Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie reacts to izumi as james lee ||A.U||

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🔥Prologue: The Breaking Point
Izumi Yuu had always been the “unlucky one.”

He wasn’t strong. He wasn’t cool. He tripped, got injured, forgot his umbrella. If his life were a game, the RNG gods had cursed his stats at birth. The only constant light in his world was Shikimori, his loyal and effortlessly perfect girlfriend.

But deep down, even Yuu couldn’t ignore the truth anymore:

| He hated being protected.

Not because he resented Shikimori, but because… he felt useless.

One rainy evening, that feeling peaked when Yuu was cornered by a group of masked delinquents. They weren’t random. They were targeting people linked to an underground school-gang network. Yuu just happened to be mistaken for someone important.

Shikimori came to save him.

But this time, she got hurt.

🔥Chapter 1: Rock Bottom
Seeing her bleed because of him, something inside Yuu snapped.

The fear didn’t disappear. It hardened.

Yuu trained silently for months. No one knew. He cut ties with everyone—even Shikimori. He joined a night school in a rough district, surrounded by gangs and corrupted fighters, pretending to be a clueless transfer student.

He took beatings.

He fought back.

He studied martial arts, tactics, and psychology with obsession. He learned not how to be lucky—but how to control outcomes.

And slowly, Yuu changed.

🔥Chapter 2: Rebirth
One year later, Yuu returns. His posture is upright. His eyes sharp. His tone cold but precise.

He is no longer the clumsy, frail boy who needed protecting.

He walks into a gang-run training gym under a false name: James Lee.

| “Yuu is dead,” he says. “I’m someone new now.”

This name spreads. His style is unique—flawless technique, surgical strikes, terrifying calm. He's not just powerful—he's efficient. People start whispering:

| James Lee isn’t just strong… he’s untouchable.

But beneath the steel is still Yuu, protecting people the way Shikimori once protected him—quietly, fiercely, without praise.

Chapter 3: Return to the Light
Shikimori hears the rumors.

She finds him again—but doesn't recognize him.

James Lee wears Yuu’s face, but with an aura so intense that even the strongest fighters hesitate around him.

But she knows him.

“You idiot… I didn’t fall in love with James Lee. I loved Yuu. Even if you were weak.”

He looks at her, for the first time, unsure.

“I became James Lee... so you'd never have to bleed again.”

🔥Chapter 4: Between Two Worlds
Now caught between his old life and his new one, Yuu must confront a growing power: a former gang leader building a high-school underground empire, using students like chess pieces. James Lee is the only one with the reputation—and skill—to stop it.

But to win, he must balance both sides of himself:

The heart of Izumi Yuu

The mind and body of James Lee

And for the first time, he doesn’t fight alone.

Shikimori trains too.

She refuses to be a damsel. She's his equal. His anchor.

Together, they take on the underworld.

🔥Final Chapter: The Cutie Becomes a Legend
Yuu defeats the enemy in a brutal, strategic battle that becomes legend in the criminal world. But instead of taking the throne...

He walks away.

He returns to school.

To Shikimori.

To a normal life—but never weak again.

Because now, he knows:

True strength isn’t about never falling down. It’s about standing up for others—even when you're scared.

And so, James Lee retires.

But in the darkest parts of the city, people still whisper his name…

James Lee... the strongest man with the softest heart.