Disclaimer: I don't own KHR

Italics=thoughts

Italics/Bold=Flashback

"Normal"=Talking

"Bold"=Shouting

The fire was smoldering hot and spreading fast. I could hear the screams of the children and scientists who were being burned alive as I ran through the hallways, hoping to find an exit from this hell. I turned a corner and saw a door at the end of the hallway.

I sprinted to the door as far as my short legs could carry me. Once I reached the door, I opened it as fast as I could and kept running. I continued into the forest and once I reached the thicket of trees, I looked over my shoulder and saw people in black cloaks that looked to be floating. My intuition told me that they were safe and that they wouldn't hurt me, but my instincts told me they were dangerous and to keep running.

I didn't want to take any chances, so I trusted my instincts and kept running. When I had deemed that I was far enough away from that place, I was about to slow down when I tripped and went tumbling. I tried to stop my rolling, but the ground was too steep and I ended up whacking my head on a rock. The only good thing about hitting my head was that it stopped my descent. I lay on the ground, panting and trying to regain my breath as spots begin to swim in my vision. It wasn't long before my conscience completely faded and I blacked out.

I bolted awake in my bed and frantically looked around my room. When I remembered where I was, I calmed down and wiped the sweat from my brow. It's okay. Everything is okay. It was just a dream.

I continued to tell myself that as I got up and left my room. I knew that the 'dream' was actually a memory from 5 years ago when I finally managed to escape from the hell that I was stuck in for a year. I tried to push the dream to the back of my mind as I made my way to the kitchen. When I opened the refrigerator I noticed that there was only a cube of butter and a bottle of 7-UP. Guess it's time to go to the store again. I closed the refrigerator and went to the door on the opposite wall.

When I went through the door, I immediately went to the laptop that I had left on the couch the night before. I sat down and pulled the laptop onto my lap. When I booted it up, I noticed that it was only 6:30. I should probably go on my morning run after I check my email. I put in the passcode and went to my email.

I started scrolling through the job offer until I say a promising one. I opened it only to find that it was an assassination request. It said, 'Dear 27, I have been having problems with this hitman taking out my subordinates and would like to hire you to take him out. I, of course, will pay you however much you want. I hope you will accept my offer.' Below this was information about the target. I was shocked when I saw who it was. That's Reborn, the greatest hitman in the world! How can that idiot expect me to kill him?!

I wanted to deny the job, but I knew that if I did there would be a lot less job offers. After debating with myself for a few minutes, I emailed the employer back telling him that I would take the case. Once that was done, I closed my laptop and set out to find information on Reborn.

This is my first story on here, so please don't be too harsh.