Chiro Rokuhira vs Yura is a battle between Chihiro Rokuhira and Yura.
Confronted by the orchestrator of his father's murder, Chihiro is momentarily provided with the chance to turn away from the Naginojoen in favour of exacting his revenge. While still seeing Chihiro as weak and inexperienced, Yura admits his curiosity to explore the hatred he sparked three years ago.
Prologue[]
Hakuri aimed to reach Chihiro as fast as possible, dashing up the stairs and into a hallway where Chihiro was descending the stairs on the other end. Only four guards stood in Chihiro's way; but as Hakuri came close, he saw one of the guards giving Chihiro trouble before a wall of trees suddenly emerged from the ground, preventing Hakuri from advancing.
The Battle[]
Chihiro recognises the sigil
Chihiro had seen Hakuri and quickly placed Cloud Gouger in his mouth, slashing through three of the guards. The fourth managed to parry and dodge his attacks, and remarked on Cloud Gouger's diminshed potency due to being broken. Chihiro barely noticed the wall of trees forming behind him as he noticed the signature tattoo of the Hishaku on the man's right hand.
Chihiro immediately flashed back to the Hishaku's attack on his home, eyes throbbing and sweat pouring down his face. Chihiro then slammed the Hishaku member, Yura, into a wall and levelled both blades at him, emotionally breaking down but still retaining enough stability to try and interrogate him. Yura coolly replied he was the leader of the Hishaku, and directly responsible for orchestrating the murder of Chihiro's father, though he wasn't present in person. Yura then quickly knocked Chihiro back before kicking him into the wall of trees, branches reaching out and restraining Chihiro. Yura quickly hushed Chihiro as Kyora's voice blared out of the speakers.
"Why did you kill my father?!"
Kyora declared he would reveal the auction's special item for today, one of the blades made by the hero Kunishige Rokuhira to end the Seitei War, the Shinuchi. With Chihiro, a myriad questions arose in his mind and two questions regarding Shinuchi's auction and the Hishaku's goal spilled out of his mouth but the one resonating the clearest was 'Why did you kill my father?'
Kyora's speech continued, as he recounted how five enchanted blades were enough to turn the tides of war, whilst the sixth led Japan to victory. As he used his powers to display an image of Shinuchi's box, Kyora announced the Enchanted Blade Shinuchi would once again be unleashed after 18 years. Simultaneously, Yura answered his three questions at once; it was all so he could wield Shinuchi. To this end, the Hishaku had assisted the Sazanami Clan in making sure the auction progressed smoothly. While Chihiro still had questions, he dismissed them as irrelevant; he already knew Kyora and Yura were vile and needed to be stopped.
Yura remarked that Enchanted Blades don't choose people, and that anyone can enslave them; which Chihiro seemed to recognise. Yura mused that since Chihiro was in no place to fight back, he planned on having a chat in order to see what 'sprouted' from the 'seeds of hatred' he had 'planted' three years ago. Chihiro was shaken at the statement, but his emotions then once again refocused on rage, resolutely stating they needed to be stopped; they being the Hishaku, the Sazanami, the Kamunabi if need be, all of those who wished to lay claim to the blades. Chihiro declared internally that rather than letting Cloud Gouger die in another's hands, he had spent years at the blade's side, and thus believed it was only right Cloud Gouger should die by his side. Black lightning crackled around Chihiro as he called Mei: Shred.
Chihiro uses Mei: Shred against Yura
Compared to his prior lightning cloaking, the black lightning amplified Chihiro's power and movement speed even further, Chihiro easily bursting from the wall of trees and severing Yura's right arm, before landing several blows on him while dodging all of his counterattacks. Despite this, Yura was nonchalant at his injuries as he commented on Chihiro's increase in strength. Chihiro was peeved before seeing the hole in the wall of trees repair itself behind him. Chihiro gauged that Cloud Gouger had three full-strength bursts of strength left, and he would need to use one to burst through the wall if he were to do so. Assessing both the unknown threat posed by Yura, and his concern over Shiba and Hakuri's situations, Chihiro made his choice.
Aftermath[]
On the other side of the wall, a few moments prior, Hakuri's attempted Isou failed once again. Wanting Hakuri to recognise his worthlessness, Soya began brutally kicking him, but Hakuri ignored him as he saw a flicker of black lightning momentarily surround the wall of trees and recognised it as Chihiro's, assuming he was trying to break through the wall. Soya continued beating him and began blaming Chihiro for Hakuri's change, prompting Hakuri's ire.
Chihiro chooses the mission over the revenge
Hakuri stood up and successfully used Isou, blasting his brother several metres into the wall of trees. Soya was begrudgingly impressed, but still viewed Hakuri was weak due to the shockwave only moving him a few metres. Abruptly, Chihiro burst through the wall of trees and slashed through Soya's back. Hakuri asked if Chihiro had defeated his enemy, and Chihiro responded in the negative as the wall of trees closed behind him.
On the other side, Yura was impressed at Chihiro being able to let go of his hatred, as Hiyuki emerged on the stairwell behind him. She prepared to confront Yura (Tafuku was still in the foyer, the two having defeated all the guards), but Yura remarked he had already achieved what he wanted (a meeting with Chihiro) and teleported out with his severed arm still in his grasp, fire enveloping his location.