SailorStar9: Chapter 14 goes up and no review. You guys don't love me anymore. *Wails*
Disclaimers: I don't own Sailor Moon and Flame of Recca since if I did own them both, the Planetary Senshi will have equal footing as Sailor Moon and the Domon/Fuuko pairing would be canon. But you don't see that happening do you? However, I do own the pairing, I hope.
Chapter 15: Mikagami's Fierce Battle. Heedless Hyomon Ken!
"You've finally decided to show yourself." Recca growled. "Get ready to have you ass publically beaten!"
"Didn't I mention that would be impossible?" Kokū scolded after knocking Recca on the head.
"Ouch..." Recca whined. "You... what the hell is your problem, old man?"
"Let's go train some." Kokū requested.
"Sir, Recca-kun is really strong." Yanagi added. "He can control six Flame Dragons."
"Yup, yup." Recca agreed. "Have you seen them?"
"Just because you have them doesn't mean you should depend on them." Kokū scoffed.
Reaching his hand out, he removed the six Dragons' markings on Recca's arms.
"What are you doing?" Recca demanded, the markings disappearing.
"The Fire Dragons' tattoos are..." Kagerō gasped.
"Gone?" Domon blinked.
"Does that mean he can't call them anymore?" Fuuko blinked.
"No way... it can't be..." Recca was shocked.
"Come out, Nadare! Saiha!" he tried to summon his Dragons.
"No Dragons came out." Koganei blinked. "What just happened?"
"If you're smart, you'll come with me to get them back." Kokū remarked, walking off.
"Come with you..." Recca echoed. "We're fighting a tournament!"
"Kurei is your only opponent." Kokū reminded him. "I will get you back before your little fight with Kurei starts."
"C'mon, old man." Recca complained.
"What's stopping you?" Fuuko chided. "Go on, Recca."
"Fuuko." Recca muttered.
"That old man, I don't think he's the enemy." Kagerō assured him.
"But he's pervert." Ganko added.
"And he did give me that madōgu." Domon commented.
"And without all eight Dragons, you can't beat Kurei." Koganei reminded.
"And in the meantime, we'll pick up the slack." Mikagami added.
"Hime... guys..." Recca looked at the rest of the Hokage.
"Sorry." he took off after Kokū.
Gambatte... Recca-kun. Yanagi prayed.
"I guess that's only way to deal with a hard-headed vassal huh?" Anhara remarked amusedly after Recca was out of earshot.
"Huh?" Fuuko blinked.
"Hara-nee, you know who that old man was?" Koganei asked.
Anhara just grinned in response.
"To quote an anime character, 'It's a secret'." she winked.
Outside the arena...
"Now where did that old man go?" Recca wondered, having followed Kokū outside.
"A mirror?" he turned to see a standing mirror beside him. Resting his hand on the mirror, the said glass glowed in response, pulling Recca into the Fire Dragons' world. With Recca within it, the mirror burst into flames
At the commentary table...
"Ura Buto Satsujin's finale: Uruha Kurenai versus Hokage." Tatsuko declared. "Let's get the second match underway."
In the ring....
"Your ever cute referee will be Satomi this time!" Satomi announced. "I'm 22 and completely single! Yoroshiku!"
In the stands...
"Yeah baby! I got some thing for ya!" the crowd cheered.
In the ring....
"Would Uruha Kurenai's Kai and Hokage's Kirisawa Fuuko, please enter the ring." Satomi requested.
At that, Kai jumped into the ring. Slamming his cloaked weapon down, the cloth fell to the ground, revealing the Hyōma En.
On the ring side...
"That sword is..." Mikagami recognized the weapon.
Everything will be revealed tomorrow. Kokū had told him. Even who killed you sister.
That has to be him. Mikagami concluded.
"Well. Time to rock and roll." Fuuko stepped forward.
"Sorry, but this one's mine." Mikagami jumped in before her.
"Wait, Mi-chan!" Fuuko called out.
"What if that's..." Yanagi started. "Mikagami-sempai's sister's killer?"
"Just because he holds the Hyōma En, doesn't mean he's the one." Anhara protested.
"Men." she muttered, when the ice wielder ignored her.
In the ring....
"Referee, Kirisawa Fuuko is scheduled to to fight next, but I want it changed." Mikagami requested.
"Yes, yes." Satomi beamed. "I'll do anything you ask, Mikagami-kun."
"Any objections?" she looked at Kai.
"I agree." Kai chuckled. "En-Sui's Mikagami."
On the ring side...
"Is that alright, Kurei-sama?" Mikoto asked.
"He's who I've come for." Kurei replied. "That's why I wanted him on the team."
In the ring...
"Since both parties agree, the second match will be." Satomi declared. "Hokage's fighter is Mikagami. Let the second match begin!"
Back with Recca...
"The flame wielder screamed as he fell into an abyss before landing into a desert.
"Where am I?" he blinked after coughing out the sand.
In response, the sand before him exploded, raining the sand onto him as Nadare's human form appeared.
"I didn't mean to get you all sandy." Nadare told him. "Sorry, Recca."
"It's alright, sister." Recca waved her apology aside. "Kinda of strange, I would remember such a beautiful lady."
"I know everything about you." Nadare told him. "So shall we begin?"
"Begin what?" Recca beamed.
"Appear, Flame!" Nadare summoned her power and fired a stream of fireballs at Recca who ducked.
"What? What exactly is your problem, Sister?" Recca demanded.
"You want your Dragons back right?" Kokū asked. "Instead of hiding, fight!"
"Stop eating that lunch box!" Recca hollered as Kokū munched on the bento box. "And why do I have to fight a woman?"
"Pick the first of many flowers." Kokū advised.
"Recca." Nadare started. "This is the second time we have fought. I am Nadare."
"Nadare?" Recca echoed.
"The eight Dragons are incarnations of the greatest Flame masters." Kokū explained. "Beings once humans have become Dragons."
"If you want her power again," he added as Nadare powered up another stream of fireballs. "You must best her. The others will be the same."
"Recca, the first time we met, you stood alone against us." Nadare reminded him, converging her fireballs into one large flame ball. "I thought that was admirable and gave you my help. But if that makes you overconfident, then I can help no longer. Show me what you are made of."
With that, she fired the flame ball at him.
"Don't underestimate me!" Recca growled, catching the fireball with his palms and tossing it back to Nadare. Nadare jumped to avoid the blast, only to be met by Recca's hand knife a moment she landed.
"I know I depend on you guys sometimes." Recca admitted, relaxing in his pose. "But I really need you guys' powers to fight Kurei. Please, come back to me."
"Such honesty is rarely spoken." Nadare smiled. "I like that."
"Fight the good fight, Recca." she added, returning to her Dragon form and reentering Recca's arm.
"Nadare, it's good to have you back." Recca looked at his reclaimed mark.
"So, Nadare went back already?" Kokū noted. "Pick your next opponent."
At that, three more Flame masters appeared.
"I am Saiha." Saiha's human form introduced himself.
"I'm Homura." Homura's human form added.
"And Madoka." Madoka's human form beamed.
In the ring...
"You're going to answer my questions." Mikagami growled.
"You actually expect me to?" Kai challenged.
"I didn't say you have a choice." Mikagami remarked, forming his ice sword as Kai readied his weapon.
Kai took a side step and Mikagami charged. Kai parried En-Sui's attack off. Mikagami jumped back to avoid Kai's blade thrust before moving in to attack his opponent. Kai jumped back to dodge the attack, the two swordsmen meeting each other head-on, parrying blade with blade.
At the commentary table...
"What speed!" Tatsuko announced. "This match is getting interesting!"
On the ring side...
"Koganei, who's that Kai guy?" Ganko asked, "I've never heard of him."
"How should I know?" Koganei complained. "He mutsa become Jyushinshu after we left Kurei."
In the ring....
One of Mikagami's sword slashes managed to slice through Kai's cloak
On the ring side...
"He sliced Kai's cloak." Mikoto noted.
"The boy ain't bad." Joker added.
At the commentary table...
"Oh my! Kai's cloak has been torn!" Tatsuko declared. "This will the first time Kai's face has been seen in the tournament!"
In the ring....
"Thank you very much, Mikagami." Kai replied. "Now there is nothing to hold me back."
On the ring side...
"Now he's bragging." Domon scoffed.
"No, he's serious." Kagerō corrected.
In the ring....
Those earrings? Mikagami noted the earring's shine.
"You dislike these earring?" Kai commented. "It seems all my victims remember these earrings. They accuse me of killing someone close to them. Then, I finish them off. You shall share the same fate. Mikagami Tokiya!" and laughed.
Finally... finally I've found him, nee-san. Mikagami thought.
"You laugh annoys me." he frowned.
"Hyomon Ken, Tsurara Mai." he summoned his attack.
"Hyomon Ken!" Kai raised an icicle to guard himself.
"Hyomon Ken, Tsurara Gaeshi." he introduced his attack to the shocked Mikagami. "You're not the onl one who mastered the Hyomon Ken."
On the ring side...
"That guy can use the Hyomon Ken?" Domon was puzzled.
"No way..." Fuuko gasped.
In the stands...
"It can't be." Kukai noted. "Only one can inherit the Hyomon Ken. Only one student can be accepted. Meguri Kyoza and Mikagami Tokiya should be the only ones who knows the Hyomon Ken."
In the ring....
"The look on your face is classic." Kai remarked.
"That sword is... a madōgu, right?" Mikagami realized.
"Of course, the madōgu, Hyōma En." Kai replied.
"It must be something that can mimic my Hyomon Ken." Mikagami concluded. "However, the Tsurara Mai isn't the only Hyomon Ken technique."
"Uniting the for corners," he chanted, summoning four swirling water orbs which then merged into one.
"Hyomon Ken, Water Snake!" he finished his attack, slicing the water sphere with his blade.
On the ring side...
"We haven't?" Domon exclaimed.
"That's one we haven't seen before!" Fuuko finished his sentence.
"If he mimics moves, he won't be able to defend against this technique." Kagerō reasoned.
In the ring....
"I said I'm a master." Kai retorted.
"Appear, Ice Snake!" he summoned a much more powerful serpent, the ice snake breaking through the water snake.
In the stands...
"And that means..." Saichō noted as the two attacks clashed.
"Not exactly the same." Kukai corrected. "Kai summoned an ice snake. His was stronger than Mikagami's."
"And that means..." Saichō gasped.
"It must be true." Kukai replied.
On the ring side...
"There are two Hyomon Ken masters." Kagerō completed Kukai's sentence.
In the ring....
"What's wrong?" Kai mocked. "Meguri Kyoza's Hyomon Ken was passed on to the both of us. I was a master before you even began learning it. Consider me your big brother."
"What?" Mikagami growled.
Back with Recca...
Recca chuckled, having regained Homura as well.
"Hi, Rui of the Katanashi will be your next opponent." Rui appeared.
"How beautiful!" Recca nose-bled.
"C'mon. Why don't you think of something nice to fight against?" Rui challenged.
"I can see her...." Recca's nose bleed turned into torrents.
"My master is such a silly boy." Rui chuckled, pulling her kimono. "Then how about this?"
"I can't fight a naked woman!" Recca complained, as Rui burnt off her kimono.
"A ninja's job is to deceive his enemy." Rui told him, her nude form now surrounded by fireballs. "Remember, if a ninja can confuse you with something so simple, what are you?"
In the ring....
"You still don't give up? My little brother..." Kai mocked.
"I don't give a shit what you are." Mikagami retorted. "My sister will be properly avenged."
In the stands....
"He's in trouble." Saichō realized. "Mikagami is losing his cool."
"Kyoza lied to him after all." Kukai reasoned.
In the ring....
"Meguri Kyoza never told me there was another!" Mikagami snapped. "And if so, you know there should be only one! Someone like you can never inherit the Hyomon Ken!"
"The only reason Meguri Kyoza trained you was in case something happened to me." Kai replied. "You were my backup."
"Silence!" Mikagami shot back
"Tsurara Mai!" he summoned his attack.
"The problem with that move is your sword has to be on the ground!" Kai remarked, jumping up to dodge the attack. "It leaves you wide open."
"Hyomon Ken, Hisame!" he came down on Mikagami, raining icicles on him.
On the ring side...
"No!" Yanagi turned away as Mikagami fell.
In the ring....
"The Mizu Kugutsu." Kai noted, the water puppet turning into water as Mikagami attacked from the side.
"Nice, even though you should be dead." he added, dodging Mikagami's attacks.
"How about this?" Mikagami hissed. "Uniting the four Corners with icicles..."
"The Water Snake again?" Kai remarked, seeing the similar attack pose. "Haven't you already done this once?"
"Icicle Snake!" Mikagami released his upgraded attack.
In the stands...
"That wasn't the same technique!" Saichō noted.
"That was a combination of the Tsurara Mai and the Water Snake!" Kukai realized.
On the ring side...
"He can win!" Domon noted.
"But Mikagami-kun used most of his energy on that." Kagerō pointed out. "If Kai manages to survive that attack..."
In the ring....
"Don't underestimate me!: Kai hollered as the ice snake charged at him.
"Hyomon Ken, Ice Barrier!" he encased himself with ice as the snake clashed into him.
"I can beat anything you throw at me!" he declare, breaking through the attack. "I did it!"
On the ring side...
"No way." Ganko gasped.
"This sucks." Koganei noted. "He spent all of En-Sui's water."
In the ring....
"Your En-Sui seems to have run dry." Kai noted.
"And now to win!" he charged, piercing his blade into Mikagami, only to be deceived by the red water puppet.
"Now you?" he gasped, the water gushing out.
Turning back, he noticed too late that Mikagami had attacked with his red En-Sui.
"A red En-Sui?" Kai realized. "I see... your own blood..."
"Nee-san will be avenged!" Mikagami hollered, going in for the kill.
Noticing Kai's earring again, he sliced through Kai's body, but not before Kai thrust his blade into his stomach.
On the ring side...
"Tokiya!" Anhara screamed, after Mikagami collapsed after Kai redrew his weapon, the older swordsman falling suit a second later.
"Mikagami!" Domon shouted.
"Mi-chan!" Fuuko exclaimed.
"Mikagami-sempai!" Yanagi yelled.
In the ring....
"Both down!" Satomi declared.
"I will remain the one... who inherits the Hyomon Ken..." Kai choked as he got up slowly. "I am the Hyomon Ken."
"My decision is that Mikagami is unable to continue." Satomi announced. "The winner is Kai!"
At the commentary table...
"Mikagami Tokiya couldn't get up!" Tatsuko declared. "Uruha Kurenai's Kai takes the win!"
In the ring...
"How...? I shouldn't have..." Kai was confused.
"Why, Mikagami?" he asked.
In the stands...
"Master, Mikagami's last move..." Saichō started.
"He could have killed Kai." Kukai agreed. "But he restrained himself. What happened?"
In the ring....
Anhara, Fuuko and Domon had jumped into the ring.
"Mikagami!" Domon shouted, rushing towards him.
"MI-chan!" Fuuko exclaimed, following suit.
"Tokiya..." Anhara lifted her fallen lover.
"Are you alright?" Fuuko asked.
"I'm fine..." Mikagami replied. "Take care of Kai."
"He's your sister's killer, right?" Fuuko inquired. "Why should we?"
"Because he isn't." Anhara replied.
"Right?" she turned to the ice wielder in her arms.
"Yes." Mikagami winced as he sat up. "He didn't kill her."
"You figured it out, huh?" Kai noted.
"Right at the end." Mikagami replied. "You played the tough guy."
"All the way up to the end?" Kai added. "You're amazing."
"Why did you act like you killed my sister?" Mikagami demanded. "Which part of your story is true?"
"I really was the original inheritor of the Hyomon Ken." Kai confessed. "But when Meguri Kyoza met you and saw your potential, he decided you were the one. After that, he just threw me away. He didn't kill me because I would be his replacement if you proved unsatisfactory. It was a slap in the face."
"How can a man stand behind a boy ten years his junior?" he turned away. "That's why I wanted you to prove your worth to me. How good the Mikagami Tokiya really was..."
"And you acted as her killer." Anhara concluded.
"But I finally understand." Kai added. "You are truly my senior."
"You still won the match." Mikagami pointed out.
"Don't patronize me." Kai snapped. "Your Red En-Sui would have killed me."
"Where are you going?" Mikagami asked as Kai walked off.
"Only one can inherit the Hyomon Ken. Mercury-sama already has given you her assurance." Kai reminded him. "And these injuries shall claim me anyway."
"Kai!" Mikagami called, realizing what he was about to do.
"I leave you with a gift." Kai added, standing at the edge of the ring. "The man who killed your sister is... Meguri Kyoza."
"I can't believe that." Mikagami gasped.
"With revenge as your motivation," Kai continued. "Your skills improved dramatically. That's what Meguri Kyoza planned when he killed your sister."
"Mikagami Tokiya, I'm honored you are my last opponent." he added. "I hope you find an end to your revenge."
"So long." he finished, allowing himself to fall back into the abyss.
"KAI!" Mikagami got out of Anhara's arms, rushing to the ring side as he watched Kai fall.
Back with Recca...
"That's Setsuna?" Recca linked, having reclaimed Rui as well.
"Get up, old man." he turned to Kokū. "I'll take you on next."
"Eh? Me?" Kokū pointed to himself.
"I've figured out who you are." Recca told him. "I'll get your power as well! Kokū!"
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