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At the Sacred Forest Academy's middle school building, Lee looked towards the elentary school departnt with an ugly expression. He had located Kazuya who was indeed wearing the uniform for the Sacred Forest Academy's elentary school followed by Shiroyuki Jirou's granddaughter.
"Just how did that dumb kid get transferred into this school?"
From how he knew Kazuya, he couldn't do it yet here he was. Everything changed the day Kazuya got taken to the hospital. The boy that followed him like a dog now turned against him. He didn't even get the chance to prepare but suddenly lost his connections to the Kouzuki corporation. It's CEO and her assistant which he had a crush on turned hostile towards him in a blink of an eye.
"It's that kid's fault. Even Kazuno-san hates now"
He hit the wall and angrily glared at the boy. Kazuya of course noticed him a long ti ago but waited for the right mont. He looked at Lee at the peak of his anger before sticking out his tongue and giving him the middle finger.
"bleh! (What can you do about it dumbass?)"
"(I'll kill you!)" he hit the wall again in anger.
Tomoyo who was watching felt fear but it wasn't as bad as the last ti she experienced this. She tugged on Kazuya's sleeve before pulling him to go inside the kendo club. Kazuya laughed and smiled after seeing that she made so progress.
Today was Kazuya's second day at the club. He made such an impression on the first day that everyone had looked at him with respect. So of them already confird the rumor about him beating Tomoyo but the mont they asked about it, the more they knew that it was not just simply beating her.
"Alright everyone is here. The tournant is drawing closer and I believe that we should start preparing our main team. I have consulted with people about the team's structure and have co up with a system to decide the regular positions" Miyamoto announced a challenge system. He called out the five people Kazuya picked out yesterday and told them that there were three slots for the team battles and two slots as reserves. It would be up to their results in matches against themselves on who would take the three slots.
To make it fair for everyone else, they could issue a challenge towards the chosen regulars but before anyone could challenge Tomoyo and Kazuya, they first needed beat one of the other regulars chosen. None of them found this unfair because they knew how good Tomoyo was. However, they were all curious about Kazuya's prowess since they have never seen him in action.
The three that ended up getting the regular slots were Nishida, the short haired girl nad Ainu, and the female captain Sawada. The captain almost lost but she ended up beating the glasses boy that almost got her slot. She rested for a bit before walking towards the boy doing strange training exercises by himself on the side of the dojo.
"Kouzuki-kun can I ask for a match?"
"Are you sure? You stand a better chance against the robot girl if you showed the sa intensity as you did when you fought that glasses boy"
"Robot girl? Do you an Shiroyuki-san?" she giggled and was imdiately intrigued.
"See… you knew who I ant imdiately. She is indeed the robot girl" he replied. Tomoyo who was nearby finally got the confirmation that she was indeed the one he referred to as the robot girl.
"You're quite the interesting guy Kouzuki-kun. It does suit Shiroyuki-san well but… no one else but you would dare call her that"
"Is that so? It's true anyway she's like a robot"
"Do you even know my na Kouzuki-kun. I heard you call 'tall girl' yesterday you know" she pouted.
"Can you bla ? Sensei asked for my opinion out of the blue on my first day here and none of you got to introduce yourselves captain" Kazuya shrugged his shoulders and stopped what he was doing. It seed that this girl would not leave him to train in peace soon.
"Still, you should at least know the na of the captain of the club you joined"
"Uhh… Can't I just call you captain? (What's up with this girl?)" he felt a little awkward since this girl was acting like they were close.
"Nope~ I won't respond if you don't call by na" she giggled.
"(I don't get this person. Why would I even need to call you?)" he gave a sigh inwardly. Luckily, he had learned a few things from Miyamoto so he cald himself down.
"Listen well Kouzuki Kazuya-kun. My na is Sawada Mahiru so call Mahiru okay?"
"Err… okay?"
"Okay who?" she gave him a look that wanted him to continue.
"Okay… Mahiru-senpai" he finally gave in.
"Good boy" she smiled but before she should try and pat his head a quiet figure stood in between the two.
"Are you here to show your swing for the day?" Kazuya asked Tomoyo who stared at him
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*shake shake*
Mahiru was amused. Her initial interest in Kazuya began when Tomoyo ca with him to the club. Her interest kept piling up until she finally approached him with a legitimate reason to do so. To be honest, she was envious of Tomoyo because of her skills and standing. Even though she was older, she was no match for her, but it looks like she did have sothing that she was better at and that was communicating with other people.
"By the way Kouzuki-kun, do you mind if I call you by na?" Her interest in Kazuya increased more now that Tomoyo had given an unusual reaction. She didn't know why those two got along but she too wanted to get pointers from him.
"Do what you want? Can you two let be? I still need to train" he saw no point in continuing his interaction with them.
"but you still haven't given a match yet. I'm not asking because I think I can win but for two reasons; one, because I want to get so pointers from you and two, because I will be busy next year to get ready for middle school so I want to experience your skills firsthand" Mahiru didn't give up and requested a match.
"Hmm… very well. I would have just told you your flaws if it was only the first reason but I will agree to a spar this once since you're the captain Mahiru-senpai" he could feel her intent to battle by looking at her eyes.
The two of them instantly garnered attention as they stepped up to Miyamoto requesting to be their referee. He had already been observing them wearing an amused expression so he imdiately agreed. Mahiru finished wearing her gear but was puzzled to find Kazuya waiting for her still without wearing any.
"Kazuya-kun? Why aren't you gearing up?" she turned towards Miyamoto who shook his head after eting her gaze.
"Sa rules with the robot girl. You win if you manage to hit once. I wouldn't worry about . You on the other hand tend to think too much which makes you hesitate Mahiru-senpai. That mont is a deadly opportunity for your opponent so it's best you get rid of it" he casually spoke and raised a hand holding the bamboo sword he brought with him.
The onlookers held their breath as Miyamoto began the match. Their captain may not be as good as the girl everyone now acknowledged as the 'robot girl' but she was still a student that was good enough to gain a scholarship from the academy for kendo.
Mahiru imdiately dashed to take her opponent by surprise. She wanted to use her advantage in reach together with the surprise attack to catch Kazuya before he got a grasp of both her reach and her speed. Kazuya however, saw this coming and dodged in a manner that made it look very easy to do so.
"That was a nice try but you stopped right after I dodged. This is what I'm talking about. While it is good to think before you act, in tis like this wherein a split second is enough to determine win or loss, just move according to instinct. Experience will gradually hone your skills so you will know if your decision was right or wrong afterwards"
The match continued and left everyone in awe. Kazuya would dodge every strike perfectly and would even give input as he did so. There was only one person that felt different and that was Tomoyo.
"…" she felt that it was unfair. It didn't take him much ti to beat her and this person even went as far as to guide Mahiru while they were in the middle of the spar. This was what she wanted but Tomoyo knew that it would be hard in her current state since he only needed to make her feel that pressure and she would crumble down. Although she knew it, she still couldn't help but feel envious of Mahiru's lesson.
"Alright then. Now that I've pretty much covered the most important points. I'll show you a bit of my skills to fulfill your second reason" Kazuya wasted no ti after speaking and imdiately struck at Mahiru. His bamboo sword clashed with hers. Even if Mahiru was clearly the bigger person everyone was surprised when a single strike caused her to drop her weapon.
"Point Kazuya!"
"Ouch… did you really just hit using a sword in one hand?" Mahiru looked at her trembling hands.
"My bad, I used the sa amount of strength I did with the robot girl" Kazuya forgot that she was just an ordinary girl.
"It's okay. I was just surprised that it felt as strong as getting hit with a strike using two hands"
"is that so? Well I'll be a little bit gentler since the referees only need to hear a solid hit… or so I heard"
Needless to say, the second round ended in a flash. Mahiru got hit the mont the second round began and it left everyone speechless. Kazuya returned to his practice as Mahiru rested with a refreshed expression on her face.
"Thank you Kazuya-kun. I've certainly 'felt' your attack" she sweetly smiled.
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It was already ti for them to go ho but Tomoyo seed a little off. She wasn't hurrying him like she did yesterday. Kazuya ignored it figured she must have been tired from the training. He had initially planned to increase the amount of exercises as she progressed, but she did so on her own. He silently praised her in his mind as they walked towards where Jirou was.
"Hmm? Did sothing happen? Why does my granddaughter look bothered?" Jirou imdiately noticed Tomoyo's state.
"I don't know. Nothing really happened today but regular training. Maybe she's tired?"
"Hmm… maybe. Let's go for now"
They drove off. Kazuya didn't pay much attention to them and was looking at his surroundings. He expected to see Lee spying on them again but he was nowhere in sight. What he didn't know was that Lee was stuck in his own club training for the kendo tournant for middle school students. He would have been watching them but like their club, Lee's club were also deciding who the mbers that were going to attend the tournant were.
While they were driving ho however, Kazuya saw sothing that caught his eye.
"(Isn't that mom's car? What is it doing in this neighborhood?)"
This was an unusual place for Kyouko to be in because this was where i lived. The car was parked right in front of her apartnt building so he was imdiately curious.
"What's wrong kid?"
"Can you stop the car grandpa Jirou? I saw mom's car over there. I'll be getting off here and go ho with her"
"You're not going to the dojo? The tournant's coming up you know"
"I train during club hours, when I go to the dojo and after I do my howork just so you know" Kazuya reminded him. Jirou didn't doubt it at all because he already heard from Kyouko about it.
"Well fine. I can see that the car is indeed Kyouko-chan's so you can go"
"I'll see you guys tomorrow then" he got off and approached the car. He wondered what reason Kyouko would have to go over to i's ssy apartnt.
He touched the car's hood and felt no heat so he assud that it had been parked for a while. Kazuya walked inside the building and went straight to i's apartnt. He was curious if the passcode he knew back then would still work. He rang the doorbell and hid nearby to see if there was anyone inside.
Several tries yielded no result so he went on ahead and tried the passcode. During the ti he lived here, the passcode was never changed. Kazuya had mixed feelings, he wanted the code he knew to work and not at the sa ti.
*click click clank* the door unlocked after giving out the nostalgic sound.
"Really big sis? This was the passcode I used for years…" he scratched his head and entered.
His heart was beating quickly because this was the original ho that he recognized. he touched the wall and found the scratches on the wall that he had been curious about back then. Kazuya was also a bit surprised since the apartnt had been much cleaner than he was used to. Clothes were still scattered everywhere but it was still about 50% less ssy than the one on his mories when he first moved in.
"I'm glad to see that at least so things didn't change" he smiled and started to fold and pile up the scattered clothes out of reflex. He may have been away from this place for a while, but he still missed this place the most when he was summoned.
He found that most of the appliances were already missing but thought that with how i usually was, she would take forever to sort everything out before moving. After seeing his old ho, one fact was confird, a lot of things changed for him and i when Kyouko died.
i lost her smile and seed to have let herself go at ho more than she already did. Kazuya of course was not happy to have realized it at all. He wanted the smiling i to not lose her current self. He was already making moves to change the future that ruined their lives. It was a long shot but he thought that there might have been so kind of hint here since he did not have mories of this place at his current age.
He was currently stuck. He regretted not asking much about what had happened before he lost his mories. The only thing he knew was that he and his mother were supposed to go on a trip together when the accident happened according to the doctors. If it had been just an accident, then what was the reason of the totally different treatnt he got from i? Was it sohow his fault?
Kazuya was getting a bit impatient. He didn't like feeling helpless since he had already simulated what he would do in the future. Though, that was only counting what he would have done differently if he was given another chance. Here he was feeling helpless not wanting to lose the sudden change of his life.
*slide*
He turned at the familiar sound of the door opening
"Phew! I didn't expect to fall asleep in the—" i stopped in her tracks to rub her eyes. "I must still be asleep… my Kazu's here and tenderly holding onto my panties" she pinched herself and turned back to the boy awkwardly standing in her apartnt.
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