Chapter 32

It was a sight he had never seen before.

Amai Mask was stopped at the gate of the movie studio by security. "Sorry sir, you can't be permitted in," the guard said with a worried tone.

He was angry at the notion, but he has known this guard for many years. He never does something out of spite. He always maintains his professionalism. "May I ask why?"

The guard sighed. "Sir I don't know if you have seen the news, but Mr. Ubet, he's the senator of this city. He just passed a law stating that all… monster like people are no longer permitted to work in the city. He named you specifically in this law,"

It was the first he heard of it, Amai checked his phone quickly and found the law that was just passed no more than three days ago. "Huh, so it is…" he muttered.

"We had to turn away Yuuma as well, but he somehow slipped in… then again. I am only to guard the front gate…" he said and turned his back to Amai.

Hint received!

"Thank you for your diligent work," Amai said and began to walk away. He was tempted to sneak in, however he began to sense something was off and amiss. It wasn't long until he saw Yuuma himself come out of a studio. He waved goodbye and was on his way. But froze when he saw Amai lingering outside of the gate.

"They got you too huh?" he asked.

Amai nodded. "I think I'll take it as a sign that my career is essentially over."

"That's quitter talk for ya," Yuuma said with a smirk.

"What do you mean?"

"Yeesh, not even you can be that pathetic" Yuuma muttered. "Instead of giving in, why not rebrand, rebuild?" he asked. "Besides, dad thinks this whole thing is gonna blow over, so in the mean time, keep your face out there!"

Amai paused to the advice, but he nodded in agreement. "Yes, but… how?"

A moment of pause came over Yuuma, he sighed aloud and then muttered something. "What did you say?"

He appeared to force the words out. "Help… me with my new project…" he said through gritted teeth.

"Project?"

He reached for his bag that was slung over his shoulder. Yuuma took out a phone and showed Amai a photo. He peered at it oddly. "You are following her? Webigaza?" he asked.

"Well… sort of…" the sinister grin grew on his face, one worthy of Garou. Yuuma then brought up pictures. Him in his wolf mask, wearing similar fashions to Web, yet using every day items! "I made the joke once that her outfit looked like toilet paper. Athena then said prove it, so… I made the same dress Web had in her photo out of toilet paper!"

Amai lost it in laughter. "This…. This is amazing! Do you have more?!"

He went through various photos and found Yuuma was extremely creative. He could nearly match Web's look to perfection! "Have you posted yet?" he asked.

"No, not yet. I need a good name though. I want a catchy handle"

Amai thought it over, but then smirked. "The wolf in sheep's clothing" he said.

Yuuma paused. "What?"

"Well, you are the son of Garou, and you are mimicking her fashion. A wolf in sheep's clothing!"

Yuuma snapped his phone back, he then began to type feverishly until a smile came over his face. "It's not taken… YES!" he said. But then he paused. "You… wanna help me with this?"

Amai's smile grew. "Oh dear boy, we have much to talk about! First, let's rent a studio…"

#

It was strange for Yuuma to be enjoying his company.

Amai still had some connections and people who didn't hate him to find a nice studio to use. He got all the equipment needed, he even got old outfits used in movies that no one has touched in years and even offered to do photography. "I've been trying to expand my horizons to say the least. Now then, you have posted your first photo correct?"

"Yeah, the toilet paper one."

"Good," Amai then went over all of Web's photos with Yuuma. There were many outlandish fashion designs that she has made over the past few months. Many Yuuma already figured that could be made with various objects and junk. One he was excited on was a very tough and bristle like jacket she made. "I got the perfect thing for that… toilet scrubbers!" he decreed.

Amai snickered. "Excellent, and I do believe there is a yen store near by!" They worked together, making a list of items they would need, from toilet paper and scrubbers to sponges and Spanish moss. They went on a bit of a spree to say the least. Buying up many of the store's items before retreating back to the studio. They laid everything out.

Yuuma was grinning like an idiot as he was already planning what to do next. He was stunned as to how supportive Amai was, in fact, he insisted that he get in on this too! He decided to give him a chance to see what comes up. When they were working on their latest 'outfit' threading the bathroom toilet brush bristles into the jacket, when Amai's phone went off.

He was starting to snicker.

"What?" asked Yuuma.

"Who knew you were going to do this?" he asked.

"A few people, why?"

"Your costar is following you, she just send your picture to her legions who are now following you and others who are enjoying this. Yuuma, you posted that an hour ago. You got 10,000 followers!"

He froze as he took the phone from Amai. 10,006…. 10,059. The numbers were going up by the minute.

"Well then, let's not keep our public waiting!" He struck his bands and turned human, but made sure he wore his wolf mask. They began to make the outfits, Amai even made one for himself as he wanted to be part of this. Within two hours they finished the jacket and took pictures, showing off to the world.

The only problem was, after that photo hit. The internet blew up.

'Is that Amai mask!?'

'Why is he doing this with Yuuma?'

"OMG, this is funny as hell!"

"Since when did Amai turn to comedy?"

Comment after comment, there were some bad ones but that was to be expected. Then they got an email from the site. "A cease and desist letter? We have violated the copyright property of Webigaza…" Yuuma muttered.

Amai took the phone and was quick to write the site back. Within twenty minutes, there was a reply. "There is no longer an issue… how the hell did you pull that off?!"

"We are not selling anything, also, this is considered satire, isn't it?" he asked with an evil grin of his own.

"You smart son of a bitch!"

"Come, the day is young and we have more fashions to mock… but let's hold back for now. Post merely once a week, or whenever she does a new fashion. Keep up with her, and the legion of fans will follow."

Yuuma smirked. "You ain't half bad Amai,"

"I've improved greatly. Now… What can we use the pool noodles for?"

#

Meanwhile…

The walls trembled within the Neo Heroes.

Suiko was nearly knocked off her feet when she fell back, but was caught. "Hey, you okay?"

Peering up, she stared at Metal Bat. She was quick to get to her feet once more. "Sorry, that trembling just now… what was it?"

Bad shrugged. "Someone probably blew a fuse…"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

The two jumped to the scream from Webigaza. "Whoa, diva melt down…" Bad muttered.

"HOW DARE HE! HOW DARE THEY DO THIS TO ME! THEY ARE GOING TO DIE! I WILL PERSONALLY KILL THEM MYSELF!" she screamed.

"Whoa, hold on! What the hell is your issue?!" Bad demanded.

Web turned and glared at him. "You haven't seen? My fashion is being mocked! News just came in that they are banned those two monster actors from working in City R. So what do they do? They make an Instagram page, MOCKING MY FASHION!"

"Huh?" Bad muttered as he took out his phone. It was the top new influences. Wolves in sheep's clothing. Yet the moment he saw the picture, he couldn't hold back.

He was laughing his ass off!

"Did… did he make a dress out of TOILET PAPER?!" Bad asked as he shouted the last part.

Suiko looked at the photo, someone had already done a comparison and it was nearly identical. She couldn't hold back her laughter, but tried to cover her mouth as she did.

"This… isn't funny! I am being mocked! By Amai Mask and that bastard!" she protested.

"Hey it's funny!" Bad said and continued to snicker. "No way! They did one with toilet bristles?!"

"WHAT!"

She ripped the phone from his hands. When she saw the image she was enraged, and shattered it within her grasp. Suiko was stunned, but also remembered Web is a cyborg. "Take it easy, it's just funny!" Suiko insisted.

"I… and being mocked by monsters! Figures you wouldn't understand, your brother is one!"

Suiko froze.

She was about to speak when Bad did. "That ain't called for!" he snapped. "Suiryu maybe not be fully human, but he's still her brother. Back off" he warned.

Web didn't. "Your sister is dating one of them too… what's going to happen when the day comes and you have to put him down?" she asked in a sinister tone.

She walked off shortly after, not before taking out a new phone and making calls to have the Instagram account blocked and banned. Bad shook his head to it all. "I got a few choice words for her right now, but I ain't going to say them… I am sure you do too."

Suiko nodded. "Hey Bad… mind if we talked for a bit? I want to ask you a few things about… that situation," she said discreetly.

He appeared confused, however he agreed to her request. "Sure, let's go somewhere more quite,"

#

They ventured out of the compound. Suiko was silent at first until Bad said aloud. "You're worried if the day comes… we got to fight them." He said.

She froze. Looking up, Bad had the same look on his face as she did. "Yeah…" she whispered.

"I have dreaded that day too, but so far, it hasn't happened. I don't think the family would ever do anything intentional to hurt people. But I know we need to be ready for if that ever happens. It ain't easy. Trust me. My sis is in love with Pac, Garou's oldest son. The two have been friends for years and he has never strayed from her, nor has she for him. Look, Suiko… if you ever need someone to talk to about this…"

"Yeah," she said and smiled warmly. "Thanks Bad,"

"Hey, no worries. You know. I got a sister too. I can pretty much understand how Suiryu feels. He wants to protect you too, older brothers tend to do that, don't they?"

She nodded, but also hesitated. Suiryu always let her fight her own battles. Ever since they were young. He stepped in once when she was facing down a bully, he beat the snot out of the kid! However, she told him that she could handle things herself, and didn't need him the least bit. Since then, he has backed off, and hasn't interfered. Perhaps it was when she began to drift apart from him. He practiced his martial arts with grandfather, yet he felt he got too good at it and left. Suiko never understood why grandfather didn't stop him, but in the end, she got extra time with him to train and improve herself.

"Say Bad… what would happen if we had to fight them? If the order came… what would you do?" she asked.

Bad fell silent. Perhaps he didn't know, however, he opened his mouth. "I can think for myself you know. I ain't a gun that you point and shoot!" he said. "You think for yourself?" he asked.

She nodded, but at the same time, she worried that if one does not obey orders, they will be out of a job, and seen as weak to the other Neo Heroes. "I don't ever want to have to face him… he's my brother,"

"It won't happen to say the least." Bad decreed. "I don't give a damn who becomes the leader of this super continent, if they tell us to kill them because they want them dead, I ain't doing it. I'll gladly give them my power suit and say 'do it yourself!' and leave it at that!"

Suiko liked how honest he was, he doesn't mince words to say the least. "You… wanna get a bite to eat?" she asked offhandedly.

"Yeah, I got a great pizza place we can go to!"