Chapter 10: i shouldn’t have said anything.

Until the day of his date, Takumi decided to occupy himself with different activities. Like hunting curse spirits. *Bam* Kicking the door of a room, inside are many cursed spirits. Smaller than a regular human, but they have a large number. One flying bug curse, one small curse washed over, looking like a gremlin, one spider curse, and a final one that looked like a worm with pointy spikes growing all over its head. *zip* The sound of something zipping through the air, a small sharp object warped in curse energy, was thrown and hit two of them. A kunai hit the flying bug, killing it on the spot. The other one hit the gremlin in the shoulder. "hei-ek" Tcursedrse spirit let out a pained cry from the wound, as the hidden attacshowemself. Takumi 1st and 2nd enter the room with weapons drawn and ready for a fight. Not wasting any time, they both charge in. With the 1st holding the katana and the 2nd with the knife in the front. The three curse mindlessly as they are, and receive the attack with their aggression. All of their focus is on the human in front of them, Takumi 2nd. Ignoring completely the human with the sword right behind. As they got within range, they jumped to attack Takumi 2nd. He surprised them by ducking low to the ground for Takumi 1nd perform a wide horizontal swing. His sword cut through the spider curse easily, but was bounced back by the blade hitting the spike of the worm curse, only knocking it into the left nearby wall. 'It didn't cut it, I need to cut it where it doesn't have those spikes.' A short through was made transmitted between 1nd anthe d 2nd as they form a plan. *gre-ak* Then the gremlin curse joins back to the fight. Itlungese for 2nd, but 1nd has already drawn his blade to strike for him. The worm curse also took this chance, and dived at 1nd, who was open to an attack. "You're disturbing. Get lost." 2nd said as he threw another kunai, covering 1st. Both of their hits repeal the curse. The gremlin got sliced mid-air while only the worm was hit with a minor cut. It tries to squirms away but the iron blade from Takumi 1nd slit it into two before it can do anything else. [Quest complete] [Received +1 Strength] [Received +2 Energy] [Received +1 Endurance] [Receive + 1 gacha pull] ------------ [User status] Name: Takumi Nejima Level 3 (31 points) Strength: 29.9 Perception: 30.1 Agility: 19.9 Endurance: 29.8 Energy: 30.0 Luck: 12 (+10 ) The blessing of the gacha goddess. [Gacha pulls available: 5] ---------------- With all his stats being raised so much, most of them are even, except for [Luck] and [Agility]. Which should explain why it can take on stronger curses. They were all grade 3 curse spirits. He used to need all three of them to fight one off,ff but now they can take multiple grade 3 spirits with a minor level of difficulty. No injury, not even a single scratch. Only fatigue plagues both of their bodies. "Well, that makes it 5pullsl. Man, how many more quests are we going to do to have 10?" Complained 2nd. "Let's hope we get more after the date. Let's head back." As the two of them exit the place they were in, a chill runs down their spine. Turning around, no one was in their sight but just to be sure. They took the long way route to go home. The book shop was going just fine as they returned. Takumi was handling it just fine, like the usual day, with customers coming and going, some kids trying to hit on them, some trying to read secretly, but they were caught and got kicked out. Overall, another normal day or so, it would seem. "Hello, sensei." He greeted Miss Tomoe as he entered the dojo. "Ahh, hey there kiddo. Get in, training starts in 5 minutes." *WHACK* He punched and punched again at the dummy. *THUMD* Then kicks, each one jerking the dummy with intense force. He grimaces after each one but keeps going. His timing has to be precise, improving his skill as a fighter. The same move, the same hit, but each one has to be better. For that is what martial arts is, doing a kick a thousand times. For hours without end, he punched and kicked at the dummy. His muscles tear and rip, and sweat pours from his head, on his back, soaking the floor. Despite being liked by his sensei, that doesn't mean he will get any special treatment from other students. Tomoe watches the class with a stare that matches the eye of a hawk, her amber eyes glow as she oversees him and other students perform blow after blow on their training dummy. Her jacket outfit is loose in a V-shape that exposes her naked collar, pronounced chest size, and Takumi could certainly see that he could see her lower six pack. Everyone has the same style of clothing, but since Takumi is a guy, he has to wear it more tightly around his body. "FOCUS," she yelled at another student. "Where are your eyes looking? Are you kicking or giving a foot massage?" The class kept going for another 30 minutes, then the class was dismissed by her. "Stop. You all did well, except for some of whom I will have a word with." Tomoe said in a strict voice. Takumi dropped the tension in his body and let gravity drag him to the floor, breathing in long intervals. He felt the footstep of someone approaching from behind. "Was it hard for you as it was for me ?" A male voice spoke in a joking manner. Takumi turned around to greet the voice. "I feel like this is too easy, Ichika." He said. Dressing in the same clothing as him, with the only difference in their belt. A towel was held in his hand in a friendly gesture. Ichika is also a student like Takumi, but his features are more defined. They became close friend not just because the so few male students here, but he was the closest to being a man with his old world standard. Going outside, likes working out, and is a good drinker too. For the most part, he is still a man of this world, but Takumi was very appreciative of those small things. "Yeah? Well, watch out for the one over there." A quick eye movement from him to a group of girls that they are training with. As soon as Takum looks at them, they all turn away, some looking at the floor or the ceiling. Takumi knows this too well. They were catching a glimpse of his soaked body. Which is why one of them got caught by Ms. Tomoe. "Meh, I don't mind all that much. Wanna hit the shower." "Sure. You mind if I call the other in too ?" "Not at all." Him, Ichika, and two more boys join in the bath, Nathan and Kagamii. Adjusting to the new personality of men was strange, to say the least. In the shower, they don't talk about things that interest him, mostly gossiping and the newest trend that they like. Once inside the bath, they all got undressed. Showing off their naked body to each other with Takumi got many questions for him coming from the two boys. "Takumi, you gotta tell us how to get that lo, o and an," Nathan asked. "What, my abs? I told you guys already, it's just regular training." Takumi replied casually. "No way, I tried for weeks, even used a diet, and my stomach is still not as toned as yours." "Maybe you should try asking Ichika for his secret ?" "Hey, lay off! I got this body from hard work, ok? Maybe if you try not to stuff your belly every two hours. You could get half as toned as me and Takumi." Compared to Takumi, Ichika has more toned muscles. But Takumi has a better balance all across his features; he was more athletic, which suited him, considering what he did in his spare time. There was laughter among them before the Kagami changed the subject. Getting along with them is not too difficult as long as one knows what to talk about and changes the topic when needed. "Did you see the way the girls were irl looking at us ?" "Seriously, what a creep. Serve them right getting caught." "But some of them are kinda cute, no ?" "Yeah, hey Takumi. Who do you think is the cutest of the girls ?" "Hmmm....I don't care all that much." "Heh? Not even a bit?" "Nope." "Maybe he's gotten himself a girl." Tease Nathan with a smile. "I do," Takumi answered matter-of-factly. "Wait for real ?" the lucky girl?" "What does she look like ?" "Is she into sports ?" Surprised by the news, they showered him with questions. Takumi just gave in and answered them. "So, you guys are going date this weekend ?" "I wouldn't call it a date, but yeah." "Dude, it is most certainly a date. It's the day after tomorrow, do you even have something nice to wear ?" "Couldn't I just wear a casual outfit ?" "Nope." "Nah." "No, that won't do at all. Say, we should go shopping together tomorrow." In the end, Takumi was dragged into going shopping whether hlikedes it or not. "I shouldn't have said anything." He said in a defeated tone of voice.