What was this guy’s deal? He just casually comes in here after revealing he was a part of a team trying to take us down and then joins us! He even threatened me earlier… Well now that I think about it, it was more like a warning… Hey wait where am I again? “Zach, stop bumping into things!” Adrian complained as she held me still. Oh right. We were in a weapons shop. I looked through the supplies they had and noticed a pair of kunais that were perfect for Pudding. I took them off the shelves and held them in my hands… light weight, but heavy enough to deal some damage. Suddenly I notice Hero talking with the cashier as he got out a bat made out of rubber except for the handle.
“Another one of these? Just what have you been using these for, Mister Harris?”
“None of your concern, but thanks.” He says doing some practice swings. “And it’s out of the park! The Throne Smashers take to the championships!” He says to himself until he notices my gaze. Walking up to us, he rests the bat on his shoulders and questions us. “Alright, are you guys ready to go? I know a pretty good ramen place.” Adrian looks at him annoyed and pokes him in the chest.
“Let's get one thing straight. I don’t trust you. I trust Zach and Leader’s judgement, and if you decide to attack any of us, I will be the first one to kick your ass, you got that?” Yikes… almost forgot how fierce she could be…
“Hey calm down, he’s just asking a question” I say to loosen the tension. “But also she’s right. I will let her kick your ass if you try to betray us.” I joke with him as he laughs in response. “Anyways you said Ramen, right? Why don’t you take us there?”
(2 minutes later)
…No… NO… NOO!!! WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE HERE?! I fall down onto my knees in disbelief as I stare at the building in front of us… The worst ramen place to go to even if you’ve haven’t eaten in 6 days! ‘Ramen Beyond’… I hated this place ever since I was a kid! The staff are mean to you, the ramen is always cold, and 90% of the time the tv doesn’t even work! (The other 10 percent is when it’s on but only playing shows for children to watch.) “You seem to be… uh… disappointed with my choice.” Hero said to me watching me slam the ground in despair. Eventually, Adrian had to pull me up from the ground and into a table as the staff took our order and left.
“Why did it have to be here…? This place is awful!” I complained as I rested my head on my fist.

“I know! No one ever comes here! It’s great!” Hero says in response… Well that's one way to see things I guess. Well I guess I should get to know a bit more about this guy… So I pointed out the obvious.
“Hey uh… Hero? What's with the collar?” I say, pointing at the red collar around his neck. He looks surprised I even brought it up but he explains anyway.
“Well… You see when we got our Guardians, we weren’t able to properly use them… So this device helps to summon them on command and contain them.” He says waving chopsticks around. Adrian thought to herself and came up with her own question.
“Wait then why can I use my guardian without it? I just got mine!”
“Beats me.” Hero responds. Thank you, Mister Helpful. Soon enough, the ramen arrives. Joy. I can’t believe I came to a restaurant to eat. Before I was about to dig in, Hero raised a hand. “Hold on, it's still cold. Let me just…” He clicks the button on his collar and whispers to himself, “Romeo…” Suddenly the shadowy guardian from earlier today appeared and went inside of his ramen bowl. A couple seconds later, steam started to rise from it. Adrian leaned forwards and looked at what he’s doing.
“You’re… heating up the ramen?” She says confused. Hero shrugs like it’s the obvious thing to do.
“Well yeah. I can’t eat cold ramen. No one can! It’s like-”
“Eating an eel straight out of the ocean?” I ask, finishing his sentence. Hero looked shocked that I was even able to take the words out of his mouth and nodded with a smile.
“Exactly! You get it!” He says high fiving me. A couple seconds passed and the ramen was actually… pretty good now that it wasn’t cold. Probably my best experience there… which isn’t saying much due to my past experiences… We continued talking with each other for a while until Hero checked his watch. “Oh crap, I really got to go right now…” He says holding back a cough. “I’ll see you later for my shift at your ma’s place” …Oh right! I’m actually surprised he remembers he works there. We paid the bill and went our own separate ways, with Adrian following me behind.
“Huh… He’s not that bad actually” She says to herself as we continue walking… Hey I wonder where Matt is right now…

Huh. 20 missed calls from Heather. I wonder what she wants to say… imgflip.com/i/a594ds
Oh right! I had dinner with Marcus! imgflip.com/i/a594tn
(!) Wasn’t Pudding still at the park? imgflip.com/i/a594tw
Lets go Home... imgflip.com/i/a594z5