"GUUAAAAH!", a muscular delinquent who has a bald head, is half-naked and has a blade shaped arm was punched back unconscious to the ground of an alleyway.

It was already night that time, and darkness surround the area.

"That's the last of them.", Sir Knight said as he put down his fist.

"Haaah. It's been hectic the whole week because of these lowlives acting like rascals during the tournaments. They all could just go to hell.", Elasticity said as he walked towards Sir Knight's back.

"...but still. They weren't looking for 'a black haired male student' again unlike they usually do. Seems like they were just ordered to make a stunt before the finals.", Sir Knight explained as he grabbed the villain and carried it on his shoulder.

"Half of them aren't even trained. They're just punks trying to act rebellious against their parents."

"Whatever they're planning, none of them can take us down."

The two then walk out of the alley.

On top of the building right of the alleyway, was a certain silhouette that seemed to dark to see.

"Reinforcement through objects. Elastic body powerful enough to shift into objects. Support class teachers.", a female voice was heard.

Sir Knight suddenly stopped as if he noticed something.

He then turned towards the top of the building, wondering who it was he heard.

"What's the matter?", Elasticity asked him.

"...

...Nothing.", Sir Knight said as he turned back to Elasticity.

They then walked away from the area.

"CONGRATULATIONS! RA-CHAN AND IO-CHAN!", Akiko cheered as she shot out a confetti.

Akira and Akio were sat in front of the dining table, in front of each other.

In the middle of the table was a large white cake with the words 'CONGRATULATIONS!' written on it with chocolate.

Akira seemed annoyed by this and had his elbow on the dining table, with his hand holding his face, while Akio could only show a wry smile.

"MOM! We didn't win the whole tournament! I barely even passed the last match! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?", Akira scolded her with an incredulous expression.

"Come on, Ra-chan! You guys did your very best just to get there. Can't a mother celebrate her son's victory?"

"Save that after I actually won the tournament."

"We'll be having another victory party for Io-chan after."

"HEY! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GETTING AT-"

"Remember last year? I came home during this month as well, right? Io-chan won the tournament at that time and we celebrated it together. Although for you, Ra-chan, I told you a friend of mine had a birthday and that was why we had a large cake that day."

'Now that I think about it...'

[In front of the same dining table, sat Akio, who was wearing the S.U. uniform, except he was wearing a blue tie. In front of him was Akira, who was wearing his highschool summer uniform.

They both had the same expressions as they today, and Akiko was extremely enthusiastic as well.]

"So you told me that because I might suspect you guys that he was some sort of superhero who won some sort of tournament, right?"

"Yes! That's exactly right, Ra-chan!"

'...

...So if I had never awakened this ability of mine, I would've been stuck in the shadows, not knowing a single thing about the world Akio got in.

... Wait...

... I... awakened this power, just a few months ago...

...'

"Akio got his powers since he was little, and at that time, I sent a recommendation to the school. They had to screen him, but they accepted him for his good behavior. Not to mention how he fought a couple of large delinquents when he was just a kid!", Akiko optimistically bragged.

"Why didn't you send a recommendation for me?"

"Your case was different, Ra-chan... Unlike Io-chan, you've had some conflicts with some police officers for starting brawls with random delinquents in the streets. We didn't believe it, but back then... There was a rumor that you violated a girl, right?"

"..."

'Yeah... I almost forgot about that incident, that was during highschool. My reputation just got worse and worse those days.'

"We believe you, Ra-chan, me and Io-chan... but the council had to be careful with their movements, especially since... There's already a lots of cases about saviors turning into villains...", Akiko said while turning her head down low.

Akira and Akio showed a worried look at her.

"Come on! Let's just celebrate it! Don't be so worried about me!", Akiko said with enthusiasm.

"Mom, can I ask you something?"

"Yes, Ra-chan?", Akiko answered with excitement, thinking that his dear son was needing her for some advice.

"You know about all that, right? Your ability, 'gust' was it? You used to study in S.U. too, right? So did you become a savior or support once?"

"Oh yes! I became a support, just like what you're aiming to be! My gust ability wasn't really that strong, but with it, I was still able to rescue people who were in danger!"

"Why do you never talk about it then?"

"..."

Akiko looked like she wanted to say something, but closed her mouth immediately.

She was showing a worried face while looking at the ground.

'Mom usually tells us stories about her travels and stuff as soon as she gets home... She's always enthusiastic about everything, but for some reason, she's...'

Akira's eyes slightly widen as he realized.

'Oh...yeah... Dad is a part of that evil organization, right?... I almost forgot...'

Akira turned his head down and with a serious expression, looked at his hand.

'It's been years since I saw him. I was devastated when I didn't see him again when I was a child, but growing up, I realized he abandoned us. I already got over it, but...'

He then turned his eyes towards Akiko.

'Mom's probably the one hurting the most...'

"Akira... Akio....", Akiko called them by their names.

"I'm sorry about your mother being a weakling that can't help you in times like this, alright? I was never a strong support, nor was I one when I was a student... but even though I can't really teach you how to grow stronger, I'll always be the biggest fan of both of you!", Akiko told them with a gentle smile.

Akira scratched his head feeling kind of embarassed hearing her say this, while Akio showed a slight smile.

"I don't really have amazing stories from my support days to tell both of you, so the best I could do to help you two is this. So... I wish you two the best of luck out there, alright?"

Akira crossed his arms and sighed while Akio nodded.

"Hmph, whatever. Do what you want!"

"YAY! Ra-chan-"

"GET THE HELL OFF OF ME!", Akira screamed while trying to push away Akiko who tried to glomp him.

'Well, whatever... Guess I'll just end it there...', Akira thought.

He wanted to ask her mother more about what happened between her and his father, but it seemed like a bad memory to bring up, so he decided not to do so.

Suddenly...

*riiiinnng riiiinnng*

Kana's phone suddenly rang from her pocket.

"Sorry! I have to take this phone call! I won't be letting you go after!"

"Just stop glomping, mom!", Akira complained.

Akiko then went out of the room as Akira turned back to his plate.

"Mom's really cheery about stuff like this, isn't she, bro?", Akio commented with a wry smile.

"Yeah..."

"Akira!", Akiko called him as she walked to him while pointing her phone to him.

"Kana wants to have a word with you."

"Someone's got a full schedule, huh? Guess I could expect that from someone like her.", said Akira as he walked up to the road before school.

He was wearing a gray hoodie and jogging pants as he walked up to planning to enter the school.

He didn't bring his bag or anything, and wasn't suited with his uniform, which clearly shows that there wasn't any school that day, and he had a different reason why he's going there.

"Can't she just come to our house? Why the hell do I have to walk all the way here.", Akira complained with a grumbling expression.

"Guess I just gotta suck it up...", he continued.

*pug*

As he walked towards the school's gate, he suddenly bumped against a person.

"Uh!" Akira tripped and fell to the ground as the other person did so as well.

"Sorry 'bout that.", Akira lazily apologized as he rubbed his neck and turned towards the person he bumped to who also tripped.

"It's haah ok.", the girl panted as she answered.

Akira's eyes widen as he saw who it was.

"Y-you're-

MASOCHIST-SENPAI!"

Akira immediately stood up and felt a shiver down his spine as he saw her.

She was wearing a long sleeve yellow pastel colored shirt, a black long skirt with pink flower designs on it and black long stocking which gave more accent to her legs.

Next to her was her bag, which was a white string bag with a cute dog with a mustache design.

This senpai of Akira, does have good looks and a voluptuous body. If she took off her glasses, she'd look even more beautiful and exceptionally stunning.

To Akira though, her weird attitude weighed much more than her looks and made it hard for him to deal with her.

"So you've come to punish me, master. At last!", she quivered with excitement as she stood up and went up to him with eagerness in her eyes.

"Uhhh! G-gotta go!"

Akira who was feeling cornered, immediately ran pass her and headed towards the school entrance.

"Wait! Master!", the senpai screamed out as to call for him.

'Shiiiiiiit! Why is she here!?', Akira nervously thought as he ran away.

Back at the principal's office, was Kana who was showing a serious expression as she browsed what seems to be a document.

"Haaah...", she sighed as she flipped through the pages.

*knock knock knock*

A knock was heard from the door as she was flipping through the document.

"Come in.", she said with her eyes still locked in the documents.

"H-hey...", Akira answered to her as he came in.

He was sweating badly and seemed to be in a rush when he got there as if he was chased around by someone.

Kana turned to him with an incredulous expression seeing him all sweaty like this.

"Why are you all sweaty? Got real frisky with your girlfriend? You can't do lewd things in the campus if I have to remind you.", Kana teased still with an incredulous expression.

"Aunts aren't supposed to talk about that shit with their nephews, aren't they?", Akira told her also with an incredulous expression.

"Why are you so late? I told you to come here immediately."

"I've got my reasons...", Akira replied while trying to avoid her skeptical eyes.

"Well, let's just leave that for now... And just tell you why I wanted to talk to you here for.", Kana said as her expression changed into a serious one.

"Is the reason why you called me here partly because of you disappearing for a while all of a sudden?", Akira asked with a serious expression.

"... Your teachers informed you, right? About how we were supposed to have had a faculty meeting about the tournament and how we plan to create, observe and plan matches?", Kana asked Akira.

"... Y-yeah...", Akira felt surprised hearing Kana's words, but the pretended to have known of this.

"Uhhh... You just don't learn, do you? You should listen to your teachers a little bit more...but for now, let me just get straight to it.", Kana told Akira with her palm on her hand and her eyes closed.

"We didn't conduct a faculty meeting at that time.", she said whilst opening her eyes.

"We had a meeting with the council and the other heads of other Savior schools.", Kana continued.

Akira's eyes slightly widen hearing this.

"You probably don't know about it...but there exists not only other schools that train Saviors and Supports, but a council of powerful Saviors who judge and implement the system of the existence of ability users.", Kana explained.

'The other schools was a surprise...but the council... was not.'

["Have you heard of the Savior Council, your Highness?...

...They're a group of special retired professional Saviors and supports that watch over the efforts of our Savior and support students, and amateur and professional Saviors and supports. They observe them carefully to make sure none is going rogue, nor does any of them plan to betray the Savior world."]

'Basically, some sort of council made by the top to prevent any Saviors or Supports from making rash decisions. Just like this University, they also didn't have that much creativity for their hella great name. Still...for those shady people to suddenly call for the top's attention, what is...?'

"I won't go much into them, except that them, and every savior schools' heads including me, have gathered together at that date. To speak about the current situation we were all experiencing right now."

'... Is she gonna tell me about-'

"A few months back, a certain... prison that's built to house villains was broken in by a couple of unknown people."

["Apparently, a certain villain prison was broken in by a few powerful villains. These villains were said to have taken down not only the prison's security system, but fought down the saviors and support who were on guard. They then let the villains free and forced them to work for their cause."]

'Sir Knight talked about that as well...'

"Since then, more villains have been flocking around the country, doing petty deeds like vandalism, loitering, but some have also done some major stuff...

...like attempted murder..."

[Akira noticed a light on the side of the cavern.

Blood, suddenly splashed from the inside.

Akira's eyes widen as he saw this. He put down Ai who was still unconscious on the side, and ran to the light.

There he saw, a large dead end in the cave, there was also a small stone on the top of the cave, the stone glowed brightly making the area visible.

Lying down on the ground, is a bloodied student.

The student had brown kempt hair and lied on the ground. He was lying on the ground unconscious.

In front of him is a man with bloodied hands, he had light blue hair, and looked kind of like a zombie. He was wearing a white and black striped overalls. He also had blood on his right hand.]

[Akira opened the curtain and approach the bed.

Keima was wearing a patient's outfit, and a cast on his left leg.]

'Attempted... murder...'

Akira clenched his fist and showed an angry look on his face as he remembered those scenes.

"You've seen a couple of events like that, right? Well, from that nosy behavior of yours, I bet you probably wouldn't walk away from someone needing help."

"That's what I'm training to be, right? To prevent fuckers like those from putting their feet on the ground."

"These people I'm talking about are different."

"I'VE BEATEN A CLASS CRIMINAL! I COULD PUNCH THE GUTS OUT OF THISE PIECES OF SHITS!", Akira suddenly screamed out as he put his hands on the table.

Kana kept composure. Even if it felt like Akira had solid determination in his words, she didn't seem like she's backing down.

'She's planning to ask me to not interfere, isn't she? Of course, I know I'm still not as strong as the teachers, and I've still just learned my power a year ago, but...'

"I CAN'T JUST STAND BY AND-"

"Relax. I'm not gonna ask you to stay out of trouble."

Akira's eyes slightly widened hearing her words.

He pulled his hands from her desk and put it in his pockets.

"...but weren't you about to say-"

"Just let me finish, okay?", asked Kana as she crossed her arms.

"...", he then kept silent as he listened intently.

"There were lots of villains that we encountered, B class ones that are moderately strong, C class ones that are average, D class ones that are weak and even A class ones that can very much defeat an inexperienced student like you."

"...BUT YOU SAID-"

"I know. I know. I'm not finished yet...

First of all, I'm not preventing you from interfering. Because I already know, that whatever we do, you'll probably be involved anyways..."

"Well, that's true."

"... Remember what I said back then... and how that villain you took down spoke about that organization?"

"You mean... >?"

"...

...Yes, that organization...

The last time I heard it from your mouth, it made me really mad realizing that you, an amateur student, already know about something we have kept secret for the most part...", Kana said as she pulled her arms and put it on the desk.

"Did you know...", she continued.

"...that this organization...

...once almost destroyed the world?"

Akira's eyes widen as he heard this.

"What!? How did they-"

"It was thanks to two sixth year students, who was able to beat that villain and rescue the world from it's coming downfall at that time."

'Sixth year students... A couple of students stopped villains that we're almost able to take over the world?'

"To tell you the truth...

... You know those two students I was talking about."

'Who is she...'

Suddenly, a white flash of light flashed in his mind, and he reminisced a certain figure, who was wearing what seems to be a furcoat.

"Was it... X-tinct?"

Kana closed her eyes and nodded as she heard this.

"Correct, back then, X-tinct was just a graduating student of the university. The Saviors and Supports we had back then, were all defeated by that villain, and just when the time came where he was about to pull the trigger, the two stopped him and saved the world."

'The two...? Then who's the other....?'

"You're probably wondering who's the other person, right?

Who was the person who graciously saved the world with our number one savior? Who was the one who took down the villain with him? Who was the one who was able to stand the same ground with the mighty X-tinct?..."

'If I could remember, lots of the really strong Saviors and Supports I've met besides X-tinct... are the teachers...

Was it Sir Knight? No... He's ability is strong, but I can see X-tinct's ability destroying his armor.

Was it that bitch, Strategiser-sensei? She was with X-tinct, so it might be her... but I just can't believe she'd be able to step on the frontlines with just her mental ability.

... Is there really someone who could even stand up next to him...

Is it... Mom?-'

"If you're thinking it might be Akiko-nee, it's not. She was almost teared down by that villain as well."

"..."

'I can't think of anyone else...'

"If you don't have any guesses, it's alright. If it was me, I'd have a hard time guessing too, since you haven't seen most of the teachers in a battlefield."

'It's true, I do not have much info about them, so there's no way in hell I'd know.'

"You probably couldn't even guess it I even if you wanted to, since that person isn't even a teacher."

"...

Wait don't tell me...

It's you-"

"I'm not that old, you little brat."

"Can't help it. Just tell me who it is and stop beating around the bush."

"... It's been so long... I guess Akiko-nee never spoke about it much with you, huh?"

"Wait... so it's mom?"

"No..

It's not her...

...but she was the one...

...who was closest to him."

"..."

'Wait... don't tell me."

"You seem to have guessed it from the look on your face."

Akira made a shocked face as he realized who she was talking about.

"The last time you talked about him was a long time ago, when that villain brought him up."

'NO...'

"I knew you probably would have a hard time believing it as well...", Kana laid down her head as she said this.

'WHY!?'

"Paired up to X-tinct, as the top Savior, was the top Support, who saved a lot of people and aided X-tinct in every single one of his fights. He was an overachiever, a well known hero, a person everyone once looked up to..."

'...WHY DID A GUY LIKE HIM...'

"That person, the person who saved millions of lives, the one who prevented the world from destruction with X-tinct..."

'...WHY DID HE...'

"It was your father, Arata Ishikawa."

'... WHY DID HE ABANDON US?'

Akira felt really really unnerved and angered.

His fist was clenched tight, his whole body was shaking. He felt like a complete mess.

'THE TOP SAVIOR...? RESCUED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE...? PEOPLE USED TO LOOK UP TO HIM...? WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?'

Akira's thoughts were in dismay as he tried to understand all the information he took in.

From his childhood, short moments he experienced with his father flashed in his mind.

["You shouldn't do that, Ra-chan. You should love the way you look."]

["I'm sure you'll become an amazing hero."]

["I'm sorry, Ra-chan.

Seems like even your cape is torn now. You keep making new caped out of our curtains but it just doesn't hold out...

You don't have to worry though.

Because you won't have to wear capes anymore.

From now on...

We're with the other side."]

["I'm sure you'll become an amazing hero-", a middle aged man with similar features as Akira and wore a brown long sleeve shirt, told him with a smile.]

["...Ra-cha-

["Don't worry, I'll promise it wouldn't hurt.", the face of a man with long messed up gray hair and his eyes hidden by a hood was shown smirking.

"You belong with us now-"]

Akira's eyes widen as some weird memories also flashed in his mind.

"Akira?"

"... Sorry..."

'... Who... was that...?'

"I understand that this may be hard for you to take in, but I need you to please listen carefully, since this is something I wanted to do to make sure nothing will go wrong."

"What do you mean?", Akira asked her with a serious expression.

He seemed to have calmed down a little, having been slapped back to reality.

"The villains that have been gathering around... Well, the council spoke about how they got some information about what they were after..."

'... Sir Knight spoke about this before...

... They were looking for a black haired male...

... Wait... Could it be...'

"... I'm not sure if that's what he's really after...but when push comes to shove, I know you'd probably one of the most frustrated at it..."

'They're looking for...

...me?'

"That's why... I want you to be ready, if that time ever comes."

"... What are you planning?", asked Akira.

"...

... I want you to do a private lesson with a certain person. This person would be able to greatly help you improve your abilities. That way, if they ever come and tried to get what they want, you'd be packing more punch than you have now."

"... Do you mean I'm basically-"

"I'm planning to have a teacher train you. And improve your skills to make sure you can use your abilities efficiently."

Akira was a little surprised by this, but seemed a little less enthusiastic than he usually would have been.

An anime like situation opened up to him, and he was given the chance to train after a professional. This was a great opportunity from him.

... The thing was though, his father was still the topic of the situation.

He thought that this was just an absolute necessity, to make sure they don't get their hands on him.

So that he'd be able to fend off any possible villains who'd come after him, he should be made strong enough to fight against powerful villains and protect himself as well, this is what he thought.

"When is it gonna begin", Akira asked.

"After your tournament. I want you to meet the person who'd be teaching you. I'm not really sure what your tastes are, but I bet you'd be really motivated once you realized who would be teaching you."

'Is it X-tinct? He helped me back then. And he's really strong.'

"There's something else I wanted to talk about by the way. I know you're still trying to collect your thoughts from knowing the truth about your father, but I just have to get this out since there might be a chance you'd see him eye to eye a few days from now."

"What is it?"

Kana opened the file that was in front of her desk.

"... I remembered back when I watched your group battles. I've seen a lot of other group battles after that, and I have to say, Akio is still leagues away from you."

"Just tell me."

"...

... Your group battles was the most unique one...

Since one of your classmates went on a rampage and was seriously trying to go after you."

'She's talking about Inoue, huh?'

"What about it?"

"That Inoue Kazuki, was it?...he says he has a grudge about you. I was wondering why since you weren't the type to pick a fight with someone, unless they're a horrible person. I heard because of what he did, the council even sent an observe-... Forget about that. Anyways, we realized-"

'She was planning to say observer? She really didn't know that I had a conversation with Sir Knight about that...'

"...that Inoue invited you to speak and told you the truth about why he hates you so much."

'That time?'

["Hey."

From the campus entrance/exit, stood Kazuki, with a serious expression. He suddenly called out for Akira while he was walking down to exit campus.

"What do you want?", asked Akira with a serious expression.

"Let's talk.", replied Kazuki.]

'So Inoue had an observer too. They seem like great professionals if they can sneak up so well we didn't notice a thing.'

"The thing I wanted to say about that was..."

Akirs's eyes widen as he listened to the words that came out next from Kana's mouth.

Inside Akira's room, was him, lying on the bed.

He was wearing a singlet black shirt with his palms pointed up glowing with green wire like lines.

*sschhhhwwww*

With a light flash, a gauntlet suddenly appeared on his arm and an eye mask appeared on his left eye.

'Is this really enough for me to compete against him?', Akira thought.

Kazuki's ability granted him to inflate objects including the ground, creating a strong impact.

He can also inflate his arms and swing them like a giant's fists. With every punch breaking a large hole in the ground.

There was no way he could have survived against him during the group battles, if it wasn't for Megumi, and now that he'll be fighting with a high maintenance ally, it'll be hard for him to keep a strong stand when he meets him in the battlefield.

'The next round, won't be as forgiving as the other rounds. This time, I really have to face him.'

[Akio was seated in front of Akira in the dining table, while Akiko was sat in the middle of them, on the edge of the table.

In front of them were their meals, what seems to be an overflow of sushi, chicken, omelette, katsudon, a large variety of meals were served.

"Mom, you really didn't have to spend this much today, did you?

I mean, I'd be more than glad to eat this all, but you should really save it for when we actually win.", Akira scolded his mom again.

"Oh come on, Ra-chan. We've been through this already."

"Yeah, yeah, but-"

"Aniki, have you prepared for the next round? You should do your best since we'll all be watching."

"Yeah, yeah, I'm-"

Suddenly, Akira dropped the spoon on top of the table.

"What's the matter?", asked Akio.

"What do you mean you're gonna watch?", Akira replied with a nervous confused tone.

"Really, Ra-chan? You didn't even bother knowing about what's gonna happen in your next match?", butted in Akiko.

"Shut the hell up! Just tell me what you guys meant when you're 'all watching'.", Akira asked with a slightly nervous tone.

"Well, the final tournaments are actually done one by one now starting from the first years. So we will be watching your match since my match will take place after all of yours is done."

"WHAT!?", Akira suddenly stood up hearing this.

"What's got you so riled up? Do you still have stage fright, Aniki?"

"Ra-chan, you shouldn't be so nervous!"

'THESE IDIOTS! Well, of course I'd be dealing with being watched by a lot of people but...']

Akira stared at his green sharp claw as he remembered.

'I've been hiding it for so long. I wanted to use it at least once, but... I couldn't use it much back then...'

Akira stood up from the bed and stared at a monitor of a computer on top of a desk.

He walked in front of it and used it like a mirror.

'I knew it.'

Akira stared at the eye mask he had on his face.

'When I fought X-tinct...

I didn't think of much except that I wanted to beat him. I was so pissed about how harder it was to fight him with one of my eyes closed. And suddenly, at that one moment...'

["SHIT OUT THAT ENERGY!"

A green spiky piece of armor that looked like a mask around his left eye, with a transparent piece that served as the lens appeared.]

'I somehow created a new piece of equipment without knowing it...'

Akira touched the mask with his hand and reminisced.

["A MASK!?", Akira screamed.

'No, it's not really a mask, it's some sort of...glasses or something. A monocle? With a spiky blaze like mask surrounding it, but only on one eye.', he thought.

He was also in his room back then, and was wearing a blue tracksuit.

He just came back from fighting X-tinct and getting checked out of the hospital, when he came to his room to try out his gauntlet again.

'The mask made it so the circulation of energy and the image I was making was done easier. It took me a long while before I realized the reason my gauntlet wasn't working was because of Ocular Dominance, but I finally made a solution for it...

...but still... it isn't enough...']

'I tried back then, but I kept failing. I needed more energy, but I've trained more, so maybe I should...'

Akira, with his right gauntlet, pulled out his left arm in front of him, and suddenly, a green flash of light shined and energy nerves started showing up on it.

'I need to do it!'

It flashed brighter and brighter when suddenly...

"AUGGHHH!!!"

Akira's left arm suddenly cramped and his right gauntlet disappeared.

"RA-CHAN!", from downstairs, ran Akiko who was wearing a white t-shirt and blue pants with a pink apron.

She hurried up to Akira when she saw him fall to the ground.

"AUGGHHH!!", Akira was holding his left arm as he screamed of agony.

"Ra-chan!"

'SHIT!

WHY CAN'T I DO IT!?'

Akiko was worried about him and helped him stretched his arm as he slowly relaxed back to normal.

'If I don't do this...

...there's no chance I'll ever win against him!'

Akira could only glare at the ground with anger on himself.

"Goooooood morning, everyone!", cheered a beautiful violet-blue haired, blue eyed woman wearing a dark blue surfsuit and holding a mike as she greeted the crowd.

They were in what seems to be a coliseum like area, with tons of students, teachers, parents, and professional Saviors and Supports everywhere in the audience area.

On the lower side, near the exit/entrance to the arena, was the support class 1-2.

There sat, almost all of them, except for Yurei Tomo, Takumi Shikaku and Keima Nakamura.

"Can't believe only seven of us passed through although we survived almost every match.", Izanagi, who was seated next to Akira told him.

"Hehe. I got too caught up with messing with my teammate that I lost.", said Sora, who was seated next to Izanagi.

"I feel you, Sorachi.", Chiyo, who was sat on the seat one level above Sora told her.

Next to her was Maiki.

Next to Akira, on the left side, was Ai Abe, Koka Kawai and Megumi Sasaki.

Ai was seemingly flustered and nervous since she got to sit next to Akira, while Megumi and Koka were exuding an intimidating aura.

Ryuu, Daichi and Kami were sst next to Maiki and seemed to be looking a bit glum except for Kami.

Kami was busy trying to cheer up the two.

Eiko, Hana, Avaron and Mitsuko were one level above them, seemingly a bit gloomy as well except for Eiko and Avaron.

Eiko was the one cheering them up there.

Avaron was trying to meditate while seated and is just trying to relax herself.

"Still, this is a bit too much, don't you think?", Akira asked Izanagi, feeling a bit pressured by the massive audience.

"It feels like we're in some sort of TV Show and stuff like that.", Akira continued.

"You really have to get over your stage fright, Akira. You're never gonna go anywhere if you continue like that."

'Why's Izanagi acting so serious today?'

Akira noticed Izanagi was a bit stiffer than normal.

'He wasn't trying to sleep and even if he looks like he really wants to, he's not trying to... He's already out of the tournament, right?'

Suddenly, the announcer turned the ground beneath her liquid, and changed into her liquid form.

Turns out the announcer was States in her human solid form.

"The first match we will hold for the day. Is a match against two strong competitors from the savior class 1-4 and 1-5 and from the support class 1-2!"

Akira's attention was caught by the States as she called out Akira's class.

'That's our class.'

Akira turned back to look at his classmates and checked who was missing.

He was shocked to see his classmates, who were looking gloomy or cheery earlier, all have a serious look on their faces.

'What's going on? Why are they suddenly...?'

"You have no clue who's about to fight don't you?", Izanagi asked Akira.

"Who is? Why is everyone acting so serious...? Is there something I should know from here?", asked Akira.

"From the left corner, is a strong pair who was able to clobber their enemies like they're made of jelly!", States announced.

'... That's-'

"Let's give a round of applause to the Takahashi brothers, Ken and Ude!"

'Ken!... Wait... If that's him then... Their opponents...'

Akira suddenly understood why his classmates all suddenly looked serious.

'Oh no...'

"From the right corner, is a pair of strong fighters who has been known to have never even been touched by their opponents in their matches. Let's all give a round of applause to-'"

Akira's eyes widen as he saw who walked out of the arena's entrance.

"Taiho Jun and..."

From behind the blonde pulled up haired figure, was a blue haired handsome guy with a serious face.

"Inoue Kazuki!"

'INOUE!'

Akira clenched his fist seeing this scene and couldn't help but feel bothered.

'SHIT! WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE HIM! I should be the one fighting him! I'm the one he's after!'

Suddenly, the look of Takumi and Gorou's injured body flashed on Akira's mind.

He clenched his fist even harder remembering this.

'SHIT! If he does that again...!'

["He saved me, Akira."]

Suddenly remembering Keima's words, Akira loosened his grip and lessened his anger.

'I don't know what his intentions are, but if what happened to Takumi, was only an accident...'

"Both contestants please stand on the Xs marked on the west and east side of the circle!", States announced.

She then walked back and retreated to the edge of the arena.

In the middle, of the arena, was a slightly elevated large circular podium where the contestants were supposed to fight.

The two pairs walked to the top of the podium and stood straight.

"It's been so long, Inoue. I still haven't forgotten what you did told me after our group battles.", Ken stated.

'After our group battles?'

["Takahashi-san was motivating us all the way, and tried his best to include you in our plan... but you kept being stubborn! You decided to do everything on your own and not giving us a place to stand on!", Avaron told Kazuki.

Kazuki still kept reading his book and ignored her.

"Why, you-"

"Fujimoto-san!", Ken immediately stopped Avaron as she planned to pull away his book.

"Don't!", Ken told her with a look of fear on his face.

Akira's eyes widen as he saw Ken's face.

'That expression... isn't that ...fear?']

'It's was during that time? What did he tell him?'

"I don't know much about your situation, but I do know, that you're wrong.", Ken told Kazuki from the opposite side of the podium.

Kazuki, who was just showing a serious expression, seemed to have flinched from hearing this statement.

"That guy, there's no way he's what you think he is. He's proven that after everything he did. You know he's a good person, and I know you realized that as well.", Ken told him as he crossed his arms.

"What's this loser talking about?", asked Jun with a mocking face.

"Bro?", wondered Ude.

From the audience, whispers and murmurs were heard.

"Is he trying to intimidate him?"

"What's going on?"

"Who's the guy he's talking about?"

Akira was shocked from hearing Ken's words.

'Is he talking about...'

"You know your accusations isn't true! You know you're wrong!"

Kazuki suddenly clenched his hands to a fist as he heard this.

"Match...", States started to announce.

"I'M GONNA PROVE TO YOU YOU'RE WRONG INOUE! AND I'M GONNA BEAT IT DIRECTLY TO YOUR SKULL!", Ken screamed out as the audience is getting louder.

Kazuki's fist clenched harder as he heard this, and he started clenching his teeth.

"Start!", States continued.

"That's why I-"

Ken and Ude was just about to put their fists up and punch the air to gather forced Ken would manipulate to fight Kazuki and Jun, when suddenly.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMM*

A strong ear ripping sound was heard and a large burst of air flooded the arena.

The air was so strong, it made most of the audience close their eyes, making it hard to see what happened.

'WHAT THE HELL JUST-'

Akira was crossing his arms as the air flowed right pass him.

His hair was pulled back and he was showing a struggling expression while the strong pressure forced him to close his eyes.

'SHIT! I CAN'T SEE-'

Akira tried his best and was able to force himself to open one eye that was being blocked by his right arm.

The wind pressure then started to pass and everyone was slowly opening their eyes.

'What just-'

Akira showed an expression of shock and resentment as he saw the scene that happened in the arena.

At the very edge, at the walls of the arena, beneath the audience seats, was Ken and Ude, both struck down by a large gigantic cannon ball that made a crack on the wall.

They both passed out and bled as they fell down to the ground.

The cannon ball suddenly shrunk and turned back to the shape of a regular cannon ball as it fell to the ground.

"T-that's it... Ummm... Taiho Jun and Inoue Kazuki has won the match."

Suddenly, the crowd cheered from this and were all amazed by this strong amount of power showcased by the Jun Kazuki pair.

"Dude, that was so awesome!"

"That power could become as strong as X-tinct's one day!"

"Amazing! I can't believe the first years could show us something like that in the very first match!"

"That was so cool!"

The audience were all screaming out loud and talking about what just happened as they saw this.

"Hmph.", Inoue voiced.

He was standing in front of Jun, who was pointing his arm, that was transformed into a cannon, towards Ken and Ude.

"I knew I could count on you to show a flashy warm-up round, hehehe. Next time, we'll be showing those enemies of ours who's boss.", Jun told Kazuki as he turned back and walked to leave the arena.

Kazuki turned back as well, but before he went.

He turned towards the audience and stared at the part where Akira and the other's sat at.

He glared his eyes at them and mouthed something.

'What is he...?'

From the distance, he could only try to read what his lips what saying, but before he could even finish, he already knew what he said.

'THAT FUCKER!'

Akira then turned his head to look at Ken and Ude, who were both injured by that giant cannonball.

'INOUE!'

Akira could only glare back at Inoue as he walked out of the arena as well.

'I'm definitely...

...gonna defeat you!'

End of Chapter 20

Kinda sleepy making this.

Next will be an extra of a character I had no plans of adding to the harem, but Golan requested to add her. Look forward to it!