"Hopper- take me home will you?..."
With this said in mid-air Furuichi's Motorbike began to spawn as it picked him up before the two went home...
On autopilot mode, Hopper rapidly scraped the roads as he rushed home full speed as it was obvious his partner needed some sort of healing time.
And so once again the allies of justice had saved a lot of people from unknown death and destruction- as the two partners headed home...
As the two both partners headed home once again saving the lives of an obscene amount of people in the shadows Akuma moved further in his direction and further in his legacy...
Hopefully, his predecessors were happy with his performances- who knew.
But just as his thoughts flashed past in his mind so did time as he soon noted a silver-haired woman with long fluttering locks in front of him as his insides seemed even more hurt.
Her graceful figure and beautiful face never tired him- instead, he felt refreshed every time he saw her visage as if an ice-cold queen with a gooey centre.
With a {Henshin} his armour was taken off immediately as he noted his entire body was covered in blood whilst his bare body swayed lightly in the cold winds- swaying freely in their midst.
Now with less support of his posture, he fell to his knees whilst blood drizzled out of his nose as he vomited out some dark blood- his throat hurt, his arms hurt, his legs hurt, his ribs hurt, his head hurt and his heart, well it felt shattered with pieces of his rib cage embedded inside.
Without his Guardian's Physique that grew stronger constantly, he would have died he knew it but his mind just hurt a lot as if the world was slowly dimming I guess.
Reaching out regardless of his bare body the woman- no Shiori grabbed his arms as she helped him up caressing his face in the process-
"Master-..."
"Call me Fuu-kun!"
Hearing that Shiori pouted at his lack of delicacy- "Master what happened that you became this badly injured?!"
Said Shi-chan with clear anger in her voice as she glared at Furuichi ready to hear the truth and beat the kid who did this- it was an amusing feeling in all honesty as if she was my carer- but she was - she was family...
I tried to reply yet the words seemed lodged in my throat and no matter how hard I tried to speak nothing came out.
My voice was silent whilst my mind felt inflamed by all of this.
Seeing such a scene gradually tears fell from Shiori's face as if pearls they rolled off splattering the tiled grounds below them that noise reverberated in my mind as if on loop.
'I had just made her cry- I feel so guilty to her...'
My mind felt guilty in that fact- I had gotten myself hurt so much I caused her to cry and my form right now was guilty - I, no I have to keep my emotions in check -
But - 'it hurts so much, I wanna caress her hair and say sorry... Promise to never do something so dangerous again yet I can't- I can't keep that promise.'
Her long silver hair fluttered behind her as her red eyes stared deep into my own golden eyes- once brown, then bronze before they lightened, even further and became gold in colour it was probably something to do with my Guardian's Physique.
It seemed like a new evolution my eyes were now able to see through the darkness as bright as day- another useful ability I guess- but the pressure of air and oxygen, and gravity fell upon me again as my Demon Fruit was gone.
However, he didn't let his guilt take over- he surpassed it and reached to Shiori's face - caressing her cheeks as his other hand grabbed hers caressing her fingers as he gently wiped her tears whilst her ruby eyes began to dry up and her jaw dropped in embarrassment.
Yet happiness was also present in that expression I could tell after all her composure usually fell when she began to try and avert her eyes away and it was happening again.
'Were these tears real? Were they for me? These doubts plagued my mind-' yet I ignored almost every instinct in my body as I kissed her tears away and brought her in for a hug-
I felt something in so- long I felt my heartbeat properly this was what I was looking for I knew it, my mind knew it, my body knew it and I knew it...
"Hey, Shi-chan why are you blushing? What are those red-tinted cheeks for?"
Saying that Furuichi grabbed her waist as he let her near him however this ice queen seemed to have already melted into a puddle as her entire face turned red whilst her eyes tried to avert his amused gaze yet they failed-
"~~I'm- Not Blushing- Master!"
However, her pouting only made it so much more fun to tease her-
"You'd undoubtedly be a great wife one day - with your beautiful face, your dazzling ruby-like eyes, your astonishing cooking skills, your scientific prowess and because you're amazing- You know that Shi-chan you are amazing!"
"Do you have a cold or something Shi-chan?"
Saying that the amused Furuichi placed a hand on her forehead as he noted it seemed to become warm again as if she was about to evaporate in embarrassment.
"Your heads really warm today- are you sure you don't want to relax in the living room watch some tv- after I've done my shower we could cuddle and enjoy the weekend?"
Still blushing in his arms she whispered near his ears- "I'd like that Fuu-kun..."
"I love you too - Shi-chan..."
Blowing her ears gently as I whispered sweet nothings in her ears- I finally let her go - as I took my Akuma Armour and left it in the Shi-chan's laboratory before I simply took a shower.