章 9: Chapter 9: Assassins
'I'm going to kill this guy!' - That was the first thing he thought when he came across this scene. Sawing his fist, a punch that would have been aimed straight at the face, but Kirei instinctively defended his attack with his swords.
Itadori uses his blood technique to create a hardened sword made of blood. They both attacked and defended their swords. The boy turned his sword into a kind of loop to trap and pull Kirei's weapons.
Neither of them said a word, they were trying too hard not to die. After pulling out Kirei's weapons and throwing them away, Itadori went head to head.
Itadori was an excellent fighter, but Kirei was not far behind, this man had something supernatural too, they both had superhuman strength. Itadori tried to hit Kirei, but he dodged and defended. - 'This boy's attacks are not normal, I feel something strange when I am hit by them.' - thought Kirei.
The boy used the blood manipulation technique to make a kind of rope. Itadori arrests Kirei and throws him into the forest, thus entering a closed area.
Heading deeper into the forest, Kirei was gone, but he wasn't too far from here. - "You arrived real quick, kid." - Kirei said sarcastically. Itadori was looking for the man, but to no avail.
"You're very focused, I see you've killed people before." - said Kirei, still hidden. - "You're not so different from me, your empty look says a lot about you." - Itadori said. The man laughed at the boy's speech.
Kirei throws another one of those swords, but Itadori quickly dodges it. Kirei, exposed your location. Itadori jumps at the man to throw a punch. Yuji is determined, his face showing an expression of indifference, but he had a slight expression of anger.
Itadori was so fast that Kirei couldn't dodge his blow, a sharp punch right in the stomach, Kirei seems to have felt the pain, but there was something strange. The man still maintained his calm and calculating expression as always. He keeps his gaze fixed on Itadori to counterattack.
Itadori moves away to avoid being hit. 'This guy's aura is bizarre. Your soul is really very different from other people...' - Itadori thought. Kirei saw the intensity of his determination in the boy, increasing his interest in fighting.
"I never thought I would fight a servant before..." - Kirei said. Itadori charges forward with a burst of speed, launching himself at Kirei. He delivers a series of powerful blows, each driven by his fury and desire to protect his master.
"You're not much of a talker, are you, boy?" - said Kirei. The man, demonstrating his skill in combat and his characteristic coldness, avoids Itadori's blows with agile and strategic movements. He counterattacks with precise strikes, looking to exploit any opening in Itadori's defense.
'This guy is a chained beast... at any moment, his chain is about to break.' - thought Itadori. The battle in the forest continues with both combatants exchanging intense blows and moving quickly between the trees. Itadori channels his cursed energy, increasing his strength and speed to face Kirei.
Kirei, recognizing Itadori's determination and improved skill, increases the intensity of his attacks. He uses his cunning and knowledge of martial arts to pressure Itadori, looking for an opening for a decisive blow.
At the climax of the battle, Itadori, fueled by his rage and determination, launches his final attack, delivering a powerful blow imbued with his cursed energy. The blow would hit Kirei squarely, but someone sacrifices himself.
Apparently it was Kirei's servant, Assassin. Assassin takes the hit and is quickly killed. - "What? I-it was that easy?" - Itadori was distracted for a second, when he realized, Kirei had disappeared from the battlefield. - "Are you kidding me, because all my battles end halfway!" - Itadori said angrily. - "Well, at least I defeated that servant, although... I felt something strange when I hit that heroic spirit."
Apparently the battle was over, the pink-haired boy left to meet Irisviel again. - "Why was Irisviel there? Why wasn't Kiritsugu with her?" - Itadori said before almost being hit by a knife.
Itadori dodges easily. - 'Is there anyone else with me?!' - thought Itadori. The boy luckily saw where the knife came from, it went towards him. It was Kirei's servant, he was still alive. - 'This servant never dies?! Kiritsugu had told me that Assassin had been killed at the beginning of this War, there is something very wrong going on here.' - thought Itadori.
A sharp blow right in the face of the opponent who fell dead to the ground. - 'It's as I thought, when I landed my first attack on that servant, I felt his soul, but it was very weak and distant. It's almost as if it were a soul being "controlled" by someone' - thought Itadori.
This time with Itadori more attentive, he saw that someone else was watching him, it was Assassin again. - 'It's him again, but his appearance is different...' -Itadori thought. The boy calmly went to the Heroic Spirit, but was stabbed in the back. - 'A-Another Assassin?! It can multiply?!' - thought Itadori.
Despite having been stabbed, Itadori turned towards the servant with agility and grabbed him, with his absurd strength, he threw the Servant at the other Assassin, the boy reaches the two servants lying on top of each other, punching them right in the chest. one punch would be enough to kill them.
Itadori was about to kill the two Assassins, until he saw another knife being thrown in his direction, with his agility, the boy dodges and catches the knife in the air, then throws the knife back to the enemy, who is hit squarely and killed. - 'It's very easy to kill these servants, but because I'm in a forest, it ended up becoming an obstacle for me, I need to go to a more open field.' - thought Itadori after killing the other two Assassins lying on the ground.
'I feel like there are a lot more of them...' - Itadori thought as he ran back to where Irisviel was. Until he is stopped by two more Assassins, Itadori creates a kind of blood claw on both hands. The boy hit them both simultaneously, but they disappeared. 'One of those masqueraders is the real one. Just a few more attacks and I'll find out who the real heroic spirit is here!' - thought Itadori.
But right behind him, five more Assassins appear behind Itadori. The boy uses the blood balls to propel his feet to fly into the sky. - 'The more I attack, the closer I get to the real Assassin.' - Itadori thought while he was still flying to leave the forest.
After falling in the open. - "Now it will be easier, they won't hide outside the forest for long." - said Itadori.
It didn't take long until another Assassin arrived, then one more arrived, then another, in a few moments, it became thousands. - "There are like 100 servants here?!" - Said Itadori.
They were all around Itadori, making it impossible for the boy to escape. "I need to focus, like that time I did in Caster's domain..." - said Itadori, closing his eyes and channeling all his energy.
Several masked men preparing to attack, even several of them rushed to attack Itadori. With his eyes closed, Itadori turns towards the servants using his divergent fist, landing a Kokusen on one of them.
'I'm almost feeling your soul...' - Itadori thought, hitting his second Kokusen on an Assassin, who was trying to hit his neck. A few more Assassins hit Itadori, ripping his shirt.
The boy healed quickly to hit his third Kokusen in a row. - 'I'm getting closer to you, true Assassin...' - thought Itadori After regenerating.
Two other Assassins tried to corner Itadori, but with his eyes still closed he only hit them with his fourth Kokusen. - 'Not much left... ' - thought Itadori, preparing to attack.
This time an Assassin much bigger than him appeared right in front of him, not that it made any difference to Itadori. Still with his eyes closed, the boy only hits his fifth Kokusen on the bigger Assassin. - "I FOUND YOU" - said Itadori, opening his eyes.
The pink-haired boy turned around feeling the presence of the real Assassin. In fact, she was a woman with purple hair, which impressed Itadori. - "So it's you..." Itadori said, running to defeat the Assassin servant once and for all.
Itadori was going to punch Assassin right in the stomach, but he forgot one thing, she was as agile as him. The girl dodges Itadori's blow, she was already on his back, waiting for the right moment to kill the boy in one fell swoop. - 'No! I gonna...!' - thought Itadori, but someone appeared at the right time.
A kind of golden ray appeared, killing half of the Assassins that were in the way. - "YUJI!" - It was Saber. - "S-Saber!" - said Itadori, moving away from the real Assassin.
"Are you okay?!" - Saber asked worriedly. - "Well... More or less, but I can still fight!" - said Itadori. - "Good to know... I'll take care of the weaker Assassins and you'll take care of the main one." - Saber said, running to attack the other Assassins.
Itadori concentrated, eyes fixed on the Servant Assassin's lithe figure. He knew she was much faster, but he also knew he needed to find an opening to land a decisive blow.
The Servant Assassin advanced with graceful and precise movements, delivering a series of rapid blows that Itadori could barely keep up with. He dodged skillfully, using his agility and instincts to avoid her blows.
Meanwhile, Itadori closely observed the Servant Assassin's movement patterns, looking for a gap in her defense. He waited patiently, remaining calm and focused even under the pressure of the quick and fierce attacks.
Finally, he saw her chance. A moment of minimal hesitation on the Servant Assassin's part was enough for Itadori to act. With a quick and precise movement, he moved forward and delivered a powerful blow directly to a weak point he had identified.
The Servant Assassin stepped back, surprised by Itadori's ability to find her vulnerability. She recovered quickly and retaliated with even more ferocity, but now Itadori was confident. He had found the key to facing his fastest opponent.
The fight continued, each of the combatants doing their best. But in the end, it was Itadori's determination and strategic skill that led him to victory. With a calculated final blow, he used sixth Kokusen. - 'It looks like I broke your record, Nanamin... Are you proud of me?' - Itadori thought, smiling slightly without even realizing it.
Suddenly all the Assassins stopped moving, seeing as the real Assassin lost the fight. Itadori came close to the real Assassin and placed his hand on her belly, removing her soul. The Assassin just looked at him.
The girl with purple hair, still lying on the floor, takes off her mask. She was a beautiful woman, despite her sorrows. - "You... Remind me of a certain man, from the Heian era." Assassin said.
Itadori is perplexed. - "Yeah? This man is..." - he is interrupted. - "Sukuna... but you are different from him, you didn't look down on us at any point in this battle... I thank you." - said the girl smiling.
"Hmpf, for a assassin, you even have a heart." - Itadori said, laughing a little. - "We all do, when we return to the throne of heroes, I would like to get to know you better..." - said the girl with purple hair, slowly disintegrating.
"I-Is this a flirt? *Laughs* Maybe in another life." Itadori said, disappearing with Assassin's soul. - "Maybe... See you later, Cursed Hero." - said the murderous girl before disappearing completely. And so the first servant of the Holy Grail war was finally defeated.
After all the Assassin servants disappeared, Saber went to Itadori to see if everything was really okay. - "Flirting with an enemy, huh?!" - Saber said, apparently irritated. - "N-N-NO, I WOULD NEVER DO THAT!... A-anyway, where are the kids? And Caster?" - Itadori said, trying his best to avoid the subject.
"The kids are with Kiritsugu now. Kiritsugu was fighting Lancer's master, but it wasn't a conclusive battle. And we didn't defeat Caster." - Said Saber. - "Damn, a bunch of people showed up today... Wait, didn't we defeat them? Was Lancer with you?" - said Itadori.
"Yes, he told me he was grateful to have his curse lifted." - Said Saber. - "I see... He wasn't... you know, hitting on you, right?" - Itadori said a little worried. - "Yuji Itadori, there is nothing more shameful than flirting with a knight during combat!" - Saber said, repudiating Itadori's words.
Suddenly, Itadori remembered something very important, his master. - "Irisviel and Maya!" - After his adrenaline and anger passed, his conscience came back to the surface. - "Irisviel is fine, it took me a while to arrive because I took Maya to a safe place." - Said Saber.
The two went to Irisviel who was resting in a tree. The girl with snow-white hair, still with her eyes closed, slowly raised her eyelids. - "Irisviel, wake up! Itadori is here. You need to stay conscious." -Saber said, arriving next to her.
"Don't worry... And the enemy." - asked Irisviel, a little worried. - "The enemy has fled, but we have good news, apparently the Assassin servant had not been killed until this very moment." - said Saber. - "Did you defeat Kirei?!" - asked Irisviel.
"So that's his name... Kirei. I didn't defeat him, he ran away. But I defeated his Servant, Assassin." - said Itadori. - "I see, that's good... So Caster ran away too, at least this battle wasn't in vain." - Irisviel said after getting up.
Itadori was bothered by one thing, he wanted to say. - "Iri, forgive me! I couldn't get there in time, and I still left you alone. This is all my fault, I should have thought carefully about this whole situation." Itadori said, disappointed with himself.
"Itadori... You were awesome! You didn't fail to protect me, you saved me and even defeated a Heroic Spirit. Kiritsugu will be very happy with this news." - Irisviel said, smiling at Itadori. - "Let's go back to the Mansion." - continued Irisviel.
After resolving the entire situation, the children finally returned to their homes.
Itadori and Saber were returning to the mansion. - "Ah... Seriously! What a tiring day." - Itadori said. - "I really didn't expect so much to happen today... Yuji, don't you think it would be better... Putting on a shirt?" - Said Saber, a little embarrassed.
Itadori finally noticed Saber's shame and it didn't take long for him to feel embarrassed. - "O-of course! My blouse ended up tearing. When we arrive at the mansion, that will be the first thing I will do." - Itadori said, trying to calm the strange atmosphere.
When they arrived at the mansion, Itadori quickly went up to his room to get any shirt to put on, while Saber went to the room where Irisviel was. The white-haired girl was finishing healing Maya. The black-haired girl was completely injured. - "Irisviel..." - Saber said, entering the room.
"Don't worry. Healing spells cause a lot of stress on the patient's body. I believe it will take some time for her to wake up. Please take care of her in the meantime." - said Irisviel, leaving the room.
"Are you going to report to Kiritsugu? Irisviel, I need to make a request of you. I would like you to talk to Kiritsugu. Tell him that we must pursue Caster immediately. Letting Caster loose will result in the deaths of more children." Said Saber quite reluctantly. Irisviel looks at Saber only nodding in agreement.
Somewhere else
A dark-haired boy walked the streets of Fuyuki looking for some fun. - "Seriously... I don't even know why I came to this city." - said the boy...
with a scar in the corner of his mouth.
End of Chapter 9
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