We start this chapter with another character.
It was the parking lot of an amusement park. It was late so there where no other people around. The dim streetlights were the only source of light for the area. Wild fans surrounded D.
"One, two, three, four, five. Five against one. Fair enough." he said.
The wild fans circled him, like eagles preparing to swoop in for the kill. D hopped, like he was using a jump rope. The moment the wild fans attacked, D vanished. But he didn't run away. Then the wild fans looked for him but suddenly a blur passed them then they found themselves in the air...
***
In the Guardians' quarters...
"Hey K, I have a question for you." M said.
"Sure. You can ask me anything."
"Anything?"
"Wait. You can ask me any question except anything that has to do with the kids."
"Deal."
"Go ahead, ask your question."
"I've been thinking about this for a long time..." M sat down on the couch and looked like Ikari Gendo with his hands together in front of his face.
"Go on."
"Is D really a guy?"
K didn't answer immediately. Perhaps he was surprised with the question or he was trying to control himself from laughing. He wasn't sure if M was serious so he tried to be serious as well.
"Of course he is. Why'd you ask?"
"Because I feel uncomfortable when I see him coming from the comfort room."
"Huh? I don't get it."
"I hesitate going to the comfort room after him, because I'm not sure if it's the one for guys. Seeing someone like him walk out of the men's room creeps me out. But hey, maybe I can make it an excuse to walk inside the ladies room. Oh, I thought this was the men's room! Hehehe."
"You and your perverted ways. It seems like his looks make you insecure."
"Me? Insecure? Why should I? Oh yeah, I already met R and I look better! Nyaa~!!!"
"Haha. I don't care. You know what, D wasn't really like that before. He was clumsy, and geeky. Imagine S with a bad hair day, only D was worse. But then he changed."
"What happened?"
"I dunno."
"Maybe he did get rid of his nuts!"
***
D looked at the wild fans in the air.
"Now which of them should I deal with first...Forget it..." he said as he jumped and vanished again...
D attacked his first target. He landed a couple of kicks and finished with an axe kick, similar to the finisher of the Naruto Rendan, which sent the unconscious wild fan crashing to the ground. He switched to the next two and circled around them, creating illusions of himself, similar to Aoshi's Flowing Water Technique. The wild fans attacked the illusions but they realized that they were fooled when they were sent down to the ground by a vicious kick.
"Three down, two to go!"
***
What really happened…
When D was starting, he had wavy, unmanageable hair, which covered his face, and he looked like a sickly person. He was always sulking. He didn't have any self-confidence. He could finish his assignments but he was usually the butt of jokes of the others.
"I don't know why Michishige-san was assigned to you. You two are like extreme opposites."
"You need a haircut, D! Birds might someday decide to live on your head!"
"Looks like the wild fan didn't give you a hard time. Maybe when he saw you he voluntarily surrendered!"
Those were some of the things they would say to him. D would just smile and appear unaffected but inside he was hurt even if he knows that they were just joking.
He would usually go to the rooftop to feel better but one day...
"Michishige-san? What are you doing here?"
"You're Domon, right?" Sayumi asked as she wiped away tears from her eyes.
"Just call me Domo-kun."
"Okay."
"You were crying."
"Yeah. I had problems with the rehearsals today. The instructor said some mean things to me."
"I see. But words can't really hurt you can they?"
"I know. But sometimes some of those words make me want to give up."
"How true."
"They make fun of you too, don't they?"
"How'd you know?"
"We're the same."
"I can understand why they make fun of me but you? I don get it. How can they make fun of someone like you?"
"Well, they say I'm chubby and I don't know how to sing and I'm lousy at dancing."
"Ouch. Those are bad things to say but I know that they're not true."
"Actually, I believe some of them are."
"But if they say that, how come you always look happy?"
"Ishikawa-senpai taught me to stay positive. If I let those words affect me, I won't progress."
"Really?"
"It works. Try it."
"I don't know..."
"Come on. Tell me something that makes you unhappy."
"Okay. They say I'm ugly."
Sayumi brushed his hair aside and placed her hands on D's face then looked at him. D blushed and tried to get away from her glare.
"No you're not! You're cute!"
"You're just saying that."
"No! You're really cute! Let's go to my room, I have just the stuff!" Sayumi said as he grabbed his arm.
"You're room?"
"We're going to do something I used to do with Reina-chan and Eririn. I haven't done it with guys though."
"What is that?" D said as his face turned red again.
"You'll see..." Sayumi said the giggled.
***
"I'm curious. What kind of fighting moves does D have, K?"
"Finally you ask me a good question. He uses kicks."
"Kicks?"
"Hwoarang, Sanji, Kim Kaphwan, Jet Li, Tony Jaa, Jacky Chan, Bruce Lee and the like. Oh yeah, and Chuck Norris."
"Kicks? That's too easy. I can do those too."
"But can you do them at Soujiro Seta and Rock Lee's speed. It even looks like he can float in the air."
"You mean...he can do air combos?" M's eyes widened.
"What you can't see will hurt you. A lot. Yeah, he can do air combos. Don't provoke him too much or he might give you a thousand kicks in less than five seconds."
"Noted. I'll try to be nice to him from now on."
"Have you seen those shoes he wears?"
"Those weird shoes? I haven't seen any of those being sold at stores. What about them?"
"They're custom made so that they won't get destroyed when he uses his speed."
"So he's like Sonic the Hedgehog."
"Kinda. He even asked the boys at the lab to upgrade his legs so that he will able to reach his top speed anytime he wants."
"How come he doesn't use his hands?"
"He rarely uses his hands. When he was new, he used it but now he prefers using his feet."
"He probably uses them for something else. Hehehe."
"He's not like you, M."
***
D approached the fourth one. He gave him a couple of DBZ style kicks and sent him to the ground after. He then looked at the last one.
"You have to be glad because I always save the best one for last."
***
"A makeover?" D wondered.
"Yes."
"I don't think it's a good idea."
"Don't worry. I know it'll turn out great. Hey, your hands are nice." Sayumi said as they walked inside.
"Really?"
"Take care of them, okay?"
"Okay."
When they arrived at Sayumi's room, she took out a chair and asked him to sit down in front of the mirror. Sayumi then took out her tools. Some stuff for the hair, a hair iron, a set of scissors, a tube of facial moisturizer, and other stuff.
"D...don't hurt me." D said.
"I won't hurt you." she said as she started styling his hair.
"Please tell me she's not doing this." D said to himself as he closed his eyes.
After a few more minutes and a few snips with the scissors and a facial..."It's finished." Sayumi said.
D opened his eyes. He couldn't believe it. He couldn't recognize himself in the mirror. His bothersome hair looked a lot better now and he could see his face.
"Didn't I tell you were cute."
"I...is that really me?" D said as he pointed to the mirror.
"Of course it is, silly. Now just put this on your hair when you take a bath to keep it that way." Sayumi said as she handed him a bottle of shampoo or conditioner, whatever.
"I feel...I feel a lot better. I don't know how to thank you, Michishige-san."
"That's easy, just stay positive." she said as she did the Usa-chan peace.
"I will." D said as he mimicked Sayumi's stance.
Eri and Reina entered the room.
"Who's that, Sayu?" Eri asked.
"Don't tell me you can't recognize him too. It's Domo-kun." Sayumi answered.
"It can't be! You mean that's the weird looking guy? You've got to be kiddng!" Reina burst out.
"He doesn't look weird now, does he?"
"I didn't know you were cute, Domo-kun." Eri said.
D stood up. "Thank you, Kamei-san. Now I'm afraid that if I go out now the other guys would get jealous because of my looks."
"That's the spirit!" Sayumi said as he patted him on the back.
"Kyo-kun didn't tell me about this." Reina pouted. " I'd have to bash him next time I see him. You actually look prettier than Sayu-chan."
"That's not true." D said as he looked at Sayumi.
"That's fine. I also have a feeling that she's right." Sayumi said.
"Why don't you try out for the next auditions for Morning Musume, Domo-kun. I'm sure you can make it." Eri said.
"He's a guy, Eririn. Hello?" Reina exclaimed.
"So what? They won't notice."
"Hey! Don't say things like that about Domo-kun!" Sayu pouted.
"Maybe if they have auditions for male members. But I'll have to work on my singing."
"You don't have to. Your looks alone will get you in."
"Haha. Maybe. I have to go now, Michishige-san. Thanks a lot again. See you, Kamei-san, Tanaka-san." he said as he bowed.
"Don't forget these stuff." Sayumi said as she handed him different bottles and sachets. "And don't forget to use them."
"I will."
"Take care of your hands. If you ever feel sad, just look at the mirror and do the Usa-chan peace, okay? From now on, you'll be the official advocate of Usa-chan peace aside from me."
"If you say so." D said as he left the room. He was a few steps away but he could still hear them talking.
"He's really cute, Sayu."
"Hey, where'd my shampoo go? "
***
D dashed towards his last opponent. He unleashed Sanji-style kicks that sent the wild fan spiraling downward. D looked and the enemy was going to hit the ground headfirst. Before the wild fan could hit the ground, D caught him with is left leg.
"That's it for today." D said as he watched the wild fans turn to normal. He took their video camera and then used the memory erasing procedure. After a few minutes, he woke up one of them.
"Where am I, ma'am?"
"Haha. I'm a guy. You guys got wasted."
"No way! I'm sorry about that. I think I'm still wasted."
"No problem. You and your friends should go. It's late. And it looks like you have work tomorrow."
"Oh yeah."
"I'll go ahead." D said as he walked away.
***
"I'm home!" D said as he entered the room.
"What took you so long?" M asked.
"Why do you ask?"
"We were getting worried. Plus your food's already cold."
"Don't worry about me. I can take care of myself."
"Where'd you go anyway?"
"Just spreading Usa-chan peace."
"Yeah right. That's just like dropping golden poop across the city."
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