Legacies of light

-Break-

19 years earlier

Φ “Inari-sensei, there is a monster outside!”

“I don’t remember training any of you guys to lose to a minus, now do I.”

“It isn’t a minus, it’s a human.”

After my student finished saying this, I suddenly see more of my students fly through the dojo door. “What the hell is going on”, I say, dumbfounded by this situation.

Then walking on top of the defeated bodies of my students, I see a young boy come in, and he says, “Your Inari Gozen the one in charge here aren’t you?”

“Yes, I am now, would you please stop walking over my students.”

“Who cares about that; soon I will be walking all over you”, the young boy says as he jumps to attack me. Dodging his blows, I see how incredibly sharp his spirit energy control is, not only that his footwork is great and he is aiming for all my weak spots; I see how he was able to so easily overpower my students, but I won’t go down so easily.

So, after giving the brat a fake opening to strike, I catch him and restrain him. Then while he is restrained I say, “You’re rather strong but your two thousand years too early to fight me.”

“Whatever let go of me you giant gorilla.”

“Such disrespect towards your senior, I should teach you a lesson.” So, pulling down the boy's pants; I smack his ass full force repeatedly then I drop him on the floor.

While on the floor, the boy holds his ass and says “What the hell old man”, with tears in his eyes.

“That technique is what my mother used to make sure I was respectful, so now I pass it on to you.”

“I DIDN’T WANT IT!” As the boy walks to the entrance, he says “Just you wait bastard, I will be back to crush your skull in." He leaves while holding his ass.

In response to this my, students who have got back up say the following to the kid while making stupid faces.

“You better run brat.”

“Come back whenever sensei will give you the same beating.”

“I hope you enjoy it you little shit.”

Looking at them I say, “Are any of you in a position to say such things, you all lost to a kid who doesn’t even look like his age is in the double digits.”

“But sensei.”

“No buts, it seems your training so far hasn’t been hard enough. so let us bring up the intensity”. That night, I worked all those kids till they couldn’t stand anymore.”

But as the next day came the brat made good on his promise, and showed up again. “I am going to return you to the jungle you gorilla”

“You brat, here for another ass beating”

“Sensei is going to put you in your place again.”

“I bet your ass still hurts.”

The kid proceeds to knock all my big-mouthed students out. “Shut up you fodder. So are you ready obese tanuki?”

Walking up to him, I say, “WORDS HURT” while crying. Then I kick his ass just like I did yesterday.

“You prehistoric shit, I will be back tomorrow.”

“What the hell.”

“What is it sensei?”

“It is just that it has only been one day, and he was a lot better than he was yesterday.”

The next day the brat appeared again. Then he did the same the day after that, and the day after that. He came so much that my students and I could start feeling his presence: his challenges became a part of this dojo, but I still wasn’t able to start any form of conversation with him. Which started bothering me. Because after asking around the city, I realized, he isn’t from here.

It started to border me so much I couldn’t focus on anything; when my wife gave me a lap pillow all I could do was sigh. “Inari are you ok your sighs have been getting louder and louder every day.”

“The kid has been bothering me so much that I can’t take my mind off of it: sorry honey.”

“Well, if it is bothering you during our special time, I will do something about it. So now during our alone time, you can only focus on me.”

“Kuzanoha, I love you so much.”

Φ While kicking a tree over and over again only one thought gets me through it; that old man I will kick his head in. After taking a break, I stop to catch my breath, but as I get prepared to go back to kicking the tree, I see a demon hiding behind it.

Moving back on my hands feet I scream, while the monster approaches me, but after coming closer I see it is a beautiful woman. “Hello, I was looking for an opportunity to start a conversation. But you were so entranced in your training that I couldn’t get close. You ok your face looks rather red.”

Realizing I am blushing, I turn my face and say “What do you want.”

“I have just heard, that a little boy has living in the forest, and I have been wondering what he has been eating, so I brought food for said boy.”

“Why the hell would I want to eat food you made!”

The woman starts crying profusely and says, “I am such a failure my existence is a mistake, why was I even born, someone just kill me right this moment, an ugly stupid woman such as myself should just go and die.” While on the floor, curled up in a ball.

Freaking out that I caused such a reaction I say, “Please stop crying.”

Bringing her head up she says, “Then will you eat my food.”

Looking at her face I say, “Yes I will; please stop crying.”

“Yippee,” she says, as she hands me the basket full of food. Upon opening it, I see how extravagant this food really is, who makes this for a stranger?

Sitting down beside me the woman stares intently as I am about to eat it. Pressured by her stare I put the food in my mouth, and feel immeasurable pleasure “Delicious! I didn’t even know food this tasty exists, are you sure you're not a god in disguise”, I say while cramming the food in my mouth.

After I finish eating, I fall back on the floor with my belly full and tears in my eyes. “Thank you that was amazing!”

With a big smile she says, “I am so glad you enjoyed it. But now that you have finished. Can you tell me why you have been bullying my husband?”

When she says this, I am completely in awe and say “That gorilla is your husband! Did he kidnap you? That forty-year-old bastard I will teach him you shouldn’t force fifteen-year-old girls into marriage.”

Putting her hands on her face while blushing she says, “Oh you and those compliments, but I am twenty-two years old with my husband being two years younger than I am.”

“He is twenty! That old fart is only ten years my elder.”

“Yes, and I would apricate it if you didn’t talk about my husband like that. He happens to be the most amazing man I know: his joyous heart his muscles his facial hair their all so amazing!” The woman says as blood drips from her noise.

Handing her a napkin I say “You ok.”

“I am fine but back to business I would like you to tell me why a sweet boy such as yourself, would be causing chaos back at the dojo, and it looks like you have been camping out here, where are your parents they should be worried to death for you.”

Moving away I say, “It is none of your business hag.”

While balling her eyes out I hear her say, “I was just trying to look out for you, I was worried for you and wondered why you were out here. But I am just a stupid dumb ugly idiot!”

Seeing her cry, I panic and say, “Please stop crying.”

“So will you tell me”, She says with her tears immediately stopping.

You manipulating woman, “Ok then.”

“Yippee!”

So, turning my back to her I say “I can’t go home because my parents are dead, they were killed by minuses two years ago. Because of this I made a promise to get really strong, and join the twinstar corps, so I trained my ass off in the forest for two years, but when I went to apply for the twinstars, they told me to go away.

I knew I was stronger than your average person so I didn’t take no for an answer and decided to pester them daily, until they said yes but without fail, they said no, until one day someone told me, we will let you inn if you beat everyone at Gozen dojo.

So, I headed off to Higashinagisa-shi to beat everyone. But that stupid man stands in the way of me and my dream, so I am going to crush him into the dirt.”

Turning around I say, “So sorry I am going to crush your husband”, but when I do I see her crying her eyes out.

Grabbing me tightly she says “That’s so sad how horrible, don’t worry we're going to get you into the twinstar corps no matter what.”

“But that would mean I have to beat your husband.”

“Who cares, let’s go stomp my husband’s stupid face in, me and you together.”

“But how am I going to beat him, he has no weakness, and is simply stronger than me.”

“That’s where you're wrong, he has one big weakness and I will teach it to you, but first we need to prepare.”

“Why would you do that for me?”

“Because you are such a nice boy. Wanting to join the twinstars and put your life on the line at such a young age is so brave an action: your just overflowing with kindness.”

Hearing her words, I say “I am sorry for being rude, so as an apology let me give you my name; Shinkō Date.”

“Well nice to meet you Shinkō, my name is Kuzanoha”, after this, we start preparing for our plan.

-Break-

Φ “Everyone takes a break now the kid should be showing up right about now”, as everyone in the dojo sits down the kid comes through the door almost comically on time, but this time he has company, my wife.

“Are you ready, today old man we are going to crush you.”

“You hear that Inari, this is the day you're going down,” Kuzanoha says.

“Honey, why are you standing against me?”

“This goes beyond husband and wife this is about pride, truth, and honour.”

“What are you on about.”

“Never mind that old man, just remember that this is the day you fall”, the boy says as he runs at me. Guess I just have to finish this like usual, and ask afterwards.

Φ As me and the old man begin our exchange, I continue to press him, but he wards me off, but it doesn’t bother me; I am waiting for an opportunity to strike his weak spot. And just like he did the first time we fought, he leaves a false opening for me to go for, but that is exactly what I was waiting for so I fall into his trap.

Φ I thought the boy had grown but he fell for the same trap again, I guess I ought to finish this. So, as I am preparing to restrain him again, he suddenly does something unexpected, he grabs my nipple and I fall to the floor.

Φ It is just like Kuzanoha said, he loses all his strength and falls over when someone grabs his nipple. So, after making him fall to the ground I put all my spirit energy into my hand and smack him in his temple knocking him out.

After I did this, Kuzanoha tackles me from behind and says, “Great job, you did wonderfully, now you can finally join the twinstars.”

“Yes, I can thank you so much Kuzanoha.”

One of the students comes up to us and says, “You guys know you have to be fifteen years old to join the twinstars.”

“Wait, but they said if I beat all of you guys, I would get to join.”

“That’s impossible the twinstars will never ever make an exception, not even the noble families, you were lied to.”

Hearing this me and Kuzanoha fall to the ground in despair. “I am so sorry Shinkō, I had no idea.”

Φ Getting up from the ground, I see both my wife and the boy crying on the floor. So after comforting my wife with a lap pillow, I get explained the situation and let out a big laugh “There, there, Kuzanoha it will be ok. Now brat by the name Shinkō, you now can’t join the twinstars and have nowhere to go, so why don’t you stay with me and my wife.”

“Why would you do such a thing.”

“Because my wife seems to have taken a liking to you, and I would also like to teach you what the true meaning of strength; if you get used to using such underhanded tricks you will die in no time when fighting minuses.”

“Oh, really it sounds like you’re a sore loser, and don’t want to let me walk away the winner of our last bout.”

“Don’t get cocky brat, you have still lost the far majority of our matches.”

“The most recent one is the only one that counts”

“Spoken like a true child, but don’t worry if you stay here over the next five years I will beat it out of you.”

“You’re on gorilla.”

Name: Inari Gozen

Age: 20

Birthday: Taurus 5th

Hair: Gold

Eyes: Indigo

Height: 192 cm

Likes: Cheese, fighting, family, idiots, dojo

Dislikes: Laziness, arrogance, cold

Name: Kuzanoha Gozen

Age: 22

Birthday: Scorpio 9th

Hair: Orange

Eyes: Yellow

Height: 164

Likes: Meat, art, muscles, kindness, criminals, husband

Dislikes: Cold, secretiveness, cleanness, organisation