Celebrations and Sparrings.

After various minutes chatting and cheering for the alliance, The Heralds of the Wind and the Kiheji Wind School agreed to sign a document later on where they would write down the detailed information, clauses, concessions, demands, limitations and interests of both parties.

The day wasn't set yet as they needed to first continue their talks in more deepnes later on regarding those aspects, however there wasn't anything more holding them back from announcing the decision to the school and village.

At such, Renzo and the rest were lead to the biggest training ground in the school, were the group proposed a friendly sparring with various figures such as Elder disciples, teachers and captains from the school.

Although the group wasn't clearly in their best shape, they were confident enough to give a good show and save their faces.

More so, when they took into account Renzo prowess.

Irelia, although talented and deadly on battle, was slightly at disadvantage here. She wasn't trained in close quarter combat after all, and she could only perform her Blade Dance which was useless in such friendly sparring.

Thus, Renzo remained as the group powerhouse.

Still, the rest of the members weren't to trifle with, they were after all at this point veterans from various battlefields that could defend quite well against elite Noxian troops.

Hyuna herself being able to fight against Noxus Captains.

At such, after a brief explanation regarding Irelia situation, the elders agreed to let her watch alongside them while the rest of the group prepared themselves to fight.

Irelia, although disheartened by the fact, led her frustration burn brightly to train harder later on so she could engage in such activities without endangering the lives of others.

Elder Souma who was sitting alongside the others elders watched with interest at Renzo, he couldn't help after all knowing that he was the well renowned Fist of Ionia. It surprised him at first, but accept It nonetheless.

It make sense for Irelia to follow him after all.

Stil, Souma didnt told the other elders regarding his identity, as he wanted to see their surprised expression later on.

The group agreed to let Renzo being the last to be challenged after they were either defeated or he himself wished to challenge someone else.

The line up in order to first to fight to last was; Karya, Ymir, Tahru, Hyuna and Renzo.

Although the order was thought from the weakest to the strongest in duels, it didn't meant that Karya for example was useless in combat.

Her capabilities worked more for a ranged position while supporting a brawler like Renzo or Hyuna.

With her fighting one vs one and against swordsman at that, it only meant she was at disadvantage here.

After finishing their preparations, Karya took her position in the center of the training ground while facing the disciple from one elder.

One teacher took the rol of referee and said the rules "No mortal wounds nor killing moves are allowed, you will be disqualified if you walk out of the training ground , the battle its over once the opponent it's knocked unconscious, they surrender or I judge they can continue. Now, let's begin!"

As the words exited the middle aged man mouth, the discipline put his hand on the katana handle, while Karya focused her magic to coat her fist.

This was newly developed technique after hearing how Renzo used his attacks. So she thought it would be a good idea to try it out in this place.

the disciple elder raised his eyebrow and asked at Irelia "Oh, does she fight with magic in close range?"

Irelia shook her head while looking at Karya starting move around the disciple.

"No, she's more adept fighting in long range or with someone around." As Irelia's words reached the elder ears, they saw Karya manipulating another light blue ball of magic appearing behind the disciple.

The latter sense it and with a quick footwork he disappeared from his position and in a blink of an eye he was jumping in front of Karya, intending to hit her with his katana pommel.

Karya, who was somewhat able to see his movements instantly stoped casting the ball on her hand while creating a shield around her, at the same time the ball that was previously behind the disciple accelerate suddenly towards the clashing position he would be whem hitting her shield.

In just a fraction of a second the fight ended.

The shield was able to withstand the hit and the disciple was sent flying outside of the battleground.

There was a burn injury on the man shoulder where the hit landed and burned though his clothes.

"Well, she's quite the fighter, isn't she?" Smiled Elder Saito and the people around agreed with him.

After helping the disciple get on his feet and saluting each other with Karya, the disciple went to treat his wounds while another elder disciple took his place.

This time was a short female that was facing Karya. As the same teacher told them the rules he signaled the battle to start.

Karya decided to take the offensive as she casted two energy balls, one on her dominant fist, which was the right hand, and the other floating around her.

As soon as she started running towards the female disciple, the latter took out her katana and wakizashi. Also running towards Karya while moving her wakizashi eagerly to make her move.

As they went near to each other, Karya was the first to attack, as her flying ball rushed towards the female who was forced to change trajectory and cover her face from the pebbles flying around after the ball landed in front of her.

The moment the made that movement, Karya seemed to blink in front of her and hit her right in the middle of her stomach. The female disciple was hit back a couple of meters from the impact as she was left breath out.

The teacher quickly went to her position as the hit actually injured the internal organs of the disciple.

The crowd gasped in surprise by the outcome while the disciple elder raised from his seat with a concerned expression.

"I'm, sorry I didn't knew that my punch would hurt her like that." Karya quickly apologized while the teacher signaled her to remain quiet.

After a few moments the female disciple was taken out of the battleground and the teacher went back to his position "First and last warning, control your strength as no mortal wounds are allowed, next time you do the same you are disqualified."

Karya nodded her head and waited for her opponent who after a couple of seconds made it ways towards the battleground.

Karya won oncr again this battle, however this time she faced a little bit more of trouble as she had to adjust her strength while battling in order to neither kill her opponents nor hurt them badly.

She was able to win four more battles until a disciple took her swiftly with one strike of his sword.

When Hyuna moved Karya passed out body as Tahru looked after her for any wounds, Ymir took her place in the battleground.

Seeing the blonde freljordian, the crowd around looked intently at her as she battled against the same opponent that Katya lost against.

With a cocky smile she hear the teacher giving the rules while not moving her gaze from him.

When the teacher signaled the battle to start, time seemed to slow as the various blue tattoos around Ymir body glowed slightly and her hair floated.

In a blink she appeared in front of the man, her muscled and powerful leg kicking him on the chest.

*BOOM*

Everyone watched dumbfounded the man being sent flying like a broken doll while hitting the ground. He only stopped after hitting the crowd.

"Hahaha!" Ymir laughed devilish at the sight while raising her axes, that she didn't needed to use it against him.

The discipline was quickly taken care off. Although Ymir kick was strong enough to literally kill the man, she was quite proficient using her strength and somehow distributed the force behind it around the man body.

Not only his ribcages, but his shoulders, arms, waist, and legs were broken.

The various elders frowned at her display, displeased by the violence used behind it.

As they were about to raise their voices in complain they heard Ymir voice towering among the crowd sound while taunting.

"The next person to step up in front of me better be ready to fight seriously or else this would be boring!"

Hearing her outrageous exclaim, the people started cheering for their fellow apprentices while the elders looked at each other while thinking what to do.

Nevertheless, the next disciple jumped over and shouted at the teacher "JUST SIGNAL THE START!"

The teacher looked at the disciple with a displeased expression and remembered his face while signaling the battle to start.

As soon as his gave the signal the disciple was engulfed in a whirlwind that launched towards Ymir.

The latter laughed madly while the tattoos glowed once again raising her axes while jumping front the ground.

As both figures closed the dozens meters in a matter of two seconds, the hear Ymir voice sounding through the whole training ground while the faint glow around her body shone brighter.

"VORRIJAARD KALHIRR!"

As her words resounded, the crowd didn't know if they imagine it, but a roar was heard closely followed by the thundering clash between Ymir attack and the whirlwind formed by the disciple.

The later attack was stopped suddenly and slammed to the ground as Ymir hit the man back violently.

Then, pained groans and muffled cries from the man was all that enclosure the whole place. Ymir once again smiling at the crowd and then turning briefly to look at Tahru.

The crowd, more enraged by now was eager to jump onto the battleground and fight at Ymir.

"I haven't seen her using those attacks before." Commented Renzo to Karya while pointing that fact.

"Well, she only used it in certain ocations, she's actually crazy strong when she shout some worda aside those ones." She answered to him while recalling a certain event.

Renzo moved back his gaze towards Ymir while closely inspecting the Freljordian.

Elder Saito looked at Irelia and said "She's quite ruthless." Irelia smiled wryly while apologized at him "I'm sorry for her actions, she's... quite eccentric."

Elder Souma laughed at her remarks while throwing a look at Yasuo "You don't need to apologize for her actions, young people are reckless and impulsive, so it's quite normal."

Yasuo keep a straight face, even when knowing that Elder Souma was also speaking about him.

Still, all their eyes moved towards the next disciple that jumped over the battleground, this time the various elders showed a complicated expression while some others looked over Elder Saito expecting him to say something.

Nonetheless, Elder Saito just raised his hand and said "Raidou would be fine, that girl over there can handle him."

The various elders could only gulp down their complains and see the outcome.

When the tall but skinny disciple called Raidou stepped on the battleground, he didn't waited for the teacher to start the battle as he charge forward while roaring, his nodachi in both hands.

As Ymir saw the man charging, she shouted "BRING IT FORWARD! HAHAHA!" She herself charging towards him.

The both collided their weapons, and surprisingly they seemed to be somewhat able to repel their attacks. Ymir seemed to be still more stronger than him physically.

"Just how strong is that girl!?" An elder couldn't help but wonder loudly when seeing her.

The others elders also asked themselves the same question.

In just a couple of seconds, both Raidou and Ymir exchanged various attacks, the people started to see that Ymir was slowly gaining the momentum with each attack, as she started forcing Raidou to defend instead of continue attacking.

It was then that Ymir took a moment to breath and roared once again "VORRIJAARD KALHIRR!" her tattoos glowed once again and she slashed downward her axe with the blunt side, breaking Raidou defense and breaking his arm while also hitting him on his head.

The crowd grimaced at the sight while an "UUUUH!" was exclaimed by the majority.

Raidou lost consciousness while an elder jumped towards him and disappeared from the battleground.

The elders sighed while Ymir laughed loudly while taunting the crowd.

She keep fighting all the rest of elders apprentices, with only two remaining that wouldn't step up in the meantime, one of them being Yasuo.

It was turn for the teachers to face Ymir, who surprisingly was able to beat three more of them, until one teacher hit her hard enough to push her outside of the arena.

Having being disqualified, Ymir still maintained her smile, for all she know, she didnt lost while fighting.

The crowd, still enraged for Ymir not lossing while fighting could only shout at her while booing.

As she was returning towards the group position, she crossed paths with Tahru who smiled warmthly at her, she returned back the gesture while whispering to him "Show them what you're capable of."

Tahru nodded his head as he jumped towards the arena. The crowd started to murmur after seeing his vastayan features.

Those that were yesterday on the courtyard were eager to see one of the other people that didn't battled that day.

The elders however showed a wry smile when seeing Tahru stepped in "Well, he would surely put our teachers in a tight position." Someone said and the elders have to agree with him.

"I just wonder who'll be able to defeat him, that person probably will need to be helped after this day since it would be quite the feature." Said another.

Vastayan were naturally more stronger and adept while using magic, between a normal person and a normal vastayan, the latter would be the one winning always.

Thus, when the battle started and Tahru moved swiftly through the arena, the elders weren't surprised by his speed.

Nonetheless, the teacher tried to defend himself as he charged at Tahru.

However their clash was shortlived, after just two exchanges, the teacher fell on his knees, unable to breath nor stand up.

Tahru with his open palm hit him heavily, his natural strength that was starting to show improvements after just a couple trainings, was too much for the teacher to bear with.

Being taken out of the arena, another teacher replaced him, the outcome was the same. Another teacher from the Wind School being defeat under Tahru might.

Tahru wasn't making use of his magic, mostly because it was useless when making mock battles.

Thus, after fighting with three more teachers, finally a teacher was able to match him. It was one of the youngest teachers in the school that was raised here.

As both Tahru and the teacher clashed, the teacher took the vastaya mid air while attacking him with his sword technique.

Tahru could only cover himself as he was pushed out of the arena while having a few cuts around his body and clothes.

Recognizing his mistake for misstepping, Tahru sighed deeply while looking with an apologetic expression on his face.

"Don't worry! you did a good job, those guys after all are teachers and experienced swordsman at that." Said Karya with a smile.

Ymir brought him to a hug while using her hands to check his body for any serious injury, Tahru just hugged her back while saying "Well, my show off was short lived."

Ymir just chuckled at his remark and just hugged him tighter. The awkwardness between them nowhere to he found as they showed their appreciation for each other without care.

Meanwhile, it was already time for Hyuna to step into the arena she turned around and hugged Renzo while saying "Wish me luck!" Her eyes shinning brightly.

Renzo looked at her with a wry smile and nodded his head while saying "Good luck!" Hyuna beamed a smile at him and dashed towards the arena.

Facing the teacher in black robes and white belt, with a samurai hairstyle, she bowed at him while the teacher did the same.

As she slowly unsheathed her katana and wakizashi the Referee signaled the fight to start.

Just as her blades were fully unsheathed she muttered "Nitoryuu!" and in a blink, both the teacher and her clashed in the air. They both stooped mid air until the elder was sent down, crashing heavily on the ground.

Hyuna kicked the air with her left leg, her muscles tensing so much that veins were visible. With just a motion she appeared in front of the teacher that wasn't even able to fight back the inertia of hitting the ground, as he was hit once again in chest by Hyuna fist.

The elder was immediately knocked out, and Hyuna returned to her previous position.

All of this happened in just three seconds.

The various elders were thrown aback. Her swords skills were rough and basic, but held an enormous amount of strength and confidence that surpassed the teacher own technique.

"She's quite talented." Praised Elder Souma while seeing her. Quite surprised.

The other elders couldn't help but nod in agreement.

Meanwhile some apprentices took the teacher out of the arena while another step in the position.

It was time for another round.

And Hyuna was once again able to surpass the teachers techniques.

From all the thirty teachers on the school, twenty signed in for the showcase. Many didn't believing they would actually have to step in.

However, Hyuna forced everyone to fight and taste defeat under her Nitoryuu. It reached the point where the apprentices and elder disciples that recovered from Tahru, Ymir and Karya were having a hard time believing what they were seeing.

"Well, they mentioned she used to fight against noxian Captains and mages alongside their previous squadron captain." Irelia said while recalling the various conversations she had with the group.

The elders looked back at Irelia and raised their eyebrow at the remark.

It could be said that their teachers were slightly lower than a noxian captain. That was a good information to save later on when organizing their ranks.

Elder Saito sighed and signaled to his disciple "Hayato, your turn." The disciple in blue robes and two ninjatos on his back bowed his head while appearing on the arena.

"Oh, it's been a while since I last saw Hayato fighting, last time was against Yasuo if I'm not wrong." Said one elder while looking over Elder Souma, who nodded his head.

Yasuo looked more interested at this battle, mostly due to knowing well how strong Hayato supposed to be.

When Hyuna saw the average guy in front of her, she raised her eyebrow when noticing his two ninjatos on his back.

It was quite hard to believe that in this school they'll use those weapons.

Nonetheless, she unsheathed her katana and wakizashi while grinning.

"Let's see how you fare against my Nitoryuu."

Hayato didn't said anything at her remark and waited for the battle start signal.

As the battle started Hayato figure seemed to blurred while various copies surrounded Hyuna, who without thinking to much circled her swords and slashed the figures.

Hayato appeared just above of her head with both ninjatos about to crash down on her circling figure. However she suddenly used her momentum and clashed her two blades against his attack.

Hayato disappeared once again and attacked her back that was open after throwing her attack. Hyuna who was still finishing her attack motion was forced to follow the Impulse of her attack strength. Knowing quite well that if she didn't come up with something, she would be left completely out of chance to defend herself.

And that happened, as soon as she moved her body, Hayato appeared once again mid air and hit her on her back.

Hyuna crashed down to the floor while Hayato didn't wasted more time and barrage her body with various attacks, not letting Hyuna recovering.

All of this happened in just a matter of second, with Hyuna being unable to come up with something and forced to shout "I surrender!"

As soon as her words exited her mouth, Hayato appeared once again his initial spot as if he never moved from there.

"He's still fast as I remember." Said Yasuo with a chuckle.

"That he is." Smiled Elder Saito at his remark.

Hyuna looked coldly at the man in front of her, and with a deep breath she calmed herself and stepped down from the arena.

Renzo stand up and walked towards her while asking "You okay?" Hyuna seeing him, changed her disappointed expression to a happy face and answered to him "Now I am."

She jumped on his arms while Renzo smiled at her actions, he then sighed and said "My turn."

Hyuna broke her hug and saw him walking forward the arena. She then turned around and went towards her seat, where she saw Karya looking with a deadpan expression at her.

Not minding her looks, she sat down and exclaimed "That bastard is pretty fast and strong, if I happen to stay there I'll probably ended up hurting myself."

When Ymir who was in Tahru embrace watching over Renzo heard this, she couldn't help but chuckle and said to her "Better off start training your speed."

Hyuna nodded her head energetically and keep looking over Renzo with a thoughtful look.

Meanwhile Renzo was standing in front of Hayato, he stretched out his body a bit and heard the referee giving the orders.

Meanwhile Elder Souma showed a smile and said to the elders "Now a good show will begin, look carefully!"

The other elders turned at him and were about to question him what he was talking about, when the battle started and Hayato once again surrounded Renzo with various copies of himself.

Renzo breathed deeply and directed the vibrations around his legs and body, closing his eyes in the process and feeling the vibrations In the ground and air.

Seeing his enemy closing his eyes, Hayato didn't waste time and attacked him from the back. However, he was surprised when he noticed his body stopping just a couple centimeters before touching Renzo head.

Feeling his whole self vibrating and being stopped mid air, Hayato tried to return to his previous position. But all he heard was a extreme buzzing sound before he was sent out flying in the air.

When the crowd saw Renzo suddenly turning back and giving Hayato an uppercut, they were thrown aback after the marvelous display showed by Hayato against Hyuna.

Nonetheless the next actions surprised them the most, as Renzo motioned his fist sideway towards the sky and punched the air.

"It can't be!"

"H-he is...!"

"The Fist of Ionia!?"

The various elders stand on their feet when they saw the air cracking around Renzo's punch.

It was just like the description they've got from The Fist of Ionia.

*BRRRRNNN*

Hayato who was still dizzy by Renzo punch, suddenly felt his whole body being crushed by vibrations. He wanted to scream in pain but his voice was unable to escale his mouth as he passed out mid air.

As Renzo stopped his attack, he saw Hayato falling from a near a hundred meters mid air.

Walking towards his falling body, the people saw him stepping in the air nonchalantly as he looked over Hayato for grabbing him.

Once he took Hayato on his arms, he let an apprentice to grab him and take him to the infirmary.

Elder Saito, far from worrying about his disciple, he looked over Renzo with surprise on his eyes.

He then glanced over Irelia and asked her "Is he The Fist of Ionia?"

Irelia nodded her head and answered "I thought you already know that, but yes, Renzo is the person known as The Fist of Ionia."

The elders sat back on their seats with disbelief on their faces, this information escaped through their hands completely as they weren't aware of it.

They were taken back into reality when they heard the heartily laugh of Elder Souma while saying "Hehehehe, Yasuo you better pull out something interesting, I hope that arrogance within you is enough for you to step up in that arena."

Yasuo didnt mind the remark from his master as he walked towards the arena while looking at Renzo.

He took this friendly competition as test for himself and everyone, in front of him was the living legend of the person that inspired thousands, and even himself, to fight against Noxus.

Renzo who was standing with a calm demeanor smiled at Yasuo and couldn't help but start feeling a little bit eager for this fight.

He couldn't wait to see Yasuo using his technique, that one that he so many times cursed upon, against his fist and powers.

Yasuo gave another smile at Renzo and bowed slightly his head in respect, he was after all one of the few people in Ionia that deserved it.

Renzo bowed at him in return and took a boxing stance.

The crowd was silent but too eager to watch the battle unfold, the strongest disciple and individual in the Kiheji Wind School after the The Five Elders, versus the Fist of Ionia, the man that with his sole fist destroyed Noxian armies and liberated the Placidium and Ionia City.

Even the referee was eager to watch the fight, as he only signaled the battle start "Begin!"

Yasuo, who keep his hand on his katana handle all the time quickly started using his technique and with a swift Iai he appeared behind Renzo.

However, shock filled his face, he attack did landed, but what felt was something more sturdy than rocks itself!

"...Ouch..." That was people heard as Renzo looked over his left arm and saw a white line on his skin.

Yasuo, regained his composture as he turned around and looked back at Renzo, who smiled at him and directed his tremors around his hand.

"Come here." Renzo taunted and saw Yasuo disappeared from his place and started attacking around his body.

*BAM* *SWOOOSH* *CLANG*

Yasuo left behind afterimages as he moved at such speed around Renzo while attacking, that the latter could only notice the places where he attacked a couple seconds later, only to keep receiving more and more attacks.

The winds around the arena started circulating around Yasuo, as they slowly formed a tornado around Renzo.

The latter, feeling the winds gaining speed showed a serious expression as he suddenly moved his palms sideways as he channeled the tremors around him.

The winds stopped moving, however Yasuo used this chance and attacked him "Ton!" followed by two slashes "Hasag! Hasagi!"

However, Renzo was able to withstand the two attacks that were empowered by a powerful gust of wind that hit him hard.

Nonetheless, Yasuo felt his sword vibrating slowly as Renzo smiled at him. Feeling imminent danger, he moved away from Renzo, just in time to see both palms almost hitting each other.

*PEUWGH*

What followed those two palms was a strange sound that made his senses tremble in fear.

Nonetheless, he was able to retreat a couple meters in front of Renzo as he sheathed his sword once again.

Renzo returned to his normal position and smiled at Yasuo, the latter knowing that he was unable to actually hurt significantly at Renzo could only grith his teeth in frustration.

However, just that moment in letting out his frustration was enough to Renzo to shot forward to Yasuo with his right palm in front of him.

The air trembled around Renzo fist as in just two seconds closed distance, Yasuo quickly unsheathed his sword with a defensive Iai while screaming "SORYE"

Wind clashes against vibration, the powerful gust of winds started to lose against the tremors while the crowd covered their faces from the violent winds.

Karya and the rest covered their face while looking with surprise at the powerful ability that Yasuo used.

"He's crazy strong!" Hyuna couldn't help but shout, barely being loud enough be heard by the group, the winds were simply too strong.

Yasuo seeing his wind technique losing against Renzo, retreated once again as he prepared for a last attack.

Meanwhile Renzo keep grinning at the result. More than happy with what he could achieve.

Yasuo, started running towards Renzo as he yelled "ASERYO!" a tornado formed from his Iai while he mounted it.

When Renzo saw the famous technique, he couldn't help but laugh while getting in position to punch a jab forward "LET'S GO!'

*PEUWGH* *BRRRRNNN*

As Renzo brought forward his punch, the sound of the vibrations silenced the powerful winds from the tornado.

Elder Souma jolted from his seat with a serious expression while grabbing his sword tilt. He was ready to step in if Yasuo was unable to withstand Renzo attack.

As the tornado crashed against the space between the fist, it was torn open and Yasuo eyes went blank while being hit by the powerful vibrations.

*BAM* His body was sent flying while a booming sound resounded through the area.

Elder Souma made an imperceptible Iai as a wind shield appeared in Yasuo trajectory and prevented him from crashing against the school building and crashing on it.

The battle outcome was decided, Renzo resulted victorius over Yasuo.

The crowd erupted in cheers and excitement over the battle, many cheering at Renzo over Yasuo.

It could be seen that the later wasn't that liked in the school.

The elders started applauding at Renzo while replaying the battle on their heads.

This battle just showed them how powerful Renzo was, and more importantly, who was now their ally.

"Congratulations to Renzo from the Heralds of the Wind from winning our small competition!" Said Elder Saito while his voice boomed over the loud training ground.

"Congratulations young Irelia for winning with your team, you truly surprised us with your teammates strength." Said one elder at Irelia.

Many others followed his actions while others went towards the group and started congratulate them too.

As the minutes passed by, and after being informed by Elder Souma that Yasuo was okay, the people moved towards the dinning hall and subsequent areas to eat the banquet.

Elder Saito gave a small speech and a toast for the new alliance.

After he finished, everyone started to eat merrily and with delight the various meals on the table. Traditional plates alongside new recipes were brought over for everyone to enjoy.

The banquet and celebration continue until midnight, when the group decided to leave for their quarters to rest after a long day.

The group was simply too tired to chat and everyone agree to have a private meeting tomorrow before continue discussing with the elders other matters.

Thus, near midnight Renzo finally was able to rest once again on his bed, slightly tipsy from the wines and other drinks he gulped down through the banquet.

Sighing deeply he prepare himself to sleep while replaying the things that happened during the day, until he heard the door sliding and saw Hyuna entering his room with a smile on her face. Her clothes loosely on her body while a flushing expression on her face.

"We haven't celebrate yet nor give you a reward for winning, Ren." She said while sliding the door and closing it behind her.

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