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"Okay... I think it's been...three days since those karate masters left me on this island with literally nothing to eat, or drink as they said I had to survive a whole week here with nothing but the clothes on my back."said Jaune, as the only thing he was wearing right now was a karate gi, courtesy of Orochi Doppo.
'I have been able to survive thanks to the plant and wildlife of this island, and luckily for me there's a stream not too far from here that has fresh water...so I haven't had to resort to drinking salt water, as opposed to popular belief, drinking salt water just makes you more thirsty and more sustainable to dehydration.' thought Jaune to himself as he was currently need deep in a stream that went through the island.
Jaune was waiting patiently, trying to move as little as possible before he noticed movement in the water and quickly grabbed with his right hand. Jaune quickly through the salmon out of the water onto the shore, and before it had a chance to even escape, he had stabbed it with a stick he had sharpened.
'The circle of life, if I don't eat these fish I die...plus one has to accept that and these kind of situations that survival of the fittest, it's either eat or you die.' thought Jaune to himself, as he threw the salmon next to a bunch of other salmon he had caught in the river using his hands.
"Doppo told me he did this method when he was on his Island many years ago. I don't know if it's pride or the sense that he's watching me from somewhere, but I have the feeling I have to do the same."said Jaune as he went back into the river and waited for another salmon to pass.
"It seems like there's an algae here that the salmon like, and I use that algae as bait to attract them close."said Jaune as he grabbed another salmon with his left hand and tossed it under the bank, stabbing it with his stick and throwing it to the pile of salmon he already piled up.
"That should be enough... I don't want to exhaust my food source."said Jaune as he tied the salmon up with some vines, wrapped said vines around a stick, and put said stick over his shoulder as he went deeper into the small island.
"Seems like the kid can sense were watching him"said Katsumi to his father, as he was looking at Jaune with a pair of binoculars.
"It's to be expected. He probably suspects we're somewhere nearby and are watching him to make sure he doesn't use anything that would be considered a modern tool."said Doppo as he pried open a clam with his bare hands, and toss the clam meat onto a fryer.
"Kid still has four days, let's hope he doesn't lose it."said Katsumi, as Jaune disappeared from sight.
Jaune on the other hand arrived at his makeshift base camp. Which consisted of a tent made out of mud and leaves, a makeshift fire pit with stones formed in a circle, sharpened sticks, two flint rocks, a hole that has been designated the bathroom, and a vine to hang anything he catches for food so scavengers don't take it while he's asleep.
"Better eat while I can, before he show up."said Jaune as he immediately began clashing the two flint rocks against one another with some collected firewood in the fire pit, to make a fire.
As he did this he saw that he was being watched by a large red-haired ape like creature. From what he learned this ape is called Yasha Zaru Jr, and that he is his first real test, courtesy of Mr Tokugawa.
Apparently this creature is friends with his half brother Baki, and Baki defeated his father Yasha Zaru when he was only thirteen! Baki did this when he was doing his survival training in a completely different area.
'There is plenty of food in the island so he doesn't bother me, But we're both quickly running out of food...I left some salmon at the river so he would leave me alone...but I can tell that the hunger is starting to get to him.' thought Jaune as he was cooking his salmon over the fire.
'On this island, he's the top predator. The frogs that used to hop around this island have already been wiped out by him. The seagulls are too scared to land here as they'll end up getting caught by him and become his dinner...The fish are starting to leave this area... meaning over the next couple of days we'll both run out of food, and while he's rational right now... he will get hungry. Yasha Zaru Jr is a lot more intelligent than your common ape, but he it's still to be considered a wild animal, and a wild animal needs to eat!'
Jaune knew that to Yasha Zaru Jr, he wasn't a friend like his brother...he was food!
To the ape-like creature he was nothing more than a walking talking piece of meat, and the only reason he has left them alone until now is because there's been plenty of food on the island to eat.
But Yasha Zaru Jr is running out of food to eat...and soon Jaune will be the only thing on the island left to eat.
By Jaune's calculation on the seventh day there will be no more food to eat! And he would have to fight Yasha Zaru Jr if he hoped to stay alive and not get eaten!
"You sure it was a good idea to let that creature out with that amateur. I mean he has Hanma Blood running through his veins, but still."said Katsumi, who didn't know in good conscience could he allow Jaune to become ape man food.
"You forget, Hanma's are natural born warriors. And he isn't as green as he thinks he is as the late mad scientist Dr Herman Schultz made sure of that, after all the kids muscle memory clearly indicates that at some point he had martial arts training."said Doppo, who could tell if someone had martial arts training from just a glance, thanks to his years of training.
Katsumi meanwhile continued to observe everything from the binoculars, as Yasha Zaru Jr ate the salmon that Jaune left for him next to the riverbank.
'He smells like friend...but he not friend. Friend shorter and hair different...is he friend's brother...he is big meat. Me no eat friend, but me need to eat! He not friend, meaning he fair game' thought Yashu Zaru Jr, as he cleaned one of the salmons clean of meat, before tossing the bones away and going to the next one.
[Four days later]
'Hungry...so hungry...need to eat...want meat...lots of meat! I want my mouth full of meat, yummy, yummy meat! Want belly full...want to eat!' thought Yashu Zaru Jr, as there was nothing left to eat on the island after a whole week.
Soon the giant ape like creature started looking for Jaune as his base camp, but it was clear it he was not there as Yashu threw the tent aside and saw that Jaune wasn't sound asleep in it. The ape like creature's stomach growled from hunger as he started losing more and more sense of his sanity as he started looking around for anything to eat, specifically Jaune.
'I smell him! He close! Must find him! Must eat, or will starve to death...!' thought Yashu Zaru Jr as he got a whiff of Jaune's scent and immediately starting going where the scent was taking him.
'He close! Meat is close! Must find hime soon' thought he ate like creature as he popped his head out of the mini forest of the island and headed onto the beach.
"You know, this is exactly where Mr Orochi Doppo told me he wants faced a Siberian tiger in a fight to the death, I don't know if he's telling the truth or not as I wasn't there... but I decided to face you head on here out of respect for you and him."said Jaune as he walked onto the beach and threw off the top part of his karate gi just as the moonlight appeared into the night sky.
"Normally I would try to run away from a creature like you, but since we're literally on a small island in the middle of nowhere I have no choice but to defeat you, in order for you not to eat me."said Jaune as Yashu Zaru Jr noticed that he looked different.
Jaune was more muscular thanks to his survival training on the island. Most normal humans would have probably become skin and bones from a week without proper nutrition, hut his Hanma blood made him more muscular from the survival training!
"RAAAHHHHHH!"exclaimed Yashu Zaru Jr as he charged towards Jaune at full speed!
Jaune immediately charged towards the grade ape like creature and delivered a swift karate chop to the neck, forcing Yashu Zaru Jr to gasp for air as Jaune proceeded to deliver a side kick to the ape's stomach, forcing the ape like creature to spit out some air and saliva!
"Wahhh!"said Jaune as Yashu immediately punched him across the face, drawing some blood from his sharp claws as Jaune immediately went for a grapple and threw the great ape onto the sand!
Jaune didn't waste a moment by delivering a dropkick to Yashu Jr's face, causing the ape creature pain as it headbutted Jaune, forcing the young man back as he grabbed his head, as blood started to seeped out of it.
"Man that hurt!... I guess I shouldn't be surprised that you have such a hard head."said Jaune as he went for the attack.
Yashu Zaru Jr immediately charged in after him and tried to bite Jaune's pharynx! Jaune meanwhile managed to stop that by delivering a reverse straight punch to the ape creature's sternum, forcing Yashu Zaru Jr back before striking him in the neck with his elbow before delivering a back fist to Yashu's jaw with his left hand!
Jaune then followed up with a soto mawashi across Yashu's face with his right foot before using his left foot to deliver a hiza geri, before striking the ape like creature with his right foot with a powerful yoko keague, straight into Yashu's chin!
Yashu Zaru Jr felt like the world around him was spinning as he kept trying to get closer to Jaune, but it felt like he couldn't keep his balance as he soon passed out and fell to the floor.
"Ha...ha...ha...ha...phew..."said Jaune as he fell to the floor, as he heard clapping behind him.
Jaune turned around to see Mr Tokugawa, Orochi Katsumi, and Orochi Doppo were the ones clapping for him as several people who appeared to be doctors went over to check on Jaune and Yashu Zaru Jr, and treat their injuries.
"Took you long enough. ."said Jaune as the medical team began to bandage his wounds.
"Must say kid, that was impressive. It's clear that, that Schultz bastard imputed karate into your brain when you were little, as that was an impressive hiza geri, soto mawashi, and yoko keague. I think you're ready for the next phase of my training kid as you managed to survive a week without getting eaten by Yashu Zaru Jr."said Doppo, ready to show Jaune the real power of karate!
"So... what's going to happen to him?"asked Jaune, as he saw that the ape like creature had already woken up and was eating a large piece of meat given to him by the medical staff as they treated his injuries.
"We'll returning him to his natural habitat, and give him the large amount of food he requested for doing this."said Mr Tokugawa with a smile, as Jaune just rolled his eyes, as the doctors cleaned the blood of his eyes with some eye drops, along with bandaging his slashed cheek.
"Get ready kid, because if you thought this training was hard you were in for a rude awakening when we begin phase two."said Katsumi, as Jaune just let out a sigh of annoyance.
Was just the path to be coming a great martial artist?!
Then again the road of a thousand miles begins with a single step!
Meaning it was going to be a long, hard journey until he reached the level of these martial artists!
He got lucky this time as Yashu Zaru Jr wasn't in the right state of mind when he attacked him, meaning Jaune probably would have lost to him if the creature wasn't so blinded with animalistic hunger.
'I really need to step up my game if I hope to stay alive!' thought Jaune with determination, as he did not spend a week pooping in a hole and eating nothing but what he could find just to give up!
He will reach their level! And he would do it no matter how hard the task in front of him would get!
