Selenes point of view━
the same night

"This little bitch...I knew something was off." I grumbled under my breath while hiding behind a bush of the dark pathway and watching Charanko walking in a specific direction.

After the visit at Saitamas place, Charanko seemed to be in a rush suddenly. Without an explanation, he paced off and like the curious person I am, I stole a few snacks from Saitama before following my friend.

The sky was pitch black already and the moon shined in a bright, silver light in contrast. Upon gazing at the moon at first, I nearly had a heart attack and checked my appearance in one of the mirroring windows, just to breathe out in relief. Today wasn't the full moon, telling by the still dyed color of my hair. It must be a day before the stage of the full moon phase, seeing by the perfectly shaped circle in the sky, mistaking it for the full moon.

And it soon turned out to be a huge mistake to look at my reflection in the window instead of keeping track of Charanko.

"I fucking lost him." My eyes scanned the area hectically, but there was no sight of Charanko. "God damn-" I clicked with my tongue and started to jog in the direction where I last saw him to stop at the corner of the street. Looking around again, I still had no trace of the older male and kicked against the street lamp out of frustration. One Look away and he is just gone, is this a joke from Mr. Universe? It's definitely a bad joke and let me tell you, I find almost everything funny.

But my concern about Charanko quickly vanished when I heard faint screaming and shallow sounds of hits from not too far away.

"Argh! Drag him down!"

Blinking and looking around in perplexity, I started to move my legs again and jogged in the direction of the whole turmoild. I cringed at the sound that got louder with each step I took, already imagining the mess that's going to be ahead of me. An uncomfortable shudder spreads across my body when a few memories from the dojo flashed before my eyes.

It definitely wasn't a sight that I wanted to see again any time in the near future.

My feet started to move faster when I saw a messy, light-colored pineapple hair head that disappeared into the dark pathway behind the bushes and trees. He's also directly heading at the source of the loud commotion.

Okay, now I really had a bad feeling...but also exciting! Sounds like my first street brawl! It's going to be so funny to see Charanko fail miserably-

"That's enough, dojo defiler!"

Wha-

"Take this! Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist!"

The fuck-

My eyes widened in alarm at the suddenly loud voice of Charanko and started to run faster before I jumped through the bushes. Another shallow sound of a hard impact was heard, being ready to throw myself in whatever fucking mess this was-

But oh hell, the deja vu that was hitting me made me freeze directly in place. I was now too in the dark pathway, multiple men were laying beaten up badly on the ground and completely knocked unconscious, at least I hoped that they were just unconscious.

My eyes darted over the area frankly and I could get a look at two figures from which one of them was definitely Charanko...and he seemed to have been hit rather badly. Okay, that really wasn't fun.

"The old man's disciple, huh?...I can remember you, yes! You're the coward that I wouldn't even hit because you're too pathetic!" Chuckled the man a bit too over excited and my stomach started to churn in worry for my friend, not even entirely realising what he just said.

Charanko wanted to attack the unknown man again, even after being injured and I already saw what the outcome would be by judging the movement of the other male. This guy was without question faster and stronger. So I assumed he was the reason for the whole commotion here?

I held my breath when the adrenaline got more prominent and the moment slowed down for me. "Charanko!" Without questioning my instincts, I rushed forward and swung my leg to kick against the man's side before he could reach Charanko.

And I never inspected the impact it would have.

After the kick, the man slid across the ground and groaned in surprise from the hard impact that my kick left on him. So he looked up and now stared directly at me. Our eyes met in equal surprise to what just happened.

Strong thighs? Strong thighs!

But my surprise wasn't long evident when I stared into his yellow eyes that were now visible from the light of the moon along with his other features. He was beaten up too, judging by the blood and his messy appearance. A very special appearance I might add...he had white hair that spikes upwards in two prongs, sharp features  that made his eyes glow even more and he was wearing an outfit that was similar to Bangs one. A black, long sleeved shirt that hugged his torso and arms tightly, showing every muscle of his well built body through the thin fabric. He also wears loose-fitting white martial arts pants with a yellow sash around his waist and tai chi slippers on his feet.

This definitely felt too familiar for my liking.

I swallowed thickly when I tried to calm down my breathing, having a bit time to accustom to the current situation I was finding myself in.

In the meantime was the unknown guy back in his stance, inspecting my appearance like I did with him before. The loose, ripped jeans and the shirt along with the jeans jacket weren't so comfy anymore after I realized that I probably needed to fight for real now.

"And who are you little girl now?" The man questioned, lifting one of his eyebrows while tilting his head a little to the side.

"Selene...you need to leave…" Charanko murmured weakly behind me, already laying on the floor from the heavy injuries the few hits caused on him before I could stop this.

"The fuck are you on about? I'm going to whoop his ass for this." I whispered back, ignoring the comment from the guy but not leaving him out of my sight. "What are you even doing here at night?..

He coughed lightly, breathing only shallowly while Charanko struggled to stay conscious. "I mean it...just go, he will….it-" Charanko paused, looking at me with an indefinable expression. "...G-Garou."

And I thought my heart would leap out of my chest right then and there. With wide eyes, I gazed down at Charanko and tried to register what he just said. Or did I imagine it?- With a quick look back at the male on the opposite side of me, I choked on my own saliva in realization.

Holy shit, that is Garou!

"And- and you went without me?? What was with our agreement?!" I asked enraged now, not caring that the boy a few meters away from me could probably hear what I'm saying. Charanko flinched at my reaction, looking away in guilt.

"...I'm a man, I should take care of this-"

"Cut the bullshit." Charanko stopped when I interrupted him and he watched quietly how I slid off my jacket while looking back at Garou again who stared at me indifferently. "Go to sleep, get some rest and we will see who should have taken care of this." My voice was lower, now seriously a bit pissed even when I waited for this moment for six months. 

I should be excited and a bit scared, but I didn't know exactly what I was feeling right at this moment.

And can we talk a second about how this guy can be only 18 with this fucking body-

"I don't know what you're trying to do, but I'm not going to beat up a little fragile girl." His voice chimed in again after the conversation between me and Charanko ended. A quick look confirmed that he fell unconscious.

"Yeah...that little fragile girl kicked your ass a few meters through the air. Now come here and we will see who is so fragile." With a challenging look, I dropped my jacket to the floor and tied my hair up. "Oh, and please be careful around my piercings, I really like them."

Even with my sassy talking, I was already trembling from the adrenaline that pumped through my veins and it nearly hurt how fast my heart was beating.

Garou lifted one eyebrow again before amusement flashed across his eyes and a smirk adorned his lips, telling me already that I was in a lot of trouble now.  "I've never hurt a girl before...but there is a first time for everything, right? I can make an exception for you."

"Please, are you flirting with me now? When we are at it, how about a first kiss?~" I smirked back, leaning slightly forward while getting in my stance and biting down on my lip to give my comment a bit more spice.

"Ohh, I will give you a kiss, don't worry about it." He pressed his lips against his knuckles, giving it a smooch sound while looking at me, before he jumped in my direction and swung the same fist at my face.

Barely having the time to dodge it because of how fast he was, I stumbled back but caught myself gracefully before hitting the cement ground. In the same motion, I swung my leg and turned my lower body up to hit Garous chin with my foot. Surprisingly I landed the hit, causing Garou to take a step back with a shocked face, but the expression soon changed to a satisfied one.

I suppose that isn't a good sign, right?

"So I don't need to hold back with you, right? You really seem to be a lot faster than the others...the night couldn't turn out to be better~" His mouth stretched to a wider grin from the sheer excitement he was feeling. He didn't expect that I could react in time to dodge his attack.

And the excitement finally reached me too. My heart just seemed to beat even faster but my breathing and shaking started to soothe down. Well, just a little bit at least, the adrenaline still pumped through my veins and tickled my nerves.

Sighing in disbelief of the current situation, my eyes flashed up in the silver moonlight and reflected it perfectly. "You don't have to be gentle with me." I taunted him again and Garou just seemed to get even more motivated about it when he bent his legs and lunged at me.

My breath got stuck in my throat when he was suddenly so near to me again, slowing down when he cockily lifted his eyebrow and jabbed his hand into my side. His movement was short and quick, but still effectively painful when my torso jerked forward in reaction. The next jabs were directed at my face and stomach which I could block with my hands because of my enhanced reaction time. The attacks still made me back up slowly to get some space between us but he followed up directly, not leaving me the time to breathe for a second.

"I'm not going to be!" Garou exclaimed loudly with his smug expression, catching my wrists when I tried to block his hits again and pulled me forward to ram his knee into my abdomen. The hard impact knocked the rest of the air out of my lungs which threw my body back just from his raw power.

"Oh my-" I coughed out and clutched my belly while grimacing in pain. "You fucker…"

Garou stepped over to me and I rolled back to stand up before he reached me in time. "Now come on, I thought there is a little more fight in you? Should I be gentle now?" He made fun of me with a sadistic smirk, his mouth corners even lifted up more from my low growl.

But I started to chuckle shortly after he came to a halt before me while I was just on my knees. He just was too fast for me I guess. "First time for me to get beaten up, huh? You're going to give me a lot of first times as it seems."

And after this I got another kick in the stomach, throwing me further back. The air left my lungs again when my back hit a wall and the impact made me choke on the spreading pain in my abdomen and backside.

"Now now, if you don't want to get multiple rips broken for the first time too, then you should stay on your knees." Garou now stood directly before me and hovered over my slightly injured frame. His smirk almost seemed insane if there wouldn't be the gleam of genuine amusement.

Breathing in the air heavily because of the stabbing pain in my back, I kicked my foot as hard as possible against the side of his knee which caused his leg to buckle in luckily, but when I tried my next move it didn't go as smoothly. When I tried to ram my foot against his stomach this time as soon as his knee hit the ground, he just catched my ankle without any effort. "Oh please not my ankle Sangwoo-"

I winced when he suddenly pulled me with a rough tug forward and dragged me away from the wall, leaving my aching back on the ground. His leg moved upwards and I already saw what the outcome would be- with his feet on my face. Hell no! His foot came crashing down to the floor next to my head when I just moved in time, leaving Garou with a lighter shine in his eyes...almost like he seemed happy that he couldn't knock me out so easily.

Good, I'm absolutely going to give him a run for his money.

Now finding the perfect angle to swing my leg upward and buck my hips in the air so I could kick him in the back while he was still in the same position above my body, he flew forward from the sudden impact.

Oh my- I was scared there for a minute. Didn't want to end up with a broken ankle like Yoonbum.

I was back on my feet again in the next seconds and started to circle around Garou as soon as he did when he was facing me again. "You sure talk a lot. Trying to hide that you're scared, lil' girl?" His eyes darkened but still gleamed at the same time in the shadows of the trees, grin as wide as before.

"Cause I would be scared too in your position. I'm the big bad wolf that devours his prey!" His voice boomed in the silence of the night and I blinked, starting to imagine that his shadow started to grow. It was like another shadow loomed over the boy himself, just bigger and more like a...monster.

My eyes widened when his presence got even more heavier and intimidating than before and I could swear that my heart nearly leaped out of my chest. His aura was suddenly a lot more present and almost touchable, slight electricity spikes from my fingertips to my shoulders.

This boy...really did scare me.

I was shaking again, I couldn't hold my arms still to build up a good defense against him. But it would probably not help that much...the only way for me to get through this without ending up like the others, is to dodge as fast as possible. Easier said than done, because in the next moment I already got striked with several jabs against my ribs, with a final blow off with another jab at my face.

He really wasn't playing around anymore, that shit hurts as hell! I believe he actually broke my nose with his last hit from the crack that I heard at the impact. I was stumbling a few steps back, tasting my own blood that was running down from my nose and I didn't have much time left before the next attack would hit me.

"Why did you stop talking, huh?" He mocked me when I was more concentrated on dodging his other attacks rather than answering him while Garou wasn't even sweating.

And his movement went even faster with time and almost seemed blurry. I couldn't just dodge anymore and was forced to block a few jabs also, but alone that made my bones hurt. I'm going to feel this still after days.

It was too much at one time and I didn't know what I was doing anymore, I was just reacting on instinct somehow while my brain tried to comprehend his movement and almost blew up through the process. 'What the fuck is going on'  was my only thought at the moment while Garous took action and I just was the reaction part.

His eyes slightly widened when I was still able to compete with him and I could see the irritated vein on his temple. Was he mad that I could keep up with his speed? Well, good for him that it won't last for long.

Because in the next moment my brain shuts completely down and I panicked when I couldn't tell where his next attack would come from. So I got a hit at my temple, making me stumble again when warm liquid instantly started dripping from the cut of my left eyebrow. A satisfied growl emitted from his throat which made me shiver at not knowing what else is going to happen.

Shit- what am I going to do if he beats me up? That would be embarrassing as hell.

And the next hits weren't any less painful than before, much to my demise. Blocking and dodging was getting tiring and I had problems with staying on my feet, but what should I do? There isn't much more that I can use what Master Bang taught me-

Oh.

Maybe something that he didn't teach me? The sudden idea popped up in my head, but I hesitated at the possibility of probably failing. I never could really use it the way Bang does...but I know how to adapt. Since it's the moment where I really need it, I must use it. That's the way it works in the comics- just that this here wasn't a comic.

I always learned from watching, processing and then imitating. That's how I used my time at the dojo before. So it should work with this also, right? Hopefully because otherwise I will end up next to Charanko on the ground and I really can't let that happen. Certainly not because of Bangs, Charankos and especially my honor.

Instincts, I will do it with my instincts and get into the flow.

I was always at my best when I didn't think too much and just relied on my instincts. They always helped me in so many situations, just like with the disaster in City Z and the meteoroid.

Instincts...right.

"What? Are you going to pass out little girl!?" He taunted me again, being so cocky and confident of having the upper hand.

Oh, how much I want to wipe this overly confident grin out of his face. I want to see how he will look when I use this technique against him and I got already too excited alone at the thought. He was so full of himself, just how Charanko said it and I'm more than ready to show him that I can be cocky too. The thing just was if I really had the guts and potential to do so, because Garou was definitely no joke. He was a beast without any restrictions and rules that could stop him, not even the injuries seemed to faze him.

My vision started to get blurry from the next hits that I couldn't block or dodge and started to tumble more.

Fuck, now or never.

My eyes started to focus again and caught his yellow glowing eyes in the shadows of the tree branches. After another step forward to me after I stumbled one back, the silver moonlight illuminated his figure and my breath got stuck in my throat again at the sight of his appearance. It really wasn't the time for it, but I was too captivated from his radiating aura and body movements. He was something I could barely describe in words, he was fascinating. From all the guys of the dojo, Garou needed to be someone like him.

Garou swung his arm back for the momentum and my senses started to tickle again. I could see where his fist would fly and even leaned forward without thinking too much of it. Before the impact, my senses snapped and all my muscles loosened when I moved smoothly to dodge his hit. His fist barely made contact with my face before I followed my own movement, imagining the flowing of water before I imitated it and moved so fast that I couldn't even register it myself. The boy in front of me didn't seem to catch up with my next move either when I broke his nose with my own momentum of the situation.

Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist.

This...felt amazing.

My eyes widened in surprise and I took a long deep breath. Visibly satisfied at the hit that I landed. "Oh no...did I break your nose? Hah!" After I really was able to wipe the smirk out of his face, I started to smirk myself. Garou's own eyes were widened in shock and blood started dripping from his nose when he took a step back to regain his composure.

His eyes snapped down to me instantly after blinking in confusion, pupils smaller than before when he observed my familiar body movements.

'No one other than Bang and him knew this technique better, he just used it exactly the same against Master TankTop before Selene appeared out of nowhere.'

The glowing of his yellow eyes were even more intense when his gaze wandered over me, picking up every detail of my flowing movement. He came to a halt and stared at me with an unreadable expression, furrowing his eyebrows to comprehend what just happened. Beads of sweat ran down from my temples in the meantime Garou was silent, like he was searching for something. He tilted his head down before one corner of his mouth lifted slightly up.

Just then I could feel the growing tension from the silence and his observing gaze. The half smirk didn't make this situation any better and just worsened my nervous state that I was currently in.

"So...the old man now takes little girls as his students? Is he so desperate after his best student defiled his dojo?" He didn't care about the blood that was flowing out of his nose and streamed down to his chin. His focus was only on me.

I narrowed my eyes at him, also ignoring the metallic taste in my mouth from the blood. "I don't know who you think you are, but I'm the one here that calls him old man."

When he wiped away the blood from his mouth with the backside of his hand, I mimicked his movement. "I'm the prodigy, didn't you know?" His eyes got wider in newfound excitement over the fact that I was a student of his former master.

And I jumped back in fear when he leaped forward out of nowhere. In the next second his motivation and energy was suddenly back on one hundred percent, seeing his next mission directly before his eyes. "You shouldn't have revealed to me that you're the new student of that old geezer, because now I'm going to break you just like the other cowards!" He catched one wrist of mine to make sure that I wouldn't get out of his reach, Garou was already fast enough to catch up with me and shoved me against the next wall when following my jump in the same motion. His other hand clawed itself painfully into my shoulder to hold me in place, same with my wrist.

His wide and almost maniacally grin was back on his face, giving him really a horrifying look mixed with the blood. My confidence vanished when only his presence seemed to crush my body suddenly, the stabbing pain in my back long forgotten because of the close proximity. The smell of his blood filled my senses and I could clearly hear his breath, even feeling it.

I'm definitely so fucked right now.

"And you shouldn't have defiled his dojo." Still using the special technique, I brought up my leg to ram it into his abdomen and the hard impact made him lose his grip on me slightly. But as soon as I wanted to rip myself out of his grip, he shoved me back against the wall and wrapped his hand around my throat.

"What, you want to punish me now for it, little girl?" He mocked me again, grinning even wider when he obviously had his fun with my reactions and slight helplessness. "That's almost heart melting!"

"Suck-" My next hits landed against a few certain parts in his rips, ramming my pointed fingers into his side to make him jolt up in pain and lose his grip again unintentionally. "-my dick!" I screamed, throwing my whole body weight against him to tackle Garou onto the ground. The sound of the impact of his head and the cement was painful to hear, but I didn't dwell too long in my small victory of overpowering him in a weak position and getting up as quickly as possible.

He jumped back up after he recovered and rubbed the back of his head with a groan, eyes widening in surprise again when I started to run suddenly. "Wha- where do you think you are going?!"

"I'm giving you a chase. Isn't that what you want?" With a look over my shoulder, I could see how Garou was getting in motion and started to run after me.

Okay now, he really wanted to chase me. That's not good. All over this situation is not good- I wasn't prepared in the slightest for what is happening tonight. This was my first real fight, and I was getting freaked out by my opponent because he is goddamn strong, even in his injured form! I just needed to recollect, using the area to my advantage and overpower him again as soon as I found a good spot.

Or maybe I should keep running...it was somehow an exciting feeling of getting chased- okay I'm drifting off now! I should avoid this fight for tonight and follow him when he thinks that he lost me. That's a better idea, right? I have no fucking idea! This all is happening too fast, I don't know what to do except just keep running.

When I reached a more lively street and turned around a corner to enter an alleyway, I could hear Garou laughing not too far away behind me. He sounded a bit too close for my liking and I didn't want to look around to see how close he actually was. "You can't run forever, you just make it worse by getting me too excited!"

"Dude-...are you saying things that sound so wrong on purpose?!" I took a deep breath after responding to Garou, turning around another corner.

And when I wanted to turn around the next corner, Garous voice suddenly sounded so loud right behind me. "Come here!" I screeched in surprise and stumbled before Garous body made impact with the wall next to me, nearly catching me when we reached the corner. Using this moment, I turned around and swinged my leg against his backside so he would be thrown back against the wall. A low groan emitted from his throat when he made contact with the wall again, squeezing the air out of his lungs the second time.

"Fuck off!" When he wanted to reach out to me, I grabbed something that was near me- in this case the garbage- and threw it at him to block his way to me. And I didn't stop there, I continued to throw things at him that was in my reach in the alleyway. It was useful at first, but Garou started to doge my attempts easily.

"Aw, didn't you want to beat me up? Now do it and come here!" He leaped forward and I jumped back to turn around and run again.

"No!" It only lasted a few meters before I felt a tug at my ankle, throwing me to the ground. Garou jumped after me to catch my leg and stop me from running away. He started to crawl forward and pull me towards him, making me squirm in slight panic. "Oh fuck-" I clawed my hands into the ground desperately, but it didn't help much, so I kicked my foot against Garous face to loosen his grip and pull out my leg of his grip.

"Ugh- now you're really pissing me off." He scoffed and stood up after I did so and runs after me again. "I swear, when I get you- better pray that you come out here alive girly!"

"Chill! I thought you would like the chase!" His fist was directed at my face and I quickly dodged it, grabbing the lid of a dustbin to block his next kick that made me stumble back. I continued to use the lid as a shield for his next attacks before swinging it at him, just for him to doge also and kicking the lid out of my hand.

"Oh, I will love it after I get you between my fingers."

We moved around the area while exchanging different attacks, trying to strike the other but keeping up a good defense at the same time. Garou had the upper hand here, but I could keep up with the fight.

People screamed in shock when suddenly two teenagers dashed out of an alleyway, attacking the other in unbelievable fast speed and destroying a few stands in the process. A short "Sorry!" came from me when I kicked the vegetables off the table from one of the sellers in the street market.

He started to complain loudly. "You are going to pay!-" before Garou lifted me up in the air and slammed me down into another stand with vegetables, making the man scream out in surprise and backing off. More people started to notice the fight and kept their distance, while I kicked Garou over another stand after I was able to stand up from the hard impact. "Fuck...my back." I wheezed and leaned against a pole.

Sadly, Garou wasn't letting me rest and tackled me into another market stand, but with flowers this time. A few white blossoms fell down onto us, making me widen my eyes in surprise at seeing the familiar flowers. "How did you know that daturas are my favourite flowers?" I said in a teasing manner, grinning at Garou when he blinked at me and looked at the flowers. A few of them were tangled in our hair.

"I didn't, but now that I do, I know which flowers I will bring to your grave." He grinned even wider than me, making me nearly choke onto my spit before grabbing a bouquet of roses and smacking it against his face. Luckily, his hit missed because of this and I could shove him back to jump out of the chaos from flowers.

How this must have looked like. Two teenagers in a disheveled form, bleeding from their noses and other injuries that were caused from the fight, but framed in beautiful flowers. Sounds romantic, but isn't so romantic at a second look.

The people backed off when I was running through the crowd again, smiling apologizing because of the chaos that we left on our path of the fight. I could hear that Garou was chasing me again from the loud steps and his voice. "Running again now?!"

I didn't answer him since I had a problem with breathing properly, leaving the streets and market again into another alleyway.

My eyes set onto a dustbin that was standing on the side of the alley and I didn't waste any time jumping on it. With another jump, I catched the edge of a fire escape from the building and tried to lift myself up. It was easier than I would have guessed at first, I thought that my arms would give in a lot faster after the fight that I had.

But the small surprise turned into shock when I felt another weight dragging me down. "Fuck- you're heavy! Let go of me you fat ass!" With all the strength that I had left, I grabbed onto the fire escape with all my life while Garou was tightening his grip on my legs.

"Stop running away like a coward and fight me! You were speaking so highly, now pay the price for it!"

"Bitch- I will fight you! Just watch!" I looked down at Garou that was hanging on me and I could feel how my arms were slowly giving in. Not all too long and he would drag me down again. It got even worse when I felt that my pants were starting to slip down my waistline. Did I- did I really lose weight? Nice!- oh fuck wait.

My eyes widened when I realized that Garou was dragging down my jeans with his weight and I started to panic when I remembered that I was wearing my kitty panties. "Oh- oh nononono- let go!"

Trying to wiggle him off turned out to be not the best idea, when it was harder for me to hold onto the fire escape and my pants were slipping dangerously low, almost revealing the fabric of my special underwear.

Fuck it.

I let go of the fire escape, leaving me and Garou falling to the ground and I used this to land onto him with all my weight. Garou wheezed when I knocked all the air out his lungs again and he needed a moment to regain himself. The impact made me gasp too and scramble off Garous body onto the ground.

When I wanted to crawl away from Garou to get enough space between us, he was quick enough again to grab my arm and pull me towards him. "Now, no running anymore little sheep."

The goosebumps his dark voice caused me were no fun- like for real. He sounds ridiculously intimidating, the danger signs were everywhere and my body tensed on time.

My eyes widened when I was forced to turn around and look up to him. His wolfishly grin said more than any words that I could think of. This boy really saw me as a sheep, a mere prey he could claim as his trophy of the path he has chosen. Just what was that path? His eyes were blocked, so bright and yellow, but I couldn't tell anything from them. He was unpredictable and a danger that I underestimated too much. Even after the event in the dojo.

'A special trophy'

I'm gonna make it a special trophy for him.

And just when he wanted to give me the final blow while I prepared myself to dodge or block again, an unfamiliar voice chimed through the alley.

"Hey you two rascals! Were you the ones that destroyed the stands of the people?!"

Garous' movement came suddenly to a halt and his grin froze, a quiet sigh of relief left my lips. He stared at me for a second, telling me with one look that we weren't done here and turned his head to the side looking at the direction the voice came from. His expression now unimpressed, even bored from the interruption when one eyebrow from him lifted slightly up in question. "Huh?

I myself even looked confused from the interruption, following Garous gaze to a group of men.

Heroes.

Upon the realization, I almost laughed but stopped when I saw Garous expression now changing drastically to something darker. He really is creepy…

"I hope you have the money for the chaos that you both caused-" The man on the lead got interrupted by someone from his group, pointing to me. "Hey look...that's a little girl, are you sure that she could have done that? She's even injured!"

Yeah, just like the guy in front of me, duh. Where's the difference?

"You're right…" He squinted his eyes when he inspected us, especially me. "Get this asshole off her!"

I scoffed at this, wanting to insult them for looking down on me just because of the mere fact that I don't have a dick. Guys like these piss me off.

But a laugh interrupted me, making the men halt who wanted to move forward to do what was said. They looked at Garou like he was crazy for laughing. "What is so funny?!"

It was a humorous chuckle at first, like Garou heard something funny before he really got the punchline and started to laugh loudly. Slowly he raised up and turned more to the other guys, pointing at them. "This little girl probably could do more damage to me than all of you losers would do at the same time! Ha!"

My eyes widened, realizing his words and it's meaning. Was that...a compliment? It definitely felt like one. I stopped myself from grinning stupidly and swelling too long in my pride.

Garou interrupted this moment for me when he suddenly jumped at them without letting them even time to respond, just needing to hit these guys once to bring them down. One after another and my mouth opened in shock. Until now, I only saw the aftermath of his havoc...but seeing him directly in action left me speechless

Garou spared one glance at me to make sure that I didn't move from my place while he was holding the collar of a pleading man. He looked confused at my reaction, not expecting that I wasn't cowering in the shadows of the alleyway or running away at least. That's when he grinned devilishly and knocked the guy out with extra force.

Well, it's not everyday that you see a girl that is fascinated by your brutal strength and perfection in martial arts.

I swallowed hard upon seeing this grin again that had something mixed in it that I couldn't really describe. There's a lot actually that I couldn't put in words about this guy. My body was frozen in place and I wasn't able to look away while Garou continued to fight. I almost felt jealous at how gracefully he is!

Wait- I'm spacing out too much. What am I even still doing here?! Get your ass up young lady!

I slapped myself with both hands on my cheeks to get my attention away from the scene in front of me when even more men came running into the alley. Garou laughed in excitement and had his attention now divided from me too, welcoming the walking punch bags with open arms and flying fists.

I was so caught up in the fight that I didn't even notice the guy that now helped me up from the ground with one hand around my arm. "Are you okay?" When my eyes turned to the man next to me, I wanted to rip my arm out of his grip. It was the same one that called me a little girl and deemed me instantly as innocent. The privilege of having tits, everyone.

He blinked at me in perplexion from my reaction, not understanding why I was so pissed. "Let me guess, C Rank?" He almost winced like a puppy from the sound of my sudden sharp voice, giving me the confirmation that I needed. This guy definitely had women issues, he didn't even look that much older than I am.

Even when I somehow intimidated him so easily, he wasn't letting go of my arm and said in a determined voice. "It's okay, I will bring you out of here! You probably have a concussion."

Did this guy just-

"Excuse me?!" My voice raised in enragement, making the guy wince again from my harshness. "Now listen here!-"

The guy and I screamed in unison when suddenly a body was thrown against the wall next to us, grabbing onto each other from the sudden surprise. We exchanged looks, before looking at the beaten up guy and then to the direction he came from. Garou was still fighting the incoming heroes, but he was visibly drained from the fights before. I was surprised that he was still standing, I'm not even sure what injuries he had because I'm no doctor, but it probably wasn't something light.

"W-we should get out here- get you out here! Y-eah!" The boy was shaking, obviously frightened by Garous incredible power.

Yeah, I can understand that reaction.

But with time, I could slowly feel that the adrenaline lessened and the pain came more to the surface. Fuck, my head was throbbing as hell! The pain made me hiss and slightly buckle because of the sudden wave of exhaustion. The guy noticed this and supported me with his grip so I wouldn't fall to the ground. I tried to keep my eyes open, but the darkness that slowly engulfed me was just too tempting, like it was calling out to me just to rest. Or more was forcing me to do so, my body was definitely not used to this kind of treatment. There was even still blood leaking from my head.

The guy pulled me closer when I slowly lost my consciousness and I could take a last look at Garou. His yellow eyes stared into mine, even while fighting, it's like he sensed my gaze. The intensity of his eyes was the last push for me to fall into the dark abyss of void.

"Ohh, I will give you a kiss, don't worry about it."