"Wait what?"
That was all Shu could reply with before feeling a fist sink down in his entire stomach, pushing him further into the wall he was stuck in
"You heard me"
Ezra whispered to then grab Shu by his leg, squeezing it tightly before hurling him into the air, as the blue smoke around Ezra's body intensified
"That really hurts, you know!!"
Shu yelled as his eyes shined even brighter than before, but before he could do anything else, Ezra appeared above him, sending a punch towards him, and all he could do was block before crashing hard against the ground
And then out of nowhere, Ezra felt a punch hit his chin, and then another on his cheek, and another on his stomach, and one more on his face before taking a few steps back, and realizing that Shu wasn't on the ground
"Speed? When did your speed increase?"
Ezra questioned as he then blocked one of Shu's punches with his right hand, before blocking a kick with his left arm, to then dodge a punch before figuring out how Shu got so fast
"You were holding back in the beginning"
Ezra whispered as he then began to take swift and sneaky steps back, forward, right, and left, doing footwork similar to what Yorujo used to do, dodging every attack Shu sent toward him
"How dare you, belittle me, your senior"
Said Ezra with an angry tone to then proceed and disappear in a blur of speed, leaving Shu unable to detect him, before Shu felt his back twisting as he crashed against the ground, creating a crater and a burst of dust and wind
"But, that's good, you lied, you can't go all out on your opponent from the very start, that's not how martial artists fight, so points for that, but that's the only time I'll be complementing your way of fighting"
Ezra whispered to then grab Shu by his head, slowly picking him up, proceeding to knee him in the stomach seconds later, continuing to do the same attack until he got tired of doing so
"You're probably thinking that all of this is unfair and that you don't even know why you're being attacked"
Said the man before pulling Shu closer to his face, staring deep into his eyes but instead of seeing fear, all he saw was excitement, as a grin grew on Shu's face
"No. I'm just feeling good"
Shu replied as that grin grew even bigger, while his eyes widened and his pupils shined.
Despite having blood dripping from his head, and even more blood all around his body, Ezra expected Shu to be tired, irritated, annoyed, and wishing this battle was finished, but instead he got the opposite and this excited him too
"That's good"
Ezra whispered as he opened his hand, letting Shu fall, but before he could even touch the ground, Shu disappeared in a blur causing a burst of wind
"You know, my grandpa once told me.."
Shu's voice was heard as he then reappeared on the other side of the room, proceeding to tap the tip of his feet against the ground, stretching his legs as if he was preparing for something
"That when going up against an opponent that is stronger than you, you should go all out if you can't find a way to beat them without doing so..."
Shu continued as he took in a deep breath, being watched from afar by Ezra who simply smiled, somewhat acknowledging the young boy
"And since you're way stronger than me, I'll have to follow those teachings"
Shu finished as he then stooped down quickly, taking on his favorite stance. Placing his right leg forward, lowering his upper body down, and letting his arms hang from his shoulders
"Grandpa once told me that, the strongest attack one can muster is the attack that one puts everything in. And since my legs are my strongest weapons, I'll have to do so with them"
Shu thought to himself before, pushing himself into the air, using his legs to do so, landing on the crisping as he then looked down at Ezra, who stared at him from all the way on the ground.
"Here we go.."
Shu whispered as he grabbed onto the ceiling, sinking his fingers in it to then proceed and grit his teeth
"Now.."
He said to himself before pulling his fingers out of the ceiling and using his legs to sling himself towards Ezra
"Taekwondo Style, Himura Kick: Bringer of Punishment!!"
Shu yelled as the velocity of his speed caused his arms to flap backward with intensity as if they were clothes
"Focus Shu..put everything into your legs, don't worry about the consequences, I'm not afraid of being hurt, I just don't wanna lose!!"
He thought to himself as the aura around his entire body began to move, starting from his head, all the way down to his right leg, accumulating on his leg like fire.
And in doing so, his body became softer while his leg became more firm, which caused his body to spin around the place unbalanced, but as Shu got closer to Ezra, he took that as an advantage, using the fact that he began to spin to further increase the velocity of his attack, and once he finally reached Ezra, he smirked.
And with all his might, he kicked Ezra's neck, using the fact that he was spinning to push his body to a side, unbalancing Ezra's body as the strength of the kick crashed Ezra on the ground, making him bounce off of it just to be kicked again by Shu's continuing attack. Creating a crater bigger than all the others before it, while the shockwave that the kick caused cracked all the walls in the room
"Hah!! Yes! I pulled it off! How does it feel, huh!? How does it feel to be stepped on by someone!? Doesn't feel all that good does it?"
Shu questioned as he would then, place his leg on Ezra's head, but before he could continue to celebrate, he felt a hand grab onto his leg
"No, it doesn't"
Ezra replied as he slowly began to stand up, while the smoke that was spewing from his body intensified