Event Chaos Arena Captive

Killing Oboro again and losing Sawaki Kyousuke in the process

When the leader of the Igawa clan, Asagi, ended the ONT Conflict, she decided to retire as a Taimanin herself, with her lover Sawaki Kyousuke. Three years after Igawa Asagi destroyed the ONT and killed the traitor Taimanin Oboro, she had a peaceful life. However, both the Taimanin Elder and a resurrected Oboro, which now ruled an illegal Chaos Arena, ruined her chance of a happy end with her lover Kyousuke.

A key event of the Taimanin timeline, the Chaos Arena, marks the beginning of the Asagi Series and the ultimate return of Asagi to active duty. The event, might not have occurred in both RPGX and differently in Taimanin Asagi ZERO.

## Event Timeline

### Pre Event

The ONT Conflict was resolved, but Oboro was revived thanks to Edwin Black, the leader of Nomad. Which was the real power behind the Oboro Ninja Troops, in the past. Three years pass, with Asagi and Kyousuke thinking more and more about marriage and Asagi's sister wishing to become a Taimanin like her famous older sister. The Taimanin Elder, a mentor of Asagi in the past, worked in secret with Nomad and in the hope to make Asagi active again, cooperates by setting up a trap for her. Kyousuke is pulled away from a promised dinner with Asagi, thanks to the elder playing with his contacts, using a Sawaki family member as an excuse. Kyousuke is attacked and overtaken by Oboro, that now uses his body as a host with full control. Showing up the next day, she uses Kyousuke to get a ring on Asagi's finger, which Oboro can use as a catalyst for her new ability she had obtained since the ONT conflict, which is able to hold Asagi's movements. Afterward, Asagi is kidnapped.

* In Taimanin Asagi ZERO, Igawa Asagi (ZERO) which worked as a Rogue Taimanin, just had taken out Byg (ZERO) for the location of the Chaos Arena without success. The true incident which jumpstarted everything was the later kidnapping of Igawa Sakura (ZERO) by Kaliya (ZERO). Tricked by a Fuuma clan teacher, which had connections to the dark side, she had been captured. Asagi returned to Gosha, to find out where she was. All of this seemed to be originally the plan of Vampire Asagi/Edwin Black, which desired to test Asagi and if she could be used as a vessel for Vampire Asagi's spirit.

### Event

Asagi is put though humiliation by Oboro and Body Modification, thanks to Kiryu Sabato off-screen. Forced to fight in the Chaos Arena against other warriors, she is forced to lose again and again thanks to Oboro using her skill. When Igawa Sakura comes to the rescue having used her contacts with the Taimanin Elder and an orc named Byg, she is defeated by Oboro as well and now both sisters face the same training and modification. The plan of Oboro seems to be pure revenge at first, but the true goal of the mastermind Edwin Black is to corrupt Asagi, and make sure that she will cut off her human connection, returning to active Taimanin duty for an at this point unknown reason. However, Oboro herself seems to be fully obsessed with her personal vendetta and will try to get both of the sisters killed if not broken enough that they do not stand in her way. Asagi herself can waver in her desire to kill Oboro, as it would mean the death of her lover as well but pushes forward, trusting her sister, wishing that both can escape.

For the final fight, both sisters were ordered to fight each other in a final death match, with the winner able to escape, but Oboro always planned to manipulate the event making sure they killed each other. Sakura, however, had hidden her own Ninja Art during the torture and show fights for this moment, and both sisters were able to sneak in a combo attack that took out Oboro despite her movement stopping ability. Asagi, herself, felt deep regret and guilt for killing her own lover Sawaki Kyousuke and pulling him into her own conflict. Edwin Black arrived at stage, and allowed both Taimanin to leave unhindered, as he viewed the matter a success.

* In Taimanin Asagi ZERO, Sakura reaches the arena first using "Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Lady" as her disguise, cutting the arm of her opponent Big Gogo, she is defeated by "Snake Lady" Kaliya right after this. As Asagi reached the Chaos Arena entrance, she faced Kaliya which revealed her status as one of the 3 Naga chiefs and ruler of the arena. Holding Sakura's life hostage, Asagi was forced to give up a direct fight after they exchanged some blows. However, Kalija playfully made Asagi into a slave to "pay for the damages" of their fight had caused. While Asagi never fought during her "training", she still suffered but was able to free herself from the Dark Seed, which could be used to control the slaves near the end. Asagi requested a duel between herself and Sakura, which the at this point rather bored Kaliya agreed on. Kalija had seemingly acted almost against Black's interest and was looking for a good opportunity to get rid of Asagi. Even a victory resulting just in one year long cruise trip as everybody's "mattress". However, as Asagi prepared help from outside the Igawa clan given to Yatsu Murasaki (ZERO) and Gosha Taimanin stormed the stadium as Asagi freed herself by attacking Kalija with stored up energy, damaging her, so strongly she was forced to flee. Black revealed himself, exiting the body of Koukawa Oboro (ZERO), which he had taken over to observe, he had also removed the Dark Seed as he noticed Asagi's potential before leaving the group behind, happy with the result.

### Post Event

Asagi and Sakura, join the Japanese government once more and inform them about the Taimanin Elder. Both are able to kill him in the epilogue, with him voicing that he did what he did for the greater good. The Chaos Arena itself is raided and destroyed later by a Taimanin raid which included a childhood friend of Asagi, Yatsu Murasaki, which injured Kiryu Sabato for some time. The sisters move out of their Old Igawa Residence in Tokyo and return to Gosha Village, to the Igawa Estate. Sakura gets proper education as a Taimanin in Gosha Academy. Asagi returns to active duty and feels constantly pushed to take on more responsibilities, as she also had given up on having a normal happy family life, plagued by the guilt of losing Kyousuke. A path that leads her to become first Squad Captain and ultimately Chief Commander.

At some point, the sisters adopt both the brother of Kyousuke Sawaki Kosuke and Koukawa Asuka, of a destroyed clan, connected to Oboro.

On the other side of the conflict, Kiryu Sabato is able to survive thanks to corrupting demonic. His loyalty of Nomad erodes further, and he sells DNA of Oboro and Edwin Black, to the Chinese Union and Dragon Gate. Which will later use this to create Oboro (Clone) and the Ghoul-High Ghoul program. The normal Oboro herself, is revived once more by Edwin Black, this time as a Vampire.

* In Taimanin Asagi ZERO, Black now views ZERO Asagi as a worthy vessel for Vampire Asagi, and both advance their plan to do so. Igawa Sakura (ZERO) still has a Dark Seed in her body and Asagi hopes to use Byg (ZERO), to find Kiryu Sabato to cure her. Regardless of the request of Yamamoto Nobushige (ZERO) continues to refuse to join, the Taimanin.

## Trivia

* The death of Sawaki Kyousuke as the end product of the events of the Chaos Arena, exists even in the Online Universes, and it is implied that Asagi did the same thing as in the Canon Universe.
* The event is never mentioned and contradicts some of the dates, in Taimanin RPGX and together with the ONT Conflict might have had happened so radically different it is not relevant. This is specially true as Black's most evil actions are done by Teutates in that timeline.
* Even in the more happy Action Taimanin, in which other dramas never played out. Kyousuke remains dead and Asagi feels guilty of it. However, since the Sakura of that universe is much younger it can be assumed that the matter played out slightly different, with possibly only Asagi solving the situation herself.
* The fact that Asagi, was forced to kill her lover, is known among the Taimanin but not often voiced out of respect.
* Asagi coddles Sawaki Kosuke a lot, a fact also mentioned/complained about by Koukawa Asuka. This behavior, might be the result of survivor's guilt, Asagi still felt for killing Kosuke's brother and him being the one last connection to her lost lover.