Red Wolf

Disclaimer: I do not own Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple

Chapter 3


'You'd think that they'd get the hint but they just continue to show more evidence of human stupidity.' Red sighed as he picked up his backpack, cap and jacket. Behind him was a pile of bodies of Ragnarok members and other delinquents. Ever since he had put Ukita and Shinnosuke in the ICU there had been more attacks by all kinds of delinquents and Red has been more than happy to beat them all down to kingdom come. However it was also starting to get boring and a tad annoying.

'At least they make a good form of stress relief.' Red added as he continued his walk to school for another boring day of class.

Kisara was mad. Rephrase that…she was pissed! Things had gone really bad in a hurry. Shinnosuke Tsuji, Takeda the Puncher and Ukita the Thrower were all defeated. Takeda was defeated by Shirahama Kenichi while Ukita and Shinnosuke were put in the ICU by that transfer student Red. Both were becoming a problem as no matter how many delinquents are sent after the two, those two continued to beat them all up, in Red's case they were beaten to an inch of their lives. Worse, Takeda the Puncher left Ragnarok. Takeda the Puncher on the other hand is now friends with Shirahama Kenichi and is now somehow able to use his left arm again. This was making her look weak and she hated that. Looks like she'll have to handle this personally. But first she had to punish a certain ex-member.

Red with his jacket on, was standing by himself in the hallway since class hadn't begun yet. He was once more thinking about Ragnarok and what their next action would be after sending many of their members to the ICU especially higher ranked ones like Shinnosuke. They'll have to respond soon. He stopped his thinking as a familiar voices came onto the scene.

"My whole body hurts. I swear the masters are trying to kill me."

"*giggle* everything will be alright. You have really grown strong."

'Kenichi and Miu.' Red thought in annoyance. He was about to walk away but his luck ran out.

"Red! Nice to see you again!" Kenichi said as he walked towards the American with a little difficulty. Miu followed not far behind keeping a cautious gaze on Red.

"Hello to you too Kenichi." Red replied politely as he turned to face his classmate and noticed his strained walking. "Okay…What the hell happened to you?"

Kenichi laughed nervously, "My martial arts teachers me through some brutal training. That's all."

"Is that why you were whining about them earlier?" Red asked in annoyance, "Be glad that they are training a weakling like you though I can now say that you're no longer weak with what I saw of your fight with Takeda."

"Well Kenichi has grown even stronger." Miu stated.

"Thanks Miu." Kenichi said.

"Yeah…Yeah…I already said that." Red said nonchalantly.

"Hey guys and girl!" greeted an annoying voice that made Kenichi growl in annoyance. The three turned around to see Nijiima walking towards them with his PDA out.

"Morning Nijiima!" Miu greeted happily.

"Yo…" Red neutrally greeted.

"Morning Miu, Kenichi, Red." Nijiima greeted back. Kenichi glared at the alien freak, refusing to greet him. "I hear Kenichi and Red have been busy taking on all sorts of delinquents lately. Your power rankings are going through the roof. What do you say the three of us team up and take over the school?"

"I rather jump off the roof," Kenichi deadpanned.

"I'd rather pummel you and then throw you off the roof." Red added as he was already annoyed at Nijiima.

"You know what? I'd like that." Kenichi agreed.

"Don't support him Kenichi!" Miu scolded. "And no threatening of your classmate Red."

Red scoffed, "Whatever."

"Thanks Miu." Nijiima smirked. "Besides I have some useful information to give to you guys."

"And what would that be?" Kenichi asked.

"Takeda the Puncher formerly of the Technique Trio is number one on Ragnarok's hit list." Kenichi and Miu's eyes widen while Red's expression stayed neutral. "No one has ever left Ragnarok without getting a farewell beating. A beating so vicious that all who tried to leave end up in the hospital with multiple injuries and broken bones."

"Not surprising. It's not like they were going to let him leave just like that." Red said.

"That isn't right! Takeda doesn't want to be a delinquent any longer!" Kenichi said.

"Then you might as well warn him." Red advised much to Kenichi and Miu's surprise.

"What? He's your friend right?" Red asked.

"I'm surprised that you're even saying that considering what you've done to anyone associated with Ragnarok." Miu said.

"Kenichi defeated Takeda and turned him around right? So he's no longer a target." Red stated, "The others however are still fair game."

"I agree with Red. You might as well warn him." Nijiima added. "As for me, I still have some more information to gather. Later." The alien ran off. Kenichi and Miu ran off to warn Takeda while Red went his own way.

Days later…

Red was walking home from a new place he had come to like. An underground fight club where he can get a good workout, keep his fighting skills sharp and also make some cash.

As he was walking Red spotted a large group of people gathering under a bridge and it looked like they were ready for a huge brawl. He got closer and saw that it was a gang of fifty delinquents and they were facing a small group of eight people, six guys and two gals. Red didn't care about the gang of fifty as his attention was on the eight-man group. More like its leader actually… A tall, pretty boy with purple hair, wearing a glasses, a clean white suit and black gloves with the Roman numeral for 1 on it. Someone Red wouldn't forget.

"Odin." Red muttered as he glared at the teen with hatred. Odin is the leader of Ragnarok and his group he calls the Eight Deadly Fists…Actually they were the Seven Deadly Fists, meaning that a new member joined their ranks. He then watched as Odin ordered three of his subordinates to take on the large gang. It was nothing more than a one sided massacre as the Three Deadly Fists destroyed the fifty gang members. When it was over Red decided to make his own presence known but in a different way.

Just as Ragnarok's Eight Deadly Fists were about to leave a blood curling wolf howl stopped them all in their tracks. A guy with googles on, a guy wearing a hooded jacket and a familiar girl with a beret on were freaking out thinking that wolves were in the area coming to eat them. One guy was listening to the howl in fascination and another was slightly intrigued. Odin and a guy and gal thought that the wolf howl was familiar but couldn't point it out.

Soon the howling stopped and The Eight Deadly Fists missed someone in red clothing walking away from the area with a blood thirsty grin on his face. However Nijiima who had been hiding in the shadows earlier and had watched Ragnarok's destruction of the large gang spotted the American and knew that he needed to find out more about him as his stunt just created more questions.

"Did you hear that Miu?" Kenichi asked.

"Yes I did Kenichi." Miu replied. "That was a wolf howl except it wasn't one."

"What do you mean Miu?" Kenichi asked in confusion. "That definitely sounded like a wolf howling."

"It sounds like a wolf's howl except that it wasn't coming from a wolf. It was from a human being." Miu explained.

"Really?! But it sounded like a real wolf."

"True." 'But the question is who was the one howling like that?'

Next Day…

"What do you want now?" Kenichi asked in annoyance as he glared at Nijiima. This time however Nijiima had a serious expression on his face instead of his usual evil grins. Miu noticed this too and wondered what was up.

"I'm here to give you some advice Kenichi." Nijiima said.

"Really? Advice from you?" Kenichi deadpanned.

"Did you hear that wolf howl yesterday evening?"

That startled Kenichi. "Yeah I did. I thought there were wolves in town."

"Well it wasn't a wolf howling…It was Red who was howling." Nijiima stated.

That got Kenichi and Miu's attention and different reactions. Kenichi was surprised while Miu seemed very interested.

"Red…was the one howling like a wolf?" The Ryouzanpaku disciple asked.

"I was right. It was a human that was howling though I didn't think it came from Red of all people." Miu muttered.

"I saw him when I was gathering information on Ragnarok's Eight Deadly Fists. He just stood there from a good distance and watched as three of the members decimated the Shinigami's Blade gang. Though I noticed that he was looking at their leader Odin especially and with a lot of anger." Nijiima explained. "It's clear that Red has some past history with Ragnarok and it's not a good one."

'That explains his attacks on anyone associated with Ragnarok. He bears a grudge against them.' Miu concluded. 'Though the question is what did they do to him to get his attention?'

"I don't know about you Kenichi but you should be very careful around Red as he's more than he seems." Nijiima said. "I'll be finding out what I can about him for now. Just be careful around our classmate for now." After saying that Nijiima left the two alone to try and dig up whatever he could about the American.

Nighttime…

Red was bored. He wasn't able to sleep tonight so he decided to take a walk outside around town. He put on a red muscle shirt, black jeans, red sneakers, red finger-less gloves and a red bandanna around the top of his head and left his apartment.

Red walked around aimlessly not caring where he ended up as long as it helped relieved him of boredom. He was even hoping for Ragnarok punks to show up too, but he got none of them. He eventually found himself arriving at a park. He then noticed Kenichi's new friend Takeda, former member of Ragnarok standing there and laughing. Red had no idea why but could care less as he decided to see for himself if this guy had really turned a new leaf like Kenichi thought.

"Takeda the Puncher."

The boxer spins around to find a red haired guy walking towards him. "What the hell?! Red? What are you doing here?" Takeda tensed, ready for a fight especially considering what he did to Ukita.

"I was bored and I was walking around trying to relieve myself." Red answered. "What about you? Is it true that you actually left Ragnarok or are you just trying to fool Kenichi?"

"It's the truth. I left Ragnarok after losing to Kenichi-kun." The boxer replied and then lifted up his left arm punching the air a few times. "Thanks to him I regained the use of my left arm so I can go back to boxing. I made a promise to repay him so I am now his friend and ally."

Red stared at the white haired teen with a blank look which unnerved the boxer. After a few seconds Red turned his gaze from him and shrugged. "Alright I believe you."

"You do?"

"Yeah. I can tell that you're not lying. Good thing for you as I wouldn't tolerate you trying to take advantage of him because of his kind nature."

"How touching."

The two turn around to see a large amount of delinquents walking towards them from all around them. Leading the delinquents is a girl with red hair, long legs and cat-like emerald green eyes. She is wearing a red t-shirt with an A on the front, blue jean pants with the left leg ripped off revealing large thigh muscles, and brown laced up boots. She's also wearing gloves that have the Roman numerals 'VIII' on them.

"Hey Kisara, I heard you became the Eighth Fist of Ragnarok. Congratulations!" Takeda said.

"Talkative as usual Takeda." Kisara replied.

"You know me."

"So you're the new Eighth Fist huh?" Red asked his fellow redhead.

Kisara glanced at Red and was impressed by what she saw. 'Wow! No wonder why Tsukuba, Ukita, Koga and Shinnosuke lost. He's strong and definitely hot. Obviously works out a lot too. The red hair also suits him and so does the feral look.' She fought the urge to blush at the redhead in front of her and got back to business. "I take it that you're Red."

"Obviously." Red replied, "And this isn't a social call."

"Obviously." Kisara deadpanned. 'Smart ass!' She then looked at Takeda. "Takeda, since you always did good work for me, I'm giving you this last chance to return to Ragnarok. Jake Enja Lewis or Red like you prefer, I'd hate to take down someone as powerful as you are considering your past actions against my gang but I'll reconsider if you join my gang, I could use someone like you in it."

Takeda shrugged and gets into a boxing stance. "Sorry but I decline. I plan on following my dream of becoming a boxer. Anyone that gets in my way will be taken down by me."

"Here's my counter offer: How about I kill you instead?" Red replied coldly.

"Oh? You think you can actually take me?" Kisara smirked.

"No I don't think I can kill you…I KNOW I can kill you." Red cracks his knuckles as he looks at Takeda from the corner of his eye. "I hope you don't mind if I wipe the floor with her Takeda."

The boxer sweat dropped at the redhead wondering if he's crazy. "No I don't mind. Be my guest."

"Confident aren't you? Well then let's see if you can back those words up." Kisara says, "The rest of you deal with Takeda. This one's mine." The grunts acknowledged her order and rushed past her and Red towards Takeda. The boxer was already on the attack, firing barrages of punches at his opponents.

While Takeda was dealing with the grunts Red begins his own attack as he quickly closes the distance between him and Kisara, surprising the Eight Fist as she narrowly avoids a jumping spin kick from Red. She felt the updraft of the attack and was glad that she dodged it or it would have hurt like hell. Kisara then has to dodge Red's barrage of punches followed by a leg kick. She returns fire this time with several lightning fast kicks which put Red on the defense but only briefly as he catches a kick but he is forced to let go and avoid a backflip kick from Kisara. Kisara rushes in going for a leg sweep. Red hops over it and Kisara rolls backwards to her feet. Red moves in and throws an uppercut, followed by an axe kick which Kisara dodges and creates distance. The two pause to size each other up.

'She's clearly a Taekwondo fighter. Her lack of punches prove that. Apart from that she's pretty quick on her feet and has good reflexes. At least she's a step above the grunts I've been fighting. Too bad for her that I've tangoed with a much faster and stronger kicker.'

'This guy's strong and surprisingly fast. He's seems to be a kick boxer but it won't be enough.'

Red and Kisara throw high kicks which are blocked and dodged. Red immediately closes the distance giving Kisara little room to throw kicks. The taekwondo fighter tries to create space by stepping back and circling away. Red lands a kick to the body and follows up with a straight right upstairs which Kisara blocks with her arms. He moves in with a three punch combo ending with a high kick which are blocked again. Kisara manages to circle out and throw a kick. Red catches the kick, but Kisara gets her leg free of his grasp.

Red suddenly charges in, grabs both of Kisara's legs, catching her off guard and driving into a double leg takedown. He immediately moves to half guard and begins to pound away with powerful strikes from the top. Red attempts to move to mount, but Kisara gets out and up to her feet. However Red gets double underhooks and presses Kisara against the fence. Kisara throws some knees to the body while trying to get free but Red doesn't let go and returns fire with his own knees. He then slams her to the ground and takes her back briefly. Red then goes for Kisara's legs and attacks with a knee bar submission. He tries cranking on it, but Kisara escapes. Red immediately wrestles Kisara back down but she pops back up and moves away.

Red pushes forward, closing the distance between them and gets the Thai plum and attacks with knees to her body and even head-butts. Red then trips Kisara to the ground again but instead of staying on top of her he stays up and attacks with vicious soccer kicks and stomps to the body and head. Kisara somehow manages to get back to her feet but now she's starting to feel fatigued.

Kenichi and Miu arrive on the scene of the fight. Due to not receiving a reply from Takeda when he tried to call him, Kenichi figured that his friend was under attack and he and Miu rushed out to find him and help him. When they arrived they found the boxer standing in his boxing stance surrounded by conscious or unconscious Ragnarok grunts. He looked beat up but was still holding his own.

"Takeda!" Kenichi yelled as he rushed in and kicked a grunt in the face and then punched another while Miu took down four with a flurry of strikes and kicks.

"Hey Kenichi! Miu!" Takeda greeted as he drops a grunt with a cross counter. "Glad that you could join us."

"Us?! What do you mean us?!" Miu asked in confusion before she flipped another guy over her shoulder and slammed him to the ground.

"Well Red's here and he's fighting Kisara Nanjou, the Eighth Deadly Fist of Ragnarok." Takeda answered.

"WHAT! Red's fighting Kisara?!" Kenichi yelled. Miu's eyes widened in surprise. Red was fighting a dangerous person by himself.

She quickly looked around and spotted two other people fighting some distance from them. She recognizes one of them as Red and deduces that the girl he's fighting is Kisara. Kenichi, Takeda and the other grunts also turn to watch the fight and are shocked that Red is not only keeping up with Kisara but he is relentlessly pressuring her.

Red catches another kick and throws Kisara to the ground, but only briefly as she sprung back up.

Miu pays more attention to Red's fighting style and watches as the American goes from striking to clinch, takedowns, ground and pound, submissions and back to standing then dirty boxing and Thai clinch.

'I can see boxing, Muay Thai, judo, wrestling, sambo, jujitsu and even street fighting.' Miu observed. 'He's mixing up his attacks and putting constant pressure on Kisara. He must have a lot of stamina to keep up such an intense offence. His defense is also tight and his speed and footwork are very good. Whoever trained him must have been very intense.'

She wasn't the only one observing the fight as Shiratori too had been observing the same fight. 'That boy is using a hybrid style that utilizes techniques from multiple disciplines; mixing striking, grappling and submissions all in a relentless offence that's confusing, suffocating and savage all at the same time.' She looks over at Kisara with worried eyes and saw her gasping for air and slowing down. At this rate, Kisara is going to lose, unless she ends the fight quickly.

Kisara smirked at Red and tried circling away from him as she tried to hide her exhaustion, frustration and pain from him. This guy just won't quit! He keeps coming and never gives her room to attack. He's throwing punches, kicks, elbows, knees, slams, and submissions. 'He's like the freaking Terminator!' Kisara thought. 'At least he's not holding back because I'm a girl.'

Red however was watching his prey as he stalked her down. He's thrown all kinds of things at Kisara and she's barely been able to hang in there with him. 'Looks like sis' cardio training is paying off. I still feel fresh and Kisara's barely able to keep standing.' Red thought, 'Though I'm more surprised that she's even standing to begin with. No matter, time to bring down the hammer.'

Red quickly closes in as Kisara tries to throw a kick. Unfortunately for her she gets dropped by Red's overhand punch. Red pounces into side control and attacks with hammer fists and elbows to Kisara's face. She's covering up and trying to weather the storm but some strikes are getting through. She somehow manages to gather her wits and escapes out, but this time she finds herself in a standing D'arce choke. Red tightens his hold on the submission and cranks the neck as Kisara attempts to escape but to no avail due to how tight the hold is and her exhaustion from the fight itself. Soon enough Kisara blacked out and her body went limp…but Red did not let go of the submission.

"He's trying to kill Kisara-sama!" Shiratori screamed out getting everyone back to reality. Kenichi rushed at Red and kicked him in the side of the head forcing him to let go of Kisara as her body dropped to the ground like a sack of potatoes.

Red glared at Kenichi with Miu now standing protectively beside him. Shiratori runs over to Kisara and checks on her before she sighs in relief after noticing that she was still breathing. "Everyone retreat!" she ordered as she carried Kisara. The few delinquents still able to move obeyed and ran away in fear.

"Why did you interfere?" Red asked.

"I stopped you because what you were doing was wrong." Kenichi replied, "You were trying to kill Kisara in cold blood."

Red growled. "So what if I was? These same people would have done the same to you if given the chance. Besides I'm just returning the favor for what Ragnarok did to someone I know. It's personal."

"Whatever. I'm just glad that I escaped the Ragnarok beat down." Takeda chimed in. "And Red that was amazing. You actually kept up with one of the Eight Deadly Fists and beat her too. What was that style you used by the way? I noticed a bit of boxing, street fighting, judo and some other styles I'm not familiar with."

"Vale Tudo." Red answered, "In Portuguese it means anything goes."

"I can agree with that considering that you threw everything but the kitchen sink at Kisara." Takeda laughed.

"Vale Tudo? Is that some kind of martial arts?" Kenichi asked.

"Mixed martial arts is what it is but even more dangerous than the martial arts you're learning." Red answered.

Miu narrowed her eyes at Red. 'Vale Tudo. Never heard of that style. I'll have to ask Grandpa about that.'

"Oh another thing Kenichi." Red says before grabbing Kenichi by his shirt and lifting him up to eye level.

"Don't ever get in my way ever again!" Red warned Kenichi, "I let you do whatever you wanted with Takeda because you defeated him. However you got in my way of killing that member of Ragnarok and now she's gone! This is my last warning to you Kenichi! You do that again and I'll kill you too." He dropped Kenichi after that and walked away but then caught a kick from Miu, much to her surprise. "The same applies to you Miu." He added. "Stay out of my way!" He released his grip on her foot and left the park and howled into the night.


Chapter 3 End.

There you have it. Red's fighting style is Vale Tudo, which is a very dangerous and ruthless fighting style. With one Deadly Fist beaten he now has seven more to deal with. How does he stack up against them? I leave that to yourselves.

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