Inner Flame

" Riyu wake up your about to be late for school!" yelled a girl in a high pitched voice." Okay I get it already I heard you the first time god dammit!" said Teenage boy as he rushed to put his clothes on."Oh crap now where did I put that phone of mine to think on the first day of high school I'm gonna end up late."I thought the as I rushed down the stairs tripping on the third step."Stupid stairs!" I yelled as I rushed out side the door. " Well I guess this is the part of the anime where the protagonist usually introduces himself well for starters I'm Riyu Hiroto and I'm a first year at Kotegawa high its just your average school I guess." Riyu started into a sprint when he finally realized he was gonna be late.

"Is Riyu Hiroto here?" asked the teacher but then a red haired boy dashed into the classroom."I made it yes!"I screamed when I made it into the classroom only to notice I was still late."Are you Riyu Hiroto?" Asked the skinny looking lady." Um yes I am so I'm guessing I missed role call? I said with a shake in my voice as I looked around at the class and notice them all chuckling."Today's just not my day." I thought as I walked towards my seat. " Mr. Hiroto I advise you to be on time to class every day please." The lady said with a bit of attitude even the class started to laugh." At long last! Classes are finally over for the day." I thought to myself as i walked down the street and notice a little boy heading into the street chasing after his ball. "Hey kid get out of the street its not safe!" I yelled as I kept walking in the distance I heard horn I dropped my bad and ran hoping I could reach the kid in time."Hey kid get out the way!"I screamed as I ran faster trying to get to the kid before the truck hit him. I took a huge leap hoping I would get to him in time just to only barley make it time. "Are you kids okay!" The truck driver yelled as he got out of the truck to check if we are okay."Were fine." I said " Thank goodness your okay.The steering jammed for a second there at least you guys were able to get out the way." The truck driver said as he turned to get back into his truck and drove off." You ready to go back to your mommy little one?" I said as the kid looked at me with his big blue eyes.I dusted him off and brought him back to his mom to which she was very happy indeed.As I walked home I noticed that I had skinned my knee a bit."Not a big scratch." I said to myself as I continued walking when I made it home I was in for a surprise." Where were you young man!"My mother yelled as she hugged me."Shes overreacting like usual." I thought to my self as I tried to explain to my mom that I was okay. "Well if your not hurt time for you to do your chores." she quickly brought up as I tried to get away."Stop right there Riyu I would like you to clean up your fathers room he said he would be back from his trip today." She said as i started to walk to dads room with my broom and dustpan ready. I walked up the stairs as I started cleaning to only to find a dirty old ragged book with a bunch of notes in it."Whats this?" I thought I started to flip through the book a bit to find out that my boring old dad was apart of an organization."Well it must be important if he hid it." I thought as I continued to read the more and more I
read the more it started to sound like a manga."Riyu dinner!"my mom shouted as I started to close the book."That was some really weird stuff in that book had in it.It must be nice to have powers." I thought as I walked down the stairs to the dinner table to get ready to eat."Oh Riyu could you run to the grocery store to get some milk?" my mom asked."Sure mom." I said as I put on my shoes and was about to walk out the door. To only bump into small blond headed girl."Oh sorry Momo." I said as I tried to help her up."Your so mean Onii-Chan." Momo yelled as she ran inside."Jeez what a drama queen." I thought as I continued to walk to the nearest convince store."Finally here." I thought as I walked though the door and began looking for the milk.

"Give me the money!" I turned over to see a skinny blond kid threatening the cashier."Hey stop harassing the cashier some people have lives to get on with you know! Crap why did I have to say that?" I thought to myself as the blond kid came up to me. But before I knew it in once hit I was on the ground."How did I get on the ground?" I thought to myself while I was barely conscience all I could see that cashier pull a gun on the kid and shoot but for some reason or some how the kid was still alive. I didn't see much else after that I passed out all I could remember after that was the image of my dad's book that popped into my mind. When i woke up i was at my home in my bed it was Tuesday."I guess I was out cold the whole night?" I thought to myself as I came to my feet to only loose my balance. Which caused aloud noise to echo through the house."Ow why did I loose my balance?" I thought to myself as I tried again to only fall once again.My body was aching all over but I didn't know why."I feel like I was hit by a train." I moaned as I tried to get up a third time to only realize that it looked like the room was moving. "It seems the effects of the substance X has started to take effect." said a man. As I looked I realized the man was my dad.

"DDDad what are you doing here?" i said as i finally got to my feet." Long story short i guess so hows life Riyu? he said to me in a soft tone." Good i guess but wait don't change the subject what is this Substance X?" i asked in a confused voice as i sat in my bed."I believe its time i told you from the beginning. I hoped to tell you this when you were a bit older but now is fine. Substance X is a genetic altering compound made by us at X Labs. It was made as an artificial steroid that could only be transmitted through injection. Substance X grants the user speed and special powers that are unique to each user. We at X labs call it inner Flame. He said as he stopped to take a breath. "Dad why do i have this so called substance X anyway?And what is my Inner Flame? i said with a bit of grief." Well son i was naive at the time so we decided to test substance X on 100 babies. Only 50 survived you are one of the lucky ones. Substance X was made to only appear after the user has reached the age of 14 so i guess happy birth day." he stoped speaking for a second to catch his breath. "So Dad what your saying is that you screwed with my life and injected some kind of substance into me!?!?!?! i said in a rage. "How could you even do this to your own flesh and blood knowing that i could of died tell me!?!?!?! i said he had a sad look and his face as i yelled." Son keep it down momo and your mother dont know as of yet.

My dad said as i slowly stopped screaming. I quickly regained my cool"So dad whats going to happen now? Anything else i need to know?"i said with a bit of laughter in my voice. I could tell he was gathering his thoughts before he talked trying to think of the right thing to say.But i cut him off before he could."Just stop it your obviously just the worst dad ever. I'm done with this!" i said as i stormed out i never said anything to him after that. I walked over to my friends house and decided to stay with him for a couple days. So i got to his house and stayed there.