RK isn't mine. None of them are! Don't sue me! I don't have anything! I'm
as poor as Sano!
Riddler
A young man with the looks of a 17 year old walked into the town. He blinked his baby blue eyes and fixed his equally blue gi. He sighed and looked dejectedly at his cloths. To say they were awful was an understatement. But the look distaste in his eyes contradicted the cheerful smile that graced his lips.
People looked at him with disgust. To them he was a bum, a man that couldn't get a job. They didn't know he was Seta Soujiro, once an assassin and legendary murderer. But who would guess the smiling lad was the legendary Tenken.
"Get out! Your attracting kids again! You are a stupid kid! Out! Out!" A man shouted just as a thin figure was pitched through the door of an Inn.
"I'm not a kid." The figure had a straw hat on and she pushed it back. A bunch of kids surrounded her. "Ha...er...maybe I am." She looked puzzled.
"Jin, tell us another one!" A little girl cried.
"Okay, riddle one, riddle two, riddle me, riddle you." The woman laughed as she pinched the little girl's nose playfully.
"Riddle me this, there are two sons and two fathers in a boat that only seats three. They each have their own seat. How is this possible?" She asked.
"That's impossible!" A man shouted at the woman named Jin.
"Stop putting these moronic idea's in their heads ya bum!" He shouted again.
"It's possible. You just don't know the answer." Another man smiled. "but Jin does." He grinned at the woman.
Soujiro was interested. In his 5 months of travel he had never heard anyone say something as confusing as this. And coming from a small woman in a navy yukata with the sleeves shredded off. Scars littered her arms, her hair was shaggy and an odd cherry wood color tied back in a ragged braid. She wore(the type of pants that Soujiro wore when he battled Kenshin and the ones that Seijiro Hiko wears. I don't know what there called) that were an even darker blue.
"Do you know the answer?" Soujiro asked as he stepped up to the second man.
"Iie. I will in a little while but it seems impossible now." He said to Soujiro. "She only comes out of the forest every once in a while and the children love to ask her questions and hear riddles. Jin's strange but she's even helped a few adults with their questions and back talked some philosophers that didn't make sense."
"Has she ever helped you?"
"Directly, no. But she speaks in riddles. She'll give you a riddle that applies to your life and when you know the answer to the riddle you'll know the answer to your problem." The man smiled.
Jin had attracted a crowd and people were now asking each other questions to figure out the riddle. Soujiro was puzzled for a moment. He had heard riddles before and he was always quick to get them but he didn't know the answer to this one. It seemed impossible to him.
"Tell us the answer Jin! Onegai!" a little boy asked tugging at her pant leg.
"Okay. The fact is there are only three people."
"But you said there were four!" Shouted an old man.
"Iie. I said there were two sons and two fathers."
"That's still four people!" shouted a women. "Count 'em up!"
"Iie. There is one grandfather, one father, and one son. The grandfather is the father of the father and the father is the son of the grandfather. That makes one father and one son right there. Then there is the father of the son and that is one more father and one more son. Two son's, two fathers." Jin smiled.
That confused Soujiro but when he finally got it he didn't know how anyone was supposed to come up with such an answer. Then again there was a simplicity to it that made him wonder why he hadn't come up with the answer. There were many "Oh"'s in the crowd and the children just laughed some seeing the surprised look on their parents faces.
"Tell us another one Jin!" A boy around 9 years old yelled.
"Sure. Riddle me this, what do you fill a bucket with to make it lighter?" Jin smiled.
Just then there was a screech in the air.
"Sora!" Shouted the children happily when a giant golden eyed hawk landed on Jin's shoulder. She petted the bird and said "Sora know's the answer to this one right?"
To Soujiro's surprise the bird nodded as if it understood.
"You can't fill a bucket with anything to make it lighter." An old woman said. "It's not possible."
"Sure it is." Jin grinned.
"No, if you fill something up-"
"Who said I was filling the bucket up?" Jin asked.
"You just said-"
"I just said I was filling it with something." Jin looked as if she were having the time of her life playing with these poor peoples minds.
Soujiro began to see the pattern and as he thought this riddle was just supposed to be a play on words as was the other one. Weren't all riddles like that? So he thought and he thought. The answer finally came to him as he saw a man with a leaking bucket who was just standing there intent on listening to the arguing that was taking place.
"Holes!" Soujiro shouted.
"Correct for the man in the blue!" Jin cheered jumping up and down while the bird on her shoulder squawked.
"Nani?" Asked the woman.
"You fill a bucket with holes to make it lighter." Soujiro repeated.
"Oh...that makes sense." The woman said.
"I've got a question!" Soujiro shouted. He was still trying to get the wording right in his head for the question he was about to ask.
"Shoot." Jin laughed.
"What if a fact you've known all your life is contradicted by something else that seemes also to be a fact?" Soujiro asked. He was talking about the strong live the weak die type thing. He was still confused about how two truths could exist when they contradicted themselves.
"Why do you ask me when everything I say is a lie?"
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Riddler
A young man with the looks of a 17 year old walked into the town. He blinked his baby blue eyes and fixed his equally blue gi. He sighed and looked dejectedly at his cloths. To say they were awful was an understatement. But the look distaste in his eyes contradicted the cheerful smile that graced his lips.
People looked at him with disgust. To them he was a bum, a man that couldn't get a job. They didn't know he was Seta Soujiro, once an assassin and legendary murderer. But who would guess the smiling lad was the legendary Tenken.
"Get out! Your attracting kids again! You are a stupid kid! Out! Out!" A man shouted just as a thin figure was pitched through the door of an Inn.
"I'm not a kid." The figure had a straw hat on and she pushed it back. A bunch of kids surrounded her. "Ha...er...maybe I am." She looked puzzled.
"Jin, tell us another one!" A little girl cried.
"Okay, riddle one, riddle two, riddle me, riddle you." The woman laughed as she pinched the little girl's nose playfully.
"Riddle me this, there are two sons and two fathers in a boat that only seats three. They each have their own seat. How is this possible?" She asked.
"That's impossible!" A man shouted at the woman named Jin.
"Stop putting these moronic idea's in their heads ya bum!" He shouted again.
"It's possible. You just don't know the answer." Another man smiled. "but Jin does." He grinned at the woman.
Soujiro was interested. In his 5 months of travel he had never heard anyone say something as confusing as this. And coming from a small woman in a navy yukata with the sleeves shredded off. Scars littered her arms, her hair was shaggy and an odd cherry wood color tied back in a ragged braid. She wore(the type of pants that Soujiro wore when he battled Kenshin and the ones that Seijiro Hiko wears. I don't know what there called) that were an even darker blue.
"Do you know the answer?" Soujiro asked as he stepped up to the second man.
"Iie. I will in a little while but it seems impossible now." He said to Soujiro. "She only comes out of the forest every once in a while and the children love to ask her questions and hear riddles. Jin's strange but she's even helped a few adults with their questions and back talked some philosophers that didn't make sense."
"Has she ever helped you?"
"Directly, no. But she speaks in riddles. She'll give you a riddle that applies to your life and when you know the answer to the riddle you'll know the answer to your problem." The man smiled.
Jin had attracted a crowd and people were now asking each other questions to figure out the riddle. Soujiro was puzzled for a moment. He had heard riddles before and he was always quick to get them but he didn't know the answer to this one. It seemed impossible to him.
"Tell us the answer Jin! Onegai!" a little boy asked tugging at her pant leg.
"Okay. The fact is there are only three people."
"But you said there were four!" Shouted an old man.
"Iie. I said there were two sons and two fathers."
"That's still four people!" shouted a women. "Count 'em up!"
"Iie. There is one grandfather, one father, and one son. The grandfather is the father of the father and the father is the son of the grandfather. That makes one father and one son right there. Then there is the father of the son and that is one more father and one more son. Two son's, two fathers." Jin smiled.
That confused Soujiro but when he finally got it he didn't know how anyone was supposed to come up with such an answer. Then again there was a simplicity to it that made him wonder why he hadn't come up with the answer. There were many "Oh"'s in the crowd and the children just laughed some seeing the surprised look on their parents faces.
"Tell us another one Jin!" A boy around 9 years old yelled.
"Sure. Riddle me this, what do you fill a bucket with to make it lighter?" Jin smiled.
Just then there was a screech in the air.
"Sora!" Shouted the children happily when a giant golden eyed hawk landed on Jin's shoulder. She petted the bird and said "Sora know's the answer to this one right?"
To Soujiro's surprise the bird nodded as if it understood.
"You can't fill a bucket with anything to make it lighter." An old woman said. "It's not possible."
"Sure it is." Jin grinned.
"No, if you fill something up-"
"Who said I was filling the bucket up?" Jin asked.
"You just said-"
"I just said I was filling it with something." Jin looked as if she were having the time of her life playing with these poor peoples minds.
Soujiro began to see the pattern and as he thought this riddle was just supposed to be a play on words as was the other one. Weren't all riddles like that? So he thought and he thought. The answer finally came to him as he saw a man with a leaking bucket who was just standing there intent on listening to the arguing that was taking place.
"Holes!" Soujiro shouted.
"Correct for the man in the blue!" Jin cheered jumping up and down while the bird on her shoulder squawked.
"Nani?" Asked the woman.
"You fill a bucket with holes to make it lighter." Soujiro repeated.
"Oh...that makes sense." The woman said.
"I've got a question!" Soujiro shouted. He was still trying to get the wording right in his head for the question he was about to ask.
"Shoot." Jin laughed.
"What if a fact you've known all your life is contradicted by something else that seemes also to be a fact?" Soujiro asked. He was talking about the strong live the weak die type thing. He was still confused about how two truths could exist when they contradicted themselves.
"Why do you ask me when everything I say is a lie?"
(Chibi Ochita eating sushi) Yum Yum Yum! Oh Konban wa! Review Onegai! Arigato Gosimasu for reading! I looooovvvveee Sushi!
