Hikari Raiden's Arc

Chapter 1 of 3

Hikari crouched on the edge of a rooftop three blocks from the training center, watching the street below for anything that looked like trouble. She'd left before anyone could tell her no this time. If Sakura was going to respect her, she needed proof — not training scores or practice drills, but a real mission completed on her own. But after two hours, nothing had happened. No creatures. No danger. Just regular people walking home from work. Hikari shifted her weight and scanned the skyline, her eyes settling on the tall building with the ornate traditional roof crown rising above the other structures. That one. If she could get up there, she'd have a view of the whole city — a real lookout point where she could spot threats before anyone else. She jumped to her feet, sparks crackling along her fingertips. Tomorrow she'd claim it as her official training ground. Then when something did happen, she'd be the first one there.