A/N: Wow…I'm surprised most of you didn't know who Loup Garou is. Goes to show the light novel is lesser known compared to the anime. I'm still getting over the fact that in the third season, episode 11 they had Rias transform into Sekiryūtei mode…yeah, every time I remember that, I still go into a 'WTF I just saw' moment.
Anyway, thank you guys so much for reviewing, favoriting, and criticizing this Fic, really helps a lot in improving my skills. Now, let's get the show on the road, here's chapter 2.
Disclaimer: As usual, I don't own Highschool DXD, or any series in fact.
Issei was taking his time trekking through the streets, casually glancing everywhere before he stopped to sit at a lone bench, when a thought came to him.
"Hmm, I wonder if I have some kind of status screen." Issei pondered, quietly muttering to himself. "Wait, do I have an options button? Um...Options!" Issei quietly exclaimed.
...Taking in the silence, Issei looked around, seeing nothing but some faraway passing civilians and buildings. Huh, guess there's none.
"Um...[Inventory]?" Issei was startled when a large blue window with a six by six thirty-eight grid appeared before him. On it's left side was a window showing a black shaped mannequin with small boxes around it, and below was a small bar with ten boxes acting as hotkeys,
Issei quickly calmed down and looked around, seeing that no-one was paying attention. From his experience, he had the faintest idea of what it could do. Issei removed a pen from his bag and discreetly placed it inside one of the boxes, feeling a rippling force before the pen went in and reappeared in one of the boxes. He saw the question mark right next to the exit button on the window, and pressed it.
Unsurprisingly, a new one popped up.
[Inventory]
The Inventory is a special window that stores and stacks all the items you have obtained inside infinitely, without limit. Including the clothes you wear, the objects you collect. and the armor and weapons you've obtained and equipped. You can quickly retrieve any object you wish by mentally summoning it from inside your mind, setting them up in the small bar with boxes below, or by opening the Inventory.
Issei dismissed both of the screens, feeling pretty happy.
'Huh, pretty neat.' Issei thought to himself, impressed. Now he can carry stuff without having to deal with the problems of weight!
"Okay, what's next?" Issei said, thinking deeply before trying out phrases. "Um...Info...Profile...[Status]!"
A new, larger blue window appeared before Issei, who quickly red through it.
Issei Hyoudou
Title: [?]
Level: 2
Race: Human
HP: 700
(HPRegen: 14 MP/per minute)
MP: 505
(MPRegen: 6.5 MP/per minute)
STR: 14
VIT: 26 (+2)=28
DEX: 19 (+6)=25
INT: 13 (+7.5)=20.5
WIS: 5 (+8)=13
CHA: 3
LUC: 5
Attribute Points: 5
Perk Points: 1
Money: 2,300¥
Perks: [?] (Unknown)
Special Status: [?] (Unknown)
[Oppai Baka]: -10 chance of reputation gains with females, 20% chance of being distracted by breasts and 30% if large, 5% increase in STR, VIT and DEX dealing with and protecting females.
Issei Hyoudou is the ? and a normal sophomore at Kuoh Academy. He is the Wielder of the ?, ?. Issei is the leader of the Perverted Trio, and is widely known as the Oppai Baka due to his huge lust for the female body and his love for breasts among the Kuoh student body, making him infamous and hated by the general female populace.
Issei stared in shock, not fully comprehending the window before him.
"...What?" Issei said, confused. "What the hell?"
Aside from the normal stats, level, perks and special status(the second status made him want to weep) Issei was familiar with, it was the question marks that left him dumbfounded. What were those things? Why was his title a question mark? He was the who and the wielder of what now?
Issei felt a slight headache, and tried to massage his forehead. "I just...what is going on?!" Issei silently exclaimed gritting his teeth, feeling frustrated.
Issei then felt the all to familiar soft and soothing feeling kick in, and calm his mind down. Issei took a couple of deep breaths and composed himself. 'Alright, now's not the time to question things. Just leave them for later, and focus on this.'
Issei was also curious about the question mark next to each stat, and press them all, greeted by a list of windows.
Strength
Strength determines how much physical power you possess, and determines the amount of damage you deal with your physical attacks. In order to increase your strength, you would need to go through physical conditioning and exercise, or use your stat points.
Vitality
Vitality is how well and tough your body is. It determines how much Health you have, how much you can take on a hit, as well as affecting the total damage you receive from enemy attacks. To increase your vitality, like strength you must ensure that your body remains fit, and to do that, you would need to do lots of exercising and physical conditioning, or use your stat points.
1 VIT= 25 HP
1 HP= .5 HP Regen
Dexterity
Your speed, perception and agility is determined by your dexterity. The higher your dexterity, the faster you will be, the faster you can react, the more flexible you are, the better you are at aiming, and you will have a much better time dodging. Increasing dexterity is tricky, as simple running won't do you any good. You would need to go through an obstacle course, run long laps, or any other hard stamina exercises to positively change your dexterity.
Intelligence
Intelligence is your capability of retaining information in your mind, and affects the amount of MP that you have. That doesn't mean that increasing Intelligence makes you smarter, it just increases your initiative and potential to be smart. To increase intelligence, options include studying,
1 INT= 25 MP
Wisdom
Wisdom is your capability to make smart and efficient usage of the knowledge that you have. In order to actually increase your smarts, you must increase both of your intelligence and wisdom. Because a really high wisdom means nothing when you have no knowledge. It also affects the rate at which your MP is. To increase wisdom, options include partaking in brain exercises, playing strategy games such as chess and shougi, etc, etc.
1 WIS= .5 MP Regen
Charisma
Charisma is your charm, leadership, sociability and capability to lead, bargain, persuade and talk to others. Low charisma would mean that you were as interestung as a brick wall, while high charisma would mean that you were extremely popular and charismatic with people. Charisma isn't usually set certain with most, those who were born under a low amount would usually be average, while those above a higher amount would be great leaders, or of lower or higher ranking. Some of the ways to increase your charisma is by helping others, chatting with people, leading groups, or by obviously using your stat points.
Luck
Luck affects your fortune and how lucky you are. Low luck would result in bad misfortune, and a high luck would mean that you are extremely fortunate. Luck can increase or decrease randomly due to events, and tends to fluctuate quite a bit, so it's not a certain stat. There's no such thing as a steady luck, after all. The only way to increase luck is by taking risks, gambles, random chances, and to use your stat points.
Issei nodded, closing each of the windows and reread his stats, taking note of them. His STR was decent, his VIT pretty much explaining how he always survives the Kendo Club's beatings, and his DEX was good too. He was both surprised and annoyed about his INT and WIS were higher than he expected, but were still low. His CHA was the worst, and his LUC wasn't much either.
Is that because of these two stats why he hasn't got a girlfriend yet? Aside from his love for breasts, that did make sense.
Issei understood the special status, but the perks part left him befuddled. He found a button with a question next to the Perks and pressed it. He was greeted by a window.
[Perks]
Perks are special quirks and abilities which greatly affect and give a being a higher edge over others, and can be upgraded and enhanced in a certain way. They can be gained through the perk trees, hard boss battles, and as rewards from some quests. Perk Points are used to purchase and upgrade new perks, and are earned by levelling up a certain level, going through special missions, challenges, sidequests, and random chances.
Issei nodded, taking in the information. He decided to save his perk points for now, and reread his stats again, now frowning. "Wow, I'm pretty pathetic, aren't I?" Issei muttered to himself crestfallen, feeling slightly ashamed. He wasn't going to give up on his dream or his love for breasts, but with the proof in front of him, he needed to shape himself up better.
Issei slapped his face with both of his hands, feeling invigorated. "No, now's not the time to get depressed. I still gotta get to the gym and train myself up."
Issei stood up from the bench and with his mind and resolve focused, went back on his track to the gym. It took a couple of minutes, before Issei finally arrived at his location.
"Huh…so this was the place huh?" Issei said curiously. He was now looking up at the gym, which was a large single story building with the exterior painted in maroon. The place was full of training equipment inside with a single white mono block chair that stood just next to the entrance.
As Issei continued to look into the establishment's functions, a voice from behind him spoke. "Uh… can I help you?"
Issei jumped instinctively and turned around, seeing a guy with short blonde hair and grey eyes behind him. Wearing a white shirt and black track pants with white sneakers. A bit surprised himself, Issei tried to recompose himself in front of the guy. "Oh... Ugh, sorry. Yeah actually, by any chance is this place the Yokagi Super Arena?"
"Yeah, this is the place. Why are you asking?" The blond teen asked confused, before he suddenly glared at Issei. "Wait; are you one of those gangsters from the ABB? Because I'm going to have to ask you to get out of here, before I lead you out myself." The blond teen then flexed and put his hands together, cracking his knuckles menacingly.
"N-No! I'm just a regular guy; I'm actually trying to find this place." Issei held up his hands defensively. He seriously did not want to fight this guy if he was serious about beating him up.
"…Oh, well why didn't you say so?" The blond teen put his hands down and smiled at Issei, changing his expression from the glare he had a while ago. "I'm Saji Genshirou, nice to meet you."
"I'm Issei Hyoudou, nice to meet you too." Issei replied, putting his hands down as well. The now named Saji's expression suddenly shifted into a confused expression. "What?"
"…Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't you the Oppai Baka?" Saji asked Issei questioningly, pointing a finger at him.
"H-How did you know that?!" Issei shouted in panic, how did this guy know who he was?!
"I'm part of the Kuoh student council; I'm actually the secretary there." Saji replied back, making Issei nod his head before a thought came to him. 'Wait, so this guy was in the Student Council? Lucky bastard probably gets to spend time with the girls from the student council in his spare time.' Issei thought disdainfully.
"What are you doing here anyway, aren't you supposed to be peeking with your friends on some of the female clubs?" Saji asked, snapping Issei out of his thoughts.
"Umm…" Issei retrieved the magazine from his school bag, and showed it to Saji. "I want to learn this."
"Boxing? You actually want to learn this?" Saji said, looking at the magazine and Issei at the same time. Issei wordlessly nodded a few times, making the blond teen sigh. "Well, even though I find this suspicious, at least some people want to learn something. Unlike those slackers from the Kuoh District, that's for sure."
"So…does this mean I'm in?" Issei asked hopefully.
"Sure, I still find this suspicious but whatever, you'll fit right in with the maniacs who train and work here." Saji said, shrugging his shoulders.
Wait, did he just say maniacs?
Sahi went inside of the large building and motioned Issei to come inside. "Come on, I'll show you around."
Issei then followed inside the building Saji was in, seeing the interior of the place. Unlike the outside walls these ones were painted in blue, a large amount of training equipment was on the sides as a giant blue mat and two rings were in the middle.
"Issei, get over here!" Issei was called out by Saji, who was sitting behind a counter." I'm going to need you to fill in this form before we start. Sorry, it's the rules."
"No problem." Issei assured Saji. He didn't like paperwork, but it was one measly little form, so it wouldn't kill him.
The form was pretty standard. Name, age, gender, address, etc, etc. Issei filled it out quickly and passed it back to Saji.
"That's good." Saji said as he quickly scanned the paper. "We won't charge you until you prove that you can actually fight your way out of a soggy paper bag, so rest easy."
'Oi!' Issei internally tsukommi'ed.
"Also next week, it's mandatory procedure to give you the choice of learning a new fighting style in Yokagi. The Yokagi Super Arena is an MMA gym, so if you ever want to learn a new style, just come to the cashier, which is currently me at the moment, or the manager. The second style is free, so you can take your time and not sweat over the price just yet, alright?" Saji informed Issei, who nodded and took in the information well.
So, he could learn a new style of fighting here? Awesome, Issei always wanted to learn some fighting styles like Jujitsu, Muay Thai, Kickboxing and even Capoiera.
Saji then led Issei to a punching bag.
"This is a pretty obvious part of boxing training." Saji said with a gesture at the bag, "Punching the bag. There are various types, like the speed bag, but this is an uppercut punching bag, which you use for jabs and the like, as well as the strike it is named after. Wanna give it a shot?"
As Issei expected, a screen popped up and he red through it.
Sub-Quest Alert!
Show Your Stuff! (Part 1): You have been given the chance to show you know how to perform the basic moves in boxing. Impress Saji in order to complete the quest.
Perform ten perfect jabs in order to complete this portion of the test.
Reward: +50 Exp
Accept?
Y/N
Huh…? The 'N', which Issei presumed stood for 'No', was greyed out, did this mean there was no option but to accept? Meh, whatever. Issei quickly hit the yes button and got on with it.
"Got a pair of gloves I can use?" Issei asked Saji.
The bags are filled with sand and other dense materials, meaning punching one without proper protection on his hands would mean ripped knuckles at the very least. This Issei knew from the knowledge given to him by his [Boxing] skill. This translated as him losing about five 'HP' per hit.
"Sure. They ain't brand new, but they're also not falling apart at the seams." Saji replied. He went over to a nearby locker and pulled out two rolls of black boxing tape, and a pair of worn looking boxing gloves. Issei [Observed] the boxing gloves.
Battered Battler's Gloves
A set of battered boxing gloves that have been well used. Some of the previous owner's spirit lingers around the gloves.
Rank: [Good] Durability: [150/200]
Blunt Damage: S+50
Provides protection during [Boxing] actions, preventing the loss of HP during training.
Grants a +0.5 EXP bonus to any [Boxing] skill.
Ok, those gloves are pretty sweet, too bad that the durability needed repairs
"Whoever used these musta really trained his ass off to get them in this state." Issei commented as Saji showed him how to wrap the boxing tape around his hands and laced the boxing gloves over them.
"Yeah, he did." Saji chuckled, "It was a guy called Yūsei Jōnouchi, though he preferred to be called 'Joe' for some reason. He was the strongest fighter and boxer here at the Arena, but he hung his gloves up after he broke his leg in an accident. Poor guy."
"He must know a lot about boxing then." Issei said as he inspected the gloves that now covered his hands.
"You kidding me? What he forgot about boxing isn't worth knowing." Saji scoffed, "If you ever meet him, pick his brain about your form. He can tell at a glance what you're doing wrong."
"Don't you mean if I'm doing anything wrong?" Issei asked.
"Trust me on this; you'll be doing something wrong." Saji said wryly, "Now, have at it."
Issei bounced on his heels and stretched his body a few times while grinning, feeling excited.
'Ok. Ten 'perfect' jabs. What the heck did it mean by that?' Issei thought.
As if to answer his question, a screen popped up next to the punching bag with a gauge next to it. On one side was 'Powder-puff Pathetic' and on the other side was 'Perfect!'
Issei raised an eyebrow, amused. 'Ok, so this gauge is going to tell me how good my jabs are? Good to know.'
Stepping up to the bag and assuming the classic boxing stance, Issei paused for a minute before slamming out a jab at the bag. It was a bit shallow though.
Looking at the gauge, Issei saw it went to about halfway, which said 'Desperate Otaku'.
…way to piss him off, damn screen power.
"Not bad for a first attempt." Saji commented, "I've seen worse."
Grrrrr….for some reason the slight smirk Issei saw on Saji's face is just pissing him off even more…
It took a couple more 'Desperate Otaku' and 'Barely Trying' Jabs, but Issei finally got a Perfect Jab in.
[Boxing] has levelled up! 1-2!
That was quick. Maybe the bag has an Exp gain training effect as well?
Accomplishing it once gave Issei a feel for how it worked, so he did manage to get ten done…after one hour.
Sub-Quest Complete!
Reward: +50 Exp
"Phew, that was a workout." Issei said, wiping the sweat off his eyebrow with the back of his mitt, slightly exhausted. He saw at the corner of his eye, that his [Boxing] went up to level 10, and that his STR and DEX went up to 22 and 24, not bad.
"Huh…looks like you know how to throw a punch at least." Saji nodded, "You can have the gloves; no one else will wear them."
"Eh? Why?" Issei asked, "They're pretty damn good gloves."
"True, but most people don't wanna wear the gloves Joe-san was wearing when he had his accident. Superstition." Saji replied, "Anyway, moving on…do you do any jogging, callisthenics or jump rope?"
"Err…no, but I can tell it's necessary by the way you're asking." Issei replied, confused.
"Yup. Those are three of the basic exercises along with Shadowboxing." Saji told Issei seriously. "Boxing is considered the most physically demanding sport in the world for a reason; even basic training for beginners is tough. Just a warning, but if this is just a fad, you should go."
"N-No, I really do wanna learn." Issei replied, a bit intimidated by the serious look Saji was giving him, "Now with the ABB here, I need to know how to defend myself."
"Fair point." Saji conceded, "A good outlook for the leader of the Perverted Trio."
"Hey!" Issei protested, causing Saji to chuckle a bit.
"Haha, sorry! Anyway, follow me." Saji said, still chuckling.
Grumbling under his breath, Issei followed Saji as he pointed out and explained the equipment of the gym including jump rope, weights, the more kinds of punching bags and pull-up bars.
"Tell me, do you know what the most important thing in Boxing is?" Saji asked.
"A solid punch?" Issei guessed.
"Helpful, but no." Saji said, "The answer is endurance, or stamina if you prefer. The longer you can fight the better. Stamina in the arms means you can punch for longer, even if it feels like they're about to fall off."
Issei gulped, feeling nervous. Yikes! That sounds like it hurts a lot! He didn't wanna feel that!
"Just strengthen your arms so you don't have to feel it so often." Saji told Issei in amusement, having correctly read his expression.
"Easier said than done." Issei muttered.
"Nothing worth doing is ever easy." was all Saji said in reply.
True, but still!
"Before you begin training, you should decide what kind of boxer you want to be." Saji said as he stopped before four pictures, "As in, what style of boxing you want to use."
"There are styles?" Issei was stunned.
"Yup. Broadly speaking, there are four; Swarmer, Out-Boxer, Slugger and Boxer-Puncher." Saji told Issei, "There are about three sub-styles too; the Counterpuncher, Southpaw and Switch-Hitter. Muhammad Ali is a famous example of an Out-Boxer, for example."
"What're the differences?"
"Swarmers keep in close contact with their opponent, constantly maintaining pressure on them. This style emphasises speed and power, relying on Bob and Weave, a great deal of punching power and the need to occasionally take a good hit to the chin." Saji replied, "Ever been ht on the chin?"
"Err….no, not that I can think of." Issei replied cautiously.
"Some people get KO'd from a hit to the chin, meaning being a Swarmer is out for them." Saji explained, "Out-Boxers are the opposite of Swarmers. They maintain a distance from their opponents and wear them down with jabs and straights, rather than uppercuts and hooks like Swarmers use. Out of the four main styles, they are the fastest, which makes up for the lack of power in the attacks. They also have the better defence out of most of the styles."
Cool. So an assault-based style and a speed-and-defence-based style.
"Sluggers, also known as Brawlers and Punchers, are the most brutal of the styles, focussing on overwhelming punching power and severely lack finesse and mobility. They are usually easy to counterattack as their punches are slow and predictable and most are seen as crude by comparison." Saji continued, "Despite the fact you are quite crude, I doubt this style will suit you."
Oi!
"The last main style is the Boxer-Puncher, which is a wildcard. They're a mix between Sluggers and Out-Boxers, possessing the better speed, accuracy and defence of the Out-Boxers whilst retaining the Slugger's superior offensive abilities. They can match up pretty well against the other three styles, except with big Sluggers, who can KO them with one solid punch. I guess you could call this the Jack-of-all-Trades, Master-of-None style."
Ok, this was way more complicated that he thought.
"What about the three sub-styles?" Issei asked. He might as well get a good grip on everything now rather than later.
"Counterpunchers are those who lead their opponents into making mistakes and capitalising on them. Highly technical stuff." Saji replied, "Southpaws fight with a left-side fighting stance rather than the orthodox right-side stance. Switch-Hitters alternate between Southpaw and orthodox stances. This is a style more suited to someone who is ambidextrous."
Huh…Ok then. Issei was brought out of his musing by a screen popping up in front of him.
Due to receiving more information, [Boxing] has created new subskills!
[Boxing Style: Swarmer LV1]
An offensive boxing style in which the user assaults their opponents with fast punches and and haymakers.
Actively boosts STR and DEX by 10% (5MP/2 minutes)
[Boxing Style: Out-Boxer LV1]
A defensive boxing style in which the user maintain their distance while exploiting and wearing them down with fast jabs and straights.
Actively boosts DEX and VIT by 10% (5MP/2 minutes)
[Boxing Style: Slugger LV1]
A brutal boxing style in which the user uses their overwhelming power to knock an opponent out.
Actively boosts STR and VIT by 10% (5MP/2 minutes)
[Boxing Style: Boxer-Puncher LV1]
A wildcard boxing style which mix between Sluggers and Out-Boxers, possessing the better speed, accuracy and defence of the Out-Boxers whilst retaining the Slugger's superior offensive abilities.
Actively boosts STR, VIT and DEX by 20% (15MP/minute)
...Wow, his power was OP.
Issei felt the familiar headache of rushing influx of information fill his mind, before disappearing. Issei massaged his head a couple of times. "Ow...shit, that hurts." Issei quietly muttered, gritting his teeth while enduring the migraine.
When he was done, Issei then turned to Saji. "I think Slugger sounds like my thing." Issei said, feeling confident. He knew Saji said the style wasn't cut out for him but with his VIT, he's pretty sure he would make it work.
"Alright, I still don't think it fits you, but if you say so." Saji nodded, shrugging his shoulders. "Alright then. Your next test will be…this."
Saji pointed at a punching bag shaped like the upper torso of a heavily muscled man, minus the arms.
"This is called a body opponent bag." Saji explained, "It's used to simulate actually attacking an opponent. What I want you to do is strike locations that are not illegal to hit in boxing. Strike even one and you fail."
"Marquess of Queensbury?" Issei asked, citing the original rules made by the selfsame English aristocrat his [Boxing] skill informed him of.
"Yup. Most people prefer those rules over the American Fair Play Rules." Saji replied.
Sub-Quest Alert!
Match Up to the Marquess: Your second challenge is to land ten legal blows on the body opponent bag. Land even a single illegal blow and you fail!
Reward: +50 Exp
Bonus: [?]
Accept?
Y/N
Fortunately for Issei, he had no intention of breaking any rules. As Issei hit 'Yes', he ran through the list of illegal strikes according to the Marquess' rules he got from his [Boxing] skill. No hitting below the navel, no attacking the back, the back of the head, the back of the neck or the kidneys. He wasn't likely to clinch, wrestle, bite, spit or anything, so Issei felt like he had a good chance here.
Starting off with a right straight, Issei slammed it onto the side of the bag's jaw, swiftly followed by two jabs to the side. Next to the punching bag, a counter appeared and shifted from '0' to '3' rather swiftly.
Encouraged by this, Issei went to town and rather quickly racked up ten solid hits that were in no way, shape or form illegal. Test number two, successfully passed.
Sub-Quest Complete!
Reward: 50 Exp
Bonus: +1 Perk Point
Cool, he now had a new perk point!
"Not bad." Saji commented, "I would advise that you punch a bit more sedately until your stamina increases though. I'll bet your arms are a bit sore right now."
"Just slightly. No big." Issei replied truthfully. His muscles were a bit achy, but nothing that wouldn't pass in a minute or two.
"I guess that just leaves testing you out against an actual boxer, now that I know you can punch and know the rules." Saji mused, "Of all the times for the arena to be empty…"
As if the world was hearing the blond-haired student council secretary, the door was abruptly slammed open and a man stomped in. He was of rather large height, being 6'5" feet tall and solidly built. If Issei had to guess, he'd label him as a Slugger. The man had a dark brown receding hairline, a nose that had plainly be broken multiple times and small piggy blue eyes.
"Saji, ya little shit! Get yer ass over here!" The man bellowed.
"Oh great…" Saji muttered before he called back, "Hello, Shimura-san. You're still banned, just so you know."
"Bullshit!" The now named Shimura growled.
"Shimura-san, you prevent people from joining the Arena by beating the tar out of anyone who tries." Saji replied calmly, "Masada-san banned you; therefore please leave before I call the police."
"Tch. If the newbies can't handle a little hazing, they don't deserve to be fighters." Shimura scoffed, he then saw Issei and sneered, "Oooh, who's this?"
Issei gulped, not liking the look the man was giving him. "Um, Issei Hyoudou. I came to join the gym."
"Ha, alright then." Issei was then roughly hoisted up by his collar, with Shimura now sneering in his face. "What made ya think you could just "join" the gym without my permission, huh?!" Shimura threatened.
Issei paused for a moment, feeling panic before calming down from the soft, soothing feeling in his head. He narrowed his eyes and scowled at the large man, feeling courageous and replied back. "No, I didn't think I needed or had to get permission to join a gym from an Arnold Schwarzenegger rip-off."
You have created a new skill!
[Taunt] (Active) [LV1, 00,0]
The ability to rile up your enemies and draw their aggression towards yourself. The higher the level of this skill, the higher chance that it will work. You also gain better insults as a result.
10% chance of taunt working, less moreso if taunt is bizarre.
Not the time, dammit!
"Why you-!" Shimura was now full on snarling at Issei, who braved on with his scowl.
"Shimura that's enough! Get out of here before I call the police!" Saji grabbed Shimura's arm while glaring at the large man himself.
Shimura focused his glare on Saji, who hardened his glare even more. He roughly dropped Issei on the ground, who too glared harshly at Shimura.
"I'll be back, rookie! Count on it!" Shimura snarled out at Issei. And with that he stomped out, but not before Issei spotted the words floating above his head.
Shimura Natsu [Level 15]
[The Yokagi Bulldog]
"Who was that?" Issei asked, clearly feeling angry. What the fuck was with that asshole?!
"Shimura-san. He is a coward and a bully." Saji spat out, glaring at the closing doors, "As you heard, he likes to pick on the newbie fighters and boxers, calling it a 'right of passage' or some sort of nonsense. After he beat one man so badly he went into a coma for a week, the owner of the Arena, Masada-san, banned him for life. He occasionally comes back around to stir up trouble. Watch out for him…he's bad news."
"Gotcha." Issei nodded while getting off from the ground.
"I just wish Joe-san had been able to put him in his place!" Saji grumbled, "He was going to before he had that damn accident. Shimura needs to be taken down a peg."
Quest Alert!
Collaring the Bulldog: Shimura Natsu is constantly harassing the Yokagi Super Arena and attempting to haze the new fighters. Beat him in a match to put him in his place!
(Note: Once taken, you can attempt this quest at any time that you are in the Yokagi Super Arena with Shimura Natsu. Merely walk up to him and punch his face to start the quest.)
Quest Reward: +1,000 EXP, +1,000 Yen, Title: [?]
Quest Failure: Beaten into the ground
Accept?
Yes/No
Issei scowled and jabbed the yes button, still feeling angry about the man's attitude. 'Saji's right, that guy need's to be taken down a peg, and I won't let him hurt anyone else anymore. Besides, I hate dicks like him.'
He should know, being a victim of the same incident from his middle-school days.
Issei then turned to Saji again.
"So what should I do? There's nobody here but you and me, so should I come back later?" Issei asked.
"Nah. Considering you haven't acted stupidly or anything, I'll put in a good word for you with Masada-san." Saji shrugged, "C'mon. I'll get you your membership card, as well as a list of the stuff you'll have to buy so you can train."
So, in short order, Issei now had a bit of paper with a list of stuff he'll need to buy, along with places he can buy them for reasonable prices, as well as his membership card.
Quest: Pugilist's Pride: Complete!
Reward: +100 EXP, [Yokagi Membership Card], [Boxing Footwork].
Hidden Reward: Impress Saji: +50 EXP.
You have learned a new skill!
[Boxing Footwork] (Passive/Active) [LV, 00,0]
A boxing footwork technique which increases the user's dexterity and speed.
Actively increases DEX by 10% (per/minute)
10% increase of movement speed.
Woo! New skill FTW!
Then Issei remembered something.
"Dammit. Still have to back to school and get my books." Issei grumbled.
"The Kendo club chase you out again?" Saji asked knowingly as he unlaced Issei's gloves.
"Yeah. I have homework due for a couple of classes tomorrow." Issei replied. He decided to keep the boxing tape on his hands, not sure why for some reason, maybe it was his [Boxing] skill influencing him, but Issei wanted to keep them on for protection.
"Given the fact you're the Oppai Baka, you're surprisingly diligent with your schoolwork." Saji remarked.
"So perverts aren't allowed to want to have good grades?" Issei snorted. "I swear, when I find out whoever gave me that stupid title…"
"Good luck." Saji snorted as he found a bag to put Issei's gloves in, and placed in as well a pair of black MMA gloves. "I think it was more of a spontaneous naming thing."
Great.
"Well, I'm off. Thanks for the help, Saji." Issei thanked the blond haired teen.
"No problem. Just to warn you, Sona-kaicho is at the school right now." Saji warned Issei, who gulped nervously. "If she catches you, you won't get off with just a warning."
"I know, I know." Issei said with a small shudder. Sona-kaicho was infamous for her strict nature and harsh punishments. Harsh, but not unfair.
Thus far, Issei had avoided receiving any from her because she treated the Kendo Club's beatings as just punishments, but he knew Saji was right. If she caught him, he would not get off so easily.
Quest Alert!
Dodge the Death Specs!: You have left your school books in your locker and must infiltrate Kuoh Academy in order to retrieve them. Dodge the patrolling members of the Faculty, Disciplinary Committee, Student Council and especially the Student Council President Sona Shitori or you're in for a world of trouble!
Quest Reward: +500 EXP, Your Books Back, +1000 Yen
Quest Failure: More trouble than you can cope with.
Accept?
Yes/No
Issei snorted. Like he had a choice? He did actually have homework for tomorrow and while he was not really all that good in respect to his grades, he does pride himself on handing in his homework on time.
Hitting 'Yes' with a quick jab of my hand, Issei turned towards the direction where his school was in. Time to get his books back.