I open the letter and read it: “Hey big brother, miss home yet? Hmph, why would you? You have new friends, new people, why care about us? Didn’t you ever think about what we had to go through? We thought, everyone thought you were dead. Then Mom and Dad were slaughtered because of YOUR ignorance. You never cared. Mom's last phone call was to you, YOU, out of all people, and you didn’t even care to pick up. That doesn’t matter. I've found new power. I’ve learned about the world you live in now, the power you have. Neutral Energy? They overlooked me. I have Negative Energy. With this newfound power, I will kill you to avenge our parents. You will pay!” Those lines hit me hard. My brother, yes, I couldn’t see him with the other bodies. I was about to ask, but they grabbed me. And he wants to kill, maybe it's that he needs to kill me. Isn’t he right? I could’ve picked up and talked to her. I could’ve told them, but no… Sensei Haru bursts through my room door. “Ren, are you ok? I heard a window shatter.” I give him the note. “He’s right, Sensei.” “No, he’s not completely right,” Haru says. “I will not lie to you. Yes, you could’ve picked up the phone, but what could you have changed?” “You're right.” He leaves and I start resting. I wake up the next morning, go outside, and see Sensei. “Ready to train, Ren?” “Yeah.” Sensei starts on how to do Regeneration. “Ren, to regenerate, first you must be good at using energy. You must learn how to channel it. Feel whatever emotion you are feeling right now, use it to connect the path between the energy and your body. Once you get better, you won’t need to use emotions. Then, you must channel the energy through the places you want to heal. Pretend like the missing pieces are there. Let it rebuild your body.” “Ok, Sensei.” I use my emotions: grief, anger, and fear. Energy comes straight from the gut, so I focus my emotions. Then, energy starts covering my arms. “Sensei, I did it!” “Not yet, keep going,” Haru responds. I try, but it doesn’t work. Suddenly, everything goes dark. A shadow with glowing eyes and a smile says, “Let me heal you. In return, you have to combine with me and manifest my techniques.” “I, I… I AGREE!” “Good. I am Ra, the shadow born from the light. You have accepted my deal, made a Soul Clause. You are the Neutral Energy one that comes around almost never, one born to balance the world, the only one able to tap into my deals. You are the first to accept my deal. You can master my technique, be the master of the shadows, be the only one to have this power. Now, I must pay my part of the deal, and you your part.” It reaches its hand out toward me and touches my hand. Everything in my body heals. “Now, my turn,” I say. I reach my hand out. It grabs it and goes inside my body.
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