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Chapter Ten- "What Did You Have In Mind?"
Last time on Kenichi: fist of justice-
After losing Miu, abandoning Ryozanpaku, and being allowed to be the communal disciple of the One Shadow Nine Fists, Kenichi underwent hellish training of his own volition to take revenge on the Demon Fist God, Silcardo Jenazad. After seeing his kind heart, the One Shadow, Saiga Furinji, decided to change what Kenichi's heart desired. Then after five years of training and searching the wait was over, Jenazad was found.
At first, Kenichi fared well, but it was revealed that the Demon Fist God was just "playing with his food", after a barrage of powerful, merciless attacks it looked like all was lost, but Kenichi remembered what he was fighting for. With his limiter off, his mind focused, and rage in his heart, Kenichi fought back and after revealing the results of his training with the One Shadow Nine Fists he unleashed a killing blow he created by combining the lessons he learned into one attack the YAMI MOBYOSHI.
With Jenazad now dead and Kenichi now remembering what he fought for, his mind raced with memories of the life he had left behind. Including the memory of Miu Furinji, the girl he tried to avenge. Now recovering from his wounds, Kenichi once again awaits his fate…
The One Shadow sat at a patio table in his garden, sipping a warm milk coffee. The flowers were at half bloom and the trees rustled in the cool, early-spring breeze when his cell phone started to ring.
"God Hand, what is the situation in Tidat?" asked Saiga.
"The fighting is over; the Demon Fist God is dead," replied Hongo, standing on the deck of a YAMI boat, masquerading as a cruise ship.
"So soon? It's only been a week."
"This island wasn't too big, Kenichi found him in a matter of days."
"Are you sure he's dead? Did you witness the fight?"
"No, I didn't get wind of the fight until our man on the island heard the commotion. By the time I had gotten to shore it was over. As for whether he's dead or not, he is indeed dead. I had the body examined for fingerprints and DNA as well as cause of death, there is no doubt that was Jenazad."
"What was the cause of death?"
"His ribs were broken and pierced his lungs and heart; he died in less than a minute."
"And the coroner can confirm this?"
"No, when it was discovered what he did, a mob of loyalists proclaimed he desecrated the corpse and had him lynched."
"Are things that out of hand?"
"They were, the people had his body cremated and spread his ashes over the soil of his home town. His most loyal followers set themselves alight all around the village to forever be one with their master and follow him to hell. For a while it looked like all out civil war between the military and Jenazad's followers, but then his disciple brought it to a halt."
"He had a new disciple?"
"No, Nagaraja is alive."
"Wasn't he killed in an avalanche?"
"Apparently not, he survived and went into hiding in Japan. Making himself a restaurant mogul. He was not happy about the cremation."
"I guess the Demon Fist God underestimated his disciple. Is he still with us?"
"He has decided to stay neutral, he will not help us nor will he hinder our plans."
"This is upsetting, Tidat was supposed to be a staging point for 'The Eternal Sunset'. Damn that Jenazad, even as ash he makes things difficult. Return to Japan at once, our business in Tidat is settled."
"What about Kenichi?"
"He's alive?!"
"Yes, we discovered him in a daze not far from the body of the Demon Fist God. He had some brutal injuries but the threat to his life has passed and he's conscious now."
"And how is he mentally?"
Hongo looked inside a large room with a view; Kenichi lay in bed, heavily bandaged and attached to monitors and IV's. His attention was not on the God Hand but rather his right arm he held up, almost in a trance.
"He's fine." Answered the God Hand.
"I'm glad to hear it. Once he's healed up come to the mainland and we'll see about his future," said the One Shadow.
"Understood, I'll keep in touch."
The One Shadow hung up the phone and gazed out at his garden, picking up a small spoon on the table and stirring his coffee.
"Akira, it's not like you to lie to me," said the One Shadow, sipping his coffee once again
FIVE WEEKS LATER
"When I came to they had scattered the ashes in the soil of his home town. As it turns out, Jihan was alive and made quite a living in Japan as a restaurant mogul, of all things. When he heard of the Demon Fist God's death he reunited with his sister and took power. The God Hand had arrived on the island after I kill Jenazad and was overseeing my medical treatment." explained Kenichi to Hermit.
Tanimoto was taller more muscular and still had the face of an idol.
"And your sure he's dead?" asked the blond Kenpo master.
"I fought to stay awake until after the body was ash. This was one person I wanted to make sure was gone for good," continued Kenichi.
Kenichi looked at his right arm; this is the arm of a killer, he thought to himself.
Ogata walked into the Yomi room,
"We're all ready for you Kenichi…it's time for your inauguration." said the Sage Fist, leading the way for him.
When Kenichi walked into the One Shadow Nine Fists meeting hall he saw Saiga seated behind a drawn shade and the other Shadow Fists standing behind podiums.
"We will now begin the 'proofs of worth' trial for the One Shadow Nine Fists. Kenichi Shirahama step forward," said the Fist of Brahman. Kenichi walked in the center of the circle of masters and a feeling of impending doom washed over him, like he just walked in between a pack of wolves.
"What proof do you bring that the Demon Fist God is indeed dead?"
Kenichi reaches into his bag and pulled out a news paper.
"This is a news paper from Tidat proclaiming Jenazad's death," Answered Kenichi.
"That proves nothing, papers can be forged and we don't read Indonesian." Barked the Fist of Destruction.
Kenichi pulls out the hat that Jenazad had on his head, brown with the dried blood of Jenazad.
"This is his hat; it came off his head when I dealt the killing blow." Said Kenichi as he showed everyone.
"We've never seen that on him, he wears that dashing mask all the time." Said the Laughing Steel Fist.
Finally Kenichi opened the bag and spilled out its contents, large shards of Jenazad's wooden mask. Everyone looked in awe,
"That's his mask! He wouldn't let anyone have the same design in his country. I can smell the medicine he would pour in it to keep his face young as well!" said Agaard,
"I can see the bits of fruit in the mouth area; he loved his fruit." Said Ogata.
"I witnessed it, that was the Demon Fist's God's body they burned." Said the God Hand.
"By the rules with which we agreed to when we joined, when a Shadow Fist is killed on orders of YAMI or in a death match, if his killer is not a Shadow Fist he shall be made one." Said Rahman.
"Then that means he'll have the 'King' symbol and the color 'gold'." Said Mikumo.
"He'll have to wait a while until he can get a disciple; his martial art is still incomplete." Said Sougetsu.
"Then it is decided, from now on you are a Shadow Fist. What will your name be?" asked Saiga.
"I haven't picked one yet." Said Kenichi,
"Then I'll pick one for you…how about 'Fist of Justice', I think that suits you." Kenichi looked around and they all gave a look of approval, with Diego giving a big smile and thumbs up.
"Welcome to the One Shadow Nine Fists." Finished Saiga as the rest applauded.
"You haven't got any resources to help with 'The Eternal Sunset' so we'll give you a week to situate yourself. Grow accustomed to your new status and title, they are well earned." Said Mikumo, faint smile on her face.
After the meeting Saiga walked into the waiting room where a slightly older Kajima was waiting.
"How was the meeting master?" asked Kajima.
"It went well; we made Kenichi Shirahama a Shadow Fist. He is to be called the Fist of Justice." Answered Saiga.
"It suits him."
"That's what I thought."
"Can I ask you something master?"
"Go ahead."
"Why make Kenichi a Shadow Fist over the other prospects?"
"Yourself included?"
"Yes, myself included."
"Well other than the fact that he is far beyond you in ability, that one is a very dangerous individual to YAMI."
"You mean Kenichi?"
"Yes and let me tell you why. He has this ability to affect the people around him."
"He does have a cretin charm about him, doesn't he; he knows how to make you give him your trust without even trying."
"Yes and that is dangerous to have around all the masters. Even a cold hearted woman like the Bewitching Fist has a warmer attitude to the Fist of Justice, and she's not the only one. Other then the Fierce Fist God, the Fist of Brahman, and the Sage Fist, all the other Shadow Fists have started to show signs of warmth in them regarding Kenichi. If I were to keep him at his current status as a communal disciple he could unravel the leadership of YAMI, and the funny thing is he'd never known he'd done it."
"If he's that dangerous then why not just kill him?"
"You know why."
"Well, from our stand point we don't have many moves."
"Yes we do, we just can't be connected to them. I saw something in his eyes, repentance. Contact Sougetsu, he knows how to be discreet, if he shows to be a threat or wavers from the path I set out for him, he dies."
After a short plane ride, Kenichi was back in his home town. He walked the streets in the middle of the night like a grasshopper jumping from light post to light post. He stopped at an ally where he saw two men attacking a woman.
"Please don't hurt me; I'll give you my wallet. So just let me be." Pleaded the young lady,
"Oh you'll give us the wallet and anything else we want, you little slut!" said one man, pulling out a knife.
"That's no way to speak to a woman, you bastard!" shouted Kenichi from the light post.
"Who the hell is that?" said the other man, reaching for a pipe on the floor. Kenichi leapt from the post off a brick wall and landed on his feet on the ground.
"Two on one as well as armed, and on a girl to boot! You don't disserve to be called men!" Said Kenichi as he clenched his fist.
"GO TO HELL WITH YOUR LECTURE!" said the one with the knife as he lunged at Kenichi who simply took his knife and slapped him with his free hand;
"SLAP OF JUSTICE!" shouted Kenichi as the man fell with a thud.
On guys like this I can't get serious, I'll have to hold back and just use less harmful moves like these Kenichi thought to himself.
"HE KNOCKED HIM OUT WITH A SLAP?! DIE MONSTER!" said the one with the pipe. Kenichi sidestepped the pipe and flicked him in the forehead,
"FLICK OF FURY!" the man went flying back into a dumpster half a block away.
"Miss, call the police and tell them what happened. If they asked who did it, tell them to put it in the 'R' file, they'll know what that means." Said Kenichi as he jumped onto the light post again.
So this is what it's like to live in the world of masters. I often thought to myself when I trained at Ryozanpaku 'how the world must look through the eyes of these people who could jump over rivers and outrun cars on foot?' It's the same but different. Kenichi thought to himself, leaping from block to block with no effort at all.
Before he knew it he saw a familiar sight,
I guess I came here out of habit. He thought as he gazed upon the mighty doors of Ryozanpaku. He felt no ki so he thought that the money he earned at YAMI went to waste by sending it to Ryozanpaku and his family, if all they did at the dojo is refuse to use it.
He looked at the roof and thought fondly,
I could practically see her there. He looked more carefully and saw golden hair waving in the breeze and shimmering in the soft moonlight.
"Miu?" he whispered to himself as he jumped from the street and onto the roof behind the blonde girl.
"Miu is that you?" he asked with excitement, extending his hand to the shoulder. The girl reached back and tossed him over her shoulder. Kenichi looked up and saw the face as clear as day.
"Miu it is you!" he shouted joyfully. He popped to his feet and stood face to face with her.
"I've missed you so much, I thought you were dead!" he continued.
"I am, and you let me die," she said, Kenichi was taken aback as the words cut him deeper than a knife.
"M-Miu I tried everything I could, I just couldn't-"
"I know you couldn't stop Jenazad, he was too much for you then."
"Then why do you say I let you die?"
"Because you did, when you first started martial arts you wanted to stand up to those that others pretend not to see, the way I did when you first saw me fight. When you joined YAMI, when you forgot everything I stood for to you, you let me die in your heart!"
Those words weighed heavily on Kenichi, wanting to take revenge was all he wanted for five years, but it was a hollow victory. Being surrounded by so many evil men for so long had fogged his mind, but suddenly in an instant the fog had lifted and the truth hit him like a ton of bricks.
Kenichi dropped to his knees, the tears flowed freely as the crushing feeling sank in,
"I'm-I'm sorry," he hung his head and was soon on all fours,
"I'm so sorry, I was so lost without you that in my desperation I turned to the darkness and now it's all but consumed me. I killed a man; my hands that I swore would protect the innocent took the life of a man! I'M SO DEEP IN THE DARKNESS THAT I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY IS UP AND IT'S TOO LATE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT!"
Kenichi began to bawl uncontrollably, the guilt of killing a man, the hate he carried in his heart, the pain of not having Miu in his life. All of it came down on him in one instant.
Miu knelt down and with one finger, gently lifted his head so his eye could meet hers. The big round sapphire colored eyes stopped his tears and her free hand wiped them from his eyes.
"Kenichi," she said in her sweet, honeyed voice,
"It's never too late to redeem yourself. In life you're bound to make a mistake or two at some point but what defines you is what you're willing to do to rectify it. As long as you draw breathe in this world and you are sorry for what you've done there is something you can do about it." Kenichi sat up,
"There is?" he asked.
"Do you promise your dark days are over?"
"I do."
"Do you swear to never lose your way again?"
"I do!"
"Well then if that's the case then there is only one thing for you to do to find redemption."
Kenichi leaned in closer to make sure not to miss hear her.
"Fight…" she said, her face unusually serious,
"To destroy YAMI."
Kenichi opened his eyes and he suddenly found himself in a park in the far side of town.
"It was all a dream, a powerful dream at that," he said to himself as he got up from the grass,
"It was like I could feel her. Miu wouldn't want this for me, I don't' want this for myself anymore. Angel of Miu, thank you for showing me the right path to take again. I wonder though, aren't I in too deep? Can I really redeem myself? Can I really fight YAMI?" Kenichi continued as he rose to his feet.
"Huff, I knew you didn't have it in you," said a voice up in a tree. Kenichi turned his eyes upward and saw Sougetsu Ma and Tanimoto standing in the branches.
"I guess that's why I was sent to spy on you." He continued.
Kenichi jumped up and the two clashed fists. The shockwave split the tree in two down the middle and even made Tanimoto fly backward.
"STOP!" shouted Sougetsu. Kenichi landed on his feet in a fighting pose.
"I didn't come to fight; if I wanted to kill you I'd have done it while you slept." Kenichi maintained his stance and Sougetsu dropped his guard.
"I saw your fight with the Demon Fist God, I was watching from afar. You don't have what it takes to be a Shadow Fist and the One Shadow knows it. He made you one so the others will see fault and weakness in you and make a play against you." said the Fierce Fist God.
"Why are you telling me all this?" asked Kenichi.
"Because I remember a weird disciple who, despite my trying to kill his master, risked his life to try and save me. I have a debit to repay you, so hear me out; I have no loyalty to YAMI or the One Shadow, if you're serious about destroying YAMI then why don't we help each other?" asked Sougetsu. Kenichi stayed quiet, it was like a sign from Miu that he had to take this shot so he had just one thing to ask,
"What did you have in mind?"
Next Chapter: Alliance
And yes, it is what you think.
BTW, what chapter does Kenichi start calling Hermit "Natsu-chan"?