It's been two years since the events Mugen had with the kids. Mugen has developed into a better fighter. For the past years he's been looking for good fighters. His luck wasn't that good, but he found few here and there. No one a lot older would even try since Mugen was still young. He was just now entering a village after a long time of traveling through the forest. Mugen had no sense of direction.

Mugen stepped into the town with a yawn. It was morning and he just recently woke up. As he walked he over heard little kids talking.

"Hey, there's an old man near the ramen shop. You gotta check this guy out" one kid said then running off with the other. Mugen raised a brow.

"What could be so special?" he wandered. He then decided to travel in the kid's direction to check out what was going on where the man was. If he was lucky the man would be offering out free money. He was dead broke and old got money from hustling men to see if they could beat him in a fight.

He soon made it to the site. There was a whole crowd around this one man. He could hear some sort of music in there. Mugen then pushed through the crows to see what the music was and what the man was doing. When he made it though, he raised a brow very confused.

"Huh?". He saw a man holding a katana upside down and making some sort of beat with his mouth. It sounded weird. It was a sound Mugen never heard before, hip-hop. After a few more minutes of nice melodies the man stopped and the crowd started to clap a bit.

"Okay for my next performance I'll need a assistant from the crowd" the man said then looking around and spotting Mugen. "Aha! Perfect!" he said walking over Mugen and bringing him over.

"Hey! What're you doing?!" Mugen asked. The man ignored Mugen's question and whispered in his ear.

"Okay kid, pat on my drum over there with this beat: One, two… one, two. One, two...Two, two, two, two. And then just repeat from the beginning until I finish" the man explained. He then pushed Mugen over to the drums. Mugen sat down and waited for the signal to start.

"Okay everybody, I'm gonna show you a little bit of something I made all by myself" the man said then smirking then waving at Mugen for him to start. Mugen started to beat on the drums like the man told him to.

"Yes! I am the best!

Come up to my and I'll beat you in a fighting contest!

Please give it a rest!

Come up to me and I'll cut you across the chest!

All the girls feel woozy when they see me come around,

'Cuz I tell them baby I got the largest d in town!

It's nice juicy and very round!

Yea!

Slash Slash Productions!

Finish!"

The crowd just stared. Then they just walked away in disappointment, "This guy sucks!", "Doesn't he know there's kids here? They could of gone deaf", "That dude is sick!" was some of the things they were saying.

"Wait people! I can do better! It's just too hot outside! I was tired!" the man yelled. He then sighed and turned around and saw Mugen walking away. He quickly ran in front of Mugen blocking him from moving any farther. "Don't go! You were great I can really use you in my next act!".

"Sorry man, but I got bigger fish to fry" Mugen said attempting to walk around the man.

"Wait!" he grabbed Mugen's shoulder and looked into his eyes. "Yes! I knew there was more to you than that rough exterior, You're the one! You're my predecessor!". The man then started to cry and hug Mugen. "I've been looking for you for all these years. The way you kept the beat without losing it, it was amazing. I can't believe that I found you now". Mugen quickly pushed away and grabbed the hilt of his sword.

"Hey man! Back off!" Mugen said. The man quickly ignored Mugen and ran behind him grabbing Mugen collar, and dragging him from behind.

"Quickly! Follow me!" the man said.

In the next scene you could see Mugen sitting down tied to a pole. He was struggling to get lose.

"Untie me you pervert!" Mugen yelled.

"I'm sorry I did this! I just knew there was no other way that I could talk to you" as the man explained Mugen still struggled, "You see, I was born with the gift of rhythm. It was like a sixth sense. I could feel the rhythm of air, earth, and water. With this I became a very skilled samurai. Yet, after awhile it felt like my freedom was being taken away so I quickly fled, and became a rounin. That was a few month ago, but now I can be free to express my feelings and feel the rhythm. My master is looking for me. I was his strongest samurai. So you see now I'm searching for some one to be my predecessor. And now I've find him, you!" the man added in a dramatic tone.

"Didn't you say you were searching for years?" Mugen asked.

"…Well it seemed like years!"

"Weirdo…"

"So will you let me teach you?!"

"I don't need teachings from a weird old guy like you!"

"I'm not old! I'm very beautiful! But, your saying that you think your stronger than me"

"Who said think? I know I'm stronger!"

"So then lets make a little wager: Lets fight, and if I win you'll let me teach you and if you win I'll give you all my money I made from my performances"

"Now your talking, but the money you made from your performances. That sound kind of cheap"

"Hey! For your information I made a lot of money off of my performances. The people in this village is just deaf"

"Whatever. Just untie me!"

"Hmph!". The man then walked over to Mugen and started to untie him.

A few minutes later the two were outside with their blades ready in their hands.

"Ready…Get Set…Go!" the man yelled and the battle started. Mugen swung his sword furiously at the man. The man continuously blocked Mugen's strike. "C'mon you can do better than that!". The man then parried another one of Mugen's swings and kicked him in the stomach. Mugen got up and growled a bit. He then ran a circle around the man. Mugen then quickly dashed after making to circles. The man slashed forward and Mugen back flipped and charged again. The man repeated what he just did, but Mugen parried and went to punch the man in the stomach. Before so though, the man punched the top of Mugen's head forcing him to the floor, with his free hand. The man took a few steps back letting Mugen get up. "That was better, but not good enough". Mugen got up and shook off the pain. Mugen then dashed at the man jumping in the air and slashing downward. The man blocked again pushing Mugen back in the air. Mugen then decided to play dirty. He grabbed dirt from the ground and charged at the man again, but this time throwing the dirt in the man's eyes and head butting the man in the stomach. The man stumbled backwards.

"How's that for good enough!"

"So I see you're the type to fight dirty". The man couldn't see through his eyes now. "Well you see now you worsened your shot at winning this. I'll have to use my sixth sense now". Mugen charged at the man throwing swing after swing at him. The man gracefully and swiftly dodged all of them without any problems. Mugen didn't stop and kept on going. After one swing the man flipped over Mugen and from behind plucked Mugen's head. "Lets try that again". Mugen turned around and swiftly, with even more force swung at the man continuously. The man continued to dodge.

'I can't keep up. He's too fast, but I can't fail! I won't lose to this bastard! I won't-" He was cut short by falling to the ground from exhaustion. The man looked down and mugen and smiled.

"Your good for your age, but you couldn't keep up forever. You lost, and you are now my trainee" the man explained, then picking Mugen up and carrying him back to the inn he was staying in.

About an hour later Mugen woke up, smelling freshly made tea. Mugen saw the man standing over him moving a pot of tea over his head. Mugen sat up on the bed and rubbed his head.

"What happened?" he asked.

"I knew my tea would wake you up!" the man then went over to a corner and poured tea from the pot into two cups. When he was done he passed one to Mugen and kept the other for himself. "Well you see, you went far passed your body's limit in trying to attack me and fainted."

"Great. Now I'm this weirdo's slave" Mugen said under his breath.

"I heard that!" the man replied. "We'll start our training tomorrow. Right now lets just rest. Tell me, whats your name? My name is Hinato Chitakunolopini. You can call my Pini sensei"

"I'd rather die!" Mugen said, "My name is Mugen".

"Mugen…nice name. Tell me Mugen do you like girls?"

"Yea…" Mugen then raised a brow, "Do you?"

"Ofcourse! I live to please them! Everyday and everynight! I am the master, no the ruler, no the emperor, of girls"

"Why'd you ask?"

"Just wandering. Now get up Mugen we have to start up on that resting!"

"When you rest your not suppose to do anything"

"That's not my kind of resting, now get up. We have lots to do". The man then headed out the inn. Mugen sighed and followed the man out the door of their room.

'What did I get myself into?' Mugen wandered

Very far away lied group of samurai's. They stepped up to a women and showed her a picture.

"Have you ever seen this man miss?" the samurai who looked like the leader asked. The women looked very close at the man. After a few seconds of observing the drawn picture, she smiled remembering him.

"Oh that's the man that was here a few days ago. He was performing group of hot 'melodies and beats'. His music seemed kind of foreign. He was very weird." The women explained. The main samurai smirked turning around to his crew.

"We've got our lead men!"

To Be Continued...

Episode 3... end! Stay tuned for the next exciting episode of Mugen: Shadow Tales. If you liked this episode you'll love the next! Sensei Pin, I crack myself up! Lol.