On a beautiful sunset, Kongou wearing the white and red yukata she had since she got to Korea stood on top of the hideout, as she began reminiscing about her past.
Hei, who just came up; Hey, we need some help downstairs. Oh, you're thinking of something.
Kongou; I heard my fiancé was ripped apart.
Hei; so sorry.
Kongou; He'll be back. He's just too stubborn not to.
Hei; Seriously? I wonder how you two met.
Kongou; HM.
Several years earlier…
Gabimaru, Kongou's father; Kongou, my daughter, we are not like others you see.
6-year-old Kongou; why is that papa?
Gabimaru; it is because hundreds of years ago, our family swore to protect the Ga-den clan with our lives. And in order to do that, we trained ourselves to be faster, stronger and sharper than anyone else in the clan even rivalling the pillars. That is our family's duty. And your duty, is to surpass me and become the strongest swordswoman this clan has even seen, understand?
Koungou; yes, papa.
4 years later, in an open field, outside school…
Izuku; MY NAME IS IZUKU TETSU GA-DEN AND I WANT TO FIGHT YOU.
Kongou, extremely unamused; go away.
Izuku; I refuse.
Kongou; fine, if you want a fight, I'll give you one.
Izuku; perfect.
Izuku then gathered all his nite and divided it evenly into his hands and feet then rushed toward Kongou who took him out with an elbow to the head.
Kongou; you're done already? I didn't even unsheathe my sword.
Izuku; I'm not done yet. Ugh.
Kongou; then walked away.
Izuku while passing out; wait, where you going, I said I'm not…
One year later…
Izuku; KONGOU-SAN I CHALENGE YOU TO A RE-MATCH!
Kongou; have you been training an entire year just for this?
Izuku; and what if I have? This time I'll definitely defeat you.
1 minutes later…
Kongou; hey, are you still alive?
Izuku on the ground; I don't need your pity!
Let's go again.
One attack later…
Kongou; don't come back.
Izuku on the ground; *screw you*
Two years later…
Arima; you can't be serious.
Kongou; I am.
Arima; so you think I actually have a shot with him?
Kongou; absolutely not, he's not even worth you anyway.
Arima; Oh, look, it's him again.
Kongou; *sigh* already?
Izuku; Kongou-san, I challenge you to a…
Kongou; quiet! I accept, you don't need to keep saying that now.
Arima; how many times has it been now?
Izuku; 54 before now.
Arima; oh, I see then it shouldn't be that…
Arima then spat out her drink after realizing…
Arima; 54!
Izuku; yep, every week for the past year now.
Now then.
Kongou while standing up; I'll make this as fast as possible.
Izuku; alright then.
Outside the school, in an open field, the to stood at opposite ends of each other…
Suddenly, Izuku had already lunged toward Kongou with a short, cured knife to her neck.
Kongou, startled, looked forward and saw that Izuku hadn't made a single step.
Izuku; what is it? Come at me.
Kongou then felt something cold and sharp on the side of her neck. She looked down and there was nothing there. She then looked forward and saw that Izuku still hadn't moved.
Izuku; what's wrong? Why do you look scared? Come at me already!
Kongou; …
Izuku; oh, I see, you've gotten so used to me on the offense that asking for an attack scares you, is that it?
Kongou; it isn't.
Izuku; then stop holding back! I've waited 4 years to see you go all out, and I'm not stopping till you at least hit me first. Or have you actually become…
Scared?
Kongou, who got Triggered by this statement drew out her blade and went on the offense against Izuku but suddenly, she saw two of him.
Kongou; *I see, you he can manipulate his nite in the air to create illusions and interfere with my senses. It's a cleaver move and one I didn't expect till now. *
Kongou then closed her eyes and the two of him held their blades and where about to strike on the left and right side of her neck on both sides.
Kongou; *inhale**exhale* Omni strike.
Kongou then swung her sword in every direction in a fraction of a second, she then sheathed her sword and ounce she did, Izuku coughed up blood and fell to the ground with several cuts to his body.
Kongou; *thank goodness he was wearing that body armor, I hate unnecessary murder. *
With every year, I grew stronger and stronger, he did too but could never reach my level.
2 years later…
Arima; Hey Kongou, have you heard the rumour going round lately?
Kongou; what is it?
Arima; apparently, that Izuku guy likes you.
Kongou; …
Arima; I thought, you would show at least a hint of a reaction.
Kongou; if he does or not, I'm truly uninterested. So it doesn't concern me.
A few hours later…
Kongou; *sigh* let's get this over with.
Izuku; agreed.
A few minutes later…
Izuku; your technique has improved.
Kongou; and so has yours, you know, the first time we met, you where arrogant and overconfident, like a dog who needed to know his place, but now, I'm starting to respect you.
Izuku; remember when you slashed me 2 years ago, it was the 1st time I had ever tasted your true strength. Tell me something, why is it you want to get stronger?
Kongou; it's not a matter of what I want, I have to, because it's my duty.
Izuku, surprised; …
I see. Ever since that strike two years ago all I could think about, was how I could beat you. Then I realized, the more I trained the stronger you get, it's like the horizon I could never reach the more I walked. It just made me want to beat you even more. Which Is why I say this, one day, I will beat you.
Kongou; you're always welcome to try.
After that, for two years he would ask for duels at random intervals, I would still beat him every time, however, after all that, he had never gotten more than a single hit on me, then on the day of my graduation at sunset, I was standing at the field where most of our duels took place.
Kongou; *a lot of time has passed yet, and many things have changes, yet my duty is the one thing I know that won't *
You're late.
Izuku from behind; I didn't know you were expecting me.
Kongou; I know you enough by now.
Izuku; I doubt you do, we barely known each other all these years and yet here we are, predicting the others intentions.
Kongou; you know nothing of my intentions.
Izuku; *And you know even less of mine* I guess I don't. now then to the matter at hand, I suppose it's clear by now who's the stronger, considering you're already ranked 8th in the entire clan, so I propose a stipulation, before I'm knocked down, If I get 5 direct hits, you would grant me a request, but if I'm knocked down before that, I will never challenge you again.
Kongou; sounds one-sided, why should I honour this proposal?
Izuku; because your pride won't let you refuse.
Kongou; I see, very well, but if I win, you grant me a request.
Izuku; an equivalent exchange, let us begin.
Kongou first placed her hand on the hilt of her sword, *Blue secret moon* she then lunged toward Izuku at a speed so fast the human eye cant follow, she then swung her sword across Izuku, but it passed straight through him.
Kongou; *an after image*
Izuku, from behind her; that's one.
Before he could hit her again, she spun back with maximum speed to strike him, but the sword passed through him again.
Izuku, with his curved dagger at her neck; 3 left.
Kongou; *huh*
*slice*
Kongou then looked and noticed her arm was cut, at that moment, Izuku appeared to have never left her back. She then stepped back to regroup.
Kongou; *I need to think and…*
Izuku without hesitation lunged toward her with both daggers in his hands, aiming for her neck, she then used her sword to block them Izuku, not giving her time to recover, continued swinging his daggers at her at supersonic speeds.
Kongou; *he keeps going for my neck, and isn't giving any openings*
Suddenly, Izuku paused a bit, Kongou immediately took advantage and struck his arm, he then grabbed her blade, and splashed his own blood in her face, she then ducked to avoid it but Izuku thrusted his blade toward her face. She then moved her head to avoid it then…
*Slash*
He then slashed her shoulder, he then took a step back, then threw one of his daggers in the air, then using only one dagger, he ran strait towards her but then…
Kongou; *Omni strike*
Kongou then used Omni strike and swung her blade 50 times in every direction, in only 3 seconds, when she was through, she looked round, but Izuku was nowhere to bee seen, then in just the blink of an eye, Izuku's dagger came flying straight at her, she dodged it, then Izuku from behind her grabbed it and swung it at her, she then used her sword to block it, then Izuku then slid his dagger across her sword before slicing her arm. She then began to swing at him, and for the first time during the fight, Izuku was on defence, she swung at him so many times, he lost grip of his weapon.
Kongou; *Like I'm falling for that, you let it go on purpose*
Kongou; then swung at him from up, he then caught the blade with his bare hands, then the blade Izuku threw in the air
Was right above Kongou's head, she then moved it just in time before it could stab her.
Kongou; *it's over no…*
Kongou then looked at her lower-right side and noticed Izuku's dagger falling from it, she felt the pain, and was in shock.
Kongou; how did you?
Izuku; it doesn't matter, It's over now.
Kongou Vs Izuku
Result; Izuku wins
Time elapsed; 52 seconds.
10 minutes later Kongou and Izuku where both sitting on the grass, Kongou had wrapped up Izuku's hand with her own cloth to stop the bleeding…
Kongou; Congrats, you beat me.
Izuku; to be honest I was only 30% sure I could pull it off.
Kongou; now about…
Izuku; before I get to the prize, I wanna say this, for the past 4 years, ever since that first Omni strike, somethings been on my mind, remember what I said to years ago, about how all I could think about, was how I could beat you?
That was a lie, I thought about something else, I thought about you. One thing I've realized is you can learn a lot from a person ounce you fought them, and there was something about you that I couldn't get out of my head. I want to know what that thing is.
Kongou; I see.
Izuku; now, about my prize, I want two things.
Koungou; I thought we agreed on one?
Izuku; I never specified the number of requests did I?
Kongou; agreed.
Izuku; I want you to keep of fighting me, till the day I fully surpass you.
Kongou; you still aren't over that?
Izuku; I'm a man who keeps his word, I said I'll surpass you so I will and second, that you wouldn't mind me doing this.
Kongou; what?
Izuku then placed his thumb and index finger beneath her jaw, and then kissed her.
Hei; so he really just kissed you like that?
Kongou; yep.
Hei; you weren't joking, he was stubborn.
Knougou; and still is. We've dulled over 465 times now, and yet he still comes asking for more. It's become our own personal thing now. Still I'm glad, because if it weren't for him, I wouldn't be nearly as strong as I am now, we both push ourselves and I believe we'll continue to do so.
Hei; …till death do you part I guess.
Kongou as she looked at her shoulder, and the scar which was left on it; yeah, till death do us part.