3. Phantom

By: AniZombiefangirl

He overlooked the city, with a protecting eye, even from behind the mask in which he wore, to shield his identity. He wore a long dark trench coat, various things were tucked into it, and he used each item, in times of need. He was only known as Phantom.

Tonight was similar to that of any other night. It was cool, somewhat dark with the exception of the moon shining from behind him. He drew in a breath and released it slowly, almost relaxed. Although, in his gut, when nothing seemed wrong, something was out of the ordinary somewhere, and it was his job, to see what was amiss.

He began his run across rooftops, jumping when needed, until he finally stopped entirely, and look down below to a small scene. Two figures in an alleyway, one of them had been having a hard time keeping his balance, so he assumed that he was intoxicated, and the other, was backing away from the drunk, and holding up their fists, in a sign of self defense. He began to listen carefully at what was happening.

"Come on little girl, I can show you home. What do you say?" The man slurred, and a smile was heard in his voice.

The girl shook her head. She was in a cap, baggy clothes hiding her figure, and she replied, hastily, "No thank you sir, I can manage finding my own way home, by myself."

As she turned to leave, the drunk had seized her wrist, and said, "I won't take no for an answer miss."

She struggled under his grip and cried, "Let me go you jerk!" She began to punch and kick at him to make him release, which did her no good.

Phantom jumped down from his perch and said, "You know, you should listen to a woman, if you want them to cooperate with you, but I guess you aren't the type to do even that." He said, glaring at the drunk from behind his mask.

The man pulled the girl close to him and said, "We're doing just fine."

"Like hell we aren't, you prick, let go of me!" The girl cried, and winced when the man tightened his grip on her wrist.

Phantom reacted fast, sprinting to the two at an incredulous speed, knocking the man away from the girl. The man struggled to stay balanced, as he was forced away from the girl. Phantom cradled the girl against him, acting as a sort of shield for her.

"You will never touch, nor harm another person for as long as you shall live, or else, I'll come back to find you. Is that understood?" Phantom asked, in a grim and ice tone. He felt not only the drunk's eyes, but also the girl's eyes on him.

The drunk nodded and staggered away, falling over garbage cans, until finally leaving Phantom with the girl. With a nod, he looked to the girl and asked, "Are you okay, miss?" he released her form his hold and took a step away from her.

The girl nodded, hesitantly. "Yeah, except my wrist hurts every time I move it…" She was cradling her left wrist, the one that the man had gripped on so fiercely.

"That's not good, let me check it." Phantom said, holding out his hand to her.

She looked at his hand, then back up to his masked face, and slowly allowed herself to give him her left hand. He then, gingerly, examined her wrist, pushed her sleeve up her arm, carefully. He then moved her hand up and down, ever so slowly but she had winced from under his hold. "Ow, that hurts." She said, biting her bottom lip.

"Your wrist is fractured, miss." He said, sadly. He released her wrist, and reached into his coat pocket. Moments later, he pulled out a wrist brace, and handed it to her. "Wear this for at least 4 to 6 weeks…"

She took the brace, and put it over her left wrist, carefully, and returned her gaze to him and she asked, "Who are you anyway, and will I ever see you again?"

He took a knee and brought his right hand over his heart, bowing his head, as he replied, "I am simply known as Phantom, protector of this city."

"Ah, I see…How interesting, and rather mysterious, Mister Phantom." She said with a smile. "You could call me Kai Daiki…Well, best be off, thank you for everything. I hope we see each other again." With that she waved and ran off past him, her grin never fading. He could've sworn that he heard under her breath, "Jin's not going to believe this when I tell him."

Rising to his feet again, he watched her retreating form, he nervously scratched the back of his head, thankful for his mask covering his now bemused and embarrassed face. For that Jin she spoke of, was his true identity, if only she knew. More specifically, Jin Matsumoto, was Phantom.

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It hadn't been a week later since Phantom saw her again, that little Kai from the alley. She was on her way through the town, as if looking for something, but he was probably aware of what. He was on another one of his rounds, but he happened to find her again.

"Now where could he be? We have to go to work, and he said we'd go together…" He heard her sigh.

Work, he had forgotten. He thought he had something to do today, and Kai had reminded him so often, but he seemed to have forgotten. He felt stupid. He let Kai down, for sure this time.

He tucked his mask into his jacket pocket, and jumped form the roof top, down to the fire escape on one side of the building, discreetly climbing down until he was at ground level finally. He then ran around the side of the building to meet Kai and said, "Sorry for making you wait, Kai, I had forgotten something back at the house and ran back to get it."

Kai turned on her heel. She walked up to him, and hugged him. "It's okay, Jin, I know." She said, a smile in her tone.

"You know? What do you know?" He asked, a light blush covered his face.

In a whisper, she replied, "You're Phantom…I followed you one night, plus you're the only other person that wears that coat of yours." She giggled and gave him a soft kiss on the cheek. "But I won't tell a soul, I swear."

Jin sighed and smiled. "I know you won't, but most heroes that have their girlfriends knowing about them, puts them in danger."

"I won't get in trouble, and this…" She held up her left wrist, the one in a brace. "…was me off-guard, I'm pretty tough." She said, confidently.

"You are, you are."

"But.."

"But what, Kai?"

"That means, I'll have to become some sort of sidekick or something." She giggled. "Like Catwoman, or something." She said, in a laugh.

Phantom shook his head, and kissed her forehead. "Whatever you say, my angel."

Author's Notes:

Well, here's the third, and I hope you like it. The orignial Phantom/Jin Matsumoto belongs to a very dear friend of mine, when we were roleplaying together in a Soul Eater guild, but I made sure that it wasn't so, Soul Eater-y, and Kai Daiki, is my character x3

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