Rivalry (Ishigami Senku x Reader)

Chapter 18

Two days passed. You, Nikki and Ukyo started the training they both promised you. At those days of training and exercising you realized how helplessly weak you were in this stone world. Nikki was right...You could have easily gotten killed. Today it was time for someone to be revived, who was very strong according to Tsukasa.

"Hah this is who was going to be revived?? He looks so weak! He is supposed to be a fighter?? Can he even beat little Maddy??" One of the muscular men asked and Tsukasa smiled. "You will see. Maddy, you may pour the revival fluid on." He told you and you nodded. As you did that, the statue started to crack and revealed a tall man with white hair.

The white haired man gazed at you as you had your eyes closed, since he was naked. "Polite, I see." He noticed and you hastily nodded, squeezing your eyes close even more. "Yuzuriha should be finished with the clothes soon. I am Tsukasa. This is Maddy. And those are Kanjoru and (...)." Tsukasa introduced everyone and the tall men all smirked confidently. "Yes and you should know your place, worm! Don't act so cool, I could crush you with my feet!"

The white haired man stood up and looked down on you. "Look up, I am standing right now, little Lady." He said and you flinched a little. You looked up and did as he said. As you opened your eyes, you saw that his saphire blue eyes pierced through you, his lower face half having cracks, that looked like the chemic structure of some organic material. His eyes as he looked at you sparkled and were beautiful. But his aura wasn't... He was as intimidating as Tsukasa. Maybe even worse...

"Clothes aren't the highest priority for now. Those harebrained people think I am weak. And currently I am. I'd wish to have my preferred weapon so I can fight. Would that be possible?" He asked you and you gulped. You looked over to Tsukasa, and saw him smile as soon as he caught you staring. "Yes. Maddy will get your clothes and I will do what I can for your weapon." Tsukasa answered and the white haired man nodded.

You looked at both of them, gave them a little smile and left to get his clothes. One of those men who bullied him following you. "Hey, little Maddy. Who do you think is stronger?? He really has the audacity to say that he'd be stronger with some weapons. As soon as he gets it, I will personally crush him, together with his weapon!" He told you, while you silently listened to him rambling.

As he finished, you sighed a little. "I don't think you notice that. This man has a fierce aura surrounding him so I don't think those were empty words. I'm not saying that you're weak. I'm saying that you should be cautious." You told him and he laughed. "Good one, little Maddy!! But you will see, he will lick the dirt off my shoes!" "That's pretty unhygienic..."

Soon, you arrived the room where Yuzuriha prepared the clothes of everyone and greeted her, as if she was a normal person. "Hey, Yuzuriha. Did you finish the clothes for today's person?" You asked her and she nodded. "Yes, I did. If he as extra wishes would you tell me so, (first syllable of Y/n)...Maddy?" She asked and almost said your real name in front of someone else. Luckily the man who was with you didn't notice anything...

"No he doesn't. He's pretty tall and has weird cracks on his lower face half...Maybe you could do something about that?" You asked her and she nodded. "Nothing easier than that. Don't worry! Also Maddy...Take care." She said and met your eyes with a worried face. You smiled. "I will. You will take care of yourselves too, okay?" You on purpose asked her this on plural, meaning that you also asked for Taiju. She understood and gave you a kind smile. "Yes. We will."

"Also, I used to have long hair!" She added and your eyes narrowed. Why did she point that out like that? Yes she had short hair now. Was there a reason for that? You thought she cut her hair because it's easier like that in the stone world. But pointing it out like this sounds suspicious. "Haha short suits you better, little Yuzuriha!" The man who was with you noted and you nodded with a smile. "Then tell me some other time why you cut it. You look cute with short hair but I can imagine you looked better with long hair."