Mythical Slayer: Mythical Girls Contract

The sky grumbled. Lightning crackled everywhere beneath the cloud.

The cloudy sky flashed blue as rain poured on the Earth, causing floods in some areas.

A young man looked out of his window, leaning against the frame with his elbow. He still looked like he was in his early teens with a fair face. His hair danced in the air, hit by the raging wind.

He didn't mind being drenched. He had a lot in mind, especially after his parents had just left the world yesterday, leaving him alone with his grandfather and a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown located in New York City.

The storm that hit the city looked like a cry from a Dragon King, drowned in the sorrow of sadness because Kai had just lost his parents.

"Are you sad too?" Kai asked as he looked at the sky. "I am also sad. My parents had just died."

A bolt of lightning struck the nearby house after he said that. The flash and sound surprised Kai, causing him to close his eyes.

It was as if the Dragon King of the legend that caused the rain answered him. Even though the name Dragon King only came out of legends and myths, Kai always believed that they were real.

Bolts of lightning kept striking the Earth, but he kept gazing at the sky, trying to find the Dragon's silhouette.

Because of the flash from the lightning and the fact that he looked outside, he noticed a single girl looking at him from across the street, behind a tree. He couldn't make out the girl's face, but he noticed that she smiled a little.

"Who is that?"

The rain hit Kai's face. He put his hand above his eyes to shield them, but the girl was already gone at that moment.

"It must be my imagination."

"Kai! Close your fucking window!"

At that moment, a shout came from his door as it got slammed open. Emerging from the other side was a furious old man.

"Look at this mess. You fucking wet your own room! Close that fucking window right now!"

"Y-Yes!"

Kai was afraid of his grandfather, so he quickly closed the window, not noticing that the previous girl appeared again behind the tree while her lips moved, trying to say something. Alas, the sound of pouring rain made her words inaudible.

***

"Kuh! That dream again."

Inside a bedroom on top of a Chinese restaurant, Kai was stirred awake as he held his head. A terrible headache attacked his head as he looked at the ceiling. The ray of morning sunlight hit his face through the window of his room, waking him up completely.

"Is this… my room? What happened last night?"

He had a hard time remembering what had happened. His head was still a mess. First of all, he raised his body and looked at his hand. He was still wearing his chef garb for some reason.

"I remembered something about a girl and got kissed before I passed out. I guess that's also a dream. Hahaha. I always have a strange dream, after all." He laughed loudly, trying to pass it off as a dream.

However, he felt something soft touching his palm when he put his hand down. He had a bad feeling about it as he slowly turned his head to the right.

His bad feelings were proven true. Beside him laid the girl from last night, still in her white dress, sleeping soundly with a peaceful face.

"Alright…" Kai said softly. "That wasn't a dream. Okay, I got it." He continued, nodding his head to confirm his situation.

The girl was still sleeping soundly. This was his room, which invited questions as to how they could be here if he passed out in front of that alley last night.

But that question could wait for later.

"Let's wash my face and change my clothes first."

Kai got off the bed and walked out of his room. His destination was the bathroom located beside his room, at the end of the corridor on the second floor.

He stopped for a while at first to look at the room across from him.

"Does grandpa know what happened yet? It's rare that he didn't knock on my door this morning." He muttered to himself. "Well, just another strange day, I guess." He then walked to the bathroom to wash his face and brush his teeth.

After brushing his teeth and washing his face, Kai again stopped in front of his room and took a deep breath. There was still no sign of his grandfather, and he was still confused as heck.

His headache was already gone, but he still couldn't remember anything that night after the girl kissed her.

"I have woken up completely. Now it's time to face the girl and ask why she suddenly kissed me last night and how I could lose consciousness just by being kissed. I was not weak enough to faint after a girl kissed me."

With a determined gaze, Kai opened the door and entered his room. He immediately looked in his bed's direction and noticed the girl had woken up. She sat on the bed with a distant gaze as she rubbed her eyes.

The sight of her was so dreamy, like in the movie, making Kai stop for a second. She looked at him and tilted her head before smiling.

"Ah," She opened her mouth. Her voice was soft and sweet.

Kai was a bit flabbergasted seeing her. He then remembered the kiss once again and felt the blood run toward his face.

​ "Kai." The girl called his name. He couldn't understand how she could know his name, but he approached the bed nonetheless. He was drawn to her as if he had already known the girl for a long time.

He felt some kind of connection between him and the girl. He couldn't help but feel her familiarity. Some kind of familiarity he had with his grandfather, someone he had known for a long time.

Once he was in front of the bed, he looked at her and asked. "Who are you?"

The girl looked at him and smiled sweetly. "I am Amber, a Phoenix. Last night was really fun, Master!"

Hearing the girl exclaim those words happily made cold sweat pour behind Kai's back.

'What the heck did I do last night?!'