Chapter 8

Takashi then puts his hand out towards Watanabe as he quickly moved himself out of the way, dodging gravity crushing down where he was. Takashi then ran up, throwing a punch as Watanabe catches it, throwing a kick towards his abdomen. He takes the kick as he stumbles to a knee, Takashi then moves as he dodges another kick as Takashi pulls his arm back to him. Watanabe flew forward as Takashi slammed his palm on his face, trying to pull his hand out of his grip, "Let go!" he shouts, struggling.

Kimura stayed on the backlines as he took his time to regain his mana, He took some heavy breathing as Kimura stood up. I should have mana now. Kimura then began running at them. Takashi grabbed onto Watanabe's jacket and his sleeve, kicking his straighter leg, flipping him over his shoulder. BAM! The dust on the ground scattered where he landed, Watanabe then got back up as he turns around to be mt by a sucker punch from Kimura.

Kimura's eyes glowed as Takashi joined in throwing a punch and landed it on Watanabe's side. "Just go down Watanabe!" he shouted as Wantanabe dropped to his knees. Takashi was breathing a bit tired from enduring so much damage. Kimura walked over to Takashi to make sure he was okay; He gave Kimura a thumbs up as Kimura smiled in relief.

Takashi and Kimura stood over Watanabe as he looked up at them taking some breathers, Black and blue sparks began jumping around Kimura's body as Takashi's eyes glowed and he kept his hands in his pockets.

"Fucking shit…"

He muttered, raising his hand as forfeit. The crowd went wild as cheering and booing were simultaneous. Kimura immediately attended to both Kobayashi and Fujiwara who sat on the sidelines. He helped up Kobayashi as Takashi followed behind, helping up Fujiwara onto her feet. "There you go." He said as Fujiwara stood on her own, thanking, "Thanks Takashi, I can take it from here.".

Fujiwara, Kobayashi, Takashi, and Kimura were sent off with a spectacular send off as the same student that brought them there took them back. "Thanks for the way back." Takashi bowed politely, the student responded, "A man of my word Takashi, you and your team take care.". He vanished once again, leaving Kimura and the rest of them to speculate. Tap tap tap tap!! Quick footsteps were coming their way as Suzuki hugged Fujiwara excitedly.

"You're back roomie!!"

"What did I tell you, don't call me roomie in public!"

"Oh Sorry!"

Suzuki took a step back and frantically apologized, bowing repeatedly as a form of apology as well. Fujiwara waved her hands frantically trying to have her stop it as they discussed their own thing.

"They…nice right…?"

Yun attempted, Kimura looked at Yun as he smiled, patting his back as Yun just looked a bit confused. "You're getting used to speaking Japanese." Kimura's words went through one ear and slowly went out the other, confused he tilted his head as Kimura chuckled a bit nervously.

The sun was going down as they went to their respective dorm buildings. Kimura walked into his room with a patch over his scarred eye once again. "Where were you?" Yamada questioned, rather quickly Kimura responded, "The Middle Grounds.". walking into their restroom to shower. Yamada took some time to process it as Kimura began showering.

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  Yun walked over towards the school building as girls were watching him from afar, some of them muttering between themselves and their groups. Suzuki ran up from behind as she pats him on the back, he turned to look at her as they both smile. "Are you going to your dads' shop?" she asked in Korean, he nodded as he replied, "Yeah, but I'm going to the mall first.".

"Oh, can I come too?"

"I have room for a friend."

"Thanks Yun."

Suzuki headed off towards her dorms as the other girls were glaring at her run off. At Kyu Grand Mall, Yun waited as he sat on a bench underneath a tree. He looked at his phone as he sent three messages to Suzuki. I wonder if she'll even arrive… He seemed worried as fifteen minutes had passed. Yun sighed as he stood up and began heading to the front entrance. "Wait up Yun!!" A voice shouted from behind as he turned around to see Suzuki running towards him.

She wore a large hoodie as she wore a long skirt and casual shoes, her hair was tied up into a ponytail. He looked at her a bit in awe as he'd never seen her outside of the academy before. "Ready to go?" she said softly, her warm smile made him smile and crack up in a cackle a bit.

"What's so funny?"

"Nothing, just, I've never seen you this pretty before."

"Huh—" Suzuki blushed as she didn't know how to respond to it.

"—W-well…"

She quickly headed inside as Yun was oblivious to what he said, following behind her into the Grand mall. The mall was enormous, having multiple escalators up to the second and the only mall to have a third floor. The mall was packed today as Yun and Suzuki began walking around the grand mall, walking up to a clothing store. Suzuki's eyes sparkled at the diversity of the clothing looking through all the girls clothing.

"This one is pretty—" she gasped, looking at another piece of clothing.

"—BUT THIS ONE IS CUTER!!"

She kept looking through the clothes as Yun met up with a worker at the store, they both greeted each other as they hit up a conversation. The staff member was speaking fluent Korean as they seemed to know each other well, Suzuki saw that as she held a red dress, wanting to show Yun. She paused for a second as she walked to the changing room, feeling doubt. "Hey, don't think I didn't see you Suzuki." Yun grabbed onto her shoulder, she turned to look at him as she pouted quickly turning away from him.

"Was it because I was talking to one of the staff?"

"..."

"You know she's my mom's friend, right?"

"Huh?"

She turned around surprised, looking over at the woman he was talking to earlier, she then saw that she was a lot older than she thought. Yun head pats Suzuki as she looked down a bit embarrassed. "Go try on the dress." Yun encouraged her, walking to the changing room as he stood outside of where she was changing.

Yun waits as he leans on the wall hearing a click! from the doorknob. Suzuki walked out of the changing room as she stood in front of the door with her red dress on. It seemed to fit her perfectly, complementing her red hair and making her figure stand out but not too tight or loose. Yun was surprised as her face was red from wearing it. The dress had reflective material on it as well, giving it some depth and some texture on it, it made her stand out but also complemented her overall look.

"You look great."

"Th-Thank You…"

Their awkward silence filled the air as she decided to quickly go into the changing room to change out. They bought the red dress from the store and walked out, she stretched as Yun smiled at her, they then began walking further into the mall, going up escalator, going down elevators, playing games at arcades, and overall having the time of their lives. They stayed until early afternoon, walking out of the Kyu Grand Mall as Suzuki had multiple bags from different stores. 

"Thanks for inviting me out to the mall."

"No problem, I had a lot of fun today."

They both smiled as Suzuki's ride pulled up. It was a Honda civic, the trunk opened as she put her bags in the trunk of the car, getting in as the passenger seat before it drove off. Yun sighed as his mom pulled up a couple of minutes after Suzuki had left. Meanwhile, Kimura was in the school's gymnasium, doing fifty push ups with some of the other students.