Threats

NRG led them to a lounge-like room, where the people there were around Cyan and Hoka's age group. They were talking, playing games, reading and the others were watching the footage of the qualifications, one of which was Kaito. He noticed Cyan and Hoka.

"Hey, it's you two!" he smiled. "Glad to see you made it past the illusion in a very... destructive way!"

"How long have you been here?" Hoka asked.

"I was first, you two are 15th and 16th. There was a group of students before us that left. I volunteered to help with a test, and they agreed, so There I was," Kaito explained.

"So the thing about your grandpa," Hoka began with a stern look.

"That happened almost 3 years ago. I didn't even turn into an imp then, " Kaito said, then looked around.

"Where'd that friend of yours go?" he asked.

Hoka turned to see that Cyan had gone a while ago. He called for Cyan but wasn't answered as Cyan was in the kitchen, putting a cake he had seen in the fridge into the microwave to warm up a bit. He was still hungry. Hoka sighed.

"He's a food lover. I'm Hoka, by the way. He's Cyan," Hoka said. Kaito glanced at Cyan.

"Fighting him was a bit scary," he admitted.

"Was it?" Hoka asked. Kaito nodded.

"He had this intensive look as if he wanted me beheaded," he said.

Meanwhile, Cyan was topping off the cake with some chocolate spread and whipped cream he had found. it wasn't warm enough for him, so he put the cake back in the microwave. He then decided to call his uncle, BlitzBreaker. He was NRG's sidekick, one of them at least, as not much was known of the other. BlitzBreaker's radiant was destruction. he had a blue eye and the other green, covered by his hair, which was more yellow than blonde. Cyan wanted to call him because he was definitely the one who applied him for P. O. W. E. R. Level. He raised Cyan since the young boy lost his parents, and had extra income from a side business.

Cyan was about to dial him when a pink needle grazed by his hair. Cyan promptly kept his phone, went water mode and dashed at the incoming direction of the needle. he was about to strike when he saw a girl.

"Woah! C-calm down!" She stuttered. She had brown hair and bright pink eyes. To Cyan, she looked familiar. They looked familiar to each other. Their eyes narrowed.

"Do I know you?" She asked. Cyan was wondering the same thing. They stood in silence a bit.

"You know what? Forget it. I'm Cyan," He introduced himself.

"I'm Misu. Sorry about the needle. My radiant's sound so it must have picked on to the sound of your phone," she said. Cyan then noticed the small speakers on her palms.

"Do those hurt?" Cyan asked, pointing at them.

"No, not at all. I was born with them anyway," She said.

"My radiant is elemental," Cyan said.

"I know. I saw the footage of your qualification, especially the barrier breaking part. That was a bit funny, come to think of it," She laughed a little.

"Why do you want to become a hero?" She asked.

"I guess I'm just doing it to find out whether my parents are truly alive or dead. Other than that, it's just vengeance for the Karonoph rampage," he said.

"Same. I've lived with my aunt ever since. I never particularly met my dad or remember my mom much. My aunt works in her own company. She signed me in for this," Misu said.

"Exactly! My uncle is basically my parent right now," Cyan said.

"Misu! Misu!" they heard a voice calling.

"You have a best friend that treats you like a responsibility because you've been spoiled rotten by your sub-parent and sees you as a probably mannerless person?" Cyan asked.

"Yes, only that was my cousin, Arainu, but call her Ara for short," Misu said.

As she said it, Ara appeared. She had silvery eyes and rather gray braided hair.

"What brought you here?" She asked Misu.

"I missed a shot on the dart board and wound up here, I guess," Misu answered. Ara sighed.

"Sorry if she disturbed you," She said to Cyan.

"No, she didn't. I needed the time kill anyway," he said, going towards the microwave, welcomed by the cake's fresh smell. It looked like a fudge cake as the whipped cream had blended in with the chocolate spread.

"Perfect," Cyan sighed as he felt the cake would keep him full. He was about to chomp it down, but paused.

"Do you two want some?" he asked.

Ara shook her head with a smile.

"No, we're good-"

"Speak for yourself! I want some!" Misu interrupted.

Cyan cut off half for her, and they ate the whole thing up. They both leaned back in the chairs they sat on when they were done.

 "That was awesome," Cyan said.

"I agree," Misu added.

"the way they act, almost as if they're siblings," Ara thought.

"Well I have to go. I want to continue watching our other mates' qualifications. Want to come?" Misu asked.

"I'll be there, let me call my uncle first," Cyan said. Misu nodded and left with Ara.

Cyan video-called his uncle. It took him about a minute to respond.

"Hey, lil' chaos," he said, as he sometimes called Cyan in reference to a time when Cyan's radiant would often go out of control.

"Hey, uncle Yujiro!" Cyan said.

"What's up? I'm currently on a mission," BlitzBreaker said. It turned out that he had used his suit's visor to answer the call. He faced the Camera forward and Cyan could see the imp he was after. It was someone wearing armor.

"Radiant, Exoskeleton. he's an elite imp known as Antiflesh. I take it as a silly name to be honest," BlitzBreaker explained. He further explained that he was a stressful imp as he became an imp intentionally, making him elite faster. He wasn't the first to do so, and definitely wouldn't be the last. His radiant allowed his bones duplicate, and the duplicates would only form on the outside, so he made them into armor, which he could still further modify.

"Where's your partner, the flashy one?" Antiflesh asked.

"He's busy, now I don't need to look out for anyone!" BlitzBreaker answered, close enough to land a punch, but the imp made a sudden bone blade pointing at BlitzBreaker, who simply just flicked air towards it, and it shattered. BlitzBreaker delivered a heavy punch to the imp's armored face, sending him crashing into a wall. The bone armor wasn't all damaged, only dented.

"You didn't do that those other times we met," Antiflesh sneered.

"Anyone within a 70 cm radius could be launched back by that impact," BlitzBreaker said. The civilians had been taken out of the area for safety, but BlitzBreaker didn't want to damage the buildings around.

 "Watch this, lil' chaos," he said, getting into a close fist to fist fight with Antiflesh. The technique behind this was BlitzBreaker would begin with easy attacks on the imp, once in a while following up with a hard attack to send the imp back. Being close to the edge of town meant that BlitzBreaker could take care of the imp without collateral damage. When they arrived at the Meadows out of town, BlitzBreaker landed one more punch, and this time they heard a crack. While moving the imp, BlitzBreaker was also weakening the Armor.

"Perfect," BlitzBreaker smirked, preparing for another attack, clenching his fist. He dashed at the imp once more.

"ᗪ乇匚卂ㄚ丨几ᘜ ᗪ卂爪卂ᘜ乇!" BlitzBreaker called, his fist glowing in an ominous green haze. He struck the imp, who despite the fact that he blocked it, got launched by the impact force, tumbling wildly.

"You'll pay for that!" the imp said, weakly getting up. He was about to charge at BlitzBreaker, but his armor started decaying. The kaiku built into it was also being separated, weakening Antiflesh completely. There he lay, unable to move, armor still being eaten up by BlitzBreaker's attack.

"BLITZBREAKER!!" He yelled.

"I'LL GET REVENGE!!" he raged on. The guy was shirtless, wearing gym shorts. BlitzBreaker was going to get the imp, but some purplish fog slowly appeared from nowhere.

"Not again," BlitzBreaker grumbled. The kaiku from the dog was definitely impure. And from within, a cold, raspy voice erupted.

"Why did you lose again?" it spoke, sending a chill down Cyan's spine, even though he wasn't there.

"Uncle Yujiro, do something!" he shuddered.

"I can't, lil' chaos, the flow is everywhere, but all I need is a spike in kaiku-" he paused as he sensed it, turned, and saw a silhouette holding Antiflesh.

"Got you, bastard!" BlitzBreaker yelled as he charged at the silhouette, preparing another decaying damage fist. Cyan noticed the silhouette face BlitzBreaker, its eyes glowing an ominous purple. BlitzBreaker swung his fit at it, but it was worthless. The silhouette vanished with Antiflesh, and the force of BlitzBreaker's missed attack cleared out the fog at once. BlitzBreaker paused once more before sinking to the ground.

"CRAP!" he yelled, pounding his fist on the ground.

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