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Heart of Stone Chapter 2 - The Menace
You ran. But you knew that your legs would give in soon. An idea popped into your head. Calling someone, anyone, for help. You quickly took out your phone. You were almost not surprised when you see that there was no signal.
"What the fuck is going ?"
A dream? A nightmare? It need it to be. Otherwise how could you explain sky getting blacker by any second. But still you should have woken up because of the emotions. You wake up when you get too excited. That's how dreams works. Then what was this?
"Wha…"
A strange sound. It came from the above. It sounded almost like …
"Wings -!"
Your eyes widened. Two black crow like wings attached to the his back. Your pursuer flying just beside you. Effortlessly, looking at you with a grin. Almost like a cat toying with a mouse.
Your breath got distorted. At this moment your logic started to fail, the reality you knew didn't make sense anymore. Your brain desperately searched for answer. Somehow trying to find some sense in this crazy situation.
You snapped out of your thoughts when you saw the energy gathering at the mans hand. The complete version looked like a spear made out of electricity. Now the spear was directly pointed at you.
You only had couple of seconds to react before the spear went through you. You were about to do the first thing came to your mind. Dodge it. If you acted too early, before it was released, you would die. If you acted too late you would die. So you waited for that moment. Eyes focused in his arm movement. His arm moved…
Now!
You jumped forward and rolled. When you didn't feel any pain you know it was a success. Second later you heard loud crashing, something being hit with heavy force. You didn't dare to look at the damage caused by the spear, you only move forward.
This was going nowhere. There was no one in the streets and soon your legs would fail you as well. Your body was getting heavier with every step.
There was only option. When flight doesn't work you fight. You knew how to fight but only against humans.
Fighting against an unknown thing ,even though he looked like human, was hard. You had to know your enemy's weaknesses. There was one advantage for you. Making that spear took some time, so if you somehow avoid another attack then strike him...it might work. It is risky but what is the other option? Your body failing you and then dying. At least this way you would go down fighting. The plan had three phases. First wait for him to charge up his spear, second doge the spear , third punch the fucker with all your might.
You ran bit more and come to a street with some good possible suddenly stopped, this would surprise the man giving you bit more time. Seconds later he flew and landed in the street, facing you. A sweat run down your face. Gulping you noticed he didn't attack you straight away.
So you tried something.
"W-...Why are you after me?"
He smirked at this question. By every second your hate for this man increased.
"I have to give it you kid, you are good. I will answer your question, you are just a unlucky guy chosen by God. If you want to be angry with someone, be angry with him."
"G-God…?" You muttered slowly. Trying to understand what that sentence meant."I don't understand ! I didn't do anything to you ! Why are you doing this ?!" This time your question was ignored.
"Now die!" The moment you were waiting for. First phase of the plan started. He started charging another spear in his hand. You tried to stable your breathing. For you time almost slowdown as you watched his hand movements. This was it. It's do or die. One mistake and you are dead. Good thing that you had good eyes. You memorised the moment from when he was flying. How much time it took to create it and how much time it took to release it.
Now your fear and confusion was turning something different. In this last moments the idea of dying like this , dying without even understanding what is going on filled you with anger.
Surely you agreed that you nearly had no chance against this...monster. Even so right now you only wanted to punch him in his ugly face.
You gritted your teeth.
You were ready.
The spear was released.
So you were.
You dived and rolled. You raise up much more quickly than before. Phase 2 was completed.
Starting running straight towards him. Noticing you not being dead and running straight at him, the man started to charge up another spear.
You were close to him now. Only few meters left.
The spear was steadily charging. If you could hit him in time you could disturb the charging of his spear. At least that what you wanted to believe.
It was now or never.
Spear just completed charging.
You raised your hand, tightening it into fist.
Phase three , punch the fucker in the face.
…
With adrenaline your eyes blurred for a second you couldn't see anything. Only screaming and grunting.
As your vision slowly cleared, you saw the man holding his nose. Blood was running down his nose and it seemed like you broke it.
This felt like triumph but soon enough you noticed to spear in his hand. You thought he was about to attack you again so you ready your body to move once again...only to see…
The blood on the spear's tip.
" ! "
You felt your legs give in and you fell to your knees. A sudden, sharp pain entered to your body. You never felt something like this in your entire life. As the realization hit you, you eyes slowly drifted to a newly made gaping hole in your stomach. Blood started drip on the cold ground. You wanted to the scream, scream at the world how much it hurt. How unfair this was it. How you had so much to do , so much to see!
But alas, only a squeal came out off.
Now your vision once again started to blur. Your killer was saying something but you were not hearing anything. You only see him flying away.
Now there was nothing, you fell to your back.
"I-I ...don't… accept -nghaa.." While you were trying to speak blood came out of your mouth silencing you.
Slowly grief and pain start to overwhelm you.
You were dying. You know that. You know at this state it was inevitable and there was nothing you could do.
"...You are just a unlucky guy chosen by God. If you want to be angry with someone, be angry with him..."
"...fuck this…"
You had so much to do.
You didn't deserve this.
1 Hour Before :
The school's bell finally ringed, ending school for today. And I must say school today was extra unenjoyable, other days at least I somehow bear with it. We had most exhausting lessons today. Math and physics. I like the whole idea of math and physics, how they want to explain this vast, mysterious universe we are living in. I'm quite interested in them because of that reason alone. But for some reason what they teach here is boring to me to the point where I don't care for the lessons anymore. I know learning the basics is needed of course and I'm fine with that but just repeating the same thing over and over again to me is just unneeded. When I find the lesson boring I can't enjoy it and when I can't enjoy the lessons it becomes hard for me to even listen it. Hence my bad marks in the said subjects.
I let out a sigh. I can think of my bad marks some time later. Now it was time to just leave the school. Listening to some music after a hard day at the school was what I need it. That was the greatest thing about going home by yourself. There was no one to bother me. Just before I was about leave the class someone called out to me.
"Kenji,my man!"
Daichi Yamazaki, one of my close friends. He was waaay motivated for some reason. Too motivated for me.
"What is it?"
"We are going to talk to some ladies today."
I left the classroom. He followed after me. I wished he didn't. Too much wishful thinking I guess.
"We are going the most populated area and we are going to get ourselves girlfriends." Daichi said with determination.
Where did that came from?
"So the perverted trio become the perverted quad. Got it."
"We don't have time for you and your sarcasm." He said with a serious tone."If I fail this task, I will bring shame to my brethren."
I mentally face palmed. Now I have to keep talk to him until we came to the bus stop.
"What's gotten into you? You are usually...well you are still obnoxious but not this much."
Walking through the swarm of students we left the school. I took a deep breath of fresh because I know I was going to need it. If I didn't know the guy I would think he got hurt by that comment. He is one of the greatest actors I have ever met.
"You made hole in my chest that I don't think I can refill…"
I rolled my eyes with annoyance.
"Yeah yeah whatever." There was three minutes to the bus stop...Damn it."Are you going to tell me why do you suddenly want to 'woo the damsels' ?"
"Some patience my dear friend, I was just coming to that." He said as his eyes filled with sudden anger."It become a matter of honor."
Matter of honor. Now he speaks like damn samurai. My head is filled with too much for this conversation. And there it was, my favorite thing the world. Headache. I slowly massaged my temples.
"How...how exactly is not having a girlfriend become a matter of honor ?"
He directly looked me in the eyes then stopped. He lowered his head.
"I will tell you...but I don't think your heart can handle it. Are you s-Wagh!"
Alright that was it, I hit him in the head. He let out sudden cry. He lifted his head to glare at me with tearful eyes. Again if I didn't knew him I think he was being serious.
"Come on now." I said glaring back at him."Not like the perverted trio got...girlfriend trio...yeah." Alright that didn't work.
"Firstly that was horrible…" Yeah I know it was. "Secondly what you said was kinda true."
I looked at him now, bit surprised. "What do you mean kinda?"
"What I mean by that is one of them made a girlfriend, Issei Hyoudou." He clenched his fist."Now do you understand this is a matter of honor. Even he, somehow, gets a girlfriend!"
"Well seems like you find a role model."
He let out gasp, looking at me with disbelief."You know the truth yet you still can joke about it…? Yes...Kenji you are truly the one with the heart of stone."
Finally we were at the bus stop and there was a bus waiting ready to depart. I looked at Daichi with a grin.
"Now it's time for you to choose. Do you take to bus and go to home, or go to talk ladies and wait for three hours for another bus. It is your choice."
He tought for a bit."Hmm...choice has been made. Talking to ladies will have to wait." He said with great regret.
I nodded approvingly and give him a pat in the shoulder."Good man."
With regret he entered the bus.
I let out a sigh when the bus left.
Finally some solitude, I could listen to -
Someone tapped me in the shoulder. I almost didn't want turn around but I did. There was woman in front of me with wearing strange clothes. A cosplayer? She had brown hair with bangs and brown eyes.
"Here, please take it!"
I noticed she was handing me something. A some sort of paper with strange markings on it. Advertisement maybe? I reached out and take it. I really didn't care much for stuff like this, but I didn't want to be rude so I put into my pocket.
"Uh...Thanks, I guess."
She smiled and walked away.
I could always throw it away when I got home. I shrugged and took out my headphones. Ahh, finally it was time for some relaxation. I passed across the road. Now there was three streets left before I reached home.
Music really soothes my mind, it takes me to new places, gives me inspiration.
So much so that I didn't notice how empty the streets ...usually there a lot of students going through here. Well whatever.
I continued to move forward.
But...there was something that didn't fit in.
The streets were empty, there were no one around.
There was pnly one person, clad in black jacket and fedora sitting on the bench.
This is...not right.
"Checkmate."
Second chapter is done. I must say I'm really having fun while writing this.
In the next chapter things are going to get bit more complicated for Kenji.
