#3: [味方または敵] Friend or foe?

Shiro takes a rest in the infirmary, sending his soul to the realm. "Father, just for the confidentiality of my blade, can I look up some weapons from the royal weaponry?" he asked. Once he got his father's permission, he went in and was there for quite a while…

Upon going out, he should have at least one weapon following him. "Father, what should I do about these three?" he asked and pointed behind him, it shocks his father that his soul attracted three weapons, two from the original 10 shards, and one man-made weapon "008, 009, and leviathan's tail huh…" his father mumbled "What should I do then?" Shiro asks once more "Just keep all of them" his father suggested "Why?" "Because these weapons choose their own master, these three chose you for a reason, make good use of them" His father explained.

Shiro returned to the surface after training with the three weapons for some time, Hikaru smacked his head "OUCH! What was that for?!" he asked "You're taking way too long inside the Akumu manor" she replied with a pissed off look on her face. He laughed as she pouted, and told her to return to her home "I can handle myself, you don't have to cover for me" Shiro said "Okay, if you say so"

The hooded man follows Shiro, without getting caught, he follows, lurking in the dark depths of the shadows. "Someone's following you, aren't you going to confront?" Ryuujin asked "Already caught the gist of who's following, but I don't want to blow my cover, so I'll let him follow a bit more" Shiro replied.

Once Shiro got home, the hooded man stopped following. In peace, Shiro tries to get some sleep but was confronted by Intetsu "Child, those weapons you hold apart from Hizume, are my works, 008 and 009 are made from the original dragon scale, and leviathan's tail is forged with courage. Make good use of them will you boy" he said…

The night passed and Shiro looked like he did get some sleep, he greets his classmates and took a seat. "Morning everyone, take a seat and we'll start homeroom" Itsuo said. A little bit after class, Hikaru invited Shiro to walk home, but he refused, confused by this, she asks "Well, thing is, I've been practicing fighting with invokers these days, that's why I couldn't walk home with you, nor with Himari" he explained "Can I join that practice session of yours?" she insisted "Well, sure, I wanted to see how much I've improved anyways" he agreed.

They went to the realm using Hikaru's portal and borrowed a training room at the Akumu manor "Uncle, can we borrow a training room? I want to check out Shiro's progress with his invoker" Hikaru explained "You can, but don't be too shocked if you find anything peculiar" Hanzo replied "Right…" Hikaru mumbled. Upon entering the room, "Now then, Let's see if you did anything these past few days" Hikaru said confronting Shiro's claim "Come, Globe" she added.

Globe is a mage class invoker, where the user must know how to control her mana.

"Come, 008, 009, and Leviathan's tail" Shiro called as a spear forms at his back, and gauntlets forming on each arm. "I hope you're ready for this" Shiro said "Having three invokers are rare, but having no skill to back you up makes it useless" Hikaru taunts him while lunging at him, Shiro dodges her attack but "Yami Kage! (Dark Shadow)!" Hikaru chanted aiming to paralyze him "Akumu no Kabe (Nightmare Wall)!" Shiro chanted and defended himself from paralyzation…

"Give up, there is nothing more for you to defend against me" Shiro said coldly, Hikaru could only smile as sweat drips from her face. A cold stare faces her as Shiro's expression changed from the humble child to a fearsome demon as if hell's gates are staring back at her. "Sorry about that, I got so concentrated that I couldn't help myself" Shiro said letting off a weak laugh reaching his hand out to help Hikaru get up "Thanks, it's been a while since I saw you train but now, you're like a different person" she said with a smile on her face. "I see you're no longer weak" Hanzo complimented Shiro "Well, I'm training after all, my sister can't be the only who's strong" Shiro replied with a smug face. As time goes by, the hooded man appeared in front of Shiro, his eyes were similar to Ryuujin's but at the same time, no. "I felt someone was following me, but I can't believe that it's you. You don't have to hide you know, just move like Hikaru and you'll be fine…" Shiro said as the man takes off the hood from his head "Heir of the Shadow clan, Kage Katsuragi Ryuusuke" Shiro added as Ryuu smiled. "Your mind is as sharp as ever, but news has it that you defeated Hikaru in a flash, that true?" he asked.

Hikaru's attacks and nerfs doesn't hit Shiro due to speed and defense, while it only took Shiro to hit her once and the match was set.

"Well, you can say that, yes" Shiro replied "I never thought you were a fighter, I always thought you were the brains and we were the fronts" Ryuu said while laughing and scratching the back of his head. "I am obsessed to learning after all" Shiro bragged. "Anyways, your real purpose is?" Shiro asked knowing what his answer might be. "Nothing really escapes from you huh" Ryuu said…

A fight broke when Ryuu suddenly attacked Shiro and so on…