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Chapter 7 - Chapter 7 *What He Said Was Not A Lie*

(Yui and Sara sat in the tv room watching the news. It looked like a lot more crime has started in the past few days. Apparently the police have found a bunch of bodies that all looked to be cut to pieces. They all seemed to have put up a fight. All the body findings have one thing in common though. They all seem to have swords next to the body. Their swords.)

Sara: "Wow, looks like Kage wasn't wrong."

Yui: "No he was not. Well we have a lot to start worrying about now. We have to find Kage and deal with the crime too. This will be a lot of work."

Sara: "Yes it will."

(Taku limped in the room. He had crutches and a big bandage around his wound. Luckily that little girl stopped the bleeding, or things could have been worse.)

Taku: "Well I can't do anything for the next month. According to the doctor."

Yui: "Why are you so happy? I thought you wanted some action."

Taku: "Well yes and no. You see, girls are into guys that are in the battles, but they like guys who are hurt in battles even more."

Sara: "But you weren't in battle. You were in a building."

Taku: "I know, and girls think that will be hot. The hero Purazuma saved a poor innocent girl even though he knew he'd get hurt."

Yui: "Did you know you'd get hurt?"

Taku: "Nope, but no one has to know that part."

(Kazu walked in.)

Kazu: "Yui, Sara, I got some things for you to do."

Sara: "What, really?"

Kazu: "Yeah. We've been crazy busy lately. Selene and Dai are out patrolling. They've stopped four robberies, ten muggings, and seven public urinations. It has not been pleasant for them. "

Sara: "Oh, what have you, Reo, and Ruri been doing."

Kazu: "Me and Reo have been trying to solve the Cloak case and Ruri has been sleeping and getting ready for the night patrol. That's what I came to tell you Yui, you're on night patrol with Ruri."

Yui: "Damn, I hate night patrol. Are you sure there's not anything else I can do?"

Kazu: "No, sorry. Also Sara, I need you to go out to the city right now."

Sara: "Oh ok, on it."

(Sara ran off to change into her suit and then run off into the city to help Selene and Dai.)

Kazu: "Anyway, Yui you should get some sleep. It's gonna be a long night. Trust me."

Yui: "Ugh. ok."

(Yui went upstairs to sleep, and Kazu went back to Reo to solve this case. He walked in the office where they have been thinking of who this Cloak guy is. Reo was there and he threw a coffee mug against the wall when Kazu walked in.)

Kazu: "My coffee!"

Reo: "Screw your coffee! This is stupid!"

Kazu: "It's not stupid, it's quite smart if I'm being honest. Whoever this guy is, is very smart, and seems to always get away. They named him Cloak because he seems to always be able to hide in the shadows. It could be part of his core."

Reo: "That's a stupid core."

Kazu: "Again Reo, it's very smart. Whatever his core is he seems to use it to his advantage very well. Almost like a ninja of the night."

Reo: "Ninjas are stupid."

Kazu: "Ninjas are cool and you know it, damn it!"

Reo: "Jesus, you must really like ninjas."

Kazu: *sigh* "No, I'm just stressed. I've never been this deep in a case. I've always been able to just run in, fight them, win, and then that was it. I never had to find them."

Reo: "Well I hate searching too. I wanna beat this guy up till he begs for mercy. Then I'll beat him even more."

Kazu: "Jesus Reo."

Reo: "Sorry, I'm stressed too."

Kazu: *sigh* "God, why is this so hard. We can never get an actual view of what this guy looks like. All we know are the bandages."

Reo: "Yeah. We need to look for people who have bandages."

Kazu: "Well people are allowed to have bandages. That doesn't mean they're the villain. They could have it for their injuries and stuff."

Reo: "Yeah, that's true."

Kazu: "Hmm, ugh. We'll have to catch this guy in the action. That'll be the only way we can see who it is."

Reo: "Soooo, we get to go out looking and beating everyone up that is sus."

Kazu: "No. We'll go out to the night shift and do that."

(They both smiled at each other. They were so sick of this case, they started to act like friends.)

(Selene and Dai were exhausted. Selene was dizzy from using too much wind and Dai's drills were starting to hurt too much when he used them. They saw Sara running towards them. They were relieved to have another person helping them. They're just lucky they don't have night shifts. Who knew how'd that turn out.)

Sara: "Hey guys. How's it going?"

(Selene was so out of breath she could barely respond.)

Selene: "It's" *pant* "going" *pant* "terrible" *pant*.

Sara: "O-oh, well how are you doing Dai?"

Dai: "Worse."

Selene: "No, no, no" *pant* "I got it" *pant* "worse. I can" *pant* "barely walk" *pant* "right now" *pant*.

Dai: "Shut" *pant* "up" *pant* "please."

(Dai then fell to the ground, barely staying awake. Selene fell right next to him looking like she was going to vomit. Due to Selene's power, she technically has two bad things that happen when she uses her core for too long. If she uses her wind too long, she'll get extremely dizzy, just like Ruri, but if she uses her lighting too much, she starts to spaz out a lot. Dai's a little bit more complicated though. He can feel everything his drills feel, so if he uses his drills too much, it starts to feel like his bare hand is making a hole in the concrete, and that does not feel good. Sara just gets frostbite, Reo has pain in his heart, Kazu's portals get smaller, Taku gets very tired, and Yui gets muscle cramps. Sara heard Kazu and Reo talking about how they need to find out what happens to Kage when he overdoes his core. It's always nice to know.)

Sara: "Hey, if you guys want I can take over completely for you guys for a bit."

Selene: "Really?"

Sara: "Yeah, you guys look tired, so I can take it from here."

(A scream in the distance was heard. Sara looked to see a man running from an old woman with a purse. Sara ran to the rescue. She turned her fist into ice and jumped up into the air. Sara then slammed down on the robber and hit him in the shoulder. He laid there holding his arm in pain. Sara looked proud, she grabbed the purse and handed it to the old lady.)

Sara: "Don't worry old lady. Here is your purse."

Old lady: "Thank you missie. You truly are a hero."

(The old lady then jumped into the back of a truck that drove up, and she drove away in it.)

Old lady: "A truly dumb hero! Hahahahah!"

Sara: "Wait what?"

(The guy on the ground looked up at Sara.)

Guy: "That was my purse. She was trying to steal it from me."

Sara: "But the scream."

Guy: "I'm sorry I dont scream manly enough. God, heroes are so sexist."

(The guy stood up and started to walk away holding his shoulder.)

Sara: "Wait what?"

(Selene walked over to Sara. She caught her breath a little bit, but she was still extremely exhausted.)

Selene: "Don't worry, Sara. We can do it. Thanks for trying to help though."

(Sara stood there. She was still a little confused on what just happened, but mostly upset. She was upset that she couldn't do anything right without someone telling her she's doing it wrong.)

Sara: "No."

Selene: "Huh?"

Sara: "No, I can handle a day in the city. I can beat up all the bad guys and show them who's boss. You guys are too tired to fight, and I don't want you thinking that you need to go over your limit to pick up the slack on my side."

(Sara looked at Selene and Dai.)

Sara: "I got this. Trust me."

(Selene and Dai looked at Sara, then at each other.)

Dai: "Well, I say do it. Everyone deserves a chance."

(Sara looked directly at Selene.)

Sara: "Please."

(Sara didn't technically need Selene and Dai to approve her helping. Kazu told her to so she had her permission, but she just wanted them to know she's not worthless.)

Selene: "Ok, but if u need help please look for us or someone that can help. Ok?"

Sara: "Ok."

(Sara skipped away, looking for crime, and at the same time wanting to still prove they trust her.)

(Sara was only out for a few hours and it was already night. She stopped a few robberies, but it was quick and easy ones. She didn't think they were good enough to prove herself. It was almost time for the night shift to take over and she still feels as if she was barely any help today. She had to hurry and find someone to fight, but when she was about to start going on the run she saw a man with yellow spiky hair, a yellow shirt and jeans, but what stood out to her the most was the bazooka strapped to his back.)

Zazz: "La de da de da."

(He was singing a little beat to himself as he walked down the street. She knew this guy. This was the guy that escaped the insane asylum. He killed almost twenty people to escape, and who knows how many he killed to get put in a place like that. She had to stop him. She didn't know how, but she had to.)

Sara: "Stop!"

(He stopped his singing and his walking. He slowly turned around with a giant smile on his face, as if he was excited he was stopped.)

Zazz: "A hero? Hahaha, wow who knew I'd get this lucky."

Sara: "Please come with me. If you let me take you in with no challenge, it will work in your favor."

Zazz; "What favor? Yes, if I cooperate with you then it would help my sentence be shorter, but you can't cut infinity by half now can you."

Sara: "Wait, how long is your jail sentence?"

Zazz: "Who's counting, baby? Now stop the yapping and let me start the clapping."

(Zazz pulled the bazooka off his back before Sara could say another word. Zazz put his hand by the barrel of it and electricity came out of his hand and into the bazooka. It then shot out right at Sara who could barely dodge it. Sara was used to electricity because of Reo, but this seemed different. I was yellow, but Reo's is blue. There has to be something different between the two, and Sara is gonna find it out.)

Zazz: "Wow you're a fast chick. Well if i keep shooting, something is bound to hit you. Hahahaha."

(Zazz started to randomly shoot like crazy all over the place. Some were aimed at Sara and others just hit buildings and things around them. Sara kept trying to think of what his plan for this battle is, but there is no pattern in his shootings. He's just shooting at random, he's aiming for just total chaos.)

Zazz: "Hold still damn it! Let me get one shot in!"

(Zazz looked and saw a citizen running away. He aimed at them and fired. The electric ball went straight towards them. Sara could only do one thing. She turned her body into ice and jumped in the way. The shock went through her whole body. Yeah, this was definitely different from Reo's electricity. She's been shocked a few times by Reo, and it didn't hurt this bad. She almost thought she was used to the pain enough to take that shock, but it hurts so much. Sara just then realized the difference. Reo's electricity is less about the shock factor and more about boasting his strengths and speed, but it seems that this guy's electricity is way stronger, but he can't use it to help his momentum. She might have found the difference, but it won't help her. She can barely stand right now. The electricity is still going through her. She'll survive, but not if he sends another shot her way. The guy walked up to her smiling. He stood over and pointed the bazooka right at her face.)

Zazz: "Kage will be happy about this. Hahaha."

Sara: "K-k-kag-g-ge?"

(Zazz slowly pulled the trigger but he himself got shocked, but it wasn't his electricity. It was lighting, Selene's lighting. She stood on top of a building, visibly tired and dizzy, but she was still ready to fight. Dai came from around a corner with his drills ready.)

Zazz: ""Crap. Too many heroes."

(Zazz let go of the trigger, put his bazooka on his back, and ran off. Selene and Dai would've chased after him, but they were too hurt. When he ran, Selene laid down on the roof of the building and Dai put his drills away and limped to Sara.)

Dai: "Are you ok?"

Sara: "Y-y-eeeah."

(She was still a bit shaky from the electricity, but other than that she was fine. She was afraid that they'd be disappointed in her. Thinking she was weak, that she couldn't do anything alone, that she was worthless, but instead. Dai said this.)

Dai: "You did good."

(And that's all she needed to hear.)

(It was night, so Kazu, Reo, Ruri, and Yui all went out for the night shift. They already explained their plan. Kazu and Reo would go on one side of the city, and Yui and Ruri would take the other. Everyone else was in bed asleep for tonight, so this was on them to find this Cloak guy and anyone else that was lurking in the night. Reo and Kazu were going building to building looking for crime. Though they didn't like each other very much, the two of them together make almost an unstoppable team. They've stopped so much crime, you'd think it was gonna be a new record. Kazu would teleport Reo next to them, then Reo would knock them out quickly, then Kazu would teleport the villain into the nearest jail. It was so quick, they didn't know what hit them.)

Reo: "Ugh, this is boring."

Kazu: "How? There is so much crime. I thought this would be the best day ever for you."

Reo: "I like a challenge. This is so quick it's like it didn't happen."

Kazu: "Well that's true. I can't argue that one."

Reo: "I just hope this Cloak guy is as tough as everyone says. I want a challenge so bad."

Kazu: "Well we better keep looking then. I hope Yui and Ruri are alright though."

Reo: "Eh? Who cares? If they can't hold their own then why do we have them on our team."

Kazu: "Though that makes sense, it's still harsh."

Reo: "Whatever."

(While they continued their patrol Yui and Ruri weren't really finding any crime. All they would see is some people walking around, but no crime.)

Ruri: "Seems like an easy night tonight."

Yui: "Yeah, I thought there was crime everywhere. It seems quiet."

Ruri: "Yeah, really quiet."

(While talking with each other they see a man walking down the street. He had giant muscles and wore only a tank top and jeans. He had black hair that had gel in it to make it wave up, and he had tannish skin. He seemed to not notice them, then he looked over. Yui felt weird, so she decided to say something.)

Yui: "Hi there mister. How are you today?"

The man: "Shut up and go to the kitchen where you belong."

Yui: "Wait what?!"

The man: "You heard me. Now leave me alone damn it. I got important man stuff to do."

(The man started walking, but Yui wasn't going to let that go.)

Yui: "Hey, that is extremely sexist. You know men and women are equal."

The man: "Ha! You're funny, and that's rare for a chick to be funny."

(Yui was enraged at this. Ruri was trying to calm her down.)

Ruri: "Come on Yui. Let's just go."

The man: "Yeah, Yui. Go with your little girlfriend."

Yui: "What is your name?"

(Yui had important things to do, but she wanted to remember this guy for another time,)

Diego: "Diego Diez, and to make this conversation end quickly, I'm doing a favor for Kage. He's apparently pretty scary around here now, so that outta end this now."

(Diego started to walk away, but Yui stopped him.)

Yui: "Well thank you for giving me a legal reason to beat you."

(Diego looked back and gave her a second look. When he saw their hero suits he started to smile.)

Diego: "Chick heroes, huh? Well, Kage wanted me to beat up some hero's. I didn't know it would be this easy."

(An orange glow went around Diego, but Yui was too angry to acknowledge it. She wanted this sexist guy in jail, and she wanted it now.)