Chapter Eleven
One Week Later

Kenichi's arm was mostly healed and they started to do minor training with him. He wasn't completely healed and couldn't spar but that was fine with Miu because she could wait to spar with him. The two were currently walking towards the school Kenichi had his arm out of the sling and could move it more freely.

"It feels good to move my arm again." Kenichi said as he flexed his hand. Miu grabbed his hand to stop him.

"You know that even doing that stresses your muscles." Miu chided but didn't release his hand.

"My my you two look comfy together." Maya teased.

"What are you talking about?" Miu asked confused, as Maya giggled at her obliviousness.

"I am talking about you two holding hands… are you two an item?" Maya asked with a teasing smile as Miu blushed.

"H-he w-was s-straining h-his a-arm s-so I-I h-held h-his h-hand t-to k-keep h-him f-from h-hurting h-himself." Miu stuttered.

"Riiiight." Maya said teasingly as Miu blushed even more. "So Kenichi can I ask a really really big favor?" Maya asked.

"Depends." He told her.

"Can you see if Shio Sakaki can give me a few pointers?" she asked while blinking her big purple eyes at him, she looked like she was about to cry. Kenichi blinked a few times.

"You forget that I have a younger sister." Kenichi told her. "That trick doesn't work on me." He added flatly.

"Come on please I will be indebted to you." She begged.

"I don't know what do you think Miu?" Kenichi asked.

"It is up to Sakaki." Miu told him. "Although he was apprehensive having you as a disciple." She added.

"Can you please put in a good word for me?" she asked pleadingly.

"I guess it wouldn't hurt." Miu said as Maya started bouncing again.

"You are making her too happy sometimes." Kenichi said as the two watched Maya bouncing eagerly. "How long do you think it will last this time? Five… ten minutes?" Kenichi asked.

"Hmm I think five more minutes." Miu said.

"Really I thought ten more minutes." Kenichi said. "We are going shopping today right?" Kenichi asked.

"No strenuous work." Miu told him matter of factly.

"That is more back than arm strength." Kenichi told her as she hesitated. "How about we ask Akisame-sensei about it." Kenichi compromised.

"Fine." Miu told him as they looked to see Maya still bouncing. "Was she like this when she was younger?" Miu asked.

"It is a little better but not by much." Kenichi told her. "Normally if she got this excited she would be in this state for around a half hour completely oblivious to the world." He added as they saw her starting to calm down. She finally calmed down. "Seven minutes and thirty seconds… that is odd."

"What are you talking about?" Maya asked.

"Oh nothing much just how long you stay in fangirl mode." Kenichi told her.

"I don't have a fangirl mode!" Maya exclaimed while blushing.

"You kinda do Maya-chan." Miu told her.

"Of course you would take his side." Maya said childishly with a pout. "What about girls stick together?" she asked as Miu shrugged.

"I know Kenichi better." Miu said.

"Oh how much better?" Maya asked suggestively as Miu took a drink of water and ended up spitting it out. "Have you two kissed?" Miu started to blush and sputter.

"No we haven't!" Miu exclaimed embarrassed. "I think I will tell Sakaki that you are a horrible person now!"

"What no!" she yelled in despair. "I am sorry!"

"Wow Miu that is pretty manipulative." Kenichi commented.

"Hey he is right!" Maya exclaimed. "You manipulated me!" She added indignantly as Miu smiled at her. "I thought you were sweet and innocent." Maya scoffed.

"If you have seen her in a fight she isn't sweet or innocent." Kenichi said flatly as Miu took his good arm and twisted it painfully behind his back.

"What was that Kenichi?" Miu asked sweetly.

"You are always sweet and innocent!" Kenichi exclaimed as she twisted it even more.

"And…"

"You are the most beautiful martial artist I know." Kenichi said through the pain and she released him with a smile.

"Dominating him through pain." Maya said with a nod. "You and I will be the best of friends Miu-chan."

"Kenichi is my best friend though." Miu said innocently as Kenichi and Maya sweat dropped at her innocence.

"Yah but I am sure that relationship will change soon." Maya said under her breath.

"What was that?" Kenichi asked.

"Oh nothing." Maya said waving him off. "Well I have to go wipe those Karate wimps into shape." She told them.

"Which club female or male?" Kenichi asked.

"Which do you think?" Maya asked.

"Males." Kenichi said flatly. "How are they?"

"Wimps, they thought because I was a woman that I was weaker than them." Maya told him.

"What did you do to them? Reverse Atomic Wedgies? Sleeper Hold?"

"Reverse and regular atomic wedgies at the same time while having them in the sleeper hold." Maya said with a smirk. "They kinda fear me now. That boy won't have a deep voice for a long time." She added with a smirk. Kenichi winced in sympathy pain.

"That was incredibly evil." Kenichi told her.

"How do you know she does those things?" Miu asked.

"Whoever picked on me or Honoka seemingly got hurt not soon after doing so." Kenichi told her. "Either with being put to sleep, a reverse wedgies, or regular wedgies." He told Miu.

"She was protective of you two." Miu commented.

"I remember this one time five bullies were picking on them and I tried to fight but there were too many people." Maya told Miu. "He suddenly changed his entire persona and beat them up without much hesitation or remorse. He had no recognition of what happened. It was really scary." She added with a faraway look.

"That happens from time to time." Kenichi told her. "I call it my alter persona. I essentially become a master of whatever techniques I have seen or practices no matter what my degree of knowledge on it." He told her.

"That is amazing." Maya told him.

"Not really at first I blacked out whenever I entered that state, but now whenever I am in that state it is like someone took over my body." He told her. "I am starting to remember what happens during the fights. At first it was voices but now I can see blurry shapes."

"Wow…" Maya said stunned. "That is a weird ability."

"Yah it is." Kenichi said.

"So I gotta go… don't make out too much Miu, you don't want to be late." Maya joked before running away. Miu's mouth dropped open in shock before a blush appeared on her cheeks.

"We don't make out!" Miu exclaimed as Maya ran away.

"She just likes to tease you Miu." Kenichi told her.

"Aren't you at least a little bit fazed by her?" Miu asked while still blushing.

"Nah you get used to it after a while." Kenichi told her. "Anyways I have to get to the gardening club." Kenichi said as Miu nodded and she released his hand.

"Don't do anything too strenuous." She told him.

"I only have a few plants to plant then we have to water." Kenichi told her. "All that I can do with one arm." He added.

"Okay, just be careful." She told him while giving him a quick hug before running off. Kenichi shook his head at her before walking towards the greenhouse. He walked in to see Izumi watering some plants.

"Hey Izumi." Kenichi said.

"Hello Kenichi-kun." Izumi said with a smile.

"What needs to be watered?" Kenichi asked.

"Don't you need to be careful?" Izumi asked.

"Geez you sound like Miu." Kenichi said jokingly. "Don't worry I will be fine." He told her. "As long as I don't use my arm for heavy lifting I will be fine." He told her even though she looked unsure. "I promise I will take it easy."

"Fine." She conceded as he started watering several plants. 'I wonder if I…' her thoughts trailed off as she swallowed. "Kenichi-kun I was wondering if we could walk home together?"

"Sorry I can't, I have to go to the Dojo and then help Miu shop." Kenichi told her as she looked crestfallen.

"Okay…" she said before going back to planting. 'Miu is always one step ahead of me.' Izumi thought.

Two Hours Later

Kenichi had just finished watering the last of the plants. "Well I have to get…"

"Kenichi I have some information for you." Nijima said interrupting him. "It seems that Kisara Nanjo has taken an interest with you." Nijima told him.

"Kisara Nanjo?" Kenichi asked.

"She is the one that keeps sending these thugs after you." Nijima told him. "Her code name in Ragnarok is Valkyrie. Not much in known about her martial arts."

"Well thanks for the heads up but can you leave?" Kenichi asked.

"But…"

"Before you kill the plants." Kenichi continued before pushing Nijima out of the greenhouse with his good arm and shut the door. Kenichi finished putting away the planting gear when he heard the door open. "I thought I told you to leave!" Kenichi exclaimed while turning around to see a teary eyed Miu. "Ah I am sorry!"

"I came here to pick you up so we could walk home together but if…"

"I thought you were Nijima again he was warning me about something don't worry." Kenichi told her. "I really am sorry Miu." He said as he gently wiped some tears away.

"Okay… but only if you are sorry." She said quietly before smiling. "We have to go get Maya-chan."

"Okay, well bye Izumi." Kenichi said as he waved to the girl as he and Miu left. It didn't take the two long before they made it to the Karate Club. They walked in to see Daimonji cleaning the floors. Kenichi couldn't help but snicker at the irony about the scene. Daimonji looked up to see Kenichi and he growled at him.

"What are you doing here loser?" Daimonji demanded. "I thought you were not supposed to be here."

"Oh I am just here to get Maya-chan." Kenichi said as Daimonji's eyes widened.

"You gotta watch out Kenichi, she is a firecracker." Daimonji whispered.

"I don't hear scrubbing!" a voice yelled as Daimonji went to scrubbing again. Suddenly Maya walked out from the back. "Was he giving you trouble Kenichi?" Maya asked.

"Nah I was just talking with an old friend." Kenichi said with a smile. "Right Daimonji?"

"Yah!" Daimonji exclaimed.

"I am going Daimonji." Maya said. "But if I can't see myself in these floors by tomorrow heads will roll!" she told him dangerously. "So Kenichi are we ready to go?" Maya asked in a sweeter tone.

"Yah Maya." Kenichi said.

"Thanks for letting me come with you two." Maya said as the three walked out.

"It is no problem Maya-chan." Miu said.

Thirty Minutes Later

The three finally made it to the front gate of the dojo. "Wow that is an impressive gate." Maya said while looking at the gate while Kenichi and Miu opened it. The three walked in and Maya was suddenly enshrouded in a shadow. She turned and looked up to see a tall tanned man. "Hi I am Maya." Maya said.

"Hi I am Apachai." Apachai said to her with a smile. "Hello Miu, Kenichi."

"Hey Apachai." Kenichi said as Miu waved. "Who am I training with first today?" Kenichi asked.

"Apa… Kensei." Apachai told him as Kenichi nodded before he heard a shrilly scream and he turned to see Kensei taking pictures of Maya.

"Master Kensei I don…" he trailed off as Maya attempted to kick him.

"GET BACK HERE YOU DAMN PERVERT!" Miu and Maya yelled together as they chased after Kensei.

"Wow Kensei you sure know how to handle women." A calm voice said.

"Akisame-sensei can you try and calm Miu while I try to calm Maya?" Kenichi asked as he nodded and went to Miu. "Maya you should calm down." Kenichi said as he attempted calm down the angered woman.

"LET ME AT THAT DAMN PERVERT!" Maya yelled when suddenly Kenichi locked her arms behind her back with his good arm. "LET ME GO KENICHI!"

"That is my Kenpo master Maya, you shouldn't attack him." Kenichi warned as he looked over to see Akisame had already calmed Miu down.

"Fine." Maya huffed. "I just hate perverts." She growled as Kenichi released her arms. She ringed out her wrists. "That is a pretty good locking technique." She commented.

"I know Akisame showed it to me because I don't like to hit women." Kenichi said as she nodded. "Well while I am training with Kensei have Miu take you to see Sakaki-sensei." Kenichi told her as she nodded again.

"He better not be teaching you to be a pervert." Maya said threateningly.

"Of course not Maya-chan." Kenichi told her as Kensei hid behind Kenichi before pulling him back.

"Well I will be teaching you how to focus your energies into your arms." Kensei told him. "If done correctly you can increase the power of your punches." He told him as Kenichi nodded. "To do this you will have to start meditating. This type of training will abide to Akisame's rules about not too hard of training." He told him as Kensei showed the meditative sitting. Kenichi nodded and sat next to the man and closed his eyes.

With Maya and Miu

"Sakaki normally is training in the main house." Miu told Maya as they walked. It didn't take them long before they saw Sakaki punching some reed mats. "Sakaki can I ask you a favor?" Miu asked.

"Depends." Sakaki said as he turned to see Miu and Maya.

"Can you give my friend here some pointers with Karate she is a third degree black belt in karate." Miu told him.

Sakaki looked at Maya with a critical eye. "She seems to know a lot about Karate. Her master trained her in the old ways so she doesn't have the restrictions that newer people have when they are trained." Sakaki said. "Who was your previous master?"

"Manji Kornaji." Maya said as Sakaki's eyes widened.

"He was my old master." Sakaki said.

"He wasn't able to finish training me." Maya said sadly.

"He died didn't he?" Sakaki asked as Maya nodded.

"Some organization attacked the dojo while I was out, when I got back their were dead bodies everywhere and Manji-sensei was barely living. He told me that the Weapons Division came after him… but I don't know what that means." Maya told him.

"It could mean a number of things." Sakaki told her. "I guess I could show you a few things about Karate in our old masters memory." He added as Maya smiled sadly at him.

"Thank you Sakaki-sensei." Maya said as she bowed to him.

Hours Later

Kensei finally let Kenichi stand and handed him over to Akisame for some light weight training. "Akisame I need you to add another person to your training regimen." Sakaki said as Akisame turned to see a girl.

"Ah it is nice to see you again miss." Akisame said with a smile at the girl.

"So what kind of training is this?" Maya asked.

"Oh just a light run around the city." Akisame said as Kenichi tied the rope around his waist.

"Huh?" Maya asked weakly.

"Consider yourself lucky I have to drag Akisame-sensei." Kenichi said as he turned to see Akisame adding weights to the tire. "See." Kenichi said as Maya gapped at him.

"You mean this is normal for you!" Maya exclaimed.

"Well normally it is four times around the city… he…" Kenichi trailed off when he saw all the weights and Kenichi on the tire. "Or he isn't being nice." Kenichi said. "How many times weight is on that?"

"Oh about three times." Akisame said as Kenichi started dragging Akisame while Maya jogged next to him.

"If this is your training schedule you must have insane leg strength." Maya said as Kenichi shrugged.

"Akisame-sensei always says that…"

"YOU NEED TO GO FASTER!" Akisame yelled as he snapped the whip making the two start to sprint. "YOU ARE SLOW… YOU MAKE A SNAIL LOOK FAST!" Akisame yelled.

"WHAT IS WITH HIM!" Maya yelled desperately as Kenichi shrugged and increased his speed again. Maya gapped at Kenichi's speed even with all the weight.

"Impressive isn't he?" Akisame asked as Maya nodded.

"I have never seen someone with such difficult physical training." Maya said as she increased her speed to catch up with Kenichi. She could see that Kenichi was barely winded.

Two Hours Later

Kenichi and Maya made it back to the dojo and Maya could barely stay standing. Kenichi was stretching. "So Maya will you be coming over tomorrow?" Kenichi asked.

"I… plan… to." Maya panted. "How… are… you… not… tired?"

"This is roughly the same amount I normally do." Kenichi told her. "Next week I would have to do another lap around the city." Kenichi told her as Akisame led the two inside. Maya collapsed onto the ground as Akisame hooked Kenichi's feet onto a bar. She blinked at him.

"We are strengthening his core." Akisame explained.

"What are you doing turning him into a super weapon?" Maya asked.

"These strange exercises will make Kenichi one of the strongest people without giving him extreme muscles." Akisame told him.

"But that is impossible." Maya said. "With training a person gains muscles where it is needed without gaining it in places that slows the body down." Maya said.

"That is true." Akisame told her. "But did you know that there are three muscle types?" Akisame asked as she shook her head. "There is red muscles that hold a lot of endurance and stamina but not strength, white muscles which holds a lot of strength but not a lot of stamina and endurance. But there is a small amount of muscles in between the two that is pink this muscle holds both qualities." Akisame told Maya. "We are turning all of his muscles into pink muscles."

"I didn't know that." Maya said.

"Yes it is highly unusual to have physical training but Miu and you are too strong to spar with him to gain strength." Akisame told her.

"But he has tremendous strength." Maya said.

"That is true but you guys has something that he doesn't." Akisame said confusing her. "Experience, you two might be weaker than him strength wise but that doesn't mean anything in a fight. I myself have taken down people two or three times my size easily." He added.

"Oh…" Maya said.

"You know Kenichi is gaining this strength so he can protect the peoples he cares about." Akisame said. "He seems to care about you almost as much as he cares about Miu-chan." He added.

"We have been friends for literally most of our lives, our families were friends and we grew up together." Maya said. "We are siblings just from different parents."

"That is good to know but a lot can happen in a lot of years." Akisame told her.

"We always kept in touch throughout the years." Maya told him.

"Akisame I need to talk with this young lady." Hayato said.

"Of course elder." Akisame said as he went over to Kenichi to motivate him.

"Your Hayato Furinji right?"

"Yes dear I am." Hayato said. "I would like to talk I really would but there is more pressing matter." He told her. "Sakaki told me that his and yours old master was killed." He said sympathically as she nodded sadly. "Who exactly was it?" he asked.

"Manji-sensei told me that it was the weapons division." Maya told him as Hayato nodded before walking away.

'So they are rising again.' Hayato thought as he went to the masters. They could see the seriousness in Hayato.

"What is wrong elder?" Kensei asked.

"It seems that Yami is on the move again." Hayato said as their eyes widened. "The weapons division of Yami killed Sakaki's old master." He said. "But he was able to take out a number of them."

"We have to protect Kenichi." Akisame said. "If they get wind of him being the possible chosen one they will attack us and take him away to change him into a ruthless killer."

"How can we do that?" Kensei asked. "He is out of the dojo most of the day and night."

"I suggest that we take him in as a true disciple." Akisame told them. "Have him live with us so that he lives and breathes martial arts. And then he will come to a crossroad, he will have to either pick Martial Arts or death." He said when they heard something drop outside the room.

"I suggest we ask Maya to come and live with us too." Sakaki said. "My old master would want me to teach her." Sakaki added.

"Fine we will ask the two to join us." Akisame said.

"I hope they are ready." Hayato said as they all dispersed.

Outside

Kenichi was continuing his exercises when Miu came up to him. He fell limp when he saw her. "Need any help Miu?" Kenichi asked.

"Yah Akisame said that we can go shopping together." Miu told him as he nodded and swung up and unbuckled his feet and fell towards the ground. He flipped at the last second and landed on his feet. "So let's grab my bag and we can go." Kenichi nodded and stood tall and followed her to the gate. Kenichi placed the bag on his back as they walked.

"You know it has been a while since we went shopping last." Kenichi said.

"I know." Miu said in a chipper voice. "Do you know how much longer till we can spar?" Miu asked.

"Akisame-sensei said another week." Kenichi told her as she nodded.

"Well that is good." Miu told him as they gathered all the food. "Then we can start sparing again… I missed sparing." She told him.

"Me too." Kenichi told her. 'It is one of the few times I can be with you alone without being interrupted.' Kenichi thought. "Akisame-sensei told me that they can start showing me techniques sooner." Kenichi added.

"That is good." Miu told him with a smile. 'I like watching him train.' Miu thought.

"Yah it feels like forever since I last did some training." Kenichi told her.

"Kensei has been working with you." Miu told him.

"I know but what I meant was technique training." He told her as she nodded.

"Don't get too caught up in just learning techniques." Miu warned him as he nodded.

"I know that." Kenichi told her. "It is just that the past two weeks I feel as if I have been useless and kinda scared because if I was attacked by Ragnarok I could get hurt even worse." He added.

"Don't worry we would have found a way to win." Miu told him with a smile.

"I guess so." Kenichi said quietly before he clenched his good fist and forcing his knuckles to crack. "I will be in commission again soon." Kenichi said with a sigh.

"Yah then we can go back to kicking Ragnarok's butts." Miu told him with a smirk Kenichi chuckled and shook his head.

"You are right." Kenichi told her while returning her smirk.