chapter 7 "compensating for something?"

11:45 AM Shopping centre


Hitomi was following (Y/N) around as they walked through crowds of people. There was quite a lot of people here for some reason.

Hitomi: "what are we even doing here? did you really woke me up to attend some dumb event." hitomi rubbed her eyes and complained.

(Y/N): "we're doing some reconnaissance; one of our opponents that might come up in the tournament is if's going on here.",(Y/N) said as he made his way through the crowd effortlessly.

Hitomi: "hmph, fine, what event is this anyways? how come it's attracting so many people." hitomi asked curiously as she tries to get a better view by lifting herself using (Y/N)'s shoulder.

(Y/N): "it's a show match." (Y/N) said as he pulled out a cigarette from his pocket," apparently it's to showcase the abilities of some new generations brutes."

Hitomi: "That's it? people really are stupid." hitomi said as she hopped off.

(Y/N): "quit whining. I'll bring you to get ice cream later."

Hitomi: "you better, I'll kill you if you don't," hitomi said with a glare, but deep down, she was pretty happy, and (Y/N) replied with a chuckle, Hitomi's threats don't really mean much to him.

Once they got in front of the crowd, they see that a match is currently in progress in the arena that's completely on the soil. Although, there seems to be only one brute in the centre, covered in a lot of slash marks.

(Y/N): "huh, isn't that brute horse? I saw it in the pile of files that Okajima gave me." (Y/N) says, a little surprised as he inhaled some smoke.

hitomi furrowed her eyebrows as he looked at the injured brute with disappointment, "good thing we don't have her on our team, what a dead weight." As soon as she finishes the sentence, the arena's ground began shaking, and the horse brute girl got her guards up, looking around in a panic.

(Y/N)'s noticed the small tremors as he has bug senses and smirked a little, "I was wondering where the other one went." 

Suddenly, the ground behind the brute horse break open, and a figure loomed over the brute horse in midair as a long metallic claw slashed down on the brute horse, knocking her down and causing some bleeding and lacerations.

(Y/N) and hitomi was surprised when they saw the figure under broad daylight because it was a little girl who happens to be the brute golden mole, one of the lowest ranking brutes before due to golden moles being blind and can only detect movement by the frequencies underground.

The announcer and the crowd went wild as the victor was decided, but hitomi and (Y/N) stood still without making a noise. 

Hitomi: "are you seeing what I'm seeing?"

(Y/N): "yeah, those claws are definitely not hers..."

(Y/N) He stared at brute golden moles giant blood covered claws. It was reflecting the sun and looked like it could cut through metal.

(Y/N) turned around and was ready to leave, "we've got what we've wanted, let us go get ice cream." hitomi also turned around but suddenly the announce noticed the two of them

announcer: "what is this? Brute rhino beetle and brute ratel are in the crowd. Are they here to challenge the new-gen brutes?"

(Y/N) paused in shock as the crowd noticed them and started cheering, "aww F**K..." (Y/N) thought to himself before turning around and try to explain, "no-no, I'm just here because I'm curious..."

before (Y/N) could finish his sentence, the announcer added, "there is a 5000 dollar prize in cash if you could beat one of them."

"OK, you know what." (Y/N) said, suddenly appearing in the arena, "you had my curiosity, but now you have my attention, bring em out!"

hitomi face palmed on the side of the arena: "I can't believe I got paired with this idiot..."

Announcer: "very well, we have a challenger! IN THE BLUE SQUARE, THE HOTSHOT ON THE SCENE, THE ARMOURED MENACE, IT'S! BRUTE! KABUTO MUSHI!!!!!!!!" the announcer yelled, and the crowd cheered, and after the cheering died down, some of the crowd began stomping in unison.

Announcer: "HERE COMES THE NEW GEN BRUTE OF STRENGTH, YOU ALL KNOW THAT HE IS THE BRUTE THAT TEAR HIS ENEMIES IN HALF, FIGURATIVELY AND LITERALLY, AND A HEART COLD AS ICE JUST LIKE HIS HOMELAND, ITS! BRUTE! GRIZZLY NEO!!!!!!!"

After the announcement finished, a large figure marched slowly into the ring, and it was a burly man that's already transformed, with a head of a bear and a body of an absolute unit. And the right forearm is made of metal.

(Y/N) stepped forward to size up his opponent, and the figure overshadowed (Y/N) by a small margin, "sup."

brute bear: "..."

(Y/N): "so, uh, that arm of yours, what does it do?"

brute bear:"..."

(Y/N): "don't get me wrong, I'm not wondering how dangerous it is. I'm just wondering if it's made to compensate for something you lac..."

Before (Y/N) finish the sentence, a huge shockwave landed square on his chest as brute bear slammed his metal forearm on (Y/N)'s chest, sending him slamming into the wall of the arena, making a huge crater on the side.

Brute bear marched his way towards (Y/N), who was against the wall, and raised his metal forearm," you talk too much, little man..." before slamming it down.

hitomi: "BUG FACE GET THE HELL UP!!!" hitomi yelled out in anger but with a hint of worry.

After the shock wave, the bear stood silent as he tries to push his arm down more, only to find that (Y/N) caught it square in his hand and slowly stood up with a glare in his eye.

(Y/N): "you know... interrupting someone while they're speaking..." (Y/N) said as he slowly crushed brute bears metal forearm like a tin can, causing the brute bear to start panicking and sweating.

"Isn't very nice... y'know."  (Y/N) then ripped off brute bears metal forearm in an instant, and before the brute bear could even react or scream in pain, he slugged his fist right across his face, causing the right side of his face to cave in completely and send him flying into the wall of the mall.

the crowd and the announcer were so shocked they stayed silent and stared at what the heck just happened. hitomi, on the other hand, just pouted, "show off..."

(Y/N) retracted his fist and cracked his wrists a little bit before saying, "I expect the money to be paid in full, and send 1000 to that horse girl." (Y/N) said before pulling out another smoke and hopped out of the arena to get to hitomi.

hitomi: "you happy now?"

"it's 5000 dollars. I had to." (Y/N) said as he walked away from the arena, "cmon, cheer up, let's go get that ice cream."

hitomi: "I want the big one since you're paying." hitomi said as she followed

(Y/N): "hehe, fine."


Meanwhile, on a rooftop somewhere, a lady in full spec ops gear was recording the whole thing, "did you see that, sir?" the lady said through the radio.

chairmen: "very good, now we have a slightly better idea of his capabilities, return at once."

spec ops lady: " yes, sir."


As the sun began to go down, (Y/N) and hitomi was making their way back to (Y/N)'s apartment while both of them are holding a big ice cream cone.

(Y/N): " hey hitomi."

hitomi: "what is it, bug face?" hitomi said as he licks her ice cream.

(Y/N): "where did you get that wristband?" (Y/N) said as he pointed to the little bit of cloth on Hitomi wrist.

hitomi: "oh, this, I can't remember. I think it was from someone important."

"Hmm, alright then." (Y/N) didn't ask further questions before he opened the door to his apartment.


"I think I used to have a t0shirt with that colour..."


(welp there you go lads)

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