Chapter 31 – The grandest foal 

Battle Draven Wukong vs Chisaka Katsuro

Dravens began battling targeting the original in union. Each and every one of them had the same bodywork and fighting style as the original. The only way to tell apart the original was that he was the target. Chisaka went ahead and seated whilst looking at the battle.

Draven lunged forward his staff at empty space as he took upon front stance (Zenkutsu dachi). One of his clone attacked on the leg he kept behind on his knees. Whilst other two, one attacking on his chest and other on the back. The last clone dashed with a slash aiming diagonally to cut his head clean off.

Draven spun his staff. The background or the space they were on pasted itself to the tip of the staff and covered all five of them as a blanket or a curtain, leaving an empty void from where the space of curtain was torn off from. The blanket of space covering them fell down along with the clone of himself defeated.

"Ah…. You defeated them much faster than I expected."

Chisaka stood up and weapon hauled a katana as he said the words. Draven stood there staring menacingly at Chisaka. Draven stood before a box of empty void where the space was torn off from making him much more menacing. Draven's pupils had turned to complete white.

"You don't have to look that intim—"

Draven laid a diagonal slash with his staff aiming at his torso. Chisaka was slashed in half along with the space. The space was literally slashed as Chisaka's top body hit the floor. The top part of the body on the floor disappeared and Chisaka stood there as whole. The cut on his yukata and blood stained mat are the only proof that Draven slashed him.

"Looks like you have gone serious." Said Chisaka, staring with a pure ferocious eyes at Draven.

"Ah~ Ah~…. You are the type that can't be killed…. This is trouble now."

Sprouting such words, the clear, sharp eyes of Draven disappeared. It was clear that Draven had lost the will or his interest to continue this fight. After all he only put forth his skills and potential in the duel not his life or resolve. Realizing – even though their skills in combat is equal but the potential of Chisaka was superior made Draven loose the interest in fight.

Still Draven dashed in for a fight.

Draven threw his staff at Chisaka's face. Chisaka evaded it by tilting his head right. The staff stabbed the ground behind him. Draven disappeared out of Chisaka's vison the instant staff touched the ground.

"Where did he vanish o—"

Draven emerged from the staff that was on the ground and grabbed the staff and swung it at Chisaka's abdomen, cutting another line through space. Chisaka slowly stood up recovering from the cut and once again Draven was not on his sight, this time around even his weapon was not in his sight.

Chisaka's right arm began to tingle a bit. As he looked at it, Draven appeared out of the yukata's arm part and smashed him on his face with his staff. As Chisaka was sent off flying, Draven leapt off of him and spun his staff and took a front stance (Zenkutsu dachi).

"Koreda yo~!!!"

Chisaka stabbed the ground with his katana and dragged it diagonally and cut another interacting line across. Draven could see feint veins running from the cut towards him, bubbling up. Draven evaded the veins and it ran through the wall to next room. Transparent bubble began to form out of the vein and filled the room. The bubbles popped and such colorful butterflies flew out of it. A single butterfly landed on Draven's shoulder. The cut Chisaka laid on ground appeared on Draven's torso. The walls behind where Draven stood was also cut in the same pattern revealing 28 dojo of same structure through the cuts and the 29th dojo had the scratch of the slash on the wall.

"What the h---- "

Draven closed his eyes and opened it to see that he was thrown off into some kind of void. In this void along with him stood 18 doors (Just the doors). Draven's pupils dilated hinting he had a vague idea where this place was. Soon he weapon hauled his staff and lifted his knees and spun the staff over his head twice in full circles using a single hand. The waves from the staff broke every eighteen doors and he closed his eyes once again.

As he opened his eyes once again, he was laying on the ground covered in his blood and blood spilling out of his mouth.

"Ē…. Anata ga shinda to omotta…."

"Good thing you are alive."

Chisaka sat in front of Draven and stabbed his katana into the floor beside him. Chisaka rubbed his own chin and kept looking at Draven as he was about to say something.

"You truly fought marvelous, Draven."

"I….. h...."

"You don't have to speak, please rest."

Chisaka admired Draven's skill and insisted Draven to remain silent out of goodwill towards Draven's condition.

The refined manner of combat, the sync between potential and skills are worthy of admiration. A true worthy of an opponent indeed. If my potential was not that much powerful it would have been a tie.

Thinking as much and sympathizing with Draven, Chisaka began to speak again.

"You are a true worthy opponent indeed."

"Be at ease, Draven…. I won't take your life."

"Train…. Train much more."

"Train for months. Train for years, train for decade or even a century…."

"….. I will always be there to accept a duel from you."

"Become stronger and Challenge me once again…. Then become much much more stronger and challenge me once again. Defeat me, walk with your head held high."

"Y-you speak l-like you will make it out alive."

Spouted Draven, the blood spilling words at Chisaka.

"Hmmm…. You were thinking trump card?"

"Yeah that little girl…. In proxy's plan….. Kanojo wa daredeshita ka?"

"Yeah, Lunar was it?

"No…. him!!"

A space opened on the ground Draven was laying on and took him along with it. Another space opened above Chisaka's head and Kai leapt out of it clenching his fist and aiming at Chisaka's head. Chisaka evaded it by taking a couple of steps back in a rush. Kai landed his punch on the ground and the ground shattered completely.

Blowing out air from his mouth, Kai took front stance (Zenkutsu dachi) clenching his left fist stretched at Chisaka and the right arm clenched near his chest.

The End.