Reincarnated into Abyss (The Fifteenth Chapter)

Hirayama family's dojo

'Katsuo-san are you okay?!' Keita runs right to me, asking me about my condition

'Yes, kita it's okay I'm good, agrhhh....' As i try my best to appear healthy but, the damage done to my body can't be ignored as blood flows from my head

My back is hurting a lot and i feel my head dizzy as fuck

Katsuo-san here let me help you 'keita press a towel to my bleeding head trying to stop the bleeding, and he helps to prop me up because i can't stand by myself, my leg is so wobbly

I see rin is currently tending to her wounded father, she wears gaeun's hoodie because her shirt is torn apart by that asshole jirou, poor rin

'Ri...' i tried to call her to comfort her but i can't, i ashamed of myself, all the bravado that i display, the promise i made to myself to protect them all, it's all none but bullshit, i can't even protect myself, i failed everyone, i failed rin

For now I'm just gonna observe her from afar, since miki, manami and gaeun is already there to comfort her

Manami looking at me standing up, came to check my condition

'Little piggy, are you okay?' she asks with concern in her voice

'Yes, I'm okay, lady manami, thank you so much for helping us, if you're not here i don't know what will happen to us.... to rin, I'm sorry for burdening you' i apologize to manami

'You don't need to apologize katsuo, you've done everything you could, anyways my mother already warned me that if I'm gonna be near you, expect for trouble to brew, i thought mom was joking, i didn't expect her prophecy to be proven just within few hours' she giggles

'Haha.... i guess lady yumie knew me so well' i try to fake a smile

'Don't worry little piggy, i know what i am signed up for, it's my duty as your master to protect you and your friends, so be sure to praise me lots mkaay? ohohoho ' she declares while doing her usual ojou-sama laughs

'Yes, i will lady manami, thank you, truly' i reply her with a smile

'By the way, keita-sama, are you okay? are you hurt, do you want manami to pamper you?' she tells keita while checking his entire body to make sure

'Ummm.... I'm okay manami-san, don't worry, it's katsuo-san that needs treatment the most, he took the worst damage compared the rest of us' keita told manami while still holding me up

'Yes... yes... it seems little piggy needs medical care fast, we should leave this dojo, uncle tatsu please help him up' Manami commands

'Thanks mr. tatsuya' i said to him as he's now holding me up instead of keita 'keita.. I'm going first, tell everyone I'm goodbye for me'

'Are you sure you don't wanna tell it yourself katsuo-san?'

'it's okay, i trust you, let's go manami...' i say to manami and goes with the hebiyama's back to my apartment, as i left the dojo, i see all my friends gathering together to comfort rin and her father, i saw rin looking at me while I was exiting the dojo, we looked at each other but no words are spoken between us

As i enter the car that drives me back to penthouse, i have renewed my resolve,i won't lose

Never again....

Nagoya central park tower

The doctors in my house quickly patched me and my wounds, although i feel better but,the anger still lingers on my heart from getting my ass kicked, but alas, just like the former god of war says use the anger and control it, make it the motivation to get better and get our lick back at that red crossed-eye halfwit megumi

I lay my body slowly on the bed and drift into my slumber...

Nagoya Minami High-school

The next day come and it's time to school, megumi asks us to come at her office during break time,only me and manami are allowed to come because megumi didn't want to draw commotion during school period

'Oh hello, my dearest guests, lady manami, and Takashima-san, are you feeling better right now? i must be quite the painful experience getting thrown away by my brother like that, although it's fitting for a trash like you to be thrown away like that ufufufufu' Megumi giggles trying to make me angry, while as usual standing beside her is junko, looking at me and manami with venom with her eyes

'Shut it fuckface, just get on with it' i reply

'Hey... shut your mouth! don't talk to megumi sama like that' Junko yells at me

'Well fuck you numby, I'll talk to topaz whatever i want' i yell at her back

'Numb? what?!' she asks

'Enough little piggy, just shut up or we're gonna be here forever, i don't want to skip my lunch just for this, understand?' manami scolds me

'Ufufufufu, so.. let's get on to business, lady manami i plan to make this tournament official within us, do you agree?' Megumi asks

'Yes, I'm aware, so what are the stakes?' manami ponders

'Just like the original agreement, i want Hirayama family dojo to close and cease all of their activities, plus i also have 2 more wager' Megumi smirks

'And what are they?' Manami asks curiously

'First, my brother wants Hirayama Rin hand in marriage between her and my brother, and she can't decline' megumi explain

'What the fuck?! there's no fucking way...' i try to intervene

'Should i remind you that we won the original bet? you're lucky we are willing to compromise' She told me with smirk on her mouth

'And the last wager is?' manami asks

'I want Takashima Katsuo to be my own personal servant' She points at me with sinister smile

Oh come on what the fuck is wrong with this nut job, she wants to make me her slave? what the fuck?! what time does she think this era? 1600s?

I just shake my head hearing what megumi asks for us, there's no way this bitch is right in the head

'Ohohoho Quite bold claim you have there, don't you know that little piggy is currently under direct protection of my mother? what do you think my mother will do if she knows you want him hmmm?' Manami smirks

'I don't know about it lady manami, but that's my wager, I want takashima and that's final, it's up to you wheter to accept it or not' Megumi tells her

'I see, what a problematic request, do you accept katsuo?' Manami asks me

'Argh goddammit yes, i accept, but if i win you have to be my servant instead! will you accept megumi?!' i yell at her

'Ufufufufu yes, i will takashima-san, i can't wait to make you squirm again below my foot like last time' megumi giggles

'How about the match, how's the rules and how many combatants will be fighting?' manami asks

'It will be 5 VS 5 Match, and i request 3 specific person from each side must participate, from my side it will be my brother, nakazawa jirou, junko, and godou sakuraba, from your side i requested Hirayama rin, Takashima Katsuo, and oguchi keita, the rest 2 fighters will be selected freely' megumi explains while sipping her tea

'And the rules?' manami asks again

'Ah here's the rule draft that i propose, since my brother is a fighter at underworld fighting arena, i adopt the rules of from them to make it less 'extreme and more sportsman like' Megumi hands us a piece of paper that details the rules of the fight

Rules of the tournament :

1. No killing your opponent, intentionally or unintentionally, if the ref caught someone intentionally trying to kill their opponent, that fighter will be disqualified and lost by default

2. No weapons are allowed

3. Match ends via Knockout, 10 second fall count, or surrender

4. Attacking already defeated opponent will make the winner disqualified and the loser will be the winner instead

5. All matrial arts style and moves are all allowed

6. There is no weight class, the fighters are free to fight whomever they wanted

What the fuck, this rule is kinda bonkers for a martial arts tournament, but still this rule can also benefit our side if we play our cards correctly

'So it's going to be the best of 5? the first side gets 3 wins right?' Manami wants to confirm

'Officially yes, unfortunately since we've already won our match against Hirayama-san father I'm sorry to inform you but you have to win 4 matches while we only have to win 2' Megumi looks at me and manami with a poker face

'Nope, this is crazy, this is rigged as fuck, what's next? you want us to fight with our hands tied behind our backs too?' I asks while yelling at megumi

'Oh.... if you're that confident then...'

'It's rhetorical statement dumbass' i mock her

'I am simply stating our conditions, if you don't like that then you're free to back out, but we will still pursue our original contract with the Hirayama's' Megumi sips her tea nonchalantly

'Is that all? then excuse us, little piggy let's go, we wasted enough time here' Manami commands me to follow her

'Likewise lady manami, i will wait until tomorrow to hear if you accept our conditions, good day to you both, junko, please escort them outside'

'As you wish megumi-sama, please follow me' Junko tell us while escorting us out of the student council office

I can't help but worry about the tournament, it's rigged as hell, who knows what will happen during or before the tournament, the nakazawa could sabotage us or maybe cheat during the fight, there's no way they didn't have any dirty plan inside their sleeves

'Little piggy, what do you think should we accept their proposal?' Manami asks me while we are eating our lunch in the classroom

'Absolutely not lady.... that tournament reeks of sabotage and foul play, i wouldn't recommend us to accept their terms' i reply

'So, we should just let her take muscle-brain family dojo? are you sure about that?' manami asks me while chewing her food

'I..... i don't know milady, is there another way?' i wonder

'I doubt it, the best we can do right now is inform everyone and discuss whether we accept their conditions or not' Manami answers

'You're right milady, I'm gonna text everyone to gather at the penthouse after school' i pull out my phone to text my friends about our important affair later

'Good, this is getting out of hand.... but fret not, as long as I'm here nothing bad will happen to you little piggy ohohoho' manami do her usual ojou-sama laugh

'Ahahaha yes, thank you lady manami' i reply smiling

And with that we finishes our break and continue to study, nothing interesting really happened since the main event will be happening after the class

The final bell rang and the school today is finished, me and my friends gather together at the school gate and we ride the manami Limo car together to my penthouse.....

Nagoya central park tower

'So how is it going?' rin asks with curiosity in her eyes

'Okay everyone pay attention'

Manami explains the encounter between me and her with megumi and junko earlier, she explains the all the detail about the tournament, the rules, the fighters required, and also the special privilege of nakazawa must winning only 2 match out of 5, and especially the wagers they will get if we lose

'So what do you guys think?'Manami asks

'I accept, tell them i will beat that bastard this time' Rin informs manami

'Rin?! are you out of your mind? we can't accept it, it's clearly rigged, do you know what happened if you lose? you're going to be that man wife, you're gonna stuck with him forever' Goddamit rin, what the fuck are you thinking?, i don't bust my ass saving you from Kiichiro only for you to fall into another NTR antag grasps

'I don't care, i will win this time, to restore my family honor' rin stands up to me

'Rin please stop being so stubborn, this is not a tournament for honor, this tournament designed to make us lose there's no honor in this fight' i plead to her

'Katsuo, if you're afraid be my guest, don't participate in this fight, this is my problem to begin with you don't need to help me' Rin stubbornly challenge me

'LISTEN HERE, THIS IS NOT ABOUT THAT, STOP BEING SO STUBBORN, YOU'RE IN DANGER RIN, THIS IS NOT A BET YOU CAN AFFORD, TRUST ME!' I yell at rin because of the frustration, i swear if your shounen protagonist ass didn't back down.....

'TRUST YOU? YOU NEVER TRUST US TO BEGIN WITH, YOU ALWAYS DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITHOUT EVEN ASKING US FOR HELP, AND NOW YOU WANT ME TO TRUST YOU!?' Rin claps back at me

Ah shit, bullseye, she's kinda right tho but still i do it all to protect all of them

'Rin, you know that's not what i mean, I do all of that to protect you....' i tell her while sighing

'And i don't like it, i don't like it one bit when you sacrifice yourself to protect us, and i don't want you to get hurt even to protect me, if you want my trust then you have to learn to trust me back, are you still the same katsuo that i first met? or have you changed since then? tell me? 'rin asks me while looking at me in the eyes

I look rin back at the eyes, there's a truth to her words but still it's different with me, i do it all because i know about the fucked up rule of this world, i wish i can convey it to them but i can't, I'm afraid what kind of repercussion we will get if i explained the rules of this world to her or to anyone else, or the truth about my existence

'See? you've got nothing to say huh? so if you're not afraid taking a risk for us, i will gladly do the same, i have made my mind katsuo, you either help or not, if you don't want to help, the. STAY OUTTA MY WAY' Rin commands

'RIN CUT THAT SHIT OUT, THIS IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK, IF IT WASN'T FOR ME...'

'OH SO IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF YOU? YOU'RE TRYING TO BE A HERO NOW? SURE LET ME SALUTE YOU, YOU WANT PRAISE? , YOU WANT RECOGNITION?, I KNOW IT, YOU ONLY HELP US TO SATISFY YOUR EGO' Rin yells at me again

Goddammit her last statement really struck a nerve in my heart, me? helping them to satisfy my own ego? I do it all to make them happy, for them to get better outcome than their original fate, how dare her, how dare her to even think about it

'YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH OR...'

'OR WHAT?! SHOW ME! COME ON! SHUT ME UP!' Rin stands up and try to challenge me

'THAT'S ENOUGH! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YA GUYS?! KAT-CHAN, RIN-PAISEN CALM DOWN AND SHUT UP BOTH OF YA!' Miki yells and scolds us both

Listening to the usual happy go lucky miki gets angry and yells really startled me, and Rin also has the same idea as she goes back to her seat instantly

'Listen to me ya'll, this is what megumi exactly wants, for us to fight like this!, it's obvious ya both are clearly care for each other, ya'll just too stubborn to hear out each other, so i suggests ya'll take a deep breath and calm down, we all family, we need to the the bigger picture and work together!' Miki finishes her scolding

'Hmmm I didn't expect titty-cow is smarter than i actually thought ohohoho' manami giggles

'Zip it lady!' Miki snarls at her and instantly manami shuts up

'If i can ask, what exactly we will get if we win?' Keita intervenes

'So far we only demands the original 50 million yen, and for megumi to be katsuo's servant if they lose, we need only one more request' Manami answers

'If I may have an idea' Keita chimes in

'Oh what is it my prince? what's on your mind?' manami asks because she's getting intrigued

'What if we strip Nakazawa-san from her power, make her give the student council position and instead give it to one of us' keita suggests

'Wow that's a brilliant idea, as expected of my prince💚' Manami smiles

'Hey! don't push your luck lady' Miki hisses

'Alright then, we have all the request that we need i will inform megumi about our conditions' Manami begins to type something on her phone

'Milady are you sure you're gonna get trough with this?' i asks her

Suddenly a voice of a man answers me

'Don't worry kid, lady manami won't even think about it if we didn't stand a chance' Mr tatsuya chimes in

'As long as i am here, there's no force under the heavens that can defeat the Hebiyama family, don't worry, i will make sure you're all ready for the tournament, as i will also participate' He says confidently

'Wait Tatsuya-san you're participating also? wow that's great' I begin to smile, if Mr. Tatsuya participate in our side, that's basically one win guaranteed, amazing!

'Aaaand sent, yep.... i have sent manami an email containing our detailed contract for the upcoming tournament, now my lovely subject please train as hard as you can and bring glory to me! ohohoho' manami laughs in amusement

Tournament recap :

Nakazawa family VS Hebiyama family fight tournament

1. Time : 3 Months from today

2. Place : Nagoya Minami High-school dojo

3. Rules of the tournament :

1. No killing your opponent, intentionally or unintentionally, if the ref caught someone intentionally trying to kill their opponent, that fighter will be disqualified and lost by default

2. No weapons are allowed

3. Match ends via Knockout, 10 second fall count, or surrender

4. Attacking already defeated opponent will make the winner disqualified and the loser will be the winner instead

5. All matrial arts style and moves are all allowed

6. There is no weight class, the fighters are free to fight whomever they wanted

Tournament Participants :

Team Hebiyama:

-Takashima Katsuo

-Hirayama Rin

-Oguchi Keita

-Kannoh Tatsuya

-TBD

Team Nakazawa:

-Nakazawa Jirou

-Junko Bernadette De La Roche

-Godou Sakuraba

-TBD

-TBD

The stakes :

Team Hebiyama :

-Hirayama family will get 50 million yen from Nakazawa family

-Nakazawa Megumi will become personal servant to Takashima Katsuo and obey him without question

-Nakazawa Megumi will resign as the student council and replaced by Hebiyama Manami

Team Nakazawa :

-The Hirayama family dojo will be closed permanently and cease all of their activities

-Takashima Katsuo will become personal servant to Nakazawa megumi and obeys her without question

-Hirayama Rin's hand in marriage to Nakazawa Jirou

Signed by : Hebiyama manami and Nakazawa megumi

'Rin, Katsuo, and Keita, follow me i want to discuss something with you' Mr Tatsuya then gesture us to follow him

We three then follows Mr.Tatsuya to the garden patio and discuss strategy with him

'So as you know, i called you here to discuss strategy, we need to prepare the best we can if we want to win, and let's start with who's facing who, do you guys have a particular opponent you want to face?' Tatsuya asks

'I will face Sakuraba-san, that's my destiny, i will put and end to him trying to harm me and miki, this time I will stand up to him and protect miki!' Keita replies with conviction in his voice

'Well said keita, having that motivation is great, but he's taller and heavier than you, are you sure you're up to the task?' Tatsuya asks keita

'Yes i am Tatsuya-san!' keita says with confidence

'Good, and for the next fighter let's adress the elephant in the room, Nakazawa jirou' he says

'I will face him' Rin says

'I'll get my payback' I said the same time as rin saying

'Katsuo, didn't i told you, this is my fight, back off' Rin glares at me

'Hell no!, I'm the franchise player, I'm the LA Lakers, the Dallas Cowboys, i don't want to fight jobbers,i want their best give me that bastard jirou' I reply to rin

'You.... how many times to i have to tell you this is doesn't.. ' rin tries to deflect

'Unfortunately rin, i agree with katsuo, i think he should face jirou' Tatsuya intervenes

'What? no way Tatsuya-san, I'm the one who's gonna beat him' Rin tries to convince Tatsuya-san

'I know you have a personal vendetta against him, but this time is not wise to make choice based on feelings, it's a matter of compatibility, katsuo is suited more to fight him rather than you' Tatsuya explain

'But why?' Rin asks

'Let me explain.... i have done my research on Nakazawa Jirou and he's one of the top fighters in Underground fighting arena, essentially it's an underground fighting association made by rich people in japan to settle their business dispute, but not long the fight becomes more and more entertainment rather than duel, while killing is not encouraged, the audience there usually demands brutal fight which result in many deaths occured, such as the nature of underground fighting arena and that's the kind of place that nakazawa jirou coming from' Tatsuya explains

Oh so it's basically kengan association in this world, i see, even such place exist....

'Underground fighting arena? such brutal place exist? but why i don't understand? why do they fighting with such conditions and what's their purpose fighting like that? i.... i can't understand, so that's why i never heard of nakazawa jirou at the fighter circle.... but still Tatsuya-san why i can't fight him? i can still have a chance to beat him right?' Rin tries to bargain

'Unfortunately, no i don't think you're a great fit, rin you're a competitive fighter,you used to fight under rules and regulations to make the fight as fair as possible, meanwhile jirou fights in the world without rules and everyone is trying to hurt each other for the sake of pure entertainment, I'm sorry rin, but you're really incompatible with him, and that doesn't mean you're weak, because you have a harder battle to fought' Tatsuya explains to rin

'Harder battle? what do you mean tatsuya-san?' rin asks

'That blone tall girl, junko isn't it? yes that girl will be your opponent, she is strong but not only that, i learned that she is nakazawa megumi personal bodyguard, trained since little to protect her, you can see the resolve in her eyes, how she will do everything to keep megumi safe, just like you, you trained since little girl to prove you are the best martial artist in the world, this is not going to be only a fight, this is gonna be the test if your resolve to win is stronger than her' Tatsuya tells rin while patting her on her shoulder

'I see, then i accept i will prove that my resolve is stronger than her, i will fight with conviction and dignity to restore my family honor, please train me tatsuya-san' rin bows to him

'Yes, i will train you to be the best fighter you can be rin, i promise..... and now you katsuo' He then talks to me

'Yessir?' i reply

'Do you know why jirou is able to knock you down easily?' Tatsuya asks me

'Because he's stronger and more experienced?' i answer

'Yes, but that's not the main reason, the reason is you're woefully unprepared to face him, you underestimate his strength and attacks him without even try to measure his strength, your arrogance is the reason why you lost' Tatsuya tells me sternly

'I.... i see, yes, the emotions are high that time and i tried to attack him, I'm sorry Mr. Tatsuya I'm too overconfident, it won't happen again' i bows down a little

'That's good, bur it's not all of it, you remember when you stormed that bar and take down many people alone to have your revenge? how can you able to do it? because you're prepared, you use the correct tools, you plan ahead instead of striking blind,you adapt, improve, and overcome, preparation is the half of the battle, and without preparation, you just lost half of your fighting prowess' Tatsuya explains to me

'I see, you're right Mr.Tatsuya' i reply

'And you're the best fighter in the terms of compatibility to face him, you have unorthodox fighting style, you adapt to your opponents easily, and you didn't afraid to fight dirty, this is all you need to win against jirou, do whatever you have to do to win, whatever it takes, do you understand katsuo?'

'Yes, i understand! I'll kick his ass Mr. Tatsuya' I tell him excitedly, with his guide i will make sure get my revenge on that spiky hair asshole and that red-eyed bitch

'That is all,since tommorow is holiday,we're gonna train early in the morning tomorrow, i suggest you rest early, we got a job to do' and with that mr Tatsuya goes back inside and leaving us three musketeers here at the patio

'Umm.... rin-senpai, katsuo-san I'm going first so...'

'Keita, I'm coming with you, let's go' rin goes with keita inside and leaving me alone

I reach for a cigarette in my pocket and lit it, i puff a smoke while thinking about the freaking record of ragnarok tournament that were going to have

This tournament is completely off the books, it never happened in the manga or even mentioned, so I'm going in blind at this new even, i hope everything is going smoothly

I looked into my hands and clenched my fist, i have to win this tournament whatever the cost, i need to rely less on my skills and train myself to get stronger, because i promise i will never lose anymore, never again

Nakazawa Family residence

'So... do they accept our challenge?' Jirou asks while he's sitting on a chair behind a big wooden table drinking a glass of whiskey

'Yes, dear brother, i just got a confirmation from that hebiyama girl, they accepted our conditions, ufufufu' megumi giggles

'That's wonderful gyahahaha, i can't wait to get my hands on that Hirayama girl, she's so fucking hot, i can't wait to make her my fucking sex sleeve gyahahaha, junko come here baby' Jirou commands junko to came to him

'Yes jirou-sama?' junko asks

Jirou then pulls junko close to him and forcefully kisses her and grope her breasts with his hands

'Mhhmmm' Junko reluctantly kisses him back

'Damn.... all of this making me so horny, junko baby, come to my room tonight, i will spoil you lots gyahahaha' Jirou poured another glass of whiskey and sips it

'I understand jirou-sama, i will accompany you tonight' Junko replied with a hint of disgust in her eyez

'Good girl' Jiro tells her while tapping her but with his hand

'Dear brother, i must warn you to not take Takashima Katsuo lightly, he's strong whem he's cornered and pretty much all of our family heard what he did to Kiichiro, i hope you're taking this seriously brother...' Megumi tells him

'Oh is that so? hah! as if weak guy like that can hurt me, don't worry sister i will be destroy him and throw his broken body to you so you can do whatever you want to him' Jirou smiles sinisterly

'Ufufufuf thank you dear brother, you're really the best' megumi smiles

'Of course i am, as your brother i will give you your favorite toy to play gyahahaha' Jirou laughs again

'Takashima katsuo huh? i can't wait to finally break you down, show me what you got katsuo' Jirou stares at the distance while tapping his fingers on the table

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Author's note:

I'm sorry for the late chapter, I'm busy clearing all the Honkai star rail content from my neglected account because of work

And fuck the swarm disaster bullshit, i really fucking hates bugs and now they ask me to fight bugs for hours 😭😭😭

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Anyway i finally cleared it and now I'm sick of bugs exploding in my face and deleting my entire team

Thanks for listening to my rant, enjoy this chapter because next chapter is going full action and training arc, peace✌️