Ardent Hope: Chainsaw Man x Male Reader Insert.

30. Gunfire.

It happened mere days ago, one of the last times they were together at the table.

"So, you two are together now?" Aki asked them once.

"Uh." (Y/N) was only able to muster. The captivating scents of a perfectly cooked breakfast and the delight was promptly interrupted by this.

"Yeah, what about that?" Denji interceded, clearly interested in the subject. "You two have been awfully close. Like, more than usual."

Power seemed unable to speak at all, completely red on the face, she choked with the fish. "Yeah, I guess so..." (Y/N) was able to mutter lowly to them all.

"Neat." Aki simply responded, as Denji reluctantly pulled his wallet out of the pocket of his pants and handed him a handful of money. Power was confused by this, although (Y/N) quickly understood its meaning.

"Wait, you two were betting on that!?"

"Of course." Denji nonchalantly said. "Aki was betting you two were going to end up together before December" He explained. "And I was betting you were gay."

At first Power tried to hold her laugh, but after a couple of seconds of silent snorts and muffled chuckles, she gave up and laughed out loud at the bet. "Well I almost believed that too!"

Aki was trying to hold his laugh too. "And I was actually scared I would lose the bet." He said under his breath, trying his hardest not to laugh.

"Oh fuck you three!" (Y/N) simply responded as he tried to suppress a laugh as well.

Power leaned in closer, resting her head on his shoulder. "But not to worry anymore!" She said enthusiastically. "Because now, I'm his girlfiend!" She exclaimed cheerfully hoping someone would laugh at the joke. "Get it? Like girlfriend, but fiend, because I'm a fiend..." She hurried to explain upon seeing no reaction.

The other three of them simply exchanged looks between each other.

"Damn (Y/N), if I were you I would leave her after that joke." Aki said as he focused on his breakfast once again.

"Fuck you too!" Power interceded, while Denji was trying his hardest to not laugh at Power's joke trying to look smarter.

"Anyways, I'm happy for you two." Aki half smiled as he spoke.

"Thank you, Aki." (Y/N) simply responded.

But those days were over after all.

The twelfth of September, the Gun Devil struck Nikaho, Akita Prefecture in Japan. A barrage of destruction, it almost was like a force of nature, a hurricane of death that crumbled everything on its path. The gunfire was able to clean cities and towns in mere seconds, almost like sweeping dirt with a broom.

It took the Gun Devil only four seconds to reach its desired place, where it pointed every one of its guns directly towards a specific point, right after destroying and decimating a complete city behind.

The Control Devil herself, Makima, on the other hand, was waiting for the Gun Devil to approach, and the same second the Gun Devil pointed its weapons towards her, she activated the abilities of her devil nature.

In the next second, the Gun Devil proceeded to fire all of its weapons towards the point where Makima stood.

So at the fifth second of the Gun Devil's sudden appearance in earth's surface, Aki died.

And Makima was able to render the Gun Devil weak and vulnerable, and it was forced to seek for an external mean in order to survive.