the students in the cafeteria made space and removed all the chairs and tables for azaki and tokashi's fight and for a brief moment there was absolute silence in the cafeteria as both fighters looked at each other intensively.
Student 1 : who do you think is gonna win?
Student 2 : I don't know just keep quiet and watch.
immediately azaki broke the silence and rushed tokashi with series of punches but his punches were like child's play to tokashi as he could see each and every one of them so with his hands and his body he blocked and dodged every single one of azaki punches but azaki wasn't one to easily give up so he persistently continued throwing punches until one of his punches connected with tokashi's face. tokashi took a few steps back and stopped to hold his face which has just been punched, azaki was a pretty strong kid and one of his punches were strong enough to make a man cry now embodied with the spirit of yaranu. his punches became even more stronger than there were before and inflicted double the damage to the unlucky soul or in this case tokashi. tokashi removed his hand from his face and saw blood on it. quickly he touched part of his face and found out that the blood was coming from his right eye.
Tokashi : you'll regret that.
not wasting any time tokashi furiously rushed azaki with his own series of punches and kicks but unlike tokashi, azaki could not see most of his attacks talk more of deflecting them there fore his body was bombarded with tokashi's attacks
Tashima : AZAKI!!!!!!!!!
Tashima screamed as she tried to interfere and stop the brutality she was witnessing but she was withheld by bono.
Tashima : what are you doing let me go I have to stop this.
Bono : no I won't let you.
Tashima : why do you want him to get hurt even more.
Bono : I don't but you have to believe in him and trust that he can fight this one by himself.
after thinking for while she withheld herself and decided not to interfere.
Tashima : I hope you're right.
but tokashi didn't stop he continued punching and kicking him until when azaki couldn't take the pain anymore and fell to the ground, at this point his rage had been satisfied.
Tokashi : let's see you get up from that.
he said as he left a beaten azaki on the ground but azaki wasn't just going to allow the match to end this way so with the little strength left in him he forced himself back up.
Azaki : running away? so soon but I was just getting warmed up.
Nimaka : what's he doing?
Tashima : I don't know.
hearing the gutsy dare made by azaki tokashi turned back and smiled menacingly.
Tokashi : big words for a kid who just got his butt kicked.
Azaki : I think you'll find the outcome of this round quite different from the last one.
after the last statement was made both students assumed their previous fighting stances hoping to end it all in this round.
Student 1 : oh boy here we go again.
this time it would be tokashi that broke the silence as he furiously attacked azaki with the same style of attacks he did last time but this time azaki was prepared, unknowing to him azaki had been using their last round to study tokashi's style and technique of fighting and with the new information acquired he devised a technique to counter every one of tokashi's attack.
Tokashi : huh what's going on how are you doing this?
Azaki : through strategy.
after series of futile attacks tokashi became tired and stopped attacking, azaki not wasting any time took advantage of the moment and punched both his right and left rib cage area with his two hands repeatedly and finished it with an upper cut but he still wasn't done. as tokashi was thrusted into the air by the upper cut azaki threw a round house kick and connected it to his chest, the impact of the kick on his chest was so hard it threw tokashi far back he landed on some tables causing them to break. moments later tokashi stood up spat out some blood and assumed his previous fighting stance as if azaki's attacks did nothing to him but he was wrong not too long after he started feeling the effects of azaki's attacks. his rib cage area felt like a thousand needles had just been shoved in all at once, immediately he brought down his hands and held his ribs and began to spit out more blood.
Student 1 : woah he actually beat him.
Student 2 : men that kid is strong.
looking at tokashi in pain azaki lowered his guard and began to walk away.
Tokashi : this isn't over yet.
as azaki was walking away tokashi threw his fist as if he were about to punch someone 👊 and from the air a fire blast emanated and flew toward azaki(remember in chapter 6 when master yuzen said matter is the ability to creat things out of your thoughts well that's what happened here, tokashi used the power of matter to creat fire with his thoughts, it just depends on how deep you concentrate).
Tashima : AZAKI WATCH OUT!!!!!!!!!
hearing the warning from his sister azaki turned back and saw the incoming fire ball, with a swift movement he faced his hand towards the fire ball and the fire ball stopped and dematerialized.
Azaki : so you thought you could win with a cheap shot right I don't think so.
azaki began to twirl his hands in circular motion and with the help of j'iden he gathered the energy in the surrounding and turned it into an energy ball (the energy ball was some how like a Kamehameha where Goku would suspend the ball in mid air until it has gathered enough energy and then he would release it, in other words the energy ball was sorta like a Kamehameha) after the energy ball had reached it peak of energy absorption azaki used his hands to push it towards tokashi thereby releasing it. the energy ball was so strong it rumpled the grounds,chairs and tables as it flew towards tokashi and if it were to hit that would be the end of tokashi but before the tragedy could occur master hozonyu jumped in front of the energy ball and used his hands to catch it but the energy ball was stronger than he expected. the more he tried to contain it the more the energy ball tried to move forward and free itself of master hozonyu's grip, that was when he thought of a solution that will save tokashi's life but probably might end his. since he knew how to control energy just like azaki he began to absorb the extreme energy inside the energy ball and without the energy the blast will dematerialize, the more energy he absorbed the more louder his screams got and after seconds of shouting out in pain the energy ball dematerialized. after witnessing the destructive power of azaki's blast all the shocked students turned their attention to him and wondered how a 14 year old kid could be this powerful even azaki was surprised at the extent of his abilities but he had bigger things to worry about, not too long after he remembered that it was master hozonyu who stopped a major catastrophe from happening and ran towards the smoke that was coming from where master hozonyu had dematerialized the blast to check if he was still alive. after the smoke had been blown away by the wind azaki could see clearly but after seeing what happened to master hozonyu he wished the smoke hadn't blown away so fast, master hozonyu survived the energy ball but the blast left him with some serious damage. first of all his hair face and clothes were as black as charcoal secondly his clothes were ripped thirdly his hands were peeled and filled with blood as if they were micro waved and last but not the least he had blood coming out from parts of his bodies like his face,shoulders,legs,chest etc. azaki couldn't help but feel sorry for him and wish he hadn't shot the blast in the first place but what is done is done the next thing for him to do was to await the consequences of his actions. after catching his breath for a while master hozonyu slowly took some steps towards azaki then he fainted, not too long after some of school masters joined them immediately they rushed to carry master hozonyu and didn't even stop to talk to any of the students.
Azaki : master yuzen I'm so sorry I didn't mean for it to hit him it's just that he jumped in front of it and then...
Master yuzen : save it azaki, I saw everything right now the only thing that matters is his survival then later we'll discuss about your punishment but for now you and tokashi should go to your rooms.
after carrying him the masters left.
3(THREE) HOURS LATER
with the help of other masters they were able to treat his wounds and cover them up but he was still unconscious, while this was going on azaki was worriedly pacing around in his room praying and hoping for master hozonyu to live.
ten minutes later knocks were heard on the door, he opened it and saw Bono.
Azaki : Bono? what are you doing here anyway that doesn't matter how's master hozonyu is he okay? did he survive the blast?
Bono : yes he did.
Azaki : thank god I was so worried but after hearing what you just told me I feel a lot better.
Bono : I'm glad you feel that way but I won't celebrate just yet.
Azaki : why what's wrong?
Bono : master yuzen asked me to call you to master hozonyu's office and that can only mean one thing he's about to issue punishment.
Azaki : oh men I'm so dead what kind of punishment do you think they're gonna give me.
Bono : the soul crushing kind maybe.
Azaki : yep I'm doomed, well I better get going I don't wanna get an extra punishment for coming late.
Bono : yeah you're right I'll see you later.
after passing the information Bono went back to his class while azaki went straight to the principal's office.
AT THE OFFICE
*knock knock*
Master yuzen : come in.
azaki opens the door and comes in and just as master yuzen is about to speak he cuts him right off and apologizes
Azaki : master yuzen I am so sorry, I didn't mean for anything of this to happen. It was all tokashi's fault he started it.
Master yuzen : and then you ended it.
Azaki : but i-iii huhhhhh, what's my punishment?
azaki replies in a sad tone.
Master yuzen : I'm glad you asked cause that's what I was just about to tell you. both you and tokashi are suspended from class for the next one week and for the next three days you both are going to be the ones cleaning the school compound. I would have told him in person but he is in the nurse room because of what you did to him anyway what's happened has happened and there's nothing that can change that, alright that being all you can leave now.