Before the battles. Before the legends. Before his name meant anything to the world… there was only Kuro. A child born between two worlds, raised among people who would become far more than mere companions. Shiroha—his mother and first guide. Aoi, with her irrepressible energy. Tsukiyo, silent and hard to read. And above all, Yozora—the girl destined to hold a place in his life that no one else could ever fill. Amidst quiet days, magic, friendships, arguments, smiles, and wounds that run ever deeper, Kuro slowly learns what it means to love someone, to fear losing them, and to keep reaching out a hand even when everything seems too dark. But some people don't just happen to meet. Some bonds change a life. Others… bind two lives together forever. *Kuro no Monogatari — Volume 0* tells the story of how it all began: Kuro’s childhood, the forging of his most important bonds, and the journey that would lead two souls—beneath the same starry sky—to the creation of *Yoru no Hoshi*.