"AHAHAHAHAH! Seriously, you really thought you got a chance?!"

Heitan says, boasting.

Miyabi and Homura are empty, but Miyabi finds the strength to talk.

"Why…"

She says in a weak voice.

"Uh?"

Heitan reacts, surprised.

"Why are you doing that? You used the senior elite students as your puppets… Whereas they were your friends…"

Miyabi asks, but her question enrages Heitan.

"They weren't my friends! I was their tool! Everything was fake in our relationships!"

Heitan screams of anger.

"You're wrong… When the students talked about you… I could feel a deep sorrow in their voices… Everybody loved you, Heitan…"

Miyabi claims, rising her head high enough to stare at Heitan's eyes.

The young man can't argue with this statement, he saw and felt himself the pain of his friends during his funeral.

"Maybe…"

He admits in an emotionless voice.

However…

"But you know what? I don't give a damn! Shinobi are my enemies and there's no kind of affection that can change that!"

Heitan yells in a determinate voice.

But his words give both Homura and Miyabi anger, anger they use to find the energy to stand up.

"Heitan… You piece of trash!"

Miyabi yells with hatred in her voice.

"No only… You sacrifice those who love you… But you also hurt ours! You're gonna… Pay for this!"

Homura adds, with the same hatred.

Powerful auras come from the two shinobi, which astonishes Heitan, who didn't think it was possible.

"I-It can't be?! They weren't supposed to still have shinobi force!"

Heitan thinks, shocked and, for the first time since the fight started, fearing a potential defeat.

"Secret Ninja Art, Resonate!"

"Secret Ninja art, Purgatorio of Good and Evil!"

Homura and Miyabi respectively yell, about to slash Heitan.

But the mad shinobi won't let them do that.

"Secrat Ninja Art, Terror Song!"

He yells before using his terrible scream again, which is faster than his opponents' assaults.

"AHHHHhhhh…"

The two women scream, falling again before reaching Heitan.

"Okay, I must admit you're fearsome… That's why I'm going to… WHAT?!"

Heitan starts, but the vision of a red aura around Homura and a black one around Miyabi stops him.

"Ultimate Secret Ninja Art… Crimson Lotus!"

"Ultimate Secret Ninja Art… Divine Judgement!"

The two girls yells before transforming.

Heitan is stunned, but also scared by the incredible power he feels from Miyabi and Homura.

"OAAAHHHHH !"

"RHAAAAAAA !"

Respectively scream Miyabi and Homura, charging Heitan at full speed.

"Stop!"

Heitan orders, but it just slows them a little now.

"N-Ninja Art, Love Song!"

Heitans creams in panic to protect himself, but his acoustic shield isn't enough to completly protect him.

"AHHHHHHH!"

The young man screams, his torso deeply cut two times.

But he doesn't fall, even if it's hard for him not to.

"Ah… Ah…"

Heitan is shocked, blood flows from both his torso and mouth.

"Time to end this!"

Miyabi yells before turning around to finish Heitan, Homura does the same by being perfectly synchronized with the white-haired girl.

Heitan is still not moving at all, confused.

The women charge again, but…

"It's ov… Eh?"

Homura starts, but something just stopped her movement and Miyabi's one…

"What the…"

Miyabi reacts when she noticed what's stopped them is Heitan, who's holding their hands to stop their blades.

But what is really astonishing the girls is Heitan's amazing power… And the terrible white shinobi force surrounding him.

"Ultimate Secret Ninja Art…"

He starts, which transforms his body… Heitan is growing up but more important, gets massive muscles. He now looks like an Olympic's level athlete.

"...Wrath Song!"

He yells before screaming a powerful war cry and jumping to kick both Miyabi and Homura.

Heitan's physical strength is now unmatched. If they weren't transformed, the two women would probably be instantly killed.

"Anyway… Don't call me Heitan… My name is Thomas, Thomas Ludwig!"

Thomas claims.

Homura and Miyabi understand it's his real name, but they don't care.

"Thomas or Heitan, you're going to perish!"

Homura yells before rushing toward Thomas, who dodges, but still got a scratch on his right arm.

But he doesn't have the time for a counter-attack, Miyabi is trying to slash his head with her blade.

"Take this!"

Miyabi yells, trying to cut him at full speed… But not enough against Thomas.

"Nope, I don't!"

Thomas yells, moving below Miyabi to avoid her hit.

The young man uses this opportunity to take Miyabi's leg and throws her on the ground, which makes it falls under Thomas's feet.

"Ghuaaaa?!"

Miyabi screams.

Once in the floor below, Homura joins Thomas and Miyabi.

"Miyabi!"

Then tanned girl screams, worrying about her friend.

"You bastard!"

Homura screams of rage, trying to stab Thomas with her sabre/

The man manages to dodge and only gets a scratch on his right check. Thomas then uses this opening to catch Homura by her face and smashes her on Miyabi.

"GHAAA!"

"GHUUU?!"

The two women are suffering, but not giving up already.

However, Thomas hadn't finished yet…

"Take this!"

He says before smashing by using his fists like hammers Homura's back, and indirectly Miyabi, who was just below her.

Again, the ground falls, and the girls fall to the stage below.

Miyabi and Homura are now side by side, laying down and injured.

"Time to die!"

Thomas yells from the stage above before jumping to perform the final strike.

"In your dreams!"

The two women yells while rolling to avoid the attack.

"Shit…"

Thomas says in a frustrated voice before standing up.

But it's too late…

"AHHHHH!"

Miyabi and Homura ells before rushing toward Thomas, who dodges Homura's attack, but not Miyabi's one, that pretty deeply cuts his left thigh.

"Khu…"

Thomas counterattack right after it, he takes Miyabi's by her neck and violently punches her face, which trhows her on a wall.

"Oh no!"

Homura says in a horrified voice.

Miyabi is KO, her black hairs are white again and her wigs disappear.

"Thomas!"

Homura yells, charging her enemy by turning like a tornado.

But Heitan bends down and hits both Homura's sides with the edge of his hands.

"HUAAAaaaa…"

Homura screams before spiting blood.

And while she was falling, Thomas catches his hair and brutally throws her on the ground to make sure she'll stay on it.

That works, Homura doesn't stand up, and her hairs are black again.

"Ahahah… I've won…"

Thomas says, in a low voice, he also stops his transformation.

But whereas he was about to savour the victory.

"Won? You're kidding? You've lost everything…"

Homura says, still on the ground.

"What?!"

Thomas reacts with confusion.

"You had friends, a beautiful school, a great future… But you screwed everything up for any reason…"

Homura adds, Thomas is now furious again…

But the man immediately calms down, and is now smirking at Homura.

"My dear Homura, we all have our reason to fight… But seems mine is more motivating than your…"

He explains in a sarcastic tone of voice while getting close to Homura.

But…

"You think so?!"

Homura yells by catching Thomas's right leg.

"Eh?!"

Thomas screams, surprised by how fast Homura can move despit her wounds.

"Secret Ninja Art…"

A pretty deep female voice says…

Thomas turns his head around… And sees Miyabi about to attack.

"...Delightful Inferno!"

Miyabi yells before slicing Thomas from the shoulder to the liver.

These were Miyabi's last forces, the woman fall on her knees.

Thomas is stunned of shock, he was very careful and way stronger, but their opponents managed to snatch the victory with that fatal strike.

It's only a matter of seconds before Thomas' demise from now… The man chooses to use his last moments to ask one last things to the ones who just defeated him.

"Tell me… What are… Your reasons to… Fight?"

He asks, his voice partially suffocated by the blood flowing from his mouth.

Homura is astonished, but answers with a proud smile.

"I have a rival to surpass… And friends to protect."

And Miyabi…

"I have people to protect too… And my shinobi duty to fulfil… Killing every Yôma…"

She says in a determinate voice.

Thomas hasn't something special to say in return to Homura's words, but regarding Miyabi's ones…

"To avenge… Your Mother… Am I wrong?"

He asks Miyabi, shocking her.

"Uh?! How can you know?!"

Miyabi asks by rising her voice.

Thomas learnt about Miyabi's mother accident thanks to the files he could read as Hamato, files he read to know more about the ones who were infiltrating his school.

But he hasn't time to explain…

"Poor girl… If only you knew… About what… Actually happened… That day…"

Thomas says in a weaker becoming voice, looking at Miyabi's with a kind of pity in his eyes.

"What the hell are you talking about?!"

Miyabi asks by screaming…

"..."

…But it's too late, Thomas is already dead…

His lifeless body falls under the frustrated eyes of Miyabi.

"Don't worry… He tried to make you feel bad for sure… Don't listen to him…"

Homura tells Miyabi, who calms down.

"Very likely…"

She answers.

The fight is over, the situation will be hard to explain, but there are evidences, including witnesses.

Only one thing is sure, it will be hard for Hachi Academy to recover from such a terrible night.