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Chapter 13 - Chapter 10: Courage Is To Look Your Fear In The Eyes

September 1st, 1987. Akira and Rei were sparring in the Burea Of Paranormal Extermination's gymnasium. The two rivals traded blow after blow, with Rei landing a slash with his katana Dante. Akira countered with his escrima sticks Charlie and Manson, shouting "TASER LEVEL 7!!!!" and shocking Rei. He then activated AC/DC and Akira activated Footloose. The two charged each other and Akira and Rei punched each other in the face, with Rei falling down and Akira barely standing. He coughed up blood and smirked. "Your technique has definetly gotten better, Rei. But you still let your anger blind you. You need to calm down a bit." He told Rei. Rei then shouted "SHUT UP! YOU MAY HAVE BEATEN ME THIS TIME, BUT I'LL WIN NEXT TIME, SHINJ-" Akira then interrupted him. "That's the thing, Rei. You never do. Why? Because you're too angry. You let your anger take over. Especially when you ALMOST DECAPITATED MY GIRLFRIEND!!!!" He shouted angrily, especially since that was the week prior. Rei then countered back "WELL MAYBE IF YOU DIDN'T BEFRIEND EVERYONE YOU FUCKING MET, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE HAD A GIRLFRIEND FOR ME TO ALMOST KILL. ESPECIALLY SINCE SHE'S SO WEAK AND FRAGI-" and then Akira knocked out Rei with a kick to the face. "Don't call my Mandy weak." He said in a menacing tone. He then picked Rei up and carried him to Sally (his car). He then drove him back to the mansion. Maria looked pissed. "What the hell did you do to Rei, dummkompf?!" She shouted in her heavy German accent. "Oh, shut it, Number 5. I just knocked him out after he called Mandy weak and fragile." Akira said to Maria. "Can I shoot him already?" Amanda asked angrily. "No. No killing. Except the man who killed my father." Akira said sternly. "That's kinda hypocritical, Akira." Natsui (Akira's mom) said out of nowhere, scaring the shit out of Akira. "HOLY SHIT!!!!!!" He shouted and clung onto Amanda. "You say no killing, yet you want to kill the man who killed Hiro. That's not very heroic of you." She said. Akira then countered "Hey. You want him dead as much as JJ (Josefumi) and I do." He finished. "Hey. Josefumi can run fast. It's not exactly your premiere Rock Move." She said with a hint of sass. "And you can turn anything into a bomb, make explosions in your hand and shoot lasers out of your fingertips. Not exactly your premiere Rock Move either." Josefumi countered. Rei started to wake up. "M-mother?" he murmured. "Oh....that's fuckin' sad." Akira said. He then started to help Rei up, to which Rei slapped his hand away. "I don't want or need your fucking help, Shinjuku." Rei hissed. "I know, Rei." Akira said calmly. At that moment, Akira's walkie-talkie, issued by the Bureau of Paranormal Extermination, went off. "No. 1, come in, No. 1." Director Helsing's voice rang out through the walkie talkie. Akira sighed and picked up his walkie. "This is No. 1 speaking. What's the situation, Director Helsing?" He asked through the walkie. "Several paranormal beings have been sighted in downtown Tokyo. I'm entrusting you and No.2, 3, 4, and 5 to take them down." Helsing spoke, and Akira replied "Sounds groovy." He put on his dad's aviator sunglasses. "Let's rock and roll, baby." He said to his team as they geared up, with Akira grabbing Charlie and Manson, Amanda grabbing her pistols, Rei grabbing Dante, Josefumi grabbing his clacker balls, and Maria grabbing her golden dice. "Ass-Kicker 5, Let The Bad Time's Roll!" Akira shouted as they went to Sally and drove to downtown Tokyo. There, they saw a Raknid (a crab like monster. Think Nomu from My Hero Academia if it was a giant crab. Or Crablante from One Punch Man.) Amanda almost fainted as she was nearly killed by a Raknid prior. Akira caught her and held her up. "You're ok, Mandy. I won't let him hurt you." He said in a kind and caring voice. She blushed and got up. "You always do so much for me. I can't even begin to repay you, Aki. I'm weak..." She said. He sighed, then turned his attention to the Raknid. "Mandy, this creature represent's a principle. Imagine an alcoholic father, beating on his child for bullying someone at school. Why would someone, who is meant to protect them, hurting the child? Would you call his behaviour courageous? Of course not, it's anger clouding his judgement. I will tell you what courage is, Amanda." Then, the Raknid began to charge at Akira, but he continued, with his trademarked shit-eating grin. "Courage is to look your fear in the eyes" He grabbed Charlie and jammed it into the creature's eye "AND KNOW THAT IT HAS NO DOMINION OVER YOU! FEAR SCATTERS THE RHYTHYM. WHEN YOU TOSS YOUR FEAR INTO THE DUST, THE BEAT IS THE SWORD EVER AT YOUR HIP. GROOVE WITH COURAGE AND YOU WILL NEVER WANT FOR A ROCK MOVE!!!" He then leapt at the Raknid, continuing. "BRAVERY IS OUR BIRTHRIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN" He shouted, talking to both the rest of the team and the bystanders. "AND FOR ALL THE ABILITIES THEY MAY BRING INTO A BATTLE, COURAGE IS SOMETHING A RAKNID RELINQUISHED WHEN HE TOOK THIS FORM! THEY'RE NO BETTER THAN DRUNKS!!! FOOTLOOSE: RING OF FIRE!!!!" His leg caught on fire and ignited the creature. The Raknid screeched and perished. "A knee full of Footloose to the head seems to have cured this one's braggadocio. And yes, readers at home. That WAS a Jojo reference." He smirked, breaking the 4th wall. He then pulled a glass Coca-Cola bottle, opened it, and started drinking it. The audience began cheering him on. "He is so badass." Amanda and Josefumi mumbled, while Rei scoffed. 'He think's that he's better than me because of some stupid speech about courage? Tch, yeah right. I will surpass you, Shinjuku. Mark my words.' Rei thought to himself. Maria, on the other hand, was doing some S T O N K S. "I will be the richest woman in the world. MARK MY WORDS!!!" She shouted. She was clearly on drugs. Oh god, she just set a baby on fire. And now she's singing Baby by Justin Bieber. How does she even know that song? It's 1987. Anyways, back to the story.

The man with the dogmask, Bruno, codename The Dogwalker, silently watched from afar. Behind him stood a shadowy man with white eyes and a fat, yellow creature. "Master Bruno, when will we kill Akira Shinjuku?" The shadow man asked. "Soon, Incognito." Bruno spoke to the man, now known as Incognito. "Wumbo Jumbo wants tacos!" The fat creature, now known as Wumbo Jumbo, shouted. "Shut up, Jumbo!" Bruno and Incognito said comically.