The Hero of Hypnosis

"Kai, are you sure this is necessary? I don't think this is safe."

"You're worrying too much, Emerald. You'll be fine, I'm protecting you. Besides, the demonic beast is literally called the woman-eating fish. What better way to draw it out by using a woman as bait?"

Kai was currently dangling Emerald over a large pool of purple sludge water. It looked like one of Gwen's concoctions, but Kai would never say that out loud. Emerald had some rope wrapped around her entire body and was tied to a stick, emulating a fishing line.

"K-Kai! The water is bubbling!"

Kai looked down and saw that the water was indeed bubbling. He smiled and prepared to reel Emerald in.

"Get ready, the fish is coming!"

"You better be fast with your hands, because if I die, I'm gonna fucking kill you!"

"Whoa, I never thought I would hear a curse word come out of your mouth." He laughed

"Well, when you're being used as bait and could die, you tend not to care about something as little as curse words and just blurt them out as if they were your fucking spit!"

"Haha, it's okay, babe, with me here, what's the worst that could happen?"

"Umm, I don't know, how about that fish eating me alive?!"

"Emerald, you're going to carry my child one day. No way I would let you DIE!" He yanked Emerald back onto land as the massive fish jumped out of the purple water, missing its womanly snack.

The fish was the size of a building with sharp scales, big ass lips, yellow eyes, and super sharp jagged teeth.

"Is that a blubber fish but demonic? Pwahahaha! It's even uglier in this world, too. Reminds me of Leo. ARGGGHHHHHH!!!!" He was struck by lightning.

"Fucking bitch. Anyway, time to due you, woman-eating fish. HYPER-ECCENTRIC-ULTRA-GREAT-GIGA-EXTREME-HYPER ONE MORE TIME-AMAZING PUNCH!"

Kai's fist slammed into the fish's scales, shattering them like glass. The sheer power of his punch completely evicerated the fish, leaving nothing behind except its core.

"That was disgusting," Emerald grumbled as she took the ropes off her body.

"Yeah, but you have to admit that it was also pretty fun."

"Sure, sure, using me as bait is fun. And what do you mean, I'll be carrying your child one day?! We're not married!"

Kai stepped forward, his arm around her waist and his fingers under her chin. He raised her head and gave her a loving, affectionate, passionate kiss, one that made Emerad's heart skip so many beats that she nearly passed out.

"Wha..Wha...Wha...Wha...What was that for?!" She asked, waving her hands sporadically with a flushed expression.

"I like you, and you're mine. I won't let anyone take you from me either. Beiseds, would you rather marry that oaf, or me?" He smirked

"Y-You." She replied in a very low tone.

Kai still heard it thanks to his super senses.

"How long have we been here? A few hours already?" He wondered

"I think it's been around five hours. This field trip ends around the time our night classes start, so we have a few more hours to go." She informed him.

"Cool. Let's head back and take a small break."

"Thank you! I've been asking you that for the past three hours!"

"No, you haven't. All you said was 'My arms are sore'. That's all. Sore arms don't mean you're tired."

She felt insulted. "Ah, seriously! I was positive you could take the hint!"

"Sorry, I'm not a mind reader. Wait, actually, I am. Hahaha!"

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Back where the students first entered the scarred valley, their professor set up a camp for everyone to come back to when they needed to take breaks, get more equipment, or needed the professor's help.

But when Kai and Emerald arrived back at the camp, it was completely demolished, with only a few tents up and a ton of injured students. Some were even dead.

"What the fuck happened here?!" Kai and Emerald rushed to aid everyone, and he cast a wide-range healing spell that tended to everyone's wounds instantly.

"M-My leg! It grew back!"

"Ah, that feels better. My chest no longer hurts."

"My eyes! I can see!"

"Kai! Emerald! Thank goodness you're okay!" One of the teacher assistants rushed over to them to check their condition.

"What happened here?" Emerald asked.

"A-A demon came and started attacking us! H-He said he was looking for you, Kai."

Kai was confused. He didn't know why a demon would be looking for him. "Did he explain why he was looking for me?"

"N-No, he didn't. He only talked about how you will get in their way and wanted to nip the bud before it bloomed."

"I don't swing that way, tell him I'll pass."

"What?"

"Nothing. Do you know where he went?"

"The professor and Aaron drove him away from the campsite, they're somewhere around-"

A massive explosion rocked the area, forcing people off their feet and causing a rockslide that earth mages managed to take care of. A large mushroom cloud could be seen off in the distance, clearly the place where the fight was taking place, so Kai took off there.

"Let's help everyone here. We need to get away as quickly as possible."

Emerald and the teacher assistant went to rally all the students.

When Kai made it to the battlefield, he saw a beaten-up Aaron and a barely holding on professor.

The professor was holding back a torrent of what looked to be purple slush water, the same water the woman-eating fish swam in.

"A-Aaron! G-Get away! I can't hold this barrier forever." The professor pleaded.

"N-No way." He relocated his dislocated shoulder, swuriling it around to see if it was good to go.

"I'm going to kill this bastard for looking down on me and bring honor to my family."

"Such childish reasoning. Die, disgusting human." Franklin shot a jet of purple water toward Aaron's head, but Kai stepped in and blocked it.

'I was just going to let him die, but Nadya should have that satisfaction.'

"K-Kai?!" The professor had no idea where Kai had come from, but he was glad to see him. Nearly every professor knew how powerful he was, according to his application, of course.

"Get out of my way, man. I'm going to kill that demon! I won't hesitate to-"

Kai backhanded Aaron all the way back to the camp, knocking him out in the process.

"Go." He told the professor.

He nodded and ran away.

"Kai LuForia, the next Hero of Gracia. It will be an honor to kill you. My name is Franklin Fisherman."

"Heh, Franklin? More like Deadklin!"

Franklin didn't understand Kai's joke.

"Yeah, don't laugh, it's fine. It wasn't that funny anyway. Okay, listen here, you fish. Don't expect me to-"

A high-pressure stream of purple water slammed right into Kai's face without warning.

"Humans and their arrogance. Always talking but never acting. What a disappointment." Frankling shook his head and turned to walk away.

"I'm sorry, but was that supposed to do something?"

Franklin's eyes widened in horror. His attack could shred through any defense, and the water itself was corrosive. Yet the most damage it did to Kai was just piss him off.

Kai didn't like being interrupted when he was being cool. So, after pushing his wet hair back, he stared into Franklin's eyes with a cold, murderous expression.

"Now you're really dead, Franklin."