AN: I uploaded five chapters so you should read those first.

Twenty One

Kenichi was being put through an insane training regimen to help him strengthen his Double Palms Technique. He was set up on a treadmill that was connected to a char with the Elder in it. He had several weights on strings that connected with the chair too. "How much longer do I have to do this for!" Kenichi exclaimed.

"Four thousand more reps." Kensei told him as Kenichi gawked at him.

"That is twice the amount than yesterday!" Kenichi exclaimed.

"Yes and tomorrow will have double that and so on and so forth until it is the strongest that you can get it." Kensei told him.

"Ryozanpaku I challenge your dojo!" someone yelled from outside as the machine broke.

"I think I will…"

"Oh no Akisame you have to fix that machine." Kensei said. "Let me go against this person." He added as Akisame quickly fixed it and snapped a whip making Kenichi run faster. Suddenly a man was thrown through the wall and collided with Kenichi and the machine destroying it. "Opps I kinda didn't hold back." Kensei said sheepishly.

"Hey Akisame can you add a foot massager too?" Elder asked.

"Sure it will add more resistance." Akisame said as he looked around. "Where did Kenichi go?"

"I don't know." Kensei told him.

"Apa I saw him leave." Apachai said.

"Was Miu-chan or Maya-chan with him?" Kensei asked.

"Apa… no he was running." Apachai told him.

"And you didn't stop him?" Akisame asked.

"I thought he was going somewhere." Apachai told him.

"Hmm we can go and drag him back like Shigure does." Akisame suggested.

"I don't think that is smart." The Elder told them. "I think if we leave him be he will come back on his own in a little while."

"Okay elder." Akisame said.

The Next Day

Kenichi was sneaking around in his school trying to avoid Miu and Maya. 'I can't believe I have to lie to my family about that I already mastered everything the masters taught to me.' Kenichi thought when he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"Hey Kenichi, you know that Miu…"

"Miu. Miu! MIU!" Kenichi yelled before running away.

'Kenichi is so weird.' The girl thought.

In the Shinpaku Alliance Room

Kenichi was sitting across from Takeda and Ukita as Nijima had some weird things in front of him. "Let's get the meeting underway, you three can talk while I eat. I wasn't able to get lunch." Nijima said.

'That is food?' the three other boys thought.

"Anyways how is your love life with Honey?" Takeda asked.

"Almost nonexistent like normal." Kenichi told him. "What are you two doing here anyways?" Kenichi asked.

"I don't know he did this weird thing and the next thing I knew I had agreed to come here." Takeda told him.

"Hey he did that to me too!" Ukita exclaimed.

'He brainwashed them…' Kenichi thought.

"What are you doing here?" Takeda asked.

"You know I have to keep an eye on this one." Kenichi said as he put Nijima in a head lock.

"Well that was good." Nijima said. "Anyways I put a website up the other day to get more recruits." Nijima said as he indicated to the computer. "Let's go check to see if we got any hits." He added the four walked over to the computer. He logged onto the site and suddenly the three martial artists started to beat Nijima up.

"WHO SAID YOU CAN PUT MY PICTURE ON THE INTERNET!" Takeda exclaimed.

"THAT CREEPY SITE WON'T GET HOT CHICKS!" Ukita yelled.

"WHOEVER SAID I WAS APART OF THIS DAMN GANG!" Kenichi yelled.

Ding! Ding! The computer went as Nijima slithered away. "We have a hit." Nijima said. "They want a have a live chat." Nijima added as a live chat opened. "'Hello my name is Loki.'" Nijima read aloud.

"That is a hot name!" Ukita exclaimed.

'Really Loki is a nice name.' Nijima typed back as he suddenly blinked. "IT'S LOKI!" Nijima yelled.

"What!" Kenichi exclaimed.

'What do you want?' Nijima typed. "'Is Kenichi Shirahama with you?'" Nijima read. 'Yes he is.' Nijima typed back. "They sent us a picture." Nijima said as he clicked on it to show Honoka struggling and Kenichi's eyes widened before he ran out. "Kenichi stop it is a trap!" Nijima yelled.

"Dude they have his sister!" Takeda exclaimed at Nijima before he and Ukita went to follow. Takeda and Ukita were following Kenichi for close to half an hour and the two were losing Kenichi. "No matter how fast we are I cannot catch up with him!" Takeda exclaimed.

"Takeda I need a break!" Ukita exclaimed at him weakly.

"Sorry man but I have to stay with Kenichi!" Takeda told him as he saw Akisame and Sakaki. 'Aren't those Kenichi's masters?' Takeda thought as the two leapt onto the roofs and started to follow Kenichi. Takeda stopped for a second to stare at them amazed. But it only took that one second to lose Kenichi. "Shit we lost him! Ukita what is the address!" Takeda demanded.

"I don't know I was following you!" Ukita exclaimed.

"It is that way." Nijima said as Miu and Maya caught up with them.

"Nijima told us what happened to Honoka." Miu said as Maya looked absolutely livid.

"Let's go!" Takeda said as they all took off running again. It wasn't long before they had to stop again because several people dressed like Loki were ready to fight them. "Shit we have to get to Kenichi!"

Miu snarled as she looked at the Loki impersonators. 'I will make them pay for hurting my Kenichi.' Miu thought as she got into her stance.

Takeda saw Nijima bouncing and whistled. "Who knew he ha…" He trailed off as Nijima started to bounce backwards. "HE IS RUNNING AWAY!" Takeda yelled before ducking under a hit and countered with his own punch.

With Kenichi at the Church

Kenichi placed his palm on the rusted shut gate and they flew off the hinges. Kenichi saw Hermit standing in front of him. "HERMIT GIVE HONOKA BACK!" Kenichi exclaimed.

"You will have to fight me first." Hermit said as he got into his Kenpo stance. Not giving Hermit a chance to react Kenichi flew at him. The sheer KI radiating off of him was scaring the birds away. 'What happened to him!' Hermit thought as he narrowly dodged a hit.

Up in the Trees

"It seems that Kenichi is merging with his alter persona more." Akisame commented as he watched the two fight.

"Hey Akisame wanna make a bet on who will win?" Sakaki asked.

"Sure, I think the kid with the cloak will win." Akisame said.

"Fine by me." Sakaki said as he opened a beer.

With the Shinpaku Alliance

Miu had just piled drived another Loki into the ground and caught his electric piton. "Of course none of them were the real Loki!" Takeda exclaimed as they all started to run away.

"Wait I am the real Loki!" a Loki exclaimed as the three looked to see the fat one was standing up.

"AH I CAN'T BELIEVE HE TRICKED US AGAIN!" Takeda exclaimed as they started running.

"Hey, I could have been the real Loki… though I don't blame them for not believing me." The fat Loki mumbled.

With Kenichi

Kenichi and Hermit were at a standstill. "Where is Honoka?" Kenichi growled.

"You are an amateur, if you think all I know is long range attacks!" Hermit exclaimed as he attacked Kenichi in the chest making him fly backwards.

'Damn I underestimated him.' Kenichi thought as he flipped and stood. He stood straight to look at Hermit and already saw him in front of him. Kenichi brought his arms up to block but Hermit brought his attack back. 'He didn't attac…' His thought trailed off as Hermit attacked the back of his neck making him collapse.

"You might have gotten great masters but you are nothing!" Hermit exclaimed as Kenichi forced himself to stand.

"Why are… you like… this?" Kenichi panted out as Hermit laughed.

"It is quite a funny story." Hermit told him. "It all happened when I was six and my sister and I were living in an orphanage. A man came and adopted us and if I didn't do as he said he would throw us out onto the street and leave my sister to die who was very ill. So I did what he told me to and I became a drone, all I did was study and follow his orders so I could inherit Tanimoto Industries. But as fate had it my adoptive father met and fell in love with someone. It was the doctor who was treating my sister. The two married a year later. It was after they married I saw my father actually smile at me and told me that he was sorry for not being a real father. But it wasn't long after that that my father died and my sister started to get sick again. Apparently the woman my father married didn't help my sister at all, and she poisoned him. Can you believe it the woman who was supposed to be my mother killed my sister and father." Hermit said with a laugh as he pulled his hood back. "It is okay you can laugh at it." He added as he saw that Kenichi was standing evenly.

"I am sorry your family was like that." Kenichi said as he launched forward and joint locked Hermit. But Hermit just smirked and turned and attacked Kenichi's neck again making him fall down and Hermit proceeded to kick him increasing the damage done to him.

"Why don't you just lie down and die!" Hermit exclaimed as he went to hit Kenichi's neck but Kenichi caught the hit. "Where did all this power come from!" Hermit exclaimed again as Kenichi started to stand. Kenichi held his palms up and Hermit's eyes widened as he brought his arm up and blocked the attack. "If you don't put all of your strength into the Double Palm it can easily be blocked." Hermit told him as Kenichi took a deep breath and the water around his feet splashed away.

"DOUBLE PALM!" Kenichi yelled as he concentrated all of his power into the attack and Hermit went flying away.

"W-Where did you get that kind of power?" Hermit asked as he held his arm close to him and his other holding his chest.

"My masters insane training." Kenichi told him. "Now Hermit where is my sister?" Kenichi demanded.

"Kenichi Shirahama don't move or else the brat gets it!" a person yelled as Kenichi's head snapped up to show Loki and a girl that had a knife to Honoka's neck as she whimpered a little. Kenichi growled lowly as he looked at them. "Hermit kill Kenichi now!"

"Shut up Loki I don't listen to your orders anymore!" Hermit exclaimed.

"Fine then I will do it!" Loki exclaimed as he easily climbed down. Kenichi put up his guard.

With Akisame and Sakaki

"That is the Karate Three Point Stance." Sakaki said amazed.

"Hmm it is one of the strongest Three Point Stances I have seen." Akisame commented as they saw Loki attack Kenichi. Akisame's eyes widened at the type of attack. "That is a very dangerous attack!" Akisame exclaimed. "It is an attack that concentrates on the joints in the wrist." He explained. "It is a good thing that Kenichi wasn't expecting it and didn't tense up or else he would have been in deep trouble." He went further in her explanation.

At Destroyed Gates

Miu bent down to inspect them. "This is Kenichi's doing." Miu said as she studied the damage intently.

"How do you know that?" Takeda asked.

"I just do." She said as she stood.

'It is like Miu is a whole other person.' Maya thought amazed. 'Note to self never be mean to Kenichi in front of Miu.' She added as they went to go in but Nijima didn't follow.

"What is wrong with you?" Ukita asked.

"I am not too good with religious land." Nijima explained while panting.

"I always knew you were a demon." Takeda commented as Ukita knelt down in front of him.

"Thank you Uki." Nijima said.

"It is no problem and don't call me that!" Ukita told him.

With Kenichi, Hermit, and Loki

Hermit was watching as Loki continually attacked Kenichi but he wouldn't go down. 'How is he still standing?' Hermit thought as he saw Loki shake his hand while Kenichi let out a shuttered breath. He heard Honoka struggling.

"Hey brat don't move." The girl said as Hermit looked up to see Honoka struggling.

"HELP ME BIG BROTHER!" Honoka screamed as Hermit had flashbacks of his sister. Suddenly Hermit leapt into the air and landed in front of the two girls.

"What are…" the girl holding Honoka trailed off as Hermit grabbed her arm and made her stab him in the shoulder.

"If you don't plan on doing anything with this then don't use it!" Hermit told her before slapping her and ripped the knife out. "Kenichi!" Hermit exclaimed as he held up the knife as the two fighters looked up at Hermit and Honoka. "KILL LOKI!" He yelled as he snapped the knife with his thumb and forefinger.

With Akisame and Sakaki

"The Three Point Stance isn't just for defense, the energy he gets can deal a death blow at close quarters." Sakaki said as the two watched Kenichi punch Loki in the jaw.

With Kenichi

Loki stumbled backwards and his vision started to blur. 'What did he do rattle my brain?' Loki thought as he fell to one knee. He suddenly got angry and stood up. "Come on Hermit, Kenichi I will fight you both!" Loki exclaimed as he held his arms out to each side.

"You kidnapped my little sister Loki." Kenichi growled as his alter persona started to merge with him more. The amount of KI he was releasing was making Honoka and the girl behind Hermit start to cower. "You will pay for tha…" He trailed off as Loki's glasses disappeared and his KI went away.

"Loki how dare you use the Great Sage Fists name." A voice said as Loki covered his face.

"Odin!" Loki exclaimed.

"I will talk with you later Loki." Odin said as he turned to Kenichi. "It has been a while Kenichi." Odin told him as Kenichi looked at him oddly. "I take it you don't remember me, but our promise to each other will be resolved soon." Odin said as he vanished.

"Number Thirty-three we are leaving!" Loki exclaimed as he ran away.

"Kenichi!" Kenichi heard Miu call him before she crushed him in a hug making him yelp in pain.

"Ow Miu not so hard!" He exclaimed as he looked to see Hermit holding Honoka and gently placing her on the ground. "Thank you Hermit for saving my sister." Kenichi said.

"Don't think that our fight is over." Hermit told Kenichi as he chuckled lightly and placed a hand on Miu's shoulder and stood weakly.

"No you both are badly hurt!" Miu exclaimed worriedly, most of the worrying was for Kenichi.

"I can't deny him… I owe him for saving my sister." Kenichi said as he walked a little away from Miu and Honoka and got into his fighting stance. Without hesitating Hermit launched at Kenichi and started to attack him as Kenichi was barely dodging him. Kenichi backed up into a log and he dodged a hit that destroyed the trunk.

"What kind of power is that!" Takeda exclaimed.

"It is a type of conditioning that concentrates his energies to his fists empowering his hits." Miu explained. 'Something is wrong… Hermit is wasting his energy.' Miu thought.

Kenichi waited and saw Hermit falter and he kneed him in the face making him fall backwards. 'Don't give up big brother.' Hermit heard his little sister say. "NO I WON'T GIVE UP!" Hermit yelled as he found his footing and lurched forward into his stance. Kenichi went in for another attack but stopped when he saw that Hermit's eyes were dull. Kenichi was barely able to catch Hermit as he fell down. From his previous fights and exhaustion, Kenichi slumped to his knees with Hermit. Miu was almost instantly at his side with his friends as Miu laid Hermit out and Honoka hugged Kenichi as he groaned in pain.

"We have to get him to Akisame! He is bleeding a lot!" Miu exclaimed as she raised a bloodied hand.

"Hermit was hurt?" Kenichi asked amazed.

"Yah when he saved me, he made that lady stab him in the shoulder." Honoka said as she looked worriedly at Hermit. Dust was suddenly kicked up and they all turned to see Akisame and Sakaki.

"That was a good fight." Akisame commented.

"You were watching the whole time!" Kenichi exclaimed but instantly regretted it as he grunted in pain. He grabbed his chest and Miu laid him down on his back and ripped his coat and shirt to show a bruising chest.

"Geez Miu-chan if you wanted to see him shirtless I am sure he would have gladly undressed for you." Maya teased, being the one who wouldn't jump at the chance to tease her. Miu flushed a little but forced it down and glared at her best-girl friend.

"You know that isn't what I wanted!" Miu exclaimed at her before proceeding to examine Kenichi. She ran her hands over his rib cage and saw him wince a few times. "Good nothing is broken, just a lot of bruising." She added.

"Let's get these two to my office." Akisame said as he picked up Hermit and Sakaki went to pick up Kenichi.

Several Hours Later

Miu was smiling at Kenichi affectionately. "It was so quiet here without you." Miu told him with a smile. "I am so glad you are home again Kenichi." Miu said.

"It is good to be back too." Kenichi said with a smile as Maya peeked at the two.

'They are so cute together.' Maya thought as she saw Honoka interrupt their moment.

"Big brother it is time to rewrap your bandages." Honoka said.

"Huh but you just changed them!" Kenichi exclaimed.

"Mustache man said to change them every two hours." Honoka said.

"What! But it takes too long to AHH!" He screamed as Honoka grabbed a wrapping and gave a huge heave and Kenichi started to spin and Honoka quickly wrapped every visible inch of his skin.

"No hugging him top heavy or you will suffocate him!" Honoka said as she ran off.

"Why does she say so many hurtful things?" Miu thought as Kenichi mumbled something and Miu looked at Kenichi to see that his arms were bandaged to his chest and his mouth was cover too. She couldn't help but smile as she undid Honoka's wrapping and gently rewrapped his bandages. "How is that?"

"Much better." Kenichi told her with a smile. "Anyways about your question, she thinks that if I start hanging out with you I won't have time for her." Kenichi told her. "She was the same way with Maya, she gets jealous very easily and will do just about anything to get my attention." He explained to her.

"I won't steal you from her though." Miu said as she looked at him confusedly.

"Think about it like this, what would you think if I started to hang out with another girl and didn't pay as much attention to you?" Kenichi asked as he felt a building KI being released from Miu. "It is hypothetical!" Kenichi exclaimed as Miu looked at him. "I won't let anyone get between us Miu." He told her as he grabbed her hand.

"I know." She said before smiling at him.

"Big brother pretty boy is leaving and he told me never to go to his house again." Honoka said as she was close to tears.

'He is protecting you Honoka.' Kenichi thought.

"Well you still have the Ryozanpaku family to play with." Miu told her with a smile. That seemed to cheer Honoka up a little and she smiled a little.

"How about this? The next time I get a day off I will take you to Amusement Park." Kenichi offered as Honoka perked up instantly.

"Really!" She asked excitedly as Kenichi nodded. "Thank you big brother!" She exclaimed before hugging him making him yelp in pain.

"Anyways I should go say bye to Natsu." Kenichi said as he went to stand but Akisame stopped him.

"There is nothing to talk about between losers and winners in the world of Martial Arts." Akisame told him as Kenichi looked ready to say something but closed his mouth. "Well in about a week you can resume training." Akisame said as Kenichi sighed before leaving Kenichi and Miu.

"Well I saw that one coming." Kenichi told Miu who smiled at him.

"I really am glad you are back." Miu told him as she kissed him lightly on the cheek and a flash was seen and the two turned quickly to see Maya with a camera pointed at them.

"Well… I am going to get this developed!" Maya exclaimed before running off and was gone before Kenichi and Miu got to their feet.