The Main Course Of The Battle
[UNREVISION] PART 4: JOIN

“Nee...Onee...sam...”.

“!!”

“Onee - equals!”

“Reeji?”

“What is onee - the same think? We're playing”

“Ber..main..

“Come! Onee - same!”

--‘Play...as it used to be...yes, there is no need to worry, all is well..’.

SRIIIEING

“Hoseki red...? Takai?”

Seeji reached for the red gem, then he woke up. Seeji woke up the next morning.

--"His race...dreams...."

“Awake up? Long time ago.”

“You..Takai?”

“You forgot again huh?”

“No...I only...”.

"You fell asleep from afternoon until morning. Did you ever sleep that long?”

“Really? I didn't know I slept that long,” Seeji looks shy ”Indeed sounds weird, but I always sleep long enough after using a lot of my power.”

--‘Dia...not aware of it right?’

Takai actually touched Seeji's cheek silently - silent, he pretended not to do it when Seeji woke up.

--‘She is very adorable while sleeping.’.

“Seeji?”

“Eh...what?”

“E...etto... When do we practice again.?”

“Wait in the backyard, I'll catch up."

"uh? You certain? How's your condition?"

"I'm fine, go"

Takai then leaves Seeji's room. Seeji was silent for a moment hearing the sound of birds chirping from outside.

“Maybe the same as that time."

--'Live a little more!’---

At that time Seeji was learning about how to seal, he used a glass bottle inside that contained water as an object. He had to take the water inside with his strength, and the bottle was tightly sealed.

--’Fuin!’---!

SRIIIEING

PRAANGS!

--’Akh!’---

The glass shattered his body. The glass bottle was not strong enough to withstand the power of a seed.

--’I...can't give up!’--.

Over and over again he did so, there were only broken pieces of glass thrown out, those pieces of glass even hitting his hands with a huge scratch. He just pulled out the glass and closed the wound.

--’Once again..... FUIN!’---

SRIIIEING

He finally succeeded. But he still felt pain from his injuries.

BRUUK

--’I succeeded....Reeji..i....hah...

Seeji just cried and hoped for help.

--’Whoever... help me... this.. hurts....”.

Seeji then fell asleep to forget his pain. Letting his wound thin and the glass shards on his body slip away by itself.

Without realizing it, the sunlight tucked away in the basement window woke him up.

"Eh...? Is it morning?"

His body was helpless and thin, as well as the rest of the blood that had dried up and the broken glass. That was what Seeji saw as he reflected. The moment he saw his plant, it had already withered and dried.

"3 days? 4 days? No.. A week. I passed out..."

Seeji's strength always increased when he fell asleep like that. That's why his scar recovered, after Seeji opened the bandage and saw the scar.

'Takai's training is enough, I have to finish it.'

Seeji then headed for the backyard, and he didn't see Takai there.

"Where is he? Huh?"

Takai was running around the forest. Seen was surprised to see it.

"He's that..."

Seeji picked up the pointy wood that was the weapon of the black petals yesterday.

"If his skills are martial arts..."

SRIIIIING

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DAAKKS

Seeji held off Takai's attack with his hands, they were practicing close combat.

"Your movement is getting better..."

"You can match me too, Seeji!"

SYUUTS

Takai uses his legs to make Seeji fall, Seeji avoids him and then stops him.

“Quite, your hands are more shrewd now.”

“I've never felt so excited!”

"That time, you said you were a firewood finder?"

"Yes, I always helped my mom find what she needed in the woods... Oh yea! The one who attacked you, I've seen him almost cut off his own hand with an axe!"

"Definitely black hoseki mastered it when he was desperate."

"Eh?"

"The ability to control emotions is also important for petals, so that the energy released can be controlled stably."

"Ehm.you're right..."

Takai stretched out both hands.

"Takai, you know? After I thought again, the ability of the black hoseki is to control something with his ability."

"really?"

"Musubime the tailor is good at controlling his workers, and the wanderer controls the animals..."

"Did yesterday's black petals control trees as lumberjacks?"

"Let's see if he's being controlled by Kuroseki to attack me...."

"That could've happened, Seeji..."

“Maybe I can already deduce, your strength is protective and martial. I thought you were a good match for a melee weapon.”

"Eh? The guns?"

"To keep watch if someone like that attacks you. You used to use an ax?"

"of course! What did I cut down a tree with?"

"You could've just picked up a little rod with a wooden knife..."

"Hem, yes, too..."

"Take this.”

Seeji throws a long piece of wood at Takai.

“This is 'a regular wooden stick!?”

“This wood is strong, I made it myself. You cut wood a lot, right? But this wood is different."

It was about the size of a spear with a slightly larger tip. What distinguishes this wood is its slightly blacker color and denser texture.

"Hm? This is not teak wood or anything like that, right? Looks strong but not so heavy..."

"That's heavy to know."

"Times?"

"I don't think you'd have any trouble if.. "

"This is so good! I love it, thanks Seeji!"

Seeji was surprised that Takai thanked him instead.

"Eh? Why?"

"Direct your strength to that wood and it will be yours.”

“Alright... then?”

“You will see the progress. You believe, my gunner's gun was originally just a wooden gun?”

“Eh?”

“My knife was also originally just an iron stick that I broke into two.”

“EEH?!”

“The longer, the thing will fuse with your power if you often channel hoseki on that thing. And soon it will be transformed according to its usefulness. Since I have dimensions, I can keep my weapon there and bring it up whenever I want. Like this.” Seeji then showed it.

“Oh..hebat.”.

"But there are weapons that are made suddenly, like bullets in my gun or your armor."

"Eh? Then you made your bullet when you aimed it?"

"Thankfully you understand. Our power is divided into 2 kinds. There is power channeled directly and indirectly. Directly channeled powers such as fuin, and your protective abilities. Indirect channeled power for example by using gun”

“Engh... long theory..really..

“But it's true. I could have two guns, but I don't know if it could be more.“

“Hmm..iya.iya understands...” Takai nodded in understanding.

"If you want you can find another weapon..."

"Ah..I think one is also enough.who knows can transform into a great weapon after frequent use..."

“It seems you understand better if I explain than read it yourself.”

“Reading your book is not easy, the sentences are few and not explained in detail..”.

“I wrote a note in the book, didn't I?”

“Indeed but your writing is also ugly, so it is not legible.”

“What?!”

Seeji was offended by the obvious criticism.

“Just kidding....all right, next what?” Takai chooses to find safety and divert the conversation.

“You have two gems, you should have one more ability." Seeji opened his book.

“What's one more?”

"The same with me. Since I have 2 gems, my abilities have more numbers, fuin, teleport, melee and long range weapons. Then you must still have at least one more..."

Seeji opened the page of the book that had been channeled hoseki owned by Takai.

“When the memory of a person in mind, turns you into another person.?”.

“Haah?”

“Entah it's written here like that.”

“Ehhh...I told you, hard to understand.”.

“True too..”.

“So, how?"

"Are you sure of your abilities? Takai?"

"Huh..? Te..of course I have to be sure!!"

“Do you want to fight with me?”

“Fight?”

“At school, when you graduate you must do the graduation exam first, right?”

"Yes, right."

“I'll assume you pass if you can beat me."

“!!”

“How?”

Seeji asked with a serious expression. Takai then fell silent for a moment.

“Alright!”

Finally he tightened his headband and answered loudly. Seeji then confronts takai.

“I'll use my fighting style like I'm fighting the owner of a black gem, so prepare yourself.”

“Good! I'm ready.”

Seeji then bent his knees

-"eh? He didn't attack directly? Why..."

“My lord, I am a battle waiter. I present a fight that will surely satisfy you. Will you accept it?”

Seeji showed a challenging smile to Takai. Polite but bluffing words.

-"Seeji looks different, is he the Seeji I know?" Inwardly Takai

“Of course, with pleasure.”

“Alright I'll go straight to the appetizer.”

Seeji used his teleporting ability and shot Takai with his gun while he was behind him. Takai fended off the bullets with his wooden stick, he used them like a shield. They did it over and over again until Takai finally let his guard down and Seeji was right in front of him brandishing his gun.

Seeji replaced his gun with 2 knives in his hand. Seeji uses close range type.

"lik! He's not Seeji, is he? She is very different and, very strong.” Inwardly Takai

Seeji continued to push Takai and attack him, his expression not showing the slightest difficulty with his eyes remaining focused on the target. Takai then decided to hide for a moment.

“Just hide, your wooden stick has a little bit of my power, I feel it.”

‘Ch...what should I do..’.

Seeji looked very serious about killing him. Takai then remembers Seeji's every explanation of his power.

“You're there..!”

TRAPPED

“What?!”

Seeji only saw his wooden stick, Takai actually deliberately left his wooden stick to outwit Seeji.

“After!”

“!!”

Takai then attacks Seeji from behind and Seeji is pushed far enough. Takai did not use any weapons, he only relied on his martial ability.

“How? Battle waiters? My ability is not yet how much..”.

“What...!?”

BYE-BYE!

Takai unleashed his punch towards Seeji's hand. Seeji was surprised to see Takai. So surprised Seeji let his guard down and he crashed far enough away.

“Hhah..hah.”.

“Seeji?”

“Ahahahaha!...cannot be trusted..!!”

Seeji laughed, he laughed quite loudly.

“What, is funny? Heh? Why do my hands look so small? Suarakupun sounds weird.”.

“The intent of the book turned out to be this huh? it seems that while hiding you think of me..”.

Seeji wiped his tears from laughing.

“I mean, from? Eh? EEEHH!!”

Takai looked at the window of his house, he turned into Seeji. Even his clothes and hair changed, which did not change only his soul and ability alone.

“But the fight is not yet finished.”

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Training is over, the fight is won by Seeji.

“How to fight you is quite strange..”.

His body was dirty with dirt, Takai was still lying on the ground after being taught in succession by Seeji.

“Today people who have black hoseki are older and far older than me. Black Hoseki is in the body of adults because children tend to have a weak physique. So I keep applying my respect to older people. I didn't mean to kill him, but I killed the black hoseki he had on him.”

“You mean sealing right?”

“Yah..like that. It was a bit difficult to do so out of fear that the person would be killed as well, but the black hoseki would heal the entire wound upon escaping from its original owner for being a white hoseki, but it would heal the entire wound when it escaped from its original owner for being a white hoseki, and the owner will be unconscious for several hours.”

“I understand..”

“After that person loses hoseki, he will not remember anything about hoseki or me. He only remembers the moment before Hoseki took control of him. It also depends on how deep the memory is.”

“Deleting memory..”.

“Black Hoseki usually harnesses hatred in one's heart and develops it."

SYUUS

Seeji removed the dimensions he made.

"Earlier, when it was. After the black petals I sealed, he committed suicide."

“Ehh! But..."

"He. asked me to kill him, but...."

"You're not going to do it, are you?"

"Because he won't have any more purpose after the hoseki's gone..."

--'So...'

then what about me?'

Takai thought in his mind.

"That's why black hoseki is useless."

Seeji then looked at Takai who was still sitting on the ground.

“Maybe, this is all I can teach you, Takai.”

"Key?"

"It's a good thing my wounds closed quickly, so I can continue my journey.”

“Eh...? You're going to leave? You sure?"

Takai looked anxious, it seemed like he did not want Seeji to leave.

“Seeji!”

“Hm? What's up?”

"You're sure your wounds are fine? You said the attack almost penetrated you, didn't you?"

"Didn't you notice? a few seconds ago you just saw me fight."

"But that's too soon..."

"I'm a blue petals, my hosekiku can help my physical recovery faster."

"Be..so..."

"Then?"

"No.. It's just. well... Great, in fighting.”.

“So?”

“Your journey is dangerous, you can torture yourself or hurt others. Aren't you in trouble with that?”

“Trouble?"

“And you did everything yourself... right?!”

“Just relax, I'll leave tomorrow morning so you won't be distracted.”

“Eh..! Not so..“

Seeji approached his interlocutor.

“Say.”

“I.it"

He looked at Takai, then opened the level 1 dimension.

"This is the dimension where I collect black hoseki."

Takai stood up and looked at the black hoseki surrounding the blue hoseki with a white light. Tens of. He choked.

"How many fights you've been through...Seeji?"

"I just want to stop everything from growing."

Takai. Seeji then removes his dimension and enters Takai's house.

'What should I do now...'

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Evening has arrived. Seeji was still preparing his gear and Takai's mother approached him.

“Seeji, you keep going?” Takai's mother met him.

“Yeah, that's it.”

“I'm sure Takai wants you to stay with him. Will you take Takai with you?”

“Bring Takai?”

“Takai becomes different when with you. She talks a lot and doesn't spend any more time in the house. He was like coming back before his father died.

“When Takai lost his father and realized his strength, he became very different. But he came back to being once again after saving you. Hows it? You want to take her?”

Seeji was a bit worried about Takai's mother's offer in front of him. But, Seeji did intend to take Takai with him.

“How about the consequences?”

“?”

“What will happen to Takai in the future.”

“Seeji, you know? Everyone grows and evolves with the changes around them. If Takai stays here, nothing will change in him.”.

“You're right..”

"So how?”

“At first I did intend to ask permission for you to bring him.”

“Of course I allowed him, ever since he graduated from the general education academy, he has only helped me work in the clinic as an errand boy, without ever approaching the ward, let alone the operating room... even though the employee who used to work in the hospital still helps me."

“He must have been traumatized.”

“You're right. I didn't expect him to be able to bring you the badly injured and bloodied like that back then. When you were cured, she was still trembling because of your blood in her hands.”

“Eh?”

“I don't know either... Why did he insist on helping you back then.”

“I'm sure that trauma will disappear over time.”

“How about you? Is there something that always bothers you?”

Seeji.

-'You want to be a target, or kill a target?'

--"No, he's not coming back. I don't have to worry."

“Not really. In my mind there is only a purpose to release black hoseki from people. I don't think to do anything else.”

“Is there someone you love or someone you always think of?”

Seeji fell silent at Takai's mother's question.

-"Nee - same!"

-"So far I've only walked alone...Reeji.."

“Yah. I left her when she was 10."

“How about your parents?”

Seeji. It seems obvious he doesn't know anything about it.

"I'm sorry, I've asked you something you shouldn't..."

Takai's mother felt guilty for asking. He seemed to feel sorry for Seeji.

“Seeji. They must have loved you, so you must love them.”

“How to? I never even met them.”

“Hati will always be connected. Just relax.”

The words of a single mother made Seeji smile a little.

“I hope you're right.”

-"I never even thought about my parents.

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By morning, Seeji was ready to go and say goodbye to his mother.

CLACK!

Suddenly Takai came with his ready-made skirt and wooden stick wrapped in cloth.

“Ah, Takai, you are ready apparently.”

“Mother? Did you know I was leaving?”

“Of course, I'm your mother...!"

“EEhh!?”

“You don't want you to come with me, you haven't passed the test.” Seeji looked at Takai with a condescending smile

“See...ji!”

“Seeji, please take care of him yes, even though he is a bit stubborn.”

“Mother!”

“Alright, I pamit.” Seeji then went to the front door and put on his shoes.

“Seeji, wait!”

“Wait a minute, Takai” his mother called him.

“Ya?”

His mother approached him and held his shoulder.

“Takai, Ever since your father left, you almost lost yourself, and let it just disappear. Guard him. And take care of yourself too.”

“What mom sure will be fine - fine?”

“There are still many people who help mom, I'm sure will be fine.”

“Kaa – san.” They hugged. Seeji just watched from the outside and smiled silently.

“Hearts – hearts Takai!”

“Good! ittekimasu!!”

“Ittekimasu.” They say goodbye away.

- I'm Seeji Utsuki. I am the owner of a blue jewel with sealing powers to stop a black hoseki that is a disaster.

- And now, beside me a person named Takai Akari, has a red hoseki with not the least strength as an assailant.

“Hey, why are you looking at me like that?"

“No, not what - what.”

--"He said, he wanted to be able to protect someone with his strength that used to make him have a big wound. Can he do it?"

From a distance, the hooded figure noticed two petals.

“Now, there are two people. Maybe I can start my experiment. Battle waiter, just wait.”