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Linh was doing her homework at home while her mother came in the room. She brought her daughter some snacks during a study break. Linh quickly thanked her mom smiling and got back to her computer. She was doing literature and she couldn't really focus on the writing.

"Man, this is hard." A blonde guy with two short ponytails approached her from behind.

"Oh, Krayz?" Surprisingly, Linh knew his name. She didn't know why that name slipped out of her tongue.

"I'm here to help! You get out." Another blonde jumped onto Linh from the left. It was a girl with long, straight hair. She wore a light blue hairband, which helped Linh recognize her easily.

"Alice! I haven't seen you in a while!" Linh smiled giving the other girl a hug.

"Yeah cause... I ain't doing well with words lately." Alice pulled back after hugging Linh tightly for a second. She glance at Krayz who was sighing.

"Krayz Krayz go away, come back in another day..." Alice sang eyes closed vibing with her mock music directly towards Krayz.

As he got annoyed, ready to take out the sword, Linh's mother voice suddenly broke the room.

"Linh, con làm gì vậy?"

Both of them disappeared so suddenly that Linh didn't even notice it. She realized she was talking to air. Nobody was there exept for her and her mother.

Normal. Such a confusing word.

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It wasn't a great day for Linh when she broke her ankle in the middle of the sport lesson. She fell down while running, her face squinted a little, but she soon managed to stand up and got back to the line where her friends were at. They were looking at her with worried eyes.

"You alright?!" One of her friend asked. She was PA.

"I think so. But it kinda hurts." Linh chuckled hopping at the back since she couldn't use her right foot.

She couldn't run for a while, so the teacher commanded her to go rest near the sport field on a bench. She didn't like it because it was boring to sit around and do nothing, but she obeyed anyway when there was nothing else to do in that state. After watching for a while, the break finally came and her friends were out there to ask about her again. She smiled, saying she was fine. Later then when the match was up, the teacher called Linh out to play against the other team.

"Whaaat? But I'm injured, sir!" Linh knew she couldn't do it, but he shook his head. "You can. It's fine."

Then she had no choice but to play with her broken ankle.

At the end of the day, when she was at home, she felt her ankle getting worse. No one was there to help her. Linh sighed not knowing what to do. Maybe just sleep with it? Then tomorrow the pain will disappear. What a childish thought it was, and of course it didn't work. Linh even had nightmare. The pain was so horrible that it affected her sleeping, too.

"Sacrifice!" Everyone around Linh was shouting only one word while she was hanging on the cross. Why?

"O filthy creature, burn with ashes. Be forgotten and never know why." A man in dark hood said, holding the torch and lit up the fire under her feet. She never knew why she was like that.

Being forgotten. Being unnamed. Being betrayed. Being hurt. It was all too much for her to bare. She just wanted to be known, to be acknowledge by someone. Just a person. But there was none.

"Why are you like this?"

"Can't you think?"

"What a shitty class leader she is."

Right, she was the class leader. It was hurt to hear those comments like that. But she was someone with a higher position. She was acknowledge by the teachers and families. Push those thoughts about bad comments aside and focus on the positive things. Oh, maybe she could pick the comments out and use them to be the encouragement? The comment's purpose wasn't all about hurting, after all.

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"You think she's fine now?"

"I don't really think so."

"Why?"

"Her friend is dying." Blued sighed. "And she was trying to help, but it doesn't even matter."

The two blonde girls sitting on the edge of a field. Between them was an endless clean river splitting the forest in half. Surrounded by cold leaves trees, Blued looked up into the sky. It was covered by a cyan-like color. Then she turned to the other in front of her, who looked exactly the same as her.

"So, who are you?"

"I'm Blued."

"Me? Okay, interesting..."

"Really? I thought you would find it weird."

"No no, I like this." Blued smiled waving her feet in the water.

"I'm quite like you." The other Blued laughed, waving her hands in the cold wind. "So, what about HLinh?"

"She's a little dying inside."

"Why?"

"Cause she felt guilty for not being able to help her friend... no, friends."

"Really? Oh, right. Her friend, MN and... somehow, M, too?"

"That boy at school she liked? Maybe. He had something inside that cracked his heart."

"I don't really like the idea of HLinh helping him. He's annoying." Blued on the right rolled her eyes, playing with her long hair.

"But I want. She has the ability to." Blued on the left smiled tilting her head aside.

"Let's decide that."

"Great idea."

The two girls stood up and took out their scythes. Blued took a few steps back, smirked and landed the first attack. The wave of electricity pierce through the air and hit the other's field. It soon spread out the whole area and shocked anyone on it. But Blued acted fast as she stepped on her light blue scythe and dodge the attack by wrapping a layer of ice around her feet.

"Damn you."

"My turn."

Blued reached her hand into the water and took a hand of river water. She splashed it in the air horizontally, aiming her scythe at the water droplets and turned them into ice spikes. Smirking, Blued threw those spikes at the other by drawing her scythe in the air, making the other gasp but not able to dodge.

"Shit." The ice spread out on her body, starting from her left eye. "Wait, it's Alice's power...!"

"And your's Krayz's." Blued sighed, making the ice stop spreading and took them out.

...

"Who are we?"

"We are Blued."

"So where are Alice and Krayz?"

"In our hearts."

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Giữa cánh rừng mịt mù tối tăm ánh lên một ngọn lửa thiêu đối những tán cây đen kịt, khiến bầu trời rực màu đỏ máu. Blued vội vã chạy theo làn khói xám toát ra từ ngọn lửa, vừa chạy vừa gọi tên những người bạn của cô.

“Alice! Krayz!”

Họ vốn dĩ không nên ở đó. Đáng ra họ phải chết rồi. Đáng ra họ không được tồn tại nữa rồi. Nhưng linh cảm mách bảo cô họ vẫn còn sống, và là nguồn nhiên liệu giúp ngọn lửa này tiếp tục cháy.

Chân của Blued gần như gãy rời. Cô đã chạy từ đầu đến cuối cánh rừng để tìm hai người, cho đến khi có ngọn lửa này cháy lên cô mới biết mà đến đây. Không còn sức nữa, nhưng cô ép chân mình vẫn phải chạy tiếp, vì sinh mệnh của bạn mình.

Vừa thấy tán lửa đỏ rực trong tầm mắt, Blued đã ngay lập tức phi thẳng vào ngọn lửa đó. Cô vừa xé nát những cành cây đã cháy rụi, vừa hết sức mình kêu to những cái tên quen thuộc.

“Alice! Krayz! Hai người đang ở đâu!”

Đến lần thứ hai Blued làm vậy, cô mới thấy một thân xác nằm gục ở bên kia bờ sông. Nhảy qua nguồn nước thân quen mà cô vẫn hay dành thời gian cùng Blued ở đây, cô vội lui tới người con gái mà cô vẫn đang tìm.

“Alice! Ngươi có sao không?!”

Người chỉ yếu ớt gọi được tên cô. Blued gục xuống mà ôm cô vào lòng.

“Tôi xin lỗi, đáng ra ta nên nhìn thấy từ trước…”

Người cười mỉm, từng hạt lệ tuôn từ khóe mắt cô. Nhưng Blued không thể làm gì hơn nữa. Ngọn lửa đang lan đến, cô không thể đem theo người bên mình. Đành từ biệt người con gái đã thân hai năm, để lại cô lụi tàn trong ánh lửa lạnh lùng.

“Chắc chắn… Chắc chắn tôi sẽ tìm cách hồi sinh ngươi!”

Vừa chạy đi, Blued vừa vội dập đám lửa đã bám lên đuôi tóc cô. Cô không thể để thứ giết bạn mình để lại vết tích xấu xí trên cơ thể mình. Giờ khi người kia đã tan rã, cô chỉ còn một mục đích duy nhất chạy đi tìm người con trai ấy. Ngó nghiêng từng ngóc ngách, gọi tên người từng giây một, cuối cùng cô cũng nghe được tiếng hồi đáp lại lời gọi của mình.

“Blued!”

“Krayz! Ngươi ở đâu!”

“Bên phải ngươi!”

Cô ngay lập tức chuyển hướng sang bên phải, nơi giọng nói kia đang vang lại trong âm thanh khó chịu của lửa. Cô thấy một người con trai đang cố dập ngọn lửa trên cánh tay của mình.

“Krayz!”

Thấy cô, người chỉ giơ tay ra ngăn cản cô bước về phía người.

“Nó sắp ăn mòn ta đến chết rồi. Không còn gì giúp được nữa đâu, kể cả Hàn Vô Tận của ngươi.”

“Nhưng…!”

“Đến nước này rồi… Cuối cùng cũng chỉ ngươi đánh lại được.” Người con trai ấy cười khẩy. “Đừng trở nên crazy nhé.”

“Lúc này mà ngươi vẫn còn đùa được ư…!”

Ngọn lửa ăn lấy bầu trời, thắp nên một thảm họa tai ương đang ập uống.

Từ giữa ánh lửa đỏ máu, một người con trai với nhân dạng xích quỷ xuất hiện.

“Tại sao ta không thể giữ được bất cứ thứ gì bên mình…?!”

Rồi thế giới nhuộm màu đỏ.

Eng trans - for fun

In the midst of a dark, misty forest, a flame blazed, devouring the pitch-black treetops and painting the sky a blood-red hue. Blued rushed toward the gray smoke rising from the fire, calling out the names of her friends as she ran.

“Alice! Krayz!”

They weren’t supposed to be there. They were supposed to be dead. They shouldn't have existed anymore. But her instincts told her they were still alive—and that they were the fuel keeping this fire burning.

Blued’s legs were nearly broken. She had run the entire length of the forest searching for the two of them. Only when she saw this fire did she know where to go. She had no strength left, but she forced herself to keep running—for the lives of her friends.

As soon as the crimson blaze came into view, Blued threw herself into the fire. She tore through scorched branches, shouting familiar names with all her might.

“Alice! Krayz! Where are you?!”

Only after the second time she cried out did she see a collapsed figure on the far side of the river. She jumped across the familiar waters—the same ones she and Blued used to spend time beside—and rushed to the girl she’d been searching for.

“Alice! Are you alright?!”

The girl could only weakly whisper her name. Blued fell to her knees and pulled her into her arms.

“I’m sorry... I should’ve seen this coming…”

Alice gave a faint smile as tears streamed from the corners of her eyes. But Blued could do no more. The fire was spreading, and she couldn't carry her. She had no choice but to say goodbye to the girl who had been her close friend for two years, leaving her to fade away in the cold flames.

“I swear... I’ll find a way to bring you back!”

As she ran, Blued frantically patted out the flames that had caught on the tips of her hair. She couldn’t let the thing that killed her friend leave a scar on her. Now that the girl was gone, she had only one purpose left—to find the boy. Scanning every corner, calling his name every second, she finally heard a voice respond to her call.

“Blued!”

“Krayz! Where are you?!”

“To your right!”

She immediately turned toward the right, following the voice echoing through the unpleasant crackling of fire. She saw a boy trying to put out the flames consuming his arm.

“Krayz!”

Upon seeing her, he raised a hand to stop her from coming closer.

“It’s eating me alive. Nothing can help now—not even your Infinite Glaze”

“But…!”

“At this point... you’re the only one left who can fight back.” He gave a bitter laugh. “Don’t go crazy on me.”

“You’re still joking at a time like this…?!”

The fire engulfed the sky, igniting a catastrophe that was about to strike.

From within the blood-red flames, a boy with the form of a chained demon appeared.

“Why can’t I hold on to anything…?!”

And then, the world was dyed red.

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"Ain't no way dude"

That thought popped up in my head as I heard the doctor declared. "You should stay in the hospital"

My mom was like, pondered for seconds then nodded her head. She agreed to put me in this jail.

Hell no, I really didn't want to. But it's a try. Like an experiment for me. What is the life in hospital like? I was curious, too.

So I decided to stay.

In the morning, we had simple breakfast like soup, pho, anything else. Then we was fed with medicine. My mom stayed with me all the time, making sure I was okay. Technically I didn't have any issues with people lately but I kept burying my head into homework and got stressed by that, that's why I was here.

Noon, we sleep. But I couldn't. My head was talking all the time. You know when you had a lot of ideas and you want to let's go but your body didn't oblige. So I just went numb and stayed in bed with my mom. At least she was soft.

In the evening, like 5PM, it was time for dinner. The food was... Nothing special. Home food was way better. But well we had no choice other than obeying the rules and try not to waste it all. Then a nurse came to give us the med. First day I had two, Next day I had one and today I got three. What the hell was going on with me, I don't know.

Care to share the feelings staying here?

It's like a real jail for me. No computer, least games possible, no drawing either. Still I had my phone to continue my stories. But hey I am enjoying this life at jail. It was kind of fun until now, despite my fucking headache when I woke up every time.

I'm going to write a piece inspired by this life. Come and check it out!