Kenichi: Not just her disciple
I do not own Kenichi.
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AN: Hello readers. Thank you for patiently waiting for another chapter. I can't believe how long it has been since my last update. I had no intention of waiting this long to update.
There are some scenes that occur in this story that occurred in the anime as well. So, I will only mention them to let you know that they occurred. The episodes that the scenes came from are episodes 19 and 20 of the anime.
Thank to everyone that has been reading my story and to everyone that has left me reviews.
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Chapter 10
Back To Training
His walk home from school that day started off rather quiet. He was walking home from school with Miu but neither of them have spoke.
'I knew the walk was probably going to be quiet, but this is a little awkward even for my taste. Maybe I should have just walked home by myself like I was originally thinking. Heck, even walking on the other side of the street would be better than this right now.' Thinks Kenichi.
He gets a small smile on his face as he thinks about Shigure.
'It would have been nice to walk home with her, especially after this morning. I am still pretty embarrassed about Miu walking in on us though.' He also thinks.
'It's taken me all day to try and shake the image of seeing him and Shigure together this morning. I need to try and talk to him seriously now though. This might be one of my best chances to talk with him. I had a lot of time to think about everything and I need to talk to him. I don't think that he would have walked home with me if he still wasn't willing to be around me. I hope.'
Miu stops walking and gently grabs onto Kenichi's arm to stop him as well.
"Kenichi, can we talk?"
He lets out a hefty sigh as he looks back at her.
'I knew this was coming. I've been trying to figure out what to say to her, but no amount of preparation seemed to really get me ready for the actual conversation.'
"Alright. We have to do this sometime."
"Thanks, Kenichi."
They both lean against a wall.
The nervousness she was feeling could easily be seen by the fact that she was sweating.
"I know that it might not mean much, but I want to start off by saying sorry."
He looks at her while shaking his head.
"You're wrong. Saying sorry means a lot and it is a great way to start things off. I actually believe that you are sorry."
A smile makes its way to her face.
"You do?" She says gleefully.
He nods.
"If you didn't, then you wouldn't have even approached grandfather to tell him that you didn't want to deceive me anymore."
She gives a nod back this time.
While holding up an index finger, he closes his eyes and sternly adds on to his last statement.
"Don't get me wrong. I am still angry over the fact that it did occur."
"I understand." She replies back with a hint of sadness.
After looking down for a moment in guilt, she looks back up at him and tries to continue the conversation.
"I would be pretty upset if that was done to me too."
"Your grandfather would probably scare whoever did it to death."
He imagines grandfather towering over some guy with his eyes glowing.
"After everything that has happened, do you think that there is any chance that we can go back to being friends?" Miu asks him with a very heavy heart.
As he crosses his arms, he begins thinking about his response. While he does this, she continues talking.
"I really did enjoy being your friend, Kenichi. I hope you can believe me."
He thinks back to when he first met her and she acted towards him.
Then he scratches the back of his head.
"There is no way that we can go back to exactly how things used to be. I am not the kind of person that likes to be angry or to carry a grudge either."
"You are very kind, Kenichi."
"Let's start over being friends again. Just be truthful with me from now on."
"Deal." She happily says back to him.
They both start to walk again, but she gives him another curious look.
"Hey, Kenichi?" She says to him to get his attention again.
"Yeah?"
"When you came back yesterday, you said a lot to my grandfather. The was a lot you said in reference to me."
He takes a big gulp as he not only remembers saying that stuff, but also all of the stuff her grandfather said.
"Yes."
"What did you mean by all of that?"
"All I can say, is that that is something you should ask your grandfather. I want to tell you, but you should hear it from him. He has something very important to discuss with you."
She nods in acceptance even though she is still confused.
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After walking some more, they run into Niijima. Niijima tells them not to go down the street that they were walking down because Tsuji and two of his men were down that way. Niijima also told them that Tsuji was pretty mad after hearing some lies that was put in the school paper that he had put out.
Kenichi went down the street anyways to try to sort things out with the long-haired foe with the blue trench coat. Tsuji didn't want to hear it, and so they ended up fighting again. After two hits, Tsuji was knocked out.
Miu told Kenichi that that was the reason why the masters wanted to teach him advanced techniques in the first place. She told him that he had improved and that he knew how to take what he learned and put it into practical use.
After waking up, Tsuji accepted his defeat and told his two men to leave him. Just as he was about to walk away, Kenichi told him not to get rid of the two guys because they were real friends to him. That is when Tsuji decided that he was also going to break away from Ragnarok and start a new gang with hid two friends.
Just as he was about to walk away from Kenichi and Miu, he looks back to them.
"Hey, Kenichi!"
" is it?" Asks Kenichi.
Tsuji holds up a finger.
"That friend of yours. The boxer. I heard that Ragnarok is giving him a farewell beat down real soon."
Kenichi's eyes go wide.
"But when?" Kenichi asks worriedly.
"I don't know the exact date, but Kisara will be there along with a witness from the eight deadly fists."
"One of the eight deadly fists! But who?"
"The sixth fist. The guy who is also known as hermit. I'd watch out for him. He is bad news.I'll see you around kid."
Tsuji goes to turn around and walk away.
While balling up his fist, Kenichi balls up his fist. Then he looks back at Miu for a moment, whom looks back at him in wonder of what's going on in his head.
'I can't let that happen. I swore I would protect him.'
"Tsuji!"
His foe looks back at him again.
"What do you want, Kenichi? I have a lot of other things to deal with now."
Tsuji could tell that whatever the disciple of Ryozanpaku had on his mind, he was serious about. Kenichi's face looked serious and determined.
"I want you to get a message back to Kisara."
"What kind of message?"
"She told me that if I defeat her in a fight, that she would think about not going after Takeda."
"So?"
"So, I am issuing a challenge to her. I want to fight her."
This takes Tsuji and his men aback.
"What? Are you crazy?" He asks Kenichi.
Miu also looks at him in surprise.
'He really has changed. I never would have thought he would be the one asking for a fight, but it is also with a girl.' She thinks as she listens to him.
"No, Tsuji. I am dead serious about this. I want to put an end on this vendetta against Takeda. I will fight her on Friday, at her place of choosing."
"Alright. I can do that for you."
With a wave of a hand, Tsuji then walks away.
"I can't believe that you just did that." Miu says to him after Tsuji walks away.
Kenichi sweat drops.
"Kenichi?"
He then then turns back to her.
"I can't believe I did that either."
From a distance, a certain weapons master smirks after watching her fiance and then hops away to wait for him back at the dojo.
'He is really blossoming into a man now.' She muses.
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At Kenichi's house.
"So, you want to go see your brother at the Ryozanpaku dojo?" Saori asks Honoka.
Honoka nods while she has a big grin on her face.
"I also need to play Go with Apachai." She says playfully.
"How about we both go there together?"
Honoka blinks at her mom a couple of times and looks at her in puzzlement.
"You want to go there too?"
She smiles very motherly to her daughter and nods.
"I would like to see this place."
'Not to mention, I want to see how he is doing and how the other masters are treating him.' She thinks to herself.
"Sure thing mom!"
"Now, there is one thing that I need to tell you before we go though. . ."
Just as she says that, she hears commotion in the other room.
"Why don't you gather up your stuff first, and then I will talk to you along the way."
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In the other room.
"Maximillion, Sebastion; come to me!" Mototsugu Shirahama calls out.
Dashboards behind the walls light up. A painting and a scroll raise up. Arms extend out, and an elevator rises up and his two favorite guns, Sebatian and Maximillian, eject out from within the walls.
He puts Maximillian in a duffle bag that had some items in it along with some ammo. He puts Sebastian inside of his trench coat.
Saori's eye twitches.
"Honey, what are you doing?" She asks with her arms crossed.
He nervously looks at her.
"I have an emergency business duck hunt to go to."
Her annoyed look changes to surprise.
"At this time of evening?"
"The sport of the game holds no time boundaries."
"So, this isn't a ploy to follow me out to Kenichi's dojo?"
He shakes his head.
"I really want to do that, but this is a very important event that I cannot miss." He says while putting on his beret.
She narrows her eyes and looks at him curiously. Then she quickly pulls him by the collar and gives him a kiss.
"Then you be safe and come back as soon as you can. Don't make your wife worry by staying out too late.
Then he wraps his arm around her and kisses her back like the detectives do in old movies before they go to leave on a boat.
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At the dojo.
Shigure was sitting on top of the house with Tochumaru. She was about to jump down when she notices a familiar car pull nearby and park.
She jumps down and heads for the door when she sees Saori and Honoka get out of the car.
Honoka's mom was about to knock on the huge door when it suddenly opens.
After opening the door for them, Shigure bows to her.
"Well hello, Shigure. It is good to see you again."
She nods to Saori, whom is holding Kenichi's black book.
"I take it everything went well for you and my son?"
Shigure blushes and nods.
"Really . . . well."
While blushing from her own embarassment, Honoka gives a light tug on the sleeve of Shigure's kimono.
Shigure crouches down slightly while looking at her.
"This is still all a surprise to me, I am really happy for you and my big brother. I like you a lot more than big boobs."
Just as she says that, Honoka comes to a major realization.
'Wait! She has even bigger boobs than Miu.'
Her mother gives her a bonk on the head.
"Mind your manners, Honoka."
The young sibling bows her head to Shigure.
"I'm sorry."
Then Saori gives a nod to her.
Then Honoka looks up to her again.
"So, does this mean I can call you big sis?"
Shigure blushes and then vigorously nods to Kenichi's little sister.
Saori happily smiles as well and then looks at Shigure.
"I have told her about your engagement to Kenichi. Nothing more, and nothing less." She says to the weapons user.
'She didn't need to know about all of the other dirty details of the story.' Saori thinks to herself.
Shigure nods in understanding and then motions for them to come in and they all start walking.
Being the more talkative one, Honoka tells her mom about everything they they see as they walk along.
As they walk, the two older women hear a clicking sound. Shigure pulls a shuriken out of seemingly nowhere and throws it in the direction of the clicking.
"Taking pictures from within a bush is not a polite way to greet a guest." Saori says aloud.
Kensei pops out from some bushes with a defeated look on his face. The strap from his camera had been cut.
"My apologies." He says to her as he puts his camera behind his back.
"Are you up to your tricks again?" Honoka asks him with her hands on her hips.
"Just taking some pictures of the natural beauty of the surroundings. On a side note, it seems that we have another martial artist here."
Honoka looks at her mom after hearing Kensei say that and starts laughing.
"You're not talking about my mom, are you?"
"I am just a simple mother that wanted to check up on her son's environment."
He takes the hint and doesn't push the subject her being a martial artist any further. He does give her a curious look though as another question pops into his head.
'Based on her sentence, I wonder how much she knows about what has happened here.' Wonders the Chinese martial artist.
"Forgive me. My name is Kensei Ma."
"And I am Saori Shirahama."
"It is a pleasure to meet you. If you are looking for your son, then he is training with Sakaki in the dojo."
Saori bows to him.
"Thank you."
Shigure leads them to the dojo.
Kenichi was in the middle of using the first advanced technique that Sakaki was showing him.
He throws a punch at Kenichi. Kenichi, in turn, blocks the punch downward and then raises the wrist up of the same hand to strike at Sakaki's chin. Sakaki quickly stops the strike with two fingers.
He smiles at Kenichi.
"I think that you are ready, kid."
While panting heavily, Kenichi smiles back at his master.
Saori could see that her son was a little bit banged up from his training. She gets a small smile on her face as she looks at the two of them.
The disciple gets a very surprised look on his face when he looks over and sees his mom.
"Mom? What are you doing here?"
"I wanted to come check on you. I also wanted to give back your book. You forgot it at the house."
As she hands the book back to him, she makes brief eye contact with Miu. Saori's smile turns into a glare as she looks at Hayato's granddaughter, but then it quickly turns back into a smile.
Miu instantly becomes nervous as she comes to the realization that her glare probably means that she knows everything that happened.
Kenichi introduces her to the other masters.
Hayato had also shown up during this process. He could see right through Saori's fake smile to him, but he doesn't say anything in response.
She bows to them all.
"I am sorry for intruding on my son's training, but I was wondering if I could also borrow him for a few moments to talk to him?"
"That is quite all right, Miss Shirahama." Akisame chimes in.
Akisame then looks at Kenichi and puts a hand on his shoulder.
"Just let me know when you are done. I will be training you next on the technique that I showed you earlier."
Kenichi gives him a nod
"Now, Honoka, why don't you go and see if Apachai wants to play with you while I talk to your brother."
Kenichi then walks off with his mom.
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Kenichi walks outside of the dojo with his mom and they go over to the pond with the bridge over it.
"So, what is this about, mom?"
"Well, it is about a lot. I am sure that you have a lot of questions for me as well."
He nods in agreement.
"To answer your first question, yes, I read the book."
He sighs.
"I figured that is how a lot of this came about."
She nods.
"It honestly fell open and I happened to read the page that was open. It concerned me enough to read more. I am sorry for invading your privacy. So, we can talk about that, your stay here, your engagement with Shigure, how we are going to get a proper engagement ring for her, and how I am a martial artist too."
His eyes go wide and he grabs his head.
"Engagement ring! And you are a martial artist?" he bursts out in a raised tone.
She smiles and nods.
His jaw drops.
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A/N: Thank you for reading another chapter of my story.
While writing this chapter, I wanted to hint at something that I have felt for a long time. I always thought that Kenichi's dad had something more than just a simple desk job.
My 'Monster Musume: Drago's Quest' story is up to chapter 4 - Complete
My 'Familiar Of Zero: Saving Grace' story is up to Chapter 61