Rayoma had a huge grin on his face, Kisuke who was beside him couldn't help but smile too, the students went out of the class and soon they were all lined up. All twenty of them.
Going forward, the students could see five people each looking at them with their own strange glances, The Chūi were all here and ready to reach these children, of course this can be said to be a sort of vacation for them.
The teacher came out in front of them, lazily glancing at the Chūi and then at the students. "These five will be taking four of you each as Tanto and you will train under them for two years until you take the tests to become Ashigaru (足軽), now you cannot return to school as you have all graduated, now I will be retiring and these five will choose the ones of their liking, if one or more of them find one disciple they like, they can fight for their custody. Goodbye."
The teacher disappeared within the blink of an eye. Rayoma blinked. "Did Sensei just use Senoo?."
Kisuke tilted his head, also confused. "Huh...I think he did."
The students have known their sensei for years now and this is the first time they saw him use Seiki.
The two thought of it as nothing and they turned back to the Chūi and saw that 3 out of the Five were missing. Specifically one of them was now in front of Kisuke and Rayoma. It was a man with black hair and blue eyes, he had three claw marks running down his face, on his head was a green Amigasa. Near his side was a long curved tachi,, sheated,"You two seem to be friends and you both seem to have a sturdy physique despite your age..."
Kisuke was startled, his eyes momentarily opened revealed green and strange shaped pupils, but it was quickly closed. "U-uh, yes we usually trained with Wooden swords everyday, me and him are sparring partners."
The mam glanced at Kisuke. <
The chui thought for a moment but he couldn't recall it, so he just decided not to question it. "That's good, my name is Chūi Ukigami, I am part of the Fujin clan, do you want to be my Tanto's, I have already chosen the other two, they are both talented and I have already called it when we are at the stage with the other Chūi"
Kisuke and Horiyama both beamed and then bowed at the same time as if they have done it several times. "We would be honoured Sensei?!!."
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Ukigami laughed, then he brought out two Tessen's from somewhere and handed it to the two. "This is a symbol of our Bond and it might not be your true weapons but it can act as a secondary weapon, don't worry you will learn how to use them."
Before the two enthusiastic youths could ask questions, the sounds of blades were heard. "Yuno, let's not make this difficult for ourselves, just let me take the child as my student, he is part of the Kibon clan and he can learn more from me.'
The man who spoke had a smile on his face, he didn't seem all that intimidated when he was clashing the swords. The other person who he was clashing with was a tall man holding a Tetsubō, he had a fierce but excited expression on his face. "Senki, I have already chosen my students, I just want them to see how samurais fight to grasp what they will be facing in the future."
Senki smiled. "Is that so, well let's show them how Samurai fight."
Senki stepped back fading I to mist as he reappeared on the other side of the field facing Yuno.
The students all moved to the side making way for the two samurais, the other two Chūi were women who looked at the two men with raised brows.
Yuno raised his Tetsubō and slammed it on the ground, his palm was on top of the handle, he got into a stance and the ground below him slightly cracked
as the air around him seemed to thicken with pressure. The students felt it immediately—like the weight of the earth itself was bearing down on them. Rayoma’s smile faded, eyes wide in awe, while Kisuke instinctively stepped in front of him, just slightly, as if shielding his friend.
Senki drew his katana slowly, the polished blade humming as if alive. “Don’t blink,” he said, his voice calm and amused. “You might miss it.”
Yuno grunted, then surged forward, the ground erupting behind him with every stomp. His Tetsubō swung with a thunderous arc, a blur of raw power and ferocity. Senki vanished before the weapon could connect—mist blooming outward in a circular flash.
Clang!
Senki reappeared behind Yuno, their blades clashing with a shockwave that sent dust and loose gravel into the air. The students stumbled back, covering their faces.
Rayoma squinted through the haze, catching the silhouette of Yuno twisting around mid-swing, shifting his grip with impossible speed. Senki ducked under the Tetsubō and countered with a flurry of precise cuts, his katana moving like a silver thread sewing air itself.
Yuno suddenly laughed as he swinged his Tetsubō at Senki again, Senki blocked but he was pushed backwards and before he could react, Yuno's Seiki suddenly spiked. "Reijutsu?!!,Diety of the East(東の神)."
The force behind the declaration cracked the earth beneath Yuno’s feet like a spiderweb. A pale golden aura surged from his body, shaped like a towering figure with four arms, each gripping a spectral weapon—one of fire, one of wind, one of stone, and one of lightning. His voice echoed unnaturally as if layered with a divine chorus.
Senki slid back across the field, his sandals dragging through the dirt, katana raised defensively. His smirk widened. “Calling on Reijutsu this early, Yuno? You really do want to show off. But you really shouldn't use these kind of attacks on me”
Senki suddenly stood still and upright, the attack came but it passed through him, A fog began covering the field. "Genken: Fog Execution(霧の処刑)."