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Inner Voice

Chapter 10 Demonica

Destiny… Haven't heard that name in a really long time…
He's the reason I'm in this mess. And now he created this
Demonica race. What are his true intentions?

This is my new life…

Xxx Normal POV xxx

Setsuna then felt the drop of Korin's energy, "Korin-dono!"

"What is it, Setsuna-san?" Negi asked.

"Did something happened?" Asuna added.

Setsuna clutched her sword tightly. She felt that there's another presence, the one called Takato, but his energy just spiked up to match even Korin's level, which is something as she knows well how strong Korin is from Tsuna. She turned to run towards Korin.

"Do you not trust me?"

She stopped when she remembered that sentence. From that one sentence, she knows that Korin would be able to do something, and he is well aware that she can handle things on her side, that's why he asked that.

'I trust you, Korin-dono…'

"Nothing, let's go!" Setsuna ran off, with Asuna and Negi looking at her confusingly before running after her.

"O-Oh! Y-You did it, newbie!" Amagasaki exclaimed, "How did you get past the temple's defenses? It would have been better to leave it to you from the beginning." She then chuckled, "But now we have Konoka ojou-sama in our hands. Now all we have to do is take ojou-sama to that place and it will be our victory."

"Mmmm!-!" Konoka could all but muffle out some sounds due to the charm on her mouth.

"Don't worry, Konoka ojou-sama~" Amagasaki tells her, "We won't do anything cruel to you~ Now, let's go to the altar."

"Hold it!-!"

She looked back to see Setsuna, Asuna and Negi all gathered in front of her, "That's as far as you go!" Setsuna shouted, "Hand over ojou-sama!"

"Oh… You guys again…"

"Mmmm!-!" Konoka muffled out.

"Amagasaki Chigusa!-! Tomorrow morning, reinforcements will arrive to capture you!" Negi shouted, "Stop this meaningless resistance and surrender!"

"Fufufu… No matter how many reinforcements there are, if we get to that place then… But more importantly…" Amagasaki jumped down onto the water surface, "I'll show you a part of ojou-sama's power. You will regret not having stayed at the temple trembling." She slaps on a charm around Konoka's neck, "Please excuse me, ojou-sama."

The charm around the captured princess glowed and Konoka muffled out in pain as something is forced out from her inner most soul, "Om. Kiri, kiri, basara, umhatta." A few magic circles appear around her. Soon, many demons came emerging out from the ground until an army of them surrounds the three.

"W-Wait, wait, there are this many?-!" Asuna cried.

"That bitch… she's haphazardly relying on Konoka-neesan's power for this summons…" Kamo paled.

"About a hundred of them, this won't be easy…" Negi said.

"Fufufu… You guys can play with these oni, a special payback for the day before." Amagasaki chuckled, "Bye~" She leaped off with Konoka on tow.

"M-Matte!" Setsuna shouted.

"Stop!-!"

A sudden voice shouted as everyone all saw a certain brunette flying at mach speed towards the kidnapper.

"Sawada-sensei!" Asuna cried.

"He's flying!" Kamo cried.

"Tch, another pest." Amagasaki summons out her bear summon in front of him and it punches the Vongolia boss into the ground beside the trio. She then just leaped off away into the forest.

"D-Damn…" Tsuna grunted as he got up, "Reborn's going to be pissed if he found out about this…"

"Tsuna-san!" Negi cried, "Are you all right?"

"I'm fine, just a few bruises." Tsuna got up, revealing his orange eyes and the brilliant sky flames on his forehead.

Negi saw the change and found the similarity to Korin's from when he saved them in the thousand gates, 'What is that flame?'

"What's this, what's this, and here I thought we were finally called but our enemies are just some girls and some random dude." One of the demons spoke.

"Sorry girls." The leader of the demon army said, "But since we've been called, we can't go easy on you. Don't curse us for this."

Asuna swallowed her spit as her entire body trembled uncontrollably, "S-Setsuna-san… T-This is unexpected… what now…? I'm just a normal middle school student!"

"Calm down, Asuna-san." Setsuna said, "It will be okay."

"Tch, just when we need Korin…" Tsuna mumbled.

When they were busy talking, Negi has finished chanting his spell, "Flans paries ventis vertintis(Blusterous Tornado Barrier)!" A hurricane came out and surrounds them while kicking back some of the demons next to them.

"T-This is?"

"A wind barrier." Negi tells Asuna, "But I can only keep it up for two to three minutes or so…"

"Good enough." Tsuna stated, "We'll just have to make a plan while it holds."

"There's no choice, we have to split up into two groups…" Setsuna stated, "I will stay here alone to distract the remaining oni. In the meantime, please chase after ojou-sama, you two."

"Eeh?-!"

"Rejected." Tsuna said, "Even if you are profound in the art of demon slaying, you can't take on an army all by yourself."

"But it has to best option, Sawada-sensei!" Setsuna cried, "It would have the highest chance of getting ojou-sama back!"

"Are you sure about this?"

"Yes."

"…"

"…"

"Then it is settled." Tsuna said, "I'll stay here with Setsuna and help distract the oni."

"S-Sawada-sensei?-!" Setsuna cried.

"Don't worry." Tsuna assures her, "These flames are the most effective weapons against dark forces like those. Korin stated that himself."

"I-I see…"

"But Sawada-sensei…" Asuna doesn't want to leave her classmate and teacher behind.

"The barrier is about to end!" Negi shouted.

"Don't worry, Kagurazaka-san." Tsuna tells her, "It'll be all right. Just focus on getting Konoka-san."

"S-Sawada-sensei…" Asuna clenched her fist around her weapon, "Then I'm staying too!-!"

"What?-!"

"A-Asuna-san!" Negi cried.

"We can't just leave Setsuna-san and Sawada-sensei here alone!" Asuna cried.

"But…!"

"No, wait! She just might be surprisingly useful here." Kamo stated, "Somehow, ane-san's fan is able to send back summoned monsters if it hits them! Won't it be the best against those oni?-!"

"I see, just like Korin stated…" Tsuna nodded, 'But still, she's just a normal teenage girl…'

"Aniki, if you supply ane-san with magic power and minimize your defense, how long do you think you can hold it for?"

"Doing it that way will be hard, but five, ten minutes…" Negi stated, "I'll try my best to fifteen minutes!"

"Fifteen minutes…" Kamo mumbled, "It's short but we can't help it. With this situation, it's not necessary to unreasonably fight the white-haired boy… Getting Konoka-neesan is enough! And also, if it's just aniki, he can fly on his staff…"

"Alright! Ane-san, Setsuna-neesan and Tsuna-aniki will stay and distract the oni here! Aniki will strike; take Konoka-neesan back, retreat! After that, everyone will run away at full speed towards the head temple where we'll wait for reinforcements! How's that?-!"

"Hm…" Tsuna nodded in agreement, "It's a risky gamble but we don't have much of a choice, do we?"

"I understand. So then, let's go."Setsuna nodded.

"It's decided! And with that, let's do that other thing too!" Kamo huffed, "With a smooch and a puchuu!"

"Other thing?" Asuna asked, but regretted asking.

"A kiss~! Kiss~ Pactio~" Kamo said with a kissing motion, shocking the three of them.

"EEEEEEHHHHHH?-!-!-!"

"It's an emergency!" Kamo shouted, "It's better to have a bigger hand!-!"

"H-Hai!-!"

Kamo immediately drew the circle under the three of them, "Hurry it up!"

"E-Excuse me, Negi-sensei…" Setsuna stuttered, her face red.

"N-No… me too…" Negi replied, his face red too.

Setsuna leaned down and kissed the kid teacher, "PACTIO!-!" With that cry, the circle shines as the card appears and into Kamo's hands/paws.

"Negi-sensei, please leave Asuna-san to me." Setsuna stated, "I'll protect her. Please take care of Konoka ojou-sama."

"Y-Yes!"

"What are you guys staring at each other for?-!" Asuna cried.

"I'll clear a path." Tsuna stated as sky flames erupted on his black metallic gloves, changing them into red gauntlets(X-Gloves: Ver.V.G), and taking his stance to fire his second strongest flame attack, "Negi, get ready to fly!"

The wind around them starts to seize, "Fu… finally." One of the demons sighed.

"Fufu, they make us wait so long…"

As the wind cleared, Tsuna has his hand out facing them, "W-What?-!"

"X-Burner!-!-!"

Tsuna fired his flame blast that tore right through the army of demons. Negi then used it as a smokescreen and flew straight out and after the monkey lady. "Boss! One of them got away!" The demon shouted. "That blast took out twenty of us too…" The leader sighed, "To think that someone that wields that flame still exists…"

"Listen, you two." Tsuna spoke as he walked up front, "I won't be able to fight and protect you two at the same time. You guys have to deal it on your own. I know Setsuna could fight but Kagurazaka-san, I want you to imagine the demons are just hoodlums that want a piece of you."

"That doesn't really helped, sensei…" Asuna sweat-dropped.

"Well well, what do we have here?" The leader chuckled.

"Let's go, Kagurazaka-san, Setsuna."

"Right!"

Xxx with Amagasaki xxx

Amagasaki stood on a wooden platform in the middle of the lake, Konoka stripped off with nothing but a towel to cover her. As she woke up, she tries to move her limps to find them to be stuck in place by something.

"You know, under that big rock you can see over there, a great oni is sleeping, one so dangerous that no one's been able to summon him before." Amagasaki explained, "It seems like the current leader, the Last Motoyama and the Thousand Master sealed him when he was rampaging once eighteen years ago. But with ojou-sama's power, it is possible to control him."

She then noticed Konoka's awake, "Please forgive this rudeness, ojou-sama. But this won't be dangerous or painful for you. Or rather… it might feel even good…" She starts to chant as the magic dormant inside Konoka is forced out of her.

"Mm!-!-!-!" 'O…nee…-sama… Se…-chan…' She thought weakly, 'Tsu…na…-san… Ko…rin…-san…'

Xxx with Negi xxx

Negi is flying straight towards where Amagasaki is, "Aniki! You can feel that right?-! That magical power!-!" Kamo shouted, "Those guys must have started something, aniki!"

"I know that!" Negi said, "Acceleret!" He flew even faster than normal. He then felt a surge in magic energy as an orange pillar rose up into the sky.

'W-What is that?-!'

Xxx with Tsuna and the two girls xxx

"Yah!" Asuna slashed past another demon, sending it back to its dimension like the others, "T-That makes ten. Maybe I'm strong?" She carried on hitting all the demons with her fan and instant K.O. all of them. But then some of the demons managed to get close to her.

Setsuna then emerged from behind her and slashed down all the demons in her path, "Shinmei-ryu Ougi…" She strikes and slashed through all the demons in an amazing speed, "Hyakuretsu Oukazan!"

"Thanks Setsuna-san!" Asuna said.

"God damn it!" The demons cursed.

A flaming fist then punches one of the demons, reducing them to ashes. Tsuna then fired a few flame bullets at them, burning them all, and fired several more at all directions with devastating results of all the demons getting purified by the sky flame.

He then joined the panting duo back to back, "W-We're quite a good team…" Asuna panted.

"You two performed better than I expected." Tsuna stated.

"Hey, Setsuna-san. Teach me kendo when we get back from the school trip." Asuna said.

"E-Eh? T-That's fine though…" Setsuna stated, "But I think Korin-dono would make a better teacher…"

"Hya… they beat two hundred and fifty of us in three minutes?-!" One of the demons cried, "Are these girls monsters?-!"

"There's our natural enemy the Shinmei-ryu as well as the purifying flames, but that girl's fan is cheating, boss." The demon cried, "She doesn't miss and it's an instant kill."

"Gwahahahaha!-! They're pretty lively aren't they?" The leader laughed, "By the way, do you think it's fashionable not to wear any underwear under skirts?"

"Eep!" Asuna quickly cover the front and back of her skirt in embarrassment.

"Well, it's the 21st after all."

"Maybe she's still just a kid~"

'C-Crap! I forgot my panties were turned to stone as well…!' Asuna cried, mentally repeating that a demon saw her without her panties. She then noticed Tsuna avoiding eye contact with her with a blush, 'Not you too, Sawada-sensei!-!'

"Oh, she's moving slower, catch her."

The entire demon army then just starts chasing the power panty less girl, "Why does this kind of things always happen to me?-!" She cried.

"Please hang in there, Asuna-san!" Setsuna cried.

"Oh boy…" Tsuna sighed. At that moment, a bright orange pillar of light shot up into the sky.

"W-What is that?-!" Asuna cried.

'That light!' Tsuna realized, 'Is your opponent that powerful, Korin?-!'

Xxx with Korin(A few moments just after Amagasaki summoned her demons) xxx

Korin has indeed been slashed down by Takato, a blade wound across his chest starting from his right shoulder. It's a good thing he moved back before the cut gets too deep, "D-Darn…"

"What do you think, Korin Yan?" The blonde demonica asked, "Are you terrified? What I do not understand is why you didn't bring your black sword with you. If you used her, you would have won easily."

"Because I don't need her to defeat you," Korin replied, 'Damn it… I knew I should have brought Kuro along with me… This guy is no joke… I don't know what kind of powers he possesses, but he is beyond my current strength…' He raised his sword in front of him and his releasing stance, 'Looks like I have to go full out here.'

"Full Release!-!"

His blade glowed as orange flames surround him and shot into the sky as a pillar of orange light.

Takato leaped back in shock, with his blade arm ready. The flames slowly morphed into black flames with orange outlines that surround Korin, him changed into a black long-tail trench coat with a right silver armored shoulder with an additional ring of cloth on the upper right sleeve over a white shirt and armored black boots that reach his knees. In his right hand is a long katana with a black blade that has a silver edge and black and dark-orange handle with a white cloth fluttering in the wind.

Korin glared at him with new determination.

"Full Release, huh?" Takato stated, "Interesting… But I know you too have an awakening of your DM, don't you? You're Demon Mode 2?"

"So you knew?"

"Of course. Destiny-sama has been keeping track of you for a long time." He stated, "Now, show it to me."

"No." Korin refused as he swung his blade down that disburses the flames surrounding him, "this is all I need."

"I see…" Takato said before he flashed in front of him and slashed right down at him, who easily blocked it with his sword, "Don't get too cocky, boy."

"I was about to say the same thing."

They pushed each other back and clashed once more.

Xxx with Negi xxx

Negi flew through the air and saw another pillar of light from the altar, "I see it! Over there!"

"T-This magic power is…!" Kamo realized, "It's a summoning ritual!-! It feels like something huge is going to come out! Aniki! You have to stop it before it is too late!"

"R-Right!" Negi then noticed Konoka on the altar's table, "Konoka-san!"

But then some black wolf spirits came out and attacked Negi, 'Inugami?-!' "Deflectio!I"

The shield wasn't enough as the dogs knock the kid teacher off his staff. Negi cry out as he fell down towards the ground, before managing to create a gust of wind to cushion his fall as his staff returns to his hand.

"Yo, Negi!" A familiar voice said, as Kotarou walked into the clearing, "Heheh, this is great… I've never thought the chance for a rematch between us would come so soon."

"K-Kotarou-kun?-!"

"You're not getting past me, Negi!"

Xxx with the trio xxx

With a cry, Setsuna and Asuna slashed back another group demons. "Are you okay, Asuna-san?"

"Yeah, there are less than half of them left now!" Asuna replied.

"Please don't strain yourself!"

"No problem! We can do this!" Asuna stated, "Once Negi gets Konoka back-"

"Get down, Kagurazaka-san!" Tsuna shouted as he did a roundhouse kick on the demon that was just about to hit the twin tailed girl, "Don't get too distracted!"

"S-Sorry!" Asuna apologized but then a birdman appeared behind her and lucky for her reflexes, she managed to block most of its attacks.

"B-Birdman?-!" Setsuna cried. But she then has her own problem with another humanoid demon wearing a fox mask who attacked from behind her, the swordswoman managed to parried her blade with the demon's.

"Setsuna! Kagurazaka-san!" Tsuna cried but then a large hulk-like demon with a horn on its forehead slams his combined hands at him, but the brunette blocked it with a barrier created by the rings of texts surrounding him, "Damn… they kept on coming!"

"You're not bad, little girl!" The birdman complimented as he continuously strike down at Asuna, "But I'm not like the others you've faced so far!" He knocked up Asuna's weapon and struck down at the girl continuously as she rolled back onto her bottom.

"Asuna-san!" Setsuna cried.

"I-I'm okay…" Asuna panted, "Negi's magic protected me… but this guy(?) is strong…"

"It seems that ki-users and magic users have become tougher since the days of Heian." The birdman stated, "But I wonder how long you can hold out for?"

*Sweat-dropped*'He really is a birdman…'

'Oh no! Apart from the power protecting her, Asuna-san is just a normal person!' "I'm coming Asuna-sa-" Setsuna is just about to run over there but her instincts forced her to raise her sword up to block a down coming hit towards her. The attacker was the leader of the little group and her previous opponent sat on his shoulders.

"Girl from Shinmei-ryu! We will be your next opponent!"

'These guys are on a different level too…' At that moment, a pillar of light shot up into the sky, shocking Setsuna, "T-That pillar of light!"

"Hoho, what a spectacle!" The leader said.

"Looks like our client Chigusa-han's plans are going well." A sudden familiar voice said, "Did that cute little mage fail to make it?" Setsuna turn around to find Tsukuyomi with her blades ready, "Well, that's got nothing to do with me, right, Setsuna-senpai?"

"Tsukuyomi!"

The birdman then grab Asuna by her fan-wielding arm and raised her up high, the twin tailed schoolgirl swings her legs frantically.

"Asuna-san!"

"Let me go, damn it!" Asuna kicked the birdman but has no effect.

"Without a fan, she's just a normal little girl." The birdman said, "Now then, warrior of Shinmei-ryu, it seems we have a stalemate."

'This is bad!' Setsuna thought in shock, 'This is really bad!'

Xxx with Negi xxx

Negi and Kotarou clashes with each other, "Looks like you're finally taking this seriously, Negi!"

"G-Get out of the way, Kotarou-kun!" Negi cried, "I don't have time to fight with you right now!"

"Aw, come on! Don't such a spoilsport, Negi."

"Aniki! You can't keep using the contract on yourself for much longer!" Kamo warned, "Since you're sharing with ane-san, you're going to run out of magic energy in no time, not to mention that it is an incomplete pactio so it has a burden on your body! Look at that pillar of light! The ritual is going to finish in a matter of seconds! We've got to hurry!"

"I know, Kamo-kun!" Negi shouted, "Kotarou-kun! Why are you helping that monkey onee-san?-! She took my friend and now is doing something terrible with her!"

"Hmph, I have no idea what Chigusa-neesan is doing!" Kotarou stated, "All I signed up for was the chance to fight you damn western mages! And looks like I hit the jackpot!" He points at Negi, "Because I got to meet you, Negi! And for that, I'm glad! You're the first person I've met of my age who can put up a fight with me! Now, let's fight!"

"Fight?" Negi was shocked, "This fighting is meaningless! If you're looking for a match, we can fight as many times as you like after this!"

"Don't screw with me!" Kotarou shouted, "You won't fight seriously anymore after this! I know it! I want to fight you when you're serious, and that's right now! You won't get past me without defeating me first! I won't let you!"

"Guh…"

"Don't get drawn in by his challenge, aniki!" Kamo warned, "We've got to think a way out of this!"

"If you use your full power and beat me, you might still be able make it!" Kotarou shouted, "Come on, Negi! You're a MAN, aren't you?-!"

"!-!" Negi dropped off his shoulder, "All right."

"A-ANIKI?-!"

"Heh, that's more like it!" Kotarou shouted.

"O-Oi! Aniki!" Kamo shouted.

"Don't worry, Kamo-kun. This will be over soon."

'Gwwwwaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!-!-! This is bad! Aniki is being led astray by his own stubbornness and childishness! If he fights now, Konoka-neesan will definitely…'

"I'm coming!"

"Bring it on!"

'Did my plan fail?-!'

At that ermine's grim though, a giant shuriken interrupted them. "W-What?-!" A female shadow then flashed in front of Kotarou and sends him flying back into a tree. "A-An afterimage?-! A spilt-body attack? Who are you?-!" Kotarou shouted.

Negi then noticed the figure on the tree, who turns out to be Kaede and Yue, the forehead girl carried bridal style by the ninja, "Nagase-san?-! Yue-san?-!"

"Getting hotheaded and losing yourself at an important moment…" Kaede said, "You're still lacking in concentration, de-gozaru, Negi-bozu."

Xxx with the trio xxx

"Kagurazaka-san!" Tsuna cried but then the hulk smashed through the barrier.

"It's over!" The hulk bellowed.

'Kuh… I've no choice…' Setsuna thought, 'Now is the time… to use that power…'

"Na-Tsu, Cambio Forma."

"GAO!-!"

Tsuna's ring glowed as he gains new attachments in the form of red boosters that reached his elbows, his Vongolia Gear. The boosters roar into life as he fired an X-Cannon at the hulk, burning it to ashes. "Time I got serious."

"S-Sawada-sensei?"

"Oh~ You seem more powerful now~" Tsukuyomi giggled darkly, "It almost turns me on~"

A bullet shoots right through the birdman's head, shocking him as he let go of Asuna, "D-Damn it!" He cried out, "Is there someone else?-!"

"Eh?" Asuna just sat there confused.

A few more bullets shot right at the leader in front of Setsuna.

"These… these are spell-breaker bullets!" The leader cried, "Who are you?-!"

"Looks like you're having some trouble here." They all turned to find Mana up on the rock with a rifle at hand, Ku Fei behind her looking around excitedly like an kid in a toy store, "I'll be sending you the bill for this, Setsuna."

"T-Tatsumiya-san?-!" Asuna cried.

"Rocket Arrows: Version X!-!"

Hundreds of red flaming arrows rain down on the demons and them, a reddish-orange blast then tore right through them right after. "W-Whoa!" The demons cried, those who aren't so lucky with flames on their limps leaped into the water in an attempt to snuff the flames.

"You need of assistance, Sawada-san?"

They all looked over to see Mikuri in her armored outfit, a white collared long sleeved shirt with sliver bracer on her left arm, a red mini-skirt, and silver armored leggings; her bone shields floating around her. Xion stood next to her in her Varia outfit.

"Konoe-san!-!" Tsuna cried.

"Mikuri-sama?-!" Setsuna cried.

"What's this, more reinforcements?-!" The demon cried.

Xxx with Korin xxx

Korin clashed with Takato again, their blades sparking from the contact, "You're stronger than I anticipated."

"Being complimented by you isn't really assuring." Korin stated as he pushed him back. Black-orange flames surrounds his blade as he got ready to strike, "Higiri!-!" Korin strikes down at him with a black-orange sword wave slashed forward at them.

Takato simply parried it with his blade arm, but it turns out that Korin is driving the attack himself as the black-orange energy surrounds his blade while he parried it with his arm blade. He then pushes him back at full force, sending him flying back like crazy smashing through the trees and into the air. He steps on the air and flew straight at Korin, 'Such force… and the aura of his attacks… looks like Destiny-sama has underestimated him…'

Black-orange flames spin around the tip of his blade, gathering into the sword, "It's over." He swings down with an enormous blast raging straight at the demonica, who raised his blade to block it, the earth crumbles under him as he tries to held his place. His once emotionless face starts to show expression of shock as the blast is slowly overpowering him. He even tries to use his other hand to keep hold. In the end, the blast overwhelms him and it smashes right through him and destroying the same patch of trees behind him.

"He's done." Korin balances his blade on his shoulder, "I better hurry…" He turned to find a pillar of light shooting up into the air, "W-What the…"

"Looks like Amagasaki's doing…" His eyes widen in shock as Takato made himself visible, his armored arms are bruised, his blade still intact and the armor around his legs are gone.

'N-No way…' Korin thought in shock.

"Looks like I underestimated you." Takato walked up to him, his only human-like hand raised up towards him. Red light starts to gather around his index finger and he fired a red blast straight at him, tearing through the air. Korin immediately brought his blade up and cuts right through the blast, but burning his right hand in the process. As the blast diminished, Korin is left without his right sleeve and red marks on his right hand.

"D-Damn…" Korin cursed.

"What are you waiting for?" Takato suddenly flashed in front of him and strikes his blade down, Korin managed to parry it but the blade already dug into his left shoulder, "Use that Demon mode 2 of yours. If you don't, you'll die."

"G-Guh…" Korin grunted as he pushed back the blade. He shouts a battle cry and strikes down and pushed his blade down. With each effort, his sword can't even go past his blade. Korin was getting desperate as he knew that he wouldn't be able to handle whatever that monkey lady is calling out if he used all his strength to take him down.

"You're much too naïve." Takato pushed Korin's sword up.

'S-Shit!'

Takato stabs right through Korin's chest. Korin coughed out blood as he pushed Takato back with a kick. He is panting really badly as he tries to prevent anymore blood from dripping out of his fresh new wound, "What's the matter? I told you." Takato swings his blade to get rid of the blood, "You'll die if you don't pull out all your strength."

'N-Not good…' Korin thought grimly, 'My vision is getting blurry… My breathing is lessening… If this keeps up, I'll seriously die…' A claw attack slashes right through the ground between the two, forcing Takato to leap back. 'T-This attack!'

"What the matter?" A voice said, footsteps echoed across the plain, "Is the Raging Wolf title just for show?" In came Kageru, his sword on his shoulder, his armless sleeves flutter in the wind, "Come on now, I expect better from the one who defeated me."

…

To Be Continued

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