A Meeting of Two Random Travelers

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It was a bright and sunny day as Souka left Satan City for Central City. He had walked a few miles without stopping, but then realized. "Wait a moment... I am not actually sure where it is." In a rush to try and remember, he realized that he had been caught in a sandstorm, blocking his pathway to now travel east. The sands swirled around his metallic frame trying to tear the rubbery, flexible plastics that acted as his skin off his face.

"Forget this..." he growled as he held up one of his arms to buffet the sand storm away from his face. He turned his back away from the winds and simply started to run southeast. He ran for about an hour quickly finding himself somehow at the edge of a set craggy mountains. He looked up towards one of the taller ones and thought, "I have been here before... Do not tell me I am back at Mt. Paozu. I suppose this a better place to be than that desert, considering I know the area."

He breathed in a breathe of fresh air and exhaled blowing away a lot of the grass at his feet to expose the soft dirt underneath. "I really want to train," he muttered to himself, "so I might as well start by building my own training field.

[tsumuri]

Tsumuri had just had a very strange ordeal a day or so before and was now in the clear to truly relax. The winds of Mount Paozu was twirling around him causing his hair to flow back. It was truly peaceful.

Hmm, I need something to do. The peace and serenity of this area is nice, but I want to have some fun. I'm need something that will make me sweat. Make me struggle for breath. Make me scream for a way out. To make me........

Tsumuri looked below him and spots someone. He was to far away to tell if it was male of female, but his curiosity was sparked. Tsumuri leaps into the air taking flight only to quickly swoop down and meet this unknown individual. It took no time at all for him to land and stand before the person. Tsumuri could tell that he was definitely male and that was a plus, but something seemed off about this individual and his jet black hair. Tsumuri reaches for his sword and aims it at the unknown man.

"Who are you? You seem to be lost, but what you have stumbled upon is someone looking for a bit of....... fun."

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Souka looked up with his black eyes to see Tsumuri's sword end pointed at him. His robotic brain kicked into action and told him "Warning! Dangerous threat imminent. Chances of possible attack 50%. Response: Answer question..."

Souka combed back his fine black hair with his hand and answered the strange man with light hair coloring, "I am Souka, I have not come to harm you or anyone else, but your sword appears to be a threat. Are you a bandit?" He reached back over his shoulder for the sword on his back and gripped the metal pommel with in his fingers. "I have never used my sword much, but I will say this, you cannot win. Not against me."

He activated his ki sensors just to make sure this were true and scanned the man's body through and through with a set of scanners inserted into his eyes. The power level from the man read off at 800, but sometimes Souka had come to learn, this could end up a lie. He remembered back to the one time he had fought a fellow android, Shina Zan, and wondered how she was doing. He also wondered that since he was somewhere on Mt. Paozu if he could meet her. She had been at the school up near the summit, the Victory School, and he thought quickly about going there instead of fighting this man, but only for a moment.

[tsumuri]

The unknown man rubbed his hand through his jet black hair and spoke to Tsumuri.

"I am Souka, I have not come to harm you or anyone else, but your sword appears to be a threat. Are you a bandit?" He reached back over his shoulder for the sword on his back and gripped the metal pommel with in his fingers. "I have never used my sword much, but I will say this, you cannot win. Not against me."

Souka seemed to be sizing up Tsumuri, but Tsumuri cared not.

"I am no bandit. I am Tsumuri, and it is pretty obvious that you are stronger than be but I care not. I'm just looking for a bit of fun and since you have a sword of your own; I guess I will actually use my sword for the first time. Souka you say? Get ready for some fun."

Tsumuri slide his left foot through the dirt out in front of him eyeing Souka. He was planning to charge him, but how well would he be able to do battle with his sword. He's been out of practice for quite some time. Taking a deep breath he thought to himself. "I guess it is finally time to get work out the swordsman rust I've built up."

Tsumuri dashed toward Souka with one powerful swing filled with all his strength. This was Tsumuri's way of finding out just how strong Souka really was.

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Souka listened to Tsumuri’s answer and was not satisfied. Frankly, the man was a weakling to him if that was his reason for fighting. Fighting had to be for a greater purpose Souka surmised based on the relatively few human fights he had witnessed in media and at his high school when they broke out. Yet even sometimes he wondered about these since a lot of times it was more verbal than physical. He watched Tsumuri slide his left foot across the ground and yawned.

Suddenly, the man dashed towards him swung his sword. The blade appeared to be coming at him from a horizontal arc so Souka ducked out of the way of the attack. To him, Tsumuri’s attack looked as though it were moving in slow motion thanks to the speed that Souka had become accustomed to during to his relatively short training periods. He jabbed at Tsumuri with his empty hand giving his clenched fist only enough power to knock Tsumuri back ten feet if it hit. He truly wondered what kind of creature Tsumuri was to charge in so quickly as he did sometimes due to faulty programming. Surely, he could be nothing more than a human could with his average abilities. It really disappointed Souka, but he supposed if this man was attacking him he should defend himself.

(I am sorry if my character seems to be looking down on yours. I figured it would just be kind of part of his programming for a while.)

[tsumuri]

Tsumuri slashed across and his sword went straight through Souka. This was impossible as there was no feeling of contact running through Tsumuri's body. He could see no damage or even a scratch on Souka. He assumed that it was nothing more than an after image but Souka never disappeared from his spot. Suddenly Tsumuri felt something crash into his chest. The impact caused Tsumuri to slide through the dirt at an alarming rate it seemed, but Tsumuri quickly stabbed his sword into the ground to stop himself. He was now nine to ten feet away from Souka.

"What in the hell just happened? I cut straight through him but nothing happened. He didn't move an inch, but my sword didn't connect. How? And what in the hell was that that hit me just now? Surely it couldn't have been him? I didn't even see him move. Either I'm imagining things or......... he's incredibly........... FAST! That's it, it has to be. Dammit if he can move at a speed I can't even read then this will truly be exciting."[/b][/color]

A smile appeared on Tsumuri's face at the the thought that Souka was on a whole different level. He could test himself and not only become a better fighter, but also have one hell of a time. Tsumuri pulled his sword out of the dirt and ran for Souka once again. He was planning on firing two ki blasts. Both at the ground to create a small smoke screen. The he was going to try and quickly headbutt Souka and follow it up with a right palm strike. If it didn't work then he would have to think of something else, and fast.

OOC: It's okay, I actually like that.

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(Okay, but I thought your post before this was a horizontal and not a vertical slash. Sorry about that.)

Souka watched as Tsumuri slid across the ground grinding his boots as he did. It was only thanks to a quick stab of his sword in the ground, Souka noted, that Tsumuri even managed to stop himself. The young looking android knew Tsumuri had something up his sleeve as he smiled at Souka and charged him once more with his sword. It was time to make him follow his lead.

He engaged the servos of his mechanical right arm, which was his empty hand, and changed it into a long barreled machine gun. "Eat lead..." he growled as he raised his arm and pointed it directly at Tsumuri, "Faia Kadou!"

Within the span of a second, ten bullets erupted from the cartridge in his machine gun and flew towards Tsumuri. Souka wondered if Tsumuri could and would dodge these. If he was able to then Souka decided to have a little fun and make the man dance for him. He also decided to hold off on swinging his long sword at him or anyone else for a while, but gripped it firmly in his left hand in case Tsumuri tried something.

[tsumuri]

As Tsumuri was about to go ahead with the plan, Souka quickly formed a barreled machine gun out of his hand.

"FAIA KADOU!"

Bullets flew toward Tsumuri and he had to think quick on his feet. Tsumuri used his Zanzoken as the first two bullets were about to hit causing them to go through his after image. He reappeared quickly while running in somewhat of a circle around Souka as the bullets came at him. Using his momentum he quickly slide causing his body to lean back as if falling. He swings his sword horizontally slicing the final bullet in two. It seemed that Souka had no intention of allowing Tsumuri to execute his plan so he had to find another way to make it happen. Tsumuri brings his sword back in front of him vertically and begins to release the rest of his power. His aura was more Translucent with hints of purple and pink and his power level had tripled.

"This is still not enough but the increase in speed and power may help me land at least one blow. Let's see if I can make this happen."[/b][/color]

Tsumuri fires two ki blast at the ground in front of Souka from the start and runs forward. No doubt Souka would be expecting Tsumuri to charge him once more so Tsumuri quickly used his Zanzoken technique to create and after image and appear behind Souka in flight a few feet. He would then quickly raise out his free arm and lift only two fingers creating an Exploding wave underneath Souka. Seeing as how Souka was more powerful than Tsumuri, Tsumuri doubted that this would effect Souka in the slightest.

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Souka watched as two of his bullets shot through some kind of after image Tsumuri prepared. Souka turned his body slightly as well when Tsumuri tried to get around him, shooting a trail of bullets after him. One of the bullets intended to hit Tsumuri was sliced in half Souka noted as the man leaned back to cut one in half with his sword.

After this, Souka had trouble following Tsumuri since his power suddenly increased when he became surrounded in a pink and purple aura. Souka remembered him using two ki blasts in front of him, another after image to prepare a new attack, and some kind of exploding technique that blew up under his boots. It caused his vision to go white for a moment, but the android was barely phased. Essentially, he had just decided to let everything hit him and not care since Tsumuri's first attack had not done much.

He managed to finally look down at his boots and saw one tiny tear on the top of them caused possibly from Tsumuri's final attack in his strange sequence of movements. His robotic brain registered his damage and told him, "Damage to body 0.005%. Recommended Action: Pay back. The doctor's shoes, a gift to you, have been ruined. Destroy the assailant."

Souka nodded as though he were talking to someone and agreed with his circuitry. Anyone who ruined his shoes really had no business with him other than trying to make him out to be a fool. Souka cast a frown upon Tsumuri and raised his hands. He gathered ki into his palms and used his feet to rotate in a clockwise circle slowly, but getting quicker with each rotation. After a few moments of picking up speed he allowed his shots to be fired at random. It did not matter how many clones Tsumuri thought he could make he would get hit sooner or later.

A lot of the shots went astray and blasted rocks and trees sending them high in the air. Souka did not care. He was destroying nature to get at Tsumuri. That was his only task for now. It was time to take vengeance for the minimal damage he had endured. His very pride was at stake in this strange fight.

It was during this fight a bald man in priest's robes appeared on the scene with a very angry, beet red face. He charged both Souka and Tsumuri and cried, "Stop, you idiots! You're destroying my sanctuary!" He had a very tall, wide body frame with a lot of muscles and had four tattoos on his chest. His intentions were clear, he would stop Tsumuri and Souka if he could before they did anything else to the land he considered his.

[tsumuri]

Tsumuri had managed to land his attack, but as he expected it did minimal damage to Souka. Tsumuri was a strange because the sight of his most powerful attack failing did not diminish his eagerness to continue the battle even further. Souka gathered ki into the palm of his hands and two nice sized orbs were formed. Tsumuri was under the impression that he was just going to fire them at him, but Souka started to spin around for some reason.

Tsumuri quickly made himself land on the ground in preparing for the attack. The speep at which Souka was moving was increasing by the second. Tsumuri was a bit nervous, but having fun nonetheless. Suddenly an orb of ki shot out from Souka. Tsumuri back flipped over it causing it to smash and destroy a tree. Another came flying at Tsumuri and he quickly used his Zanzoken to make and after image and reappeared to the right of the impact point.

"I can tell that this is not going to stop anytime soon. I need to find a way to get in close or at least stop this onslaught, but how? He's moving incredibly fast and not all of the balls are heading my way. Dammit, what can I do? Hmm........I got..."[/color][/i]

Before Tsumuri could finish his train of thought, A ball of ki smashed into him sending him careening into a large boulder. It was a heavy blow, but Tsumuri somehow managed to stand. That's when a bald man no doubt a priest, came in with a blood vessel red face. He was a huge mass of a man as he yelled out to Souka and Tsumuri.

"Stop, you idiots! You're destroying my sanctuary!"

It was obvious this man was pissed to the point of no return and was ready to teach Tsumuri and Souka a lesson. Tsumuri wiped of the rocks and dirt from his clothes and called out to Souka.

"It's obvious this guy wants a fight Souka. How about we give him one?"[/b]

Tsumuri fired a simple ki blast to see if the large man had any actual fighting ability, and his surprise was that the large man did as he slapped the the ki blast down to the ground. Tsumuri shot a grin at Souka as trying to convey a message of lets get em.

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The man, who was Mo Kibidango, smashed the blast from Tsumuri down towards the ground where it exploded. He shook his wrist and thought, "Boy, if I were a second later I would be dead." He continued to grimace at Tsumuri and watched as Souka slowed to a halt and stopped firing ki blasts. He did not know what the two intended to do, but noticed that Tsumuri was looking at Souka and now clearly voicing his opinion about attacking him.

Souka stepped towards Tsumuri and said, "I do not want to team up with you. You are weak, not up to my standards in terms of fighting ability, and certainly someone I know little about. My prerogative tells me I should ignore you or destroy you." He did not like Tsumuri's grin and wondered why the man was smiling at him.

He raised his hand and said, "Please give me a better reason why I should not destroy you Tsumuri." He glanced around for a moment and noticed that much of the trees and rocks were gone in the immediate area and it was flat piece of land. "If you do not I will continue destroying the area. I am surprised that you still are alive."

Mo Kibidango crossed his arms and coughed, "If you two are going to keep up the chit chat I ought to tell you that staying around here is bad idea. I came here to hide and now there is no such place no thanks to you." He pointed at Souka with a big fat finger and said, "How will you like it when the demons I came to hunt for in this area suddenly come up to you and decide to take you out."

[tsumuri]

Tsumuri was waiting for an answer from Souka. He didn't know what to expect, but hopefully he would get a good answer. Imagine his dismay when it was exactly what he wasn't expecting.

"I do not want to team up with you. You are weak, not up to my standards in terms of fighting ability, and certainly someone I know little about. My prerogative tells me I should ignore you or destroy you. Please give me a better reason why I should not destroy you Tsumuri. If you do not, I will continue destroying the area. I'm surprised your even still alive."

Tsumuri simply smiled as the words registered in his mind. Before he could open his mouth to speak, the man spoke to once again. "If you two are going to keep up the chit chat I ought to tell you that staying around here is bad idea. I came here to hide and now there is no such place no thanks to you. How will you like it when the demons I came to hunt for in this area suddenly come up to you and decide to take you out?"


Tsumuri was a little pissed at the words he heard from Souka, but he was able to maintain his calm and crazed like expression. He couldn't believe Souka was so damn snobby to look at him like he did. It didn't matter however, it takes much more than that to truly get under Tsumuri's skin. Tsumuri looks at Souka and begins to voice his own opinions.

First of all Souka, I thought you made your own decisions. Yes you are stronger and above me, but to be smug about it. Hmm let me guess, your systems are what told you to finish me huh? Oh wait, your about to say you make your own choices and your program simply "recommends" what you should do right? Sure, but I doubt there is even one instance where you didn't do what was "recommended".[/color]

Tsumuri stabs his sword into the ground and leaps into the air landing on the bud of his sword. He folds his arms with a smirk on his face before speaking again.

"Hmm, that's an internal conflict you have to figure out on your own. I care not what you conclude. Now on to this, you can't believe I'm still alive and my fighting ability is terrible compared to your. You didn't use those exact words, but it's close enough. Now if my fighting ability is so poor, then why do I still live. Hmm, what a shame. Poor little old Tsumuri is to weak to even live for a second against the great Souka progra....... I mean great Souka."[/color]

Tsumuri laughs out loud while still having that same grin on his face staring directly into Souka eyes. Now he acknowledged the old man while keeping his eyes locked on Souka.

"Demon's you say? I have no interest in demons, but if there sexy enough; I would hope they find me. Hmmm, then I could really have some uh "fun" like I oh so desire."[/color]

Tsumuri backflips off of his sword and snatches it out of the ground and turns his back toward the two. He was thinking on leaving, but if he did he wanted to hear what the two had to say.

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Once Tsumuri was a good couple feet away from him and his back was turned Souka glared at him and announced, "I let you live because my creator Dr. Gengo disallowed me from ever harming a human too much. I was created to kill foreign creatures, such as the aliens from other words or the demons this elder human speaks of. I left you alive and just messed around with you because you are obviously human and someone I cannot fight."

Mo Kibidango grunted, not liking the compliments he was receiving from Souka either and said, "Hey, you, Mr. White-Haired Guy," he pointed a fat finger at Tsumuri and stated, "I don't know why you're wasting your talents on the robot here with us, but these demons are really a threat. I managed to actually get a picture of one with my camera. I don't know if the robot will come with us, but I really need someone's help in this matter. I'm too weak to take on the demons myself."

He rifled through his robes and pulled out a small black shutter camera and a colored photograph. "If the pictures suit you will you come with me?" He asked before holding it up into the air for Tsumuri to see.

Souka turned back towards Mo and said with grit teeth, "You already know the human's answer... He is not going to help you. But I will if it is to get rid of this plague." He walked over and snatched the photo from Mo.

Staring at it intently for a moment he wondered aloud, "What kind of demon is this? My creator tried doing a bit of demonology research in his later life, but I have nothing in my database on this kind of demon." He tossed the picture to Mo Kibidango and the picture fluttered through the air revealing...



Hopefully, it would possibly interest both the fighters, but if it did not then Mo only really needed one of them. Silence hung in the air before a wave of energy rushed over the area and Souka felt something very, very powerful to the south of him. He wondered what it was and turned his head. Mo got a confused look on his face since he could not feel powerful energies like Souka could. But his strange head turning caused him to worry a bit. Perhaps, he was wondering whether or not still he would really go with him.

[tsumuri]

"I let you live because my creator Dr. Gengo disallowed me from ever harming a human too much. I was created to kill foreign creatures, such as the aliens from other words or the demons this elder human speaks of. I left you alive and just messed around with you because you are obviously human and someone I cannot fight."

Tsumuri chuckled only a little while thinking to himself. "He still doesn't get it does he? For him to be as powerful as he is and yet so oblivious to what I am trying to tell him is beyond me. He just proved everything I just said mere moments ago with his little announcement like he's so high and mighty. If only he could see that he still follows programming. He was created for this and that, but can't bring himself to go beyond his programming and be his own...... whatever he wants to call himself. Hmph, how dull is that?"[/b][/color]

The demon worried man had now pointed a finger at Tsumuri. He started to speak, but Tsumuri wasn't truly listening. That was until he pulled a picture from his robes and waved it in the air. Tsumuri turned all the way around to get a better view of the picture, but Souka snatched it away from the demon worried man.

Tsumuri wasn't bothered in the least while Souka stared at the picture as if unfamiliar with what he was seeing. Tsumuri decided on a whim as usual, that it would't hurt to go on a demon hunt since he had nothing else to do.

"Souka and old man! I'll go with you, but not because of a feeling of needing to do the right thing. I'm going because I think this will provide much entertainment and fun for me. I may not be needed in either of your minds, but I don't give a flying sh..... Well I guess there is no need for such language, so I'll just say I could care less. I am going either way. Now where to?"[/color]

Tsumuri walks over to the two men and waits for a more information and hopefully a sure destination.

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Mo Kibidango lowered his finger as Tsumuri approached and told of how he agreed to join them, but he did not like his tone. He supposed though it was not entirely his fault, but the strange robot Souka's fault. He looked from Tsumuri and said, "I apologize for my rudeness if there was any, yet I don't think you're going to get an apology from the bucket head. I suppose you have your own reasons for coming and if you think it's fun to defeat demons then just come along." Mo stated.

He flexed his right arm and his muscles expanded to twice their normal size. "You're pretty strong I think so we should be fine getting rid of them, and you're polite too, unlike my rival."

Souka just stood there listening and accepted the fact that Tsumuri was coming even if it were for "fun". He saw the man as a simpleton, but a good human. "I cannot offer you the respect you probably want me to show you, but I do not think you really mind. Your language is not necessary, however, it seems humans use it to express their more base emotions, so it cannot be your fault if you use it. The demons look a bit troublesome, even for me, so if I have to work with do be warned I take it upon myself personally to complete all assigned in a timely manner."

He stuffed his hands into his pockets and turned away from the light blue haired man and said, "Now where is this place?" asking the same question as Tsumuri had.

Mo looked around for a moment on hearing the second asked a second time and stopped when his eyes fell upon a rocky path that went up at a steep slant before disappearing over the horizon line. "There's a weird cave up there with a small entrance big enough for three or four people. Inside the deeper parts of the cave is where I saw some smaller demons come out before I smashed them under my foot. I took a picture of one of the stronger looking ones, but I fear it might still be up there."

"Then let's work to get rid of it." Souka stated as he gazed up at the point where the cave. He grit his teeth and added, "I don't know where it came from, but my programming tells me it has no right to be here, that is if it's come to do some things I think that alien races might do."

He stepped towards the path and Mo quickly followed behind him, "Hurry up Tsumuri," he voiced as he raised his hand up and waved it in the air to beckon him on. "I'm going to destroy all the fun things you intend to mess around with."