"Begin!."

"Kawakami Style: Musou Seikenzuki!"

When I threw the punch into the air, a strong current of compressed wind shot out of my fist, extinguishing a row of 20 candles that I had in front of me.

A new day began. Momoyo managed to convince her grandfather to let Barbara and Karen be in school, Tatsu and I couldn't help but feel jealous since we thought that they would have to do the same training as us, but it turns out that due to their fragile appearances, in Especially the bee girl, the Asian girl and I had to suppress the urge to tell the director the truth, but that would be revealing the secret identity of the two girls.

"Very bad Benja. I told you that you had to blow out only ten candles, repeat that procedure again." The director said seriously making me sigh in defeat before going to light the candles one by one.

The physical exercise was the same as the other day, today it was combat style. Because in the battle I had against class S, the director reserved this class only for me due to the Kawakami style that the former Momoyo showed me in her memories.

"You are not storing enough strength, you still continue attacking as if you had an army in front of you. Even if you know the Kawakami techniques, you use them without measuring your strength, until you manage to use your strength more wisely, I advise you not to use it at all unless it is extremely urgent." The director said seriously making me nod.

"Yes sir, I'm sorry sir." I said with some annoyance and some disappointment before getting back into a defensive pose and meditating.

"Wow, I didn't think Kawakami style was so strict."

Karen, Barbara, Tatsu and the rest of the team were sitting in the stands watching my training, Professor Maro's dog had escaped causing the man to ask for his rescue again, when we found out about this we immediately all ran away from him, now We had had enough with that dog.

"The Kawakami style is one of the most difficult combat styles that exist. It is positioned as one of the most difficult martial arts to train in all of Japan." Kazuko said making Momoyo nod.

"It all goes back to the samurai era. The Kawakami style comes from ancient martial arts masters, at that time our fighting style was known by everyone and envied by many, that did not prevent the idiots who had enough courage or the stupidity to fight against us. In any case, they always ended up being defeated."

"It's true, Momoyo. That's why many customs of that family never die. As time goes by, their desire to fight and find a worthy challenge always increases, the stronger the opponent the better." Miyako said with a smile looking at everyone.

"That's why Momoyo is now obsessed with Benja, if he manages to get stronger it's more likely that she will never let go." Matsukaze said while Yukie watched as I threw another blow that ended up extinguishing 6 candles. She could see that it bothered me before she lit the candles again.

"But I don't understand, Benja never holds back, he launches the right amount of attacks to attack." Karen said but Christiane shook her head.

"That is an unnecessary waste of strength and attack power. Launching attacks without measuring your strength is one of the reasons why many fighters end up being defeated very easily, for example, you cannot attack with all your strength hoping that the rival fall easily, instead, he will use it as a way to quickly counterattack taking advantage of the fact that you need to recover your strength."

"That applies to the Kawakami style to a large extent. One of the impotent bases is the measurement of physical strength, each Kawakami style has its range of danger due to its power and capacity for destruction. For example, a Musou Seikenzuki with a lot of strength It is capable of reducing the bones of the body to dust and causing serious damage to organs." Kazuko said seriously making Yukie nod.

"Since we have been here they always advise us that when it comes to fighting we must think about the power of our attacks, but above all think with our hearts about the reason for the attack, a true warrior knows his strength not only through his mind, but also through his heart." Karen and Barbara listened in amazement to the girls' words before seeing me throw another blow that managed to extinguish all 10 candles.

"Benja. We need to practice your attack strength more, you managed to blow out all ten candles on just your 17th attempt. I see you still have a long way to go." The director said while I massaged my sore shoulder.

"Yes sir, I'm sorry sir." I said before bowing to the director.

"Don't apologize boy, just get better. The break has started, go rest, we'll continue later." While the director was leaving I used my magic to create a plant and cure my pain before going to the others.

"You were very good Benja, Diana would be proud of your progress." Barbara said with a smile looking at me but then I looked at my cell phone with concern.

"I have no calls or messages from Diana, I wonder if she is okay. Has she broken up with me?" I asked with some concern. Tatsu, Barbara and Karen for some strange reason seemed a little happy but then quickly shook their heads to appear normal.

"Don't think about that, Benja. You know Diana, she's always busy all the time." The redhead girl said before hearing something and we saw Cookie approaching us.

"Cookie, do you have the results of the contract yet?" Yamato asked seriously but the robot shook his head.

"I'm afraid not yet. But I have something else, it's about the girl who attacked Benja." Suddenly the robot took something out of the hatch on her chest before giving us a paper with a photo of Shin and a few bits of information.

"Shin Wengong. It says here that she is a warrior from the Cao tribe but, it doesn't say anything else." Karen said looking at the data.

"The Cao tribe? I thought it had dissolved, I understand that that tribe is very secretive and removed from any modern civilization. I believe that the Japanese government signed a decree that no human contact that was not part of that tribe was to come In order not to disturb the order, they are one of the few native clans and tribes with pure warrior blood in all of Japan." Kazuko said but suddenly everyone saw Momoyo catch me in a strong fighting hold.

"You fought a girl from a powerful native tribe and you didn't tell me!? I am your teacher and you as my disciple must keep me informed of everything you do!" The serious girl shouted with jealousy in her voice while she was squeezing my neck tightly.

"Momoyo, wait. I left my cell phone at home, that's why I couldn't call anyone. It was thanks to Christiane that she saved my life!" I screamed with difficulty as Tatsu and Barbara helped me get out of Momoyo's grip but it seemed impossible.

"As punishment we will have a fight right now, that will teach you to never ever leave me out of a fight!" Momoyo shouted before throwing me into the fighting ring and then lunging at me to fight.

"You better not try to intervene, if you get close it's very likely that Momoyo will drag you into the fight too." Miyako said looking at Barbara and Karen who seemed ready to intervene but decided to stay still and just watch the fight with concern.

While all this was happening, none of us noticed three shadows that were in the trees that stared at us before disappearing.


"What information do you have for me today, my daughter."

"We still have no information about the weapons, when we went to investigate the police took the last thing that remained, all that was left behind was a huge burned warehouse that surely kept the weapons there." Margit said looking seriously at a man on the screen, a man who was wearing military clothing and had red hair just like the girl.

"Did you find witnesses who can help in the case?" The man asked curiously but the girl seemed serious about that question.

"I have two goals in mind, Dad. I need time." The man nodded at his daughter's words.

"Okay. But try not to delay this mission any longer, it's already very serious that a huge shipment of weapons has disappeared just like that, try not to get into any fights until you call reinforcements." Margit seemed upset at the mention of "reinforcements."

"With all due respect, dad. My team and I are already highly qualified and experienced enough for this mission, I made it clear when we got here, and if my memory serves me correctly, you agreed and gave me authorization to be here."

"I said that until I saw this." Suddenly Margit's father showed the traces of chaos and destruction from the fight between Shin and me, that made the girl more tense and serious.

"I also saw the live broadcast of the Kawakami fight in which you participated, especially when those two strangers appeared, I understand that one of them managed to fight Momoyo Kawakami and that is saying a lot. This chaos and destruction is perhaps a unrecorded fight between the two of them, until then I advise you to be extremely cautious and above all, avoid problems with that stranger."

"Yes Dad." After saying that the transmission cut off. The girl stood up and left the classroom she was in, she began to walk until she crossed paths with Christiane who was leaning against the wall with her arms crossed.

"I know what you're up to, Margit." The red-haired girl stood still when she heard what the blonde girl said.

"I know you're not stupid enough to go after Momoyo and I know you'll go after Benja, don't you think it's very foolish to judge him just because he's very strong for having something that no one in this academy has?"

"Don't give me cheap lectures, Christiane. You know perfectly well why we're here in the first place, but instead of focusing your vision on our goal, you venture further into this Japanese culture thing." Margit said seriously, but instead of offending, she made Christiane smile.

"Maybe, but it's because it could also be because my father gave me free will to do whatever I wanted, it's true, we are on this mission together but other than that, I want to enjoy this time in Japan, it's not every day you have the chance opportunity to visit a different country." Suddenly the girl's smile disappeared and she adopted a cold look.

"But I can't deny that the fact that you are going to interrogate one of my friends who is innocent bothers me. I saw what happened that night, it was a fight between a woman and Benja, but that's over now. Do what you want, but don't even think about wanting to take him away from here, he doesn't deserve to be treated like shit for right actions." At those words the two girls remained silent before going their separate ways.


After school and having survived the fight with Momoyo, Yamato asked me to do an important favor for him because he would be busy helping Cap and the rest of the boys for an important exam. At this moment he was walking through the streets of Japan talking to the boy through my cell phone.

"I really appreciate you doing this favor for me, Benja."

"No problem, Yamato. But I must ask, what kind of favor is this? You asked me to come to the city center but you didn't specify exactly what you wanted me to do here." I said in confusion as I looked around.

"It's just that I need you to go look for a package that is in the mail, I just ask that you please be careful, I have been waiting for that package for two months so it is of utmost importance to me." Yamato said from the other side, he sounded very serious.

"Don't worry, Yamato. I won't let anyone or anything touch him." I said smiling as I could hear the boy sigh in relief.

"Thank you Benja, I have to go. I might stay here overnight so take care of the package until I get back, take care of yourself, bye."

As I was walking I didn't notice some shadows that were following me until they stopped when I entered the post office.

"We have the objective in our sights."

"It doesn't seem like a threat to me at all, I even think it's cute."

"Don't lose focus, Sheng. You know perfectly well what he is capable of, we can't trust ourselves, who know the destructive abilities he may have."

"And what plan do you have in mind, Shijin?"

"I can take care of him."

"No, Wu. We understand that you want to fight him but we still don't know if he uses all his power or is hiding something. You will go together with Yang Zhi, we must capture him alive, he is better served this way than dead."

"He's coming out, everyone to their positions."

When I left the building I looked for a moment at the package I had in my hands, for a strange reason the woman from the post office seemed a little upset with me when she wrapped the package for me, that surprised me a lot, I tried to ask but there were more people behind of me so I had to leave.

"I wonder what Yamato bought." I said before starting to walk without noticing two shadows that followed me from above.


When I got to Yukie's house I realized that no one was there, however I found a note on the table and when I saw the handwriting and the stickers I knew that it was Barbara who wrote it.

"Hello Benja. The others and I have decided to check the area where they found the weapons for more clues, I put an upgrade on Cookie that will help us with that, if you want to join please come as quickly as you can. We'll see you soon, with lots of love, hugs and kisses, Barbara Gordon."

I smiled and walked to the room to change my clothes. When I finished and was ready to leave, I stared at the package that Yamato had bought. An enormous curiosity invaded me and I wanted to open it to see its contents. But before I removed the paper from the object, I heard someone knock on the door.

"I don't think it's Reiko, she has her own key." I whispered with some seriousness before walking slowly towards the door, when I opened it I saw two girls.

The first girl I saw had crimson red hair, was wearing a black dress with red details and black stockings of the same design as her shoes, and was wearing black gloves.

The second girl had turquoise hair but in a more whitish tone, she was wearing a strange uniform that left her chest almost exposed, what surprised me most was the huge backpack she was carrying on her back.

"I imagined you a little more intimidating and, bigger." The red-haired girl said, looking at me up and down, I could sense some disappointment in her voice which made me serious.

"What do you want?." I asked with some seriousness looking at the two girls.

"We don't come here for unnecessary conflict." I saw the turquoise haired girl raise her arm to stop the other girl.

"My name is Yang Zhi, the girl with me is my friend Wu Song. We came to talk to you." The girl said in a calm tone but that didn't calm me down.

"Shi Whengong sent you here?" I saw that the redhead seemed to laugh at my question.

"We have nothing to do with her, will you let us pass or not?" Wu Song asked with a smile. Warily, I let the two girls into the house before closing the door.

"Nice house, isn't it too big for someone like you?" The red-haired girl asked, looking around and touching the photos that are in the house.

"Nice friends." Internally I was more serious and upset but I had to stay calm or this would get out of control so I just nodded as I watched Yang Zhi sit at the table.

"Wu, stop playing and sit down." At those words the red-haired girl sat next to her friend while I did the same, staring at both girls.

I watched as the girl took out a Chinese tea set from her backpack before starting to prepare the drink. No one spoke while Yang Zhi calmly prepared the tea before serving the first cups.

"Green tea, from our native country. The best way to start a peaceful talk." The girl said before giving me a cup and then to her partner. I could smell the aroma of the tea and it didn't seem to have anything more than the aroma given off by the leaves.

"What are you looking for here?" I asked with some seriousness as Yang Zhi drank hers in silence before looking at me and then at the cup. Without many options I took a small sip of the tea, staring at the two girls.

"We didn't come on Shi's behalf, but we do know who she sent for you." Hearing Yang Zhi's words made me become more serious as the girl drank some more of her tea.

"We don't come to cause problems, we just come to talk. We know well that you are not someone who solves things with your fists, you are someone wise and sensible. Are you wise and sensible?" The girl looked me straight in the eyes without blinking before calmly drinking her tea again while I was already somewhat restless and serious.

"What you and your friends have gotten yourself into is something extremely serious and very damaging, both for your lives and for everyone around you."

"Sure, you and your friends could easily deal with all the bounty hunters, mercenaries or assassins they send, but you should know that they will not only attack you and your friends, but also their families, the person who sent us is someone smart, study the people around you, study your behavior, study everything that surrounds us, day and night."

"You probably already know the current situation in Japan and what's going on, but it's not something you need to worry about. That shipment of weapons that was destroyed is not something that bothers our boss." Yang Zhi stood up and began to pace around the room.

"You should know that the two of us are here for a fair and necessary treaty, I don't speak for myself, I speak for you." When I heard that I stood up and looked at the girl intently.

"What do you want from me?" I asked seriously making the girl turn to look at me.

"Peace. We are here to offer you peace, peace of being able to walk the streets safely, tranquility so that you do not feel threatened at all times, protection for all your friends and their families. You just have to abandon this, and not meddle in our way. What do you think?

The offer was more than tempting, Shi Whengong proved to be a formidable and very powerful opponent, if I have to make a comparison with the villains of Metropolis, she would easily defeat Giganta without breaking a sweat, that was alarming and very worrying for me.

"No." I finally spoke and looked at the two girls seriously.

"I came here with a friend because of a promise that is still standing but also because of what is happening here. I don't care if your boss offers us peace, that peace is worthless if his actions are harmful, we will not abandon this case, and I will protect my friends and their families, with my soul and blood if necessary." I said seriously making Yang Zhi only close his eyes and lower his head.

"We don't have all day, make it quick." Hearing that from the turquoise-haired girl confused me a lot but then I felt a small wave of heat and looked at Wu Song.

"It will be an honor." Before I could do or say anything I felt a deep pain and burning in my stomach, I slowly saw that the red haired girl had her fist wrapped in fire and connected to my stomach before she sent me flying through the roof of the house.

When I was about to fly I was hit by Wu Song who was flying, when I saw the girl I could see that her feet were covered in fire and she was using that same fire as propellants.

"It's a shame we couldn't come to an agreement but I really don't give a shit about that. This is something called blood payment and you'll have to pay for everything we've lost." The girl said before attacking me again at high speed, I tried to recover but the girl increased her speed before throwing me against a tree, when I managed to recover I could see that she was now in the forest where the Kawakami battle broke out.

"Since we are now far from the city, we will be able to attack freely without fear of destroying everything, pity for your house." Wu Song said with a smile as her fists were covered in fire which surprised me a lot.

"It's impossible, you also use fire magic!?." I shouted in surprise making the girl laugh.

"You mean pyrokinesis, and you're about to see that my fire is superior to yours." The girl attacked with a side kick sending a shot of fire that I quickly had to dodge by jumping.

"Up here!." When I raised my head I saw that she was on top of me before attacking me with a mace blow. I immediately put my arms in an "X" to cover myself but despite that the blow was powerful enough to send me back to the ground, leaving me in a crater.

"Defend yourself!." Wu Song shouted before starting to launch a rain of fireballs causing me to start jumping to dodge the attacks with great difficulty due to the explosions.

"Fire element: Dragon's breath!" I quickly realized it before launching a strong burst of fire, but even though Wu Song received the attack squarely, nothing happened to him, which surprised me.

"What's wrong? You think our fires are different? How ridiculous." The girl said in an arrogant tone before quickly launching herself at me with the intention of knocking me down but when the two of us collided I immediately grabbed her by her arms before throwing her against some trees.

"Oh, you're finally going to take this more seriously, huh?" Wu Song quickly lunged forward making me go on guard but then I saw her push herself up and before I could turn, the girl gave me a strong fiery kick on my back causing me to fall to the ground.

"If the fire doesn't hurt you. Then I'll try something different!" I quickly made my ivy whips appear before attacking Wu Song with a strong cut, the girl, although she managed to cover herself, had a noticeable cut on her arm.

"Now this is going to get interesting." The red-haired girl said as her fists were covered in fire and I slowly stood up with my whips ready only this time they wouldn't have fire like before.

"Yang Zhi. Report your situation."

"Wu and Benja are getting to know each other now." The girl said before witnessing a strong collision between my fist and the fist of her partner generating strong waves of wind.

"We'll be there soon. If the situation gets tense, interfere." Yang Zhi just sat silently watching the fight.

When the clash of force ended, Wu Song attacked with quick blows making me go on the defensive although with great difficulty because more than one blow managed to connect with my abdomen and chest, but I quickly made a big jump just when the girl tried to attack my legs.

"Air element: Crescent of air!" I quickly started kicking into the wind causing sharp bursts of fire that headed towards Wu Song, the girl immediately counterattacked with fireballs before seeing me flying above her.

"Water Element: Torrent Shot!" At that moment I fired a strong blast of water causing the girl to start running while my shot was destroying part of the ground, when Wu Song saw that I stopped attacking quickly she flew towards me starting an aerial fight.

The girl started with a frontal attack that I barely managed to stop, Wu Song didn't stop and started attacking with kicks and punches that I barely managed to block until suddenly a blow broke my defense, leaving me exposed.

A hard blow landed on my stomach leaving me gasping for air, a right blow to my face stunning me, suddenly a kick to the chin that sent me flying before being intercepted with a hard kick to the back causing me to crash into a tree breaking it.

"I got on your nerves, didn't I?" Wu Song slowly began to walk towards me as I slowly stood up with blood on my clothes. In a fit of rage, I grabbed the tree before attacking hard, hitting the girl with the tree and sending her crashing into another.

Before she could recover I angrily launched myself at her flying at high speed causing us to collide with many trees until we reached a clearing, Wu Song dug his feet into the ground before throwing me against a rock causing me to spit out blood.

"You're a terrible disappointment, well. Maybe you'll find your friends are better than you." Wu Song said before starting to walk slowly.

Before she could walk any further she heard something, turning around she saw that I lifted the huge rock before throwing it at her, immediately the girl destroyed the rock with a fireball but then she had to dodge another attack before getting away.

"This is not finished yet." The girl turned around and saw that an aura of fire was around my body as my hair slowly began to change to a black color.

"I won't let you harm my friends, they are under my protection!" I shouted as the aura disappeared showing my battle kimono.

"You're finally going to take things seriously, huh? It's about time." Wu Song said with a smile as the two of us got into a combat pose.

"I have to use the Kawakami style, there is no other option, but I will have to find the exact moment to attack." I said in my mind before staring at the girl.

"Well? You'll have me here waiting or what?" Wu Song asked with an arrogant smile which bothered me. I quickly lunged at her and the moment our fists collided we created a huge crater in the ground and even strong wind waves.

The girl quickly tried to attack me with a blow to the abdomen but I quickly dodged her before giving her a kick that she dodged with a somersault. When Wu Song's feet touched the ground her fists caught fire before she launched herself at me to attack me. making me cover myself from their attacks.

When I saw that she was going to break my defense I immediately jumped sideways before attacking with a kick that the girl barely managed to stop only to see me push myself with the kick before attacking her face with another kick that caused her to back up a few meters.

"Awesome, you caught me off guard." The girl wiped some blood from her lip before standing at attention with a smile on her face.

"But that was just luck, let's be serious this time." The girl again covered her fire fists making me get into a combat pose.

When Wu Song attacked me I was very surprised that her speed had increased, I quickly had to block the attacks as best as possible although it was difficult because the girl was attacking faster than before.

Suddenly a strong blow landed on my stomach leaving me dazed and gasping for air.

"You seemed surprised." Wu Song said in an arrogant tone but before she could attack me I disappeared from her sight before attacking her from behind making her fall to the ground, when the girl recovered she saw that I was behind her with a smile.

"You're not the only one with speed like that." I said before launching at high speed using my air magic, immediately Wu Song had to start blocking my attacks but despite that I managed to land a few hits before breaking her defense and kicking her in the chest that made her fall to the ground.

"Heh, finally this gets exciting." We both jumped on each other, creating a strong explosion and creating strong gusts of wind before being shot into the sky starting an aerial fight.

"Let's see what you do with this!" Wu Song flew high before shooting fireballs causing me to shoot jets of water generating a strong screen of smoke.

"I'm here!." Suddenly I was surprised by a kick in the back that made me fly a few meters but I propelled myself using a tree before attacking with fireballs, something that the girl responded in the same way, generating a strong explosion.

"Air Element: Hurricane Strike!." The girl looked down and was surprised when she saw me jump from underneath before throwing a heavy blow triggering a strong hurricane.

"It's my chance." I said in my mind before I started flying around the hurricane by firing balls of fire, Wu Song seeing this returned the attacks to defend itself causing heavy explosions.

At one point, I changed a fireball with a water ball generating a dense screen of smoke, I immediately flew to the eye of the hurricane and closed my eyes to concentrate.

"Ten candles Benja, concentrate your strength in your fist, remember. You are not knocking down a giant, you are not dividing the sea, use the wind, do not fight against it, let it be your guide. Use it and unite your strength with it."

"Kawakami Style." Slowly I stretched my arm back from my body while my eyes were fixed on the smoke screen thinking about the long row of candles.

"Musou Seikenzuki!" I yelled before launching the attack.

The wind slowly blew, but that light blow suddenly became a strong gust of air that at the moment of reaching the hurricane that I made, Wu Song raised his head to see me but before attacking me a strong blow landed on his stomach before being dragged to the ground generating a strong impact that dissolved the hurricane and at the same time creating a large crater.

"Did I make it?" I slowly stopped flying and slowly walked to the crater where Wu Song was where the girl seemed to be unconscious on the ground.

"I was able to do it. I was able to do it!. I reached the fixed point of my strength, I can finally measure my strength!." I shouted happily jumping but then stopped.

"Tatsu, I have to inform everyone of this." I quickly began to fly but before I could get far I felt something that hit me deep in the stomach and sent me to the ground with great force dragging me across the ground.

"Until we finally meet." When I raised my head I could see a girl with black hair. She had a beautiful black dress with gold and white details, along with black stockings and shoes that were the same color, but the detail that caught my attention was the spear that she had in her hands.

"You really gave Wu Song trouble, we didn't think you would use a skill from Kawakami Academy." Suddenly I heard footsteps and my eyes widened in terror as I saw the red-haired girl emerge from the crater. Despite the dirt and her wounds, the girl was still standing before wiping some blood from her lips.

"You really took me by surprise. Not only do you use magic but you are also skilled with the Kawakami technique? You are a box full of surprises." Said the girl with an arrogant smile before turning her head.

"What do you think, Yang?" At that moment I saw that the girl with turquoise hair approached and I could see that there were two swords in her hands.

"Indeed, it is quite unexpected." The girl said but then the three of them saw that I slowly began to stand up with difficulty.

"I'm not defeated yet." I said weakly but Wu Song gave an arrogant chuckle.

"I'm afraid so, friend."

Suddenly my whole body was paralyzed, I felt that my body, my magic, my whole being was blocked, it was a disturbing feeling for me, I felt like a human puppet.

"My body. What's wrong? I can't move." I said barely with great difficulty, I could barely move my eyes looking for some explanation but I couldn't find anything.

"What's wrong, little puppet? Aren't you going to greet your puppet master?" I was shocked to see my body moving on its own before seeing the person responsible.

"It's strange, Gongsun. He's not completely under your power?" The black-haired girl asked curiously, looking at the other girl.

"Surprisingly not, even using all my power he seems to have more resistance than I thought. Fortunately now weakened it was easier, Lin. If I had done it before my spell wouldn't have worked at all." Gongsun said with a bored expression on his face.

"What!? They're done!?." I turned my eyes and saw another girl who had the same outfit as the other girls except that her hair was brown with two ponytails.

"It's not fair, Wu! You told me I would have the chance to fight him too and you took all the fun away!" The girl shouted, stomping her feet like a girl while she puffed out her cheeks while firmly gripping a cane.

"It's not my fault you're so slow, Shin Jin. If only you weren't busy with."

"Don't you dare mention that topic or I'll kill you!" The brunette girl shouted angrily, making the redhead girl laugh.

"Yes, they're done fighting. We should take this boy to the boss, I'm sure he will have many questions for him." Ying Zhi said with his arms crossed before putting away his swords.

"No, I'm not going anywhere with you." I said with difficulty but when I forcibly tried to move my body I screamed in pain when a strong electric shock hit my entire body forcing me to my knees.

"A puppet cannot cut its master's strings, fighting is useless. Just obey your master and all this will be over very quickly, you have nothing to worry about anymore." I felt a hand on my chin and was forced to raise my head to see Gongsun, the girl was looking at me with a smile before raising her hand.

"Stand up, my puppet." My body responded by forcing me to stand in front of her while the other girls smiled.

"Come on, the boss has a lot of questions for you." We all started walking although obviously I had no choice but to let my body follow its orders.

"Don't feel bad, maybe we can convince the boss to keep you, you will be a loyal and very obedient pet." Wu Song said with a smile while I said nothing.

"Special delivery!."

Suddenly a loud explosion occurred near us. I could feel that my whole body felt free again but now weaker, I fell to the ground many meters due to the radius of the explosion, I slowly tried to get up until I saw a hand.

"You need a hand?." When my sight recovered I could see a girl with black hair and pink eyes. I was unsure but accepted her gesture before standing up with her help.

"Tsubame, I see you found it." I turned to see Ageha and three more girls behind her.

"Ageha?" I asked looking at the girl but then I saw the others.

"I introduce myself!." Suddenly I saw a girl come forward with two huge cannons on her back and I could tell that one of the cannons was sniffing around.

"I'm Homura Ootomo, your trusted gunner girl. If you need to create chaos, she'll be there." The girl with black hair and hazel eyes said as another girl came forward. She had magenta eyes, short hair and a spear.

"My name is Benkei Musashibou, it's a pleasure." The girl said before giving a small bow as another girl approached. She had blue eyes and hair tied in a ponytail.

"My name is Minamoto Yoshitsune. I am honored to see the boy who managed to fight Momoyo, although it seems that you are in trouble." Said the girl before pointing again to the other girls who were slowly recovering which alarmed me.

"Everyone..."

"behind me!"

Tsubame took the words out of my mouth before stretching out her other arm that had a huge gauntlet on it. Suddenly I saw how she shot a disc at the ground, generating a shield in front of us, which surprised us a lot.

"This is Tsubame Matsunaga. She is an expert in combat and a very brilliant mind." Ageha said looking at me.

"How could they find me?" I asked curiously looking at the girls and saw Homura laughing.

"It was thanks to a little fan of yours." The girl pointed to a tree and when I turned around I saw Mayo Amakasu quickly hide after letting out a surprised screech.

"Mayo? Did you do this?" I asked, surprised, looking at the girl. Slowly she came out of her hiding place and approached me shyly.

"I saw you leaving the post office and I remembered that you accidentally left a book at school, so I followed you and those weird girls entered Yukie's house with you, when I saw you fly away I immediately called Ageha because she was the only person I thought of when I saw you in trouble." Mayo said shyly which made me smile.

"Mayo..."

Suddenly we all saw that the force field received a strong blow as it turned we saw Wu Song throwing fireballs trying to break the shield.

"Very well Benja. Tell us what you know about those girls." Ageha said with her arms crossed making me look at the other girls.

"The red-haired flame girl Wu Song has fire skills like mine but at a lower power, fire attacks do not affect her and she can use her fire both to fly and to increase the power of her punches and kicks." I said before looking at Gongsun.

"The other girl, the smallest of the group is called Gongsun, she is the most dangerous so far, she is able to possess and manipulate human bodies with ease, I don't know what rank. As for the other girls, I still don't know their skills." I said seriously making the white haired girl nod.

"Very well. Tsubame stay back and cover Benja along with Mayo, your inventions will be of no use if Benja tells us they can possess them." The black-haired girl nodded along with Mayo.

"Minamoto, take care of the girl with turquoise hair, Benkei, the girl with black hair is yours, I'll take care of the redhead. Homura, you know what to do." Ageha said seriously as the other girls nodded.

When the force field was destroyed a heavy screen of smoke rose, Wu Song and the rest of his team prepared to approach but the red haired girl saw something shoot out of the smoke, she immediately raised her arms just in time to intercept an attack by Ageha.

"Wu, resist!" Before Lin could move she felt a breeze and as she turned she saw Benkei standing with her spear.

"Don't interrupt Ageha's fun, face me." The girl said with a smile before getting into a fighting pose while Lin had no choice but to do the same.

Yang Zhi launched herself to attack Benkei but she was intercepted by Minamoto, generating a clash of swords.

"Shit, this is getting complicated. Gongsun, do something!" Shin Jin shouted seriously. The other girl was preparing herself looking at Ageha but suddenly she had to move just to avoid a shot from Homura that generated a strong explosion.

"Nice shot, Homura." Tsubame said before helping me and Mayo heal my wounds.

"I almost have no magic left, that spell they used on me sucked almost all my power away." I said with annoyance and pain as I used the little energy I had left to generate healing plants.

"Tsubame, don't you have some machine to cure him?" Mayo asked as she wrapped bandages around my arm.

"Umm, not yet. But that would be a good project in mind." The black-haired girl said before taking out a notebook and writing it down, but suddenly we all heard an explosion and saw the fight.

Ageha and Wu Song had an almost even battle, the red-haired girl attacked left and right with her fire attacks but despite that the white-haired girl did not receive any kind of severe damage, as for her, Ageha attacked with precision and speed causing Wu Song to have to resort to flying and attacking in the air to defend himself.

"Damn, you won't beat me!" The red-haired girl shot fireballs from the sky, impacting the white-haired girl. But despite that, Ageha did not seem hurt by the brutal attack.

"You are a fool if you think that being in the air you will be saved from me!" Ageha propelled herself with great force, destroying the ground while her body was launched like a missile. Before Wu Song could defend herself against her a hard blow landed on her stomach before she was sent to the ground with an ax kick to her back.

Lin and Benkei were on par with each other, the two girls had a different attack style but knew the right time to move, block and evade each other's attacks, while Benkei looked relaxed, Lin looked a little upset.

"Damn, why did they have to intervene?" Lin asked annoyed, taking a step back.

"If you mess with anyone at our academy, you mess with everyone." Benkei said with a smile.

Lin began to swing his spear before delivering a strong blow causing a strong gust of earth. Benkei was trapped in a dust storm looking around her seriously but in a moment the girl kicked into the air and with great force she stomped her foot that managed to dispel the storm but also something else.

"That was very disappointing, you know? To attack in that cowardly way." The girl raised her head and looked into Lin's eyes while the girl looked upset. The reason was that Benkei had managed to intercept a direct attack and by using the stomp he managed to cause the tip of his rival's spear to be embedded in the ground.

Minamoto had slight complications due to Yang Zhi's extensive use of double swords and a combat style almost as if she were dancing, but fortunately the black-haired girl balanced the balance with jumps and spins, and her attacks were not far behind as they were fast so the turquoise haired girl had complications too.

"You don't fight badly at all." Minamoto said smiling as the girl had a fight of strength with her rival.

"I could say the same for you, Kawakami Academy student. You honor your ancestors fervently with this battle." Yang Zhi said before taking a big leap next to the black-haired girl before throwing each other into combat.

"Quickly Gongsun, do it before she notices." Shin Jin said seriously. The other girl prepared to cast her spell but then they both had to dodge another blast from Homura.

"Do not forget me!." the girl shouted before firing another projectile causing a powerful explosion that again both girls had to dodge.

"Damn bitch, I'll finish you off!" Shin Jin, in a fit of anger, ran to where Homura is but then saw Tsubame standing in the way.

"If you want to fight, then I will be your opponent!" The black-haired girl launched herself against Shin Jin, forcing her to cross her arms to cover herself from the attack, but that did not prevent her from backing away while Tsubame once again launched her attack.

Slowly the fight began to generate chaos. Wu Song and Ageha with each clash of fists and kicks generated shock slings causing damage to the ground, Lin and Benkei although their attacks did not seem to generate damage the truth is that their attacks slowly began to be more powerful generating cracks in the ground.

Yang Zhi and Minamoto unleashed waves of wind with every slash they dodged or attack they parried, creating craters where they stood and the strong gusts of wind destroyed the trees around them. Shin Jin had problems with Tsubame forcing the girl to use the trees to push off of her, which caused the black-haired girl to break the trees in her failed attacks.

No matter how much Gonsung tried to use her magical abilities, she had to be constantly on the move due to Homura's increasing gunshots. Until...

"I ran out of ammunition!" Mayo and I froze watching as Homura was desperately searching through her backpack for ammo.

"Mayo, where are the bullets!? I can't find them!" The girl shouted in fear as she continued searching.

"I thought they were rocks, and I threw them." Mayo responded with fear but that horrified us a lot. However, someone heard this.

"It's your chance, Gonsung. Now!" Shin Jin shouted seriously. Immediately the other girl concentrated and in less than a second Tsubame's body was completely paralyzed.

"What the fuck!? I can't move!" The black-haired girl shouted before feeling her body move against her will before starting to attack Minamoto which caught the attention of the Kawakami Academy girls.

"It's our time, let's attack!" Lin shouted before taking the opportunity and knocking Benkei down with his spear. The black-haired woman recovered but when trying to attack he had to dodge an attack from Shin Jin.

"Tsubame, you must control yourself!" Minamoto shouted before dodging an attack from Tsubame and then blocking an attack from Yang Zhi but that caused the girl to receive a blow from her partner.

"Forgive me Minamoto, seriously this hurts me more than it hurts you!" the black-haired girl shouted with regret as her body forced her to continue attacking her schoolmate.

Yang Zhi took the opportunity and saw Wu Song still fighting Ageha. The white-haired girl was having a fight of strength against the red-haired girl but then she felt something behind her that forced her to jump, just in time because the turquoise-haired girl was close to giving her a cut. the back.

"You're not so tough anymore, huh?" Wu Song asked with a mocking tone. Ageha at that moment felt something on her arm and saw a small cut where blood was coming out.

"I was overconfident, a mistake I won't make twice." With that said, Ageha lunged again at the same time as Wu Song and Yang Zhi did the same.

What was possibly before a fight that was even, now the balance was tipped. Ageha was fighting two opponents at once, Benkei was having problems because Lin now used his spear more strategically and together with Shin Jin they could achieve surprise attacks more easily.

Minamoto was in trouble, even though Yang Zhi was gone, Tsubame was the biggest problem now. The swordsman girl could not hurt her friend out of fear, which meant that she had to resign herself to blocking and dodging attacks, something that seemed impossible.

"This is chaos, we have to do something." Mayo said fearfully while Homura checked her bag.

"I think I can make a special bullet, but I'll need more time." The girl said looking at Mayo.

"How long?." The girls turned and saw that I slowly stood up despite my injured body.

"Benja..."

"Don't try to change my mind, I can still fight. You saved my life, and I now owe you my life too. Homura, how much time do you need?" I asked seriously looking at the girl.

"Five minutes. That's all I need." Homura said seriously looking at me.

"Mayo, I have an important mission for you." The pink-haired girl tensed and stared at me.

"I need you to distract Gonsung so I can break the spell. I may not be as strong as Tsubame but Minamoto is in trouble. Do what you have to do, can I count on you?" I asked curiously looking at the girl.

"I'll give my best." Mayo said with a smile making me nod before flying to the battlefield.

"I'll try to make the bullet as quickly as possible. Mayo, do your part, I'll be fine." The pink haired girl froze as she watched the other girl start working on her last bullet. May took a deep breath and with fear slowly approached through the trees towards Gonsung.

Minamoto was having complications with Tsubame because the attacks increased and became stronger, which forced her to back away. In a carelessness, the girl ended up tripping, which was an opportunity for Gongsun to force Tsubame to hit her. stomach, two to the face and a kick to the head that caused Minamoto to fall to the ground.

Minamoto regained his vision only to see Tsubame tremblingly holding the other girl's sword with teary eyes, before a tragedy happened, Minamoto saw how I kicked her friend causing Tsubame to fall to the ground.

"Come on Minamoto, let's end this battle." I said before returning the sword to her. The girl smiled and held her weapon tightly before launching each other into fighting Tsubame.

Mayo was terrified. This wasn't Kawakami combat where she was backed by an army of her companions, she was literally alone walking through the trees watching Gonsung control Tsubame while Minamoto and I fought side by side.

"Come on Mayo, you can do it, you can do it. Do it, do it." The girl whispered in a low voice before fearfully advancing to where Gonsung was while she watched as I was knocked down by Tsubame and before being attacked again, Minamoto managed to push the other girl away.

Slowly her body felt a horrible tingling as if millions of ants were changing in her veins, her ears captured words that she did not understand but that her soul begged to run. When she arrived with Gongsun she saw that the girl gave her a cold look that was terrifying enough to make Mayo scream.

"Don't come near me!" In an act of defense, Mayo threw a punch that landed on Gonsung's face causing the girl to lose her hat and fall dryly to the ground.

Tsubame and I were in a strength fight until I felt her strength weaken as well as her legs, before she could fall to the ground I quickly caught her.

"Now I understand. As long as Gonsung has someone in his position he can increase their strength, speed or resistance, but in exchange for that all the energy in the body of the person who was bewitched vanishes." I said worriedly before I heard a loud crash and as I turned I saw Benkei slowly emerge from the debris of a tree.

"Help Benkei and Ageha, I'll take care of Tsubame." Minamoto said with concern. I nodded before creating a healing plant that began to heal the girls while I quickly flew off to help Benkei.

"Tired?" Shin Jin asked in a mocking tone before launching to attack but she suddenly saw that I got in front of Benkei.

"Air element: Compressed wind!" I shouted before launching a strong punch generating a huge gust of wind that blew Shin Jin and Lin back.

"What a surprise. We came to your rescue and now you are the one rescuing us." Benkei said as the girl slowly approached me. I smiled and using a plant in my hand I released a gas that slowly healed her wounds.

"You saved my life, I won't let you get hurt." The girl smiled back at me while I made my fire whips appear.

"Do you really think you even have a chance?" Shin Jin asked mockingly as Yang Zhi and Gonsung walked over until they were next to her and Jin.

"He is no longer alone." Tsubame stood next to me and Minamoto stood next to Benkei while Mayo did the same but remained hidden between the black-haired girl and me.

"Let's get this over with. Now!" Shin Jin launched himself at high speed with her staff but was intercepted by Tsubame, generating a strong gust of wind.

Yang Zhi and Lin also began to attack but Benkei and Minamoto also attacked their rivals again. Gongsun tried to cast the spell on her but some roots stopped her and she saw that I had my hands on the ground that the plants generated.

"Mayo don't let Gonsung take control of anyone. I'll go help Ageha." I said before running away while the pink haired girl watched in fear as the other girl tried to get the roots out of her arms.

Wu Song was flying launching fire attacks, Ageha was propelling herself using her strength to try to knock the red-haired girl down but she was constantly moving. Just as Wu Song was going to attack, a strong blast of water knocked her to the ground.

"Are you OK?." Ageha raised her head and watched as I slowly landed until I was next to her.

"I didn't need your help, but I see you're better now." The girl said looking at me seriously.

"Coming for more, eh, hero?" Wu Song asked in a mocking tone making me become serious.

"This time will be different, let's get this over with." I said as I got into a combat pose.

"Are you sure you can continue?" Ageha asked, staring at me.

"Homura needs time to prepare. Let's give her that time." The white-haired girl nodded at what I said and we both launched into the fight against Wu Song.

The fight suddenly turned in our favor. The girls and I could see that Wu Song and the rest of his team were getting tired, which made us put more pressure when attacking, making them retreat little by little.

"Gonsung do something!" Wu Song shouted before receiving a blow to the face from Ageha and a kick to the chest from me.

Gongsun broke the roots and prepared to attack but then she would be knocked down by Mayo causing them both to fall to the ground.

"I won't allow it!" The pink haired girl shouted while both girls had a battle of strength.

"Faster Faster." Homura was mixing the gunpowder along with other powders, immediately the girl started loading the bullet as fast as possible watching the fight. Once the gunpowder was inside her the girl closed the bullet.

"Everybody down!." The girls and I turned around and saw Homura shooting into the air near us. We immediately went out and crouched down leaving the other girls watching the projectile.

The projectile began to release smoke and suddenly a loud explosion sounded throughout the place, leaving Wu Song and her friends stunned and blinded due to the power of the projectile.

"This is our chance, let's attack and end this!" Ageha shouted before kicking the red-haired girl causing her to fall to the ground. Benkei, Tsubame and Minamoto quickly did the same causing Lin, Yang Zhi and Shin Jin to crash into each other.

"My turn!." At that moment I stretched my hands making my roots grow, I immediately started running and using my air magic I increased my speed starting to surround the girls and trap them with my roots leaving them immobilized.

"We did it!." Mayo shouted with a huge smile looking at everyone.

"What will we do with them?" Tsubame asked curiously, looking at the tied girls.

"We must take them to the police." Mayo said but I shook my head.

"They have important information. They could tell us who is behind all this, we can't just let them leave." I said seriously but then I heard laughter and the next thing we knew we saw Wu Song standing together with the other girls which surprised us a lot.

"Impossible, how did they get loose?" Benkei asked with annoyance and shock but then we saw Gonsung holding a dagger.

"Gonsung!?. Mayo, we thought you took care of her." Tsubame said with surprise, making the pink-haired girl very nervous.

"It was fun fighting you guys, especially you, hero." Wu Song said staring at me before wiping the blood from her mouth.

"Consider your blood payment paid. And try to consider Yang Zhi's words, otherwise, this will not be our last battle." With that said, the red-haired girl took out a black ball just like her friends. The girls and I wanted to stop them but the moment the balls hit the ground, they disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

"What happened?." Homura asked as the girl ran to where we were.

"They escaped, that's what happened." Ageha said angrily looking at the place where the other girls disappeared.

"But who were they? What were they talking about?" Minamoto asked in confusion and then the girls stared at me.

"I have to report this to my team. I will need them to come please." I said looking at the girls but Ageha crossed her arms.

"What team are you referring to?" The girl asked seriously, making me sigh.

"They'll know it when they see it, come on." The girls and I began to leave the place, leaving the chaos resulting from our fight.


"This was a huge waste of time." Momoyo said with clear anger in his voice.

The night arrives. The entire team was returning home after a day of research, their expressions making it clear that everything did not go as expected.

"Cookie, are you sure you didn't find something?" Barbara asked worriedly but the robot let out a denial beep.

"I'm sorry Barbara, but I couldn't find anything. Even with the improvements you gave me, I couldn't find a fingerprint or a hair, everything was erased and destroyed." That depressed everyone but then Miyako noticed something.

"Hey, isn't Benja coming there?" Everyone stopped and saw the girls and me approaching in the distance.

"And he's hurt!" Christine shouted with concern and everyone ran to where we were.

"Benja, what happened!? Wait, Ageha?." Tatsu asked surprised seeing the girl.

"Who are they?" Karen asked, looking at the other girls curiously.

"They are friends. They are Tsubame, Minamoto, Mayo, Homura and Benkei. They saved my life." I said looking at everyone which surprised but at the same time made my team serious.

"What happened?." Tatsu asked, looking at me seriously. At that moment I looked around and then at the girl.

"It's not safe to talk about it here, let's go inside." The Asian girl just nodded and we all entered Yukie's house but everyone was shocked to see the hole in the roof and the rubble.

"What happened here?." Yamato asked in surprise while I sighed in annoyance before looking at everyone.

"Stacy, lock the door." I said seriously. The maid nodded and locked the door before approaching us.

"It's about the people who attacked us in the warehouse, not only did they send Shi Whengong, but they also sent other girls, but more dangerous." I said seriously which surprised my team.

"How did everything happen?" Kazuko asked curiously, looking at me.

"I went to pick up a package for Yamato, when I got here I heard someone knocking on the door and it was two girls, their names were Wu Song and Yang Zhi. One of them was calm and reasonable, but the other was arrogant and self-confident."

"Yang Zhi spoke to me and mentioned that her boss did not care about the loss of that warehouse, which can confirm that perhaps they have much more dangerous weapons than the one we found. She told me that they offered us peace in exchange for abandoning this, obviously I refused, and Wu Song attacked me." I looked at the hole in the ceiling before sighing.

"That girl had the same fire control as me, but she used it in an offensive way that was very powerful, I wanted to attack her with fire but I didn't do anything to her. We were fighting in the forest all afternoon, she was very strong, I almost thought that I couldn't defeat her." I said annoyed remembering that fight.

"And what happened next?." Karen asked with concern looking at me.

"I managed to corner her with a hurricane that I created, and I used the Kawakami style to defeat her. I thought it was all over, but it was all part of an ambush and in reality Wu Song was only injured, nothing more." Everyone was silent at what I said and listened to everything seriously.

"When I thought I was going to fight again, one of the girls named Gonsung cast a spell that controlled my body completely, to the point where I couldn't feel anything like a puppet, and when I tried to free myself I felt like my magic was suddenly on against me." I said looking at everyone and then Homura walked up to me with a smile.

"But. Thanks to Mayo, we were able to find Benja before they kidnapped him, although of course we had a fight afterwards, in the end we won." The girl said with a smile but Ageha shook her head.

"It was a partial victory, they managed to escape after Benja caught them, all because Mayo neglected one of them and that's why they managed to escape." The white haired girl said making the pink haired girl hang her head in shame.

As the talk continued I stopped for a second to look at the hole in the ceiling, I stayed quiet thinking about everything that was happening now. We came to Japan because of a souvenir from Tatsu and suddenly we are now being chased by bounty hunters.

"Benja."

I snapped out of my thoughts and turned to look at everyone and suddenly felt my heart sink. Their eyes with hopes, possibly with dreams and future goals, now had a rope tied around their necks, their lives were now placed in my hands, and now with Ageha and the other girls, I could only feel a dagger piercing my heart even more.

"We were wondering what we could do." Christiane said seriously making me look away and then walk silently to the stairs.

"Benja?."

"I need to rest. Everyone needs to rest, I need to think about all this. Alone." With that said I went upstairs leaving some people worried.


Time passed. When midnight came I was still awake lying down, Yukie had come to go to bed so I pretended to be asleep, once she fell asleep I remained silent staring at the ceiling.

"Benja, are you still awake?" I turned to see Matsukaze

"How did you know that I was awake?" I asked curiously while the wooden horse seemed to laugh a little.

"I noticed when Yukie and I walked in, but I didn't say anything. But what's going on? She seemed very worried and left the dinner served in the kitchen for you." Hearing that from Matsukaze made me lower my head in sadness.

"What's wrong Benja? Come on, you can tell me, I promise I won't tell Yukie." Matsukaze said making me sigh before sitting on the bed.

"I feel like I only bring problems." I sighed and then took a deep breath before continuing.

"Tatsu constantly worries about me because of the fight I had with Momoyo, then there's Shi Whengong and now this. It makes me think that none of this would have happened if I hadn't come here." I said sadly hugging my legs.

"But you said you were doing this for Tatsu because she saved your life. Why are you questioning your decision now?" Matsukaze asked curiously making me sigh.

"Because I don't know what I'm doing anymore. I wanted to do this for Tatsu and help her have peace, but now I can't stop thinking about all the danger we face, I know that she and the girls can defend themselves, but now the person who they still know where we live and above all, they are following us." I stayed silent looking at my legs in silence.

"I feel like I put a noose around everyone's necks, and that at any moment. Someone will die because of me." After saying that I stood up before starting to walk to a chair to grab my workout clothes.

"Where are you going?." Matsukaze asked with concern as I walked to the door.

"I don't know. I need to be alone." I left the room leaving Matsukaze alone. Or so I thought.

"You heard everything. Right, Yukie?" The girl was silently staring at the wall after hearing everything.

"It'll be better to give him space, hopefully, maybe he won't abandon us." Matsukaze said before going silent. Those words only worried Yukie and the girl turned to see my empty bed.

Drive-Incubus

When I left Yukie's house, I leaned my head against the front door in silence, doubting if I would be able to get back in again. Slowly I walked away and taking advantage of the solitude of the streets I began to fly.

Sometimes I feel the fear

Of uncertainty stinging clear

As I flew I stared at the city thinking about all the people here. These people had dreams and hopes, like my team, this only increased my burden. If I left, they would die, but if I stayed, all my friends would suffer the same fate.

And I can't help but ask myself how much

I turned my head and stopped dead when I saw something, in front of me was the recording of Momoyo's battle against me. That day was etched like hot steel into me, my face uncovered in my hero suit. Another weight, Japan already knew my face, and my fear increased, hoping that the other countries would not know.

I'll let the fear take the wheel and steer

Without hesitation I flew out of the city center to go to that abandoned building where our base was. In silence I sat looking at the city in the distance.

It's driven me before

And it seems to have a vague

Everything seemed so easy before. Fighting monsters, partying with the team, fighting villains, living a quiet school life. When the memories of Metropolis came to mind, I looked for a moment at my cell phone where there was a photo of the entire team meeting with me in our first victory. Where everything began.

Haunting mass appeal

But lately I'm beginning to find that

My tears fell on the cell phone as my head lowered. Now I'm in Japan, without a team, without family, without the Metropolis girls, without Pam, without Jessica, without Kara, without Diana. The tears of helplessness only increased as my mind was broken and so was my heart.

I should be the one behind the wheel

"Mom. You have no idea how much I need you right now." I said with a broken voice before standing up and flying away at high speed letting the tears fall like rain.

Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there

Leave the city. I slowly began to fly at high speed above the sea while my tears fell non-stop. Everything fluttered in my mind, Christiane's harsh words, my thoughts about the dangers we have gotten ourselves into, the possibility of all of Japan knowing my identity or worse yet the world, everything only increased my desperation and unease as I flew. .

With open arms and open eyes, yeah

As it was a punishment from God I began to imagine the worst, literally now I had no escape. Leaving meant not only the city, but all of Japan being destroyed, my friends would die because of me, and thousands of innocent people would die. And if I stayed, the same fate would befall all my friends and their families.

Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there

I'll be there

When I raised my head I saw that I arrived in Metropolis. Slowly I entered the city flying as high as possible so that no one would see me and I began to contemplate the city that for months was my home in silence and then I thought, how easy everything was.

So if I decide to waiver my chance

To be one of the hive

Easy. I stopped dead and then let myself lie in the air looking at the star-filled night sky. Yes, everything was always easy. The routine never changed, fighting monsters, villains, stopping robberies, attending school and living my teenage life. If I bought it with the things I make in Japan, I myself would realize that the change was falling heavily on me.

Will I choose water over wine

And hold my own and drive? Oh, oh, oh

The memories came to me. Everything was happening in front of me clearly. I always faced thieves, never bounty hunters, we always fought against villains and monsters who knew their movements, but outside of Metropolis there were people even more powerful than Diana.

It's driven me before

And it seems to be the way

The truth hit like a brick. Although my actions were heroic, I was now facing the consequences and responsibility of a true hero, if you avoid responsibilities you lose and if you decide to face them but are not capable enough you also lose.

That everyone else gets around

But lately I'm beginning to find that

I slowly stopped flying before turning the flight back on and floating above Metropolis in silence looking at the city with dead eyes before continuing to fly silently at a slow pace.

When I drive myself my light is found

Continuing to fly in silence seeing the severity of my actions and my reduced options, well, why lie, there were no options at this time. And surely if I asked Barbara what to do, she wouldn't know what to tell me.

Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there

The trip continued until I reached Japan again. I flew up to the tallest tower and sat quietly looking out over the city in silence.

With open arms and open eyes, yeah

Everyone trusts me. Their lives depend on me. They support me and I feel their support, I want to be better. But am I really what they need?

Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there

I'll be there

I looked at my cell phone in silence. 22 missed calls for Diana, 13 unread messages, 18 unheard voicemails. The same with Kara, Zatanna and Jessica. When I put my cell phone away I hugged my legs in silence, at this moment I wanted a hug or kiss from them, I would even accept Barbi's flirtations.

Would you choose water over wine

Hold the wheel and drive

I stood up before starting to fly again heading towards Yukie's house. My mind was conflicted and divided without knowing what to do or what to say, honestly, I was resting that none of this had happened.

Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there

When I got to the girl's house I stopped for a moment and then started flying to the roof before lying down and looking at the sky in silence.

With open arms and open eyes, yeah

"Being a hero is harder than I thought." I said sadly, watching the stars in silence.

Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there

I'll be there

"Mom, dad. I need you." I whispered in pain letting a tear fall as I look at the stars.


The wind was blowing gently, my mind was still struggling to try to find an idea or something, I would even like to know how to improve quickly and be stronger, although of course that sounded stupid and ignorant on my part.

"Is there room for one more?" I turned to see Yukie approaching me.

"Yukie? What are you doing up? And also, how did you get up here?" I asked with curiosity and surprise making the girl laugh nervously.

"I climbed through the hole in the ceiling of my room." When I heard that I looked and felt a chill remembering what happened to Wu Song. We have to quickly repair the roof and the upstairs before Reiko returned home.

"Can I lie down next to you?" I looked at the girl and made space letting her lie down next to me and we both stared at the stars in silence until Yukie spoke again.

"Do you plan to leave?" The girl's sudden question took me by surprise but I stayed silent before sighing.

"I don't know what to do anymore. This is all my fault, first it was my secret identity and now the fact that some bounty hunters are after us makes me think that everyone is now in danger, their families are in danger because of me. And I don't know what to do "

"I want to be stronger, I want to improve so I can protect them, but I don't know if I can do it. I don't know what to do anymore, I've already lost the people I cared so much about getting back, I don't want to lose anyone else, I don't know what to do anymore. do." I said with tears as I clenched my fists tightly until I felt Yukie's hand which surprised me.

"I understand you. I went through the same thing when I was little." The girl said before looking at the sky.

"Before arriving at the Kawakami Academy I received strict and hard training in my childhood but it was by my own decision, I always lived thinking and listening to the stories of my family who came from a lineage of brave warriors. So I always pushed myself every day to break my limits without stopping." Yukie smiled wistfully before looking at her katana.

"When I was old enough my father enrolled me in the Kawakami Academy and as if that were not enough, he gave me a real sword. I promised that day to wield my sword with wisdom and tranquility, and if I used it to defend myself in combat, I would do so honorary and noble manner." The girl turned to look at me while I was surprised.

"I'm different from you, but don't tell yourself that you're not strong. I saw what you're capable of. I even feel your effort in the training you do. You always strive to improve every day, but you shouldn't feel weak for not achieving a goal. There are warriors who even took years to achieve their goals, don't try to convert years of effort into a week." Hearing Yukie's words made me look at my hands.

"Do you think I can be high enough?" I asked uneasily and then heard a giggle before turning around and looking at Yukie.

"Don't think about that. You don't have to live up to anyone, be what you are and never change that, you are amazing just the way you are Benja, don't ever change that about yourself." The girl said with a smile making me blush.

"So. I'm going to try hard, I'm going to keep training and I'm going to be stronger for everyone, and for me." I said smiling before standing up with Yukie and taking her hand something that surprised and made the girl blush.

"Thank you Yukie. I really needed to hear some advice and listening to you was what I needed." I said smiling making the girl smile shyly.

"No problem Benja, you know that I will always be there to help you, we are friends and well, I am also training you, so consider this as a master and apprentice talk." the girl said nervously. I blushed and smiled shyly.

"Still, thank you. Hearing you say everything, it was sweet and noble of you." We both looked at each other but then noticed that we were still holding hands causing us to separate with very red faces.

"Are you hungry? I'm hungry! Umm, don't worry Benja, I'll go to the kitchen and prepare something, you must be tired from not eating anything all day. Me, AH!" I tensed as Yukie fell through the roof making me run quickly.

"Yukie, are you okay!?" I asked very concerned looking at the girl before sighing in relief.

"Yes, fortunately I fell on my bed. But my head hurts a little, can you help me?" Yukie asked timidly making me laugh a little before going down to go heal her.

"Thank you Benja. Come on, let's go eat something, you really need to eat something." The girl stood up and walked out of the room, I was going to do the same until I saw Yamato's package.

"Alright, let's see what it is. I'll just take a look." I said before opening the package but suddenly my whole body turned red and steam came out of my ears. Now everything was clear and because the girl in charge who gave me the package looked at me with a dirty look, what was now in my hands was a pornographic magazine!

"A porn magazine!?." My eyes saw the pages, each one more daring than the last, I immediately closed the book upon realizing this and put it back in its wrapping.

"Is everything okay? I heard screams." When I turned around I saw Yukie making me laugh nervously.

"Yes, everything perfectly fine." My face suddenly became redder when I saw Yukie and I suddenly thought of her in a swimming uniform which made me tense.

"On second thought. I'll help you cook, don't worry Yukie, you did a lot for me, please let me help you." Before the girl could speak I ran to the kitchen with shame. Now he didn't know how to look Yukie in the eyes after seeing Yamato's pornographic book.

Yukie looked confused before following me, the package was still on the nightstand but suddenly a hand grabbed the package before slowly leaving the room.


That's it for the chapter, ladies and gentlemen. Yes, sorry if Benja is not here to say goodbye as usual, he is still busy with the interrogation and the intruder.

Anyway. I hope you enjoyed today's chapter and are enjoying the story so far. I wish you all a crazy day, a crazy afternoon and a relaxing night. See you later, I'm Peacock and he said goodbye to me. That's all folks.