Untamed Heart ✨

Chapter 42 - Start Of A Rampage

Silence. A thing that comes with great surprise considering the circumstances we all find ourselves under. I stare with wide eyes, the recognisable figure of Hakkai Shiba standing over an instantly defeated opponent. We all stare, Kakucho and Tatsuo included as a dominant fist strikes straight into the back of Ran Haitani's head, sending him plummeting to the ground within a second. His body folds before he can even react, a slight twitch from the heap on the floor as purple eyes roll back. All sets of eyes fall onto them, the younger Haitani brother stalled for a moment before attempting to tackle Hakkai away and off of his brother. With such speed it seems impossible for him to intercept, Chifuyu and Peh-yan left to watch the multicoloured head of hair growing closer and closer before Hakkai can rise up to block. With a sudden lunge, he's quickly intercepted, a kick to the chest winding him to the point where he tumbles backwards. Light pink hair flashes before my eyes, Senju Kawaragi pulling up alongside Hakkai as reinforcements flood in. I glance back at Tatsuo, who can't help but flash a simple smile. His brother however frowns, disappointed in the brothers for appearing down and out for now alongside the fact they dismissed the idea of no weapons. Whether they knew about it or not is a whole different story. I feel footsteps sprinting from behind, Kazutora appearing out of nowhere to brush me aside, existing in the middle of the battlefield all out of breath and tired. "I've just ran- so f-far" he murmurs, catching his breath to then realise it has all been dealt with for now. "W- huh" he remarks, looking around to realise he's caused more of a scene than what was already happening. He exhales, hoping he'd got here a little quicker to include himself within the brawl. Whilst the attention is on the three avengers who have just arrived, Ran Haitani begins to recover, grasping a weak hand around his telescope baton and swinging aimlessly, missing Hakkai's cheek by about an inch. Senju knocks him down once more with a kick only to be barged aside by Rindo, who obviously escaped her custody. Kazutora frowns, letting out a piercing battle cry as an attempt to charge at them both is made. Hakkai takes care of Ran by throwing him against a wall, Rindo left to battle it out in an obvious three against one. Tatsuo glares, turning his back to his brother who instantly takes advantage of his situation. Before Tatsuo can even continue his personal martial arts match with his brother, Kakucho cries out, barraging past him and straight in Hakkai's direction at a speed seemingly not possible for an ordinary man. Hakkai puts up both arms to block, but is still flung pretty far as the force from Kakucho's punch lands critically onto his right arm. With Hakkai gone Ran lies protected, Kazutora making an attempt to battle only to be swept aside by another fierce punch landing directly against the side of his face. The attack brings Kazutora to a kneeling stance, Chifuyu instantly rushing to his side as his bruised colleague Peh-yan attempts to thwart Kakucho off of everyone. Senju swiftly rolls over and to cover for the both of them as well, blocking another rapid-fire charge from Kakucho. I stand alongside Hina, watching Tatsuo amongst all this who doesn't seem to be doing a lot to contribute. "What's going on with him?" I mumble, questions pouncing in and out of my mind. Suddenly his eyes light up, turning to me in an instant as if I'm more important than his friends getting beaten. He runs over, standing close in front of me while swiping his phone out of his pocket." Now isn't the time for social media" I somehow joke, holding onto one of his hands and not wanting to let go until all this is over. He smiles, staring down at my index finger with wears the ring he got me. "Cover me okay, there's somebody I need to speak to". "Me? Cover you?" I question, utterly confused on what he's planning now since our conversations today have been utterly vague. I wait patiently while he types at immense speed, holding the phone away from me so I can't glance down at what he's saying. "Heyy why can't I see?" I ask, to which he shrugs cutting off contact immediately. "Okay, thanks" he mutters to me, his inky black eyes meeting my opposing vibrant pair before he turns away from us both. "I'll be back shortly".
With that, he swivels round to help, getting as far as two steps before he halts yet again. Within a second, a loud bang rings across the walls, a door hitting the wall at the end of the hall at a force that surely took them both off of their decaying hinges. Footsteps draw closer behind us. I glance behind in horrified anticipation, realising they're all accustomed with the same uniform as Tatsuo. There's loads of them as well. Thirty, forty, fifty men it seems all pouring into the now practically cramped hall, appearing puzzled as to who me and Hinata are. I trek back a few steps to inspect what the noise was, the fighters halted as the same number of people flooding in through the doorway Hakkai and Senju entered through moments ago in such similar fashion. A vision plays in my head for a moment. Hundreds of people compacted into this corridor battling it out like some scene from a delinquent movie. The worst part is it won't surprise me if Tatsuo is on the front lines, taking loads of them out one by one while also at risk of being severely injured. Someone could easily get trampled... "Oi oi what are you doing here?" some random squeaky-voiced malefactor calls. I grab ahold of Hinata's arm, pulling her up the stairs now that the pathway is free just in case we're in the way of what's about to happen. "I'm sure the boss got here first!" a man closer to our side calls, the lot of them turning the corner to where the previous commotion went down. Kazutora, Hakkai, Senju, Chifuyu, Peh-yan, Kakucho and the brothers all seem stressed, the lot of them assessing the fact that there's way too many people for this confined and ancient floor to handle. "Bullshit!" another shouts from afar, sparking the tempers of every individual rolling up in each group. "We're screwed" Hina mumbles, crouching down alongside me so we can still watch everything. With a cry, the man at the front of the assembly sets of, sprinting past the others and straight over to Kakucho in a flimsy attempt to hit him. Kakucho ducks obvious, predicting the move and countering with a deadly blow right between his ribcage. The man gasps, instantly crumbling like a baked good to the floor as the rest of the men charge forward, pissed their friend was the first to go down. I lock eyes onto Tatsuo, who tries his best to escape the carelessness by practically running and jumping across the wall, balancing himself with somebodies shoulder until he can't keep up the acrobatics anymore. He hops down, standing aside Chifuyu who spans out next to him, everyone else caught up in the commotion as men from both sides flail and fall to punches thrown every second. "What do we do?" Chifuyu questions. I keek across the hall, picking out members I'm aware of and appreciate the wellbeing of. I spot Senju first, who seems to be fairing well as a high roundhouse kick connects against the temple of a nearby attacker. Hakkai is the next one I notice, three men attempting to jump on him only to be overpowered after a second of struggling. He grabs one of them off of his back, throwing them against the window causing what remains of it to shatter in an instant, glass soaring outwards apace with the man. To everyone's surprise it falls quite silent for a second, the sound of the man calling out in fear before hitting the ground below. Hakkai seems traumatised about what he's accidentally achieved, but he doesn't have time to dwell about it as another man attempts to best him in combat. I listen out only to hear an extremely loud grown, an alive man still left in this world although he's surely in a bad state now. I look at Hina with immense perturbation, coming to the realisation more people could actually die if this continues on as it is...