...Okay, so it was much harder than expected to find a simple fight here.
Tadashi had rounded several curves, entered a few alleyways. And he couldn't even find one fight going on so far. No sign of the three women from before, and none of Honey Lemon...Not anyone.
For a moment he wondered if he'd found himself in an uncompleted stage in the game for one reason or the next-But then discarded the thought. It was absurd, and he'd never admit it-But such a thought of being in such an unknown and unstable place scared him. As in some cases he's heard of-Characters ran into an unfinished level of their game. But it wasn't ever properly solidified, and they fell through-
"Hey!"
Another voice caused him to jump a bit in shock. But filled himself with more relief than any he could describe. At last-No matter who it was, there was someone else. Away from those silly thoughts, and he could ask for directions.
With a smile, Tadashi turned to greet whoever it was that came to see him.
...But then his gaze traveled down. As he noticed a boy that couldn't be more than twelve. Judging by his character's confirmed height, and the height of this boy, matched with the sound of the character's voice anyway. He had his hands stuck into the pockets of a navy blue hoodie, the hood of which was pulled up. And the raven black hair obscuring his face, so he couldn't properly make out who it was. But a gap-toothed grin shone through anyway.
"You're not from around here, are you?" there was a bit of an amused tone in his voice as he spoke to him. Tadashi laughed a bit, shaking his head.
The kid froze, as if thinking something through, "...Are you lost?" A sudden innocence came into his voice when he did that. He sounded slightly timid now, but Tadashi didn't question it too much. Recalling to the time when he always followed his character's programmed traits. So did Fred. Fred used to always be timid about his surgeries, before realizing that, even if Tadashi failed, he'd get better and live without any damage whatsoever. Tadashi would always take terms a bit too literal. When an old friend once called someone else 'sick' he'd been under the assumption that they meant they were ACTUALLY sick and needed his help.
Snapping his head out from the memories of the arcade's opening, he focused again on the little boy in front of him, "Yeah. Sorry." he smiled warmly, "My name's Tadashi Hamada-It's nice to meet you."
Tadashi held out a hand to the boy. Who seemed a bit hesitant to take the hand offered, but took it nonetheless, "N-Nice to meet you." he chuckled, "Sorry..I'm on my way to the fight right now...It...It's actually my first fight ever."
That caused him to pause-He was a fighter here? By the looks of it-This kid was designed entirely to be a child in the window, or maybe a spectator. But a fighter?
He thought about it too long. That was quick to be apparent by the glare the kid was giving him, "Hey! Don't judge me! I'm just as tough as the other fighters!"
Tadashi sighed a bit in shame. Of course-Honey Lemon's game has a few characters that seemed rather...Off. Compared to the rest-Matter of fact there's a koala for no apparent reason that can be chosen in her game. "I'm sorry." he chuckled a bit, "I've got no idea what came over me."
The kid didn't drop the glare, straightening his back up a bit, he looked rather cocky as he walked off. As if he wanted to brag about how strong a fighter that he's gonna be, "Whatever-Also, bot fight's that way."
The younger pointed in a direction completely opposite of where Tadashi was going. A natural embarrassment coming over him as he did. He thanked the kid before beginning to walk off...
...But noticed that he wasn't being followed or passed by them.
Turning his head, he saw the raven haired boy walking in an entirely different direction of him. Unable to stop himself, he called out, "Hey-Didn't you say that you were going to the fight, too?"
Jumping as though caught-The other turned to face Tadashi once more, a sheepish grin came over his face, "Oh-Uh, well you see..That stage is nearly done for the night...Y'know, with the fights. I guessed that you wanted to know where that pink lady was." he made a disgusted face at the word 'pink'. Childish character definitely. But before Tadashi could say anything, the boy continued, "Anyway, I'm gonna go register for a different fight-okaybye!"
With that, the kid took off. Tadashi wondered for a moment if he should follow-But quickly decided against it. First things first-He needed to find Honey Lemon. Besides, knowing her, she'd want to go see the fights, too. Not to mention the fact that wherever that kid went was a complete unknown to him, and he'd only succeed in getting himself lost again.
But as he left, he couldn't help but feel as though something were...Off. As though he were forgetting something important.
Hiro was breathing heavily as he waited in line to register for the fights. It took a long time to load it, and he was excited.
...But at the same time, he felt really bad. He'd done something he knew he shouldn't have.
Looking down into his hand, he saw Tadashi's points in there. He didn't know much about points outside of his game, but here-You needed to 'pay to play'. You needed points to enter in a fight. You needed points to be allowed on the character selection screen each day so you could earn more, so you could play more.
Why this system was set up was beyond him, but now-He had points. Sure, gotten in an ill way-But he'd totally return Tadashi's points to him when he beat everyone there!
...If that guy ever bothered to come back.
