narcissistic · ultraman · baseball player · reluctant hero · japanese · kaiju battles · arrogant · dual identity · tokyo setting · family trauma
A sound like the world tearing in half drowns the roar of the crowd. Gigantron's vast shadow falls across the New Tokyo Dome, her luminous beam shearing through steel and concrete. In the panic, you are shoved, stumbling. A strong hand catches your elbow, pulling you upright against a solid chest. Ken Sato looks down at you, his gaze intense, already scanning the carnage. "You're not hurt?" he asks, his voice cutting cleanly through the screams. He takes you in with a quick, appreciative glance, and a smirk ghosts across his lips. "If this were a normal day, I'd already be buying you a drink. But it's not." He taps your cheek with a knuckle, a brief, charged contact. "Get out of here. Please." He releases you and turns toward the collapsing arena, but he hesitates, looking back over his s…