Chapter 43 : Vanishing.

After they beat the two Judges, Katsuo, Mori, Daewi and Mira were walking together. The sun shone on all of them, as the 4 laughed and had fun.... They walked for hours, talking whilst enjoying the cool breeze.....

<1 hour later>

After some more time, the 4 separated, leaving only Katsuo and Mori as they walked back home.....

Mori : "Hey Katsuo! You wanna fight!?", he shouted with a smile as he looked at Katsuo....leaving Katsuo to nod and smile in response.

"Why not~", he retorted, before he and Mori walked in to a forest....

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At the same time, in a hospital room, Judge R and Q couldn't hold their bitterness, veins sprouted on their heads...They couldn't handle the shame of losing to Katsuo and Mori...

To gain their pride, they began to mock each-other based on who was damaged more, to feel better...

Judge Q : "Imagine losing that badly~", he proclaimed mockingly...

Judge R : "Is that so~, At least I had an opportunity to fight back", he replied back..

Judge Q : "YOU!", He shouted, before pulling the wires, connected to the hospital monitor, off of his body....before he lunged towards Judge R....

BEEEP!!!! BANG!!!!!

Judge R wasn't going to just lay there, as he sprung upwards, throwing a punch at Judge Q's stomach...

To combat the incoming strike, Q, twisted his body, before he raised his right leg, colliding with Judge R's fist...

BOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!

The collision echoed through the hospital, scaring most of the people in it....

Dust spread the air....but when it dispelled, two people had their heads clutched in a tall man's hands.....

Judge R : "Mu-"...

Before he could finish his sentence, the man clutching their heads, Mubong Park, twisted his arm, before bashing their faces into the ground....

BANG! CRACK!

The ground cracked underneath, but the two were noticeably okay...

Judge R : "We're sorry for-", once again, before he could finish, Mubong interrupted him..

Mubong : "No~ No~, It's okay~", he stated with a chuckle. His eyes gleamed dangerously, as a smile developed on his face...

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Elsewhere,

In a forest Katsuo and Mori both wore smiles on their faces as they crashed into each-other multiple times....

BANG!!! BANG!!!!

Punches and kicks connected togethers as the two pushed each-other back. The fight fired both of them up, as Katsuo's eyes turned purple....

ZOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!

Charging at an unbelievable speed, Katsuo appeared right in-front of him, leaving Mori to smile even more...

'Fas-', he thought...but before he could think.....

Katsuo jumped....right above Mori he spun his waist....swinging his right leg towards Mori...

Thinking it was going to smash into him....Mori immediately readied his guard.....but at the last second, Katsuo wrapped his right leg around the back of Mori's neck. The kick was a fake but still using it's momentum, Katsuo spun his body in mid-air, spinning Mori in the process, before slamming him into the ground...

BOOOOOM!!!!!

<Renewal Taekwondo : Dragon Catcher>

The ground underneath caved in due to the force alone. Emerging from the ground, Mori sprung up before spitting out blood...

PTUI!!!

His eyes shone dangerously.....getting into his stance, entirely focused, as he watched Katsuo....

In response to this....Katsuo also slowly went into his stance, spreading his weight around evenly, his eyes glowed purple before he smiled at Mori....

Not wasting any more time, the two clashed into each-other...shaking the ground underneath....

CRACK!!!! BOOOOM!!!!

<1 Hour Later>

Night rolled over, the wind howled as the moon-light shined on a boy with white hair, who picked up another person. The surrounding area was destroyed, making the journey home easier.

Katsuo carried Mori, who was unconscious back home. He chuckled, turning around to look at the devastated forest, before leaving the area..

CREAK!

Opening the door home, Katsuo laid the snoring Mori down, before walking outside...

Mori : "I'll w- win next time", Mori stated in his sleep, before he continued snoring...

'hehehe', he chuckled softly, before he closed the door behind him....

CREAK!!

Staring at the night-sky, Katsuo smiled before laying down on the floor. The wind struck his face, only making him feel more satisfied.... Feeling relaxed, he fell asleep, uncaring of his surroundings....

<The Next Day>

To their surprise, Daewi had to fight Mira in the next round. Already knowing this, and not having a fight until later that day, Katsuo wished them luck, even if he knew who'd win....

After saying bye, he walked out of the arena and walked leisurely.....

<At the Same Time>

The fight between Daewi and Mira was about to begin. He would've gone easy on her, but news of his friend, Seungtae Woo's, medical conditioning worsening prompted him to win quickly.

Judge T : "BEGIN!!!!!", The commentator shouted, alarming the audience that the fight would start....

In the blink of an eye.....

VOOOOOSHHH!!!!!

Daewi appeared before Mira, not letting her to even swing her sword.....he smashed his fist into her stomach.....catapulting her into the air....

<Full Contact Karate : Basic Punch>

BOOOOOM!!!! CRACK!!!!!

The punch broke some of her ribs, but he didn't stop there....as he kicked her in the head, before pushing his weight down on-to her in the form of a kick, bashing her into the canvas.....

<Full Contact Karate : Brazilian Kick>

BANG!!!

The kick caved in the arena, and left a limp Mira, before nurses surrounded her....

Looking at Mori whilst he was walking off stage....Daewi didn't say anything except:

"You're next~", he proclaimed, before heading to the toilet....

Mori stared at him whilst he walked away, before looking back at Mira....

<2 Minutes Later>

In the toilet....

BLECH!!! BLECH!!!!

Daewi was vomiting, the smell of vomit filled the room as he felt disgusted by his actions of hurting Mira, and he thought about the pain his friend, Seungtae Woo, must be going through.

BLECH!!!

<Meanwhile>

Sitting on a playground bench, Katsuo was lounging around, he closed his eyes facing up towards the sky....whilst he was doing this....for some reason he could feel something staring at him....

Using, <Observation Haki>, he scanned the area around him, and he found a man cloaked in black, carrying a broad-sword, slowly approaching him...

Katsuo couldn't see his whole face, but he could see his sadistic smile. Knowing something was going to happen, Katsuo relaxed his whole body, to not draw attention, but he was secretly preparing for a fight with a smile.....

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A member of Nox, (a mysterious organization whose main goal is world domination), named Drake McDonald was strolling in a park. Enjoying killing people by torturing them, he was currently looking for someone to 'slaughter'....

Looking at a park bench, he saw a person looking up to the sky without a care in the world. The person's relaxedness annoyed Drake for some reason...

He approached the man with a sadistic smile, appearing completely confident....

SWISHH!!!!!

Swinging his sword at Katsuo with a menacing smile, Drake had no idea what he'd done...

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Feeling a threat approaching, Katsuo immediately propelled himself up into the air, by pushing his arms off of the park-bench....

Whilst in the air, Katsuo opened his eyes and stared at the 'stranger'.....before he twisted his waist, and bashed his left leg across his face....

<Renewal Taekwondo : Front Hwechook>

BANG!!!!!

The kick pushed the man back and the air pressure generated caused the man's hood to fall off.....

'.....Drake McDonald' , Katsuo thought immediately, as he looked at a man with spiked blond hair wearing a red headband whilst a sadistic grin was on his face....

'He's high up in NOX, isn't he?', Katsuo thought, before he watched Drake charge at him....

SWING!! SWISH!!!!

Disregarding his thoughts for a while, Katsuo dodged Drake's strikes before they could touch him....

SWISH!!!! SWISH!!!

Drake kept on delivering strikes at Katsuo giving him no opportunity to fight back....

"HAHAHA!!!!", Drake shouted, as he continuously kept on striking...

Finally having enough, Katsuo ran towards, appearing in-front of Drake at lightning speed,<Northern ITF Taekwondo : Hyperspeed>..

ZOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!

He was like a blur, stunning Drake for a second....that was all Katsuo needed.....

Time seemed to have stopped, They were both eye level, staring into each-others eyes....looking at his shocked expression, Katsuo was happy.....his eyes shone purple. Raising his fists, Katsuo threw 3 punches, covered in Ki straight at Drake's face.....

BANG!!!! BANG!!!! BANG!!!

<Full Contact Karate : Ballistic Fist 3 Combo>

The punches flung Drake back-wards, crashing into a tree....Katsuo wasn't finished and appeared right next to him....

Appearing on his right, Katsuo combusted high air pressure by grinding the ground....flames sparked and surrounded his leg, before he guided the fire towards Drake in a horizontal manner...

CRACK!!! CRACK!!! WOOOSH!!!

<Ssam-Su Taekkyeon Secret Technique : Fifth Degree Flame Murder>

The fire burned everything in it's surroundings, quickly approaching Drake. Drake sweated due to it's intensity.....he felt like he was going to die....his sadistic smile vanished, as he was feeling.....scared....

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Luckily for him, at the last second, a man wearing black robes arrived before teleporting Drake and Katsuo away....

Leaving the flames to burn the surroundings.....

<Elsewhere>

In the arena, everyone was waiting for Katsuo, as his fight was supposed to have begun...

They waited and waited, not knowing where he was....

After waiting for 20 minutes, they pronounced his opponent the winner, much to Mori and the audience's dismay.....

"WHERE IS HE!?", Mori screamed into the air....

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In a completely different place,

Katsuo stood there, as he panted.....

HUFF!!! HUFF!!

Summoning clones of himself, <Red Monkey King's Clone Technique>

BOOF!!!!! BOOF!!!

He charged at the monsters surrounding him with a smile......