A Fighting Chance

Chapter 12

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Issei had calmed himself to watch his best friend in action, since he had never seen Raichi spar before. Considering that he had a chance to face her, he decided to go see what he could potentially deal with. As he walked, he turned and waved at his parents again, he was grateful that they were there supporting him. While in the stands, those of the Fūrinji clan gave a little sigh of relief.

Saiga: His ki has calmed down.

Hayato: It may be a good match, but it may not be the ending that both want.

Miu: Kisara is right, Taichi is lucky that he is a year behind us.

Saiga: Why does he call you a monster?

Miu: I kicked his crew's butt, when they first tried to jump Kenichi and I, one of them actually groped me. Between the two of them, I'd say Issei is better than Taichi. Issei is more of a chivalrous pervert, he may be overly perverted, but he only thinks of his fantasies, but Taichi would force himself upon a girl.

Hayato: Seems you turned your tune on the boy.

Miu: Yeah, after what Akisame said and what Renka said, I decided to take a minute and talk to him. I didn't know that he could cook, he made a delicious lunch. I could see why he loses his patience in the school as I already told you of how he was accused of stealing a girl's underwear. He already lost faith in the student council, so eventually, he may lash out. Who would have thought that underneath the perversion was a reckless rage - only to look over at her father and see him smile at her with a smile that said "I did".

Hayato: Haha, what do you think, Shigure?

Shigure: I think that he'll be fine... he's still growing.

Saiga: Yes, he is.

Hayato: You know, maybe you should bring Apachai to train with him after school.

Miu: What!? Why him?

Hayato: Just trust me on this.

Miu: Wouldn't Sakaki be better to handle his anger and ki?

Saiga: No, he has Mitsurugi for that. Apachai will be able to teach him something new.

Miu: He'll be teaching him muay thai.

Shigure: Correct and then... he'll be more intune in... utilizing more of his body and... that way, he can master it.

Hayato: That's right, he didn't use any elbow or knee strikes.

Saiga: And it's likely that he won't.

Hayato: Not too bad on the fist strikes, I think he will use palm strikes next.

Saiga: I think so, too.

Meanwhile, Issei watched Raichi as she got into a stance that was a bit confusing to him. She had one leg up and he was impressed by her balance as she effortlessly stood on one leg. The leg that was up was bent at the knee, it was likely that she could use that leg to keep her opponent back. Her opponent was average, similar to Hiro, who he faced earlier.

Her opponent seemed relieved that he got for his opponent, since his opponent was a girl. Issei could only sigh as he knew that Raichi had faced Kisara and Kisara was definitely capable of beating this guy. He saw the guy smirk and decided to bull rush her out of the circle to score an easy point.

Issei was surprised when Raichi put her leg down and jumped to flip over the guy, but in the process, she kicked her opponent in the back of the head. Her opponent stumbled as he fell to the mat, barely from the edge of the circle. He steadily got up, but Raichi kicked him in the butt as he was getting up to make him stumble out of the circle, giving her the first point.