'Another day in Japan.' Tetsuya muttered to himself as he got out of bed.
After doing a yawn, he got his outfit on.
His chain mail looked a little bad from last night's fight. But it would not need repairing, not yet anyway. His gi however would need to be worn loose for a while. Everything else was fine though. Little did he know that on a rooftop not far from the inn, was a girl who was beaten last night by our hero Tetsuya.
Saya's POV:
'God damm you Mr cool hero!' I muttered as I entered his room.
I wanted to get payback from him. I left the circus without saying a word to them.
The door that housed his room was opened by me. There he layed, peaceful in his sleep.
I looked at his face, that stupid headband on his forehead. I wanted to steal something from him.
As payback from him kicking my ass. That katana of his was right next to his bed.
I slowly went to pick it up. As I did however something out the corner of my eye chaught me.
It was his chest. The deep scar next to his navel looked painful. That along with his well toned chest meant he looked like the perfect male body. My heart skipped a beat and my mouth opened in awe.
'Now that I look back, he was polite towards me. But he beat me in front of all those people.'
I was in confilct with myself. A small snore came from that man's mouth.
It made me jump a little and slowly I exited his room.
As I left the inn I thought to myself 'I wish I knew his name.'
Back to present:
Tetsuya left the inn and stared at the sky. It was a clear spring day.
'Better check town hall for work.' Tetsuya thought to himself.
As it turned out there was a worthwhile job open.
It was bandit hunting. A group of highwaymen were hurting travelers for money.
They were to be taken care of via any means and looting was allowed.
Slowly Tetsuya went near thier camp, located outside of Kyoto.
He watched them from behind a tree. Tetsuya was enraged at what they were doing.
Laughing over killed people, showing off the goods they stole from average people.
Slowly, he left his hiding spot and drew his Katana out.
'What the hell do you want?' one of the bandits shouted out.
Tetsuya just said 'You!'
The first one had a pair of daggers. He went in for a stab.
However Tetsuya went to the right and cut straight through the guy.
He fell instantly. The second one had a two handed blade.
His move was a downward slash meant to cut Tetsuya in half.
Tetsuya remembered his training. Mitsurugi taught him of how to parry attacks.
He waited until the exact second. His Katana deflected the strike and knocked the man off balance. His sword was planted into the ground. He ran screaming for his life.
Tetsuya left him to deal with the last one. The last bandit was using a spear.
It looked old and weak. The man went for a stab at Tetsuya's left arm.
'Like that's gonna work!' Tetsuya yelled out. He wrapped his left arm around the spear and with a heavy pull, broke it in half.
The man's eyes went wide and he too ran screaming like an infant.
While this was happening, a certain girl by the name of Saya watched from a large tree nearby. Her eyes were filled with awe.
Just then her cat ears gave a twitch and that meant danger.
Saya watched intently at Tetsuya, for some reason she felt a burning desire to be near him. 'Why is this happening?' she muttered.
Just then a booming voice was heard 'Who dares attack my camp!?'
From the main tent emerged a man.
He looked to be 24 years old. His headwear was a sedge shade.
His top armor was a leviathan cuirass and he wore a scaled fauld on his slacks. On his arms were Gorgon gauntlets. On top of his slacks were lord's greaves, no doubt looted. But what worried Tetsuya was the man's weapon.
It was a heavy ax that looked like it could chop the young hero in half.
'Crap this looks tough.' Tetsuya muttered as he got ready for a major duel.
'I said who dares!?' he yelled out.
'The name's Tetsuya! Remember it!' the hero cried out as entered the mist stance.
'I don't bother with the dead!' The brute yelled as he went for a decapating swing.
Tetsuya ducked under it and nailed the man with a kick to his left shin.
He staggered and Tetsuya followed with a stab at his armor. It bounced off but left a chip on the armor the bandit leader had. 'Damm that's not gonna work.' Tetsuya cursed under his breath.
Just then the bandit leader grabbed Tetsuya and with one hand tossed him into a nearby tree like a ragdoll. 'AHHHH!' Tetsuya yelled out as he hit the tree hard.
Saya kept her balance as she watched the fight.
Tetsuya slowly got back up. He felt warm copper liqud ooze out from his chain mail.
He re-adjusted his headband and said 'I won't lose here.'
The young man grabbed his blade and dashed towards his rival.
When he got near the bandit leader went for a swing aimed at Tetsuya's head.
Just as the attack was made however, Tetsuya excuted a move that was known as the silent step.
The axe just zipped past Tetsuya's head as he rammed his blade along his rival's armor.
As he predicited the attack did no internal damage. But the shock of it forced the bandit back and knocked him onto one knee.
Getting a chance to attack, Tetsuya dashed up the bandit leader and sent him into the air with an uppercut.
He then entered a familar stance and said 'Upon my honor...Be gone!'
The witching hour was right on impact. The person's leviathan cuirass went flying off.
A shockwave went right around Tetsuya. Saya felt it from the top of her tree, from her toes to her cat ears.
After the dust had died down, The young hero noticed that his opponent was still standing.
'Perhaps this is a worthy rival after all.' he muttered.
The man had lost his sedge and his hair was short and jet black.
'What's your name?' Tetsuya yelled out.
The bandit gave a smile and got into his stance 'Leo.'
'That's it?' Tetsuya asked.
Leo nodded and said 'That's it...And now you die!'
With that Leo charged at Tetsuya. The young hero entered his mist stance and got ready. As soon as Leo got in range Tetsuya grabbed him.
'I won't...Retreat!' he yelled out as he did the korefuji.
Leo fell to the floor but got right back up. He grabbed Tetsuya by the neck of his gi.
'I have had enough of your weakness!' he yelled this when he slammed Tetsuya into the ground below.
Tetsuya made a hole in the earth from the impact. The young hero yelled in pain as he felt a couple of bones break.
When it all seemed bleak, Tetsuya's fighting energy reached it's peak. His soul was burning with fury.
He reopened his eyes and were complete with white pupils. Armed with near in-human power he grabbed Leo's right arm.
It was held with such power that not only did Leo let go of Tetsuya but it snapped as well.
The bandit leader yelled in pain as Tetsuya stood back up. 'You'll be a stain on my blade! You fool!' Tetsuya cried out in a near demonic voice.
'Tch, I better retreat.' Leo muttered as he quickly grabbed a bench and chucked it at Tetsuya.
'This is scary.' Saya thought to herself.
Tetsuya cleanly cut the bench in half with the master. By that time however Leo had already fled the location.
After that Tetsuya's pupils returned to normal. The pain in Tetsuya's broken bones returned and he slumped to the ground in pain.
His left hand brushed past an umbrella as he fell to the grass knocked out.
Saya lept from her tree and slowly went near him. She gathered food from the bandits and kept some for herself.
She put the rest in a bag for Tetsuya. Inside was the umbrella, it was black and white with the kanji for hero written on it.
With that the cat eared girl lifted him up as best as she could and took him back to Kyoto. 'At least now I know your name Tetsuya.'
Saya muttered this as she left his room.
First off I would like to say sorry for not updating this.
I was too busy with Soon to be parents and my skullgirls fanfic.
But I will finish this story. It means a lot to me and my pals.
As for Tetsuya entering that power state.
Let's just say he has an evil side which he will battle as time goes on.
Oh and Saya's cat ears may or may not be real. Peace out for now.