Maikeru and his Companions! The Adventure Starts

Part 5: The spirit of a wolf, heart of a lion

POV: Toriano

The next day

I spent hours on end training my boxing techniques. I stayed awake since 1 AM training. Even though I had a 2000 psi punch, I had to hit even harder than that. I got dressed for school, wearing a red vest over my white school shirt and my black jeans and put on my cap that said "Champion". I walked to school and on my way I encountered Āron sitting on a bench drawing. I went and sat next to him as I asked him what was wrong? He told me he felt alone and that's why he always cut himself. I told him he was never alone. That he had friends. We both stood and gave each other a fist bump as we headed to school. During my gym class, I spent my time punching the punching bag. I busted 10 bags in the amount of time we had for class because I had a powerful right hook. After school, I met up with Monikū and Maikeru and we walked to the mall together. We spent time shopping for food and equipment for our team's headquarters. I think it went nice because soon after we got done, Jeirin was finished with modifying Maikeru's room, turning it into our meeting spot (with the exception of his mom not minding at all). We gathered Tillena, Shawnielle, Āron, and Rui and met up at the HQ. We talked about how we would settle the matter and how we should train. I noticed something odd when it all started, the demons and monsters appearing. I told everyone maybe it was Maikeru's existence that caused it because it started when he came back to school. We all sat down and dwelled on it but it couldn't have been because we all trust Maikeru. As we thought about the reasons and how we can stop it, the clouds turned dark again and we all decided that those without powers should stay and give directions on how to fight. Once Monikū, Maikeru, Jeirin, Shawnielle, and I got outside, we saw a demon boxer outside ready to fight. I told everyone to stay back because I knew I could defeat it. I put on my gloves and took my stance. I dashed forward and readied my right hook but it gave me an uppercut and I went flying. I looked surprised because no one ever touched me. I felt like a failure and as I thought these things, it flew into the sky and punched me continuously. I fell onto my back and laid on the ground as the demon landed on the ground in its stance. I spat out blood and coughed a little. As I was about to become unconscious, I saw myself at a waterfall meditating. I felt at peace with myself and I saw the kanji (words in Japanese or symbols) for lightning strike of the devil. I woke up and stood before the demon once more. I closed my eyes as I muttered ro myself "With the spirit of a wolf and heart of a lion, I will defeat you"! A thunderstorm gathered over us and it began to rain. I was struck by lightning and the electricity didn't shock me but went into my gloves. I ran as I jumped into the air and spun 3 times and became quickly covered in lighting. The demon jumped towards me and readied its fist as I let go of mine and yelled my attack. "LIGHTNING STRIKE OF THE DEVIL"!! Our fists clashed and caused an explosion. We both fell to the ground. Unlike my body, its was burned and soon dispersed. The darkness retreated once more and my friends came to help me. "You gave him the old 1-2 my friend. " Maikeru said. I smiled and nodded. "Yeah... Yeah I did". In the end, I learned that by not only with strength, I need peace to help fight for what I need to protect.