Chapter Seven: Interschool Competition Arc III
Jūzō stood at his position, ready to fight. Nao also stood in position ready to fight, she looked at Jūzō, watching him closely.
But Jūzō wasn't bothered, he already knew how to channel his energy into his fist.
Nao lunged but Jūzō casually dodged with only a inch of her staff touching his face.
"He's fast, should have seen that coming,"Nao thought
She didn't stop, she lunged again trying so hard to land a hit, she was close but, she couldn't land a precise hit.
Jūzō was just evading the attacks, he didn't even attack back.
"Why are you not attacking, you sacred?, Come on, show me what you've got boy,"Nao yelled while attacking.
Jūzō didn't respond but kept evading the attack till he got bored of running.
He started attacking, he was fast, Nao could keep up but she could not utterly dodge his punches.
He hit her once making her to stumble back.
"He's also strong, damn it, I'll show you, I am your senior, a first grade, I'll not give up to him, he's just a third grade,"Nao thought to herself.
She hit the ground with her foot and used her sand technique to attack.
A thick fifteen foot wall of sand rose from the ground ready to hit him. But Jūzō wasn't going to lose to her, he channeled his cursed energy to his hand and a punched the air. At first nothing happened but then, the fifteen foot wall shattered into pieces from the force of his air punch.
The group were shocked even Himuro Sensei.
"I call that the air punch, you don't want that touching you,"Jūzō said.
"Interesting, that is a resourceful and effective technique, seems like he is adding wisdom to battle, nice," Himuro Sensei added while Sayuri watched Jūzō after hearing what she said.
The sand fell but Nao wasn't there. He turned and was met with the fist of Nao. He dodged it but wasn't able to dodge her feet, it hit his face hard but he didn't fall.
Nao stepped back.
"Hitting my nose?, Seriously, out of nowhere. It seems like I was playing with you. Now, it's time to be serious," he said stepping forward, eyes red with anger.
As he stepped forward, his hands ignited in flames, he removed the head band from his head and put it around his wrist, his eyes also lit up with fire.
"Fire?, I thought it was the slicing technique, he's more than a sorceror surely," Nao thought
"He wields fire now?, Toma asked
"Maybe there's more to Jūzō than what meets the eyes,"said Sora
Sayuri looked at Himuro Sensei but she didn't say anything or do aything although she knows Jūzō as the kind that is full of surprises and anything is possible with that amount of cursed energy.
He lunged to attack but suddenly, a crash was heard not far away.
Jūzō was the first to run to check it out, the others followed to check what it was.
They reached the place, it was a semi detached building, a demon jumped out of the building with people in it's mouth, it was tall and thin, razer sharp nails that can slice a human's head with one swipe.
Jūzō didn't wait, he lunged at the demon with rage, hands engulfed in fire.
"Drop those people you evil demon,"Jūzō yelled as he lunged
He picked punched the demon in the gut making it to drop those people in his mouth as it stumbled back.
The people that fell from it's mouth ran away in a fit of fear.
The demon snarled at him. It dashed forward but Jūzō saw it coming, he dashed so fast that even Himuro Sensei didn't see it.
"What?, Where did he go,"she said.
"Up there!,"said Akira.
It was Jūzō falling from the sky. As he landed, he hit the demons head straight into the ground. He hit over and over again.
"You took my parents, my sister, now, I'll make you pay!," he yelled punching the demon continuously.
"What?, His family was attacked by demons?,"Himuro Sensei asked.
"Yes Sensei,"replied Sayuri.
"So, he turns his sorrow into anger,"
"And his Anger into strength, interesting," said Nao.
Jūzō was hit in the gut and was sent flying out of the area.
"Brother," yelled Akira
"Jūzō!," yelled sayuri
"Hey demon, taste my wrath,"she added.
She spun vines to hold it down while others got ready to battle, Each used their techniques, Sayuri with flower technique,Sora with wind technique, Aiko with echo/sound technique, Ren with speed technique, Haruki with fire technique, Nao with sand technique and Toma with shadow technique.
Himuro Sensei didn't even move, she trusted her students would handle it well, she didn't even let Akira fight.
"No Akira, don't fight, let them handle it, okay?,"
"Okay Ms. Sae," replied Akira
The demon wasn't anything they couldn't handle,
Sora stabbed it with spike formed from clay, Aiko made it drowzy with her powerful echo, Toma cut of it's hands with his shadow eagle, Yūrei.
Then
The demon roared from the pain and just as it was about bursting out from it's bounds, Here came Jūzō, he leaped in from the fence on the other side and sliced the demon from head to toe with just a swipe from his hand.
The demon shrieked in pain as it was cut into two, it faded away leaving the place peaceful, at last.
They rushed to Jūzō whose head was covered in blood.
"Jūzō are you alright?,"Sayuri asked.
"Of course I am, it will take more than a third grade demon to stop me,"he replied.
"Brother, I was worried about you, please don't kill yourself trying to help others,"Akira said.
He replied
"But if I don't help others, this world will be destroyed by the curses and demons, we are sorcerors, that's what we do,"
"But humans are bad," she insisted.
"Did she just say human?, What the hell?, She's a human too, isn't she?,"thought Sayuri
Those words shook Jūzō
"Yeah, I know, but not all humans are bad, some are to be saved,"
"Okay guys, no more training, tomorrow is the day, we'll go to Shibuya to enjoy ourselves,"said Himuro Sensei.
"Yaaaaay!, We will have Yakitori, Takoyaki," Sayuri excitedly pointed out
"And sushiiiiiiiii!,"Jūzō also joined.
"Oh my gosh, these two never stop being silly," Haruki said
"It almost want to make me laugh," said Sora.
"Come on guys, we have a big journey ahead of us, let's go back and have a nice nap for tommorow!,"Himuro Sensei said
"Yaaaaay, we are going to Shibuya, we're going to Shibuya, we're going to Shibuya," Sayuri and Jūzō sang as they all went back.
"Come on guys, there's no need to make a fuss about it, it's just Shibuya,"said Haruki
"Just Shibuya?,"said Jūzō
"How dare you?,"Sayuri yelled as they left.
"I'll kick your but if you say that again," she added.