Ai Kazuma {Remaking In Progress}

Chapter One: A Quincy is First Loved Rena Kazuma and Shiki Kazuma. This is where our story begins, with the love of these two Quincy's. It was a long time coming, he being 25 and her 20. The two had known one another since grade school and were more than fond of each other. As they started high school, the two began dating and their feelings for one another grew more and more. After he graduated and was out in the world, he asked her for her hand in marriage. She of course, accepted and shortly after her own graduation, they had their wedding. It was everything she could have asked for and everything he would have wanted. The love of these two could only grow for one another till the time they wished to have a child.

This was no some spur of the moment task and both knew what was at stake. Shiki Kazuma was a trained Quincy that was even renowned enough to have a nickname, 'The Black Bullet'. While Rena Kazuma was known more for her elegant style and blue hair that seemed to strike any and all whom looked at her. Both would be putting their own goals and obligations to the side. It did not take to many tries for Rena to get pregnant but even as her stomach began to grow, she held onto her beauty and Shiki became that much more protective over his wife now that she held two lives on her shoulder but that did not seem to effect the love they had for one another.

Chapter Two: Loved by the Right Few Even though the two loved one another without end, they were both far from knowing everything about childbirth and the raising of a baby. This actually seemed to frighten Shiki more than fighting against hollows. It was because of this that Rena took the wheel and returned one day with books and tapes that would help them better understand the process they were getting themselves into.

The tapes were more horrifying than Shiki would have imaged for something that was considered a miracle. So, they decided that books were more the answer. Both of them learned new things about the process and how to properly raise their child. Both having knowledge on certain subjects and liked pointing them out when they could, either to say the book was wrong or right. They make it a key point to study as much as they could in order to bring this baby, be it boy or girl into the arms of both loving and knowledgeable parents.

Chapter Three: A Life Started is A Cherished One When the time finally came, it was a frantic one. Shiki was in the midst of archery training and Rena was singing to her unborn child. They had decided to not be told what the gender of the baby until it was fully born. This weighed more on Shiki's mind than Rena's as he wanted to know what kind of toy's, room and what else he would be giving to the child. He wished for a baby boy, one he could teach and look over and help grow in his Quincy ways. Rena wished for nothing more than a healthy child and she would be happy. But when Rena finally knew that the baby was coming, the amount of panic could never be imagined but it all came from Shiki Kazuma. He thought the world was going to end as he raced to the hospital. Once there, the anticipation only continued further.

After a few hours of labor and what seemed like forever to Shiki, the baby was born. Much to their delight, it was a healthy baby boy. Shiki stared down at the blue haired child, having Rena's hair. They decided one two names, one for a boy and one for a girl. Since the new addition to their family was male, they named him properly. Ai Kazuma.

Chapter Four: The Start of A Quincy Ai Kazuma was raised as best his parents could raise him. He was told that great things were expected from him, not in being a Quincy but of being a normal boy. He played and even was interested in books and found that his imagination was great when he read. With that, he started to become withdrawn in them more and more.

He was given more and more books and he would finish them in a normal manner but loved to re-read them time and time again. But the thing that seemed to catch him even more over than books was something simply that his mother had given to him one day. It was something called ice-cream. It was cold in the mouth and at first, kinda hurt but after it started to melt it was a heaven;y sensation. He loved ice-cream, he would end up having it whilst he trained in his magics.

Chapter Five: The True Start of A Quincy Ai loved his books but soon he was told that the books had more to them than just words. He was told that the magic and monsters he read about in some of the books were far from fiction. He was told that he was a Quincy. They were Human mediums, having the ability to detect the existence of these monsters called Hollows.

He read more deeply into these books and soon, started learning how to commit to these magics. He did not fair any higher than a normal Quincy at his age but he found that his book knowledge came in more handy than it would for a normal Quincy. It showed him how to control the magic and how to preform it elegantly and properly.

Chapter Six: A Boy Learns to Love Ai found his training and his books to be his home away from home. It opened up to him a world behind the one that everyone knew and it showed him things that others would find impossible. But even in this world, with everything changing and new things opening to him, there was always one constant. The love of his parents and his love for them. He loved them more than his reading, more than the magic, he knew that no matter what, the world was only second to them.

His father pushed him but was fair and kind when he needed to be. His mother was strict but loving more than not and showered him in praise for his accomplishments. He knew that even in this world of demons and monsters, he would always love his parents.

Chapter Seven: If Looks Were Arrows As focused as Ai was on his studies and magic, school life was still something he had to endure. He actually enjoyed school more than most because he was able to learn about new things that he wouldn't have learned otherwise. But it was here that he also learned something else. He would get looks going down the hallway and at first, he thought himself strange. No one else would get as many looks and no one else would feel so put out. But it wasn't till he was approached by a young girl that he was told why.

He was cute. Girls liked cute. So that in turn meant that girls would like him because he was cute. He did not think that much of his looks and didn't know a thing about girls. He didn't touch a book about them for the fear that he might find some horrible information that he would never be able to get from his mind. So, he went to the only person he could think of, his father. His father told him that even with girls, they could not be explained in any book or figured out by any magical means. That one day, he would find someone that made him feel special, like how his father felt toward his mother. This completely disgusted Ai into thinking that he would never want to be with a girl because they were disgusting.

Chapter Eight: Dedication Before Infatuation While magic and reading were coming along swimmingly, that was not what a Quincy was about. Shiki pulled Ai off to the side one day when he was older and handed him archery gear and told him to suit up. When he was in the proper attire, Shiki manifested his own bow and was told that training was to become more and more intense.

Ai began his training in basic archery, shooting at targets at given distances. Then shooting at moving targets, then shooting at moving targets at different distances. The hours were long but Shiki never let his son take a break and Ai never wanted one till he excelled further than he had the day before.

Chapter Nine: A Loss That Can Never Be Forgotten The years had gone by and Ai had advanced more and more with every day he trained, read and studied. He was able to create his own Quincy bow but it was weak and often unable to fire more than a few shots before it became too much for him. He and his family went out one night to go camping in a nearby forest on the edge of town. Little did they know that this was their last night together.

An unforeseen horde of hollow began to make their way into the city not far from the camp. Far enough off that the Quincy Academy would have no sense of the on coming danger. The hollows poured from the sky like a waterfall of demons and it was the first time that Ai had seen this many hollows. Rena and Shiki had little choice but to make a stand and fight for the sake of the town and their son and for awhile, they did but it was not to last.

A hollow was able to fuse with Shiki's body by firing its tentacles at him. The tentacles then worked their way into his father's body and infect him. When Shiki's body was fused with the Hollow, his skin turned green while his eyes turned completely black and orange splotches appeared around his eyes. At first, Shiki was able to fight off the infection but after the strain, he turned on Rena and shot her through the chest.

Not wanting to let her son die, Rena did what many Quincy never wished to do. She broke the seal on her Sanrei Glove which gave way to a powerful surge of spiritual power. She began to fight the hollow and her husband for as long as she could, letting off volley after volley of powerful arrows. But soon, the possessed Shiki became wise to the actions and he too broke the seal of his own Sanrei Glove and the result was chaos.

The two battled, stray shots laying waste to the surrounding hollows till none were left but the weakest and they eventually fled back to where they had come. Shiki laid on the ground, his eyes dull but a smile over his face. Rena laid over him, the sheer number of wounds and punctures over her body were too severe to bare. They died, trying to protect one another but in the end, protected their son who now, had nothing left in the world and so, he cried.

Chapter Ten: Wandering For an Answer Ai was never the same after that and if anyone was, they were lying. He had no reason to live but couldn't take his own life. He was filled with sadness but had nowhere to let it go. He never returned to the Quincy Academy as he found just thinking about it would ruin him on the inside. And so, he wandered, never knowing what to do and living off of what ever he could find and who ever would be kind enough to hand him money after he had woken up on the side of the street. There were times when he would wake up in strange places and never knew how he got there but in his mind, it was no different then what he was doing from the start.

Chapter Eleven: A Silver Lining in Yellow Hair Through his seemingly endless trail of despair, he found himself in front of an orphanage. A elderly woman had found him on the side of a street and called for her son or husband to carry him to the building. It was there that he found something, maybe not something but someone, well, not someone as two someone's. Two blonde haired children, one boy and one girl. They seemed lonely but in a place such as this, it was not something easily come by. They seemed very drawn to one another, brother and sister.

Ai did not know what reason he did what he did or why he would even think about doing it. He took the children. They had no home and no one seemingly cared that he did. They were young and he felt that if he could take care of them as he was, then his life would have meaning and the loneliness and despair would fade. It was the only thing he could do, make a reason to live if he couldn't find one himself.

Chapter Twelve: Things Worth Protecting Life was not as empty as it seemed to be. With the two young children, Ai was able to set himself up again, get a job to help support them and himself. He began to train himself more and more and was delighted when the magic he showed them seemed to put light in their eyes with excitement and joy. He would listen to their troubles and scold them when they did wrong but in the end, he would turn and give in to their tears.

He loved them, it was as simple as that. He had successfully pulled himself out of the dark and toward this self made light. A light that soon turned into something more, not just a outlet but a true reason for living. He knew now what his parents felt as they raised him, what it was like to be a father like his own was. To live on, day by day for the sake of not just yourself, but another life.

Chapter Thirteen: All Things Must End Everything seemed to be going great, Ai had a paying job and a family that he loved and that loved him back. He saw that there was nothing in the world that could change this life he had built around these children. But as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end but did anyone ever truly think about the saying till after it was too late to do anything about it?

Ai had had a long day at work and the children were restless. The solution was simple, just as it had always been. When in doubt, the park was the answer. Ai's Quincy powers had come into full bloom and he was more than capable of taking on any unwanted predators that would stalk around in the night hours and actually felt more pride in himself for being able to stop anyone from harming his children.

He sat on a bench not to far from the grounds where the children ran and wore each other out, slowly but surely he would end up having to go and pick them up and carry them in his arms back to the apartment like he had done many times before. But this night was different, the sudden appearance of a hollow not to far off caught his attention. Without wanting to alarm the kids, he waited till they were not looking and fired a shot into the darkness that would surely find its mark on the hollow and sure enough, it did as the feeling soon faded.

He went to relax but the feeling soon returned and like the time before it, he waited till the right time to let loose an arrow and it dissipated. He was not feeling right anymore and told the children to come on as they were leaving. After a bit of moaning and complaining, the children chose to finally walk over to him but let out loud cries as Ai fell to the ground. Blood rushed from his head as what he saw was skeleton-like beings crawling all over the park. Soon, everything went black and when he awake, he was alone, the park was a mess and he found himself in the bushes.

He screamed, panicked, cried, and raged but in the end, it was for nothing. They were gone, the only stable thing in his life was ripped from the very core, the very foundation and just like that, gone.

Chapter Fourteen: Denial is Too Powerful Feeling sorry for one's self is easy, it is harder to put on a show of a person who is fine with life and the world. This was the life Ai now lead, a life that had to be a lie, a lie with a smile over his face. If he lied then everything he did wouldn't matter so he wouldn't ever have to worry about losing someone again.

Chapter Fifteen: A Lover Strives Even with all the lies and deceit that surrounded Ai, he wasn't able to ignore the oncoming nightmares and thoughts that plagued him. He needed an outlet, something that would take his mind off of his mind and thus, all the horrors within. His answer fell into his lap in the shape of a woman. At first, he thought nothing of it until he realized he was being hit on. It was then that he found his escape, his true escape. He took the woman home and had his way with her and just as quickly as he did, she was gone with a smile on her face.

He felt a sense of purpose when he was with her even though he had known her for a few days. This continued on and had the same effect. Women were now the object that could finally free him from the nightmare and demons that plagued him. Learning about them, what they liked, what they didn't, why they liked him, what he needed to do for them to like him. He began to learn skills that would better help him catch women. Singing, Dancing, playing a multitude of instruments and much more. It was the perfect deterrent that would soon lead him to another.

Chapter Sixteen: A Teacher Excels During one of his studies, he found himself in a familiar place. The Quincy Academy grounds. The number of people seemed to have grown but he felt only a singe after thinking about where it was he was at. He knew that even of his love for the opposite sex, there were still limits and conduct that he needed to abide by but the school offered more than just that. It rekindled his former love, books and more over, knowledge.

It was here that he learned more than he ever did anywhere else and he could learn still. There were plenty of students that were of age and when he was not here he would simply teach if he was ever given the chance and so, he studied. He studied and took what he needed and after a good quantity of time, he was deemed fit to become a full fledged teacher which became a passion in and out of itself most of the time in which he did not need to find himself lost in the eyes of a lover or a stranger, he had students that he could focus on bettering them.

Chapter Seventeen: The Days the World Died Life was as good as it had been in years. He had buried his demons in the deepest reaches of his mind and taken on the lie that he so desperately believed to be true, so much in fact that it was in his own eyes. He had found several students that were promising Quincy's and one in particular that he had taken a liking to, Hotaru Nakano and had done several training exercises with her that involved hollows, one time on a grand scale in which the school was overrun by hollows and even a meno's level hollow.

A few months had passed and all seemed well enough but the very ground was torn asunder and what was to follow was no one's guess. The very academy was ripped in two and beings that resembled hollows but were far more demonic rose from what seemed like the very pits of hell. It was so sudden, so fast that many Quincy died in the midst of the first wave. When things were finally shown for what they were, everyone began to fight for their lives, Ai being no exception. He fought tooth and nail against the hordes that seemed to have no end in sight.

The number of Quincy that fell in battle only continued to grow in front of his eyes. It was then that he felt a coldness in his stomach and his bow dissipated. He looked down to see the blood beginning to pour from a freshly made wound. He fell forward but managed to run from the battle. His life was still his own and he still couldn't make himself die even with his own kind. He passed out not to shortly after. It was when he awoke that the three days of night had began.

He did go back to see that the school was in ruin and the only life was monstrous. He turned and ran to the only place he knew, his night job at the Karaoke Karaoke which was a ladies club. He made this his new home and it was all he needed. He went out everyday for food and what ever else he could find that he thought he would have needed. He never traveled to far but he always kept an eye out for any sort of survivors but cared only if they were female or Quincy, both seemed few and far between but he made due.

Chapter Eighteen: Great Things in a Not So Great Place Ai had made his way out into the world once more to find supplies for himself and his home when he came across a sight, a feminine one at that. She stood on the top of a roof, almost like a guiding light but this did not last long as she took a leap from the building to what would be her certain demise. Ai quickly used several of his Quincy skills and in doing so, saved her life and as he was about to strike up a conversation he finally saw whose life it was he saved, his student Hotaru Nakano. She told him how life seemed empty after what had happened and how it just seemed pointless to go on living in the world. Ai was quick to turn down this philosophy as he had no will to believe it himself and said that 'No one ever finds life worth living...one has to make it worth living' and 'Have the courage to live. Anyone can die. I intend to live forever, or die trying.' And with that, a renewed hope was sparked in both of them. Hotaru left in search for others while Ai left to return home.

Whilst on another of his trips outside he had come across a set of women, these two women seemed rare indeed and found them to be lovers who he had later learned to be named Mika and Tomoe but he called Red and Crazy/Pinky. He first only watched from afar at their reunion but when they came upon him he drew his bow. It was then that Tomoe turned into a loose cannon and he was forced to restrict her, but after speaking with Mika and her accidentally removing her top, he was obliged to release Tomoe on the condition that she did not act as she did.

This became little a problem as she passed out and no being one to turn away women in need, he lead them to his hideout. He left them there to take what they needed and sleep as he headed out to get products for female use. It was then that he ran into a sight. An arrow had shot into the sky and burst, this alarmed Ai as that was a signal that he had told Hotaru to release if ever she needed him. On his way to her, he saw that he was not the only one on the way to her. When he arrived, a glowing figure stood over the girl which in turn, sent Ai into a frenzy as he began to let lose skill after skill to the being till he flew off into the skies.

Ai ran over to Hotaru and picked her up and took her back to his home where, after Mika and Tomoe returned from there shower together in which he peeked in on, he introduced them to his newest guest Hotaru.

Chapter Nineteen: Life Must Go On It was five years. In that fives years, Ai took to finding more people as the bar had become a place that was slowly starting to lose its hiding abilities. It was then that he pondered a question, did he join the government or the rebels. The rebels aimed to take down the government but the new world order proposed to have superior forces supported themselves as an 'Alpha Race' but the thing that caught him the most was the pure number of attractive women.

It was then that Ai Kazuman and Hotaru Nakano joined the new world order, the World Government. It was not shortly after they had joined that Ai saw a familiar face of Mika Sato whom he still called Red. She did not last long on the outside world it seemed and joined the military life for the sake of her girlfriend. He offered to get some drinks with her and catch up and she agreed when he said that he'd be buying said drinks. After several rounds and a bit of coaxing, she began to open up more, telling a bit about her life and her misgivings about the future. Mainly in the World Government and even her girlfriend, Tomoe. It seemed that not all was perfect in the land of yuri, as Mika explained that while she did love her girlfriend, she was well aware that she was all that the girl had, the only person that she could rely on. And because of that, Mika felt that Tomoe was putting her up on a pedestal that she could not even hope to aspire to. The pressure to live up to her girlfriend's shining expectations felt daunting at times, but what could the brunette do but try to stand strong for the pink haired girl? At this point, Mika was crying, and Ai was only too happy to lend his shoulder for her to cry and lean on, offering her condolences and sweet words that lead to sweet touches and even sweeter coaxing.

After this, Ai saw little of the woman which he did not see as to much of a problem as he was able to focus on other things. His new career and other females in and out of the military life style. Both of these worked in his favor as he began to climb the ranks of the New World Government till he was able to achieve the rank of Lieutenant. He only continued to strive for higher ranks as he was reminded that the Head of the Quincy, Jacob Blackwood was still alive. He hated him on principal after the massacre of the Quincy Academy as he was no where to be found and yet appeared safe and sound at a private estate within the area of the new government.

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