Note: This is my first fanfic. No flames please. Update will be irregular so don't bombard me with messages. It's supposed to be funny but that's up to you to decide.
Battle#1: Start of the journey
It was a usual day in the Ryouzanpaku Dojo. Akisame, the philosophical was torture… training Ryouzanpaku's Number One Disciple, Kenichi Shirahama. And his cries of pain were loud enough to wake up Apachai Hopachai, the Grim reaper of Muay Thai Boxing, from his Apa Slumber.
"Oi, Kenichi, scream any louder and you might even wake up Shigure." The 100th Dan Brawler, Sakaki Shio complained. Just then a well endowed women wearing a short pink kimono and bearing a full length katana suddenly dropped down from the ceiling.
"The violin was singing in the most ugly… tenor." She said sleepily.
"Oh no! She is sleep talking again!" The seven foot tall brawler screamed in panic like a seven year old little girl, smashed the wall open with a good punch and escaped outside.
"Hahahaha! So he was afraid of Shigure's sleep talking." Chuckled a very large old man. This was the Elder of the dojo, the Invincible super human Hayato Furinji. Behind him came his grand-daughter, The feather that cuts the wind, Miu Furinji, who was very upset by the fact that there was a very large hole in the wall.
"Concentrate, Kenichi! These balls were actually salvaged by the Elder during his trip through the Carribean. These are genuine 17th century cannonballs and you have to direct them into their cannons from where they were fired. Or else you will have to run fifty miles wearing all those Buddha statues I carved with the Elder sitting on the dragging tire instead of me!" Akisame threatened his absolutely talentless disciple. This caused Kenichi to panic and punch a solid iron cannonball directly at Ma Kensei, Master of all Chinese Kenpo, who effortlessly redirected outside. Unfortunately that made another hole in the dojo's wall.
"Keep your arm straighter and don't overpower it, my useless disciple. You still have not understood the concept, haven't you?" Ma Kensei scolded Kenichi who paid attention to his other master, causing him to be hit by a cannonball. Or at least, partially it by it. Flustered though he was, Kenichi was still able to deflect the cannonball slightly.
"Ah, improvement! Good! That means I can increase the number of cannonballs!" Akisame exclaimed. And to the internal dismay of Kenichi Shirahama, the number of cannonballs went from ten to twenty. His screams however, did not double but were squared. It was quite deafening, what with Kenichi's screams, Miu's protests, Kensei's yelps as he was chased by Shigure for some unknown yet apparent reason.
"Apa! I feel a tremendous Ki pressure outside the gate." Apachai said. Everyone got distracted by te news except the Elder, who had already felt it. Kenichi accidentally sent a cannonball back into its cannon. Unfortunately, Akisame was looking at the gate so he didn't complement his disciple.
"It must be James Shiba." Akisame said unconvincingly.
"Apachai, open the gate." The Elder said.
"Apa? But he has already opened it." Apachai said.
"Hahahaha! This one seems to be a pretty strong person!" The Elder laughed.
Kenichi ad now begun to sense the new comer's Ki pressure and was amazed by it. The newcomer was only two inches taller than Kenichi yet he was emitting a Ki pressure that was quite unexpected from someone as him. Add to the fact that he had easily opened the dojo's gate, Kenichi figured he was a very powerful martial artist. He was wearing dark blue jeans and a black hooded jacket, concealing his face.
"Greetings. I am here for a spar." The visitor said in a deep voice. Kenichi noticed that both Sasaki and Apachai were getting excited by the prospect of a good fight. Kenichi also noticed that the Elder was scrutinizing the newcomer with sharp eyes.
"Yes well, the normal pay for a spar with anyone is twenty thousand yen." Miu said. Surprisingly, the stranger did not protest and paid the money up front.
"All right, who would you like to fight?" Miu said in a satisfied voice. All of the masters were now brazenly watching the dialogue between them. The new comer looked at Akisame. Then his gaze shifted to Ma Kensei. From Ma to Shigure, from Shigure to Apachai, from Apachai to Sakaki and finally it rested upon the Elder.
"I don't see the one I want to fight." The newcomer said.
Even the elder was startled by this. But it was Akisame who grasped the situation.
"Kenichi, someone is here to kill you!" He yelled merrily. There was a cry of 'Strategic retreat', a few scuffles, a blast, some scampering noise.
"Sakaki, Shigure. Help me. Our disciple's punch has finally improved to the point that he can break part of the dojo's wall and escape through it." Akisame's voice came from the back.
"Hahahaha! I knew all my focused training on Karate would pay off." Sakaki laughed proudly.
"He used Muay Thai to break open the wall." Akisame informed him.
This darkened Sakaki's mode and grumbling, he went to catch his troublesome disciple. There were a few more bangs, two whoosh like sounds as if someone had jumped incredibly high and then the noises were transferred to the roof.
"Get him Shigure!" Sakaki's bellow came from the roof. A few moments later, Akisame, Sakaki, Shigure and Kenichi entered the dojo normally that is from the door. Kenichi was tied up with Shigure's chain.
"Please pardon our disciple's tardiness. Due to the excitement of the spar, he was feeling rather jumpy." Akisame apologized.
"You've got that right. I forgot that Kenichi learned jumping from the Elder. He took me by surprise." Sakaki grumbled.
Kenichi by now had recovered most of his senses.
"As Elder of the dojo, I sanction the match to begin!" The elder said.
No sooner had Kenichi taken his stance when the newcomer launched his attack.
"Yamazuki!" he yelled, his left fist aimed at Kenichi's head and the right fist aimed at Kenichi's torso. If Kenichi hadn't known of this technique and wasn't able to instantly form his Seikuken barrier, the match would have ended instantly.
Karate. Kenichi thought. In retaliation, Kenichi caught his opponent's head and tried to smash his knee into his opponent's face. But before he could even land the hit, he felt himself to be thrown.
Jujitsu or Judo, can't decide which. Kenichi decided. That was his mistake. As soon as he focused back on the spar, he saw a moon sized fist rocket into his face. The next time he opened his eyes, he saw Akisame, Ma and Miu leaning over him.
"I lost, didn't I?" Kenichi mumbled.The quickest loss I have ever suffered. He thought. Kenichi looked around and saw that the newcomer was still there, sipping tea peacefully.
"While I was fighting him, I had this feeling that this guy must have met the Elder at some point in his life." Kenichi mumbled. Akisame heard it and smiled slightly.
"Well at least your observation is still good. Yes, he is Hatake Yamagawa. He met the Elder a long time ago during his travels and the Elder taught him some techniques." Ma kensei said.
"And I think that you are unfit for Miu." Yamagawa said coldly.
Everyone was silent. Even Apachai and touchemaru didn't shatter the silence.
"Yeah you are right." Kenichi said and laughed.
"You don't even have a right to be in this dojo." Yamagawa continued.
"That's enough, Hacchan." The elder said gently but firmly.
"Kenichi, you are hereby excused from training for today." Akisame said. Kenichi silently got up and went out. Yamagawa also silently went away.
"That was bad." Sakaki groaned. Akisame nodded thoughtfully.
"Apapapa! Why don't Apachai beat up that guy?" Apachai opined.
"No, that's not the problem Apachai. The problem is that Kenichi has just suffered from a great blow on is confidence. We must give him one day as a holiday and try to cheer him up." The Elder said.
"that fight was kind of one sided wasn't it?" Miu asked.
"That man was… special." Shigure said.
"Indeed. He is actually very close to the level of masterhood. It wasn't a fair fight." Akisame said thoughtfully.
"The best way to get Kenichi to master level would be to put him through training from hell!" Ma Kensei proclaimed dramatically.
"We already do that." Akisame calmly said.
"oh." Ma piped down.
"The actual best way would be to give Kenichi hands on experience but I am afraid that would be a very dangerous method. What with Yami always springing up, we can't take Kenichi to missions like that anymore." The Elder said gravely.
Unknown to each one of the Masters and Miu, Kenichi was listening to their conversation from the roof.
If my Masters are afraid, then I shall step forward myself. Sorry, masters. I am going to travel on the road to masterhood alone. Kenichi decided. Thanks to his super speed, Kenichi packed his bags quickly and quietly snuck out.
Kenichi's first stop was his own home.
"I am home!" Kenichi said, promptly to be bowled over by his little sister and to be bear hugged by his Father. His mother, not the emotional type, only resorted to smiling at his son's arrival.
"Mom, Dad, Honoka, I am only here to tell you that I am going on a long journey." Kenichi said quickly.
Kenichi's father sighed, sat down on the sofa and looked at Kenichi.
"Kenichi, what good will this journey bring to you?" Mototsugu Shirahama asked his son.
"It will help me find the meaning of my life." Kenichi answered.
"All right then. Go. But take this with you." Kenichi's father threw something at him which kenichi caught deftly. Then panicked when he saw what exactly he had caught.
"IT'S A GUN!" He shrieked.
"YES! This is Gregor, one of my prozed possessions. You might need it sometime." Kenichi's father said.
"GUNS ARE ILLEGAL!" Kenichi shrieked.
"Keep it Kenichi." Kenichi's father insisted.
Kenichi spotted a policeman coming on patrol and he escaped yelling 'STRATEGIC RETREAT!'.
"That wasn't much of a fair well wasn't it?" Kenichi's mother commented.
"I didn't even get to say good bye to brother." Honoka pouted.
Kenichi's next stop was Tanimoto's House. He jumped on to the balcony where he saw a light coming and a faint silhouette of Natsu typing. But before he could stabilize his centre of gravity, Tanimoto attacked first.
"Uryuu banda!" Tanimoto snarled. But upon seeing kenichi he stopped his attack.
"What do you want?" he said in a dull tone.
"take care of Honoka will you?" Kenichi briefly said then deliberately fell from the balcony.
"Hunh?" was all Hermit could say before Kenichi disappeared.
Kenichi had decided to walk on to the road to master hood all by himself and for that, he was going to travel all around the world if he had to.