(Damien crouched, his muscles tensing as the group cracked. BOOM. Damien pushed off the earth in a sprint towards the figure. His fist pulled back and extended to smash into the figure's gut, the figure's hand came up and caught Damien's fist.)
"You are slow," (It said, tilting its head slightly. It pulled Damien closer, its fist raised before slamming into Damien's jaw. Damien's head whipped back before he pulled it forward and slammed it into the figure's face. The figure stumbled back still holding onto Damien's fist, Damien left the ground and spun around the figure's arm and slamming his leg into its neck, he willingly dislocated his arm as the figure was sent flying away, tumbling across the ground before it dug its finger's into the ground, skidding across the ground until it finally halted.)
(Damien stood with his arm hanging loosely, his grin remaining before growing more unhinged. The figure stared before rising to its feet.) "You are insane," (It said as it placed a hand on its neck.)
(Damien grabbed his loose arm and popped it back into its socket, rolling his shoulder to test it before he crouched into a runner's stance. CRACK, was the sound the earth made as it slightly caved in before he sprinted forward, the world around him passing as he reached the figure, he threw a fist that which the figure dodged.)
(The figure took a step forward and swung its lead hand, aiming to slam into Damien's ribs. CRUNCH, was the sound Damien's ribs cracking but he didn't falter, it only boosted his aggression as Damien released a barrage of fists, fists rained onto the figure's guts until it to doubled over. Damien grabbed its head with a crushing grip before slamming it down onto his knee repeatedly before letting go and pulling a fist downwards before throwing it into the figure's jaw.)
(The figure stumbled back, its head whipped before it dropped it down. Meeting Damien's gaze before it sprinted forward in a blur, it threw a fist to damage Damien's nose. Renji dodged the fist in his fight, his eyes narrowed as he watched the figure try to smash its own fists into him.)
(Renji leaped back and rolled his neck, the figure stopped pursuing, narrowing its eyes in what seemed to be annoyance.) "Is dodging all that you can do?"
(Renji kept his gaze before he took slow steps forward, his lips slightly parted as a foggy breath released, moving upwards and obscuring his face except for those twin lights called his eyes. Renji blurred past that tiny fog cloud, the figure could not react in time as Renji slammed a fist into its gut another fist smashed the side of its face, whipping its head forcibly to the side. The figure blinked before its gaze fell back onto Renji, Renji spun on his heel and his ankle made contact with its neck, the figure flew towards a tree.)
(The tree groaned as Renji took slow steps.) "What's wrong? You can't dodge my attacks?"
(The figure stood up, rolling its neck with a subtle crack. It blurred forward, leaving the ground as it spinned mid air, its leg extended to make contact with Renji's face.)
(His grin did not falter as Damien grabbed the figure's leg, pulling it and spinning on his heel before he pulled the figure down to the ground with a loud, BOOM. He crouched, his legs tensing as he leaped off the ground.)
(Damien descended back down like a comet, and a few meters before reaching the ground. He swung his arm and the figure's head hit the ground, SLAM. There was a delay before cracks began to spread, and the ground erupted upwards. Chunks of the ground flying high, as dust erupted.)
(Damien had let go of the figures leg and leaped far back.) "Are you done yet?" (Damien asked mockingly, slowly crossing his arms over his chest, raising an eyebrow. Suddenly his instincts screamed and before he could respond to them, a hand gripped his hair before slamming him down onto the ground, Damien tried to push up and was able to sound out.) "How the fu-?"
(SLAM, he was slammed back down before the figure now began to drag Damien's face across the ground, it dragged Damien for a few meters before throwing him upwards in the air, a dark portal appeared underneath it as it was swallowed up by it.)
(A portal appeared above Damien as the figure fell down, its legs made contact with Damien's stomach and pushed him down towards the ground. CRUNCH, Damien's ribs broke even further as he coughed up a bit of blood. The figure jumped off and stared down at Damien.)
(A fist was thrown as Renji narrowly ducked downwards, he pushed forward and tackled the creature to the ground. Renji pulled a fist back and extended it, almost making contact as suddenly the figure fell into its own portal and another portal opened behind Renji. The figure grabbed Renji's hair and smashed his face onto the ground, repeatedly. It let go of Renji's head and dropped its foot down onto the back of Renji's head repeatedly.)
(Clouds gathered above, crackling dangerously before lightning dropped down. The figure leaped back as the lightning instead hit Renji. It stopped as Renji fought his now stiff muscles to rise up.)
(Both figure's just stared at Damien/Renji before leaping into their portals.)
(They appeared side by side in a dark void, infront of a familiar misty figure.) "How were they?" (It glanced over its shoulder towards the other figures.)
"I was humiliated," (Said the white eyed figure) "So was I," (The red eyed figure nodded.)
"Good" (The mist figure seemed to smile as its featureless face stretched weirdly.) "Now I wonder how the other two are doing."
(Let's move back in time again)
(As Soren moved through the black and white dotted void, he was surprisingly calm due to Reisei which kept him calm. He landed with his feet onto the ground. Outwardly he remained calm, but the impact of landing made his bones rattle uncomfortably.) "Hm" (Was the sound that escaped him before he looked around.)
(It hit him, the air was extremely thin. Immediately knocking him out of the state Reisei. He collapsed face first onto the hard ground. Moments later he awakened in a more warmer surrounding, he sat up to see that he laid within a shelter.)
"Oh you're awake?" (A familiar voice passed through his ears, he looked over towards the source of origin to find out it was Jiwon.)
(Jiwon sat leaning against a wall. Soren and Jiwon just stared at each other before the sound of a sliding door echoed through the room. They whipped their heads towards the door and saw an older man. He was extremely short, his head shined as bright as a star. His facial hair was the usual one you expect from wise master's in fiction.)
(His eyes were shut, making both Soren and Jiwon wonder how he could see.) "What," (A pause.) "Brings you," (Another pause.) "To," (Another pause, Jiwon's eye twitched from annoyance as Soren just stared, his fist clenched.) "My," (An extremely long deliberate pause) "Home."
(Soren cleared his throat, before he tried to speak but found it hard. Jiwon sighed and instead spoke.) "We just appeared on your mountain."
"Ho" (Escaped the old man's lips.)
(Silence stretched.)
(Jiwon's eyes twitched again, before he took a deep breath to calm down.)
"So did you come here to train?" (The old man said surprisingly smoothly, as he raised a thin eyebrow.)
"I believe so," (Jiwon answered a bit unsure before he narrowed his eyes.) "Wait? You can speak normally."
"What," (The old man was silent again.) "Do," (A long pause.) "You," (Another long pause.) "Mean?" (Pause.) "I could always talk," (A pause.) "Normally."
(Jiwon just stared, his brows furrowed. Soren was having a hard time to breathe and even speak, he could not bother to focus on the old man deliberately testing both their patience.)
"Alright," (A pause.) "I'll train you," (The old man muttered.)
"Huh?" (Jiwon sounded.)
"I'll train you," (The old man muttered.)
"I can't hear you," (Jiwon said.)
"I'll train you," (The old man muttered again, Jiwon just stared and the old man seemed to stare back.)
"He said-", (Wheeze) "He'll train us," (Wheeze.)
"You alright?" (Jiwon looked over towards Soren, Soren put a thumb up.) "Yeah, I'm just," (Cough) "Not used to this type of areas"
"Ho" (The old man's sound traveled across the room as both Soren and Jiwon just stared at him.) "You must," (A pause.) "Get stronger," (Another pause.)
"I'll teach you to be stronger," (The old man said smoothly as he slowly turned,) "Follow," (A pause.) "Me."
(Who was this infuriatingly annoying old man? Where were Jiwon and Soren?)
(Find out in the next chapter.....)