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Kengan Ashura FanFiction : Chapter 2

So, here’s the chapter 2 ! I hope you will enjoy it as much as the first one ! Sorry if it’s a short one again but I really wanted to stop the chapter here :(

Besides, I really want to thank @smorgasbordofobsessions for the feedback and encouraging comments he/she made to me. It really motivated me to write more ! Thank you so much !

Her heavy eyelids finally started to move a little. She struggled to open her tired eyes while her body could even respond to her. She was really as weak as ever now.

"Looks like you are finally awake."

The sudden sound of a voice startled her but her weak body wasn't even able to express it. The little girl moved her eyes slowly to the voice's direction only to be welcomed by a grin, an happy one this time.

"Oh ? Can't you speak ?"

The little girl tried to answer but as soon as she moved her jaw, a very fast and powerful sensation, almost like an electrical shock, would pass through over all her body. Her painfull expression answered the man's question all by itself.

"No need for you to move, I think I got it.", he said with a wink.

This man seems to be very cheerful.

She tried to analyse where she was but it's almost impossible for her to do a single headmotion. Her gaze was now directed towards the sky as she focused herself on what she was feeling at the moment. She now knew she was outside and the sun was starting to set. She had been sleeping for at least a few hours.

Furthermore, she noticed that she was laying on her back and that her clothes felt different from before.

Did he change my clothes ?

Besides, a weak pressure was felt on certains areas of her body, mostly the ones she got hit on during the battle.

This feeling... are this... bandages...?

Her black gaze then met again his happy one. She sweared that if she could have smiled, she would immediatly did.

Damn, his smile is really contagious.

She thought, surpringly amused by the situation. It's almost like nothing bad happened today, like she didn't remember a thing about it.

But she did remember, of course. Every single detail of it was crystal clear in her head. And then she started to think about her "mother".

About her wicked smile.

About how she called for her help, in vain.

About the man's standing before her as she woke up.

And finally, about how she was feeling when she punched him with all she got. She felt so alive, so light, so different at this moment.

She felt strong.

But now she couldn't even move a finger.

She had become weak. Again.

As if he noticed her being deep in thoughts, the man raised his voice again.

"Go on and sleep. I will watch over you. I bet you are still tired to death."

He was right, she could barely think correctly as this point.

His kind voice immediatly made her body relax as she closed her exhausted eyes.

As crazy as it sounds, she trusted him with all her might, even if she absolutely ignored everything about him.

Something inside her told her it was okay, that she could rely on him.

I'm overthinking ! That's not like I can do anything else anyway...

She finally lost consciousness before she even noticed it, as the man's presence made her feel secure for once in this harsh environment that is The Inside.

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The warm and bright rays of the sun were stroking her cheeks gently. She was sleeping peacefully until a sudden cold wind interrumpted her perfect slumber.

She sat up before rubbing her sleepy eyes. The sun was shining brightly above her so it made it difficult for her eyes to open fully. She stood here, motionless, until she remembered something. She immediatly looked around her for the man who saved her.

Fortunately, she didn't search for long, he was just standing some meters away from her and moving strangely.

What are these movements ?

Kicks. Punches. Weird footwork. He enchained them all in a surprising gracefulness and celerity.

The little girl could only watch him in awe, her eyes as shiny as the burning sun.

Is that what we call martial arts or something ?

After minutes of repeatating his motions, the man stopped a second and then turned his head to look at the girl's direction. He noticed she was awake. The girl grew more and more nervous as she saw him walking towards her. However, she just sat still until he was close enough for him to engage a conversation with her.

"Did the sleeping beauty sleep well ?", he asked with a genuine smile that took the girl by surprise.

She only answered with a quick nod. She was too nervous to talk.

"Are you feeling better ?"

Another quick nod. The man sighed.

"So... you really can't speak or...? It was just a joke you know..."

This angered the girl a bit.

"O-OF COURSE I CAN...!", she stuttered angrily.

This only made the man laugh.

"I'm glad you can ! What's your name, kid ?"

- "I-I'm Rym. You are... ?"

The man smiled as brightly as ever before answering.

"My name is Tokita Niko but you can call me Niko !"

Tokita...Niko.

She repeated his name in her head before smiling.

"The movements you were practicing some minutes ago were breathtaking !"

The compliment took Niko aback but he quickly retrieved his usual smiling expression as he took peacesign pose.

"Thanks, kid ! It's a martial art called the Niko Style ! It's a very powerful yet difficult one to master fully !"

Powerful...

"Will I become strong if I come to master it ?"

That question came out before Rym could even process it.

Oops. I'm getting way too excited about it...

"Of course ! Are you interested ?", he asked with a wink.

She nodded quickly. Again.

"I saw how you sent that man flying through the wall. How did you manage to do that though ?"

- "I just punched him with all the strenght I got.", she said simply.

Niko looked at her with a dumbfounded expression.

"J-Just how strong are you... ?"

- "I-I don't know ! I never had to use such a amount of strenght before !"

The long-haired man was deep in thought as his hand took place under his chin. He finally pointed his finger to a direction behind the girl.

"Can you try to punch that wall over there ? I need to confirm something."

Rym looked at Niko hesistantly before nodding and walking towards the said rock wall.

"And give it all you've got."

Her black gaze stared at the wall. It was rather thick but she did it nevertheless. She did her best to ignore the handache it will cause her later and punched it. Hard.

The wall started to crack around the area her fist striked as her hand sloted in the wall pretty well.Tears started to form at the bottom of her eyes.

I-IT HURTS... !

Niko could only watch the scene with a smile, his arms crossing to his chest.

The superhuman syndrom it seems... Interesting !

Suddenly, a crying sound made his smile vanish. The little girl was crying in pain as she held her bleeding hand towards Niko. She really looked like an injured puppy now. This made Niko instantly panick.

"Y-YOU ARE BLEEDING ! WAIT, I HAVE SOME BANDAGES REMAINING TO PATCH THIS UP ! D-DON'T MOVE ! I'LL BE BACK SOON !"

Her teary eyes watched the martial artist running towards a little hut she didn't noticed before. It was the first time she did see him in such a state. 

And, to be honest, she found it quite funny.

Besides, she now knows he genuinely cares about her, at least about her physical health. The way he instantly panicked when seeing her wounded hand confirmed it. Thinking about it made her smile fondly.

Maybe being separated from Mom isn't that bad finally...

Kegan Ashura Fanfiction : chapter 3

Hey ! Here’s the third chapter ! It came later than I thought, sorry for the wait ! Just a quick note, in the first chapter I initally made Rym 6 but I’ll turn her 11 instead ! So she will be 11 from now on. Sorry for the little change and I hope you will enjoy this chapter.

It's been a week since Rym was saved by Niko. Her injuries were now merely all healed, even the one on her hand. She was feeling really good when she was around him. She wasn't scared anymore. Indeed, even if it's only been a week, she already had more than one occasion to witness how powerful Niko is. There was often people attacking them. Rym was really surprised by that, it happened very rarely when she was with her mother. However, she did never felt that protected and safe around her.

The duo was now crossing the border between the Tokita ward and the Outside. Rym learned that Niko was living by taking random jobs from people, mostly from yakuzas. Speaking of them, here they are in front of the Yakuzas' domain.

A lot of yakuzas were here. Rym was looking at them as she walked by Niko's side. All the eyes were on him.

They finally stopped by a man. He was smoking a cigarette and looked very angry.

He looks like he is the boss or something...

His subordinates were all sweaty and scared as he yelled at them. From what Rym heard, they got tricked by a kid from the Tokita ward and couldn't capture him. The little girl was impressed by that kid.

"YOU ARE GOING TO TOKITA ?! BUT THE LAW CAN'T EVEN TOUCH THAT DISTRICT, IT'S TOO DANGEROUS !"

A yelling voice grabbed Rym's attention. It was from one of the Yakuzas.

"Don't worry about a thing.", started the boss before setting his eyes on Niko, "This is the sort of thing we hired bodyguards for."

- "He's right !", agreed another man with a scarred face, "This brat is already dead meat !"

Rym found the man scary and felt something weird about him. She tried to hide from him by moving behind Niko. The man noticed it and patted the girl's head with a smile.

"Don't be afraid of him. He's by our side."

Rym silently nodded. The mission was about to start.

Step 1 : find the kid's location.

Certainly the hardest step of all according to Rym.

How could they find a specific person in a place such as The Inside ? And what if this kid had ran away from the Tokita Ward ? It would be clearly impossible to locate him !

Worried thoughts kept on repeatin inside Rym's head. She found this mission's goal really irrelevant.

Besides, he is just a kid ! You should have more important things to take care of !

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. On the way to the Tokita Ward, she heard the boss talking about their "clan's pride" or something like this.

This manhunt was all about restoring it some Yakuzas' stupid pride and reputation.

In short, he is just mad about being beaten by a kid.

Rym couldn't supress the stupid smile she had on her face at the moment she tought that.

OUCH !

She suddenly bumped into Niko's back. It seems like the little group stopped walking without her noticing.

Rym held her nose in pain as a very familiar laugh echoed in the air.

"DON'T LAUGH, IT REALLY HURTS !"

Rym complaining only made him laugh louder.

"You are really fragile for such a strong kid !"

The little girl only crossed her arms and poutted as a silent answer.

"OI ! I WAS JOKING ! DON'T MAKE THAT FACE AT ME !"

All the yakuzas were looking at the scene, their faces all sweaty.

Is really the legendary Tokita Niko just being taunted by a kid ?

"Here we are."

The boss rough voice interrumped the comic moment the duo created despite themself. He took a puff of his cigarette before continuing.

"There is a sort of trader not far from here. He sees and knows a lot of people. We are going to ask him if he knows the kid."

The yakuzas all nodded and started to walk to the said location. Meanwhile, Niko and Rym stood still, just as the boss asked them. The scarred bodyguard did too.

"Stay here with me. Who knows what could happen to me."

Rym immediatly sat on the floor, legs crossed while her hand held her head. She was definitly too lazy to stay up at the moment. Fortunately for her, some of the yakuzas came back some minutes later. They were running this time.

"BOSS !", started one of them, "THE TRADER KNOWS THE KID !"

The boss merely dropped his cigarette out of shock. Rym eyes also widened at bit. The two bodyguards, them, stood unimpressed.

"WHERE IS THE KID ?"

- "W-We don't know... He didn't want to talk about him...", stuttered the yakuza, scared of his boss reaction to the bad news. But, surprisingly, he only smiled darkly at his subordinate.

- "I know how to make him talk, don't worry about that.", he turned his head to the bodyguards before giving them a head gesture, "Come."

Niko and the other bodyguard finally moved to follow the boss' steps. Rym sighed before running to Niko's side.

"This is boring... Was all of this really necessary for just a kid ?", she started.

- "It seems like he isn't like any other kid. I found this pretty interesting.", continued Niko with a smile.

- "Yeah, he must be pretty strong but he is still a kid."

- "Are you worried about him or something ?", teased the man, making Rym blush and yell.

- "OF COURSE I'M NOT ! I DON'T EVEN KNOW HIM !"

Niko only smiled at that ,like usual. However, the tone he used next was way more serious.

"This kid reminds you of yourself some days ago, doesn't he ?"

Rym's mouth opened a bit but she didn't manage to give an instant answer. She suddenly stopped walking and lowered her head to look at the floor with a serious gaze, as if she was thinking about something. Then, her eyes widened a bit and her serious gaze was soon replaced by a sad one. She finally looked up back at Niko.

"You're right. He's only surviving like we all do here. That's not like he did something wrong. That's how I feel about him."

Niko gave her an understanding look before replying.

"But a job is a job. We are paid to follow orders, you know ?"

- "I know but I still feel bad about doing this..."

A hand patted her head gently.

"You won't need to intervene anyway. You just started your hand conditioning some days ago. It's way too early for you to fight."

The girl pouted but nodded anyways. She coudn't deny he was right this time. Niko smiled at her before taking her little hand in his way bigger one.

"Hurry ! You've made us late ! They all are way ahead from us now !", he ironically complained as he dragged Rym behind him effortlessly.

"Hey ! Don't say that like it's all my fault !", yelled the girl, running behind her master.

It only took them minutes to arrive to the trader's shop. An old man was standing behind a counter and looked scared of all the yakuza group in front of him. The boss approached him before handing him a wad of cash. Rym looked at the scene, surprise filling her dark eyes.

"This will do, won't it ?", asked the boss with a confident grin.

The old man's eyes widened, shiny as ever. He immediatly took the bills from the boss' hands as a stupid smile made its way to his dry lips.

"I'll show you the kid's location. Follow me."

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Here they were, standing in front of one of the many semi-destroyed buildings The Inside housed. The kid lived here according to the old man's sayings.

The boss ordered to the scarred bodyguard and some yakuzas to go check up the building while Niko and the remaining yakuzas would stay outside with him, just in case the kid tried to escape. 

It already has been five minutes so the boss started to worry. He looked at his watch, anxiety portraying on his face.

"It's been five minutes since Ando went in. He should be done by now."

"What's taking them so much time ?", sighed Rym from her sitting position, "Maybe the kid wasn't here finally. Or maybe they got their ass kicked !"

That little joke made it's way to the boss' hears. He send Rym a warning look that made her all sweaty and nervous. Her gaze was redirected to te floor, in an attempt to escape from it.

Suddenly, a deafening sound resounded in all ears. It was coming from one of the building's floor.

All eyes were now focused on the source of the noise. Rym eyes widened as never before. She was witnessing the most spectacular scene of her life.

She could perceive two silouhettes, one being way bigger than the other, as blood particles and shattered pieces of glass surrounded them.

T-They are falling ! From this height they will both die...!

Both bodies made contact with the floor with an atonishing crashing sound. A dust cloud emerged because of the shock, mading it hard to see something in the area.

Rym and the yakuzas coughs filled the air as the dust was dispersing more and more around them. Seconds later, they could finally open their eyes again to finally see the kid's bloody body sitting on the scarred bodyguard's.

"A-ANDO !", desesperately yelled the boss.

The kid was breathing hardly but managed to talk nevertheless. His look was like one of a savage animal looking at his next prey.

"So...? You guys wanna fight too ?"

The boss was now shaking with fear. One of his hand made it's way to his pocket, only to pull out a pistol before aiming it at the kid.

"DIE !"

Rym couldn't believe her eyes. First, she saw a kid literally send flying a man through a window and surviving from the fall. And now that coward boss was pointing a gun at him. This angered her. A lot.

But she wasn't able to do something for him now. Her weakness was crushing her whole being.

She still hated this feeling as much as before.

Weakness.

She just stood here watching the whole scene playing before her dark eyes. The bullet was approaching the kid more and more, like it was happening in slowmotion.

A smile suddenly appeared on her face as she saw Niko standing in front of the kid after he deflected the bullet from its trajectory with his hand.

Niko !

"Ow, that hurt.", he joked, shaking his slightly wounded hand.

- "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING NIKO ?!"

- "I had no problem with lyching a kid. But a pistol is going too far."

Rym's smile was growing more and more with each second.

He's really the best !

"I'm afraid i'm going to have to resign as your bodyguard as of today."

The kid only looked at the martial artist with a stunned expression.

H-HE'S A MONSTER... !

"Fifty points."

The kid turned his head towards Niko's voice direction.

"You use violence solely for the sake of survival. That's not enough to get full marks.", he joked with a wink before starting to move in direction of the boss, "Watch me closely. I'll show you how to use you power."

Niko send Rym a look like he wanted her to take the previous statement for her too. The girl only nodded before focusing on her master's next movements.

Niko dashed to the boss who tried to defend himself by shooting all the bullets he could. But he only deflected them all like he did seconds ago.

"NIKOOOO !", he yelled before being thrown in the air by his former bodyguard.

The boss body crashed to the ground with a cracking sound.

"Don't worry. I held back on you a bit. You won't die... probably.", he then turned to the kid with a thumbs up, "What do you think, kid ? Pretty awesome, huh ? This is "martial arts."

The kid fainted before he could say a thing. Rym tried to run to Niko but the yakuzas were holding her in place by her arms. The martial artist dashed to the yakuzas.

"Niko ! You traitor !"

"Let me go !", yelled Rym as she managed to escape from the hands holding her, only to run to Niko's direction.

- "What the fuck is this strenght ?!"

I'm really used to hear that now...

"Make sure the kid is safe.", ordered Niko when he crossed paths with his student, “I'll take care of them."

- "Okay !", replied Rym, now back to back with her master, "Be careful !"

Master and student both ran to opposite directions. Rym soon arrived to the kid's location. She immediatly kneeled next to him to check up on him.

He's severly injured but I think he will make it through.

She thought as she studied the boy's face.

He was so incredible back here. So strong.

Rym started to grow jealous of him. However, she also admired him a lot. He wasn't a scared and defenseless kid just like she was. He didn't hesitate to pick up a fight with the yakuzas even after being severly injured by a, normally, deadly fall.

"Is he okay, Rym ?"

The familiar voice took her out from her thoughts.

"Yeah ! But he needs first aid as fast as possible !"

- "Alright.", Niko walked to the boy and took lifted him in his arms, "Let's go."

Rym nodded cheerfully before following her master steps.

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The boy eyelids finally started to open up. He was welcomed with the surprised face of Rym looking a him.

"He's awake !"

The boy immediatly sat up only to analyse his surroundings. He noticed Niko sitting not far from the girl and him.

"Lay down ! You should not move that much ! You are injured, you know !", warned Rym.

The boy didn't listen to her and stood up on his feet before starting to walk towards Niko. Rym eyes followed his movements silently.

"Don't worry, I took are of them. They are not going to come here again !", assured Niko with a laugh.

- "Who the hell are you... ?", asked the kid weakly.

- "Huh ? Me ? I'm Tokita Niko. I was born in the Tokita Ward too. Nice to meet you, kid. And this is Rym, my student.", he explained the last part while poiting at Rym. The girl waved at the boy with a smile but only to be answered with a cold glare. This made Rym irritated.

SO RUDE ! A silence followed. Niko then continued, with a cheerful expression. "Well... now that we are done with the introductions... We are going to live with you from now on. So let's get along, alright ! ~" - "W-WHAT THE FUCK !?", yelled the kid. - "Remember, you were the one that caused this ruckus in the first place. If you keep going on like this, you will die sonner or later. I think there must be a reason we met here. So i'm going to "teach" you." - "You think you can just...", growled the kid before approching Niko even more, "Nobody asked you to-" "OH !", Niko cut him, "That reminds me, I hear you don't have a name !" - "HEY ! LISTEN TO ME YOU SON OF A BITCH !", the kid was losing his cool because of Niko ignoring him. - "It will be hard living with you if I don't have a name to call you by... And this area is the border between "Tokita" and "Shichiohba", isn't it...?" Rym observed them with a warm smile, knowing what was coming next. "Okay ! "Ohma" !", the kid's angered expression vanished to let a stunned one appeared on his face. "From this day forth, your name is Tokita Ohma."