It was 9:00PM at night, the boys were in the backyard of the boarding house having a sparing match. Kito and White were blitzing around the place at insane levels of speeds, they were also showcasing incredible combat skills and agility. While both boys were moving like white beams of light, Kazuma said to Yuji "Wow, they're almost even.", Yuji replied with his arms folded "Yeah, almost. White has the edge in combat and weaponry, Kito is just casual focusing his acceleration in different areas to counter. Basically, they are just using the skills they are good at to outlast each other.". As the sparring kept going on like this, White started to blast beams of white energy at White, White on the other hand was just dodging every single beam as fast as he could. Not just that, but he was also able to turn his hands into pure white energy so he could block and parry them. White and Kito got up close and were trading blows with one another, Kito kept on dodging and weaving, White also did the same thing. The only difference between their fighting styles was that Kito was tactical about his methods of fighting, White on the other hand was fighting like he had lots of training and experience. The two boys kept blitzing around and throwing all sorts of punches and kicks at each other, White then pulled back and started shooting white beams of energy, Kito smirked and blasted the floor with yellow lightning to create an explosion and a dust cloud. As the cloud covered the place, White created a source of light on his palms to see through the smoke, it was when he did so that Kito came in and tried to punch him. White quickly used his right arm to block the blow, he started going blow for blow with Kito with just one arm. As he was countering Kito's move set, White thought to himself "He was expecting me to jump out of the smoke from either above or the sides. But what he doesn't know is that I'm capable of reading through traps like those.". As the hand to hand combat went on like this, Kito thought to himself "As expected from White, he ain't no fool. Even if I were to set all sorts of traps, he'd avoid them any way he can. So the best option for me was too just attack him in the smoke.". Suddenly, Kito stated to blitz around the smoke screen while amplified with yellow lightning on his arms and legs, as he was doing so, Kazuma and Yuji were a bit impressed "Oooooh.", they exclaimed silently. It wasn't because Kito was moving extremely fast that amazed them, it was because he was using the yellow lightning of his to create a net of lightning around them. White noticed this and was a bit annoyed "Tricky bastard. Kito always pulls out the craziest shit and makes them lethal.", he muttered with annoyance. White then used the ball of energy he created to create multiple balls of white energy and started to shoot it around the place at rapid fire, while doing this, it was so that he could prevent himself from any insane blasts or finishing blows from Kito. White thought to himself while blasting beams all over the place "Kito is definitely planning something, but i don't know what. It doesn't matter, if I keep blasting beams of energy like this, I can shield myself and attack him at the same time.". Yuji called out to White "White, you should look up.", White looked up and his eyes immediately widened, he saw Kito charging up both yellow lightning and a water techniques rolling on his arms "Oh fuck! That's what he was planning?", White thought to himself in shock. Kazuma had an amused smirk on his face "Wow Kito, you might wanna chill out on this one.". Kito had an excited smirk on his face as he shot himself down at an incredible speed "Lightning +Water: Shockwave storm!", he blasted a wave of water mixed with lightning, White had an annoyed look on his face as the output of the energy beams increased and clashed with Kito's attack. The clash of both attacks caused a huge explosion that created smoke all over the place, both White and Kito charged at each other while in the smoke, picked up their daggers and clashed for a while. Kazuma and Yuji heard a loud *CLANG* sound "Wow, what was that?", Kazuma asked, Yuji replied "Hm, I don't know.", the smoke cleared away and allowed them to see who had won the spar. White was sitted on the floor while pointing his dagger covered with White energy at Kito, Kito on the other hand was standing above White with his dagger pointed at him. Kito asked with a smirk "So? What do you say I take this win?", White replied with a smirk "Nah, I'd say I'm the winner. I maybe on the floor, but my blade's still pointing at you.". Kazuma came in "Stoooooop! That's enough. It's a sparing match, not a flirt game.", both Kito and White yelled "Oh, shut the fuck up!". A few moments later, White, Kazuma, Yuji and Kito were seated at the roof of the boarding house, the wind was blowing on them and they seemed to be enjoying the night sky. Kazuma asked "Anyone else getting chills from this upcoming assassination exam?", the rest of the boys replied "Yep.". White and Kito got up "Well, I've gotta go home now.", White said to Kazuma. Kito also explained "Me too. I don't even like the idea of being outside past 8:00PM.", Kazuma then waved "Alright then, take care. Let's see during the weekend if we have the chance.", White and Kito both jumped off and disappeared "Yeah.", their voice echoed and faded into the night. Yuji on the other hand was just looking at the stary skies, he didn't say anything or do anything, he just looked "I wonder how Ariyo and Dan are doing on their mission. I haven't seen Dan in a while, and I know he and Ariyo always hangout together, so their most likely with each other. I really hope they are safe on the mission.". Meanwhile in the city of pillars, the ground was destroyed, some of the tall pillars were crumbling and scattered to the ground, there was also a mild fire on some of the pillars too. Dan and Ariyo were beat up, bloodied and bruised, they were able to take down a large number of drive knights, with scattered drive knight parts scattered accross the ground. Ariyo asked Dan "Hey, you okay buddy?", Dan replied while breathing heavily "Hey, that's my line.". Haven walked up to two guys with an amused look on her face "Wow, you both really tried. Fighting all 1000 drive knights without stopping. Not just that, you also filled in for each other when the other was down. That's so cool.", her amused smile turned into an evil smirk "But, there are still a hundred more drive knights here. You both only took 900 of these together. As much as I want to keep commending you both, i've got to lay out the truth.", she stated in a mocking tone "You both are trash.", Haven started to laugh herself out. Dan and Ariyo had their swords ready to fight, Haven noticed this and asked "Oh, you both still want to fight?", she asked. From a tall building sized pillar, a huge black sword came in and stabbed Dan's heart out, Dan and Ariyo were in shock "AHHAHAAGGAA!", Dan exclaimed in pain as knelt down to his death with a 5 foot sword on his blood gushing chest. Ariyo was shocked, his eyes spoke terror and a broken mind "Dan....?", he muttered the name of his friend who just got stabbed. Dan struggled to get his face to look at Ariyo, his eyes were in disbelief and a sad pain "A..riyo.!", he stopped breathing, Dan's eye colours started faiding. Haven started to laugh, it was a mocking laugh "Hahaaaha!!! HAHAHAHAHA! HE DIED IN AN INSTANT! DID YOU SEE THAT?! THE WAY YOUR FRIEND DIED WAS SO FUNNY! AND THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE! I LOVE IT! HAHAHAHA!". Ariyo seeing his best friend die in front of him had his mind broken, he didn't care about anything anymore. Ariyo gritted his teeth in rage, charged up a huge amount of energy and rushed at Haven to kill her. He didn't care if he lived or died any more, all Ariyo wanted to do at the moment was just kill his enemy "YOU BASTAAARD! YOU KILLED DAN! YOU'RE GOING TO PAY!". As he was about to tear Haven's body in half, a bullet came flying straight into Ariyo's head, Ariyo was stunned "Ahh...A bullet? But from where?", he muttered to himself as he proceeded to drop dead to the ground. Rexus was the one who shot at Ariyo from the top of a pillar with a gun that was the size of his arm "Well, that was anti-climactic.", he muttered. Haven looked at Rexus with a wicked grin "Rexus, mission complete. Let's have fun well this night to celebrate our victory.". Reggie while building a car in his lab started to tears drop from his eyes, this got him confused "Huh? Tears? Why am I crying?", he asked himself. He just shrugged it off "Whatever, my eyes are just tired, that's all.". Nagumo Takanoguro while sitting on his couch opened his eyes from his slumber "Dan...?", and then closed his eyes.
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