Senran Kagura New World Academy

by Ayameloveschocolatecake

In the school known as New World Academy, one girl has fallen so far behind that she is desperately trying to catch up to make it in the real world as a shinobi. Watch as Renka starts her Journey to become a competent shinobi, as well as find love in an completely unexpected place.

14. Chapter 14 The Kohana Tourney Brackets

Well it's time for the matches to be decided, care to wager who will be up against who? With only Renka and her friends sure they won't face each other, who will face who in this tournament that will decide who gets to get the Elite title. Plus, here comes the biggest surprise of all. Thank you again to Raphmaster14 for the review. My one year anniversary of the story is coming up soon. Man I can't believe it's been a whole year since I posted this stories first chapter. Man time flies. Hope you enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Senran Kagura series or their characters, I do however own the plot.

Warning: Foul language and strong sexual content is in this chapter, but what do expect, it's Serns Kagura.

Chapter 14 - The Kohana Tournament Brackets

Mirai gave us a sadistic smirk, "I hope you're all ready."

She pulled off a curtain off the board beside her to reveal the tournament brackets. Everything was written in a white chalk that looked like someone took wayyyyy too long to perfect the calligraphy with the numbers one to sixteen across the bottom. So… This is how the layouts are gonna be decided. It's pretty elementary, my teacher did something similar like this when I was a kid to deciding partners.

Mirai slapped her hand on the board, "This is how the tournament will work. I'll call out each number and you will respond with your name. All of those names will fit these slots here." She motions a pointer finger along the numbers, "Each match will be held until a winner has been decided. Battles here should and will be treated just like fights in the real shinobi world. Two will fight until one is incapacitated, killed, or gives up… whichever comes first… heh. I will be your judge, and if I feel a match is over, then I'll step in and stop it to reduce the number of casualties. I will not tolerate any arguments, understand? If any of you try to refute my decision, then I'll unload my Valkyrie on all of your assess, am I clear!?"

Everyone just stared a Mirai blankly, either because they didn't take her seriously or their brains turned to eggs for frying. She scanned the room in disappointment before continuing, "Once a clear winner is decided, the victor will move up the brackets. The first to win 4 back to back matches will win the whole Shebang. Now here is the part, I cannot stress enough. There are no rules besides the fact that these are one on one matches. One on one, got it? If any of you hope to intervene then I'll unload Valkyrie all over your assess, got it?"

She uses that threat a lot, huh?

I nodded in anticipation, I couldn't wait! A match against any one of these strong shinobi had me very excited. I may be a bit unprepared, but I can work around that. 'Now let's see who's gonna fight against who.'

Mirai's smirked, "Oh, and there is a big prize for that someone who can win the whole thing."

Kat immediately looked straight at the loli, "What's the prize?"

Mirai gave a chuckle at Kat's surprised expression, "Automatic promotion to the Elite title."

Everyone's head all moved to Mirai so fast that I swore I heard a few pops. Even I had flinched at this response, "R-Really?"

Mirai gave us this really wide grin, "Have everyone's attention now, do I? In fact, it isn't just a promotion to the Elite title. The winner of the Kohana Tournament will also be crowned the leader of all five Elites."

All of us stared at her as our mouths dropped to the ground. I don't think any of us were expecting this. Not only was the winner of the brackets gonna be promoted to be an Elite on the spot, but they would also be crowned the leader among the Elites. In other words, only the best of the best can reach that status. I was so excited I let out a squeal of excitement, "Hell ya! Now I'm officially pumped up!"

Mirai chuckles, "I'm glad someone is excited at least. Yes, this is a big deal. Now I bet most of you are like, 'Mirai-Senpai, what's the catch?'"

Suddenly Yagyu scoffed, "'Senpai'? It'll be a cold day in hell when I'll call someone younger than me that."

Naraku nodded, "I'll have to agree with her on that one."

Even Yomi chimed in, "Most definitely will not happen."

Mirai seethed in anger, gritting her teeth in annoyance, "How old do you all think I am!? I'm twenty-one, you ignorant bitches!"

Everyone looked at her shocked and I, rather stupidly, chimed in, "Wait, your twenty-one? Why do you still look so small?" Did she just not like milk as a kid?

Mirai then unleashed a blood-curdling scream that pierced our eardrums, "I'll kill you!"

Suddenly out of nowhere, Hibari tackled Mirai, She started screaming after that, "Get the fuck off of me Iguchi! I'll kill all of these ignorant bitches right now!"

Hibari cried out, "Mirai-Senpai, you have to calm down! If you kill all of our applicants, who will be left to take part in the tournament!?"

Yagyu scoffed, "She could try and kill us all she wants. I'd never allow myself to be beaten by the likes of her."

Mirai screamed out again, trying to violently rip herself away from Hibari's grasp, "That's it! You're first!"

Hibari took her radio off of her belt, "Code red! We have a code red girls! Mirai-Senpai is going off the deep end again!"

Soon a shinobi wearing a mask came in. She was wearing a white sexy sweater, a dark blue skirt and black leggings with a pixie style bob, with a mask covering her face. Another girl came in after that. She wore dark red jean pants, a black t-shirt. Unlike the more normal looking girl, this one had two average length pigtails and a different color in each eye. The right had a dark blue hue, of course, that's my right, the left has a dark emerald hue. Those two and Hibari had to drag Mirai away. After both the pigtailed girl and Pinkette came back, Hibari spoke first, "Hey Ryobi, can you stay behind and finish the briefing?"

The pigtailed girl called Ryobi spoke back, "Fine! But you owe me a latte after this, Iguchi-Senpai!"

The pinkette smiled, "Count in it, Ryobi."

When Hibari left, the girl called Ryobi suddenly summoned a very long rifle and aimed and cocked it at us, "Alright ya little crustaceans, now listen up! I'll call out a number and you'll respond with your name! Failure to do so will result in myself blowing a hole right through your gigantic tits!"

I tilted my head in confusion, "Gigantic?"

Yagyu scoffed, "Just what the hell did you say!?"

Ryobi pointed her gun straight at all of us, "Number one, state your name right now!"

I just jumped and shot my hand in the air, "Eeep! R-Renka Mikagura! Renka Mikagura!"

Ryobi smiled widely, pleased with the response, "All right. This might be easier than I thought." She then wrote down my name in the number one slot, "Now number two, state your name!"

Suddenly, my sister raised her hand, "H-Hanabi Mikagura."

Ryobi suddenly laughs, "Seriously!? Now this will be a match to see! Match one will be Renka Mikagura vs. Hanabi Mikagura!"

She wrote it down, while I looked at my sister, who would not even make eye contact with me. Ryobi aimed at us again, "Number 3!"

Suddenly Murasaki raises her hand, "Murasaki Yahagi."

I felt my stomach sink, 'No! Not her! She's over in the next bracket!?'

Murasaki had a coy smile but still had this icy glare fixated on me. It seemed like she was still pissed about what happened a month ago. Ryobi wrote her name down, "Next is number 4!"

Yomi sighed, "Thank god that I'm not in the same bracket as Murasaki just yet."

My head tilted, "What number do you got then?"

Yomi showed her card to me, "I'm the one after this next one. I'm number 5."

Then one of the shinobi covered from head to toe raised his hand, "Salt Spice." The voice sounded like a guy. Quite the unusual name I had to admit to myself, the kid must have chefs for parents.

Ryobi looked at the sheet of applicants, "Right then." She then wrote the name down, "Next up, number 5."

Yomi raised her hand, "Yomi Kayano."

Ryobi nodded, "Alright." But then as she started writing the name she stopped halfway through, "Wait, Yomi Kayano? As in the former pirate Yomi Kayano?"

My head tilted in confusion, 'Pirate? Was Yomi some kind of pirate?'

Yomi nodded in affirmation, "Correct, I used to be a pirate but we struck a deal with Homura-san and are now *straight."

Ryobi tilted her head, "So that's what happened. I was wondering why we were letting you go back then. Well, I suppose that's all in the past now. Number 6, you're next."

After about ten seconds of no response, Ryobi cocked her gun immediately, "Alright, I'm gonna say it one last time and if no one answers again, I'll blow a hole straight through your gigantic tits!"

I quickly raised my hand, "Um, there was a girl here but she brought in injured teammates, and she was the only one to pass the preliminaries, but she's been in shock and is probably still on the bathroom throwing up! Mirai said she'd be the unpicked number!"

Ryobi looked at me disbelieving, "Really?" She even sounded like she was about to call bullshit on my claim. She then looked into the box, "There is a slip left behind." She took ahold of it and unfolded it, "So six was left behind. Anyone know this girl's name?" We all stayed silent, so Ryobi put the number down, "I'll ask her later. Alright, next up is number seven!"

Minori proudly raised her hand, "Minori Igarashi!"

Ryobi wrote it down, "Next up is number eight!"

Then the guy next to Hanabi and Ayame raised his hand, "Kou. Kou Asakura."

Ryobi wrote down his name next, "Nine!"

Kat was the next one to raise her hand, "Katsuragi Kobayashi."

Ryobi wrote down her name next, "Ten!"

At that point, Ayame stood up, "My dream has come true! I'll be against Master Kat in the first match of the tournament!"

Kat smirked, "So be it. I won't hold back."

Ayame nodded excitedly, "Neither will I, Master Kat!"

Ryobi quickly cocked her gun, her finger ready to pull the trigger, "Name bitch!"

Ayame's starstruck look didn't leave her, "Ayame Sasamoto!"

Ryobi wrote that down, "Next up, eleven!"

Yagyu looked up, "Yagyu Mizuhashi."

Ryobi wrote it down, "twelve!"

The guy next to Naraku and the blonde girl raised his hand, "Daisuke Narukami."

Ryobi wrote the name down, "Let's keep this up, thirteen!"

Naraku rose her hand this time, "Naraku. Naraku Kaida."

Ryobi wrote that down, "Fourteen!"

Another shinobi dressed from head to toe raised their hand, "Pepper. Pepper Spice." Another male voice. Must be related to the other guy...

Ryobi wrote that down as well, "Fifteen!"

The third mysterious ninja, who was a little smaller than the other two raised their hand, "Paprika. Paprika Spice." This time that was a female voice, man their names are weird. Did their parents dig through their pantry before each birth or something?

Ryobi wrote it down. The last one that hadn't spoken up was that blonde next to Naraku. In fact, she had yet to do anything since I laid eyes on her when Ryobi finally called out, "Sixteen!"

The blonde raised her hand, "Like I'm so totally here! Shiki Yamamoto, I hope we can like get along."

After that I tilted my head, 'That chick is nothing like Naraku.' I look to my side and Kat's eye was twitching up a storm and I couldn't agree more with her eyeball. That voice is going to drive me nuts if she actually talks like that all the time.

After Ryobi wrote the last name down, the door opened and the girl from earlier returned. She saw Ryobi, "What did I miss?"

Ryobi smiled, "Your number has been drawn! You're in the third match, name!?"

The girl jumped at Ryobi's command, "Huh? Oh, it's Chikasa. Chikasa Kitase."

After writing it down Ryobi chuckled, "Alright! All the matches are set! I'll be your overseer for the semi-finals. I am Ryobi Hikasa, and these will be your matches for round one! Match one, Renka Mikagura vs. Hanabi Mikagura! Match two, Murasaki Yahagi vs. Salt Spice! Match three, Yomi Kayano vs. Chikasa Kitase! Match four, Minori Igarashi vs. Kou Asakura! Match five, Katsuragi Kobayashi vs. Ayame Sasamoto! Match six, Yagyu Mizuhashi vs. Daisuke Narukami! Match seven, Naraku Kaida vs. Pepper Spice! Match eight, Paprika Spice vs. Shiki Yamamoto! Commit who you are fighting to memory! The Kohana Tournament will take place during the Kohana Festival next week! Train and prepare if you must, but come into the matches bringing your A game, or else you won't even be considered for the Elite title!"

I nodded confidently, 'The Elite title. I probably won't even be considered, but I'll give them one hell of a show!'

Ryobi continued her explanation, "Show up Monday at the stadium! That's when round one will officially begin, till then you had better train hard! All right, you're all free to go home!"

I quickly raised my hand, "But this is Kat's home."

The other woman's cheeks puffed out and turned red with annoyance, "Bitch don't fucking argue! If you live here then I don't care what you do! I'm outta here!"

But I said this was Kat's place, not mine...

Both Kat and I chuckled at how mad she got over something so trivial, and she soon left.

"Alright, everyone off my property!" The three of us waited as Kat passive-aggressively -some more than others- kicked everyone out. Once all unwanted occupants were out she balled her hand into a fist, "Alright! We've got until Monday to do a little extra training. We should use that time to focus on gaining more power. We should mainly focus on trying to get Renka-Honey ready for her big match. She at least needs her first Ninja Art."

I only could shrug at this, "My abilities in using Ki is still shaky at best. I need to be able to produce my level one Ninja Art during my match."

Kat nodded but had other things on her mind, "Will you be alright going up against your sister?"

I just wipe the sweat of my brow, "It can't be helped. I'm gonna need to beat her in order to attain the Elite title."

Minori sees me sweating and tilted her head in confusion, "Renka, are you alright?"

I wipe off even more sweat, "Besides it being very hot in here, no."

Kat nodded, "It feels very hot to me too..."

Minori had an even more confused look, "But it's dawn right now. It's kinda cold actually..."

I flinched at this news, "R-Really?" My vision started to get blurry, "I can't see straight... I can't see straight!" I was always told by adults that as long as I can talk in situations like this, I need to alert others around me about what's going on.

The word was spinning and I couldn't tell where my legs were and where my head was. All I could remember was standing and now I'm in Kat's arms, "Renka-Honey, what's wrong with you?" Something cool was touching my forehead, "You have a fever!"

I heard Minori say, "We need to get Renka to the nurse right away!"

I tried to speak, "N-No! We need t-to train. We… don't… have… much… time…"

That's all I could muster before the world turned back My body felt at a constant state of floating and in a delirious state of stress and illness, my mind wondered I don't believe that I wore myself out, at least not to the point of getting sick. I didn't even use that much strength in that fight with Naraku either. So I wondered how I even got sick in the first place. Was it a bug that I caught before? Or was it something else...

I awoke the next morning and looked around. A soft plop next to my head was enough to tell me that I was in a bed and someone placed a washcloth on my head.. As I got up in a rather shaky fashion, I saw Kat over on the floor with the same washcloth on her head. 'Did Kat get sick as well?'

Rapid footsteps reached my ear and soon Minori rushed into the room with more water when she saw me, "Renka? You're awake! Are you feeling better?"

I put the back of my hand to my forehead, I could feel some warmth but nothing too unusual, "I guess? Did Kat go down after me?"

Minori nodded, "An hour after you did. It surprised me… she was doing well until she suddenly fell to the ground, broke a teacup in the process which I cleaned up already."

I stretched out a bit, "I see. Why did I even get sick in the first place?"

Minori, however, had more to say, "I also called your mom over, Renka."

I flinched at this news, "You what!?"

Minori looked away, "She's been helping me take care of you two."

'Good ol' mom to the rescue I suppose…' I popped the stiffness out of my neck, "I see. You didn't know what to do, so you panicked."

Minori, however, shook her head, "No, I didn't. Calling your mom over was Kat's idea."

Looking over to the resting girl on the floor, I slowly shook my head with a sigh,, "Figures… Okay. Did mom find out what was wrong with us?"

Minori nodded but avoided eye contact, "She said that as soon as you woke up, you'd get a stern talking to. She seemed angry… Like, really angry."

I flinched at this as well, "What? Why?"

Minori shook her head, "She wouldn't tell me."

I felt my stomach sink into the lowest parts of my body, "Great. Now I'm scared of when I see her." Granted I'm almost always scared to see her when she's in a bad mood, but this time I can list several reasons why she would be angry with me.

"As you should be!" A stern but young voice chimed out.

I look over to see Kafuru standing in the doorway, "Kafuru?! You're here too!?" Who's next? My grandmother?!

Kafuru walked into the room, "Just what exactly were you thinking huh!? Giving away half of your chakra like that!? You could have died by doing that you idiot!"

My body let out another involuntary flinch,, "Wait, how'd you know about that? Minori wasn't even conscious for that."

Kafuru quickly answered with her hand slamming against the wall, "That's the only way one can get that sick that quickly! So my question is, why'd you do it? You know chakra is considered illegal to use in our shinobi world! Which begs the question, why did you decide to break it!?"

She may be right as a sister, but as a shinobi, I was not going to take her yelling, "Someone was dying Kafuru! I couldn't just sit there and watch them die!" I screamed out to outmatch her volume, my throat was almost begging me to not do this but I didn't care.

Kafuru yelled back even louder, "Shinobi die every day on the battlefield! It doesn't matter if one more does die! You're a shinobi student, you're expected to uphold the law of the shinobi world! It's your duty!"

I crossed my arms, "Well then I'm sorry, but if someone else was dying in front of me again, I wouldn't hesitate! I'd do it all over again!"

Kafuru was close to losing it all together at this point, "Then your friends will all die! Because getting mixed up in that kind of world will-"

"I believe that will be enough Kafuru."

We swerved our heads to the door to see mom leaning against the doorframe, arms crossed with the embodiment of disappointment looming around her.

Kafuru sputtered, "What? But mom she-"

Mom swiftly placed two fingers onto Kafuru's lips to shush her, "Shhhhh… no more arguments my dear." With grace only a mother could have, she changed the cloth on Kat's head, "Whatever your reasoning for using your chakra does not matter anymore. Just promise that you'll never use it again. Are we clear, Renka?"

I tried to protest, "But mom, I-"

"Promise me, Renka! My mom yelled.

Fear overwhelmed my body, but I had to try and keep my morals, "I promise not to use my chakra unless someone is dying."

My mom shook her head, "Never to use it again! You must promise to never use it again Renka!"

"But mom, I just c-"

"NEVER USE IT AGAIN RENKA! PROMISE ME!" Mom's voice bellowed out in a throat-tearing yell, her hands grabbing my own.

I sighed and turned to walk away. My mom quickly gets up, "Renka, you cannot be serious right now! If you can't promise that, then don't even think of coming back home young lady!"

I locked eyes with her with my emotions unwavering, "I guess that's something you should have expected the moment I became a kunoichi, mom."

Pain flashed in my mother's eyes, pulling me into a tight hug and holding my head with her fingers laced into my hair, "You're just going to disobey me even if I make you swear anyway… Where did go wrong in raising you?"

I let out a semi-muffled laugh and patted my mom's back, "You didn't. You taught me to look out for my friends and protect the ones that I love, so that's what I'm doing."

Chapter End

Well that's another chapter down. We're getting to the really good part of this whole thing. With the tournament just a week away, can Renka prepare for her match in time? And who will win the Elite title? Only time can tell since I haven't written that far yet lol. Well anyway I hope you are enjoying the story. Ayame out!

*Straight is the term used for criminals that have been reformed and are living a decent life. It's not a term to explain what they are into sexually here.