Nemesis, Vol. 3

The Final Trial

It didn't take long for each student to arrive at their respected door once receiving the rightful confidence boost from their sensei.

"This is it... I'm ready for this... Dad..." Yuki thought as he stood just outside his door. 

Yuki then pushes the door open. Inside appeared as dark as a gothic holiday.

"Why is it so dark in here... I thought this was supposed to lead us straight to the graduation ceremony..." Yuki thought before the lights suddenly turned on in this room. 

The drastic transition revealed a mannequin wearing a suit similar to the body suits that the youths wore within their mission to capture Jiro, but with little differences in comparison, such as it being looser than the original, and it being composed of two parts rather than one.

"A suit?" Yuki said.

"Welcome, Yuki Madota, we have prepared a custom suit for you to wear. Good luck." JIL said.

"Oh... ok..." Yuki said before putting on the suit.

"Once you are done, you may pass." JIL said.

"Alright." Yuki said as he opened the door. 

This process has gotten quite repetitive, especially having been given the same results as the last door, entering into yet another dark room.

"More darkness..." Yuki said, growing somewhat tired of this predictable process.

"What is the matter with you people?! Take me to the stadium already!!" Yuki shouted just as the lights within this room turned on. 

It is a much longer room than the last one and there is someone within the room as well. 

It is none other than Bob from their first combat training in the youth program.

"Hello, Yuki." Bob said.

"Bob? What are you doing here?"

"Oh nothing... And for the last damn time... My name isn't Bob!! Now, you're probably wondering why I'm here right?"

"I mean I did just ask you that, but sure."

"Well, we simply can't let youths pass to the graduation ceremony if they aren't ready, right?"

"Yeah, your point is?"

"Wow, you really are a blockhead, huh?!"

"What's that supposed to mean??"

"This is another test and I have to see if you are truly ready to graduate."

"Another test... Fine! What's the test?!"

"Ok... All you really have to do is get past me. Once you do, you'll just have to open the door behind me."

"That's it?"

"I wasn't finished. If you don't complete this challenge in 30 minutes, you fail and will have to redo the youth program."

"What..."

"I will begin the time whenever you are ready. Take your time..." Bob sarcastically said as the clock began as soon as Yuki entered the room.

"If I fail here that means I'll have to do everything I have already completed all over again... I didn't work this hard... I didn't train this much... To fail here!! I won't fail, not when I'm so close!!" Yuki thought, then said, "Ready!" 

Yuki doesn't waste any time, he immediately darts at Bob.

"What?! That fast?!" Bob thought, then said with a smirk, "You actually think this'll be easy?"

Bob gets in his fighting stance and yells "Not a chance!" 

Bob swings straight at Yuki who is darting right at him. 

Yuki then swiftly jumps up right as Bob is about to land his hit.

"What?! He jumped?!" Bob said in surprise. 

Yuki jumped a bit too high, and faced the consequence of hitting his head on the ceiling of this room.

"Ouch... ouch... ouch..." Yuki said while holding his head, being laid out on the floor.

"He put that much force into his jump?!?!" Bob shouted, clearly being blown away at how much strength Yuki put into his jump. If it weren't for the ceiling, just how high would Yuki clear?

"His plan was perfect, only if he had held back on using his Rai for that jump... Just what the hell was he training with in order to use that much Tai & Zhen just for jumping?" Bob thought.

"So close..." Yuki says as he looks at the door while still being on the floor.

"Oh no you don't." Bob said as he grabbed Yuki's ankle.

Yuki smirks, then says, "Kyo..." 

Yuki shoots his other foot up.

"What?!" Bob said. 

Yuki's ankle is covered in goo that forms in a sphere and basically traps Bob's hand on his ankle.

"What kind of Kyo..." Bob said as he looked at his hand being swallowed by this unusual substance. 

Yuki runs towards the door.

"Oh crap!!!!" Bob shouts as his hand is still stuck to Yuki's ankle. 

Yuki leaps through the door with Bob on his ankle. 

They both fall at the outside of the door.

"You didn't have to do that..." Bob said while being embarrassed from the events that just occurred.

"I did it..." Yuki said, he was more than happy that he just overcame yet another test.

"Huh?" Yuki looks up, and sees the stadium in front of him and the nearly packed crowd surrounding the stage. It looked similar to a sporting event as opposed to a graduation.

"Whoa... So this is the graduation ceremony..." Yuki said.