Chapter 37: Fateful Skirmish Ending
Daku stands up. He's shivering because of Kuragami's attack.
"What's with that Kuragami?"
"What's with what?"
"The cold air coming out of your body."
"Oh that? I guess it just heals me. Nothing too much."
"Kuragami Nozomi. He's clearly not a regular Shorai. In fact, he's not a regular Disciple."
Daku runs to Kuragami. They continue their hand to hand combat.
Sasaki keep fighting the crowd of Disciples off. Cherry and Toruka are fighting equally.
Kuragami punches Daku's stomach. He then uppercuts him into the sky. Kuragami jumps and kicks Daku into the ground.
"I'm going to do something risky. This might end up very bad for me after I do it."
Kuragami charges up his aura in his legs. He jumps high into the air.
"Please let this work. May my soul be one with yours."
He gets coated by his blue aura. Daku stands up.
"Fine this will be the last attack both of us will do KURAGAMI NOZOMI!"
Kuragami starts to fall. They both charge up aura in their right arms.
"Fist of Darkness!"
"Razing Ice!"
They both charge up their formidable techniques. Kuragami starts to fall down. He looks like a falling ice star. His technique is the strongest it's ever been.
"Dad, I hope your watching. I'm finally going to make a name for my self."
Daku jumps up. They both clash in mid air. Everyone on the island stops as they can sense their powerful aura. They look at Kuragami and Daku's clash. Their aura covers the whole island.
Both of the boys scream to assist their techniques power.
Kuragami overpowers Daku. Daku falls to the ground and Kuragami's technique makes impact. The island starts to crack even more. Beams of Kuragami's blue aura starts flying out of the island. The whole island shatters and everyone starts to fall in the sea.
Daku teleports away. Slowly, his aura flies into Kuragami's bracelet while he's falling.
"I done it."
Kuragami's coating fades away. Suddenly, a huge amount of aura flies into Kuragami's bracelet.
"What the hell."
Kuragami teleports away.
He's in a hall full of all of the Shorai who participated. He stands up. They all stare at him. Everyone gives him a round of applause.
"Why's everyone clapping?"
Homura points behind him. Kuragami swiftly looks back and sees the leaderboard. On the left is the top 3 teams with the most points. On the right it's the top 3 Shorai Disciples with the most points.
"No way!"
Kuragami jumps up and cheers.
"We won and I got the most points!"
Kuragami's team has 625 points. Kuragami himself has 450 points.
The 2nd Kizoku Ruri walks into the hall. Everyone becomes quiet and stares at him.
"Kuragami Nozomi. Congrat-"
Everyone hears a thud. Kuragami dropped to the floor.
"Kura!"
Kuragami starts snoring. Cherry forms a straight face.
"He's asleep. Seriously."
"Don't get angry at him."
Ruri walks over to him.
"He used Coating so much in the Skirmish. All his aura is defiantly drained."
Ruri picks him up.
"I'll take him in my care. There will be medics coming in to to heal all of you guys.
"Why can't you heal us."
Ruri looks back to see who said that. She looks irritated. It was Sasaki.
"I mean, the great Ruri is in our presence. Why can't she heal us?"
"Do you know who your talking to?"
"Never mind. Your a Kizoku. Your so high and almighty."
Sasaki walks past her. Ruri blocks his path. She reaches for her pocket and takes out a note.
"It's for you."
Sasaki takes it.
"Oh and by the way. Your Mujihina Technique is forbidden now."
"What the hell! How comes."
"Talk to the guy that gave you the note."
Sasaki looks at the note. He walks off.
"I'm gonna go find a medic."
Everyone watches Sasaki leave the hall. Ruri looks at Kuragami in her arms.
"You even surpassed your Dad in points. I'm pretty sure he has the record for the highest. No wait, there's someone else above him I'm pretty sure."
Ruri walks out the room with Kuragami in her hands.
A few hours later…
Kuragami wakes up in a hospital bed. He looks around and sees Kiyoshi on the right side sitting on a chair reading a book. Kiyoshi looks up.
"So your awake."
"You look dirty. Your clothes are a bit ripped."
"I guess I got into a little fight."
"Oh. I'm feel great by the way. How long have I been sleeping."
"Wait what? Only a few hours."
Kuragami stands on the bed and jumps around. He removes the bandages on his arms and body.
"So now that I'm number one Shorai, what's next?"
"We have to wait for nobles to respond. Then chosen Disciples will be put on missions to assist certain royalty."
"Royalty?"
Kuragami chuckles. He can't stop smiling.
"Why you so happy."
"Oh nothing."
"Anyways now that you're healed up-"
Kiyoshi grabs a hooded robe next to him.
"Lets go on a little road trip. I'll buy you clothes in the city first.
"Alright."
Kuragami jumps off the bed and follows Kiyoshi out. As their walking out, Kuragami sees Ruri sitting next to someone's bed. She's laughing.
Sasaki is walking in a forest. There's a swordsman dojo in front of him. The lights are on inside.
"I never knew I would be in this place again. Always expect the worst."
He walks in. Bokura is sitting on his sword which is facing up from the floor. There's also a old man sat on a chair next to him. He has a long white beard.
"Bokura! Sensei! What do you want?"
"I am not your sensei. To you, I am just one of the 5 Kyōdaina Swordsman."
"Fine. What do you want 'Swordsman'?"
Bokura jumps off his sword and in front of Sasaki. He also picks up this sword and shows Sasaki.
"Do you know what this is? This is Sensei's sword. This sword im holding right now will help me gain the Supreme King's legendary sword."
"You're after that sword?"
The old man stands up.
"Bokura, if you are thinking about getting that sword, be careful with its power. If your going up against the wrong person, it could lead to your death."
"What do you mean Sensei?"
"There's a prophecy that says, 'the one who wields the Supreme power of thy sword, will soon fight the saviour who will tame that power and leave the king to fall.'"
"I don't know what that means Sensei but I'll be able to be the strongest swordsman with that sword."
"It's impossible to be the strongest swordsman."
Sasaki takes a step toward.
"How comes?
"Because the strongest swordsman is not in this world."
"So he's dead?"
"No. It's exactly what I said. He's not in this world at the moment."
"Where is he then."
"He's travelling different worlds seeking for power to prepare for The Enemy of Destiny."
"The Enemy of Destiny?"
"Let me tell you kids the structure of everything. There's 3 universes. Our universe is called The Realm of Conquerers . There's two others. One called The Realm of Followers and The Realm of the Vanquished."
"I never knew that."
"All 3 of the universes circle one realm. The Inbetween Realm."
"One of our carers told us a story about an Inbetween Realm right Sasaki?"
"Yeah. She said someone very strong is hidden away there. We thought it was just a fairy tale.
"The version she told you is a fairy tale. What I'm about to tell you, you could see it as the truth."
They both nod.
"Inside the Inbetween Realm, there's The Enemy of Destiny locked up. Every time people from each universe use their aura, it powers up the sentences of the Inbetween Realm so that they can't escape. He's been trapped the Realm from centuries."
"And the strongest swordsman is trying to defeat that guy? That's impossible. Say if he escaped. That means he's stronger than all 3 realms combined. We will be doomed if he escapes."
"That's why he's travelling to seek power to prepare for that day. There are prophecies of a saviour. He is most likely the saviour we were seeking for."
"So if I beat him, I'll be the saviour then defeat that Destiny Enemy guys then become the strongest in all of reality."
Bokura and the old man look at Sasaki puzzled.
The old man sighs.
"Your ego never fails to amaze me Sasaki. Bokura, tell him what's going to happen next."
Sasaki looks confused.
"What?"
"Oh Sasaki. Do you think we made you come here just to talk about how strong certain people are? No. We made you come so you can fight me."
"Why would I want to fight you?"
"Fight me right now Sasaki. If I lose, this sword will be yours."
"You're seriously putting that sword on the line. Someone's feeling confident. Plus the medics said I need at least a week to recover fully."
"Doesn't matter."
Bokura dashes to Sasaki and attacks him. Sasaki blocks the attack with his sword but he still gets pushed back out of the Dojo.
Bokura walks out with a smile on his face.
"Come on Sasaki! Let's see how strong you became since the last time we fought!"
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