Haru walked down the halls and went down stairs and was about to leave when he saw Gakushuu walking. Haru panicked and hid behind the corner hoping that he wasn't spotted. Gakushuu suddenly stopped when he saw Saji leaning against the wall.
"Hey there Gaku-chan, had fun roughing up the new girl?" Saji asked.
"If you're here to patronize me then leave me be, I don't want to hear it… and I told you not to call me that." He said.
"Not here to do that, but I must admit, you beat her up pretty good, you usually have more restraint than that, what gives?"
"I was merely testing her, for I thought that she might be the one."
"You mean the fighter that came from the west, the Sho Hao am I right?"
"I'm aware that it is only a fable."
"And yet you're uneasy about the fact that she might be the one, and another thing, I wonder if your actions were permutable by our leader?" Saji grinned.
"Do whatever you wish, you're nothing but Enjutsu-sama's lapdog." Gakushuu walked away.
Haru heard their conversation and was confused as to why it was so important if Hakufu was this Sho Hao or not. He heard a grunt and peaked over to see Gakushuu was holding his knee in pain.
"What… what is this? My knee is reacting to something but how?"
"What's wrong with you?"
Gakushuu was wondering why his knee was hurting so badly, then he remembered the kick Hakufu gave him.
"This… this is the Shu Sa Shou but how? Her kick was that of an armature. How can she make a move like that?"
"Well, it looks like her name Sonsaku really means something after all." Saji kneeled next to Gakushuu.
"Wait, what name did you say?"
"The girl you fought, her name is Hakufu Sonsaku."
"It can't be! One of the Lords…"
"Yep, it seems that he has returned, one of the Three Lords, this should be really interesting indeed."
Haru was not liking where this was going. What does it matter if his friend's name is that, it's a nice name sure, but why is Gakushuu look like he saw a ghost when Saji said that? And what's with this "Three Lords" thing they're talking about?
"Haru is not liking this." He whispered and walked away and found the exit.
Saji left Gakushuu and went outside to the front gates. He was searching for something.
"I could have sworn I heard something this afternoon now where is it?" Saji looked around for the noise from before.
"What are you doing Saji-ecchi?" said a female voice from behind.
Saji turned to see a teen girl with short dark blue hair and blue eyes, at least the right eye and the left was covered by an eye patch. She also had a mole on the left side of her mouth. She wore the school uniform but she had gloves and combat boots as well.
"Ah Ryomou Shimei, nice to see you."
"Again, what are you doing?" The one as Ryomou said with a stern voice.
"Just checking on something. I heard a loud, strange noise this afternoon and I didn't… hello, what do we have here?"
Saji came up to the front gates and found something very unusual. Ryomou went to where Saji was stun to see what appeared to be two sets of four claw marks on the bricks. The marks looked like they dug into the bricks. The marks connect to a set of palms as well.
"What the hell?" she stepped back.
"Looks like claw marks." Saji ran his fingers over them.
"Claw marks?"
"Either that or someone has the worst nails in the world." Saji joked.
"Can't you be serious for once, someone or something made these and they might still be around the area."
"Oh I think whoever made these, is long gone."
"How can you be sure?"
"Just a hunch." He smirked.
"Hunches don't make it any better, we have to tell Enjutsu-sama about this."
"Oh fine, if you're so scared of this, then I'll tell him personally."
"I'm not scared, just cautious."
"Whatever floats your boat, see you later."
Saji waved goodbye and left Ryomou alone with the marks. She went up to the marks and gave a closer look at them. They had a human look to them but the ends of the fingers were definitely inhuman. She could also feel a small portion of power coming off of them. It felt like nothing she knew, it made her shiver a bit.
"Whoever or whatever made these I can feel the chi coming off of the marks and it feels so inhuman. And they look like the ones from those attacks as well. Could they be one in the same?" Ryomou asked herself.
Ryomou stood up and left the marks alone… for now.
It was around 8 o'clock as Haru was searching for a place to sleep for the night. Haru had no luck in finding a suitable place to sleep so far. It was lucky for him that tonight was a clear one. So he decided maybe the park would be a good place. As he headed over there, he was in deep thought of what happened to him today.
"Haru is so lucky, Haru found not one, but two new friends today! Haru never thought that Haru would find anyone who wanted to be Haru's friend. Hakufu is a really great person, kinda air headed and not too bright, but Hakufu has a good heart. I wish Hakufu didn't have to be headstrong about fighting those fighters. But at least Koukin will watch out for Hakufu."
Haru neared the parked when he suddenly stopped. He also remembers that he almost lost it today when he saw Saji groping Hakufu. It angered him that such a guy would do that in the open, like he didn't care for her feelings. Haru shook off his negative thoughts.
"No… Haru shouldn't let Haru's anger get the best of Haru. Haru knows what would happen if Haru's anger gets the better of Haru. Can't let that happen again… can't become that monster, not in front of Hakufu… Hakufu might run away from Haru if Hakufu ever saw that side of Haru." He sighed in sadness.