2024-04-12 01:14:49Being a part of the high school's basketball team was Kakashi's dream, but now that he has been made a starting player he didn't feel too joyful about it. The reason was because of Eugene and Aoki.
"Thank you, coach." Kakashi appreciated it as the players kept praising him nonstop.
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After practice was over, Kakashi made his way back to the changing room to wait for Aoki. He couldn't attack him in front of everyone, so he chose to return back to the quiet chaining room to wait.
"YOU SERIOUSLY PLAN TO FIGHT THAT GUY? YOU ARE WEAK! I WONDER WHY I GOT REBORN INTO A WEAK AND STUPID HUMAN LIKE YOU!" Lord Zodiac cursed Kakashi internally.
Kakashi chose to ignore his voice and stand there with a determined look. His heart was racing but he chose to put aside his fear and focus on his main agenda.
After a few minutes of waiting, the entrance door swung open and Aoki walked in with six more bulky students who all had fierce looks and weapons in their hands.
"What do we have here? The newly approved player, wow." Aoki spoke with a burst of mocking laughter as he clapped his hands.
Kakashi didn't respond as he just stood there with a cold and deadly expression.
"After all that I told you the last time you still chose to show up to training? God, I even used your dumb friend to send a message to you but you still chose to remain adamant!" Aoki voiced out, his voice deep and filled with anger.
"I knew it was you bastard!" Saying those words, Kakashi charged forward with his two fists clenched. When he got in striking distance he sent out his right fist towards Aoki's face.
The punch connected neatly to his face and the force behind it knocked him a few steps backwards. Aoki lifted his hand and rubbed the blood off his nose with his blood boiling in anger.
"You made a mistake fighting back, Kakashi! You are dead meat!" Aoki spat as he grabbed Kakashi's collar with both hands, lifted him off the floor, and sent him crashing against the wall nearby.
Kakashi lifted himself off the floor as Aoki and a single minion came towards him at incredible speed. Arriving in striking distance, Aoki swung out his clenched fist towards Kakashi.
Reacting swiftly, Kakashi ducked low and made the punch go over him. After successfully dodging the punch, Kakashi sent out a punch that slammed heavily on Aoki's chest and sent him a few meters backward.
Before Kakashi could turn around, the minion wrapped his arms around his neck from behind and began to strangle him. Kakashi struggled to break free but the guy's grip was firm.
After struggling to break free for a few more seconds but to no avail, Kakashi stuck the guy's right ribs with his elbow and made the guy loosen his grip and move back slightly. Kakashi set himself free from the guy and sent a roundabout kick that struck him hard on his neck and knocked him down to the floor.
Kakashi turned around to face the rest, but a metallic bar was slammed heavily on his he's and brought him down to his knees. Kakashi fell down on his knees as his visions were now blurry. The same guy then slammed the bar on his face and sent him down to the floor.
"Pick him up!" Aoki ordered and his boys lifted Kakashi who was barely conscious off the floor and held both of his arms.
"Come on, tough guy, where did all that energy go?" Aoki mocked, sending out his clenched fist towards Kakashi's stomach. His first hit Kakashi in his stomach and made him cough out saliva.
Aoki pulled back his clenched fist once more and punched Kakashi hard in the chest, causing him to groan in pain and agony.
"You had the chance to go down the easy way, but you chose the rough path. And now you die!" Aoki then retrieved a metallic bar from his friend and gripped it tightly in his right hand.
With the bar gripped tightly, Aoki sent it out towards Kakashi's face and it slammed heavily on his face and a huge mark was formed on his face causing blood to seep out as he fell down to the floor.
Aoki stood there and gazed at Kakashi who lay down on the floor motionless for a few minutes.
"I think he is dead. Let's get out of here." Aoki informed as he attempted to leave. Just when he was about to turn around and leave, he noticed some movement in Kakashi as he slowly lifted himself off the floor.
'That hit should have been enough to kill him. Why then isn't he dead?' Aoki pondered internally as he watched Kakashi lift himself off the floor like nothing happened.
"Hey, Aoki, did you hold back or what?" One of Aoki's friends inquired with a puzzled expression.
"I guess so. Let me just finish him off with one more hit." Aoki responded as he took a step forward and was now directly in front of Kakashi who was still standing up. He pulled his right arm backward and swung out the metallic bar towards Kakashi's head.
The bar traveled through the air at tremendous speed, and when it was only a few inches away from Kakashi's head it stopped as Kakashi grabbed it with his right hand.
Aoki tried pulling it off Kakashi's grip but Al his struggle ended in total failure.
'What's with his strength?' Aoki pondered as he let go of the bar with a dumbfounded look and took a few steps backward.
"Hey, Oda, go hold that trash down." Aoki turned his head to face Oda and ordered.
"Aye," Oda responded as he began to make his way towards Kakashi. Oda suddenly halted his steps as he saw Kakashi's spiky orange hair become crimson, and red nails could be seen growing out from his fingers.
"What the...." Before Oda could finish his words, he felt a gust of wind pass through his neck, and his head was chopped off instantly. Blood splattered around the floor as Oda's headless body hit the tiled floor and his head followed after.
"I KNEW YOU WEREN'T CAPABLE OF DEFEATING THEM." Lord Zodiac spoke in a deep and terrifying voice and his gaze fixated on Aoki who stood there shivering in fear.
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“I need you to tell me exactly what happened.” “We were on the road here, it was dark and we could not see anything. We lost track of anything and now, we are here.” The aged man glances at the other man behind him. He nods to him and the man nods back. “We have been expecting you.” Kakashi and Jiro exchanged glances. “What do you mean?” Jiro asked the man. “Your name is Kakashi,” he looks down to Jiro, “And you are Jiro Shoei. You lost your brother when you went to a mountain, and you also lost your friend some months after. Life hasn’t been the best for your loved ones. Neither has it,” the man turns in Kakashi’s direction. “…been for you.”“It is not a coincidence that you were both on the mountain the day Lord Zodiac escaped the trapped jar. Every day has worked with the prophecy. Your father, your mother.” He turned to face Kakashi. “Your parents. It’s all going with the prophecy.” “How many prophecies are there? Because I don’t understand the prophecy you speak of.” Kakashi
