Kedamono

ᴀʀᴀᴛᴀ ᴀsᴀᴏᴋᴀ ʟɪᴠᴇs ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜɪs ᴅᴇsᴘɪᴄᴀʙʟᴇ, ᴄʜᴀᴜᴠɪɴɪsᴛ ꜰᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏʟᴅᴇʀ ʙʀᴏᴛʜᴇʀ.
ᴀ ʜᴏᴜsᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ᴍᴇɴ.
ᴀʀᴀᴛᴀ ᴡᴀs ᴀɴ ɪʟʟᴇɢɪᴛɪᴍᴀᴛᴇ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ. ʙᴇᴀʀɪɴɢ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴀ ᴛᴇɴᴜᴏᴜs ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɴ ᴡʜᴏ ʙᴀsᴛᴀʀᴅᴇᴅ ʜɪᴍ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ, ʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛᴇᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ sᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ-ʀᴀᴛᴇ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ. ᴡɪᴛʜ ɴᴏᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴇʟsᴇ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏ, ᴀʀᴀᴛᴀ sᴜꜰꜰᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴜᴇʟᴛʏ ᴏꜰ ʜɪs ꜰᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ʙʀᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴇᴀʀs.
ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴇᴀʀs, ʜᴇ ꜰᴏʀᴄᴇᴅ ᴀ sᴍɪʟᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʀᴇᴛᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ ʜᴀᴘᴘɪɴᴇss ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴋᴇ ᴏꜰ sᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇʀs…
ᴏɴᴇ ᴅᴀʏ ʜᴇ ᴍᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ɢɪʀʟ ᴡʜᴏ ɢᴀᴠᴇ ʜɪᴍ ʜᴏᴘᴇ. ʜᴇʀ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴋᴏʜᴀʀᴜ ʜɪɴᴏᴍᴏᴛᴏ.
sʜᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴀ ʀᴀʏ ᴏꜰ sᴜɴsʜɪɴᴇ. ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴋᴏʜᴀʀᴜ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴀʀᴀᴛᴀ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ɢᴏᴏᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇ ꜰᴇʟʟ ᴅᴇᴇᴘ ɪɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ. ʜᴇ ʙᴇɢᴀɴ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜɪs ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ.
ᴀʀᴀᴛᴀ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇᴅ ʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴍᴏᴠᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴇʀ.
ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ɪᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴋ. ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴡᴀs ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ʜᴏᴡ ʜᴇ ʟɪᴠᴇᴅ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ɴᴏᴡ.
ᴀʀᴀᴛᴀ ᴋɴᴇᴡ ɪɴ ʜɪs ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴡᴀʀᴍ, ʟᴏᴠɪɴɢ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴋᴏʜᴀʀᴜɪꜰ ʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴍᴏᴠᴇ ᴏᴜᴛ… ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ʜɪs ᴅᴇsᴘɪᴄᴀʙʟᴇ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ ʀᴜɪɴs ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ.