And we are back. To find out more about our genius assassin. Now he will begin training with kensei go learn more about ki. And soon after he will go deeper into the brotherhood. Now back to the action!

chapter 7

The next day after I called Kensei I received an email of a map to where he wanted me to go. I looked at it and saw that it was in the middle of no where. A mile into a huge forest. It was going to take at least a day to get there. Nevertheless I dressed in my uniform and left for Kensei's training. As I jumped across the rooftops I called Odin to tell him I would be gone. He was fairly understanding, he only requested that I wouldn't be gone too long. So I headed to the location. I crossed rivers, climbed down cliffs, and even passed through a few villages on the way there. I finally got there around nine o'clock the next day. I was tired from the long journey, but not wary. I came across a small hut and the trail on my map was gone. Only a gold dot was on my screen. So I knocked on his door waiting for a response.

Suddenly I heard rustling from the bushes behind me. I made nothing of it at first but looked anyway. The source was not yet visible so I continued knocking. Then I heard a loud growl, I turned around a looked into the bushes ready to kill whatever predator was there. As my luck would have it. It was a huge brown bear. I backed away from it as it stood on its hind legs and roared at me. I had lots of experience from killing these things and knew the easiest way to kill it.

"Come on!" I shouted at it and threw a rock to provoke it more.

My trick worked and the bear charged at me swinging its huge claw that was as but as my whole head. I rolled out of the way and turned to face it again. Without thinking the huge beast spun around and swung again. I jumped back and hurled a shuriken at it. It roared in frustration and lunged at me. I stepped out of the way stabbing it in the neck then jumping back to dodge its counter attack. I then jumped over the bear as it lunged at me again. I wrapped my legs around its neck then stabbed the top of its skull with my right blade. It fell to the ground with a crash and I jumped off its back.

"Impressive." I heard behind me.

I turned around and saw Kensei standing there. He was dressed in a blue GI rather than his white robe. His long purple hair was held up in a pony tail.

"I'm glad getting that bear here wasn't a complete waste of time." He said.

"Wait. You lured that thing here!?" I asked.

He simply nodded, "I've only ever seen you on stealth. I wanted to see what kind of fighter you were."

"And?" I asked, "What kind of fighter am I?"

Kensei laughed, "Eager to begin eh? We'll talk about it over dinner. You look hungry."

I followed him to his hut. Once I stepped inside I looked around and saw what looked like hundreds of Buddha statues carved out of wood. Kensei brushed past me and sat on the other side of the tea pot in the middle of the room. I sat on the other side of him as he poured two cups. He handed one to me then sipped on his. I looked down and pulled my hood over my face so he wouldn't see my real face when I took my mask off. I sipped on my tea and listened to Kensei.

"There are two types of martial artists." He said, "Sei and Dou."

I flipped on my mask then looked up to listen.

"Sei is the type of fighter that keeps their cool and stays focused in a fight." He explained, "Dou is the type of fighter that relies on raw power and emotion."

"So I'm sei?" I guessed.

"That is what is so interesting about you." He put up his finger, "You see on the outside you have the presence of a sei fighter. But I also sense that of Dou in you. Very odd."

"Why is that?" I asked.

"Well I've never met someone with both sei and dou working together so well inside them." He said, "We'll see how much that will benefit you. And who knows you may even be good enough to learn my secret technique."

"What will I learn first?" I asked him.

Kensei smiled, "Despite all your stealth training you still don't know how to hide yourself completely."

"What do you mean?" I asked him.

"Your ki radiates twenty four seven. Its very easy to find out where you are." He said, "You'll be learning how to control it. To make your ki undetectable. Then we'll focus on the offense."

Three weeks passed with me training with Kensei. I was accustomed to the forest way of life. The more time I spent with him the more he grew to know me. Which was a problem. In his eyes I was the most powerful fighter he had seen at my age. I learned to hide my ki, to recognize other people's kids, and even to unleash my ki in offense. On the final day of training before I left he stopped me.

"There is one more thing you must know before you leave." He said.

I turned around and looked at him.

"You have learned to unleash your sei ki and dou ki." He said, "Should you find yourself in a desperate situation you can also combine the two."

Combine sei and dou? These new abilities were powerful alone. What would happen if I used them both at the same time?

"What would happen?" I asked him.

He shook his head and shrugged, "I honestly do not know. I was hoping you could find out for me."

I turned and bowed to him, "Thank you. And do not forget our deal."

"I didn't." He kindly said, "I'll contact him. You know how hard it is to find him."

"Yeah. He'll find me then?" I guessed.

"Mhm. Anyway you should get home. I'm sure Odin can use your services." Kensei bowed to me and I bowed back.

"Thank you Kensei." I replied.

I then took off in the other direction toward home following a route home I set on my phone. I jumped through the trees non stop for hours. Even in the dark. I didn't stop to rest, sleep, or eat. I was fueled by my new found power and I loved it. I could see animals below reacting to the feeling of my ki. Anything that wasn't a predator ran away and all the predators roared at me as if I had challenged them. As I hopped across the rocks to get across rivers I saw the fish swim away as fast as they could. Birds flew away as I jumped from tree branch to tree branch. Even the bugs scattered in the other direction. I now knew what Kensei was talking about when he said I had a powerful ki. I ran, jumped, and climbed harder than ever and twice as swift. Until finally I got out of the forest and Tokyo was in sight once again.

It was around ten o'clock at night when I arrived and I was tired and hungry. Sweat soaked my hair and ran down my face under my hot mask. I was ready to eat for sure. I took a deep breath and shut my ki down feeling the power dim inside me. I then got low and ran across the street toward a drain pipe. I then climbed up it and got to the roof. I was so hungry I could feel my stomach roaring almost as loud as that bear did my first day with Kensei. I then began to think of food as I hopped across the roof tops toward my nearest safe house. When I got home I threw off my uniform and went straight to the kitchen not even bothering to get dressed. I just stood there in front of the fridge in my boxers.

The next day after my return Shi no Kage got a call. It woke me up at nearly eight in the morning Nevertheless I sleepily picked up the phone.

"Yes?" I said in a serious tone trying not to yawn.

"I have a mission for you." Said a rather old sounding man on the other end, "The line is secure."

"I'm listening." I said sitting up and rubbing my eyes.

"The target is a mob boss named-"

"No names." I interrupted, "Give me the Intel."

"His wearabouts are currently unknown." The employer replied, "But he has a bodyguard by the name of Sogetsu Ma. You can find information about him in a local restaurant named Gekrin. Find Sogetsu you find the target."

"Understood." I said, "Where do I go for payment?"

"Sedomegelka park." He replied.

"Be there at ten." I said, "Bring my money with you."

I hung up the phone and stretched. I had yet to inform Odin of my return so I called him before preparing for my mission.

"Hello?" Said Odin's voice.

"Odin. It's Shi no Kage." I replied, "I have returned."

"Good." Odin replied, "How was your training?"

"Very useful." I replied, "But anyway is there anything you want done right now?"

"Well Valkyrie is planning to attack Miu Furinji completely disobeying Hermit's orders. Could you"

"Stop her?" I guessed.

"Actually I wanted you to help her." Odin replied, "Shirahama will be far too much for her to handle. So I would like you to protect her."

I was surprised at this new task. I didn't see anybody as my enemy. So Kenichi was also considered my friend. But I had orders to follow Odin's orders.

"As you wish." I replied, "When?"

"Furinji has a play a few days from now." He replied, "Valkyrie plans to strike then."

"It will be done." I hung up.

I then walked up to my compartment. I considered using my usual uniform, but getting information was going to require blending in. So I dressed in my white hoodie and packed my uniform in a backpack for the execution. I would hide my equipment in an alley while I extracted the information I needed. The only weapons I had equipted were my hidden blades. I remembered the first time I came to the city and went to Gekrin. The place was constantly filled with criminals so getting information was going to be easy.

I went to Gekrin at six oclock after an all day meditation and hid my gear in the abandoned restaurant scross the street. Then I walked into Gekrin with my hood pulled up. I was greeted by the same four eyed waiter as last time. He seated me at a table near the middle of the restaurant.

I could feel massive amounts of ki around the restaurant. I got angry glares even though I seemed to be the least hostile person in the restaurant. I waited for the waiter who quickly got to my table. I completely forgot about the hot chick waiter that served me. She walked up to my table with her pen and clipboard in hand.

"Welcome to Gekrin." She said getting my attention, "What can I get you?"

I tried and failed at not checking her out and just sat there gawking at her like a dumbass before shaking myself back to my senses.

"Water." I said.

She glared at me, "Anything else?"

I pulled down my hood wondering if she had remembered me. But she didn't.

"Chicken shir fry." I said in a hinty voice. It didn't work though.

"Coming right up." She walked away into the kitchen.

I then sat there listening to people's conversations hoping to hear about Sogetsu Ma. No luck though. Maybe the waiter knew. Once she came back with my water she stared at me as I took a sip. Obviously my civilian look helped her recognise me a bit.

"You look familiar." She said.

I chuckled, "I was wondering if you remembered me. What gave me away?"

"Well for one you don't look like a complete thug unlike the rest of these guys." She put her hand on her hip, "And for two you look a lot better."

Was this a pickup line?

"Really?" I replied in a flirty voice.

She blushed, "No no no that's not what I mean! I-"

I put my hand out, "It's fine." I grinned.

She scoffed and walked away embarrassed at her misuse of words. I waited for my food for half an hour for my food until someone walked in. It was Kenichi and his kung fu master, also named Kensei. I didn't know at first but this was Sogetsu's brother. I was on work so I flipped on my hood to hide my face from view. I had no time to talk with Kenichi. They sat Dow at the fable with the bald man who greeted me the first time being here.

"So Kensei." He said as Kenichi ate his way across the table. "I can think of two reasons why you are here. Are you looking for Sogetsu?"

I looked at them now more interested. Kensei glared at the man's guess.

"So it's true." Kensei replied, "He's in Japan."

The man nodded. "Yes and I must say you are not the only one who's attention he's grabbed. I've heard rumors of people being sent after his head."

"That's normal." Kensei replied, "And it usually doesn't mean anything."

"True he replied, "But the thing that intrigues me is WHO was sent after him."

I already had a guess. Had my name become that famous already? Yes it had.

"They call him Shi no Kage." He added, "Perhaps you've heard of him?"

Kensei nodded, "Only whispers. Who is he?"

Kenichi screamed at the mention of my name. He remembered it from Nijima's video of me fighting.

"WHAAAT!? Are you kidding me!?" He shouted.

"You know him kenichi?" Kensei asked.

"He's from freaking Ragnarok!" Kenichi replied rocking in his seat, "Their Assassin fist! Oh god! He's so scary oh god!"

"What have you heard about him Hakubi?" Kensei asked.

"Only stories, not many people live to tell the tale." Hakubi replied, "Those who do have no hands afterwards."

Kensei glared with my methods already in mind.

"They say when you find him its already too late." Hakubi said, "If they send him after you, they say. That means you're dead."

The stories made me sound like an absolute monster.

"So why hasn't anybody gone after him yet?" Kensei finally asked.

"Nobody is brave enough." Hakubi replied, "This person is like a ghost that multiplies and is everywhere. Every thug that comes into this place is too scared to say his name."

Kensei glared at my murderous discription. But that was drawn short when the waiter girl approached him angrily.

"Are you really gonna leave without saying goodbye daddy?" She asked tapping her foot.

Kensei got a look of extreme fear at the sight of his daughter.

""Daddy? Like sugar daddy?" Kenichi asked.

"What!? No!" Kensei yelled, "She's my daughter Renka you disgusting boy!"

"That's right and now you're coming home with me!" Renka lunged at her father with rope in her hand.

In an instant Kensei tied Renka to Kenichi and fled.

"Km sorry but daddy isn't ready to come home yet." He said leaving in the other direction.

I then saw fit to get up and follow the kung fu master. Once outside I put on my uniform with my street clothes in a bag just in case. I followed him through Chinatown. It was way more crowded so it was easy to use the crowds to hide. I wasn't sure if it would work against a master but I still tried.

Wherever he was going. Sogetsu would be there too and so would my target. I slipped past the people trying not to lose him. But his speed began to pick up and before I knew it he was gone. I looked to my left and saw Kenichi and Renka going the same direction. I had a hunch that they were following Kensei.

I stuck to the rooftops to gain speed and keep a good overwatch over them. Plus I was getting all sorts of strange looks from people in the crowd. Sure enough the pair entered an alley towards an office building. I looked down at the scene as Renka beat up the two mafia guards at the door. I set my bag down on the roof and jumped down. I looked inside and saw what floor the elevator at the end stopped at. Floor six. I then stood back and walked up to the fuze box and cut the power. I then climbed up a drainage pipe until I got to floor seven. I then shimmied around the building until I got above a window with a guard in front of it. I clipped myself to a rope I would use to rappel down and take out the guard st the window. The window was open enough to where I could heard a conversation inside.

"Sogetsu I don't pay you to sit here and drink all day." Said a sinister sounding man.

I heard a deep grunt.

"You need to be alert. You know who's after me. Shi no Kage could be here any minute."

Another grunt then, "I could care less. I only work for you so I could kill. In fact I'm getting pretty bored here. I might just kill you if you're not careful."

"What did you just say?" I knew by Sogetsu's reply that he was talking to my target. And there was a high chance he wouldn't care if I acted.

I took quick action rappelling upside down and opening the window. I stabbed the guard in the throat and threw shuriken at the neck of every other person in the room. Every single one hit and killed except for the one thrown at , which the big bearded man caught without thinking. I unclipped myself and climbed through the window putting my guard up.

"So." He said, "You're the infamous Ski no Kage. I've been dying to see what you're made of."

This is what I was afraid of. I didn't want yo waste time getting into a fight with this man.

"I don't think so." I replied, "Stand down. You said it yourself you would have killed him too."

"I dont care about that." He grunted chugging in his beer, "I just want to fight you. No reason."

"Why should I?" I asked, "I have the perfect position to escape. So why should I sit here and listen to you?"

Sogetsu looked at me with an intense glare, "Because your life is on the line."

Before I could say anything else he jumped out of his chair and lunged at me. He was faster than anyone I've fought before. I made to dodge, but seeing an attack and dodging are two very different things. He picked me up by my armor vest and threw me through the door. I crashed against the wall with a thud. I opened my eyes and saw Renka standing there with Kenichi.

"What was that!?" Kenichi shouted.

"That." Renka pointed at Sogetsu standing in the hole he created in the wall, "was Sogetsu."

"I thought you were supposed to be some master assassin." Sogetsu grunted.

"Sogetsu ma!" Renka lunged at him, "Your murderous days are over!"

Sogetsu slammed her against the wall without looking and held her there crushing her abdomen.

"Stop!" Kenichi shouted, "She's Kensei Ma's daughter. Your own niece!"

Sogetsu ignored Shirahama and failed to notice me rising from the ground behind him.

"I thought that enormous ki was you." He said to Renka, "But its clear you aren't that powerful."

He turned around and stepped to the side dodging my left sword. My blade almost hit and just barely missed. I then took out my other sword and swung across his stomach. He jumped back barely dodging it again. I then swung at his head which he barely dodged but at the same time I swung at his stomach cutting his vest wide open. Noticing my hit he picked me up and threw me behind him.

"You are quite skilled." He said, "But you're far too young to be master class. Who is your master?"

I hopped to my feet, "My master has no name. Well at least none that he told me.

Kenichi peered at me then jumped back at the sight of my glove, "baaaaah! Shi no Kage!"

"Shut up and help the girl!" I replied, "I'll deal with you later!"

I then charged at Sogetsu again swinging left with both swords. Then right. Then in an x motion. He dodged all attacks. I thrusted my blades forward and he spun to the back of me. I turned around only to get a powerful strike to the body that cracked my vest. I stumbled backward and quickly swung upward only to hit air. I sliced right then left as soon as he dodged slicing his vest again.

Sogetsu got angry at my second hit and punched at me. His attack was so fast I barely saw it before I was launched backward. A piece of my armor fell to the ground. I slowly got up and looked to see that Kenichi and Renka hadn't left. I ignored their presence and hopped to my feet. As soon as I looked at Sogestu again I was kicked. He sent me flying backward crashing against the elevator. Kenichi made to help me up, but I didn't let him. I nicked his cheek and held my sword to my chin.

"I'm not supposed to kill you today." I warned, "But I will if you don't get out of here."

Kenichi jumped back trembling in his shoes. I brushed past him and ran at Sogetsu swinging with my left sword which he dodged and spun to my left. I spun to my right and swung with my right sword. He ducked that one too and dodged a spinning back kick. I swung downward with my right sword then to the right with the left. He dodged but I spun around and cut his pant leg wide open. He looked down surprised then angrily at me and punched me backward. This one finally did the trick and shattered my armor vest into several pieces. I got back up but once I did I got kicked against the wall to my left. I bounced off the wall and got kicked two more times. The sheer force of his strikes against my bare body were almost too much to bear. Every single hit felt as if it were a moving freaking car. They even tore through my robes leaving my shirtless with only my wood mask to block my face. I bounced off the wall and stabbed forward but Sogetsu parried my swords and reverse elbowed my spine. I fell to the ground already beaten and feeling defeated, but I had more tricks to use. It was time I used my new ki attacks.

I remembered one particular technique he taught me that proved to scare me when I was the one using it. But it was time I swallowed my fear and used it anyway. Even if the sheer destruction it caused was so much to bear. I took a deep breath and began building up as much ki into my stomach as possible. I stood up bent over with my elbows inside. I could feel my body begin to tremble and it became harder to stand the more I built up. Sogetsu neared closer to me seeing a perfect opportunity to attack. I build up more and my stomach hurt worse than anything I could have imagined. Two steps away. I felt all my energy all my power flowing to that one spot and forming a white hot ball of energy in me. One step away. I built up all the emotion and rage I possibly could, but it still wasn't enough. I thought of all the dirt bag scoundrels who were still alive because I hadn't killed them yet. Still not enough. I thought of the man beating his wife. Not enough. I thought of my difficult position being Kenichi's friend but also his enemy. Almost, but not enough. Then my mind drifted to an old and long forgotten memory. My dad's head on our living room floor in a pool of blood. My mom with her pants down in fat guy's dicks in all holes. Then her head was gone too. Then my sister being dragged away tears in her eyes. My sister! She wasn't killed! She was still alive! I had to find her! That topped it off. My body shook so violently it could even be felt through the floor. Kenichi and Renka watched in anticipation and fear. Zero steps away. It was time. The ball of my kids in my stomach was at its breaking point and was ready to burst. I had only did this technique once and failed. Even then when it wasn't as best as it could be it still caused more damage than I had only seen done by explosives. Sogetsu raised his massive fist to strike me down. Go time.

In an instant I jumped up into the air and released all the kids and raw hatred I had in that ball as fast as I could. In a grenade like explosion my did damage to everything in its radius. A giant hole blasted out of the side if the building and most of the walls around us. Kenichi and Renka were thrown against the wall and Sogetsu was thrown into the next room. The building was now engulfed in flames cause by the blast that ignited the fuel sources.

"Ryuza-blast!" I screamed.

The force continued on blowing away all objects within its range. Desks, chairs, dead bodies. It was as if c4 had been set off. I landed on my feet but I had no energy left. I collapsed unable to hold my own weight. I had nothing left as I laid there gradually passing out. As the last light of my sight passed and the image of Sogetsu rising from the flames faded, I had a goal. All my life I was nothing but my master's tool of death not questioning him and not disobeying. But I had no goals. But now I remembered the life I used to have. The life that was taken away. My family. My sister. I had to find her. I had to know if she was alive. And if she was I would protect her and gut whoever took her in the first place. I fell asleep.

Several hours later I woke up. But not from a dream. I really did fight Sogetsu Ma. I really did use the Ryoza-blast technique. I sat up and immediately looked at the clock. It was midnight. But I was not at home. I was in a hospital bed. I quickly recognized the room I was in. The clinic if Kenichi's Jujitsu master, Akisame. I sat up. The pain had left my body. I quickly found that I wasn't alone in the room. I looked to my left and saw Akisame standing with his back to me. I felt my face and my mask was still on.

"So you're awake." He said.

"Did you look at my face?" I asked.

"No. I had no reason to and its clear that you don't want me to." He replied, "But now onto more important matters."

He turned around and looked at me with a serious glare, "Where did you learn that technique? The Ryuza-blast."


Assassin fist end. I enjoyed writing that chapter. I hope you liked the fight with Sogetsu.

Things to address:

The Ryoza-blast

A technique used by the Elder in the manga. I thought since Hadji was going to learn the seidou that the Ryoza-blast would be another awesome technique for him to learn. And it also makes sense for Akisame to want to know how he learned it.

Fighting near par with Sogetsu

Now normally you would expect Hadji to get smoked in a heartbeat by Sogetsu. However, Hadji isn't an ordinary Martial artist. He has his massive assassin training along with immense natural talent.

New uniform time?

Yes. Hadji get a new uniform with a more modern look.

Sister

All Hadji's life has been is training and killing. He has long since forgotten about his traumatic experience as a child. But now that he remembers he has a personal mission. Instead of just living to follow orders.

Hope you loved that chapter. Stay tuned for the more additions of this story to come.