"3… 2… 1… Fight!" Monroe raised his hands in the air, signaling the start of the battle.
Dirk Speedblood charged at Miles, Urofu no Moru drawn. He let out a wolf-like roar and swung his blade. "Miles, this is for my face!"
Miles simply stood with a smirk on his face. He twirled his machetes around his fingers and slid them back into their holsters.
"What are you doing, Miles?!" Monroe asked concernedly. "He's attacking! Don't you remember last time!"
"Don't worry Bass, I got this." Miles grinned even wider. As Dirk Speedblood's blade came swinging for his neck, Miles batted the blade away with a closed fist, and with his other hand he punched Dirk Speedblood right in the scar on his face.
Dirk Speedblood halted, astonished. Miles had batted away his strongest attack like it was nothing. "Rarararrrrgh!" Dirk Speedblood kept the momentum of his blade and made a spinning slice attack. Miles effortlessly stepped backward out of the attack's range, and Urofu no Moru caught nothing but air. Dirk Speedblood lost his balance and fell to the ground.
"Now, Dirk Speedblood, are you ready to give up? And while you're at it, can you tell me why your car is still running even in this world of no power?" Miles offered a friendly hand to Dirk Speedblood, wanting to help him stand up.
Dirk Speedblood lashed out with his blade, and Miles drew his hand back. "Never, Miles! You ruined my dream!"
"What do you mean?" Miles said, but Dirk Speedblood was already on his feet charging again.
"My dreaaaaaaaammmmmsssss!" Dirk Speedblood ran at Miles with his blade pointing straight forward. His fighter aura was really big, and Miles could feel the potential within Dirk Speedblood, but it was unrefined.
"Really?" Miles looked unhappy. He blocked Dirk Speedblood's sword attack with the brass knuckle hilt of one of his machetes. Time slowed down as Dirk Speedblood saw Miles's other hand, unblocked, coming down. Dirk Speedblood did not have enough time to react, and Miles's other machete chopped off both of Dirk Speedblood's hands at the wrist.
"Aaarghhh!" Dirk Speedblood tried to grab the stumps of his hands to stop the profuse bleeding, but he couldn't because he no longer had any hands to grab with. "This really hurts!"
"Damn, guess I went a little overboard." Miles looked a little bit embarrassed.
Monroe walked up and took a closer look. "Wow, I thought this was going to be a face off between you two, but I guess it ended up being more of a hand off. Dirk Speedblood, you should have accepted the hand my good buddy Miles offered you in friendship earlier!"
Dirk Speedblood rubbed his stumps in the dirt to stop the bleeding. It worked a little bit, but he would need to see a doctor soon or there would be trouble.
"Miles, let's get out of here and take his car." Monroe said. "I don't think his car is set up for hands free usage." Monroe hopped in the 1993 red Civic.
"Hold on Bass. I saw that Dirk Speedblood has potential. Remember how good he was all those years ago? I feel that he could be a good tool to have on our side."
Dirk Speedblood stood up. "It will be difficult without hands, but I am sure we can find a way to make it work. Please take me to a doctor first, though."
"Ok," said Miles. Miles and Dirk Speedblood got into the car. "Let's go find Rachel, her dad, and Charlie. Rachel's dad can heal your injuries."
As Miles drove the car toward Willoughby, Dirk Speedblood smiled despite the pain. He had paid a high price, but now he was right where he wanted to be.
Author's Note: Hello again! It took me a while to write this one because I wanted to do it right! I do read reviews and some guy said that maybe Dirk Speedblood is a Mary Sue. I didn't know what that was so I looked it up and I found this TVTropes site that dialed me in. A character like that just sounds terrible, so I wanted to be sure Dirk Speedblood wasn't like that! I just wanted to start by introducing the most awesome parts of Dirk Speedblood. He definitely has many flaws and weaknesses like you can see in this chapter! Also I know that Miles has gotten even more awesome at everything after the black out (the first chapter mostly took place before it), so there is nothing to fear about a Mary Sue Speedblood (unless he has a secret sister named Mary Sue, hahaha!). So please keep reading and keep reviewing!