Chapter 42

[author-had this chapter ready to upload but inkstone flipping deleted it, but I rewrote it all....

Goodnight I'm super tired.

(2140 words for this chapter without author note)]

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(With Rumi and Madara)

Destroyed trees everywhere with craters all over the place. The surrounding area looked completely torn compared to its previous beautiful scenery. Despite the wrecked surroundings, there was still a good amount of bright green grass on the ground.

Madara and Rumi laid on that grass with their shoulders touching. Since the two didn't go patrolling today, they decided that it was best to do their usual 'friendly fight'. If anyone else were to see them spar, they'd definitely question wether it was actually a spar or just a full blown battle.

Like the past days, Madara defeated the pro hero during their fight; which greatly annoyed the Rabbit woman. She hasn't beaten him at all since the first day!

She vowed to herself that she'd get her 'revenge' on the Uchiha, but that still hasn't happened!

Rumi herself is definitely irritated at this, but she couldn't deny the fact that she absolutely enjoys her usual brawls with the long spiky haired young man.

Laying next to Madara's right side with some parts of her hero outfit torn, Rumi secretly cursed the boy since she'd have to go get it fixed. Of course she had multiple and not just one, but the Rabbit didn't usually destroy her clothes in battle; and this has only been happening a lot recently.

Her hero outfit was made of strong fabrics which made it very difficult to tear apart, but even then; it wasn't strong enough against the boy's jutsus.

Her hero costume was not Madara proof...

"Dammit Madara. It's like you're deliberately destroying my hero outfits! You know I don't have an infinite amount of them." Rumi said to the person on her left as she glanced at her clothing.

The chest area ripped apart, completely showing her cleavage, and her toned stomach exposed from when Madara hit her with a strong wind technique.

It definitely showed a lot of her skin, but she didn't really care about that. She should at-least cover herself, but for some reason, she didn't care for how she currently looked either.

Even when Madara was right next to her. Why was this? The pro hero herself wasn't sure.

Madara looked to his right and shamelessly looked over Rumi's form. 'Yes. Girls who have quite a bit of muscle on them are definitely very attractive...' He thought to himself with a nod of approval.

Done with admiring the woman, he let out a small chuckle and replied back to her by saying

"You know, you could always just wear workout clothes when fighting me. I don't know why you have your hero outfit on if you're not going on patrol."

Rumi thought about what he just said and couldn't help but agree. "Hmmm, I guess I could." She responded back to the Uchiha.

"What? No thanks for your intern giving you such a great idea?" Madara said with a straight face, already knowing that Rumi knew he was just joking. They do this type of banter all the time.

"Partner..." Madara heard the brown skinned woman say in a whisper. Raising an eyebrow at what she said, he wanted to make sure he heard right.

"What did you say Rumi?" He questioned her.

Staring up at the sky with the white clouds passing by, the rabbit hero didn't respond to Madara at first. How was she going to say it without it being so awkward?

This shouldn't bother her at all. She was a person who speaks her mind, so what was she hesitating for?

Thinking about it for a couple more minutes, Rumi finally spoke up; but didn't turn to look at the Uchiha.

"I said partner. You're not my intern, but my partner. It may seem weird, but I already consider you as such. Already consider you as my equal with how many times you've beaten me already.

If I were to be honest, I could even consider you as my friend as well. Despite the fact that I usually work solo, it could get pretty lonely by myself sometimes; and you changed that for me.

Ever since the day I met you, I was honestly expecting some cocky and annoying kid because of all the power you have, but I was wrong. Completely wrong.

First time we fought, you surprised me with your strength, but it also brought me a great sense of joy that I haven't felt in a while. I'm not one to get so friendly and interact much with another person, but I feel comfortable around you.

I don't know how to explain it really. You could say that it's like I've known you for years. This certainly all feels weird because I didn't expect to grow this close to you." Rumi explained as she chuckled a little bit when she said the last part.

When she watched the sports festival and saw the potential of Madara, she thought it wouldn't be so bad to give the intern thing a try. At first, she wasn't really expecting much from the young man. Back then in her eyes, he was just a little brat with a strong quirk.

Of course she was sorely mistaken...

Now flash forward to present day, and this is how their relationship is.

If someone were to tell her past self about this, then she would've most likely laughed at them. Laughed because it would've been seen as a 'funny' joke.

'My relationship with her really has progressed tremendously. I definitely didn't expect for her to already think of me as a friend and partner. After all, it hasn't even been a full week yet.' Madara thought to himself after he heard Rumi's words.

"I get it. It's kind of the same with me too. I'm not a person who tries to activity make friends with other classmates. I'm more reserved unless it comes to my close people, but even then; the amount I actually have could be counted on one finger.

So in these past few days, I've come to trust you quite a bit. I even told you about a specific ability of mine, which I rarely ever do." He said to the long white haired woman.

"I've noticed that you aren't very talkative of your quirk and what it could specifically do. I should praise you for this." Rumi replied back, while saying the last part a little bit jokingly.

From what she's seen in her life, kids with strong quirks tend to show off a ton. They'd want to show the world how powerful they are and brag to their friends about it. With Madara, Rumi noticed how he'd share only a minimum amount of information.

At first she didn't know why he was doing that, but she had an extremely good guess after the day he made her concede defeat.

To Rumi, Madara was a monster(in a good way). His quirk was simply amazing and limitless. If others were to know just exactly what he could do, then he'd probably have a target on his back. And being around Madara for a little bit, Rumi guessed that this target would be a bother to him, rather than a serious problem.

If it was a regular hero that went up against Madara's perfect susanoo, they'd most likely report to the higher ups or government that such a young kid has this dangerous and mysterious quirk.

Rumi herself didn't feel the need to report such a thing. It's not like Madara was some villain in disguise. Plus, if she ever reported about Madara, then he'd be taken away for some questioning and information on his abilities.

Rumi definitely did not want that. Why? Because at the time; if there was no more Madara, then Rumi would never be able to enjoy that feeling she felt when fighting him.

Unknown to her, this is what caused her to gain some of Madara's trust.

"I'm sure you know why I'm quite secretive about this information." Madara responded back. Seeing her stay silent, he could only guess that his assumptions on her knowing his reason was right.

Well part of his reasons.

"And I'm glad that I'm your partner. I don't really see myself working for any other heroes." He said to the woman, getting her to finally look him in the eyes.

'Even if I was actually hoping she'd pick me up, but of course she doesn't need to know that.' Madara thought to himself.

After a couple moments, Rumi let out a beautiful smile. Yep, she was right. She definitely didn't make a mistake on choosing Madara.

"Alright, why don't we leave here." The Rabbit hero said as she looked around the destroyed area. She felt like it was time they go back to the house. She'd usually sent Madara back home during this time as well.

Creating 4 clones, Madara had them fix the damaged area with some earth and wood jutsus. Ever since Rumi discovered that he could do this, she didn't care how much was destroyed when they fought.

After all, why worry when Madara could just fix it all?

Seeing the forest good as new, Rumi got up from the ground, but right when she took her first steps; she felt some pain coming from below. After hours of fighting Madara, she felt completely sore. This didn't usually happen, but the two went at it harder then other days.

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"Are you alright Rumi? Do you need help walking?" Madara said with a smile as he got up and walked towards the struggling woman.

"N-No, I'm completely fine." Rumi said as she began to limp towards the direction of her house, but unfortunately for her; she felt a sharp pain coming from her leg.

Catching her before she fell down, Madara put his right arm under her knees and the other around her back to princess carry her.

"Jeez, you know you don't always have to be so tough." Madara said as he began walking.

Rumi just stayed silent as she felt her current predicament to be embarrassing. Although she didn't like to be treated weak, she couldn't deny the fact that she was enjoying being carried like this. While having her head rested on Madara's chest, she was also able to smell the scent that was coming off him, and certainly didn't mind it.

'What the hell am I thinking...'

A couple minutes later, the two arrived at the house. Going inside with Rumi still in his arms, Madara laid her down on the sofa.

"You don't have to treat me like glass. I'm just sore. It's not like I crushed my legs or lost an arm." Rumi said with a small laugh.

"Alright then. Are we all done here?" Madara asked her.

"Yes, we're all done. I'm sure you don't want to go home in torn and dirty workout clothes, so you can go ahead and freshen up.

Don't take too long though. I'll probably take an ice bath when you're done." Rumi said as she massaged her legs and thick thighs.

Madara could have honestly ran back home quickly to change out of these dirty clothes, but since he has an extra pair and Rumi offered; then he wasn't going to deny.

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(Moments Later)

After Madara freshened up and changed into a clean set of workout clothes, he left Rumi's house after saying bye to the woman by giving her a hug.

Now running on top of the buildings, Madara created two clones. One to take his case that contained his hero outfit home since he wouldn't be needing it. He wasn't planning on going straight to the Yaoyorozu mansion today like he usually does.

The other clone was sent to Hosu City to stay there and watch if Nomus ever start appearing. Madara himself didn't know when the incident will happen, but if it was today; then the clone would inform him about it.

The Uchiha had already decided to go and interfere with this situation. He thought it would be interesting to fight and talk with the infamous Hero Killer.

Would Stain try to kill him? Madara wasn't sure, but what he did know was that if the man ever tried to; he would never succeed. He had so many ways to deal with the former vigilante.

Another reason why he decided to interfere in the Hosu incident was to fuck up Tomura's plans once again. It could honestly be considered a bonus...

Turning a different direction, Madara upped his speed and arrived on top of a certain building in 5 minutes tops. This was the hero agency where the Dragon Hero Ryukyu should be.

Yes, that's right. He planned on picking up his periwinkle haired girl today and she did mention that Ryuko wanted to meet him one day, so why not right now?

Sensing where his girlfriend should be, Madara disappeared in a swirl of flames.