Chapter 03 – The Counter-Attack

For the next two days, Izumizaka High is all peaceful sounding. But inside the disciplinary room, Takeshi and the disciplinary head discussed plans to take down the armed gang loitering in the area so as to return the two high schools peace permanently.

"We'll need the help from the police to stop this gang. What we'll need to do is to get all the gang members at once because if we only get less than that the others will get that arrested member out of the police station." Takeshi explained to the discipline master about the plan. "If we can just get all five of the members at once they'll have no chance of escape!"

The discipline master agreed with him, and gave him some places that the gang might appear. Takeshi looked carefully at those points on the map, and told the discipline master to get in touch with the police stationed in the area.

"What we need is the right timing and the right place to take them down." Takeshi said to the discipline master. "May I ask you: Usually when do this gang ask for payment?"

"On the eighteenth of every month, Kitahara-kun." That was the reply from the discipline master.

"That's next Tuesday…" Takeshi calculated in his mind about the date given to him.

"Okay, I'll try to discuss my plan next Monday in detail so I hope you can try to keep in touch with the police there. We need enough people to stop those five at once." Takeshi said in conclusion of this meeting.

"It's all right for me." The discipline master replied. "We'll meet next Monday."

And Takeshi left the disciplinary room after the meeting concluded.

Five days passed, and the time finally arrived to bring this notorious gang to justice!

The gang members are walking near Oumi High when they saw a Izumizaka student standing outside the guard-laden gates of Oumi High School.

"Hey! Isn't that the student we asked him to get money from the students last week?" one of the gang members exclaimed. "He is supposed to pay up by today…"

But this student quickly ran away upon seeing them and disappeared soon after. The gang members gave chase, but the student was nowhere to be found. Just then, one of the gang members saw the student they're after going through the Izumizaka High School gates.

"He's not going anywhere…!" Another gang member said slyly as he led the others to chase to the Izumuzaka High School gates. But as soon as all five members went inside the school compound the electronic gates closed by themselves and they couldn't get out.

"What the…!" the gang leader said shockingly, seemingly annoyed by the "trap" the school set up for them. But just as they try to think of a way out…

"…I think you've just gotten yourselves into deep trouble by trying to exploit the students here!" someone declared at them after walking to the spot outside the main school building. The gang turned their backs and saw Takeshi standing behind them, looking very murderous.

"There he comes…" the young student that Takeshi saved thought as he saw Takeshi faced the notorious gang all by himself. "…the modern Battousai…"

"Who are you anyway!" The gangleader asked Takeshi snobbishly. "Who are you to stop us?"

Takeshi thought for a while.

"I think your wayward days are over from today!" Takeshi declared again.

"What!" The gangleader seemed with a mix of shock and sarcasm. "Are you threatening us! Even the Martial Arts Club is afraid of us, and you don't!"

"Not in the least." Replied Takeshi, and draws his blades a little.

"Hm! You asked for this…!" the female gang member declared and charged at Takeshi.

But Takeshi did not even flinch, instead he grabs the handle of his blades and dashes right at her.

"Houraizan!" (Raging Thunder Slash)

(effect: black screen with horizontal bolt-shaped slice mark across)

Takeshi reappears behind the charging gang member after he finishes his move, and seconds later she fell to the ground motionless which shocked the other four gangsters.

"No way!" The gangleader exclaimed. "There's no way he could do that…!"

"You want to try some more?" Takeshi posed a challenge to them all.

"Why you…!" said a raging gangleader, and led the other three to attack him at the same time.

One of the gang members rapid-fires at Takeshi with his sub-machine gun, but he dodges all of them in an instant. When he is visible again he is right in front of the gangster with the machine gun and quickly punches the gangster's hand, knocking the gun out of there and Takeshi immediately slices it into half with his blade. All this was done within three seconds!

Just then, that gangster realizes that his sub-machine gun has been missing, but by then he was ricocheting to another gangster with a metal bat. By the time the targeted gang member realizes that he is targeted, most of his bat has already been sliced off by one of Takeshi's KaiXuan blades, but he couldn't catch Takeshi after his bat got cut into two. By then Takeshi has already dismantled the third gang member's metal bat before dashing towards the gang leader who is holding the machete. This gang leader also did not realize that he's now being targeted before Takeshi knocks the weapon off his hand with the handle base of the KaiXuan blade, then Takeshi returns to the spot where he began his assault before the gang members realizes that all their weapons are gone. This took only twenty-two seconds!

By the time they see Takeshi back at the spot and his blades withdrawn, he has already closed his eyes and concentrating his energy.

"Time to intensify the battle!" Takeshi thought as he is gathering his energy. "I'll need this energy now to take them down!"

"There he is! Take him down!" The gangleader ordered his members to attack him. But Takeshi has finished concentrating his energy and the minute he reopens his eyes, they turned blood-red (which means Takeshi's powers are magnified in all aspects)!

However, the gang still continued their attacks, thinking they can give him a direct hit. But this is where they'll be proven wrong! Takeshi also dashes right at them, but at an unimaginably fast speed. When he approaches them he has already drawn his blades for a more powerful technique.

"Danyoujin!" (Blade of the Broken Leaves)

(effect: black screen with numerous slice marks all over the screen)

This technique lasts for a minute and stops when he reappears behind the gang, and a few seconds later all five members fell to the ground together without any motion on them. This means the end of the notorious gang's tyrannical ways. The electronic gates open and the police were led in to capture the unconscious gang members all at once.

At this time, most of the students from both high schools were applauding for Takeshi for taking down the menace. This time Takeshi has returned to normal and walks back into the school building, which ended the battle with Takeshi victorious.

The next day in the morning, Takeshi arrived at the notice board where a small crowd gathers round there.

"What happened there?" Takeshi asked one of the students.

"The school's going to select students to pair up with the alumni students. Many people are hoping to be mentees of the two students on the poster!" the student replied Takeshi's query.

Takeshi tried to have a close look at the poster, but was squeezed away by the crowd, so he decided to come back here during lunchtime. While he decided that, he heard chattering from the crowd.

"Wow… I can't believe that she's in this project too…!" one student from the crowd exclaimed. "I wish that she can be my mentor!"

"I hope that I can be his mentee!" said a female voice from the same crowd.

When Takeshi returned to the spot where the poster is during lunchtime, the crowd has dissipated and he used this chance to find out what exactly is happening.

What the poster said was that selected first-year students will be paired up with former students of the school and they can exchange pointers about school life. And the poster has numerous faces on it, including Manaka Junpei and Toujou Aya.

"This means they're participating in this project too…" thought Takeshi. "I wonder if I get to join this…"

End of Chapter 03