Joining Akira's Round Table Part 1

Jin gave up and said, "Okay, I give up! I'll get out of Akira's Round Table!"

"No!" Itadori said then lowered his Two-Sword Dagger. "You don't have to leave Akira's Round Table!"

"You can't do that, Itadori!" Teacher Melisa approached Itadori and Jin. "That is the bet I have placed on this duel!"

"Teacher Melisa... but, as the winner, can't I change the bet?"

"You're the winner, but that doesn't mean you can change the bet. If you keep-"

"Then let me bet. If Jin no longer bully all the students in this school, Jin will not be expelled from the Akira Round Table! How? Do you agree?"

Teacher Melisa who heard it was silent for a moment. "Okay, otherwise, if Jin is still bullying everyone at school, Jin will be expelled from Akira's Round Table!"

"Do you think Jin will do it again?"

"What do you mean?"

"Did you forget your first bet? If you do, I'll remind you again! You said, 'If Jin loses, then Jin can bully everyone in this school'."

"Tch..." Teacher Melisa who heard it became annoyed. "Well never mind! It's up to you!" Teacher Melisa then walked away from the duel arena.

After that, Itadori called out, "Jin!"

"Hm? What's wrong?"

"I have one request for you. Can you... take me to where Akira's Round Table is?"

"...of course. But, what are you planning?"

"I... want to join Akira's Round Table." Itadori said. Jin who heard it was a little surprised.

Jin's face changed from a slightly surprised look to a smile. "Alright, come on! I'll take you to them!"

Itadori and Jin were about to walk out of the duel arena. However, the two of them were stopped by Lisa who suddenly appeared in front of them. "You two, stop for a second!" she said.

"Lisa, what's wrong?" asked Itadori.

"Itadori, there's something I want to talk to you about!" Lisa immediately grabbed Itadori's hand and pulled her. He took Itadori to a deserted place.

In a quiet place. "Huh... why did you take me to such a lonely place? Besides, what do you want to talk about? You want to tell me that you've done it with Kira?" said Itadori. Lisa who heard it blushed. "T-That's not what I wanted to talk about, you idiot!"

"Hahaha! Sorry, sorry. Then, what do you want to talk about?"

"Itadori, the red-black aura you gave off during the duel arena earlier, came from your body, didn't it?" Lisa asked. Itadori who heard it, lowered his head slightly. "Yeah! Then why?"

"Then, I'll ask. Itadori, are you... The Beelzebub? That famous masked man?"

Itadori who heard it, was silent for a moment. He then said, "How did you know about that?"

"Three days ago, the first day when you were sick. I saw The Beelzebub emit a red-black aura against that strong asmodian. And the aura you gave off against the Jin earlier, was exactly the same as The Beelzebub. Therefore , I'm guessing that you are The Beelzebub."

"...yeah, you're right. I'm The Beelzebub. Since you already know about the real me, I want to tell you something. But, before that... Kira, come out, there's no point in you listening to our conversation in silence anymore." Itadori said. Then, out comes Kira.

"It seems I have been caught. Itadori, is it true, if you are The Beelzebub?"

"Yeah, that's true. That's why I asked you to come out and have something to say to you and Lisa."

"I see. Then, what do you want to say?"

"Come closer!" said Itadori. Kira then walked closer. Itadori then continued to say, "Well, since you are my best friends, I will let you two know who I really am. But... if you spread this, I will kill both of you and will no longer believe in such things as friends."

"You didn't tell, we got it, Itadori." Lisa said. "We're not going to spread this around, and we're not going to let either of us make you distrustful of what friends are."

Itadori who heard it smiled. "Then, it's decided! This is a promise!"

"Of course! And I and Kira will not let this promise be broken!"

"Thank you, both of you!"

"Not a problem!" said Kira.

"Alright, I'll go with Jin to where Akira's Round Table is!"

"Hm? What do you want to do there?" asked the curious Kira.

"I want to join Akira's Round Table! Don't worry, I won't do anything wrong."

"Oh, I see..."

"Okay, I'll go now!" said Itadori then turned around and walked away from the lonely place. Itadori then followed up to Jin who had been waiting in the duel arena.

"Oh! Itadori! You're back!" Jin greets.

"Yes, I'm back!" Itadori greeted Jin back.

"I saw your male best friend, following you secretly."

"Yeah, I've known it since my best friend, Lisa, brought me to that lonely place. Because of that, I told him to get out while I was talking to Lisa."

"I see. By the way, what were you talking about with your best friend?"

"Unfortunately, I can't tell you about this. Because, it has to do with me."

"Hm... fine. Then, I'll take you to Akira's Round Table." Jin said then walked.

"Yosh! Thank you, Jin!" Itadori walked after Jin. Itadori and Jin then walked towards the headquarters of Akira's Round Table.

***

Itadori and Jin had arrived at Akira's Round Table headquarters. "Oh, so this is Akira's Round Table headquarters?" amazed Itadori who saw it. "Very large!"

"I know you'll be surprised. But, what's inside, you'll be even more surprised."

Itadori and Jin then entered Akira's Round Table headquarters. Inside, there was a very, very wide and huge duel arena with an open roof. "Wow!!" Itadori was amazed to see him.

"Hahahaha! I'm sure you must have said the word 'woah'."

Itadori and Jin kept walking. However, Itadori just realized, there are 4 people in the shadows in front of the two of them and are walking towards the two of them. Those people, two of them were boys and the other two of them were girls.

Itadori and Jin stopped right in the middle of the dueling arena. "Jin, who are they?" asked Itadori.

"They are the other four members of the Akira Round Table besides myself."

"Oh, I see." said Itadori. 'The four of them... so strong! I can even feel their auras overflowing all the way out of this building!' Itadori thought while feeling the auras of the four members of the Akira Round Table.

"Jin, what else have you brought now?" asked the green-haired girl.

"I brought a student who's... quite interesting. He said he wanted to join the Akira Round Table."

The green-haired girl who heard that, put on a smiling face. "Heh... I see. Then, I'd like to have a duel with him. But, before that, I'll introduce myself and the 3 people behind me." The green-haired girl said.

The green haired girl started to introduce herself and the 3 people behind her. "My name is Mika Shinano, a member of the 4th Akira Round Table. The white haired boy behind me, his name is Tomoshi Atsutsuri, he is a member of the 3rd Akira Round Table. His attitude is very cold, so... ignore it. Then the pink haired girl behind me, her name is Mitsu Kuro, she is a member of the 2nd Akira Round Table."

"N-Nice to meet you!" said Mitsu shyly.

"She is shy, but don't underestimate her, she is stronger than me and Tomoshi."

"Then you underestimate me too. I've never underestimated anyone." said Itadori in a cold voice.

"Whatever. Though I don't intend to underestimate you. Alright, next. He's arguably the most powerful member of Akira Round Table. This burly brown haired boy behind me, his name is Junin Matsudo, he's the 1st member of Akira Round Table."

"Hi! My name is Junin Matsudo!" Junin excitedly greeted.

"There's no need to talk about his attitude anymore. You could see it by his greeting just now."

"All of you, nice to meet you!" said Itadori, looking down.

"Yosh! Then, let's duel now!" said Mika. "The three of you, including Jin, go to the side of the duel arena. Mitsu, be the referee!"

"Okay..." Jin, Tomoshi, and Junin went to the side of the duel arena, while Mitsu would be the referee who would lead the duel. Itadori and Mika took a standing position to get ready.

Mika took out her magic weapon, namely a Spear. Meanwhile, Itadori, took out his magic weapon, Two-Sword Dagger. Itadori and Mika then mounted their stances.

Miku raised her hand and started the countdown. "Then... 3... 2... 1... start!" Mitsu lowered his hand and started the duel.

Itadori suddenly disappeared into a red-black aura and reappeared right in front of Mika. Mika and the others, all who saw it became shocked.

Itadori then slashed Mika. His slash emitted a circular red-black aura that almost surrounded the entire duel arena. A strong gust of wind also appeared due to Itadori's slash just now. Mika managed to avoid it, meanwhile Mitsu, who was still close to Itadori and Mika, squatted down and looked down in shock and fear.

"O-Oi, are you alright?" Itadori asked Mitsu.

"Y-Yes, I'm fine." Mitsu replied. "Then hurry up and go to the side of the duel arena." Itadori said.

"Thank you!" said Mitsu and then went to the edge of the arena.

Meanwhile, Itadori was about to be hit by Mika's Spear from above. "Water Waves Hit!" The spear let out huge streams of water like ocean waves and was about to hit Itadori. Fortunately, Itadori managed to dodge by jumping high backwards.

The spear ended up hitting the ground. However, it spouted a huge amount of water everywhere like the waves of the ocean.

Itadori disappeared again into a red-black aura and reappeared right in front of Mika. Itadori then slashed. Fortunately, Mika managed to dodge by jumping backwards. Itadori chased after her and slashed at her repeatedly, intending to corner her. Itadori continued to slash, while Mika continued to parry and dodge.

Itadori's slashes continued to emit red-black auras. Meanwhile, Mika's Spear, which was constantly deflecting, emitted large streams of water like ocean waves.

Mika who was slashed repeatedly, became overwhelmed and decided to take a step back. She jumped high back and did a backflip, then landed. Mika then changed her position holding the spear as if she wanted to throw the spear, and pulled it backwards. "Tsunami Spear!" Mika threw her spear at Itadori and let out large streams of water like a huge tsunami coming out of it.

Itadori managed to dodge the spear. Mika's spear hit and stuck in the wall of the duel arena. Meanwhile, Mika rushed towards Itadori and moved beside him. Mika kicked Itadori from the side with her feet which gave off streams of water. Itadori who was kicked, was thrown far to the side. But he managed to land safely.

"What's wrong? Is this your only fighting ability?" asked Mika who was getting arrogant.

"I just want to control my powers, so I don't hurt girls."

"Hoho? So you underestimate a girl, huh..." Mika stretched her hand to the side. Mika's spear that was stuck, naturally slipped from its thrust and came to Mika's outstretched hand.

"I didn't mean to look down on you. But I really didn't want to hurt a girl."

"Then... bring out all your power!" said Mika while taking a fighting stance.

"Oh? So that's what you want?" said Itadori. Red-black auras, began to emit from all over his body, including his eyes. Mika, Jin, Tomoshi, Mitsu, and Junin who sensed it became slightly suppressed. "In that case, I'll show you all I can!"

Mika who was slightly suppressed by Itadori's aura, thought, 'I see... so, he's really serious now. Then, I have to be careful-!!'

Mika who was thinking, was surprised by Itadori who suddenly disappeared and reappeared right in front of him. Mika, who was taken aback, took a few steps back. Meanwhile, Itadori launched a slash at Mika. Mika disappeared and appeared behind Itadori which made Itadori's slash miss.

Mika who was behind, then slashed at Itadori with her spear. Itadori managed to parry it, but was pushed back. Itadori and Mika then moved here and there while slashing at each other over and over at an unseen speed.

Slash, slash!

"Great! They're both so balanced!" Mitsu amazed. "The two of them can set the tempo of their respective opponents!"

"Yeah, they're perfectly even at these points. But... sooner or later, depending on the New Boy, Mika will lose this fight." said Tomoshi.

Mitsu who heard that, changed her expression. "Eh? Why?"

"You will see." said Tomoshi again.

Itadori and Mika continued to slash until at some point in the fight, Mika slashed, but Itadori disappeared into a red-black aura. Itadori appeared again right beside Mika. Mika who saw it, became surprised and spontaneously slashed with her Spear. But again, Itadori disappeared into a red-black aura and reappeared right behind Mika.

Itadori then pointed one of his Daggers at Mika from behind, forcing Mika to either surrender or admit defeat. "Give up, or I'll continue my slashing!" said Itadori.

Mika had no other choice but to give up. "Okay, I give up."

Itadori who heard that, put on a smiling face and returned his Two-Sword Dagger to the void.

"So did I manage to join Akira's Round Table?" asked Itadori.

"Yeah, as promised, if you manage to beat me, you can join Akira's Round Table." Mika replied.

"Who said he could join?" A person with red hair, came from behind the shadows. "No one is allowed to join this group, without my permission."

The red-haired person walked out of the shadows. After seeing his face, Jin, Mika, Tomoshi, Mitsu, and Junin, became shocked.

"Who are you?" asked Itadori. "Could it be, you are... Akira Umitoru?"