I felt like adding chapter 16 as well. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Beelzebub belongs to Ryuuhei Tamura, not me.
Chapter 16- Fighting Display
"You made us wait all day, so you'd better give a good fight," Oga tells us.
Today, we went back to school, and we managed to get through the day pretty well. Although, Takachin had fallen asleep on his desk when reading out a paragraph of a book we were studying, and I very nearly fell asleep when answering a math problem on the board. Now, however, we're upholding our promise of showing our fighting skills after school.
Not only are Oga and Hilda-san watching, but the Tohoshinki, the Red Tails, the Six Holy Knights, two St. Ishiyama students named Kazuya and Azusa, and even the other delinquents in the special class have all come to watch. Takachin looks around nervously.
"Why do we have such a big audience?" he asks.
"I don't know," I say. "We're only fighting each other to show off our new skills."
"Let's do this," he tells me. I nod, smirking slightly.
We both get into fighting stances, and we give each other a small nod before we start to fight. Takachin puts up a pretty good fight, and he even does a roundhouse kick which I have to duck in order to avoid it. He then grabs my arm and flips me over his back before sending some strikes in my way. He also does a pretty good cartwheel to avoid an attack from me, and I can hear everyone either gasp or let out an exclamation of awe.
"Whoa, did you see that?"
"Furuichi just did a cartwheel!"
"Then again, he lifted her over his back as well!"
We continue to fight, showing our new skills to everyone. We pause our fighting to catch our breath as I wipe the sheen of sweat from my forehead. Takachin wipes away the corner of his mouth, panting heavily as he gets into another fighting stance. "Hold it right there!" A rough voice suddenly catches everyone's attention and we turn our heads to the source of the voice.
To our surprise, we see a rough-looking delinquent with spiky black hair, several ear piercings, some tattoos, and a large number of lackeys behind him. "Oga Tatsumi, the Baby-on-Back Brawler!" he growls. "You're gonna pay for what you did to me the other day!"
"Who is that guy?!" Takachin asks.
Oga shrugs. "Dunno, I've never seen him before," he replies.
"You idiot!" Miki snaps. "Those are the same guys whom you planted into the sidewalk the other day! How can you not remember?!"
The ringleader sneers at Oga. "Now come on and fight me, or are you too-" he's cut off when Oga delivers a powerful punch, sending him flying several feet away.
"Idiots…" Oga growls viciously, glaring demonically at them. "You interrupted a fight when it was getting good! You'll pay for that!"
Before we even realize, a fight breaks out between the delinquents and Oga, while the others help him out. A bead of sweat rolls down my head. "Sheesh, does it always get violent like this?" I ask.
Takachin nods. "Yeah." Suddenly, we're surrounded by more of those goons. "Damn, we're surrounded."
One of them grins. "Heh. These guys look weak," he taunts. "Beating them up won't be a problem. Let's do this!"
They lunge at us, ready to beat us up. Oh, you made a big mistake, buddy. I think. Right then, I do a roundhouse kick to the jaw of one of the goons, sending him flying backwards. The other goons look shocked for a moment before one of them grins lecherously. "Blue lace, huh?" he asks me. It takes me a second to realize that he just saw my panties.
At that moment, all the colour drains from my face before I glare at him in rage. "Shut up, you PERVERT!" I snarl, delivering a powerful uppercut on the guy, sending him flying far away.
Takachin stares at me, agape. "S-Scary…" he shudders.
Deciding to put an end to the fight, I form a defensive stance and chant the sudarshana mantra in my head nine times. "Sudarshana Chakra…" I start. "...Talaiyitu Tantiroopayam!" I roar, aiming my two fingers to his core, paralyzing him.
The goons stare at me in shock. "What the hell did you just do, you little bitch?!" they snarl at me. I glare at them.
"I just paralyzed him," I say. "Be grateful he's paralyzed and not dead."
Right then, I can sense some demonic energy coming from Takachin. "Chuushou Naiseikanshou…" he says, the demonic energy surrounding him. He opens his eyes, glaring at the goons. "...Odonel Shibire Heigaku!" he shouts, jabbing another goon in the core with his two fingers, paralyzing him completely before getting on his hands and flipping his legs up to the guy's jaw.
This seems to be enough to scare the goons, because they immediately run off in fear. I sigh in exhaustion while Takachin wipes some sweat away from his forehead.
"Whoa…" We turn and see everyone staring in shock.
"Now that was an awesome fight!" Oga cheers. "Nice work, Furuichi!"
"That was some impressive fighting," Hilda-san comments.
"They really have become stronger, especially Furuichi, it seems," Nene remarks.
"What kind of a move was that?!"
I smile. "My new trademark move," I say. "I call it the Sudarshana Talaiyitu Tantiroopayam, or the Sudarshana Intervention Tactic. If I hit the correct pressure points in someone, I can paralyze them."
"What about you, Furuichi?" Oga asks.
"I call it the Chuushou Naiseikanshou: Shibire Heigaku, or the Pillar General Intervention: Numbness Strategy," he says to Oga, Hilda-san, Lamia, Kunieda, Izuma-senpai, and Miki. "This way, I can summon the strength of the Pillar Generals and the leader without using the tissues."
Hilda-san looks pretty shocked at that. "How did you learn such a technique?!" she asks.
"Ayaka's grandfather taught me," he explains. "I have to block out all other thoughts and distractions, and focus only on the Pillar General I want to summon. The more Pillar Generals I summon, the more energy I use up. If I ever summon the whole of Behemoth's 34 Pillar Division, not only will I kill my opponent, I'll be drained of my energy."
Lamia looks stunned. "How could her grandfather teach that method?" she asks.
"I recently found out that he used to be contracted to a demon in his youth," I say. "The contract has been terminated now, but he still knows a method that he often used to summon the strength of the demon he was contracted to."
"Which Pillar Generals have you summoned?" Izuma-senpai asks.
Takachin thinks for a moment. "I summoned Graphel, Hecadoth, Agiel, Odonel, and Jabberwock," he replies. "I only did so because there were Asuras attacking."
I nod. "Yeah, he manages to do it so flawlessly," I say. I look at my watch. "We should go home now. Come on, Takachin, let's go."
On the walk back home, we pass by the river when I notice something strange in the water. I stop and start walking towards the river. "Oi, Ayaka! What's wrong?"
I stop by the water's edge to get a closer look. To my surprise, I see a tree branch with several glowing purple leaves. "What the…?" I trail off. That does not look like a normal tree branch.
Right then, I hear a sharp, piercing noise in my ears, and I close my eyes to try and dispel the noise. Suddenly, blurry images start flashing, causing me to fall to my knees. A large banyan tree with purple leaves that glow, a large cocoon, moth wings… what could all these images mean? The last thing I hear is Takachin calling my name before I black out.
"Ayaka? Ayaka? Ayaka, wake up!" At the sound of Takachin's voice, I slowly open my eyes. A pack of ice rests on my head and a blanket covers my body.
"Oh good, you're awake!" Takachin sighs in relief, giving me a kiss on my lips. I start to register my surroundings and I realize that we're in Takachin's house, and I'm lying down on his bed. He pulls away and hands me a glass of water.
"What… What happened?" I ask after taking a sip of water.
"You went down to the river, and you suddenly collapsed!" he recalls. "You were looking at some strange branch when you suddenly fell down and passed out!"
Right… I remember. "Takachin, what was that tree branch?" I ask.
"I don't know," he says. "Whatever it was, it had some weird effect on you. What exactly happened?"
I look down. "I saw that strange tree branch in the river, and I went up to it to see what it was. However, when I went near it, I heard this sharp noise in my ears and then some strange images flashed before my eyes," I explain.
"What images?" he asks.
"A large banyan tree with glowing purple leaves, a large cocoon, a pair of moth wings," I say. "What could that mean?"
Takachin looks confused. "That's pretty odd," he comments. "Maybe it's trying to tell you something."
Right then, the door opens and Lamia comes in. "I found this letter on the tree branch," Lamia says, holding out the letter. I take it from her and read it. My eyes widen in shock at what's written.
So you've gotten my little gift, hm? Meet us in two days at the ruins of Ishiyama High School, Ayaka! I look forward to finally meeting you!
From, Ravana
"This is…" I whisper, horrified.
"Who is it?" Takachin asks. I turn to him.
"Ravana, the Lord of the Asuras."