Chapter 12
The Hunt Begins

Hisano walked over to Haruki.

"You okay?"

"How did you find me?"

"I sensed your spirit gun go off."

Kage had prepared another blast.

"Kage Kyohaku!"

Hisano destroyed the blast with a swing of her sword.

"You'll have to do better."

"Very well. I'll kill you both at once!"

Now not only Kage's shadow, but the shadows of Haruki and Hisano and the nearby buildings gathered into Kage's hand. A noise like roaring fire began and Kage began emitting red energy.

"Kage Suisei!"

Kage Suisei: (Shadow Comet) By gathering all nearby shadows into a single blast, this attack strikes with the force of ten Kage Kyohakus.

A massive ball of purple light shot from Kage's hand toward Haruki and Hisano.

"Not good. Any ideas Haruki?"

Haruki remained silent, his eyes closed. Hisano noticed his aura was growing very slowly.

"Haruki?"

He was still silent. The blast was feet away.

"Spirit Gun!"

Haruki fired another blast of blue light. This one was much bigger. It hit the Kage Suisei and fired it back at Kage. Kage's eyes went wide as his own attack hit him and burned him alive.

"But... how could you use it... more then once...?" asked the dying demon.

"It wasn't too hard. I only put half of my reiki into the first shot, and I reabsorbed some of my energy. I managed to gather enough to fire another."

"Brilliant..."

Kage closed his eyes. He was dead.

... ...

Yujira was watching the fight with his Jagan in his meditation room. Twilight walked in.

"Kage is dead." said Yujira calmly.

"Not really a surprise. He was arrogant to think that his mastery of a single technique would make him strong."

"I didn't really expect him to win. I wanted to see what Haruki could do"

"You sent a man to his death?"

"You disapprove?"

"..."

Yujira was silent for a moment, then spoke quietly.

"You may deal with him Twilight. You have a week. Phase two will begin soon. I will distract Yusuke."

"I'll be back in three days with the boy's head."

Haruki has won his first fight, but an even stronger assasin has been sent after him...