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Mitakihara
Downtown
03/15
1:30 p.m.
Looking at the time from his cell phone, standing in the middle of a mall is a certain gray-haired guy with a sling.
The boy with the sling after checking the time. He begins his buy-and-spend plan.
Kyosuke having left his house some time ago. He is currently in downtown Mitakihara to buy what he needed for school.
And he couldn't help but remember the news that the teacher gave him about him, which was neither more nor less than.
'*
"Kyosuke-kun, there's no spring break this year, so I hope you turn in all your homework this week."
"Neh~ Kyosuke-kunn~, you don't want to disappoint me, do you~?"
*'
Kyosuke couldn't help but shake in fear at his memory of his teacher.
Normally in Japan, spring break begins at the end of March so that I can enter and start a new school year in early April.
But due to the recent events that happened in the country, his school adopted the brilliant idea of not having vacations.
Kyosuke didn't have to think long as to why the director or the staff took that action. Since what he had in front of him was a clue as to why.
In the center of this city where people come to go shopping or meet friends. The people who walked by this plant, all of them are depressed.
Well, not all, but most do.
What happened to Japan affected all its inhabitants. He could feel the sadness or melancholy of the people walking around him.
Looking at people acting like this, it's not that far-fetched to think that the principal of his school decided to distract all the students with studies to avoid thinking about the recent news.
Kyosuke stopped being absorbed in his thoughts and started walking to look for a store that had sales.
As he walked, he couldn't help but see what a local news channel was broadcasting on the screens in the center.
How in the last four days all the newscasts wrote up the events that occurred on March 11.
"The Great East Japan Earthquake"
The transmission showed how the Touhoku region was, which was the most affected by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami, more specifically the Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures.
Having already watched the news for a while, he decided to focus more on his purchases. He had a lot of overdue assignments that he must finish and turn in.
After a while of searching, he found a store that had a good discount on everything related to school supplies.
Checking the money he had received from his father when she informed him that he had things to buy and taking part of his allowance. I had a total of 40,000 yen.
Kyosuke not wanting to spend all the money, not because he was some kind of miser. If not, he didn't want to spend all the money on pencils, erasers, colored sheets and adhesive tape.
He wanted to buy his parents their favorite snacks to make them stop worrying about their him.
And of course, if he still has money left over, he would buy himself a candy, there's no harm in being a little selfish.
Downtown
2:50 p.m.
"Arigatou gozaimasu, come back soon".
Receiving his purchases in plastic bags and his change from the cashier.
Kyosuke with two bags in hand left the store with a smile for getting everything at half price.
Having money left over to buy his and his parents' favorite snacks. He even still has some money left over that he just ended up saving.
With high spirits, Kyosuke goes to the bus station to get to his house.
Everything had gone well for him. But as always, good things never last forever, especially with his kind of luck.
Kyosuke stopped his steps when he saw a girl her age, the girl didn't stand out much in the sea of people, her presence could only be highlighted by the white headband in her hair.
The girl has short black hair with her head lowered, walking with a little wobbling and a lost look. Anyone looking at the girl would only think that she had a bad day or just that she was tired.
But Kyosuke had seen that kind of expression and movement, he before he knows that she is neither of those two. If not something much worse, but maybe I'm wrong and it's nothing like that.
'Could it be that she is-'
The expression on Kyosuke's face that was happy began to change to serious when he saw the state of that girl. Kyosuke just looked at her for a second more and started to follow her.
Hoping it wasn't, the case of what he had thought.
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3:20 p.m.
The girl who wore a winter uniform different from the one from her school continued on her way without noticing her presence.
The girl continues walking, apparently aimlessly until she reaches an area already far from people.
Kyosuke, who kept a safe distance from the girl, saw how her body slowly began to move erratically.
Increasingly going to a certain direction, that girl's body was swaying more and almost tripping over anything.
Half an hour had passed since Kyosuke started following this girl. He saw that they were getting closer and closer to the overpass of a certain highway.
Having reached the bridge located at the top of the highway. Kyosuke stopped for an instant when he saw that it was the case that he had feared.
Gritting his teeth and fisting the only arm that he currently could only move. He saw that the girl stopped moving, standing in the middle of the bridge.
Kyosuke with a bit of nerves began to approach the girl with slow steps to look like she had just passed by.
*Tear!*
When he was almost close to reaching her, he saw how reality itself began to split into slices to later reveal a black portal with a symbol (what was a type of insect with wings?) in the center that glowed red.
*Glow*
The girl started walking again and went through the portal. Kyosuke quickly started running towards the portal before it disappeared.
*Shimmer*
*Thump*
As quick as I walked in, he tripped and fell on his face.
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Kyosuke sitting on the ground and stopping rubbing his forehead after getting hit. He raised his head and saw how everything had changed, he was no longer in Mitakihara.
He was currently in a type of dungeon where everything here glowed crimson. If Kyosuke hadn't already gotten used to these types of color palettes, his eyes would hurt a lot from being so bright.
Kyosuke began to rub his eyes, already being used to it, it doesn't mean that he still didn't finish hurting to see everything around him. Already with his sight recovered he realized that the girl had disappeared.
Quickly, he got up from the ground and began to walk to find her before something happened to her. In the middle of the walk he decided better to leave the shopping bags where the portal had been (which disappeared after transporting it here), since he didn't want to end up with his broken shopping like last time.
Walking the corridors, Kyosuke saw things around him that made him discover what kind of dungeon (he calls them that) he was in.
The one he was currently in didn't possess a Boss(witches), not yet.
He was able to deduce this from seeing the lack of Minion's (familiars) and few dangers that the dungeon posed.
He also deduces that he must find the girl as quickly as possible. Since in addition to not letting the girl end up damaged or worse, he is avoiding the birth of the Boss of the dungeon.
The dungeon he finds himself in belongs to a Minion that is about to evolve, due to the fact that the entire place seems to be starting to bloom with some type of vegetation and some walls are in better condition than others.
Usually, Minion's dungeons don't have many things, saved a very deteriorated landscape.
*Crick*
Running with all his might, he passed the halls and opened doors.
*Crick*
Taking a while like this until he came to open a door (without knowing) that turned out to be where the Minion was.
*Crick*
Kyosuke could see it there.
An amorphous, translucent humanoid being resembling a ghost, a ghost with many eyes of all kinds of colors, like rainbows all over its body, thin but short arms, with very long, blunt claws on each hand, on what looked like his face had a long mustache and with the lower part of his "body" shaped like a tail of wine colored larvae.
The monster, hearing the door open, turned its "head" in his direction and saw Kyosuke at the door. Their gazes had met.
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The monster looked directly with his "eyes" to Kyosuke's, the "ghost" apparently opened its "mouth".
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And without further ado I scream.
"RAHHCLANG!~RAHHCLANG!~RAHHCLANG!~"
Kyosuke covered his ears to muffle the horrible and irritating scream of the monster that sounded like a bell.
But that was the least of his problems when he saw the monster started running towards him like that. Kyosuke quickly ran out of the room, escaping down the hallway.
*Tak**Tak*
"RAHHCLANG!~RAHHCLANG!~RAHHCLANG!~"
And the monster breaking through the confines of his chamber began to chase him.
Kyosuke with all the speed he possesses passed through the corridors and the monster destroying the structures behind him.
*Crick*
*Tak**Tak*
"RAHHCLANG!~RAHHCLANG!~RAHHCLANG!~"
*Crick*
*Tak**Tak*
Kyosuke despite escaping as well as being something logical that a common person would do if a giant being starts reaching you, he didn't escape because he was afraid (although he was).
It was to drive the monster away from the girl that most likely she is leading I know to the monster's chamber right now.
*Crick*
*Tak**Tak*
Knowing that the monster would have guided her like this to devour her and thus be able to evolve.
Kyosuke despite having a slight extra weight due to the cast on his arm, it did not slow him down, what he did was that annoying scream that imitated a bell. He ran with all his might through the dungeon to find a wide space and fight with this copy of "ghost" with a mustache.
*Tak**Tak*
"RAHHCLANG!~RAHHCLANG!~RAHHCLANG!~"
*Crick*
Going through a door and reaching another corridor he ran into the girl he was looking for, but the problem besides having a "ghost" chasing him was that he couldn't slow down and would end up colliding with her.
*Smack*
*Creak*
Which happened and ended up impacting the girl's body, both ended up hitting a door that ended up breaking, taking the two teenagers into the room to end up rolling on the floor.
*Thump-Thump-Thump*
*Thump!*
The two teenagers already motionless on the floor. Kyosuke was the first to get up sore and check his surroundings.
I note that the room was a beautiful spacious field. I don't finish admiring the whole landscape when I see how the girl next to him began to get up.
Kyosuke watched as she got up despite her whole body trembling, he began to hold his head tightly. As he got closer to the girl he could hear her muttering.
"Are they really my friends?"
"Do they really like me?"
"I am the errand girl?"
Kyosuke listening to her muttering could only understand how she ended up possessed and led to this dungeon.
People with despair or negative thoughts end up being called by these monsters to eat them and become stronger.
Kyosuke had some information on all that and those creatures from running into them in the past. Kyosuke didn't know their names or what these creatures were, but he knew how strong and capable they are.
Kyosuke just being an average human who once possessed an extraordinary ability for musical instruments.
He could only do so much in this kind of situation.
And one of them was this.
With his right hand he grabbed the girl's left hand to finish intertwining her fingers with hers.
*̵̢̭̿B̶̧͛ṟ̶͂͝ê̸̪͉̒a̷̞͆͝ḳ̶͕͗̓*̷̻̂̕
The girl feeling how a hand squeezed hers and fixed her gaze on her hand. She saw how her hand is being grabbed by someone, the girl looked at the person.
Her eyes met and Kyosuke seeing the dull eyes of the girl just opened his mouth.
"It's okay to feel like this, we can't read the thoughts of others or know how to capture their feelings with the naked eye".
"We are human beings, we are rational and irrational beings at the same time, we think logically, but sometimes we act on impulse that we end up precipitating certain things."
"I don't know what happened to you, why would you think like that, that your friends aren't really your friends, I don't know if that's true or not either, the only thing I know to solve all this issue is to talk directly with them and see if they really are the people what they say to be for you".
"I can only promise one thing that I will get you out of here so that you yourself can free yourself from those doubts and know that you are for them, so go with everything and free yourself from this despair!".
Saying the last thing with a voice in a higher key to convince this girl to have the courage to face her despair and her insecurities that were eating her from the inside of her being.
He saw the girl recovering some sparkle in her eyes that despite still not being able to see their color knew that her words had reached her.
*Tak**Tak*
"RAHHCLANG!~RAHHCLANG!~RAHHCLANG!~"
And the mustachioed 'ghost' once again let out a thunderous scream to reveal her presence.
Kyosuke, putting on a determined face, separated the girl's hand and went to face that "ghost" without looking back because he had to keep a promise.
The Superior Minion in front of him was a Minion that was about to become a stronger and more powerful being and match the dungeon Bosses he had seen.
Kyosuke knew how difficult those Bosses were and some even had more than one form.
But he was not going to back down, he was going to stop him even with a still arm and the present fear would not back down.
"RAHHCLANG!~RAHHCLANG!~RAHHCLANG!~"
With the start of the shout, Kyosuke made the first move.
Running as fast as he could towards the "ghost" because his objective was to reach him and finish this in the shortest possible time.
In order to achieve one of the things that he could do in this kind of situation.
It was to face the monsters and-
"RAHHCLANG!~RAHHCLANG!~RAHHCLANG!~"
-Finish them off in one hit.
*~Swoosh~*
That was the plan, but things don't always go as planned and they aren't easy either.
*Slam*
*Crash*
The "ghost" was faster, lifting his arm, he quickly directed it downwards.
Kyosuke who reacted in time, was able to dodge from being crushed by the blow. But the impact that hit hit the ground was strong enough to make him fly away.
*Bang*
Kyosuke hit the ground as fast as gravity would allow him.
*Tsk*
Getting up, he couldn't help but click his tongue at the damage he received. The straightened one began to run again, but this time around him.
If the "ghost" was like ordinary Minions this battle, he would have finished without much trouble.
But this "ghost" was one of the higher Minions that are only below Bosses. This was going to be a bit complicated.
Kyosuke running around the "ghost", paying attention to any hint that it moved and reacting to any movement from it.
"RAHHCLANG!~RAHHCLANG!~RAHHCLANG!~"
*~Swoosh~*
Kyosuke quickly jumped forward and did a 180 when he caught the 'ghost' move behind him.
The "ghost" raised his arm again, but this time it ended, turning his claws into pink vines. The vines came together to form what resembled a very large clapper.
He directed it at Kyosuke.
Kyosuke observing this action only raised his right hand in the form of a fist.
The "clapper" impact with the fist.
*Break*
And a noise of a breaking mirror was heard.
Instead of logically the giant "clapper" of the amorphous giant should have won, the small fist of the human was victorious.
When the "clapper" impacted with his fist, not only the clapper ended up missing, but also the entire arm of the giant "ghost".
...
*RAHHHHHHCLANG!~RAHHHHHCLANG!~RAHHHHCLANG!~*
The amorphous giant gave a thunderous cry, but instead of its common tone it gave it in a more erratic manner.
Kyosuke watching as the "ghost" began to shake and take a step back.
He saw an opportunity and did not hesitate to take advantage of it.
Running fast with all the limitation of him that his body humanly allowed.
He reached the giant "ghost" and with a tightly clenched right fist struck the giant.
*Break*
Kyosuke had won and the whole place fell into a peaceful silence.
No one can see or witness an event that exceeds any logic, a giant and powerful monster defeated by a small and weak human, only something like that would be taken from a fairy tale. Or from some anime.
No one would know about this event, no one except a middle school girl who only stood out for her white headband.
The girl seeing the shape of Kyosuke's body from a distance, her eyes that turned dark and dull, began to recover her brightness and color.
Shedding a small tear because she felt that she was finally freed from a weight that she was carrying, hope began to blossom.
Her hope blossomed as a white light like the one that currently illuminated this dungeon that was once dark.
5:50 p.m.
"Ummm"
On a bench near a vending machine was sleeping a middle school girl who had a white headband that made her stand out from the rest of her.
"Yyyyyaaawwnnn~"
The girl waking up with a yawn, settled on the bench, began to gently rub her eyelids.
"What a strange dream"
"Waiittt, why am I here?"
The girl talking to herself was able to tell that she is in a different place than she remembered her to be.
The girl couldn't remember how she had gotten here and before she had an inspection to find out if she had stolen anything.
"Ehh?"
I note that next to the bench there was a bottle of water together with a plastic bag.
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Kyosuke saw the girl from afar and seeing that she was already awake, he began to walk away from the place. As he walked with a slight limp, he began to remember what happened after defeating the 'ghost'.
Having appeared back on the bridge, the girl he was with was left unconscious on the ground and there was no way Kyosuke was leaving her lying there. He carries her until he reaches a bench and seeing that there was a vending machine he decided to buy her a bottle of water.
Kyosuke incidentally left the girl the Mochi that he bought for him. Gathering everything else in a bag, he distanced himself to a place where he would not be seen when the girl woke up and wait there for her to wake up.
Kyosuke is already close to the bus stop and seeing that there is a Takoyaki store near his location, wanting to buy some food there.
And looking at the time on the clock in the store, he knew that there were about two hours left for dinner, making his decision. He gently placed the plastic bag on the ground.
He reached into his pants pocket to get money... Only to feel nothing.
Kyosuke, a little restless, searched in his other pocket and didn't feel anything.
He began to panic, searching all over his body, he found nothing.
As he inspects himself, he lost his balance as his body was still sore from the recent battle he was in.
*Thump*
And his face was stamped in the wax.
"Such Misfortune"..."I think you should go to the hospital"
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"Umm, what do I do with this money?"
Meanwhile, a girl discusses what to do with the money she found in a bag.
Have a good day.
This is my first time writing a battle, sorry if it felt too fast and anticlimactic.
Enjoy your day.
I don't know if it is recurring to answer the reviews but seeing other fanfics why not.
*Hamers: I'm glad you were interested in my story because I have a lot of ideas and who knows, maybe characters that have nothing to do with the plot will appear.*
Bye.