Lily229

Lily opened her eyes and looked up at a tall, handsome man. He wore a tight black, dress pants that gripped onto his skinny hips for dear life. He had on a shiny black jacket on that reached past his knees, it was buttoned up except for the last two buttons which exposed his bellybutton. He had dark eyes and had soft strands of black hair that escaped his shady looking hat. He gripped onto the lead pipe and drummed his perfectly groomed fingernails against it. The men around her froze, she could feel their grips on her loosen.

"Who the hell are you?" the man with the snake-like voice said.

"Just a helpful stranger passing by. Come on now, I certainly can't play hero unless there's a damsel in distress now can I?" He flashed them a cocky smile. His teeth were as white as pearls and as sharp as diamonds.

The muffled man pulled the pipe from the man's hand and brought it back. Lily watched in amazement as the man moved with such grace and speed, the man with the muffled voice missed completely and fell flat on his face. The man danced upon the air and smiled at the other two. "Why don't you all attack me at once to save time? I'm a very busy man you see." He cocked out his hip to the right and slid both hands into his pants pockets, Lily was amazed they fit with how tight his pants were.

The other two men looked at each other. They both nodded in agreement and released Lily and charged toward the mysterious man. The man shook his head as he easily jumped back as the two men swung at him. "Come on, gentlemen. I told you I'm a very busy man." He jumped back once more and did a back flip, hands still in his pockets. The man with the snake like voice ran right into the man's foot as he flipped backwards. Lily moved to the side to avoid getting hit by the man flying past her.

Lily looked at the mysterious man in amazement. He barely grazed that guy and it sent him flying!

The man with the young voice stopped and stared at the man. "What the hell....."

The man flashed him a smile and shook his head. "They never learn." He jumped up in the air as the man with the muffled voice swung the lead pipe at him. The muffled man missed him and hit his partner with the young voice instead.

The muffled man looked up into the sky as the mysterious man fell back to the earth like an Angel Descending the Heavens. He landed next to the muffled man. Without a word, he kicked his leg behind him and slammed the man directly into the groin, sending him flying some feet into the air. He landed with a hard thud in a trash can behind Lily.

The man turned to her, the sun beating down on his head, making his whole body glow. "Are you alright?" He asked walking toward her.

"Daisuke's point counter!" Lily cried as she saw the man with the young voice get up and start running away.

The mysterious man bent down casually and picked up a trash can lid. He shrugged his shoulders and tossed it like a frisbee at the man, hitting him square in the back of the head. The point counter flew from his hand as he hit the ground hard.

"Wow," exclaimed Lily running up and grabbing Daisuke's point counter. "Than....HEY!"

The man took the point counter from her hand and held up his own. He clicked a small button on the side, and the number on the tan screen went down. "Payment for my services."

He tossed it back to her. She slid it back into her pocket. "Thank you."

He tipped his hat to her. "It's all part of the job ma'am, for I am." He flipped out a microphone and flexed his muscles. "Kagami Kyoji! Hero Extrodinar!"

"Where'd that microphone come fro....?"

He moved his hands fast in front of her. "My card." He flipped out a small card and handed it to her.

Lily stood there, blinking blankly at Kagami. She took the card and stared down at it. In dark red, thick lettering it read ‘Kagami Kyoji: Hero Extrodinar. Service fee of 10,000 pts.’ “WHAT?! 10,000 POINTS?!”

He shrugged as it was a reasonable amount. “Hey, life of a hero doesn’t come cheap lady.” Lily sighed out of pure defeat. He dusted himself off the microphone was gone. “You looked lost. Might I ask where you were heading?”

Lily smiled at him. “It’s not gonna cost me another 10,000 points for my answer is it?”

Kagami threw his head back and laughed. “No, it won’t. Hero’s honor.”

Lily nodded. “I’m heading off to the Forum, but I have no real idea where that is.”

Kagami took her hand and began leading her out of the alley. “What luck, my dear. I was just on my way there myself. You and I can walk there together, and I’ll even be nice and not charge you since it’s on my way.”

Lily let out a breath. She looked at him, and for the first time realized, he wasn’t wearing a backless shirt. “Hey, aren’t all guys supposed to not be wearing shirts today?”

“Hmm? Oh that. When the time comes I’ll take off my jacket and prove I’m not some lowlife Hacker.”

“Is that what this is all about?” Lily asked as she could see the Forum growing closer to her and Kagami.

Kagami nodded. “That Virus attack yesterday really shook up some people, so Shino called for a mandatory check on people.”

Lily began to say something when Kagami interrupted her. “I see my party’s here, as scheduled.” He looked down at her. “You can make it the rest of the way on your own, yes?”

Lily nodded. “Yes, and thank you.”

He tipped his hat to her and smiled. “See you around the Forums, Lily.”

Lily stood there staring off as Kagami’s dark figure melted into the background. She heard people running past her in harsh whispers. “I heard he refused to take off his shirt and now Shino’s gonna ban him under suspicion and insubordination.”

“What? Can they really do that?”

“After yesterday, who cares? What if he really is the Hacker?”

Lily turned around and watched as the two women ran past her. “What’s going on?” she said to herself as she decided to follow the ladies inside the Forum. Lily gasped when she walked into the door. Walls upon walls of people were lining up all around her, trying to get a good view of the action. Something inside Lily told her to press forward, to see for herself what was going on. Nudging her way, she realized it was going to be difficult. Everyone wanted to see, and no one was willing to give up their spot. Lily gritted her teeth and shoved with all her might until she stood face to face with a small boy.

The boy had a bowl hair cut, dark brown. He was gripping onto his SuperMan shirt for dear life as Shino and another person Lily had never seen before hovered over him. “Come on now boy,” said the man next to Shino. “It’s not all that bad. We can go into the back if you don’t want to do it here, but we need to see your back.”

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