Immediately after his disappearance, Shizu unsheathed his Katana and ran toward a place that is not as open as the courtyard as Sora ran in another direction. While he was running towards cover, several shurikens and kunai came flying out of various cover spots. With great skill he managed to block most of the projectiles as the others missed their mark. He continued running until he reached the doors to a large building and when he tried to open them it turned out it was locked. In a hurry, he kicked them open, went in, and immediately closed the door behind him to hear the sounds of blades hitting the side of the door. As he checked the area he saw that he was in the gymnasium and that Jerry was laying down on the closed bleachers, throwing and catching a knife.
"Well, its good to know that you are in shape and that your reflexes are sharp as ever" He caught his knife, stood up, and cracked his neck "Well, with that throwing exercise done, time to do some cardio" He jumped from the bleachers and when he landed on his feet he moved with great speed and charged at Shizu, who was in a solid stance.
While Jerry was almost near Shizu, he shifted his blade in such a position that the light shining on it was magnified, causing a sudden flash of light, blinding Jerry and giving Shizu an opening to attack. When his blade was about to hit Jerry's abdomen, he suddenly jerked away and avoided it. Then the two were locked into a blade fight with 1 Katana against 2 daggers. While both of them were skillfully blocked and parrying each other, Shizu noticed something about Jerry's eye's,
"You can fight with your eyes closed?" He questioned as Jenkins broke his defense and managed to stick a knife into his left shoulder. Even with the blade in him, he still continued to fight with his right arm.
"Sometimes, the thing that will betray you the most is your very own sight..."
While they were still fighting, Shizu suddenly stumbled and felt his vision getting blurry. He dropped his Katana and held his head, trying to figure out what was going on, thankfully Jenkins had temporarily stopped and started to explain what was going on,
"You know, you are getting off easy..." Shizu was then on the ground, vomiting and suffering from nausea "If this were the real me, you would have been killed the minute the match started...Shizu, you are strong, but this path you are about to take is going to kill you, as, not only are there 100 more after me, but you are going to face the other original 9 and then face the 10 who beat the originals" After he finished vomiting and regained some composure, he reached into his backpack and took out a syringe and injected himself with it "I admire your persistence and willpower, but that is not all you need. The ability to open your eyes, open your mind, to truly see what is really there in front of you is something" Shizu got up and picked up his Katana and prepared to fight once more.
"S-...Jerry, you really stop having long monologues"
"And why is that?" He questioned as he pulled out another dagger that became electrified
"It can give people time to prepare!" From a conveniently opened gym door that led to the hallways, Sora was running very quickly with a sword in his mouth and charged at Jenkins, who seemed to have been expected him as he immediately turned and kicked to the side, but not without leaving him open to attack as Shizu moved incredibly fast to manage to cut Jerry's back and then he moved out of the way to regroup with Sora. Though with such a large wound, Jerry did not react to it, but he was impressed enough to clap his hands together
"Ah, good teamwork, also Shizu, sorry for underestimating you, I didn't think you were able to even move that fast and you even managed to wound me that much which many fail to do, even with a machine-gun or even in a firing squad"
He took off his grey casual outfit and threw it into the air (With wooden mask still on) and what lay under that was that he had many scars, a tactical vest and many ammo-pockets strapped to his legs,
"Remember how I am known to hold back unless the opponent I have is VERY strong?"
"Yes I do" Shizu replied as both him and Sora prepared for the worst.
"Well...I'm still holding back" Suddenly all the pockets that he opened up and, with great dexterity, he pulled out various thrown, bladed weapons and threw a storm of them (Which is no exaggeration) Among the blades were those that were poisoned, electrified, and even exploding and with the giant storm that was headed for them, they did something most people would do.
"Run unless you want to become a human target dummy!" Sora yelled as he was well ahead of Shizu, not for being a wolf, but because he was running before Jenkins pulled out his blade storm. Both of them went outside, closed the door, and continued to run as the gymnasium doors exploded and more blades continues to fly after them. Both of them split up again to avoid the blades and instead of them getting hit, it was the fountain that got destroyed and the building opposite of the gymnasium which was going to need serious renovation later. Both of them had regrouped in the middle of the courtyard and looked around to see where Jenkins is,
"Sora, you smell him?" Shizu questioned as he pulled another syringe from his bag and injected himself with it
"I don't smell him anywhere, I don't think-" Suddenly Jenkins had dropped in between them and fought both with them even though they were opposite sides of each other. Despite this fact, he was still holding his own as his defense was still going strong and he was handling the two of them quite well.
"Damn!" Shizu thought "He is far stronger than I had anticipated, how is this monster of a man originally the 10th strongest?! What's worse is that he is holding back...What can I do?" That was when Shizu started to have feeling in his left arm again "I know it's far-fetched, but..." Suddenly at the right time, both Sora and Shizu had a blade lock on Jenkins, which gave the perfect opening to attack. With great dexterity, Shizu placed his katana in his left hand and pulled the poisoned blade from his shoulder and proceeded to attempt a stab at Jenkins' arm.
Jenkins immediately noticed this and he got out of his blade lock on both of them and had kicked the poisoned blade out of Shizu's hand up into the air. As it seemed it was going to be another long blade-fight, Sora had released his blade and bit Jenkins in the leg as Shizu pushed him over. Just as he was about to get up, the knife that was kicked into the air was now being held to his throat by Shizu,
"Do you surrender Jenkins?" Jenkins was thinking while staring down at the blade by his throat
"3 things: I'm tired from throwing all those blades, I think my wound is infected, and I think poison directly applied to my throat is going to suck a lot, so...It appears I lose" Shizu got off of him. He then offered a hand to assist Jenkins up, but he declined as he got himself up. Both of them shook hands for a fight well-fought
"Well, congratulations on managing to win against me" Jenkins said as he probed his wounded back
"I thank Sora for the win, by the way, thanks buddy"
"This guy had an odd taste when I bit him" Sora replied
"Well, let's talk the rest while we heal up in the infirmary" While all 3 were walking towards the medical wing, Jenkins stopped "Oh and for the finale, say your farewell to the fans"
"What fan-" Then suddenly screams of energy were heard and Shizu looked up to see that there were people on the rooftops and upper-floors of the buildings who seemed to have been watching the entire time "Wait how long have they been up there?"
"Shizu, you really didn't noticed them when the battle started?" Sora questioned
"I was too busy fighting the deadliest person that has ever lived to even notice"
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#101: Jerry Jenkins
#101: Shizu Irie
"Wow, didn't expect the grey shadow-killer to lose...well it appears my job is done"
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