Chapter 35: CH-34
"Whoahhh, whohooo!" The stadium rang out with cheers at the sudden twist in the battle. The stadium, home to many platforms where duels were commencing, however, the crowd had joined together to watch the fight of just one.
The fight between the dragon and the Shadow.
For the older people, they knew of someone similar to the white-haired samurai; that man had brought immense shame to their nation.
As if mocking its very foundation.
However, even he couldn't escape from death...the prospect of seeing his seedlings fall to the lunges of death was just as exhilarating to watch.
"Marama, you can do this!" one of the spectators shouted loudly from the stands...
The dragon of strength had become the underdog of the fight; soon cheers rang among the arena.
"Marama, Marama!"
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Kagami POV
"Huh" was all I could muster before I was judo-thrown on the ground.
Having no vest on me, he held my bones to have a firm grip on me. My face scrunched up from pain, and my brain blanked out for a second.
The very next second, I was slammed into the ground, the very platform near breaking from the strength exerted.
My surroundings grew distant as a ringing sound pierced my ears, my eyesight blurry, overlooking a bloody purple silhouette, his large animalistic smile still visible underneath all the blood.
My eyesight cleared the next second, and I jumped to avoid a long blade piercing where I had just lain.
Looking towards my shoulders, I grimaced in pain at the huge wound overlooking it.
'My left hand is out of this fight.'.
Marama stood at his place, perhaps due to pride or the immense amount of blood flowing across his body. His huge body had small scars sewn across.
The credit was all mine after all.
"I will win this Kagami," he spoke, his voice gruff and heavy.
"Try to block this," he spoke as he once again got into a foreign stance, one I hadn't seen throughout the battle.
I poised my right hand forward.
His legs grew apart, and his sword once again rushed to his sheath; his head lay low, hanging.
'I can't attack him.'
There were no openings in his stance; once I got into range, he would slash with all his strength.
'But this isn't a counter-attacking stance, is it?' I thought while smirking.
....
In the VIP stands
A blue-haired woman was standing near a regal-looking chair; the man seated at the near throne had clothes sewn from the best materials in all of the land of iron.
His very existence was nobility itself; his eyes were etched like a predator, and his long brown hair had strands falling on his onyx eyes...
"He is dead now," Misachi spoke to Muichiro, his voice tinged with curiosity and wonder.
She nudged his wine and spoke, "Seems like he really isn't an opponent for you.". Snapping his wine from his hands, she brought it up to her face.
"You seem sarcastic," he spoke, his voice light and carefree. He continued, looking playfully at her, "As for that cup, have it.".
Winking at her, he continued looking at the arena with curiosity.
Misachi, inquisitive at his words, brought her eyes down to look at the wine glass, only to see it filled with water.
Looking once again, she saw the wine glass standing peacefully on his table.
'When did he switch it?' she thought.
"You won't be smug forever, you know," she spoke, irritated at the ease with which he tricked her.
"And how will you arrange that?" He asked, his head tilting, "Surely you don't delude yourself to think your meager capabilities could even trouble me.".
"Hah, as if... you will see... huh, why are you shocked?" Looking at the arena, her eyes bulged outwards as well.
Kagami was supposed to be dead, so what the hell was happening?
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Marama POV
Chakra had flowed through his veins and circulated in a unique pattern in the muscles of his legs; one twitch, and he could move faster than ever.
'This is your end, Kagami. Well fought,' he thought.
After all, this move was something even the great Muichiro had trouble with.
'Here I thought my toughest opponent would be Misachi and Muichiro.'.
Life was truly unpredictable.
Looking up at Kagami, he saw the man utterly relaxed at the might of his offense.
his smirk evident on his face," What, having second thought now Marama ".
"If that's what you want, then I will treat it as your last wish.".
Chakra flew like a cannon in a war, his muscles coiled with strength exerted in a way that would leave him injured for weeks to come.
'I guess I couldn't win the championship after all.'.
One second he was on the other end of the platform, and the next second he was near Kagami.
However, what presented him was utter shock; Kagami's body twisted at an unnatural angle, his body placed itself just inches beside the trajectory of his sword, and as his sword flew in an uncontrollable arc, Kagami moved with the fluidity of water.
Marama didn't know it; however, Kagami had used the Fast Kata with Mokama's defense technique.
'Fast Kata+ Circulatory Defense'
His body released itself as his sword cut through the trajectory of Marama's sword, resulting in it being void.
The very next second, he twists his body to give a hook kick to the chin.
Before Marama even had time to comprehend his defeat, his lights had been cut off.
His body fell like a puppet without strings to the ground.
A knockout.
The crowd was shocked.
However, the very next second, cheers rang amok.
"Whohoooo!!"
....
A few hours later.
Kagami POV
I had been patched up by the doctor at the medical ward; apparently, even she had watched the fight and continuously berated me for fighting so recklessly.
'I mean, if someone needs to be berated, Marama was a far better choice than I was.'.
However, reality was oftentimes disappointing.
Sitting at the stands of the waiting area, I had drunk water and rested since the last hour; however, my flight hadn't come up yet.
The attendant that was informing everyone finally made his way towards me.
His face stretched into an amiable smile, his teeth blinding my eyes.
' Ugh, too much white.'
"Sir, Since you have defeated a dragon, you have been awarded his VIP pass; hence, you don't need to commence any new fights until the main championship.".
I looked towards his face that was still smiling, "Which will be when?" I asked, irritated.
'You made me wait one hour for this... I could have gone way earlier' .
"Two days ahead, sir. You can recuperate in the Gizmo hotel branch in the Kiroko district, sir.".
I nodded at him once again, and he handed a card to my hand. A smooth gold-plated card with the word VIP sketched on its back.
Standing upwards, I made my way out of the arena, my sight landing on the two knuckleheads that I had grown used to.
Mokama and Shisui.
Both of them had been waiting for me. Mokama was standing lazily to the side, while Shisui was talking to some girl, perhaps a noble from her clothing.
"Now now, did you all miss me?" I spoke, my smile evident.
Their faces turned towards me; Mokama had already put his arm around my shoulder.
" Now now little Kagami, what do you say huh, My move saved your life " . He spoke while making melodramatic faces.
I laughed at that, "It sure did."
Shisui, on the other hand, excused himself from the woman and was standing reserved near me.
"So, Shisui liked how my fight went.".
He turned his head to the other side, choosing not to answer my question.
"Oh, come on now, you know I couldn't give, and I won, didn't I?" I spoke while ruffling his hair.
He turned towards me and spoke in a serious tone, "You, me, spar," and quickly turned his head away.
"Hahahaha." Mokama laughed from the side at our antics.
"You had me worried too there, you know."
I nodded at him, "I won.". A cheeky smile blossomed on my face.
Taking the VIP card out of my hand, I flashed it at them both.
"Now who's interested in a little noble treatment, huh?"
.....
while Kagami and his friends were busy rekindling, a certain someone was watching from the shadows.
Muichiro's once handsome face had dark lines etched into it.
'Really, sensei...him?'.
He turned away from his sensei's new disciple...
"Lord Hagarashi...I wonder how you will react to this."
...
Meanwhile
Kagami POV
"Haahh, now this is heaven." I released a sigh of relief.
Resting in the middle of my own personal bathtub at the Gizmo hotel was quite the endeavor.
Mokama and Shisui had gotten their own rooms and hence their own pools.
Hence I was left to my own devices, and what better way to relax than to fall asleep in a hot tub in a cold environment?
"Now now, Mr. Kagami, you are very relaxed for a ninja," a sudden voice resounded in the room.
My muscles tightened; I looked around only to find a blue-haired woman standing at the end of the pool.
The problem was...
'I am naked.'
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