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@⍱ sasaki aiko "No need to keep telling myself something i already know, or did you not see the sigil forming before you jumped in?" He huffed before looking up at the male. "You don't need to take me anywhere." He stated. He was very well aware that the male didn't trust but frankly he didn't care, even he knew he was nearing his limit at this point, already feeling a bruise forming on his side.

The man's final two statements weren't met with glare before the male turned to walk away, a sigil appearing beneath his feet before he launched himself back the way they came.

@⌭ kiyan vale "Yeah. Keep telling yourself that." He nodded, turning his body more to face them completely. "You done for the night?" He asked. "Can I finally take you back to wherever you came from? Because I'm not letting you go by yourself." Yeah. He basically said he didn't trust them. And he didn't. Yeah, some vigilante's are trustworthy, but this one has their cockiness way too far up that goddamn head of theirs.

"Unless you're really trying to kill yourself, then-- if that's the case," He shrugged, motioning his hands as if he was guiding someone. "Be my guest. I don't chase after people who just want to die."

@⍱ sasaki aiko The male continued to glare off to the side as he tried to puzzle together what he was feeling. Of course, he had an inkling, but the thought frankly pissed him off. No, there was no way that could be what was happening, not just because a hardass like this saved him.

He would have continued to fight with himself but he was interrupted by the flames appearing beneath him which felt suprisingly cozy as it lifted him to his feet. After a moment though, he looked back up at the man before he narrowed his eyes.

"I had a plan...it just took a second to come up with it." He stated as his cheeks once again heated up and his arms folded over his chest, the slightest of pouts forming from his two glossy tiers, refusing to make eyecontact now. The situation clearly shook him a bit and because of it, the mask of confidence and flirtation had slipped, revealing someone who was a little more meek, though still in possession of a bite if pushed.

@⌭ kiyan vale Interesting. /Very/ interesting, in fact.

Usually, when he was towering over those below him, their body would be running cold due to their blood flow stunting from fear. Because this was the position where the anti-hero would be putting one out of their misery.

This time, it was a flare of heat. And that puzzled him for a moment because it was just above the regular body heat for a moment. Given their expression, Fèng took a " wild " guess that they were embarrassed. For what? Fèng warned them. Just take the lesson and be on with it.

Fèng sighed. "Yeah, yeah..." With a lazy upwards flick of two fingers, a bed of fire formed below the younger male and hoisted him up to his feet. The flame was noticeably lighter in color than normal, threads of white flowing through it. His Holy Fire. The only flame that keeps its own destruction under control, so it doesn't burn without being commanded to.

"And look at you... just barely missing death." He shook his head a little bit. "You do understand what would have happened if you just wandered around by yourself... right?" His voice took a slight turn to a stern tone at his last word. And honestly, Fèng could only pin the emotion as pure annoyance. At least, that's what he was telling himself behind this brief scolding.

@⍱ sasaki aiko He should have run, he should be running. The male however couldn't bring himself to. And honestly, it wasn't fear, rather, it was logic clashing against his ego. He was always someone who'd be able to see a situation was going the wrong way, but he had faith he'd be correct it somehow. This time though, with the amount of variables, he found himself stuck but after a few moments, he seemed to make a decision, a sigil beginning to flare to life as the battle of fight vs flight ended with fight being the victor but before he could do anything, a figure was in front of him.

Eyes widening, the male could only fall back as the nomu went up into flames and he could only stare for a few long moments before he finally snapped out of when Aiko spoke.

Looking up at the male, Kiyan was visibly dumbfounded but after a moment he gritted his teeth and looked away in a fashion that was akin to shyness, the only thing keeping him from turning scarlet red being his melanin.

"Clearly." He mutters, trying to figure out what this strange mix of feelings was.

@⌭ kiyan vale So far, the anti-hero was quite impressed with the sight before him. The, what he assumed to be younger, little vigilante was really holding themselves down. And damn near flawlessly at that. But Fèng knew better than to just give them props already. Fèng did say this wasn't meant just for anyone.

And something told him that this wasn't going to end well if he didn't keep his eyes out.

The smell of chemicaled blood was strong in the air. Watching limbs fall apart and sigils disappearing and reappearing at the speed of light. It was a beautiful show of power.

But how long was it going to last?

As soon as Fèng was judging, he watched as their smaller body slid and rolled across the ground from a miscalculated attack.

And there was the downward spiral he was expecting.

Runecaller was quick to get up, but was he quick enough to think of a plan?

The moment came almost immediately after his thoughts. The slight widening of his eyes behind his mask. He thought the kid would have it. And if he let them sit there for another second, then--


Directly in front of the younger, a few embers passed between them and the rushing Nomu. Their bloodthirst could be sensed across the city. And now their only target for dinner was Runecaller.

One ember sparked, and a flame danced back to the living in an instant, forming Fèng's silhouette. He had one hand out. And the moment the Nomu came in contact with his palm, the creatures body flurried in flames. The flames connected behind him with the others, creating a chain of flame that turned all that it touched, into pure, cold ash.

Fèng watched as the remnants of the nomu floated in the air. The stench of burning flesh even permeating through his mask.

He let out a little sigh and turned around to stare at the younger who was still on the ground.

"You froze." He said. Unimpressed.

@⍱ sasaki aiko "Yep." He stated, that easy confidence once again showing itself off as he nodded his head, shooting the man a playful smile and a wink before he looked forward again.
Once they arrived, it was like a switch flipped, the male looked still looked cocky and playful but it was clear he was much more alert now and the look his eyes almost read as something akin to blood thirst.
"Movement huh?"
He asked before in the middle of where Feng pointed, a sigil appear, an ice crystal materlising.
It slowly spun and reflected moonlight while Kiyan watched the beasts begin to approach. Once they were a bit more gathered, the sigil suddenly grow much bigger and with a loud crash, it was as if the weight of world began to crash down on the nomu.

Eyes narrowed, the male slowly dropped down in front of them, hips swaying as he began moving closer.

"Hi there fellas.." He said as he moved closer and stopped right outside of the boundary of the sigil, looking down as one of the Nomu tried to reach for him. It didn't get the chance to touch him however before another much smaller sigil appeared, forming a blade that gliinted in the moon light and then slammed down, slashing through the creature's arm.

"Good boy fellas."
He quiped before one by one more blades formed and each sliced through the air, decapitating one nomu another. And for a while, it seemed like it would just go on like this until Runecaller actually jolted.


Out of the corner of his eye, he could see movement and he barely managed to lurch backwards, dodging the attack from the flying Nomu that whizzed passed him. The male's eyes narrowed but still, he maintained the formation of the gravity sigil, but when another flying nomu flew at him, he was once again forced to dodge and in a moment of unsteadiness, the sigil wavered, allowing a nomu at the outskirts of it to slip out and rush at him.

"ing bastards, they always come in packs."

He muttered as he continued to dodge, the male agile and acrobatic as he flipped and ducked under the attack but his focus was quickly waning. He knew he needed to end this quickly so he waited for a moment where he could attack, but as the sigil formed, he heard a noise behind him. While dodging, he'd failed to notice a 4th nomu sneaking up on him. Immediately going into full escape mode, a sigil sparked to life beneath his feet and he tried to dash but the Nomu's attack grazed him, and due to his slender, agilty suited bulid, he was knocked off course, tumbling towards the main sigil.

When the man finally looked back up again, he could see three more Nomu had escaped in that moment when the gravity sigil was down, and due to the four other Nomu being on his other side, he was officially surrounded. Gritting his teeth, the male paused. He knew that he could let down the gravity sigil to put his full power into a retreat but he had no gurantee one of the flying nomu wouldn't somehow get in the way. A plan began to form but in his hestiation, he was rushed once again and he wasn't poised in a position to make a proper dodge. He was stuck.

@⌭ kiyan vale Fèng didn't look at the other until their comment. His face a little puzzled behind the mask as he looked over.

Dinner?

"Dinner?" He repeated. "Are you really expecting for us to meet up again after this?" He laughed, barely any emotion in the action. "And without my mask at that." He scoffed.

"We'll see."

And he continued on.

It wasn't long until they were around their destination. The flight was around 10 minutes.

"The spot is right there." He pointed, letting a tiny ball of fire fly out to land on the ground and mark the spot. "I'll be watching near by. Don't worry about drawing them out. They're sensitive to movement."

Fèng flipped forward in the air until his feet pointed directly down "Good luck." and he let himself fall away from them.

@⍱ sasaki aiko The younger male caught onto what the man was doing immediately. It was a skill really, being able to read people like, but it didn't however take away the fact that he was also incredibly competitive. That's why even though he knew he was being egged on, moments after Feng launched himself and flew off, he was right there next to him, using his sigils in a similar way to how the man used fire.

"Challenge accepted, By the way, when i win, you buy me dinner."

@⌭ kiyan vale Fèng rolled his eyes from under his mask.

"If you wanna look at it like that, yeah, I am." His posture straightened up more. "And I take it you're someone that always accepts them.. unless.. I'm wrong?" He was totally trying to rile this one up. It was always entertaining to see if those U.A. students were really up for this life. Whether they chose to go there or not.

"If you're not. Then don't follow me." Fèng bent his knees a few inches and a ring of fire surrounded his feet, before he was catapulted up into the air. He didn't take a second look back as fire blasted from under his feet to take him flying through the air again.

@⍱ sasaki aiko []Bwhahahha

"Mmm, so he does have emotions."

"Not if it doesn't have something to do with my favorite anime or singers." He stated with a slight shrug,, placing a hand on his hip while the other came up, allowing him to check his nails for a moment while he listened to the man. Hearing the emphasis on the word listen, the male couldn't help but perk up a bit before listening to rest of what was said, his gaze shifting upwards to make eyecontact.

"Maybe i heard that wrong, but are you challenging me?"

@⌭ kiyan vale ( i laughed at the face card )

All Fèng could let out was more incredulous laughter. Though, brief. This one was really something. Fèng was a known anti-hero around the country. Even U.A. students could spot him a mile away. Yet this one couldn't?

"Guess you don't pay attention to the news or internet." He said, shrugging.

The sudden change in location didn't phase the anti-hero one bit. "I understand." He said plainly. "But there's some things in life that you should just set your pride aside and /listen/..."

The silence was loud after his words. But...

"But i know that you don't listen. So how about this." He said while he folded his arms across his chest. "I'll take you to where some are hiding. And if you can't handle them, then I'll send you back to U.A. myself..."

@⍱ sasaki aiko The man's irritation clearly didn't disturb the younger one bit as he continued to look at him, watching as he sat down.
"Ooo, so we're killing people now, that's quite a shameless statement." He replied while he stayed on the edge of the building, hip once again cocking, a testament to how relaxed he was despite the situation.

"I see...that's wierd though, i've been out for a few hours now and i've yet to see one, are they concentrated around a single spot or?" He asked. He was cocky yes, but he clearly wasn't slow, immediately sliding into detective mode as he began assessing the situation. Only stopping when the man stood up. For a moment, it was Runecaller's turn to stare before he began to smirk a little.

"First it was the casual state that you kill people and now you're talking about something weighing on your concious. You're a text book vigilante, now aren't you?" He asked playfully before he was suddenly next to the man, heels clicking as he landed, the sigils he used to launch himself disappearing as quickly as they appeared.

"I've had to fight all my life because no one else would do it, so quite frankly a mindless beast doesn't scare me. And as for coming back, in one piece.....look at me, do you really think i'll let anything ruin my facecard?

@⌭ kiyan vale He was annoyed. That was obvious. But the interest in this certain one was a little catching.

"I'll only stalk someone if I need to kill 'em..." He said, now fully just setting his down on the roof top as the other walked on the edge. All Fèng did for a little while was observe them. Took not of everything he could physically see and the energy he could feel.

From one look, he could tell they weren't lying. But there was a lot of arrogance in that statement.

"I'm not trying to put your little mood down or anything... but there's been a breakage of nomu's..." He muttered. Staring directly at them. "Take with that information as you will. But to yourself..."

Fèng eventually sighed. "That being said..." The man slowly stood with his words, stretching his joints once he was fully up. "I /really/ need you to go back where you came from and stay there... Because if the chance that my hunch about you being a student at U.A. is right, then I'm not trying to bare the responsibility of seeing your dead body on the news..." He tilted his head to the left slowly.

"So either we get this over with easily or you walk into an early death.." His stare loomed down at them. The temperature of the air around them starting to turn more humid than before. "Those nomu's aren't meant for you younger generations... Damned heros can't get it together, so what really makes you so sure you'll come back in one piece..."

@⍱ sasaki aiko Smirking, the male tilted his head.
"You say that as though i couldn't just be a patroling hero or a vigilante, so again, i'm inclined to call you a stalker."
He stated before he began taking a few steps forward, the heels of his boots clicking with his movements while he continues to look at the man closely.
"On the topic of supposed assumptions, i hardly think kid is an appropriate title. Or was that that not obvious from the body and the clothing?" He continued as he continued to walk to the edge of the building.
"And finally, you can trust that i'm more than able to withstand it"

@⌭ kiyan vale The only thing Fèng could conjure up was an incredulous scoff after a couple of beats of silence.

"I caught your presence near U.A. If it was a villain--" he pointed behind him. "The entire half of this city would have been lit up and alert for you." And he just continued to stare with absolutely no emotion coming through that mask of his.

"So, with my options narrowed down.." He sighed, arm coming back down to his middle. "...You're from U.A. and it seems like you need to go back to your dorms..."

"I get it's quiet here, but this side of the city is in lockdown for a reason. And I don't think a kid from U.A. would be able to withstand it."

@⍱ sasaki aiko After a moment, the male's eyes opened, the sigil sparking to life beneath his feet making it clear he made a decision.

The figure had been heading a very specific direction and assuming they weren't utterly god like, they likely didn't go incredibly far. So the logical course of action was to pump on his energy into a single burst and cover a great distance and hopefully, he'd be able to catch sight of them again.

Tensing up, the male got ready to launch himself only to pause when he heard the sound of something cutting through the air before he glanced over in it's direction. The male then watched as the other landed and then squatted now

"The way you said that implies you know i'm from UA, which makes me think, should i be worried, it's giving stalker, especially since he decided to approach me instead of continuing to run." He shot back, his voice calm and mixed with subtle sass and flirtation, matching the way he crossed his arms but also lightly cocked his hip to the side.

@⌭ kiyan vale Fèng could have /easily/ gone home. Easily. But there was something bothering him about this exclusively.

They didn't attack. They were spotted from the east side of the city...

Damnit Fèng. Make up your mind.

The male sighed.

An ember sparked into a live flame, his body coming from that flame and appearing in full. He was floating above the area that he just disappeared from. They shouldn't have gotten far.

Oh- they didn't.

Fèng dropped down from his height in the sky without an issue. The sound of him cutting the air was slight. He landed on a roof right above earlier culprit.

Same heat signature.

Fèng squatted down with his knees apart, arms handing between his thighs. He was too tired for any of this.

"I thought this entire area was locked down..." He started. "/Including/ U.A..." Fèng sounded so bland. He had no mental energy. But one of his jobs is to protect others.

@⍱ sasaki aiko Runecaller wasn't particularly concerned about being seen, after all sure, the individual could see him and probably run away faster but Runecaller was still holding back so he had fear bit of confidence he'd end up catching them. What he didn't expected however, was the figure suddenly vanished.

Heels clicking on the floor as he landed on the rooftop and skidded to a halt, the lithe male looked around in question before his eyes narrowed beneath his mask, his plump, glossy lips forming the beginnings of a sneer.

"ing seriously." He muttered, assuming the person had just teleported away. Closing his eyes, the male began thinking about how best to track a teleporter, there had to be something he could do.

@⌭ kiyan vale Just when he had fully talked himself into just ignoring it all and going home, the same heat signature he felt before was getting closer. And... /fast/. Fèng turned his head to look down, trying to spot what the hell was going all. And what he could see was flashes of purple symbols blipping in and out of vision. Then, a clear silhouette above them.

His eyes narrowed behind his mask.

He didn't have the goddamn time for this.

The male looked forward and took a sharp inhale.

The fire from below his shoes flared, then soon engulfed his entire body to ash. Disappearing right in that moment.

Being followed wasn't his favorite thing in the world.

@⍱ sasaki aiko Runecaller never liked rules or being told what to do. Sure, he could follow them if need be, but in a situation like this, he failed to see one, hence why he found himself dawning his suit and sneaking out. Getting out was frankly, a quick and easy affair, he'd been evading heroes for years at this point and the one time he had gotten caught, he ended up in this school, so needless to say, he had even more reason to get out without being seen.

Now, he was standing on top of a building in squat position, hands on the ledge as he slowly surveyed the area. The longer he watched, the more irritation he felt. Nothing he saw had nearly enough weight to justify what was akin to a 3 day prison sentence. Sure, he was trapped at the school already but he atleast had some autonomy, but the lock down had stripped it away, leaving frankly quite pissy.

The male was tempted to start muttering flurry of curses but immediately paused when something finally caught his attention, a plume of fire. Eyes narrowing, the male focused in and then when another plume when off, he was off as well, his quirk activating as he jumped, the sigil propelling him quickly and disappearing in time for another to appear which he used to propel himself again, slowly starting to get closer and closer to the shadowy figure in the night sky.

@⌭ kiyan vale Honestly. At this day and age, there needed to be some new heros on the line for the association. If there had to be a /city-wide/ lock down, /including/ U.A; those s weren't doing their job.

Fèng just wanted to patrol the area. Something the heros weren't even doing in constant rotation during this lock down. He spent a good 1 to 2 hours patrolling. And when his brain decided that he was done for the night, he was done for the night. He was on his way back home, flying through the skies through the quiet winds of the night. He couldn't help continuing to look down and scan, just in case.

But when he did, he felt a spot of heat not too far down from him. And...

Fèng turned his head. From the far east, he could see the large campus of U.A. Even all of the lights were off. Everything was blocked off there.

So why was he feeling a presence from that area?

All he could think about was that someone might have walked out of their home despite the lock down. Stupid on their part.

God, but he wanted to go home...