"This is getting really pathetic. For all the fuss about you, I am greatly disappointed by your fighting skills. You lack form, pose, and technique. I will admit that you can take one hell of a beating and still be able to stand up but that's hardly anything to go home happy about." Ryomou said in a board tune.
"I guess that one of my perks and for the record, I haven't even started to fight." Hakufu said huffing but still with a smile on her face.
Then you better start now cause this is getting really annoying."
"But then how did she copy my move from before? She saw it just once and yet she executed like a pro, and this deep fear I have. Where is this coming from? Ryomou thought.
"That's enough, please stop this now!"
The two looked over at who said that and saw it was Haru. Hakufu gasped at Haru's state.
"Oh my God! Haru-kun what happened to you!? Your clothes are covered in blood and look at all those cuts and bruises you have!" Hakufu went to Haru.
"Um… would you believe Haru if Haru said that Haru fell down some stairs?" He said in a nervous tone.
"Bullshit you fell down some stairs! I know for damn sure those were made by someone hurting you. Who did this to you?" She demanded.
"That's not important, Haru suggested that we should go now."
"I don't think so kid. Me and the dumb bimbo here still have a fight so I would suggest you get lost and get some medical attention." Ryomou said.
"What did you call me, pirate girl?!" Hakufu snapped.
"Please reconsider this. Hakufu has done nothing to you or your leader. Haven't you proven that she isn't a threat? Why continue this senseless fight?" Haru pleaded.
"Not a threat? What are you trying to say Haru-kun?" Hakufu narrowed her eyes at him.
"N-n-nothing Hakufu, Haru is just trying to end this peacefully and so you don't get hurt even more. Haru doesn't want to lose Haru's only friend if Haru can stop it." He said the last part in a whisper.
"Haru-kun, I'm a big girl and I can take care of myself. I want to fight her, but it's still very sweet of you to worry about me and even go as far as try to stop it even if you're hurt."
Hakufu brought him into a soft hug. But since her clothes were ripped up a bit and her bra was gone, Haru had a good clear look at her large breast and his face was rubbing against her soft mounds. Haru was blushing like a mad man as he felt her soft cleavage. He never even saw breasts before let alone felt them but here he is with his face in his friend's tits. He never felt anything so soft or warm. A little part of him in the back of his mind actually like this, but the rest was screaming to end this.
"GAH! H-H-Hakufu please l-l-let Haru go n-n-now. And Haru i-i-is very sorry!" Haru stuttered.
"Huh why? Don't you like my hugs and why are you apologizing?" She asked.
"Haru does b-b-but your c-c-clothes are ripped a-a-and Haru can feel and see you b-b-breast! A-a-and as to w-w-why Haru is saying sorry cause Haru touches Hakufu's breast. Haru didn't mean too."
Hakufu looked down at herself and saw he was right.
"Oh yeah I almost forgot that creepy pervert did this, must have slipped my mind while I was fighting." She scratched her head.
"And you don't have to apologize to me Haru-kun. I don't mind you touching my tits." She added.
"Huh? Haru is confused? Haru thought girls don't like others touching them there?"
"Normally yes but I trust you Haru-kun." This took him back by surprise.
"… Hakufu… trust Haru?"
"Yep!"
"But… why does Hakufu trust Haru so much?"
"Oh that's easy, I know Haru-kun is a very kind and sweet person and wouldn't do anything perverted with my body. You have a good heart Haru-kun plus it's not your fault if you feel them since you're so short when I hug you." She said with a warm smile.
Haru was stunned to say the least. Hakufu has that much trust in him for something like this, he couldn't fathom how she can have that much trust in someone she just met only yesterday. But what really got him was when she said he was kind hearted and wouldn't do anything bad to her. It made him think back at the alley. Haru's heart both rose and sank. He felt so honored to have her trust like that but it also made him feel sick and unwanted for what he really was.
If Hakufu only knows the real monster Haru really is… Hakufu wouldn't be saying all those kind words to Haru. He thought sadly.
"I hate to interrupt a tender scene here but I would like to continue our fight, Sonsaku, if you don't mind?" Ryomou spoke up.
"Oh right, I need to finish what I started Haru-kun. I need you to stay clear so you don't get hurt even more."
'But Hakufu—" But she put a finger on his lips to stop him.
"I'll be fine Haru-kun, trust me." She gave him a thumbs up.
"… ok, guess Haru doesn't really have a choice."
"Now then, let's get back at me going to kick your ass!"
"As if, you dumbass." Ryomou said but she looked over at Saji and saw he was standing there in a weird way.
"Saji-ecchi, what the fuck are you doing here… and why are you pretending your strangling someone?"
It was at that time Saji was able to move. He stumbled a bit but he regained his pose and tried to look coy.
"Oh you know me, just seeing the hot girl on girl action and I am pleased to see some good eye candy. Nice rack you got there Hakufu-san." He grinned.
"Pervert." Hakufu covered her breast.
"No, that's not all fair. Haru-kun got to not only see your full package but he got a good feel too. And you leave me high and dry?"
"Saji already touched Hakufu yesterday." Haru pointed out with a tiny bit of anger.
"True but you got to feel it without her clothes on."
"Oh stop your bitching Saji-ecchi. You grope so many girls in your life that you don't need to get hers. Just make sure the kid here doesn't interfere again." Ryomou said.
"As you wish my lady. Come Haru-kun let's continue to watch this on the sidelines shall we?"
Haru didn't answer him and just walked to a safe distance.
"Guess he doesn't like you, can't blame him there. You are the biggest asshole in the world so I sympathize with him."
"Now that wounds me greatly. I thought you loved me?" He mocked sadly.
"As if now just shut up and let me—"
WHAM!
But a kick in the face by Hakufu stopped her from finishing.
"Shouldn't drop your guard." Hakufu smirked.
Ryomou stumbles a bit while holding her head. Her eye-patch fell to the ground. The air seemed to have gotten thicker with K.I. (Keller Intent) she whipped around and both her eyes were shown. Her other eye was a gold color with the pupil slightly smaller than her right. And she looked mad as hell.
"Why you little BITCH!" She screamed at Hakufu.
Hakufu stepped back a bit thinking the kick may not have been the best of ideas. Haru also knew this was going in a bad direction, but he couldn't help see Ryomou in a different light, minus her being pissed and all, when he saw her other eye.
"She has two different eyes like Haru… does she get her power from there? Haru can feel it from here. It's just like last night." Haru ponders a little.
But he couldn't think for long when he saw Ryomou launched at Hakufu and put her in a submission hold on the ground. Hakufu tried in vain to get out of the hold but Ryomou hold was cutting off her blood flow and it was neutralizing her muscles, making it nearly impossible to even move an inch. Haru, thinking fast, runs in to stop the fight but once again Saji holds him back and this time uses a more advanced headlock move adding his chi to make Haru immobile.
"Not this time little buddy, you are going to stay right here." Saji said.
"Let go of Haru, Ryomou might kill Hakufu!" Haru pleaded.
"No, that move will only knock her out… but it could leave some nasty side effects. But that's not what I want to talk about; I want to know how you paralyze me Haru-kun?" Haru stiffen when he mentioned that.
"Haru… doesn't know what Saji is talking about."
"Don't play dumb with me. I know you're hiding something. The chi you used to paralyze me was nothing I ever felt before. So tell me, who are you really and what kind of powers do you have?"
"Haru is Haru and has no powers." He tried to lie.
"Wrong answer, try again." But Haru fell into silence.
Saji was going to ask again but Ryomou spoke up first.
"There's no way in hell you can get out of this one little girl. You may have survived the other attacks but this one will definitely finish you off. You couldn't even begin to imagine the burden I was placed in. I don't care what they say about you, you're nothing but a weakling and a fucking pain in the ass. So come on and die already!" She said with a crazy look on her face.
Hakufu was starting to feel weak, her eyesight was beginning to fade and her whole body was turning numb. She also felt a dampness in her panties, she wet herself. She couldn't break free from Ryomou's hold and soon she'll be knocked out. She looked up to see Haru being held back with sadness and horror in his face as he watched his friend slowly getting beaten in an embarrassing position.
"Koukin-kun… Haru-kun… I'm sorry… I wasn't strong enough… guess I am really… stupid." She said before she finally passed out.
Ryomou felt Hakufu's body go limp so she dropped her where she was and got her eye-patch and put it back on.
"Very nice Ryomou-chan. I knew if you really put effort in it you could take her down easily. Looks like I didn't need to save one of the Big Four after all." Saji said, clapping.
"Fuck off Saji-ecchi. I don't need to hear your sarcasm, I prove that girl isn't who Enjutsu-sama think she is, so just drop it. So if you're here just to mock me."
"Oh no way, though I wouldn't mind being taken down in-between your thighs."
"Pervert." She scoffed.
"Just saying. Now then Haru-kun let's finish our… huh where did he run off to?" Saji asked, looking around.
Ryomou pointed to Haru kneeling in front of Hakufu. Haru tried to wake her up but it didn't seem like she'd get up anytime soon.
"Don't waste your time on her kid; she won't be getting up for a while. So just leave." Ryomou said.
"Why did you attack Haru's friend… what has Hakufu ever done to you?" He asked, looking at her with both sadness and anger in his eyes.
"Like I said before Haru-kun, it's the nature of our lives. We are bound to walk the path our ancestors fought and replay their lives to the exact moment. Nothing we can do to stop it." Saji said.
"Is that why Ryomou's and Saji's leader order this?"
"In a way, but that's all in the past now. I want to get back to our little talk."
"Haru already said Haru doesn't know what Saji was talking about."
"What the hell are you two talking about?" Ryomou asked.
"Well during your fight Haru here—" But he was interrupted by a loud cough.
The three looked over and saw Koukin crawling on the floor leaving a small blood trial behind.
"Hakufu… Haru-san…" Koukin said weakly.
"No… Koukin." Haru slowly limped his way to him helping him sit up leaning him on the wall.
"Haru… couldn't make it… Hakufu got hurt really bad… Haru sorry Haru couldn't stop it in time… if only Haru wasn't so weak… then maybe Haru could have…."
"Trust me kid, even if you did warn her, the outcome would have been the same." Ryomou said.
"Haru-san… we need to get Hakufu to the infirmary soon before it's too late." Koukin said in a low voice.
"Too late… for what?" Haru asked.
"So you did this Saji-ecchi?" Ryomou asked him.
"Had no choice, the order was clear."
"You could have just knocked him out. No need to hurt him like that."
"He was quite persistent, why he acted so innocent I'll never know." Saji shrugged.
Before Ryomou replied she felt a pair of arms grasping her really tight around the waist.
"What the hell!?" She looked back and saw it was Hakufu.
But she looked different. She had this evil looking grin on her face and her eyes held a cold and deadly stare that almost look animalistic.
"But that's impossible! How can she still move?"
Hakufu lifted her in the air and slammed her head first to the ground. Blood spread everywhere Ryomou was so stunned and the pain she felt just shocked her.
"So, this is her true power… Magnificent! I've waited for this for a while and now it's here." Saji said with a stun smile on his face.
Saji wasn't the only one that was surprised by this; both Koukin and Haru were speechless that Hakufu could not only move but also still fight on and with such an advanced takedown move.
"Oh shit! The spirit has taking over!" Koukin said.
"Haru doesn't understand, what's wrong with Hakufu? She looks and acts… so different?"
"It's the spirit that resides in her, it's awakened and I don't think Ryomou can defeat it."
"What spirit?"
"Hakufu has a very powerful but dangerous spirit within her that only wants to fight till its opponent is nothing but a blood stain on the wall." He said.
Haru was shocked to hear that. To learn that a person like Hakufu has something so dangerous as something like that inside her that could take control over her body and make her do such horrible things, Haru just couldn't imagine. But a thought did pop in his mind.
Maybe Hakufu is like Haru in some way… has a terrible burden that can't be controlled.
Haru thought was interrupted as they heard Ryomou scream in pain as Hakufu beat her like a drum with no mercy in sight. But what really got his skin to crawl was that she was actually toying with Ryomou, letting her move away a bit before attacking her. She acted like this was some kind of game. As Ryomou tried to crawl away again, Hakufu jumped on her back and started to strangle her. Before she could do any more damage, Saji used a strong kick to her gut to get her off of her. Hakufu skidded to a stop but ran forward and swung a kick to his head. Saji blocked it but felt his arm was cracked, possibly broken from the surprisingly strong kick.
"Damn that hurt!" Saji hissed.
But his comment left him open as Hakufu grabbed his collar shirt and threw him hard to the door. Saji slouched to the ground the pain shot through his whole body making him unable to move for the time. Hakufu slowly went back to Ryomou who was now paralyzed in fear. Hakufu grabbed her shirt and held her in the air. She pulled back her arm ready to finish her with one blow. Ryomou saw that she couldn't escape, her body still frozen in fear made it clear that she can't dodge this attack. Ryomou closed her eyes and waited for the end.
But after a few seconds, she didn't feel anything, or at least anything that would feel like you've been punched. She slowly opened her eyes and was shocked to see Haru had stopped the attack.
What the… the freaky kid actually stopped it? But how… and why me? Ryomou thought.
Haru for his part couldn't just stand by and let Hakufu continue this. He knew that the real Hakufu wouldn't just be a mindless beast and beat the life out of someone. So he slowly went behind her and latched his arms around the one that was going to strike Ryomou.
"That's enough Hakufu! Hakufu doesn't need to continue this anymore. Ryomou doesn't deserve this, she hurt bad enough. Don't let this spirit or whatever this is get the better of you. Haru knows that Hakufu is stronger than this and can fight back. Come on Hakufu, please fight it!" Haru said, trying to snap her out of it.
Hakufu looked at him with the evil eyes, it made Haru shutter a bit and fear he might have overstepped his place. But then Hakufu started to blink her eyes rapidly till they looked normal again. She let go of Ryomou and she softly landed on the ground and passed out. Hakufu swayed back and forth till she fell but Haru caught her and gently set her down. Haru saw that she too was knocked out. Haru let out a sigh.
"Thank God this is over." Haru said.
"For now at least Haru-kun, great job in taming the beast." Saji slowly walked up to them.
"Haru is glad that Haru stopped this before someone lost a life… will Ryomou be ok?" Haru asked.
"She's tougher than you think, I'll take her to the hospital and get her wounds checked out. See you later Haru-kun." With that Saji picked up Ryomou and left the three in the hallway.
"Haru really doesn't like it when Saji calls Haru like that."
"Haru-san, is she ok?" Koukin walked up to him.
"Haru think so, Hakufu is passed out but ok overall."
"That's good… but that was very dangerous of you Haru-san to do that. In her state she could have easily killed you." Koukin said with a stern face.
"It was a chance that Haru had to take. Haru couldn't let the spirit make Hakufu hurt or even kill Ryomou. Wouldn't Koukin do the same?"
"Guess you're right."
Both heard a low groan and saw Hakufu slowly coming too. She suddenly shot up and looked around till she saw both Koukin and Haru.
"What happened?" Hakufu asked.
"You… don't remember?" Koukin asked.
"No, all I remember was that Ryomou had me in the hold and I couldn't get out. And then all went black… I lost, didn't I?" She asked with a sad tune.
"In a way."
"How shameful… I lost so badly to her and I only got in one hit… man what a way to lose." She smiled sadly.
Both Koukin and Haru looked at each other not knowing what to do at this point. It was either damn luck that she doesn't remember what she almost did to Ryomou or for reason unknown the spirit made her forget. But what was clear that this may not be the last time this could happen. But for now it was best to just go home, get patched up, and get a good night's sleep.
"I think it's time to get back home Hakufu, Aunt Goei must be worried about us." Koukin said.
"Yeah… alright." Hakufu said with a low voice.
"Please don't be sad Hakufu, you did all Hakufu can and in the end made it out. Hakufu may have lost but she is still here with friends." Haru said, trying to cheer her up.
"… guess your right Haru-kun… but still…"
"Let's go home Hakufu, you need some rest… hell all of us need one after this day. And you should come with us too, Haru-san." Koukin said.
"Haru doesn't want to be a bother and intrude Koukin's home. Haru will be fine." Haru tried to say.
"Not going to take any chances, you're coming with us Haru-san. You're hurt as well and need medical attention like the rest of us."
"… Ok, Haru will come." He said in defeat.
Koukin, Hakufu, and Haru left the school helping each other make it back to Koukin's home save.