"Okay, so I will train little Takaba over there and in return he will make me just a teensy, tiny little weapon for me…"
Takaba nodded along.
Nezu didn't.
"How do you know he can make stuff?"
"Trade secret, but are you willing?"
Takaba raised his hand.
"I'll do it!"
'Noice.'
"What do you want?"
"Heh. Gimme the inverted spear of heaven."
Takaba's jaw dropped.
"That'd be so cooool!"
"Exactly!"
Nezu looked back and forth.
"Well then. That's all we wanted so you can leave, I'll call you when we need your expertise."
"Okay." I stood up and held out a hand.
Nezu shook it and Takaba just stared into my soul.
"Oh right. Takaba, when your doing your thing try thinking about mahoraga before you go to sleep."
——
—4 MONTHS LATER—
I was in a random street in Hiroshima.
"How many criminals are we gonna kick?!!!"
After deciding to test my teaching skills I had recruited Mirko for a week during her work studies.
"As many as possible, you know that shark guy?"
"Yeah?!"
"I want to find him, he looks cool."
"He looks strong!"
"Yeah, exactly. I mean- no. We have to follow the pursuit of justice."
"Whatever."
'Damn, I'm already infected.'
"Ah, right. Rules."
Mirko looked up at me.
"What's your hero name?"
"Mirko!"
"Okay. Use that name. Second rule. Don't attack people just because they look strong, you gotta follow them first to see if they commit a crime."
"Got it!"
"Okay let's go, first we test stamina."
I bounded up and onto a roof then watched as Mirko did some extreme parkour.
"Let's ride- I mean run."
Mirko jumped up and down then followed me across the buildings.
I noticed she ripped a roof tile out by accident.
"Control your strength!" I did a backflip. "Paying fines is annoying."
"Uh huh!"
"Now let's leave before the owner notices!"
"Alright old man!"
'I'm not that old…'
——
"Cannon fodder alert! 2 o'clock!"
"Hiiiyaa!"
I stood on the edge of the building and look down at Mirko kicking the purse snatcher straight into the concrete.
'Maybe I should call an ambulance before the police…"
Jumping down I handed the purse back and called the cops.
"Are we going? Are we going? Can we go! Can we go now!"
…
I judged her silently.
"We're off!"
I grabbed Mirko by the scruff of hee neck and threw her back up the building.
"HEY!"
"We continue."
"WE CONTINUE!"
We continued kicking ass, well Mirko was.
I just watched.
"Hey Mirko, do you always open with a over head kick to their right shoulder?"
…
"Gotta work on that, can't just have one move otherwise it becomes predictable."
"Okay!"
——
"Mirko, adding another spin to the kick doesn't change anything."
…
'Haaah…'
——
"Lunch break!"
We were standing outside a convenience store.
"Eh? Is that it…"
"They sell carrots."
…
Mirko looked annoyed.
"I don't just eat carrots you know."
"Yeah but, you're gonna buy some anyway aren't you."
"Tsk. Old timer."
She walked in.
'Maybe I could get a pancake?'
There weren't any.
——
It was on the third day when something big happened.
"You hear that?" Mirko noticed quicker than I assumed.
"Yeah."
"Mmm I hope it's the shark guy."
"Me too." I looked off into the sun. "He looks really cool."
We vanished in sync and ran across rooftops to the explosion.
"I'm going to pull ahead. Deal with the fodder."
"EH?! Lemme TAKE THE BIG GUYS!!"
I pushed ahead and leaped straight though a brick wall into the main entrance of the bank.
My eyes darted as I counted all the fodders.
"24."
Then they found the big bad. It was a humanoid shark.
'I did say I'd never harm a shark…'
I darted through 6 at once as they turned to look at the collapsing wall.
To them I flickered and sent them straight unconscious.
I braced against a wall and threw myself at a group of three.
Slamming into one, grabbing another and throwing him into the third.
'They don't have guns.'
All the robbers were clad in black apart form the shark.
Speaking of, he was fast.
I looked back to see his fist reaching right for my face.
Twirling, I grabbed his outstretched arm and propelled myself into another fodder who was near the hostages, kicked another in the face and slammed the final one into the floor face first.
Then Mirko bounded in.
"HAHA! I GET THE BIG ONE!"
She opened with a sweep to his legs.
'I'll take down the rest of the fodder. Already halfway there.'
I looked up at Mirko and Sharky who were trading punches, well Mirko was kicking.
Four of the fodders condensed into one and became a behemoth.
"What the?"
I launched at it and attached to its face.
"Are you all twins or something?"
I jumped up and brought down both of my fists to his dome.
BOOM
The sound echoed throughout the room as the giant fell down onto two other fodders.
It actually gave Mirko an opening to send Sharky flying into the remaining 6 fodders who went piling cash still.
'Priorities.'
Sharky didn't go down so easily though. He stood back up.
"Am I getting bested by a teenager?"
"Nope."
I appeared in the corner of his vision and kicked him back towards Mirko who kicked him up into the ceiling with a knee.
We watched as he got embedded into the ceiling and then fell down with a resounding thud.
"Okay, civilians please leave in a calm and orderly fashion."
The police came quickly.
"Alright! Mirko! I can't help but notice something really important!"
"More villains?!" She mimed kicking and punching the air.
"We haven't had lunch yet, and it's nearly 2pm."
——
"Alright. Final day."
"More villains to kick?!"
"No. We're sparring."
…
"Eeeeh…" Mirko was conflicted.
"Your kicking style is a bit too rigid, I know legs are your entire thing but you can use your arms even if it's not punching."
"But I use them when preparing for a kick!"
"I'm not talking about that. Let's just spar right now, I rented this space for 3 hours."
Mirko didn't waste any time.
"Lemme guess… a kick?"
It was a kick.
A/N: late upload because I forgot lol