During Kachito's battle with Kachita, Shinjuku had beaten Zotawa and Lei-Lei. They were both injured and he was about to finish them off before Kachito arrived.
Shinjuku: Ah...Kachito. I take it you being here means you beat your brother.
Kachito: Yeah father. It does.
Shinjuku shrugs before laughing.
Shinjuku: Looks like I brought up two useless sons.
Kachito got visibly angrier at the statement. Shinjuku was just smirking.
Shinjuku: So you think you can actually beat me Kachito? Do not make me laugh. You are weak. Pathetic. So what I'd you killed an Oni Council member. That was probably a fluke.
Kachito assumed a fighting stance, still worn down from his brief but intense conflict with Kachita.
Kachito: Father, I will end you here and now. For ordering Kachita to take my arm. For turning me and him on each other. And for all around being a terrible person.
Shinjuku: Look at you being serious. I'm almost proud.
Shinjuku laughed before getting into position.
Shinjuku: So, come at me.
Kachito ran towards Shinjuku and slashed, but Shinjuku easily parried it. He took a tiny pellet out of one of his utility pouches and threw it on the ground, creating a puff of smoke.
Kachito coughed and tried to readjust but then suddenly, Shinjuku kicked him in the spine and sent him into a wall.
Kachito: Ack!
Kachito spat out a bit of blood and got back on his feet.
Kachito: Still using those cheap tricks huh?
Shinjuku: Hmph...don't start trying to lecture me about honor Kachito.
Kachito: I may not know much, but I know honor a helluva lot more than you do.
Shinjuku scoffed.
Shinjuku: Kachito, I've taught you one thing since you were a child but neither you or Kachita grasped it. In this world, there's no point to fighting with honor. You fight to win. No matter what.
Kachito grunted in defiance.
Kachito: Fighting without honor is the exact opposite of what a Heavenly Swordsman is! I would never stoop to your level! Because that would kill my dream!
Shinjuku: So the one thing you studied was the principles of the Heavenly Swordsmen huh...they're overrated.
Kachito: Why's that huh!?
Shinjuku: Your grandmother was the Heavenly Swordsman of the era we are currently in until a new Heavenly Swordsman arises. She never spent time with me or your uncle. She forsook her family to the point your grandfather turned into an Oni because of the sorrow she caused.
Kachito looked surprised but he didn't let his guard down.
Shinjuku: I'm glad she died. Because she got what she deserved.
Kachito readied Mochi.
Kachito: That was some nice family exposition father, but let's get back to fighting.
Shinjuku laughed.
Shinjuku: I couldn't agree more!
[TO BE CONTINUED]
[IN THE NEXT PART]
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Heavenly Swordsman
ActionA swordsman seeks to achieve a title coveted by every other in the land. The Heavenly Swordsman. And he will battle his way through the world to mark his era in history.
