The bandit restrained him by holding his arms behind his back.

"You ain't goin' no where runt." The one said. He was a man too.

"Just watch your mother squirm. She likes it, you know?" The leader said looking up at Anju. Kyohei just stood by the door way paralyzed with fear and shock.

"M-Mama..." Kyohei said.

"Aww look, that one is going to wet himself. He's crying for his Mama." Another of the bandits said looking at Kyohei, that one was a women. "Well sorry kid, she's not going to help you now." She started to laugh maniacally. At that point Tsunao started to move. He was only knocked out. He was defenseless but he saw what was happening to the love of his life and he sprung after the leader. At that very moment the last bandit took out a gun and shot him. Blood and matter splattered every where.

"Tsunao!!!" Sukio's cry of horror and fear sounded as a shrill blood-curdling scream. Anju's eyes opened wide and he tried to get away from the man holding him. Kyohei just dropped to his knees.

"You fucking monsters! All of you!" Anju hollered. "I'll kill each and every one of you!" The man holding him started to laugh and he took out a thick knife and placed it to Anju's neck.

"No! Not my son! Do anything you please with me but leave my children!" Sukio screamed. "Do what ever you want to me! Please!" She cried. She wanted to save her only blood.. her only walking memory of Tsunao.

"Tch, Why should we do what you ask of us, no what you beg of us?" The leader said with defiance in his breath. "You're a used piece of trash. I am done playing with your filth." The leader spoke up again. "I have a better idea. We will allow your children to live, if we can take your life. It would be the most honorable thing to do now, anyways." He said.

Sukio hung her head and nodded. "Alright." She muttered. The leader smirked under his mask.

"No Mom! Don't!" Anju screamed he tried his hardest to get away but the knife was still near his neck. His squirming made the knife nick him a little. "Fss!" He muttered, he winced slightly feeling the sharp sting from the blade.

"I have to my sons...for you. For your honor." She said. The leader took out a long machete and got ready.

"Mom!" Anju screamed as loud as he could, but it was too late. The leader took a swing and it was over. "No!" His breath retreated and he felt light headed. His painful screams would hurt anyone. Kyohei's eyes were watering and he just fell over. He couldn't take it. The bandits left soon afterwards as soon as they heard sirens. Anju crawled over to his brother and sat with him. He was sobbing but he could mutter. "It...It will be...ok, Kyohei." He said through his sobs. They were rescued by the police and their once happy home was made into a murder scene. The police tape proved it and the blood stains proved it too.

~Fin~