Chapter 107 - Vol 5 - Prologue

On the roof of Yuragi Sou, Hiko Seijuro XIII is standing with his eyes closed. He stood in an Iai pose, as if he was preparing to draw his sword. On the opposite side Kamijou Touma, the grandson of Hiko Seijuro XIII stood in the same pose as his grandfather and he also closed his eyes.

The two of them had been in the same position for an hour or so. From three A.M in the morning to four A.M in the morning, the two of them didn't move their bodies at all for that one hour. And only breathe three times for one minute.

Touma and Hiko looked as if they were going to duel with the poses they both had, but actually both of them were sparring in their subconscious.

The two of them chose to spar in the subconscious, because they were both too strong.

And if they do sparring in the real world then the area around Yuragi Sou will be damaged. Hiko and Touma could have sparred in a special practice room that was strong enough to withstand the crushing power they both generated when sparring.

But both Hiko and Touma felt that the two of them wouldn't be able to concentrate properly if they were sparring in an enormous white room.

Therefore the two of them chose to do sparring on the roof of Yuragi Sou, while holding their favorite katana in Iai position. Then do sparring in the subconscious.

Right between Hiko and Touma, Chitose waited for the two of them to finish fighting while kneeling and drinking tea with wagashi that she specially ordered from a famous wagashi shop in Kyoto. Chitose was used to waiting for Hiko and Touma to spar like the two of them were doing right now.

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After one hour and fifteen minutes had passed, Hiko and Touma's sparring was finally done. Sweat flowed profusely from their bodies even though they both didn't move their bodies at all.

Rhe sweat came out because even though the two of them didn't move their bodies, but there was still energy coming out of the bodies of the two when they did sparring subconsciously.

Because it takes a lot of energy so that the two of them can maintain their consciousness in the subconscious while doing battle.

They both opened their eyes, even though Hiko was sweating profusely with Touma but he didn't look out of breath. .As for Touma, his face was pale and he was breathing heavily.

"Your proficiency with the Hitenmitsurugi Ryuu techniques has improved greatly, Touma but unfortunately, you focused too much on improving your martial arts ability, to the point where your hand-to-hand martial skill surpassed your sword skills.

That's why when you tried to combine the sword techniques and the empty-handed martial arts at your disposal you didn't achieve the proper harmony and experienced an imbalance in the combination you wanted.

Sigh, Touma I know that you are more interested in hand-to-hand martial arts than swordsmanship, but if you don't improve your swordsmanship to match your martial arts skills then the balance in your body will get messed up and it will disturb you when you do a fight.

Starting tomorrow I want you to improve your sword skills even more, do you understand Touma!"

Touma who was sitting on the roof, could only nod his head when he heard his grandfather's words. Touma was currently too tired to speak, even moving his body a little was very difficult task for him.

Chitose, who had been kneeling between Touma and Hiko, finally stood up and walked towards Touma. She opened Touma's mouth, then put Senzu beans into Touma's mouth so that Touma could recover himself.

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"One hour and fifteen minutes," Chitose said as she placed a cold towel over Touma's head and then threw another cold towel at Hiko. "That was the time you two spent in sparring, twenty five minutes longer than usual. Exactly what kind of sparring were you two doing that both of you could fight longer than usual."

"Touma is getting stronger, and I want him to show all the strength he has. That's why our sparring took a little longer," Hiko said who caught the cold towel thrown by Chitose. Then used the towel to wipe his sweaty face. "I think Touma and I enjoyed the sparring that we both spent a little too long time for it. Fighting against someone strong always excited thing to do. So Touma and me and lost the track of time."

"You two are indeed a grandfather and grandson," Chitose said while patting his forehead. "You two have the same lazy nature and hobbies."

"Ahahaha Touma is indeed my biological grandson, of course he inherited the same traits and hobbies as me! All he inherited from his father was the family name and eye color. The rest of Touma is more similar to me physically and in character," Hiko said while looking at Touma who was now able to sit up because his stamina had recovered. "And someday he will become the fourteenth successor of the Hitenmitsurugi!"

Touma who heard Hiko's words could only sigh, he knew that one day he would become the successor of the Hitenmitsurugi school and change his name to Hiko Seijuro. But Touma has absolutely no intention of changing the name he has to Hiko Seijuro even though he is the successor of Hitenmitsurugi.

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Touma had a good technique for splitting his body in half, based on one of the Esper powers he imitated years before. And Touma decides that one day he must inherit the Hitenmitsurugi school from his grandfather, so he will use a clone of himself to bear the name Hiko Seijuro. While the original body will still bear the name Kamijou Touma.

."Grandfather, Chitose-san, I have to get ready for my morning jog with Shizuka-san soon. So I'm going to take a shower first! See you later!"

Touma did *sukuchi then left Chitose and Hiko who were still chatting with each other.

* the fast stepping technique in Rurouni Kenshin.

"That boy still has manners too by telling him what he wants to do before he leaves, Shiina really teaches the boy well in terms of being with someone older," Hiko said with a smile. "I'm grateful he doesn't act like I used to when I was a teenager. Where I act like a wild horse that doesn't want to be restrained."

."Shiina is a good mother that's why she taught Touma-san to have morals and good manners and behaviour," Chitose said who clasped Hiko's arm in her original, mature and taller form. "Because she doesn't want to end up like Yukiko who never cared about her."

"Well, Yukiko and Shiina's relationship has gotten much better even though Shiina hasn't been able to fully forgive Yukiko," Hiko said with a sigh. "I'm sure that in the near future their relationship will really recover completely. Oh yeah, Chitose if I'm not mistaken you brought home two of my employees who are on the fire cloud island right, because their ability in household affairs is very great..Will the two of them be able to adapt well to their new life in Yuragi Sou?"

"Their adaptability is very good so they don't have any problems living in Yuragi Sou," Chitose said. "But what makes me feel a bit worried is that the level of Esper power the two of them have as Gemstones is level 4 which is only half a step away from reaching level Five. I'm afraid that if the two of them reach level five then the balance of power in Academy City will be upset, and Kasumi-san and Ukyo-san will get into trouble."

"Hmm you're right it will be a problem," Hiko said while holding his chin. "I guess I have to do something to help the two of them."

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