Chapter 005
The Essence Of The Past
Dai while still on the ground is *confused* as he says
“What the hell was that?” Riku *holding his head in pain* as he's still on the ground and he says
“Where the hell did that thing come from?” Dai slowly gets back to his feet and he's *shocked* as he looks up and sees a bloody tiger standing in front of Kingsman and Kingsman looks at the tiger as he says
“Even when you are beaten and bloody, you'd still put your life on the line to protect me! Alright then" Kingsman *laughs* as he walks over to the house and opens the back door as the tiger is still watching Riku,Itsuki, Dai and Kenji as Kingsman says
“Tadashi, come!” The tiger turns around and walks into the house as Kingsman looks towards all of the kids and says
“I guess all of you will just have to wait till tomorrow” Kenji is *confused* and starts walking towards the house as he says
“Dad, where did you get a tiger!?” Dai walks towards the house and says
“How did you get a tiger!?” Riku and Itsuki are just *shocked* as they walk into the house as well and Kingsman looks at the tiger as he says
“Tadashi, sit!” Tadashi sits down as Kingsman looks him over and says
“You're all bloody and hurt, boy go get a couple towels, Dai go upstairs and look in the cabinet and get me some bandages. Itsuki and Riku, I need the both of you to make sure he doesn't move when I hose him off” Kenji and Dai both walk upstairs as Riku says
"Sensei, where did you learn its name?" Kingsman says
"His name is Tadashi, I learned it because I gave him the name!" Riku says
"How long have you had him!?" Kingsman *smiles* as he says
"I've had him for about...Twelve in a half minutes" Itsuki is *shocked* as he says
"Huh!?" Kingsman says
"Yeah, maybe even thirteen after this long" Riku says
"So...This is a completely random tiger!?" Kingsman says
"No, his name is Tadashi and he now lives with us" Riku *sighs* as he says
"Wow...You are actually a psychopath! Fine, why did we even come in here?" Kingsman *chuckles* as he says
“I had to make sure he’d listen to me even if he thought I was in danger, and this was a good little test” Kenji and Dai both come downstairs with towels and bandages as Kingsman says
“Oh, that's what you all could do for training! Catch Tadashi!” Riku is *shocked* as he says
“Sensei he's dangerous, and he’s injured! Plus I don't think he trusts us!” Kingsman says
“Let me try something!” Kingsman steps in front of Tadashi as he kneels down and grabs Tadashi's face as he says
“Tadashi run and don't get caught by any of them" Kingsman stands up and *smiles* as he says
"I think that should do it, lets go” Everyone walks outside and they stop in the middle of the backyard as Dai says
“What do we do when we catch him?” Kingsman pulls out a collar as he says
“You put this collar on him” Kingsman covers his hand in his darkness and starts shaking the collar as suddenly three duplicates of the collar fall on the ground and Kingsman picks them up as Itsuki says
“Wait Sensei, where did you get that collar?” Kingsman says
“Uhhh…Well you see…About that,TADASHI ROAR!” Kingsman points at Itsuki as Tadashi roars extremely loud launching a giant shockwave towards Itsuki and he's launched back as he slams into a tree and Kingsman says
“Anybody else have questions?” Everyone is *shocked* as they look at Itsuki and Kingsman says
“Ok then, now everybody take one” Kingsman tosses everyone a collar as Itsuki slowly stands up and walks back to everyone and Kingsman tosses him the last collar as he says
“Are you all ready? Good, Tadashi run!" Tadashi runs into the forest and everyone chases after him as Kingsman turns around and looks at the sky and thinks
"We still got about three hours of daylight left, let's see how long it takes" Kingsman sits down on the ground with his eyes closed but as he opens his eyes he notices the sun has set and it's dark out and he stands up as he thinks
"Still haven't been able to catch an injured beast, we have work to do" Kingsman *whistles* as Tadashi runs out of the forest and jumps on top of the house as Kenji,Riku,Itsuki and Dai all walk out of the forest and fall on to the ground tired as Kingsman says
“All of you are too slow!” Itsuki *punches the ground in anger* as he pushes himself to his feet and rushes Kingsman as he tries to hit him but Kingsman dodges all of Itsuki punches and Riku is *confused* as he thinks
“What are—” But Riku sees Tadashi has noticed Itsuki attempting to hit Kingsman and Riku *smiles* as he thinks
“Smart plan!” Itsuki grabs Kingsman's arm as he pulls Kingsman towards him and he punches him in the face making Kingsman fall on to his back and Tadashi *roars in anger* as he drops down off of the roof right in front of Itsuki and he roars towards Itsuki as he launches a giant shockwave is launched towards Itsuki but Riku tackles Itsuki out of the way as Tadashi's shockwave suddenly engulfs in flames as it destroys miles of the forest behind them and Riku screams
“DAI NOW!” Dai jumps up into the air towards Tadashi but Tadashi hits Dai out of the air with his tail as he's sent flying back and slams into a tree as Kenji jumps on Tadashi's back and he puts Tadashi in a headlock as Riku dives onto his two front legs and Itsuki notices Tadashi charging another flaming shockwave and tries to blast Riku with his flaming shockwave but Itsuki uppercuts Tadashi causing him to shoot the flaming shockwave in the air and Tadashi tries to bite Itsuki but Itsuki catches his mouth and slowly starts closing Tadashi's mouth as he screams
“DAI, DO IT!” Dai slowly gets to his feet as he rushes toward Tadashi and he jumps into the air as he attaches the collar to Tadashi's neck as Tadashi shake's Kenji off of his back and pushes Riku off his paws launching him back as he headbutts Itsuki making him fall to the floor and he shakes Dai off of his back and as Dai falls off Tadashi's back he's hit in the chest with the back of Tadashi's paw and he's sent flying back as he slams into a tree and he slowly walks up to Itsuki as he charges another flaming shockwave and Itsuki is *stunned* as he thinks
"He's too close, I won't be able to stop this! I'm sorry-" Suddenly a voice from behind them says
“Enough!” Tadashi closes his mouth as he turns around and walks back next to Kingsman as Kingsman steps up and says
“Good job, now let's hose you off” Kingsman walks over to the hose and turns it on but Tadashi jumps avoiding the water and Kingsman says
“We have to get the blood off of you someway” Kingsman points the hose at him again as Tadashi jumps on the house and Kingsman says
“Get down here TADASHI or else!” But Tadashi lays down on the roof as Kingsman says
“All right then!” Kingsman drops the hose as he jumps on the roof but Tadashi jumps down and Kingsman jumps down as well and Tadashi rushes towards the forest but Kingsman appears in front of him and tries to grabs him but Tadashi stops as he jumps back avoiding Kingsman and he rushes back towards the house as he jumps back onto the roof and Kingsman walks back to the house as he stands next to the hose and says
“This is your last chance Tadashi, come down!” Tadashi doesn’t move as he stares at Kingsman and Kingsman jumps back on the roof as Tadashi jumps down again but Kingsman says
“You might be fast, but you are not that smart Tadashi!” Suddenly a force field closes around Tadashi as Kingsman says
“I warned you, Tadashi” Kingsman puts his hand up as he uses
“Gravity Control: Rainfall” Suddenly the clouds start violently spinning as it starts raining but all the raindrops flow into the force field and Tadashi's able dodge every drop of rain as Kingsman *laughs* and says
“Let’s see how much you can dodge!” Kingsman snaps as all the raindrops start ricocheting off of the ground and the walls of the force field but Tadashi is still quickly dodging every drop as Kingsman says
“You are amazing, but now this comes to a STOP!” Suddenly everything in the force field stops as Kingsman puts his hand up and all the raindrops fall to the floor as he jumps down to the ground and he steps close to the force field as him and Tadashi lock eyes and he snaps creating a hurricane underneath Tadashi and it slowly engulfs the entire force field as all everyone can see from the out of the force field is the hurricane and Kingsman says
"This is simply a lesson of obedience" Kingsman snaps as the force field starts to slowly disappears from the top but the force of the hurricane launches Tadashi into the air extremely high and Kingsman watches as he slowly falls to the ground and Kingsman catches him right before he hits the ground but Tadashi jumps out of Kingsman's arm as he's still soaked and he growls at Kingsman as he shows his teeth and Kingsman says
“Calm down!” Kingsman puts his hand up in the air as all of the water on Tadashi's body floats into the air fusing the water into one giant ball and Kingsman closes his fist as the water forms into a giant ice shard pressing against Tadashi's head and Kingsman says
“You ever growl at me like that again, and I'll kill you!” Tadashi puts his ears down and sits down as he looks down and Kingsman says
“Good!” Kingsman backhands the ice shard destroying it and he walks back into the house and everyone follows him into the house except Tadashi as he sits beside the back door and goes to sleep and Dai closes the door behind him as Kingsman says
“All right, what does everyone want for dinner?" Kenji says
“Oyakodon!” Kingsman says
“Interesting, Dai what do you want?” Dai says
“Gyudon!” Kingsman says
“Good, Riku what do you want?” Riku says
"Rice” Kingsman says
“Riku stop acting like you can't ask me for anything, now Riku what do you want?” Riku says
“Rice is–” Suddenly Riku stops talking as Kingsman has his sword pressed against his throat and Kingsman looks Riku in his eyes as he says
“Don't lie to me Riku, what is your favorite dish?” Riku is *scared* as he says
“I…Uh…R-Ramen” Kingsman pushes his sword back into the darkness on his hand and *smiles* as he says
“Good choice!” Kingsman says
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“Itsuki, what do you want?” Itsuki says
“Stir-fry rice with chicken” Kingsman says
“Good, now to decide. AKITA, LITTLE ONE!” They both come downstairs as Hana says
“Yes daddy?” Akita says
“Yes Kingsman?” Kingsman says
“What do you want to eat Oyakodon, Gyudon, Ramen, or Stir Fry Rice with Chicken?” Hana says
“I would like some ramen” Akita says
“Yes, some ramen would be good” Kingsman says
“Then it's decided, me and Riku are making everybody ramen” Riku is *shocked* as he says
“What!?” Kingsman says
“I have so much ramen to make, you’ll help me won't you?” Riku says
“Sure I guess, but I don't know how to cook” Kingsman says
“That's fine I'll teach you how to cook, now everyone leave my kitchen as we cook!” Everyone except Riku goes upstairs as Kingsman turns to Riku and says
"Just follow my lead!" Riku says
"I'll try my best" Kingsman starts cooking ramen and Riku is trying to keep up with Kingsman but he’s struggling and he barely finishes one bowl of ramen as Kingsman finishes six bowls of ramen and Riku notices his bowl doesn’t look as good as Kingsman’s and he keeps his bowl of ramen in front of him as Kingsman sets out the bowls for everyone but Kingsman notices Riku still has the bowl he made and Kingsman screams
"DINNER IS READY!" Everyone comes downstairs and sits down but Kingsman notices Itsuki is *nervous* as he doesn't look at the ramen and Kingsman walks around the table as he grabs Itsuki's shoulder and whispers
"What's wrong?" Itsuki whispers
"Nothing...I'm alright Sensei" Kingsman whispers
"It's ok, you're safe here. Whatever happened in the past I promise it won't happen again, ok?" Itsuki whispers
"Yes Sensei, thank you" Kingsman walks back around the table and sits down but he grabs the bowl of ramen Riku made and gives Riku the bowl he made and Riku is *nervous* as he says
“Wait Sensei!?” Kingsman *smiles* as he says
“You made it and it's your first try so who better to eat it but your favorite person in the world!” Riku says
“I don't know if it's good or not, and I don't want to make you sick” Kingsman says
“I’ll be fine!” Everyone starts eating but Riku is watching Kingsman eat and after Kingsman takes a bite but he stops eating as his eyes twitches and he slowly stands up as Riku is *worried* and Akita is *confused* as she says
“Are you ok Kingsman?” Kingsman grabs Riku's shoulder as he looks into his eyes and says
“This ramen…Is almost on par with my own! For this to be your first lesson on cooking and our food almost the same is impossible!” Riku *smiles* as he starts to eat and Kingsman sits down as he starts eating again and everyone is *laughing* and having a good time as Kingsman finishes his bowl before anyone else and stands up again as he walks over to the backdoor and opens it as he says
“Hey, your family now! That means you eat with us, let's go” Tadashi stands up and comes in the house as Akita is *scared* but Hana jumps up in *excitement* and screams
“KITTY!” She runs over and hugs Tadashi as Kingsman *laughs* and says
“Little one, this is Tadashi he is our new...Companion” Kingsman grabs Hana and puts her on Tadashi's back as Tadashi walks over too Akita and he starts sniffs her as she is *scared* and she quickly gets up and runs behind Kingsman as she jumps on his back and Kingsman *laughs* as he says
“He’s friendly…Ish, from now on he will be here with us. Are you ok with that?” Akita is *scared* as she says
“Our home is becoming very full...But if you want them here, I'm ok with it!” Kingsman walks over to the door and opens it as Akita says
“Wait where are we going?” Kingsman says
“We can't eat in front of him without him getting some, do you want to come with me?” Akita says
“Sure I gu—” Suddenly they both disappear as a shockwave of wind slides everyone back and everyone is *shocked* as Itsuki says
"Wow, Sensei faster than I thought!" Kenji opens his mouth but Kingsman with Akita on his back reappears in the door as Akita isn't moving while she's on Kingsman's back and Kingsman is holding a piece of meat as he says
“Tadashi come!” Tadashi walks over as Kingsman puts the raw meat in his face and says
“Here!” Tadashi sniffs it but doesn’t take it as Kingsman sets his hand on fire and cooks it as he puts it back in his face and says
“Here!” Tadashi sniffs it as he opens his mouth to take it but he *quickly back up in fear* and Kingsman is *confused* as he starts walking towards him but he stops as he says
“Oh that's right, you were around those kinds of people. I don't know what you’ve been through, but here you can trust us” Kingsman sits the meat on the ground as he walks back over to the table and Tadashi quickly rushes up as he grabs the meat and pulls it into the corner and Kingsman takes Akita off his back as he sits her in a chair and Kingsman opens the freezer as he grabs a handful of ice and says
"If you don't move right now, I'm going to have to make you!" Akita doesn't move as Kingsman *chuckles* and says
"Alright then!" Kingsman puts the handful of ice down the back of her pants as suddenly Akita quickly stands up and screams as she runs upstairs and Kingsman *laughs* as Hana walks over to him and says
“Daddy, that's not nice” Kingsman says
“Your right Little one, I'm sorry” But as she turns around Kingsman puts ice down the back of her shirt and she screams as she runs upstairs and everyone else starts *laughing* as Kingsman says
“All right I'm done for the night, you all don't forget tomorrow training begins so get rest because tomorrow your bodies will be pushed to its absolute limit!” Kingsman walks upstairs as Tadashi follows behind him and Riku says
“Well I guess a true test begins tomorrow” Itsuki says
“I hope I'm ready and don't disappoint Sensei” Dai says
“I know I'm ready, I can’t lose!” Kenji says
“Hey, all of us are going to do this and be fine and we’re all going to make Sensei proud. Hell we're all going to get so strong we’re going to surpass him!” Riku says
“Let's hope you're right” Riku stands up and goes upstairs as Dai says
“I already surpassed all of you, next it's Sensei!” Dai gets up and goes upstairs as Itsuki says
“Kenji, when we get our abilities I want to fight you. It seems like you're always focused on the group and not yourself, you being too focused on the strength of the group and not your individual strength is extremely dangerous" Kenji says
" I'm fine, I've done nothing but constant training with my dad. Now it's all of your turns to train underneath him and I just want to make sure everyone reaches there full potential" Itsuki says
"What's your end goal?" Kenji is *confused* as he says
"Huh?" Itsuki says
"Why are you getting stronger?" Kenji *smiles* as he says
"Somebody has to replace my uncle as the leader of the region!" Itsuki *chuckles* as he says
"I should have known, all of your goals and motivations are fueled by protecting other people. That's why I'm going to make sure you get stronger, since you always worry about everyone else” Itsuki sticks his fist out as he says
“When we get back from wherever we're going, we're going to go head to head without holding back! Deal?” Kenji says
“Fine then, when we get back we’ll face each other” Kenji fist bumps him as they both go upstairs
The next morning Itsuki comes downstairs but he sees Kingsman already downstairs cooking and Itsuki says
“Sensei, I've never seen you up this early!” Kingsman says
“Well today is very important for all of you” Itsuki sits at the table and says
“Sensei...Why did you bring us all together?” Kingsman stops cooking and turns around as he says
“I brought you all together because all of you were in need and I saw too much potential within all of you to let you all die, especially you Itsuki! Your strength and willpower are amazing no matter how much you think you lack, you truly are powerful!” Itsuki says
“Sensei I'm not —” Kingsman puts his hand on Itsuki's head as he says
“Yes you are that strong, I see a lot of myself in you and I'm proud of everything you’ve all started to and will accomplish!” Itsuki put *his head down holding back tears* and Kingsman comes around the table as he rubs Itsuki’s head but Itsuki hugs him tightly as Kingsman says
“Don’t–” But Kingsman *sighs* as he presses Itsuki's head to his chest but Itsuki starts *crying* as he says
“I'm sorry I always disappointed you, I was trying my best” Kingsman says
“I'd never be disappointed in you Itsuki, I have no doubt one day you’ll even surpass me” Itsuki starts *crying even harder* as he says
“But I let you get hurt! I let everyone down, everyone expected so much from me but I couldn’t do it”
(Itsuki gets a flashback too his childhood about how his father would always parade him around the city speaking as if he would be the protector of the village and even went too the leader of the village and says
“I promise you Lord Ryuzo my son Itsuki here will be the greatest and strongest warrior this village has ever seen before!” Ryuzo says
“Well if this is true Sazama then i'll give you one hundred million yen for his services, but if he can not deliver on this promise and he fails my test then you’ll have to give me one hundred thousand yen and you all will be banished from this village,are we clear?” Sazama *smiles* as he says
“Yes sir, no problem at all. But may I ask how he will prove his skill?” Ryuzo says
“Itsuki will be facing one of my guards, if he defeats him then you will see your reward” Sazama says
"That is no problem sir!" Ryuzo says
"Good, now get out!" Itsuki and Sazama leave his office as they walk down the street and Sazama is *smiling extremely hard* as Itsuki is *nervous* and says
“Father, I don’t know if I can do this” Sazama says
“Itsuki don’t worry you can do this, think about how much this money will help us! You have to do this!” Itsuki says
“Yes sir” They make it home as Sazama opens the door and Itsuki walks in as his mother is cooking in the kitchen and they both walk into the kitchen as Itsuki's mother turns around and says
“Sazama, I already told you if you didn’t bring home money not to come home!” Sazama says
“Listen Hitomi, I have a way to get us one hundred million yen I just need a couple weeks!” Hitomi is *shocked* as she says
“How are you going to do that Sazama!?” Sazama says
“All we need is for Itsuki to beat one of the guards” Hitomi is *suspicious* as she says
“And if he can’t?” Sazama is *nervous* as he says
“...Then we will owe Lord Ryuzo One Hundred Thousand yen!” Hitomi is *shocked* as she says
“What!?” Sazama says
“And…We’ll be kicked out of the village!” Hitomi gets *mad* as she says
“WHAT!? This little shit can’t even hold a sword properly and you are willing to bet our entire lives and homes on him!? He’s useless! He’s a child, Sazama!” Itsuki says
“But–” But Hitomi screams
“SHUT UP AND GET OUT!” Itsuki is *shocked* as he slowly walks upstairs and goes to his room as he lays down and stares at the wall but he can still hear his parents talking and Hitomi is still *angry* as she says
“You did it again! You made another irrational decision without including me and now you're about to cost us everything! We owe enough money as is, and now this!” Sazama says
“Hitomi calm down, I’m going to train him day and night to be able to take down one of the guards” Hitomi *sighs* as she says
“You have no experience in fighting, how are you going to train him to be ready to take down one of the royal guards? They train relentlessly and have been unbeaten for years!” Suddenly a soft knocks come from his door as it slowly opens and he turns over as he sees It’s his older sister Mai and Mai walks into the room as she sits on Itsuki’s bed but Itsuki turns back to the wall and keeps staring at the wall and Mai says
“What’s going on with them tonight?” Itsuki doesn’t respond but Mai says
“Come on I know them arguing still doesn’t affect you this much” But she notices Itsuki's *holding back tears* as Mai sits Itsuki up and hugs him as Itsuki starts *crying* and Mai says
“Whatever happened, it’ll be ok!” Itsuki *through his tears* says
“I made them argue this time, it's my fault!” Mai says
“I’m sure whatever happened will be fine! Besides, you couldn’t have done anything worse than Sazama. He’s always messing things up and ruining our lives more and more, but as long as we’ve got each other we’ll make it through this!” Mai wipes Itsuki’s tears as she says
“Ok?” Itsuki says
“Ok!” Mai says
“And if anything is about to happen to me or you we'll just leave! It’ll just be your favorite big sister and you in the open world, ok?” Itsuki *chuckles* as he says
“Ok!” They both hug as Mai stands up and walks to the door as she says
“If Sazama got himself into something else, it isn’t your responsibility to get him out of it!” Mai leaves the room as Itsuki lays back down and goes to sleep but he’s woken up in the middle of the night by someone shaking him awake and Itsuki slowly opens his eyes as he sees Sazama standing over him and Sazama grabs his arm pulling him out of bed as Sazama says
“We don’t have time for sleeping, your training starts now!” Itsuki opens his mouth but Sazama pulls Itsuki up as he drags him out of his room and downstairs into the hallway as he opens a door and pulls Itsuki down into the basement and Sazama lets go of Itsuki as he turns on the light switch and as Itsuki’s eyes slowly adjust to the light and he sees two old and worn out training dummies as Sazama says
“This is where you're going to be training for the next week!” Itsuki is *confused* as he says
“I…uh–” Sazama says
“There’s no time for you to hesitate, you need all the training you can get!” Sazama picks up an old and worn out bamboo beginner sword and he hands it to Itsuki and Itsuki opens his mouth but Sazama says
“Do not stop training until I tell you too! We’re all depending on you, do not disappoint us! We all need you to do this!” Itsuki says
“I…I…I’ll do my best!” Sazama walks back up the basement stairs and slams the door