Daredevil: Rumble of the roses
Chapter 4: a Hero's arrival
to a novice the night would seem quiet even silent , but not for Daredevil.
to him the sounds and smells were everywhere ,from the sounds of people sleeping to noise of Tokyo's subway systems, to the smell of garbage to the constant flavor of snow.
it was all there, the chaos of the city life.
Daredevil skipped and flipped from building to building, scouting the alleyways for drug dealers or Yakuza thugs or some kind of riffraff, but is seemed the streets were empty tonight.
Daredevil stopped on top of a building that overlooked a school, he could tell by his sense's that it was an all Girls High School.
and at this Hour all of them should have been a sleep by now.
but the Guardian Devil heard a noise like the sound of a Jet Plane, it was coming from the middle of the schools park.
as he got closer the sound of explosions suddenly went off which caused Daredevil to run closer to the on going battle, he could smell the sweat on there skin, he could hear there breathing and there hearts beating they were all trying to survive, each one fighting for there lives.
Daredevil now in close proximity to the fight, as he stuck to the shadows he counted four of them all females, 3 to the left and 1 to the right.
all these girls seemed strange though , like the 3 girls to the left seemed more animal than human, while the girl to the right was wearing what seemed like a mages outfit.
Daredevil realized it was a little late for Halloween .
but he could detect that the girl with pink hair to the far right was injured and was out numbered.
all Daredevil knew was that the girl was in trouble and if he didn't step she might end up getting killed.
the Were-Cat then stepped forward and spoke " hurry lets finish her off before she has a chance to get back up"
she then unsheathed her claws and charged at the mage.
Daredevil jumping from the shadows karate kicking the Were-Cat in the face knocking her down.
The Man Without Fear stood ready bringing his fists up to his face going into his Judo like stance.
The Were-Cat then got back up and roared at him revealing her sharp teeth and claws.
she then tried to bite him on the rist , but Daredevil anticipate her move & took his hand out of the way, then counter the Were-Cat with an punch to side of her jaw, this mad her even angrier. the girl then tried to come at him with her deadly claws ,but Daredevil easily bobbed & weaved dodging the girls tiger strikes with finesse.
he then spun on his heel and slapped the girl on her neck striking a pressure point knocking the Were-Cat out.
Sachi and Hikari were at awe at how fast the Man in the Devil suit was.
how amazingly swift his hands were as he defeated Riza with a simple slap to the neck.
Riza turned back into her human form as she collapsed to the ground.
"Riza!" Sachi cried out , seeing her friend lying on the floor unconscious.
the remaining Darklore that were still standing throughout there hands toward the Devilmans direction
for another kinetic Blast attack, but before they could the Devil man suddenly flung something red at them.
the projectile struck Hikari on the snout then bounced off and hit Sachi in the eye, it then ricocheted off and flew back into the Devils hand.
the Were-Lizard Hikari put her hands on her snout as her eyes watered, while the Were-Bat Sachi put her hands on her eye as she squinted in pain.
Daredevil then leaped at the Were-Creatures as they were distracted by there Injures, The Man Without Fear thrusted the Billy Club into the Were-Lizards snout , he then ducked down as the Were-Bat tried to hit him with her wing.
Daredevil recovered then struck the Darklore on the jaw with the Billy club, the Were-Lizard then lunged at him as she tried to scratch him with her claws, Daredevil simply side-stepped avoiding her lash out.
wrapping his arms around her neck he pinched the side of her throat finally putting the wild beast to asleep in his arms.
Sachi was the only one left as she witnessed her 2 best friends defeated by a single person, defeated by this Devil this man who ever he was. he single handedly defeated them all with skill and with professionalism that she had never seen before, if not ever.
but how could a single ordinary man be able to stand toe to toe against the likes of her, how could one without powers be able to defeat one that hade powers , it just didn't make sense.
the only other ones she knew who could partake in this battle was a Mind Breaker ,and they had powers to influence and control girls like her. this man did have characteristics of a mind breaker, if he was a Mind Breaker maybe his powers might be coming from his talent as a master martial artist.
Hikari soon morphed back into her human form, the Devil Man then placed her gently on the ground.
he then turned to face Sachi, he was well built , signs that he's been through allot of physical conditioning.
she didn't know what she was going to do now that she was by herself .
should she continue fighting a losing battle against a foe of remarkable strength .
she could fly away and avoid the battle altogether but then she would be abandoning her friends and she wasn't about to do that. her only choice was to surrender and avoid further injury.
Her only anger was against Lemon because she had apparently lured them into a trap.
she morphed back into her human form as she fell to her knees, she then raised her hand in the air crying out " Please no more, I give up"
Daredevil could tell that the girl was afraid all bye just listening to her breathing, her heart beat, the blood flowing through her veins.
her heart beated faster as he stepped ever closer till Daredevil sat face to face with her, he then reached
for his Billy clubs, the girl noticed his movements and tears started to flow from her eyes, afraid he might attack
she covered her face whimpering in fear.
Daredevil set the weapons down on the ground in front of her, he then tried to calm her placing his hand on her
shoulder, shushing her as he spoke" it alright , no one is going to hurt you"
the black haired girl slowly movie her hands away from her face staring at him with unbelieving eyes.
" shush sleep and be still" said Daredevil pressing his thumb against her forehead putting her to sleep in his hand. the Guardian Devil gently place her on the ground, he then turned to face the magical girl that stood just a few feet behind him.
Lemon was amazed this Man had single handedly defeated 3 Darklore all with out breaking a sweat.
she realized what a genius her master was, with this Warrior the Wiz-Dom Organization could finally win this old war she thought as she smiled.
she picked herself up from the ground now that she was fully healed , and dusted her gown with her hands.
the Devil man took a few steps towards her direction then asked "are you okay?"
Lemon smile greedily at him as she answered back "yes im fine, and may I say your quite an amazing fighter"
she then took a couple steps towards her rescuer , she wanted touch him feel his amazing abbs she thought.
she wanted to thank him some how.
"do you know what the heck was that ? I know I defeated them but what were they, they kind of like werewolf's or something" said the Devil man regarding to the 3 Darklore girls that laid on the ground behind him.
Lemon then replied " oh you'll find out soon enough" she then reached down to retrieve her wand.
but the Devil warrior continue with the questions as if he was interrogating her.
"why where they after you?" his tone stern and serious
"they were after me because there bullies and they always think there better than everyone else,
that's why they were here picking on me" she fibbed
but the Man said nothing , she suddenly felt like he was scanning her as if he could see right through her, see right through her lie.
he then spoke" I'm not stupid and I know that your lying, you had something to do with that fight, didn't you!"
Lemon was shocked , she was caught in her own lie, she realized there was nothing she could say as she stood in silence. the Magical girl then smiled as she began to floated in the air while a blue aura surrounded her
"maybe I did" she said, laughing evilly she took to the sky, flying far away from sight until she disappeared and was gone.
Daredevil realized these girls where innocent and had been provoked into the fight, and that pink haired girl who ever she was used him like some pon to win her fight , but why he wondered , he felt that there might be something more to this mystery than what it seemed.
he felt quite bad for the young girls that laid on the ground, Daredevil Felt guilty for fighting them he should have not interfered in the fight.
he should have let them beat the snote out of that girl.
the only thing he could do now was get the Three injured women some medical attention at the schools nurses room.
Back at the School Library Lemon flew through the walls and teleported into Yui's invisible room that hovered over the library.
from a first glance one wouldn't notice that there was a second floor to library.
this second floor room is where the Witch Librarian Yui stationed her headquarters , and did all her monitoring and planning here.
inside the room the ceiling, the walls and the floor gave off a light blue glow as they where all made entirely out of
magic.
the floor was also decorated with white mystical Emblems, also the room was encircled with 12 runic diamonds each of which floated 2 feet off the ground. the Emblems acted like a giant generator distributing the magical energy amongst the diamonds which would utilize the energy to maintain the existence of the room, it was all simple really once a person thought about it .
The Magical Girl suddenly appeared before her master, but Yui was too distracted to look at Lemon.
as she stared at the viewing diamond, she smiled admiring Daredevil and his amazing feats. the Witch Librarian wore a Victorian style Tiara on her head, and a red veil to go with her purple Mages gown.
sitting on a cushion of air, Yui magically floated a foot off the ground.
still grinning Yiu said " such an amazing man, he easily saw though your lie as easily as I see through this veil"
Lemon gave a look as she was unconvinced " I will agree he is an excellent choice , but are you sure you chose the right man for the job, what if he traces the fight back to us?"
Yui replied simply " the thing about Super Heroes is that they are always ready to jump at a moments notice, Oh I believe we are not the only one's that Matthew Murdock has to worry about. his actions today will bring the attention of others, unfortunately he will be targeted by some of them as well . so there's no need to worry if well be traced, Daredevil will have enough on his plate to deal with.
all we have to do is site back and watch the event as they unfold ,and work from behind the scenes"
Lemon then smiled at her masters response " alright!"she said , if Yui was sure of her decision then Lemon was there to support her all the way.
for now the master and the apprentice would wait till it was time to make there next move.
Sachi suddenly opened her eyes and found herself laying on a bunk in the Nurses medical room located on the second floor of building D. looking over to her right she could see her friends Riza and Hikari
sleeping on similar bunks next to hers.
standing up she walked to the mirror in the bathroom to her left,
she notice she had a purple bruise on her eye where the projectile had hit her, she also could see another bruise on the side of her jaw where the devil man had struck her, that jerk she thought.
she walked back to her bed and found what looked to be an ice pack, she picked it up and placed in on her aching eye.
the room was slightly dim because the curtains had been drawn closed with only a few beams of light peering in.
the clock on the far wall said 7:00 am , school was about to start an Hour from now.
A nurse in a Pink uniform stepped into the room, trailing behind her was a man with Brown Orange hair and
Red tinted glasses, he also wore a Gray suit and in his hand was a walking stick the kind the blind used.
"Miss Yanada?" said the Nurse
"I'm her" answered Sachi
"your quite lucky Miss, you and your friends got out of that fight with just few of bruises.
you most fortunate to have been found by this man ," said the nurses regarding the orange haired stranger that stood next to her.
the Blind man took couple steps towards Sachi and gave a quick bow to her.
he then replied "hello I'm Matthew Murdock, I've already had the school give a report to the authorities about what happen . all they need is a description of the girls that did this to you so that they can apprehended"
Sachi speculated that the man was a Westerner.
she then replied boldly "uh..no that not necesary,that fight was totally between us and them, I refuse to press charges"
"are you sure? Cause I could have-" Murdock tried to say but was cut off by Sachi as she raised her hand in the air in objection "I said no, I refuse to press charges and that's my final word on it!"
"okay then" Matt replied
"I'll let you two talk" said the Nurse stepping outside the room closing the door behind her.
Sachi walked back to her bunk and sat down to continue the conversation with Murdock " so , you found us?" , the Man took a chair from a stake of seats that were positioned against the wall and sat down across from Sachi "yes I was doing my usual walk when I heard what sounded like fighting, I came as quickly as I could, I also heard women's voices and I assumed it was a cat fight"
"I see" Sachi said turning her head to look at the bathroom ahead of her.
she then asked bluntly " Do you know of a guy who dresses like a devil?"
Matt squirmed a little in his chair Nervously , he then answered " I might have heard of such a man, but I know him by only one name"
"and what might that be?" questioned Sachi looking down at the floor
"the Daredevil " Murdock said simply
"the Daredevil?" she echoed
Murdock continued " he's a known vigilante who goes around fighting crime where ever it may be"
Sach still staring at the ground thought of what to say next
"I think I've heard of him before he's from America isn't he?
"yes he is" confirmed Murdock
she continued to question "so you know this man?"
"a little , we have spoken before" Matt spoke trying to act like he wasn't lying
the white room was silent despite the sound of the clock on the wall , Murdock himself seemed quiet himself as well.
Sachi then broke the silence saying "so that's what that man was thinking? that we were a bunch of criminals?!
is that why he was there?!" her eyes started to fill with tears
"No! he never thought that, all he wanted to do was stop the fighting, he didn't fully understand the situation until it was too late. he is truly sorry !" said Murdock placing his hand on her shoulder
Sachi slapped his hand away as she stood up and said" if he truly wanted my forgiveness he should have asked it himself!"
"please ...hear him out, he is very sorry! he said that he would understand if you didn't forgive him" he responded
sachi sniffed as she wiped the last of her tears away "I don't know, I have to think about it"
"I understand, listen I have to go but if you need someone to talk to or at least a lawyer here's my card" said Murdock handing her his business card, she took it without question as she stared the blind lawyer down, Murdock bowed then stepped out the room and was gone.
Soon Riza and Hikari came to .
"hey Sachi, where are we?" asked Riza rubbing the bruise on her jaw.
" I wonder if anyone will notice that we came in to class early" said Riza holding an ice pack on the side of her jaw.
the Nurses Office is was only a few yard from the girls home room class, which only took the girls a minute to walk there.
the girls were in no hurry to get to class room since the school was half an hour from starting.
Hikari rubbing her bruised Nose said" Jeez that Devil man almost broke my nose, he sure did a number on all of us" she then shook her head in disbelief.
"who was that guy anyway?'' said Riza still holding the ice pack to her jaw
Sachi staring at the ground replied coldly" his name is Daredevil"
Both of her friends noticed her sad look on her face "what's wrong Sachi? what worries you?'' said Riza placing her long slender arm on Yanada's shoulder trying to comfort her
"why such a long face, what's troubling you" asked Hikari her face and tone both were at concern for her
"its just that I'm not sure about my powers any more, after getting beat bye a mere-man I just wonder if we get into another fight again will I be able to hold my own" Sachi spoke with sadness still staring at the ground in despair
"oh come on Sachi you cant beat yourself up just because you lost a fight" said Riza
"Oh Sachi please cheer up, I have a feeling that bye the end of the day you'll feel better than you do now, just
remember if you ever fall I promise we'll be there to pick you back up " said Hikari a large as a large grin came over her face
Riza smiled as well hoping for her friend to grin a little.
just looking at them made Sachi give a small smile, giving her a spark of hope that she needed.
they all reached the class room and boldly walked right in.
Murdock was almost near the Ayame Estate , he was just a few yard from reaching his destination . he could see bye his senses that the large black gate that lead to entrance of the Japanes style mansionj was close.
Murdock wondered if Miss Chizu and her secretary Aiko had notice that he had left, they probably might have if they had checked his room or maybe they didn't since it would be rude for them to barge into there guest room unannounced and run the risk that if he was still in his room they would have rudly have waken him up.
Murdock just hoped that they didn't check his room.
Murdock sense's suddenly went off like an alarm, some one was following him.
His senses told him everything about a person, there gender, physical condition, health.
he could tell if they had low blood sugar , he could tell weather they were drunk and could smell what they had for breakfast this morning, or what kind of body lotion they might have used.
nothing escaped his senses, he could tell weather a person was afraid, happy, or aroused.
he was 10 x better than a bloodhound.
right now he sensed told him that it was a girl, was high up above standing on top of a light post looking down at him. she wasn't afraid at all , if anything she was more curious than scared.
Murdock turned around and cocked his head up towards the girls direction.
"alright the game is up I know your there, come down show yourself" Murdock said
the Young girl probably 11 maybe 12 years old, stepped off the light post and floated down before him ,she then approached him.
she wore red overcoat with matching sweat pants and wore white and blue sneakers.
her hair was also woven into pigtails.
she had serious look on her face " I am Rumiko Sakamoto ,
I was following you because I wanted to let you know that I know who you really are!"