Novels by zaijutsu

"There will be little to display," a voice out of sight responds almost pleasantly. "However, if you insist, i do not mind summoning his status before his proper naming ceremony. Come, let me see the- what?"While the person called 'Father' was busy answering my own father, i had simply questioned the word 'status' in my mind and before me appeared a large hologram-like window. At the top was the word 'STATUS' in full caps and taking up most of the top left side was a digital rendering of my entire infant self. Taking up the upper left of the window was a list labeled 'Stats'.Just like in a video game, i had Strength, Endurance, Agility, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Luck stats. Surprisingly, even though i was an infant, i actually had numbe

No sensation of falling, no sudden stop, no life flashing before my eyes, nothing. Just complete and total darkness. Every now and then i would feel the urge to look around, but that was it because i did not seem to have anything to look around with.For the longest time, the only things that seemed to exist were darkness, my mind, and the phantom limb memories of having a body. The lack of life flashing before my eyes when i died did not matter for very long, all i had at this point were my memories. And time, lots and lots of time.My early 'moments' were spent dissecting my childhood, looking for where everything went wrong but finding nothing but vague arguments between parents. then i was helplessly dragged along the timeline of my l

The sun in the sky was bright and a cool wind was blowing across the parking lot of the mall where i was waiting. I had received, for the first time in my life, a love letter from somebody who had invited me on a date. Today was the Saturday on which we were supposed to meet and i had come fifteen minutes early.Sadly, i had already been waiting here in front of the main entrance for nearly an hour.I had arrived some time after eleven and it was now just past twelve. The sky had been clear all morning so i had spent most of this time facing the eastern sky. Needless to say, the usually shaggy hair i had combed and treated was now matted with sweat and the light gray shirt i was wearing was noticeably wet.Still, for another half of an hour i remained u