Chapter 10 Newly Awakened Powers

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The dragon roared viciously at the young Spirit Detective, his subzero breath forming ice crystals on the seams of his coat as he crosses his arms in front of his face in an attempt to defend himself.

Yukina stared at him, wide-eyed at what she had just witnessed. She had heard stories that the new Spirit Detective was unkind and lacked any sense of compassion, yet here he stood before her, standing between the all-too familiar dragon, right away he had saved her from being stomped on.

This is Romano Hideshi? She thought to herself It can't be! He's far too heroic and handsome to be the bad man everyone makes him out to be...

As the dragon finished his mighty roar, which left Hideshi with a thin sheet of  frost covering the front side of his body, it reared it's head towards the Spirit Detective and let out a threatening growl.

"... My turn..." Hideshi said, glancing over his halfway frozen arms at the dragon, a vicious look in his eyes. In a single swift motion, Hideshi delivered a devastating punch to the side of the deagon's snout, causing it to rear back in shock and pain.

"Did he... Just punch a dragon...?" one of the ice-apparition women slowly exclaimed to herself, not able to fully believe what she had just witnessed.

"He's a bit of a badass like that..." Botan said in a sweet and admiring tone of voice as she watched her partner take his stance against the mighty beast.

"Wow, for all that talk about how tough you dragons are supposed to be, you're wincing quite a bit. But that was only one good punch too..." Hideshi taunted the dragon, preparing himself to attack it once again.

Sensing his aggression, Tatsuo turned his eye towards him once more, filled with rage. "You shouldn't have done that, detective!" The dragon appeared to "speak" as it turned his head to face Hideshi again.

This thing can talk? How is he able to do that? He's not even moving his mouth! Hideshi thought as he watched the beast lower itself to the ground.

"Now detective! Prepare yourself to witness my true power!" immediately after saying this, a large amount of energy which was unlike anything Hideshi had ever felt before came cascading over him and the rest of the cave. The output felt like hurricane-force winds, as Botan struggled to stay on board her oar through all the power.

Well shit... He's stronger than me... Hideshi thought to himself as he struggled to keep his footing on the icy slick surface of the cave with all the energy blowing in his face.

"Now die!!!" The dragon exclaimed loudly before exhaling a steady stream of what appeared to be some form of icy steam. Hideshi didn't have nearly enough time to dodge, and was quickly frozen in a block of ice in a matter of just under a second.

"Hideshi no!" Botan exclaimed frantically as she saw her partner become completely encased in the ice, thus spelling out the Spirit Detective's fate. The tears came in slowly at first, then in streams as Botan clung down onto her oar, feeling empty inside as the reality of the situation sunk in... Hideshi was dead...

Tatsuo stomped forward in his dragon form, admiring his work. "Excellent..."

Yukina rushed forward without thinking, directly in the path of the dragon, standing protectively between the frozen Hideshi and the monstrous beast.

"Out of my way Yukina!" Tatsuo growled, "He's not worth defending anymore! He's dead!"

"Wrong!" Yukina shouted defiantly. "You froze him too fast! He's still alive inside, I can feel it!"

"Well then... We'll just have to fix that, won't we? Now stand out of my way, or else I'll smash both of you into pieces!"

Brother... Please... Yukina silently begged for salvation from her unknown brother once again I need you, Hideshi needs you! Botan needs you! We all need you!... W-wait... Who are you...? Are you?... No, wait! You're not my brother! You're- aghhh!!!

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