First Encounter
1483 Words
After accidentally bumping into Alex, the food delivery girl immediately apologized while approaching Alex.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Are you okay?" asked the girl.
But Alex was stunned and couldn't do anything when he heard the question, because his eyes only focused on seeing the girl's beautiful face, Alex's whole body seemed to freeze with a feeling of stunned. In Alex's eyes, the girl's round eyes sparkled and her thin lips made Alex's heart feel like it was stabbed, especially when the Girl's face was getting closer to Alex's because he was worried about her condition. Alex seemed to have fallen in love at first sight.
Then a few moments later, Alex began to answer even though it was awkward.
"I- i'm fine." Alex answered while being helped up by the girl.
"Are you sure? Which part hurts?"
Then Alex was surprised when he saw the noodle soup that came out of the girl's food storage box, so Alex immediately said.
"Th-that, from that box."
So the girl immediately turned around while feeling surprised too, then she immediately went over and cleaned up the spilled food in the storage box, while Alex also helped to stand up her bicycle, then they both put the box on the bicycle as before.
So after that they immediately thanked each other, and also apologized to each other. Alex apologized for not being alert while walking, while the girl apologized for speeding and bumping into Alex. Then they finally got to know each other.
"My name is Alex, w- what's your name?"
"My name is Ara. Pleased to meet you." Ara said while shaking hands with Alex.
"Y- yes me too." Alex blushed.
Then Alex immediately asked. "Oh yeah, about the food ordered?"
"Hmm, take it easy. I'll tell my brother that I've had a bit of an accident, and I'll ask him to cook a new one."
"Th- that, what if your brother gets angry?"
"It's fine, he'll only scold me for a while and tell me to be more careful, after that he'll definitely forget about it. He is a good person."
"O-ouh, I see… by the way where is your restaurant located?"
"Our place is about three blocks from here… Aah, but our restaurant isn't a big place. My brother and I just opened a simple noodle and fried rice shop."
"Cool, by the way there.. Just you and your brother?"
"Yes, we are two orphan who starting a culinary business together."
"Wow, that's great ... I mean, the bussines, not the orphan, ow i'm sorry." Alex blushed.
"Ah, it's fine." Said.
"O-oh yeah, don't you still have the task of delivering orders. I'm sorry for wasting your time." said Alex.
"But are you okay … I-then, I'll say goodbye."
"Y-yes i'm okay. See you,"
But before Ara left, Alex said. "Oh yeah, by the way can I stop by your shop sometime?"
"Hah? ... Of course, my brother will be very happy if his customers increase."
"Hmm, well then." Alex said with a smile and walked away. While Ara also smiled as she watched Alex leave.
A few moments later, when Alex was walking alone, he looked very happy. This is evident from the wide smile on his face. At that time, Alex thought that today would be the same as usual and he would be able to return home safely, but in reality it was not like that, because at this time from a distance there was a creature following him. And that figure seemed to hold a very big anger towards Alex, so without further ado he immediately approached and attacked the high school student.
Then Alex, who didn't know anything, of course was shocked, when suddenly his body was pushed to the wall and fell into the trash can. Therefore, Alex immediately stood up while scolding the person who had attacked him.
"Hey! Why did you do that…" But before he could finish his sentence, Alex felt surprised with wide eyes open when he saw the figure of the attacker.
Because Alex saw a large and scary black creature standing in front of him, with a face that looked very angry with him. Alex was very surprised because he didn't know what the creature was, and he was also confused, 'what should he do next?' That was the question that was currently on his mind.
Then when the two of them looked at each other, the creature said. "You insolent! How dare you approach Ara!"
"You know Ara?" Ask Alex.
"Yes, she is my idol girl… I've managed to date hundreds of girls in this area, and Ara is the prettiest girl who is very hard to get! Therefore, I will not allow her to be approached by any man! And when I see Ara smiling while talking to you, then I get angry!!"
"W-what?? ... I- I see, so you're jealous? But- but what surprised me was, why is your figure like this??!" Ask Alex.
"I don't know… There's something that's been residing inside of me all this time, something that can give me this strength and form. But I'm very happy, because with this form I can kill anyone who tries to interfere with my desires!!" Said the shadow demon.
"Something residing? Your desire?" Alex wondered.
Then the demon began to bring out the face of his human form, by removing a little shadow that covered his head, so that now the demon's face turned into the face of a handsome man in his 30s, and he said.
"This is my human form. And if my desire gets bigger then I can transform into a demon and have great power, hahahahaha."
"So- so you're a human??" Ask Alex.
But without answering the question, the demon again covered his head with a sinister face, and he said. "Enough said, now prepare to die."
Then when the shadow demon was about to approach and kill Alex, suddenly his steps stopped because he saw the figure of a man coming to that place, and the mysterious man walked leisurely as if he was used to dealing with creatures like him.
The mysterious man had neck-length hair, and he wore a jungle hat on his head, his posture was straight and looked ordinary. In addition, he wears black trousers pant, with a white tshirt and an open blue shirt. And the astonishing thing about that man was, he also brought a katana with him.
The man kept walking until he finally stood between the shadow demon and Alex who was lying on the ground. Then with a straight face, he stared at the shadow demon as if preparing to fight.
While Alex who saw the sword that the man was carrying, immediately said. "Hey, y- you shouldn't be wandering around with a sword. The police will catch you later." Alex warned.
Then the man replied, "For now don't worry about it, bro. Just worry about your safety first."
"B- be careful, that monsters are dangerous." said Alex.
Meanwhile, the shadow demon, who was still staring at the mysterious man, immediately spoke with a trembling tone.
"Y-you are, the sword race?" Said the demon to the mysterious man.
Then the mysterious man said, "Yes, introduce me. My name is Ryuji."
Ryuji introduced his name to the shadow demon but turned to Alex, so Alex immediately nodded in response, but he was still worried because that person would face off against a monster with just a sword.
And it was true, without warning, the shadow demon suddenly threw a punch at Ryuji, but Ryuji quickly swung his sword into the demon's hand until the hand was cut off and fell, then it was destroyed on the ground.
"AAAARRRKKKH!!!!" The demon screamed in pain while backing away from Ryuji.
"HAAAAAAAAAA!!!!" Alex also screamed hysterically when he saw that, then he said to Ryuji. "Hey, why did you cut off his hand?? There is a person in that demon form!"
"Don't worry bro, no matter how much we hurt the demon, the human body inside will remain safe, because the human is actually in another dimension. While that demon is borrowing and controlling the man's life force at will… And if we want to free that man from the evil power of the shadow demon, then we must be able to defeat that demon first."
"W- what? O-ouh, so that's how it is."
"Yeah, gotta hurry… Because if he's been controlled for too long, then the man will become too dependent on the evil force, and the demon form will become even more difficult to defeat."
"B-but, why are you explaining all of that to me?!" Alex said to Ryuji.
"Hmm, I don't know… Maybe it's because I feel a very strong life force from within you." Ryuji said with a smile.
"Hah??" Alex confused, because Ryuji suddenly said that like Alex is one of his kind.
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