Chapter 15: Training Begins

Dionte: Inferno: Limbotic Blinding...

Felisha: What did you do!?

Dionte: Just as the name suggests. I made him blind.

Nanjo: Fuck! Turn it off!

Dionte: Nah, I'll let you panic some more.

Nanjo's aura fades away

Dionte: Danggg... You lost control of your mind, dude.

Nanjo continues to panic and begins to hyperventilate.

Dionte: Okay, okay, I'll turn it off.

Dionte snapped again and Nanjo regained his vision.

Nanjo: I-I can see again.

Dionte: You seem relieved, I don't really like that.

Nanjo: You're a real asshole, man.

Dionte: That information affects no one so I don't know why you said it.

Nanjo angrily walks over to Dionte as he puts his hands together as if he is praying.

Dionte: I've got another one for you... Inferno: Lustful Cyclone...

*FWOOSH!*

Dionte creates a fast spinning gust of wind around the whole ring. Nanjo stops to look around.

Felisha: The hell? Come on, Bell, we gotta go!

Bell: Okay! Let's hurry!

Felisha and Bell run out of the gym and watch from the hallway as the cyclone grows.

*CLINK!* *CLINK!* *CLINK!*

The winds pick up the workout equipment and they crash into each other in the cyclone.

Nanjo: I guess I'm the only one who can stop you.

Dionte: Oh, you're not doing shit to me.

A stream of black wind swoops in and carries Nanjo into the storm.

Nanjo: Woah!

*BAM!* *BONG!*

In the storm, Nanjo clashes with many pieces of equipment.

Dionte: You aren't escaping from this! If you wanna give up, let me know!

Nanjo: Ne-

*BOOM!*

Another piece of equipment hits.

Nanjo: Ah! Never!

Nanjo continues to fly around in the cyclone, getting hit by everything in the storm and crashing into the floor and walls.

*SHOO!*

In the next moment, a stream of wind drags Nanjo back into the eye of the storm, right in front of Dionte.

Dionte: Let's go!

Dionte puts his fists up and covers them with thick strings of wind.

*WHAM!* x166

Dionte unleashed a high speed rush of punches.

Dionte: Punch God, bitch!

*POW!*

He knocks Nanjo right back into the cyclone. Right after, he drags all of the wind into one stream, lifts Nanjo up to the ceiling, and

*BOOM!*

He violently forced the storm into the ground. Dionte calls off his ability and walks over to Nanjo.

Dionte: Heyyy, bud, you give up?

Nanjo: S-Sure... I want a rematch soon, though...

Dionte: Whatever, just watch your mouth next time. You don't know what anyone is really going through.

Nanjo: Yeah... I guess... *Stands up*

Felisha and Bell run back in the room.

Felisha: Nanjo, Dionte, are you guys okay?

Nanjo: Hold on... Dionte?

Dionte: Yeah?

Nanjo: Dang, Felisha, you should've told me that was Dionte sooner!

*SMACK!*

Felisha: That's what I was trying to tell you!

She says as she smacks the back of Nanjo's head.

Dionte: Hold on, you know me?

Nanjo: *Rubs neck* Ah... Uhh, yeah Felisha told me about you. I agreed to be the 4th member of your guy's team.

Dionte: Oh, cool! I didn't know you were in the tournament! Felisha, why didn't you say anyth-

*SMACK!*

Felisha: Both of you are so dumb!

She said as she smacked Dionte the same way.

Dionte: Ouch...

Bell: Well, is everyone cool now?

Nanjo: Hell yeah! Gimme some love Dionte!

Dionte: Right back at you!

They shake hands and pat each other's backs.

Dionte: Jeez, if I didn't have Purgatorio, I would've been screwed.

Nanjo: You've got some nice abilities, I must admit.

Felisha: It's great that you guys are getting along but what is Rocky gonna do when he sees the gym broken like this?

Rocky: Yeah, what is he gonna do?

Rocky walked in immediately after his name was mentioned.

Bell: Oh dear...

Dionte: Umm...

Rocky: Don't even worry, just go to the other gym.

Dionte: Aw, man, I'm sorry, Rock.

Rocky: It's fine. But I'm gonna have to start fining you motherfuckers for shit like this. I already let Jahruno get away with leaving a bunch of unconscious ninjas or whatever the hell they were in the basketball courts a few days ago.

Dionte: We understand...

Felisha: Dionte, you're an ass, you know that?

Dionte: Is it a good kind of ass? Or is it a botched BBL kind of ass?

Felisha: *Sigh* Yeah... The last one...

Dionte: Aw...

Meanwhile, in the Benbow Crescent forest, Jahruno and Warui are still walking together.

Jahruno: Hey, I'm gonna call my lady and let her know I made it here safely.

Warui: Alright, we should almost be at the spot.

Jahruno pulls his phone out of his bag and tries to call Mariya.

*Ringgg!* *Click!*

Mariya answers the phone while she's cooking yakisoba.

Mariya: Hiii Jahruno!

Jahruno: Heyy! I wanted to let you know that I made it on the island! My training is officially about to start.

Mariya: Ah! I'm so happy for you! Make sure you stay consistent with your training, okay?

Jahruno: I shall. I'm winning that tournament no matter what.

Mariya: I love it. My strong man, always getting it done.

Jahruno: Haha, yeah... Honestly, I'm surprised you weren't selected for the tournament. You would've been a great fit.

Mariya: You really think so?

Jahruno: Hell yeah! Beast form or not, your pretty self can beat some ass!

Mariya: *Blushes* I love you so much. I've never embraced that side of me until I met you and I'm thankful for that.

Jahruno: I love you too, Mariya. Hopefully, once you can gain full control of the beast, you'll be unstoppable.

Mariya: Hopefully. Also, I was wondering, how did you find out that you were selected for the tournament?

Jahruno: Well, my trainer told me I was selected a couple days before I got an actual invitation in the mail.

Mariya: Huh, that's nice. You know who else got an invite?

Jahruno: So far, all I know is that Felisha and Dionte got invited. Shit, if we got invited, I feel like you should've gotten invited too.

Mariya: I don't remember receiving any invitations or important mail.

Jahruno: Damn...

Mariya: But, if I was asleep when the mail came in, if I had anything, my dad would usually put it on my nightstand so I could wake up to it. But I didn't see anything recently.

Jahruno: Hmm... What if it fell under your bed or something? I lose stuff there all the time.

Mariya: It's worth a shot. I'd love to fight by your side!

Jahruno: Me too! Let's pray you have an invitation too!

Mariya: Yeah! Let me plate this food first and I'll hurry upstairs!

She puts her yakisoba in a bowl and takes the phone upstairs to her room. To her surprise, the invitation was sitting right under her bed.

Mariya: Jahruno, I think this is it!

Jahruno: Well, open it!

Mariya opens the envelope and reads some of it out loud.

Mariya: "Tournament Of The World Association. All 75 fighters for the tournament have been selected. Mariya, our observers have recognized your unmatched ferocity and therefore, you've been selected to fight in the very first Tournament Of The World!" I made it!

Jahruno: Alrightttt! I knew they couldn't leave you out!

Mariya: You're the best! Oh damn, I don't even know what to do now!

Jahruno: You train!

Mariya: I will! Good luck, Jahruno! I love you!

Jahruno: Same to you! I love you too!

Mariya: Bye, I'll talk to you soon!

Jahruno: Alright, I'll see you!

*Click!*

They both hung up.

Warui: That was energetic.

Jahruno: Yeah, my girlfriend is fighting in the tournament too.

Warui: I heard. You guys have got a little team over there.

Jahruno: You know it.

Warui: But you mentioned a "beast form"? What's that about?

Jahruno: She has this thing where if she gets really agitated, she grows into a beast-like version of herself.

Warui: Where have I heard this before... Is it a Vibility?

Jahruno: I'm pretty sure it isn't a Vibility since it's been happening to her since kindergarten.

Warui: I think I got it. She was born with a severe personality disorder. I've heard of such cases being so bad that appearances change dramatically.

Jahruno: No way.

Warui: If her family doesn't have a history of that kind of disorder then something abnormal must've happened with the parents themselves.

Jahruno: I'll have to ask about it.

Warui: Good luck with that. *Pause* Looks like we're at the spot!

Jahruno: Oh damn, this place is beautiful!

They entered a giant field with trees surrounding it and a big lake right in the middle. Along with that, they have an even better view of the mountain.

Warui: And now, Jahruno, for your very first official training exercise, beat me in a fight without stopping time.

Jahruno: Hey, how do you know about that?

Warui: How else did you knock me out at the basketball court? Come on now, it was too easy to figure out.

Jahruno: Oh... Well, whatever, I'm ready!

Warui: Alright! Come at me!

Earlier in a dark, mysterious room... Some time before the fight began...

An unknown figure sits quietly on the floor, turned away from the door.

Another unknown figure walks in the room and sits beside them.

???: I've got something you might like to hear, Hasuke.

The other figure, who's appearance remains unknown, is revealed to be Hasuke, Jahruno's brother.

Hasuke: Is that so? Talk to me.

???: Our boy, Jahruno, made it to the Crescent.

Hasuke: Jahruno, huh? He was accepted but I wasn't?

???: That's what it's looking like. This must mean he's fighting in the tournament as well.

Hasuke: Hehe, how exciting. Who would've known that he would step back into the fighting scene. Especially after he left us behind.

???: Once they release the trailer, everyone around the world is going to be waiting for you two to fight.

Hasuke: Hehehehehe... Ahahahaha!

*WOOSH!*

An aggressive purple aura explodes from Hasuke's body.

Hasuke: HAHAHAHA! I can't wait to see how much he's grown! Will he put me in the mud? Or will he be nothing compared to me? Ahhh! I can't wait! What about you, dad?

Dad: It's been a while since that boy and his mother left us. What could she possibly have done better than what I've done for you?

Hasuke: That's the thing, Jahruno's unpredictable! I have to get stronger! Stronger, I tell you!

Dad: Don't worry, my boy, we'll make sure it happens.

Hasuke's aura calms down.

Hasuke: Well, father, we mustn't let these several months go to waste. Let's get to work.

Dad: For sure. You still plan on telling me why you want to win this tournament?

Hasuke: Not yet, that's a secret for the future...

-Chapter 15 End-