The Devil meets his weakness

Another year passed by. We then heard that another bandit group like ours was rising. We also heard that they were trying to hunt us. They wanted to eliminate us and rise up their ranks. So, we were also preparing for the upcoming battle. Mr. Jihad gave the responsibilities of front fights to Madarashi and he himself. I was given the responsibilities of to provide support with weapons or medical aid if needed, I was only good at those.

Then one day they somehow found us and arrived here. But we were prepared. Mr. Jihad ordered us to gather in the underground of our hideout and we will observe them from there through the cctv camera. Before going Madarashi went to our room and I followed him. I was watching him from the outside by hiding. I saw that he took something from his bag and put it in his mouth. I thought I was well hidden but then suddenly Madarashi said, 'Brother, why are you hiding there. Come out.'

I got afraid but came out. Then I saw that he was holding that safety pin on his mouth, that mom's pin. I didn't know that he still had that. But then he said, 'I keep this pin always with me during any fight. Cause then I fell like mom is with me and it also works as a lucky charm.'

Then I said, ' ooo, I understand. But you know mom would never want you to be like this.'

Then he said, 'I'm fully aware of that. But good or bad every mom has to face the fact the it's her child and there's no exception for my mother.'

Then we gathered underground and Mr.Jihad was explaining the tactics we'll follow but Madarashi wasn't listening to any of that. And Mr. Jihad said that Madarashi always does this, everything on his own and he has tactics of his own and no one can follow by his tactics except him.

Then we were observing our enemy and Mr. Jihad told us wait for some moments. Madarashi was sitting there for a while and then suddenly he stood up and went to the battle field without saying anything. Mr. jihad was angry about that. But we were observing what's going on by the camera. We saw Madarashi first arrived there and sarcastically said, 'Ohhhhh! Some little gang of people has come to annihilate us. I'm warning you, run away or you will regret it.'

I first thought that he was out of his mind ridiculing the enemy like that. The enemy started saying, 'What the hell! It's just a kid.' And just after that one of them shot a bullet at Madarashi. I was really scared and closed my eyes. But when I opened my eyes I saw that Madarashi somehow dodged it. The enemy was as surprised as me. Then Madarashi said,

'Very well then!!' and charged right at them. The enemy also opened fire but somehow he was dodging all of them. I couldn't understand how he was able to do that. Then Mr. jihad explained to me, 'Yukioshi, if you believe in superpowers then you can consider this as one. But Madarashi isn't doing that with superpower rather with his own skills. He observes really closely all the movements of the enemy, their gesture, posture and then he can calculate when, where and how they will shoot and thereby take actions accordingly.'

Then we saw that he was charging towards them dodging all the bullets and then he finally shot two bullets and the amazing matter was, both the bullets hit the bullseye, and pierced the head of two enemies. But then a moment came and their boss was about to shoot. That time Madarashi was really in a bad position. If he somehow manages to calculate it he won't be able to dodge it. I was really afraid and the boss chose the right moment to strike. But then another miracle happened and we got to notice another might of my little brother. Just before the shot he instantly picked up one of the enemy corpse he shot earlier and shielded himself from the bullet. The enemy leader's face was something to be seen as well as ours. After that he kept using that corpse as a shield. There was a devilish smile on his all the time. It was like he was happy, he was enjoying that. The last time I saw him this happy was when he was able to dispose of our father and butler. Day by day he was turning into a psychopath.

Then after I saw Mr. Jihad had a smile on his face and said, 'What are we waiting for gang. Let's forget about all the plans and charge on ahead.' This encouraged everyone and lifted their spirits. A great battle started. There was gunfire everywhere. Some of us was injured and I treated them. But if I had to say, I would say we were on the lead because of Mr.Jihad and Madarashi's duo. They took down most of the enemy and both of their attacks was amazingly synchronized. But even so we were short on numbers. So, I decided to join the fight too and that is when I understood that we shouldn't underestimate ourselves cause I was holding my own against them quite nicely. The battle went for a long time. Most of the enemies were down and some of them flew away. The only one left at that time was their leader. On our side, Madarashi, me, Jhad and some of the others were still standing. We thought we won but after sometime I was about to realize that we shouldn't start celebration until a fight is fully over.

At that time, one of us was injured and I was treating him and me and him was the only one without weapons. Just right at that time Mr. Jihad was asking the enemy leader to give up. But rather than giving up he hold his pistol. Then Madarashi and Mr. Jihad also pointed their pistol at that leader and Madarshi said, 'You can't hope to do anything, Mr. We are holding your dead men as our shield. But if we shoot you can't be saved.'

Then the leader looked down and smiled saying, 'Then I will go for the one without shield.' Right after he said that I saw bullet coming towards and before I could understand anything I saw some blood splitting over. But the fact was it wasn't my blood rather it was Mr. Jihad's. he threw himself in front of me to save me and in the process he was shot. I instantly grabbed him, he was shot at a vital spot. And then I could hear someone laughing out loud, it was that leader. Right at that time Madarashi pointed his gun towards him.

And the leader sarcastically said, 'Oh! Oh! Wait a sec, kid. Look I won't hurt you rather I have an offer for you, join me and leave this weak leader of yours. We can do anything we want. We will rule over the country…'

After hearing this Madarashi lowered his gun and was looking down. He looked dark. And then said, 'You say, you won't shoot me because you want me. But you are actually running out of bullet, isn't that right.'

The leader's face looked pale and started sweating. I was amazed that he was counting the bullets in the leader's gun. But then he said, 'I have bullets in my gun but I will throw this away. Because, I want to take on your offer. So, let's fight to test if you as strong as you claim to be.

Then the leader smiled and said, 'Listen up kid. Don't be son cocky, you are really skilled for someone of your age but I'm the leader for some reason. I can just beat you in one stroke!!!"

Madarshi really threw his gun as he said and a great showdown was about to be started. The fight started. Madarashi asked the leader to attack first and he also accepted the offer. The leader was really throwing powerful and rapid punches and kicks, he was without a doubt skillful. But his bad luck was he was against my brother. He dodged and blocked all the attacks. But at last the leader managed to land a punch on him and Madarshi was backed down. But then there that devilish smirk on his face again and he said,

'My turn!!!' And we all were going to feel the terror of the devil. Madarashi tightened his fist. It looked like he was going to punch and that leader was ready to block it. But the shock came later when we realized that the punch was just for distraction. Rather in a moment from behind the shadow of the punch, Madarashi rose his leg to a 90 degree angle and in flash kicked the leader on his face. And with that one kick the leader was on the ground bleeding all over. Witnessing such strength left the whole environment silent. Everyone of us felt a terror inside of our heart.

Then Madarashi went and picked up his ground and pointed it to the leader and said, 'You call Mr. Jihad weak. Believe me you can't even hold a candle against him. You were just delusional who wanted to rule the country, you piece of trash.' Just after that he shot him.

Then he calmly came towards Mr. Jihad who was still somehow alive, sat down and said, 'Thank you Mr. Jihad for everything you did for us. I were a father figure to me. By the way I said that you weren't weak but you have weakness and in large amount. Your weakness is you are too soft. We have been fighting for a long time now but you haven't killed not a single one. You just injured them. You even stopped me from killing them from time to time. You are also dying because of that. That time you were pointing your gun right at his head. And when he was about to shoot my brother, you could've just shot him. But rather you decided not to and jumped in front of the fire. I'm glad that I learned a lot from you but I'm also glad that I didn't learn this softness from you. Rest in peace!!'

Then Mr. Jihad passed away. We buried him. I didn't see a glimpse of sorrow on Madarashi's face all these time. I thought he was just barbaric. But in the night I saw Madarashi going to the roof and I followed him. There is where I found Madarashi crying after a long time. I realized that I was wrong about him, he was really in pain but was hiding it.

Then about one month passed by. Then one day Madarshi suudenly told me, 'Brother, let's go.' I asked him where to and he replied, 'We're going to Japan to carry out our first mission as devils. And our target, it's the 'agent scum' of Japan.' Then I remembered about the agent scum. Mr. Jihad gave that name to those who took orders from any of the five great nations and carry out that order. No one knows the identity of the 'agent scum' and because of them a lot of innocents died in the World War III and people are still suffering because of them. And Madarashi has taken them as his first enemies. But then I asked how he will find out the identity of that agent scum and he replied that he will manage that somehow.

We had enough money left by our mom also Mr. Jihad's gang also provided us with a lot of financial support. They also kept us well under covered. And also they somehow managed to get us visa and passport. And we flew away.

We landed in tokyo there and I asked Madarashi what our next plan was. He said to me, 'Listen, you will stay in Tokyo and gather different intel about anything you can especially about t president of here. I also want you to find out the president's daughter and enroll in the same school as her.' Then I asked him if I will be able to do that work. Then he said something to me which made me realize my capability. He said, 'Don't underestimate yourself. You also have a lot of capabilities. I know I didn't tell you before but gathering intel and providing support are something you are best at and no one is at an equal footing as you. We relied on this capability of yours during our missions with Mr. Jihad and it was really helpful.'

His words really encouraged and motivated me. Then I asked him what he will do. In reply he said, 'Do you know why I chose Japan for our first mission? It's because this country is known for different types of martial arts. I will learn every type of martial arts. Just think someone who knows all martial arts and also have different modern weapons with him. He will be invincible. I've got info that Kyoto has a school for learning every types of martial arts and it has grown in just two years but is at the top. So, I'll be going there and I'm guessing that it will take somewhat 2 years for me to master everything. So, until then..'

As planned I went to my job of collecting intel and Madarashi to his martial arts training. Madarashi is going to be really strong from this martial arts training as its base.

Then 2 years passéd by. And it was the day Madarashi was coming to Tokyo. I went to the station to pick him up. I was waiting in the station. It was taking some time and I thought the train must be running late. And then an announcement started from the station master's office. First it was like two people fighting over the mike and everyone of the station couldn't understand what was going on. But then an announcement started it was an announcement of someone being lost. It said, 'A boy of age 18 has been lost and he looks like an foreigner. He has black hair and a pretty face….. if someone fins him please, take him to the station master's office…' After hearing that I thought it was crazy. How can a boy of 18 years be lost, I was also 18 years at that time. But then the announcement again said, 'The boy's name is Yukioshi, full name Yukioshi Ismail..' Still then I thought, 'So, the name of that 18 years old moron is Yukioshi Ismail.' And then I realized 'what the hell' it's me they are calling. I rushed to the station master's office and saw a 16 years old pretty handsome boy was laughing and broadcasting that news. It was Madarashi. I then grabbed him and said, 'What the hell are you doing. Are you out of your mind?' he then said over that mike, 'Oh! He has been found' and everyone in the station was laughing. I still didn't understand why Madarshi was in such a good mood. He then grabbed the station master and said, ' Hey, brother this is my new friend Mr. station. And Mr. station meet my brother. The station master got angry and yelled, 'who's your friend, psycho. We just met. And who are you calling Mr.station. That isn't my name. Now get out of here with your lost brother.' And we were kicked out of there. I then asked him what the hell was he doing. He said, ' I was waiting for you after getting out of train but couldn't find you so I thought you were lost.' I then asked how long has he been waiting. And he said, 'Exactly 59 seconds.' and laughed out loud. I then understood something that he had a change of character and now he has become somewhat sarcastic but not only that his looks has changed too. He is now a whole lot prettier even than from before. I asked him about the change of his character and he said, 'May be I've learned to enjoy the life a bit. May be I've found a way to keep myself happy in this sad world.' And smiled.

After someday he went to take the admission test on the same school I was in and it was the most prestigious school in Japan. Then the result of the test came and Madarashi got the admission. But the shocking thing was he scored a full marks in the test and created a history. Never once someone could score a full marks in the test of that school and that was miraculous. The news of this spread like a wild fire in the whole school. He got famous in the school before getting in. Then it was the first day of the school. Everyone was talking about him. He got really popular with the girls and despised by the boys. During the break a group of five girls came and started talking to him about different staffs. I was also kind of feeling jealous. At some point of the conversation Madarshi said, 'I have just the thing to give you girls like you. Just wait.' He then took a box from his bag and said the girls to close their eyes. The girls looked happy and closed their eyes. And he gave something on their hand and told them to open their eyes. Just after opening the eyes all the girls freaked out and two of them even started to cry and ran away. Cause when they opened their eyes they saw the lifetime enemy of all girls, I am talking about none other than the mighty cockroach. Seeing a living cockroach roaming in their hand would freak out any girl. And seeing that hilarious show Madarashi burst into laughter. That was obviously a jerk move from him but he was enjoying that. I asked him why did he pull such a stunt. He said, 'Cause it was fun. Besides, we can't engage ourselves with much people so after that move everyone will keep their distance from me. Then after some time a boy from the student council came and asked Madarashi to join them. But Madarashi instantly turned them down. I could see they were not happy about that. Also the student council of this school is infamous. Everyone even the teachers fear them. They are really strong and have some nasty but strong people under their possession. None could ever go against them and no one ever turned them down except my little brother. When the school ended we were going home but then in front of the soccer field we saw a bunch of 20 students blocking our path and it was all the members of the student even including the president of the council. They said that if someone stand against the president then they are as good as dead. It looked like a show was about to start. A lot of student was there to watch the council beat up Madarashi including even the teachers. They were a wuss to say something against the council.

Then the president said, 'I heard that you turned our offer down. Then I think you don't have any complaints against we beating you to a pulp.' Hearing that Madarashi started laughing out loud. They were really pissed off about it. Then he started counting them and in the middle of that one of them tried to punch Madarashi. But in an instant he dodged it and kicked his tummy with his knee. Everyone was stunned by that action. Then he ended counting and said, 'So, 20 people and 20 multiply 3 equals to 60. Yes, that will be enough to beat all of you weaklings. So, the time starts now.'

The fight started. And I was again shocked by the skills of Madarashi. He has gotten even stronger now. It was like when he is dodging attacks his bones turns into rubber making him flexible and when he strikes his bones become steel making him invincible. Also there was his ability to calculate everyone's moves by just observing their gesture and posture. And then, one minute later, the whole school also witnessed the might of a devil. All the 20 people were down and Madarashi was just sitting on the president's head. No one could believe it.

The next day we went to the school. There was a sign of terror on everyone's face except Madarashi who was just joking around. No one tried to approach us or just until the lunch break. During the break we went to the café and bought some food for us and when we returned we saw a girl from another section was sitting on Madarashi's chair like a boss. Madarashi went there and said, 'Excuse me, I believe that it's my sit.' Then the girl said, 'So, what? I'm sitting here now. And you must be the infamous Madarashi Ibrahim. Nice to meet you. I'm the daughter of the president of japan. And I'm here to recruit you as my newest servant. For your first task as servant I want you to bring me a bunger to eat from the café.' Indeed she was the president's daughter and I've been spying on her all this time as ordered by Madarashi.

I first thought Madarashi will reject her. But he just took her order and went to bring burger for her. So, I thought there must be a reason for him to act like that towards her and I thought it was because he wants to get close to the president by being her servant. Then he returned with the burger and gave it to her. Then she said, 'So, you're the same too. No matter how brave or powerful you are, you are still afraid of president's daughter like others.' Madarashi just smiled. Then the girl was about to eat the burger but then she saw something hair like moving in between the buns of the burgers. Then she slowly opened the buns of the burger and we all saw a living cockroach moving inside the burger. Just right at that moment the girl freaked out and almost started crying and Madarashi again burst into laughter as well as me. Then the girl ran away from here saying that Madarashi would pay for that.

Then before the school was about to end, me and Madarashi was standing by the window on the second floor. Then we saw that the president's daughter running towards us. She was in a hurry and said to Madarashi, 'Please, help me and forgive me for earlier. Someone is running away with my necklace. It was my mom's last memory. Please catch the thief for me. I beg you.'

And Madarashi said in a surprised look, 'Who are you again?' The girl was surprised and said, 'What the hell? You forgot me? I'm the one whom you gave the cockroach burger.' Then Madarashi said, 'Oh! I remember know 'the cockroach girl.' Madarashi was being sarcastic at that time. But then the girl pointed to the window and said, 'look there, that's the one running away with my necklace. You are strong if you hurry now you can catch him. Please run!'

Then Madarashi said , 'Can't you see I'm going! Where are you looking at?' Then she turned around and saw Madarashi standing on the window and he just jumped from the second floor like it was nothing. The girl was totally shocked. She thought that he was practically insane. Then Madarshi went and caught the thief and returned the necklace to her. She then thanked him.

Then Madarashi said, 'Ms. Cockroach, what are you playing? The man who ran away with your necklace wasn't a thief rather he was your bodyguard, wasn't he?' I was first shocked. Then the girl said, 'Impressive! How do you know?' Then he said, 'Earlier when you asked me to buy you a burger, I saw your him following me. You must have told him to check on me if I mixed anything to you food. Because of him I had a hard time to put that cockroach on the burger. So, from that I understood that he was your body guard. So, spill it what's your game.'

Then she asked us to come with her to the park and we did. We sat together and she revealed a sad story of her. She said, 'I am the daughter of the president and everyone also sees me like that. No one sees me for who I am. Everyone fears me because of that. I always wanted to have a lot of friends and I also have a lot except they aren't true. They just pretend to be my friend but form heart they fear me and envy me. So, when I heard about you that you are afraid of nothing then I thought that there is also a possibility that you won't fear me too. So, to test you I went and told you to be my servant and you just pulled a prank on me rather than being afraid. Then to test if you were a good person or not I pretended to be helpless and in need of help and you helped me too. So, Madarashi, you were the first one to call me 'cockroach girl' instead of daughter of president. So, please will you be my first true friend?

Hearing all that Madarashi said, 'Hmmm! Okay, I guess I will be your friend.' Hearing that out of joy the girl shaked Madarashi's hand and said, 'Thank you! By the way, my name is Rafa Jennifer not any 'cockroach girl'. And I'll call you Madara. This name suits you. I saw an anime where there was a badass villain called 'Madara'. And you like to play the role of villain, it's perfect.'

And like this way Madarashi made a friend and his one and only weakness…