Haru finally made it to Koukin's house and around that time he felt better. He didn't want to let Hakufu see him down in the dumps.
"Hakufu, it's Haru!" He called out to her.
In moments Hakufu came out with a happy grin on her face.
"HARU-KUN! You made it!" She ran up to him and gave him a big hug burying his face in her chest.
Haru was blushing at his situation but hugged back. He said something but his voice was muffled by her tits.
"What did you say?" Hakufu asked pulling him back.
"Haru said it's good to see Hakufu too… even though Haru saw her yesterday."
"I know but I was worried about you since you still have those… hey, where are your bandages?" She asked noticing that he looked fine.
"Oh… um… Haru a really fast healer." He said with a nervous smile.
"Is that so… that's awesome! I wish I could heal fast." She said.
Haru just sighed out in relief. So the two sat near the garden talking.
"So how is Hakufu feeling today?" Haru asked.
"Oh a hell of lot better, that fight really put me back in the spirit." She said happily.
"Haru is glad to hear that."
"But I also want to thank you Haru-kun." Haru looked at her confused.
"For what?"
"For not only looking for me and saying the words I needed to hear. I was told you spent hours looking for me through the whole city and I want to say thank you." She said smiling at him.
"Well… Koukin was looking for Hakufu too." He said.
"Oh I know but I wanted you to know how much I appreciate you going out your way to look for me. I didn't know you cared that much for me."
"Your Haru's friend, Haru's first friend. The first one who didn't make fun of Haru's looks or how Haru speaks. Hakufu could of just ignore Haru and let Haru be but you didn't. You actually wanted to be Haru's friend and that makes Haru very happy. So of course, Haru cares for you… cause you were the first to care for Haru." He said with blush.
Haru then felt Hakufu sat on his lap. And even though she was taller than him she was surprisingly light. She pulled him in a soft hug bring his head to her chest again but made sure he had air. Haru was stun at her actions.
"H-H-H-Hakufu?" He stuttered.
"That was the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me. And I do care for you Haru-kun, I deeply care for you." She said in a low whisper.
"You…do?" He said looking up to her.
"I do Haru-kun, I really do." She brought her forehead to his and just sat there hugging him.
Haru was both touched and stun by her words. He slowly hugged her back closing his eyes just enjoying the feeling of her soft body and her warmth. He never thought he would be in the situation he was in now but thank whatever higher power for this. He wanted it to last forever, but fate decided otherwise as Hakufu's phone went off.
"Oh mother fucker, who could it be?" She took out her phone and saw it was Koukin calling her.
"Koukin-kun? I was wondering where he went off to. Hold on Haru-kun." She got off of Haru and sat next to him.
"Hey Koukin-kun, where are you? I was looking for you."
"Is this Hakufu Sonsaku?" Said a male voice that didn't sound like Koukin.
"Yes, this is her, is that you Koukin-kun? Why do you sound weird?"
"Sorry to disappoint you but this isn't him. He's… unable to talk to you now as he is currently tied up for the moment. But it could change for the worse."
"What the fuck? Who is this and what did you do to my cousin!" She demanded.
"If you're dying to know, then bring the street rat with you and no one else. We'll text you the location. Oh, and if you don't get here within the hour… well… it won't be a happy end for Koukin. See yeah later Sonsaku." He hanged up.
"What the hell? Shit this isn't good."
"What's wrong Hakufu? What happened?"
"I'm not sure but it seems Koukin-kun is in trouble." Haru gasped at that.
"Oh no, we have to help him!"
"I know but the jackass wants me to bring a guy name street rat. Now who the hell is that?"
"Street rat? Haru doesn't know a name… like…" He stopped when he suddenly realized something.
Street rat wasn't a name it was a description. They wanted him! Hakufu's phone buzz as she got the text with the location on it.
"Ok they send where they have Koukin-san but I don't know this place." Haru peered over to look at her phone.
"But Haru does. Haru can lead you to this place."
"Really? Then lead the way!"
So the two started running to the location of where Koukin was being held. In order to get there fast, Haru lead her through a crowded area that would lead them straight to the location. As they continue to run, Haru saw a familiar person up the streets. It was Ryomou. She was wearing a red t-shirt with black jeans and sneakers. She looked up and saw the two.
"Well fancy meeting you here Haru-san, you seemed to be in a hurry." She said.
"Oh hello Ryomou. Haru sees you are looking better now." Haru stopped in front of her.
"Yeah I just got out from the hospital a little while ago and was trying to find you."
"Ryomou was looking for Haru?"
"Yeah, I wanted to say thanks for coming visiting me yesterday and the flowers…it was really sweet of you. I wanted to make it up to you for treating you like crap and going after your friend."
"R…really?"
"Yeah so I wanted to know if you might—" But she stopped when she saw Hakufu glaring at her.
"Oh, hey there Sonsaku-san. I see you're looking better." But all she got was the glare.
"Um… what seems to be your problem?"
"Why are you acting so friendly to Haru-kun?"
"Oh that, he visited me yesterday and we had a little heart to heart talk and we kinda became friends. And also, I wanted to say sorry for coming at you like that. I let anger get the better of me and went overboard. So I hope you can forgive me."
Hakufu just looked at her surprise she didn't want to fight.
"You… don't want to fight me?"
"No, after the talk I had with Haru-san here… I really thought about it and saw that it was wrong for me to go after you just because you have the name Sonsaku. The fates are cruel and I wanted to make amends to you. So I want to start over, my name is Ryomou Shimei it's nice to meet you Hakufu Sonsaku. I hope we can be allies." She stuck out her hand for a handshake.
Hakufu just looked at her, not really knowing what she meant. But if she wants to be friends then she's game. So she gave her a big hug that surprised Ryomou.
"H-h-hey what the hell?!"
"I would gladly be your friend Ryomou-chan!" Hakufu said happily.
"Ok, nice to hear now stop hugging me dammit." She pry herself from Hakufu's hug.
"Um, not that Haru want's to interrupt this, but Haru should remind Hakufu that we are kinda in a deadline to find Koukin!" Haru spoke up.
"Oh shit your right Haru-kun!"
"Whoa hold the phone, what's going on?"
"Some douchebags got my cousin so me and Haru-kun are on the way to save him."
"I see, you may need some backup Hakufu-san so I'm taking along." Ryomou said.
"Cool thanks Ryomou-chan, alright let's go!"
So the three headed to a forest that was north of Koukin's house. It wasn't long before they enter the forest and went to a clearing where they see Koukin and Gakushuu tied up and looking like they've been beaten by 20 or so thugs. Near them, they saw a few teens that look like they were from Rakuyo from their clothing they had.
"Oh no, they have Gakushuu too!" Haru gasped.
"This isn't good, if they got Gakushuu-san then we might be in trouble." Ryomou whispered.
"What can we do?" Haru asked.
"We need to draw them away from Koukin and Gakushuu so we can get them both away from here. So, I need you to stay here Haru-san so me and Hakufu-san can… wait… where the hell did she go?" Ryomou looked around for Hakufu.
"Hey jaskasses! You better let my cousin go before I stomp all your asses to the ground!" Hakufu yelled at the teens standing in front of them.
Ryomou was shocked that Hakufu just went out in the open and challenge them without thinking.
"Did… did she just… how can she… does she do this a lot?" Ryomou looked at Haru with a "what the hell" look.
"Unfortunately… yes." Haru said.
"No Hakufu get out of here! It's a trap!" Koukin tried to warn her.
"Sorry Koukin-kun but I ain't leaving here without you guys and if it means breaking a few bones then so be it." Hakufu said.
"That freak'n idiot! Stay here Haru-san!" Ryomou walked out and stand next to Hakufu.
"Ryomou-san? What are you doing here?" Gakushuu asked.
"Saving your guys ass, what does it look like?"
"Well, well, well, looks like you showed up in time and you brought a friend too and it's none other than Ryomou Shimei, another of the Big Four of Nanyo. Though I told you to bring the fucking street rat and not another but oh well." The leader said, looking at the two.
"How about you just release our friends and let us go or you'll eat dirt under my boot." Ryomou said cracking her knuckles.
"Is that so? I think you might want to rethink that comment. But tell me where the hell is the brat?" The leader asked.
"Who are you talking about?" Hakufu asked.
"The homeless freaky kid that can't speak right." He said.
"… wait… are you talking about Haru-san?" Ryomou asked.
"Does he have two different eye colors and blonde hair?" He asked and she nodded.
"Then yes I'm talking about that little prick."
"HEY! You better take that back about Haru-kun or else I'll make taste my fist!" Hakufu threaten.
"I would rather take a taste of you big tits boobie boom girl." He said licking his lips.
"Pervert, just let them go or else. You can't expect to beat us with just four of you." Ryomou said.
"Oh, I believe we can… mmmm… it looks like we have more guests. Why don't you come out you two?" The leader said.
After he said that, two figures came out from different parts of the woods. The first was a male and other was female. It was Saji and Ukitsu.
"Hey guys, what's shaken?" Saji said with a coy grin.
"Saji-ecchi? What the hell are you doing here?" Ryomou asked.
"I got a whiff that something big was going down so I followed you guys here and my suspicions were right. I believe you're here for the same reason?" Saji asked Ukitsu.
"Something along the lines of that, one of my boys saw a large group of Rakuyo scumbags heading in the forest and a large group of them is never a good thing. So I decided to crash whatever party you douchebags were going to have." Ukitsu said.
"So it looks like a fair fight to me, one for each of us." Hakufu said.
"Not exactly, you see unlike the other idiots who were after the street rat, I had seen this coming so I decided to bring a few more people with me." The leader said snapping his fingers.
As he did that, more of the Rakuyo teens came out of the forest each holding a weapon. They vary from chains, knifes, swords, pipes, knuckle braces, clubs, metal bats, and so on. There were about fifty or so of them surrounding the group. The others back to each other not liking the situation they were in.
"Well… that explains why you two got your ass handed in." Saji said with a nervous look.
"This so not good, I'm not sure even I can take them all on with those weapons even if I drop the weights." Ukitsu said.
"Now I'll ask kindly, where is the brat?" The leader asked.
"Like hell were going to tell you where Haru-kun is!" Hakufu snapped at him.
"Wait, why do they want Haru-kun?" Ukitsu asked.
"Good question, what does Toutaku want with him?" Saji asked the leader.
"Simple… his death. As to why, I really have no idea? But it doesn't matter, the kid is going to die one way or another. And no one will miss him, since he is a filthy little street rat after all."
"Watch what you say about Haru-san you jackass!" Ryomou said glaring at him.
"If you're not going to tell me then I guess I have no choice but to let my troops beat it out of you. Alright guys you may start when your—"
"WAIT!" Said a voice.
Everyone turned to see it was Haru. Haru couldn't just stand by at let his friends get hurt.
"Haru here now so please let Haru's friends go!" He said but was shaking in fear.
"Huh, guess you did bring him." He said.
"Haru-san no! Get out of here, we can handle this just run!" Ryomou ordered.
"No, if Haru can stop a needless fight and having Haru's friends get hurt than Haru will do it… even if it means giving up Haru's life." He said sadly.
"How noble of you brat. Now come over here so I can do what I came here for." The leader said.
"Not until you promise to let Haru's friends go without a scratch." He said.
"You're in no the position to make demands but I'll give you credit for standing up to us. However… it is quite useless."
As he said that, one of the teens threw his chain at Haru like a whip that latch on his neck. He pulled hard as Haru fell to the ground where he pulled him to the leader. The others gasped as they tried to save him but the other teens blocked them and pin them down to the ground. They tried to get loose but with so many of them holding them down it was useless. The leader just chuckled.
"As you can see, there is no way out for any of you. My plan went without a hitch and thanks to me, we'll all get on Toutaku's good side boys!" The other roared in cheer.
"You fucking pricks! Let us go or you'll be sorry!" Hakufu yelled at them.
"I really don't see that happening here. So let's get with the killing." He turned to Haru with a battle knife.
"Please… you can do whatever you want to Haru… just… just let Haru's friends go. Haru begs of you!" Haru pleaded.
"Nope, not going to happen. And I'll tell you why. I have three of the Big Four of Nanyo, the leader of Gogun High School, and the so called Shao Ho all under my wing plus a Nanyo student. I say I racked up a big catch and you want me to just let them go? You must be naïve or something if you think I would ever do something so fucking dumb as that. I would rather not face an angry Toutaku at all cost. But there is one thing I want to know?" He walked up to Haru with a serious face.
"How in the hell did you escape the other hits?"
"Wha… what?"
"Oh don't play dumb with me, you know what I'm talking about. There have been other hits on you for over a year now and everytime you somehow make it out alive."
"Other hits?" Ukitsu asked not believing what she heard.
"Yes, we send out other hits for the kid in the past and all of them failed. Many of the groups that went after him all met their end by the Kanto Beast, a lot of good friends of mine died by that things hands. However the few that never came across the beast found him and say they done him in but here he stands, alive and clearly not dead. No that just makes no sense to me cause I know the guys that went after you and when they say they kill someone they do. Now tell me, how did you survive all this time?"
Haru didn't answer him and just looked away.
"Come now, you must have a secret? The guys even told me what they did to you. They busted your ribs." As he said that, a teen with a bat swung at Haru's side making a sickening snap sound clearly breaking his ribs.
Haru screamed in pain as tears rolled down his cheeks.
"HARU-KUN/SAN!" The others screamed.
"They punch your jaw hard." A teen with knuckle braces hit his jaw.
"You fucking bastards!" Ryomou yelled at them.
"Hit you upside the head." A teen with a pipe hit Haru on the head.
"Stop this now! He's only a child!" Koukin screamed at them.
"Hell they even stabbed you like a hundred times or so." The leader jammed his knife into Haru's shoulder where his arm connects with his shoulder, right on the ball joint.
"Let me go you goddamn fucking assholes! I'll kill you all!" Hakufu screamed.
"And they let you bleed out but yet you still walk among the living. So tell me your secret?" He asked in kind tune back got now answer from him.
"Not much in a talking mood huh? Fine, I'll turn my attentions to your friends." Haru's head snapped up at that.
"Now I know we should kill them soon, but why waste the good meat before we get a taste? The ladies here look like fine pieces of ass, don't you all agree?" He asked his troops and they all agree.
"So, I say we have fun with them before we end their lives, the boys can watch while we raped their girls right in front of their eyes."
"No… please… don't." Haru said in a low voice.
"Sorry kid, you had your chance to speak but you refuse to tell me… but then again I would of rape them anyway even if you did tell me. And now that I think about it, this is your entire fault. If you never met them, then they wouldn't be in this mess. So knowing you're the cause of their rape will be the last thing you'll know before going to hell." He laughed and headed to the girls.
Haru was in pain and he couldn't move as he saw the leader started to molest Hakufu as she was unable to fight back while the other teens hold her down. Both Ryomou and Ukitsu were also getting molested as they started ripping their clothes off. Haru just stood there in fear and shock as the scene unfolded in front of him. His friends were going to be raped and killed all because of him.
"No… this is all Haru's fault… Haru's fault… Haru hates Haru for being so weak… but most of all… Haru HATES THEM!"
He shook with anger at what was happening. One of the teens that was holding him mistook the shake as fear instead of anger.
"Well look at this, kid is shaking in his pants. Better be careful, he might piss himself." He laughed.
"Yeah or he'll be crying to his—ACK!" The other teen was silence as Haru held his throat shut.
"Hey what the—GAH!" Haru took the other teen's throat as well and crushed both their throats killing them.
The leader stopped as he heard the crunch and the bodies being thrown to the ground. He turned around and saw his two troop's dead.
"What the fuck happen?!" He demanded.
It was then that everyone felt a large amount of Killer Intent in the air. They all looked over to Haru who was hunch over looking at them with such rage and hatred that it was like he was a completely different person. They can also feel the immense power coming from him that was almost too much to handle. The power they felt, it was like an old primal force of nature itself. It felt so inhuman, so powerful, and so unreal.
"What… the… fuck… are… you?" The leader said in a low and fearful voice.
Haru didn't answer instead he shook some more. They notice his body started changing. His fingernails grew out and became more claw-like. His mouth open and they saw his canines and teeth started to grow and get sharper like knifes. His body got a little bigger with some muscle but not overly so but you can tell he added muscle weight. His hair became more spiky and feral. Then they saw black marks appearing on his body, they look like tattoos of random bold lines. And lastly he open his eyes as they have a rhombus shape pupil with a little white slit in the middle. Even his face looks feral and more animal than before. He was growling and showing his sharp teeth at them.
The others couldn't believe what they saw, from a weak looking kid now stood a fearsome beast ready to kill. And he was ready to kill them all.
"… Don't… don't just stand there like fucking idiots, kill him!" The leader said.
With not much thought, 20 of them charged at Haru ready to kill him. Haru just stood there letting them get close. They all dog piled him to the ground as some of them held him down while the other were ready to strike. But they couldn't as Haru threw them all off of him with ease. Haru then started to run into the large group with his claws out and a roar that sounded so inhuman. They couldn't react fast enough as Haru ran through about 30 of them at blinding speeds. He stopped at the other end of the group crotch down with his claws out. At first, it seemed nothing happened. But Haru cracked his fingers and suddenly all the teens he ran past sprouted lots of blood in the air. They fell to the ground dead. Haru slowly turned to the rest of them looking mad as hell.
The next bunch tried to get him with their weapons but Haru dodge, block, or moved out of the away in a perfect fluent motion. Haru slammed his handed into one of them and pulled out his still beating heart. The next one he threw to the ground and he ripped him in two by the waist. He threw one half at the group and kicked the other in the air. The next one he just snapped his neck. The others saw they were being slaughtered like pigs.
"Fuck this man, I want to life!" One of them said as the others ran with him.
Haru saw this and wouldn't let them leave. So he jumped high in the air and landed in front of the retreating teens. He balled his fist and slammed it into the ground causing a large shock that threw them all to the ground. It also left a large hole the size of a classroom in the ground.
"Holy shit man! Did you see that!"
"He made that hole and I didn't feel an ounce of chi in that punch! That was just pure strength!"
Haru took a large piece of rock that looked like it weighs 1600 pounds with ease and held it in the air. He then threw it at the teens killing ten or so. Haru balled his fist again but this time they felt a large amount of chi forming in his fist. So when he slammed his fist to the ground, instead of making a hole, the chi transferred itself through the ground at seven teens as spikes burst from the ground killing them. Haru turn to the remainder teens and roared at them before jumping in the air and landing on them and started to rip through them like paper. They all screamed in pain as he slice and rips them apart killing them all.
Now only the leader was left. He was so scared that he actually piss himself. He looked like a white sheet as all the color from his face was gone. He saw Haru slowly coming to him with anger and hunger to kill him was seen in his eyes. He panicked as he crawled away from him. His body hit a tree stopping him from going any further. Haru was now a few feet away from him and all the leader could do was pleaded.
"Oh shit! Please spare me! I-I was just following orders! I didn't really want to kill you or harm your friends! I swear on my life! Please don't kill me!" He cried.
But Haru didn't listen. He slowly reached out to grab him. In a last ditch effort, he throw his combat knife at Haru's face and it seemed to work as Haru stumbled backwards with his head turned. Looking liked it work he tried to get up, but he saw Haru slowly looked back at him.
With the knife in his mouth.
Haru caught it with ease and he shut his mouth crushing the knife into pieces with ease. He growled at him with anger. He took him by the throat and held him in the air. The leader struggled to get loose but it was useless. He looked down at the eyes of his maker when he suddenly realized something. The carnage of the attack, the power he was feeling, and the utter dread of his life. There was only one thing that could do that and it was all the more frightening to know that his fate was in the hands of the one thing that made all the Fighters fear to go out.
"Your… you're the… Kanto Beast!" He screamed out.
As it was his last words, Haru slammed him to the ground and started ripping him up slowly and painfully. Tearing his arms off, beating his throat, smashing his organs, and just beating the body. Even though he was dead, Haru continue to punch, rip, and tear the body up making body parts and blood fly everywhere.
As for Gakushuu, Hakufu, Koukin, Ryomou, Saji, and Ukitsu couldn't believe what they witness. The sweet, kind heart, and naïve Haru was actually the monster known as the Kanto Beast. And what they saw proved it. He tore through them like they were nothing and display power and strength they couldn't even imagine anyone could have. And when he transformed in front of their eyes, they were just as scared as the teens. And one thought ran through all their minds.
Will he kill us too?
Haru finally stopped his senseless attack. He looked down and saw only a bloody splat on the ground where the body was. Haru looked up to his friends. He saw them flinch when he looked at them. Haru then started to calm down and really looked at them. He saw the fear in their eyes, they looked so scared. Haru then slowly reverted back to his old self. He looked at them knowing why they looked so scared.
They were scared of him.
Haru paled as he realized that they now know what he is, he looked down at his hands and saw the blood in them. He then looked all over the place and saw all the bodies, the ones he made. His eyes widen as he knew that he did it and he did it in front of his friends.
What has Haru done! Haru thought.
He slowly stood up and looked at the others seeing them flinch again. This made Haru scared that he may of ruined the bond he made to them. He took a step to them and they scooted back in fear. This broke Haru's heart. The fear in their eyes, them trembling, and the fact they look like they seen a ghost, was all the signs he needs to know that they fear him.
"… Haru… didn't want anyone to know… what… Haru really… was. Haru… tried so hard to keep… to keep from becoming… the…Kanto Beast… but always failed… Haru so… sorry that… friend saw Haru this way… you…were Haru first friends and… Haru didn't want you to… know that… Haru is a monster… But… now Haru sees that Haru… was meant to be alone so… goodbye." He said in a low voice with tears coming down his cheeks.
He slowly turned around and ran into the forest.