Chapter 6

"I've always been wondering... whether I'm fit to be a Hero, being as I am now... I know I'm lacking very much. That's why... I want to become much stronger! '''Strong enough to help everyone!"

- Shy to Spirits and Stardust

"Dinner Meeting" is the sixth chapter of first volume of SHY manga series.

Summary
Spirits meet up with Shy and Iko Koishikawa in a building's rooftop and the Japanese Hero introduces Iko, who is very excited to meet Spirits in person. Spirits then praises Shy for being the only Hero to have recovered an entire ring and, without answering her questions, opened a portal so they can go to the Heroes Hideout. Surprised to be in space, Iko and Shy are soon guided by Spirits.

Spirits comments that Uni-Lord was making some research about the "freedom of the heart" but that their biggest problem was the mysterious boy. Passing through a door, Spirits announces her arrival and they are stunned by Uni-Lord who was cooking borscht. Iko asks Shy who she is but Uni-Lord introduces herself before Shy could answer her. Uni-Lord requests Iko's help to understand the nature of the impeding crisis that Earth is facing. Since Stardust didn't arrive yet, she invites everyone to eat before discussing the main issue.

Iko excitedly asks if she can take a group shoot but Uni-Lord shows them a photo booth and takes their picture. Iko is really exhilarated while seeing the photo, wanting to show it to her brother, and Shy asks if she really love Heroes that much. Iko is embarrassed by the question and Shy tries to correct herself saying she is the one wearing strange clothes, but Iko approaches her to deny it and almost stumbles on her feet, only to get caught by Stardust.

Putting a blushing Iko on the ground, he comments about the good smell coming from Uni-Lord's soup and Spirits complains about him being late to the meeting. Everyone sits down and Uni-Lord explains to Stardust about Shy recovering a ring by herself. He asks her how she could get it and Shy tries to explain, while Stardust is a little surprised to see Iko, a civilian, in the Heroes' base. Iko takes the opportunity to ask Uni-Lord what is that ring and what it did to her to which she explains that the ring reduces, materializes and converts the wearer's energy into supernatural strenght, comparing it to their Heart Conversion Bracelets with the exception that the ring forcefully takes it out from the wearer.

Stardust explains they call the boy Stigma and that he appeared the first time in England, using his friend to cause a great atrocity. Shy asks how he dealt with it and he simply says he cut it off, the finger, much to the girls' surprise. He says Iko is lucky she still has her finger and Spirits tells him to stop scaring them. Stardust laughs, asking why Shy would be scared if she is a Hero, but quickly deduces why he was called there, asking Uni-Lord directly.

Uni-Lord requests Stardust to fight Shy, knowing all to well about his cold and ruthless personality. Spirits immediately protests to this but Uni-Lord calmly says Shy is not prepared to deal with Stigma the way she is now and the Russian says she would fight her. Stardust, however, tells her she can't fight her since she is fond of Shy, which means she wouldn't fight seriously, thus Stardust was perfect for the task. Spirits is angry at him but Shy cuts her off, saying she could handle it and that she knew she was weak, that's why she wants to be stronger.

However, even though he found her heroic at the moment, Stardust asks if she was ready to give up being a Hero when she loses.

Appearances
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Characters

 * Spirits
 * Shy
 * Iko Koishikawa
 * Stigma (mentioned)
 * Uni-Lord
 * Stardust

Locations

 * Heroes Hideout

Items
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 * Heart Conversion Bracelets
 * Stigma's rings