A Disciples Fate

Kuragami wakes up in a bed. He looks around.

”I’m in Sayo’s house. I guess it wasn’t a dream. My dad is really dead.”

He clenches the bed sheet with his hands while holding back tears. He then looks at his hand.

“How long have I been asleep for?”

Sayo walks in. She’s surprised to see Kuragami awake.

”Oh finally, you’re up. It’s been days.”

”DAYS?! Did I get hit in the head or something?!”

”No. You just wouldn’t wake up. A lot has happened these past few days.”

“Really? Like what?”

“The S.I.D got a new chief now. Guess who it is.”

“Khemu?”

Sayo nods her head no.

“No way, that means-”

“Yeah. Its amazing right?”

“At least one of us are doing good after dad’s death. What about Yuma? How’s he doing?”

Sayo’s whole face and mood changes.

“Kuragami, Yuma is-”

“He’s an outlaw now isn’t he?”

Sayo stays silent.

“Well sadly, because of his outburst, Yuma has now become an outlaw.”

Kuragami is shocked.

“Wait, what’s gonna happen to me?! Am I gonna be an outlaw too?!”

Sayo comforts him.

“No of course not! You did nothing wrong. You’ll be staying with me from now on. Because, you know.”

“Fine by me. Rather you than anyone else.”

Sayo smiles.

“Well now that things are the way they are, I need to get changed and go out to train.”

“Oh yeah, that reminds me.”

She pulls out his armband. It has the name Yuki on it. There’s still some blood on it, less than before.

“My armband.”

“I tried washing it as much as I could.”

She gives it to him. He’s unbothered by it.

“I’m official a Shorai.”

Kuragami gets changed. He runs downstairs and opens the door.

“I’m leaving Sayo! In a bit!”

He closes the door and runs. Everyone are surprised that Kuragami is now awake.

Kuragami notices all the eyes on him, he ignores them all.

“The snow is way colder than it was before.

Kuragami is in a forest near his home town, Satlanta.

The Water Section is know for being the coldest out the five, in both ways. There’s snow in every region.

“All right. Let’s give this a go.”

Kuragami jumps high in the air.

"Heavenly Ice."

Nothing happens. Kuragami starts falling down but luckily, he catches his fall.

"Let me try to raise my aura first."

He starts to raise his aura as much as he can. His aura creates a heavy breeze around the area. He crouches and puts his right hand down to the snow, while resting his left on his leg. He then concentrates all his aura to his right hand.

"Heavenly Ice."

Nothing happens.

He starts scratching his head confused.

"Why is it not working. I remember doing it before. But then again it was like my body moved by itself. Oh well I still have other techniques."

A bunch of people Kuragami's age come out from behind the trees. There's 4 of them.

Kuragami turns around and there's a bewildered look on his face.

"What are you guys doing here?"

There's three boys and one girl. Pakku, Yakone, Varrick and Kiyoko.

“We came to see how you were doing. Kiyoko heard that you were awake and she suggested we come find you.”

Kiyoko looks at Yakone embarrassed.

"It was only a suggestion since, you know. Anyways I just thought you needed some support so, here we are."

"That's great and all but I don't think a bunch of water disciples can help me right now."

All four of them start to feel down. Kiyoko steps up.

"I'm a hybrid. Both ice and water. I think I'll be able to help."

"Oh yeah. That's great Kiyoko. You guys do whatever you want I'm gonna need Kiyoko's help for this."

Kuragami grabs her hand and runs off with her. Kiyoko starts blushing and feels embarrassed while her and Kuragami runs off. Both Pakku and Varrick could see the puzzled look on Yakones face.

"Well that was weird."

Kuragami and Kiyoko stops running. Kiyoko is out of breath. They both realise that they are still holding hands so they immediately let go.

"Anyways Kiyoko I need your help . How do I explain it. I did a move the other day that was strong enough to stop Furo’s attack. My mind gets fuzzy when I try remember though.”

"Wait Furo as in the Kizoku?"

"Yeah. Anyways-"

"Wait we are not gonna skip past what you just said. You stopped a Kizoku’s attack?"

"That doesn't matter Kiyo. What matters is I can't use the move that I used to block the attack. I keep trying and it doesn't work."

"Um. I've never had that happen to me before so I don't know what to do. How about, you create a move similar to the move you done."

"That's impossible, that move was the strongest move I've ever done. There's no way I'll be able to rival that with another move."

"You won't know until you try. Why don't we spar Kuragami. Let's see if you even need to use that move. And don't go easy on me just because I'm a girl."

Kuragami looks away. He starts mumbling.

"Of course I'm not gonna go easy on you just because you're a girl."

He couldn't make it more obvious that he ways lying. Of course Kiyoko noticed it. So she starts to get pissed.

"Water Technique: Dwarf Tsunami."

A wave of water immediately comes out of nowhere in front of Kiyoko. It is a wave aimed at Kuragami. Kuragami wasn't prepared for a sudden attack. He swiftly puts his arm out facing the tsunami and channels his aura to his hand.

"Frozen Seas."

He releases his aura to the Tsunami and freezes it.

"That was close."

"Is that all you got Kuragami? Ice Technique: Ice Shurikens."

A barrage of ice shurikens start materialising from the frozen Tsunami. They rapidly fly towards Kuragami.

Kuragami dodges all of the shurikens with ease.

“You really don’t want me to go easy on you. I guess that’s how things should be from now on.”

He jumps up high in the air and lands on the frozen tsunami. He looks down at Kiyoko then smiles.

“I'm gonna show you why I'm the strongest Ice Disciple Shorai!”

He jumps down to Kiyoko, they are now both face to face. She swings at him, he slaps her fist down. He then kicks her stomach successfully. Then with her left arm, she goes for another punch. Kuragami blocks it and chops her arm, making her unable to use it. He then spinning kicks her away from him, causing her to fly and hit a tree.

"I'm not done yet."

Kiyoko is stunned from her impact with the tree and is left with no time to react to anymore attacks. Kuragami crouches down and puts his right hand to the floor.

"Piercing Iceberg."

A bunch of piercing ice comes out for the floor directed at Kiyoko. Kiyoko can't move. Then in a sudden moment, three people come out of nowhere In front of Kiyoko. All six hands are on the floor and they all shout in unison.

"Water Technique: Steaming Vapor."

A bunch of burning water comes out hitting Kuragami's Ice. A bunch of smoke appears as a result to the clash. But Kuragami's move only slowed down. It hasn't stopped and now it's directed at all free of them.

"Pakku Varrick, get out the way I'll get Katara!"

They both nod and run out the way. Yakone wraps Kiyoko's arm around his neck and dashes out the way. The Iceberg collides with all the trees and stops. It creates an outburst of aura leading to Kiyoko and Yakone falling.

The explosion disappears, so does the ice. Yakone runs up to Kuragami and grabs him by his scarf. He seems furious.

"What the hell do you think you were doing? Kiyoko could've been badly hurt!"

Kiyoko looks at both of them worried. So does Pakku and Varrick.

"Well answer me!"

Kuragami smiles menacingly.

"It's what she wanted. I was going to go easy on her but she told me not to."

"She could've been hurt real bad. Do you know that? And your smiling about it?"

“It's not my problem. I knew this would happen that's why I was gonna go easy on her. She tells me not to and I'm in the wrong? Tell me how that makes sense Yakone!”

Yakone doesn't know what to say. He feels confused but he's still angry.

"That's what I thought. Now get off me."

"Or what?"

"Or I'll leave you bleeding on my ice."

"KURAGAMI STOP!"

Kiyoko shouts at the top of her lungs. Yakone let's go off him in shock.

"How can you say that Kuragami? Yakone was only trying to tell you that you went too far."

"You know what, I never asked you four to come along and help me! You got what you wanted and now you’re complaining! Why don't you go back to your parents and cry to them about how ‘Kuragami’ was being mean to you today! Does that sound good to you?! Sadly I can't complain to anyone about you guys since both of my parents are dead!"

They were all dumbstruck with regret. Yakone starts walking away. He turns around and looks at Kuragami.

“I was afraid you will change.”

He starts walking off again and the other three follow. Kiyoko looks back at Kuragami with upset. She can't see any signs of regret on his face so she carries on walking and moves on.

“Maybe I changed for the better.”

Kuragami starts training by himself again.

It's dark outside. Kuragami's falls to the floor sweating heavily. He is gasping for breath.

"That's enough for today, I should get back to Sayo."

He stands up then starts walking home back to Sayo.

Kuragami opens the door.

“Sayo I'm home!”

She is cooking dinner for Kuragami. It seems to be a big feast.

"Welcome home."

"Hey is there a letter about the teams?"

Sayo stops cooking for a second.

“Kuragami. The teams won't be announced till a couple days past. The Kashikoi want to deal with the situation your brothers in first. Of course they now need a new Kizoku.”

“I wonder who it will be. Seraphim wouldn’t be a bad pick.”

“All of the Primins are good picks. They’re like, the shadow of the Kizoku’s.”

A couple days go past. Its finally the day where the teams get announced. All the Shorai will get a letter sent home. The letter contains their team of 4. Although they have a team of 4, Shorai are always going to have a Nakaba or above on their team to play the role of the team captain.

Though not every Shorai team has a team of 4. If one of them becomes Nakaba, they have to leave the team. If all of them become Nakaba, their team will be disbanded.

Kuragami wakes up all excited. For the past days he's been training, making sure that he is ready for his first mission. He is thrilled to find out who's on his team and is ready to fight alongside them.

"So today's the day. Where my team is finally going to be announced."

Someone knocks on their door. It's the post man. Sayo opens it. She receives a single letter. It's for Kuragami. Kuragami runs downstairs and sees the letter in Sayos' hand. He snatches it and opens it straight away.

"Sayo it's finally time to see who's in my team."

She smiles.

"Homura Endou. Of course. Sasaki Bushida. So me and Sasaki are gonna be on the same team after all."

He smiles and gets more excited that he will fight alongside both Homura and Sasaki.

"And Lastly, Cherry Chibana? Who the hell is that?"