Kapitel 56: It's Okay To Be A Coward
5 years later...
The child is falling to the ground. Covered in dirt and bruises all over his body. As he lies on his back, on the ground he sees the child on the right he considers a comrade and friend who got kneed on the abdomen. At the same time, he sees the child on the left get hit by a plank.
"Hehehe, this is what happens when you mess with us brat!" The big figure was about to throw the punch at the child but was distracted by what was happening behind him.
The white-haired child was surrounded by a bunch of people taller than him. Covered in dirt, bruises, and blood. As the child punched one of them, the other hit the child from behind. The longer it goes on, the condition of the child worsens.
"It's enough Ryuma! They're all high schoolers! There's no way we can beat them!" The white-haired child stares dagger at him.
"HUUUUUHHHH!!! SAY THAT AGAIN I'LL BEAT YOU UP!!!"
"But!-"
"THESE FUCKERS MESS WITH NANAME!!! YOU THINK I'M GONNA LET THIS GO, YOU BASTARD?!!! AS LONG AS THESE FUCKERS DON'T GET WHAT THEY DESERVE I WON'T EVER SETTLE DOWN!!! EVEN IF IT KILLS ME!!!" The child saw the high schooler trying to hit him from behind.
"You talk too much, brat!" The high schooler tried to punch him from behind but what happened next was unexpected. The white-haired child dodges the punch from the blind spot. The next thing he does is grab his arm and give an elbow to the high schooler's arm. Right on the joint, thus breaking the arm.
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!! MY ARM! MY ARM!" The high schooler screamed in agony, and at the same time, the other high schooler tried to attack him. But the white-haired child had another plan. He leaps closer to the high schooler, bites him on the ear, rips it, and punches him in the temporal skull.
The other high schooler couldn't stand by and started to charge to white-haired child at the same time. But if the plan doesn't go well for them the child sends one of them flying. The moment he got grabbed, the child grabbed back and broke his finger. The moment he got kicked, the child grabbed the leg and broke it. When he gets charged, he bites off his flesh.
Blood, a lot of it. Painting the ground red. As if somebody spilled a can of red paint. In the child's eyes, this isn't a fight anymore. This is a scene when the predator slaughters the hunter. If anybody saw it, they would mistake the white-haired child for a wild predator.
"O-Oi! How can you all struggle with one kid?!-" At the same time, the high schooler was grabbed from behind. The high schooler can't feel his feet touch the ground.
"W-What is this?!"
"This is for earlier, you bastard!!" The child throws the high schooler to the ground. Hitting his head, the high schooler passes out.
"Y-You bastard!" The high schooler tried to attack the child with the plank but he didn't realize another child was on his side, holding a pipe. The child bash the high schooler with the pipe on the head. Making him pass out.
"Mika! Kiyo! You both too..."
"Yes, we don't let our comrade fight with only himself!"
"We come here to get back at them for bullying Naname..."
"When it comes to this, this isn't a normal fight anymore... This is WAR!!!" The two children charged forward, leaving the child behind. At that moment, the child thought to himself...
("I don't like pain. I don't like violence...") The child saw the wood plank used by the high schooler and picked it up.
("But... My friend has become a victim of violence! There's no way I'm gonna sit down and watch!") The child charged towards the battlefield with only a wood plank. March alongside the two children.
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("Yeah, how could I forget about that?") Rio was lying on the ground while being bound by the roots called trauma and fear, trying to stand up. Bit by bit, the roots broke off from him. To his four... Then to his knees. Finally, he was able to stand on his two feet. Holding his Inazumei, he walks towards the defenseless Hutogi.
("This is fine, this is for curing his trauma. As he killed me over and over again he soon didn't think I was a ruthless and scary person." Yes... this is the way to cure it...")
But what happened afterward is unexpected. Instead of unsheathing the sword and slashing him, he reached his hand to him.
"Thank you, Hutogi."
"W-What? This isn't what I was intended-" Rio grabbed Hutogi by the arm to lift him up.
"No, I know exactly what you're doing. Although I'm saying thank you not because you helped me. I'm saying thank you for making me realize how much of a coward I am." Rio gives Hutogi his sword back. The black mixed red color. From the sheath to the handle.
"Do you remember our score, Hutogi? 13:0, that's how much fear you gave me. Each time you defeated me, I became conscious of my own strength. As I was defeated by you, every time I looked at you, you became more and more intimidating. Until I can't look you in the eyes anymore... And I was thinking, will I ever reach your level... With the current cowardly me?"
Rio bumped a fist to Hutogi. At the same time, Hutogi realized that Rio was holding something inside the fist. Hutogi heard the sound of the pin being pulled. The next moment, the whole room was flashed in white. As soon as the flash goes away, the two figure have already unsheathed their sword.
No... They're already finished clashing...
("Even after all that, he still managed to parry it. What a monster. But...")
"To defeat the strongest enemy, you gotta bring out everything you have. Any tactic, any power, any weapon. Even if you'll be called a coward. Because this isn't any normal fight, but a WAR! Thank you for looking after me all this time but I have picked my route for one and for Rioga Tenjiro only. Are you disappointed, Hutogi?"
"No, In fact, I'm glad that you managed to find yourselves."
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