*yawn!* That was a good nap. Now, back to our un-regular schedule program.


It was a bright, sunny day in the city of Kuoh. The air blew a gentle breeze, people big and small walked about, and a decisive battle for the fate of the Earth was taking place in a local park playground.

… . Wait, that doesn't sound right.

"My, my, Manpukuji! To choose your final resting place next to the slide is quite something!" Issei yelled towards Koto, who is pretending to be a character by the name Manpukuji. "And to challenge me all alone. I'm not sure if you're braver than I think or stupider than you are." Koto would smile towards Issei before replying.

"I'm just doing what I think is right," he said. "Bringing in anyone else in our fight will only bring in more unneeded suffering."

"Oh, so you think you can take on a trained elite with your pathetic martial arts?"

"Even an elite fighter can lose to a young martial artist if one trains hard enough.".

"Ha ha ha ha!" Issei evil-ly laughed out loud. "Excuse me, that joke was so funny that I forgot to laugh! Fine then," Issei gets into a somewhat made up stance by bending his knees with one arm raised above and below his head. Koto does the same by leaning forward, one hand down towards the ground while one raised in the air. They would stand around for a while before charging at one another, purposely causing their fist to clash. After that, they would start to recreate some of the fighting movements. At least what they could recreate with their small bodies could. Looking on was Miki and Gorou Hyoudou, setting up one of the picnic tables with a red and white cloth. Gorou would smile and chuckle a bit.

"Those two really like recreating this fight a lot," he said.

"I blame you for getting them into that show," Miki replied

"Come now, I don't see any harm in it. It was mainly Drag-so Ball that made me want to do martial arts."

"Really, because I'm pretty sure Father-in-Law said that the main reason you started fighting is to get strong to gain a harem of different women…"

"I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about."

"D-Darn it!" Issei shouted. "Th-This can't be! Me, a prince! An elite warrior! I won't stand for this!" He would then climb up to one of the picnic table seats before putting his hands over one another to his side. "I hope you're ready, Manpukuji! Even if you decide to dodge this attack, not only Japan, but the entire Earth is finished! There isn't a being alive that can survive my attack!" Koto, who was acting like he was on his last legs, cupped his hands together before placing him on his side.

"Dra….gon…" Koto silently said.

"Take this! Emperor Fire!" Issei shouted before thrusting his hands forward.

"...HAAA!" Koto yelled as he–

"Boys, lunch is ready!" Miki's voice rang inside of both the boy's head. They would look over to see that both Miki and Gorou had finished setting everything on the table.

"Oh boy, lunch!" Issei said while hopping off the table. "Our battle will be put on hold, Manpukuji! For now, let's eat and refill our energy!"

"I agree. Besides, I fight better not on an empty stomach," Koto said as both boys ran over to Gorou and Miki, sitting across from them. Both of them had their lunches in two rather large bentos, dividing up the foods from each other.

""""Thank you for the meal"""" They all said before digging in.

"By the way boys," Gorou began to speak. "I've seen you two fighting out there. You two were really going all out. Even to the point of doing your best to recreate some of the movement."

"Of course!" Koto exclaimed. "It's probably one of the best fights in the entire series!"

"Not even any of the fights before then could even be compared," Issei said.

"Hey, those are some fighting words to us who grew up with it," Gorou said coldly.

"But it's true," Koto said, backing up Issei. "Even some of your fights looked better than the show. And you can't even shoot beams out of your hands."

"Didn't said I couldn't…" Gorou corrected.

"Then how come you never did every time we asked you?" Issei asked.

"...It's just because I didn't want to…" Gorou sheepishly looked away from both of his son's gazes. "Anyways, you two like doing those martial arts moves like in the show right?" he asked them.

""Uh-huh!"" The boys answered their father, nodding their heads at the same time. Gorou would smile softly.

"Then I have some good news for the both of you!"

"Really? What is it?" Issei would ask. Gorou would get up from his seat and walk towards the boys, placing one arm around them both.

"Would you two like to be the fourth generation of the Hyoudou Dragon Claw?"