Rinka finally wakes up, Doa and Ashi are looking at stuff on Doa's phone, he stares at them.

Rinka: Uh.

Doa and Ashi notice him.

Doa: Oh, hey you're awake.

Rinka: Yeah, what's going on?

Doa: Well, we're in Tuviol town now.

Rinka: Oh..really? I have to get going then, I have to find the skiller!

Doa: Are you going to go by yourself?

Rinka: Yeah, this the last skiller to find, so there is no time limit now.

Doa: Isn't he stronger than you?

Rinka: Yeah, but he won't kill me.

Doa: Okay. Be careful though.

Rinka runs off in search of Rank 7.

…

"It's been more than an hour and we still haven't found Rank 7." Minaro thinks.

Minaro jumps from roof to roof looking around for Rank 7.

"Where could they be?"

…

Tuviol town is covered in nice wooden buildings, it has a stone floor and a few trees. After 15 minutes of searching Rinka and Minaro have found Rank 7 in front of a store. Rinka is on the ground, Minaro is on the roof of a building.

"I found him, I found Rank 7." Minaro thinks as he gets ready to attack, but then he notices Rinka.

"What? Rinka's here! Fuck! How did he get to him before I did?"

Rinka and Rank 7 stare at each other.

Rank 7 is a guy with big wavy green hair, his eyes are green with darker green at the bottom of them. He has a tired expression and a dark yellow sweater on accompanied by black pants.

Rinka: Hi.

Rank 7 stays silent.

Rinka: My name is Rinka and I want to be friends. I don't want to hurt you.

Rank 7 sighs.

He already knows about Rinka and his intentions thanks to Yutsu.

"What do I do? I have my own things to do but I've gotta fight this guy. Should I just fight him later? But it would be easier now."

Rinka: Um...

Rank 7: Yeah. I've got things to do.

Rinka looks confused, Rank 7 starts to run.

"Eh? He's running!?" Rinka thinks as he starts to chase after Rank 7.

Rinka: Hey wait!

"I'll just fight him while I do my things." Rank 7 thinks.

A giant boulder forms from Rank 7's palm, it heads towards Rinka. He quickly moves out of it's way and turns into lightning.

Lightning strikes in front of Rank 7, Rinka appears and swings his katana at Rank 7's chest, Rank 7 quickly summons a stone pillar to block Rinka's sword.

Rinka: Stop running!

Rank 7: I've got stuff to do, sorry.

Rank 7 runs in a different direction and uses a stone wave to lift himself up onto the roof of a building.

Rinka turns into lighting and appears beside Rank 7.

Rinka: I won't let you run.

Rinka tries to grab Rank 7, but Rank 7 quickly slaps his hand, a giant pillar of stones comes out from Rank 7's hand that slams into Rinka.

Rinka is thrown off the roof and onto the floor, he quickly stands up. Rank 7 jumps from roof to roof.

"I have no choice but to use my lighting here, If I dont, he'll get away." Rinka thinks.

Rinka turns into lightning and appears a few feet away behind Rank 7, he chases him down from roof to roof.

Rank 7 touches the roof under him, a wave of rocks heads towards Rinka, Rinka quickly moves out of the waves way.

A hole appears under Rank 7 which he falls into, Rinka is confused and surprised. A hole appears in front Rinka which Rank 7 comes out of, Rinka suddenly stops.

Rank 7 punches Rinka in the face and launches him off the building, Rinka tries to stand up, but Rank 7 grabs him and throws at him at a house then runs off.

Rinka quickly stands up and runs after Rank 7, Rank 7 raises his palm up, a ball of flowing sand starts to form on his palm.

Rinka is bleeding a little, Rank 7 shoots the ball of sand at Rinka, sand fills the area and Rinka is pushed back a little, he loses sight of Rank 7.

Rinka turns into lightning and zooms around until he finds Rank 7 running from roof to roof, he reappears and tries to slash Rank 7, rock armor surrounds Rank 7 which intercepts Rinka's slash.

"Twintails."

The black gas appears on Rinka's sword, Rinka swings his katana and cuts some of the rock off of Rank 7.

Rinka grabs Rank 7's exposed arm and holds onto him.

Rank 7: You're really trying to talk to me, huh.

Rinka: Stop running and listen to me.

A grey ball starts to form from Rank 7's palm.

"I led Rinka to the empty part of town, so my attacks shouldn't hurt anyone but him." Rank 7 thinks.

In Tuviol town there is a section where everything is empty, no one lives there. All the houses are old and run down.

Rank 7: Sorry dude, I have things to do.

"Ultimate Skill, Earthquake Ball." Rank 7 thinks.

He launches the grey ball at Rinka, it explodes and crumbles everything in a 50 feet radius, Rinka is stunned as he's launched and falls with the rubble.

A few seconds go by, Rinka rises from under the rubble, Rank 7 continues running from roof to roof, Rinka grips his sword and turns into lightning to search for him.

"Shit! Did anyone die? I'm not sure." Rinka thinks.

Lightning strikes a few feet in front of Rank 7, Rinka runs towards him, Rank 7 touches the floor in front of him, two stone pillars rise from the ground and head towards the floor, they swing around and knock the building Rinka is standing on down. He quickly falls as Rank 7 jumps off the roof.

"Chain of black".

Black lightning strikes as a black chain quickly comes out from the falling rubble and wraps around Rank 7's leg pulling him.

Rank 7 crashes into the floor, Rinka grabs his shoulder and stares at him. Rinka is bleeding and looks a bit tired.

"I'm glad Minaro and I were taught how to keep our stamina, but damn! The lightning void attack is so tiresome to use, I'm gonna get tired soon." Rinka thinks.

Rinka: You gonna keep running?

Rank 7: I'm gonna take a little break before running again.

Rinka: That skill, people may have just died!

Rank 7: Don't worry, this part of town is empty. No one died.

Rank 7 moves Rinka's hand off his shoulder and then kicks him in the stomach, Rinka is pushed back a little, Rank 7 throws a left punch which Rinka dodges, then Rinka punches Rank 7 in the stomach with his left fist.

Rinka quickly tries to slash Rank 7 but he dodges it and uppercuts Rinka.

"Earthquake Ball."

The houses near Rinka crumble and the ground shakes as he's launched away, Rank 7 starts to run away.

A big lightning strike happens which Rank 7 hears behind him, Rinka quickly zooms by and tackles Rank 7 to the floor, they stare at each other as Rinka looks even more tired. This time Rinka's grip on Rank 7 is really strong

Rinka: Stop running dude!

Rank 7 looks unamused.

Rank 7: You wanna know why I'm running?

Rinka stares at Rank 7 silently.

Rank 7: I have an important mission.

Rinka: Important mission?

Rank 7: This town may look normal but it has a secret.

Rank 7 quickly stands up and tries to kick Rinka, Rinka dodges the kick.

Rank 7: In this town, there are secret underground fighting rings, where higher ups bet on people that fight each other to the death.

Rinka: Huh? What the hell? Seriously?

Rank 7: It may sound unbelievable but it's 100 percent true, I used to participate in those fights. The higher ups kidnap people and force them to fight for their enjoyment! My mission is to kill them all!

Rank 7 starts to remember something.

Back when Rank 7 was younger, he went missing. He was taken underground and thrown into a pen with other people who were either dirty or brutally beaten.

Everyday people in the pen were taken out and only some came back and in bad condition. But everyday new people would be thrown into the pen.

Finally Rank 7 was taken out of the pen and was forced to fight, blood and sweat were shed as he was killing his opponent, he had to win or his life would be taken.

After winning he was put back in the pen to fight another day, but the day before his next battle, a younger Yutsu arrived at the place and stole Rank 7.

Yutsu: Listen up, do you want revenge or nothing?

Rank 7: I want revenge! I want them dead!

Yutsu: Good!

The memory ends.

Rank 7: I've made it my mission to kill all the higher ups responsible for the underground rings! I'll eradicate all those damn rings too!

Rinka: Wait, seriously? That's why you were running? I can help you if that's the case.

Rank 7: You're willing to do that for a guy you just met?

Rinka: Well yeah, I help people I think?

Rank 7: Uh.

Minaro looks down at them from the roof of a house.

"I guess I have to change my plan now. Maybe I'll follow them." He thinks.

Rinka and Rank 7 walk back to where Ashi and Doa are at.

Rinka: I brought him.

Doa: Oh, hi.

Rank 7: Hi.

Rank 7 and Ashi stare at each other for a few seconds.

Rank 7: Hi.

Ashi: Hello.

Doa: Let's go pick up Rank 6 and then head to Rank 4's house.

Rank 7: Wait, so what's going on?

Rinka: We're going to go to Rank 6 and then back to Rank 4's house so we can all talk.

Rank 7: Talk?

Rinka: Yeah, we'll have a friendly conversation.

…

A few hours have gone by, Rank 4, 6, 7, Rinka, Doa and Ashi are all relaxing on the couches in Rank 4's house.

Rinka: You should all tell me your names, referring to all of you as Ranks isn't nice.

Rank 4: Well, my name is Kuwi

Kuwi points at Rank 6 and then at Rank 7.

Kuwi: He's Rasshu and he's Iwo.

Rinka: Kuwi, Rasshu, Iwo, nice.

Rank 7: Anyways, what are we supposed to talk about?

Rinka: I don't know? I managed to help 3 of you out, the rest of the skillers are bad people, So my job is done. I literally brought you here just to have a friendly conversation.

Kuwi: I don't know how you expect us to just have a friendly conversation.

Rinka: We should do something, I don't know.

Everyone starts to talk about their memories and a few minutes later they're all laughing about the things that are being said.

After about an hour of talking, it's time for Rinka, Doa and Ashi to leave. They're standing at the door of Kuwi's house.

Rinka: Alright, it was fun talking to you all.

Iwo: Yeah, it was.

Rinka: Are you all gonna stay here or return back to your places?

Rasshu: We'll probably stay here for a bit longer before we go back to anywhere.

Rinka: Okay, well if you ever need to find us we'll be in the Skill center.

Kuwi: That's the big building near Maligan mountain right?

Rinka: Yeah, You know about it?

Kuwi: Kind of.

Rinka: Ok, we're in room C19..Anyways we're leaving now.

Rinka, Doa and Ashi walk away from the house and head back to the Skill center.

…

It's night time now, a few hours have gone by since Rinka, Doa and Ashi left. Iwo, Kuwi and Rasshu are in the kitchen eating dinner while talking.

Suddenly the front door of the house is destroyed, the 3 skillers quickly stand up to see what happened.

A person that couldn't be seen due to how dark it is, is standing a few inches from the entrance.

Kuwi: What the hell?

Iwo: Who the hell are you? I don't think trying to fight us is a good idea.

Rasshu: This guy is probably just some stupid burglar.

The person raises their palm, the palm points at the 3 skillers.

A wave of Ice forms from the palm that heads towards the 3 skillers.

The skillers dodge and head towards the person.

About 10 minutes go by.

Kuwi is hit by a fireball, Iwo is somewhat injured while Rasshu is near death.

10 more minutes go by, Kiwu's house is completely destroyed, Iwo looks afraid as he stares at the unknown person.

Iwo is covered in blood, not his, but blood from Kuwi and Rasshu who's lifeless destroyed bodies are on the rubble of the broken house.

"They're dead. He really killed them. Why? How strong is this person?" Iwo thinks as the person runs towards him.

Iwo dodges a punch and starts to run away.

"I have to get to the Skill center. The other skillers won't help me, they're busy. I have to rely on Rinka, Doa and Ashi."

…

Rinka, Doa, Ashi, Maya, Imma-ite and Bukkaru are all sleeping when the door of the apartment is broken down loudly which wakes all of them up.

They hear someone yelling "HELP!" repeatedly.

Rinka and the others quickly get out of bed to check what's happening.

They walk into the living room where Iwo and Rinka stare at each other.

Minaro stands at the front door with blood on both of his fists.

TO BE CONTINUED...