Rinka, Doa and Ashi run into Yugin town. They're rapidly panting as they look around. It takes them a few minutes to finally get their energy back.

They walk down the path of the town. There are a lot of mountains and common houses surrounded by small trees and several plazas. It is daytime.

Rinka: I'm really glad this town was close by.

Doa: Me too, without Bukkaru, getting to these towns is a pain in the ass.

Rinka looks at Doa, she looks back at him.

Doa: Hey, Rinka, I've been wondering, do you have an ultimate skill?

Rinka: Uh, no. I never decided to pick one, when I was younger the only skill I could use was my "Big Pockets." But now I can finally use my void, so I guess my ultimate skill would be the void.

Doa looks at Ashi.

Doa: What about you Ashi? Do you have an ultimate skill?

Ashi stops staring at the floor and looks at Doa. She's nervous.

Ashi: Oh, well the only skill I have is my small wind.

Ashi's trembling for no reason, Rinka looks at her.

Rinka: Ashi, why are you always so nervous? We're not going to do anything to you.

Ashi: Huh? Oh, it's because as a child I've always been nervous, I can't calm myself down.

Doa: Why? What happened to you?

Ashi laughs nervously and scratches her head.

Ashi: Um… A lot of mental trauma.

Rinka: Well, I have mental trauma from things I did, but I'm trying to get over them. You can probably overcome your nervousness if you really tried.

Ashi: Is that so?

Rinka: Ashi, do you consider yourself weak?

Ashi: I- Yes I do, my only skill is puny wind!

Rinka: Maybe your nervousness comes from your idea that your weak. You're convincing yourself to be nervous. Just believe your strong or make yourself strong and I think you'll be fine.

Ashi: But how do I do that?

Rinka: You imagine, you train, you do things that you wanna do that you think will make you stronger.

Ashi looks at the floor, Doa laughs a little.

Doa: Are you some sort of therapist or something, Rinka?

Rinka: No, I just wanted to help her out, I think soon she might need to help us fight skillers.

Ashi: You and the others were born with strength and good strong skills. I was born with a weak wind skill and no power at all. I don't think I could get stronger even if I tried.

Rinka: ...Your wind skill is only weak because you are… No one is born strong and it doesn't matter if a skill is strong because even the strongest skills can be weak without learning… We're strong because we trained to be that way.

Ashi: Do you...Do you really think I can get stronger?

Rinka: Yeah, anyone can get stronger, it's not impossible.

Ashi smiles a little.

Ashi: Okay! I'll try to get stronger… Thanks Rinka.

Rinka: Yeah.

Rinka looks at Doa, he squints his eyes.

Rinka: Hey, I've been wondering, how is that diamond shape in your hair even possible.

Doa: Huh?

Doa looks confused, then she laughs a little.

Doa: It's magic.

Rinka: Magic?

Doa: No, I've just got good hair products...

Anyways Nice advice. Maybe she'll help with the fights now.

Rinka: Maybe she will.

…

Rank 6, a guy with long dark cyan hair that covers one of his eyes, his eyes are orange with a line in the middle of them. He walks into a plaza and spots Rinka, Doa and Ashi walking towards him.

Rinka approaches Rank 6, they stand face to face.

Rinka: Hi!

Rank 6: Hi?

Rinka: Rank 6, I don't want to fight, I wanna be friends with you.

"Be friends, what? We just met." Rank 6 thinks.

Rank 6 remembers what Yutsu told him a few hours ago.

"Rinka wears a blue sweater and Minaro has long hair."

"This must be Rinka." Rank 6 thinks. He remembers something Yutsu told them one day after Yoshanai had finished fighting Minaro.

"Fight them."

Rank 6 quickly pulls a thick sword out and swings it at Rinka, Rinka blocks it with his katana, he jumps away from Rank 6.

Rinka: Hey! I don't want to fight!

Rank 6: Well I do!

Doa brings her gun out, Rinka looks at her.

Rinka: Hey, hold on, you don't have to fight, I can do this.

Doa: I had to help you with Rank 5.

Rinka: That's because she had trains and explosions. I don't think this skiller has that.

Doa: I can still help.

Rinka: I wanna test my strength so please let me do this by myself.

Doa: Fine… But don't take too long.

Rinka: How quick do you want me to finish this?

Doa: 7 minutes.

Rinka: 7 minutes?

Doa: 7 minutes, we have to get the other skiller.

Rinka: Okay.

Doa sits down, Ashi sits next to her.

"Back then with Rank 5, I didn't need Doa's help, during that battle I used my lighting void attack and lost a bunch of energy quickly, that's when I started needing her help. So this time I won't use my lighting, I can fight by myself." Rinka thinks.

"Twintails."

The black gas appears on Rinka's katana as he runs towards Rank 6.

"Minaro and I trained a lot and our skills are pretty good, that's why we're strong." Rinka thinks.

Several yellow dots come out of Rank 6 that head towards Rinka, he tries to move away from them but they follow, then they blow up.

Rinka weaves past the explosions, Rank 6 runs towards Rinka.

They swing their weapons at each other, the weapons don't collide, instead, Rinka's katana slices Rank 6's sword in half, the broken piece hits the floor, Rank 6 is surprised.

Rinka katana narrowly misses cutting Rank 6's face.

"I have to fight, like I want to kill you." Rinka thinks

Rank 6 punches Rinka in the stomach with his left fist and launches him away. Rinka slides back after the hit and runs towards Rank 6. Several arms made of marble start to form from Rank 6's forearms that head towards Rinka.

Rinka cuts all the arms as he gets closer to Rank 6, Rinka gets ready to throw a left punch, Rank 6 dodges and throws his own left punch and hits Rinka's stomach, he's thrown to the right.

Rank 6 runs towards Rinka and tries to kick him, Rinka grabs his leg and kicks him at the side of his stomach.

Rinka jumps away from Rank 6

"Rank 2 wasn't hard to beat, I probably could have beaten Rank 4 without Doa's help, so Rank 6 and I should be tied in strength." Rinka thinks.

"Chain of Black."

Rinka swings the chain around like whip, Rank 6 dodges all the attempts to hit him.

Rank 6 uses his broken sword and swings it multiple times, each time, white lines come out of it that are capable of cutting things.

Rinka dodges the white lines as he runs towards Rank 6.

"He can dodge my chain, so I guess I'll have to start making him bleed."

"Twintails."

Rinka swings his katana at Rank 6.

Rinka's Twintails can be manipulated so that it can cut almost anything in half or just cut like it normally would.

Rank 6 dodges Rinka's katana. Suddenly several magic bullets hit Rank 6, Rinka turns around and looks at Doa.

Doa is next to him with her gun beside her.

Doa: Times up… Minaro's going to get to Rank 7 before us if we spend too long here.

Rinka sighs.

Rinka: I guess you've got a point.

Rank 6 starts to remember more things Yutsu told him a few hours ago.

"Rinka doesn't like that the first 7 ranks are getting in trouble, so he's looking for them. He'll probably talk to you."

Doa and Rinka look at each other.

Rinka: I'm going to do something, and once I do you use your ultimate skill. Trust me.

Doa: Uh… Ok?

Rinka turns into lighting and zooms around Rank 6, Rinka reappears and turns into lighting several times while attempting to punch Rank 6 in different locations.

But Rank 6 dodges the hits.

Doa uses her ultimate skill, and fires bullets nonstop at Rank 6 which all hit and stun him.

Rank 6 is unable to move, so now Rinka's attacks are landing, Rank 6 gets weaker.

"If I was as strong as Rank 7 or Rank 8 this wouldn't hurt me! This attack wouldn't work on others!" Rank 6 thinks.

The bullets stop.

Rank 6 collapses onto the floor and tries to stand up but fails, Rinka appears right above Rank 6 and lands on his stomach, Rinka points his katana at his head. Rinka breathes heavily, he's extremely tired.

Rinka: Hey...

Rank 6 looks tired, he's silent.

Rinka: We want to spare you, you won't get arrested or killed. I wasn't even trying to fight you.

Rinka helps Rank 6 up, then he goes unconscious due to exhaustion, Doa catches him and tries to put him on her back but Ashi approaches.

Ashi: Doa, since I didn't help, I can help you carry Rinka.

Doa: Are you sure? He's a bit heavy.

Ashi: Yes, I've got him.

Ashi carries Rinka on her back, Doa looks at Rank 6.

Doa: Could you stay in this town, while we head to get another skiller?

Rank 6: Another skiller? Why are you looking for skillers?

Doa: We want to meet the skillers and talk to them, to ensure their safety.

Rank 6: Uh, okay, sure. I'll wait here.

…

Minaro, Maya, Imma-ite and Bukkaru walk into Tuviol town where Rank 7 is said to reside.

Minaro opens a rift up and pulls 2 phones from it. He hands one to Maya and then Imma-ite.

Minaro: Alright, let's split up, call me if you find the skiller.

Maya: Okay!

Imma-ite: Yup.

Minaro and the others run in different directions.

"I will get more skills." Minaro thinks.

…

Ashi with Rinka on her back and Doa run out of Yugin town.

Doa: Alright if we keep running forward we should find Tuviol town.

Ashi: How long do we have to run for?

Doa: Maybe for around 30 minutes.

Ashi: Okay! I'll try my best to run!

…

50 minutes go by, Ashi had to stop several times to rest.

Doa, Ashi and Rinka are finally in Tuviol town, Ashi looks at Doa, she's breathing heavily.

Ashi: I'm so sorry I had to stop so many times.

Doa: It's fine, Rinka hasn't even woken up yet.

Ashi: So what do we do?

Doa: We wait, we have to wait for Rinka to wake up.

Ashi: Okay.

Ashi lays Rinka down and sits on the floor, Doa stands beside her and looks around.

Doa: Yup we're waiting..

39 minutes go by.

TO BE CONTINUED...