To Be A Hero Issue 3.5 PT2: Shelter

Episode 12: Kira's Sanctuary

Episode Summary:

The team travels separately as each party is getting close to their destination and narrowly avoiding Tau's men. Little do they know, creatures of the dark, closes in as they crave only one thing...

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The clouds started to form again as the rains came once more; it poured down on what had been left of the farm as it had been long since abandoned. Several of the men spent their hours searching through the rubble to see if there were any survivors. They managed to find most of the guards trapped underneath the rubble with only a few minor injuries as they had been trying to scrounge up through the wreckage.

A couple of them had been taken back when they heard an explosion of some kind. Spada stood up from the wreckage as he gave a groan, as he had reallocated his arms and shoulders, before fixing up his now tattered suit.

"Sp-Spada!" One of the men said, "You-You're alive!?"

"Report." Spada said ignoring the man's statement, as he brushed the dirt off of him, "What exactly happened here?"

"We-We're not sure sir!" The man replied, "It just looks like a tornado came through here! It's a miracle the rest of our men are still alive!"

    "Any sign of Tau?" He asked him as he made a clearing.

    "Not yet sir." He replied, "We're having the men looking thoroughly."

    "I found something over here!"

    Spada went over to where one of the men had been as they had unburied something from the debris. Most of the men jumped when they saw that he had pulled out a whole arm. "That's Master Tau's arm!!" One of the men exclaimed, having recognized it.

    "Hey, hey--!" One of the men said in a fearful tone of voice, "--Just what the hell happened out here!?"

    "Does that mean he's dead!?" Another exclaimed.

    "But that's impossible!" His comrade exclaimed, "No one can defeat Tau-sama!"

    "How could they!?" A third shouted, "Most of them were just brats!!"

    They were suddenly taken back when a blast of rumble was destroyed by what appeared to be a purple beam, causing the men to jump. Out from the rubble, came what looked to be a purple claw hand. They saw that Tau had emerged practically from the Earth. His clothes had been ruined and they saw his entire left arm had been that of a purple aura.

    "So you're not dead." Spada said calmly despite the glare Tau had possessed.

    Tau said as he gritted his teeth, while he turned to the men, giving them a cold hard look, "Find the ones that made off with the merchandise. Kill them all if you have to get them back... As for the girl which Dabi protects--Bring her to me. Dead... Or alive!"

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(Second Opening Theme: Tsubasa OVA Tokyo Revelations Opening-Synchronicity Performed By Yui Makino)

"You've been resting long enough." 

"Rei-chan, you can't sleep forever."

"It's time to wake up, Lollipop Head."

    Rain.

    It had been the first sound Reina heard when she slowly started to come to. Her body had been in an extreme amount of pain as she could feel an intense burn in her right arm and left leg. Not to mention her head had felt fuzzy as she had been wrapped in that of a blanket.