Chapter 14

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Recap: After a fight against some more street hoodlums, the runaway kid Chisaki Akira meets Koshiro - a NEET with an obsession for catgirls and a mysterious power which he won't reveal until they're in front of an actual threat. Naomi, Dan and Matsumi get attacked by Jerry - a member of the Saints who are direct subordinates to the Guardian Angel.

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Back in the Catgirl-obsessed-NEET Koshiro's lair, a delivery boy shows up with pizza.
Koshiro: "Ahh! After so much waiting, the fruit of time is always a sweet one."
Delivery Boy: "Uhhh....err....okay?"
The NEET guy gives the payment, then brings the pizza to the kid.
Chisaki: "Huh? Pizza? I mean....I've seen it and maybe had it few times in the past but...."
Koshiro: "Don't ponder too much! Eat it while it's hot."
Chisaki eats the pizza in front of Koshiro. Suddenly the NEET guy smells something.
Chisaki: "What's wrong now?"
Koshiro: "Ahh, so Hell is empty cause all devils are here?"
Chisaki: "What?"
Koshiro: "It looks like we have some chaos ensuing 3 kilometers away."
Chisaki: "3 kilometers? That's far....but how can you tell?"
Koshiro: "Ohh boy this is bad! There's some sinister chaotic powers at hand."
The kid is beyond confused, so he continues to eat the pizza while Koshiro smiles randomly.
Chisaki: "I don't get it! But I'm full, 3 slices was too much."
Koshiro: "Hey kid! Better three hours too soon than a minute too late."
Chisaki: "What?"
Koshiro drags the kid out with him, locking everything of his beforehand.
Chisaki: "HEY! WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME?"
Koshiro: "We're going to find out, for I can sniff the winds of battle."
Meanwhile back in the house of the trio, Jerry is rampaging and about to destroy everything.
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "Hahaha! I think I greatly overestimated the kid, Shinji was a nimrod but this kid....how did he manage to defeat that guy?"
Dan tries spawning another shield but with one more sonic scream from the bat therianthrope, it shatters instantly.
Dan: *thinks* "What can we do now?"
Naomi is desperately trying to wake Matsumi up in the other room, planning to take every hit and protect him with her low maintenence body. Dan runs inside to her, but Naomi is completely understanding and doesn't mind taking over while Dan protects Matsumi.
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "So pathetic! Letting your dumb girl do your dirty work for you. Be a man, you prick!"
Dan: "It doesn't matter! We'll fight until the end."
Before the bat could utter another word, Naomi kicks him in the face.
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "Ouch! That kick....I didn't see it coming. Well you only get lucky once, girl."
She continues to fight him melee, however he is powerful enough to block her moves single handedly and uses his powerful sound waves to stop her. Naomi is bleeding, her clothes are almost torn to shreds and even though she has self-healing, it's uncomfortable for her to fight. Still, acting as though it's her destiny she continues to fight off Jerry hoping for a big miracle.
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "Come on girl! You got 1 lame hit on me, and now you're on the ropes again."
She is in pain despite all the self healing, something which isn't clear to Jerry.
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "What's wrong? How'd you get tired so easily?"
A miracle was needed, and it came to them before they could decipher what to do. Matsumi wakes up, with an extreme red glare in his eyes.
Dan: "Matsumi! You're up! Listen, we need to figure something....."

Matsumi shoves Dan aside, and starts conjuring a water sphere from a puddle caused by the fallen flower vase water. He fires the water sphere at Jerry at a tremendous speed, causing the bat therianthrope to be thrown outside of the house and nearly destroying the wall. Jerry spouts blood as he lays on the ground, however he manages to use his wings to fly upward slightly. The 3 of them go outside.
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "Huh? What was that? Where did it come out of? My wings.....are wet!"
Dan: *thinks* "What does that mean? Is he too drunk? Oh I get it! He's a bat, so he must be relying on pure instinct to fight melee. But something like Matsumi's sudden water sphere wasn't anything he could anticipate so easily? How?"
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "H-H-Hey! Hey new guy is that you?"
Dan: "Matsumi! I think he's getting too drunk. We don't know what he could do, so back off."
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "Y-You're gonna pay for that! I wanted to play longer you know."
Matsumi is absolutely not listening to anyone, and the expression of rage on his face is the same as the times he gets reminded of his past. He throws water bullets at Jerry and while the bat manages to fly and dodge most of them, he gets hit by many.
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "Owww! That stings, what are you doing? H-Hey! New guy, what moves you got?"
Matsumi brings down the bat to his level, then grabs it's wings and wrestles it one on one.
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "What?"
Dan: *gasps* "No! Matsumi doesn't stand a chance, he'll die eventually. The bat therian is big, and he's not even transformed yet."
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "You're pissing me off!"
The bat therianthrope keeps wrestling Matsumi only to throw around the young man.
Dan: "MATSUMI! RUN AWAY! WE'LL PLAN SOMETHING!"
Matsumi is neither speaking nor listening, and is bleeding from his head after getting a concussion from the bat's tossing throw.
Dan: "MATSUMI NO! YOU'LL DIE!"
Naomi runs to Matsumi and covers for him, Dan follows soon after.
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "So I guess I'll finish him off and then take you two directly to the guardian angel!"
The bat therianthrope screams loudly at them, Naomi and Dan cover Matsumi's ears despite his resistance in rage. Suddenly, Jerry starts feeling weird.
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "W-W-What's this....cold sensation?"
His wings start freezing.
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "No way! What's happening? I'm freezing, but how? In this summer season?"
The bat therianthrope falls to the ground, and looks back only to see a silver-haired man in a blue catgirl-themed t-shirt and grey sweatpants alongside a young familiar kid. Dan and Naomi are more shocked at the scene than Jerry, for the kid was none other than Chisaki - the one whom they were trying to save. Next to the kid was the NEET himself, Koshiro.
Dan: "No way! Ch-Chisaki? Is that....you?"
Chisaki is shocked, and extremely angry.
Dan: "CHISAKI! RUN TO US BEFORE THIS BAT MONSTER KIDNAPS YOU."
Jerry glares at Koshiro, as it was evident that it was his handiwork.
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "Another new contender? I must be too drunk because I don't remember this guy being here or having anything to do with me. Who are you?"
Koshiro: "Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. Wouldn't you agree, bat guy?"
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "Huh?"
Koshiro: "What I'm saying is, you must be a difficult and annoying one to deal with. Also what kind of nasty liquor you've been drinking?"
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "Why you! Underestimating me just because you caught me once with my guard down."
Koshiro sniffs, and the look on his face indicates imminent danger. The bat therianthrope prepares to take flight again, although sloppily and wants to attack the newcomer.
Koshiro: "You ain't seen nothing yet!"
The newcomer also starts mutating, however this one's skin starts developing fur - snow white fur. Accompanied by transformation into large paws with sickle-sharp nails and blu-ish spots on the body, he takes a form which made even the drunk bat sweat.
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "What? Another therianthrope? This new guy...."
Koshiro has transformed into his true form - a giant Snow Leopard that would make even the fiercest of beasts sweat.
Koshiro: *monstrous growling voice* "Haste makes waste so get out of here, you bat looking swine."
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "Huh? I-I'm not going to....."
The snow leopard jumps in mid air, grabbing the bat and slashing it with it's razor sharp nails. Jerry suffers deep cuts and bleeds.
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "OW! THAT HURTS!!!"
Icicles come out of the incisions, making it more painful than it already seemed.
Koshiro: *monstrous growling voice* "Just as it should be!"
The large monstrous feline opens it's jaw and tries to bite the bat but Jerry dodges it, the bite redirected towards a telephone pole.
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "Phew! Close one!"
However the telephone pole is bent too, horrifying Jerry. And to make things scarier, there's icicles generated around the spot where the the telephone pole was bitten.
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "What?"
Koshiro: *monstrous growling voice* "Time to get serious, bat guy!"
The bat screams at the snow leopard, attempting to inflict damage. But seconds before the sound could reach him, Koshiro spawns a shield made of ice.
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "Huh? Ice? No way! Don't tell me you're an ice therian."
The ice cracks however the sound has been suppressed, then the leopard gets back to fighting off the bat.
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "You're not going to defeat me, you fool! You have no idea what I'm capable of."
The cold wildcat delivers another painful slash to the other wing of the bat.
Koshiro: *monstrous growling voice* "The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool!"
Jerry is being put through the ringer, not only is he unable to counter the extraordinary abilities but he cannot fathom the eccentric behavior of his new adversary.
Koshiro: *monstrous growling voice* "What's wrong? I smell nothing but fear and anguish inside you. And damn that's some nasty cheap liquor you're high on!"
Meanwhile, Chisaki approaches Dan and Naomi with an angry menacing glare.
Dan: "Chisaki! We were looking out for you all this time, come to us."
The vicious kid is angry and not in the mood for listening.
Chisaki: "Why did you two do this?"
Dan and Naomi are shocked at the claim.
Chisaki: "YOU MEAN FILTHY ADULTS! YOU'LL DO ANYTHING JUST TO HURT ME, WOULDN'T YOU?"
Dan: "What are you talking about? I don't understand you, Chisaki."
Chisaki: "You abandoned me and wanted to give me up to NEX, didn't you?"
Dan: "No way! We did not, we're all on the same side."
Matsumi slowly regains consciousness and gets up. However he is still injured from the one-sided fight against Jerry.
Matsumi: "Which noisy kid is creating a racket here?"
Chisaki: "Huh? Who is this punk? Another one of you filthy scumbags?"
Matsumi glares at Chisaki.
Chisaki: "Hey! Don't come close to me! I warn you....don't do that or I'll hurt you."
He walks coldly towards Chisaki, the kid shivering and taking steps back.
Chisaki: "H-HEY! WHAT'S WITH THIS GUY? WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS?"
Dan: "MATSUMI! STAY OUT OF THIS! IT'S A HIGHLY CONFUSING MATTER!"
Chisaki: "I-I-I have no choice, I'll just have to use my...."
As soon as Chisaki is about to position his finger, Matsumi grabs it. He glares at the kid, intimidating him. It was as if Chisaki was facing someone whom he couldn't harbor any kind of resentment towards.
Dan: "MATSUMI NO!"
Matsumi: "Listen up kid! I don't know what your problem is, but if you're going to stand in our way I'm gonna have to ask you to leave."
Chisaki: "S-S-Stay out of it, you prick! You don't know these people, they'll then leave you behind like nothing happened. My mom and dad abandoned me, and I thought that maybe these two were on my side but....."
Matsumi cools down slightly, his grip on Chisaki loosening.
Matsumi: "Okay then! I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. If you are lying, then while I don't like hurting kids I'm still gonna challenge you to a brawl."
Chisaki: *growls* "Why you filthy..."
Matsumi: *smirks* "But if what you said turns out to be true, then I'm on your side. I'll help you take out these filthy punks. But yeah, leave Naomi to me cause she's one hell of a fighter who needs a payback for those times she hurt me during training."
This development completely shocks the kid. However Matsumi winks at Naomi, making her smirk as she realized what he was doing.
Chisaki: "Y-Y-You will?"
Matsumi: "Yeah kid! I've dealt with many scumbag adults as a child, so for the timebeing just trust me and don't hurt them."
Dan: *thinks* "Matsumi! I never knew he still had some maturity in him. He was able to control Chisaki."
Matsumi: "We've got bigger problems to worry about. Dan! Naomi! This stupid house is busted, all thanks to that bat guy. But.....wait! Who's that? A tiger?"
The snow leopard therianthrope is still dominating the bat, making him extremely angry and tremble in fear.
Koshiro: *monstrous growling voice* "You are witnessing the foregone conclusion to our brawl, you bat creature."
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "I'M NOT DONE HERE!"
The bat therianthrope suddenly uses the last ounce of his strength to reach for his heart.
Koshiro: *thinks* "What is he doing?"
Jerry pierces his own heart, horrifying everyone watching this battle.
Matsumi: "Is he committing Seppuku or something?"
Dan: "He's drunk, so who knows!"
Jerry in a twist of horror, literally uses his sharp bat claws to rip his own heart out and screams loudly.
Koshiro: *monstrous growling voice* "HEY! DON'T TELL ME YOU'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE THE SECOND MANIFESTATION DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT!"
Matsumi: "Second manifestation?"
Dan: "What does he mean by that?"
Naomi is looking at the scene, horrified by the trump card that Jerry is using.
Chisaki: "No way! Bat guy is real desperate to win, isn't he?"
A dark shadow lurks over them. As if the bat therianthrope wasn't scary enough, he mutates further. His tail becomes more reptilian resembling a crocodile's, his wings expand from two to four while the claws on his webbed wings become like sickles. His head resembles a bloodhound with long demonic horns and his tongue becomes like a frog. Everyone is horrified except Koshiro.
Koshiro: *thinks* "Interesting! So this is your second manifestation huh?"
Chisaki: "What is that? It's.....scary!"
Dan and Naomi gently hold Chisaki, however the kid is not really comfortable around them.
Matsumi: "Please be kidding me!"
Jerry: *high pitched monstrous voice* "KILL! KILL! KILL!"

TO BE CONTINUED........


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