Chapter Two: The "One Man Army"

Sitting on his bed after a rough sleep, Heishiro thought of how he was going to get rid of his nightmares.

FLASHBACK TO NIGHTMARE

Heishiro was walking in the alley behind his house. It was late and night and he could only see a few steps ahead of him. He hears footsteps behind him, thinking it is only a squirrel or raccoon he keeps going. A few minutes later he hears footsteps again. Heishiro turns around and sees an outline of a man behind him.

"So, are you ready to die?!?!" A deep voice calls out to him.

"Who's there?!?!?" Heishiro calls out into the darkness.

"It is I. Your murderer. I WILL kill you!" The voice calls out again. The man moves closer to Heishiro and grabs his neck and lifts him with one hand. With the other hand he grabs his greatest sword, Soul Edge, and attempts to cut Heishiro's neck.

"NOOOO!!!! Get away from from me! NOOOO!!!!"

BACK TO LIFE

Heishiro had woken up sweating profusely. Had the dream ment anything or was it just a dream, his imagination acting up. Anyways he couldn't think much of his dream. He has already beaten Nightmare once, what made him think he would come after him again? Only one word could come to his mind....Revenge. He quickly erased the thought from his mind and got up to take a shower.

Ten minutes later he emerged into his living room feeling fresh with no thoughts of the killer Nightmare running through him. He was dressed ready to go to practise. He grabbed his katana Shishi-Oh which is the most balanced and familier weapon for him and went to the dojo across the street of his apartment building. 29 and STILL living as a child who just moved away from his parents he always thought. At least if he won the competition he would be able to get a small house...I mean, the winnings are ten thousand yen.

Heishiro left his house to go for practise. Nobody helped and he didn't have a master. He taught himself now that his father had died from sickness. His father died about a month ago and he didn't need the money for himself only, but to help pay for his families funerals.

At the dojo, Heishiro took out Shishi-Oh his katana sword and practised with a series of stabs, swings, and slices in the air. He also did many punches and kicks, jumps and summersaults and flips. He worked with weights and treadmills. Also he used punching bags. I have to make myself stronger if I'm gonna win that ten grand. He practised for at least an hour and a half and then went home for something to eat. It was only 8 am but he had forgot to eat breakfast. He poured a bowl of cereal and grabbed today's newspaper from the mailbox outside his door. He only gets it lately to read over the sports and for information on the competition. any day they will be telling who will be competing against each other. It has probably anounced it everywhere else but here he thought to himself lazily. He yawned. Very long too. Maybe I shouldn't have woken up so early, I'll take a nap later. He looked again at the paper. They finally posted the first round competitors.

Bizen Competition: First Round Competitors

We have finally posted, for those of you who entered, who will be going against each other in the first round of the competition. NO MORE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED!!

Round one:

Heishiro Mitsugi-------Talim-----Arena 1

Taki----------Isabella Valentine---Arena 2

Seung Mina------Hong Yunsung-----Arena 3

Rapheal Sorel------Kilik-----Arena 4

Chai Xianghua-----Maxi-----Arena 5

Be at the competition at 8:00am sharp on Monday morning. Check yourself in and we will direct you to your arena. Thank you!!

Remember winnings are ten thousand yen! WOW!

Great thought Heishiro, I have to go against a 15 year old. This should be easy....