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Takeshi swallowed hard, he was standing in front of the Swordsman that teleported you into the Swordsman test. This is it.. Kaze cheered him on, 'Ye can do it Takeshi-kun!' And gave him the thumbs up sign.
He turned around and gave Kaze the thumbs up sign back, 'Uh.. yeah..' He rubbed the back of his head nervously.
The Swordsman yawned, 'You ready kid? You know what the test is right?'
'Well, uh.. could you tell me?' Takeshi already knew what the test was, But they don't really force you to walk on planks.. right? 'Yeah, yeah, sure. Just get to the end of the field without falling through the holes, if you do, find your way back up, you got 10 minutes to do all this.'
Aww, crap.. 'Oh.. okay, I'm ready.' As he was being teleported to the test he could hear Kaze cheering him on.
He had his eyes closed tightly, and when he knew he was in the test, he opened them. It was just like he had known it to be like. 'The first test is pretty simple..'
He made his way around the holes, went up the steps, and went around more holes. And finally, Takeshi had made it to the warp portal to the second test, the one he had been dreading.
'Oh crap, oh, crap, oh crap.' He squeezed his eyes shut and ran into the portal. After a few more seconds of standing there, he finally opened his eyes, and swallowed hard after what he had seen.
'DAMMIT!' There were two planks, about the width of Takeshi's left foot to his right foot, and that was all there was to this field, if you don't count the pit that you have about a 90 chance of slipping into. A pit with Fabre doom. 'Arrrgh..' He slowly approached the planks and moved about an inch each second.
But his clumsy walking and hesitation with each step caused him to do what he feared most. Slip. It had happened so fast, he just felt the plank beneath him disappear. 'SHIT!' He tried to grab the plank with his hand, but it was too late.
'Waaaaaaaaaah!' He fell with a thud and laid there for a few minutes. 'Unnngh...' Takeshi slowly got up and rubbed his head. 'Yow! That hurt...' He looked around and realized the situation he was in, 'Crap! I need to find my way back up!'
He ran around the field looking for the portal back to the test, but he had to stop every second to swipe at a Fabre. 'GAH! GET OUT OF MY WAY BITCHES!' He ran, stepping on every Fabre that got in his way, and finally he found the portal.
Takeshi was no longer hesitant, he was too focused on passing the Swordsman test that all he was thinking was, 'RUN!', and so, he ran across the planks. He was panting for air when he looked back and noticed that he had made it across the planks. 'Yes! Two down, one more to go!'
He entered the portal, confident with his eyes opened and not squeezed shut. He sprinted towards the end and skidded to a stop. 'Crap.. I can't see where the ground is!' It looked like there was a dark gap between Takeshi and the portal. Takeshi picked up a rock and threw it towards the gap.
He heard the rock hit something and went towards the noise, slowly, he felt around with his foot to see where the ground was. After what felt like forever, he had finally made it across. He could feel the excitement welling up inside of him and ran towards the portal. There was an announcement that Takeshi had passed the test.
A Swordsman congratulated him, and pointed him to a portal back to the guild, he had warped back to a glomp from Kaze.
'Congratulations Takeshi-kun!'
'Heh, thanks!' He pulled himself out of Kaze's hug and stood up.
The head of the Swordsman guild congratulated him and gave him the Swordsman uniform. 'Congratulations kid, you were interesting in that test.'
'Eh? How would you know?' Takeshi took the uniform with both of his hands.
'Heh.. we got cameras set up in there.', the Swordsman laughed.
Uh-oh... 'Your.. cameras wouldn't happen record noise do they?' He remembered his frustration in the test and his cursing towards the Fabres.
'Hahahaha.. Yeah, we sure do, but don't worry about it.' He patted Takeshi on the back, hard.
'Oof..'
Kaze and Takeshi were sitting out in front of Prontera, Takeshi still in his Novice uniform. 'Hey, hey, Takeshi-kun, ready to go to Morroc?'
'Yeah, yeah, are we gonna warp, or should we walk?' He stashed his Swordsman uniform in his bag.
'Let's warp! I wanna gets to Morroc as soon as possible!' Kaze waved his hands excitedly.
'Alright, let's ask a Kafra Employee for a warp.' Takeshi got up and dusted his pants off.
'Yay! Hey, hey, Takeshi-kun, how come ye're not wearing your Swordsman uniform?' He got up and followed Takeshi to Prontera.
'I'm gonna help you in your test.'
'Huh? How?' He tilted his head to the side, curious.
'I'll just pose as a Novice wanting to be a Thief of course, haha.'
'That means we're gonna gets mushrooms faster, ne?'
'Yep.' Takeshi handed a bag of zeny to the Kafra Employee and asked for a warp to Morroc for two.
After a few seconds, they were in Morroc. The desert town was crammed full of people chatting, bartering, which only made the town hotter, and more uncomfortable. But this didn't seem to bother our protagonists. 'Yay! We're in Morroc! Let's goooo!' And so, Takeshi and Kaze went onward to the Thief guild.
((Whomagad, YAY. Will Takeshi's plan work? :OO Find out in the next chappie! Review please. :3))
Takeshi swallowed hard, he was standing in front of the Swordsman that teleported you into the Swordsman test. This is it.. Kaze cheered him on, 'Ye can do it Takeshi-kun!' And gave him the thumbs up sign.
He turned around and gave Kaze the thumbs up sign back, 'Uh.. yeah..' He rubbed the back of his head nervously.
The Swordsman yawned, 'You ready kid? You know what the test is right?'
'Well, uh.. could you tell me?' Takeshi already knew what the test was, But they don't really force you to walk on planks.. right? 'Yeah, yeah, sure. Just get to the end of the field without falling through the holes, if you do, find your way back up, you got 10 minutes to do all this.'
Aww, crap.. 'Oh.. okay, I'm ready.' As he was being teleported to the test he could hear Kaze cheering him on.
He had his eyes closed tightly, and when he knew he was in the test, he opened them. It was just like he had known it to be like. 'The first test is pretty simple..'
He made his way around the holes, went up the steps, and went around more holes. And finally, Takeshi had made it to the warp portal to the second test, the one he had been dreading.
'Oh crap, oh, crap, oh crap.' He squeezed his eyes shut and ran into the portal. After a few more seconds of standing there, he finally opened his eyes, and swallowed hard after what he had seen.
'DAMMIT!' There were two planks, about the width of Takeshi's left foot to his right foot, and that was all there was to this field, if you don't count the pit that you have about a 90 chance of slipping into. A pit with Fabre doom. 'Arrrgh..' He slowly approached the planks and moved about an inch each second.
But his clumsy walking and hesitation with each step caused him to do what he feared most. Slip. It had happened so fast, he just felt the plank beneath him disappear. 'SHIT!' He tried to grab the plank with his hand, but it was too late.
'Waaaaaaaaaah!' He fell with a thud and laid there for a few minutes. 'Unnngh...' Takeshi slowly got up and rubbed his head. 'Yow! That hurt...' He looked around and realized the situation he was in, 'Crap! I need to find my way back up!'
He ran around the field looking for the portal back to the test, but he had to stop every second to swipe at a Fabre. 'GAH! GET OUT OF MY WAY BITCHES!' He ran, stepping on every Fabre that got in his way, and finally he found the portal.
Takeshi was no longer hesitant, he was too focused on passing the Swordsman test that all he was thinking was, 'RUN!', and so, he ran across the planks. He was panting for air when he looked back and noticed that he had made it across the planks. 'Yes! Two down, one more to go!'
He entered the portal, confident with his eyes opened and not squeezed shut. He sprinted towards the end and skidded to a stop. 'Crap.. I can't see where the ground is!' It looked like there was a dark gap between Takeshi and the portal. Takeshi picked up a rock and threw it towards the gap.
He heard the rock hit something and went towards the noise, slowly, he felt around with his foot to see where the ground was. After what felt like forever, he had finally made it across. He could feel the excitement welling up inside of him and ran towards the portal. There was an announcement that Takeshi had passed the test.
A Swordsman congratulated him, and pointed him to a portal back to the guild, he had warped back to a glomp from Kaze.
'Congratulations Takeshi-kun!'
'Heh, thanks!' He pulled himself out of Kaze's hug and stood up.
The head of the Swordsman guild congratulated him and gave him the Swordsman uniform. 'Congratulations kid, you were interesting in that test.'
'Eh? How would you know?' Takeshi took the uniform with both of his hands.
'Heh.. we got cameras set up in there.', the Swordsman laughed.
Uh-oh... 'Your.. cameras wouldn't happen record noise do they?' He remembered his frustration in the test and his cursing towards the Fabres.
'Hahahaha.. Yeah, we sure do, but don't worry about it.' He patted Takeshi on the back, hard.
'Oof..'
Kaze and Takeshi were sitting out in front of Prontera, Takeshi still in his Novice uniform. 'Hey, hey, Takeshi-kun, ready to go to Morroc?'
'Yeah, yeah, are we gonna warp, or should we walk?' He stashed his Swordsman uniform in his bag.
'Let's warp! I wanna gets to Morroc as soon as possible!' Kaze waved his hands excitedly.
'Alright, let's ask a Kafra Employee for a warp.' Takeshi got up and dusted his pants off.
'Yay! Hey, hey, Takeshi-kun, how come ye're not wearing your Swordsman uniform?' He got up and followed Takeshi to Prontera.
'I'm gonna help you in your test.'
'Huh? How?' He tilted his head to the side, curious.
'I'll just pose as a Novice wanting to be a Thief of course, haha.'
'That means we're gonna gets mushrooms faster, ne?'
'Yep.' Takeshi handed a bag of zeny to the Kafra Employee and asked for a warp to Morroc for two.
After a few seconds, they were in Morroc. The desert town was crammed full of people chatting, bartering, which only made the town hotter, and more uncomfortable. But this didn't seem to bother our protagonists. 'Yay! We're in Morroc! Let's goooo!' And so, Takeshi and Kaze went onward to the Thief guild.
((Whomagad, YAY. Will Takeshi's plan work? :OO Find out in the next chappie! Review please. :3))