The Fresh Return of Heroic Identity and New Feature

Two days later after the planning of Yukishari Hills finished on a good note, a dark blue night sky smoothly arose with radiant moonlight shimmered across the rooftop of Neo Tokyo buildings. Buildings that enlightened the neon light on the side part or even the reflective glasses, initiating a light show party across the city.

Chilling wind smoothly gusted across the crowded street full of tiring people on the sidewalk and vehicles occupied most of the spaces within the road. Although a busy time invaded the mindsets of the citizens, some of them decided to spend their resting time in several places like restaurants, malls, and many more things.

The red open-door ramen restaurant, Daichi, was now filled with people who were craving hunger and created a constant sniffling sound as they took a bite on their meal. A hot bowl of ramen with either a clean-creamy chicken broth soup or a spicy pork broth soup became the two main stars for the hungry customer's dinner meal.

With a lot of customers such as workers, hipsters, and high school students taking most of the seats, Hatoshi and Yuna, who were in their high school uniform without the blazer, able to take a seat on two chairs across from each other. The high schoolers gladly occupied was the seat is placed on the very left of the restaurant, beneath the neon-glowing paint of the half-naked sumo excitedly holding the bowl of red soup ramen with his palm.

Furthermore, a small rectangular table was chosen for the high schoolers to put their delicate meal for this dinner time. A meal set of two ramen bowls that were already empty with only a group of small pieces of seaweed rested in.

The highs schoolers sheepishly traded their gleeful stare with one another and shared a burst of laughter with each other. Hatoshi blissfully opened a smirk toward Yuna who recently took a sip of the cold ocha within her cold ocha before placing it beside the bowl, darting her cheering glare at her close partner.

"Even though we came kind of late, at least we still…have some enjoyment here," Hatoshi exclaimed with a little bit of nervousness invading his tone before releasing a jovial chuckle. "I…guess..so."

Yuna giggled, "I quite agree with it."

"Besides our late arrival, we can prolong the times we go to Yukishari Hills." Yuna remarked happily.

"Hehe..yes more time indeed," Hatoshi uttered sheepishly and sighed.

Afterward, Yuna raised her surprised eyes when a soothing reminder kicked in and encouraged her to bite her lips in curiosity. The schoolgirl swiftly tilted her head to the left Hatoshi, readying herself on sharing the sudden information on prolonging the conversation.

"Speaking about Sparror, where will we going to meet him?" Yuna asked curiously.

A reluctant sigh was released shortly by Hatoshi as he nodded his head down to the table, attempting to hide the uneasiness from Yuna's direct sight. Luckily, a joyful smirk slowly emerged on his lips, and raised his head at Yuna who calmly awaited her curious mind filled with an answer.

"We will meet him in the alleyway that has the…Heroes Return street art….I guess." Hatoshi declared blithely. "Because..he doesn't want to be seen by the citizens."

Yuna hummed, "I see."

"He is quite secretive too," Yuna exclaimed before she took another sip of the cold ocha until the glass became empty and released a sigh.

"Well….that's a classic Superhero behavior when initiating a personal request," Hatoshi answered and scratched his back.

"Especially…Sparror is not the type of Superhero who loves to show off just for the sake of publicity." Hatoshi added with a calm tone and a prideful smirk shone through his face. "Instead,

Yuna giggled and shook her head, "Okay, okay, understandable."

"Which means he is truly committed to his Superhero career," Yuna spoke gladfully. "As you said before."

Then, Hatoshi put both of his clutching hands on the glass containing ocha beside his empty ramen bowl and raised it to his lips. The schoolboy smoothly took the sip by moving down his glass to let all the remaining ocha flow through the inside of his opened lips, emptying all the liquid from the glass before he placed it on the table once again.

"So Yuna, are you ready to go now or do you want to have some dessert?" Hatoshi asked.

Yuna happily opened her smirk toward her close partner who awaited a response by raising his relaxed eyebrows. Hence, the schoolgirl released a high-pitched chortle and placed her chin on the palm balmily.

"I choose to go now because I think I'm already very full," Yuna exclaimed in fiery excitement.

Hatoshi chuckled sheepishly, "Yeah… you've eaten two bowls, Yuna."

"So of course, you're already full," Hatoshi mentioned and pinned his eyes on his close partner's empty bowl.

The schoolgirl delightfully let out a high-pitched burst of laughter at the surroundings after she glanced at her empty bowl. A slight bothersome grunt was spread out from Hatoshi's face and toned down the laughter as Yuna's eyes sharpened her focus onto him.

Nonetheless, Yuna extended the gleeful smirk and landed her gentle palm on her close partner's forehand, resting on the table. Hatoshi briskly flipped his forehand before enveloping her soft palm with his, tightly held it.

"Today's Ramen is very delicious and flavourful. That's why I ordered more than one." Yuna said delightfully.

"Well…because of that I must pay more….hehe." Hatoshi replied with him releasing a sigh.

"But it's okay you don't have to pay me back." Hatoshi added.

Yuna gladly nodded, "Thank you for that, Hatoshi."

Afterward, the highschoolers retrieved both of their arms back from each other and shared a brief giggle with one another. Hatoshi and Yuna quickly locked their intrigued eyes to the left to fill their mood.

A mood on going to a declared peaceful trip inside the Yukishari Hills tonight as Hatoshi got up from his chair and placed one of his hands into the pant's pocket on the left. Then, Hatoshi declared an opened offering hand and glossed his eyes toward Yuna who gave him a wide cheerful smile.

"Anyway, let's go to Yukishari Hills, Yuna." Hatoshi persuaded jovially. "I really wanted to see the beauty of that place with my naked eyes."

"Also, Sparror already awaited us in the alleyway," Hatoshi added.

Yuna accepted the offering hand by closing it with her tender palm and brought a wider smile to Hatoshi's lips. The schoolboy gently pulled her till she obtained a steady standing position.

"Sure, Hatoshi," Yuna uttered cheerfully as the mood of having the serene trip clouded her judgment in the form of releasing a high-pitched giggle. "I cannot wait to see the beautiful things there."

Around an hour had passed, the dark-blue night sky had become darker than before and chilling wind rapidly blew across the rooftop of the buildings. Streets and sidewalks became less crowded with only a few people or vehicles showing up on the scene.

Furthermore, pearl-white radiant moonlight arose brightly and summoned a light beam across the wintry clouds and cold surface of the night sky. Buildings' rooftop or citizens from below could watch the dazzling of the moon.

Even some of the people on the sidewalks began to look at the alluring light of the moon and hoisted their phones. A sound of snapping pictures shouted as the citizen phone already captured the picture of the moon itself and dropped an excited jaw.

While the high schoolers, Hatoshi and Yuna smoothly walked together on the right sidewalks and placed their sight on the front sight to ignore the dazzling moonlight in the sky. Their minds were now fully succumbed to the thoughts of having a serene trip within The Yukishari Hills.

The high schoolers gently held their comforting hands and continued to take a few steps forward. Hatoshi and Yuna swiftly opened their tender closed lips especially when they caught the glimpse of the hallway on the right, slowing their approaching steps with them almost reaching their destination point.

Thus, the high schoolers halted their stepping feet from taking further when they arrived in front of the gloomy hallway. They both retrieved back their gentle hands as Hatoshi began to take a step forward, slowly joining the darkness of the hallway.

A gladful face made a shining appearance within Yuna's face the longer she watched her close partner keep walking forward to the hallway. The schoolgirl even raised her clenching hand on the chest and gleefully blinked her eyes, grasping a sparkling comfort with having knowledge on the other identity of her close partner.

'Even though you don't want to show me who you truly are, I'm glad that you have already fulfilled one of your dreams.' Yuna mumbled gladly within her mind. "Hatoshi or your alter ego, Sparror.'

'Either way, I'm always supporting you no matter what.' Yuna added delightfully.

Yuna watched his close partner finally join the darkness of the somber alleyway. His physical presence was no longer available in her gleeful stare as she shook her head and released a joyful giggle.

While Hatoshi already fully entered the gloomy alleyway and furrowed a little bit of anxiousness in his eyebrows. The schoolboy clenched both of his staggering fists as he slowed the steps forward and shakily bit his lips.

'Part of me still felt, you know, kind of nervous,' Hatoshi uttered through his mind blissfully. 'Nervous that I'll be back as Sparror'

Then, Hatoshi tightened both of the staggering fists when he already reached the dead-end wall of the hallway. A fiery excitement swiftly heated his entire mind with the schoolboy heaving his left fist in the front sight of his face.

A confident smile widely opened the longer he watched his fist didn't reveal any trembling or staggering sign. Hence, Hatoshi inhaled the cold air of the surroundings before he breathed out from his throat.

'But at the same time, I felt some excitement too.' Hatoshi exclaimed happily within his excited mind. 'Because I'm quite enthusiastic about becoming Sparror once again.'

The schoolboy flipped his tightened fist to let the knuckle see the view of the night sky with the excitement that kept heating up the desire in his mind. A burning desire on obtaining his heroic form who already took a resting time in the two-week periods, broadening his spirited smirk.

'Alright, this is the right time to show it.' Hatoshi declared through his mind.

'If I'm still worth it or not by using its power.' Hatoshi added.

Therefore, a bursting flame string engulfed both of his wrists and elongated its presence. The flame strings instantly wrapped Hatoshi's entire arms, creating blazing bulky bandages that shone like the street light in the night.

Amazement spread through Hatoshi's face as he witnessed both of his hands being wrapped by the blazing bandages that felt similar to the real ones. It even allowed the schoolboy to move his other hand fluidly, releasing a burst of grateful laughter glossing over the flaming construct.

The schoolboy proudly closed his eyes and recollected the astonished mood after witnessing the blazing construct emerge on both of his arms. Then, he opened the sparkling confident eyes toward the moon above and hoisted the tightened fist to burst out a swarm of a lava-like flame construct.

A scorching swarm that devoured Hatoshi's entire human body in the blink of an eye. The leftover was the school boy's astonished face still gazing at the radiant moon before eventually his head was swallowed by the materialized blazing swarm.

Hatoshi had now become a man who was literally made of everything from a scorching fire, blocking his vision with a gleaming flame surface. The schoolboy put down his gaze from watching the radiant moonlight and breathed out a sigh of relief that faded away both him and the flaming construct away from the empty hallway.

Once again, the pitch-dark and empty alleyway lost the grasp of a gleaming light after Hatoshi vanished. No physical traces of Hatoshi were left to be seen in the surroundings or even the gloomy hallway itself.

Yukishari Hills had indeed joined the group of the famous or spectacular in Rising Sun and it even distanced away from the country itself. A dark green dominant hills due to the fresh grass field, containing exalted things within its wide spaces.

One of the eye-catching spots from Yukishari Hills was the lake view located on the below part. More specifically, the left side was big as a hot tub pool and its lake shape was tight circular.

Despite the small size, glamouring things within the lake occurred in the scene originating from the lake itself. The whole color of the lake water was in fact neon azure-blue similar to a neon light on the streets, but there was another light showing up.

A neon light that covered half of the circular blue light attractive spots, especially on the gleaming lake's own part. Neon lavender light was chosen to bloom within the lake from below and made a dual contrast with the azure spot.

With the clean lake still illuminated by the bright presents of the moonlight itself, a blazing ball emerged in front of the lake and calmly levitated. The blazing ball smoothly stretched the five spots of its body that form each of the human limbs.

Shimmering blinding light soared through the blazing ball that finished the forging section of the new form, the blazing humanoid from before. Moreover, all the fiery surface within the humanoid figure vastly dissolved faster than in the blink of an eye and revealed the crystal-clear orange armory surface.

The Fiery Hero of Neo Tokyo City, Sparror made his swift return by standing firmly on top of the dark-green grass. His excited lantern eyes darted at the armory palm whom he recently hoisted and briefly let out a blithesome gasping. A constant chuckle soon entered the contorting voice from Sparror's lung, resembling a person swallowing an active fireball.

"Krah!!" A smooth contorting word freed from Sparror lung as he declared an attempt to call forth his first word for the fresh return of his.

Sparror took a brief sigh and uttered another word once again, "Zuyah. Krah! Deiyah!!!"

A bemused look emerged through Sparror's lantern eyes with the new grunting way of speaking entered his lung. The Flaming Hero swiftly headed toward the restful lake on his left side and put down both of his armory hands with puzzledness that invaded his mind regarding the recent return.

'A new change of my voice?" Sparror mumbled inside his mind with a puzzling tone. 'I never thought it'd happen to me.'

'It is very strange.' Sparror added.

The Flaming Hero stopped his steps to take further when the armory feet were closed enough to dip down through the gleaming lake water. A concise picture of Sparror's body was presented within the reflective surface of the lake's violet side.

Sparror still maintained the bemused look due to there being no traces of changes after he scanned his entire armory body. The Flaming Hero even scratched the back of his head for letting him dig up the upcoming odd things.

However, Sparror blissfully shook his head and pointed his finger at the night sky. An idea to counter the voice-changing problem was found as The Flaming Hero prepared himself on announcing it by exhaling a sigh of relief.

'I must say it is a nice upgrade from Sparror.' Sparror exposed his idea through his mind. 'I think I know how to counter the communication problem.'

Hence, Sparror snapped the armory finger to create a metal sound across the surroundings and a gulp of fiery sparkles popped out on the back of his neck to form a tennis ball size orb. He briskly locked the elevated gaze at the hovering orb beside him before turning the attention back at the reflective view of the lake water below.

"Alright!!" A contorting voice resembling a young man around his age occurred when the flaming orb beside blinks continuously.

Reposed lantern eyes heaved up through Sparror'sblack void face and nodded his head toward the experiment result. The hovering orb would soon shrink down into nothingness in an instance with The Flaming Hero snapped his finger again in warm satisfaction.

'At least I found a good way to talk, but unfortunately, this is not the right time to test the new feature.' Sparror mumbled through his mind. 'Because I had somebody waiting for me..of course..hehe.'

Sparror scanned the colorful lake below and diverted eyes through his void-black face, 'Also, this place is indeed beautiful, especially with the two-color lake.'

'However, the tree spot will be more spectacular than this, and I cannot wait to see that.' Sparror added with a thrilling excitement that lingered through his mind

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