This is Lotus

This is Saiki

Saiki and Lotus

~These are the thoughts of others~

Who Really is Kuboyasu? - Kaidou's Punk Panic!

Kaidou had left home making his way to school by himself. As he approached an intersection he paused seeing Kuboyasu. The purple-haired teen appeared to be alone as he stood staring at something out of Kaidous' view.

"~Is that Kuboyasu? Why is he just standing there all creepy?~"

Kaidou smirked. "Heh. It's no biggie. He still shows a lot of promise for someone so frail. If he were properly motivated I could turn him into a first-class soldier. Dark Reunion won't know what hit them when I lead my righteous army in the final battle."

Kaidou raised his hand, calling out.

"Hey-!"

"Show some respect!"

The teen flinched, letting out a small squeal as a gruff voice shouted. Peeking further down the street to look around the corner to find Kuboyasu wasn't alone. He was facing two other teens around his age. Their whole vibe screamed "punks" as they glared at Kuboyasu.

"Do you think you can run into me and just say sorry?"

"I think you broke my arm, that's like a million yen to fix!"

"Did you hear that!"

"One million yen!"

Kaidou quickly slid back around the corner, hiding away.

"~Oh crap those guys are shaking down Kuboyasu! But I can't turn a blind eye to evil, especially in my neighborhood!~"

Kaidou took a step forward only to pivot around and start running away.

"~So I'll find a hero who can actually help!~"

Kaidou turned back around running back to Kuboyasu.

"Wait, I'm a hero who can help!"

He looked around the corner again and gaped. He saw the two bullies now beaten down, Kuboyasu having obviously been the one who had done so and it was even more so obvious considering the fact that he was calmly still holding one of the punks up by his neck.

"Stop this! You're killing him!"

A stunned Kaidou slowly slid back around the corner and he could hear the sound of the two punks getting the tar beaten out of them.

Still shocked, Kaidou rubbed his eyes in disbelief. He glanced back around the corner and saw the defeated punks now passed out on the ground and Kuboyasu walking away without a scratch on him, not even his uniform was disheveled.

"Wha-What the heck just happened? I had no idea he was like this!" Kaidou gasped

From a few feet behind the shocked Kaidou stood a certain pink-haired couple, having witnessed the entire thing.

"Yare yare daze."

Lotus and Saiki sat at their desk their eyes set on Kaidou, listening to his thoughts.

"~Was what I saw this morning real? I knew he had promise but I never knew Kuboyasu also had such fighting skills. Thinking back, lots of little things were odd about him. When he came to school he wrote his greetings using gang slang. During the school festival he said that he spilled ketchup but it didn't smell anything like ketchup. I also think that '?!' that sometimes appear over his head is really weird.~"

"You can see that?"

"What's going on little guy?" Nendou asked, suddenly appearing behind Kaidou.

"Ah!" Kaidou jumped in his seat. "Don't sneak up on me!"

"Well, you can always come to me for advice," Nendou said

"I can't think of a worse guy to go to for advice."

"Well, the truth is…"

"Wow, you really are."

"Do you think something is up with Kuboyasu?" Kaidou asked

"Huh? What about me?"

"Aaaahhh!"

Kaidou jumped again as Kuboyasu appeared behind him.

"Kuboyasu! Nothing!" He squeaked.

"Sup new guy!" Nendou greeted.

"What are you guys doing? I want in on it," Kuboyasu said

Kaidou paled. "~Has he always been this scary?~"

"It's nothing important, sir," Kaidou spoke meekly.

"Sir? What's with the formal talk dude?" Kuboyasu asked

He placed a hand on Kaidou's shoulder and the chuunibyou gave a small squeal.

"Your acting kind of strange," Kuboyasu said

As Kaidou looked his way he saw a rather warped vision of Kuboyasu. He looked demonic in a way like he was about to tear into Kaidou.

"What happened? Did you maybe see something you shouldn't have?" Kuboyasu asked

Kaidou jumped from his seat and got behind Nendou, using the bigger teen as a shield.

"What's wrong stupid? Scared?" Nendou asked

Kaidou held onto Nendou as he trembled. "You're the stupid one. I just got a little busy is all!"

Nendou pulled away from Kaidou leaning on Kuboyasu's shoulder.

"This guy is weird, right?"

"Yes," Kuboyasu said

"Get off him, Nendou!" Kaidou said

"What happened man? All I hear is crazy talk," Nendou said

Nendou's face scrunched and he let out a sneeze, the spittle from his nose and mouth hitting Kuboyasu.

"Oh, that's gross."

"Wow, that was a wet one," Nendou said

"Aaaah! Nendou! Are you okay?" Kaidou asked

Kuboyasu gave a half-hearted smile wiping off his face.

"I'm fine. It's nothing."

Nendou pulled out a handkerchief blowing his nose.

"Apologize to him!" Kaidou snapped

"Hold on, my nose is still kind of itchy." Nendou glanced at Kuboyasu and started wiping his face with the used handkerchief. "Oh hold on you got something on your face."

"Double gross! That's too nasty to look at."

"Don't use the same cloth!" Kaidou shouted

"Really I'm fine. It's just a sneeze," Kuboyasu said

"~After all that he's not mad? Can someone as level-headed really be a juvenile delinquent?~"

"Look closer."

"I said…I'm fine," Kuboyasu said

"He's barely holding it together."

Kuboyasu wore a forced smile, veins throbbing in his face as he held back his rage.

"I was going to take a shower after PE anyway," Kuboyasu said

It was time for PE and once Lotus changed in the locker room she joined the boys outside. She was the last to get there and the guys were already getting ready to start.

"I wonder what we're doing-?"

"Hey, I heard we're playing baseball-gah!"

A guy jumped as Lotus appeared before him.

"Did you say baseball?!" She exclaimed, starry-eyed.

The guy's face turned red as he nodded his head.

"Yes!" Lotus cheered

She sped off in search of a bat.

Meanwhile, Kaidou was sitting on the ground leaning against the fence. Just a few feet away was Kuboyasu. He held a metal bat in hand examining it.

"~Maybe he just likes to lift weights? Normal non-delinquents do that, right?~"

He looked over at Kuboyasu and saw the teen smiling as he nodded to the bat he was holding.

"~Why is he looking at that bat like it's an old friend?!~"

Kuboyasu started taking a few practice swings with just one arm.

"~Could he actually be thinking 'I'd never use you on an actual baseball.'?~"

"Kuboyasu!"

Lotus ran over, waving a hand. "Do you know where the rest of the bats are?"

Kaidou freaked out seeing the two.

"~Ahhh! Lotus don't get too close, especially when he has a weapon!~"

"I think they're all gone but you can use mine after I go," Kuboyasu said

"Sounds good," Lotus said

"You like baseball, huh?" Kuboyasu asked

"Like it? I love it! It's my favorite sport! It's been a while since I've used a metal bat though," Lotus said

"Really? I use to use one all the time. I can give you some tips," Kuboyasu said

Kaidou gasped. "~No! Is he trying to turn her into some kind of rebel punk? Is he looking for a partner?!~"

Kaidou's imagination started to go wild again and he pictures a punk version of Lotus. Her uniform was more provocative, her hair was shaved on one side, and she sported a wicked smirk as she held a metal bat over her shoulders.

"~Nooo!~"

Lotus sweatdropped.

"Talk about a vivid imagination."

"Kuboyasu, you're up next!" A guy called out.

"~Kuboyasu really is a delinquent!~"

Kuboyasu stepped up to bat and he squatted in the common style reserved for delinquents.

"~Even the way he squats is vaguely thuggish!~"

Kuboyasu raised his bat waiting for the pitcher. The ball was thrown but pretty off course, so it ended up hitting Kuboyasu rather hard in the shoulder.

"Kuboyasu! Are you okay?!" Coach Matsuzaki called out

"~This is bad! If Kuboyasu is a delinquent then there's going to be a huge fight!~"

The other guys from the dugout started shouting on Kuboyasu's behalf.

"Where are you throwing it?"

"Quit screwing around!"

"There's not gonna be a fight fellas. It's just baseball. Now, where were we? No outs, runner on first?" Kuboyasu said

"~Now he sounds like a reformed delinquent in a teen sports drama!~"

Before the game could continue a drop of water hit the ground and it quickly started to downpour.

"Thunderstorms! Everyone inside!" Coach Matsuzaki shouted

"Nooooo! I didn't even get to play!" Lotus cried.

"Wow, you really do love baseball."

"Darn, we could've won that game," Kuboyasu said

As the class ran inside, seeking shelter, Kuboyasu was walking rather calmly through the pouring rain. He came to a stop as he looked down, finding a box with an abandoned puppy inside.

"What is this? Are you a loner too?" Kuboyasu spoke to the dog.

"~Why is there suddenly an abandoned puppy after it started raining?!~"

School came to an end and Kaidou walked home, thoughts about Kuboyasu still swirling about in his mind. Saiki and Lotus trailed behind him, making sure the silver-haired boy did do anything too dramatic.

"~My suspicions were correct. Kuboyasu is definitely a delinquent. All this time, he pretends to be a normal kid hiding a powerful dark side.~"

"Isn't that how you imagine your own life?"

"~I'll just need to keep my distance from him now. Well more for his good than mine, if he ever did mess with me I could go full Jet Black Wings and turn him to ashes.~"

"Yeah, I'd like to see that."

"Hey, Saiki, Lotus, do you guys wanna-?"

"Afternoon!"

As the trio turned a corner they were met with four guys blocking the street.

"Geez, these guys are like walking stereotypes."

"There's a new rule. You gotta pay the toll if you wanna walk through."

Kaidou's face frozen in an awkward smile started to back up but he was grabbed and pulled forward.

"Get back here!"

Lotus and Saiki were quickly cornered as well.

"We can't have you two forgetting to pay either."

"~What? Oh no, Saiki, Lotus, and I are being shaken down for money!~"

"If you wanna get through, pay up!"

"Open your pockets!"

At that moment, Kaidou snapped and went off into dreamland. His fantasy of destroying the punks with his powers took over. The delinquents looked at one another confused before one grabbed the front of Kaidou's shirt.

"Hey. Hey! Are you listening to me?"

"Feeble-minded fools…It's far too late for you powerless weaklings to escape from me…."

Kaidou mumbled, still off in his own little world.

"Hey! I said hand over the money if you wanna get through!"

"Time to come back to the world, Shun."

Kaidou was brought to reality, slightly dazed. "Huh? Didn't I strike all you guys down?" He asked

"Stop screwing around loser!" The guy said, pulling Kaidou closer.

"Huh? Where's Hyakkimaru?" Kaidou questioned

"What? Never heard of him, now give us your money."

"Hyakkimaru might show up in a delinquent Manga but not in this fanfic."

"~I see! I was daydreaming!~"

Kaidou was pushed up against the wall, his assailants' arm digging into his chest.

"Are you mocking us?!"

"~Wait if Hyakkimaru doesn't exist I can easily stop these weaklings easy with my normal powers.~"

"Don't underestimate us!"

The guy who had shoved Kaidou pulled out a metal baton, he flicked his wrist extending the length of the weapon.

"What?! You're gonna hit me with that?!" Kaidou shouted

"I won't if you give us your wallet."

"~I'm outnumbered. Out of all the times to get mugged it had to happen when Saiki and Lotus were around. If they weren't with me I'd just hand over everything!~"

"You would?"

"~Saiki looks up to me. Lotus may be a top-class warrior but as the Jet Black Wings, I need to protect her. I have to take on these delinquents and show them my cool side!~"

"You don't have a cool side."

"My wallet isn't here!" Kaidou said

He quickly changed his tune as the punk smashed the wall right next to Kaidou's head.

"There it is, in my back pocket all along, who would've known?" Kaidou meekly spoke.

"You're ridiculous."

The punk snatched Kaidou's wallet taking out the money.

"Look at all the cash."

"He's rich!"

"That could've paid for a lot of coffee jelly."

Now that Kaidou had given up all his money the punks turned their attention onto Saiki and Lotus.

"Hand it over."

"Hey, you got enough for today!" Kaidou said

"Shut up! Unless you want to get hit."

Kaidou crumpled backing up like a scared wet kitten.

One of the guys leaned in close to Saiki. "Your friend gave up his wallet, now it's your turn."

Saiki, stoic as ever, raised a hand pointing at the guy's forehead.

"Hey, knock that off." He said, smacking down Saiki's hand.

Without skipping a beat Saiki raised his wallet and held it out.

"Alright, you're finally playing ball. Now that wasn't so hard, was it?"

As he took Saiki's wallet, the punk failed to notice the smirk on the psychics' face.

"Too bad I cursed your body, in three months blood will come out of every pore. Consider this wallet my apology."

Lotus held back a snicker as she brought out her wallet. A pink little clutch with a gold zipper, her name expertly embroidered courtesy of her brother Ethan.

"Here. Just take this and leave us alone."

Lotus frowned displeased and annoyed, as she held out the wallet. Instead of taking it the punk just smirked facing Lotus, his eyes moving up and down her body. His hand raised, looking as if he was going to take the wallet but instead his large hand wrapped around Lotus's.

"Oh great…"

"You know, a girl such as yourself can go toll-free. How about you spend some time with us? We can show you a great time! What do you say? Ditch the losers and come with us."

Lotus gave the four guys a flat look. Before she could respond, or before a beyond angry Saiki could dish out any more curses, the punk was shoved aside, Kaidou ramming his body into the guy.

"Come on, let's go!" Kaidou shouted

He started running, Saiki and Lotus following.

"Hey! Hold it!"

Saiki and Lotus easily passed Kaidou, the poor guy only getting a few feet before he starts to drastically slow down.

"Ah! Unhand me!" Kaidou yelled as he was grabbed.

"What's with him, he's so slow?"

"He's so slow I wonder if he's trying to get caught?"

Lotus was about to turn around but Saiki grabbed her hand and pulled her forward.

"Sorry, Kaidou, we're gonna keep running and go home."

"Saiki!" Lotus scolded

"Wait, you're not coming back for your friend!?"

"You do realize we're gonna beat up your friend!"

Despite being held against his will Kaidou had a relieved smile on his face.

"~Thank goodness I'm glad you two managed to get away.~"

"Saiki…." Lotus said

"Seriously. Can't leave him now."

Saiki came to a stop as did Lotus.

"They stopped!"

"Lotus."

"Yes! My time to shine!"

"Hmm…." Lotus started digging her bag looking for something. "Aha!" She smiled, pulling out a baseball.

"What's that chick doing?"

"Let's play ball!" Lotus smirked, pitching her arm back a sharp glint in her eyes.

Before she could throw the ball Lotus's wrist was grabbed. She glanced to her left giving Saiki a perplexed look.

"Saiki? Why are you stopping me I'm gonna teach those punks a lesson," Lotus said

"Or we can just leave that to this guy."

"Huh?" Lotus blinked and looked behind her to see Kuboyasu approaching.

"It's easier that way. Plus your weapon of choice might be a baseball but you could very well kill those guys."

"That is true, but hey, I have learned some restraint with my powers."

"Hey! What's going on here?" Kuboyasu questioned.

His smile dropped when he saw the position Kaidou was in.

"A shakedown?" Kuboyasu mumbled

"~Kuboyasu! Excellent timing! He's a lot stronger than he looks. I bet he could save me!~"

"Hey, are you friends with this loser?"

Kaidou gasped. "Kuboyasu don't just stand there run! Get out of here now!"

"~I can't ask him for help.~"

Kaidou gave a forced laugh. "We're just playing around. It's fine."

"~I can't make him fight for me after spending the last day trying to avoid him.~"

"You run away with Saiki and Lotus while you still can! These guys are no big deal so I can handle them!" Kaidou proclaimed.

"Are you threatening us?" The guy holding Kaidou frowned, holding onto the boy tighter.

Kuboyasu turned. "Sorry, Kaidou…"

One of the punks stepped forward towards Kuboyasu. "Whoa hold it. Did you think we would just let you go?"

Without turning around Kuboyasu smashed his fist in the guy's face, instant KO.

"I used to be a delinquent. But when I transferred schools I decided to give the straight and narrow a chance."

Kuboyasu dropped his bag and slowly started to make his way over to Kaidou and the rest of the punks. One of them broke away running at Kuboyasu with his fists raised.

"You're dead!"

Kuboyasu didn't even sidestep, delivering a swift punch to the guy's stomach and he was out cold too.

"It's not always easy leaving that kind of life behind though. Hard to hold back when someone picks a fight-"

The next punk ran but Kuboyasu just smashed his fist in his side taking him out. He stepped before Kaidou and the last punk, the guy now staring at Kuboyasu with panicked eyes.

"Whether it's with me or one of my friends!"

Kuboyasu socked the guy right in the face and that was the end of it.

Kaidou stared at Kuboyasu with tears of joy flowing down his cheeks.

"Kuboyasu! You save me!"

"This would be more heartwarming if he hadn't of left a trail of bodies in his wake."

"Was pretty cool though."

"Here Kuboyasu," Lotus said, holding up Kuboyasu's bag.

"Oh," Kuboyasu flushed a bit as he took the bag. "Thanks."

"You knew about me?" Kuboyasu asked Kaidou

"Of course. No can hide from my divine magic eyes," Kaidou chuckled,

"Really, I thought I blended pretty well as a normal kid?" Kuboyasu said

"~Even though he knew my past he still told me to run.~"

"I don't care about your past." Kaidou held out his hand. "What matters is who you are now and who you'll be in the future."

"Right!" Kuboyasu grinned, taking Kaidou's hand.

The duo shook hands and Kaidou screamed, falling to his knees, the far superior grip too much for the silver-haired boy.

"That hurts!"

"He's so weak."