By the time Kakashi reached where Ayaka was, Yaze was already gone.
"Where is Yaze?" Kakashi asked.
"He left for the academy to submit the report, and he said we were free for the rest of the day," she replied.
[That cheat, he let us do the work only for him to run and report it. Miss Tokoyami would think we were joking around.]
"Kakashi, what do you mean by somewhere special for both of you?"
"Where are we going?" Kakashi asked curiously trying to change the subject. He doesn't even know where to take her to, he just hopes she forgets about it.
"Hey!, Don't change the subject!" Ayaka quickly calmed down. "Maybe it's none of my business. There is a café I always wanted to go to if I got a chance to come to Shinjuku, will you come with me?"
"Why not?, I don't have anywhere to go after all" Kakashi said. "I heard that there is another ASE academy in China and also some places in the world; why are there so many?"
"Each school specializes in different things; there is one in China that specializes in sword technique, while the one in Kyoto specializes in all types of divine and dark technique. Most humans go to the sword technique academy."
"Then the one we attend specializes in what?"
"Close and long-range combat," she replied. "Japan is the only country with two Academies and three on the continent. Each continent has one ASE academy."
"That's pretty neat."
They stopped at the café bought some snacks and left a few minutes later. They went to the park and bought some ice cream.
"Wow, it's so good!" Ayaka said it joyfully, with her tail wagging.
"Ayaka?" Kakashi called out. "Are they real?"
"What?"
"Your ears and tail?"
"Why don't you see for yourself?" She turned around, happily wagging her tail.
"It's pink!" Kakashi said absent-mindedly.
[Shit!, That slipped out of my mouth.]
"What pink?" She asked. She suddenly realized it. "Ahhhhhh, pervert. You were looking under my skirt."
"I wasn't looking; it just happened to get my attention." Kakashi turned his face to the side. "Besides, I've already seen it this morning. So there's nothing to hide."
"Pervert!!!, Get away from me." Ayaka was starting to get angry. Kakashi looked at her tail, which was slowly wagging and got tempted to touch it. "Hey! I didn't say you could touch it."
"Wow!!" Kakashi stared at his hand. "It's felt so real."
"Of course it is. I'm a goddess after all,"
[She got over it quickly.]
"Can I touch your ears too?" Kakashi asked.
"Noo!!!" Ayaka said, her face was pumping like a balloon and was turning red. She looked so cute, and for a reason, Kakashi was glad she was his partner.
"So, how did you end up with this?" Kakashi asked, choosing my words carefully. "Like..., did... your dad... do it with a cat, or what?"
"What do you mean by that?" Ayaka yelled. "Of course not. I was possessed by a cat spirit. And now, it's part of me."
"What????"
"The spirit boosted my physical and mental capabilities and also my karma capacity," Ayaka announced proudly. "It made me feel special like I was chosen or something."
"Seem pretty dumb to me"
"What did you say?!!"
"No!, Nothing!!"
We kept chatting when Kakashi suddenly remembered his dream.
"Ayaka?" Kakashi called.
"Hmm," Ayaka struggled to speak while stuffing her face with the cupcakes we bought from the café.
"This morning, when we first met. I had a strange dream..."
Ayaka quickly stood up and handed her ice cream to Kakashi.
"I'm sorry, I need to excuse myself"
Without waiting for a reply, she swiftly ran out of sight.
A strange man walked up to Kakashi and was staring at him. Kakashi thought he was hungry, so he offered his ice cream to the man since he couldn't give him Ayaka and he didn't have any money, but instead, the man held his hand.
Kakashi tried to pull away, but his grip was too strong.
"Umm, sir, I will appreciate it if you let go."
"Kakashi Yami, you've grown bigger than I expected."
"How do you know my name?"
"How?" He sat down beside Kakashi, still holding his arm. "How can you forget me so easily? Perhaps you won't recognize me in my new body."
"Kakashi, you won't believe..." Ayaka came yelling.
"Ayaka, stop," Kakashi called out to her before she got any closer.
"Kakashi, who is he?"
"I'm impressed; you are still able to act fast," he said. "I guessed I taught you well after all."
Kakashi looked at the man again; he was a perfect match for the description that Hinata gave them. The man is a demon. But for some reason, his body build was different from what you'd expect from an eight-year-old.
"What do you want?" Kakashi asked.
"Honestly, I don't..." Yaze came from nowhere and punched him away from Kakashi.
The demon turned and stood on his feet.
He was wearing black shorts and a cloak, he took off the cloak and threw it away. His hair was black, and his skin was dry, with cracks all over his body revealing red scales underneath.
"Yaze, you came," he said happily, and he took a careful look at him and frowned.
"How did Yaze get here?" Kakashi asked Ayaka as she helped me up.
"That's not Yaze Sensei; it's a clone, and I guessed he already figured it out."
"I think that is Tomura; he matches the description that Hinata gave us, but I think something's different."
"Like what?"
"I don't know, but he seems familiar." Kakashi stood up, ready to fight. "I promise Hinata that I'll stop him, and that's exactly what I'll do."
Tomura hit Yaze, and he just disappeared. Kakashi ran to him, swinging his fist, but Tomura dodged and punched him in the stomach, sending him flying and hitting a tree. The impact made him spit out some blood.
Tomura came with another punch, luckily, Kakashi jumped out of the way. Tomura's fist broke through the tree.
[If I hadn't dodged that, I would have lost my head. I can't fight someone like Tomura; he might be a second-class, no, first-class demon. Right now, Ayaka is contacting the academy for assistance; all I can do now is buy time.]
Tomura appeared behind Kakashi, Kakashi attempted to punch him, but Tomura caught his left hand and twisted it backwards.
"Arghhhhhh!!!!" Kakashi cried in pain. Holding his arm, he looked around and ran into the city. He quickly ran across the road, making all the cars stop to avoid an accident.
"What's wrong with you?" A driver yelled. "Do you want to die?"
[No, I don't want to die. That's why I'm running, but I can't stand here to answer him.]
Kakashi ran into a building, holding his arm. Turns out it was broken.
Tomura landed on the car, squishing the driver in his car, with blood spilling out of the crushed car.