Trigun part deux
By otaku no baka
This episode took a while longer than I thought because I had writer's block as well as I couldn't put it out yet! With no net, there are two places I can post a chapter, and they are not easy to get too. But I still manage to write a few parts in the mean time. I'm not sure if this part is good or not but I tried my best!
Magnet-Rose: Well, this was inspired to all the plotholes to the Trigun anime, and not only will this story answer some plothole questions, (such as were did Legato come from and what not,) but also be an original story to the ending of Trigun. You'll find out about Tanto and the rest of them and I hope this chapter helps your confusion ^_^
Since I beta my own stories until I can find a beta, there might be a few errors. Still, I try to make sure my spelling and grammar is as good as I can make it.
I still don't own Trigun...or the anime...yet...maybe Nightow can loan me the rights to it just to make a series off of Wolfwood?
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Michm straighten his collar and yelled, "Come on lets go!"
"Arg! Stop yelling so loud!"
Tanto sipped on his coffee seldom and looked up as the two bounty hunters ran down the stairs. "You shouldn't have drunk so much! You know you have no tolerance to beer from your mom!"
"I'll show you tolerance!" Madison waved her rifle around and tried to hit the young man with it.
Lea blinked and sighed as she ate slowly at her breakfast, wearing a cowboy hat, a long brown coat with matching pants, and a white collared shirt. They all coordinated around her dark brown hair, which was tied into two pigtails, and her chocolate brown eyes. The manager just sweatdropped at his two customers' bickering.
"She's always like this the day after drinking. I try to tell her but when it comes to a party with the stuff, she goes overboard." Michm rubbed his head and winced.
"Ugh...I feel like shit." The priest raised an eyebrow at her rude language as she lay down on the table. "Sorry bossman...I'll be fine after some coffee and a bit of food."
"Bossman?" Tanto raised the other eyebrow at her.
"Yeah, since we are sort of working for you to find this Bloody Villie woman, so why not?" The man called wraith gobbled up a piece of toast and some meat.
"But...why bossman? I mean..."
Michm's focus was on his partner, as he tugged on her arm. "Its your own fault so come on! We still have to move before the sandstorm comes. From what I heard its going to be near this town and we still need to get some more supplies and you haven't even washed up yet!"
"Shut up Michm!" The blond whimpered again and gripped her head.
Lea only finished drinking her own coffee, aware of the madness before her.
"You're going with us? It might be dangerous." Michm had to know if there was going to be another person in their little party, since it changed expenses and all.
"Of course. Until my brother gets out, I am still going to get my revenge one of these days." She glared at the man, bitter and resentment radiating.
Tanto prayed silently that this day ends up being less turbulent than the rest.
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"Are you sure you know where you are going?" Tanto shouted over the engine to his bike and the winds. Michm's calculations were slightly off and the sandstorm came a lot sooner than he expected. "Yeah, we should be a few iles from the place..." He gripped his shoal and spit out some sand. Since the company had another member, he decided to rent some tomas in order to find their destination. Squinting his eyes, he saw something in the distance and smirked. "I think we found it."
"What is this place Michm?" The party looked none for wear as they stood at the entrance to the place that was more a city than a town. Incredible structures filled the area with lights and activity. People raced around like ants in the metropolis. Odd contraptions littered the walkways of this strange area.
"Its called Tokai(1), a concealed city about 50 iles from September. It was formed from the site of one of the ships from the great fall, but the calligraphers were off with their figures, so its in the middle of a reoccurring sandstorm. Some of the people who are here came from the "ship in the sky," from what I heard of." The bounty hunter dusted his hair off and frowned at looking no better than he started.
"Yeah I remember this place...but we couldn't stay long because of a mission...that and I drank too much beforehand." Madison blushed in embarrassment from her memory.
"Well, lets go find a hotel to clean up and prepare ourselves then." Lea hosted her gun and walked inside. She had interest in this technologically advance town that she never saw before on her travels.
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Tanto walked around the city. After settling in, the group separated, with Michm going to take care of the supervisions, Madison shopping around town, and Lea learning as much as she can about the place. The bishop glanced down to a group of children playing with a toy car that was electronic. He sighed, thinking of his Minster again, strolling along before gazing up to where his feet lead him.
At the edge of the town, there in all of its glory, was a plant. The florescent bulb brimmed with energy and elements at its core. Tanto averted his eyes up further and suddenly had a feeling of déjà vu.
"Rem...all that you have done...is it because you are a human and automatically strive to survive humans or is it something else...?" He shifted on his feet. "The urge of humans trying to go beyond their limits and their place."
His voice was someplace else along with his thoughts. "Or is it that your morals and beliefs are that strong to your life hood...sort of ironic that you effected us all in some way without you predicting it or the inhabitances knowing. " He closed his eyes as a thought hit him. A woman stood in a field with her back turned. Her long blond hair reached to the center of her back and blew against an abstract wind. She seemed so young and old at the same time.
Tanto opened his eyes. Navy blue pupils were clouded over and changed. His stature was a lot older near the plant. "Onesan...(2)" Hands without his accord touched the plant. The creature inside seemed to gaze back at him with a curious look. Tanto stared back with a plaintive smile. "Its been a while since I seen you last."
"Hey you!"
The man in question jolted back as if he was shot. "H...ha?"
A man approached him. "This is a plant that you are touching you know. They are delicate instruments that only plant engineers like myself know about them." The engineer took off his cap and rubbed his hair. "But for some reason, this plant doesn't seem hostile to you...actually its pretty calm."
After all of these years...they still don't understand onesan and the others; fools. Tanto shook his head and nodded. "I...forgive my intrusion." His hair felt damp and still had a bit of fuzz in his brain. It was like the plant awoke something in him...something that he forgotten. Why did I think that? Onesan?
"Tanto!"
He turned around as Lea ran up to him. "Ah there you are!" She smiled at him and closed her eyes. "Michm says that the sheriff wants us."
The bishop nodded mutely and stride along with the wanderer. He decided to focus on that brief moment later as he put it in another part of his mind.
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"So what exactly are you saying?" Madison had her attention at the sheriff.
All of them were sitting haphazardly around the sheriff's office. "Well, ever since our plant engineers vanished, we haven't been able to make any resources for the city. The goods that we use are a stockpile that we keep in cases of malfunctions and droughts."
The bishop moved his head from his arms on the chair. "You don't have any plant engineers? Then who was that man...unless..."
His thoughts were answered by a knock on the door. Shivering, the head of the city opened the door to reveal a note pinned to it. "...Says that unless we give them fifty thousand double dollars, they will keep the plant engineers hostage no matter what."
"What? No way!" Madison rotated her vision right side up from the edge of the couch. "If they keep them too long, the whole town will waste away!"
"Then what are we waiting for?" Michm hopped from the other end of the sofa and made a pose. "We have to go save the day then!" The bounty hunter pointed upward as stars dropped behind him. Madison whooped and jumped up, but at the idea of blowing something up and maybe making some cash.
The sheriff blinked clueless while Tanto and Lea sweatdropped. "Do they always act like this?"
"I'm not sure...I just met them a few days ago."
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A few men were tied up in a corner, mouths taped and almost nude. "You said this was going to work." A tall man with tan skin talked to another guy, who Tanto seen earlier. "Don't worry, give it some time and they'll come to us. Without the plants, the people are practically hopeless." He rubbed his blond bangs and laughed.
"I don't think so."
The two guys glanced around to see shadows. "Ok, who's there, because they are about to be dead!" Michm smirked and appeared right in front of them with the others, catching the guys off guard for a moment.
"We...who are we?" His smirk grew larger, if it could. "We are the Man group!"
"Man?" All of them questioned Michm's rationale.
"You know, there are women in this group too..." Madison raised an eyebrow at him.
"Well...that's the only name I could think of for us." Everyone fell over but Tanto, who looked at him funny and twitched.
"Well...whoever you are it doesn't matter." The blond man snapped his fingers and about ten or so men appeared out of the woodwork with all types of weaponry, from machine guns to grenade launchers. "Because no one goes against us. We are getting that cash and nobody is going to stop us!"
All at once, both groups started the battle. "Good, I wanted to use this." Wraith grinned somewhat insanely. He moved his coat aside and pulled up a grenade launcher. "You better run!" The gun shot out a blast that flew upward before exploding in a scorching, cracking blast. "Fire rounds." He answered Lea's question as she recovered from the explosion, avoiding shots and trying to shoot her shotgun at the same time.
"Ha this is great! The only thing I wish I had was my rocket launcher!" Madison rolled from a semi automatic's rapid fire and carefully shot the man in the leg with her scope rife. Michm rolled his eyes and worked on the ground men with Lea.
"Hey what happen to bossman?" He noticed one person missing, but was also curious if the clergyman could fight.
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"Are you ok?" Tanto cut the men loose with his sword. He watched the battle out of the corner of his eye to see if his friends needed him.
"We're fine, just that I am worried about the plant. They kept us here for months and played off as townspeople until now."
The bishop rotated his vision upward, seeing that much of the air gunfire was directed towards the bulb. He wondered about the melted railing though. His gun is more arduous than I thought then.
Shaking his thoughts of Michm's arsenal, he glimpsed around rapidly and saw a ladder upstairs. "Stay here, I'll take care of the bulb." The so-called leader ascended to the rail and adverted the attention to the men upward.
"Hey its that other man!"
"But...he's a priest or a bishop isn't he?" A man with a machine gun gestured to his clothing.
"It doesn't matter, just shoot him!" Tanto used their conversation in order to disarm them.
"I think you need these to kill me." He waved their machine guns around.
"...We're going to hell aren't we?" The two guys glanced at each other before running off.
The bishop shook his head and changed his attention. "You." He almost said something else.
"What's wrong with me?" He glanced down at the machines and frowned. "I know what you need...but..." Some bullets whizzed by and he frowned. "Watch it guys! If you damaged the plant, if won't help the town any!" He focused on the bulb and touched it again. The same sensation came back like the plague. "Onesan....its going to be alright...I'll take care of you like I always do."
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Michm shot the last man in the hand with his revolver. At least I didn't go gun crazy like my partner. He laughed to himself before sensing something. He gazed up to see Tanto touching the plant. His whole body did not move an inch, and it seemed to be that he was chanting something.
"Bossman looks like he is glowing." His partner's voice broke his connection to the other man and he blinked.
"Ah...Tan-"
The bishop opened his eyes suddenly and pulled out his sword. "Mijikai Mahi Utsu Koto (3)." He said monotone as slashes hit the men before they pulled out their weapons. They tried to pull the trigger of their guns and cried out in sudden pain.
"My hand my hand!" The man's snivel woke him up and he blinked. "Don't worry, its just disables your hand for a while, since I only hit certain nerves in your arm and hand." The bishop turned around and waved. "I think I have the plant fixed!"
"To..." Michm stood there dumbfounded with his partner, while Lea made sure that everyone stayed down for a while. Yeah, there's something about that man all right!
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"Thank you for everything again!" The townsfolk along with the sheriff and the real plant engineers shook hands with the party. "Are you sure that there isn't anything that we can reward you with?"
"Oh its nothing, just the only thing we need is information." Michm felt good today; once again he did something good without it being selfish. "Do you know were we could find information about Bloody Villie?"
The whole town went silent, and the sheriff shivered lightly. "Bloody Villie? That woman...why are you looking for THAT woman? Well you did save the town after all..." He pondered for a moment. "I suggest you try the Bernardelli Insurance Society. They might have some records about that woman, since they record collateral damage and its areas."
Bernardelli Insurance Society...Michm grimaced at that name the same time as Madison.
"Is there something wrong guys?"
"Oh its nothing nothing..." Wraith looked around and spotted Tanto in the crowd playing with the kids. "Bossman its time to go!"
The bishop smiled and waved at the youngsters. "And remember, just train hard and you can reach your goals!" He ran up to the group. "He wanted to learn swordsmanship like me."
"Hope to see you again!" The crowd waved them off as they went off into another adventure out there.
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Ok there goes another one! My inspiration to finish this goes off and on but its still there, so the parts will probably come out sooner than my other fanfictions.
Tokai literally means "city" or "metropolis" in Japanese. I couldn't help it since the city is more like an old western Tokyo when I pictured it.
The reason I put onesan is because I ended up using a manga reference on this one. I would translate it, but it might ruin it. For those who speak Japanese or know this word, it's a big spoiler but I couldn't think of anything else at the time ^ ^;
Most of Tanto's moves are in English, but a few are indeed in Japanese to keep with the tradition of swordsmanship, that and a Tanto is a Japanese weapon anyway. "Mijikai Mahi Utsu Koto" means "Short Paralysis Strike."
This ended up being slightly different from what I though but still:
Next Episode: What's the connection between the bounty hunters and Bernardelli Insurance Society? That and our "Man" group end up running into trouble...again.
This episode took a while longer than I thought because I had writer's block as well as I couldn't put it out yet! With no net, there are two places I can post a chapter, and they are not easy to get too. But I still manage to write a few parts in the mean time. I'm not sure if this part is good or not but I tried my best!
Magnet-Rose: Well, this was inspired to all the plotholes to the Trigun anime, and not only will this story answer some plothole questions, (such as were did Legato come from and what not,) but also be an original story to the ending of Trigun. You'll find out about Tanto and the rest of them and I hope this chapter helps your confusion ^_^
Since I beta my own stories until I can find a beta, there might be a few errors. Still, I try to make sure my spelling and grammar is as good as I can make it.
I still don't own Trigun...or the anime...yet...maybe Nightow can loan me the rights to it just to make a series off of Wolfwood?
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Michm straighten his collar and yelled, "Come on lets go!"
"Arg! Stop yelling so loud!"
Tanto sipped on his coffee seldom and looked up as the two bounty hunters ran down the stairs. "You shouldn't have drunk so much! You know you have no tolerance to beer from your mom!"
"I'll show you tolerance!" Madison waved her rifle around and tried to hit the young man with it.
Lea blinked and sighed as she ate slowly at her breakfast, wearing a cowboy hat, a long brown coat with matching pants, and a white collared shirt. They all coordinated around her dark brown hair, which was tied into two pigtails, and her chocolate brown eyes. The manager just sweatdropped at his two customers' bickering.
"She's always like this the day after drinking. I try to tell her but when it comes to a party with the stuff, she goes overboard." Michm rubbed his head and winced.
"Ugh...I feel like shit." The priest raised an eyebrow at her rude language as she lay down on the table. "Sorry bossman...I'll be fine after some coffee and a bit of food."
"Bossman?" Tanto raised the other eyebrow at her.
"Yeah, since we are sort of working for you to find this Bloody Villie woman, so why not?" The man called wraith gobbled up a piece of toast and some meat.
"But...why bossman? I mean..."
Michm's focus was on his partner, as he tugged on her arm. "Its your own fault so come on! We still have to move before the sandstorm comes. From what I heard its going to be near this town and we still need to get some more supplies and you haven't even washed up yet!"
"Shut up Michm!" The blond whimpered again and gripped her head.
Lea only finished drinking her own coffee, aware of the madness before her.
"You're going with us? It might be dangerous." Michm had to know if there was going to be another person in their little party, since it changed expenses and all.
"Of course. Until my brother gets out, I am still going to get my revenge one of these days." She glared at the man, bitter and resentment radiating.
Tanto prayed silently that this day ends up being less turbulent than the rest.
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"Are you sure you know where you are going?" Tanto shouted over the engine to his bike and the winds. Michm's calculations were slightly off and the sandstorm came a lot sooner than he expected. "Yeah, we should be a few iles from the place..." He gripped his shoal and spit out some sand. Since the company had another member, he decided to rent some tomas in order to find their destination. Squinting his eyes, he saw something in the distance and smirked. "I think we found it."
"What is this place Michm?" The party looked none for wear as they stood at the entrance to the place that was more a city than a town. Incredible structures filled the area with lights and activity. People raced around like ants in the metropolis. Odd contraptions littered the walkways of this strange area.
"Its called Tokai(1), a concealed city about 50 iles from September. It was formed from the site of one of the ships from the great fall, but the calligraphers were off with their figures, so its in the middle of a reoccurring sandstorm. Some of the people who are here came from the "ship in the sky," from what I heard of." The bounty hunter dusted his hair off and frowned at looking no better than he started.
"Yeah I remember this place...but we couldn't stay long because of a mission...that and I drank too much beforehand." Madison blushed in embarrassment from her memory.
"Well, lets go find a hotel to clean up and prepare ourselves then." Lea hosted her gun and walked inside. She had interest in this technologically advance town that she never saw before on her travels.
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Tanto walked around the city. After settling in, the group separated, with Michm going to take care of the supervisions, Madison shopping around town, and Lea learning as much as she can about the place. The bishop glanced down to a group of children playing with a toy car that was electronic. He sighed, thinking of his Minster again, strolling along before gazing up to where his feet lead him.
At the edge of the town, there in all of its glory, was a plant. The florescent bulb brimmed with energy and elements at its core. Tanto averted his eyes up further and suddenly had a feeling of déjà vu.
"Rem...all that you have done...is it because you are a human and automatically strive to survive humans or is it something else...?" He shifted on his feet. "The urge of humans trying to go beyond their limits and their place."
His voice was someplace else along with his thoughts. "Or is it that your morals and beliefs are that strong to your life hood...sort of ironic that you effected us all in some way without you predicting it or the inhabitances knowing. " He closed his eyes as a thought hit him. A woman stood in a field with her back turned. Her long blond hair reached to the center of her back and blew against an abstract wind. She seemed so young and old at the same time.
Tanto opened his eyes. Navy blue pupils were clouded over and changed. His stature was a lot older near the plant. "Onesan...(2)" Hands without his accord touched the plant. The creature inside seemed to gaze back at him with a curious look. Tanto stared back with a plaintive smile. "Its been a while since I seen you last."
"Hey you!"
The man in question jolted back as if he was shot. "H...ha?"
A man approached him. "This is a plant that you are touching you know. They are delicate instruments that only plant engineers like myself know about them." The engineer took off his cap and rubbed his hair. "But for some reason, this plant doesn't seem hostile to you...actually its pretty calm."
After all of these years...they still don't understand onesan and the others; fools. Tanto shook his head and nodded. "I...forgive my intrusion." His hair felt damp and still had a bit of fuzz in his brain. It was like the plant awoke something in him...something that he forgotten. Why did I think that? Onesan?
"Tanto!"
He turned around as Lea ran up to him. "Ah there you are!" She smiled at him and closed her eyes. "Michm says that the sheriff wants us."
The bishop nodded mutely and stride along with the wanderer. He decided to focus on that brief moment later as he put it in another part of his mind.
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"So what exactly are you saying?" Madison had her attention at the sheriff.
All of them were sitting haphazardly around the sheriff's office. "Well, ever since our plant engineers vanished, we haven't been able to make any resources for the city. The goods that we use are a stockpile that we keep in cases of malfunctions and droughts."
The bishop moved his head from his arms on the chair. "You don't have any plant engineers? Then who was that man...unless..."
His thoughts were answered by a knock on the door. Shivering, the head of the city opened the door to reveal a note pinned to it. "...Says that unless we give them fifty thousand double dollars, they will keep the plant engineers hostage no matter what."
"What? No way!" Madison rotated her vision right side up from the edge of the couch. "If they keep them too long, the whole town will waste away!"
"Then what are we waiting for?" Michm hopped from the other end of the sofa and made a pose. "We have to go save the day then!" The bounty hunter pointed upward as stars dropped behind him. Madison whooped and jumped up, but at the idea of blowing something up and maybe making some cash.
The sheriff blinked clueless while Tanto and Lea sweatdropped. "Do they always act like this?"
"I'm not sure...I just met them a few days ago."
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A few men were tied up in a corner, mouths taped and almost nude. "You said this was going to work." A tall man with tan skin talked to another guy, who Tanto seen earlier. "Don't worry, give it some time and they'll come to us. Without the plants, the people are practically hopeless." He rubbed his blond bangs and laughed.
"I don't think so."
The two guys glanced around to see shadows. "Ok, who's there, because they are about to be dead!" Michm smirked and appeared right in front of them with the others, catching the guys off guard for a moment.
"We...who are we?" His smirk grew larger, if it could. "We are the Man group!"
"Man?" All of them questioned Michm's rationale.
"You know, there are women in this group too..." Madison raised an eyebrow at him.
"Well...that's the only name I could think of for us." Everyone fell over but Tanto, who looked at him funny and twitched.
"Well...whoever you are it doesn't matter." The blond man snapped his fingers and about ten or so men appeared out of the woodwork with all types of weaponry, from machine guns to grenade launchers. "Because no one goes against us. We are getting that cash and nobody is going to stop us!"
All at once, both groups started the battle. "Good, I wanted to use this." Wraith grinned somewhat insanely. He moved his coat aside and pulled up a grenade launcher. "You better run!" The gun shot out a blast that flew upward before exploding in a scorching, cracking blast. "Fire rounds." He answered Lea's question as she recovered from the explosion, avoiding shots and trying to shoot her shotgun at the same time.
"Ha this is great! The only thing I wish I had was my rocket launcher!" Madison rolled from a semi automatic's rapid fire and carefully shot the man in the leg with her scope rife. Michm rolled his eyes and worked on the ground men with Lea.
"Hey what happen to bossman?" He noticed one person missing, but was also curious if the clergyman could fight.
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"Are you ok?" Tanto cut the men loose with his sword. He watched the battle out of the corner of his eye to see if his friends needed him.
"We're fine, just that I am worried about the plant. They kept us here for months and played off as townspeople until now."
The bishop rotated his vision upward, seeing that much of the air gunfire was directed towards the bulb. He wondered about the melted railing though. His gun is more arduous than I thought then.
Shaking his thoughts of Michm's arsenal, he glimpsed around rapidly and saw a ladder upstairs. "Stay here, I'll take care of the bulb." The so-called leader ascended to the rail and adverted the attention to the men upward.
"Hey its that other man!"
"But...he's a priest or a bishop isn't he?" A man with a machine gun gestured to his clothing.
"It doesn't matter, just shoot him!" Tanto used their conversation in order to disarm them.
"I think you need these to kill me." He waved their machine guns around.
"...We're going to hell aren't we?" The two guys glanced at each other before running off.
The bishop shook his head and changed his attention. "You." He almost said something else.
"What's wrong with me?" He glanced down at the machines and frowned. "I know what you need...but..." Some bullets whizzed by and he frowned. "Watch it guys! If you damaged the plant, if won't help the town any!" He focused on the bulb and touched it again. The same sensation came back like the plague. "Onesan....its going to be alright...I'll take care of you like I always do."
***********
Michm shot the last man in the hand with his revolver. At least I didn't go gun crazy like my partner. He laughed to himself before sensing something. He gazed up to see Tanto touching the plant. His whole body did not move an inch, and it seemed to be that he was chanting something.
"Bossman looks like he is glowing." His partner's voice broke his connection to the other man and he blinked.
"Ah...Tan-"
The bishop opened his eyes suddenly and pulled out his sword. "Mijikai Mahi Utsu Koto (3)." He said monotone as slashes hit the men before they pulled out their weapons. They tried to pull the trigger of their guns and cried out in sudden pain.
"My hand my hand!" The man's snivel woke him up and he blinked. "Don't worry, its just disables your hand for a while, since I only hit certain nerves in your arm and hand." The bishop turned around and waved. "I think I have the plant fixed!"
"To..." Michm stood there dumbfounded with his partner, while Lea made sure that everyone stayed down for a while. Yeah, there's something about that man all right!
***************
"Thank you for everything again!" The townsfolk along with the sheriff and the real plant engineers shook hands with the party. "Are you sure that there isn't anything that we can reward you with?"
"Oh its nothing, just the only thing we need is information." Michm felt good today; once again he did something good without it being selfish. "Do you know were we could find information about Bloody Villie?"
The whole town went silent, and the sheriff shivered lightly. "Bloody Villie? That woman...why are you looking for THAT woman? Well you did save the town after all..." He pondered for a moment. "I suggest you try the Bernardelli Insurance Society. They might have some records about that woman, since they record collateral damage and its areas."
Bernardelli Insurance Society...Michm grimaced at that name the same time as Madison.
"Is there something wrong guys?"
"Oh its nothing nothing..." Wraith looked around and spotted Tanto in the crowd playing with the kids. "Bossman its time to go!"
The bishop smiled and waved at the youngsters. "And remember, just train hard and you can reach your goals!" He ran up to the group. "He wanted to learn swordsmanship like me."
"Hope to see you again!" The crowd waved them off as they went off into another adventure out there.
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Ok there goes another one! My inspiration to finish this goes off and on but its still there, so the parts will probably come out sooner than my other fanfictions.
Tokai literally means "city" or "metropolis" in Japanese. I couldn't help it since the city is more like an old western Tokyo when I pictured it.
The reason I put onesan is because I ended up using a manga reference on this one. I would translate it, but it might ruin it. For those who speak Japanese or know this word, it's a big spoiler but I couldn't think of anything else at the time ^ ^;
Most of Tanto's moves are in English, but a few are indeed in Japanese to keep with the tradition of swordsmanship, that and a Tanto is a Japanese weapon anyway. "Mijikai Mahi Utsu Koto" means "Short Paralysis Strike."
This ended up being slightly different from what I though but still:
Next Episode: What's the connection between the bounty hunters and Bernardelli Insurance Society? That and our "Man" group end up running into trouble...again.