Tournament Progress (chi no ken)

## The announcement:

Mitsurugi announces the Chi No Ken tournament to lure out his son after finding out through a colleague that Kenji has survived and received training from his long time rival Hachi Hinogami. He also learns about the Nishijou clan targeting him as well. He hired an assassin named Shannon Skyward to deal with his son, before he could reach the tournament site. However, she failed. Mitsurugi hired a bodyguard by the name of Shinmaru Amasuka, and ordered him and the assassin to enter the tournament. Kenji hears of the tournament and decides to enter, despite Hachi forbidding him to. Finding out about this Quan and Miku enter to stop him.

## Tournament:

### Kenji vs. Shannon:

The tournament starts off with Kenji going head to head against the assassin Shannon Skyward. Mitsurugi looks on to see what Hachi has taught him. The fight lasts for 10 minutes, but Kenji emerges victorious.

### Miku's Intuition:

Miku defeats her opponent and advances, though it remains unclear who her opponent was. On her way to find Kenji, she sees a group of people dressed in all black cloths and masks. Her intuition told that Kenji's life is in danger.

### Kenji Nakamura vs. Quan Williams, the rivalry begins:

After defeating Shannon, Kenji advances the quarterfinals, where goes toe to toe against his fellow student Quan Williams. The two don't waste any time trading blows with each other. Quan tries to convince Kenji that he shouldn't have entered the tournament. The fight lasted for almost 20 mintues. The two begin to fatigue. Quan attempts to use a finishing technique, but to his surprise, Kenji dodged it and countered with a rising uppercut, thus him being the winner. Before Quan left the arena, he overhears a conversation with a group of people with Hachi. One of the people dressed in a cloth is revealed to be Tsubaki Nishijou claiming that she and her clan know about Kenji. Confused, Quan looks for Hachi, but he disappeared. Kenji heads to the locker room and reminisce on his childhood memories, which triggers the hatred for Mitsurugi for killing his mother. His eyes glew a fiery red.

### Nakamura or Nishijou:

A few days later, the semifinal round is now announced. Kenji is scheduled to go against Tsubaki Nishijou. Tsubaki enters the tournament, like Kenji, to get revenge against Mitsurugi Nakamura. Also, she is one of people dressed in a black cloth who is to Quan and Miku's understanding after Kenji for some reason. Tsubaki is a member of an ancient clan of assassins called the Nishijou Clan. Her mother Asuka NIshijou is the clan's current headmaster and has assigned her people to eliminate Mitsurugi and anyone associated with him, including his offspring. Learning that fact, Hachi reveals that Kenji is indeed Mitsurugi's son and explains his reasons for keeping it secret for so long. Kenji and Tsubaki begin their fight. During their battle, Tsubaki senses a dark spirit within Kenji. Her suspicions were confirmed as Kenji's eyes glew fiery red as he charges at her. Tsubaki gets defeated by Kenji. Before Kenji left, an injured Tsubaki warns him about Mitsurugi's intentions and the powers that he possess. Now knowing he's also a relative as well, Tsubaki offers him a chance to join their clan and train under them. Kenji refuses at first, but changes his mind in order to know his origins of his mother's family, and also about the dark spirit Tsubaki mentioned to him.

### The Secret Is Out:

After hearing Tsubaki and Hachi's stories about Mitsurugi and Kenji, Miku confronts Mitsurugi in the second match of the semifinal round. Miku battles against Mitsurugi. Kenji and Tsubaki looks on, but Tsubaki tries to persuade him to control his anger. Tsubaki attempts to use a sutra to purify the evil spirit within Kenji, but isn't strong enough to stand very long, due to her injuries in their fight. Mitsurugi reveals why he announced the Chi No Ken tournament. Mitsurugi brutally defeats Miku and challenges Kenji to fight him.

### Father vs. Son:

The final round begins. Kenji and Mitsurugi go all out. The fight lasts for two hours straight. Kenji is nearly defeated with Mitsurugi standing strong. He intends to finish Kenji off with a special finishing move called "denki dragon no tenohira" (electric dragon's palm), but Kenji's eyes glow red as he counters with his finishing move called "tora no tetsu no ken" (iron fist of the tiger), punching him in the chest to his heart, presumbily killing him. After the fight, Kenji dissatisfied with victory, continues to punch Mitsurugi, until Miku and Quan try to stop him. Black feathered wings sprout out and Kenji flies away.

### After the tournament:

The prize money was given to Miku to pay for grandfather's medical bills. The Nakamura Conglomerate was shut down, as Mitsurugi was rushed to the hospital. Unknown to Kenji, Mitsurugi is still alive. Tsubaki returned to the Nishijou village and explained all she saw. She then recommended that Kenji under the condition that he must agree to allow the elder to seal the demon spirit of Yamazaki away from his body or die in the process.