Flightless bird, the curse of Jenazad!
What happens when a person who has grown up and dedicated their life to martial arts, suddenly becomes afraid of it? Miu furinji after being rescued from Jenazad by Kenichi and her family, has become so absorbed in her Do ki, that she has become frightened of what she is capable of.
Seeing nightmares of herself killing the boy she cares for so much on a repetitive basis, the invincible superman himself, turns to Ryouzanpaku's mightiest disciple Kenichi Shirahama, requesting that he protect Miu from any evil that may approach her way. This is a Kenichi and Miu what if story, for if Jenazad's curse didn't completely go away.
Hey guys, I've decided to give another kenichi story a try. This is probably my favourite manga, and by far my second of my five top ships. Like my high school DxD, I plan to complete this story no matter how long it takes.
This story will be written in English, so the usual honorifics like Miu-san or Kenichi-kun, will not be included. However, the martial arts moves will be wrote in Japanese. E.g. Yamazuki, kao loi
Chapter 1: A promise from master to disciple.
She stands on top of a skyscraper, where she witnesses a boy. His lifeless form soars through the air and descends from the rooftops. The girl extends out her hand, trying to save him from the fall.
Inches apart, she catches nothing but the chilling air between them. Seeing the body plummet to the ground, the girl is struck with emotion. Sadness and an empty feeling within her heart. But the girl does not know why.
The air is different here, the girl knows she is now inside a building. She is no longer cold but her heart remains so.
Her extended hand becomes a fist, slamming into the durable object.
The human built object hits the ground with an echoing thud. Broken and dead.
The embers flicker through the hall, lighting up the girls surroundings, but still the victim of her punch stays a shadow.
Curiosity overcomes the girl, she takes steps towards the fallen. Her naked feet walk through a river of crimson, the warm sensation sticking to her toes.
She is now directly above it. She dares not crouch to get a closer look, she simply listens to any life it may have left.
"Mi…..u." says a voice as its last breath finally departs from its body.
"Kenichi?" Miu replies suddenly searching for a solution to his hidden whereabouts.
Miu looks down at her feet. A blood curdling scream leaves her throat as despair wrapped around her and refused to let go.
Kenichi Shirahama the first disciple of Ryouzanpaku, her first friend and the man she deeply cared for, lay dead at her feet.
Her great surprise when the boy didn't look at her with resentment or hatred, but one of joy and happiness. An expression that showed gratefulness, cherishing the fact that he had met her. Even though it was her fault that he lay dead at her feet.
Miu felt something solid encased around her face. Her masked reflection stared back at her as the tears continued to fall.
An evil presence shrouds behind her an ominous voice whispers into her ear.
"Well done Bulu… The boy is now dead…. Your greatest weakness is no more….. And you will continue to kill….. Kill anyone who stands in your path to power!"
A distraught Miu cries out, but no matter how much she wishes for it, the nightmare never ends…..
The poor girl tosses and turns in her sleep, writhing underneath the warm sheets of the dojo.
Kenichi speechlessly watches her, clenched fists hammered into the floor as the girl he loved struggled to sleep peacefully.
"This is all my fault…." Kenichi mutters softly as the rest of the room remained silent.
"This wasn't your fault Kenichi." Kensei ma replied feeling sorry for the young disciple.
"Yes it is! If I had not have followed master Sakaki… Miu wouldn't have…" Kenichi responded feeling solely responsible.
A huge clenched fist hits the pessimistic disciple right on the head.
"Damn right you shouldn't have! But still, it's my fault that Jenazad took her." The karate master said trying to calm himself down, having already become inebriated from his fifth serving of sake.
"You're wrong! It's because I…" Kenichi began to say, a painful memory flashing through his mind, as he struggled to process the rest of his sentence.
Miu's tainted heartless eyes staring straight through him, whilst he tried to free her from Yami's mind control.
Kenichi stood on his feet, his head still looking at the ground, clenching his fists tight.
"This is all because I couldn't protect Miu!" He finally said rushing out of the room, back to his own quarters.
"Oi Kenichi!" Sakaki began to shout, that is until the philosophical jujitsu master placed his hand upon the karate masters shoulder.
"Let him go Sakaki. You can't help him right now." Akisame coldly declared causing Sakaki to sit back down.
"I guess you're right." Sakaki replied calmly drinking some more sake, as if to rid himself of his burdened thoughts.
Kenichi returned to his room and just sat on the floor.
The thought of reading or even tending to his plants which were usually his only source for sanity and Zen within this dojo, just made him angry.
Nothing could help him forget what he failed to do. Kenichi just hung up his custom made martial arts gi, and tried to fall into something which resembled sleep.
His last thought before finally resting, of the girl he failed to protect.
Night had at last fallen upon Ryouzanpaku, all residents had retreated to their respective living quarters.
Leaving the sleeping Miu in a silent room. The only sound which could be heard from her room, were her own sobs and cries, struggling to wake from her endless nightmare.
Miu sat bolt upright drenched in her own sweat.
A sudden feeling of unease came over her, the buttons on her cat pawed pyjamas beginning to constrict and cut off her airways. The heat from her inescapable sleep sticking her night top to her chest.
Miu felt like a boa constrictor had taken a tight hold upon her, as she practically tried to rip the buttons away from her throat and her heaving chest.
Successfully regaining control of her own breathing, Miu assessed her surroundings.
The darkness around her made her feel extremely nervous, however, she was able to rationally conclude that she was somehow back in her own room. The familiar cat posters staring at her from and her kitten calendar gave Miu a refreshing sense of comfort.
Suddenly, a disturbing thought entered through her brain.
She may be home right now, but what about Kenichi?!
Was her dream just that? A dream?
Or was it painful reminder of what had now become her reality?
Miu didn't wait this time to find out, she opened her bedroom door, sliding it open to the right.
If it wasn't for the invincible superman sleeping close by, Miu would have sprinted from her room straight to the disciple's quarters.
But due to this impeding factor. Miu crept down the halls like the cats that she loved so much.
So far so good, Miu had managed to reach what should be Kenichi's bedroom, without waking anyone.
It took all of Miu's strength to restrain herself from tearing down the door that stood before her.
She felt a huge dilemma build inside her, she both does and doesn't want to know what lies behind this door.
She would either be relieved that kenichi was in fact sleeping in his bed, or distraught seeing an empty room which used to accommodate her very first friend.
Unable to take the suspense any longer, Miu silently crept into Kenichi's bedroom.
Miu tiptoed across Kenichi's room, trying her best not to knock any of his plants or trip on any of the books that were spread out on the tatami floors.
Miu's heart began to race at an incredible rate as she approached Kenichi's futon.
A huge weight lifted from her shoulders the second she saw his calming face and his spiky bed hair.
Once again, another painful situation hit her.
What if Kenichi wasn't in fact sleeping there? What if this was actually an illusion?
Miu crawled over to Kenichi and leaned in close.
The terrified girl listened intently for any sign of life.
His warm breath tickling her eardrum.
Miu was about to break down in tears of joy. But try as she may to believe it, she was not yet convinced.
Before she even realised what she was doing, Miu was already grabbing onto Kenichi's muscular arm.
It was clear to Miu now, Kenichi was alive and well.
Miu's grief stricken relief left her in an instant, all of the muscles in her body simultaneously relaxed.
Within seconds, Miu had already found herself fast asleep, still holding onto Kenichi's arm.
Kenichi awoke the second that the sun began to rise. Whether it be a weekday or the weekend, due to his strict martial arts training schedule, Kenichi's body woke up the same time every single day.
A beautiful and scented fragrance robbed Kenichi of all of his fatigue.
But regardless of this, a force was pinning Kenichi's body down.
"Heavy…." Where Kenichi's first thoughts before turning to his side and realising that he was only dreaming after all.
Kenichi proceeded to shut his eyes, only to immediately reopen them once again when he heard breathing that clearly belonged to somebody else.
The young disciple struggled to comprehend what exactly was reality right now.
"There's no way right?" Kenichi said as he stared at the blonde haired girl sleeping next to him.
"Miu wouldn't be sleeping in my bed. That's definitely not happening." Kenichi said as he proceeded to poke the thought to be illusion.
But to Kenichi's further confusion, he felt the girl's soft and smooth skin.
It was now at this point, Kenichi was wide awake.
The young teen began to panic, unable to tell what exactly was going on.
"Did I by mistake go to the wrong room after I went to the bathroom last night?" Kenichi thought to himself searching the wrong he was in.
"Oh wow, Miu has been growing the same plants as I have! Wait….. This is a joke right? This is my room?!" Kenichi thought his brain working on overdrive so early in the morning.
"MIU! WHERE ARE YOU?!" The elder's voice produced a powerful wind, shaking the dojo and frightening the confused and unaware teen.
Kenichi worried for his life, fearing this is how it was going to end.
Before the timid disciple could even prepare, the sliding door for his room came clean off of the wall.
"WHAT SEEMS TO BE GOING ON HERE KENICHI?" Hayato yelled seeing Miu asleep next to him.
"Elder! This isn't what it looks like I swear!" Kenichi explained in a panicked tone.
The elder took another look at the frightened Kenichi, and his granddaughter which slept while holding onto his arm.
"YOU DIDN'T ROB MIU OF HER INNOCENCE, NOW DID YOU BOY?! YOU MAY THINK YAMI IS SCARY NOW, BUT IF YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING UNSPEAKABLE TO MY GRANDDAUGHTER, THEN I WILL SHOW YOU JUST HOW MUCH SCARIER I CAN BE!" Hayato yelled making Kenichi wish he was still only dreaming.
"Believe me elder! I'm just as confused as you are right now!" Kenichi replied feeling death loom over him.
"Really…. Then allow me to jog your memory!" Hayato yelled unleashing a substantial amount of killing intent despite being a katsujinken user.
"Kenichi!" Miu screamed as she tackled him to the ground tightly embracing him.
"Miu! The elder is right there!" Kenichi said despite being overwhelmed with joy, from this sudden hug.
"Out of the way Miu, this disciple needs to be reminded how to respect his masters!" Hayato said making Kenichi nervous.
"Please Miu! Let go of me before I'm killed! Wait, Miu?" Kenichi said suddenly changing his tone when he felt the girl shaking against him.
"Miu…" Hayato said suddenly dialling down his innate rage.
"Miu, what's wrong?" Kenichi said as Miu shook uncontrollably against him.
"It wasn't… It wasn't Kenichi's fault….." Miu said under her breath.
"I see, I'm sorry if I scared you Miu. Let's get you back to your room." Hayato said offering out his gentle smile and his giant hand.
Miu nodded and returned her gaze to Kenichi. She stared directly into his eyes making Kenichi's heart beat even faster than before, when the elder was preparing to kill him.
"You're…. You're really here, right Kenichi?" Miu said her eyes so sad, so hopeful.
"Yeah." Was all Kenichi could say, unable to comprehend what was wrong with the poor girl.
"Thank goodness." Miu said, wiping her eyes on her pyjama sleeve and leaving with her grandfather.
Kenichi dare not say another word, he just simply watched the elder leave the room with Miu, all the time wondering why the elder kept staring at him with a peculiar gaze.
"Please don't be mad at Kenichi grandpa. It wasn't his fault…" Miu said trying not to break down again.
"What happened exactly Miu?" Hayato said curious as to his granddaughter's unusual behaviour.
"I had a nightmare that I killed Kenichi, I was wearing a strange mask, and I saw myself kill him. I had to find out, I had to know if it was true. And before I knew it, I was sneaking into his room to obtain the truth." Miu said feeling very guilty and confused.
"I see, well I obviously jumped to conclusions. I'm sorry Miu." The elder said as he held the shaking Miu in his arms.
Meanwhile, a frightened Kenichi shook vigorously, knowing death was awaiting him. Even though this was an everyday likelihood in the disciple's life, Kenichi could feel it deep in his soul that the grim reaper himself would be returning for him soon.
And as if the prophecy had been fulfilled, Kenichi's door slid open with great force.
"Kenichi, can I have a word with you please? It will only take a moment of your time my boy." The elder said making Kenichi speechless, weakly nodding whilst the sweat continued to pour.
With the door shut, and the demon himself blocking Kenichi's only line of escape, The master and disciple sat together in silence.
Kenichi wanted to offer the elder something in apology, but he was frightened to breathe let alone move.
The elder began to raise both of his arms into the arm petrifying Kenichi as he prepared to die.
Kenichi like an ostrich in the sand, closed his eyes and blocked away his own vision, hoping his death would come swift and painless.
A thunderous power shook the room and Kenichi thought that the crash was his head hitting the floor after leaving his shoulders.
But despite this illusion nightmare, Kenichi continued to feel his heart beat and his face itself with his hands.
Kenichi tried to open his eyes, successfully doing so.
Kenichi found out immediately where the sound originated from, but even so, he could not believe his own eyes and what he was seeing right now.
Hayato Furinji had placed his head against the floor positioning himself in a begging stance.
"Elder?" Was all Kenichi could dare to say.
"I have a great favour to ask of you Kenichi. Will you hear the request of this foolish old man? Who is also a sincerely worried grandfather?" Hayato said shocking Kenichi.
"Of course. What is it elder?" Kenichi said causing the elder to raise his head and look him clearly in the eyes.
The elder was no longer looking like a demon to Kenichi. His eyes were clear and full of hope.
"I want you to protect Miu." The elder said surprising Kenichi further.
"But why elder? Miu is much stronger than me?!" Kenichi said.
"It appears that Jenazad's curse was worse than I thought. Not is Miu unwell right now, I'm afraid that Miu has begun to fear martial arts itself!" The elder said further flabbergasting Kenichi.
"What do you mean Elder? Miu loves martial arts?! It's her life!" Kenichi said sincerely worried now.
"I'm afraid it's true. When Miu was brainwashed, her Do ki has been further awakened, and due to Jenazad's Pencak Silat training, Miu has been introduced into the world of Yami. She is at a crossroad right now. Miu is frightened that her martial arts will kill her opponent. She is struggling to hold her power back and has become afraid of the martial arts as a whole." Hayato said.
"That's awful elder! What can I do?! Is there anything I can do to help her?!" Kenichi begged hoping that there indeed was a way.
"Like I said, Miu is afraid of all martial arts, especially the powerful ki emanating from the masters here of Ryouzanpaku. However, it seems that she is not frightened of you. And it's not simply your sei ki, it is because of who you are. Your calm and gentle soul is also calming her. So I want you to protect her for me my boy. I want you to protect Miu. Can you do that for me?" Hayato enquired awaiting Kenichi's response.
Kenichi didn't even have to take time to answer.
"Of course I will elder. I promise to keep Miu safe and I won't let her go down the path of the killing fist. I swear on my pride as a martial artist and a man." Kenichi said bowing in response.
Hayato suddenly slammed his gigantic hands upon Kenichi's shoulders, causing them to sting and to make Kenichi jump.
"Bless you my boy! Bless you. Ryouzanpaku, couldn't have asked for a better disciple." Hayato said feeling relief at last.
The next morning, marked the end of the weekend.
And as per the elder's instructions, Miu was to return to her daily life and attend school for the day.
"Kenichi! It's time for breakfast! Surely Akisame's training hasn't stolen your appetite right?" Miu called from the other side of the door, already in her school uniform.
Kenichi was also already dressed.
However, unbeknownst to others, Kenichi had another uniform on underneath which was completely invisible to the naked eye. Well except his Muay Tai gauntlets. But Kenichi would figure something out.
Because Kenichi wasn't just going to school, today marked the first day of his duty to protect Miu. And he wanted to treat this basic trip to school, as another battle on his path of being a disciple. He was combat ready and on high alert.
"I will protect her. I will protect Miu." Kenichi said to himself, before putting on his cheerful personality as he went to greet Miu and the other residents of Ryouzanpaku.
Okay so that's chapter 1 done and dusted. Next chapter, Chapter 2: There are two Miu's?