Y/n's POV

It's been a little over half an hour, I think, since I started to make my way over to the city. Not entirely sure as I don't own a phone nor did I check the time before leaving. All I had was my wallet and a thin notebook to take notes on what changed in the city. But, whatever.

I was currently riding in a public bus. I'm staring out of the window next to me to watch as I come closer and closer to the city. I was sure it would've taken over an hour for me to get to the city by foot, so I decided to try taking the bus. And thankfully I did as the bus was cheaper than I expected.

Throughout the entire ride I was busy trying to remember all of my childhood memories I had in this city. But because my family and I fled from them when I was extremely young, it's kinda hard to remember anything. Not to mention the fact that half of my time living in this city was a nightmare...

But moving on. From what I can recall, I believe this city had an amusement park, a pier, a couple of large parks, and... A sudden imagine of "big brother" with his smug grin flashes in my mind. All around him were flames as they rise into the night. Behind him was that giant black...thing, towering behind him.

"Damnit..." I mutter before shutting my eyes closed. Can't really remember very well without him always being there. I growl in frustration while scratching the side of my neck in irritation.

I could feel the bus slowing down. I blink twice before realizing I reached the city. I got up from my chair and payed for the ride before jumping out of the bus. When I did I noticed we've stopped at a street across a massive park about the size of a block or two. Most of the place was grass as people can bring their families or dogs to play, with a small playground across from me. I believe there's a beautiful fountain near the center of the park and there's a few spots filled with trees so people can hang out in the shade to avoid the heat.

"Hmm..." I hum.

I stare at the park in silence. I feel like I've been here before. After a minute or two of thinking, it hits me like a truck. Old memories flash in my mind. I remember playing together with a handful of childhood friends of mine from school. Though I don't really remember what they look like or what their names were. Their faces were a blank to me. But I believe two boys were named Jackson and...David? I'm not entirely sure. Though I'm sure that this park was a place we would sometimes hang out or play in when we were off from school with a couple of other kids from school. We would often do normal things as kids, which made me let out a soft chuckle when remembering the old days.

The sound of a crying child broke me out of my thoughts. I saw a child on his ass, crying, for some reason. I saw his dad running to him to help him up.

'Well...that kinda killed the moment...' I thought.

I turn around was about to walk away but accidentally bump into someone's shoulder. I stumble out of their way as they don't even seemed bothered at all.

"Sorry..." I mutter.

The man stops walking, but doesn't bother to turn to me. His clothes look old and worn out, much like the side of his face that I can see. "Hmp. You better be..." I could barley hear the man mutter. I heard him spit on the ground, probably to agitate me.

"..." I don't reply. I simply stare at him before turning away. 'Guess this city isn't as friendly as I thought it was...' I thought.

As I walk away from him, I softly dug my hands into my pockets. Thankfully my wallet was still in my pocket, so I don't need to beat the shit out of that guy. Although...

I simply shrug. I began walking away from the park with my hands shoved into my pockets. I don't really have a destination to go to, so I'll keep walking around to see what else I can remember.

Meanwhile...
No one's POV

The man y/n bumped into smirks. He lets out a quiet chuckle as he dug into his pockets. 'Stupid kid...' He thought.

When he felt something like paper in his pockets, his grin grew bigger. He turn into an alleyway as he pulls out what he thought was money he stole from y/n.

"You should know better than to let your guard down." Was what the man wanted to say. But what he saw in his hands made his eyes widen in shock. "H-huh?!"

Instead of money, he found regular pieces of paper in his hands. They looked like they were torn out of a small notepad or something.

"..." The man growls in frustration and clenches his hands, crumbling the paper. "Damnit!"

"What's the matter?" A cold feminine voice spoke out from further in the alleyway. The voice had a high pitch to it, like a teenage girl's. "Didn't get what you wanted?"

"?!" The man's eyes widen in fear.

He whips his head up and saw a feminine silhouette standing a few feet away from him. His body trembles as he saw a pair of purple eyes glaring into his soul. The woman took a step forward, causing the man to instinctively step back.

"Well?" Was all the girl said, annoyed.

"I-I...uh...W-well...you see, ma'am..." The man was a stuttering mess.

Normally he wouldn't be afraid like this to no one. But, he knows who has followed him. Her power was beyond what he could take on.

Something silver by the girl's waist caught the man's attention. He could easily recognize it as the shape of a blade being unsheathed. He starts to sweat profoundly as he knows what's about to happen next.

"N-now hold on!" He yells desperately. "I know what you saw mi-might've looked bad, but I-I promise I didn't steal that boy's money! H-honestly!"

"..." The person glares daggers into the man's soul in silence.

"..." Something within the man became desperate. He glares back at the person as his feet became muddy. "Fine, bitch! Have it your way!" The man lets out a battle cry as he runs towards the person, who seemed to not even flinch.

Meanwhile...

Nearly two hours have past. During this time y/n has explored the city as much as he could on foot. For the most part y/n's journey was peaceful. As he explores, he passes by a few old places he remembers during his childhood; a couple of family-owned restaurants that unfortunately were sold and turned into other things, a massive mall that used to have its own indoor water park, a few old schools that either he went to or his friends did, and a couple of other things. Y/n would usually stop for a moment or two to remember the old places he saw. But he occasionally had to come back to a few places after a few minutes as many people were nearby. He doesn't really enjoy crowds, so he would wait for them to pass by before taking in the place again.

And of course y/n's journey wasn't all happy memories and sunshine. Every now and then he felt butterflies in his stomach whenever he walks by alleyways. That's because he would sometimes see a couple of people hiding within the shadows, watching him and other civilians pass by. He knew instantly that these people were a bunch of thugs and criminals waiting for some dumb innocent person to walk by and attack them. So y/n had to put up his guard for the rest of the day.

Right now y/n was walking on a sidewalk and passes by several restaurants and stores. Over the past few minutes, y/n felt something was off. He felt like he's being followed by someone. But whenever he checks around him, he didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. He knew he wasn't being followed by thugs as they would've attacked him a long time ago, so who or what was following him?

"Hello, young man!" An old feminine voice broke y/n out of his thoughts.

"?!" Y/n stops in his tracks and whips his head to his right. He was about to attack the person but almost immediately stops when he saw it was just an old woman standing by a flower shop. "...."

The old woman gave him a cheerful smile as she didn't even notice that y/n was about to hit her. "Hello, you seem bothered by something, yes?"

"..." Y/n lets out a relieved sigh. His body relaxes as he forces a smile on his face. "N-no... I'm fine, ma'am... Just been walking all day is all." He chuckles forcefully as he rubs the back of his hair.

"Are you sure?"

Y/n nods.

"But-."

"Mom!" The two heard a different feminine voice from inside the flower shop, annoyed. The two turn to the source and saw a mature woman walking out of the store. "Are you bothering another person, again?!" She yells.

She looks to be in her late thirties or early forties. She had long, beautiful brunette hair that hid one of her golden-ish eyes. She had a pair of golden earrings shaped as crosses. She wore a black tank top that could kinda reveal her large breasts. She wore a pink sweater very loosely around her arms. She had navy green short shorts that revealed most of her thick thighs.

When she got behind the old woman, she gently pushes the older woman into the shop. "Go help the other customers, mom."

Her mother was about to argue, but the woman didn't take no as an answer. When she saw her mother was inside the shop and busy, she couldn't help but sigh. She turns to y/n with a small blush on her face. "I'm sorry if my mother bothered you, sir." She apologizes to y/n with a small smile. "She does that a lot."

"..." Y/n's face slowly turned red the longer he studies the woman. Her body, hair, and face looked soft and smooth to y/n as he was completely mesmerized by her beauty. Not to mention her voice was soft and gentle, like a mother talking to her child.

"Are you okay, sir?" The woman asks, stepping closer to y/n with a worried look.

"H-huh?" Y/n snaps out of his mind. He stumbles back, nervous and embarrassed. His face reddens as he tries to sound normal. "I-I'm fi-fine...really..."

"Are you sure?"

Y/n frantically nods while feeling his pants tighten around his member. 'N-not now, damnit!' He yells at himself. 'Don't let your milf kink control you!'

Before the woman could ask him again, something flew straight towards her. A water tentacle attacks her right ear and somehow got her golden earrings off of her without harming her.

"What the-?!" The woman screams in shock and confusion.

"?!" Y/n's blush disappears as his eyes widen. He turns to find the source of the tentacle but heard the woman scream.

The woman was about to turn to the attacker, but another water tentacle attacks her left ear and also stole the other earring. The woman tries to stop them by holding her ears in her hands, but it was already too late. One of  the tentacles were suddenly pulled back by something and into an alleyway. The other was about to follow too, but it got cocky and decided to slap the woman's ass, causing her to let out a moan-like shriek. Her face turns red as she and y/n saw the tentacles disappear into the alleyway.

"M-my earrings!" She yells in horror.

Y/n was going to try calming the woman, but he felt something in his pockets moving. "?!" He looks down and saw a third tentacle stealing his wallet before being pulled back. "..."

Y/n's face was emotionless. He lowers his head a little and his hair covers his eyes. He clench his hands into fists as a vain bursts on the back of his right hand. He starts to walk towards where the tentacles came from and caught the woman's attention.

"Hey! What are you-?!"

"Don't worry about me." Y/n says without turning to the woman. "Just stay put. I'll be back in a minute."

"..." The woman doesn't object to y/n's words. Sure she was a little worried about him, but she had a feeling he had an ability in him.

Y/n shoves his hands into his pockets as he turns into the alleyway, still not raising his head. He was completely silent as he listens for something to follow the thief.

After a few minutes of walking, y/n came into an intersection. He stops walking and waits. "..."

After a moment or two, he heard the faint sound of laughter. He follows the source without making too much noise.

Soon, he saw he was coming to a dead end. But before he could stop and turn around, something lands behind him. Then another. He heard snickering and cackles behind him and turns around. He was met with three men, two holding machetes and the other's arms were made out of wood and covered in thorns.

"..."

"Well, well, well." One of the three says. "Look what we have here. A little punk acting like a hero." He chuckles, causing the other two to laugh.

"..."

More objects drop behind y/n. He looks over his shoulder and saw four more men standing behind him. Two of them also had their powers activated as the other held a knife. Y/n noticed all seven of the crooks had sinister grins all over their faces.

"..." Y/n doesn't say anything, his eyes still hiding behind his hair.

One of the men snickers before walking up to y/n. "What's the matter? Why aren't you walking? Did you piss yourself and are too embarrassed to say anything or try running away?"

Everyone around them laughs mockingly. Though y/n doesn't seemed fazed by this.

"Eh? Still nothing, huh?" The man in front of y/n spits in his face. "You still trying to act tough, kid?"

Y/n was about to wipe the spit off, but the man presses the tip of his machete on y/n's neck, making him freeze. Y/n could barley feel a drop of blood escaping from his neck where the man had the machete pointing at him. The man was annoyed by y/n's unresponsive attitude. He growl in frustration and pulls his weapon back.

"Fine." He continues to speak as he lifts his arm that held the weapon up and over his head. "If you won't-."

"I hate bastards that steal from others, you know?" Y/n finally spoke up coldly, catching everyone off guard. The man next to him freezes from the cold tone y/n spoke in. "I've dealt with this shit enough as a kid and did nothing. But now..." He mutters ominously.

Before the man could do anything, he suddenly received a punch in the face. He was sent flying back and crashes into several trash bins, knocking him out cold. Everyone else were shocked by this. How did he do that? They all wondered. They all had their eyes on y/n but they didn't see him lift a finger as they were in his pockets.

"Now I'm done standing by..." Y/n says, regaining everyone's attention. They were about to attack him, but he does something odd first.

"Inferno!" Y/n yells, causing everyone to stare at him in confusion.

Before anyone could do anything, flames suddenly burst out of the ground underneath and engulfed y/n. The ground cracks and shatters beneath his shoes from the power of the flames. Everyone steps back in shock as the flames spiral around y/n, pushing everyone back by an inch or two. Y/n was completely unharmed and unfazed by the flames as they rise around him. In fact, y/n didn't break a sweat. He barley lifts his arms up and a spark of flame form in each of his palms. He clenches his hands into fists before his hands were suddenly engulfed in flames.

Within the spiral of flames, a small spark floats behind y/n's left shoulder. The spark expands to a trail of flames before the silhouettes of a muscular person's upper body was summoned from the end of the flaming trail, still floating behind y/n. Four muscular arms burst out of the silhouettes's body via circular flames before the flames on them died down, revealing golden bracelets around the wrists. The figure folds its arms on its chest, giving a menacing look through the flames. It's four yellow glowing eyes shun through the flames and glares at the criminals in front of y/n before disappearing.

The group of thugs heard y/n let out a demonic battle cry before the flames disappear around him. When it does, all that was left was a circle of soot surrounding y/n's feet. A red flaming aura surrounds y/n's body as he finally lifts his head up, staring menacingly at the thugs ahead of him. His lips grew a small grin as the thugs witnessed his power awakening in shock.

Meanwhile...

A girl in purple was watching the upcoming fight from the edge of a rooftop above y/n and the group of thugs. Her legs were dangling off the edge.

"..." The girl was studying y/n in silence as she was curious of his powers.

Meanwhile...

Behind y/n, a red, four-armed, muscular figure floats behind him. The figure had all its arms crossed, completely silent.

"You can try to hurt me..." Y/n mutters, pointing his index and middle finger at one of the thugs. "But your attacks will be useless."

===To be continued==>

Whoo! That was a handful to write! Haven't wrote something that was 3k words in a long ass time! That felt great!

Anyways, that's all for now. Hopefully you've enjoyed this chapter. If you didn't, please say why. And if you've noticed any grammar or spelling errors, please point them out so I can fix them. Thanks.

I'm not sure when I'll update again. I want to use this week to focus on updating my Highschool DxD stories. Also Alatreon is coming, so I'll probably not update next weekend.

But, that all for now. I hope you've enjoyed. And I hope you have a wonderful day/night. Peace out.