A/n: Sorry for this chapter taking so long to get posted. And I also apologize if this chapter will not be any good as well because of how long I waited.
Hope you enjoy it.
Four hours had passed since Ross went berserk all over the courtyard. Everything was fixed back to the way it was, Save for some of the craters in the ground.
However a new problem arose in the spam of those four hours.
And it had everyone demanding for Ross's blood.
-Ross's room-
Ross was asleep as he was tossing and turning in his bed as he kept thinking about what had happened before he lost it.
-flashback-
Saya ran over to them and tried to get them off of Ross.
"Get off of him!" she cried.
That's when one of the civilians picked her up and threw her to the ground.
"Don't interfere!" the civilian yelled.
Kohta and Takashi ran over to Saya.
"Saya!" Ross cried.
That's when he finally snapped.
"I'm gonna...KILL YOU!".
Ross then activated his black lightning as he then created a shockwave that blasted everyone off of him. The other civilians were in shock.
"He...he created a shockwave!" one civilian said.
"he's not human! He's one of those killers!" another civilian said.
"Get him!" another shouted.
That's when some of the civilians ran after Ross as they tried to attack him, Ross turned to them. His bright yellow eyes glaring at them.
He smiled wickedly.
"I'm gonna kill all of you!" he yelled as he used his lightning dash and charged at the civilians. He then activated his lightning volt as he took one of them down.
The other civilians watched from the sidelines and just stood there in total fear.
"D-did you see that? He just flawlessly killed that person" one of them said.
"He's mad! He's gonna kill us all!".
"Everyone run!".
The other civilians then started to flee, Some of them tripped on the ground, As others grabbed there loved ones and children. They didn't want to die so early.
Takashi and Kohta were helping Saya to her feet.
"Saya, Are you ok?" Takashi said.
Saya looked at him.
"Of course I'm alright!" she said as she picked up her glasses and wiped them off "But more importantly is Ross ok?".
Before the boys could tell her, They all then heard screaming.
"What the?" Takashi said.
The group then all saw Ross as he was running around the courtyard in a rage.
"Ross!" Saya cried.
Saya was about to run after him, But was quickly stopped by Yuuki.
"Yuuki, Let me go! I need to help him!" Saya said.
"I don't think talking to him is going to work Saya" Yuuki said, The others looked at her.
"Why not?" Kohta asked her.
"Because he's gone berserk, After he saw Saya get hurt, He snapped. He's now in a rage, And won't be able to tell friend from foe. He'll just try to attack the nearest thing that's in his proximity" Yuuki said, Everyone gulped as they kept watching Ross destroy the courtyard.
Takashi then saw Kaz run over to them.
"Takashi!" Kaz said.
"Kaz!" Takashi called back.
"Come on! Let's get inside the house!" Kaz said, Takashi nodded as he got the others inside the house.
Ross slammed his right fist into the ground letting some of his lightning create cracks. That's when the officers that Ross had defeated earlier came over to him with their weapons at the ready.
"You motherfucker! You're gonna pay for all of this!" one of the officers said.
Ross then started to let his black lightning surge as he then created two lightning balls in both of his hands.
"Get ready to die!" he said as he then came at them.
-flashback end-
Ross quickly arose from his dream.
"Saya!" he said.
He looked to see that he was in his bed.
"So, You're finally awake" a voice said.
Ross turned to the right to see Souichiro sitting in a chair.
Ross's eyes instantly turned bright yellow as he glared at him. Souichiro then placed his hand on his katana.
"What are you doing here!?" Ross said.
"I brought you here and stayed with you until you awoke" Souichiro said.
Ross sat up as he looked at his body, He saw the bruises on his chest.
"How did I get these?" he said.
"I gave them to you" Souichiro said.
Ross then turned to him.
"You what!?".
He then threw the covers off of him as he placed his feet on the floor, But as soon as he took his first step. He instantly feel to the floor.
"Dammit! What the hell did you do?" Ross said.
Souichiro walked over to him as he looked down at the boy.
"You went on a rampage around the courtyard after my daughter was hurt, So I had to put you down" he said, Ross panicked as he heard about Saya being hurt.
"Where's Saya!?" He asked.
"My daughter is fine. She just has a small scratch, Nothing serious".
"Nothing serious! She got hurt, And you're telling me that it's nothing serious!".
Souichiro then leaned down to Ross's level.
"She's fine. Besides the small bruise she has on her cheek, She'll hold out on her own" he said "Although".
Ross raised an eyebrow.
"Although what?" he said.
"Although you have made a new problem for yourself, When you went berserk. You caused a great deal of panic among the people. And now they want you dead" Souichiro said.
Ross just sighed.
"Just my luck. Now everybody wants my head" he said, Souichiro then placed his hand on his head.
"True, But maybe we can change that" he said. Ross glanced up at Souichiro.
"What are you Implying?" he said.
"A choice" Souichiro said.
-a few minutes latter-
The others were waiting outside of Ross's room. They had all went to check up on him after Souichiro had 'talked' to him. Saya was tapping her foot as she had her arms crossed.
"What's taking papa!?" Saya said impatiently.
Yuriko sighed at her daughter's impatience.
"Saya, You're father is just making sure that Ross is making a full recovery" she said.
Saya sighed in frustration.
"I know that, But-".
They all then heard the door open as they all saw Souichiro walk out of the room. Saya ran up to her father.
"Papa, How is he?" Saya asked him.
Souichiro looked at her.
"Hikatori is alright, If you want to talk to him. Then go on inside" he said as he walked away, Saya and the others ran into the room to see him.
Yuriko smiled to herself.
'That boy is very important to them, I'd hate to see what would happen to them if he were to..., No. I shouldn't be thinking that' she thought as she walked after her husband.
-Ross's room-
Ross was sitting up in his bed as he sighed. He was thinking about what Souichiro had told him.
'Guess it won't be a bad idea' he thought.
Just then, The front door to his room came flying open, Ross looked over to see his friends run over to his side.
Saya was the first to tackle him.
"Ross!" Saya cried as she held onto him for dear life.
Ross just held her close to his body as he laid his head on her left shoulder.
"Saya..." Ross said in relief. He then glanced at the small bruise on her cheek.
"Your hurt...".
Saya placed her hand on his cheek.
"It wasn't from you, One of the civilians just threw me to the ground" she said.
Ross sighed as he just held onto Saya. He then looked at everyone else.
"Are all of you alright? I didn't hurt any of you did I?" he asked them.
The others simply shook their heads.
"No, We're ok. We all got inside the house" Takashi said.
Ross sighed "Thank god, I would never forgive myself if I had ever hurt you guys".
Saeko then placed her hand on his right shoulder, He looked at her to see her giving him an assured smiled.
"We know that you wouldn't, But all that matters is that we're all with you right now" she said.
Ross chuckled a bit.
"Yeah, You're right".
That's when Saya poked his cheek.
"Hm? What's up Saya?".
"What took my papa so long?" she asked him. Ross sighed as he then placed Saya on his lap as she wrapped her arms around his neck, Getting a few glares from the girls.
Ross then cleared his throat.
"You're father told me everything that had happened before I lost my temper. He said that I had killed a grand total of 39 people while in my rage. And how he had to knock some sense back into me" he said.
The others stayed silent as Ross kept talking.
"Not only that, But since I revealed my powers. Everyone here wants me dead".
The others cringed at that thought, They all understood why Ross was angry. But now every single civilian wanted his head.
Saya held onto Ross tightly.
"We won't let that happen!" Saya said.
The others nodded in agreement.
"Saya's right, Their's no way that we'll just give you up to them!" Kohta said.
"You're important to all of us" Shizuka said "If we ever lost you...".
Everyone looked at Shizuka with worried expressions, They all didn't want to think of what would happen if Ross were to die.
Ross smiled brightly.
"Thanks everyone" he said.
Saya nuzzled his neck a bit.
"Don't worry about it" she said.
Ross then kissed her head.
"Well, He did give me a choice" Ross said.
This got everyone's attention.
"What choice did he give you?" Yuuki asked.
"He said that if I join with his men in fighting 'them', Then the civilians or guards won't be able to touch me under his watch" he said.
"I see, So in order to keep your life. The don wants you to be a member of his army" Takashi said "I think that sounds fair".
"Yeah! Plus, Since Don Takagi is the leader here. Then nothing bad will happen to you" Rei said.
The others smiled.
"It's a win win situation!" Kohta said.
"Yeah, I'll only have to deal with the constant names and people telling me to die" Ross said as he smirked "But it's better than getting a bullet in the chest again".
He then felt Saya pinch his cheek.
"Ouch! Saya!".
"Don't say that!" she said.
Ross just sighed at her.
"Saya relax, It's not gonna happen again" he assured her "Besides, I'll be fine".
Rei and Saeko then sat on the bed as they wrapped their arms around Ross as well.
"Ross were serious, You can't joke like that" Rei said.
"Aw C'mon Rei" Ross said.
"We mean it Ross, You mean the world to us. And we never want anything to happen to you. Just as you don't want anything to happen to us" Saeko said.
Before Ross could speak, He then felt Shizuka and Yuuki hold him as well.
"We love you so much Ross, You hold a special place in all of our hearts" Shizuka said.
"Yeah! And will make sure to protect you no matter what. Just as you'll do the same for us" Yuuki said.
Kohta and Takashi then placed their hands on Ross's shoulders.
"You're our best friend, And as friends. We're supposed to look out for one another" Takashi said.
Kohta smiled.
"Yup, So will follow you till the ends of the earth!" he said.
Ross didn't know what to say. In his whole life, He never had any friends that would say these kinds of things to him. But here in front of him, Stood the people that he had befriended, Shared laughs with, Hung out with, Fell in love with, And so on. He truly felt loved, And that alone was the happiest moment in his life.
Ross smiled as a few tears came down his face.
"You guys are the best" he said.
Everyone smiled as they held there friend.
"Come on, Let's go give the don my answer".
-Souichiro's study-
Souichiro Takagi was talking with some of his men about the incident that had transpired four hours ago.
"Sir! We can't keep him here. He has put everyone in total panic!" one officer said.
"I agree. If we keep him here, Then it will be only a matter of time before he kills us all!" another officer said.
Souichiro only sighed.
"This boy has a very powerful gift! He could be useful in helping us fight these 'Things'!" Souichiro said. That's when another man shouted.
"Useful!? Gift!? This kid is just like those 'Things' out there! Only ten times worse. You really think we should put our trust in him!? Besides, This kid is not even human. The bastered generated lightning out of his bare hands and killed 34 of our men for godsake!".
Souichiro then stood up from his seat.
"I have faith in Hikatori! I believe that he will help us drive these 'Things' back!" he said.
Before anyone else could speak, The doors opened revealing Ross and his friends.
Souichiro and his men looked at them.
"We need to talk" Ross said.
That's when Souichiro's men stepped forward in front of the boy.
"You little shit! You think you can talk to Don Takagi like that!" one officer said.
Ross then stepped forwared as he started to let his lightning surge.
"Get out of my way!".
Ross then grabbed the officers and dragged them out of the room and threw them onto a couch outside the study, He then walked back into the room and shut the doors.
The officers quickly got to their feet.
"Damn that monster, Who does he think he is!?".
-meanwhile-
Ross shut the doors as he then locked them. He then turned to Souichiro Takagi.
"Now we won't have anyone bothering us" Ross said.
Souichiro just crossed his arms.
"So, You said that you wanted to talk" he asked.
Ross nodded at him.
"Yes, I came here to talk to you about your offer".
"What about it?".
"Since I have revealed my powers, Their is no need to keep them a secret anymore. And since every single person in here now wants me dead after my little outrage. Trying to talk with them is out of the question" he said "So that leaves one thing left".
Ross then took a deep breath.
"I have decided to join your army".
Souichiro Didn't say anything as he then walked from his desk and over to the door, He then glanced at Ross from his right shoulder.
"Follow me Hikatori" he said as he walked out.
Ross then turned to his friends.
"You guys stay here, I'll be back in a few" he said as he walked after Souichiro Takagi. The others just walked out of the study as they saw the two men walk away.
"You think he's gonna give Ross his own uniform or something?" Kohta said.
"It would seem so" a voice said.
The others looked over to see Yuriko who had Alice by her side.
"So he decided to join Hm?" Yuriko asked.
Everyone nodded.
Yuriko smiled at them "Well, I'm glad that he did" she said.
"Hey guys!" a voice called out to them.
The others then saw Kaz as he walked over to them. Takashi stepped forward to greet him.
"Hey Kaz" Takashi said "How are you feeling?".
Kaz rubbed the back of his head.
"I'm alright, I'm glad to see that you and your friends are fine as well" Kaz said.
Takashi smiled at him.
"Thanks" he said.
Kaz nodded.
"No problem".
-a few minutes latter-
The group were all waiting for Ross and Souichiro to come downstairs. Kaz was looking out the window as he saw some of the civilians arguing.
Kaz sighed.
"This won't end well" he said to himself, That's when he felt something on his left shoulder. He turned around to see Takashi and Kohta.
"Oh hey Takashi" Kaz said.
"Hey Kaz" Takashi said.
That's when Kaz looked at Kohta as he held out his hand to him.
"Hey ya!" Kaz said.
Kohta looked at him as he took his hand and shook it.
"Hey" Kohta said.
But before they could talk, They all then heard footsteps. Everyone turned to the staircase to see Souichiro walk down the steps.
Yuriko walked over to her husband.
"Is he ready?" she asked him.
Souichiro nodded at his wife as he then called out to Ross.
"Hikatori!" he said.
The others were waiting until they heard Ross come down the steps, What they saw was breathtaking. At least to the girls anyway.
Ross was walking downstairs as he stood at the bottom step. He was wearing the same uniform as Souichiro, Only his was all black instead of dark blue. He had silver gloves, And gold buttons on his uniform. However he was in his wild raven form, Giving him a serious and intimidating look.
"How do I look?" Ross asked his friends.
The girls didn't say a word as they kept staring at him, Alice was the first to speak.
"Angel!" Alice said as she hugged his leg, Ross smiled as he leaned down and picked her up into his arms.
"Hey Alice!" Ross said "How has my little friend been?".
"I've been good, Saya's mom gave Zeke a present".
"A present. Well I can't wait to see it".
Alice smiled as she held onto Ross, Yuriko walked over to them.
"You look rather dashing, You could almost be a member of the Takagi Family" she said with a smile, Ross smiled a bit as a small blush came on his face.
"Well, Thank you" he said.
Yuriko smiled as she looked at her daughter.
"Well Saya, What do you think of your brother Ross Takagi?" she teased.
Saya instantly turned red as she looked away from her mother.
"Mama! Don't say something like that!" she said.
Yuriko giggled as she placed her hand on her daughters head.
"Relax, I'm just having a bit of fun" she said "Although. By his appearance he truly could look like the son of the Takagi Family" she said.
Saya glanced at Ross a bit as she smiled.
"Yeah...he truly could".
Souichiro then spoke up.
"We should head outside, It sounds like the people are getting in an uproar" he said.
Everyone nodded as they headed out the door.
-outside-
The civilians were all in a large group as they were shouting and yelling at the guards.
"What's taking Don Takagi!?" one civilian yelled.
"We want answers! We want don't want to be kept in the dark!" another civilian shouted.
The guards were trying there best to calm the situation.
"Everyone please, I know that you all want to know what Don Takagi is going to do about Hikatori. But you have to be patience" one guard said.
Another civilian yelled.
"Be patience! How can we be patience when that murder is here with us good people?! He'll kill us all if he gets the chance again!".
A civilian woman agreed with him.
"He's right! In fact, I bet that he is the governments new weapon! I bet he is the cause of all this!" she said.
Everyone then started to panic a bit at the thought of Ross being the cause of outbreak, However. They all stopped talking as they saw the front door open.
Don Takagi and the rest of the group were all walking outside. However, As soon as Ross stepped outside to face the people. They all lost it.
The civilians then started shouting at him.
"There's the murder!" one person said.
"Why hasn't Don Takagi killed you yet!?" another person said.
That's when one person picked up a rock.
"Die you freak!".
The civilian then threw the rock at Ross, Ross however saw the rock being flown at him as he activated his black lightning and caught it. The civilians were in utter fear.
Ross just looked at the people, He could see their fear of him, their hatred for him. Some people held their children away from him, While others just looked at him with curiosity.
"Mommy, How does that boy do that? Is he a super hero?" one child asked her mother.
Ross smiled a bit as he heard her.
'Well at least someone thinks I'm cool' he thought.
The child's mother picked her up and held her close to her body.
"That's not a superhero hunny" she said as she glared at him "That's a monster!".
Ross's smile soon faded after hearing that. The group then stopped at the podium as Souichiro turned to Ross.
"Are you ready?" he asked him.
Ross nodded.
"Yeah...sure".
Souichiro then placed his hand on his shoulder as he smiled a bit at him.
"Do not be so distraught about what they say to you" he said "Give the people time, And they will come to accept you".
Ross just looked away from him.
"I highly doubt it" he said.
Souichiro just kept his smile at him.
"In time Hikatori, They will learn" he said as he walked onto the podium.
"Everyone! I can understand your still very frightened by what had happened four hours ago!" Souichiro said "But I can assure you that the situation is now under control".
That's when a civilian called out to him.
"Why is that bastered still alive!?" he said.
Souichiro just glared at him.
"Hikatori has been taken care of, He won't be causing a problem anymore while under my watch!".
"Like hell he won't!" another civilian said "He's killed over 39 people! And you're telling us that the situation is under control? That's ridiculous!".
Another civilian yelled as well.
"He's right! For all we know, He's not one of us normal human beings! He's a freak. And must be put down!" she said.
"He has to die!".
"Send him out there with those other monsters!".
"We don't need an abomination that has demon like powers!".
"He should go back were he came from! And leave us regular, Normal people alone!".
"I bet he's the cause of this killer disease!".
Hearing that made everyone lose their minds.
"Yeah! He could be the one who is making everyone sick and turning into 'things'." one person said.
"You're right, This is all his fault!".
"Let's make him pay for all of this!".
That's when Ross ran onto the podium.
"You all can't just assume that I'm the cause of all this just because I'm different!" he said.
"You're not the same as us! Nor are you human like the rest of us!" one civilian Said.
"I'm more human than you think!" Ross said back.
Another civilian yelled at him from the crowd.
"You dare call yourself HUMAN!?".
Ross nodded.
"Yes! I know that what I did was a bit overkill, But I am willing to take responsibly for my actions" he said.
The rest of the crowd just stayed silent.
"I only want to protect the people from these monsters. As well as my friends and loved ones, You may all hate me. But I will still protect you, And that's why I have joined up with Souichiro's men in fighting against 'Them'!" Ross said.
Souichiro then stepped forward.
"Hikatori is right! He is only here to protect us from these 'Things'. And thus, I have allowed him to help us do just that" he said "I have faith that Hikatori will help us bring an end to all of this!".
The crowd just stayed silent still as Souichiro and Ross walked off the podium.
"There still not going to accept me you know" Ross said.
Souichiro glanced at him.
"Like I said before, Just give it time".
Ross nodded at him.
"Very well...master Souichiro".