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History Strongest Disciple Again? by azndrgn
 Anime » Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple Rated: T, English, Adventure & Romance, [Miu F., Kenichi S.] H. Niijima, Words: 269k+, Favs: 1k+, Follows: 1k+, Published: Feb 14, 2018 Updated: Sep 2816Chapter 4
Lo and behold, a new chapter! Finally we're getting into where the manga started! Like I said, some things will be different.
And let's thank my two beta readers for this story, ZShaw and TheReader2011, for going through and correcting mistakes I might've made.
Anways these earlier fights... let's face it, it's going to be a stomp.
Enough chatting, let's get this story started! I'll talk more at the end of the chapter.
"So how do we do this?" asked Niijima.
They were finally at Koryou High School, and thankfully they were all in the same class, class 1-A. Tanimoto Natsu was also in their class and Kenichi made a point to greet him. Natsu gave his princely smile and greeted him back, causing quite a few girls in the class to swoon over him.
Of course, inside Natsu's mind was the burning rage to smack that smile off of Kenichi. He still hadn't forgiven him for forcing him to listen through 'The Talk'. Though he did need to ask Kenichi about those books, as he sure as hell wasn't going to give his sister the talk. That, or ask Kenichi's mother Saori to do it for him. Since Honoka was Kaede's best friend, they often spent time at Kenichi's house with Saori watching over them. Natsu at least trusted her enough to do the birds and bee stuff.
And so, the trio was currently at the roof during lunch to discuss their plans. Miu had thrown away her braided hair and glasses, showing her true self. This, of course, drew quite a bit of attention from the whole student population. Quite a few males were jealous when she opted to sit next to Kenichi and Niijima and drew closer to Kenichi. Most people thought they were merely childhood friends and hoped to cut in somehow. It was a week into high school and Kenichi had already moved into Ryozanpaku after convincing his parents to allow him to do so. What he didn't know was that his father had tried to find and visit the dojo with his trusty shotgun, something Saori quickly stopped.
"Well we're not attacking the gangs," snapped Kenichi, "That's the opposite of what Miu and I were taught, to protect people, not to attack others."
"Well it'll be harder to get Ragnarok's attention, as well as making sure we can still predict what happens down the timeline," retorted Niijima, "Club recruitment starts today, so we have to do something unless you're willing to be a punching bag for a bit."
"Hell no!"
"We can't afford to wait a month either!"
As Kenichi and Niijima were discussing the next step, the bell rang, signifying the end of lunch period.
"We can discuss this more after school," declared Miu, breaking up the argument.
"Fine, but we should've talked about this earlier," muttered Niijima, "Can't believe I forgot about it."
"Miu and I aren't going to provoke people to fight us," lectured Kenichi, "Did you forget the reason why I even started martial arts in the first place? It was in order to gain strength and courage to protect the people and values most important to me."
"Yeah, yeah," waved Niijima, "Just gotta find the proper reaction."
As they were walking in the halls, the proper reaction Niijima had been waiting for came in the form of Makoto Daimonji.
Daimonji was wearing a shirt that fully showed off his muscles, and he flexed them when Miu and the others walked by. The reason for doing so was that he was hoping to impress Miu. She had unknowingly become a school idol as an exotic beauty with her blonde hair and blue eyes. She was certainly a rarity in Japan, just like Natsu. Not to mention, she had some rather sizable assets, along with being one of the smartest in her grade, making her all the more attractive. Of course, it failed as the trio walked right past him, so Daimonji elected to take a more direct approach to express his interests and placed his hand on Miu's shoulder from behind.
The world suddenly seemed to spin for Daimonji as he felt his feet no longer touching the ground. He was so shocked that he had left the ground that he barely registered the pain as he landed on his back. Miu had taken his hand and done an overhead throw, using it as leverage.
This was witnessed by many students, and while Miu apologized, the rumors were spreading. Of course, rumors tended to get distorted, and when it finally reached a certain leader of a group affiliated with Ragnarok, it was completely different. Nanjo Kisara, a rather cute female with a slender frame and red hair, who was also a second year of Koryou High School, was the one who heard it. The version she heard was that the potential recruit Daimonji had been destroyed by a bishoujo named Furinji Miu after she challenged him. Normally, she wouldn't have been interested until she heard it was a female fighter. Daimonji may have been someone to potentially scout, but he wasn't of much interest.
"Hoo, another female," grinned Kisara, "Might be interesting to have her in my gang. Better pick her up before the Valkyries decide they want her on their team."
"Do we have a photo of her?" Taichi Koga, aka Koga the Kicker, one of the Technique Trio under Kisara's rule, eagerly asked.
"Shameless," scoffed Kozo Ukita, aka Ukita the Thrower, the second member of the Technique Trio.
The last member of the Technique Trio, Ikki Takeda, aka Takeda the Puncher, just remained silent at this.
"No photo yet, but I'm sure we can get one soon," offered Shiratori, Kisara's right hand woman, though the fact that she was a woman wasn't very well known to the guys.
"Get one fast so we can track her down," commanded Kisara, "And get me Tsukuba. Tell him to test her skills."
"Nooo!" cried Miu, her eyes turning giant and filling with tears as she heard the rumors that now circulated the school after only a week and a half.
According to Niijima, the school now thought of her as a wolf in sheep's clothing. A beast that lurked inside the beauty, preying on those foolish enough to woo her. Now her fellow classmates in the gymnastics club all tended to avoid her. Kenichi was once again in the gardening club with only one other fellow member, and Niijima opted for the Go Home Club, though he usually spent his time trying to spread his influence.
'And I didn't even do anything to propagate this,' Niijima thought as Kenichi was comforting Miu. 'Guess beating someone in public as well as being a female fired it up.'
"Now, now, we all know you're not a bully," comforted Kenichi, "Would it help if I got you some anmitsu after school today? We could go to the pet store after to play with the kittens."
Miu nodded in reply, drying her tears. Sadly, things would not go the way the two had planned for the afternoon.
"Hold it!"
Miu and Kenichi were just about to leave the school premises when they were confronted by Daimonji once more.
"You... You humiliated me!" roared Daimonji in anger at Miu.
"I said I was sorry!" replied Miu. "It's just a natural instinct that anyone who tries to touch me from behind gets thrown!"
"I can vouch for that," added Kenichi.
"Shut it, weakling nerd," snapped Daimonji. "This bitch owes me a favor! I want a date from her! And you, you can just do my homework while we go on the date!"
Kenichi's eyebrow twitched in anger as he tried to keep calm. Daimonji was a jerk, yes, but when he finally had a taste of being a punching bag and being bullied in the future, he turned out to be a decent person. Still, Miu was his girlfriend, and there was no way he wasn't going to defend her.
"Daimonji, fuck off," said another voice.
They looked to see Saizo Tsukuba had arrived.
"You lost once and you try to threaten them? Shameless, and here I thought you'd be of great potential to the Karate Club when you expressed interest."
"Tsukuba-senpai! I was just here to regain my honor!"
While the two of them were arguing, Kenichi and Miu tried to sneak away. However, Tsukuba saw them and told them to stop.
"While Daimonji is an idiot, I'm actually here to test your skills, Fuurinji Miu," said Tsukuba. "Kisara has asked me to see if you're worthy of joining her crew."
"Not interested," pouted Miu. "C'mon Kenichi, I want my anmitsu."
"Don't walk away!" roared Daimonji as he pushed Tsukuba to the side and threw his hand forward to grab Miu.
Before Tsukuba could retaliate and punch Daimonji in the ribs for the push, Kenichi reacted by scattering the grab with a right-hand swipe before putting his left palm up and pushing Daimonji's chest. The result was Daimonji landing flat on his back on the cold, hard ground. Tsukuba raised his eyebrow and stood back to observe the events.
"Grrr, that was a lucky push," growled Daimonji. "Now eat my DAIMONJI KICK!"
Daimonji used all his strength to do a soccer kick towards Kenichi, hoping it would send him flying. To both Kenichi and Miu, Daimonji's kick was in slow motion, as he wasn't even kicking properly, just using brute strength and had no real rotation on his hips. Kenichi responded by ducking under it before pushing Daimonji's leg up with his hands.
"Wait wait I can't stretch that HIIGHH!" screeched Daimonji, his pitch going an octave higher at the last word. Being a man who focused on pure muscles and not on flexibility, as well as being taller than most people, he had never kicked higher than his own belly button. Kenichi was holding Daimonji hostage by pushing his captive leg up a bit, just slightly above his own head.
"One, apologize to Miu, and two, stop bothering us! Otherwise, I will get mad!" snapped Kenichi.
"Why should I apologize nerd, I-" started Daimonji before Kenichi had another muscle tick on his forehead and pushed his captive leg higher.
"OKAY OKAY I'M SOWWY!" cried Daimonji, tears streaming form his eyes.
"Sorry to whom?" asked Kenichi.
"I'M SOWWY FUURINJI MIU! I SHOULDN'T HAVE LASHED OUT ON YOU LIKE THAT!"
Satisfied, Kenichi pushed the offending leg away causing Daimonji to land back on his butt. Miu and Kenichi were about to leave when their pathway was blocked by Tsukuba once more.
"Hold it!" said Tsukuba. "I still need to test out the girl's skill, and apparently, your skill as well, boy! Not quite sure how we missed you, but I'm sure Kisara would like to see you too. Not to mention, you seem pretty strong, and I get so excited when I meet someone strong, I just can't help but want to fight them! Shall we dance, boy?"
Kenichi glanced at Miu who just shrugged. The two of them looked in the distance to see that Niijima was already recording everything. They sighed, knowing this would probably be plastered on the school walls by tomorrow morning. Such a shamelessly bad friend, and yet they still hung out with him for some reason. Nonetheless, it would attract Ragnarok's attention and push them along the timeline.
"My name is Shirahama Kenichi!" said Kenichi as he passed his school bag to Miu.
"Name's Saizo Tsukuba," grinned Tsukuba as he got into a boxing position and started to lightly hop on the balls of his feet. "Let's rumble!" With that, he dashed forward.
'Might as well review some basic moves,' thought Kenichi as he put his two fists near the waist of his body on the right, 'Let's see, Yamazuki!'
As expected, his left fist sunk into Tsukuba's stomach. However, he was surprised to see his right fist slam into Tsukuba's face.
Tsukuba was an experienced brawler, so to speak, and had fought against normal people, or rather, low-level disciple classes. However, he was completely unprepared for the speed of Kenichi's attack, and couldn't even react fast enough to block or dodge the attack towards the face. Kenichi underestimated the amount of training he had undergone, as well as the usual life-threatening spars he had with Apachai and the other masters, but Apachai especially. Apachai had thought that because Kenichi knew him and was experienced, he could go all out. That caused mass panic as Kenichi once again almost died, thus almost ruining their whole plan.
Daimonji, who was still conscious and watching, felt his jaw drop as Tsukuba flew back into the streets and landed out cold on the pavement.
"Kenichi!" hissed Miu, "You put too much strength in that move! You need to control that! You don't want to be like Apachai, do you?"
"Crap, sorry," apologized Kenichi, quickly running over to Tsukuba and feeling his pulse, "Good, it just seems like he's knocked out cold. But you're right, I'm too used to sparring with you and the masters. I need to learn to make sure I don't hit too hard."
Miu also quickly checked Tsukuba's pulse and felt it going strong, though he wouldn't be waking up soon.
"Let's drag him to that bench over there and let him rest there," suggested Miu, "You still owe me some anmitsu, and later we have to go grocery shopping."
"Haaiii!" sang Kenichi as the two of them walked away after putting Tsukuba's body on the bench, using his own school bag as a pillow.
A Choujuu Giga bunny and toad hopped past a shocked Daimonji as crows began to crow above him.
"I should've expected this," sighed Kenichi as the next day rolled by just to see flyers everywhere about Kenichi defeating Tsukuba and Daimonji in one go. Niijima was working overtime for this one, having no guilty conscience about doing so to Kenichi. Miu was a slightly different case, as he didn't want to do so to a girl, along with the fact that her grandfather could tear him apart. He wasn't taking any chances against that man.
"I'm sure it'll get better," soothed Miu. The good thing about this was the rumor about Miu being a beast had all but disappeared, and now it was Kenichi who was protecting his 'princess' so to speak. In short, a power couple was born. Top of their middle school as well as being strong, it was something that spread quite fast.
"Hold that thought while I go throttle Niijima," said Kenichi as he dashed towards the source of all the noise and flyers. Seconds later, everyone could hear Niijima's maniacal laughter as Kenichi chased him throughout the school.
Back in a classroom occupied by Kisara and her gang, she was reading through the news about the defeat of their recruiter.
"Shirahama Kenichi," mused Kisara, "Another person we could recruit. And any luck with the photo of Fuurinji Miu?"
"Right here, milady," said Shiratori as she gave Kisara a photo of Miu and Kenichi that she had procured.
"Hmm, he seems pretty plain looking," mumbled Kisara, looking at a photo of Kenichi before swapping to Miu. A second later, a tick seemed to develop on her forehead.
"Don't want her," declared Kisara as she threw the photo away.
'Oh dear, I thought that this might happen,' sighed Shiratori, knowing just why Miu had been discarded. The photo she had received from other people sneaking photos of her was mainly showing just how... sizeable her assets were. And Kisara had a jealousy streak about any girls with a big bust.
"Hey, she looks cute!" grinned Koga, "And she's got big breasts! If you don't want her, I'll claim her!"
"Whatever," waved Kisara, "You three grab the boy and bring him here. I don't care what happens to the girl."
The Technique Trio nodded and left the classroom, intent on finding Kenichi during lunch time and bringing him in. Or so that was the plan.
When the trio entered class 1-A, many of the students began to cower away from them. The trio ignored this and looked around to see Kenichi and Miu absent from the class.
"Hey! Anyone seen Shirahama Kenichi!?" shouted Ukita.
"Umm..." was heard as one hand was raised. It was Tanimoto Natsu.
"Speak up!" barked Ukita.
"Yeah pretty boy," said Koga, "Unless you want your face beaten up."
Natsu's eyebrow twitched as Koga began to tease him, wishing he could just shut him up. He would need to put a reminder for himself to beat Koga black and blue when he was in his Hermit uniform. Luckily, his fangirls got over their fear and started yell and threaten Koga. Koga began to falter under the assault of fangirls and tried to respond when Takeda elbowed Ukita and tilted his head towards Koga. Ukita nodded and put his hand over Koga's mouth to stop him from talking while Takeda stepped forward.
"Sorry about him," apologized Takeda with a winning smile, "But we're just interested in where Shirahama Kenichi is, as well as Fuurinji Miu."
"I hear that they like to eat on the rooftops, along with their friend Haruo Niijima," replied Natsu, "You're not going to hurt them, are you?"
"Relax, we just want to talk to them," said Takeda, "Thanks for the help."
With that, the trio left the classroom.
"Natsu-sama! You're so brave!" cheered one of the fangirls.
As Natsu smiled and waved, inside his mind, he smirked. He had long suspected Kenichi had some sort of martial arts training and had wanted to ask him that night at his house. He suspected the same with Miu but didn't push it. Natsu saw Kenichi on and off due to their little sisters being best friends, but Natsu avoided Kenichi if he could while also trying to plot how to beat the shit out of him without anyone noticing. He still blamed him for that talk, but he didn't have an idea just how strong Kenichi was. When he first saw Kenichi again in high school, he could tell Kenichi had undergone special training with a master. Tsukuba and Daimonji were poor tools to use to measure his strength, but perhaps with the use of the Technique Trio together, he could get an estimate. Natsu wrote down in his notes to follow the trio in his Hermit uniform.
"I think we should've asked which rooftop," said Ukita as they went to the nearest one just to find it empty.
"I'm sure we'll find them," said Takeda until the bell rang, signifying lunch period had ended, "Oh well, maybe next time."
"Why not after class?" asked Koga.
"We're in no real rush, and we also have other gangs to fight for power, remember," stated Takeda, "Taking turf is more important than recruitment for now.
They kept trying, but it wasn't until almost three weeks later did they finally decide to corner them after class.
The Technique Trio finally caught Kenichi and Miu coming out of class.
"Haha! Finally caught you!" declared Koga on a Thursday afternoon after school, "Think you could escape us?"
"Escape?" asked Kenichi and Miu, both tilting their heads.
"Yeah, escape!" said Koga, "You know, because we were looking for you!"
"Err, nobody told us you were looking for us," replied Miu.
For the trio, it felt like they were panned with an anvil at this reply, but quickly recovered.
"Well then, come follow us!" commanded Ukita.
"Err can we do this another time?" asked Kenichi.
"What, got something important?" asked Takeda.
"Actually yes," nodded Kenichi, "I need to head home to babysit my sister and her friend today. My mother is on a small trip and won't be back home till Friday. Miu is actually coming over to help cook."
"Bah they can wait," scoffed Koga, "We need test ou-"
"Friday will be fine," interrupted Takeda, "Just don't expect us to be so... patient."
"Takeda! Why are you being so lenient?" complained Koga. Ukita nodded in surprise, his sunglasses glinting in the sun.
"You heard him. He has other priorities first and we can't stop that," waved Takeda, "It's not like we can't wait till Friday. But if you don't show up on Friday... well then let's just hope it doesn't come down to that."
Behind them all, Natsu face-palmed. He had forgotten he had asked his little sister Kaede to sleep over at Honoka's house, as much as he didn't want his sister to be near them. He himself would be occupied at work and with Ragnarok, as there had been discussions about expanding the Seven Fists of Ragnarok. They had been planning to fumigate the house to kill off any pests that were residing in the walls. Normally, if Natsu were living alone, he wouldn't have really cared, but with Kaede still living, he made sure the house was clean and free of pests as much as possible. Kaede's health was much better now, but she still had some tendencies to cough a bit. So Natsu made sure their living quarters were as clean as possible to allow his little sister to live in it with no problems.
Originally, even if Kenichi weaseled his way out, he would've egged Koga to attack Kenichi. Now he had to protect him until at least Friday before he could safely ascertain his skill level, something that grinded harshly against him.
'I can't wait to beat you to a pulp,' thought Natsu before quickly sneaking away.
Friday soon arrived, and the Trio had ditched class to wait right outside Kenichi's class so he wouldn't escape. Seeing no escape, Miu and Kenichi were escorted to a nearby empty parking lot, where quite a few delinquents belonging to Ragnarok were waiting.
"Since you made us wait so long," said Takeda as if he was talking about the weather, "We decided to ensure that you wouldn't run away."
With a snap of his fingers, he revealed he had Yuka Izumi, Shimayama, and Tanaka.
"Izumi!" yelled Kenichi in worry, as she was his only friend/member in the gardening club. Niijima remained nowhere to be seen, which meant they probably didn't catch him. However, he had no idea why Shimayama and Tanaka were being held 'hostage'. In the past timeline, he was, at best, acquaintances with the two boys. Not to mention, they had been bullies before. In this timeline, he had never even spoken to them.
"Yeah we nabbed the girl because she's a member, or rather, the only other member in the gardening club," grinned Ukita.
"We would've taken Natsu Tanimoto too if it wasn't for his fangirls," shuddered Koga, "And Niijima just disappeared before we could grab him."
"And these two claimed that they were best friends with you," piped Takeda, pointing at Shimayama and Tanaka.
"Help us!" cried Tanaka.
"You misunderstood us!" wailed Shimayama, "We said we should become his friends! We wanted to get closer to Miu because he seemed so close to her!"
"You mean we took you two for nothing!?" shouted Ukita before tossing the two useless hostages behind him, where they scampered away. The grunts went to give chase, but Kenichi told them to stop and let them go.
"Well, least we still have one," shrugged Takeda, "You know the saying, 'Don't put all your eggs in multiple baskets'."
"That's put your eggs in one basket," sweatdropped Ukita.
"Yeah, that one!"
"Hold up, I wanna go first!" shouted a voice. The owner of the voice stepped forward to reveal himself to be Daimonji. "I owe the nerd a heavy pounding of 'Daimonji justice' for humiliating me like that! He just got lucky that he caught me unprepared. And I want that girl behind him."
"Hey you can't do that," said Koga, "I said I was going to claim her! Go find somebody else!"
The two of them started to bicker, though Daimonji was starting to cower when Kenichi had had enough. He was getting sick and tired of other people trying to claim HIS girl! Not only that, but they had also involved poor innocent Izumi into this!
It angered him that Takeda and Ukita would pull this stunt, but he tried to breathe in deeply, knowing they were good people and friends in the future.
"You want to fight me? Then let Izumi go!" shouted Kenichi, getting into a fighting stance.
"Ha, why would we do that?" laughed Koga as he turned away from Daimonji, "She's a good hos- hey wait?"
Koga's voice turned into confusion as Takeda nodded his head and told the others to let her go. Izumi quickly ran away from them all, scared for her life.
"You see that?" pointed Takeda, "That's what friends do. They abandon you just to save their own butts. It's better to not make friends, otherwise, you'll just lose everything!"
Takeda's eyes narrowed in anger, and Kenichi knew Takeda was still hurting from the past where he lost all sense of movement in his left arm.
"You're wrong," stated Kenichi, but before he could say anything else, Daimonji attacked.
"Die!" roared Daimonji, throwing his strongest punch at Kenichi.
Miu immediately jumped back while Kenichi shifted right to dodge it.
"Where'd he go?" said Daimonji with a rather stupid tone, having been used to his opponents never dodging his attacks.
Kenichi responded by launching a kidney shot, forcing Daimonji to kneel in shock, his mouth open in a silent scream, before getting kneed in the temple, knocking him out.
"Hoo, he's not a noobie," said Takeda.
"I'm next! Once I kick his ass, the girl's mine!" shouted Koga as he rushed forward, firing off multiple kicks.
Miu had been watching the fight when one of the delinquents tried to attack her from behind, hoping to catch her in a hold and perhaps 'accidentally' fondle her breasts. Miue instinctively reacted by throwing him to the ground.
"Get her!" shouted a grunt, and five more charged at her. Miu got into a fighting stance, glad that she had opted to wear her spandex under the uniform today.
"Hehe girl you better just listen to us if you don't want to get hurt," leered one of them before kicking a kick to the face.
"Not bad!" shouted Koga as Kenichi dodged his kicks, "But you can't dodge my kicks forever! I'm Koga the Kicker, the master of kicking!"
Just as he said this and tried to launch a round house at Kenichi's head, Kenichi spun and launched a reverse round house, going in the same direction as Koga's kick. His foot was on top of Koga's, where it was trapped against a wall that Kenichi had baited him to. Koga tried to free his leg, but it was firmly stuck.
"This isn't good, is it?" gulped Koga as he tried to punch Kenichi. Kenichi caught it and slowly lowered it down, overpowering him.
"Get him!" commanded Koga towards the other grunts with them. Takeda and Ukita, who had been watching, sighed at Koga's situation and looked towards the grunts, where all three of them were met with a sight they didn't believe could be possible.
Four grunts were already down and the fifth one was grappled by Miu, her legs around his neck and arms around his waist from behind. With a swift grunt, Miu lifted him up in the air, flipping him upside down and slammed him down into the floor.
The Technique Trio gulped at this... carnage before them as Choujuu Giga animals hopped past their heads, leaving a trail of dots.
"Monster!" screamed Koga trying to get free now, "Let me go! Takeda! Ukita! HELP!"
"That's rude, calling her a monster," sighed Takeda, "But she is one feisty honey."
Koga was still screaming, so Kenichi shut him up with a right straight in the face, knocking Koga out and letting him fall to the floor in a flop.
"Koga!" shouted Ukita as he charged forward with a roar and lifted Kenichi up in the air, trying to throw him into the floor as hard as he could. He didn't want to go against Miu, and admittedly, would feel really guilty if he did grab the girl and somehow ended up groping her. But before he could throw Kenichi, Kenichi had already escaped from his grip and snaked around his body. Ukita tried to pry him off, but Kenichi had wrapped his legs around Ukita's neck, and with a twist of his waist, threw Ukita into the floor, where he rolled away coughing. He looked up just in time to see Kenichi perform a back kick into his face, knocking him out and shattering his sunglasses.
"Hoo, you also know how to counter grapples," said Takeda with admiration, "But let's see how you face against me."
Being honest, he was a bit nervous and scared about fighting those two. He could see that they were clearly levels ahead of him, but he wasn't going to let that scare him off so easily. So he decided to challenge Kenichi first.
"Let's make this interesting," stated Takeda, trying to buy some time and advantage, and pulled out some chalk and a timer from his right pocket that he almost always carried. He quickly drew a boxing ring while setting the clock for three minutes.
"Three minutes per round, one minute break between rounds," said Takeda as he tossed the chalk in the air and shattered it with a right jab, "I'm a former boxer, so I'll just take you on with my right fist."
Takeda knew it wasn't enough, but he was hoping with his confidence they wouldn't call his bluff, and perhaps be slightly afraid of him. Kenichi and Miu glanced at each other, knowing the real reason why Takeda couldn't use his left hand.
"Fine, then I'll only use my right hand too, to make it fair," said Kenichi as he stepped in the ring.
"Don't regret it," warned Takeda, "You look like someone who also uses their legs to fight. I'll allow you to use them and throws."
"It's my choice to make," replied Kenichi.
"Heh, fine," said Takeda, "You know that friend of yours, Izumi, the one you protected by offering up to fight us, as well as the two others... have completely run away. If I was to describe your situation, I'd say... that's stupid. You may be confident, and probably do have the skills to back it up, but you're needlessly risking your own life. You can't always expect to come out on top forever."
"Maybe, but it's better than being a coward," frowned Kenichi.
"You say that now, but you'll soon be changing your tune," growled Takeda as Miu activated the clock to start the time. Takeda quickly explained the rules before rushing forward, throwing quick jabs to Kenichi's face.
All his jabs were blocked by Kenichi's palm, never hitting it's target. It was as if his attacks were all drawn to the palm of his hand.
'What's with this guy's defense?' thought Takeda, 'I can't get past it! It's like I'm literally hitting a wall!'
Kenichi had shifted his position so his right side was facing towards Takeda and activated his Seikuken, using his right hand only. Suddenly, he slapped Takeda's fist to the side and used the recoil to snap a jab into Takeda's face, landing perfectly on the nose.
Takeda recoiled from the hit and retreated to think of a new plan of attack.
"Okay, right, regular jabs don't work," muttered Takeda, "Let's see how he deals with flickers,"
Takeda may have stopped boxing, but it didn't stop him from learning a few techniques as he watched the pros. Takeda began to hang his right hand low at his waist and swung it back and forth like a pendulum, using the hitman style. A few seconds passed as he inched closer.
'Now!' thought Takeda as he let his right fist fly from the lower angle, hoping to surprise Kenichi and land a hit. The flicker jab flew up... and landed right into Kenichi's hand once more. Takeda tried it some more, but it was useless. Each one was somehow sucked straight into Kenichi's palm. Then Kenichi stepped forward and fired a right uppercut into Takeda's stomach. Takeda had his breath stolen away while he crumpled to the floor. Kenichi stepped back while Miu started to count down.
'Trying to out-box him ain't working, so let's try getting close then!' thought Takeda as he quickly got back up on the count of five. He rushed in only to meet a barrage of fists, repelling him from getting in close. Still, he pushed on, hoping to get inside Kenichi's guard. But his attempt failed, and he almost lost consciousness when Kenichi's fist stopped just centimeters from his face.
"What?" said Takeda in a daze.
"Three minutes just passed by!" called Miu, "Return to your corners!"
Takeda stood there frozen until Kenichi gently pushed him to his corner before walking to his. As seconds ticked by, Kenichi decided to try the same tactic he did last time and asked why he stopped boxing. Takeda looked a bit ticked off but decided to tell them his story anyways. About how he had been a promising rookie boxer, along with a friend named Akeshita, whom he thought of like a brother. Life had looked so promising until that fateful day when Akeshita had been surrounded by delinquents. He chastised himself for being so foolish and naive, rushing to help Akeshita even though he had his very first match as a pro boxer the next day. Because of the fight, he was unable to make it and was forced to abandon his dream while his friend all but abandoned him, continuing on his own without looking back.
"That's why friendship is stupid!" roared Takeda as one minute was up and charged forward, "Friends will just abandon you! Like that girl Izumi! She'll probably quit the club to avoid you! She ran away so she wouldn't be involved while you foolishly accepted a fight in return for her safety! I sacrificed my body to help a friend, and ended up with nothing! So what if you're strong? One day, you'll just end up like discarded trash if you keep trying to help others!"
Takeda somehow managed to get in close, adrenaline fueling his body as he ignored all of Kenichi's attacks.
'Let's see how you deal with a body shot!' thought Takeda as he used all his strength for an uppercut to the stomach.
The attack connected, and the two boys stayed still for a bit.
"OWWW!" shouted Takeda, "What the hell is your body made of?"
Takeda's punch had landed, but Kenichi had tightened his muscles and withstood the attack. He had survived worse, mainly from his masters. Still, the only reason he had let Takeda in was to allow him one punch to vent his feelings out.
Meanwhile, Takeda was slowly drawing his right hand back and trying to rid himself of the pain, clenching and unclenching his fist. He couldn't believe how hard Kenichi's body was! It felt like slamming his fist into a steel wall.
"Takeda-sempai," started Kenichi, "Your story is sad. But-"
"Don't lecture me," sighed Takeda, "Just finish it."
Kenichi raised his right hand for a chopping right when...
"UUWWWWOOOOOOOO!"
Ukita, now awake again, tackled Kenichi away from Takeda, rushing him all the way to the dirt.
"Die!" shouted Ukita as he lifted Kenichi, flipping him upside down and throwing him head first into the floor, causing dust to fly up.
"You... bastard...," said Takeda, almost speechless, "Why would you save me?"
"Are you stupid?" said Ukita, coughing from the dust cloud, "Aren't we friends? Unlike Koga, I actually respect you. We hang out together, don't we?"
"See, you still have friends to depend on," smiled Miu who had been leaning on a wall.
"Not to badmouth your friend, Honey, but aren't you a bit worried about him?" asked Takeda.
"Kenichi is still fine, look," pointed Miu.
The two looked towards Kenichi as the dust cloud cleared just to have their jaws drop down. Kenichi was doing a handstand with both hands, clearly uninjured.
"That was close," said Kenichi nervously as he pushed off his hands and back to his legs.
"Kenichi stuck out both hands into the ground to prevent his head from getting smashed," explained Miu.
"I... I just give up," moaned Ukita as he sat down, "How much strength does that bastard have in his arms? I put all my weight on that move."
"Takeda-sempai," started Kenichi once more as Ukita and Takeda had given up fighting, "Your injury... you can't use your left arm anymore can you?"
"What? How'd you know?" asked Takeda in surprise.
Miu took over from here, knowing Kenichi couldn't really lie, "You clearly knew Kenichi was stronger, and yet you only used your right hand. You said you got injuries that stopped your boxing career cold, so we guessed that you couldn't use it."
"Yeah, the doctor said that I would never be able to move it again," sighed Takeda, "He told me it was impossible to heal."
"Well clearly that doctor was a quack," stated a voice from behind him.
Before Takeda or Ukita could react, a hand firmly gripped Takeda's neck while another clenched his left upper arm. Takeda flinched in pain at the sudden movements.
"The doctor only set up the fracture in your arm. The real reason why you can't move it is because your spinal cord is disjointed, putting pressure on your nerves, making it impossible to react or pass signals from your brain to your arm," continued the man, making sudden painful adjustments.
"Stop that!" shouted Takeda as his face distorted in pain. Unable to take it anymore, he lashed out... with his left hand to push the man off.
"Takeda! Your arm!" shouted Ukita.
Takeda froze as his left arm was clearly moving far beyond his limited movement. He could feel his left arm once more until the numbness came back, forcing him to let it drop uselessly.
"What happened? My arm, it was clearly moving, wasn't it?" shouted Takeda, almost delirious at this miracle, and turned towards the man.
"Koetsuji-san/-shifu!" greeted Miu and Kenichi.
"I'm a professional," smirked Akisame, "I could tell just from a glance when I heard the problem."
"My left arm, can it be healed?' begged Takeda.
"Of course," stated Akisame, stroking his mustache, "To me, it's not a difficult treatment."
"What about boxing? My doctor told me even if my left arm recovered, I could never box again?"
"Boxing? You must be kidding me," scoffed Akisame, causing Takeda's hopes to crash down, "After I'm done with you, you could aim for the world championship in arm wrestling with your left arm!"
"See, there's still hope for you!" smiled Kenichi.
Takeda let a tear fall, realizing there was hope once more.
"Jerk! I'm not happy for you!" cried Ukita, trying to hide his feelings and tears behind his broken shades.
"Koetsuji-shifu, why are you here though?" asked Kenichi, "It can't just be a coincidence."
"You're correct Kenichi. I was actually coming back from an errand when a young girl bumped into me," nodded Akisame, "She was begging for anyone to help her friend out, telling me that they had been surrounded by delinquents, and that it was all her fault."
"Izumi!" gasped Kenichi and Miu, "Is she alright?"
"She's fine when I told her I would help," said Akisame, "She said she was having a friend coming to help, though, so..."
"Orya bastards!"
They all turned just in time for a wooden naginata to smash into Ukita's face, shattering his spare shades he had put on.
"That's for kidnapping my friend!"
Another swipe crashed into an unprepared Takeda, the hit causing him to spiral into the ground.
"Err what happened?" said Koga drowsily, slowly waking up just in time for a naginata to crash into his face from a throw and sending him unconscious once more.
"Makoto, I think that's enough!" cried out Izumi.
Makoto Himeno, Izumi's best friend, as well as a member of the naginata club at Koryo High School, huffed as she grabbed her naginata. Takeda looked in shock to see the shy girl come back, and even asking for help. This scene slowly dissolved his earlier beliefs.
"These jerks deserved it," sneered Makoto.
"As you can see, the situation is well under control," placated Akisame, "However, as a doctor, please don't cause any further injuries than necessary, otherwise it will be more work for me."
Makoto frowned but nodded as Izumi quickly ran up to Kenichi and Miu, asking if they were alright. After managing to calm her down and convince her they were alright, Makoto and Izumi left. Soon enough, Takeda and Ukita were at Akisame's clinic with Akisame, Miu, and Kenichi. Koga, Daimonji, and the grunts were dragged to the park and put under some shade after Akisame declared there wouldn't be a problem with them. Ukita was quickly put on the bed to rest, as Akisame was a bit worried that the lenses might've injured his eyes when they cracked and wanted to make sure there were no problems. As for Takeda, well Akisame was going to begin the treatment to allow Takeda to use his left arm again.
"Now then, shall we begin?" asked Akisame.
"Yes, please!" said Takeda eagerly.
"Alright, I'm going to push your spine back in place on the count of three," said Akisame as he placed his hand at the base of the neck, "So just relax."
Takeda nodded and waited for the three count. He never got the warning as Akisame just pushed in without warning, causing him to yelp in pain.
"Liar!" cried Takeda.
"It works better this way because your body is more relaxed," lectured Miu, "You'll tense up at three. It's human nature."
'I've had to suffer through this too,' sighed Kenichi, remembering the times when he had dislocated his arms or legs, only for Akisame to force it back in without a warning.
"Now let's go again!" said Akisame cheerfully.
"Wait, how many times do we have to do this?" asked Takeda fearfully.
"Well, this is my personal bone setting method, so it's best if we divide it up into little sessions. There are multiple corrections I have to perform on different parts of your spine. It'll only hurt for the first... 732 times."
Cries of pain filled the clinic as Kenichi and Miu left to go train.
"Shirahama Kenichi," said Natsu in his company's room. He had been observing the fight the whole time until the the first break during Takeda's fight. There had been no point in watching it further, knowing Kenichi would win.
"I can see hints of Karate, Jiu Jitsu, Muay thai, and perhaps a bit of Chinese Kenpo in his style," surmised Natsu, "But what's worrying is that strange technique he used against Takeda the Puncher. He may have been using just one hand, but it looks similar to the one Odin uses. Perhaps they have the same teacher, Kensei-sama." That, of course, struck a chord within him. He had joined Ragnarok not only to get stronger, but also to have Kensei-sama teach him. And yet, out of all the fists of Ragnarok, only Odin seemed to have met him.
And now, it seems like Kenichi might've met and learned from him. And to fuel his anger further, Natsu suspected that Kenichi might have been tutored by Ma Sogetsu himself. Who else was there that could teach all forms of Chinese Kenpo!? Natsu didn't realize that there may have been somebody else, and his mind had quickly concluded that Ma Sogetsu had abandoned him, traveled a bit, and was now teaching Kenichi.
"I'll take him out," growled Natsu, "I'll show that old drunkard who the better disciple was. And don't think Kaede has forgotten about your Mahjong matches either, sensei. She holds an even deeper grudge than me for running out before she could get her 100th victory on you."
"You idiot! Didn't I say to bring him?"
Koga was then kicked by Kisara into a wall, where he laid there stunned. He was the only one to report back to Kisara about the mission failure the next day. Takeda and Ukita had not bothered reporting in yet, so Kisara could only take her anger out on Koga.
"Milady, I think you should let Koga explain first," whispered Shiratori.
Kisara sighed and had Koga explain, to which he started babbling about Miu, being a babe but a beast within. Of course, this explanation merely confused Kisara and asked Shiratori to shut him up. As punishment, the Technique Trio wouldn't be allowed back into Ragnarok for awhile.
Weeks passed for them all, and soon, they were approaching the month of June, nearing summer break. A few incidents passed by, such as the thug incident that Kenichi had almost forgotten about. It had been the first time he had discovered Miu could fight, after all. Of course, there were the usual skirmishes against Ragnarok's grunts. One particular eager one by the name of Urugawa pulled out a pocket knife, hoping it would scare Kenichi. The ending result was the dagger being kicked out of his hands and being smacked around for a bit before being dumped into the trash.
The thugs on a later date tried to get their revenge on Miu during Kenichi and Miu's date night, but they had chosen a horrible day to do so and unknowingly sealed their fates.
"There she is," muttered the thug leader whom was dubbed as Aniki.
"Damn she got big tits," grinned grunt A.
"She'll fetch a pretty penny," snickered grunt B.
"Just whom are you talking about?" asked another voice.
"That bimbo over there, looking all happy with her date," replied Aniki, still staring at Miu, "With a body and face like that, we'll get a lot of money selling to another country."
Then he blinked as he noticed there had been a fourth voice and turned around in time to see a rather ticked off Fuurinji Hayato.
The Elder would deny that he had been spying on Kenichi and Miu, but rather he had been on a walk that just so happened to follow the two's date plan they had written. The Elder had bribed Tochumaru to make a quick copy of it so he could plan his walk. Another small loophole, but after that last time, Sakaki had refused to spy on Miu again with Shigure.
"#$% #$%!" shouted all three gangsters in surprise and panic.
"Don't worry," screamed Aniki, "We have Mask-sensei with us! Come out!"
From a van nearby, John Sey, aka the Wrestling Boss, a former professional wrestler, stepped out and walked towards his men, ready to intimidate whoever was causing panic amongst his men. He was not ready to meet a man even taller than him and by the looks of it, more muscular than him.
"What do you want?" growled John, trying to keep the sound of terror out of his voice.
"Your men threatened to kidnap my granddaughter," replied the Elder, "I think we have a problem."
"Ha, you think you beat us?" laughed Aniki as he pulled out a gun, "We have weapons, more men, and boss here was a former professional wrestler! You have no chance in stopping us!"
The grunts began to do the same, pulling out a knife and another gun.
Before anyone could even react, the Elder grabbed a gun and crushed it with just a squeeze of his palm.
"I think I have a pretty good chance," grinned the Elder as his eyes began to glow.
The gangsters and boss could only shake in terror as the Elder, who now looked the the Grim Reaper, descended upon them.
"Miu, do you hear screams?" asked Kenichi.
The two paused for a second from eating their ice cream for a second to listen around them.
"Nope. Maybe it was your imagination," suggested Miu.
"Eh alright," shrugged Kenichi as the two went back to eating their ice cream.
Back at the crime sce- *cough* alleyway.
"You almost gave me away," growled the Elder as he had his hand over Aniki's mouth.
Aniki had tried to escape and scream for help, only for the Elder to grab him by his head and pull him back and silence him. John and the grunts had been knocked unconscious already, leaving Aniki the only one awake for now.
"Now, I want you to promise you you'll stop harassing innocent people anymore, is that clear?" asked the Elder.
Aniki tried to reply, but his words were mumbled as the Elder still had his hand over his mouth.
"Just nod your head if you understand."
Aniki frantically nodded his head in reply.
"Good, good," whispered the Elder before cuffing Aniki, sending him into the land of unconsciousness.
The Elder took a peek to see Miu and Kenichi still at the bench, seemingly undisturbed by anything.
"When did I become a grandfather that would make sure his granddaughter's date wasn't ruined?" sighed the Elder, "Wasn't I supposed to make sure they didn't do anything suspicious?"
Kisara was at her hideout, plotting her next move. Kenichi had crushed her Technique Trio, and Shiratori had advised her that if left unchecked, Kenichi might join another gang that opposed Ragnarok. Miu was also another cause for worry, as she seemed strong, according to Koga. The two always seemed to be together, with that weirdo Niijima appearing on and off.
"Then it's decided," declared Kisara, "We crush him and the girl."
"Wait!"
From the window sill sat Tsuji Shinnosuke, a teenage male with a black hair styled like a mop, who had been visiting Kisara.
"How about I deal with him instead," grinned Tsuji, "Since your troops can't suffer anymore losses now can they?"
Kisara harrumphed, but it was true. She was confident that she could take the two out, but she was rather worried about her troop's morale.
Shiratori decided to intervene and offer another solution, "Since you're so interested in helping, how about a cooperation between our groups."
"Hmph, two gangs taking out two people? Overkill much?" asked Tsuji.
"Yes, but Takeda has not reported in for quite some time. Ukita came in a week ago muttering about something, but he still gave his report. I'm afraid that Takeda may have decided to abandon Ragnarok. We have no proof, but rather a vague feeling."
"Ha, so even your troops are abandoning ship," laughed Tsuji before frowning, "Then I'm guessing you're planning to lynch him soon?"
"If he doesn't report in soon," nodded Kisara, "According to Ukita, he's seeing a doctor for an old injury that flared up. If needed, we can jump the traitor, Kenichi, and Miu at the same time."
"Sounds fun," grinned Tsuji, "Though Takeda might really just be injured and just needs to see the doctor. You should confirm it with him first before lynching him unless he sends you a notice. It would make Ragnarok look bad if they got the wrong person."
"I want the big breast girl!" cheered Koga once more, causing Kisara and Tsuji to twitch in anger, one about the breast comment and the other just thinking Koga was a piece of trash.
And thus, the two gangs began to plan their lynching party.
And done. Considered writing the lynching party in, but there was just too much other details and plans that I decided to cut it here. Hope you enjoyed it and look forward to the next chapter!
A reminder, the Kensei Hermit refers to is Ogata, not Ma Kensei. Confusing, yes, but that's just how its written.
Saw the newest KH3 gameplay, and I have to say, I'm fking psyched to play it!
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