"What the...?" Frost's words were cut off as he tried to dodge Zero's slugger, coupled with Dyna fighting Frost.
"Xenon, hurry and take Max away!" Shouted Dyna who was trying to restrain Frost.
"Okay," Xenon immediately approached Max who was still lying on the floor. "Max, are you okay?" asked Xenon while helping Max to stand up.
"I'm fine. I'm lucky that Frost hasn't done that to me yet," Max replied.
"We should go," said Xenon.
"But Zero and Dyna...," Max turned to Zero and Dyna who were now engaged in a fight with Frost.
"You guys just go! We'll hold Frost back!" shouted Zero. "Hurry up!"
Xenon grabbed Max's wrist and urged him to get out of there.
After they had gone far enough and found a suitable place to hide.
"We can finally get away from Frost," Xenon said with a gasp, then he turned to Max who was now bowed limply.
Xenon who realized that, asked Max. "Max? You're okay, right? Is anything hurt?"
Max shook his head slowly.
"Then, is there something?" asked Xenon.
Max still lowered his head, he still didn't dare to look at Xenon's face directly.
Xenon changed his position so that he was directly in front of Max. "Max, you can tell me something."
This time Max looked at Xenon. Xenon could see tears starting to come out of Max's eyes.
"Xenon, I didn't expect... that you would still help me, even though I... already...," Max was unable to finish his sentence as tears streamed down his cheeks. Max sobbed as he recalled the incident that traumatized him and made him feel dirty.
Xenon touched Max's cheek and wiped his tears away.
"There's no need to be afraid, Max. I'm right here. I don't care if you've been 'dirty', I'm always there for you, Max," Xenon said, then he hugged Max to make him feel better and calm.
Max had never felt a hug like that. Xenon's hug felt warm. Max returned Xenon's hug.
After a while, they released their hug.
"How is it? Are you feeling better?" asked Xenon. Max looked at Xenon, then nodded his head.
"Good. Then there's one thing I need to do, and I need you, Max," said Xenon.
"What do you mean?" asked Max.
"Damn! Turns out he's tough too!" cursed Zero.
Dyna had already set up a stance to attack Frost again, but he stopped his action when he saw Astra's Ultra Sign.
"Zero, let's retreat first!" exclaimed Dyna.
"But...," Zero stopped his words when Dyna touched his shoulder, then whispered something to him.
Zero understood that, and replied with a nod of his head. Immediately, Zero and Dyna left Frost.
"Yes, that's right! Just leave! You insolent young Ultra!" shouted Frost.
Frost realized that he was injured as a result of the fight just now. Frost decided to go to Silver Cross.
Arriving at Silver Cross, he met up with Jack and Leo.
"Ah, good afternoon, Jack-san, Leo-san!" greeted Frost.
But they didn't return Frost's greeting. Instead, they stared at Frost with angry and disgusted looks at him.
Frost didn't know what was going on, but he assumed they were acting like that because they were tired. Frost decided to meet Mother of Ultra.
But when he met Mother of Ultra, he was subtly rejected. Mother of Ultra also said that Frost could not be treated at Silver Cross.
Frost couldn't figure it out. He didn't understand why he was not being treated at Silver Cross. Frost decided to leave Silver Cross and treat his wounds on his own.
On the way, he met Ultraseven. Frost greeted him, but like Jack and Leo, Ultraseven gave Frost a cynical and disgusted look.
"Seven-san, you know that your son has attacked me? Look what he did to me!" said Frost who immediately reported Zero's actions to Ultraseven.
Ultraseven was still looking sarcastically at Frost. "My son had his reasons for doing that, and you deserved it," Ultraseven said, and then he walked away from Frost.
Frost didn't understand why all of Ultra was being rude to him. Until he got a call from Zoffy through Ultra Sign.
"Zoffy-san called me. He asked me to meet all the Ultra Brothers," Frost said. Even though Jack had previously given him a cynical look and Seven had been rude to him, Frost still fulfilled Zoffy's calling.
Arriving at the Ultra Brothers location, Frost immediately met the Ultra Brothers. He was also surprised that Xenon was also there. The Ultra Brothers, as well as Leo and Astra who had been waiting for him, looked at him with cynical and disgusted gazes.
"Zoffy-san, I have come according to your request. Is there something important?" asked Frost.
"Explain to me about what you're doing!" retorted Zoffy.
"As for that, I'm just doing my job as usual," replied Frost.
"HEY!" Taro yelled at Frost, but Ace held him back to keep Taro from beating Frost up again.
Zoffy spoke up again, "I mean other things you do, besides your job."
Frost wrinkled his forehead. "What do you mean, Zoffy-san?" asked Frost who still didn't understand what Zoffy meant.
"Tell me the truth, is it true that you are abusive to your subordinates?" asked Zoffy.
"What do you mean, Zoffy-san?" asked Frost who was making sure that Zoffy hadn't misspoken.
"Don't lie, Frost!" exclaimed Ultraman.
"There are already witnesses who say that you were abusive to one of your subordinates!" shouted Jack.
"Even Astra has said that you did something inappropriate to one of your subordinates!" shouted Ultraseven.
"Not just Astra, Taro also knows about your disgusting behavior!" shouted Ace.
"I can't believe that you raped your subordinate, Frost!" shouted Taro.
"How do you know that?" asked Frost. Then he looked at Xenon.
"Did you tell them that?" asked Frost.
Xenon shook his head. "It wasn't me, it was him." After Xenon said that, Max immediately revealed himself.
Frost was surprised to find out that his subordinate had told the Ultra Brothers about his actions.
"Max, you're the one who said all that?"
"That's right, Frost-san. As I've said before, I no longer want to be your subordinate. It's about time all of Ultra knew what you did, Frost-san, I mean Frost," Max replied.
Frost started to feel annoyed.
"That's right, Frost! We know what you did too!" shouted Tiga who entered the room, along with Dyna, Gaia, Cosmos, and Zero.
Frost instantly felt cornered when all the Ultra in the room knew what he had done.
"You can't do anything else, Frost," said Xenon.
Frost, in a fit of rage, swore at Max emotionally.
"THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT! YOU'RE AN UNGRATEFUL SUBORDINATE! IF IT WASN'T FOR ME, WHAT COULD YOU HAVE DONE!"
Suddenly, a slugger flew and hit Frost in the face, scratching his left eye.
All of Ultra was shocked by the incident. Tiga, Dyna, Gaia and Cosmos stared at Zero. Zero shook his hand to signal that it wasn't him who attacked Frost.
Xenon, who had been in shock, immediately turned to Max. So did the other Ultra. It turned out that Max had attacked Frost! He attacked Frost reflexively because he was scared of Frost. The reason was because Frost's previous treatment had scared and traumatized Max, so he reflexively attacked Frost with his Maxium Blade.
Frost held his left eye, then looked at Max with anger that had reached its limit. "YOU INSOLENT BRAT! YOU DESERVE TO BE PUNISHED!" Frost unleashed an attack aimed at Max.
Max didn't have time to dodge. He closed his eyes when Frost's attack almost hit him. Frost's attack caused a very loud explosion.
All of Ultra who witnessed it were in shock.
Max opened his eyes slowly and found that he was still safe, but he was surprised by Xenon who had put up a body to protect Max.
"Xenon...,"
"Max, you're okay right?" asked Xenon while enduring the pain from the attack from Frost, then he fell to his knees in front of Max.
"Xenon, why..." Max held Xenon's body.
"I told you, I will always be there for you," said Xenon, then he fainted.
"XENON!" Max shouted. Max cried while hugging the unconscious Xenon.
All the Ultra, including the Ultra Brothers were furious with Frost's actions.
"Frost, I didn't expect..." Ace opened his voice in the middle of the silence.
"First, you were abusive to Max. You even raped him! Now you intend to finish him off and now Xenon has become a victim!" Zoffy shouted.
"My patience is running out!" shouted Zero. "I want to kick your ass, Frost!"
"For now, I agree with you," said Dyna as he clenched his fist.
Taro also wanted to kick Frost's ass. Even Astra too.
Frost, who had previously been arrogant, was now terrified when he saw the seven ultras who intended to beat him up.
"This is to make you feel what it's like to be in Max's place," Astra said. Astra was getting ready to beat Frost up when Ultraman King suddenly appeared.
"Enough! You can't do things like that!" exclaimed Ultraman King.
"Ultraman King!" said the ultra.
Ultraman King walked up to Max who was hugging Xenon.
"Max, is it true that Frost has done that dirty deed to you?" asked Ultraman King.
Max didn't say anything. He just nodded his head.
Ultraman King understood that, so he turned towards Frost.
"Frost, because of your actions, you no longer deserve to set foot in the Nebula M78. Your punishment is.... banishment!" exclaimed Ultraman King.
Frost was shocked when Ultraman King banished him from the planet where he was born and lived. "But..."
"You don't belong here, sex offender!" shouted Astra.
"Yeah, get out of Nebula M78!" shouted Dyna.
"An Ultra who raped another Ultra doesn't deserve to live here!" shouted Gaia.
Frost was forced to leave Nebula M78 before he was beaten to a pulp by a group of angry ultras.
After Frost left, Max immediately brought Xenon to Silver Cross, assisted by his friends.
A few weeks later, Xenon had recovered from the wounds caused by Frost's attack. As for Max, he still needed to be treated for longer due to the trauma he had experienced. Xenon walked to Silver Cross to visit Max.
Xenon entered Max's room. He saw Max lying on his bed. Max who noticed Xenon's presence woke up.
"Xenon," Max said.
"Hi, Max. How are you?" asked Xenon.
"My body is recovering. But Mother of Ultra says that I still need a long time to heal from my trauma," Max replied.
"I see," said Xenon.
"I'm sorry, Xenon. Because of me, you got hurt that time," Max said.
"Never mind. I only fainted anyway. Frost's attack was nothing," said Xenon.
Both of them fell silent. They both felt awkward in the room.
"By the way, I want to give you something," said Xenon who finally broke the silence.
"Really? What did you want to give me?" asked Max.
"But since you're still traumatized, maybe next time," said Xenon.
"Don't be like that, Xenon," whined Max.
Xenon, who couldn't bear to hear Max's whining, finally agreed to Max's request.
"Okay, but don't be surprised," said Xenon. Xenon slowly brought his face closer to Max, then...
Xenon kissed Max. Max felt a little surprised when Xenon kissed him. Xenon's kiss was warm, Max could feel Xenon's sincerity through the kiss. Max responded by wrapping his arms around Xenon's neck, deepening their kiss.
They broke their kiss after 36 seconds.
"You like that?" asked Xenon.
"Yes, thank you, Xenon," Max replied.
They pressed their foreheads against each other and before they could kiss, they realized that their actions were being watched by their friends who were visiting Max.
"You guys still doing that?" asked Tiga.
Xenon and Max who realized that immediately stopped their activities and instantly, they began to feel awkward again.
"Hey, it's okay. Just continue," said Gaia.
"Just pretend we are not around," said Dyna.
"You can't do that, poor Max. He must be embarrassed," Cosmos scolded.
Max was instantly taken aback. "No! I'm not!" snapped Max.
"But your face is red, Max," said Zero.
"No!" snapped Max again.
"That's right! His face is red!" said Dyna.
"Maybe Max really likes Xenon," Gaia teased.
"That's it, that's it, you guys keep teasing Max!" reprimanded Tiga.
A few days passed, and Max was allowed to return home. Max now worked as a planetary observer with Xenon as his partner. During his time with Xenon, Max was encouraged to interact with other Ultra because during his time with Frost, Max was always isolated from other Ultra, including being restricted from talking to other Ultra.
"So how are you feeling now?" asked Xenon when it was just the two of them.
"There's still a bit of fear because of the trauma I experienced. But it's not a problem, I'm sure I can get through it all," Max replied.
Xenon patted Max's shoulder. "I'm sure you can get through it all, Max. If you need to, you can talk to me if you have any problems. Don't hide them," Xenon said.
At that moment, Max felt the happiness he had always wanted.
Going through everything together with Xenon, including telling the truth without fear of threats and abusive treatment.
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