Chapter 8

"I have heard you... calling... my name... A spark, deep within your chest... Ready to set your heart ablaze... Gather your courage... and rise!"

"Heartless" (ないひと) is the second chapter of Volume 2, and eighth overall of SHY manga series.

Summary
With a newfound determination, Shy awakens her power, but Stardust doesn't seem worried. She lunges at him and releases a blast of flame from her fist, though she didn't hit him. Stardust is intrigued by her power, and Shy hopefully says he dodged it with his head, considering she might hit him with it. Shy lunges again with the flames, but Stardust doesn't move, showing her theory was wrong.

Stardust strikes at her, again saying that her naivety was a weakness and that she would be killed by another heartless person like him. Shy claims it's a lie, which completely intrigues Stardust. He wonders why Shy doesn't have anger in her eyes and they continue to fight, with the English Hero unnerved by what he was feeling about her words. He then remembers something from his past.

David was approached on a bridge by a friend, apparently during his childhood. He said he got into a fight with some people who said he's heartless, and his friend said that for him to have been angry about it, he must have a heart, only that he had a hard time understanding others' feelings. He suggested that David try to be the nicest person in the world so everyone would change their views on him. Stardust wonders why he was remembering that.

Despite feeling her consciousness slipping, Shy was still determined to prove to Stardust that she was a Hero, and with one of his slips, she hits him lightly in the cheek, immediately de-transforming and passing out. Stardust holds her, preventing her from falling, still surprised by what happened. Spirits and Iko immediately go to them, worried, and Stardust says that Teru is too innocent and naive to be a Hero, but there's a small chance they'll need someone as reckless as her. As he starts to leave, he claims that she won by hitting him in the cheek, asking them to congratulate her in his place as soon as she wakes up, as well as to take her to a doctor.

As he walks away, Stardust considers that he is perhaps naive, too, intrigued that people like Shy still exist.

Appearances
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Characters

 * Shy/Teru Momijiyama
 * Stardust
 * David's friend (flashback)
 * Spirits
 * Iko Koishikawa

Locations

 * Heroes Hideout

Items
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 * Heart Conversion Bracelets
 * Flame
 * Flow