New ‘not so challenging’ challenger appears

"Kisara-sama" the reverse trap, Kaoru Shiratori mumbled with an absent mind as she contemplated whether what she was seeing was real

Kenichi had told them to wait for a bit while he finished his training with Shigure, which was to be concluded with a light spar.

Kisara and Kaoru were invited to watch and so they were now witnessing the shear speed at which Shigure and Xander operated on, and the complete dominance Shigure had when it came to weapon play.

After about thirty minutes, Xander, full of small cuts, turned to Kisara "could you wait five more minutes, I need to clean up these cuts"

Kisara blinked owlishly at the carefree smile Xander had, then snapped "…WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING TRYING TO FIGHT ME looking LIKE THAT?"

Xander blinked a couple times "its how I look… I was born with this face" he responded as if it was the most obvious thing

Kisara felt her frustration rise at this idiot "Sigh, forget it. Kaoru, we're leaving" she spoke as she turned to leave

"Kisara-sama, wait for me" Kaoru snapped out of her thoughts as she ran to catch up to Kisara

Xander chuckled at the scene until he heard from behind him an old voice "it's not nice to bully people"

Xander turned to face the elder Furinji as he towered over Xander "now what is this I hear about you having girls"

Xander's mind halted. He couldn't think of anything to get out of it so he went in for the kill "I'll do my best to make them happy"

"Them, huh?" the elder nodded in thought "I think we need to talk

Xander didn't like where this was going, but he was a man… a dead man

The less is said about that night, the better. All you need to know is that Xander's physical resistance went up by a lot.

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The following week went by fine. Some guy named Shinnosuke Tsuji came along demanding a duel or for Kenichi to join his gang or something. Xander looked at the guy and repeated what he told Takeda, but he wouldn't take a no for an answer… so

"Don't you think two dislocated shoulders are a bit too much" Miu asked Kenichi with a disapproving frown

Xander looked back at her with an unimpressed look "he threatened to break my knee" Xander answered "you do know that doesn't heal well for normal people, right?"

"Yes, but…"

"He's lucky I didn't break his knee, and I only didn't because you asked me not to. Think about how many people he hurt then come tell me not to break him" Xander spoke with fervour as he really hates bullies

Miu looked down in thought but Xander can still see disapproval in her eyes "Miu" he called to her softly "it's ok to disagree with me you know" he said with a gentle smile as he placed a hand on her cheek "just because we walk together, doesn't mean our paths are the same"

Miu smiled at him and nodded "thank you" she beamed her smile at him causing him to trip in his step… he was a grand master (in body) Dammit. He shouldn't falter because the most innocent, beautiful, kind…

Ok so maybe he's falling hard.

Xander regained his composure and returned her smile. He was going to make the best out of his life in this world, and make sure she was in it, no matter what.

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That Saturday, Ragnarok HQ

As the eight fists were seated around a table with Odin at the head of the table, one particular fist, Valkyrie was missing

"Freya, where is Valkyrie" Odin asked the third fist of Ragnarok as she was the one who brought the eighth fist Valkyrie to their fold and is the closest to her

"She is training" she answered, when Odin sent her an inquisitive look she continued "she tried to recruit a student and was so impressed by his skills, she believed him and I quote 'stronger than all of us combined'" as she finished she heard several reactions varying from snorts, exclaims of bullshit and one 'ho' of interest from Odin

"and what s this student's name" Loki, the fourth fist asked

Freya ignored him until Odin nodded, which angered the man "Kenichi Shirahama"

The fists present noticed Odin's eyes widening as he exclaimed "Kenichi" Not waiting for a response he turned to Freya "do you have his location?"

Freya nodded "yes, I wanted to go challenge him tomorrow" she explained as she took out a folded piece of paper "this is the location of his Dojo, according to Kisara, he trains and lives there"

Odin nodded "Fists prepare, we are going to break a Dojo tomorrow" he spoke with a vicious grin not knowing the big stinking pile of shit he was stepping into

Non noticed the small floating object in the corner of the room. to be fair it was invisible.

Let it be known that Xander would be the first to admit he is an idiot but he is a somewhat paranoid idiot, so it evens out

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Xander gathered his masters and told them about what he found out, just not how he did it.

After the laughs died down Xander explained that Odin or Ryuto Asamiya, was his friend and that Ragnarok was made by a Grand master named Isshinsai Ogata to gather potencial martial artists and experiment on them or something.

Xander noticed certain masters tensing at the mention of the name Isshinsai Ogata. Xander remembers that Ogata was the very first disciple of Ryozanpaku, and that only Akisame and Kensei taught him.

"What are you planning to do?" Akisame asked, regaining his composure

Xander grinned back at them with a mischievous smile "I'm going to have them join Ryozanpaku as Disciples after I beat some sense into them" Xander then frowned in thought "though I think Loki should just get his ass handed to him and then kicked out"

"You think you can beat sense into people?" Sakaki asked with a grin

Xander smiled innocently at him "Overprotective-sensei thinks it's possible so why not" Xander shrugged

"How long are you going to keep calling me that?" Furinji asked with exasperation

"Till I marry Miu" Xander replied with a deadpan voise and stare

"YOU WILL NEVER GET MY INOCENT MIU" snapped Furinji

"Then you will always be overprotective-sensei" Xander replied calmly as he took a sip from his tea

Furinji's eyes darkened "looks like you didn't learn enough from your first lesson"

Xander glanced at the old man sideways "after the tea, Miu made it and it would be a waste to leave it to spend time with a senile old man"

"You-" as Xander and Furinji continued to banter, they both decisively refused to comment on the blush Miu had throughout their back and forth. She seemed happier, and no matter what old man Furingi says, he's happy for her.

Though that didn't prevent Xander from getting a few levels in physical resistance and pain tolerance…