( Arata's POV )
Sun: Arata, are you okay?
After Sun's attack knocked me out on my back, she lowered her sword in worry and tried to approach me but I stood up and raised my palm in front of her to stop her.
Arata: You're better than I expected but this is just what I need, let's go one more time and don't hold back.
I raised my wooden sword again, Sun became serious again and repeated her attack, I was able to block almost by instinct and took a step back to attack her back, but she did a backflip and my sword passed harmlessly underneath her.
Sun swung sideways on my right side and I moved my sword to block, but it was useless, Sun raised her sword in a fluid motion and it struck my shoulder making me drop my sword, Sun put her sword against my neck marking her second victory, but that didn't discourage me.
I kept fighting no matter that I kept losing, by the time we reached our twentieth fight I could consistently exchange blows six times and that's when we stopped our training, before we left I tried the weapon summoning once more and this time I was able to summon my Katana more easily although the duration of the transformation stayed the same.
With that we left the school but at the door we found a commotion, some students with not the best reputation, They were watching a group of punks about a dozen lined up, it looked like a gang battle was about to break out.
I didn't want to get involved with this but while I was waiting for the gang members to disperse I saw the guys who were bothering that girl outside the Supernatural artifacts store, of course that must be a coincidence.
Punk leader: Arata, you bastard! You think you can mess with us, huh? Come out and let's settle the score.
Arata: How do those guys know my name?
Urara: I think I have the answer to that, this is surely due to your little fame and title of the undefeated boss of your previous school.
Sun: wow the undefeated boss, that sounds cool.
Arata: What are you talking about, I'm not anyone's boss, my old school didn't even have any criminals.
Urara: You mean no one besides you, that fame is probably due to your scary expression and the fact that you spent years scaring away everyone who tried to confess to Chisaki, you really didn't know?
When Urara gave her strange explanation, Sun was excited when she heard the title I supposedly had, but she and Sagiri looked at me suspiciously when Urara mentioned me, scaring away those who were trying to confess to Chisaki, I only did that because she asked me to because she was uncomfortable with the increasing number of people who wanted to do that.
Although I didn't completely believe what Urara was saying, it was true that they were here for me, and I had to fix this, I took a step forward but the girls put their hands on my shoulders before I could go far.
Sagiri: wait, you shouldn't go, you don't have full control of your powers yet.
Arata: But they're here for me, I can't let them cause trouble at school just because of that.
Sun: Let us handle this.
Saying that the girls walked towards the entrance of the school, after what I experienced at the Dojo I know that the two are more than capable of handling the situation but I couldn't let them go alone.
When the criminals saw me approaching, they put on evil smiles, probably thinking that they had already defeated me with numbers.
Puck leader: You finally decided to show your face, and you brought something good to make up for your mistake from before, well don't think this will be enough.
As we approached, the criminals focused on the girls, they were looking at them with dirty eyes and their intentions were more than obvious, big mistake, my friend.
The two girls closed their eyes, deciding to be a bit more lax about holding back against normal humans.
One of the punks reached out and tried to grab Sun but she grabbed his wooden sword under his chin, the guy flew back unconscious and all the criminals were paralyzed for a moment.
After that most of the criminals seemed to want to make a retreat, probably the skills of several of them only extended to trying to pickup girls, another brave or stupid punk tried to go after the girls, but Sagiri stopped him with a kick to the side of the head, the guy spun in the air a bit before hitting the ground.
Urara: Oh, Mr. Police! This way.
Urara shouted something in the distance and then the sirens of a patrol car were heard, with that the punks lost all their confidence and they scattered, when the punks were out of sight, Urara approached and she priced her phone and the sounds of the patrol cars stopped, I think she took the time to plant a fake horn, that was smart.
With that little incident over we left the school and made a stop at the old man's gadget shop.
Old Man: Oh, welcome, young curious people, what can I do for you today?
Now that we were regulars here, the old man opted for a somewhat more normal greeting.
Arata: Hi there, I'm curious if you have any kind of books with ancient sword techniques or something like that?
Old man: Oh, I'm afraid I don't have anything like that in this store, but if you're making a special request, I can go out and find something to satisfy your curiosity.
Arata: That will be... Something expensive?
Old man: Not at all, for loyal customers like you there will be no cost for that, but if you are interested in a special discount for the product I find, you could do me a favor.
Arata: What would that be?
Old Man: Nothing special, I just need you to watch the store for an afternoon the day after tomorrow.