Chapter 33

Chapter 33: Unforeseen encounter

The rest of the day was quite uneventful, I decided to leave all my tasks to my clones. My training of the Rasenshuriken was progressing steadily, I was close to gaining its incomplete stage that was used against Kakuzu. The problem was that it took me too long to form it as well as it required too much consentration. If I were to use my thought partition this problem would be solved instantly, however I feel it would be a crutch, one that was best not to have. So I planned to keep practicing it until forming it became second nature, Instinct. To train it I would form one, disperse it and Form another, over and over, the forming of it becoming faster and faster. Before I knew it was already well over midnight, I was Atop the same rooftop. Behind me watching me was Edgeshot, he'd been there for the last half hour. He seemed to be on his way to hunting villains before discovering me.

"Don't you have some criminals to catch?" I asked.

"Shouldn't you be going home?" he responded.

"Fair enough." I said, taking out some food I had prepared for myself. Offering some to him. We ate on the roof top.

"The girl was right you're one hell of a cook. Wanna join me?" he offered.

"Thanks, and why not, I'll take you up on that." I replied.

We then both moved at a fast speed going from one rooftop to another. We mostly only came across miner crimes like muggings, and minor break-ins. I had handled the first one by slashing the villain making sure to only leave them half an inch from death. Due to this Edgeshot, decided to stop all others before I could step in. The city was quite peaceful on this night, remembering what would happen tommorow evening, I brought it up to Edgeshot that we go to Hosu tomorrow evening. At first he seemed reluctant, but eventually he agreed when I mentioned he might just be able to catch the hero killer as he was last reported to be in Hosu. Failing to discover any other crimes. We made our way back to the agency, entering the top floor most of the damage had been cleared up, it seems repairs happened quite fast, probably due to there being so many villain attacks, the cleanup agencies work so fast.

Heading in deeper through the floor we found Rumi sleeping on a couch. Seeing this I shook my head covering her with my captains haori. After drinking a cup of coffee, I left the agency walking home. While walking through the city, I bumped into someone coming out of an alley way. This person was a relatively petite, fair-skinned girl who seemed very prone to blushing and can be described as to having a rather pretty face. She has slightly inward-tilting eyes, irises that are bright yellow and their pupils' thin slits, making them somewhat resemble those of a cat, and her wide mouth is also rather feline, as both her upper and lower canines are more pointed and longer than the rest of her teeth. Her hair is a pale, dirty ash-blonde and is styled into two messy buns, with numerous wild strands sticking out at all angles from their centers and where they're fastened, a straight fringe and two chin-length side bangs to frame her face.

She wore a plain seifuku with a Kansai collar, both the skirt and the shirt dark blue with a double white trim, which is paired with a red scarf that she ties loosely below. Over this, she wears an oversized beige cardigan with a rather long hem and cuffs, and pockets on either side, the right one shown to hold a number of trinkets on either a keychain or a cellphone strap. She sports knee-length black socks and dark brown dress shoes with thick heels, the same as the outdoor uniform shoes students traditionally wear in Japanese schools. Realizing who it was I was quite surprised to run into her at a place like this. Seeing she had some blood on her lips, I peeked into the alley, deep withing was a corpse of a man.

"Yeah, life is tough." I muttered, continuing on my way.

I suddenly moved to the left and a knife went past were I stood. My first thought was to kill, but then I realized that this was probably the girls definition of normal, she most likely had no ill will towards me. This was probably caused by shitty parenting.

"You should be careful little girl, there are all sorts of dangerous people lurking at this time." I said, looking at the girl who was smiling, making one question if she was the one welding the knife trying to stab me.

"Wanna be friends?" asked the girl continuously trying to stab me.

"Sure, I'm Yhwach, What's your story?" I responded. Dodging a upward slash

"I'm Toga! Himiko Toga! Life is too hard! I wanna make a world that's easier to live in! I wanna be Mr. Stainy! I wanna kill Mr. Stainy! What do you do?" she said.

"I'm a student trying to be a hero." I responded

"Well nice to meet you. Maybe I'll get to know you sometime." I said.

Looks like we both want to learn about each other, huh? So now... Your turn. Why are you hoping to become a hero? Honor? Pride? For someone else's sake? I want to know... all about you."

"Hm…, just passing time I guess." I answered, dodging a slash aimed at my face.

"Mind telling me why you're trying to stab me?" I asked.

"Cause I wanna look like you." she answered.

"Why is that?" I questioned, a stab missing my body.

"Of course you wanna be like the one you love. It's natural. So you end up decking yourself out to look like him. But after enough time, even that's not enough. You literally want to become him. There's no helping it. So what's your type? I love tattered guys reeking of blood. That's why I always carve people up in the end." she spoke.

"Sorry, I don't have a type. The blood you're smelling doesn't belong to me. Well it's been a fun talk, but I gotta go." reaching in one of the pouches, I pulled out a pomegranate. Throwing it to the girl, with her focus on the pomegranate, I dissapeard. I made my way back to the campus. Getting home I went to sleep.

The following day I went to pick up Jiro, I was quite early since I didn't have to go anywhere else as Yachiru had chosen to stay over with Momo the previous day. We took our time strolling through the streets before having breakfast at our usual spot. Reaching the agency, we went to our respective floors. Entering the top floor, Rumi was not there anymore. According to Edgeshot she had left a little earlier and would probably be back later. Relieved at this, I put on my haori that she had left before I took a seat and continued my training. Edgeshot left presumably to train as well. After some time I changed it up and continued on learning the basics of sealing Jutsu. Time flew by, and I spent the day studying in peace, only stopping to have lunch with Jiro, as well as taking her home when she was done for the day, before returning and continuing my study session. It all came to an abrupt end when the hyperactive rabbit came back right before sunset. She tried to attack me yet again, however I didn't plan to fight her until she accepted my conditions, so I just dissapeard before her attack landed. Reappearing on the usual rooftop, After appearing I completely consealed my presence. Moments later, I could hear the girl shouting, as well as the chaos she caused looking for me. Ignoring her, I went back to studying.

…Half an hour later.

Edgeshot came out the front with an annoyed looking Rumi following closely behind. Coming down from the roof we made our way to the train station, getting on our way to Hosu. We made it there without incident.

And so the three of us began our petroling. All was quiet, but I knew it was simply the calm before the storm. Moving over I went to a rooftop that would allow me to see if a train was coming. As that would put me in close proximity with were the battle would take place. Finding the highest rooftop within that area, I sat on the ledge waiting. Edgeshot and Rumi were making rounds around the city. Getting bored, I activated my Byakugan, glancing around me. Observing a majority of the city, I found a lot of interesting things. From criminal hideouts, to drug and whore houses. From beautiful scenery, to things that I would never be able to unsee. Some things that happen behind closed doors should stay there. I luckily found Ida and using the place he was going I was able to pinpoint, were the battle with Stain would take place. I also found Stain himself which means that he's already met with the league of villains. Five minutes later it commenced, Warp Gates popped up within the city, and Stain caught his next target. Moments later a massive explosion took place. One hero was sent flying by a Nomu towards an incoming train. Ignoring stain as his battle would take a while to begin. I jumped straight towards the Nomu's. Appearing before one I cut him clean through the middle. Sadly they were not as durable as the one I fought at the Unforeseen Simulation Joint, but they would still be great for loosining my joints. Preparing for battle, I slammed the hilt into its sheath.

"Grow, Hōzukimaru!!"