The Second Life Of Naota Takaki

28 Naota Has Arrived!

Naota begins to run towards the castle in the middle of the city at full speed.

Maria catches up with Grafali and Lily. "Did you take care of him?" Grafali asks. Maria nods her head. They begin to run towards the roof where the wedding is taking place.

Naota watches the two brides make their way out.

Naota jumps up high in the air as the guards look up towards the person who covers the blue moon.

"Skill: Air Dash!" Naota activates a skill he purchased.

Air Dash, a move where the user can move at a completely different level of speed when in the air. "WHO THE FUCK IS THAT?!" A guard questions.

Naota catches the guard by his face and palms him into the ground.

"GET HIM!" All the guards shout.

"What's the ruckus about?!" Grafali questions as he and the others reach the rooftop of the castle.

"Everyone! GET HIM!" Grafali looks at Naota whose taking down the guards like his fighting babies. Grafali and the others decide to go help him but someone wearing a black long leather jacket falls down in front of him.

"You are not permitted to help the intruder as I will be the one you three will be fighting." The man says.

On the other end,

Skar wakes up,

"Where is that young boy?!" Skar asks Prenci. "His gone to fight him..." Prenci looks at the castle. "His not ready-" Prenci stops Skar. "I believe he can do it...He can take our revenge..." Prenci looks confident.

(Prenci...I hope your right...)

At the castle,

Naota draws his dagger and looks around.

"I never thought that Skar would have easily been defeated by someone like you." Pistom begins to make his walk towards Naota. "You have also breached the security but it seems that your wounds have opened in that process." Pistom continues. "It Skar has done quite a number on you." Pistom says with an evil smirk.

Naota rushes Pistom with his dagger and tries to slash him, Pistom easily dodges Naota. "You do realise unlike you who seems to be an assassin class fighter, I am a monk." Pistom says to Naota. "And the monks have always been superior to an assassin." Pistom continues as he kicks Naota in his guts.

Naota goes flying back towards the edge of the rooftop. Naota gets back up with the wounds on his head opening again.

Naota rushes again but this time he sheathes his dagger back in his pocket.

"Hmm? What are you planning now?" Pistom looks confused with Naota's action. Naota attacks Pistom with his fist. Pistom makes contact with his fists. Blood bursts out of Naota's fists but his cold stare doesn't get off Pistom.

Pistom back off.

(That guy...He was about to sacrifice his arm just to kill me...)

Pistom looks at Naota's dagger in his other hand.

Naota removes his bandage off of his head and ties his right palm which is bleeding with that bandage.

On the other side of the rooftop, "We don't have time to waste." Maria says as she readies herself. "I bought you to a safe place because the fight is just beginning and it will not be safe if you enter it." The man in the jacket says. "What?! What are you saying?!" Grafali questions the man. "Takaki Naota can handle everything by himself, his strong and stronger than ever." The man says. "What?!" Everyone begins to look at each other's face. "You will just get in his way." The man says.

"Who exactly are you?!" Maria asks the man. "My name is Jin, I was told by Skar to escort Naota's friends and the two brides safely and then he will take care of everything by himself." The man says to the three people behind him.

"What makes you think we will believe you?" Lily asks Jin. "Kid, there is still so much you need to learn before making a right choice, so long." Jin disappears. "What?! HEY WHAT DID YOU MEAN?!" Lily pouts.

Naota looks around with his cold eyes.

"Seems like everyone is safe." Naota says to himself. "What are you blabbering about?!" Pistom asks Naota.

"I am just saying, I don't need to hold back anymore." Naota says as he releases a huge wave of mana from himself.

A blue aura surrounds Naota and releases a huge wave of hot energy towards everyone.

"What is that crazed energy he has?! Could it possibly be coming from that blade?!" Pistom looks at Naota's blade.

"What's wrong Pistom Mortel? Why are you sweating?" Naota asks Pistom looking his wet clothes and sweat on his face.

Pistom readies his pose, a pose where both his legs are joined and one of is forming a Buddha's palm while the other is on his back.

"I have to get serious too I guess." Pistom says.

Tia watches both of them from far away.

"Those two...They are on a completely level...I knew Pistom's power was amazing but Naota...I never thought that he was hiding such power...Where did he achieve that kind of power from? He never showed his true power to me when we were training...What kind of training did you go through on your own time...Naota?"