Chapter 4 New friend/New home
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN KONOSUBA OR KAMEN RIDER.
Haruka opens his eyes and sees the leaves and branches in the tree where he was sleeping. He stretches as he jumps from the branch and lands on the ground.
"Ahhh a new day." Haruka cheeks as he walks over to his bike, which is hidden among the bushes.
"Good thing I bought more meat yesterday." Haruka picks up her backpack as she looks out over the town of Axis. "I wonder where the people are?"
Haruka is walking through the streets of Axis, it's very cold, but Haruka has her winter coat on.
"I wonder where there's a sweet store..." Haruka wonders as she walks down the street, until she spots Kazuma and Aqua walking somewhere together.
"Hey! Aqua, Kazuma!" Haruka waves as he approaches the two.
"Oh, Haruka, where have you been?" Kazuma says as he high-fives Haruka.
"I was looking for a candy store and... what about aqua?" Haruka asks, looking at the Goddess who is shivering from the cold.
"She's just a bit cold, can you believe she almost burned my sweatshirt?" Kazuma asks indignantly.
"What did you want? The fire was going out and there was no more wood..." Aqua replies, still shivering a little.
"If you want, you can wear my coat and..." Haruka says as she takes off her coat and Aqua quickly takes it.
"Ahhh... that's much better..." Aqua sighs as she feels the warmth of the jacket.
"Anyway, where are you going?" Haruka asks, turning to Kazuma.
"We're going to a potions store, want to come with us?" Kazuma replies as he looks incredulously at Aqua.
"Sure, why not?" Haruka nods as she walks along with Kazuma and Aqua.
The three of them arrive in front of a magic items store, all three of them notice a store but Haruka has never seen it before.
"Look, make sure you don't steal anything." Kazuma says to Aqua.
"What do you think I am? I'm not a thief, I'm a goddess, a real deity." Kazuma ignores Aqua and enters the store. "Are you listening to me?" Aqua shouts into the store.
Haruka giggles and enters with the two of them, with Aqua still complaining to Kazuma.
"Welcome..." A woman with brown hair and purple clothes greets them before noticing Aqua's presence.
"So you decided to show up here, you shameless undead!" Aqua demands as he grabs the woman's clothes and swings her backwards. "A goddess like me sleeping in the stables while you run a store!"
Haruka stares at Aqua in amazement as she realizes what Aqua has said. "Undead?" Haruka realizes that Aqua has called the woman an undead.
Kazuma begins to approach the two as he picks up his still sheathed sword and strikes Aqua in the head.
"Kazuma?" The woman asked, noticing the young man's presence.
"Hi Wiz, long time no see!" Kazuma greets the woman.
PAUSE
Aqua is sitting at a table, pouting as she looks away.
"Are you going to tell me this store doesn't serve tea?" Aqua asks with a tantrum in her voice.
"And... I'm sorry, I'll get it right away!" The woman with the large breasts runs into the back room.
Haruka watches the woman suspiciously as she hears her tripping and falling over something in the back room.
"Oh Kazuma, do you know her?" Haruka asks as she watches the woman return with the utensils to make the tea.
"Her name is Wiz, it may not look like it, but she's a Litch. But even though she's a Litch, she's very kind." Kazuma says, watching Wiz make the tea. "And every night she sends the spirits that are wandering in the cemetery to heaven, we met her on those missions where you can't come along."
"And even though she's a Litch, you still trust her?" Haruka asks as she watches Wiz hand Aqua her tea.
Aqua sips the tea and finds it delicious, but doesn't want to admit it
"You have a store even though you're a Litch, and you make tea even though you're a Litch." Aqua speaks as Wiz apologizes endlessly while Kazuma sits at the same table as Aqua.
"Stop acting like a mother-in-law, girl." Kazuma orders as he takes a cup and sips his tea.
"By the way, Wiz. I've got some points left over so I was wondering if you could teach me a skill?" Kazuma asks Wiz as Aqua exhales.
"What do you mean, Kazuma? I can't allow a Goddess assistant to learn something from a Litch." Aqua stands up, slamming his hands on the table.
"What's this about a Goddess assistant?" Kazuma stands up, slamming his hands on the table and glaring at Aqua.
Haruka and Wiz watch the fight, wanting it to end soon.
"Guys, let's stop this." Haruka says as she pushes Kazuma and Aqua away.
"Look, since normal people can't learn Litch skills, I thought it could help me a lot in the battle against the demon king." Kazuma says.
Aqua tries to protest, but is totally ignored by Kazuma.
"Wait, did she say Goddess?" Wiz asks, turning to Haruka.
"That's right!" Aqua interrupts. Aqua interrupts. "I am Aqua the Goddess Aqua, leader of the religious cult of Axis." Aqua speaks sounding proud while Wiz turns away in fear.
"Relax, Wiz. There's no need to be scared." Kazuma says, but Wiz interrupts him.
"It's not that. It's just that there are a lot of crazy people in the Axis sect, everyone knows that it's better not to get involved with them, so when I heard that she's the Goddess of the Axis sect..." Wiz tries to speak, but Aqua gets upset and grabs Wiz's clothes and starts swinging them around.
"É... this is going to be a long day." Haruka thinks, watching Aqua lose her temper with Wiz.
PAUSE
Aqua is looking at the products on the shelves while Kazuma and Haruka talk to Wiz.
"By the way, I heard that Beldia was defeated." Wiz says looking at Kazuma and Haruka. "His skill with a sword was incredible even among the other leaders. so that was amazing." Wiz says looking at the boys.
"About that, it was Haruka here who managed to hold Beldia off until victory." Kazuma says, pointing to Haruka.
"You talk like you know him." Haruka says, looking at Wiz.
"Oh, about that. It's just that I'm also one of the eight leaders of the demon king's army." Wiz says as Aqua jumps on her knocking her to the ground.
"Gotcha!" Aqua jumps on top of Wiz, knocking her to the ground and sitting on her back.
"Aqua, please wait! I'm begging you!" Wiz begs as she wiggles her arms and legs. "Listen to me..." Wiz stops struggling and gives up.
"You can do it, people!" Aqua sighs proudly. "With this my debts will be forgiven, I should even get change!"
"Aqua, can we listen to her first?" Kazuma crouches down closer to Wiz's face.
"Look, as an adventurer I can't ignore the fact that you said you were one of the leaders of the demon king's army."
"You've got it all wrong, you just asked me to maintain the barrier that protects the demon king's castle." Wiz defends himself as he tears up a little. "Of course, I've never caused any harm to anyone in all this time. And you won't get any reward for defeating me."
The three of them look at each other before Aqua looks back at Wiz.
"You don't quite understand, but I'll finish you off just in case." Aqua says as she raises her hand and prepares a divine spell.
"Aqua wait please don't!" Wiz despairs.
After everyone has calmed down, Wiz explains to the three of them that she is no threat to the city and everyone who lives in it.
Even so, if you're alive we won't be able to enter the demon king's castle." Haruka says as she watches Wiz.
"Then I'll deal with it." Aqua clenches her fists as she walks towards Wiz.
"Easy there Aqua." Kazuma says as he holds Aqua's shoulder. "Even if we kill her now, we're not strong enough to face the demon king."
"But Wiz, you're not mad that we defeated Beldia." Haruka asks as she looks at Wiz.
"Well, look, I have to confess something. I've never been very close to Beldia, whenever I was passing through the corridors he kept throwing his head down at my feet to look under my skirt." Wiz says to the group.
"What a disgusting guy." Haruka frowns as Kazuma looks away.
"But..." Wiz puts his hand to his chest, feeling his heart. "I believe my heart is human. Do you understand?"
"Well, since you helped me before, I'll teach you some magic, Kazuma." Wiz says, raising his index finger, but Wiz looks uncomfortable.
"What's the matter Wiz, any problems?" Kazuma asks curiously.
"It's just that my spells need a target to work." Wiz says shyly.
"Can Haruka be you?" Kazuma asks, looking at Haruka.
"That's fine with me." Haruka approaches Wiz, but Aqua pushes her in front of Wiz.
"Don't worry, I can volunteer." Aqua says, holding out his hand to Wiz.
"Ahm all right, I'll teach you Drain on Tap, Kazuma." Wiz says, placing his hand on Aqua's. "It absorbs magic and life energy and distributes it to the others. Of course, I'll only absorb a little."
"Absorb as much as you like." Aqua looks at Wiz with a frightened look, leaving Haruka and Kazuma a little startled.
"T-all right..." Wiz begins to absorb Aqua's magic. "Wait, what's that?..." Wiz looks confused.
"What, honey, you weren't going to absorb my magic and my life?" Aqua says with mockery.
"It's me that I..." Wiz is interrupted when Kazuma slaps Aqua upside the head.
"Kazuma, stay out of this!" Aqua shouts as she puts her hands on her head. "This is between a Litch and a Goddess."
"Stop it and we won't make any progress." Kazuma starts arguing with Aqua.
After Aqua and Kazuma have calmed down, Kazuma takes out his adventurer's card and passes his die over it, making the card glow brightly.
"There, skill learned." Kazuma smiles.
"Aqua, can you let go of my hand?" Wiz asks nervously as Aqua smiles and holds Wiz's hand. "Aqua, my hand is tingling, Aqua, my hand is burning! I'm going to disappear, I'm going to disappear!"
Wiz starts to turn transparent as Kazuma slaps Aqua on the head again, leaving Aqua crouched and whimpering.
"Don't take advantage of the situation, girl!" Kazuma scolds Aqua.
"Has Wiz become more transparent or is it just me?" Haruka wonders as she hears the store door open.
"Excuse me, is Wiz there?" An elderly man enters the store.
PAUSE
Kazuma and the girls find themselves in front of a gate to a medium-sized two-storey mansion, everyone is standing in front of a gate with their luggage.
"So this is it?" Kazuma asks as he gazes at the house.
"Not bad, not bad at all." Aqua says, rubbing his chin. "This would be the perfect place for me to live!"
"This used to be some aristocrat's country house, didn't it?" Megumin asks, eyeing the house suspiciously.
"But the owner is very generous, letting us live here as a prize, if we manage to exorcise the house." Darkness says, looking at the group.
"By the way, where's Haruka?" Megumin asks the group. "Isn't he coming to help us?"
"He told me he needed to pick something up." Kazuma says, "I just hope he doesn't take too long."
The group hears a noise like a roar, everyone looks to the side and sees Haruka coming in some kind of red creature with glowing green eyes, Haruka stops in front of the group leaving everyone impressed.
"Hey guys, I'm home!" Haruka greets them, getting off his bike.
"Haruka, what is this?!" Megumin asks excitedly as she approaches Haruka's bike and looks at her with a twinkle in her eye.
"Her name is Junglaider, she's my transportation vehicle." Haruka replies, watching Megumin rub up against the bike.
"I've never seen anything like this before." Darkness says as he approaches Haruka.
"Ahh I don't believe it..." Kazuma shouts in disbelief. "You brought a motorcycle here too!" Kazuma shouts, pointing his finger at Haruka's forehead.
"Calm down, man, there's no need for all this violence." Haruka tries to calm Kazuma down
Haruka tries to calm Kazuma down while the girls watch and fiddle with Haruka's bike, but soon after the group calms down they all enter the mansion.
PAUSE
"Well, that concludes the cleaning." Kazuma says, wiping the sweat from his brow.
"We've already packed our bags and chosen our rooms." Darkness says to the group.
"It was really tiring, but hey!" Megumin turns to Haruka. "Haruka, then I can ride your bike, please!" Megumin begs like a child.
"Look, since you're still so young, I'll let you ride along." Haruka replies as she cleans the windows.
"people, people! There's a giant bathtub here!" Aqua shouts excitedly.
"All right, you're all free to do what you want for now. I'll call you when the spirits appear." Kazuma raises his arm. "Dismissed!"
Just after nightfall, everyone has washed up and gone to their rooms to relax. Haruka is in the kitchen preparing a small snack for herself.
"This is going to be very good..." Haruka prepares a meat sandwich as someone else enters the kitchen.
"Preparing a little snack?" Darkness asks as he enters the kitchen in his pajamas and grabs a glass of water.
"Yes, would you like one?" Haruka asks as she finishes preparing her sandwich.
"No, I'm not hungry." Darkness sips his water and looks at Haruka. "Haruka, why did you decide to join us?"
"About that..." Haruka thinks. "I'm not sure, I just... felt I should go with you." Haruka replies as she takes a bite of her sandwich.
"I just..." Haruka is interrupted after hearing Aqua's scream.
"Have they shown up yet?" Darkness wonders.
"I think we'd better call it a night." Haruka takes another bite of his sandwich as he walks around the house.
PAUSE
Haruka is in her room looking out of the window.
"Aqua's sorted out a few things about those spirits, but..." Haruka is distracted, but notices a doll looking at him.
"What a scary thing, but if it comes at me... heads will roll." Haruka lies down on the bed and closes his eyes, feeling a strange touch he opens his eyes and sees several dolls around him looking at him.
"...MEU GOD!" Haruka screams as he quickly picks up his Driver and fits it around his waist. A doll clings to Haruka's back, but she catches it and throws it against the wall.
"HAAAAA GET OUT OF HERE DEMON!" Haruka kicks open the door of her room, running away from the dolls. He turns the left lever of the Driver, making it speak. "OMEGA." Haruka screams at the top of her lungs. "AMAZON!" The Driver starts chanting. "EVO-E-E-EVOLUTION." Haruka engulfs herself in green flames as she dodges the dolls and jumps into the bathroom, locking the door immediately afterwards.
"AHhhh that's not for me, no..." Haruka moves away from the door, but hears a noise in the bathtub water.
Something like a humanoid octopus monster with a human body, black spiked armor and an octopus head with several tentacles around its head. The monster comes out of the bath and faces Haruka, Haruka takes a step back, but notices something on the octopus's arm.
"Is that... an Amazon Register?!" Haruka realizes that the monster is actually an Amazon.
The Amazon lunges at Haruka. Haruka dodges the attack and elbows the Amazon in the back, causing it to fall so that Haruka can kick it against the wall.
"How are there Amazons in this world?" The Amazon octopus advances against Haruka again, hitting Haruka's arm making him groan in pain, but Haruka punches the Amazon in the face knocking him back a little.
"Ahhh and now?..." Haruka realizes that the Amazon Register's eyes are glowing red. "If it's red then it means you're hungry..."
The Amazon tries to hit Haruka, Haruka dodges the attack and grabs the Amazon by the head slamming it against the wall, then putting it on the ground and kneeing it in the stomach. Another kick sends the Amazon away.
"If you're hungry then you're weaker." Haruka pulls the right lever of his Driver, making the lever turn into a kind of knife. Haruka holds it up and gets into battle position.
"Let's see who dies first!" Haruka shouts as he lunges at the Amazon, punching and slashing him.
The Amazon groans in pain as Haruka cuts him. The Amazon hits Haruka, but Haruka returns the blows with more force. The two hit each other and dodge each other's blows, but he sticks his knife in the Amazon's neck.
The Amazon pushes Haruka off and throws the knife away.
"Fine, it'll be a punch then!" Haruka speaks wildly as she jumps towards the Amazon and punches it in the shoulder.
The Amazon returns the punch by hitting Haruka in the head, Haruka gets dizzy and kneels on the ground. The Amazon tries to throw another right punch at Haruka, but he holds his hand and bends the Amazon's arm Haruka uses his claws to cut the Amazon's right arm off.
The Amazon staggers backwards holding his shoulder, Haruka walks towards the Amazon looking very angry. The Amazon tries to punch Haruka again with his left arm, but Haruka holds his fist, raising his foot Haruka kicks the Amazon in the chest ripping his arm off in the process.
The Amazon hits the wall breaking a small part of it, Haruka approaches the Amazon stomping on the Amazon's chest making him groan in pain. The Amazon falls to the ground trembling before it stops and begins to melt into a puddle of black liquid, leaving only the Amazon Register.
Haruka crouches down and picks up the Amazon Register, lowering his head and sighing.
"If there are Amazons in this world, the problem is much bigger." Haruka gets up and heads for the door, he leaves the bathroom and walks down the corridors.
Haruka hears Kazuma's voice and it sounds like he's shouting.
"Kazuma! I'm coming!" Haruka runs down the corridors, hears a knocking noise and turns into a corridor and sees Aqua with a red mark on her forehead and collapsed on the floor, Kazuma and Megumin in a room with the door ajar and Darkness looking at everyone shocked.
PAUSE
(Next day.)
Haruka is sitting at a table in the Guild, thinking about the Amazon that appeared in the bathroom last night.
Haruka watches Kazuma and Aqua vote, but Aqua seems very shocked by something.
"What happened to Aqua?" Haruka asks as Kazuma and Aqua sit down next to him.
"It's a long story..." Kazuma says as he covers his face with his hands and lets out a tired sigh.
PAUSE
Haruka is preparing everyone's lunch with Megumin and Darkness helping him, scolding Aqua as she tries to nibble at her food.
"Can someone get Kazuma?" Haruka asks as she prepares the table for everyone to eat.
Aqua goes to the window shouting Kazuma's name. Kazuma quickly arrives and sits down at the table.
"Thanks for the food!" They all say at the same time, picking up their plates and starting to eat.
"Ummm Haruka this is very good!" Megumin says with her mouth full as she eats the meat made by Haruka.
"It's even tastier than the guild's food." Darkness takes a spoonful of Haruka's rice.
"Yeah, but I couldn't have done it without you two." Haruka scratches the back of her head a little embarrassed.
"As a goddess I confirm that this is very tasty." Aqua stuffs her mouth full of food and looks like a squirrel.
"Eat slowly Aqua..., but this is very good, Haruka!" Kazuma says while enjoying Haruka's food.
"Thanks guys..." Haruka watches everyone eat.
But Haruka still wonders why there was an Amazon in the bathroom. This he will investigate in the future, for now he will focus on the demon king.
NOTE: I'LL EXPLAIN SOMETHING, AN AMAZON IS AT FULL STRENGTH IF IT'S WELL FED (BEEF OR HUMAN).
HARUKA IN THE SERIES IS A NEW TYPE OF AMAZON AND IS STRONG EVEN IF HE ONLY EATS BEEF (IF AMAZONS EAT HUMAN FLESH THEY CAN INCREASE THEIR STRENGTH BEYOND THEIR LIMIT).
AND ABOUT HAVING AN AMAZON IN THE WORLD OF KONOSUBA... THAT'S FOR THE FUTURE.
SEE YOU IN THE NEXT CHAPTER!
