Yuuhei opened his eyes with utter confusion as he found himself in an empty street of Tokyo. At first Yuuhei thought that his uncle finally threw him out into the street while he slept, but seeing as there was nobody but himself in the street, he deduced that this was just a dream. He walked around for a while until he found a figure in the distance. He ran towards the figure and getting closer, he sees that the figure is of a girl. She was shorter than Yuuhei, she had red hair and red eyes, and she wore the Shirasagi High uniform for girls. He wondered why he's having this dream about this girl, but the dream was abruptly stopped as he feels a blunt pain on his waist and a loud noise, "Yuuhei! Wake up you lazy shit!"

Yuuhei woke up while covering his right side. Looking up, he sees his uncle looking back at him with a glare. "It's already 5 AM and we have to do something this morning. Get your ass up and get ready for school." His uncle leaves and Yuuhei thinks about the name of the girl in his dream, [i]Hatsune Minegishi[/i]. When the pain subsided, he stood up and walked downstairs and cooked for himself and his uncle. "Ramen again, huh... the tenth day straight" his uncle said. "Deal with it you ungrateful bastard. Be happy I'm not preparing an old running shoe, some dirt, and a cup of piss," Yuuhei replied. His uncle has a small laugh, "knowing you, you'd probably do it... and it'd probably taste better than what I can make." After finishing cooking, Yuuhei takes two bowls and serves himself and his uncle.

"It's almost 6 30, we're gonna do something soon," his uncle says. "Go take a shower and get ready for school." Yuuhei goes on to take a shower, brushes his teeth, then puts his uniform on. After putting his uniform on, he goes downstairs and sees his uncle with a cup of coffee and is watching TV. The speaker blares out and Yuuhei hears the report today-

[i]Disappearances in New Harumi City!
Authorities suggest a connection with recent sightings of strange figures in the western district shipping trainyards. Citizens are urged to stay away for the time being, however no evidence has been found, with the police expected to change focus later today to the earlier murder of Doctor Tanigawa in the outskirts of town...[/i]

- His uncle turns off the TV and turns to Yuuhei, "You finished getting ready?" "Yeah, what are we doing anyway?" Yuuhei asks. "We just need to replace the chairs with the newer chairs I just ordered and throw the old ones in my truck, I won't be able to finish by myself before the restaurant opens." Yuuhei stands on the last step to the bottom, looking at his uncle with an odd look. "Geez, you're becoming more like my brother everyday. Look, I'll raise your wage this week if you do this." Yuuhei nods then starts to take the old chairs and taking them to his uncle's truck, and his uncle follows.

After they finish, Yuuhei almost got out the door until he was interrupted by his uncle, "Don't do anything dumb." "Don't worry, I'm not stupid enough to get myself killed. Besides, I can handle myself in a fight," Yuuhei says before leaving for school.