While Kuragami and Sky were flying to the circus, Sky said something to him.
"I'm taking you to the circus. But first, I need to tell you something."
"What?"
"I can tell you just fought a Shadow Disciple. Do you know his name?"
"He said it was Drago. Why?"
"I see. So let me just connect some dots for you. When you guys went sleep, Yua told me that she had a brother your age and one day, he disappeared."
"Okay. So?"
"And Shadow Disciples kidnap kids to turn them into strong Shadow Disciples. I had a feeling that the Shadow Disciple would be Yua's little brother."
"How are you so sure?"
"Because the old man told me. And he's a traitor. He's a informant for Raffles."
"What the hell."
"And Scorpion was playing dead. I asked him if he could help us he was happy to. He never wanted to do the cruel things Raffles told him to. He's actually a good guy."
"Wow, so there's more to this that I didn't know?"
"Yeah. So next time you see that Shadow Disciple, call him by his real name. Yuuto."
"Yuuto huh? I haven't heard that name in years. What the hell makes you think you can call me that? It's Drago. I'm the Dragon of the Shadow Disciples! Respect me!"
"What's so special about you Shadow Disciples? And why do you have to beat me so bad? It all doesn't make sense."
"It's a long story. But just know, you have to go."
"No. Why don't we defeat Raffles together."
"You don't know what your getting yourself into if you defeat Raffles."
"Then tell me Yuuto. Why shouldn't we defeat Raffles?"
"Because he's working for one of the Yugai. The Yugai are rogue Disciples who are equivalent to the Kizoku. And if you defeat Raffles it means you defeat me. And I'm working for another Yugai. Genesis."
"Who's Genesis?"
"Genesis is the leader and creator of the Shadow Disciples. He told all of us that we need to watch out for you and if we cross paths, we should kill you on sight. I'm not sure why though. But if you do make it out here alive, you have to watch out. The Shadow Disciples are no joke. It's probably the strongest Disciple group."
"What the hell! I have the strongest Disciple group after me for no reason. Why! WHY YUUTO WHY?"
"Like I said, stop calling me Yuuto. But you have nothing to worry about. I'll kill you here and seal your fears away."
"Then if that's the case, I'll have to beat every Shadow Disciple I come across."
Kuragami and Yuuto both dash to each other and start trading hits. Punch after punch, kick after kick. They both raise their auras to create more powerful impacts.
Kuragami finds a opening and gives a bone cracking punch to the face causing Yuuto to fly in the fire.
From the fire, Yuuto releases a large amount of aura causing the whole area to become even more dark. It also extinguishes the fire. Kuragami can't see anything as it's too dark.
"This is the end Kuragami. You won't bother me any more after this."
Kuragami is clueless as he can't see anything. Out of nowhere, Yuuto punches him in the stomach then disappears again.
"So that's what your gonna do. Hide behind the shadows. Dammit."
Yuuto repeats his actions, hit Kuragami then disappear. It seems to be working as Kuragami is getting hit over and over again.
The pain starts to build in Kuragami's body. He can barely speak without feeling pain.
"I'm not going to lose again. I refuse to lose!"
Kuragami charges up his aura as much as he can. Cold air starts to release from his body. His wounds start to heal up.
"I'm ready."
As Yuuto appears in front of him ready to attack, Kuragami uses his aura to speed up his actions and appear behind him to give him a back breaking kick.
The area starts to clear even more.
"Yuuto. I'm giving you a choice here."
Yuuto stands up facing Kuragami. He charges up his aura. Kuragami does the same thing.
"Help us take down Raffles. We can protect you from the Shadow Disciples too."
"This is it Kuragami. How do expect to protect me when you can't protect yourself."
They both start charging up aura in their fist.
"Shadow Blitz!"
"Razing Ice!"
They both dash to each other with their powerful attacks and clash with one another. This is a unique clash where they clash until one of them overpower the other.
"Tell me Kuragami, what makes you think you can protect me when you can't protect yourself!"
"It doesn't matter if I can't protect myself!"
"What?"
"As long as I protect others, then that's all that matters. Yua is worried about you. So why don't you leave Raffles to protect her properly. That's why I have to defeat you right here right now!"
Kuragami starts to overpower Yuuto as his feelings are getting in the way of his attack.
He starts to remember him and Yua together when they were little. They always used to look out for each other. They were pretty much best friends.
"Maybe he's right. I did this to protect my family but I was just hurting them.
"I'm going to defeat you Yuuto. So you can see what the right path is for yourself!"
Yuuto smiles.
"You're a good person Kuragami Nozomi. The world needs more people like you. And less of me."
"Don't say that!"
Kuragami becomes even stronger.
"The world needs you and me both! If we want to change the way the world is, we have to defeat the ones who make the world a bad place, and the ones who make people like you a bad person."
Kuragami fully overpowers Yuuto causing the Shadow Blitz to cancel out. He hits Yuuto directly. Kuragami's attack creates a snowy atmosphere around them including a large explosion.
"Hey guys look, it's snowing there. I guess that means Kuragami won."
"I guess so."
"I knew Kura could do it!"
"That blue haired kid you guys are with. defeated Drago? He sure is impressive."
Sasaki looks back to respond.
"Trust me he-"
No one is there.
Sky has Raffles suppressed on the floor.
"Would you look at that Raffles. Your precious Shadow Disciple has been defeated."
Raffles starts to get worried.
"Your a idiot Sky. You don't know what you have done."
"What are you talking about."
"Your aware of Genesis right?"
"Yeah leader of the Shadow Disciples and 6th Yugai. What about him?"
"That kid had the most potential out of all of them. Since he's been defeated, he's gonna come down here and destroy everyone and everything. That's his way of revenge."
"What the hell. This is bad. I stand no chance against him."
Raffles starts to laugh.
"Congrats Disciple. Now we're all going to die. He's going to your kid right now."
"Kuragami is in trouble. I need to go to him right now!"
Sky starts to fly off in Kuragami's direction.
"Little does he know that's not the only person coming. My death is inevitable. I'll just stay here and wait for my doom."
Yuuto is on the floor unable to stand up.
"We don't need to fight Yuuto. Just join us. We can become strong together and defeat anyone that tries to stop us from getting to the top."
Yuuto smiles out of happiness for the first time in years. He starts to laugh.
"I like you Kuragami. We could've been friends if I wasn't a Shadow Disciple."
"We can still be friends. What rules says we can't?"
"Genesis Rules. Kuragami. Genesis is one of the Yugai and he's coming here right now to kill you himself. I have a seal on me which lets him know where I am at all times."
"What. Why? What did I do to make a Yugai that mad?"
Kuragami and Yuuto start to tremble with fear.
"What the hell is that?"
They both sense out of this world aura coming their way. The clouds start to turn dark everywhere. Everyone can notice in the atmosphere that someone incredibly powerful, has arrived.
Purple lightning starts to get released from the dark clouds and when it crashes down, it creates massive craters. The wind starts to scream across the whole town and circus. The waves of the sea start to rage.
The aura gets released at them covering the whole area. It feels dark and eerie. It's like a demon fresh from hell has just entered the area. Kuragami knows it's Genesis as his aura feels so similar to Yuuto's aura. If you look closely, you can see him flying to the two boys at insane speeds.
Both Kuragami and Yuuto can hear a loud maniacs laugh.
"Kuragami Nozomi! I'll show you the terror of the Shadow Disciples!"