Final preparations pt.1

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Ryota sighed waving his wooden sword around looking at the 10 people he defeated today.

"I thought you had given up Ryota-sama," Ryuu said complementing him, "After all, you didn't show up for days but it looks like you've really become strong."

"I was busy practicing and perfecting my moves." Ryota said stretching as he pointed his sword at Ryuu, "But I want to seriously fight this time with you Ryuu and I want to win."

"Good, I have been waiting on this day." Raku's dad came over smiling, "I really want to see you go serious too, but I can't allow you to harm my own men now, can I?"

"That's true." Ryota nodded, "I can't control my moves that well yet, I held back a lot just fighting these guys, so just a simple sword duel is impossible for me after all, I have been training to ki- I mean, win no matter what."

"Don't worry, that's why I've got you a little gift." Raku's dad said, "Follow me will you?"

"Where are you taking him?" Raku asked.

"You sit here and watch over the house." Raku's dad replied not looking back, "I have some work with your friend here if you don't mind."

Raku was about to complain but Ryota shook his head stopping him. He had a feeling that he would finally be able to get what he wanted, so he got in the car and they left.

"So mind telling me where are we going?"

"You know about how we run things here right?" Raku's dad asked as he nodded, "A week ago we were made aware of a small gang running amok, as they began terrorizing the neighborhood. Looting small shops, beating people up, you know the usual. So just yesterday Ryuu and the others decided to go capture them and today is their day of the punishment. Normally we just slap them around a few times until they understand things but this time we want you to decide what happens to them."

"You want me to fight them?"

Raku's dad didn't say anything but from his smile the answer was clear.

Reaching the place, Ryuu and the others got off from the car. Ryota looked around at the empty field with no one around, except the members of the Shuei clan and a group of people tied together in the field.

"Let us go." One of the tied men shouted, "We promise to disband, so please don't kill us."

"We don't kill." Ryuu said, "We never do unless you bring the situation on yourself. But this time you're quite lucky. After all, you'll be the first people to be completely experimented on."

"What do you mean?"

"Ryota-sama, it's your turn."

The tied men looked at the young blond boy that came before them, he looked back at the leader of the Shuei clan as he nodded to him, the blond boy then turned back looking resolute.

"I am sorry to do this but I have no other choice for now and you guys are just perfect. Especially since you're criminals sp I won't feel guilty at all." Ryota said, "You guys know how to fight, right?"

Though they were in front of a kid, his eyes were the part that was scaring them, he was clearly looking at them as if they were insects.

"We do."

"Good then your fate settles in your hand." Ryota said, "So basically you'll have to fight with me. If you win the Shuei clan will let you go and if I win, well we will see about that when the time comes."

"Fight you?" The burly man in the group asked with hope, after all, no matter the arrogance the kid possessed he was still a young boy.

"Yup, and since there's fifteen of you, that's more than perfect." Ryota said, "So we'll have five rounds. So on the first round, it will be a 1v1 match, in the second it will be a 1v2 and so on until we reach the fifth round, which is going to be a 1v5 match. So how about it? I'll let you decide the order."

They looked at one another and nodded. All of them had the same idea, beating a kid was simple so they'll get this over with and go back.

"I'll go first." A guy with spiky hair whose build was similar to his said. "But I'll like to use my bat."

"Good enough for me, untie them and give their weapons back to them," Ryota said as they let them loose.

Nodding at one another, both of them took their stance.

"Are you sure this is okay, master?" Ryuu asked.

"Didn't you see him in today's match? He knocked out all the people he fought." Raku's dad, "I want to see his potentials but also if anything goes wrong, we're here aren't we?"

Ryuu nodded as he looked at the match carefully, ready to jump in any second.

"This was your choice kid." The man said as he came swinging at him with full force.

"Too many openings." Ryota ran towards him dodging right before his hit landed as he kicked him on his shin. The guy lost his balance as he nearly hit the ground but unlike what he expected a kick came flying to his face completely knocking him out in an instant.

"Second round!"

The group gulped looking at their knocked out friend, "Don't worry he was the weakest in our group, you two go and finish the match quickly."

The guy who was likely their leader said sending out the two burly guys who were clearly the strongest in the group. One of them carried a large metal pipe and the other had a simple brass knuckle on.

Ryota focused as the two of them without warning came charging at him, the first was the guy with the metal pipe. He easily dodged the force-based swing sliding in between the guy's leg when suddenly the other guy's punch came crashing towards him which he barely was able to block with his sword.

Though he was full of practice, he never had fought again such a strong force. Just blocking that punch alone made his hands a bit numb.

"Guess no playing around huh," Ryota said rushing at them as he took a swing at the guy with the brass knuckle who easily blocked it with his arms, "Damn muscle heads!"

Ryota didn't falter longer as he dived back on the ground before another swing from the pipe came, "Gotcha" Ryota exclaimed punching the guy in his nuts, not wasting time he kicked the ground jumping and getting on the man's back as with a swing of a sword he smacked the other guys head.

Though it wasn't enough for both of them to go out, it was the best he could do right now. After all unless he hit them at their vital spots getting the two of them down would be extremely difficult with just a wooden sword.

Seeing all his flexible moves and attacks, Ryuu looked at them in shock. "Though his sword fighting is still quite similar to the one I taught him, the way he uses those attacks are completely different. And where did he learn all those martial arts, from what I can see he has already used three of them."

"I think the hardest part is to just hit him back." Raku's dad said observing the fight, "The way he jumps around with accuracy and is flexible and quick with his attacks already make him a good fighter, but there is still something wrong."

"What is it master?"

"Look carefully, each one of his swings is made to kill attacking vital spots and so on. It's just he is fighting with a wooden sword or else I am afraid the fight would have over much sooner."

"Is Ryota-sama learning from others as well?" Ryuu questioned, "To be practicing such killing styles, it's quite dangerous."

*Bang*

After several hits the two men finally collapsed. Ryota looked back at them and admired their strength to handle his attacks. But that didn't matter because he won. He looked at the others in the group who were shaking with fear seeing the strongest two getting knocked down as Ryota pointed his swords at them.

"Forget the rest of the rounds, all of you can come at me once."

"We can still win, just do what it takes." The leader said tightening the metal chain around his arm.

With all of them rushing together Ryota casually walked towards them but just as he was about to meet with the first attack, he dodged and swung his sword right at the man. Without any hesitation, he then back kicked the guy behind him. Taking advantage of his fall, he pulled the man back having him block the attack from the leader who was swinging his chain at him.

Kicks, slashes, jumping, flips, were all the things people could see as the young man in front of them took everyone out from at the group of fifteen men.

Keeping his sword at the man's neck Ryota asked, "You're the leader, right?"

The man gulped nodding.

"Good since you lost, I've finally decided what I want to do with you."