Hey everyone finally finished a new chapter, hope you all like it.

Ky: "Hm? What's that smell."

Kyousuke had woken from his exhaustion coma but something was off.

Ky: "Strawberries?"

"Hmm~"

Ky: "Hm!?"

Just then Kyousuke noticed someone in bed next to him.

Ky: "K-Kirino?"

She was holding him closely with a content smile on her face, he could feel her sweet yet mildly rank morning breath on his nose, the sensation of something soft against his side and her bare leg slung over his.

Ki: "Hmm~ Kyousuke~"

Just then she began to move, tightening her grip, pulling him closer and wrapping her leg around his until his toes were touching and she began to nuzzle her face against his cheek.

Ky: "How did she-"

Kyousuke then looked around and noticed he wasn't in his room.

Ky: "How did i-"

Mo: E-e-e-e-e

As Kyousuke was in the middle of his confusion, Mochi climbed up onto bed.

Ky: "As good as this feels, I have to get out of here before Kirino wakes up and kicks my ass."

Kyousuke quickly grabbed Mochi and pressed him into Kirino's face, she quickly released him, grabbed Mochi and hugged him close.

Ki: "Mmm~ Mochi~"

Kyousuke quickly and silently made his escape.

Ky: "Just going to chalk this down as just another weird thing but man last night was a blur first I was enjoying the party next thing in know I'm going all apeshit on Ryuu and talking smack to the other students, last time I drink espresso spiked punch."

Kyousuke then noticed outside the window that the Falling Stars were still going.

Ky: "Starting to get a bad feeling about this."

Re: "Ditto."

Ky: "AH!"

{Punch!}

Re: "Agh!"

{Thud!}

Ky: "Oh, Renji? Sorry man but I already told you sneaking up on me is going to start getting painful."

Re: "Oof, yeah, it's all good, I'm fine."

Renji quickly recovered and got back up off the floor.

Re: "Anyway, about yesterday, what was up with you? You really gave Ryuu a beating of a lifetime and you were acting all strange, are you alright?"

Ky: "Uh, let's just say I get a little unhinged when my emotions spike and it's something I'd like to avoid going through."

Re: "Heh, then it's a good thing you didn't agree to side with Akihiko."

Ky: "You know about that?"

Re: "Heard it through the receiver."

Ky: "Speaking of which, have you got anything juicy from them?"

Re: "Not yet, the batteries should last until next week, so here's hoping I get something good."

Ki: "{Yaaawn} Morning~"

Just then Kirino came in dressed in an oversized shirt with her left shoulder exposed, carrying Mochi.

Ky: "Morning."

Re: "Morning."

Kirino immediately went to the dining table and sat down groggily.

Ki: "Breakfast. Now."

Ky: "What's up with you? Usually you jump at the chance to make breakfast yourself."

Ki: "I had a rough night and lots of vivid dreams~"

So Kyousuke made the usual breakfast along with Mochi's food paste.

Re: "Damn Kyousuke, you always make a mean breakfast."

Ky: "I'm sure you'd know given that you've been bumming here almost every morning."

Ki: "Meh, I still think mom's is better."

Ky: "Well you can easily go ask her to cook for you from now on."

Ki: "Eh, uh, I mean, yum these eggs are so fluffy mmm~"

Ky: "That's better."

{Knock, knock}

Ki: "Bet that's Arika again."

Ky: "No, those knocks are too formal."

Kyousuke answered the door and on the other side was one of the school faculty men dressed in his usual suit.

"Kyousuke Kousaka, the principal wishes to meet with you, I'm sure you understand why."

Ky: "Uh, yeah."

"Come to his office immediately so he may talk to you and Ryuu about your punishments."

Ky: "Hah, shit."

The man left and Kyousuke stood there annoyed with himself for getting himself into this situation.

Ki: "Well I'm going to get ready for school, I suggest you go get your punishment over with so we can put this behind us."

Ky: "Yeah."

So Kyousuke headed to the principal's office, which was at the base of the central tower near the entrance.

{Knock, knock}

"Come in."

Kyousuke timidly opened the door and saw Ryuu sitting in one of the chairs in front of the principal's desk which had his name displayed 'Principal Tokozo'.

Ry: "Hah!"

Ryuu jumped at Kyousuke's presence and avoided making eye contact with him. Kyousuke took the other chair and faced the principal respectfully.

Tok: "Okay now that you both are here let's talk about what happened last night. I'm sure you both know duels must be approved by the respective faculty before they can commence and any duels that occur without proper approval will result in the punishment of both students involved."

Ky&Ry: "Yes sir."

Ky: "Whatever it is sir, I'll accept it."

Tok: "Very well…Kousaka, for the next month you will be in helping the janitor with his duties for an hour after class every day."

Ky: "As you say sir."

Tok: "As for you Ryuu, you'll be fined a thousand of your credits."

Ky: "Wait what?"

Suddenly Ryuu could feel a menacing aura emanating from Kyousuke.

Ry: "Is that it?"

Tok: "I would've given the same punishment to Kousaka but he's so rich with credits it wouldn't be much for him."

Ky: "O-oh, I see."

Tok: "Well that'll be all, you two can leave now."

So the they walked out though as soon as the door closed Kyousuke grabbed Ryuu on the shoulder, causing him to jump again.

Ry: "Hah!"

Ky: "Hey buddy."

Ryuu turned his face to see Kyousuke's eye emitting a light glow, causing his soul to sink.

Ry: "Oh god."

Ky: "You mind telling me how you got off so easy? I doubt a high roller like you would see a thousand credits as a big loss…don't lie to me."

Ry: "It's…it's…"

Ky: "Actually, forget it, I'll do what I have to do but to make up for it I'll need you to clean the toilets for me."

Ry: "Huh?"

Ky: "Would you prefer I make you do it with your own toothbrush or if you have a problem with it…we can always take it back to the arena."

Ry: "N-No that won't be necessary, I'll go get my toothbrush ready right now."

With that Ryuu ran off with tears streaming from his face.

Ky: "What's up with him?"

Kyousuke then returned to class and went about his day as normal.

…

After finishing his duties as the janitor's assistant Kyousuke got a call from KDL to go on patrol, so he threw on his suit and went down the underground access where Hitaro and Ayami were waiting, he quickly hopped into their SUV and they took off.

Hi: "Hey buddy been a while, did you enjoy your Valentines weekend?"

Ay: "You get yourself some tail?"

Ky: "No I'm still a virgin but I got plenty of chocolate."

Ay: "Hey how's Kirino doing? She's been posting some weird stuff on social media, really lovey dovey stuff talking about marriage and soul mates."

Ky: "I haven't really noticed anything."

Ay: "Oooh, you think maybe she has a crush on someone?"

Ky: "Not a chance, my sister has told me herself she's not interested in school boys, says they're all horny, immature, losers that have no concept of true romantic love beyond getting their dicks wet, so she's forgone dating until she's in her twenties."

Ay: "Uh, kind of cynical for a girl her age but at least you won't have to worry about her becoming a teen mom."

Ky: "Guess so."

Hi: "…So, we gonna talk about the new development? Your promotion to God Level hero."

Ky: "Oh, so you know about that."

Ay: "Given that we're your guardians when on patrol or out on an excursion, we're informed of everything about you, so…what's it like?!"

Hi: "Ayami."

Ay: "Come on I'm curious."

Ky: "It's not that big a deal actually, it just makes me qualified to partake in international aid missions and I receive special protections for me and my family…and I also have to help deal with world ending threats."

Ay: "That's it? But are there like any other God Level heroes? I Heard they were all wiped out back during the war."

Ky: "I'm not allowed to say but downside of this is that I probably won't be able to go with you guys as much."

Hi: "Yeah, there's always something that needs to be done and someone that needs to be saved and with this Falling Stars Event stretching into its third day, things are going to become hell for us heroes in the coming months, the two of us may even be called out to fight in other parts of Japan, there's a chance we probably won't see each other for weeks on end."

Ay: "Agh, don't talk like that, you're bumming me out!"

Hi: "Sorry but it will eventually come to that, so we need to face the reality that these days going on patrol and fighting side by side will come to an end, after all our job of watching over Kyousuke was always temporary until it was time for him to face tougher challenges."

Ay: "…Yeah {Sniff}."

Ky: "Jeez don't go tearing up on me."

Ay: "Sh-Shut up I'm not {Sniff}."

Ky: "But still that doesn't mean we won't see each other again, yeah we'll be busy but with this new line of work I'll be earning truck loads of money, so when we're all free we can do all sorts of stuff together."

Ay: "Really? {Sniff} That sounds awesome."

Hi: "That's right, we may take different paths for now but we'll always stay friends."

Ay: "{sniff} Okay, I feel better now."

So the trio continued on with the night, they ended up fighting off some Lightning Golems along the railway then took on some tough criminals trying to break one of their buddies from prison.

…

The next day, without any explanation, the Falling Stars had stopped, with still no clues as to why it lasted so abnormally long.

…

Ni: "Alright Kyousuke are you ready? We're almost there."

Ky: "I guess, this'll be my first time in a foreign country."

That weekend Naoki was ordered to escort Kyousuke to Switzerland, home to a top secret facility where the God level heroes assembled.

Ki: "This is so cool, I actually get to meet God level heroes!~"

Na: "Jeez the only reason we brought you along was because of our agreement."

The plane they rode in made its final approach to an almost invisible landing strip hidden amongst the Swiss Alps, the strip led into a hangar built into the side of the mountain where the plane came to a stop.

Na: "Alright let's go."

Everyone disembarked from the plane and were met with an old man dressed in what appeared to be a high ranking military uniform.

"Ah, good so see you son."

Ky: "Uh, hello sir."

Na: "Kyousuke this is General Geoffrey Arnolds one of the Pantheon's main handlers and commanding officer of the Superhuman division of the U.S. marine corps."

Ki: "Whoa."

Ge: "We like to consider ourselves the best of the best, heck my top soldier is ranked as the second strongest hero on the planet."

Ki: "W-Wait, you mean…the Patriot Ranger?"

Ge: "The very one, if you want to meet him he should be around here somewhere but I'm getting ahead of myself, anyway welcome to Providence, fortress of the Pantheon"

Ni: "Ooh, dramatic~"

Ge: "Now come on, let's go meet everyone."

So General Arnolds led them through the facility, passing by offices of people monitoring world activities and coordinating operations in progress.

Ge: "While this may be the headquarters for the God Level heroes, we also use this place conduct special operations worldwide with other high ranking heroes, like the recent mission to hunt the escapee from the sub-ocean."

Ky: "Sub-Ocean?"

Ni: "Oceans beneath the Earth's crust, connected to the surface oceans via fault lines, I've never seen them myself but I've heard that there are some nasty critters down there."

Ki: "Wait, I thought Falling Star radiation couldn't penetrate into the deep ocean."

Ni: "It can't."

Ge: "That's right, not all monsters in this world are Starborn, there are nightmares buried beneath our very feet that would've wrought great havoc upon our world if we had not been blessed and to an extent cursed by the Falling Stars."

Ki: "What kind of nightmares?"

Ge: "You ever heard of the Bloop?"

Ki: "I've seen all the memes."

Ge: "That was one of them, a massive creature with an equally massive appetite with a mouth wide enough to swallow cargo ships whole, even saw footage of it sucking up a 300 square mile chunk out of a plankton cloud, terrifying, if gone unchecked it would've devoured every oceanic lifeform within a year, cutting off our main oxygen source and causing a mass extinction event the likes of which this world has never known and ending humanity as we know it."

Ky: "Scary."

Ki: "Yeah."

They continued until they came to a large conference room where several people sat.

Ge: "Go ahead and take a seat, greetings everyone!"

"Hello~"

"Hm."

"Hey!"

"Waddup dawg."

Ge: "Kyousuke, meet Earth's strongest heroes, the defenders of all humanity, the mortal gods!"

General Arnolds gestured to a normal looking Caucasian man with blue eyes and medium length blonde hair, he wore a white T-shirt, blue jeans and brown sandals.

Ge: "Seraphim, the strongest superhuman on Earth, with psychic powers so potent he can interact with matter on a subatomic level, he granted himself structural immortality and can practically mimic every superhuman ability known to man."

Exposition: In this world there are five types of immortality, biological immortality: you don't age but you're just as killable as everyone else. Structural immortality: on top of being ageless, your body cannot be damaged or destroyed by conventional means but you are still vulnerable to suffocation, starvation and dehydration. Absolute immortality: you are ageless and cannot be killed by anything short of a galactic scale event capable of altering localized reality. Deathless: you can be killed but you cannot die. Finally True immortality: The true conquest of death, only those who stand above all others can achieve this state.

Ser: "Hej, good to meet you~"

Ky: "He speaks Japanese?"

Na: "They all do, it's part of their job to know the common language of every major country, something you're going to have to learn as well."

Ky: "Aw."

Ki: "He has a weird accent."

Ge: "He's Swedish and an unfortunate reality of his strange physiology is that most of his powers only work when he maintains a T-pose."

Ser: "Eheheh."

Arnolds then gestured to an Indian looking woman with long black hair, brown eyes, the traditional red dot on her forehead and she wore a bright green and blue Salwar with pretty floral and leaf patterns.

Ge: "Gaia, the mother of creation, she has the powers Botanical Resonance, radiant healing, and nearly unlimited item creation ability. She can heal even the most lethal wounds, remedy the most deadly poisons and venoms, cure every known pathogen and ailment, can commune with, enhance and control plant life and is the only superhuman capable of ethereal summoning."

Ky: "What's that?"

Ga: "It means I can create things directly from imagination, including things that don't even exist."

Ki: "Wow her Japanese is so fluent but why name yourself Gaia? Why not make your code name one of the Hindu goddesses?"

Ga: "I didn't think it would be respectful, plus Gaia is already popular in many cultures, along with being short and easy for everyone to remember."

Arnolds then gestured to another more muscular Caucasian man with brown hair topped with a green strap cadet cap and brown eyes, he wore a white tank top and green military camo pants tucked into brown and beige combat boots.

Ge: "Then we have-"

"Hey, names Micheal Carter."

Ge: "MIKE! CODE NAMES!"

Mi: "Alright sorry, Archangel."

Ge: "Ahem, physically the strongest non-godling on Earth, capable of lifting the weight of the entire Tibetan mountain range two times over, can throw punches strong enough to shake entire countries and has item summoning abilities that allow him to create anything up to fifteen-hundred tons for a minimum time of twenty minutes."

Ki: "Whoa, that's amazing~"

Mi: "Aw shucks Jeff, you flatter me."

Ki: "Wait I thought your code name was Patriot Ranger."

Ge: "It's both because he's the only God level superhuman that REFUSES! TO! STAY! HIDDEN!"

Mi: "Uh."

Ge: "So we have to officially classify him as World Class instead, make him work under a different code name and he has to greatly hold back his power in non-classified missions, now next we have DJ Biddy Diddy."

Arnolds this time gestured to an African looking man, black hair done up in cornrows, well trimmed beard and mustache combo, brown eyes covered by stylish sunglasses, teeth covered by diamond encrusted gold grillz, fingers decorated with large gold rings, a pair of headphones and a large gold necklace around his neck with the word "Tensify" shaped from gold and diamonds hanging from it and he wore a green, purple and white track suit with matching basketball shoes.

DJ: "Yo, how's it hangin?"

Ge: "He's the fastest man alive, capable of moving at near light speed yet somehow doesn't rip apart the earth beneath his feet or create hurricanes whenever he moves, it is as if he becomes light itself, he also has the ability known a Momentum Shift, meaning he can alter the velocity of anything he touches, bringing even the fastest moving objects to a complete halt or propelling objects to blinding speeds."

DJ: "Shiii why don't you tell 'em about my new mixtape too sarge, got some real fire tracks on there."

Ge: "For the last time it's General and now's not the time to promote your music Biddy Diddy, though I do admit his fast-paced lyrical style is quite catchy, here's a sample disc if you're interested."

DJ: "He knows what's gooood."

Arnolds handed Kyousuke a disk case with Biddy Diddy's face on the cover.

Ki: "Does he carry that everywhere he goes? It sounds like he's a fan."

Ky: "So is Biddy Diddy also your stage name?"

DJ: "Hell nah man, my stage name is DJ Tensify, like it says on my chain, I just think Biddy Diddy sounded funny yo."

Mi: "Hehe yeah, after hearing that one I was about to make my code name a joke too but then Arnolds threatened to hang me up by my nut sack if I did."

Finally Arnolds gestured to an old bearded man dressed in a red and white outfit and black boots.

Ge: "And finally we have, the patron saint of kindness and peace on Earth, he sees when you're sleeping and knows when you're awake, the almighty…Santa Clause!"

Sa: "Hoho~"

Ky: "Holy shit, he's real?! I thought that was just some guy in a costume!"

Ki: "Of course he's real dumbass, who do you think puts your gifts under the tree every Christmas, it definitely isn't our parents."

Sa: "I'm real alright and you've been a very naughty boy Kyousuke Kousaka."

Ky: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry for beating the ever-loving shit out of Ryuu! I didn't mean to!"

Sa: "Hohoho! Just kidding, that boy deserved it to get his cheeks clapped, so far you haven't been any more naughty than anyone else, so expect some deserved goodies this Christmas."

Ky: "Oh thank god."

Ki: "So what exactly are Santa's powers, does he have super speed like Biddy Diddy."

Ge: "Sort of, he has quite a few abilities actually, he can teleport from one side of the Earth to the other and anywhere in between, is capable of lifting weights of up to five hundred tons."

Ky: "Damn Santa is yoked."

Ge: "He also has the Joyful Aura ability, he can actively exude an energy field that immediately puts everyone in an involuntary joyful mood and he has an organic link adaptation."

Ki: "Never heard of that."

Ni: "It's a very rare ability, it means he can connect to the internet with his mind, so he has immediate access to all of human knowledge."

Sa: "And everyone's social media."

Ge: "Welp now that I've introduced the Pantheon, everyone, let me introduce the newest member to the group, Kyousuke Kousaka, the Godling."

Mi: "So that's really him? Didn't expect him to be so…small."

Ky: "Hmmm."

Ga: "Don't be rude Arc, I am sure his tremendous power more than makes up for his diminutive size, it is very nice to have you here Kyousuke."

Ar: "Yah, alvays good to have anozah immortal in active duty, velcome aboard friend."

Mi: "So did you get the surgery done?"

Ky: "Surgery?"

Ge: "The Deicide system, special devices implanted into every member of the Pantheon, designed to destroy their minds, hearts and superhuman organs simultaneously should they ever get dangerously out of control for any reason."

Ki: "Did the whole Pantheon agree to that?"

Ge: "They had to, not under threat of death but under threat of disarmament and mind wipe, meaning should they refuse the implant then their superhuman organs would be removed or permanently disabled and all memories relating to them and Providence erased."

Ga: "It's a necessary evil, no single person should be able to wield so much power without council, it is a reality we are all aware of."

Mi: "True that."

DJ: "Along with the reality that our minds can be jacked at any moment dawg and our bodies can be used to fuck up all our homies, I'd rather get blown up before I get made someone else's bitch."

Ar: "Und absolute destroction is necessary so no udder entities can salvage our organs for deir oon use and should vee be taken alive by sooch entities, dey likely von't take mercy on us as dey remove them, leding to very penful daths for us, so undeed instant inhalation is praferable."

Ni: "Well to answer your question, yes, Kyousuke has had the implant."

Ky&Ki: "Really?!"

Na: "We implanted it in both of you actually."

Ki: "Eh?! When did this happen?"

Ga: "You put it in the girl too? Why?"

Ni: "She's connected to Kyousuke through his Godling abilities, essentially making her just as much of a danger as him."

Ge: "You two have to understand that we couldn't tell you until now for fear that you would've been too, uh, immature to fully comprehend the danger you posed and would attempt to put up a violent resistance-"

Ky: "Oh no, I get it."

Ge&Ki: "Seriously!?"

Ky: "Kirino, like the Pantheon just explained to us, it's better safe than sorry, even if we end up dead in the end, you really want to be responsible for the loss of innocent lives just because you wanted to preserve your own life."

Ge: "Haha and that sort of mindset is what separates true heroes from the street performers, the desire to preserve innocent life at all costs."

Ki: "It's still a major breach of our privacy and our consent."

Na: "You know we can easily and painlessly have the implant removed, though we would have to remove your lesser core too."

Ki: "Eh?!"

Na: "That's the deal missy, accept the implant or have the core removed, do you think leaving that sort of power unchecked, in the hands of a single teenager would be a smart decision?"

Ki: "…"

Na: "As I thought."

Mi: "Besides it's not like we have itchy trigger fingers her, there's a whole authentication process that's as secure as the president's nuclear codes, so there's no need to worry about somebody setting it off for no good reason, we prefer to leave it as an absolute last resort."

Ge: "Anyway let's get to business, now that the Falling Stars have ended after a record three days, there's no telling what types of creatures it's created. I've met with the UN board of Clandestine defense and they've all agreed to have Arc and Biddy Diddy be stationed in areas of the world predicted to produce the most dangerous monsters, details will be provided to you in the files in front of you, Santa and Gaia are free to go wherever as long as they maintain communication with each other so he can teleport her to wherever a calamity occurs so she can immediately get to aiding people. Seraph is to patrol the oceans for any unclassified entities, especially Kaiju, as for Kyousuke, you are to remain on standby, should either Arc or Biddy Diddy encounter anything of significance, Santa will teleport to your general location and bring you to them so you can assist them, are we clear?"

Ky: "Yes sir."

Mi: "Cool, it'll be neat to see what a Godling can do, even if he's still a little wet behind the ears."

DJ: "Just don't expect me to bring snacks for the dude, I ain't no babysitter."

Ge: "That reminds me, Santa make sure to have a supply pack prepared along with his Pantheon suit whenever you pick him up."

Sa: "Righto, it'll be filled with figgy pudding and candy cane pastries hohoho~"

Ky: "Seriously?"

Sa: "Hoho n-no I'll make sure it's packed with proper meals."

Ge: "Well if nobody has any questions you're all dismissed."

Ky: "Um, is that really it?"

Ge: "Yeah."

Ky: "So everyone here travelled all the way to a secret base in the Swiss Alps just to have a meeting we could've easily had over the phone or video call?"

Mi: "Kid the goings on here with the Pantheon are above top secret we can't risk anything getting leaked, that's why we always do these meetings in person and we have to do it in Switzerland since it's a neutral zone so less chances of spies sneaking around."

Na: "That's also why after we leave here I'm going to erase the crucial details of this trip from both of your brains."

Ga: "Arc and I get here with Santa's help since it's faster and less polluting than a plane and we can't be tracked."

DJ: "And for me it's barely a two second jog."

Ar: "Und I can fly at hypersonic speeds, I can be anyvhere on ze planet within a few minutes."

Ky: "Man I wish I could fly."

Mi: "Me too."

Ge: "Anyway meeting adjourned, now excuse me I have a date with some fat ass Brazilian ladies."

Mi: "That means he needs to take a dump."

Ge: "Arc stop telling people that! You know it means I'm going to satiate my crippling crack addiction!"

Ky&Ki: "{staaaare}."

Ge: "Th-The soda, not the illegal drug- n-no I mean the drug, not the soda…it's both…now if you'll excuse me."

General Arnolds quickly straightened his tie and left the room.

Ga: "He's working through his problems bit by bit."

DJ: "Well I got a gig to get to so I'll see all y'all next time."

Biddy Diddy stood up from his seat and struck a pose before disappearing in a flash of light.

Ga: "Yes, I'd like to stay longer to get to know you but I have a lot of crops to attend to, a farmer's work is never done, Santa if you will?"

Sa: "Absolutely, Michael are you coming?"

Mi: "Nah, I'm gonna stick around and hit the snack bar."

Sa: "Hoho, well if you need a pick up, you know how to call me."

With that, Santa and Gaia popped out of existence.

Mi: "Well now that they're gone."

Micheal then got up from his seat and glared at Kyousuke.

Mi: "Let's fight."

Ky: "Huh?"

Before Kyousuke could answer, Micheal used his huge hand to grab him by the top of his head and carried Kyousuke out of the room like dry cleaning.

Ky: "Kirino help!"

Ki: "…What just happened?"

Na: "I figured he'd do something like this."

Ni: "It'll be fine, Arc is just going to put Kyousuke through a bit of…hazing."

Na: "Well we better go make sure they don't do too much damage."

So they followed Michael to Providence's training arena/basketball court where the two of them were already in position.

Ky: "What the heck is your problem man?!"

Mi: "Calm down string bean, you're immortal aren't you? So I ain't gotta worry about accidentally killin ya, well at least as far as we know."

Ni: "I already told you Mike, Godling immortality is absolute, it's gonna take a lot more than a punch to take him out."

Mi: "Hey I've got to at least try, when's the next time I'm going to fight an awakened Godling?"

Ky: "Well you can go ahead and try but-"

{BOOM!}

Before Kyousuke finished his sentence Michael charged him and in less than a second sent Kyousuke crashing through the wall behind him.

Mi: "So, are ya dead?"

Ki: "…He's not moving."

Na: "He's fine, best way to tell when a Godling is dead is when they release all the energy stored in their core."

Ki: "What does that mean exactly?"

Ni: "Kyou go big boom."

Ky: "Ooogh."

Mi: "Well at least he won't be totally useless in the field, he makes a perfect meat shield and he can take a punch, anyone who can survive a hit like that and still be able to groan in pain is someone I'd consider strong."

Michael walked over the pile of rubble Kyousuke was buried under and pulled him out by his foot before carrying him over the others.

Mi: "Here."

{Toss}

Ki: "Wha- h-hey!"

Michael had chucked Kyousuke's unconscious body into Kirino's lap, catching her by surprise, he then directed his attention to her.

Mi: "Make sure you have that boy ready when it comes time for him to join me, I want him good and strong, I'll take nothing less."

With that Michael left.

Na: "Weird."

Ki: "What?"

Na: "Arc looked at you with what I think was…respect."

Ki: "Really?! Is it because I'm also a Super Lifter?"

Ni: "No, that definitely isn't it but that man has always been a mystery, one moment he acts like a typical country bumpkin, next moment he'll be like some sinister scholar that knows things the rest of us don't."

Na: "Well anyway, our business here is done, let's head home."

So Kirino lifted her brother onto her shoulder and they all left.

Elsewhere

Somewhere in the Gobi Desert there was a fortress hidden in natural rock formations and a team of Chinese military from an unnamed branch marched through the final hallway after fighting through dozens of World Class level superhumans and heavily armed men, with only two casualties on their side.

"Alright, the boss should be in here."

"Do you think he was the one that killed the Devourer?"

"Given how his goons were strong enough to take out the entire base Chinese military, it has to be."

"Okay breach in 3, 2, 1!"

{Smash!}

"Open fire!"

{BATATATATATA!}

Everyone immediately aimed at the single person standing in the room with their wave disrupter rifles, they were reverse engineered from a copy their superiors attained from the black market, and within seconds the figure fell to the floor dead.

"Hold!"

With that order everyone immediately stopped firing.

"You there, check the body."

"Yes sir."

The soldier briskly walked over to the body and took out a special device, he confirmed it wasn't some fake, that it was indeed dead and that it matched the all the physical and radiological signatures of the being they had detected with their spy satellites during the Cosmic Devourer's attack.

"He's dead."

"Okay pack up the body, then we exfil-"

"Well that was rude."

Just then a voice came from behind the group and everyone turned around to see the same man they had just gunned down, once again completely alive and well.

"What? But how?"

The leader turned back around in confusion to see the corpse was still there and completely identical to the man in the hall but rather than think on it further, he faced the man again and ordered another volley.

"O-Open fire!"

{BATATATATA!}

Again the group fired upon the man and again he fell over dead, his blood pooling around him.

"I guess that must have been a twin."

"Actually my only sibling my sister, good guess though."

For the second time they heard his voice, this time coming from back in the room and everyone turned around to see the man standing there behind his corpse and the soldier that was examining it earlier was startled at his sudden appearance.

"Ah!"

He stumbled onto his rear but quickly got back up and retreated back to the group and raised his gun. The leader looked back and forth between the corpses and the man, they all were identical, not even a hair apart in appearance other than the bullet holes.

"Open-"

"Die."

{Thudthudthudthudthud!}

Before the leader could finish his command the man uttered a single word and in that instant the leader heard a commotion coming from behind him before dead silence.

"Huh?"

The leader turned around to see all of his soldiers lying on the ground.

"What happened? Guh!?"

The leader quickly bent down to check his teammates only to feel no pulse, he checked another and again, no pulse, they were all dead.

"What…what did you do?"

"I told them to die and they did."

"How?"

"Simple, that's just how far Godlings are above humans, as lesser beings it's only natural that you bend to my will and I talk not from a place of narcissism or ridicule, it is the basic reality, whether it be this universe or another."

The soldier was too scared to look up and face the Godling.

"If you think I'm going to kill you, fear not, I want for you to go to your leaders and inform them of my existence, so they may prepare whatever retaliation against me they want and show the world how feeble humanity's power is in the face of the rest of creation and let it be known that their consumption is inevitable, so go."

With that in the blink of an eye the soldier found himself on top of a stone outcropping overlooking the desert, the moon shining down onto him.

"Go and show the heroes of this world, there is no hope."

1 Week Later

Ky: "So what flavor do you want?"

Am: "I'll take choco-mint."

Ky: "Okay one choco-mint and one vanilla."

"Here you go~"

Ky: "Awesome."

Kyousuke, Kouhei, Amy and Manami were getting ice cream at the public park connected to the THA campus.

Ma: "Man this place is pretty neat, the snack stand back at Chiba Park only sells dry prepackaged stuff."

Ko: "You got that right, oh hey Kyousuke check this out, I've been working on my powers."

Kouhei stepped in front of Kyousuke and got into a kamehameha pose.

Ko: "Divine wind!"

{Whoosh!}

Ky: "Agh!"

{Thud!}

When Kouhei thrust his hands forward, a sudden gust of wind hit Kyousuke with enough force to knock him over onto his back fortunately he didn't drop his ice cream.

Ky: "Whoa, you've really improved man!"

Ko: "I know right? I plan training real hard this summer like you did, maybe I'll be able to get into CHA."

Ky: "Still man, have you been to a superhuman doctor, you have to see why your powers manifested so late."

Am: "He's right, for all you know those organs could be defective and they could become harmful later."

Ko: "Yeah, yeah, I'll go to one next weekend."

Ky: "Though if you really want to get some good training in, you could ask my sister, her regimen is very intense but it delivers results."

Ko: "No thanks man, I saw how messed up you got last summer, you could barely walk, that tiny titan would cripple me."

Ky: "Guess you have a point."

Am: "I take it you have no intention of actually making it to the higher ranks though."

Ko: "Heck no, I'm only interested in getting the official trained hero credentials, no way I can compete in the Hero market."

Am: "I guess that's understandable."

Izu: "Hey Amy there you are!"

Am: "Izumi!"

Just then Izumi appeared and Amy went running over to her for a big hug.

Izu: "I've been looking for you, hey the others are having a little gaming competition at Aki's place and I need a second, you want to come?"

Am: "Sure~"

Izu: "Alright let's go."

Am: "Sorry to leave so soon Kyousuke, I'll see you later!"

Ky: "Yeah, uh, see ya."

Ko: "Dude, those two seem a little too close."

Ma: "Don't go assuming things Kouhei."

Ky: "Ugh, I can't wait for this to be over with."

Ko: "You say something?"

Ky: "Nah, you guys want to go hang out by the pond? Duck food's on me."

Ma: "Sounds great."

Ko: "Yeah, duck fights! Duck fights!"

For a couple of hours the group chilled next to the pond watching as the mutated ducks fought violently with their crudely fashioned stick weapons, spilling much blood for the right at first dibs of the human's peas, those who couldn't fight consumed the corpses of the fallen.

Ma: "Awe look how the winners feed their ducklings."

Ko: "Agh! One of them shivved me!"

Ky: "That's what happens when you get too close man, these guys fight with a blind rage, they can't always tell friend from foe."

"Kyousuke."

Kyousuke heard a quiet voice off in the trees and looked to see half of Santa's face peeking at him from behind a tree.

Sa: "You are needed."

Ky: "Hmm."

Ko: "Holy shit one of them is coming in with a combat goose mount!"

"HOOOONK!"

Ky: "Aaagh, sorry guys but I gotta go, I have something to take care of."

Ko: "Alright man but you're missing out on some top quality violence here."

So Kyousuke ran off towards the woods to meet the old man.

Ky: "Okay Santa, let's go."

Sa: "Hoho alright then~"

Then with a simple tap on Kyousuke's shoulder, they were instantly back in Providence, specifically in what appeared to be a locker room.

Sa: "Okay just open that case there and put on your suit, I'll brief you on the situation."

Kyousuke quickly disrobed and started putting on his Pantheon suit.

Sa: "It's nothing too big but it seems a new outbreak of the flesh golem has appeared in a town in South Africa."

Ky: "No big deal! The Flesh Golem is a huge deal, that thing has the potential to wipe out every living thing on Earth!"

Sa: "Hoho sure but this is a small one and it's still primitive, has yet to consume a human as far as we know, oh but once it does, that's when we start considering a total fire bombing."

Ky: "So you just need me to go in there and burn it since it can't consume me?"

Sa: "Correct."

Ky: "But still I thought the flesh golem was exterminated, totally wiped out down to the cellular level."

Sa: "We thought so too but apparently we either have a copycat instance via convergent evolution on our hands or somebody was illegally keeping a sample of it in secret, hoho something like that calls for immediate execution by firing squad."

Ky: "So we have a possible mystery on our hands, maybe I could also do some investigating in the area, see if maybe I can find the source."

Sa: "Hoh, way to be proactive, if that's something you think you can do, go for it but remember you have to get back home by bed time if you want to be a good boy."

Ky: "Haah, yes sir."

Finally Kyousuke popped his helmet into place and donned his backpack, the suit was multilayered, the first layer being a light grey skin tight mobility assistance muscle suit to reduce fatigue and maintain stamina levels, on top of that was black high tech armor built with several features including active camo, full spectrum environmental sensory systems (lidar, radar, sonar, thermal vision), Geiger counter, retractable machete blade, daily inspirational quote display, etc. and it all linked to his immortal body making it indestructible.

Ky: "Okay, I'm ready."

Sa: "Good, Gaia will be there to guide you so be sure to listen and activate the GPS beacon in your pack when you're ready to return, well see you later."

With another tap to his shoulder Kyousuke was teleported to the middle of a jungle, he could hear the sounds of exotic birds and frogs all over the place.

Ky: "Whoa."

{Beebeeboop}

Ga: |Kyousuke do you copy?|

Ky: "Uh, yeah I'm here."

Ga: |It's Gaia, I'm glad you could join us, did Santa fill you in on the situation?|

Ky: "Yeah, flesh golem and all, potential world ender, so where do you need me?"

Ga: |Just head South, that's the general direction where the locals made the initial sighting, we already have teams searching the area for anymore, should they find any we'll send you the coordinates so you can eliminate them.|

Ky: "Roger."

Ga: |One last thing, before you destroy this one make sure to get a sample of its control cluster, there should be container for it in your bag, we'll be going silent for the time being to avoid any possible radio taps but if there is an emergency feel free to call in.|

Ky: "Gotcha, going silent…South."

Kyousuke looked at his HUD and saw the compass at the top, so he oriented himself to this destination and started walking, his suit making the trek nearly effortless.

Ky: "Don't see anything yet, huh?"

After about ten minutes of walking Kyousuke noticed what appeared to be a large red slime mold with a pulsating purple epicenter clinging to a tree.

Ky: "That must be it."

He walked towards it but just as he got within a couple of feet, the mass suddenly lunged at him and began to crawl all over his suit.

Ky: "Ugh gross!"

The golem quickly found the partition between the suit and the helmet and made its way in and began crawling on Kyousuke's face.

Ky: "Ewewew it's getting in my mouth! Better get a sample quick."

Kyousuke quickly pulled off his backpack and began to look through it before finding a metal cylinder marked 'sample container' it opened with a hiss of cold air.

{Puhisssh}

Acting quick he pulled out the vial inside and yanked off a piece of the control cluster and plopped it in before capping it, replacing it in the container, sealing it and activating the freezer.

Ky: "Alright now to get rid of you."

Immediately Kyousuke raised the temperature of his body until the golem caught fire.

{Shcreeee!}

It began to scream as it quickly burned away to ash.

Ky: "Well mission accomplished."

{Cli-i-i-ick}

Ky: "Hm?"

It was then Kyousuke saw that his Geiger counter went of slightly.

Ky: "Radiation?"

Within a second the needle went back down but Kyousuke had the idea to bring the sample container close to his body and the Geiger counter once again went off, the needle only lifting up slightly but confirming that the radiation was coming from the flesh golem.

Ky: "Strange."

{Beebeeboop}

Ky: "Hey Gaia, situation is taken care of here."

Ga: |Good, anything to report?|

Ky: "Well my suit is picking up some radiation."

Ga: |Radiation? From where?|

Ky: "The golem, the signature is small but it's there."

Ga: |That is strange, look around do you see anything else out of the ordinary?|

Ky: "Hmm."

Kyousuke looked back at the tree where he first saw the golem and noticed a trail of residue leading further into the jungle.

Ky: "There's a slime trail of some kind left by the golem."

Ga: |I see, if you want you can investigate on your own while we keep up our search or we can send in a team while you remain on standby in case we find anymore.|

Kyousuke contemplated just letting the professionals handle things but after looking at the inspiration quote on his HUD 'say no to drugs' he decided to go further on.

Ky: "I think I'll check it out, don't want to risk anyone getting exposed in case I run into the source."

Ga: |Good call, leave the sample container on the ground, I'll have someone pick it up, radio back if you find anything important but make sure to keep the details minimal until we can talk face to face, going silent."

So Kyousuke trekked on following the trail of residue, for nearly two hours he hiked, stopping a couple of times for water and to snack on some of the food from the bento box Santa made for him, which was surprisingly good. The part of the jungle Kyousuke was walking into was extremely secluded, far from even the most rural village, where no man has treaded.

{Cli-i-i-ick}

Near the end of the third hour, the Geiger counter suddenly began to rise.

Ky: "Looks like I'm getting close to something."

With each step the needle rose further and the clicks more rapid until he saw it.

Ky: "Seems my curiosity paid off."

There in beneath loose grouping of trees was a small crater and the residue trail led straight from it. Kyousuke walked closer to see what was within.

Ky: "Don't see any other trails."

Once he was right up next to it he could see that inside was a small scorched stone object and it was putting out harmful amounts of radiation. After a bit of searching he found the camera function on his HUD and began to take pictures before making physical contact with the object, it was black, about the size of a soccer ball, shaped like a bell with a smooth ceramic like surface and one end was broken open. He turned it in his hand to look inside and saw the interior was filled with viscous fluids like an egg and also seemed to be lined with a weak metal and the way the metal was bent showed it was broken from the inside and on top of all that it looked…natural, like the object was produced by some creature like a pearl or coral, it didn't appear to have any artificial markings of any kind.

Ky: "Gaia, I found something."

{scrccccch-ch-ccch}

Ky: "No signal, can't call Santa, don't want him exposed to this, looks like I'm walking back but still, did this thing come from space and if so…could there be more of them?"

So Kyousuke put the object back and marked down the coordinates for the crater and made the long hike back, calling Gaia once he regained a signal and asked for special retrieval and containment for the radioactive object.

Back at Base Camp

Ga: "So Dr. Johannes, do you have any idea of what this could be?"

Ni: "Nope, never seen anything like this before in my life, did you get anything from the sample?"

Ga: "…"

Ni: "Gaia?"

Ga: "It's not conclusive but…while most of the DNA was derived from local fauna, some of the DNA found in the sample can't be linked to any species on Earth…at all, even if the golem had absorbed an undiscovered species, it would still share genetics with others species like we do, even a banana shares at least 40% of its genetics with us but this shares none."

Ni: "Well then given this much evidence, we can only assume that the golem was alien in origin."

Ga: "An alien mutant? Are you sure?"

Ni: "Well remember, Earth isn't the only world that has experienced the Falling Stars, it occurred on my world too, so it's only logical to think that other worlds were effected as well."

Ga: "So this came from one of those worlds?"

Ni: "Where else could it have come from?"

Ga: "What could this mean?"

Ni: "I don't know but we need to inform everyone about this get every government on full alert, there could be more of these things out there for all we know and we need to get a bead on them before they consume anything with significant intelligence."

Ga: "What makes you think there could be more?"

Ni: "No man or creature makes something like that pod unless they have a plan for it and no plan is made without the expectation of failure."

Ky: "Man this is all just crazy, {munch}."

Ga: "Kyousuke, didn't I already tell you to go home?"

Ky: "Yeah but I was curious plus I still have to finish Santa's tasty bento."

Ni: "I guess it's best to eat while you can, you'll be on call for a while, if my hunch is correct there could be dozens of these things all over the world possibly even in the ocean and we'll need you to come in and perform decontamination."

Ky: "Jeez didn't think apocalypse prevention would be so much like a janitorial service."

Kyousuke returned to Japan and the Pantheon continued the search for the Flesh Golems, for the whole week Kyousuke frequently traveled back and forth between Japan and wherever a golem was found for him to burn. Ghana, Chile, Mid-west United States, Antarctica, India, over night Kyousuke became a real life globe trotter.

Ky: "Ugh! This was fun at first being able to travel around the world and all but this is really taking it out of me, I'm missing all my favorite shows and that suit can only do so much to diminish muscle aches."

Ki: "Quit whining, you're being paid for it aren't you?"

Ky: "Yeah a crazy amount, at this rate I might just be able to buy a fancy new car."

At the moment Kyousuke was receiving a well needed back massage from Kirino.

Ki: "Why can't they get Seraph to handle some of them?"

Ky: "As powerful as he is, even for him all it takes is one touch from one of those things while his guard is down for him to get infected, then they activate the Deicide system, I'm the only Pantheon member with zero risk of exposure."

Ki: "I guess, though, you have to think, there's another element to this, those things came right after the Falling Stars."

Ky: "And?"

Ki: "And what if that's intentional? Like whatever sent those things did it BECAUSE of the Falling Stars, like it detected the specific radiation signature and knew it was heading towards a planet full of life and sent those pods after it for the purpose of infecting our world, to convert every living thing into an easily consumable mass."

Ky: "That is…terrifying."

Ki: "This could also mean…that whatever sent them will be on its way here to pick up its quarry, this could be another Cosmic Devourer situation."

Ky: "…You know this is terrible massage conversation."

Ki: "Hmph."

{Squeeze}

Ky: "Ah!"

Ki: "So, change of topic, how are things between you and Amy?"

Ky: "Oh, i-it's great, we've been having a heck of a time, I'm even thinking of having my first kiss with her."

Ki: "Guh!"

In that moment Kirino was having a mix of emotions, jealousy of the idea and guilt from already stealing Kyousuke's first kiss.

Ki: "Really? You must really like her now, so much for this being temporary."

Ky: "Oh yeah, she and I are a real power couple."

Ki: "Though she seems to be hanging out with her friend Izumi a lot."

Ky: "That's just how those two are, they're inseparable, kind of like you and me."

Ki: "{Blush!} D-Don't be saying stupid things like that, we aren't that close."

Ky: "Kirino, you are literally on top of me giving me a back massage."

Ki: "Sh-Shut up."

{Poke!}

Ky: "Oof, hey watch were you dig those nails."

Ki: "Well I'm done, go start making Dinner."

Ky: "On it, ah~ Damn sis, you have some magic fingers."

Ki: "{Blush}."

Kirino couldn't help but stare at Kyousuke's naked back as he put his shirt back on.

Ki: "H-Hey."

Ky: "Hm?"

Ki: "…You've gotten taller."

Ky: "Huh, have I? Must be all that training we've been doing and now that I look at it, I think I've even gained more muscle, heh, all that work is beginning to pay off."

Ki: "Just don't let it get to your head, idiot."

Ky: "Yeah, yeah."

{Bzzz}

Ky: "Hm?"

Kyousuke got a notification on his phone, he looked to see he was tagged in a social media post from a random a-hole THA student, it was a rather cute picture of Amy kissing Izumi on the cheek, with a caption that read "Hey man how's it feel to get cucked by a chick, haha jk."

Ar: "That jk definitely isn't genuine."

Ky: "AH! Arika when did you learn to teleport?!"

Ar: "I didn't, I've been here for a while, you seriously didn't notice me? I was playing with Mochi the whole time your sister was feeling you up."

Ky: "You just have no respect for privacy."

Ar: "Not at all, anyway your girl is definitely cheating on you, no way a girl kisses someone like that unless it's love."

Ky: "I ain't taking relationship advice from someone that treats sex like junk food."

Ar: "Hey don't throw factual statements at me like they're insults, besides it's not like I don't know anything about meaningful relationships and I'm telling you, you're getting your ass played like fiddle."

Ky: "…Listen Arika, I appreciate your concern but it's fine, I have everything figured out so there's no need to worry. So you gonna stay for dinner? I'm making beef stew with some crispy French bread."

Ar: "Whatever man, btw you putting garlic butter on that French bread?"

Ky: "Duh."

The next day while Kirino was headed to the cafeteria for lunch she noticed Amy and Izumi walking somewhere and she decided to follow them, they walked outside to a secluded area between some building.

Am: "Come on Izu, we should get to lunch."

Izu: "I know but I just wanted to spend some alone time with you."

Am: "Okay fine but we have to be quick."

Kirino was shocked as she watched from a distance as Izumi and Amy began to make out.

Ki: "I knew it, that little bitch."

Kirino quickly pulled out her phone and began to record but a few seconds in a hand came down and snatched it out of her hand.

"Hey, we can't have that now."

Kirino was startled as she quickly turned her head to see Hayate Fueki standing uncomfortably close to her.

Ha: "What's a pretty thing like you doing sneaking around?"

Ki: "What do you think? I'm exposing that dumb bitch Amy for the cheater she is."

Ha: "Oh? Well unfortunately that won't be happening."

{Fwoosh}

Hayate then held up Kirino's phone before using vibration control to set it on fire.

Ki: "Hey!"

Ha: "Listen, just because we can't do anything to you or your brother doesn't mean we can't do anything to …your friends."

Ki: "Eh?"

Ha: "What were their names, Ayase Aragaki, Saori Makishima, Kanako Kurusu, Ruri Goku, we know all about them, their addresses, daily schedules, their measurements."

Ki: "…"

Ha: "So leave this thing between Izumi and Amy a secret and they'll all be hunky dori but if you keep sticking your nose where it doesn't belong, we may just have to cut them down too."

Ki: "Che."

Ha: "Though honestly I don't get why a cute girl like you even bothers trying to climb her way up in this place, with your looks you could get with any of the top ten guys here, including myself."

Hayate came up close to Kirino, looking her straight in the eyes.

Ha: "What do you say? Get with me and I can take you around the world."

Ki: "I'm afraid I'll have to say no, my loyalties lie elsewhere."

Ha: "Come on, a girl like you needs a great man at her side, a great man to make her feel good, I can be that man."

Hayate discretely reached his hand forward to touch Kirino's hip but before he could she quickly pinched the muscle between his thumb and index finger and wrenched his hand back up.

Ha: "Hey, owowowowow, that fucking hurts!"

Ki: "Listen you fart bender, I told you no, if you ever try to touch me again, I'll rip off your fingers and shove them all into your piss hole one at a time, got that?!"

Ha: "Holy shit, you're a damn psycho!"

Ki: "That's right, so there's no way a basic bitch like you could handle a woman like me, so stay in your lane ass wipe."

Kirino shoved Hayate onto his ass before she started to walk off.

Ki: "And one more thing, if anything happens to any of my friends, I'll immediately assume it was you."

Ha: "So? Is that a threat?"

Ki: "A warning…that I'll make you regret ever even looking at me, so I suggest you think carefully about what you do next, it could mean the difference between a bright future or a life in a hospital bed."

Ha: "Ooh scary, as if there's anything a little Super Lifter like you could do to a top ranked Wind Elemental."

Ki: "Hmph…care to find out?"

Ha: "Heh, a challenge? To the second rank? You really are psycho."

Ki: "Well it's not like I'd be a match for you, so it'd be a free win and you can get whatever you want out of me, what do you say?"

Ha: "Hah dammit if only they allowed dirty bets, okay then how about this? If I you win, you tell me everything about what your brother is doing."

Ki: "Hm."

Ha: "Don't think we aren't suspicious of him and that loser Renji, Akihiko may not think so but I know they're up to something."

Ki: "Very well and if I win, you gather evidence of the illicit relationship between Amy and Izumi and show it to my brother, also you have to pay me back to replace my phone."

Ha: "Sure but I want to add a little something, I win you also have to be my girlfriend until the end of the year."

Ki: "You just said sexual bets are against the rules."

Ha: "Doesn't have to be sexual, we don't even have to kiss, you just have to do innocent couple stuff with me, having a high quality woman like you in my arms will do wonders for my reputation."

Ki: "Okay, then as my add-on, you also have to walk around in the girls uniform until the end of the year."

Ha: "Seriously?! Ahem well challenge accepted, you better get your best outfit ready, I want you looking as good as you did at the Valentine's party for our first date."

Ki: "I'll be sure to wear my best sweatpants."

…

Ky: "There's no way in hell you're doing this."

Ki: "Imma do it."

Ky: "You're putting our entire operation in jeopardy."

Ki: "Calm down, I have a plan for if I lose, I'll just have Ms. Kirishima temporarily displace any memories of mine relating to your plans and since she's highly skilled even if Akihiko uses any of his own Mind Benders to scour my brain they won't find anything."

Ky: "She agreed to that?"

Ki: "…Yeah, sort of."

Ky: "How'd you swing that"?

Ki: "None of your business that's how, all I'm gonna say is that I agreed to perform some questionable government approved experiments."

Ky: "That's sounds…safe."

Ki: "It's nothing to worry about."

Ky: "But still Kirino, this guy is the second rank, heck I was barely able to beat the fourth rank, on top of that you're just a Super Lifter-"

{Kick!}

Ky: "Ah! My shin."

Ki: "First of all screw you for that last comment, second; do you really think I've just been sitting on my hands doing nothing this whole time? Just watching you do your whole thing with Renji like some cheerleader?"

Ky: "…Kinda."

{Kick!}

Ky: "Ah! My other shin!"

Ki: "Well you're wrong, I've been working my ass off this entire time, increasing my strength as much as possible and even more so since meeting Patriot Ranger, this is just my first step to achieving the same level of strength as him."

Ky: "I still don't know that guy's deal, so you're really going to fight the second ranked hero student at THA and one of the strongest wind elementals in Kanto."

Ki: "Absolutely, I'm gonna show all these assholes what a Super Lifter can really do."

Ky: "You're totally gonna lose."

{Kick! Kick!}

Ky: "Ah! The my both shins!"

Ki: "Probably."

So Kirino went about preparing, making sure to do her daily stretches, eat high quality meals, get plenty of sleep and relieve herself with some candid pictures of Kyousuke in various states of undress.

Ki: "I'm ready."

After approval Kirino and everyone headed to the stadium.

Ar: "By the way Kirino, what rank are you?"

Ki: "653."

Ar: "Wait that's…that's literally the bottom rank!"

Ki: "Yep haven't been in a single duel since I transferred."

Ar: "Why?"

Ki: "Because I didn't need to, for one thing I had access to all of Kyousuke's school credits so I didn't need to make any, especially since THA doesn't do patrol missions, hardly any monsters attack such a densely populated area, real bummer there. Second climbing too high in the ranks would just make me a target for Akihiko so I decided to just stay in the background as long as necessary."

Ar: "You were seriously okay with being a background character? Don't you think that's a little boring, weren't you like the second rank back at CHA?"

Ki: "Well yeah…my brother needed me to be here, even if all I do is cheer him on from the sidelines, if it's for him, that's fine with me but now's the time for me to step up and put myself out there for him."

Ar: "{Sniff} Damn, that's actually pretty sweet {sniff} you're the best little sister ever!"

Ki: "That's why I came to THA and that's why I'm doing this duel."

Kirino finally sealed her helmet into place, now fully prepared for battle.

Ar: "And the sexiest little sister ever, like seriously where'd you get that cake, you could balance a martini glass on those buns and those hips of yours cut such an amazing figure in that suit, not too narrow but not too wide either, you've got like THE perfect proportions."

Ki: "Okay I don't care if you're a girl, I will report you for sexual harassment."

Ar: "Hey I ain't no clam slammer, I'm just appreciating another woman's appearance, nothing gay about that."

Ki: "…Wait you aren't?!"