"Who the hell are you guys?!", raged Suzuki as jumped out the way in time before the explosion hit him.
"You dodged, huh. I wouldn't have expected anything different from a Demon like you!", stated Ryu coldly.
"Yahooo! I'm so pumped Brother Ryu. I can feel the musical flow within me!", chortled Tempo.
"Calm it, Tempo. We have to exercise him here? Onmyouji Arts: Book 1: Page 3: Line 1: Mana Bullets!", chanted Ryu.
Ryu widened his hand and then multiple runes appeared around him. Golden Bullet like pellets come out of the runes and started pelting their way towards Suzuki. He uses Speedstar to dodge the Mana Bullets but they were coming at him too fast of a rate for Suzuki to fully dodge them. Suzuki could feel the burns as the bullets hit his body. His body bruised straight away when the bullets hit him and they gave off some type of steam as well.
"This freaking hurts! This feels like when I was in the Manakin Village. I can't take these guys lightly even though they aren't Demons. Demon Rise 5%!", yelled Suzuki as he withdrew his sword and put the bag down.
"Let I'd let you get the march, idiot. Onmyouji Arts: Talisman: Level 2: Destruction!", smirked Tempo as he suddenly slapped a talisman to the back of him.
Tempo flashes away and then clicks his fingers. The Talisman began to glow and then gave off an explosion. Suzuki went crashing forwards as the impact was too forceful for him to suppress. Standing in front of him was Melissa holding a Buddhist Staff and launched it forward towards Suzuki.
"You're...", began Suzuki
She thrusted this staff hard into Suzuki's stomach and chanted, "Onmyouji Arts: Material Talisman: Thunder Pierce!".
Yellow like lightening surrounded the top of the staff and blasted Suzuki away. Crash! Suzuki collided into the wall behind him.
"That was easy.", gloated Tempo.
"Don't rule me out just yet!!!!", shouted Suzuki as a mass amount of Demon Energy surrounded him.
"Ohhh. How interesting!", teased Tempo
"Where the hell is this energy coming from? I feel like I could push myself to 10% of my Demon Rise power.", thought Suzuki.
He looked down at his wrist and saw that the bracelet that Aotsuki gave him begin to glow. He looked up at his three targets and clutched his Suzaku and chanted 'Fujimura Style: Demon Cross of Hope Revised!'. He cut down and then across like normal and but instead of doing it in close quarters, the slash waves crashed their way towards the Onmyouji's. The massive amount of Demon Energy came crashing their way toward them but Ryu looked calm and collected. He pushed Melissa out of the way and flashed himself out of the way. Tempo wasn't quick enough to defend or move out of the way of this attack and took it head on. Puffs of smoke reached the sky once the attack landed on Tempo.
"You did one on me there, you stupid demon!", cursed Tempo as blood was dripping from his chest while he was standing.
"Where's the other one?", wondered Suzuki as he searched around him.
"It's over, Suzuki Fujimura! Onmyouji Arts: Familiar: Salamander: Breathe of the Wild!", declared Ryu as he showed up behind him throwing his Talisman.
"A Familiar!", exclaimed Suzuki.
Suddenly, once Ryu threw his Talisman, a large salamander crawled out of their. The claws of the beast made the ground tremble. It grunted and then let out a big roar. It puffed out its cheeks and let blue flames. Suzuki pushed all of his Demon Energy to the end of his blade to protect himself from the blast of flames but it wasn't enough. The power was too overwhelming and overpowered Suzuki's attempts at defence. The Salamander stopped and then crawled its way back into the Talisman. Suzuki was led flat out on the floor with burn marks all over.
"I know that won't end you, Fujimura. I'm going to give you a second chance. Us the Kawamoto Clan challenge your Clan to a city battle!", challenged Ryu.
Suzuki could barely lift his head but was able to respond to the challenge and repeated, "A....a city battle?".
"Don't worry! Unlike you demons, we will not put people in danger and use one of our techniques to mask what is going on. Kind of like the purple light you guys are drawn to.", responded Ryu.
"But why? We are a Good Demon Clan!", pointed out Suzuki.
"A demons a demon. We will exterminate them all. Meet us here on Saturday, if your clans good enough.", revealed Ryu as he nodded to the other two to leave Suzuki there.
Suzuki led there in disgrace as he let the Onmyouji's get the better of him. He struggled his way up and picked up the bag of puddings and went back home.
"Huh?! A Onmyouji Clan wants to fight us?!", gasped Anna as she began to heal Suzuki once more.
"Yeah. I was no match for them though. I got my ass handed to me.", sighed Suzuki.
"Don't let that bother you, Suzuki. Onmyouji's are very difficult for a demon to beat due to their power. They are meant to exterminate us. You did great to fend them off with so little experience.", praised Keiichineko.
"Really?!", grinned Suzuki.
"Of course!", nodded Keiichineko.
"The other thing that is bothering me is that one of them is in my class. Melissa Kawamoto is her name.", explained Suzuki.
"Maybe they have had their eyes on us for a long time.", theorized Hebi.
"I don't think so, Hebi. We have only been causing a wave recently. The news of our growth wouldn't have hit their airwaves for a while. Someone must of told them.", chimed in Shinki.
"What are we going to do about their challenge, Master Suzuki?", questioned Hikari.
Suzuki sat their to think for a second and then remembered Aotsuki's words. He stood up, rasied his fist in the air and vowed 'We will take them head on and win! Are you guys with me?!".
The others smiled and raised their fists and cheered "Yeah!!!".
The next day fell upon them and it was time Suzuki got back to his normal life and that was to go to school. He missed a few days thanks to the trouble at the Cat Palace but he made it back in time to not miss a lot of school. He was wearing bandages to cover the burn wounds that were taking their time to heal so he doesn't worry anyone at school but sadly that had an opposite effect.
"S...Suzuki! Where have you been?! Why have you got bandages wrapped around your forehead and arms?!", worried Hansuke.
"Calm down, Hansuke. There just little cuts from when I fell down the other day. Hahahaha.", Suzuki laughed off trying to cover the truth.
"Lies. You have been doing some dangerous, haven't you?", pushed Erika.
"I'm....I'm not lying!", stuttered Suzuki.
"Come on you guys. Even though we were worried about his whereabouts, he is here now so we should be happy.", said Yuuto in a guilt tripping tone.
As them four was causing some kind of commotion, Melissa entered the room and looked over to Suzuki. She made her way over to Suzuki.
"Fujimura. Could we have a chat in private at lunch?", asked Melissa.
Suzuki looked wary but he agreed to this meeting and let her go to her seat.
"The shy and quiet Melissa Kawamoto wants to see you at lunch?! What's going on?!", bleated Hansuke.
"What's your relationship with her, Suzuki?", pouted Erika as she pinched his side.
"Ow! Ow! I don't know! I don't why she wants to speak to me!", screeched Suzuki as he winced in pain.
"Everyone get to your seats! We have some to introduce! Come in, Hikari.", called Akari-Sensei as she walked into the room.
"Hikari?", wondered Suzuki.
They all went to sit down and then just like what Suzuki thought, Hikari entered the room.
"H...Hikari! How have you enrolled here already?!", pressed Suzuki.
"Ah Ma....I mean Suzuki, there you are! I just told them that you I know you and that I need to be in the same class as you.", recalled Hikari.
"What's wrong with this school?!", sighed Suzuki.
"Another woman, huh. Suzuki the stupid womanizer.", growled Erika.
"It's not like that...", defended Suzuki.
And just like that...Suzuki's life at school became somewhat more chaotic than it already is.
*Thanks for reading this chapter of Mysterious Ways! If you enjoyed please leave a comment and a vote! It seems like Suzuki and the others are in another battle! But how will it turn out?! Is Suzuki really a womanizer?! Find out next time!!!!!