Time for a new chapter everyone! And this time we have a lot of... Interesting intercations between certain characters.
It's really late here, so my head isn't ready for descriptions. ;w;
Just enjoy reading, and give me your opinions if you'd like!
Midtown of Vale. 09:52 PM.
Hazama was exploring the city, snooping around, and trying to get used to the living style of this world. After his first views of the big city, he felt a bit disappointed. This world was too calm for his taste. At least it means it would be a good starting point to settle down for a while, or at least until he could reuse Relius as a company and human resource. But first things first, he needs to find a library, a museum, or any kind of place that had detailed history and data, so he could fake a new identity that fits this new setting.
He kept on thinking and thinking, walking aimlessly in the streets as he did so. He then saw a bunch of random stores around in his area, many of them already closed. That was until he saw something weird…
A large group of men in black clothes, red ties, and red glasses, carrying bright red blades in hand. Said group was led by an orange-haired man with long bangs covering his right eye. He wore a white coat, a black bowler hat with a red band, black gloves, and had a strange looking cane in his hand as he smoked a thick cigar. The man's name was none other than Roman Torchwick. The city's most cunning and infamous thief.
The few people who were in the street avoided them, as they entered a building with a sign that reads 'From Dust Till Dawn'.
Was it a robbery in progress?
Probably; He was curious, and so decided to follow them, that is until they entered the store. At that point he stopped, waiting at the front of the building and seeing how, after the manager was saluted at gunpoint, they divided and started to take some kind of colored crystals, but no money at all. Are those crystals the currency of this world?
While he was deep down within his own thoughts, more things began happening inside the store.
Hazama was slightly startled when he saw one of the black suited guys got kicked away by a customer. All he could see was a girl with short stature, black hair, and a red-black dress, standing in the middle of the group.
"Who the hell is she?" Hazama asked to no one in particular.
Roman gave his men the order to attack, and the girl's only response was ramming one of them. She broke through the glass of the store, and lands right in front of a surprised Hazama.
Slowly, the girl started to rise, preparing a big, mechanical device, which soon revealed to be a scythe. She spun the scythe and imbedded the tip of the blade in the concrete ground.
Hazama was on the floor after falling from the girl's unexpected entrance at his spot. The best option at the moment was to pretend to be a helpless civilian, and so he did. He made a good distance away from the scene, crawling for a meter or two when he was spotted by the young girl.
"Sir? Are you ok?" the girl asked as she turned to see him, who was currently on the floor.
"M-Me? I'm… Yeah! I'm alright! Many thanks Miss," he said, giving her a nervous smile.
"Have you ended your little chit-chat there? Meddling into other people's business and then ignoring them is very rude, you know?" Roman mocked, getting closer to the pair while his henchmen charged in with reckless abandon.
The girl, whose name was Ruby Rose, gave them a challenging look, but before anything bad could happen she used her semblance to grab Hazama by the collar of his suit, and placed him a few meters away from the fight. After leaving him she propelled herself again toward the store with her semblance, leaving a trail of falling rose petals.
Hazama was certainly impressed. This girl showed great potential for her age. Is there some kind of college here that has a similar function to the Military Academy of the NOL? He was very intrigued by this, but, somehow, he can't get off the image of the little puppy everytime he sees her.
Ruby prepared to confront them as if they were monsters, but it was barely a challenge. Two of them just rushed in like a couple of idiots, earning a shared strike from Crescent Rose. Another one tried to attack her while she was busy with the other two, only for his face to be planted on the floor with the back of Crescent Rose.
The last three guys were slightly smarter and started attacking from a good distance, but Ruby simply changed her weapon into its rifle form. She fired 6 rounds while zipping around with her semblance to avoid the bullets, and ended the fight by knocking the three of them with just a swing of her scythe. She wasn't a killer, so she made sure to use the blunt side of Crescent Rose.
After seeing this, Roman was pissed to the point of throwing his cigar to the ground. He then pointed his cane at Ruby. "What a lovely night this was, but I'm afraid, this…" The tip of his cane suddenly opened, acting as an aiming reticle. "…is where we part ways." In that moment, a large explosive projectile came blasting out of the cane.
Ruby wasted no time in avoiding the explosion with the help of her semblance, but was then surprised to see Roman nowhere in sight. She looked around, and heard someone saying "The 70's movie wannabe is up here, Miss."
Hazama pointed his finger to the emergency ladder of the building he was leaning on. Roman was, in fact, climbing the ladder and at that commentary he couldn't do anything more than keep up climbing, with a face of indignation. Ruby didn't really understand what he said, but at the sight of Roman she just chased him to the top of the ladder with her semblance.
With all of this commotion Hazama couldn't help himself and his curiosity again, and so he climbed up the ladder.
As he climbs, the sounds of many explosions filled the air, accompanied by a bunch of debris flying around with purple energy, fire waves, and even a dangerous hail that almost hit him. When he finally reached the rooftop he saw an aircraft, with Ruby shooting at it by the side of a bright blonde middle-aged woman; she wore a high waist black skirt, a white top with a (for him) stupidly big keyhole, a pair of black boots, and a black-violet cape.
He casually made his way toward Ruby, but halted himself when 5 bright marks appeared bellow them. He rolled to the side to avoid himself from getting torn to pieces by the flames, and saw the aircraft closing its hatch, with only a slight glimpse of the woman inside.
After the escape, he fixed his sight on Ruby, who was asking the woman for an autograph. He was about to go and greet her, but was then dragged out of the place by the women herself, alongside Ruby.
Vale Police Office. 09:52 PM.
After releasing Ruby, it was Hazama's turn to cough up some answers, and Glynda Goodwitch, the women from earlier, wasn't really happy to say the least.
He sat at the side of the table, looking all calm despite what had happened. Glynda preferred to stand however, revising a video of the whole event on a little flat device.
"Sir, do you have ANY idea of the danger you just exposed to yourself today?!"
"Well, certainly not. I'm new in this city, and I simply… got lost when it all started," he calmly said, smiling at Glynda, "And my apologies for not introducing myself yet. My name is Hazama, and it's a pleasure to meet you, Miss…"
She sighed, deciding whether he was too oblivious, or just a prick of a guy with bad luck. "My name doesn't matter. Now, Mister Hazama, can you tell me what you were doing in front of a store robbery?"
"Ouch, cold as ice. Well, there's not really a motive, aside that I was intrigued by the group of men. I think my sense of curiosity just won against my sense of security?" he said loosely, scratching his head. "And you can just call me Hazama, no worries."
Glynda was slowly getting angrier at the lack of concern from Hazama. She wasn't really sure how this man was so carefree, given that he doesn't figure in any list as a huntsman. Maybe he was part of the group?
"Tell me, Hazama. Do you know anything about the group of people who started the robbery? Or at least recognize any of them?"
"Not really Miss. As I said, I was just passing by, and saw things when it happened. I can only say that they look really bad in those costumes, as some kind of kid's show evil team or something," he jokingly said with a bigger grin every second, knowing that his interrogator was short tempered. He's clearly pressing her buttons on purpose just to annoy her, and seems like it's working quite well for him.
"Then why did you follow the girl to the top of the building?"
"Let's just say that, even after a big scare down at the store, I was simply curious and wanted to thank her, and greeting my new red friend was an extra. I would really have loved to see you in action up there. It sounded really interesting, Miss."
She was a little shocked, and wasn't sure if what he just said was honest; or maybe it was just a big teasing from his side, and testing her patience. Ultimately, she took the second option, and decided not to give him the pleasure; she stood resigned and announced, "Mister Hazama, you can go home. Just avoid more unnecessary dangers."
"I'll do my best to do so, but I hope I can see you again in another, less formal situation. Maybe even having some tea together, perhaps?" He stood up, opened the door, and smiled to her one last time before leaving. "See you later, Miss."
He began to walk, but then saw Ruby in the distance. Looks like the young girl had been expecting him.
"Oh? So she was waiting for me?"
Now standing in front of her, Hazama made a reverence, taking off his hat and all. "It's a pleasure to meet you again, young lady. I owe you many, many thanks for protecting me back there."
She gave him a salute, and said with a proud and happy expression, "Don't worry Mister! I just did what I thought was right earlier. Oh right, what's your name?"
With a little sigh he muttered "It's a little rude to ask another person's name without giving yours first, don't you think?"
She smiled, embarrassed, "Hehe, oops? My name is Ruby Rose, huntress-in-training. And you?"
"My name is Hazama. And it's a real pleasure to meet the girl who saved me. I think we're going to be good friends, Miss Rose."
I just like to see the world burn sometimes, y'know?