Chapter 5: Final Kengan Match

A/N: Read author's thoughts at the end if you want to know the stats for MC (His age, name, nationality, physical stats, etc)

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It was now Saturday.

Usually, Saturday would be the final day of school for the week for Enzo as in Japan they had a 6-day school week. However, today was different as he had a very special occasion to attend where it required him to skip school.

Currently, Enzo stood in the centre of an audience opposite a muscular, well-defined man with a hairless face, cunning facial features and dark hair - Chiba Takayuki, a representative for Yoshitake Real Estate.

Not far from him, within the loud audience, were his three main supporters which he worked for/with: an average-looking middle-aged man with a small, unassuming frame and a generally underwhelming presence. He has black hair with the sides greyed and light facial hair, framed by his pair of blocky glasses - Yamashita Kazuo, the CEO of Yamashita Trading Co. and the manager of Enzo Akamatsu

The second person was a beautiful young woman wearing red glasses with long blonde hair tied in a ponytail, brown eyes and a big bust - Akiyama Kaede, the secretary working for Yamashita Kazuo at Yamashita Trading Co. who formerly worked under Nogi Hideki at the Nogi Group.

And finally, the main man which supported Enzo, an esteemed looking gentleman with black, slicked back hair and wrinkled yet experienced facial features - Nogi Hideki, the CEO of Nogi Group and the current Chairman of the Kengan Association.

Enzo and Chiba faced each other and waited patiently for their bout to begin.

Usually, fights would only determine a 'winner' and a 'loser'. However, Kengan Matches were different. They were a system of underground fist fights implemented over 300 years ago, with their purpose being to settle disputes and business deals between large corporations, organisations and businesses by sending fighters to determine the victor in organised fights.

Enzo and Chiba were fighting to determine which company would receive the rights to some construction site which would reward either company a ton of money. 

Kengan matches were also a nice income for Enzo, if he won. As of now, after taking his friend, Tokita Ohma's spot in the Kengan matches, he's on 11 Wins and 3 Losses. Fortunately, the losses weren't major to the company, but he didn't like the feeling of losing. 

As this was his last match until he'd swap his position and give it back to Ohma, this marked his 15th match as a Kengan Associate Fighter.

"Hello... Akamatsu, correct?" Chiba's face revealed a soft smile as he spoke to Enzo as they waited for their fight to begin.

"Yeah, wassup?" Enzo replied with a straight face, maintaining his focus for the match as he wouldn't allow himself to fall for Chiba's 'acting' skills. Ohma and the others had already warned him about it.

"Nothing much, just hope we have a good match" Chiba answered, his smile unfaltering as he stepped forward with his hand held out for a handshake.

Enzo looked at the hand sceptically momentarily before turning his head to look at the referee who had his hands raised before dropping it to his sides, "BEGIN!" He shouted.

Looking back, Enzo saw Chiba's hand had stayed put. He looked up at his face to see his odd smile was still there.

Stepping forward, Enzo raised his hand towards Chiba's and was about to grab it, causing Kazuo to scream from the audience and wonder "WHAT IS HE DOING?!"

Watching Enzo's actions, Kaede and Hideki watched patiently, knowing (hoping) Enzo wasn't as gullible as he appeared right now - ignoring the laughter from the crowd who already deemed the match as Enzo's loss.

Chiba, on the other hand, was cackling on the inside as he witnessed Enzo's arm rise in what appeared to be slow motion. His hand was mere centimetres away from his, causing him to wind his free arm back ready for a punch.

"Nice try" Suddenly, Enzo produced a quick first step to appear in front of Chiba's face in a flash, a smirk on his face as he went for a grab towards his fist.

Fortunately for him, Chiba responded quick as he opened his fist and grabbed Enzo's hand with his own, causing the two to hold hands. 

Unwavering, Enzo aimed a powerful Muay Thai low kick to back of the Chiba's leg. A loud bang was produced from the impact, but his kick didn't appear to do much other than form a small bruise which caused him to kiss his teeth.

He attempted to break out of Chiba's hold of his hand, but after a few seconds of struggling it was clear that he was stronger than him. Thanks to footages from previous fights of Chiba and his current struggle in a battle of strength, Enzo was 110% sure of who had the advantage in what: In power and durability, Chiba had the advantage. However in speed and technique, it was Enzo.

"Heh, nice kick" Chiba commented sarcastically, "How about you have a taste of it!" He yelled, aiming for the back of Enzo's leg with the same exact low kick, "HAH!"

With his quick reflexes and speed, Enzo jumped over the kick with relative ease - glad he avoided it after hearing a loud *SWISH!* in the air being produced from its power - and used the momentum of his jump to wrap his legs around Chiba's arm, spin his body round and use the fact he was off-balance due to the kick to bring him to the floor in an arm bar.

Thanks to their position, Enzo was able to free his hand and keep his position of the arm bar on Chiba, who simply laughed before slowly pushing himself up off the ground.

Not wanting to be treated like Loki against Hulk and be pounded against the ground, Enzo released his arm bar and jumped back, creating a distance of about 10m between him and Chiba who smirked at him.

"WOOOOOO!!" The crowd cheered, finding the fight exciting even though some struggled to keep up with the fight as they moved faster than the normal eye could see.

"Hmm, not bad" Chiba muttered, rubbing his chin with his hand as he smiled, "That was 'Ti Lan', wasn't it? It's how you typically tend to win your matches and even cripple some of your opponents, am I right or am I right?"

"Can you be quiet? We're fighting, old man" Enzo groaned, picking his ear with his pinky finger, 'I'm trying to look as confident as possible, but I'm kinda unsure on how to win... his copying skill is really fuckin' annoying' He internally complained, but a plan instantly popped up in his head in realisation, 'Well, it's not like he can copy a technique he hasn't seen before, can he?'

And so, Enzo and Chiba went at it a few more times. The outcome of their small scuffles made it appear as if the winner was going to obviously be Chiba. Enzo had a lot more bruises and blood compared to Chiba, and appeared more fatigued.

Enzo used most of the techniques he had to win his previous matches, whether it was Karate, Muay Thai, or Jujutsu... but, annoyingly enough, Chiba retaliated with the exact same, but stronger techniques due to him having copied it all. Though, he was fortunate enough to land a lot of low kicks towards his legs.

"It's my win, and your loss, Akamatsu" Chiba announced, a smug smile on his face as he watched a bruised and bloody Enzo breathe heavily, "I'll finish this match with one more attack... and to make it more exciting, I'll use one of your very own techniques: A basic boxing cross, how exciting" He stated cockily, dashing towards the fatigued Enzo with a raised fist.

"Heh..." Enzo snickered as he watched Chiba's punch be thrown towards his face, "I'm really glad you're a cocky, manipulative bastard, Chiba" His words caught Chiba off guard, who had already thrown his punch

As if the fatigue was gone, Enzo manoeuvred out of the way of the cross by spinning his body and moving forward, causing the cross to go straight past him whilst he kept moving forward towards Chiba.

Attempting to step back, Chiba moved his back leg but suddenly came to a halt as he winced, "Ahts!" He cried, wondering why he was unable to move. His eyes then widened in realisation, 'This bastard... he kept going for kicks towards my legs on purpose!' He screamed internally as he realised too late that Enzo's early kicks had only now affected him.

Unfortunately, it was too late as the unmoving Chiba watched Enzo's elbow come towards his open head, using the momentum of the spin.

*BAM!*

A loud, deadly impact was made. Chiba's seemingly lifeless fell to the floor as a pool of blood formed under his unconscious body from near his temple.

Momentarily stunned, the referee then snapped out of it before running up to Enzo and grabbing his arm, raising it up high "WINNER, ENZO AKAMATSU!" He announced, causing the crowd to erupt in a loud cheer, even though some cried and complained as they lost money for betting on Chiba.

"Catch me..." Enzo mumbled to no one in particular as he fell backwards, his body aching and tired as the adrenaline left his body. Unfortunately, no one had caught him as he landed on the rough ground, causing him to cough and gasp for some air before he, eventually, lost consciousness as well.

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"Mmm..." Enzo groggily woke up, rubbing his tired eyes, "*brrr*" His malnourished stomach rumbled loudly as he looked at his surroundings to notice he was in a room he was familiar with.

"Wow, you must be hungry~!" A girl with short light blonde hair styled into two pigtails tied with pink cherry bobbles behind her ears, dark brown eyes and a 1st Year Shujin High uniform giggled cutely, before shouting "DAD! HE'S AWAKE!" as she brought over a basket full of clinic things to the desk in the room.

She kindly brought over a fresh, red apple to Enzo who looked at her with a smile, "Here, a fresh apple for you, Mr. patient" She joked, laughing as she handed him the fruit before looking at his condition with some concern, "Seriously, Enzo, what do you do to get in this condi-"

"My beautiful daughter, Yu-ZUUUU!-" A tall, muscular man with spiky black hair and brown eyes shouted energetically, jumping through the door to enter the room towards Yuzu with his arms spread open, who blocked her father's hug with the basket she brought into the room.

"Masaki! Our daughters don't love their own father, what did I do wrong!" He shouted as he fell onto his knees, a red print of the basket on his face as tears fell down from his eyes.

He then looked up at Enzo, who bit into the apple with a casual face as if his face and body weren't all bloody and bruised currently, "Sup, Mr. Kurosaki?" Enzo greeted with a raised brow, wondering if that was the right thing to say in this situation.

"Why hello, AGAIN" He emphasised, a small frown flashing on his face which went unnoticed by Yuzu but not to Enzo himself, "Mr. Akamatsu. Yuzu, sweetie, would you be kind enough to go get dinner started?" He looked at Yuzu with a soft smile.

"Okay, dad!" With Yuzu leaving the room, closing the door shut behind her, Isshin Kurosaki grabbed a seat and placed it beside the bed Enzo rested in and sat on it, looking at him with a serious expression.

"Seriously, Enzo, what the hell kinda situations do you get yourself into to have people dressed up in suits like they're from Men In Black bring your unconscious self to our clinic?!" He wondered, seemingly a little angry at the situation before sighing and showing a worried expression to Enzo, "I'm concerned for you, you know? A boy who's the same age as my son, a boy who doesn't have his mother just like him and his sisters..." He said, patting Enzo's shoulder who looked down at the ground, unsure of what to think or say in response to Isshin's concern.

After a few seconds of silence, Isshin exhaled loudly before standing up from his seat and placing his hands on his hips, a big smile on his face as he looked down at Enzo who sat up on his bed, "How about you stay for dinner? I'm sure Yuzu's made more than plenty enough food for 5" He suggested, earning a nod from Enzo before leaving the room to leave him alone for a while.

"Haaa..." With an exhausted sigh, not physically but mentally, Enzo fell backwards onto his back and looked up at the plain white ceiling and began to think about life and other things.

"..." After looking at the ceiling and thinking about stuff, he no longer wanted to be depressed so he jumped out of bed, ignoring the slight pain from his aching body as he left the clinic room and entered the living room to see Yuzu, who had changed out of her school uniform into clothes appropriate around the house, cooking in the kitchen, Isshin seated on the dinner table, and a girl with large, dark grey eyes and black hair tied in a messy bun atop her head sitting on the couch watching TV whilst eating some small snacks - Karin Kurosaki.

The black haired girl hummed, "Hm?" as she noticed Enzo's presence and looked at him, a big smile momentarily appearing on her face before she coughed and gave a deadpan look, gave him a quick nod to acknowledge his presence, and went back to watching her show.

Confused at her action, Enzo gave a quick shrug to himself before walking to the dinner table and sitting opposite Isshin, who looked up at him and began chatting with him about school and other things.

"Dinner's ready!! But... Ichigo's not home yet" Yuzu showed a sad expression as she sat beside her father, who pat her head and reassured her that Ichigo's most likely late home as usual, and that he'd surprise him with a kick to the face once he arrived.

"Heh" Karin, who sat beside Enzo, snickered before saying, "If he doesn't get a kick to the face by Ichigo, that is" Causing the residents at the table to laugh as they watched Isshin knee slide to a poster of a beautiful, brown haired woman on the wall with tears in his eyes once more.

After 10 minutes of patiently waiting, Isshin decided that they'd waited long enough for Ichigo to come home, so they began eating and left the leftovers for Ichigo in the fridge to eat once he arrived home.

"..." Whilst eating, Yuzu, Karin and Isshin watched with their mouths dropped to the floor as they witnessed Enzo eat food that could feed a family of 4 in mere minutes - They had to drag him away from the dinner table to prevent him from eating all the food. He had to, unfortunately for him and Karin, suffice with her snacks which he ate everything of.

"Want the last one?" He offered, showing her a singular ready salted crisp/chip he left in the bag. She scowled at him and turned her head away in anger, before digging her arm in the bag and eating the last chip. She then headed to her room.

"Thanks for having me, but I think it's time I go home now" Enzo chuckled, rubbing the back of his head as he stood at the front door, looking at Isshin, Yuzu and Karin, who came back down from her room after Isshin dragged her by force, who stood in front of him to say their goodbye's.

"It was fun having you here" Isshin waved, stepping forward as he pat his shoulder, "Feel free to come again... but, preferably, not all beat up" 

"Yeah! Come again, you're really fun! I'll make more food for you next time" Yuzu said with a smile.

"See ya" Karin huffed, crossing her arms in front of her chest in a tomboy-like manner. She earned a smack from a pouting Yuzu, "Fine fine~ See ya, Enzo. Come again, if you want, I guess" She corrected, looking away to avoid any eye contact.

"Alright, see you guys-" *Bam!*

"I'm home!" A fairly tall, spiky orange haired teen with peach skin and brown eyes opened the door and greeted his family of his arrival, "Huh?" He looked at the floor to see Enzo, who had been hit by the door, looking up at him with a darkened face, "Uh... sorr-" About to apologise, he instinctively turned around and ran out of the house and made a dash for it when he saw Enzo stand up and run after him shortly after.

Unfortunately for Ichigo Kurosaki, the orange haired teen who arrived home late, the injured Enzo caught up to him quite easily and gave him a few punches before dragging him back to his house, "Here's my parting gift, see you guys later" He said with a smile, closing the door on his way out as Ichigo's family looked at his bruised and beat up form with concern.

"Deserved" Karin and Isshin commented.

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A/N: The reason why I made this Kengan match his last is because I've only started Kengan Ashura recently, and need to read more. Once I have, I'll probably bring back and mention more Kengan stuff.

Once more characters are introduced/chapters uploaded, I'll post an auxiliary chapter which includes the animes in this fic and the characters introduced so far

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