"Alright, sounds good!" Kiro excitedly exclaimed, as it seemed Shin was going a bit gentler for the technique training. Perhaps he wasn't going to be that bad after all. He got in his familiar horse stance, as he threw out a 'powerful' right at Shin, pivoting his foot for the the most damage. He had to show his master he was a strong disciple! Kiro laughed like a child as he threw the punch, very much happy now that he knew Shin wasn't going to be as ruthless as he had assumed. "This is almost like the move Master Asuka taught me, right?" Kiro questioned.

"Wrong!!" Shin yelled as he defected the boy's hand down using his free using a open palm strike right under Kiro's chin hitting a pressure point making his brain unable to respond to his body correctly making the boy unable to use his legs for a while. "I hit a pressure point under your chin you be able to move again in maybe seconds...minutes...or hours," Shin told Kiro,"So to answer your question it's nothing Asuka has taught you she thought you a simple defect i taught you a counter," Shin replied to Kiro question as now the boy should soon feel the affects of his hit.

Kiro flinched, as the master seemed to have only hit off the bottom of his chin. He slowly opened a single eye, as he noticed he was still up, completely fine. "Master, I think you must have missed." Kiro laughed, as he tried to take a single step forward. He immediately fell to the floor, as he lost complete control of his legs, as well as his arms. "I-I can't get up!" Kiro exclaimed quite seriously, as his legs and arms shook uncontrollably. He collapsed fully on his back, as he screamed. "Help! Help! I need a doctor!" The boy frantically screamed, as he tried with all his might to stand back up, but no matter how conscious he was, he couldn't move at all! A tiny soul left Kiro's body, as it slowly flew up to Heaven. Kiro had accepted his death.

Rekin jumped over the wall of the dojo landing next to Kiro "I'm a docter." The man said, as he examined Kiro "Don't worry boy this won't hurt at all." the master lied as he rolled Kiro over and hit the back of his neck with his elbow "Here we are, all better." he said, slightly mad that no one told him they had a new student.

Bakusa looked up from his training, as he heard Kiro collapse. He smirked. 'I see, he hit the chin just right to send the kid's head spinning in circles. The trauma fired too many neurotransmitters at once to overload his nervous system, putting him in a temporary state of paralyses. Even if he feels okay, he still has absolutely no control over his body. It's a good technique, and could stop an opponent in a single blow. That is, if the little guy were to master it.' Bakusa had seen similar moves done hundreds of times throughout his Muay Thai career. He was clearly interested in Kiro's training, but continued to claim that he was just feeling the rush of the moment the other night when he claimed he'd show him a couple of moves.

"Oh, God!" Kiro exclaimed, as tears streamed down from his eyes once the master hit him. "Where do you people keep coming from!?" The teen angrily screamed, as he stood up to tell Rekin off. "Hey, wait..." Kiro looked down at his hands and legs. "You're a miracle worker, doc!" Kiro explained what the master already knew, as he hugged and kissed his legs. "I thought I was going to die." He cried.

Rekin looked down at the boy pushing Kiro off of his legs "Yes, yes I know I'm great, I do this type of stuff every day at my bone clinic across the street." Rekin said with great pride "But now I guess I'll stay here for a while to teach you. I'm sure my workers can handle it." he said with a creepy glance in his eye.

"Bone clinic? Across the street? How we live in the middle of nowhere and for streets all we have is a dirt path!" Shin yelled as he smelt something fishy about Rekin's absence. Shin grabbed his tea pot and poured him another cup and took as sip. "You were probably just reading manga again weren't you!"Shin yelled as he was trying to get to the bottom of this.

(SOME DAYS LATEEERRRRR...)

"Extra, extra!" Niijima exclaimed out to the passing crowd, as school was just letting out. "Weak Twig Kiro beats the Invincible Ijime! Now claims to be biggest bully in school!" He relayed the news to everyone, as he handed out newspapers to help get the word out. He stopped a group of teens, as he handed them a few papers. "Thank you, thank you. Yes, it's a very good read, I assure you." He laughed.

"What are you doing!?" Kiro angrily exclaimed, as he quickly stormed over to Niijima. "How many of these have you passed out!?" He frantically asked, as he started to rip up the newspapers in Niijima's bag, throwing them on the ground, and then angrily stepping on them.

"I don't know, one, maybe two..." he shrugged,

"Oh, alright. That's not too ba-" He was cut off mid-sentence, as Niijima finished.

"hundred." Niijima maniacally laughed, as Kiro was too late! The word had already spread thanks to his great reporting skills! "I am in the Newspaper Club, you know, Kiro." He shrugged again with a small chuckle.

"You idiot, this is exactly how I got in the fight with Ijime in the first place! Because all you do is spread lies!" Kiro angrily screamed at the alienoid freak, as he began to choke him (in a comedic way). The young boy suddenly paused, as he thought about how Niijima had worded things. "Did you just call me by my name?"

"Right, that's what buddies do, right? They call them by their names!" Niijima laughed it off as if they were indeed close friends. He managed to get away from Kiro's grip, as he started to walk off. "Just follow along with the plan, old friend! Keep doing what you're doing!"

"Plan? Friend? What's up with that guy?" Kiro sighed, as he looked over to some people reading the newspaper. The group shifted their eyes away from Kiro, assuming he was no one they'd want to mess with.
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(Elsewhere, at some later unspecified time again...)

"There he is." A tall, dark-haired man smirked, as he stood in the middle of a narrow street used for walking. There was a man jogging in his direction from a far, slowly becoming more and more visible. "I suppose the grunts didn't lie, this is his usual route." He mumbled, as the figure got closer and closer. "There you are, ol' pal!" He laughed as if they were friends, as he seemed rather relaxed. However, an experienced fighter would know that this specific position made it impossible for anyone to get passed him without difficulty. The man threw the jogger a small picture of Kiro from a previous year book, expecting the man across from him to catch it. "Apparently, this kid managed to defeat one of our guys from the Karate Club, Ijime. He's now claiming to be the strongest the school's ever seen." He explained the photo. "They wanted me, as usual, to test out the runt to see if he was Ragnarok material," he continued, "but then they told me I should bring you along." The man clenched his fists angrily. "That's when I realized that this was the perfect chance! You see, ever since you joined Ragnarok, you've been gunning for my job! If we go into this job together, then I know you'll get all the credit. They might even offer you a commanding position! However, if you're mysteriously beaten up by this new fighter, and then I swoop in to finish the kid off..." He crouched slightly, as he put his fists up. "You'll be out of my hair for good! Here and now, Shaz! Man between man, the winner can keep their position in Ragnarok, and the other must leave for good!" The man angrily shouted out to his opponent, clearly having a lot of boxed in anger towards the situation. He rushed at Shaz, throwing a series of lightning fast jabs and crosses, seeming almost impossible for anyone to dodge, they were coming in way too fast! Clearly, this guy was no amateur.

Shaz dodged all the attacks and grabbed both his arms and squeezed them tight so he wouldn't get out. "Ha do you know who talking to bastard I won't lose to him and I certainly won't lose to you," Shaz said letting his arms go. Shaz remember seeing the boy when he visited school some days . "And don't worry you can just sit here and hand me your position already because I'm going to go and beat," Shaz said calmly as he his sun reflected of his sunglasses and he began to walk away towards the detection of the school.

The man rubbed his arms, as Shaz had really left a mark. "Hey!" He exclaimed, as he looked up at the man. "You're not getting off that easy, you punk! Show me some respect, I'm your commanding officer!" He angrily shouted, as he shot out a furious roundhouse to Shaz's head. Attacking when the opponent wasn't looking, a technique for a coward. The man figured if he could catch the Judo user off guard, then he would be able to sweep the floor with him with ease.

Shaz caught his leg right before it hit him in the head. "Your trying to hit a man with his back turned only cowards do that huh no wonder why I'm going to take your spot as commanding officer," Shaz said as he grabbed his leg with both hands and throwing him over his slamming him to the ground throwing garbage from a near garbage can on the man. "How bout you just sit there and rot with the rest of the trash because you fit right in," Shin said as he put his hands in his pockets and he began to head off again. (so cool)

Sweat poured down furiously from Niijima's face, as once Shaz had taken away the bag of trash, his hiding spot was completely revealed (he's squatting in the trash can). The boy sighed in relief, as Shaz walked off. 'He didn't notice me...' He thought, as he picked a banana peel off from his head. 'Kiro, my boy, I'm not sure if you'll be able to take this guy, even with your kung fu skills.' He pulled out his PDA, as he got to work on tapping. 'Darn it, this will ruin my entire plan if he gets crushed now! However, it's still always good to root for the winning team...' He weighed his options, as he slowly disappeared back into the trashcan.

(Later, near Ryozanpaku...)

Niijima peaked around a bush, as he trailed Kiro and Ally back to the dojo. He poked at a few things on his PDA, as he laughed silently. "Looks like I'll be killing two birds with one stone today." He whispered. "My original mission was to have Kiro aware of his new threat, but now..." He continued to whisper to himself, as he crawled through the bushes to continue to follow the pair in secret. "I'll get to see where the kid's been getting all of his amazing power from!" He practically screamed this, as he couldn't help but get excited.

"Huh?" Kiro turned his head to look behind him, as he could have sworn he heard someone. "Must've been nothing." He shrugged to Ally, as they continued walking.

Niijima shivered slightly, as he lied very low to the ground, holding his mouth to keep himself from making a peep. 'Get a hold of yourself, Niijima!' He slapped himself. 'You're a professional!' He reminded himself.
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"We're home, guys!" Kiro yelled out, as he and Ally entered the dojo's grounds. He was slightly nervous today, as the mysterious Master Rekin was suppose to teach him. After Shin whipped him, treated him like a horse, and almost killed him, he just wanted to go back to Asuka. In comparison, the latter was a much more gentle master, he could only imagine what this new teacher had to offer to him.

Bakusa was training as usual, as he stood in front of several dozen stone statues. He took in a deep breath, as he charged at his 'opponents'. The Muay Thai God of Destruction threw about ten punches, ten elbow blows, ten kicks, and twenty knee blows, all within the span of about a second. He let out his breath, as he stood on the other side of the statues now. Each one crumbled to pieces, as all that was left now of the statues were their bases. He completely obliterated them all.

Ally looked around at Kiro's mention of hearing something. She turned to the brush and heard nothing, not even a peep. "Hmm, must be hearing things, Kiro," she answered. No one really took this path, so he could've just heard a scavaging bird.
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Ally shook her head at Kiro's introduction. It was silly and she hoped none of the masters found his entrance disrespectful or she might be in on the punishment. "Well, it was nice knowing you," Ally said, placing a sympathetic hand on Kiro's shoulder. Her goal was to scare Kiro a little bit since she didn't get much fun in the dojo. She then made her way into one of the buildings and got ready to train.

"Hmm, looks like Kiro isn't ours today," Asuka chuckled to Shin as she watched her two disciples walk in. Even though Kiro wasn't officially her disciple anymore because everyone was training him, she would still call him that. "How about some of that tea you promised so we can mourn our loss?" she chuckled. She didn't need to worry about Ally as the girl would have to do warmups before any technique training or conditioning.

Niijima stood in front of the enormous gate, as he shoved his PDA back into his pocket. "Wow, that's one intimidating door." He laughed, as he proceeded to try and push open one of the doors. It wouldn't budge one bit! "They must have locked it from the other side." Niijima wrongly assumed, as he started to walk back down the path he had just came from. "Oh well, what is a spy suppose to do..." He shrugged, supposedly giving up, until he suddenly stopped. "Niijima jump!" He screamed, as he pulled off an amazing jump onto the flat part of the gate's roof. He wobbled on the gate, as he struggled to keep his balance. He got onto his belly, as he dangled his leg on the other side of the gate, slowly easing himself down so the drop wouldn't be so bad. Suddenly he looked up, as he could feel several eyes watching him.

"Okay Kiro, I understand that no one taught you the greatest martial art of them all...Chinese kenpo." Rekin said nodding at himself "So I'll teach you a new technique." he said getting in a fighting stance "So Kiro what you want to do is..." the master stopped as he noticed someone on the wall of the dojo Another disciple? Rekin thought to himself, still staring at the boy who was now over the wall "Quick, boy come over here you're going to miss the lesson!" the man shouted concerned about the kid.

"Sadly he isn't ours now who is going to get my tea?" Shin complained as he did a sigh. Shin looked torwards the direction of Niijima felt a strange feeling of a intruder, "Huh...I Sense a..a.." Shaz thought, "A weakling!" Shin yelled as he ran in the to see the intruder. "An alien and he is here to steal my tea!!" Shin yelled as he pointed at the Niijima. "Your messing with the wrong guy I've killed a man for touching my tea!" Shin yelled as a joke (or not) as Shin ran straight to the alien looking boy as he began to swing a kick that would clearly make Niijima go flying.

Kiro slowly turned around, confused at his masters' comments, as he watched Shin fly at Niijima. "What are you doing here!? Niijima quick, look out, he's a monster when it comes to his tea!" Kiro cried out to his schoolmate, as tears streamed down from his face. It was over for Niijima, Shin was one of the strongest guys he knew. He didn't like the alienoid, but he definitely didn't want to see him die!

"No, please!" Niijima exclaimed, as he held out a single hand to try and stop Shin. "Please, shinigami, spare me for entering your sacred land!" He begged for his life, as he closed his eyes tightly to prepare for the kick.

Bakusa sighed at the commotion from the other masters. Even a man without any eyes could tell Niijima was of no threat to them.

"Shin!" Asuka shouted and sprinted. She leaped and got behind Shin, lacing one arm under one armpit and placing it behind his head, the other around his neck. She wrapped her legs around his waist and began to choke him, not a deadly amount of force of course, and twisted so she would absorb the impact against the gate instead of Shin. They hit creating a loud echoing along the ground and Asuka released Shin. "That's just a kid! He doesn't want your tea!" Her back hurt a little from the hard impact but she would be just fine.

"Kiro, you know this boy?"

Niijima carefully climbed down from the wall, as he made his way behind Kiro, for protection. "Kiro, you knows these monsters?" He whispered into his ear, as he ducked a bit to conceal himself from the others. Maybe they would forget he existed.

"Yes, sadly." Kiro sighed in response to both, as he pushed Niijima a bit away from him. "This is just an annoying pest from my school." Kiro mumbled, as he shot Niijima a look. "And these guys," He told Niijima, as he gestured to his masters.

Bakusa joined the crowd, as he crossed his arms at the newcomer. He prayed to himself that it wasn't yet another disciple.

"Your loyal underlings that would be willing to do whatever you say?!" Niijima quickly tried to finish his sentence, as he put on quite the menacing grin. "Oh, what I could do with some powerful beings like them..." The pointy-eared man laughed, as he imagined the carnage and destruction he could bring with them under his thumb.

"Uh, no, quite the opposite, actually." Kiro laughed awkwardly, as he tried to explain. "These guys are my masters. There's Asuka, Bakusa, Rekin, Shin, and the Elder, Muhai, but he's away on business right now." The boy explained, gesturing to each one as he named them for Niijima.

"I see, I see. It's all starting to make sense now." Niijima pulled out his PDA again, as he started to tap away, probably relating to the new information he had been given by Kiro.

"Hey, this isn't show and tell, you punk!" Bakusa angrily yelled at the newcomer, as he raised a single fist. "You better start explaining what you were doing here, or else I might not be able to stop myself any longer from pounding your face in." He threatened.

"Yeah, Niijima, why are you here, anyway? How did you even know where to find this place?" Kiro questioned, he didn't really think about it through all of the intensity from Shin and Asuka.

Niijima took a step back, as he shook in fear at the intimidating masters just beyond Kiro. "Y-Yes, yes," Niijima stuttered, as he turned the PDA's screen to face Kiro and his masters. It was a picture of some long-haired guy with sunglasses. "This is Shaz Fujishima, and word on the street is that he's looking for you, buddy! As for how I got here, don't you worry your little head about that!" Niijima exclaimed, as he pointed to Kiro.

"M-Me!? What the heck does he want with me!?" Kiro asked, although, he already had a good answer as to why.

"You see, Shaz is apart of the gang Ragnarok. Ragnarok, the most dangerous gang in the whole district, heard about your little fight with Ijime (somehow), and now wants you to either join them, or be crushed by them. It doesn't look like this guy has any intent on leaving you unscathed, though. He's looking for a fight, rather you want to join Ragnarok or not. The guy sort of just does what he wants." Niijima shared his info with Kiro, as even though it all seemed rather serious, he still had his usual wicked smile.

Kiro's face went pale white, as he sunk to the ground. "What am I going to do!? He looks pretty tough." Kiro cried.

"My intel tells me he's a master in judo, Iron Grip Shaz they call him, because once you get in his grip, you're done for! Impossible to escape from! I've seen it first hand, you don't get out unless he wants you to." Niijima laughed as if he wanted Kiro to be afraid, as the pointy-eared boy recalled the match between Shaz and the other member of Ragnarok.

"Oh, a fight? Is that all?" Bakusa laughed, as if it weren't that big of a deal. "You better watch out, Kiro, this judo guy does sound pretty tough. I'm not sure if you're ready for all that yet, kid." The master seemed like he had more to say, but couldn't get it all out from all of his laughter, as he patted the disciple on the back. His face suddenly turned stone cold. "Now, if that's all you came to say, you best be leaving, Pointy Ears. This is a dojo for martial artists, unless of course, you're looking to spar." The blind man informed him.

'H-How did he know I had pointy ears!?' Niijima frighteningly questioned in his mind, as he slowly started to back away from the Muay Thai Demon. "Well, that's all I wanted to stop by and tell you, Kiro!" Niijima nervously informed, as he quickly turned around in a sprint. If he stayed around any longer, he'd probably be killed! "I'll see you around at school," He did his famous Niijima Jump, as he hopped onto the roof of the gate. "or not..." He laughed wickedly, as he climbed back over.

"Hey, wait! What do you mean by that!? Come back here!" Kiro angrily exclaimed at Niijima, but it was already far too late. The alienoid demon was gone. Kiro lied on the ground, as he got into a fetal position. "I'm going to die, again." Kiro mumbled to himself, as he remembered when Shin had almost 'killed' him by using the pressure point technique. "Iron Grip Shaz? Anyone with a nickname like that has to be extremely strong. You guys warned me this would happen, and now one of the most dangerous gangs around wants me to beat the crap out of me..." He continued to mumble.

Asuka crossed her arms and simply shook her head. "I don't trust that kid," she said to no one in particular. "But if this Iron Hand Shaz or whatever is really after you you're going to need more than a good grip to beat him." Asuka scratched the back of her head and thought. Jiu Jitsu easily had a lot of counters to Judo, Asuka went against Judo masters before, but Kiro couldn't learn those techniques in such a small amount of time. "Well Kiro," Asuka said and patted the boy on the back, "I think it's time I passed you on to a master who has more range tactics. I hate to do this, but until you fight Shaz, your training with me is going to have a lot less time."