Chapter 78: Ryukyu's Problem
Author: Geraint
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Taking a break from patrol, Ichika brought Ryukyu to a restaurant to eat dinner. While the two of them are eating together, Ichika decided to break the silence,
"How's the food? Did you like it?"
"It's good."
Ryukyu was avoiding to have eye contact with him.
"I'm glad you like it. Actually, this is my friend's restaurant and I decided to help him financially to build this place."
"I see..."
After her short response, things became awkward again and they ate silently. When they finished eating, the two of them returned back to patrolling.
While walking along the streets, Ichika decided to ask her.
"Then, Ryuko... what type of guy did you like?"
Ryukyu became irritated of him,
"I told you, I'm not interested!"
"Do you swing the other way?"
"I'm not!"
"That means, you like guys but you haven't found that special someone."
"I don't care!"
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"It also means that you have no experience in dating."
Ryukyu halted on her steps then she blushes,
"Shut up, already! Yeah, I didn't have any romantic experience with opposite sex or I never once went on a date with anyone! Happy now? Hmph!" she bursted out of annoyance to him then she walked up ahead of him.
"That's surprising." Ichika followed behind her.
Ryukyu sped up her walking whenever Ichika tried to approach her.
"Stop following me!"
"But, we're on patrol together."
"Uuuuu..."
Ryukyu wants to go home already. She finally understood how Mirko feels when she was dealing with him.
Suddenly, Ichika stops when he sensed something from above the buildings then there was a faint smile on his face.
"He's here."
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While Ryukyu was walking ahead in hurry, leaving Ichika who's annoying her,
"Huh?"
When she glanced behind, he was not there following her anymore.
"Where did he go?"
"Gyaah! Please spare me!"
She heard someone screaming from the alleyway.
"Arrrgh!"
She immediately went to check what's happening and her expression became grim seeing three Pro Heroes lying on the ground and they were bleeding severely.
When one of them noticed her, he quickly yelled and warned her.
"Ryukyu! Behind you!"
Sensing a bloodlust behind, Ryukyu immediately jumped to the side and tried to avoid the attack but a blade grazed her in the cheek.
"Who are you?!"
Facing her was intimidating, muscular man who walks with a distinct hunch, and has a flat, somewhat-triangular face without a nose, which he removed it himself, and an extraordinarily long tongue, tainted with numerous small papillae. He has rather long, black hair, which he wears in a messy fashion; it would drape over his face if not for his headband and mask, and small red eyes with tiny irises.
He sports a dark combat suit, plated with metal armor across his body to holster his weapons. The torso is sleeveless, so he instead wraps his arms in yellow bandages, all the way from just below his shoulders to his wrists. He also wears long black wristbands and a watch on his left arm, and his knees are protected with metal pads, the costume completed by black boots with steel armor. He always dons his signature blood-red scarf and matching headband, as well as the tattered cloth he wears around his face as a mask.
He licks the blood on the tip of his knife as he walks towards Ryukyu,
"Dragoon Hero: Ryukyu... another fake and incompetent hero."
Ryukyu was shock when she was unable to control her body.
"What is... Uuuu..."
"Resistance is futile. You fake heroes will be purge here!"
When she was about to be stab in the chest, someone grabbed her around the waist and pulled her back.
"Huh?"
She was surprised when someone saved her.
The blade of the knife was caught and crushed it in one grip with the right hand.
The intimidating man immediately moves away from them with agile speed and frowns at them, recognizing the guy who interrupted him.
"It's you... the former Vigilante, Captain Falcon. I never thought you turned to the side of those Pro Heroes."
"Hero Killer: Stain... It's been a while since I saw you. You still keep attacking Pro Heroes even though I already filtered out the incompetent ones."
"What have you done is completely useless, Falcon. There's still false heroes working on this current society."
"You have to give them a chance to redeem themselves. They are also working hard to help All Might to protect this country."
"This is the reason why we never get along, Falcon!" Stain rushed towards them.
"You and I are different. Your ideology is right but methods are wrong!"
Ichika taps Ryukyu in the back with his right hand and she was now able to move her body.
*Peeeeeww!*
"Ryuko, I leave those wounded to you!"
Ichika's left hand was shrouded with flickering lightning and thrust it towards his opponent.
"Lightning Blade!"
Stain quickly ducked down to avoid his attack then he tumbled backwards to get away from him.
"This guy is really a big trouble."
He jumps through the surface of the walls as he tried to escape.
Ichika levitates then he rises up to the sky.
"Like I let you--Huh?"
The sky suddenly lit up and lightning descended from the sky and hit him in an instant.
*Boom!*
"Waaaahh!"
He was forced to turned back into his younger form.
While he was falling down, he saw a man with fair skin and thin, rectangular gray eyes and white pupils. He also had white hair that reaches just past his shoulders, worn swept back away from his face. He has a large black mask that covers him from his chest to just above his nose, four extra pieces winding around the exposed skin of his face and around his head.
He wore a full-body suit of a similar design, with plates of black covering his entire body, leaving only his fingers exposed, and, over this, a blazer and dress pants of a pale lilac color. He also wore black boots.
"No way! Why is he here?"
Ichika was completely shock.
Ryukyu rushes to catch him from below.
"Falcon!" she caught him in the alleyway.
The two of them saw Stain standing on that man's side.
Ryukyu put down Ichika as they stare at them with serious expression.
"We'll retreat here, Stain. We just found out his biggest weakness."
"Tch! Fine." Stain looks annoyed.
The two villain was shrouded by black aura and disappeared out of thin air.
Ichika turned around and walked away,
"I apologize for using you as a bait but I never thought Nine and Stain will be working together."
"Are you okay?" Ryukyu worriedly asked.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. Thank you for saving me."
"I want to thank you too. You also saved my life. I thought I'm gonna die at that time."
Ryukyu went to his side and walk with him.
Outside the alleyway was several police car which is arriving one by one at the scene.
"What are you going to do? They just found out your weakness. I never thought that lightning was also your weakness."
"I'll be okay. I don't really like relying on this power anyway."
(To be continued.)
(A/N: I'll fix my mistakes later.)