The school where Ichiro studied was big , it consisted of many buildings symbolizing each department , it's a private high school located in Akichima (one of the cities in Tokyo ), Japanese people emphasized education to a high degree , so the schools weren't lacking in the least , Ichiro was a third grader , his class consisted of 25 students , at this hour it was time for lunch break , some students prefer to remain eating in their respective classrooms.

Inside ichiro classroom there were still a few peoples , among them was the prettiest girl in the school she was his classmate , her name was 'Aoyama Risa' , she was nicknamed princess and the majority of the males in the school were admiring her because of her extreme beauty ,polite manner and kindness .

Apart from her , there was also her two friends , 'Amano Chika' and 'Fujino Minami' , these two girls were known as her childhood friends , they weren't in the same level of beauty as her but nonetheless were pretty with good features , the first one was reputed for her brains she always had excellent grades and was known as the cold beauty due to her usual hard expression, she has long silky black hair that extended to her hips and pale skin ,a thin and good figure, long eyelashes and a slender neck .

The other was on the contrary extremely lively and mischievous , she wore glasses , has short height with her hair in a neat ponytail ,she has big eyes and thin lips , her face was lovely and labelled as cute by the boys , these three pretty girls were idolized inside the school .

And then in the back of the classroom sat the two bullies , 'Haruki and Takagi' these two boys always bullied Ichiro, of course he had the ability to instantly kill them but he was willingly letting them do as they please , among the two of them one had medium height with short hair , sharp nose and lazy eyes .

The other was tall with a good build , spiky hair and thick eyebrows , if one were to describe their looks it was average compared to their other classmate who was also sitting in the first row near the board , this time based on looks alone one could only say outstanding or perfect , the young man was named 'Sasaki Hayato' , top grades in the school ,distinguished background , good at sports ,excellent body frame , dignified and good character , adored by girls ,he has it all , if Aoyama was a princess then this man was obviously a prince , by the way he was also her friend .

"Risa , tell me is something happening with Hayato-kun ? i'm your friend right so tell me , tell me "said Minami with a pleading expression .

"Minami-chan , there is nothing between me and Hayato-kun this is the fourth time you ask today "replied Aoyama embarrassed.

"Mou, Risa it can't be true , I mean the prince is your friend " jokingly said Minami .

"Minami stop bothering Risa and behave "interjected Chika in their discussion while glaring at Minami .

"Hai!! sorry Chika , please stop with that glare , are you a Hanya ?(an allusion to a masked demon when angry in japan )

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the three girls began to laugh cheerfully .

"sigh, truly a goddess if she can be my woman I would die happy "

"sigh, many confessed but were rejected , when she talk to me , I can't stop stuttering"

The two voices belonged respectively to the two bullies , like all the male students they were entranced by Aoyama killer charm .

"at a time like this I would hit that creep to appease my frustration "said Haruki .

"that reminds me where is he ?"said Takagi puzzled .

They were obviously talking about Ichiro .

Hearing the latter part of their conversation , Chika looked at Aoyama and said .

"that reminds me Risa I saw you helping that Ichiro guy , why do you always talk to him they call him a creep and rumours is that he is an otaku "

"yes Risa -chan , those type of guys are the worst , you don't know what he'd do to you be careful "added Minami .

"but , Ichiro-kun don't talk with anyone and he is always alone and I...I feel pity for him "explained Aoyama .

"mou! , Risa you're such a kind girl "said Minami while clinging to Aoyama

"don't take advantage of Risa you Chiwawa like girl "

"Chika- Chan !!! didn't I say to not call me that " yelled Minami angrily while stamping her foot but she even when doing this she was adorable .

Smiling wryly at her two childhood friends currently bickering she looked outside the window .

thought Aoyama while looking strangely outside .

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On the rooftop of the science department , Currently Ichiro was rushing into the formation of the Iga-ryu , he straightened his posture and took his two katanas from his back who were hidden inside his school uniform , his overwhelming bloodlust surged and confronted the seven Iga ninjas armed with a kodashi (short Japanese sword) who were also heading toward him ,four of the ninjas in front felt the intense bloodlust and were momentarily frightened while the three who were left didn't stop and attacked him at the same time , Ichiro immediately placed his two swords in front to block the two first blows .

sfx : clink! clink !

Succeeding in blocking he manoeuvred his body and dodged the third blow by twisting his upper part , without stopping he sprinted toward the other five ninjas and unleashed one of the techniques he learned .

"shadow slashes !"

In that split second his speed increased to a frightening degree so that an after image of him was remaining , the first ninja only saw an after image of Ichiro moving one of his sword so he wanted to block but ...

"what!!?"

But there was nothing to block but air , he only felt a cold sensation on the back of his head and crumbled lifeless on the ground . what killed him was the sword of Ichiro cutting in the back of his neck .

The technique > consisted of creating after images to confuse the enemy and taking advantage of that to strike at high speed on weak points , but it is not an easy technique it consumes tremendous stamina and stresses the body of the executer .

But who was Ichiro he was an Elite Practitioner he executed the technique perfectly , after killing the first one the momentum didn't decrease , several other after images were created and consecutively slit the throats of the remaining other four ninjas , before they collapse he regained his initial position like he didn't move of his spot to begin with .

sfx :kasha ! kasha ! kasha! kasha !

The four corpses fell still wearing a confused expression on the ground .

Second seeing the spectacle was stunned and thought inwardly .

After seeing what happened to their comrades the three ninjas who remained were having cold sweet flowing on their backs .

"so Second when will you enter the ring , don't tell me you were counting on these worms ?"

Second was struggling with his thoughts .

Making eye contact with the three iga ninjas , Second disappeared from his spot .

" thinking of attacking simultaneously ?" sneered Ichiro .

Like he predicted the three iga ninja appeared behind him while Second attacked from his left side with his sickle but Ichiro made a swift movement changing his position so he can see Second from the left and the three ninja from the right , with his Long hair fluttering the full face of Ichiro appeared in view , eyes sharp like an eagle and a truly handsome face was seen but there was also a smirk on it .

Seeing the expression of Ichiro Second felt an ominous threat to his existence, then Ichiro uttered two words .

"shadow blade"

On the right almost instantly the three ninjas heads were sent flying and the stench of blood filled the air , on the left Second unlike the other three was sent flying hitting a wall making a dent on the way .

"tsk tsk ,Second i thought you had a better plan "

"cough ! cough ! impossible y...you mastered the second technique , you monster !"

The second technique he was talking about was the second ancestral technique of the clan , only acquiring the title of first one can have access at the three ancestral techniques still one had to practice for tens of years to master them but the individual in front of Second mastered them in only two years what does it mean ? Genius , to the point of being labelled a monster .

The second technique consisted of compressing the wind around a sword and creating a blade of wind so sharp that it can cut a tree in two effortlessly , this technique was created around five hundred years ago by the first founder of the Ryuketsu clan , but it had terrible conditions , one had to train his body to the limit and had control over every part of his body to have the possibility of executing it .

Second was terrified at the idea of Ichiro creating two wind blades simultaneously, if it wasn't for blocking at the last minute with his sickle made from special metal he would have lost his life but he still paid a price , looking at his left hand three of his fingers were lost and four of his ribs were broken .

"First you bastard , you fucked my hand !!!!" screamed Second in agony .

"too weak thought i still didn't master completely firing two wind blades " said Ichiro with a disappointed look .

Suddenly Second and Ichiro felt an overwhelming presence approaching at high speed .

"ha ha ha ha First now you will die , my gift was late cough ..cough " Second Laughed in madness .

"what now , the Koga ? " said Ichiro making fun of him.

"trust me , you will be greatly surprised "

Suddenly Ichiro felt a terrifying bloodlust pressing on him from his back , without waiting he instantly rotated his body and made a cross slash with his two swords .

"hey hey , where are you attacking I'm here "

Hearing the hoarse voice , Ichiro froze , that familiar old voice , that aura why didn't he recognize it immediately , but maybe he didn't want to believe instinctively .

" m...ma...master?" Ichiro had a very hard time uttering the word .

"of course who else? "

"n...no it can't be , impossible "

"why is it impossible , boy in this world there is nothing impossible"

"no!!!!!!!!!! I refuse to believe it why ? why?"

"why ? did you think I will abandon my flesh and blood ?"

"i...is this the only reason ? "

"you are right ha ha !! its not the only reason , i will tell you , you're too talented lad , in no time you will become too strong , i can't have a monster like you threaten my position , you don't have the blood "

"blood?"

"yes blood , you are not a descendant of our Ryuketsu lineage , how can i let you do as you please , to be honest seeing your talent i believed that you were one of our forgotten members but later i investigated and I found that you are not, I didn't understand how can you learn our arts , a peculiar existence like you is dangerous "

in reality Ichiro didn't hear half of his words he became numb , he lost his mother two years ago and his father died when he was young he didn't even know what he was like , then the master appeared and saved him from his despair only to betray him after , his mind stopped thinking .

"ha ha ha the title of First ? stop dreaming you monster brat ,ha ha ha ha " claimed Second .

His master was an old man full of wrinkles he had a white beard and he was bald but the look in his eyes instilled fear in others from his looks alone one can see that he was not a normal old man .

" if you want to kill me , feel free to do what you want , why would I want to live in this boring world anyway , there is no excitement nor worthy opponents , so ... feel free to kill me ..."

"sorry boy , i never told you my name ,before you die i will at least tell you , my name is Han.. "said the old man.

Ichiro closed his eyes , waiting for death , the master instantly appeared in front of him to deliver the killing blow with his short sword but two swords blocked it .

"huh ? why did I block it why !!!!!!!!!!!!!! " a tear of blood left his bloodshot eyes , from the power of the impact Ichiro got tossed from the building and was falling , it was at that time that a strange phenomenon manifested , while in the air a glowing circle appeared with a star and some unknown patterns and made him disappear in the true sense of the word .

The strange glowing circle didn't only appear for Ichiro but for some students inside the school too , one of them was Aoyama Risa .

End of chapter .