14 Powerglide

As the fight started Erika launched a quick and viscous overhead strike down at Eiji's head, the Chiba family's style was designed to end a fight as quickly as possible. Sure many styles did that but put of all the modern sword styles they were definitely the best at it.

As her bokken was about to make contact, Eiji blocked it and quick countered her by sliding her booken down his and using that moment to launch a stabbing attack directed at her exposed throat. Seeing this Erika twisted her neck and barely managed to escape, she quickly took a few steps back as cold sweats ran down her back when she stopped.

Calming herself down, she launched another round of violent strikes all aimed for his vitals. The rest of the group sat down and watched in amazement at the amazing display of skills on Erika's part, everyone except Tatsuya and Takeo that is. They both looked in in silence at this display, Takeo watched on with a knowing gaze etched on his face since he knew what would happen, as for Tatsuya he could read the flow of battle enough to also know that Eiji qas was setting up a trap for her.

While the group was having fun elsewhere however trouble was brewing, it was due to the carelessness of a certain spoiled girl and her curiosity. in a mansion an man could be seen sipping on his tea calmly, if one were to look at his appearance than they wouldn't of expect him to be doing something so refined as drunking tea. he has short hair and an overly tanned body.

He looked to be in his early forties, however, his body doesn't appear to show its real age; especially since his muscles are firm, albeit not voluminous. His name was Ichijou Gouki, and is the current head if the Ichijou clan a member of the famed ten master clans. Gouki was a very direct man, one who disliked beating around the bush. That bluntness of his usually caused people to view him in a negative light, however despite his harsh features and rough personality, he leaves a strong impression behind on those who took the time to know him.

He sat on behind the desk of in his office staring at the screen of his laptop in deep thoughts, soon a woman walked in and broke him out of his train of thought. Upon seeing who it was a slight smile etched itself onto his face, the woman was of average height and had red hair, she was very beautiful and had a calming smile on her face. She was wearing a red night gown that matched her hair, she walked up to Gouki in a slow and peaceful manner. When she got close to him she wrapped her arms around his neck and planted a kiss on his cheek and said.

"Dear it is late, surely work cannot be so demanding that it caused you to leave me on a lonely bed?" she spoke in a teasing manner as she nibbled on his left ear, which caused a slight blush to creep on his face.

Sighing Gouki responded in a weak voice "Sorry I was done with work about an hour ago, but before I left I got a notification from our server. It seems like someone accessed our files on the Ichinose family recently, so I decided to investigate and to my surprise it turned out to be a member of the ten master clans, and specifically the heir to the Juumonji clan himself."

Frowning she responded "Why would they want to know about 'them' for, if memory serves me right they broke all contact with the members of the first institute. and some speculates that they are extinct" Shaking his head at his wife's words, he clicked on the keyboard and a picture of a boy in his school uniform popped up. "No they are not, and now that they have shown they're faces I will di everything in my power to accomplish my grandfather's wish." Gouki said with conviction as he clenched his fists tightly, his wife stood there staring at the screen as she caressed his hair in a loving manner before kissing it.

The next day students migrated towards the front gate, friends were happily walking while talking with some of their friends. Laughter could be heard everywhere, yet a lone girl stood there with an irritated look on her face with hands folded in front of chest. Her left foot was tapping the ground and it clearly displayed her mood for the world to see, next to her was another girl with a frightened look on her face as she tried to pacify her.

"Erika, please don't cause any trouble for Takeo-Kun." Mizuki was worried for Takeo, after all she knew how much of a handful her friend was and would no doubt caused a huge amount of trouble for him. Last night they were all present at the scene and saw the whole spar between her and Eiji, while it looked like a very close fight but to the eyes of an expert it was an amazing display of skill.

Erika was on the attack throughout the whole fight, while Eiji defended and countered her whenever the opportunity presented itself. She had lost to what seemed like a desperate gamble, and she herself accepted it as so and moved on. They laughed, ear diner while joking amongst friends, however when she returned home she decided to review the fight since she felt like something was weird.

To her horror Erika realized that she was being toyed with, gritting her teeth in anger she cursed him under her breath. How dare he insult her sword, that was the one thing she took pride in and this prick just stepped on it as if it was common trash. She was so angry that she barely slept a wink, and instead woke up even earlier and began training like a madwoman. The intensity of her training scared the disciples of the Chiba family, even her oldest brother was not spared a bit of pain coupled with a few bruises.

But despite all of that she could not extinguish the flames in her stomach, upon arrival at first high school she went up to Mizuki, Tatsuya, Miyuki. She even asked both Honoka and Shizuku if she had Takeo's contact information, but unfortunately for her the only one amongst them who had was Leo and he was running late, so with no choice she decided to wait for him outside the gates in hopes of catching him in order ask for revenge.

"Why the hell isn't he here yet?" Erika's mood was gradually reaching it's limits, every seconds that passed only added fuel to the fire and soon she was going to explode, but in the nick of time a car pulled up and Takeo got out.

She rushed up to him and grabbed him the collar and pulled him down to her eye level, she stared in his eyes with a menacing look and with an equally menacing voice said. "I want a rematch with that f*cling bastard Eiji as soon as possible, so make it happen today." Takeo to his credit only stared at her with a deadpan expression on his face, before grabbing her wrist and pressing one of the pressure points in it and forced her to let go if his collar.

Erika was shocked at his swift and precise movements, that technique is not uncommon as it was present in many marital arts throughout the world. However if one was able to perform it flawlessly than it would not cause any pain, and that was what Takeo just did. Her arm simply went limp as Takeo grabbed it, which in turn forced her to let go of his collar.

Suddenly a voice broke her out of her stupor. "Good morning to you to Erika and it's also nice to see you again, anyways Eiji and his brother are not going to be available today well they won't be at home that is, however give me you le contact info and I will send it to them. Maybe they you can pick a place or location to meet up and Duke it out" After listening to him Erika felt a bit guilty, she didn't even say hi to him and immediately demanded for him to set up a fight.

After calming down a bit, she pulled out her mobil terminal and she began trading contacts with Takeo.