"Mom! I'm home!"
"Welcome home Satana. How was your day?"
I sit on the couch to take off my shoes.
"It was great! I made a new friend that has so much in common with me."
Mom comes over and sits next to me.
"Oh? What are they like?" She asks.
I sit and started thinking about the words to say.
"He's pretty cool and around my age too." I say.
She asks, "What's his name"
"Shiro" I say
As time passes, I get lost in conversation with my mom about Shiro.
35 minutes later, I look at the clock. It was 9:54 PM.
Mom says "Goodness, It's getting late. I'm going to bed now, I have work tomorrow."
I look at her.
"Okay then, goodnight mom"
"Goodnight Santana"
Santana thinks to himself: I should go to bed too.
He gets up and makes his way to his room.
"I don't think I would be alive right now if Shiro hadn't stepped in and helped me back there."
He says to himself.
He looks at his weapon.
"I really need to learn how to use you better Kurumi."
Kurumi is a sacred weapon, just like Shenzeikano, came from a different time line.
"Hey Kurumi?" Santana says.
A small voice echos around the room
"Yes? What is it Mr. Santana?"
"It's been almost 2 months since you helped protect my mom, but I've always wondered, why did you choose me?"
The room was silent for a minute, then Kurumi spoke up
"I did not choose you. You chose me. The determination you had to save your mother was what brought me here, knowing you lost your father to a phantom as well, you did not want to lose your mother either."
"Yeah, that's true."
Kurumi said "I was summoned by you to help you protect the people you love."
"I see." says Santana.
"Thank you."
Santana falls asleep after having the talk with Kurumi
The next morning, Santana wakes up to find that his mom has left the home earier than usual.
"Mom has never left for work this early."
Santana calls his mom but no one answers.
"Kurumi."
She shiny silver pistol appears in Santana's hand "Yes?"
"I know you have eyes all over this house, so can you tell me where mom went?"
Kurumi says: "She never left the home. It seems that she disappeared in the middle of the night without any trace."
Santana is panicking
He screams at the top of his lungs
"MOM!!! WHERE ARE YOUU!!?"
There is no answer to be heard.