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The clash of wood was heard as Tatsuya battled Shogo and Misaki combined, it was more of a beating than fighting.
Tatsuya utterly overwhelmed them easily, he was faster steonger and more experienced than the two.
*Huff *Huff
Misaki and Shogo breath heavily as they fought for air
"Are you done already?" Tatsuya asked
"Wait…a minute, let's rest" Shogo replied
"Well in the battle field your enermy be it a demon or human won't wait for you, if you can't move again, then it my win" Tatsuya said and went to take a sit on the varenda
"That was splendid Tatsuya-san, I'm so pleased but yet sad, there is nothing i can do for you, Shogo and Misaki are no match for you, and i have gone senile" The old man said
'I doubt, being able to stop my attack so easily…"
"If only Sanjuro was here he would have trained with you…" The old man said
"That's right Sanjuro-niisan, he said he was returning today, i can't wait to see him" Shogo said with excitement
In that moment a knock was heard at the wooden gate and it slide open, coming into the compound was a young boy, he hand long scattered orange hair with Red on the edge of each strand, he managed to contain it.
"Speak of the devil" The old man said
"Sanjuro-niisan!!" Shogo and ran up to him
"Oi Shogo, how have you been?" Sanjuro asked
"I'm doing great Sanjuro-niisan" Shogo answered
Sanjuro swept his gaze round the compound and noticed Tatsuya
"Oi what are you doing here" Sanjuro walked up to Tatuya. Sanjuro had no ill feeling towards Tatsuya, he was just insecure about him
"I just came to train, nothing else" Tatsuya answered
"I don't recall this house bearing the name 'Dojo" in it" Sanjuro said
"I was directed by Reiko"
"That old hag…" Sanjuro cursed under his breath
"...So how is it going" He asked Tatsuya
"Hmm…not great, nobody can match me" Tatsuya
"Ohhh? Speaking highly of yourself? Then why don't you fight with me"
"Alright, let's dance"
"Entertain me Tatsuya!!" Sanjuro dash towards Tatsuya in an instant swinging his katana downwards, Tatsuya blocks it with his wooden Katana.
Tatsuya was really impressed at his speed, he didn't expect it but that didn't mean his gaurd was down, one thing that the battle field taught him was always overestimate your enemies
Tatsuya leaps back to steady himself but Sanjuro gave him no chance and continue to move attacking him from multiple sides
"Take a look you two, there must be one or two you'll learn from this fight" The old man said
Tatsuya got rid of the wooden katana and draws out his katana from his side, and with a single swing he destroyed Sanjuro's rhythm.
"Scary" Sanjuro commented
"Please i need no such flattering"
"Haaa…this is getting interesting Tatsuya-san, let's get more wild Tatsuya-san"
Sanjuro and Tatsuya clashed their katana violently that one would thibk that it was a fight to death match
"Hey granpa, isn't that dangerous?"
"They aren't kids, they know when to stop"
After some minutes of fighting, Stamina was now all it take to win, Sanjuro pants furiously while Tatsuya was calm and collected. Not that he wasn't tired, but he played a psychological game here, showing you opponent your weakness, give them a paticular drive to push foward, but when you show them no ounce of weakness, you dominate mentally.
"Should we stop?" Tatsuya asked
" As if" Sanjuro answered and runs at him, swing his blade, although he was tired he was still strong enough to make Tatsuya block
Tatsuya and Sanjuro makes a heavy clash send the shockeace to their hands both of them unconsciously left their Katanas. But there didn't flinch at all
Sanjuro goes fo a punch, Tatsuya ducks dodging the punch and sweeps his leg tripping Sanjuro. Sanjuro had reached the flow Tatsuya grabs him bu the neck and stops his fist just close to his face. Reason why he stopped you may ask, was it because he had won, or because he didn't want to land the finishing blow, But no it's non of those reasons, Tatsuya stopped because he had lost the fight.
Tatsuya looks at his neck and saw a Sanjuro's blade stationed at his neck. He had picked it up while falling
"I guess i lost then" Tatsuya said
"No Tatsuya-san, we were evenly matched. I really enjoyed the match Tatsuya-san, why don't you join us for dinner"
"I will kindly reje…."
"You can sleep over"
"So where is the kitchen"
"That's the spirit Tatsuya-san, lets head inside then"
"They became friends" Shogo said with his eyes open
"Yeah, i thought they will bare grudges against themselves" Misaki chips in
"Well that there kids… is the one nature of man thats still a mystery even to an old man like me"
Later that day in the night, Tatsuya, Sanjuro, Misaki, Shogo and the old man where all gathered in the living room, they dat around a round wooden table with delicacies of different types on the table.
Shogo stared at it with excitement as he began to droll, while Misaki tried to calm his bad habits, the old man looked at the young kids and laughed
"Youth" he commented
Tatsuya stared at the food too, although he was very hungry, he held it in.
"You can dig in now" Sanjuro said
"Thank you for the meal" Shogo clapped his hand and digged in
Tatsuya did the same and all of them focused on the meal. The froup were joyful and made merry, this was one of the rare moments when Sanjuro smiles heartily
A few minutes later after they had devoured the food in front of them Shogo lays on the floor with his swollen stomach and falls into a deep sleep
"Neh Tatsuya-san, I'm really interested in you, can you tell us your story" Sanjuro asked
"My upbringing, I'm afraid i can't" Tatsuya said
"Then anything just tell us anything, we will be happy to listen to you Tatsuya-san" Sanjuro said
"Haaa…." Tatsuya sighed
"War… can you tell us your war experience, everything you encountered and what war is to you" Misaki asked
Tatsuya looked at Misaki in shock, in that moment of shock he felt pity for her, she had to grow up with no parent like him, he knew how hard it was and felt.
"I'll answer that, I see war as a means to a new beginning…"
"A new beginning?"
"Yes a new beginning, only through chaos can a new beginning occurs, I fought in a war for almost half a year, it was not somthing one can write home about, the blood, screams, tears, gore everything about it was shit. Unlike Demons Human skins is more delicate a little slash and an arm falls out, a head chopped. I met the weak, the strong, the ambitious and the superstitious. They were once who loved their family, some used their family as a means to trick their enemy. It was hellish but…" Tatsuya stopped as something crossed his mind, something he had never thought about since he came here
'What the fuck is Ineyo-chan up to'
That's right Ineyo, looking at the way he had gone missing for 4 months getting to 5 Ineyo must be fucking troubled she will be worried sick well that doesn't matter, this was the life he wanted to pursue, not a life of killing humans, but a life of protect humans
"But???" Misaki looked at Tatsuya
"Yeah yeah, as i was saying, but they were still some people wo hated it, people who wanted it to stop but had no power to do so"
"Hmm??? War is truly a scary thing, but i wonder which class my father falls under" Misaki said
"Tatsuya-san you really had a hard life" Sanjuro commented
"Mind if i ask something?" Tatsuya asked
"Yeah yeah, go on Tatsuya-san"
"Why do you call Reiko 'Old Hag'"? Tatsuya asked
"Well that's because…" Sanjuro hesitates
"Yes…" But Tatsuya was more eager to know
"That's because she is 2 years older than me" Sanjuro finally spoke up
"Ehhh??? Then gow old are you?" Tatsuya throws another question at him
"17" Sanjuro mutters
"Oh that's pretty young, then aren't you supposed to be calling me Old man?" Tatsuya questioned him
"No Tatsuya-san, you are way more cooler than her, she got this big sister complex, it's so disturbing" Sanjuro cries
"Well, I'm quite into the sister complex girls" Tatsuya placed his hand under his chin as some set of thoughts floods in
'I guess that's why i wasn't attracted to Ineyo-chan'
"I'll rather remain chaste than get myself mingle with bug siscomplex, the worst" Sanjuro was utterly disgusted
"Hmm…is that so? Say Sanjuro can you tell me about the Kinoes" Tatsuya asked, this was the right opportunity to ask, he heard that Sanjuro was one of the five of them
"Sure why not, I'm pretty sure with your skills you'll get there soon, well we are four, we don't associate so i don't know their names, but one thing i can say for sure is that, those guys are no good" Sanjuro says
"Why would you say somwthing like that?" Tatsuya asked
"Introverts, that's something or some set of humans i detest, especially that foreigner"
"Foreigner??"
"Yes, he got all this godlike complex, tck, they all get on my nerves…" vains pops out from Sanjuro's fore head
"...Tatsuya-san, i need you to get up to that stage soon, do it for me" Sanjuro chips in
"Alright I've listened to you, I'll try my best, I'm feeling sleepy"
"Yeah alot happened today, we should rest" Sanjuro yawns covers Shogo and Misaki with a piece of cloth and heads to the room
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