I stayed on the beach for an hour afterwards, because I wanted to test everything I could do now. This is literally the coolest thing ever! After a few attempts I was able to summon Naga again. It's such a beautiful creature. A little less beautiful when it attempted to eat me. I quickly raised the wand and naga was sucked back inside quickly. This happened
3 more times until I decided to take a break because my heart can only take so much. It's pretty incredible that the wands weight doesn't change even with Naga 'inside' it, assuming that's how it works at all. And you know what they say about assuming.
"Ok. Deep breaths." I say to myself in between breaths. This is a lot harder than I thought. But I've got to keep working on it. If I can get a handle on this thing then I may finally be able to be worth more than a reusable band aid. "Ok then. Time to take a snake! That could probably be taken way differently to what I meant now that I think about it." I don't have to worry too much about being heard or spotted since no one comes down to the beach at this hour. I know from watching from my window. In a non creepy way of course. People watching can be fun is all. I raise the wand up again and will Naga to appear. The wand vibrates in my hand for a moment before the rainbow serpent shoots out. It immediately starts circling me and I get dizzy trying to follow
it. Eventually it stops and hisses at me and this time I stare right back, although I'm pretty visibly shaking. THIS IS REALLY SCARY OK?! But Naga still hasn't attacked yet so maybe I'm ok? "I'm going to use my ability to make sure your ok. So it would be much appreciated if y-you didn't eat me." I nervously tell it. Maybe it understands me I don't know. I think talking to Naga is more
for my benefits than theirs. I reach out my hand towards it nose, my hand glowing pink as heal activates. Naga starts inching closer to my hand, which is the opposite of what I was expecting. But I guess I shouldn't kick a gift snake in the mouth. I place my hand on its nose a let the healing aura flow through. Any 'damage' that Naga may have had should be gone now, which will hopefully improve its opinion of me. As I pull my hand away I feel an odd warmth in my chest. The snake slithers up close and start nudging at my right hand. I think it wants me to do it again. I guess this is a good chance to see if being pink increases my stamina when I use heal. You know, because we're both pink now. I think that's how science work. I activate heal again and Naga starts hissing softly, which I think is snake for thank you. Is Naga just a dog in a giant killer snakes body? I step back and hold up the wand, Nagas head following along, eventually slithering along when I turn towards the ocean. I want to see if I can actually command the kaiju I summon. I swiftly point the wand towards the ocean and a split second later Naga was pouncing to the same direction. A massive splash followed as Naga started thrashing in the water. So that's 1 point for dog. A minute later Naga came back and I could see they had a dozen fish in their mouth. They deposit them at my feet which is pretty disgusting but it's the thought that counts I guess. As I look at the fish though I can see that the fish are rotting from the bite marks. I guess this is its ability. It can spread necrosis from its fangs. I think that's one point for snake, still this is pretty amazing I have so much more I want to test.
"Steve, I'm not having the intervention at mctuckers ok?" I immediately recall Naga back into the wand when I hear a male voice coming from the path down to the beach. WHY ARE THEY HERE NO GUARDS COME DOWN HERE UNTIL 2?!
"It's not about that Bob. It's about a comfortable environment to talk to her. You've got to do this otherwise the parents will sue." This feels like a very personal conversation that I should not be listening to. I hold the wand in both hands and try to summon something other than Naga. If that's possible it's time to find out. I don't think Bob needs
this right now. "It was pretty generous of them to not press charges after that drunk driving accident." DEFINITELY not something I should be listening to. I focus really hard on a kaiju that could get me out of here. Something that can blend into the night. Something silent. Something that can fly!
"Ok which parents of which kids?" THERES MORE THAN ONE?! Get me out of here this is so awkward! I feel the wand vibrate for just a moment before a large amount of biomass flies out. It quickly forms into a humanoid
shape. I look up to see a ten foot tall, humanoid creature covered in black armour plates. Its 'helmet' looks like a ravens head and it has red eyes that stare at me without blinking. Flowing from its back is a long feather cape that looks like mine but with black feathers instead of white. I gulp just looking at it. At least with Naga I had a point of reference with the graffiti, I've never seen this before. As I'm about to open my mouth the kaiju quickly turns around and drops to one knee, its head now being level with my own. I mean I was going to ask them to do that but its pretty unnerving that I didn't have to ask. I'm also a little miffed by the inadvertent reminder of my height. I climb
on its back and can tell that the feathers have some sort of metallic property to them. That's pretty cool. Because I was thinking about this I didn't realise we were already in the air! The other reason being that this creature literally
does not make a sound. It's kinda cool honestly. I hope your wife doesn't hit anymore children Bob. I close my eyes and take a second to appreciate the wind in my face. I knew flying would be amazing, is this what Lilith feels all the time? It's amazing she's so humble all the time. I look down and see all the lights in the city and all the stars in the sky. I'm riding on an awesome looking Kaiju bird, you can't say I'm not travelling in style. I was about to ask to be taken down to my house but we're already descending before I ask. I
guess that's just how this works now. I should probably come up with a name for this one. I know! Raven! Am I creative or what? I feel a little weird before I can indulge my imagination too much though.
"Huh" I utter as I look down and see my costume disappearing. Fading away into little particles to reveal my normal clothes underneath. Where even were those?! Once it's fully disappeared my wand shrinks to a third of it previous size which I guess would be pretty convenient. What's not convenient
is Raven suddenly disappearing back into the wand just as we're about to land on my houses roof! "WAITWAITWAITWAITWAIT!!! Ow!" I yell out as I fall flat on my bum on my roof. This is the worst. I've at least still got the wand with me. Iguess there's some sort of time limit. I was totally about to climb down when I start to doze off. I swear I tried to fight it but the urge was too strong. I guess it should be fine for tonight as long as there's no rain or vultures that want to eat me. Good night world.
"Attention. Zone N has been attacked by a class b ka-what? I see. Attention. Please continue your daily activities. Agent insect queen has neutralised the threat." That's the first thing I hear as I stir from my sleep. The cold morning air isn't too bad thanks to my clothes but I'd certainly like to get back into my room. I sit up and look and see that I still have the wand in my hand, it'd be really inconvenient to lose that. Now I've just got to figure out how to get back into my house. Can't be that hard. I'll get around to it in a second. I just need to think of something. IM NOT SCARED!!!
"Um. Magical transformation go!" I say, not really sure if that's how this works. Turns out mariner satellite is actually true to life as tons of pink and white string quickly wrap around me and form the costume, the feather crown and cape emerging right afterwards. The wand has also grown longer so that's neat. I summon Raven from the wand and it flies me down to the ground in front of my house. Probably not as exciting as last nights flight but oh well. I focus really hard on changing back and by golly it works! I am a master of magic! Raven disappears into the shortening wand so I guess that's non negotiable. "Sorry. That was probably pretty disruptive." I say to Raven in the wand. Or at least I think it's in the wand. Not sure where else it would be. Not even quite sure if it can hear me or not but worth a try I suppose. I enter the house and everything is just as I left it. Which means either Satoshi was never here or just ignored the food I made. But whatever that's fine I'm fine. After 10 minutes of changing and preparing my school supplies and manga which is crucial I tuck the wand into a secure space in my bag. I also engage in a very normal amount of personal hygiene. I check the time and it's 8:00 AM. I might actually be on time! I'll have to figure out what to do with the wand later I've gotta go! I'm pretty sure I forgot to eat breakfast but it's the least important meal of the day so whatever. I run as fast as I can and totally didn't slip over a fish or nearly get hit by a car or photo bomb anyone and then get chased by them because apparently I just strike pure rage in old people's hearts. No I shouldn't think like that. Moustache guy is probably very calm most of the time. Eventually I make it to the station and actually get on the train. Already better than last time. I manage to get a seat on the trainee car. Some others say hi but nobody joins me. Can't blame them though. I'd only slow them down in their training. Most teams I'm a part of when I'm allowed come last because of my low abilities. I decide to put my headphones on so I can listen to something on the short journey. Scrolling through my phone I find a podcast titled 'Kaiju today'. Oh maybe this is some sort of Kaiju
appreciation podcast. I've never heard of one before but this could be nice. I press the play button and sit back.
"A kaiju was spotted flying over zone W!" Oh no. "We here at Kaiju today have had multiple eye witness accounts of a large diamond like
Kaiju coming out of the famous diamond cave. Many recount how they saw many pink lights glowing on the beach." I mean he's not completely wrong. I feel like I've heard this guys voice before. "I'm still ashamed by how ignorant some people are. Obviously there isn't some secret Kaiju in section W." Oh thank god I'm safe. "It's clearly an diamond smuggling ring from the mafia!" NO! How did
you get to the mafia?!
"Derek are you high?" A female voice asks him. I mean I agree he seems a bit loony but that might be a bit much. "What basis do you
have that it could possibly be the mafia and not some kids having a party?" Also kinda close but not really. I like this lady she seems reasonable.
"Dolores I swear to god I'm right on this. If you'll consult the chart."
"Not the chart Derek."
"If you'll consult the CHART." Ok seriously I swear I've heard his voice before. I'm snapped out of whatever that was when I notice the train has stopped. I get out of the train and walk towards the bridge leading
to the facility. The ranger force holds a majority of power in the city government so anti Kaiju projects get the most funding. This is why the training facility is one of the only places on the west side with personality. It's
a massive series of jade green pyramids connected to each other by large tubes that contain a spiral staircase surrounding an elevator. Better yet there's even guard rails. My favourite part is that it's etched into a massive canyon that would put the supposedly 'grand' one to shame. The canyon itself was created 15 years ago by the A class Kaiju gold digger, which was like a mix
between a mole and a dragon with drill arms. And people wonder why I think Kaiju are awesome. It was supposedly beaten by the ranger forces top squad but was finished off by a young rookie named Satoshi. Yes that one. You can even see huge chunks of gold peeking out of the canyon. There's a theory that the main reason the facility was built here was to keep the gold for themselves. I cross the bridge over the vast depths of the canyon and make it to an elevator that will take me to my group. Probably. Assuming I didn't get on the wrong one again.
"No need to worry. Your on the right 1 this time." I jump in surprise as Lilith is suddenly right next to me. I guess being six inches tall
makes you pretty sneaky. The doors shut and the elevator starts moving. It's just the two of us in here, no Misty I suppose. "So how was your morning? Mine was pretty good. Beat a class B this morning. I set myself a challenge to do it before the announcement finished. Have to keep it interesting right?" She says
with a smug look on her face. It suits her I guess. "You did hear about it right?" She asks after a few seconds looking quite bothered all of a sudden. Not sure why but I probably shouldn't make her mad.
"Um yeah of course." She doesn't look satisfied, better change the subject. "What did you do last night?" A classic, non offensive question. She seems to take the bait so that's a good sign.
"Oh you know. Training. Went on social media. Hung out with friends." She looks away as she says this. She seems a little uncomfortable. Oh no I made her uncomfortable! Damn it Haruo one of the only people who is nice to you and you screw it up she's gonna hate you forever! "You two should get down from there before you hurt yourselves." She says with venom in her voice and a steely gaze. It's always really impressive how intimidating she is despite being so small. Glad she's giving us short folk a good name. Wait who is she talking to?
"I can't believe she found us again!" A male voice came from the ceiling. Why do voices keep surprising me this morning?! "Well congrats your highness. But could you please let us go?" Lilith sighs and snaps her fingers. The outline of a spider web appears on the ceiling before disappearing. There's a thud on the ground as the elevator opens on our destination.
"We were having a nice moment and everything." Lilith mumbles. I guess she enjoys discussing evenings. "I'm going to find Misty. She apparently bought tickets to dragon sphere natural selection and I've got to see how bad it is." She says as she flies away. If there's 1 bad thing I can say about Lilith is that she has horrible taste in media. Mariner satellite is way better. I look down at the man and woman suddenly at my feet. They look about 20 like most of us trainees and both seem to have brown skin and green
hair. Oh and lizard tails but that's not as important. I put my hands over them both and activate heal.
"That should do it. Hope you both feel better." I say with a smile on my face. They both quickly jump up looking like I just injected sugar into their veins.
"Wow does your power give us cocaine?! This is great!" I jump back a little as the woman says this. I've heard my heal feels good but I've never seen anyone get quite so hyper from it. "Oh hey you're the guy with the glowy hands." I know my abilities not complex but come on. "I'm Lola and this is boba." Really? "Yes really." I didn't say anything. "Come on we'll be late! Can't have her highness laugh at us over anything else!" They both grab one of my wrists each and start running way faster than I or most humans could. Oh no I'm gonna throw up!
"Do you think we can keep him?!" The man asks.
"Nah. I think number 1 is hoarding all the cocaine!" The woman replies.
"Wow! What a bitch!".
"You 2 probably shouldn't say that!" I manage to get out. Either because of basic decency or basic survival instinct. We quickly make it to the automatic door that opens for us. Revealing the training room. An absolutely
massive artificial forest. The main thing that would tip you off that this was man made was the lack of animals, even birds. It's one of the reasons I think this place is so lonely.
"Excellent, glad I didn't have to go looking for you." The stern female voice came from up ahead. Standing in front of 17 trainees was commander Audrey Heavens, the golden blue ranger. When your trying to train newly
discovered human-kaiju hybrids I guess there are worse instructors than one of the 5 gold rangers in the city. "Everyone in position!" She commands while I struggle to hold back an eye roll. 'Getting into position' for the others meant getting ready for sparring or obstacle courses. But for me it means meditating and waiting for people to come over to be healed to do it again. It would be
peaceful if not for the explosions.
"Are you going to grace us with an effort today?" Misty asked sarcastically.
"No need. I had my workout earlier. I should give you a chance to show off." Lilith replied as she starts to float in my direction.
"If you call fuelling your ego a workout then sure." Misty replied with a smirk. "Even still, good job. It's good to see your not taking
this lightly.".
"I'm the the best. You should know not to question my commitment." The fairy says while stopping in mid air and turning back.
"Besides, I'm not the one who cheated to get tickets for a movie of an overrated manga." Another smug look on her face.
"Your my best friend but don't think I won't burn you." I know I shouldn't think this but I'm struggling not to laugh.
"Like you could." Lilith responded as she continued her flight over here.
"Oh boy drug guys getting hoarded!" Boba yelled right next to me which wasn't really necessary.
"Go play with misty. She needs the chew toy." Lilith says as gold sparkling dust disperses from her wings and makes contact with us. Lola and Boba start to walk towards Misty while their eyes glow yellow. About halfway there they stop and look around confused. "Just kidding!" Lilith says with a wink. The twins look kinda scared before laughing even more. They seem fun. "Mind if I hide with you? I'm worried Shen might come and bully me again." Which felt rhetorical as she was already sitting on my shoulder. She starts gossiping about something but I always kinda zone out when training starts. Lt. Audrey yells commands to everyone except me while I sit here and try to focus on improving my ability. Pretty quickly most of the lower rank kaiju children start lining up for healing. The main source of their injuries being the 7 higher ranks waiting for another round. Obviously there's number 3 Misty, with her nine fox tails much more visible compared to yesterday, as well as two fox ears on the top of her head. The others I'm not as personally familiar with. There's number 4 Shen, with two green wings sprouting from his back. He's the guy who apparently bullies Lilith. Number 5 has black, rock like skin. 6 doesn't have any obvious Kaiju features. 7 is a buff fifteen foot tall man and 8 is a centaur. I wonder if I could summon Kaiju that look like them. I mean now that I have the wand I can do a lot more than just sit here doing nothing. Maybe I could even be a superhero! I could maybe create some real positive change!
"Break time!" The instructor orders. That's so different to what I usually do around here. "We'll start the obstacle course in 5." A collective groan was heard when she said that. "And just like that we're here for another twenty minutes." She's quite brutal.
"Lilith! I demand a rematch!" Shen declares as he walks over to me. Wait a second. OH NO HES WALKING TOWARDS ME!
"Nah" Lilith responds nonchalantly.
"What do you mean 'nah'? We are rivals! We should be facing off with each other whenever possible. Unless your scared I'll win?" Shen says while making many dramatic gestures. I'd probably be terrified if this directed at me but it's kinda entertaining when it's not.
"See what I mean Haruo? This big brute is going to bully me again!" She pulls on my hair like a child might pull a bedsheet over themselves. A bit rude but whatever. "Can't you just fight Misty? Wouldn't she be more your speed?" Probably shouldn't be in the middle of whatever this is.
"No. I shall prove to everyone that you don't deserve your rank! I'm not wasting time with your pet dog so you can hide behind the weakest man here! Have some dignity!" A little hurtful not gonna lie.
"Ok since this clearly isn't getting through I'll spell it out." Lilith announces while flying up to his face. "Insulting my friends is the closest you'll ever be to hurting me. I have better things to do than roast a chicken. If you can't accept that I'm objectively the best, train another 2 years then get back to me." Golden dust disperses from Lilith again and Shen unwillingly gets on his knees. Wait. We're friends? I never realised. That's quite nice.
"That's enough. If your not going to train at least don't make a scene." The instructor says. This is confusing, I thought those 2 got along. I decide to go get something to drink. I don't think anyone notices as I leave the forest room and head for the elevator. I quickly make it to the cafeteria with barley anyone here. Nice. There's a tv on a table by the exit explaining the origins of new London. How a bunch of British refugees came over to America after the uk was shattered 300 years ago. With international communication severely limited most just stayed here and British culture kinda just overtook the already severely reduced American culture. I guess that happens when most of your nation was already overrun with kaiju. Anyway time to get that drink.
"Attention. A class B Kaiju has been spotted approaching the wall. Please be advised to remain in the facility to await further orders." A voice announces over the speakers. Oh no that's bad. Hopefully the defences are enough to stop it. But also. This could be an opportunity. Nobody knows where I am and the wall is pretty close by. If some up and coming superhero wanted to he could get there really quick and fight the kaiju. Learn more about his powers. Save some lives. Get some positive attention. All he'd need to do would be to go up to the entrance, find a place to hide and transform, then fly away. Which is what I'm coincidentally doing. Raven gets me there in two minutes, luckily the crown keeps my hair in place. I look down and see the 500 foot tall metal wall firing all its guns at the kaiju. It is
a 300 foot tall bear made of some sort of red jelly. A 'gummy bear' if you will. It's very intimidating. All bullets just bounce off. You'd think they'd stop shooting but I guess that shows my strategic naivety. I've probably got four minutes before any reinforcements show up so I've got to make this count. I'm going to become a hero who bring joy like mariner satellite. Raven does a nosedive towards the
ground and starts spinning, shielding me with its wings. We quickly 'crash' into the rocky ground, kicking up a huge amount of dust that obscures us. I'm almost certain Raven wasn't hurt but I quickly use heap just in case. I then return them to the wand and stand up as the dust dissipates. The pink glow from my palms spreads to the pink parts of the outfit, like my eyes, hair and gloves. I imagine this is going to make me look really cool.
"I come from the stars to save those in need! The hopes of the people give me strength! I am Kaiju boy!" I make sure to time it so the
dust is fully gone as I finish talking. A hero's entrance needs a dramatic flair after all. Both the wall and the gummy bear have stopped attacking, probably a good sign. Gummy bear raises a 'foot' which is really more a stub in an attempt to crush me. I summon Naga to have them strike the other stub. Despite the snakes smaller size their momentum allows them to knock the gummy bear over with a headbutt. The kaiju falls on its back only to immediately bounce back onto its feet like a cartoon character. The two white dots that
resembled eyes slid down the bears body until they stopped on its belly, looking right at me. This is literally the scariest thing I've ever done but I have to keep calm. I make sure to keep a smile on my face. The bear starts to tip over. I summon Raven to fly me into the air to avoid the incoming body slam.
"What're ya waiting for ya damn scrubs?! Keep firing!" I faintly hear coming from the wall. And on cue the gunfire continues to assault the kaiju. I guess they don't want to waste more expensive equipment on a class
B. Unfortunately it seems they're just helping the thing as the bullets start to sink into its body. Wait a minute. Oh no! Raven has already started to make evasive manoeuvres to avoid the bullet spray as the bear released its contents. The high speed replicating the effects of a real gun. I have Naga bite into the creatures 'groin' as I know from my experience as a man that necrosis occurring on your nether regions is the ultimate torture. The black poison does spread but not nearly as much as I need. I'll have to find another way. But that'll be difficult if I only have Naga and Raven. But with the bear continuing its advance to the wall I suppose it's do or die time. I'll summon something new! Raven descends again as I start to focus on the wand. I need something to hold it in place so I can finish this! As we get closer I feel something from the wand and point it towards the ground. Three black orbs shoot out and bury in the earth. Not gonna lie a little underwhelming. I'll have to get my foot out of my mouth another time though as the earth breaks apart as a massive black tree burst forth. It's branches either wrap around or pierce the monster with the shark teeth that covers it. Giant red flowers look like they are going to bloom all over the tree and I think this is my cue to say a cool line.
"Um. KABOOM!" I yell out in a very cool voice I promise. On my 'command' the flowers bloom… and immediately explode! The humongous ball of flames tearing the creature apart and sending its gelatinous matter all over the place. I'm pretty sure this counts as a win. OH MY GOD I ACTUALLY DID IT! THIS IS AMAZING! THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE! I recall all three of my Kaiju, even the charred tree, and walk over to the closest chunk of bear. I place my hand on it and feel a little bad. Maybe I didn't Need to kill it. But it was attacking the city. I'm not quite sure how I should feel about this.
"Place your hands in the air!" I jump and turn around to see 5 people standing a few meters away. All 5 were in skin tight suits which consisted of a bright colour broken up by black diamond shapes with a black cape flashing from each of them. Their angular helmets covered their faces but left two digital dots where the eyes would be, like some sort of phone screen. This made it pretty difficult to tell what they are thinking right now. The red 1 in the centre started to walk towards me while pulling handcuffs from behind his back. Wait a second. THOSE ARE FOR ME! BUT WHY?! I BEAT THE KAIJU!
"Now hold on a second there officer. Shouldn't allies of justice stick together? Handcuffs seem a little much." I say with a smile. This is probably just a misunderstanding so I'll just deescalate. He's not stopping though. This is bad. I can't fight the ranger force! I'd be a criminal!
"Sure thing. We can discuss that and a lot more back at base." He's not stopping! I start to take a few steps back but his teammates immediately surround me. The ranger suits enhance speed and strength but it's still surprising how quickly they did it. I feel like there's only one, very obvious solution to this. I immediately summon Raven and have them fly me out of here.
"Take him down!" The blue 1 called out. IM SORRY! Raven is able to avoid the lasers fired from their foldable rifles so at least I'm not dead.
"Hold your fire!" I faintly hear the red one shout as we fly away. I guess he's a good guy. Would've been nice if he didn't try to arrest me but whatever. I guess I'll just head home and forget that last bit ever happened. I hear something coming from behind and turn around only to see 5 huge jets flying towards us. There's 1 for each colour of the team which I really appreciate. I might appreciate it more if they weren't following us. Ok, so I obviously can't go home if I'm being followed so let's see if we can lose these guys. Raven starts to climb higher into the sky while the jets follow us. I hold onto its back for dear life as the air starts to get thinner. Eventually we break through the clouds only to dive right back down, zooming right past the jets. All except for the red one that seemed to be waiting for us. It hadn't followed us and nearly crashed right into us. In order to avoid the collision Raven had lost control of its momentum and we ended up spiralling towards the ground. On instinct I summoned something from the wand. A pink, gelatinous cube similar to the gummy bear which broke out fall. Did not know I could do that. It looks like we landed in an alley. My guess would be in zone E, the zone mostly known for its racing scene. Not that something like that helps me much. I recall both Raven and gummy cube as I come up with an ingenious
plan. The jets all hover in the air as the pilots jump out. I guess they have auto pilot on. It seems that didn't actually see where I landed as they've spread out across the roads. I drop a seed from the wand on the ground as I make my way down the alley, away from them of course. That plans kind of nicked in the bud as I see another squad searching the other road. I suppose they called for backup. Probably because they see Kaiju boy as such an awesome guy. I drop another seed before a turn the corner and run as fast as I can.
"There he is!" 1 of them calls out as I hear footsteps coming my way. They are way faster than me so I've got about 4 seconds. I drop another seed before launching out a massive gelatinous cube to Block the way. They all sink into it before being launched back. Ok I think I'm ready. A massive boom comes from behind me that knocks me over. I look back and see my favourite part of the ranger force. The giant robot! Each member of a ranger squad is given access to a ranger jet. These jets can merge together to create the spectrum defender! The other jets become limbs for the red 1 as it gains a helmeted head and a gosh darn sword. Imaging a 200 feet tall knight made of jets! It would be even cooler if it wasn't trying to arrest me. It points its left arm at me which turns into a gun.
"This is your final warning. Put down your weapon and no harm will come to you." That's generous of them but I really don't want to be arrested.
"I'm afraid not my future allies! As long as there are people in need I can never be contained!" I say to stop myself from crying. I
look back at the cube to make sure the other squad is still there but they aren't. What is there is a line on the cube that wasn't there before. A line that becomes more apparent as the two newly formed pieces of the gummy cube are punched apart. Wait a second. Someone would have to cut through all that cube in one slash to make such a clean cut. There's only a few people I can think of who could do that. Oh no.
"Ok. You could be fun." Walking towards me was a ranger in a purple suit with red diamond shapes. The cape had gold trimmings while the visor was black with purple eyes. He wielded a red 1 sided sword, notable for its lack of guard while the sheath rested at his hip. This is the shadow ranger. One rank below the gold rangers. He's also my brother, Satoshi.
"Careful. I could be more than you could handle." NO NO NO NO NO! I can't fight him! He'll destroy me! I could never beat him! I have to get out of here! I focus on my wand so I can enact my plan. The seeds I've been dropping suddenly explode as large 'shark tooth trees' as I'm gonna call them spring forth. The main difference from last time is that they have yellow flowers instead of red. "Release!" I yell as the flowers bloom. Instead of an explosion though, it's just pollen. A pollen dense enough that it will obscure my position. As the pollen spreads down the road and consumes me, I summon back the plants and cubes and summon Raven. I quickly get in its back and we take off. We don't get very far however as satoshi somehow grabs ravens leg even though he shouldn't be able to see us! Thinking fast I have Raven use its wing to slice its own leg off. We manage to get away as nothing is weighing us down now. "IM SO SORRY!" I yell as I heal Raven injury as we fly away. It takes a lot longer but eventually the leg grows back. I think that's the worst thing I've ever done. Eventually night falls and we make it back to zone W. Just in time as well as my transformation runs out of time. Everyone's likely asleep so I just have to make it back to the house.
"Haruo!" I Dodge the flip flop I know is coming after that. "Why are you so late?! It's dangerous at this hour!".
"Sorry mr Ryuji. I was out with a friend." I lie as I look over at the stand in the market. Mr ryuji is carrying some boxes that likely contains fish. "How about I help you with that?" I start to walk towards him while changing the subject.
"You better start speaking Japanese boy or so help me!" He yells as he puts down the box and walks over to where his slipper landed. Mr Ryuji is the man who taught me Japanese since Satoshi didn't really have the time to. He's also the unofficial leader of zone W by virtue of being the grumpiest old man for miles. Not that any of us would say that to his face.
"Right.of course." I say slowly in Japanese. It's quite hard since I speak English far more often. But I've got to make the effort I suppose. Like how I'm making the effort to sneak my wand back into my bag before he sees.
"Good. You better be back earlier next time. Never know when a Kaiju might attack." I wish Kaiju were the only thing I had to worry about.
"I should go. Good night." I say as I bow before leaving. He just huffs as he usually does as a goodbye. I quickly make it back to the house and go inside. The lights seem to be off except for in the kitchen. As I walk in I see a shirtless Satoshi eating an entire cooked chicken, the only thing
on his upper body being a shark tooth neckless. Yes it's a real shark tooth.
Yes he took it from the shark himself. His slicked back, dyed blond hair has gotten him a lot of scoldings from mr Ryuji. He's six foot eight which I'm not jealous of. Oh and he's also absolutely shredded I guess. He stops eating as he spots me.
"Oh hey. Where've you been?" He asks as his green eyes stare at me. Ok. Gotta play this cool.
"I was fighting a guy!" No! Now he's going to be even more suspicious.
"Great job bro!" He yells out happy. "Glad to see your standing up for yourself. Next time I'm free we'll go out somewhere to celebrate." So in 6 months time I guess. At lest he seemed to buy it.
"I've got an early morning tomorrow. Goodnight." I say as I quickly make my way up the stairs. I practically leap into my bed as the days events flood through my mind. I did beat the kaiju but my debut was ruined. Not only that but the man who nearly arrested me is downstairs right now. I guess I'll have to figure out my next move tomorrow. Hopefully not too many people know about me yet. I'd like to make a better first impression.