Yui saw a boy with the swords slowly walking towards the 'Ronin'. She was hearing them clearly.
"You...you will not kill an unarmed man... I yield! Call the police, please..."
Vesemir just slowly continued walking in his direction.
Yui was always the calm, patient type of child. For the first time in her life she felt... dread... It's not like that boy will kill the villain, right? Oh, what is she thinking! He just did that to his goons! The smell of burning flesh irritates her nose. He...he burned them...with his quirk...but...but...he had fire...and...was able to keep up with the speed quirk of the 'Ronin'... two quirks?!
"W...what are you doing? Please...don't kill me, man...what the fuck are you doing!?"
Vesemir answered with an emotionless voice, "Killing monsters."
Yui saw it all... She wanted to run towards the boy... to stop him... to make him understand... this is wrong... so wrong... and from her lips some words flew out.
"S...stooop...please..."
Vesemir stopped. Three more steps and that bandit would be in his reach. He moved a little left to be able to look both at the terrified girl and the downed idiot who dared to fight him.
He checked the girl out. Young. Probably his age. Fine clothing... must be a noble. Looking at the enemy, he said to the girl,
"Are you unharmed, my lady?"
Yui heard his words. Gentle. Not like those words he spoke to the villain. Just some gentle words of a boy who... cared for her? But why? And what is all that 'Lady' talk about? He wasn't mocking her...or so she thought, but... she did it... she made him stop...
"Um... p... please... don't... kill him... he... gave up... it's... not right!"
She shouted her last few words. Vesemir looked at her, taken aback. She... acted like he did something wrong... but why? He did everything right. He dodged or parried all the attacks and managed to down the bandits in a fast and clean manner... ahhhh... she is a noble daughter who never really saw death... He... felt sorry for a girl who was kept in a golden cage like he once was.
With the proper movement of his hand and fingers, he used the Axii sign on the bandit and said,.
"Roll over. Stay calm. I'm going to tie you up, and you will remain calm."
Ronin, dazed, did as he was told.
Yui was not able to tell how long she held her breath... This boy listened to her... oh thank God! She leaned against the wall and sat down. She was trembling, due to emotions, death, and how fast everything happened... where are the heroes?! Or at least the police?
Vesemir tied up the bandit and turned his attention to the girl. He cleared his sword and sheathed it on his back. He kneeled down about six steps from the girl, trying to not terrify her more.
"It's all good now. They can't hurt you anymore. You are safe.
Yui looked into his eyes...not cold as before...but calm...warm...with a hint of promise...promise of safety.
Vesemir looked into her eyes... scared... but focused on him... she saw him as a threat...
"I promise you... that from my hand no harm shall be done upon you. My grandmother would chastise me greatly if even a single hair fell from your head during my protection over you, Lady.
Yui was baffled. This boy just murdered some villains, and he... he acts all that...knightly... Is he a vigilante? At such a young age?
"Um... I'm... sorry, but... who are you?" She asked slowly, looking for any sign of aggression.
Vesemir answered with a small delay, "I'm Vesemir. Wither. And may I ask for your name?"
'I'm Kodai Yui... thank you..." She decided that words like that may make the vigilante happy.
"I assure you, Lady Yui, that no thanks are in order. I'm simply doing what I'm trained to do.
Yui flinched. This boy just called her by her first name!
Vesemir saw it. "Forgive me if I did something wrong. I'm from far away, and I somehow made you uncomfortable around me. Can you say what I did wrong?"
Yui was baffled again. Of course he is not from Japan! Foreigner! But from where? America? Europe? Russia? She was thinking for a longer moment how brutal it must be outside Japan for him to... to be that brutal...
Vesemir understands her silence in another way. He took a couple of steps back and said, "I'm sorry again... I understand that you do not wish to talk with me after I offended you. Can I at least walk you to your estate or city guards?"
Yui opened her lips to say that she is not offended, but somebody shouted.
"Stop right there, Villain!" Said a hero... Mr. Brave. "Drop that swords and give yourse... " Mr. Brave stopped, looking at the carnage around... burned men... cutted hand off... so much blood... He focused his eyes on the vigilante, and... he is just a kid... "Listen, son. I need you to put down your weapons. I'm sorry, but I need to arrest you..."
This time it was Vesemir's moment to be baffled. A man in some….. clown costume and golden head protector with an eye mask tells him to do what? Give up?
"Sir, I believe that you are wrong here. I merely protected this lady here from harm. Those bandits were ready to... do unforgiving." He stated. Looking at a man.
Mr. Brave "Look, son. Did you kill these men?" Asked slowly and seriously
Vesemir "Got no choice. They decided to attack me. Had to kill them.
Mr. Brave was shocked how a young teenager speaks about killing people. In the eyes of the young kid, he saw no pain... no shame... no remorse... He just killed them... because of what?
"Look, son. Police are on their way. Please give up. Don't make me do this, kid..."
Hero shook his head but was in a fighting stance. Ready to take down the kid if it will be necessary.
Vesemir just stood still. Knees slightly bent to allow him to move fast if he needs to fight again. He didn't like the situation he found himself in. He will not give up. Not after what happened in Maecht. He looked into the eyes of that man in a clown costume and said.
"No."
Mr. Brave feared that it might happen... but he had no choice... he must bring this kid down... he already killed a couple of people... what is he going to do if he manages to escape?
"I'm sorry, kid, but you force my hand."
Vesemir in shock observed as the man pulled his own black hairs from his head and shaped it in a sword... Almost automatically, he unsheathed his steel sword.
"Please...don't do it! He is a hero! A...a.. a guard!" Said Yui. Vesemir did hear her...but it was too late. Hero decided to attack him in this very moment.
block, block, push
Vesemir parried the blows of a so-called hero. He again heard him talking.
"Please, kid! Just give yourself up!"
block, block, blo... - Third strike managed to hit Vesemir in the chest right on his ribs. It was not a deadly blow, but the hero managed to strike a blow on the teenager. Vesemir decided. He needs to protect himself. Guard or not.
cut, cut, break, half pirouette, thrust — Young Wither was on the offensive. It was no time to talk. Hero decided to start the fight, and Vesemir will end it.
Mr. Brave never fought with somebody so young and skilled. After that hit he landed on a kid he believed it would be enough... it wasn't... Now he was on the defensive and... losing? Kid is good. Very good. He fights with the intention to kill... like it's something normal for him!
Mr. Brave could only think of who dared to force a kid to become a killer. To train him to such excess to make him a master of a blade. In this moment the kid made a flick with his fingers in hero's direction...
AARD!
... and the hero flew back. Dazed by invisible attack. He hit the ground but was saved by another hero... or should I say heroine... Midnight.
Yui looked at her and decided to speak. "Aunt Nemuri! Please! Just let's talk!"
Midnight held dazed Mr. Brave in her one arm while looking once at the attacker and once at... Yui!?
"Yui! Are you safe? Did he hurt you!?"
"No Aunt Nemuri. He... he saved me from the Ronin and his goons. Please, Auntie... just... just talk him into giving up!"
Vesemir looked at the woman who was wearing... strange clothes? He is still young, and... he just blushed a little. He quickly focused again. He was in combat after all... but did that girl say 'aunt'?
"Aunt? That lady is your aunt?" He asked Yui. She nodded and decided to speak again.
"Yes. She is a pro heroine. Please just give up. She can help you!" She stood on her shaky legs and slowly just started to walk in his way.
"Yui, stop!" Said Midnight, but the girl did not listen to her.
"Please look around... Look what you did. You took somebody's life today. Please give up. My aunt can and will help you. I... I will help too. I want to be a heroine. A true heroine saves those around her. Let me save you too... I and Auntie can rehabilitate you. You are still young. You don't have to go to prison... " Yui begged him. Her voice was... almost calm, but Vesemir felt a slight fear... but not before him... a fear... for him? But why...?
With his knife, Ronin managed to break free... he heard enough... that brat of a girl was Midnight's niece! Great target. Better than that fucker who killed his men.
With great speed he crouched from a lying position and jumped forward to plunge his knife into the girl who was within arm's reach of the sword kid.
"DIEEEE BITCH!" He screamed.
Vesemir just reacted. Like always when he was surprised. Without thinking, he pushed Yui from the direct way of the knife... only to feel sharp pain somewhere around his ribs... blood spurted from his mouth. Working on pure adrenaline, he managed to hit the face of Ronin with the hilt of his sword. The moment he wanted to cut him down, some strange gas found a way to his mouth and nose... He... he collapsed on the ground.
Midnight jumped over him to attack Ronin with the same gas, and she did it without a problem. Downed villain was not a problem anymore.
"Oh my god... Auntie!" Yui screamed, kneeling right beside the young vigilante. Blood spurting from his wound and mouth...
"Don't take the knife out!" Midnight shouted. He needs help right now! Just hold him here! Like that! Good! We need to transport him to UA! It's the closest! Midnight instructed her niece, and while doing that, she took her phone to call one particular headmaster... Nezu.
Yui looked at Vesemir's face...young...like her...but he killed...people...but he defended her...a hundred thoughts filled her head until she noticed how...pale he looks.
"Auntie...he is all pale..."
"Nezu, we need transport NOW!" Shouted Midnight to the phone.
End of chapter 2