Honnoji Academy, 20XX, 1401

Takumi and Ryuko had made it back to Honnoji academy, and were there with a mission to save Mako.

"I've heard all about this place, but I didn't think it would be this big." Takumi says looking up at the tall buildings.

Ryuko is silent as she fiddles with her cloak to stop it from blowing away in the wind.

The two move through the crowd and get closer to where Mako was being held.

"Fukuroda right." He asks.

"Yeah." She replies quietly.

"Boxer right?" He asks.

"Yes." She answers.

"Hey, how about you take this one off, I'll deal with him." Takumi says.

"No, I got her into the mess, I have to get her out." She replies raising up her scissor blade.

"Come on, you're still injured." He pleas gesturing down to her arm. "Let me show you what I can do!"

"No, I have to do this." She argues.

"Alright, I understand, You really want to show off that new outfit of yours." He comments looking away.

"I do not!" She replies flustered.

"No no, it's fine, not my favorite, but I get it, go and get them!" He retorts gesturing for her to go on.

"I don't want to, I- Alright, fine, I'll get Mako, you box." She says annoyed.

"Yes! remember to stick around to see the fight though, you don't wanna miss this." He says while pushing down on his nose with his hand.

He throws on his gloves and jumps up and climbs up the ropes of the ring.

"I challenge you to a boxing match!" Takumi says pointing at Fukuroda.

"Who are you?" He asks looking at him confused.

"I'm the baddest hombre in town and I'm who's gonna knock you out in front of the whole damn school." Takumi replies confidently.

"Get out of here, I want the transfer student, not you." Fukuroda says looking back out to the crowd trying to find Ryuko.

Takumi jumps into the ring and leans against the ropes facing the crowd.

"He's willing to fight anybody to delay this fight." He says toward the crowd.

"Shut up." Fukuroda says.

"You see he knows, he knows what'll happen if he fights me." Takumi taunts.

"Stop yourself." Fukuroda says more agitated.

"My sparring partners would beat this dude." Takumi says to a random in the crowd.

"Alright, you wanna fight so bad, fine, let's do this." He says blowing up.

"Finally finished ducking." Takumi says as he laces up his gloves.

*Round 1*

"I'm gonna haze you like a rookie!" Fukuroda says.

He proceeds to throw the opening punch which hit the ring girl out of the ring. A jab which suddenly splits into seemingly hundreds and they all fly around the ring. All of them home in on Takumi, however he eats up all the punches without an issue. He moves in closer and attempt to land his famous corkscrew punch, but with perfect timing Takumi sidesteps and lands a crushing overhead right to his head.

Shifting back to face him Takumi takes the liberty of going on the offensive and quickly lands 5 solid flush hits on his face. Stammering back Fukuroda quickly regains his balance and pushed back, forcing Takumi onto the ropes. He shells up and protects his head, Fukuroda takes this as an opportunity to work the body. Takumi receives a viscous beating to the abs before he's able to V step and get off the ropes.

Now in the center of the ring Takumi dances circles around Fukuroda landing quick jabs followed by heavy crosses. Fukuroda was seemingly without answer to Takumi's superior footwork and he was relegated to swinging wildly hoping that he'll eventually connect a flush hit to the jaw and end the fight as soon as possible. Such a chance didn't come and the round came to a close.

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The round, unsurprisingly, was scored in Takumi's favor. No amount of bias from the judges could argue that Fukuroda won that round, and they were all in agreement they didn't see a boxing match but simply a Fukuroda embarrassing himself for 3 minutes.

Takumi sat down on a stool in his corner as he waited for the next round to start.

"You're doing great, just keep it up." A female voice said from behind Takumi

He turns back to see a girl in a normal sailor uniform with short brown hair and brown eyes.

"I'm Mako, I'm a friend of Ryuko's." She says.

"Nice to meet you." He says.

"When do you think you can take him out?" She asks excitedly.

"I'll get him in 8, just because I'm that great." He replies confidently.

"Keep your head on." Ryuko says still cloaked.

"I always do." He replies.

*Round 2*

Coming back out for round 2 Fukuroda's gloves changed from the normal boxing gloves to what looked like a meat tenderizer. Once again he punched the now bruised up ring girl out of the ring. Moving in he lands a smashing lead hook on the body, however it only was able to stun Takumi for a split second before he returned fire with a quick 1-4 combo making him stumble back. The two circle in the center of the ring waiting for each other's next move.

"You should be dead!" He yells.

"Like that could kill me." Takumi replies "Come on, show me something, they told me you can punch."

Angered by his comment Fukuroda once again comes full force and is able to push him back onto the ropes. There he unleashes a barrage of vicious rights and lefts on his body, however Takumi kept on standing there eating up the punishment.

"Come on, you just a sissy." Takumi taunts as Fukuroda keeps on hitting him.

"How are you still alive?" He asks as he keeps on punching.

"You need a lot more than that to kill me." Takumi replies before stepping off the ropes.

Quickly returning fire Takumi pushes Fukuroda onto the ropes and goes to work unleashing a devastating combo until he Fukuroda clinched and the ref broke them up. Back in the center of the ring Takumi continues his strategy using his quick footwork and fast hands to land short staggering combos as well as keeping Fukuroda away. This goes on for the remainder of the round until the bell rang and the two went back to their respective corners.

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The round was once again scored in Takumi's favor, however with the soft gloves off and Fukuroda now using the most of his Goku uniform the judges now recognized that he at the very least had a puncher's chance.

"Where'd you learn to fight like this?" Ryuko asks.

"That basement has all sorts of cool training stuff, I'll have to show you around sometime." He says looking at his abs. "Damn, I actually am starting to feel him now."

"Come on Takumi, Knock him out!" Mako screams in his ear.

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The rounds kept on going, and not one wasn't scored in Fukuroda's favor. It became clear to everyone just how much Fukuroda suffered against an opponent with good footwork, and quite simply he was far too slow to keep up.

Throughout the fight though Takumi kept on getting backed up against the ropes and these were the only moments when Fukuroda was allowed to score hits, albeit on the body. Despite this poor performance nobody counted him out just yet as he had the all important puncher's chance.

*Round 5*

Round 5 began and the ring girl wasn't present, but instead was being taken off on a stretcher to tend to her accumulated injuries. The two met back up in the middle, however Fukuroda had no more hop left in his step. He was breathing heavy but Takumi wasn't even barely winded. Takumi's show of dominance over the fight continued for the first 2 minutes.

Then the hit that everyone had been waiting for finally came. A smashing right to the jaw which stunned Takumi. He tried to put up a cross armed guard but before he could attempt any defense he was met with another flurry of blows onto his chin, and only after the damage had been done was Takumi able to push him away and put space between himself and Fukuroda.

The chance he had so desperately needed had finally come, however after looking back at Takumi he realized he may have done more to tire himself out that to actually do real damage to him.

"How?" He asks baffled.

"They call me iron-head for a reason." Takumi replied. "Now it's my turn."

Quickly going from defense to offense in seconds Takumi fires back going down to a flat footed stance he unleashes a powerful combo which drove him back. He continues the beatdown until eventually the bell rings and they both walk back to their corners.

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The round was scored as a draw. Fukuroda's flurry had seemingly seriously hurt him, however it wasn't enough to put him out of the fight as displayed by him firing back. It was clear that unless he was able to repeat this, it was Takumi's fight to lose.

The rounds continued to drag on, however Fukuroda started to engage with more confidence, and it was beginning to work. The hits Takumi allowed to the body seemingly were coming back to haunt him as he slowed down, not by a lot, but just barely enough to allow him to hit more consistently. He was kept safe from a knockout by his excellent head movement and masterful blocking, however finally after 5 rounds it seemed that the fight had finally become more evenly matched.

However, this wasn't to say that Fukuroda wasn't tired either. The energy he put into pounding away at Takumi's body while he was up against the ropes as well as trying to keep up with him for 5 rounds was taking a toll, and while he was starting to see success it was clear to everyone that he would have to end it soon or he'd be done for.

*Round 8*

Coming out for round 8 Takumi kept up his strategy, however with less success. Fukuroda was now landing hits with all the power he could muster after 8 grueling rounds. Takumi kept up his dancing, however now Fukuroda was beginning to catch up, and was eventually able to pressure him back onto the ropes where he attempted to unleash a fight ending combo, however he was stopped by Takumi quickly initiating a clinch.

"Look at you, round 8, and you're tired." Takumi says looking at him.

"Shut up." Fukuroda says between heavy breaths.

"We've got 7 more rounds to go." Takumi taunts as the ref comes over.

They are broken up by the refs, and Takumi seemingly grabbed a second wind and was now dancing around the ring like he was the first round. Fukuroda on the other hand was looking just about dead in the water. He comes in swinging wildly with a long left hook, Takumi sidesteps and the momentum of the punch nearly makes him fall out of the ring.

"You are finished boy." Takumi says noticing his heavy breathing, "You are in trouble."

He doesn't respond and instead tries to throw a right hook which misses.

"You don't got but two chances, slim and none." Takumi says as he comes off his toes.

Now standing flat footed Takumi unleashes a viscous combo on Fukuroda's head, jab, then hook, then an uppercut, and finally a smashing overhead right. Fukuroda is sent crumbling to the canvas in what looks like slow motion, and Takumi has to hold himself back from getting any extra punches in as he goes down. The ref comes over and begins counting.

1...

2...

3...

Fukuroda simply lays on the ground dead not even making a single attempt to try and get back up.

4...

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The crowd was absolutely silent at Fukuroda's defeat, however Mako quickly rushed in and raised him up into the air by herself.

"Ladies and Gentleman, the new champion!" She screams.

Jumping off her shoulders Takumi pulls over the mic and looks up to the tower to see a familiar person and 3 others high up. He had quite literally been living under many rocks for the past 17 odd so years of his entire life, but even he knew who she was when he saw her.

"You're sick, screwed up in the head, you know that." He says, "You sent a little baby man to fight giant man."

She looks down at him silent, however somewhat amused by his mix of intoxicating self confidence and what probably was pure stupidity.

"Why you." A green haired man says as he begins to climb up the ropes.

"Enough." Satsuki says.

With that he stops and sits patiently and watches. Takumi looks over to his corner and whispers something into Mako's ear before looking back up to Satsuki's tower.

"Tell me something sweetheart." Takumi says.

With that comment Ira immediately started thinking of various different torture methods for him.

"I, Takumi the great, am looking for the person who murdered Isshin Matoi." He says proudly, "Can you tell me who it was?"

"And why do you want to know?" She asks.

"Well, basically, um," He pauses looking around and scratching the back of his neck, "erm, uh, I'm asking for a friend!" He says with newfound confidence.

"And this friend is?" Satsuki asks.

"Her name is Ryuko Matoi. Daughter of Isshin Matoi." He says, "You must know, so, cough it up!"

"And why didn't this Ryuko fight for her right to question me herself?" She asks.

"Because, um," He pauses trying to think of a good story, "Because, she's way too powerful, she'd kill the tiny baby man, and then she'd kill everyone in the crowd in a blind rage, and then she'd kill me, and you wouldn't want that now would you sweetie?"

'I'll kill you myself if you keep this up.' Satsuki thinks closing her eyes. 'But he's far too dumb to be bluffing.'

"So, um, accept her act of mercy and tell me who killed Isshin Matoi before things get uglier." He says.

"If this friend of yours wants answers, she must come and ask me directly." Satsuki says.

"Well, it was worth a shot." He says before he jumps out of the ring.

Breaking into a sprint he hears the army of people chasing him.

"Catch me if you can." He says as he sprints away.

*Timeskip brought to you by chibi Takumi and chibi Ryuko*

"Yeah, and then they just kind of stopped." Takumi says "I think Satsuki told them off or something."

Mako, Takumi, and Ryuko were all walking away from the school down the slum streets.

"Well, good for us." Ryuko says slightly woozy. "We'll be back anyway."

"Are you okay?" Takumi asks.

"Yeah, just, tired." She replies.

"How?" Mako asks.

"I don't know, jus-" Ryuko isn't able to complete her sentence as she collapses on the floor.

"Oh, heh, probably should have told you that about K- I mean, Senketsu." Takumi says laughing slightly. "Um, we need to get her to a doctor."

"Oh, good! I know just the place!" Mako says enthusiastically.

*Elsewhere*

In the student council chambers Satsuki and her Elite four were all sat down.

"I've looked through it, he should be, well, very dead." A short blue haired man says.

"Interesting." Satsuki says putting down her tea. "Be prepared for Matoi's appearance."

"Yes Ma'am" All of the elite four say in unison.

"Inumuta." Satsuki says.

"Yes." He answers.

"Put this, Takumi, under constant surveillance and free up a place at the school for him. I want to know more." She demands.

"Yes Ma'am." He says bowing.

'Takumi what are you?' She thinks while looking back at the fight footage.

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