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Chapter 7 - Chapter 7- Training

As usual, the sleepy heads wake up and suddenly feel scared as the third is missing. Both like flash run and search rooms of the house, and finally they find the unusual muscular thirteen-year-old. He was cleaning his home at this early hour.

"I guess we are the only lazy ones here." Kageyama sighs in satisfaction.

He now drops his two little brothers off at the school.

"This would be your first time in school right ?" Kamui asks Toji.

"Yes," Toji replies.

Kamui sees Abel talking to Priya next before the entry gate. He approaches them to greet them with the new boy.

Abel and Priya both get shocked by seeing the muscular Toji.

"Well, who is this Kamui ?"Asks Priya.

"He is my new brother, Toji Kazama" Kamui replies.

"What? Brother ?" Priya exclaims.

Here comes Kageyama to participate in the chit-chat, like a close friend he beats the back of Abel and says,

"Now Abel, take this child in."

Abel replies, "I will but first we need to talk to the leader."

Kageyama replies in a voice where laughs can be heard, "I will talk to the old man my curly hair friend."

The confused master replies, "Well then, I will take your name if I get to blame".

Priya, Kamui, and Toji enter the classroom, and all the students glare at the newcomer as if they have never seen such a body a kid could have. Well, this also astonishes our master as well as Sasori, calmly sitting at the first bench beside the window. Others say that Sasori likes to enjoy nature alone.

Abel calls Toji on the front and makes him introduce himself.

Toji stands confidently, and he shines between the grey walls with his white t-shirt and snow-like face.

"I am Toji-" he looks at the smiling Kamui and continues, "Kazama. I am an orphan....like my brothers" All the students start sharing their own thoughts with their friends.

"I...I was taken to a place which I can call home, which truly I love," he continues.

Abel comes near Toji and puts his hand on his back as Toji starts weeping.

"Now kid, take it easy. You really suffered hard. Would you tell us how much you know about Susano ?"

Toji calms down, wipes his tears, and says, "I know about Susano as a thirteen-year-old should know. I know you all would have a question that I never visited school right? How do I know about it? The answer is my place, that place trained kids when they were very little so that they could participate in wars, and I am here in front of you all."

Sasori gets interested and finally decides to turn his neck towards Toji from the birds chattering on the branch of a tree.

"I can use all five natures."

Abel, Sasori, Kamui, Priya as well as all the students feel a prodigy has taken its step inside the room.

Abel gets excited and says, "Shall we pave our way to the training ground to test this newcomer's skills ?"

At the training ground, Abel again stands beside the battlefield; actually the boundary.

"First duel is of Toji Kazama against Bob Batra! "

Both shake hand and all the students are interested in seeing the performance of the newcomer.

The first strike was of Toji, he took his hands towards his mouth, cupped, and whispered something. Well, it was Agni, chasing the target like a living beast. Bob uses his physique as an advantage. As he runs towards a tree, he climbs it as high as he can and performs a backflip to dodge the fire.

Before he could stand properly, Toji instantly came near to him and whispered at the ear of his opponent's like a snake,

"Vayu: curly cage"

Wind near the legs of Bob, traps him like a cobweb, slowing his opponent as like the spider could enjoy the meal. Toji straightens his palm like a blade and smashes it on the neck of the trapped opponent.

Bob gets smashed on the ground and Abel has to announce the winner.

"The kid could have seriously injured Bob", he thinks.

Meanwhile, Priya now becomes Toji's friend too, so she congratulates him, and Kamui too.

"The next battle is Sasori Suwara vs Anay Sharma."

Both shake hands before the friendly duel. As usual, Sasori charges back and knows that his dumb rival is praying for his lose.

"Jal: water bubbles"

Anay charges towards Sasori by showing his palm alternatively to Sasori, and from it, a fast water bubble races to its destination to explode. Sasori jumps and rolls in the air to dodge all.

"Agni: ring"

As he uses this in the mid air, fire like a stretchable belt, surrounds him like a ring. Anay takes a wise decision and heads back. Before he could think, he heard an angry chant,

"Vajra: lightning ball"

Sasori holds lightning as if it's a playing ball. All the students are impressed, and Kamui looks at Toji, who is lost in the battle. Abel thinks that the child is a prodigy who has beautifully mastered Vajra.

Abel gets more astonished when his thoughts were not reality as he thought that Sasori would take the lightning ball to Anay, but here he throws the ball, which hits the opponent and returns to his master, who beautifully catches it.

"Here's the winner, Sasori Suwara" Abel announces.

When Sasori returns, the first one to appreciate him was the child with a sweet tone, quite opposite to his body, Toji Kazama.

"And the next battle is Kamui Kazama and Priya Gupta"

"What? Me fighting with a girl?" Kamui asks.

"Well, there is only one girl present today, and the number of boys present is also odd."

"But do you think that she would be the best opponent for someone like me" Kamui says.

"Well, I bet you will lose to her," Sasori says by teasing him.

"You wait!" Kamui claims.

"Now don't fight Kamui. Sir, I will fight." Priya says

Kamui couldn't understand what was happening. Well, he is actually fighting her.

Both shake hands, and Kamui feels blushed as well as insulted.

Priya says, "I won't go easy" .

Her smile makes him lose himself in her beauty for seconds, and here comes water hitting him hard on his face.

"Huh! Loser" Sasori sighs.

Kamui stands up quickly and says, "Well, I was not ready."

Priya charges towards him with a jump attack. Kamui remembers his father's teachings. He blocks her kick and raises his hand up. All think that he is giving up.

Abel says in a weird and confused tone, "Really ?"

The confused Priya got launched into the air as this was the signal of-

"Prithvi: Upward pressure"

The Mother Earth herself made the ground, where exactly she stood, thrust upwards. Priya balances when she lands like a clever student.

"Prithvi: pillars"

Two pillars emerge from the ground like magic and Kamui is a wizard. He comes close to Priya and says

"Sorry Priya"

He tries to punch her face but suddenly stops at the eleventh hour, as how could he damage a heavenly face?

Priya regains control and, with her soft hands, touches the cheek of Kamui and holds him. Kamui gets flattened and blushes. The audience can't understand anything. Suddenly, the romantic scenario changes into a battle.

When she was holding his head, she threw him to the ground and locked him in her arms, choking him. Kamui taps out.

"And the winner is Priya Gupta. Well done, Priya. I thought you were going for something else back there, but actually, you were trying to get a good grip.

"Right, master," says Priya.

"Cool strategy" Toji says.

The expressions of Sasori say all the things. Kamui walked to his place, as ashamed as he could be. All he can hear are taunts from every corner.

"Well done, Kamui," says Toji and Priya simultaneously, but this, however, didn't counter the insult.

Abel clears his throat and announces, "All my dear students, the day is near, the day which will decide who will stay here in the school and who will wield his sword to face the dangers lying ahead. Your graduation examination is about to happen the day after tomorrow and those who are worthy will claim their prize during the Susan ceremony after 3 days. Best of luck till then"

All the students get excited as everyone wants to be a warrior, becomes stronger, and passes the examinations, but still some think that practice days are useless; they would show their skills during examinations; that's their claim.

After the departure, Kamui and Toji wait for their brother but he does not arrive. Priya also had to visit home so she went. Now the brothers decided to walk alone and as they did so. When they arrived at their home, Kageyama was not present there.

"Maybe he is on a mission" Toji says.

"Can be" Kamui replies, "then we should make dinner and also for brother, right?"

Both Kamui and Toji start making dinner, and the bowl of flour, which Toji picks, falls on Toji as dumb Kamui crashes into him.

"Wow! You can camouflage in flour".says Kamui

One could not have distinguished whether his face was covered with flour or not.

After all this fun, the brothers decided to sleep among the waiting for their brother. Kageyama arrives late at night. He sees his dinner at the dining table. As a responsible brother, his instinct makes him go towards bed room. He sees his two brothers sleeping in peace.

He smiles and returns to have food. Having the food, he sleeps among them, holding them tightly by his hands full of love. The family, being unaware of the inauspiciousness upon them, slept peacefully that night.

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