Aftermath of the Tournament

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Senshi - A 12 year old boy and Shoji's best friend and rival. He's the son of a valiant hero who is currently deceased.

Shoji - A 13 year old boy and Senshi's best friend and rival. He used to live on the streets when he was found by Shujin and Senshi.

Shujin - A 35 year old man who is Senshi and Shoji's master. He adopted Senshi and Shoji and wants to protect them at all costs. He wears a solid mask over his left eye.

New Characters:

Nashi - An amputee with no arms that fights with only his legs/feet.

Maku-sa - A fighter who has a circle-shaped mark on their forehead.

Koji - A fighter that manipulates smoke from the gauntlets on his wrists.

Toryu - A warrior with a metal mask that wields dual broadswords.

It's blurry…

Shoji opens his eyes, to be kicked through a wall by a mysterious man. This is the same man that he saw before he got knocked out. Shoji was falling, revealing the hole to be from the fifth floor from a building. The hole in the wall getting smaller… and smaller…

BANG!!!

Shoji woke up from his trance. It all felt like a dream. His face was sore, his cheek red. He looked around, witnessing everyone else in the waiting room. He wonders, "Where's Sen-" "Sho!" Senshi yelled as he grabbed his brother in for a hug. Senshi continued, "Are you ok, Sho?" Shoji couldn't help but chuckle as they let go of each other. "I've never been better," Shoji answered. "Next time, you won't be so lucky to get a victory off of me." "We'll see. I'm just happy that you're okay."

Later on, Shujin, Senshi, and Shoji are walking out the stadium. Shoji noticed Thalia, the girl he met in the stands. "Hey, Shu," Shoji said to Shujin. "Wait right here. I'll be right back." Shoji walks over to Thalia, walking with her mom to their car. "Hey!" Thalia hears. She turns to see Shoji running to her. "Oh, hey Shoji." Thalia said. Shoji answered, "Hey, I have a question." Thalia replied, "Ok. What's up?"

"Does your mom happen to work in a factory?" Shoji asked. That question seemed a little weird to Thalia, but she answered, "Not anymore. The factory exploded, and they're still rebuilding, so my mom had to get another job in the office." Shoji then relayed the story to Thalia of how Shoji ended up on the property of an exploding factory (basically the flashback from his battle with Koji).

"Oh, so that's why you wanted to know," Thalia said. "Hey Sen! You done yet 'cause we gotta go!" Senshi yelled from the background. "Hey, Thali. Let's go," Thalia's mom said from her car.

Shoji and Thalia said in unison, "I guess we both gotta go." They blushed in front of each other. "See ya." Thalia said as she kissed Shoji on the cheek and left for the car. Shoji was left standing there, his face crimson red. He walks back to his adopted brother and father, and they leave.

10:00 PM

Senshi and Shoji jump straight into their beds. "Hey Sho," Senshi said. "You kinda scared me in the arena." Shoji, confused, asked, "What do you mean?" Senshi answered, "Well, you seemed kinda, I don't know, angry. I know we said we wouldn't hold back, but I could see fury in your eyes." Shoji replied, "Oh, well I didn't mean to scare you. It kinda felt like an 'out-of-body' experience for half of the fight. I mean, I could feel everything I felt, but it just didn't seem like me. It was like some mysterious intrusive thoughts consuming me."

"Well, don't think too much about it," Senshi said. "We don't want it getting in the way of our training tomorrow. Good night Sho." "Good night Sen," Shoji replied. They rolled over, backs facing each other, and they fell asleep, the moonlight shining from a nearby window. The morning would come in just a couple of hours, to begin a new day for new lessons.

End of Chapter 11…