Previously On Unknown: Akishima faces formidable foes on the stairs, struggling against their swift attacks. Despite a momentary defeat, he uses his martial arts technique, Iron Body, to turn the tide and defeat the ninja and disarm the girl. The girl, identified as Kaori, declares herself as the Vice Rank of the 2nd Rank, Tsukikage, and asserts her strength. In a surprising move, she flings Akishima up the stairs, leaving him in a defensive stance.
(Continuing)
*On The Second Floor, Hisashi And Shiden…*
"Round two?!" Shiden queried, "Are you serious?" he continued, "Listen, kid, it'd be best for you to stay down unless you wanna die." then threatened.
Hisashi slowly stood up, wiping the blood from his mouth, with his head down and swinging left to right as if he had a hangover.
He slowly raises his head and glares at Shiden. His eyes emanated a faint purple glow and a deep darkish purple aura began to leak from his body.
With unyielding determination, Hisashi declares, "Sorry but, I can't just back down. See, whether you like it or not, I came here to win and that's exactly what I'm going to do."
Matsumoto was on the sidelines observing the unfolding events. His eyes instantly locked on to the strange aura emanating from Hisashi. "Hold on! Don't tell me…!" he pondered, then smiled, as he knew what was about to come.
Shiden was also taken aback by the strange aura. It looked so… mysterious and eerie as if it were to pull you in if you were to stare at it too long.
"What the hell! Where did this come from?" Shiden wondered, "Is it… his manki…? No, it can't be. The chances of that happening are completely zero. Well if it's not his manki then wh-' In an instant, while Shiden was off guard, Hisashi appeared before him, and with his fist clenched, he buried his fist in Shiden's gut causing 'the rain' to cough up blood, and flung back a few meters.
Shiden catches himself and regains his composure. The shock was tremendous, he totally didn't expect that. NC comments, "That was a lucky blow, brat."
Hisashi just stood there, motionless, as his strange aura intensified.
At the same moment, Shiden starts to feel weak as if he's being drained of his energy, no, his element.
"What… What's going on." Shiden strains. He falls to his knees, captivated in sweat. An overwhelming and agonizing pain suddenly descended upon him; at this point, you could say 'He's being drained of his lifeforce.'
"Am… Am I going to die…" he contemplated, "No, I can't. I'm not going to die by some unknown trick." he asserted in his mind, "I know, it's you isn't it…?" he raises his head, eyes gleaming with determination and anger, as he declares, "Hisashi!"
Hisashi was now in a better condition as if all his injuries and fatigue had just left him in an instant; with a cheeky smirk, he inquired, "I take it you've figured it out."
Shiden slowly got to his feet and as he stood, he asked, "So this is what you meant by 'Quinta'?" he continued, "I finally realize now… You're a Quinta Elemental: Special Type, but the question is, what special elemental do you possess?"
Hisashi answers Shiden with a cold, dead, creepy stare, "Voidborne…"
Matsumoto watches on with a smile as he assesses, "As I thought, the boy awakened. His talent is definitely unmatched but he can't keep this up forever. The battle is reaching its climax…"
*On The Stairway To The Third Floor…*
Akishima had just crashed into a wall on the stairway, he groaned in pain at the unexpected predicament.
Kaori just stared at Akishima in the distance, gripping her dagger tightly with anger so fierce that she looked as if she were about to burst. She walked up the stairs slowly towards Akishima.
The dagger that she threw a while ago, swooshed back to her, similarly to how Tsukikage's dagger came back to him; as she walked up the stairs.
Akishima, heavily breathing with a bleeding head, a little dusty, and realizing the impending danger forced his body to stand despite his injured state.
Kaori starts walking faster and faster towards Akishima. The latter began walking fast towards Kaori, and soon, they were once again head to head.
The battle resumed with Akishima trying his best to dodge. He hasn't recovered fully yet and doesn't have the energy to go on, however, he perseveres, not willing to give up.
Kaori threw one of her daggers at Akishima, similar to what she did a while ago. Seeing the approaching dagger, Akishima swiftly dodges and as he does this the dagger turns mid-air and heads straight to the boy.
There was no way to dodge this incoming attack so Akishima decided to catch it with his bare hands, however, before he could do that another dagger came hurtling from behind him.
As the two daggers reach closer he instinctively ducks as both daggers crash into each other.
Seizing the moment, Kaori dashes towards Akishima and then kicks him upwards with tremendous power that sends him flying into the ceiling.
As he crashes into the ceiling of the staircase, Akishima coughs up blood and before he can fall, Kaori throws her daggers at him, one piercing his left leg and the other, his right shoulder.
Akishima shouts in agony now pinned against the ceiling with blood dripping.
Kaori chuckles, "I got you right where I want you." A sinister grin forms on her face as she prepares a deadly attack.
*Back To The Second Floor…*
Shiden was startled at first at the unexpected revelation. But after collecting his thoughts and composure, he smiled with excitement.
"Voidborne, huh? I'd like to see what it can do." Shiden voiced.
With outstanding speed, Shiden dashes toward Hisashi, leaving purple lightning in his tracks. As he reached closer, Hisashi grinned, his eyes emanating the same eerie, purple glow.
Shiden noticed this and wondered why Hisashi was smiling and at the last second before Shiden could make contact with Hisashi, a sudden realization took over 'the rain' and he backed off of Hisashi before he could make contact.
"Hold on, what was that?" Shiden mused. An expression of terror and confusion formed on his face. "At that last moment, before we could make contact, a sudden demonic figure formed behind him. It looked as if it was gonna pull me right in." he continued, assessing the situation.
Shiden then concluded, "I don't know what's going on but one thing's for sure… I can't allow him to touch me or vice versa."
As Shiden was thinking, two fireballs came hurtling his way. With quick thinking and swift movements, he dodges the two attacks and counters with a spell of his own. Shiden declares, "Turn Your Imagination Into Reality, Striking With The Force Of The Heavens, Purple! Purple Lightning Elemental! Purple Lightning Magic! Level 2! Shikyo Thunderbolt!" As if the heavens heard his call, a massive spear of condensed purple lightning struck from the clouds straight into Shiden's hand, and with overwhelming strength, he threw it straight at Hisashi.
Thinking this is the end, Shiden chuckles, however, what happened next left him utterly flabbergasted.
(To Be Continued)