The Hartman Chronicles
The names Adrian Hartman, what's that? You've never heard the name? Well you're going to hear it because I'm going to be one of the best street fighters ever! My name is going to be everywhere! From billboards, to games, and hell maybe even to action figures. I suppose I should tell you a little bit about myself, so you know who to go to when you need my Auto-graphs. Well I'll give you some of the basics. I'm 16 and I'm about 6 feet. I have hair style that looks similar to Gary Oaks (You know Ash's rival from Pokemon), but unlike Gary my hair is a bit darker brown, almost black. I also have a fair sized pony tail. My skin is pretty white, there is a little bit of color in there though. I usually wear a red T-shirt, blue jeans, and fighting tape on my hands. So now that you know what I look like I guess I should tell you where I am currently. Well I'm currently on a plane to Tokyo, Japan. I had gotten an invitation to a street fighting tournament down there. Some of the best in the business are going to be there! If I can even beat one you bet I'm going to get a good name for myself. Look out Tokyo, Here comes Adrian Hartman!
The plane finally landed, and I was glad that it did. I'm not the kind of person who can sit in one place for too long. Anyways, I soon got off the plane. I didn't bother to get my luggage because I didn't have any. I never really got the chance to pack, let alone get some clothes from my parent's house (and if you ask about the parents right now I'm not going to tell you…it's a long story). I soon felt like I was some kind of alien, this was mainly due to the fact that I knew little Japanese. All the signs were confusing. I didn't know which way to go in the airport and I began to lose my way. I tried to follow people who looked like they were going out but I still couldn't get out.
Damn it! I thought, The tournament will start soon and I haven't even gotten out of the airport! Suddenly I saw something that looked like an exit sign. Sure enough it was and I was soon out of the airport. I felt of sense of pride, but there soon ran away from me when I saw all the other Japanese signs. My brain was beginning to overload. That was until I decided to ask someone. I spotted a local fruit vendor and I walked up to him.
"Hey there" I said "Do you know English?"
"Yes I know a fair amount" The fruit vendor said
"Alright" I said "Can you tell me directions to where the Tokyo street fighting tournament is taking place?"
"What street fighting tournament?" The vendor asked.
What! I thought How could these people not know about a fucking street fighting tournament! I then snapped, it was mainly due to the stress of being in a new country and the fact that the tournament was going to start in ten minutes, I grabbed the vendor by the shirt collar and spoke through my teeth.
"Listen you better tell me where the hell this tournament is!" I said angrily, I then held up my fist "Or else"
The fruit vendor went into a panic "Listen I don't know anything!"
"Oh really" I snarled "Then could you at least tell me if there is a park nearby?"
"Why do you want to know that?" The fruit vendor asked
"Because the Invitation said that my first match would be taking place in a park" I said
"Oh there…there is a park nearby, listen all you have to do is make a left at the next corner and keep heading down that was until you see a break in the wall there should be a sign above it that says welcome to Tokyo park! Please don't hurt me!" The Vendor said, pleading for his life. I smacked the Fruit vendor across the face, I really do hate cowards.
"Man up!" I spat as I put him down "And thanks for the information"
I then proceeded to the corner and made a left. As I headed toward the park I saw people running in the direction opposite of me. It was as if something was chasing them. They were screaming as well. Cowards I thought as I continued to the park. After I got to the gate I looked inside the park. By the fountain was some cat monster. It was as big as a lion. It had black fur, red eyes, and spikes jetting out of its back. Accompanying these spikes was a mace like tail. It seemed to have someone cornered and was ready for a kill. I had to think fast. So I charged the monster, slamming my shoulder into its rib cage. The monster was knocked to the ground and its quarry escaped. It got up and let out a furious roar.
"Hell yeah" I smiled ".on"
The monster then lunged at me, I rolled out of the way and landed an uppercut to its chest. While the uppercut did knock the monster off balance it didn't seem to do too much damage to the beast. The monster then pinned me down to the ground and lowered its face closer to mine, as if to relish in its victory. I took advantage of this and head butted it in the face. It let out a squeal of pain as its grip faulted, I mustered enough strength to knock the monster off me and I quickly got up. I then tried to roundhouse kick the monster but the thing bit my leg, and boy did it hurt. It then tossed me around like I was some chew toy. It soon let me go and I was sent flying into the ground nearby. As the beast tried to pounce on me, I rolled out of the way back onto the concrete. I then got up and nailed it in the rib cage with a punch. The monster seemed to be phased by this blow. I tried to follow into another roundhouse kick but the monster easily knocked me to the ground with its tail. I jumped over the tail, and tried to land a blow to its back. I was successful but I got a cut on my hand. The beast was now roaring with fury as it swiped at my with it's claw. I ducked and landed an uppercut to its jaw. I then followed with a snap kick to the face of the monster. I could tell the thing was getting weak now. So I then grabbed the things head and slammed it into the pavement. I could hear the skull of the beast cracking, so I proceeded to slam the things head into the concrete several more times. Soon its face was all bloodied, I could tell that I had one.
"Oh hell yeah!" I said to myself "I am the best"
A strange jellyfish thingy soon escaped from the monster. This caused the thing to turn into was looked like a stray cat, the stray cat then scurried away. I then scratched my head, What the hell was that? I thought. I had no time to think though, for I soon heard what sounded like people jumping into some bushes. After that I heard some voices, they were barley above a whisper.
"Did you see what he did?" One voice said
"Yes I saw but that doesn't mean" Another said
"I bet you he is" Yet another said
"But we can't just-" The first voice was interrupted by the second "I'm going to talk to him anyways!"
I watched the brush curiously as a 15 year old "girl", about 5'1, made her way to me. She looked pretty damn weird. She was wearing dark orange boots that went up to the top of her shin. There were some light orange socks underneath the boots that went to the bottom of her ankle. Her dress was a one-piece. The shirt part of the one pieces covered her chest, but not her shoulders or arms. The other part of the one piece was a skirt with can to the top of her knees. She had some dark orange "sleeves" which started at her wrist and went to her elbow, like the boots there was some light orange things coming out of them. Her hair and eyes were also orange. Her hair was resting firmly on both of her breasts. She had fox like ears which seemed to blend into the hair, each had an orange bowtie directly underneath it. She had a very busy fox tail and white skin.
"What the fuck are you supposed to be?" I asked
"The name is Momo and I want to recruit you…" I cut the fox girl off
"Recruit me? Recruit me! Into what? Your little furry cult?" I laughed "No thanks but I'd like to be normal" I then walked around her but after two more steps I found her in front of me
"I bet you're wanting to know what you fought" The girl said
"Fine tell me" I sighed "But make it quick I got a street fighting tournament I have to get to!"
"That was what we call a Chimera Animal, they're basically monsters sent by these aliens that want to take over our planet" Momo explained
"Of course" I said as I rolled my eyes "Look I know you really want to save the world and all, but"
I then patted her head
"Leave it too the actually fighters okay, and not the furries" I then got an idea, you know just to piss her off, it think I'll rip off that tail from her costume. So as I passed Momo again I grabbed her tail and yanked it as hard as I could. She screamed in pain. Odd I thought as I yanked the tail again, another scream of pain followed. I then let go and looked at her.
"Okay so maybe you don't have a costume on" I said
"So are you going to join me?" She asked
I began to think about it. Getting on a super hero team like this would get my name out there. And seeing as the team is trying to save the world the publicity would be good, unfortunately, it was probably a group of girls like her. That would not paint me in a good light outside Japan. Then again I was saving the world.
"Tell you what" I said "I'll think about it and I'll get back to you with an answer"
I then walked off, looking at my watch; I had missed my first match. My walk then turned into a run as I tried to find the next park.
It had been a long day. Turns out the tournament didn't start until a few weeks from now. I sighed as I soon realized that I had no place to stay that was until a piece of paper caught my eye. It mentioned something about a room for rent as this place called Café Mew Mew.
"Okay the name sounds totally girly but I'll give it a shot" I said to myself. I then ripped off the piece of paper and tried to do follow the directions as best I could. As I was walking though, I began to ask myself, would my dad be proud of me if I joined the super hero team that this strange girl said she was on. Suddenly I felt a warm gust of wind, as if his soul was communicating to me, a thought then ran through my mind. Yes. I then walked off into the night, hoping I could find the girl. And maybe, just maybe find some friends as well.