Isekai Restuarant (Rewrite)

- Silas -

We talked about a few more things before they left too.

Those three also had to prepare for the exams.

After they left, Rimuru came to the Restaurant with Milim.

"Sil, I need a dragon cherry cake." Milim ordered as soon as she entered.

"Some ramen for me." Rimuru replied, tired. He has been busy with the naming thing recently and always looks tired.

I nodded. "Alright."

They went to the private rooms, joining Fafnir in his gaming escapades.

Milim was one of the prominent gamers of the Restaurant by now.

Soon after, Cid-kun arrived too and I asked him about Ikki's request.

The guy was pretending to the end. Sure enough, right after he went out, Shadow entered and went ahead to talk with Ikki.

I shook my head at the guy's behaviour.

They left to Kisuke's world for their spar.

- Yoruichi -

She looked at the guy in the hood with a bored expression.

The shop owner said he was apparently very good at swordsmanship and could help Ikki hone his skills.

Although she doubted the shop owner knew much about swordsmanship himself. He was more of a knife person. There was no denying that he knew quite a lot about the different talents in the Restaurant.

She had been going to the Restaurant often to get a read on the people there, to assess if there was any danger from them.

Kisuke might behave like a fool but he was the most cautious person she knew of. He had been assessing the Restaurant for a while too and he only invited someone from other worlds after he was sure he could handle things.

To be honest, she thought that his curiosity played a big part in it.

Even then, he made sure to keep an eye on them at all times.

If she wasn't wrong then putting Orihime there was so that they could get some information from her at times.

The girl was quite simple minded and they could make her slip about some things which the other side might be hiding.

Although, as far as she had seen, the shop owner Silas didn't seem to be that kind of person. In fact, most of his staff were the same.

In fact, most of the people she had seen in the Restaurant were eccentric at best.

They soon reached the shop and Tessai met them at the door.

Ikki bowed politely.

"We need the training room."

"Go on. Kisuke is down there."

They entered the place and the boy in the black hood followed them and looked around.

"Yoruichi and… Shadow-kun." Kisuke greeted them and looked at her oddly.

"He is here to spar with Ikki."

"I see. Give me some time, let me get things ready then."

Kisuke prepared monitoring devices, no doubt wanting to record and assess the battle later on.

Kisuke removed Ikki's soul from his body. The boy, Shadow, looked at the whole thing with interest but didn't say anything.

"Alright. I am ready. You two can start."

The two boys took positions.

"Come Intetsu." Ikki summoned his device.

The other guy, Shadow raised his hands as two… were those crowbars? Appeared in his hands too.

"Ready… fight."

Ikki flashed from his position and slashed down but was effortlessly blocked by Shadow's crowbars.

Clashes followed one after another.

She had seen Ikki fighting and his swordsmanship and control were almost flawless. In fact, from what she knew, he had honed these two aspects to their highest degree to make up for his low magic reserves.

But now… in front of Shadow, his swordsmanship did nothing.

On observing closer, she found that Shadow was not using some fancy or complicated swordsmanship style either.

His style was basic.

In fact, his style was as basic as it came. It was the degree and proficiency in which he used that simple style that was scary.

The degree of control he had over his moves and power was like a more advanced version of Ikki's.

They clashed once more, the ground rupturing at the place of their clash before they separated and took a distance.

"It's amazing, Shadow-san. I have never fought someone like you." Ikki spoke with a smile.

"Your swordsmanship is… adequate. However, enough playing around. Let's take this to the next level."

Ikki nodded

And they moved again.

This time after they clashed, something strange happened.

Shadow casually moved back and walked around Ikki.

Ikki looked as if he couldn't even see him and looked around strangely.

Shadow got behind him and slashed down but Ikki, having sensed his attack, hurriedly turned back and clashed with him, this time at an advantage due to the difference in balance.

One more thing she had noticed was that all this time, Shadow had been using the exact same power level as Ikki.

This boy… he wasn't winning this with power.

He was toying around.

Once more, after the clash he walked around Ikki while Ikki looked around haplessly to find him.

"What is going on?" Kisuke asked looking confused and even she was confused when it happened a few more times before she realised the trick.

He was using the moment Ikki blinked to move away and completely erase his presence… no, he was manipulating his presence to give Ikki an illusion about his current position.

It wasn't his use of magic… it was his control over his entire being.

Such a scary guy…

That said, he wasn't exactly trying to harm Ikki but allowing him to get used to it.

Another clash later, Ikki was sent crashing into the ground.

Shadow stood in the distance and watched.

Ikki got up again, his breathing laboured but there was a smile on his face.

"That is amazing, Shadow-san. Right now, I don't stand any chance against you… but I will not disappoint you. You have shown me such a technique so let me show you my own." He held his sword in front of him.

"Go on. Give me your all." Shadow replied, spinning his crowbars around him. But she noticed that there was a smile on his face too.

Ikki nodded.

"I will use my weakness to go against your strongest, Ittou Shura!" His power jumped high, from a double digit seated officer to that of a Lieutenant in that moment.

"Yes… this is interesting. Come, come at me with all your might."

He kicked the ground and rushed forward, swinging his sword down.

Shadow crossed his crowbars and accepted the attack, the shockwaves generated from the attack destroying the nearby rocks.

"Hmm, he is pushing his body to ignore the limiter of a human's body, using all his power in a short span of time. At this rate, he won't last long but in the short period of time, it does give him power far beyond his current level. What an interesting technique." Kisuke commented from the side.

"Did he develop this due to his lack of raw power? I can see why someone with such control over his body can do so."

"Indeed. This is exactly what he said… using his weakness to defeat the opponent's strongest, Ittou Shura. One blade demon."

The clashes continued.

Wherever they went, the rocks and ground were torn into pieces, the whole field changing in their wake and yet, even with all this power, Shadow didn't look even slightly phased.

Finally, Ikki's technique faded and he fell to his knees, gasping for breath. 

"Wonderful. You have potential. In this short time, you were able to adapt to my moves. I look forward to your growth." Shadow praised in a grand tone.

Yoruichi's lips twitched at his tone.

Wasn't this guy even younger than Ikki?

Who was he kidding?

That said, she noticed that his Spiritual Power had grown in that battle. It was working much faster than before.

If he could fight like this for a few months, he might very well reach a Vice Captain level. So there was no lie in his words either.

"You are not even fazed after such a fight. You are really strong, Shadow-san. I look forward to fighting you in the future."

"Then I will be waiting. Be warned though, I am not a mountain which can be crossed by just anyone. I am the sky… the higher you reach, the more you understand your own insignificance. Are you sure you can keep this faith of yours in such a situation and still hope to catch up to me?"

…

Ikki clenched his fist. "I can't say if I can catch up with you but please rest assured… I will never give up."

"Very well then."

Just as they were having their shounen manga speeches, she felt several dozen signals of hollows.

She looked at Kisuke and he nodded.

"Looks like the time for sparring is up. There is an emergency outside."

"Can you fight, Kurogane-kun?" Kisuke asked.

"I… I will try my best."

"Great, then let's check what's going outside."

The scene outside was more problematic than she had expected.

"What is going on here, Tessai?"

"It seems that the Quincy kid has used bait for hollows. He seems to want to compete with Kurosaki-kun on who can hunt more."

Sigh… troublesome kids.

In the distance, she sensed Ichigo running around, trying to hunt as many hollows as possible. On the other side, the Quincy kid was shooting down hollows from a distance.

"What are you waiting for, Kurogane-kun? We are on the battlefield. Go on, fight."

He nodded and dashed towards the nearest hollow but his speed and strength were drastically lower than what he would normally have, probably the side effect of using the technique.

She decided to keep a close look on him lest he had an accident.

The kid was keeping up relatively well but his exhaustion was showing. Three hollows later, he staggered but gritted his teeth and still rushed forward.

Another hollow appeared and was about to jump in. Yoruichi decided that this was enough and was about to jump in when a flash of light passed by her and the hollow was cleaved in two.

In front of Ikki stood Shadow, his crowbar in his hand.

He turned over his shoulder and looked at her.

Yoruichi had lived far too long to not realise what that look meant.

"Oh, it's on."

And it was indeed on.

That day, something interesting could be seen in Karakura town… at least for the ones who could see it.

One cat and one human flashing all over the town as hollows disappeared the moment they came out.