Chapter Two

A month has passed since the events of the previous chapter. Misaki Yuki heads out on a late September weekend to the Kawasaki Homecoming game against their rival school St Nickots Academy. We find that he has been busy training and while they have made efforts to include the former Lord Hawk, Dave Btwys-y-Cawr, he remains distant. Yuki however is more focused on asking Kelly to the Homecoming Dance later that night.

Yuki arrives at the game and meets up with Joe just as St Nickots rookie phenom, Tom Brisket enters the game for the first time in the 3rd quarter. Kawasaki's own rookie star, Dawson VanBrocklin had been stellar so far in holding St nickots to zero points. However when Tom injured Dawson and subsequently scores on the very first play, the game turns into a rout.

As Tom continues to pound the Kawasaki football team, Kelly and Key are seem at the concession stand. Key indicates that she would like to ask Yuki to the dance, but Kelly interrupts her when she senses Tom's spirit on the field. She tells Key to go back to where they had met Joe earlier and that she will catch with them soon.

Meanwhile a guilt ridden Dave remains hidden underneath the bleachers during the game. He is surprised by a girl named Julienne. The girl quickly befriends Dave and lets it known that she is friends with Tom brisket. The two part at the end of the game, but not before Dave stammers out that his name is Hawk.

Just as Julienne catches up with Tom she overhears Kelly confront Tom about his spirit use. Tom tells her to stay out of his business. Kelly is more than happy to comply just as long as Tom gets the hell out of Kawasaki.

Back in the stands, Key finds Yuki and discovers that Joe had got up to go find them since they had not returned after the game ended. While Yuki is still preoccupied with the topic of how to ask Kelly to the dance, Key surprises him by asking him. He says yes.

Later that night at the dance, everything seems to go reasonably well until Tom brisket shows up to try and find Yuki. He believes that Yuki may have had something with the death of his true love, Beth. Kelly confronts Tom, but Tom neutralizes her by exposing her true name to be "Hello Kelly". After the entire school erupts in laughter, Kelly leaves angry that she even attempted to help. Yuki and Key slip out unnoticed right after her.

Just when things are about to take a bad turn, Dave shows up and tells Tom he will take Tom to Yuki. Joe, who has remained behind, is horrified to discover that Dave may never have been truly good. Dave leads Tom and Julienne away, but only to keep Tom from doing any more harm. He tells Tom that he has no intention of leading him to Yuki and that he will defeat him right there.

The fight seems even until Tom reveals that he too possesses a ninja Weapon called the Earthshaker. His attack breaks Dave and leaves him bad condition. Thinking fast, Dave is able to stop Tom from causing more havoc by saying Yuki is busy training and that if Tom gives Yuki a week, Yuki will defeat him in battle. Tom agrees and Dave's gamble pays off. Tom and Julienne leave as Joe runs in to get Dave to the hospital.

Yuki, Key, and Joe meet up at the hospital later in the night. All seems lost till Tenko appears and says that he will train Yuki. Joe hangs back after Yuki and Key go home and finds Kelly paying a surprise visit to Dave in his hospital room. Kelly is discovered to have healed Joe in the first chapter and also heals Dave as best she can now. She leaves after tempting Joe in joining her and gaining the power he secretly craves in order to beat Yuki, his friend and ultimate rival.

Yuki's training commences the next day and with Tenko and Joe's help he masters the defensive half moon Technique, Hangetsu Junsai. It is a power that will create a water shield.

The very next day, Tom waits for Yuki to arrive at their predetermined fight. He chagrined to find Joe, Key, and even Tenko show up. He is placated though, when Yuki shows up soon after. The fight goes entirely Yuki's way as his speed seems to be winning over Tom's strength, but unfortunately Yuki's stamina cannot hold up and he succumbs to Tom's devastating attacks. Just as Tom is about to land the killing blow, Julienne jumps in to shield Yuki. She asks Tom to stop with her dying breath, but Tom tearfully says that he cannot.

With a stroke of inspiration, Yuki gambles on a new power which would use his newly acquired supersonic speed to turn into a lethal battering ram. Before he can impale Tom, he realizes Tom has been waiting for his death and instead uses the Hangetsu Junsai to batter Tom with the shield and not his Hyourinken. The attack defeats Tom and Tom explains how he has always felt guilty when his love Beth died and he was not there to share her fate.

Just as things are about to die down, two new ninjas in cloaks show up and drain Yuki and Tom of their spirit. Since Tom is unable to fight, Yuki tries to take both of them on to protect Tom. He is about to be defeated when a fully healed Dave shows up. He takes on both ninjas to a standstill when Kelly shows up. She  says that she is the Japanese sun goddess reincarnated and that she intends to recover her power to rule the world as she sees fit. Yuki tries to talk some sense into her, but is betrayed by Joe who has decided to take Kelly up on her offer to make him more powerful than Yuki. Kelly, Joe, and the two ninjas leave with a warning that should anyone interfere with their plans, they will kill them.

While this is going on, Julienne finds herself in the spirit world confronted by Beth. Beth, a priestess of the Japanese Moon God Tsukiyomi tells Julienne that she is not dead. She tells her to go back and get Yuki, Tom, AND Dave to work together to defeat Kelly.

Julienne returns to life and manages to get everyone to go to Tahou's to tell them what she has learned from Beth. Yuki, Dave, and key seem to be on board when Tom gets up to go. Yuki seems worried that Tom will not help them, but Tom explains that he will not help defeat Yuki's friends, but to save them. Tom and Julienne leave on good terms as the night draws to a close...

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