Koutetsu's face turned pale, his eyes blank, with his mouth gaped open unable to make a sound, sweat pouring down like bullets over his face. He couldn't believe the last person in the world he would ever see again was standing there. All the memories of her brutal training flooded back, even if there were good ones he cherished, those brutal ones would drown them out and make his stomach turn in pain.
"Koutetsu are you ok? Who is she exactly."
Koutetsu was too terrified to answer right away. He was still in shock to even make a grunt. It took him a minute to finally compose himself so he could answer Rina.
"*gulp* That's Kuramori Megumi. She's the one who taught me the Hiyou Ryu. She was a guest teacher at my military school and was almost kicked out because of how intense her methods were. She almost had no interest in me, even when she heard I was a Prime Caliber. She took me in when I was the only one who didn't break during her training. That woman was not the type to be expected to be strong. She would barely show up on time if at all for those classes, ate like a garbage disposal with sloppy manners, and was constantly slacking off in her responsibilities."
"If she was that bad why are you so terrified of her?" Rina asked with concern in her voice.
"Why??! Because that was her good side. When it came to training in the Hiyou Ryu, not even Satan would last against her. She was beyond brutal and ruthless. That cackle of hers gave me nightmares for months. Every time we fought she battered me to a bloody pulp relentlessly, I felt my soul would leave my body and she just dragged it back to torture me more. I came close to dying so many times I'm surprised I'm alive now. That woman is Hell itself and to make it worse she's a Sadomasochist in fighting. Any chance she gets to fight it's like a rush of pleasure for her. Like she has this intense drive for destroying her enemies"
Rina looked uneasy hearing that. No wonder Koutetsu was freaking out so badly. If she met someone like Megumi when she was a kid even she would have been horrified too.
'Oh god please tell me I'm not fighting her. I'd rather die boiled in acid than go up against that fighting nut job any day.'
Anna grabbed Megumi by the ear yanking it to the point it could have been torn off. Megumi was twitching in her pain, but Anna wasn't going to let go.
"I swear if you mess up again I'll try to rip something else off you will greatly miss in life. Clear!"
"Yes mam, I get it, now let go please." Megumi tried to act docile, but Koutetsu wasn't fooled, he knew Megumi was getting off on that ear pull, she was pretending that Anna had control over her. Her old habits would never get past his eyes, even after not seeing her in years he still recognized in an instant every little detail about her and her personality.
"Well then, now that we're all here the matches will begin in the next four hours everyone please remain seated or grab your complimentary food at our tables while the participants get ready." Everyone gave their respect for Anna, and the new instructors bowed looking at the crowd, Megumi bowed too haphazardly, embarrassing herself more in front of everyone. When her head lifted to look up at the crowd her eyes caught sight of Koutetsu as if fate was guiding them to each other. Koutetsu's face turned completely white like a ghost, while Megumi gave a wicked grinch smile seeing her favorite student again sitting not to far from her. The random chance they met up was gift for her after the years apart. She waved at him devilishly making Koutetsu shake worse in fear.
'CRAP!!!!! She saw me! Hell with this I'm outta here before she does anything bad to me like she did when I was a kid.' Koutetsu made it look like he was calm at first getting out of his chair, once he was in front of the exit doorway, he dashed off with incredible force leaving a dust trail behind that blasted Rina and her friends.
Megumi snickered in enjoyment, she cracked her neck in excitement before launching herself in Koutetsu's direction leaving a bigger trail that made an aftershock that startled everyone on stage with the force behind.
Koutetsu ran as fast as his legs could let him, he was doing everything he had at his disposal to get away. He turned to see Megumi gaining up on him with her signature grin and laugh.
'ARGH!!! MURI, MURI, MURI, MURI DESU!!! Can't let her catch me, no way no way no way. Didn't think I use this for a situation like this but screw it, desperate times, desperate measures. Code On!'
Koutetsu used his Code Eyes to see the coding in his legs and lungs, he arranged the sequences in them to help increase speed and muscle control, pumping up his stamina so he could dash off faster in hopes it would be enough to get away.
Megumi laughed hard at how futile his attempts were, he was the same Koutetsu alright who would try and run off on her whenever he tried to escape training.
"Hahahaha, that won't help you little tiger cub. Here I come!" Megumi shouted warning Koutetsu she was going to make a move.
Megumi blasted off, her speed was too much for Koutetsu to outrun even with the coding, and her years of training made her a higher level. The muscles in her thighs tightened, the veins bulging as she was preparing for her move to catch Koutetsu. She released her hold over her legs to launch herself upwards, doing a front flip in the air, she descended down and was now hanging upside down in front of Koutetsu, her face in front of his.
Koutetsu squealed at the sight of Megumi's face staring down at his.
"Boo!" She shouted with her tongue sticking out in a crazed-eye look on her face.
Megumi kicked his face still upside down, the loud impact sounding off like a shotgun, Koutetsu was sent flying backwards, his body shredding the ground in a six-foot drag from the impact.
Koutetsu was covered in debris from the broken concrete over his body, his eyes spinning around, he couldn't believe he had fallen for it again. Her signature peek-a-boo attack she did to him constantly as a kid when he would least expect it. One of the memories he wanted to forget badly.
Megumi walked over to Koutetsu's beat-up body. Koutetsu thought this was it she was going to clobber him again because he ran off on her in fear instead of properly greeting her like a student should do for their master.
Megumi picked up Koutetsu by his hair, he was praying in his head she wouldn't do any of her old punishment methods on him. That didn't happen, instead, she smothered his face in her breasts switching to the cutesy act just like Natsume, though a more exaggerated and sloppy look than what Natsume would ever do.
"Koutetsu! It's been so long, look how handsome you are and grown. Have you been eating right, oh how I missed you my little tiger cub." Megumi switched gears just like that. She was smothering him so much with that uncomfortable cute girl act that he was desperately trying to break free, his arms flailing about trying to get out.
Anna, Natsume, Itsuki, and Rina arrived at the scene. They were flabbergasted at the sight, Itsuki especially was horrified at the image of Koutetsu having his face shoved into Megumi's chest. It made her face red with embarrassment and anger.
"Kuramori-San! Control yourself. That's a student you're harassing. Have you gone completely mad, it's completely inappropriate to do that to a minor!" Anna screamed in outrage.
"Hmm, but he was my student first before he came here. Besides, I haven't seen him in four years I'm so happy to see my little cub is growing up to be a fine young man." Megumi said continuing the smothering.
Itsuki was grunting in anger still, she ran to Megumi trying to pry Megumi's hands off Koutetsu's head to save him from being smothered to death.
"Let go, you're suffocating him. Let go old hag!" Itsuki yelled.
"Old hag! I'm only 29 years old you brat. And who are you to him!"
"That's her boyfriend," Rina said out loud to distract Megumi. Natsume was flustered that Rina said that even now she knew it was more a joke, Itsuki paused in embarrassment, while Megumi looked stunned.
"Hmmm, boyfriend. Hmm ah ha! You're that Itsuki girl he talked about. Hehe, finally nice to see the face of the girl I teased him about all the time."
Itsuki's face turned completely red at the comment, she let go briefly to hide her face in her hands from embarrassment. The mood stopped though when everyone heard a crack coming from Koutetsu's neck. Soon his flailing arms stopped, and the sight of a tiny little spirit floated out of his mouth.
"Hmm, oops I think I killed him again."
"Aaaaaah! Koutetsu." Itsuki finally pulled him out of Megumi's grip. She was frantic trying to shake him to wake up.
Megumi sighed and grabbed his head again calmly.
"One, two." Megumi snapped his neck back in place, it wasn't the first time she did this, estimating around her fiftieth time at most since they first began training. Another pop was heard from her putting his neck back in place, Koutetsu's neck was fixed and he was alive, albeit groggy and dazed as to what happened to him.
"Koutetsu, are ok?" Itsuki worried about his life for the moment.
"I saw the Sanzu River, did I die again?" He said groggy almost to the point of mumbling incoherently.
Megumi saw Itsuki trying to comfort him, she looked happy at the sight of seeing Koutetsu reunited with his friend. It was difficult training him with all the worries in his head, it was nice seem be near someone who was a part of his life after Mana had left like she did. Megumi stood up to look at Anna, her eyes were serious now from the mellow mood they were in earlier.
"Headmaster. Those matches later today you're setting for us all, he's my opponent for them kay'."
"What makes you think I'll agree to that after your behavior today." Anna wasn't going to comply to that easily after the unprofessional attitude Megumi showed the whole day.
Megumi breathed in, and then her face shifted to a terrifying glare. Her eyes were intense to make Rina and Natsume scared out of their minds, quivering were they stood. Anna tried to put up a front as best as she could but her body couldn't handle the pressure well either. She had also been in the service before being the new Headmaster and never once was she afraid like she was now. Megumi was scaring her, something Anna was not easily susceptible to.
"He's mine. Got it. Are we clear?" The tone in Megumi's voice commanding and scary in one.
"Yeah, crystal clear." Anna responded in turn trying to keep her composure.
Megumi stopped glaring at Anna, she turned to look at Itsuki with an honest smile before heading off to meet up with the other instructors during the waiting time.
'That woman, I could see it in her eyes. She's a genuine killer. Just what in the world did I bring here to my school?'