Act: 66
Shizu grabbed both swords and threw them away. Hano slid around him, grabbed his sword, stopped, and dashed back at him. Chisaka acted carefully, moving away from him once she was vulnerable.
"Hano I will trap him, keep him busy in the meantime, and you Aikawa, get up and do something, You got that!"
"Hey bitch! Don't tell me what to do."
She raised her head as blood dripped from her nose and forehead. She placed her hand over the injury. Hano continued swinging at Shizu. Each swing somehow became much faster than before though that didn't seem to bother Shizu. He kept up with everything he did. Hano tried his best, noticing he raised his left hand and caught Chisaka's incoming sword.
"Shizu. This ends for you now. Do not expect to win this at all!"
Hano increased the star output he produced which amplified the speed for each swing forcing Shizu back with each step. As Hano lifted the sword in his left hand, with an overhead and low swing which came together making the shape of an L. Shizu quickly leaned in with his fist and punched him in the chest which sent him flying back.
Blood poured out the right side of his shoulder as the cut from his sword dug deep into his skin. Hano kept solid ground not moving far, showing that he quickly moved his sword back to block his punch with Chisaka's sword. Shizu dropped to his knees, looking down he saw petals surrounding him in a circle, and a storm brewed, capturing him.
"Petal Storm, Maximum output!"
Shizu groaned in pain from having such a deep wound. But the sounds of the petals hitting one another and the sound of wind gusting and whistling blocked out the sheer pain he vocalized. The storm grew in size becoming the size of a mini tornado. Another growl came from inside of it. Chains spiraled from out of the ground and followed the current rotation of the petals but before they could puncture Shizu. He burst out, covered in cuts and blood all over his body and clothes, his hoodie and joggers were ruined, and upon dashing out he headed straight for Chisaka. She wasn't able to react, and he grabbed her by the face slamming it to the wall of the arena. Hano's eyes shot open and for the first time, he looked genuinely upset. Aikawa on one knee looked shocked and scared.
*Shizu looked like a demon. *
He turned his head to Hano, blood-covered and his sclera was all red from the vessels that popped. The grin he let off had set the crowd to silence, everyone was, who knows. Scared, perhaps.
The masked organization smiled under their mask and the Master slowly clapped. Hano looking crossed sprung for Shizu aggressively swinging his sword and when he couldn't touch Shizu his body started to glow faintly, finally hitting him he kicked Shizu back, and unexpectedly he didn't respond, only spiraling around in the air before landing on the ground.
"You bastard Shizu! How dare you fucking touch her. First Star activate. Star Burst."
Hano gripped his sword as tight as he could, holding his sword horizontally and close to his waist. The tip of the blade shined a dark navy blue, and an imprint of his star was at the base of his blade.
"Blackout elimination!"
The blue turned much darker, and the Star energy started to shake on the edges of his blade. Rotating his body back and Chisaka who was behind him and safe he shouted.
*Arghhh!!*
Swinging his sword, a huge line of black Star energy cut deep into the edges of the stadium in the same motion as where he was swinging his sword. Shizu, regaining consciousness both of his eyes went back to purple and the line under his eye was back to being smaller than before his wounds even healed. Realizing what was coming his way he looked over at Aikawa who seemed to be unable to move at all and extremely exhausted. Shizu immediately sprinted over to her, picking her up off her feet and flipping over the incoming slash that passed by destroying somewhat of the stage.
*Urghh*
He landed and looked her in the eye, with a soft smile, and looked back at Hano who dropped his sword down while holding it.
"How could you! She's your teammate! She even cares so much about you, why would you risk killing her! Huh! Hano!"
He sounded a little drained and fatigued when he responded.
"Simple answer Shizu. She's in the way and if she won't get her weak ass up and move it's not my problem, I didn't even drain that much Star energy from her anyways. Killing you and riding you off this planet is my goal. So, she should know better. You dying at the expense of her life should be an honor to herself. Then again you shouldn't be talking, you started attacking teammates first."
"Hano, fuck you. Aikawa, please forfeit and get teleported out of here, I don't want you to be endangered any longer. Please. I can handle these two, trust me."
"Hinako. Do the same."
"What? But why Hano."
"I'm ending this. Me vs him, how it should end. I love you and will see you once it's done and you deal with Aikawa who's all up on him."
"Ok.."
Aikawa's head dropped while hiding her tears, she and Chisaka teleported out leaving the stage to Shizu and Hano.
"Finally, Shizu. Me and you. I will finally! Get to kill you, I hope you're ready to die and I won't be holding back!"
"Thank you, Hano. For being the first to not hold back on me. Although."
Shizu raised his head back up and his eyes dropped.
"I won't lose either."
Shizu looked over at the crowd, looking at Chul-Moo, and gently smiled when he looked away he focused his attention over to the masked members, pointing at them and switching it to a thumbs down. Turning back over to Hano.
"Shall we get this over with?"
Shizu clenched his fist and the moment one another blinked; he dashed forward. Sprinting in his direction Hano braced himself in position. Shizu drove in with the opening punch and in return, Hano swung his sword horizontally, Shizu pushing down and leaping over the sword, rotating his body around and with his right leg, swinging at his rib cage.
Hano quickly moved his sword back to block the kick.
"STAR-Counter!"
His sword shined the same color as his Star and within a second, his body reacted much faster than before swinging his sword upright this time- causing Shizu to create a force against him and fall back to the ground.
Not giving each other the opportunity to rest. Hano moved forward swinging left and right and Shizu maneuvered around him. Shizu even leaped back further and as Hano came towards him he switched to a singular handstand and rotated his legs around him. Hano avoided the first kick but prepared to cut him in half with the second rotation.
"You're pathetic Shizu!"
Bringing down his sword with all his might, Shizu bent down and disappeared and reappeared behind him anchoring his arm down to bring him down, but his eyes widened as he saw Hano turn towards him, and a second sword manifested in his left hand. Which once he swung.
*SLASH*
Blood dripped from Shizu's arm and somewhat of his chest. Blocking most of the impact he jumped further back than before.
*AHAHAHA*
Hano slowly walked forward with a disgusted grin on his face, his cheeks pushed in and his eyes glaring off in this satisfied but appalled look.
"Shizu. Look how far you've gotten. Nowhere you pathetic piece of shit! Do you not see how low you are. What more can you ask for! Nothing I will end your careless life, worth of pity, filth, uselessness, fucking scum! Ha ha ha. Look at you crawling up to me!"
Shizu sighed and ran at him much faster than before. He jumped up and punched at him, rotating around him over and over. Hano would swing both of his swords, but Shizu seemed to be faster and he would disappear and reappear for another punch. Only for Hano to react in time.
Shizu stopped behind him for one good punch which he thought could be lethal. Hano swung around with his sword swinging at his neck. The killing intent from Hano radiated heavier than before.
*YOU'RE DEAD!*
With the twist of his torso, Hano missed his swing as he noticed that Shizu dropped and delivered a kick to his stomach that tossed him up, he was surprised by the fact his kick dealt enough knockback to make him airborne.
"Mars summon!"
Shizu leaned back, Mars leaped from his side and dashed at Hano in the air, to which Shizu put his hands on the ground and jumped following behind Mars.
He looked pissed. Much more than before.
Mars's mouth was wide open and with a heavy chomp it bit down on Hano's arm, blood shot out. In pain he immediately grabbed Mars by the neck, staring it down intending to ferociously kill it. Right when he was about to go through with his attack he saw Shizu's incoming punch.
He pulled his arm all the way back throwing Mars as hard as he could at Shizu, he switched and caught it landing on his feet and sliding back though Hano rushed up to his face, punching Shizu in the mouth and tossing him back into the edge of the stadium which flung Mars in the other direction.
"That's all you've got going for you? To think you are capable of summoning a pet. How did you even receive that? On top of that, you picked the shittiest one."
Shizu forced himself out of the wall his entire body was wedged in.
Gradually getting to stand straight Hano ran forward without hesitation and with Shizu trying to regain his composure he couldn't react in time to his punch which knocked him to the left and Hano continued to punch him over and over until he fell down on the ground.
His body had been badly bruised, his arms, chest, and his face somewhat swollen, blood splattering from each punch he endured. As he tried to crawl his way back up Hano kicked him down stomping repeatedly at his back.
"Huh, Shizu! Get up, get up, get up!"
*Pow*
*Pow*
The roaring of the crowd gets louder and louder, cheering for the victory soon to come for Hano. Ito Sensei seemingly was anxious. People from around the world watched, interested in where this fight could go. Fabura continued to watch and it even caught the eyes of Korea.
Yet no one sounded like they were cheering on Shizu. Except for two. His little bro, Han Chul-Moo and Ito Sensei. Shizu managed to tune everyone else out and focus on the little fighting spirit he had left. Hano kicked him away and continued boasting, Shizu managed to gain his strength once more to stand up.
*SHUT UP! *
Shizu shouted as loud as he could. Which made Hano jolt for a second and the crowd went silent for some reason.
*I will win! And for everyone who cheered him on, doubting me and my capabilities! I can't wait to hear whose name you'll be calling at the end of this tournament!*
He nervously glanced over at Chul-Moo and smiled. He focuses his attention on Hano with his blood-covered self. Hano rushed in for the strike as he stopped talking. Shizu stood still not flinching, only watching as he approached him.
"I told you Shishou... I will master this style to my perfection."
His hand balled up in a fist, and a clear color mixed in with a light purple color began to glow all the way up to his elbow. When Hano got close enough he socked him over the head. Hano quickly switches from punching to drawing out his sword blocking Shizu's punch.
*CLASH!*
*PFST*
The sword flew out of his hand and his body spun around in the air before landing on the ground, tumbling a bit before catching himself. The energy around his arm didn't disappear like normal. It remained present. Dust flew from behind his shoes and now on the right side of Hano's body, Shizu's left hand started to glow again and the spiral kicked back up. Punching Hano over and over not giving him a chance to even touch the ground again.
Rotating around him he would keep on punching Hano leaving him unable to block or counterattack. Shizu punched the spit and blood out of him, also leaving bruises throughout his body. The anger in him started to become more and more noticeable.
The man in the mask spoke.
"Shizu. Surely has become much stronger than before. The transformation had increased his limits. That must be the answer to whatever he displayed. Hehe~ I thrive to see this."
*Slowly clapping*
"I wish to see that transformation once more! No. A new form for him. I'm even intrigued by that energy around his arms. It's not just Star energy it seems like, just what can it be, Shizu."
*SHIZU*
Forcing his body to fall back and block everything, Hano was able to gain his ground and shout at him. The Star energy around Hano. Became visible to the naked eye and a huge force of Dark blue Star energy surrounded his body like a bubble. Shizu sniffed and put his finger underneath his nose. Because of how well he was able to smell the Star energy and how potent it was. This was new to him, he never noticed how he could smell Star energy and now focus on it.
Ready he had sprinted at Hano clenching both fists, right as he went in for his right hook, he dropped his energy. Hano using his counter-technique, his body immediately responded to it and swung with his sword. Though it was slow and had little effect. This had got Shizu thinking about how he would get around this.
*Lock in.*
Shizu picked up his feet and sprung towards him, going in for a punch and ducking when his sword swung, returning his left hook full of purple energy. Faking out that punch with his right hand instead. Hano caught on and rotated it around to block his punch. Shizu leaned in closer and kneeed him in the gut, Hano's stomach crunched in, and he held in the spit, elbowing Shizu in the jaw. That knocked him off balance, but Shizu remained resilient. Getting back at him once more he came to a stop quickly. Seeing how his Star energy began to get thicker and almost looked as if it tried swallowing him up.
"Thank you, Shizu, for the little amount of Star energy I needed to complete this. AHAHAHA!"
The Star energy around him spun all around like it was going out of control. Shizu took a deep breath and raised his hands up to his head. His eyes locked onto what Hano was about to unleash.
'I have to remain focused. I could rush him and try to land a hit but to be fair I'm not sure what the hell is he doing.'
*FTSSSTS*
The Star energy around Hano started to have swirls of black, the smell it emitted being far more potent than earlier. Shocked, Shizu remembered that Taku had the same thing happen to him with his Star. Confusing Shizu he couldn't understand what was happening anymore now seeing and feeling the sheer intensity his Star energy was producing felt similar.
Unsure of what would happen, even this power felt worse than what Tora had displayed.
'Could this be the strength they all kept hiding... This is what I wanted. Right?'
The calm yet arrogant tone from Hano remained although he sounded a bit evil? As if his energy took hold of his own voice.
*SHIZU THIS IS YOUR END!*
"I will prove to you that you don't belong here at all with us! Know your place!"
Everyone watching outside of the stadium is focused and much more curious as to how this will play out. And for those currently there, the invisible shields are already active. Doubling up on defenses. Han Chul-Moo got anxious and shook his leg while keeping his hands locked together, his face dropped from enjoyment to worry and then seriously worried. Ito Sensei had worry written all over her eyes, also scared of what may happen to Shizu. The organization members wondered if this may be the end for Shizu.
"Saburo. This is your doing isn't it"
"Uh.. Yes, Master. I had given him false hope in exchange for his greed."
"Hm."
*SHIZU! THIS IS IT FOR YOU!*
The announcer spoke to everyone in the audience.
*Brace yourself for a serious impact, we have confirmed this form of attack is far deadlier than we anticipated.*
Hano moved his katana in front perfectly straight and aligned with his head. Raising his sword and bending his arms behind his head. All the Star energy surrounding him began to consume onto his sword. His eyes changed to the color of his Star while his iris bled.
"It's over."
*SHIZU!!*
"Mourning Moon!"
All the Star energy sucked up in his katana and swung his sword down as hard as he could, releasing a large slash that was a dark blue color mixed with black. Wide enough to cover up nearly the entire area they were in. This slash is so wide moving at a fast pace. Shizu was in shock, wondering what he could even do in this situation.
Han Chul-Moo stood up, no longer nervous but scared.
Shizu froze up and stared as the slash of mixed Star energy came his way. A flicker in his eye. The slash had burst on impact when it hit him and continued to destroy everything until it hit the backside of the arena. Everyone went silent. Han Chul-Moo's arms dropped and while the smoke started to clear you were able to see how the ground and edges of the arena were heavily damaged leaving gashes. Once it fully dissipated, standing in place Hano was able to see Shizu, his legs were shaking, and his right eye flicked between purple and gold. Blood dripped from his arms and mostly from his head and torso. The look Hano gave was a mixture of different emotions hitting him at once.
*HOW- *
Right when he opened his mouth a sudden wave of exhaustion hit him. He gripped the skin around his chest, inhaling and exhaling much faster as if he were hyperventilating. Dropping to his knees he collapsed and ran out of Star energy, causing him to forfeit, unable to continue the fight. Shizu after a few seconds was declared the winner of it all. As the camera began to focus on his face his eyes showed to be back to purple. Shortly after he dropped on his back lifting his right hand up and keeping his pointer finger high to the sky, slowly breathing, and perplexed as to how he actually did it. He won.
*Ladies and gentlemen and everyone! The winner of the fight is Shizu! Hano is no longer able to fight because he's rendered unconscious. Congratulations to you Shizu! Give it up to the 2-Star Healer!!*
Han Chul-Moo flung back in his seat happily and in relief that Shizu was in better condition than he thought and shortly he began cheering.
"That's my big brother! No plot armor needed for him!!"
Chul-Moo had shouted out. Ito Sensei stayed silent and was shocked by what she witnessed. Tora shouted amongst the crowd at their school watching from the TV.
"I knew you'd win Shizu. Taking that hit like a true man! Now I'm eager to fight you when you get even stronger! Haha!"
Tora said. A man with red dreads commended his strengths. Fabura too said to his teammate that Shizu was something else. Han Chul-Moo's father crossed his hands and smiled waiting for his son to return with him alive.
Right before he closed his eyes, leaning his head to the left he saw the organization of masked people staring at him and the Master. He knew under that mask they made eye contact. They clapped slowly and Shizu's eyes shut.
- - - -
*Shizu. You've accepted it. You will soon come to face the truth. Lies, despair, and death. A fate you can change but not escape. Becoming lost in the blindness of reality, and a suffering that you'll face worse than death. *