High & Low ~The story of SWORD~

Act 16: An obsolete rival

And so it began. Sannoh Rengokai were the first that took the rocky road to go meet with Kohaku and deal with the Mighty Warriors. There was no possibility to let Kohaku ruin SWORD. They leaped on their motorbikes like it was a daily ritual. Cobra seated behind the over-sized fairing. Next he turned the key and just sat for a moment, listening to the purr of the engine. It was a solid machine and comfortable, a touring model. When the time was right, he simply drove off. The rest followed. Kasumi did not stay behind. Even if the leader of Hoodlum Squad told her to remain behind.

Once thy reached the bay close to the Mighty Warriors district. Everyone disregarded speed limits, opening the throttle wide. Cobra was riding in the middle and the rest of the Sannoh Rengokai followed. They were not big in numbers, yet their fighting skills where super. On their way there they met Murayama. He was heading to face them too. Murayama had found slowly himself. He was growing to become a great leader. He also supported Cobra a lot. Furuya and Seki joined him. Cobra and the others pause their bikes as they noticed the three from Oya high.

"Yo, Cobra-chan!" call the leader of Oya High. Kasumi cracked a smile, calling him Cobra-chan only Murayama could say that.

Cobra's feet touched the ground with his bike's engine still running "Murayama!" he noted in a deep echoing voice.

"You guys, is it only the three of you?" asked Dan.

"You guys have also not many with you. Oya High is not any longer involved with this." said clearly Murayama.

"What do you mean?" asked Yamato.

And Furuya notified him that they were about to graduate. And proudly the leader of Oya High voiced "How could I bring them in such dangerous fight."

The leader of Sannoh Rengokai appeared amused by Murayama's action. He understood what Murayama meant. After all he would do the same if Dan, Tettsu and Chiharu didn't want to follow. Murayama had grown a lot as a person and as a leader. With that thought Cobra and the rest drifted off. Behind them two huge tracks appeared. Todoroki had gathered everyone from Oya High and followed their Leader. Murayama didn't agree at first but only a hand sign of Todoroki was enough to have him agree. Next in the same road White Rascals, Rude Boys and Daruma Ikka joined.

SWORD was finally answering back!

The same evening SWORD had reached the ground of the Mighty Warriors district. They parked they bikes and climbed off their bikes. In the middle stood Cobra leading the team. After all he was the one that kept SWORD together. On the other side gathered the Mighty warriors and Doubt Gang (as Kohaku had ordered them.) The bad thing was that they were outnumbering SWORD. Ice signed and the battle started. First doubt and last the Mighty Warriors run towards SWORD.

Next Cobra with a deadly look on his face and killer gaze shouted "Asa" and SWORD stormed against their foe. The front line was covered by doubt members. They weren't a major threat but they were too many. Cobra jumped landing with a first kick, soon the second and the third followed. Everyone suddenly dashed in like a poor wildness. The battle had began. Above the rainbow bridge were the two twins. They were informing the rest in Itokan Diner what was going on. The Strawberry Milk girls waited for Junko's result. Junko, as well as Naomi, knew it was not a fight they could manage. Junko told them to stay down. The only positive thing was that Shiba and Oshiage were narrating them through the fight.

SWORD spread along the area. They were all fighting on their own way. Chiharu was helped many times by Furuya and the leader of Oya High. Rocky did the same by helping Yamato. But Yamato could only note that "I thought you only rescued woman". Rocky smiled "Shut up." and they went on fighting. In the other side Cobra twisted and appeared suddenly helping the leader of Daruma Ikka. Kasumi had also joined them. It was her first official fight and she would not stand down. She teamed up with Tettsu and Dan. Something had changed between SWORD they were fighting like a team now.