Challenging the Two of the Seven Heads
"Damn it, why do I have wear this stupid monkey suit." Asura complained as he is seen wearing a nice fancy suit while Mari is working on the tie.
"I told you, you've been invited to have dinner at the Urushibara house which is something rarely anyone goes there unless those people are important like you, so you got to look your best." Mari reminded.
"I still don't see why it has to involve wearing this, Yasha knows me and it's not like we're going out to one of those fancy restaurants." Asura said.
"Just promise me you'll be on your best behavior, you may know Yasha from your past life, but you still got to at least look good." Mari sighed and finished the tie.
"Hey Mari, Moroha is all ready to go!" Maya reported.
"Thank you, Maya." Mari thanked her little sister.
"Okay, just make sure you have a good time with your friends and try not to stay up too late, it's still a school night, you know." Mari said.
"Got it, though I feel like the dinner is gonna be boring." Asura deadpanned as he walks away.
"He looks so handsome in that suit." Mari whispered to herself with her cheeks blushing.
(Urushibara house)
"Wow, the house looks bigger than I imagined." Moroha commented as he and Asura are standing in front of the Urushibara house.
"I guess that's the thing about being rich, always going for something big." Asura stated.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." Moroha chuckled.
The two boys walk up to the front door and Moroha rings the doorbell once, a few seconds later the door opens to reveal an elder man in a fancy suit as well.
"Young Moroha Haimura and Asura Gekido, Master Yasha has been expecting you." The Butler gestured the two to come in.
"Thank you." Moroha thanked as he and Asura walks in.
"I see you're wearing the suit Master Yasha recommended for you." The Butler noticed.
"Yeah, I wasn't sure if I should dress properly for the dinner, I glad Yasha send me." Moroha explained.
Moroha and Asura soon arrives at the dining room where a long table in the middle, two people sitting at the one end and the edge to the end are Yasha and Tadanori.
"Ah, Moroha and Asura, so glad you could join us." Yasha greeted.
"The chiefs are just about preparing the food, so please sit and our meals will be here shortly." Tadanori offered.
The boys were about to sit down when they heard the door open behind them, they turn around to see Shizuno in a pretty light-purple dress that cause Moroha to blush at the sight and feeling his heart skipped a beat or two.
"(Wow!)" Moroha thought.
"Oh, that suit, isn't that one of Yasha's?" Shizuno asked.
"Oh, huh, yes, he was kind enough of let me wear this for the night." Moroha answered nervous.
"You can keep it if you want, I was thinking of giving it away." Yasha said.
"It looks really good on you." Shizuno complimented Moroha.
"Thanks, you look really lovely too." Moroha smiled which cause Shizuno to blush as well.
"Hehe, I never thought I see the day in both lives to see you wearing a suit." Yasha laughed a little at Asura.
"Shut up, Mari wouldn't shut up about dressing up properly and forced this on me." Asura snapped.
"Yet you weren't against having her dress you up, if I didn't know any better than I would say you into older women." Yasha joked.
"What was that? You want to fight?" Asura slammed his fist on the table the nearly shook as Yasha is keeping it from being flipped over with his hand.
"Sheesh, can't take a joke. Just sit down, the food is about to arrive." Yasha said before drinking his tea.
Soon, everyone is starting to enjoy the food the chiefs have prepared and even Asura admit this is really good like his taste buds have been sent to another world of flavor that he never knew about, same can be said for Moroha as he never expected to eat such good food like this before. The Asura let out a burp from drinking the soda, which make senses since most of them at the table are underage to drink anything beer or alcohol as Tadanori is old enough to drink.
"So, Moroha, Yasha told me that he and Sir Edward watched a recorded video of you and Asura fighting against the multi-headed type Metaphysicals. That's quite an amazing feat for two freshmen." Tadanori complimented.
"Wait, there was a video of us during that fight?" Moroha asked.
"Yes, I saw the video myself when Sir Edward invited me to his home for a friendly visit, the caller was unknown, so we have no idea who recorded the incident or how they sent it to Sir Edward." Yasha informed.
"So, what, does it matter if anyone seen our fight?" Asura asked, failing to see the point of it.
"You're so thick headed, what if it's someone from another country who may consider you two a threat and want to deal with you before you become too strong?" Yasha asked, pointing out the possibility of a dangerous enemy.
"Whoa, I didn't even think about that." Moroha shocked.
"So, what if this enemy want to get us, we'll just deal with them like we've dealt with the monsters hurting our world and beat them to a pulp." Asura stated clenching his fist, Yasha let out a sigh as he knows that Asura would say something like that. Some things never change.
(Later)
"I got to say, the food was very good." Asura complimented as he and Yasha are alone on the rooftop.
"Thank you, it's actually one of the recipes I picked up during my travel whenever I'm on missions." Yasha explained.
"Asura, do you know of my sister's past life?" Yasha asked.
"Huh, no, now that you mentioned it, she never said anything about it." Asura recalled that he never learned anything about Shizuno's past life.
"That's because it's a tragic past that she suffered back then, almost like how she was in this time as a little girl." Yasha said getting Asura's full attention on this.
"What do you mean?" Asura asked.
"…When Shizuno and I were little kids, the family have always expected us to do better including our older brother and through those times they would decide things for us without our say in the matter. It made me questioned how family should be, especially when this made Shizuno cry as well." Yasha started explaining about his and Shizuno's life growing up in a rich family like this.
"Huh, and I thought rich people have the easy life, though hearing it from you it sounds boring." Asura commented, also angry that their own family make one of their own cried.
"I wasn't too fond of that life either, I sometime go against my family's wishes to do my desires like the time I saved a girl from being run over by a car that was when I awoke as a Slayer, at an early age too." Yasha mentioned.
"Oh yeah, Shizuno and the others were talking about that this early." Asura recalled.
"When I awoke, the whole family were shocked to hear this and wanted to use that to their advantage, but I had other plans and made my declaration that I would graduate Akane Academy earlier than anyone else and they would make me head of the family." Yasha said as he looks up at the moon.
"Everyone was shocked, but I fulfilled that promise and became known as the youngest Slayer to have ever graduated and becoming head of the head." Yasha added.
"I take it you managed to change the things your family used to do?" Asura guessed.
"Yep, it even made life easier for Shizuno now that she doesn't have to worry about doing things against her will in the family's name. But I wish her past life could've ended up something like that." Yasha sighed when he mentioned Shizuno's past life.
"In her past life, Shizuno was a slave even as a little girl in some sort of encampment along with a man she was responsibly for feeding him. She and this young man grew fond of each other, they later escaped, and the man started showing her magic power as she began to grow her own. Years later, they became powerful enough to take over a kingdom covering it in winter as they became husband and wife." Yasha explained about Shizuno's past life, Asura feeling sad and angry that Shizuno's past self has to go through as a child.
"Man was known as Shu Saura, the Netherworld Sorceress which I believe is Moroha's past life, and the woman was the Witch of Netherworld, Shizuno's past life." Yasha revealed.
"Hmm, at least they got their revenge on the bastards who enslaved them." Asura said.
"Asura… I'm the only one who knows about Shizuno's dark past, she entrusted me with this secret and now I'm entrusting this to you hopefully not to say anything." Yasha mentioned.
"Don't worry, I won't say what you told me." Asura promised.
Then the thought about his time walking with Mari through a park and telling him about the Slayers who are S-Rank, and now that Yasha is here this will be the perfect opportunity to ask him a certain question that's been in his head for quite a while.
"Yasha, how doe you feel about being an S-Rank slayer? To have your freedom taken away?" Asura asked serious which caught Yasha off guard a bit but remain his calm face.
"To be honest, when I was offered to be promoted to S-Rank not long after graduating I was thrilled because I could help more people in the world and battle against stronger Metaphysicals that no other Slayers could." Yasha smiled a bit, but then change to a serious face.
"But I soon learned that I will have to give up my freedom, even so, I chose this path in order to help my family and for myself." Yasha added.
"But why, why do those who have become S-Ranks have to give up their freedom like that?" Asura demanded.
"It's because of the power we wield." Yasha answered simply.
"What?" Asura confused.
"Asura, there were times when a Slayer becomes too strong for his or her own good, some may feared that those Slayer will turn their back on the world they sworn to protect and may end up hurting a lot of innocent people. That's why there are the retrains on the S-Ranks to give up their freedom in order to keep them in place and make sure something like that doesn't happen." Yasha explained.
"Then I'll destroy it." Asura said.
"Destroy… what?" Yasha asked shock.
"You heard me, I'm going to destroy that goddamn system until there's nothing left and help all the S-Rank Slayers to regain their freedom so they can live their lives the way they wanted too without anyone telling them what do!" Asura declared as his Prama aura spiked.
Yasha gasps upon hearing Asura's goal on "freeing" all the S-Rank Slayer from the system that was made, what his friend has said it's not even he would even think about doing, sure Yasha hated how things are treating the S-Rank Slayers like that but he knew that it was necessary to keep everyone in line. However, he is starting to have second thought about this whole S-Rank system and believes that Asura may actually be right about it then he suddenly started seeing a memory of his former life from the ancient time with Asura's past life.
(Flashback)
The memory shows the past older Yasha with a mask and bandages around his waist laying on the ground with the past older Asura laying on the opposite side right next to him as they appear to be unconscious at the moment until they woke up and quickly got up on their feet.
"Do you think someone like you can do something as important as save the world? You are just a fool who only knows how to break things!" Yasha mocked in a serious rage.
"Then I will break everything! Including this living Hell!' Asura declared.
"I grow tired of your face. I think it is time we finish this!" Yasha powered up as the battle between rivals is drawing to a close.
"Gladly!" Asura powered up too, ready to end their long fight once and for all.
(Flashback End)
"Go, save Mithra… and the world." Those were the last words Yasha's past life said to the past Asura before dying with a smile on his face.
"(That's right, I entrusted the world's future to Asura to defeat a powerful foe who was gonna destroy the world all the suffering he caused just as a trail.)" Yasha thought, recalling how his former life went against everything he was told and followed what he believed is right.
"Well then, how do you suppse you're going to "destroy" the system exactly?" Yasha asked.
"I… I will, huh… I haven't really thought about that much." Asura admitted.
"I knew it, you're so thickheaded you even think before you act." Yasha sighed with his hand over his face.
"Shut up! You make it sound like you have a better idea." Asura angered for being mock at.
"Actually, I do. One idea that is crazy and reckless that could get us in a lot of trouble, but it just might work." Yasha smirked.
Asura didn't know what exactly is Yasha thinking inside that head of his, but something tells him that he is going to like this plan very much and can feel his fists trembling in excitement. It was almost like his instinct were telling him that a big fight is going to happen soon and will need to use every ounce of his strength to survive this strength, either way it was going to be epic.
(With Edward)
"Hmm, I wonder if Angela is about to fight Moroha?" Edward asked himself. Earlier, he sent Angela out late at night to meet Moroha halfway to his home and see his power for herself and report back on any interest finding of the boy's strength.
"I just hope she'll be alright, even though Angela is an excellent fighter with her level of skills, but I think that Jack in a Box might be more than she can handle." Edward said, deciding on calling his little sister just in case.
But just as the S-Rank Knight is about to make the call, he got a sudden text message.
"Hello now, what's this?" Edward asked, looking at the number ID and became surprise to see it's from Yasha.
"Now that's odd, I wonder what the Blue Ninja Yasha wants with a text message?" Edward asked curious and read the text message carefully, he became shock once he read the whole thing and then smile.
"Oh, it looks like things are about to get more interesting from here and I'm so going to enjoy it too!" Edward excited as he replies to Yasha that he accepts.
"Looks like I get to see those two Jack in a Box's powers very soon." Edward smirked as he chuckles.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
Yasha and Asura shared a touching moment while learning about his and Shizuno's past, and it looks like the Blue Ninja is planning something big after hearing about Asura's goal to free the S-Rank Slayers that involves Edward and Moroha as the next chapter is going to be big for everyone.
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