Shattered Bonds: Call from the Shadows

Hiro is menacingly staring down at Aidan, furious at him. He starts to approach him slowly, saying to him, "You're a dead man, Aidan." Aidan starts to think, "After seeing Hiro take on Danji effortlessly, knocking him to the ground so easily. And he didn't even let Antony a chance to fight back... When he's mad, he really is something else... I'll have to take him on carefully." He then says to Hiro, "Well... well... you may have beaten Danji and Antony, but I'm different, and you know it... I have some new methods that you haven't seen before..." Hiro stays quiet and is still approaching Aidan. All of a sudden, Hiro stops and says to Aidan, "Let's begin, shall we... let's finish this once and for all." Aidan nods. They begin fighting as Hiro rushes in, and they start to trade blows, but Aidan spots something. He is starting to think as they fight, "Something off... His fighting style is off. He seems more aggressive than before. It's like he's actually using lethal force-" All of a sudden, before Aidan could finish off his thought, Hiro catches Aidan off guard with a gut punch, making him back off, but Hiro doesn't stop there. He goes for a nasty roundhouse kick. To the ribs and manages to break one of them. Aidan, stunned and in a lot of pain, is shocked at how Hiro is fighting. Hiro tries to go for a leg sweep, but Adian dodges it and goes for a kick to Hiro's face. It connects and sends Hiro rolling into some barrels. Hiro hits his back on a barrel, putting Hiro in tremendous pain. Aidan, grabbing his ribs, proceeded to say, Hiro. "I knew you couldn't handle that kick. You're just like your father... Weak... and pathetic... never stood a chance against the organization..." 

As Hiro gets up, he starts to feel the pain from his previous fight and the hit he just took. He yells at Aidan. "YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO SPEAK AIDAN. YOU NEVER STOOD A CHANCE EITHER... YOU COULDN'T EVEN TALK TO YOUR OLD MAN IF YOU WANTED... YOU NEVER HAD THE GUTS TO EVEN TALK TO HIM..." Aidan pissed that he brought in his dad, proceeds to say to him. "Dont... Bring my father into this. He could never understand me... he never did... But who cares? I'm going to give you the same fate as your dad and maybe even do the same to your little girlfriend."

Hiro's eyes widen as he mentions her, saying to him with a scream, "IF YOU DO ANYTHING TO HER, I WILL-" Aidan interrupts Hiro, "YOU WILL DO WHAT... KILL ME... LOOK WHERE THAT'S GETTING YOU... NOWHERE, YOU CAN'T KILL, AND YOU WILL NEVER KILL..." Hiro starts to get pissed and rushes him in a blind rage. Aidan blocks every hit that Hiro is throwing and proceeds to say to Hiro, "It's over..." He then goes for a gut punch to Hiro, followed by 3 punches to Hiro's ribs. He manages to break 6 of Hiro's ribs. Hiro goes down to his knees, screaming in agony. Aidan proceeds to say to Hiro, "See what happens when you mess with somebody... This wouldn't have happened if you joined again, but now you must die." 

Hiro knew that it was gonna be over soon. He tried to look for an opening but couldn't find one. Suddenly, he saw him throw a kick in the face. He took this chance and blocked it, then proceeded to get up and hit Aidan with a gut punch, which managed to stun Aidan. Hiro proceeds to say to Aidan "Yeah it's true, I may not be able to kill out of my will but..." He said this in a dark tone, "But whoever threatens my loved ones is going to be the end for them." As Hiro tries to finish Aidan. All of a sudden, Hiro felt something in his stomach. He got stabbed by Aidan with a switchblade... Hiro stunned to see this, backs off Aidan and sees blood coming out of his shirt. Aidan laughs aloud at Hiro, saying to him, "YOU really think this was gonna be a fair fight?.. Please, you knew this was gonna happen but still didn't expect it actually to happen." He continues talking to him as Hiro is brought down to his knees. "You are just weak and pathetic..." Still stunned and in pain, Hiro proceeded to ask Aidan, breaking into tears, "Why?... Why do all of this so that I can join the gang? You know what you did to me... I trusted you... my family trusted you... we were family..." Aidan stays quiet for a while and proceeds to answer him. "Oh, don't act like you're the victim in this... You left the organization, leaving me alone... We were supposed to do this together... You and I were supposed to be the best of the organization... Prove to our fathers that we were better..." Hiro responds, "I'm sorry... But you don't know the crap I went through on mission X. That mission changed me..." 

Aidan, pissed, clenched his fist, and decided to punch Hiro in the face screaming at him. "IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN THAT BAD... THAT LEAVES YOU NO EXCUSE TO LEAVE... YOU BETRAYED ME... THAT'S WHY I KILLED YOUR FATHER... AND I'M GOING TO DO THE SAME TO YOUR LITTLE GIRLFRIEND... MAYBE EVEN YOUR MOTHER... " Hiro pissed at what Aidan just said, blinded by rage, grabbed the knife in his stomach and took it out. Hiro then proceeded to stab Aidan in both of his legs. Aidan screamed in pain and fell to the ground. "YOU BASTARD!!! I WILL KILL YOU." Aidan suddenly starts to crawl to a nearby gun that a grunt left behind. Hiro sees this and proceeds to limp to the gun before Aidan can reach it. Hiro grabs it and looks Aidan in the eyes, and kicks him in the ribs one final time, breaking 4 ribs from Aidan. Aidan turns around and tells Hiro. "Well... what are you waiting for... Kill me... It's not like you have the guts to do it." Hiro proceeds to load the gun and point it at Aidan's head. Hiro contemplates whether he should pull the trigger. He is blinded by rage and is about to pull the trigger until he hears a voice calling his name. "HIRO!! DON'T DO IT". Hiro looks over and sees Lucina. "Lucina?.." 

(end of chapter)