Hope you have a happy new year! Welcome to 2020. Even though it was not a good start to 2020…*Cough* T #$p and I #n *Cough*
To August D. Hellsing, thanks for pointing out the naming style discrepancies. I will stick to the eastern style.
To the guest reviewer again who was apparently beaten by an angry Miu: Tsukune will have his canon harem, no more than that. I'm thinking of giving Gin a couple of girls too. As for Kyouko, well it's a bit unrealistic to include her considering her personality.
To Death of Snipers: Hope you enjoy the story despite the nitpicks.
Story start
"Kajima Satomi, the Ichiei came personally to see me…"
"Wait, if that is enough for you to spend money to rebuild the dojo then my former masters need to be there to hear it as well." Kenichi said before his friend can continue.
"Alright, according to reports, we are about 70% done with the rebuilding and we are expected to have it done by this weekend." Niijima concurred.
"If I were to help would it speed up the rebuilding?" Kenichi asked.
"That would be great, I will write you a cheque to compensate for your help. But before that, can you introduce your new friends?" Niijima said as he looked at the newspaper club members.
"Ah yes, everyone, this is Niijima Haruo, a high school friend of mine. He is the owner of Shimpaku." Kenichi said, introducing Niijima to the students.
"My name is Aono Tsukune, I am Kenichi-sensei's disciple."
"My name is Akashiya Moka, pleased to meet you Haruo-san."
"My name is Kurono Kurumu, nice to meet you, alien."
"Hi! My name is Sendo Yukari! Nice to meet you alien!"
"I'm Morioka Ginei, are you sure you are not an alien?"
"Okay, blue hair and loli are somewhat rude but pretty boy here is really rude…" Niijima deadpanned as Miu and Kenichi weakly laugh.
"Well then, time for me to get to work." Kenichi said as he took off his shirt, leaving himself bare chested as he then picks up multiple bags of cement and multiple steel I-beams, each with the kind of weight that would normally require multiple trips with a forklift to move with one hand.
"Haruo-san, how did you meet my sensei?" Tsukune piped up with the question.
"Oh, Kenichi and I were in the same class in high school. He was a total wimp back when I first met him. I'm talking like…being picked on by everybody type wimp…" The newspaper club's eyes were as wide as soccer balls. "…Then he met Furinji here and then started to train in this very dojo under several martial art masters and so became strong. Along the way, I formed a group with him and several of his former enemies and this group were often involved in the underground business with Kenichi's masters."
"Ooooh…" The students said in unison.
"Well, that is the gist of it. It will take days if I were to go to detail. Basically, you can say that Kenichi is living every man's dream, become super strong and marry his sweetheart."
"Hyaaa! Stop it Haruo!" Miu squealed while flustered, slapping Niijima's shoulder and sending him face first into the floor.
"Still as easily riled up as ever huh, Furinji?" Niijima said while still in the dirt.
"Wait, sensei did say something about him participating in a fight with an organisation that wanted to start a world war." Tsukune said, remembering that time in the communal shower.
"Oh that? Yes he did, 18 years ago Japan was almost nuked."
Everyone jumped at that while Miu gave a weak resigned smile.
"However, the great me stopped the nuke of course!" Niijima ended with his signature laughter.
"Forked tongue!?" Kurumu said, startled.
"He is an alien after all!" Gin said, whipping out his phone again.
"Well he did half of it actually." Kenichi said, bringing the newspaper club back to the original topic. "He was able to hack into the system to stop the nuke from launching, but the enemy had a failsafe which he did not anticipate." Kenichi continued as everyone saw a large kettlebell with the words 'out-smarted' land on Niijima's head. "The failsafe was activated…" Another kettlebell with the same word landed on Niijima's head. "…and it was Miu's grandfather who destroyed the nuke, after it was already headed for Japan." One last kettlebell landed on Niijima's head.
"Did you have to ruin my moment?" Niijima whined.
"I simply added the facts to what you said." Kenichi retorted with what looks like a grin of triumph, causing large and comical sweat-drops to form on the heads of the newspaper club members.
"Wait, Kenichi-sensei why are you here? Weren't you working a couple minutes ago?" Moka asked.
"They were finished with the day's work, so they, and subsequently me are taking a break. In fact, it looks like we can finish the rebuilding in just a few more hours." Kenichi replied.
"What!? So fast!?" Niijima said in disbelief.
"You should have seen him, he moves what must have been several tons of cement, wood and steel so fast it looked like there were a dozen of him at once!" Gin said in awe.
"Right, forgot that he is one of those guys." Niijima deadpanned.
And so, the rebuilding of the dojo was completed within the day, looking the same as it used to be, it was as if the dojo had never been destroyed before.
"I had the walls reinforced with the toughest metal alloy I was able to obtain since I know that those guys wreck buildings like sandcastles. Some of the plumbing was also improved and I also added a bathhouse to your nearby hot spring." Niijima said as they inspect the newly rebuild dojo.
"Thanks."
"Yes, really thank you so much Niijima-san."
"Don't mention it, so when are you calling them back?"
"Oh right, time to call my former masters and tell them about this." Kenichi said as he pulled out his phone.
They were at the door within a few minutes, despite living as far as another prefecture. The newspaper club saw the masters and were immediately intimidated by their hulking figures and ki that they were emitting.
"My former masters, please don't scare my students." Kenichi said in exasperation.
"Kenichi, you are no fun." The man with a large scar across his face said in a huff.
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Everyone gathered in the dojo in a meeting, the Ryozanpaku masters sitting on one side and the newspaper club sitting on the other side. Kenichi then stood up, went in front of the newspaper club and gestured to the man with the large scar.
"Everyone, his name is Sakaki Shio, the 100th dan karate brawler."
Next he gestured to the man next to him in a hakama. "His name is Akisame Koetsuji, the philosophical master of Jujutsu."
He then gestured to the large dark-skinned man. "His name is Apachai Hopachai, the Death God of Underground Muay Thai."
Next he gestured to the small man in Chinese clothes and a hat. "His name is Ma Kensei, the Master of all Chinese Kempo. Gin, considering your antics you will get along with him very well."
Moka, Kurumu and Yukari immediately looked at Ma in disgust.
"Ken-chan, why did you say such a thing?" The man whimpered while the others chuckled in amusement.
"They deserve to know, moving on."
Kenichi then gestured to the beautiful woman dressed in a short kimono. "Her name is Kousaka Shigure, she is the Prodigy of all Weapons."
After that, Kenichi gestured to a blonde man in a suit and lastly he gestured to an elderly blonde man in a green kimono. "His name is Furinji Saiga and this is the elder of Ryozanpaku, Furinji Hayato, he is known as the Invincible Superman."
"It is an honour to meet all of you." The newspaper club said together while bowing their heads.
"Oh~Hohoho! Likewise, young ones." Hayato replied cheerfully.
"My name is Akashiya Moka."
"I'm Kurono Kurumu! Nice to meet you!"
"My name is Sendo Yukari!"
"I'm Morioka Ginei. Nice to meet you."
"I'm Aono Tsukune, Kenichi-sensei's disciple."
Immediately the eyes of the Ryozanpaku masters glow menacingly causing the students to cling onto each other in terror.
"Hoooh! Kenichi got his first disciple eh?" Sakaki said with a wide grin.
"Please don't bully him." Kenichi said weakly.
Moka then raised her hand. "Um, I'm also Miu-sensei's disciple with Gin-sempai."
Gin immediately looked at Moka with horror as the Ryozanpaku masters' eyes seem to glow even more menacingly.
"Hahaha! Looks like Kenichi and Miu finally joined us!" Hayato said in elation as the other masters applauded, embarrassing Kenichi and Miu.
"Hyaaaa!" A childlike scream echoed in the dojo as Kenichi moved his head to his left, evading a kick from behind, the attacker then landed in front of Kenichi who smiled.
"Hello there, Haneko, did grandpa and great grandpa treat you well?" Kenichi said as he went to the attacker, a cute little girl that is about the same age as Yukari with brown hair and pet her head.
"Hehehe! I missed you papa!" Haneko said with a wide smile.
"Papa?" Tsukune said in amazement.
"Yes Tsukune, this is my daughter Shirahama Haneko. Haneko, this is my disciple Aono Tsukune and those two…" he pointed at Gin and Moka, "are mama's disciples."
"Hi Onii-chan! Onee-chan!" Heneko greeted with a smile causing Moka and Kurumu to swoon.
"She is so cute!" Moka squealed which Kurumu agreed with.
"Ahem!" The cough was from Niijima. "As happy as I am for the whole reunion, there are pressing matters that I need to say to Ryozanpaku, so sorry to ruin the mood but we need to get to business."
"Oh right, sorry Niijima. So, who should be present for this meeting?"
"The inhabitants of this dojo." Hayato replied, his face now stern.
"Understood, sorry Newspaper club, but we need to talk here. Haneko, please show them around the dojo." Kenichi instructed.
"Yes papa! Nii-chan, nee-chan please come this way!"
With that the meeting began, Niijima stood in front of all the martial artists.
"Thank you for having me. Recently I was personally visited by none other than the current Ichiei, Kajima Satomi…" Saiga immediately widened his eyes at the name of his former disciple. "…He told me this…"
"We of the unarmed division battled the armed division 5 years ago, the result is that we are the winner and so are the leaders of the new Yami. However, the armed division recently left Yami en-masse. Their only line of reasoning was 'We have found a new source of darkness.'. Compounding on the fact is that we recently have information that the Kuremisago has also joined them. They refused to divulge any information about this 'new darkness' and any attempt to pressure them for information simply resulted in the Armed division and the Kuremisago to push back against us. We do not know what they are planning, but after looking back chances are that it will involve you, Ryozanpaku and the Shinpaku Alliance in one way or another."
Everyone's expressions became grim.
"The Kuremisago and Yami's Armed division working together?" Kenichi said, now worried of things to come.
"Yes, hence I spent 40 billion yen in rebuilding and reinforcing this dojo. If anything happens, we may need this as some kind of shelter."
"Hmm, I have heard of some recent attacks in the Middle East that is very bizarre." Hayato said while running a hand over his beard. "There were some very strange creatures sighted there, attacking soldiers and damaging military property. Apparently some of them have very long necks, others were giant humanoids.
"Is there? I also heard that the US navy seem to have lost several ships. When the ships were recovered, the communications recordings say that they saw something in the sea that is really beautiful." Sakaki chimed in.
"Everyone, let's get back to the original topic. According to Yami, there was a whole group defecting from it and that group is joined by the Kuremisago." Akisame cut in.
"This is simply too vague to make any conclusions. We don't even know where they are, their motives are unknown, this 'new darkness' can also mean anything." Saiga said in mild frustration.
"Everyone, Miu and I have something to confess. It may be related to the bizarre incidents that the Elder and Sakaki-san have mentioned." Kenichi said, gaining their attention.
"By now you know that Miu and I work as teachers in a school called Youkai Academy. However, there is a secret to this academy and that the school is meant for, well, Youkai." Kenichi continued sheepishly.
Everyone was stunned by what Kenichi said.
"Wait, so you have been working in a school that is essentially for mythical creatures?" Sakaki asked.
"Yes, the school teaches Youkai how to integrate into human society." Miu said in confirmation.
"Apa! No wonder Apachai felt such a different ki in the girls!" Apachai said, still in his usual manner of speech.
"Yes, especially pink…hair." Shigure said in response.
"So Kenichi and Miu have been working in a school for Youkai, the recent attacks in the Middle east, the ships going missing in the US Navy with those strange recordings. One cannot help but feel that all these were linked in one way or another." Saiga summarised.
"And another thing, only one the students we bought here are actually human. Kurumu is a succubus…" Ma Kensei's eyes lit up at that. "Moka is a vampire…" Apachai suddenly held his head and said 'Apapapapa…'. "Yukari is a witch and Morioka is a werewolf."
"Hold it hold it hold it!" Niijima shouted, gaining everyone attention.
"I just heard that mythical creatures are in this building and more of them is in a school built for them! This is like worldwide breaking news information!"
"Maybe pointy ears should…enrol." Shigure said.
"Oi! Stop joking like that!"
"Then calm down." Sakaki said non-chalantly.
"Calm down? Don't you think that we are dealing with something completely new? Oh wait, of course, it's you guys. Of course you guys can handle it so easily. Well, nonetheless I came and reported what the leader of Yami said to me so you guys handle things now."
"Ah yes, thank you Haruo-kun for your help in the rebuilding." Hayato said with a bow, followed by the rest of Ryozanpaku.
"No problem. Well I gotta go, owning a large business does not give me any free time." Niijima said before leaving the room.
"Now, Kenichi. Care to tell me how is your new job in this school for Youkai and how you got your first disciple?" Hayato said as his gaze returned to Kenichi.
"Yes, Miu and I are currently teachers in Youkai Academy. Regarding my disciple Aono Tsukune, he is the only human in this school. Apparently, we were all scouted by the headmaster to further teach coexistence between humans and Youkai. We recently joined this newspaper club comprising of the students we bought here." Kenichi said before taking another breath. "This club was recently attacked by the corrupt security force of the academy and during this time Aono Tsukune, Akashiya Moka and Morioka Ginei trained under us in the hopes of fighting this security force."
"I see, I will confirm with them later. And this security force that you speak of, are they beyond your ability?" Hayato responded.
"It is less beyond our ability but more on their activities being unknown. We do not know what they are planning, and we don't wish to lose our newfound job in an attack that is based on flimsy evidence." Miu replied to her grandfather.
"So to prepare for anything, you two decided to train the students just in case they strike when you two are not around." Saiga followed up.
"Yes, father." Miu replied.
"Then all the more reason for us to have a talk with the students, especially the ones that are your disciples. With the current information about the Kuremisago we need them to decide to stay with you two and so get caught in our fights." Akisame said with a tone of finality.
Kenichi and Miu nodded in agreement, just then the door flung open and there was a blonde woman present, dressed in a secretary outfit with a blonde girl, looking to be a middle schooler was with her.
"J-Jenny!" Sakaki said in alarm.
"Sakaki! Why did you just bolt off at the start of my leave!? We were supposed to go for our family dinner!" The woman screamed.
"Honey! Calm down! The dojo just got rebuilt and everyone is back! I had to see this!" Sakaki replied frantically. The others all start to snicker at the Karateka being reduced to a bumbling husband.
"You left your family to come here!?"
BANG!
Sakaki quickly deflected a bullet flying at his head with his hand, sending it into one of the trees.
"What the!? Lucia! There are others here! Don't just fire a gun!" Sakaki yelled at the girl.
"This is daddy's penalty for leaving me and mom!" The girl replied while pouting.
"What's happening!? We heard a gunshot!" Gin, who rushed to the door with the others said in alarm, to see Sakaki bickering away with his wife and daughter while the others kept laughing.
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While Niijima was relaying the information from Kajima, Haneko had already led the newspaper club through the dojo. Now they are in the grounds behind the dojo.
"Tsukune-nii chan! How long has papa trained you?"
"Oh, he trained me for about a month."
"Okay, then you are my junior!" Haneko said with an air of childlike superiority.
"Ehhh…" Tsukune could not think of what to say.
"Heh! Well he is the weakest among us." Gin said smugly.
"And you are the most perverted of us." Kurumu replied in a deadpan manner.
"Pervert!? Like Ma-Jii san who always peep at the hot spring!?" Haneko said in alarm.
"Yeah! He peeped at girls changing, gropes girls' butts and takes pictures of them as well!" Yukari said loudly.
"WHAT!? Just like Ma-Jii san! There are two of them!" Haneko cried out as she launched herself at Gin with a kick to the face. Only for Gin to simply move his head to the left.
"Ah! You dodged! Pervert!"
"Oi! Enough of this!" Gin said as he continues to dodge a flurry of punches and kicks from the little brunette.
"Stop dodging! Perverts must be punished!" Haneko replied as she continued in her attack.
"I will keep dodging! Thank you very much!" Gin replied. As he dodged and moved, he went closer and closer to Tsukune.
"Hyaaaa!" Haneko yelled as she threw the hardest kick at Gin's head, only for him to dodge…
WHAM!
…And Tsukune to get kicked in the face, launching him several feet away.
"Tsukune!" Moka cried out and ran towards the boy to tend to him.
"Wow, you beat up your own junior?" Gin said teasingly.
"Muuuu! Take this!" Haneko charged at Gin with a straight punch which he bent forward to dodge, but it was a feint to set up her actual attack.
"Hyoi Kazakirihane!" Haneko then did a backflip, using the momentum to increase the power of her kick, Gin however recovered enough to place his hands up in a guard in front of his chin. The kick was stopped, and Haneko leapt back, out of breath.
"Woah there, that kick actually hurt…" Gin said in surprise while shaking his hand to relieve some of the pain.
"Haah, haah. Could not punish this pervert." Haneko said in-between breaths.
"Well, if it is any consolation, your papa already did that." Gin said in response.
Haneko pouted in response. Tsukune, who recovered then went towards the girl.
"Haneko-chan, how long have you been training?"
"Eh? About 9 years. Grandpa and great grandpa started training me when I was 3 years old."
"And how did they train you?" Tsukune asked, in a tone as if he is afraid to know the answer.
"They told me it was the same way great-grandpa trained mama. Wearing weights when training, balancing on poles on top of water, strength training."
"Oh thank goodness, I thought they would train you like how your papa trains me."
"Eh? How did papa train you?"
"I felt like I was going to die every day…Your papa is really mean when he does that." Tsukune replied while shivering from the memory.
"Ah, that is likely the same way papa himself was trained. Here, I have some footage of the training. Papa's alien friend took some of it." Haneko said as she pulled out a phone from her coat pocket.
Everyone then watched much younger versions of the Ryozanpaku masters train Kenichi when he was still a disciple.
"Gwaaaaaaah!"
"When did you get to rest!?"
"Apaaaaaaa!"
"Gyaaaaa!"
"Apa! He's dead again!"
"Good grief Apachai, you still can't hold back?"
The newspaper club members all went blue from shock.
"Is- is this type of treatment even legal?" Gin said in horror.
"No way, if this goes out in public then it will spark a national outrage!" Kurumu replied.
"Sensei never treat me that badly!"
"Probably because you are still a beginner, onii-chan. This is papa when he was 19 years old, he was already training for about 2 years by the time this video was taken."
"…I have newfound respect for sensei, and newfound terror for my own future." Kurumu said in awe and horror.
Just then they heard a gunshot and then saw some of the wood fragments come out of a nearby tree when the bullet hit it. Immediately on high alert they rushed to the entrance of the meeting room. Gin with his speed reached the door first.
"What's happening!? We heard a gunshot!" Gin said in alarm and soon he and the newspaper club saw the scene of Sakaki Shio arguing with a blonde woman and a blonde girl while the others were laughing.
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"Ahem, brats, this woman here is Jennifer Grey, who is my wife and this girl here is Lucia Shio, she is my daughter." Sakaki introduced his own family to the newspaper club with a red face.
"Pleased to meet you too Jennifer-san." Tsukune said as he and the others then introduced themselves.
"Likewise. Now…" Jennifer said as her hands suddenly shot to Sakaki's pants, close to the area between his legs.
Gin was excited to see what will happen next, but Sakaki then bent forward with his hands protecting his manhood. This caused him to fall for the feint allowing Jennifer to grab his ear.
"Owowowow!" Sakaki wailed as his wife dragged him out of the room while the rest of the onlookers continue to laugh at seeing such an intimidating man getting dragged like a naughty child.
"We are not missing that family dinner Sakaki!" Jennifer replied firmly.
"Ok! Ok! Just let me go!"
Jennifer released her grip on his ear, and then pecked him on the cheek while he massaged his aching earlobe.
"Sheesh, what a woman I ended up with…" Sakaki mumbled as they left the dojo.
"Speaking of dinner…" Miu said, remembering that she needs to get cooking.
"I'll help you mama!" Haneko said as she followed her mother to the kitchen.
"That would be great dear. We need to cook for five more people after all." Miu replied as she put on her apron.
While they were cooking, the newspaper club sat with Ryozanpaku.
"So, little ones. I have heard of you all, and that you are not what you seem to be outwardly." Hayato started.
"Sensei told you that already?" Gin asked in response.
"Indeed, I did order them to get a job so to gain funds for rebuilding the dojo. But I was not expecting the job to be teachers in a school for Youkai. So, I have heard that you are in some kind of trouble from some security force." Hayato replied.
"Yes, we are indeed Youkai…" Gin said as he transformed into his werewolf form in front of their eyes, the masters, while surprised were all able to maintain their composure. "And we are the newspaper club of that school…" Gin then explained the whole situation while still in his werewolf form while the members of Ryozanpaku listened attentively.
"So, to summarise, all of you are harassed by this Public Safety Committee but for whatever reason they have been on standby for a whole month while you all train under Kenichi and Miu for preparation." Saiga said after Gin explained the situation.
"Yes, that would be correct." Gin replied.
"While we do provide our sympathies, we are also in a bad situation ourselves. It appears that some of our old adversaries have once again began their move and it will most likely involve us. As much we would like to help you, getting you involved with us may cause you to become targets as well. This may simply cause even more trouble for you instead." Hayato said in response.
"Um, by old adversaries, is it that organisation that nearly launched a missile at Japan 18 years ago?" Tsukune said, the Ryozanpaku masters then all looked at Kenichi who is now sweating nervously. After a few seconds of giving Kenichi the stink-eye, Hayato sighed and spoke again. "Yes, the very same, though it is a specific portion of that group. However, right now, we may not have a lot of time, so we will need you to make the decision to disassociate yourselves from us or continue to be associated with us.
"Um, may I know what the consequences of our choices will be?" Gin asked after hearing from the elderly man.
"If you choose to stay with us, then we will take you in as disciples with the appropriate training to prepare for your involvement in this new struggle." Hayato replied as the other masters start to form large grins on their faces, except Kenichi who simply look terrified for their well-being. The newspaper club immediately put two and two together and once again clung to each other in horror.
"If you choose to disassociate with us, then life will still go on, Kenichi and Miu will stay as teachers of that academy until the whole mess with the Public Safety Committee is over." Hayato concluded. Gin then turned to the rest of the club members.
"Personally I choose to join Ryozanpaku as a disciple. Knowing the Public Safety Committee, for them to be so inactive means they are plotting something that I will need extra help with. But I will let the other members make their decisions." Gin said before sitting down.
"Well, I think I will choose no. I'm sorry but I simply don't have enough information to simply dedicate my life to fighting some group of martial artists. If Kenichi and Miu sensei are still around, then I will settle with training under them if they are still willing to train us." Tsukune said next.
"Same, while I know that everyone here is much stronger than me, I'm no pushover in terms of fighting ability. I still believe that together we can handle it." Moka said after Tsukune.
"Sorry, fighting isn't really for me. I still want a peaceful school life." Kurumu said next with Yukari nodding with her.
"Alright, then we will choose to disassociate with Ryozanpaku. It's vexing for me personally, but the club members has spoken." Gin said in response, an expression of utter disappointment on his face. Kenichi heaved a sigh of relief.
"Dinner's ready!" Miu said happily as she and Haneko all carry multiple trays of food, well balanced on their hands, shoulders and head to the room, Kenichi then set up the table in a flash and they enjoy the meal together.
"Sensei, we saw a footage of your training."
"Hurgh! Haagh! You did? Aren't you traumatised by that?"
"I'm surprised you did not sue them for abuse…"
"Well I was allowed to leave whenever I want…"
"So Morioka-chan, heard that you are a comrade?"
"Uh, Ma-sensei?"
"Let me show you some of my collection…"
"Ohh! Nice pictu-gah!"
"Ma-san you pervert!"
"Gwaaaah! Why are you hitting me!?"
It was quite the lively dinner.
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"Gwaaaah! Heeeeelp!"
"Too slow, keep moving!"
"Hah! Ugh! Hupp!"
POW! WHAM! WHAM!
"Not bad! But not enough!"
"GYAAAAA!"
The next day started with Kenichi introducing one of the machines Akisame used to train him, called the 'Nirvana Harem IX' as if in spiteful irony. It was a platform with six wooden puppets with distinctly feminine designs, complete with boxing gloves, elbow and knee pads, padded shins and a distinct target on the stomach, chest and head area. The rationale is to simulate an attack by multiple female martial artists.
Kenichi was the first test subject for this machine as the first disciple, and it was used to make him more comfortable against female opponents after a disastrous encounter with Rachel Stanley, the energetic lucha wrestler who took advantage of his limitation to beat him down, requiring Miu to bail him out.
Now however there was a passing of the torch to Aono Tsukune who has been standing on the platform for an hour enduring attacks from these puppets while picking chances to punch and kick the targets. He started badly, requiring restarts but after the first 20 minutes he got the hang of it, at the 40 minute mark he began to tire and so is taking more hits, by the 60 minute mark it was simply target practice for the puppets.
"Alright that will do for now." Kenichi said, turning the machine off. Tsukune collapsed into a heap as Kurumu hurried to tend to him.
At another area of the training grounds Miu is once again sparring with the awakened Moka and Gin, who are still unable to land a hit on her. However that is not to say they show no improvement, Miu immediately noticed that not only they now have less wasted movement, their attacks are much more in sync with each other and they have much less openings for Miu to strike. Now Miu have to actually take the initiative to feint and strike at their guard to make the openings.
"Hooh, those kids are pretty good." Akisame said from the side with the other masters as they watch the training.
"That machine brings back a lot of memories doesn't it? It has been over 9 years since Kenichi became a master himself. Now we even see him and Miu taking disciples." Sakaki said, feeling the nostalgia.
"Hm. Yes, he even bought more pretty girls to the dojo!" Ma Kensei said in a lecherous tone before catching two pebbles that Miu kicked at him in the middle of sparring.
"Still no…weapon trainees." Shigure sulked as she plays with her weapons as if they are comforting her.
The day ended with the disciples beaten black and blue as usual.
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It was the first day of the week again, which means that everyone is back at school for studies and wait for the weekend to come again. Or at least that is what should have been the case. As soon as Kenichi and Miu entered the school grounds they immediately tensed up.
"Looks like today is the day." Kenichi said as they saw three people with a huge amount of ki dressed in the Public Safety Committee uniform, naturally the other students all took a very wide berth from the two. Two of them they recognised are the male and female former disciples of the Kodachi user Seitaro Raigo. But the third man was the one Kenichi and Miu are most wary of … because he made distinct hand seals that was from the Kuremisago clan.
Kenichi and Miu walked past them, not showing outward emotion. Only heaving a sigh of relief when they were out of sight, they had expected to engage them right then and there, likely causing a lot of damage and injury. The fact that they can walk past the three without issue means that they still have time to warn the newspaper club.
Luckily said club members were not far away, they had decided to walk together until they got to each of their classrooms and so it was easy for Kenichi and Miu to meet up with all of them.
"We got company." Kenichi said, his tone deathly serious.
"I know, those three were not exactly subtle. But who are they? I know for a fact that they are not in the Public Safety Committee." Gin replied.
"Those are our enemies, this means that they indeed have teamed up with some kind of group consisting of Youkai…And they now have information about us." Miu said grimly.
"What should we do?" Yukari said, almost in panic.
"For now, try to stick together and survive. Those three earlier will surely be in our way when they strike so this means all of you will be on your own for some time. Tsukune, stay close to Moka and immediately remove the rosary when that happens. I'm sorry, that you are now involved with our enemies."
"Will we be okay?" Kurumu said worriedly.
"I cannot promise anything, prioritise survival for now." Kenichi replied as they then part ways.
Then it all began, it was in the middle of Miu's class when the door was flung open. A blonde young man accompanied by several of his lackeys as well as the Kuremisago warrior she saw earlier was there with an incredibly haughty smirk on his face. All of them wearing the signature uniform of the Public Safety Committee.
Naturally every student was in shocked silence at the sudden development. Tsukune and Moka are already together, Miu and the Kuremisago warrior were already sizing each other up. To make it worse, Kenichi and Gin, two of the better fighters were not present. Essentially, they are at a huge disadvantage in this power balance.
Only Miu is able to hold them off, Tsukune is still too inexperienced for such a situation and Moka is still in her sealed state. One wrong move and it will all be over.
However, the enemy is also not overconfident, the Kuremisago warrior was clearly not underestimating Miu, knowing her legendary lineage. He also knew that one rash decision will result in instant defeat, such is their level as martial artists.
Meanwhile, Kenichi was in the teacher's lounge, handling the paperwork. That is when he felt the distinct hostility coming from the classroom where Miu is. Immediately utting on his tekou and bolting for the door, he opened it and ran toward the staircase. Then he abruptly stopped dead in his tracks after sensing killing intent right around the corner, walking forward, he saw the two kodachi users, the man with a smug grin, the woman with an emotionless face. Both of them have their hands on their weapons.
"Hello Shirahama Kenichi, going somewhere?"
'Everyone, please be alright…' Kenichi said in his mind as he entered his stance. Already grimacing at the students watching the upcoming clash with curiosity as well as his numerical disadvantage.
Back at the classroom, the blonde young man strode towards Tsukune, who was already preparing to remove Moka's rosary.
"Aono Tsukune, you are under arrest under the suspicion of being a human infiltrator."
That line was the beginning of a revolution.
SO IT BEGINS…NEXT CHAPTER! *Insert evil laugh here*
So first let's talk about some of the characters. Sakaki ultimately fulfilled his drunken promise to Jennifer Grey, I'm thinking of writing an omake going into detail about that. But I hope you enjoy the sight of Sakaki being a whipped husband!
I decide to have the newspaper club not join Ryozanpaku at first because I want to add a layer of realism into this. I don't think any 16-18-year-old will be willing to just join the fight against a shadow organisation, especially with little to no information from people they just met. They have their own goals too. Yet at the same time I also want to portray the desperation of a person who really want whatever help that is available yet knows that he is asking too much from others who don't hold him in high regard. I hope that is portrayed well.
So next chapter preview!
"Miu, can you carry Tsukune to safety? I would like to vent a bit now…"