Meeting
The man stood in a wide open field. He had strong, sharp features. His hair was the brown, his beard covering his face from his upper lip to his chin. He wore a plain armor shirt with stripes of red making an 'X' mark across his front torso, and plain brown pants as well held by a belt. In his left hand he held a long sword, the steel glinting in the broad daylight.
The man was not entirely why he was there, or for that matter, where he was, but he was compelled to come to this spot. The light of the day allowed him to see everything clearly with nothing obscuring his vision. It was then that he saw the other man walking a way from him, further down across the field, though not too far away. The brown haired man could not tell what the other one looked like but knew he came for him. The brown haired man sensed something from the other person, a very strong and dark power. He ran across the field toward the other man who, hearing the brown haired man's approach, stopped and turned around to face him.
The brown haired man stopped a few paces away from the other man, taking in the other's features. He saw the other man had long black hair, reaching down past his shoulders though some of it was tied in a knot near the back of the other man's head. His face was slanted upward but still had smooth features. He simple clothes on, only unadorned brown robes. In his left hand he held a long, elegant sword, in the other a short blade of unfamiliar design: from the hilt the main design seemed to be a short, thin, deadly blade with an additional hooked coming from the side of the main blade.
They each stared at each other in silence, a hard look in each other's eyes.
"What are you doing here, black mage scum?" the brown haired man called out, breaking the silence.
"Actually, I don't even know myself." The dark haired man replied wryly.
"Don't play coy with me," the brown haired man said. "I was drawn to come to you and I want to know why."
"Well, you might have been drawn to come here but I certainly don't know why." The dark haired man said calmly.
"If you don't tell me why you're here," the brown haired man said, raising his sword. "I'll force you to tell me."
"Now, now, there's no need to fight," the dark haired man said, though he started to bring his weapons up just in case one did break out. "I mean you know harm."
"And I'm supposed to trust the word of a black mage?" the brown haired man said. "I've dealt with your kind before."
"I'm sure you have," the other said sarcastically. "But regardless, I do give you my word, I mean you no harm."
The brown haired man started to lower his weapon.
"And besides," the black mage continued. "Like I said before, even I don't know how I got here. The last thing I remember doing was leaving the Myojin of Night's Reach-"
"The what?" the brown haired man asked confused.
"The Myojin," the black mage said, and then further explained when he saw the other man's confusion. "A kami." The other man looked even more confused. "You don't know what a kami is?" the brown haired man shook his head. "Interesting," the black mage said. "but regardless, I left her and was traveling through the dark gate when I got thrown of course and suddenly landed here." He looked around. "Not on Kamigawa."
"Kamigawa?" the brown haired man asked. "Where's that? Is that where you're from?"
"To answer your second question, yes that is where I am from," the black mage said. "As for the first, I don't know exactly where it is, but it's my home. Or what's left of it anyway."
"What do you mean?" the brown haired man asked, putting his sword away and walking closer to the other man.
"The kami, the spirits of my world, are waging war against it, and no one knows why, though some suspect, myself included, that Daimyo Konda has something to do with it."
"And this Konda is what exactly?" the brown haired man asked.
"Long story short, he is one of the most powerful persons on Kamigawa," the black haired man said. "And has made it a personal responsibility of his and his kingdom to wage war against the kami."
"I can relate to your problems." The brown haired man said. "My home once too was laid siege but otherworldly forces and was nearly destroyed in a great apocalypse. Many of my friends perished in the fighting."
"I'm sorry for your loss," the black haired man said. "But I must figure out a way to return home. I have much unfinished business to attend to. Farewell." He started to turn away.
"Hold on." The brown haired man said. "Maybe we can help each other find our ways back to our own worlds. You are the only other person I have seen so far since I came here and I'm not sure if I will find anyone else to help me."
The black haired man looked at him smugly. "You would trust the help of a black mage scum?"
"Yes, I would," the brown haired man said, knowing when he was proven wrong. "Perhaps I spoke too harshly. It's just I've had some bad experiences with those that practice the dark arts."
"Well, perhaps in the future you will learn to judge a person after you get to know them better."
"Perhaps so," the brown haired man agreed. "So, do you want to join together?"
"Might as well," the black haired man agreed. "My dark tunnel doesn't work here and it would be a long walk by myself. I always up for a little company.
"Very good then," the brown haired man said. "But perhaps we should first introduce ourselves."
"Very well," the black haired man said. "Toshiro Umezawa at your service, but you can call me Toshi."
"And I am Gerrard Capashen." The two men shook hands.
"Well, Gerrard, it looks like you and I will be traveling buddies for a while." Toshi said.
"It appears so."
They began walking across the field in the direction Toshi had originally been traveling.
"So, Toshi, do you think you can tell me more about this land of yours? This Kamigawa? And the kami?"
"Only if you first tell me about yours." Toshi said.
"Very well. My home is called Dominaria," Gerrard recalled fondly. "And I have been away from there for a long time."
Note: If anyone has read Betrayers of Kamigawa and remembers what the device Toshi uses to travel with, write it in the reviews, and also if anyone remembers the different kinds of kanji.