Oh my gods! Somehow this guy, whoever this guy is, just became faster after coating his sword in his aura, or actually energy. He's giving off a soft green light around him and he's starting to give me a hard time, again.
Like seriously? Who is he and what is his problem?
Gritting my teeth, I can feel my anger rise and the bluish-white light around me and my sword starts grows more intense. I dodge the swing of his sword by jumping to the side and thrust my sword towards him in return. But he evades it by dropping to the ground swipe my feet with his own, causing me to tumble on the wooden floors.
Wow, we've been fighting with our powers in display for quite some time but the dojo seems to be holding up. Maybe it's reinforced my magic to withstand fighting like the one we're doing?
Back to the fight…
I see the sword coming my way so I roll to the side and blast an energy ball towards my opponent. I have been working on that one technique for the past few weeks, and I suppose it's really quite useful during a fight.
I watch him fly towards the rack of weapons and land with a small explosion, but it does not even dent the wooden floors and just let dust fly anywhere.
Geez! What are these floors made of?
I get back on my feet and proceed to a defensive stance, my energy barrier still around me. All of a sudden, from the cloud of dust, a green energy ball is hurled at me and I have no choice but to dodge it, but it's not the only one.
Eeeeehhh? He can do that? He can launch multiple energy balls? And is it just me, or it seems to be cackling in electricity on its surface?
With this situation, I don't have a choice but to run around to doge the energy balls coming my way. I deflect a few of them and send them back where they came from which causes mini explosions once again.
But suddenly, in the blink of an eye, the bastard with the fox mask is in front of me, hit me with the back of the katana and sends me flying towards one of the paper doors. To my surprise, I only bounce on it but the landing still hurts!
Okay, that's the last straw! I am angry!
I don't know who this guy is! Or what's his deal! But I am so tired of this!
With the spike of my emotions, I can feel my own energy levels rise up. My bluish-white energy is suddenly tinged with dark red streaks and I lunge my masked attacker.
Oh? He seems surprised at the sudden spike of my energy but it definitely does not deter him from attacking me because he lunges at me as well. Our blades cross and I can feel a ripple of energy once our two auras collide.
"Who are you?" I ask the bastard but he's not even responding! "Dude! Why did you attack me out of nowhere?"
I suddenly feel a fist connect with the side of my face and I skid a few meters away from him. With my already furious state, I create two balls of energy on each side of me. Rather than the compressed energy that makes up my usual energy balls, this one has spiraling energy inside it. Kind of like that technique from the anime Nik made me watch one time.
But it seems like I'm not the only one who's planning on using a powerful technique as well. My opponent is forming another energy ball as big as his head in front of him but other than the color green, it has a black center which is giving me the bad vibes.
I launch a laser like attack on my opponent, finally destroying the wooden floorboards of the dojo. But before it can even collide at my opponent's own attack, a figure lands in the middle of our attacks path and then an explosion happens.
The hell? Is someone trying to kill himself?
"HEY!" I shout. I did not even have the time to pull back my attack! It hit whoever idiot jumped in front of it!
The cloud of dust dissipates and I see Sakura-nee standing there with a deadpanned expression. My attack is getting absorbed by her right hand while my opponent's attack is absorbed by her left hand.
Wait, she can do that?
AH! That's not the point!
The one who jumped in front of one of my strongest attacks is Sakura-nee?
Crap!
"Shino, we asked you to assess his combat capabilities as well as his control over his newly awakened skill, not kill each other with your abilities." she says and shakes her head.
Wait, what?
"Sakura-nee?" I call with a really confused look.
"Sorry for the scare April." she answers with a smile on her face. She flexes her hands and motions for us to come closer to her. "I just wanted to know how you'd react to a sudden attack by someone with the same ability. You've been training it all this summer and I wanted to see how much control you have."
"So you send a guy with a fox mask to kill me?" I question, skeptical about what just happened.
"Well, the bloodlust was needed to get you riled up." she smiles again. It's really making me very uncomfortable.
I sigh and just shake my head.
Sakura-nee and her antics I tell you.
"Anyway, you both performed rather splendidly, of course that was until you tried to use powerful techniques and almost blow up the entire dojo. I had no choice but to step in." she adds.
"Good thing she did, because renovating the place will be costly." says Ryuuji-san who finally steps in to make himself known.
So I guess it's safe to say that Ryuuji-san's invitation to eating breakfast is nothing but fake. It's actually a ruse to get me inside the dojo and be attacked by the masked bastard.
Wait, who is the guy even?
"Who is he?" I ask the golden question and motion to the man with a fox mask. He's relatively tall, taller than Sakura-nee, but a head shorter than Ryuuji-san.
"Ah, right. Introductions. Shino, take off your mask please." Sakura-nee orders.
My previous opponent, who's now known as Shino, bows and takes off his fox mask, revealing a youthful face behind it. He looks about Nicco's age with an unusual pair of heterochromatic eyes; one blue and one violet. He definitely looks Japanese; from the hair to the skin, so I guess his eyes are some sort of genetic mutation? That happens to quite a small percent of the world's population.
[Notice.
Really? So I guess the mask is some sort of protection to hinder my
Slayer, use
Name: Shino Mori
Age: 16
Level: 25
Title: [???] [Assassin of the Night]
Oh wow, another one with question marks on their data. And seriously? An assassin? At sixteen?
Hmm…
I bet he works in such a profession either for the Tsuchimikado Clan or for the Akatsuki-gumi (the yakuza organization).
Stats:
>Strength: 4867
>Intelligence: 4786
>Agility: 5679
>Stamina: 5798
>Defense: 3476
His stats can even rival mine. No wonder he can move so quickly and his hits pack a punch!
Skill List:
One word. Wow.
"April, this is Shino Mori." Sakura-nee says. "From this day forward, he will be your bodyguard."
WHAT?!