{Souya POV}Ryouta is partic.i.p.ating in the 3-dan League. This league is held twice yearly and the two top finishers of each league are promoted to 4-dan, thus gaining professional status. There are four people partic.i.p.ating.
Throughout the matches, Ryouta vision seemed to be getting worse. His playing style was getting rougher. His first match he won but he was in sweats. Souya knew something was up. His performance seemed to be on edge. He didn"t know if it was nerves or what but Ryouta wasn"t at his best.
The second match showed this. Usually, his shogi matches are like a flame. An awe-inspiring flame that makes people play better than you ever thought. You push yourself to the limits. Even if you lose, you feel that you have done everything you can. You also have the most fun with his matches. Maybe because he shines so brightly but playing with him, makes people feel they can gain a part of his flame of life.
However, right now his playing style is cold dark and dreary. It feels like death. Like he is drowning and he wants to pull everyone down with him. I hate his playing right now...He"s making mistakes more often. His face is getting redder. Ryouta looked like he was going to lose but he was lucky his opponent didn"t realize or he would have lost.
Souya looked at Ryouta and notices something. Ryouta looks like he"s about to pa.s.s out. The judges notice too and they were going to ask if he was alright but they saw his eyes. very determined eyes so they just decided to hope nothing happens. Even if he loses the final match he will still be promoted to 4th dan (first and second place become a 4th dan). His matches were showing that he was more than worthy of being a 4th dan well except for Souya.
The final match is against Ayumu Kannabe. Ryouta looks at him and saw a young boy with eyes that are different colors. He is wearing a white suit and a pure white cape. He was 13 years old.
At first, Ayumu was dominating Ryouta. Every play was aggressive and seemed like he had the advantage. Ryouta was getting sloppy and had made many errors. It looked like Ryouta winning streak was over. Ryouta seemed to have been having trouble even lifting his pieces. Ryouta closed his amber colored Eye left eye and kept his right red eye open. When that happened Ayumu felt pressure. It wasn"t like the pressure he gives before he kills. It was a type of pressure an expert gives.
{Ryouta POV}
What"s going on? before I was felt I was going to lose. I was overwhelmed and couldn"t even breathe properly but now I don"t know what"s going on. Every move I make I just know it will lead me to victory. This never happened before.
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I begin to shake. What is this ecstasy I"m feeling? I can"t stop.
Ayumu looks at Ryouta and notices that in 5 moves he will lose and he gives up
"My friend that was a great match" He then bows full of sweat
Ryouta smiles. They go over the match and Ryouta showed where Ayumu messed up. Shogi matches are exhausting. The person usually who wins is the person most exhausted.
After the match there was interviews and certificates then finally Ryouta was able to get away thanks to his master.
Ryouta was losing his strength and knew he had to do something. He called his old man informing him he won and he is going to spend the night at his friend"s house and then he ran as fast as he can to a shrine. But he couldn"t make it and begin to faint when Botan comes and catches him before he falls
Ryouta looks in front of him and says in a raspy voice "Oh stalker you caught me while I was about to faint. Did you come to take my first time. Sorry, my body is too young to get hard.
If Ryouta wasn"t hurt she"d punch this guy. She took him to the shrine and Yuya saw them enter. She was going to do her typical fight with him but she saw how injured he was. She looks at Botan and her power was released
"What did you do to him Shinigami" Yuya looked at Botan with anger. She never felt so much anger before. Ryouta body was oozing corruption.
Botan just shook her head "It wasn"t me"
Yuya then glares "if it wasn"t you around him this wouldn"t have happened right" she then opens Ryouta shirt and shows the black spots over his body. "so you"re saying that a.s.sociating with you isn"t the cause of this."
Botan felt her heart hurt "I I was just " she just remained silent and watch her take him to the purified spring and pure water him to cleanse the darkness. Ryouta grunted. The pain was unbearable.
Ukno-Mitamno-Kami appeared and started helping calm him down when Yuya screams "why don"t you leave you"ve done enough" Botan felt she should go when Ryouta responded "hey its alright. Botan is my partner. She knows more about me than anyone else. So please don"t be mean to her. This is my fault being Nura clan." He pa.s.sed out
Ukno-Mitamno-Kami who was by the side heard Nura clan and a glint appeared in her eyes
"alright we let you go for centuries but you dear attacked my precious one your all dead. I"m going to contact Bishamon and have her eradicate the Nura clan. "
Botan hurried and stopped her and told her the truth well most of it except Ryouta relationship to the Nura clan.
Uka then calmed down" So you"re saying he was reckless and was injured killing Gagoze? However, he didn"t have to interfere because the Nura clan was going to handle the situation?"
Botan nodded
She looks at the topless Ryouta and says "you really are reckless."
The next morning Ryouta woke up and felt like part of his body feeling better but he still knew he wasn"t 100%
Uka appeared in front "Ryouta you"re awake," She smiled "Are you feeling better. "
He just moved his body and said "well I"d say 60%"
She was shocked "that is better than I expected...the only thing is your body was in worse condition than we expected and your chi seems blocked and damage...We can"t fix that"She looks sad and says "that means you will lose most of your strength and"
Ryouta thinks for a moment and says "oh no worries my master can heal me. "
Uka was shocked "your masters can handle that"
Ryouta told her his masters are all at least Grandmaster level
Yuya and Uka we"re shocked and had to know "Ryouta how strong are you"
Ryouta just shrugged his head and said he didn"t know just that 2 years ago he was a mid-high cla.s.s disciple.
Ryouta and Botan left and they walked for a while until they both went and said sorry to each other
Ryouta laughed and asked "Why are you sorry. I was the one who didn"t control my emotions you were there for me thick and through. "
She shook her head "no but If I didn"t give you so much push then"
Ryouta just went and patted her head. "Botan I am an idiot. you know I don"t pay attention to what people say. It"s your job to keep me moving forward."
she starts walking next to him then looks at him asking him what he"s going to do next. To see his masters but his answers surprise her...and kind of upset her
"No, I"m going to wait till after school on Monday. Mari would be p.i.s.sed at me if I left without saying anything,"
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Not much happened at Ryouta house. He got sushi and ate together with the family. They all were talking how proud they were. Then in the morning, Ryouta woke up to find all his sisters were in his bed... the younger ones just wanted to play but I wouldn"t wake up. The older ones wanted to play but in a different sense...thank you imouto"s for protecting your brothers" chast.i.ty.
"he then heads to school not expecting the day to be as crazy as it was,