Chapter 28: New Mentors

Ryu walked into the doors of the person he was interning under. It was none other than Watanabe, the man responsible for most of our heroes using Ki. Watannabe was meditating, but somehow he sensed that Ryu was coming.

"Enter," he said, "kneel boy."

Ryu kneeled.

"Were you surprised when I sent you an offer?" Watannabe asked.

"To be honest, sir, I was-"

"Please, I helped you train to use Ki, and I've seen you in action a few times. I think we're above you calling me sir."

"Ok then... Tai."

Watannabe thought for a minute. "A little weird, but I'll allow it. That being said, you did well in the sports festival, but you have more to learn."

"I'm sure I do," Ryu said, "I got lucky in those last few fights, but got my ass handed to me by Yagi."

"Yes, yes you did. If he was your enemy, you'd be six feet under." Watanabe told him. "Now shake my hand."

He held out his hand. As soon as he took his hand, Watanabe gripped Ryu's hand tightly and simply threw him over his shoulders as if he were as light as paper.

Watanabe looked down at Ryu.

"Lesson one. If you are ever offered a handshake, throw them over your shoulders as hard as you can." Watanabe said.

"But what if it's a friendly handshake?" Ryu asked.

"NO SUCH THING!" Watanabe yelled out.

"Ok..." Ryu said as he got up.

"And another thing," Watanabe said, pointing to his collections of various weapons. "Sometimes your fists or legs won't cut it in combat. It's important to carry an object to use for fighting."

"Um... wouldn't that be cheating?" Ryu asked.

"Cheating?! In a life or death situation? Oh no! And it's okay to kill certain villains. Just ask your griffin friend!" Watanabe told him.

Ryu looked at the many weapons. He saw something that grabbed his interest. It was a Bo-staff.

"I like that one," he said pointing to it.

"Excellent choice! If you're able to master that weapon, then you're able to master them all." Watanabe told him.

"Alright, so when do we-"

Ryu didn't get to finish as he was knocked to the floor by the bo-staff.

"We start now."

"I hope Itsuka is having fun," Ryu said.

Kendo sneezed, Momo taking notice.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"I thought someone was talking about me," Kendo said, "But nothing serious. This is pretty fun."

"Fun? More like embarrassing," Momo said, "I hate cameras…"

Kendo patted Momo on the back, trying to console her.

"Momo, the commercial wasn't that bad."

"I can't even look at myself in the mirror after that!" Momo said.

Kendo patted momo on the back.

"Everyone's nervous for their first show." she said.

"You're saying you've done this before?"

"No. I'm just speaking from seeing others at work," Kendo said.

"I just hope Tadashi doesn't think I'm a fool."

"Momo, how can you think that?"

"Because he's been in front of the camera multiple times! How can I even date him if I can't look stable in front of a camera?!" Momo asked, freaking out.

"Momo, he doesn't care about that. All he cares about is you. He loves you for who you are and doesn't care what you look like in front of a camera."

Momo smiled at Kendo's kind words.

"Thank you," she said, "And in any case, I'm learning about presentation."

"There ya go!" Kendo said.

Kendo noticed a particular outfit.

"Uwabami, is anyone using that costume?" Kendo asked, pointing at a blazer, white shirt, and pants.

"Not exactly," Uwabami said while doing her makeup.

"Well, I wanna use it for reasons."

Ryu was improving with the bo-staff. Every form of fighting, he managed to learn in two to three tries. Watannabe was impressed. He also learned to use a few other weapons, like the nunchucks, the sai, and the katana.

"The Ninja Turtles have nothin' on me!" he said.

"Well, that's enough for today. Your room is on the left right there."

"Thank you," Ryu said as he bowed.

As Ryu laid on his bed he got a text from Itsuka. It was a picture message that gave him a nosebleed. It was Kendo in a sexy outfit. She had on a white blouse halfway buttoned showing quite a bit of cleavage, and was also wearing leggings, smiling at him seductively.

He texted back 'Wow, you look hot!'

'Well, once we have some alone time, I'll let you see more.' Kendo texted back.

'Izuku has joined the group chat'

'Uravity had joined the group chat'

'Creati has joined the group chat'

'Yokai has joined the group chat'

Creati: (sends a picture of her in a dress)

Yokai: wow you look beautiful Momo.

Creati: Wait, who the fuck is Yokai?

Yokai: It's me, Momo. Tadashi.

Creati: wait. What happened to action man?

Yokai: Midnight suggested the name change.

Creati: Of course she did. Like she demanded Mina's hero name to not be Alien Queen.

Izuku: how's everyone internships?

Uravity: Izuku. You're the only one who doesn't have their name as their hero name.

Izuku: oh yea

'Izuku changed his name to Deku'

Yokai: That's better. So I've managed to use my ki for more than just melee.

Creati: Wow that's exciting!

Yokai: Yea, pretty soon I'll stand more of a chance against Griffin Lord. In other news I got beat with a cane by an old man.

Deku: How many times did you call him an old man?

Yokai: Just once.

Deku: Well, that seems to be enough for him to hit you with his cane.

Yokai: he also called me a potty mouth

Creati: You do have a potty mouth, Tadashi.

Tadashi: Oh, come on, Momo! You know me better than that! I don't eat shit from a toilet!

Creati: That's not what I meant.

Deku: And it's not hard where he gets it from. Mirko has a bigger potty mouth than Kacchan!

Ingenium has joined the group chat

Yokai changed Ingeniums name to Recipro Spammer

Recipro spammer: I trust everyone is... Wait, why is my name changed?

Yokai: you know very well why you recipro burst motherf-

Creati: No.

Yokai: I didn't even-

Creati: I said no.

Yokai: How are you interrupting me through text?

Creati: Hell if I know. Plus Uwabami may seem a bit out of touch.

Yokai: Do I need to ask?

Creati: No.

After a few minutes of chatting, everyone decided to sign off. All that was left was Ryu and Kendo.

Kendo: So Pumpkin, after internships, I want a rematch with you. I wanna see if you can poke me with that staff. If ya know what I mean

Kendo has signed off. Ryu looked to the readers and said, "That… was naughty."

In another location, Hosu, Fire Breather was walking by with a group of newly made Nomus. Some of them had strange symbols on their bodies. He was planning to take down the Ki users this time, and would kill anyone who stood in his way. He was also reading a Ki book himself.

"In this lifetime, the best way to fight fire is with more fire," he said, "prepare yourselves, Ki users. Your days are numbered."