* ♥ HADOUKEN!

“I have a thesaurus right here.” He thought it was a book on dinosaurs. Might as well put it to good use by sounding like an absolute git. “Wait, you serious? Can I? Wanna place a bet?”

you won. but at what cost ?

by the aches and pains evident throughout your entire body, the likes of which have bound you to a seemingly eternal dirt nap, death feels close.

(  ah… i can see the light. are those the valkyries calling for me… ?  )

the cracked glass of your helmet and the rips in your suit do nothing to stop you from chewing the scene. no one can hear your thoughts, after all, so you can be as dramatic as you want. it’s involuntary, even. you think from the heart. never from your mind.

( wait— i’m not dead? )

it’s only dawning on you now.

you’re nowhere close to actually dying, but damn if this doesn’t hurt. even the wind itself agitates your nerves, gently kicking dust over your prone form, and the sun’s rays shine through cloudless skies as though the gates of heaven had opened. but the sight of a new friend, her concern and support as genuine as the breeze, does wonders to rejuvenate your spirit.

as soon as you’re back on steady ground, and unsteady feet, you muster enough strength to give the girl a thumbs up.

❝  through iron will and shining hope, i shall never fall !  even if my body wants to say otherwise, i’ll always stand back up, haha !!  ❞

you’re saying this to reassure her. a bombastic voice, slightly broken through fatigue and pain, as though you were giving a speech. better yet, you’re trying not to lean on her too much.

( i don’t want to trouble her. she’s already doing this much for me. as soon as i can steady myself, i should be on my—— )

why is the world tumbling over?

oh. the world isn’t tumbling over. duh. that’d be silly.

you are. face first onto the ground, in fact.

goes to show why you should’ve leaned on her some more.

                                    Yeah they’re saying they won’t fall but here they are face planted back onto the ground. In a amusing type of way she was amazed they could continue their act even if they’re most likely eating dirt at this very moment. “Ya should’ve leaned on me you’re being a real dummy being stubborn. This time lean onto me I’ll be fine or else I’m leaving you on the ground” a very weak threat but she wasn’t going to help those who were being stubborn. Even if their hero act was amusing. She swung the hero’s arm over her shoulder pushing themselves back up into a semi standing position,”Let’s have you sit down. Think you can make it a few steps?”

“But then how will I show that I know big words and pretend to be more intellectual than I actually am?” Well, he tried. “I want to know where the best place to get into fights is around here. Somehow, I have an impulse to have someone beat my ass.”

                           “  Oiiiiiii Hero-san ! That guy really gave you a run for your money huh ? It happens to the best of us don’t worry ! ” she chirped out to the figure laying on the ground. Sakura didn’t know the hero’s name by heart but they looked like one of those sentai heroes her little brother loved when he was younger. She heard rumors floating around about a masked hero stopping crime, but she never expected to see them lying at their doorstep -- rather outside their workspace after a big fight. “I hope you aren’t dead in there. Wouldn’t know want to tell everyone if their symbol of peace died on the gross busy street” she walked over helping the young hero up allowing her to lean onto the fighter.