Authors Notes: Chapter 2 rewrite of Secrets Revealed, this one still focuses on Hamazura Shiage but hopefully this time the writing will be easier to read.
Note: For some reason I keep getting a small screen when I try to edit the story so I can't put any line breaks.
Chapter 2: Another unfortunate day for an unfortunate man.
"Speaking"
'Thinking'
Hamazura Shiage was a truly unlucky man.
He used to live the good life (according to him): Just hanging out with friends, pulling insane stunts and even jacking a car or two along the way for some fun.
Unfortunately, this "happy life" couldn't last forever.
Komaba Ritoku's death at the hands of The Accelerator had forced him to take over the skill-out group and try to make a deal with the Board of Academy City, in order to survive they gave him one job to do: Kill the "Railgun's" Mother Misaka Misuzu before she could take her daughter back.
Hamazura had gathered all the skill-out members that he could and tried to fake the death of Misaka Misuzu. However, he wasn't expecting the intervention of a certain spiky haired boy and dangerous albino so his mission ended in failure.
Even then, skill-out wasn't driven to destruction as he had feared; it seems that the order to kill Misaka Misuzu had been terminated and the skill-out's were let go for their effort.
But Hamazura, feeling he didn't have what it takes to lead the group after the failure of their mission, had given the leadership to his best friend Hanzo and left to join another group where he felt he could be of use.
That group was ITEM.
He was treated with virtually no respect by the members (bar Takitsubo) and the danger level of the missions were greater than usual but he never once thought of giving up.
He himself didn't know why he didn't.
His life changed permanently when he chose fight the 4th ranked level 5 in the city Shizuri Mugino.
Why did he fight her? Was he suicidal? Had he finally had enough of her vicious treatment?
No.
He fought not for himself but for the girl he loved.
The girl (Takitsubo Rikuo) had to use a substance called body clear in order to use her powers effectively, the side effect being the fact that it slowly but surely caused her body to degrade.
Mugino did not care for this and had tried to make her use her powers despite the strain on her body and led to the fight the two had.
Level 0 vs Level 5.
The odds were clearly in her favor but Hamazura managed to pull off the impossible.
He managed to not only survive but also win.
Telling his entire story after this point would be too long so here's the short version.
He managed to not only have the entirety of Academy City's darkness after him but also participated in the front lines during World war III.
He fought to protect villagers against mercenaries and fought Mugino again time after time when she came for him.
Any other man would have died after being put through all he has gone through.
But he achieved his happy ending.
ITEM was brought back together, his life once again secure, and he got a girlfriend in the process.
Hamazura's life was going good so far, unfortunately, it wasn't meant to last.
Time: 9:35 am
Location: Academy city plaza.
'I'm late!'
Hamazura was running as fast as he could towards the Academy city mall, he was supposed to be there half an hour ago but with in typical Hamazura fashion he forgot to set his alarm clock.
'If I don't get there soon Mugino will...actually I don't even want to think about it!'
Hamazura's day wasn't off to a great start and it was only going to get worse.
"HOLD IT!" A voice to his left yelled.
He instantly stopped on reflex and turned to the source of the voice.
Standing there, just a few feet in front of him, was a large group of girls...and they were carrying WEAPONS!
"Are you Hamazura Shiage?" A girl carrying a baseball bat asked him. She looked to be the leader of the mob.
"Uh...no, you must be mistaking me for somebody else."
Hamzura was no fool, he'd seen enough 7 minute movies with Saiai to know answering yes to that question would end up putting him six feet under.
"Oh really? Then would you mind taking a look at this picture?" She reached into her skirt pocket and threw a photo at Hamazura's feet.
"..."
"..."
*Drip* *Drip*
Hamzara's nose instantly started dripping blood before he knew what was happening.
"AHA! They said you were a pervert who thinks of nothing but bunny girls! Get him!" She lunged forward and brought down the bat over his head
Hamazura managed to dodg to the side just before he got hit, being a good street fighter had its advantages.
"Wait, wait, wait! Why are you trying to kill me!"
"Why else! You have to pay for hurting our precious Mugino-sama!" She tried to bring the bat down on his head again.
"What are you talking about!" He said as he dodged the incoming bat.
Hamazura had no idea how they even knew about his fight with Mugino. The most that spread after he beat her were just obscure rumors much like what happened when a certain level 0 beat the strongest level 5.
"We saw the broadcast! We know what you did!"
"What broadcast!"
The girl ignored his question and yelled back to the rest of the waiting girls.
"Attack him all at once!"
"OH SHIT!"
Hamazura ran as fast as his legs could take him, it felt like World War III all over again.
"Kill him! He's the one who hurt Mugino-sama!" She yelled as she leaded the charge.
"What the hell! She attacked me first!" He yelled back.
The mob ignored his desperate yelling and continued to chase after him. He knew that he couldn't last much longer since he was still tired from running to the mall a few minutes ago.
'They're getting closer!'
The crowd was getting closer and closer, soon he would experience the wrath of homicidal teenage fangirls.
"Over here!"
Or maybe not
Hamazura felt himself being pulled to the side and his mouth being covered as he was smashed against the alley wall.
"Mmmmmpppph!" He struggled against his unknown captor.
"Hold still Hamazura! Just wait till they pass by!" A familiar voice whispered.
Hamazura held still after he realized what was happening; he wasn't being attacked, he was being rescued.
*taptaptaptaptap*
The mob passed by the alleyway without looking back, Hamazura was safe...for now.
"Damn, that was close."
The figure holding onto Hamazura released him before giving him a wry smirk.
"Hanzou!"
The one who saved him was one of his best friends from his days in skill-out.
"Hanzou! What are you doing here?" Hamazura smiled as he saw his old friend.
"Saving your ass, what else?"
"Very funny." Hamazura sarcastically remarked, "So what are you really doing here."
"First off; why were you being chased? Did you look under all their skirts or something."
"No way man! I've got a girlfriend, you know that!"
"Just messing with ya, so why were they chasing you really?"
Hamazura leaned against the wall before answering, "I don't know man, they kept mentioning some kind or broadcast or something."
"Wait, did you say broadcast."
"Yeah, they kept saying that they saw me fighting Mugino in it or some shit."
"I think I know what's wrong."
"You do!"
"Yeah, come with me."
The two of them made their way through the alleyways towards Hanzo's small apartment.
"I'm home."
The interior of the apartment was small and had nothing but a small table, a T.V and some other basic necessities. Nothing unusual for a level 0 drop-out.
"I recorded the broadcast last night when I saw what was showing."
"What do you mean?"
"Just watch."
The T.V lit up and an image of an empty warehouse appeared on the screen.
*BOOM*
Which didn't stay empty for long.
"Gyaahahaha! I'm coming to get you Hamazura!"
The figure of Mugino Shizuri tearing apart the warehouse appeared on the screen.
*Click*
Hamazura turned off the T.V before the scene could progress any further. He already knew what was going to happen anyway.
"So that that's what they were talking about?" Hamazura asked.
"Most likely, the broadcast last night caused a lot of shit to happen. There's even a rumor that magic is real now."
"O-Oh really?"
"Yeah, they also showed some spiky haired guy fighting a giant fire monster."
Hamazura had to keep himself from blurting out that magic was real, he knew telling Hanzou would just put him in more danger, especially after that attack by the FRESHMEN.
S-So, where's Fremea?" He said trying to change the subject.
Fremea Seivelun had been staying with the two of them and usually changed living spaces whenever they could. It wasn't the best arrangement but it was all they could do at this point.
"She's shopping with Kuruwa right now, she needs more clothes than what she has right now."
Both of them looked down after Hanzou said that. Neither of them were very well off, but they were trying their best to keep Fremea safe.
"I'm gonna go to the mall." Hanzou suddenly said.
"Wait, I'm coming with you."
"You sure? It's still not safe out there."
"Yeah, I'm sure. It'll be fine."
"Alright then, let's go."
Finished Chapter 2, sorry for the wait, I've been distracted by IS fanfics.
Anyway, please read and review. Hopefully the grammar is easier to understand now.