Twists and Turns
Hado Nejire, a UA First Year was on break. She and Ryukyu; the Dragoon Hero had ended up at the beach front. This particular section of the beach, was a well-known tourist spot and had a constant influx of water sports enthusiasts.
"Everything okay, Nejire-chan?" Came a soft rumbling voice.
She turned and it was Ryukyu with two chilled bottles of water "Come, let's grab a seat and take a break."
"Are you sure? I mean, we are…"
The Dragoon Hero chuckled "As long as we keep an eye out, it doesn't really matter. Where we are, it's normally a quiet time at this point of the day. It's in the middle of ten different Hero Agencies, so there is very little chance of any villain activity."
"I would agree and disagree with that." Another voice said, Nejire turned sharply and her neck popped. The speaker was Caucasian, skinny, extremely skinny clad in black swim shorts and a dark blue holiday shirt.
"Can we help you?" Ryukyu asked curiously.
"If I was going to do something stupid like attack a Pro Hero and their Intern specifically the pair of you; I'm not going to be doing it out in the open. I'd use a very high-calibre rifle, scope and be up on a rooftop with a rappel gear."
"That's oddly specific." Nejire countered.
"Because you two are an exceptionally odd-pair. An emitter and a transformation hero duo…Anyway, I apologise; I'm just relaying what the voices in my head's saying. Going back to your comment about villain activity. Yes, any villain worth his salt wouldn't attack here, because as you rightly said. However, doesn't mean that idiots and morons won't try anything."
As he spoke there was the unmistakable sounds of gun shots. Ryukyu was half-tempted to arrest the newcomer only to see him turn to his left and then spin to his right as the bullets passed by him. Nejire and Ryukyu managed to avoid the bullets "How…" Nejire asked.
Ryukyu smirked "Centrifugal and Centripetal force…He generates it to make him move faster when moving in a specific manner; generally, in a circle, I think. I'm a hero, not a physicist."
They watched as the mentally dubbed 'CC', closed the distance and using a mixture of capoeira, kickboxing and a few other styles; he twisted and turned amongst the four thugs. What amazed Nejire was how, CC; completed his spin and countered sending his opponent flying.
The fight seemed to take five minutes in reality it was over in twenty-four seconds. "Idiots." CC, turned to Ryukyu and Nejire watched him.
"Now…I know how this looks, honestly…this…wasn't my fault."
"That was awesome! What is your quirk? You think you can help me? Aren't you overheating being dressed in black?"
CC, stopped and his emerald eyes flickered back and forth as the deluge of exclamations and questions washed over him "Thanks? I think? Circle. Possibly. Not really. What's your quirk?" CC retorted.
"Wave Motion, it allows me to convert stamina into energy blasts."
CC chuckled "Cardio. Cardio, cardio and guess what…more cardio. If you build up your stamina for days, you should be able to negate the drawback of your quirk."
"Cardio for days?"
"Cardio for days."
"What about yourself? What's the drawback to circle? I mean it's not the most…heroic of quirks."
CC grinned "Come on then bubble-gum blue, miss wave-motion."
Nejire's adorable periwinkle blue glittering eyes hardened "Did you just call me bubble-gum blue?"
CC grinned; there were hurried footsteps and Ryukyu clocked five more teens; two more males and three females come clattering onto the seen. Her grasp of English was superb, she'd trained under the Gargantuan Hero: Hagrid to help her become accustomed to co-ordination and manoeuvres both evacuation and combat. 'Great, we've been here three days and Harry's picked a fight.' The thickset brown haired teen stated.
"Actually, Shockwave…it looks more like his second, and it happens to be a Hero-student. I've got thirty that he'll wipe the floor with her." Ginger offered.
"CHESS! Can you be more insensitive?' The brunette snapped 'But I'll match it that Blue, puts Harry into the floor."
"I thought we were on the same side?" Chess responded, Ryukyu had to bite back her laughter. Harry, CC, it appeared was a trouble magnet and was here on a vacation of some sort.
"Excuse me good ladies and gentlemen; I'm Ryukyu; Dragoon Hero…"
CC turned "Let me guess, Dragoon Hero…no use of quirks in the street unless licenced?"
"It's more no quirk usage whatsoever, even if under attack."
Ryukyu, Nejire and the foreign students all took a step back as Harry seemed to almost emit an aura of utter fury "Well…that's annoying bubble-gum blue. We can't seem to have our throwdown."
"Harry, I never said you can't have your throwdown with my intern. I just said you can't throw down in the street."
"Ryukyu, you realise that's horribly impractical? But I'll be nice, and promise not try and bring down the Hero establishment in Japan."
That stopped Nejire "You brought down a Hero establishment?"
Harry chuckled "Damn straight Blue. Brought British Heroics to their knees and destroyed both the hero's faith in their roles in society and civilian feelings of safety and trust in heroics. Heroes were corrupt, ineffective and were acting the Gestapo and KGB only with quirkest agendas. They attempted to indoctrinate me into their quirkest beliefs and threatened to drop me in the same prison cell as my Godfather if I didn't comply."
"And did you?"
Shockwave scoffed "Twister, here…grabbed a plate and attempted to give the officer a Glasgow smile."
"At throat height." Luna chimed thoughlessly.
"It was self-defence, bastard had a hold of my throat. It was perfectly justified; then it turned out the Villain who'd been after me for thirteen years showed up. We fought, I won and deposited his carcass to the front steps of British Heroics, before publishing Heroic secrets to the Daily Woke."
"Daily Woke?"
"The Guardian. One of the many British Newspapers. Now, Ryukyu, I believe you said I could throw down with Bubble-gum."
Nejire turned and got into Harry's face "The name is Nejire-chan." The foreigners chuckled as the 5'0 and a quarter fifteen-year-old stared up at the lanky 5'8 fourteen-year-old.
"Well then Bubblegum…let's see what you've got."
(Ryukyu Agency)
"Begin!" Nejire called before launching two spiralling blasts of energy at Harry.
Nejire's eyes widened as Harry easily dodged her two attacks "Are they normally this slow? Or is it you?"
Nejire growled in frustration. How could he be so…infuriating! "He is kinda cute, in a lanky scarecrow sought of way." She rushed forwards, using Wave Motion to propel her through the air. Harry's eyes widened, jaw dropped "You can fly!"
"TIDAL THRUST!" Shouted Nejire as she point blank hit him with two spiralling blasts of energy. Harry, sighed there was no way to around them, under them or over them. "I can't believe I'm doing this, but should be fun."
Above them Hermione shook her head "He's going to dive through those spirals."
"Is your friend insane?" Ryukyu asked curiously.
"We're…waiting on his test results. He doesn't like being called insane, he calls it 'abstract battle savviness', this is coming from a guy who with the bones missing in his arm used said boneless arm to bitch slap one of our teachers."
"Which one Snape or Lockheart?" Neville asked,
"I think its fairer to ask 'Whom didn't he bitch slap. McGonagall, Dumbledore, Hagrid and Lupin for four.'" Ron commented.
"If Harry's going to win, he's gotta go through those spirals; plexus punch Nejire and then either triangle choke or night-night punch."
"That's rather specific, Ronald."
"That's my quirk. The more I observe, the more I can predict my opponents or in this case assist my friends 'abstract battle savviness'. Harry does have his weaknesses."
"I think dizziness and nausea from all the twists and turns he has to do; to generate and manipulate centrifugal and centripetal force."
"That and he's blind as a bat. Although, you can't really use his lack of sight against him; Harry's a…very, very quick study when it comes to hands on practical heroics. Due to several school incidents…"
"Several stabbings, poisonings; one of which was a governmental experimental procedure to create a British All Might; that backfired spectacularly."
Ryukyu gulped "Harry survived?"
"Harry was the only one who went under…He…brutally hospitalised the entire programme from the assistants all the way to the Board in charge. Who was run by Carmichael and Cornelius Fudge both of whom had Goldfish quirks…Well, it was quickly realised that Harry…has a proficiency and proclivity for blades, knives and axes."
"He sounds like a disaster."
"Aye, I'm a disaster but I'm a happy disaster…come on Bubblegum…" Harry called having followed Ron's plan, however he had left an arm free.
Nejire was turning blue, he was strong! But he was holding back, he hadn't restrained her arms. She lift an arm and placed it under Harry's chin "Night-night."
The last thing Harry realised was Nejire's stamina blast had been unleashed at point blank range. "Nejire, I'll see you in five."
Ryukyu and her sidekicks watched wide eyed as the blast sent Harry spiralling out of the arena and hit the floor with definitive bone crunching impacts. She turned to see Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville and Luna looking rather serene and nonchalant "Your friend has gotten a broken arm and broken ribs, from my intern and you're not concerned?"
"Broken arm and ribs? To Twister, that's a Monday or is it Friday? Harry, never actually specified." Luna commented.
Ginny chuckled "That's a Wednesday. For my ex…it's easier to go 'he's in hospital and fine'. Honestly, we've been directly attacked by villains just attacking us due to our association with him. We're actually more surprised when he comes home without a knife stuck in him, bones protruding and not covered in bandages."
Ryukyu nodded "Villain attacks…I can see that. It's annoying to hear that hero's in other countries can't do their job correctly or effectively for whatever reason. Why are you here?"
"Harry's a natural disaster waiting to happen. He, for some screwed up reason wants to be a hero…he's given so many answers some are plausible, others ridiculous so we've taken up to calling his reasons 'Zelretch'. Honestly, probably because he's bored and wants to unload his brand of madness on future heroes." Neville explained.
"He likes Nejire…He, threw that fight. Harry never throws a fight; Ryukyu, Nejire is going to far especially if Harry helps out."
Harry woke up in the medical wing of the Ryukyu agency to find Nejire sitting by his bedside "Nejire-chan, huh? Well Nejire, you intrigue me. You wanted me to help you? I'll help you, this'll be my first time training someone one-to-one, Bubblegum."
"You will! You'll train me! How though? I'm at UA and you're…"
Harry chuckled "Nejire, you let me worry about that. Anyway, I'll be throwing you through twists and turns you'll be able to fight and fly blind and dizzy." With that, Nejire beamed as the self-imposed, professional detachment fall from Harry's face and be replaced by a genuine smile.
"I hate to break up the tremendous opening of our hears to one another, romance…but Hazard, we've got people wanting to see us." It was Neville, grinning from the door.
"Shockwave, you asshole…anyway Bubblegum-Blue, time for me and you to get thrown through twists and turns."
It was going to be a twisting and winding road for Hado Nejire, Nejire-chan and Potter Hadrian, Twister but they'd get through it together for those who suffer great twists and turns, are able to twist and turn situations for their own advantage.
