Kuto’s life no. 730

Kuto awoke with a start. It was pitch black in his room and he could feel the presence of something sinister lurking in the shadows. He lay there frozen in fear, heart racing, as the minutes ticked by slowly. Suddenly, he heard a creak from the floorboards outside his door and knew that whatever it was had found him. Kuto leapt out of bed and dashed to the window, flinging it open and scrambling onto the roof just as the door to his room burst open.

He could hear it pounding up the stairs after him, but he didn't dare look back. Kuto scrambled across the rooftops until he came to an alleyway where he dropped down into darkness. He huddled there for hours, shaking with terror, too afraid to move or even make a sound. Eventually dawn began to break and Kuto dared venture out again. He had no idea what had happened or what that thing was, but he knew one thing for sure; life would never be normal again..