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Chapter 3 – Plan Making and Spars
Ryuubi, Chouhi, and Kanu were still in his room, on the dormitories ground floor in a largely unoccupied hallway, Chouhi's being the only other occupied room. Kanu is currently telling them what she knew about the gangs that still needed to be dealt with.
"When I was clearing out the gangs from Seito's grounds, three escaped me. The four who attacked you in the forest were the remnants of one of those gangs. The two others are lead by Kazuma Kaede and Asama Karyuu. Both are A-rank Toushi. Kazuma is actually a fairly skilled fighter, not just a brawler, and Asama is proficient with a short staff. Their gangs are the only ones that escaped intact, having run away as soon as I began my campaign. I estimate around fifteen Toushi are in each gang. According to some of the older students Kazuma's gang hangs around the shopping arcade heading downtown and Asama has set up in some old warehouses in the industrial area." Kanu had certainly not been slacking off in her self-appointed mission of eliminating the gangs in and around Seito.
"Good, they're the ones that I want to take care of first. I don't want anyone with a connection to Seito dirtying our Academy's reputation like this. Now that all three of us are here, we can pick off these gangs one by one. I don't think we'll have much trouble with any of them other than the leaders, right Kan-Chan?" Ryuubi was determined, but he was also a bit nervous. He had never been in a real and drawn out fight like these were promising to be.
"Their numbers might make things tricky, but no, only the leaders should pose any real threat, but none of them can stand against me." Kanu's eyes had narrowed. She seemed to have taken it a little bit personally that they'd gotten away from her. "But you should stay here Gentoku. We can't afford to let anything happen to the man who is to lead Seito. Chouhi and I will be more than enough to handle the likes of them."
"Yea! Leave it to us!" Chouhi wrapped her arm around Kanu's shoulders, "Kan-San and I will get rid of them easy!"
Ryuubi grinned reassuringly at them, reviving Kanu's blush, "I know you two would, but I'm coming with. I won't be the kind of leader that sits safe and sound and sends others into danger." Ryuubi held up a hand to stall their protests, "Besides, these fights will be critical for establishing myself as someone Seito can trust. If I play an active role in defeating these gangs, it will inspire confidence in my abilities and resolve. And you two will be right there to keep an eye on me."
Kanu and Chouhi still looked a little disgruntled, but couldn't deny his reasoning.
"Now, what about the two gangs you mentioned that aren't from the Academy?"
Kanu's face dropped back into her business expression, "They are lead by Yamada Kenji and Endo Keigo. Both are B-ranked, but their gangs are much larger, probably around fifty people each. But they're a mix of Toushi and Non-Toushi. The numbers might be troublesome, but none of them have any real training, resorting largely to pocket knives, rocks and old pipes and bats. Both gangs hang around downtown beyond Kazuma's territory."
"Alright then. I think the order we'll deal with them is obvious, first Asama in the industrial area, then Kazuma, then the two downtown. Are there any Seito Toushi you think would be able to help us?"
Kanu shook her head, "None that I would bring with. Most of them are D-ranks with a handful of C-ranks mixed in. And most of them have been cowed by the gangs for several years now and are too afraid to do anything. That's something we'll have to change."
Ryuubi nodded, "I see, yea we'll have to build them up then. Eliminating the gangs will go a long way for that, especially if afterwards we begin offering fighting lessons. Or better yet, making them mandatory. I've seen the PE schedule, and it's just not going to cut it. We're smaller than most other schools, so we have to be individually tougher than them."
Their planning was interrupted by a loud grown from Chouhi's stomach. At some point she had reclined on Ryuubi's bed with her head in Kanu's lap. "Can we go to dinner now? It started ten minutes ago and I don't wanna miss it!"
Glancing at his clock it was now 5:10 pm. The Academy Dining Area in Dragon Hall opened for dinner at five pm and closed at seven.
"I don't think we're in any danger of missing it Ku-Chan. We still have- "he began saying before Chouhi sat up and glared at him, "I mean, yea, let's go!"
"I'll meet you two there okay? Just gotta make a pit stop." He said walking into his bathroom.
"Better hurry up or we'll start without you. C'mon Kan-San." Chouhi said dragging Kanu out of the room.
"So," Chouhi leaned in close to Kanu, "What'd ya think about Gen-Kun? Is he everything you hoped for?"
Kanu smiled, "Yes, he is and more. I knew he would be a man of great conviction and virtue, but knowing it and seeing it are two very different things."
Chouhi gave a pleased giggle, "And he's pretty hot too right?"
Kanu gave a decisive nod in agreement, "He is, it should be against the rules that he wears such loose clothing." Once she realized what she said her eyes snapped wide, "Uh-h-h-h, not that I want to try taking him away from you Ekitoku, I know you two are together now." She finished trying to hide a despondent face.
"Well, I don't know about 'taking him away from me', but I know the two of you are extremely attracted to one another."
Kanu was feeling so mortified she couldn't even recognize that Chouhi's tone was anything but upset. If she had been in her right mind she would notice it was rather lecherous and devious.
"E-Ekitoku, I would never get in the way. You two are happy together right?"
"Kan-San, seriously, don't worry about it. I'd be upset if you weren't so attracted to Gen-Kun."
"Eh?" Chouhi could practically see the question marks floating around Kanu. "What do you mean?"
"I mean that I'm not opposed to sharing Gen-Kun," Chouhi grew a lecherous grin "In fact, I would very much prefer it. And who better than you Kan-San?"
Kanu stared for several moments with her jaw slightly open while Chouhi only grinned at her expectantly. "…Are you serious?"
"Completely. So how about it Kan-San, want to share Gen-Kun with me?"
Kanu was blushing madly. Chouhi was more perverted than she had thought. "But will Gentoku really agree to something like that? Being shared?"
Chouhi blinked at Kanu, "I'm gonna give you a sec to think about what you just said."
"Right, he's a healthy red blooded male. Of course he wouldn't mind." Kanu was well aware that she and Chouhi were quite attractive. She had just never thought about being in a polygamous relationship. "But do you really mean what you just said?" Of course, that doesn't mean that the thought wasn't appealing to her now that she was thinking about it. There was no one she was more comfortable with than Ryuubi and Chouhi, so maybe…
"Of course I mean it." Chouhi leaned up on her toes and kissed Kanu at the corner of her lips. "But are you interested?"
Still blushing Kanu began pulling her towards Dragon Hall again. "Let me give it some thought okay?"
"Take all the time you need Kan-San. We'll always be right here for ya." Chouhi linked her hands behind her head with a satisfied smile. "Oh yea, she's in." The smile became perverted, "I can't wait."
Ryuubi walked into the cafeteria finding it nearly full of young women who all stared at him. They were all very curious to see the boy they would be living with for the foreseeable future. He gave them all a bright friendly smile, some of them blushed and looked away, some smiled back, and some even waved at him.
He spotted his two best friends sitting at just about dead center of the entire room. It looked like a few other girls wanted to go over judging from the blushing and admiring looks they sent Kanu, but none of them managed to screw up the courage.
Chouhi had a small hill of food piled on her tray, and Kanu had about half of that. People as powerful as them, even girls, had to eat a lot to make sure they had enough energy.
He quickly found the buffet area and filled his own tray before taking the seat next to Chouhi.
"So how's it all taste?" A quick stern look reminded Chouhi to swallow before answering.
"Delicious!" Was all the very happy looking Chouhi said before digging back into her dinner.
He smiled at her and turned to Kanu. "You okay Kan-Chan? You're looking kinda red." In fact she was looking like steam would be rising off of her any moment now.
"I'm fine Gentoku. Just finished something sex- er spicy." She looked even redder now.
Chouhi snorted into her food, but didn't say anything, glancing mischievously at the blushing Toushi.
He gave them a befuddled look before letting it go and eating his own food.
When they had all finished, with Chouhi contentedly patting her belly, Ryuubi brought up a topic he had been thinking about. "So I was thinking that we should spar together tomorrow. Get a feel for each other's fighting styles. I'm already familiar with Ku-Chan's, but Kan-Chan's still a mystery."
Kanu nodded, "Yes, that's a good idea. We still have a month until classes start. We should make sure we know how to fight together before dealing with the remaining gangs."
Chouhi stood up, her chair sliding backwards, with one hand raised in the air. "Yea, let's go right now! I wanna see how I measure up to Kan-San."
Ryuubi chuckled and pulled her down into his lap, wrapping his arms around her waist. "Tomorrow Ku-Chan. If we spar right now we'll just give ourselves cramps and throw up our dinner."
Kanu felt a twinge in her gut seeing the comfortable affection. She really wanted to just take up Chouhi's offer, but she had to make sure this wasn't just excitement at finally meeting Gentoku.
The three spent the rest of the evening talking and getting closer to each other, Chouhi making many innuendos and sending secretive and teasing looks at Kanu as often as she could. Kanu found her desire to wait and make sure quickly eroding, but she managed to get through the night with her decision intact.
When they split for the bed Chouhi grabbed onto Ryuubi's arm pressing it between her breasts. She gave a hopeful look at Kanu, but she just smiled and waved them on. She knew what Chouhi was going to do, and while tempting, she stuck with her earlier decision.
"Oh well," Chouhi thought, "Maybe tomorrow. They do say that you learn a lot about a person when you fight them. Maybe that will be the last push she needs."
As soon as the door to Ryuubi's room closed Chouhi pounced on him wrapping her legs around his waist and crushing her lips to his. Breaking the kiss he very quickly asked her "Are you up to date?" Shortly before they started dating she had begun taking birth control pills.
Breathlessly she replied, "Yes, now hurry up and take me!" before she pushed his jacket off and began tugging his shirt over his head.
The two were awoken by the obnoxious beeping of Ryuubi's alarm at 7:45. Ryuubi groggily slapped at the off switch before Chouhi could crush the source of the noise all teenagers loathe.
Ryuubi kissed her cheek and whispered, "Time to get up Ku-Chan."
She whimpered pitifully, rolling over and burying her face into the crook of his neck. Ryuubi sighed with a smile. "If you don't get up soon you won't get to eat breakfast. The dining hall closes at eight thirty and we need to shower still.
Giving a resigned groan Chouhi dragged herself out of the bed, stumbling to his closet where she knew he kept some of her clothes. She put on an extremely short pink cotton shorts and a white tank top that exposed her naval before grabbing her clothes from yesterday which Ryuubi had gathered for her and left to get her morning rituals done. Occasionally, they might do that together now that they didn't have to worry about their parents catching them, but she knew that if they did then they'd probably miss breakfast.
As she did this Ryuubi made sure to open the window to get some air circulation going. It wouldn't do to have the room smelling of their nightly activities if anyone came over.
Showered, shaved, and teeth brushed, Ryuubi waited for Chouhi to finish getting dressed so they could go eat. Kanu leaned against the wall across from him keeping him company so they could all go eat together.
"So did you sleep well Gentoku?" She had an unusual look on her face, like she was trying to make up her mind about something.
"Yea, I slept great. The beds here are nicer than I expected. What about you? You look a little bit tired Kan-Chan."
"I slept okay. Just had a few…interesting dreams that would wake me up." She was blushing again Ryuubi noted. She had dreamt about sleeping with Ryuubi, and then later on with Chouhi…And even later on with Ryuubi and Chouhi. Needless to say, she woke up rather frustrated and in need of a new change of panties.
"Interesting dreams huh? You're blushing, were they anything special?" He knew he should probably let it go, but sometimes it was too fun teasing the powerful Toushi.
Kanu was saved from answering when Chouhi finally stepped out of her room fully dressed. "Alright! Let's go eat, I'm starved!" She looped her arms through both Ryuubi's and Kanu's and dragged them along, not letting go until they reached the cafeteria.
They were all wearing appropriate clothing for their spars they planned to conduct after breakfast. Ryuubi had a grey sleeveless shirt dark shorts and white tennis shoes. Kanu wore her red fingerless gloves, a black sports bra under a blue wind breaker, bicycle shorts that extended to just above her knees, and white tennis shoes. Chouhi had a red sleeveless shirt, white shorts and red tennis shoes.
Everyone got settled at the same table as the night before, Chouhi once again piling her plate high. "So we're sparring afterwards right?"
"After letting our food digest Ku-Chan. I'm surprised you still haven't learned your lesson yet. How many times did you get cramps and throw up when we trained?"
Chouhi threw a childish and playful glare at him, "Shut up."
The group drew some curious looks from their peers. They were going to spar later? With Kanu? Didn't they know how powerful she was?
After finishing their meal, the three went out into the fields, finding a nice flat stretch to use. It amused them that most of the cafeteria had followed them. Apparently word got around very fast in a school full of young, gossip prone, women.
They spent half an hour warming up and introducing Ryuubi and Chouhi to the girls. They all seemed very excited to see their beloved Kanu-Sama exhibit some of her prowess.
"So how are we deciding who fights first?" Ryuubi asked.
"I want to fight Gentoku. Chouhi has fought with the both of us before, so she already has some understanding of both our fighting styles."
Chouhi pouted and crossed her arms. She was so excited to fight too, and now she had to wait.
"Aww, Kan-Chan wants to beat me up. How cruel." Ryuubi jokingly pouted at the crowd sitting around them, getting a giggle in response. "Okay, sounds good. Watch closely everyone. What you are about to see is a grown man get his ass kicked." Another round of giggles, slightly stronger than the last.
Ryuubi marched into the clearing away from the spectators and took up his stance. Across from him Kanu removed her jacket and dropped into her own stance. Knees lightly bent, left leg forward, hands in loose claw forms, the right held near her chest and the left held out towards her opponent.
Chouhi took on the role of referee for the match. "First to three points wins. A solid, clean blow counts as one point. The match is over when someone reaches three points, gives up, or is knocked unconscious. No crippling blows." This was primarily for the spectators' benefit, as they had all sparred often enough that they were already familiar with the standard rules.
Kanu narrowed her eyes at Ryuubi's form. She had arrived just in time yesterday to see him knock out his second opponent, so she didn't quite know what to expect from him. "That stance. I see, he's taken a defensive form…but it's dangerous. I can see something, like a bubble surrounding him. That's his reach. Anything within that bubble he can touch."
Ryuubi calmed his mind and kept a careful eye on Kanu. She was much stronger than he was; he knew that, so he would have to be especially aware of her movements if he was to keep up.
Kanu started the fight, rapidly closing the distance between them and launching a punch straight at Ryuubi's face. Ryuubi saw the punch coming, and as soon as it reached his territory his left hand shot up to deflect it above his head. His right hand formed a punch directed at her right rib cage which was caught by Kanu's left hand in an iron grip. Then she pivoted on her right foot, kicking with her left leg towards his side. He raised his right leg to block, but the sheer force of her attack lifted him off the ground.
She refused to let go of his hand, pulling him into another attack before he could ground himself. Once again her right fist shot towards his face before it was pushed to his right, by his left palm on her wrist, just brushing his cheek. Taking advantage of his position his left elbow followed the length of her arm and impacted into her cheek, the speed of his still falling body and her pulling him towards her adding speed and force to the attack.
Kanu stumbled back releasing her hold on him. "Point Ryuubi." Chouhi's voice announced, sounding mildly surprised. The spectating Toushi broke out into shocked exclamations. "He hit Kanu-Sama!?" "He scored first?" "How?"
The two fighters returned to their starting positions. "I hope you're not underestimating me Kan-Chan. I know I'm not as powerful as you are, but I'm no pushover." The word themselves were cheerful, but his expression was quite serious.
Kanu smiled at him, "I apologize Gentoku. I have insulted you by not taking you seriously enough. It won't happen again."
"Glad to hear it Kan-Chan."
Ryuubi was the one to begin this round, with a rising kick at her chin. She leaned back and it passed harmlessly in front of her before turning into a heel drop she side stepped. Her right palm struck at his stomach, meeting his left forearm.
His arm was shaking with the effort of keeping her attack at bay before she redoubled the force behind her attack, sending his arm ramming back into him, and sending him sliding backwards. She chased after him as he was sliding; unleashing a storm of punches and kicks before he could come to a stop.
Ryuubi's teeth grit, his feet digging into the dirt trying and failing to stop his momentum. He was able to block all of her attacks but that just served to keep him sliding, making small trenches in the ground.
The crowd watched on amazed. Kanu was relentless, keeping Ryuubi from being able to move his legs too much lest his balance be destroyed.
Soon enough, one of Kanu's spin kicks had knocked his center of gravity out of place, bending him backwards. His torso was nearly horizontal to the ground, Kanu standing over his falling body, her right fist speeding towards his chest. Lucky for him she pulled her punch at the last moment necessary to keep from putting him in a crater. Hell, her control was so finely tuned that she didn't even hurt him, her knuckles resting on his chest, having just pushed him to the ground."
"Point Kanu." Their audience cheered Kanu on happily, amazed at her skill, strength and speed.
"I'm impressed Gentoku. You're defense is superb. Even as fast and strong as I am, you managed to hold me off for so long." She straightened and offered her hand to Gentoku, pulling him up as soon as he took it.
"Yea, but wow you're strong. My arms are still shaking from the impacts." He said holding both arms up. A few bruises were already forming and they were trembling. He had been forced to block a lot of her attacks rather than redirecting them because of his precarious balance.
"C'mon you two, next round!"
"Right, sorry Ku-Chan."
They returned to their positions again. Once the round had started Kanu darted forward, once again releasing a hell storm of attacks. Being grounded now, Ryuubi was able to handle them much more efficiently.
His right palm met her left bicep, stopping her attack before it could gain any power. Placing his right leg between hers, his heel behind her left, he launched a palm at her chest and pulled back on his foot, dragging hers out of position.
To counter this, Kanu let him drag her foot, leaning back and raising the leg he had hooked. His palm brushed her breasts and passed right in front of her face. She grabbed onto it with both hands, twisted so her face was towards the ground, and slammed Ryuubi over her head into the dirt, using her already lifted leg for more leverage.
"Point Kanu." More cheers for the audience erupted. Not bothering to let go of his arm, Kanu casually lifted him back onto his feet, making sure he was steady before letting go. He grinned at her, brushing off his back before they once again took up their positions.
Kanu didn't waste any time charging him. As soon as Chouhi signaled the start she was on top of him, fist swinging in a vague blur. His right arm met hers, the sides of their arms rubbing against each other. His arm was a little bit longer, so Kanu was forced to twist to the side to avoid the fist. As she twisted she ducked and kicked his legs out from under him. He fell on his back and rolled before her fist could repeat his defeat from the previous round, as he rolled into a crouch he blocked a kick from Kanu sending him crashing right onto his rear. He rolled backwards with the momentum to kick back up into a standing position several feet away, but by the time he had managed to get his eyes back on her, her fist was already right in front of his face.
He stared at it for a second, before it lightly bopped him on the nose. "Winner, Kanu!" The crowd burst into applause, and the girls gushed about how cool their Kanu-Sama was. There was a fair deal of enthusiasm for Ryuubi's performance as well, but the lion's share went to Kanu.
"Thank you for the spar Kan-Chan, it was quite enjoyable."
"It was fun. I hope we'll continue to spar together Gentoku." Her smile was bright, as they lightly bowed to each other.
"Definitely. It's refreshing to get my ass kicked by someone other than Ku-Chan for a change."
Before Kanu's fans could swamp her, she pulled Chouhi onto the sparring area.
"Don't you want a breather first Kan-San?"
"No, that was hardly difficult at all." Kanu threw a teasing look at Ryuubi as he feigned grabbing at his wounded heart.
"Alright then," Ryuubi's voice cut through the girls' excited chatter, "Since Kan-Chan is such a badass, we'll move on immediately to Chouhi and Kanu's match. Same rules apply."
Kanu and Chouhi took up their positions and dropped into their stances. A few moments after the signal to start was given Chouhi attacked.
Chouhi punched at Kanu's face, which she dodged to the left of. Kanu grabbed it's wrist with her left hand and threw a back fist with her right. Chouhi ducked under it and wrapped her left arm around Kanu's right leg, lifting the long haired woman into the air tossing her behind her. Kanu twisted in the air and landed on her feet.
Chouhi threw a side kick at Kanu just as she landed, but the woman shifted to the right quickly and trapped the leg with her left arm. Kanu kicked Chouhi's grounded leg, making her fall to the ground, then lifted the same leg into a heel drop. Chouhi blocked it by crossing her arms in front of her chest, and then kicked at Kanu's hold on her leg, freeing herself. She stood before Kanu could recover and take advantage of her downed form.
"You've gotten better Chouhi. I used to be able to take you out in one move." Kanu let out a proud smile.
Chouhi preened under the praise. "Ryuubi and I train hard ya know. We're not gonna let anyone push us around." She punched at Kanu, restarting the round.
Kanu blocked with one hand while the other darted forward and grasped Chouhi's neck. Using that grip she pulled Chouhi to her right and landed a kick to Chouhi's back, knocking her down.
"Point, Kanu."
"But you're still not quite at my level yet." Kanu looked a little bit smug, probably venting some of the previous nights teasing and frustration.
"Fight's not over yet Kan-San. Don't take me lightly."
The next round began with Kanu making a low kick at Chouhi's calf. To her surprise, Chouhi was able to strengthen her stance and flat out withstand the blow. She barely managed to block the punch sent at her, but even then, the force of it made her take a couple steps backwards, making Chouhi smirk. Kanu lightly rubbed her forearm where Chouhi's fingers had made contact. It stung like a bitch.
This was one of the scariest things about Chouhi's fighting style. She hit like a truck, but the shape her hands took when she attacked focused all of the power into the tips of her fingers, meaning every ounce of force was pushed into a very small area, greatly increasing its piercing power. Due to all of her training and good chi reinforcement, she could even punch through stone without hurting herself.
Kanu decided to take it up a level. She launched into a series of rapid strikes, pushing Chouhi back. Before long Chouhi slipped up, both hands blocking a heel drop, her eyes focused on the leg, she didn't notice Kanu's fist until it lightly tapped her stomach, Kanu having punched around her own thigh.
"Aww, man." Chouhi said, hearing Ryuubi confirming Kanu's point.
"Fighters return to your positions."
Before Ryuubi had a chance to begin the next match, a voice called out from the direction of the pathway leading into the Academy grounds.
"Oi! Show yourself Kanu Unchou! We're here to take back our Academy! Now unless you want us to start smashing everything and everyone up, you'll come out and surrender!"
Kanu's eyes narrowed in anger. She stalked over to where she had left Seiryuto and picked it up, pulling the purple cloth folded over its edge off, revealing the magnificent blade.
"That was Asama's voice. I guess we won't have to waste any time hunting her down later, since she was stupid enough to come to us." Kanu began walking towards the still shouting voice.
"She will be dealt with today." She vowed in a dangerous tone.
And there's chapter three, let me know what you thought about it. I'm particularly interested in what you thought of the spars, so let me know if it was okay and how to improve on it.
Like always, feedback and constructive criticism will be appreciated.