The Song of Windchimes

Globe Amaranth

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Chapter 10

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Sako stayed quiet, ignoring the question and turning away before he walked up onto the stage.
"I can never get a read on that guy," Togame smirks.
"But, But!" Tomiyama smiles excitedly, "We get to watch Sako-cchan go up against one of the Bofurin's four kings!"

"This is gonna be so exciting!!"

On the stage, Hiragi and Sako stand in front of each other. Ryuu crosses his legs, crossing his arms as he reads their body language. Both of them seemed to be tense, ready to react for even the slightest of movements but concealing it.
"It's been ages, Sako..." Hiragi reminisces "you've gotten a lot taller." Sako stays quiet as Hiragi speaks.
"So, you've joined Shishitoren, then?" Hiragi seemed to be more relaxed, hands in his pockets,"Not like I can change how things turned out," and to keep it hidden even better, he continues the one sided conversation.
"He's making Sako more irritated with each word he speaks..." Ryuu brings his hand up to his lips, a finger hooking near his lips as he mumbled to himself. Sakura side-eyes him before looking back up to the stage, a pout still on his lips.
"Now that things have turned out this way... I'm sorry but," Hiragi stops speaking for a second, increasing the tension between the two. "I'll be winnin' this one." Hiragi smirks, his face becoming sharper, and his teeth showing.
'He... looks like a sandbar shark.' Ryuu thinks, huffing slightly at his thoughts.

"HEEEY! ENOUGH TALK!" Tomiyama calls out, having gotten bored of the no action fight. He grabs the attention of the two 'acquaintances' if they're even that in their situation. "START! START ALREADY!!" He whines loudly.
Hiragi quickly gets into his fighting stance, Sako turning towards the spikey haired male before he dashes forward.
Sako punches, Hiragi dodges. Sako kicks up at Hiragi's head, but he also dodges. And so does the next kick that Sako sends, though this time, it's blocked by Hiragi's left forearm.
Sako's moves are fast and precise, they are smooth and have another quick move prepared every time he misses or hits. His fast movements took Hiragi off guard at first, but he seemed to have adjusted to the speed of the younger teen just as quickly as he moved.
Both groups stare in amazement, Tomiyama chuckles in awe as they watch the fight.
"So...So fast!" Nirei exclaims with wide eyes and jaw basically on the floor.

Sako throws another punch, and Hiragi dodges it by moving his head to the side, bringing his arm up to block another kick right after.
Sako punches once, twice, thrice, four times, all of them being either dodged or blocked; before jumping up high in the air and twirling quickly. He brings his leg up and goes to kick the side of Hiragi's head. Bofurin stares, wide eyed at how one of the four kings finally got hit.
As the puff of dust clears up, Hiragi could be seen with his arm up, throbbing at the hit that he just blocked.

"'I'm sorry, but I'll be winning this one?" Sako jumps back, landing with a Bmpt, and repeating Hiragi's last words before the fight started as a mockery. "Even now, you're still looking down on me."

"Disgusting," he glares before getting into his own fighting stance "The old me you knew before... Is GONE."
"And I'll beat that fact into your body."
They both glare at each other. Sako quickly leaps forward, spinning into a kick and going towards Hiragi's side, though Hiragi steps away. Sako jumps up, sending another kick towards Hiragi's face, but it's blocked. He jumps back and with a hop, he goes to punch the spikey haired male, but his fist is blocked and pushed up by Hiragi's arm.
Hiragi goes to punch Sako's face, but Sako moves back, so he goes for a kick right after. Sako blocks Hiragi's kick, stepping back before going in himself for a kick, which is dodged. Using the momentum of that kick, Sako kicks Hiragi again, but it's dodged again. The Shishitore member goes in again for a punch, but it's blocked and pushed down, clearing the way for Hiragi to punch him, though Sako dodges by moving back.
This cycle repeats for a few more times before Sako stomps on the floor, loudly, bringing his leg up to kick the side of Hiragi's face. Hiragi brings his arm up to block it like usual, but is taken off guard by the pause that Sako took.
Sako quickly slides his hand up to stop his leg mid kick, freezing in action before he kicks down with a loud FWOOM sound. The kick is fast, but Hiragi's reaction time is faster, having stepped to the side with a grin.
The downward kick Sako was able to do had made a small but prominent scrape on Hiragi's face, who just grunted at the impressive move that the younger was able to get in.