Disclaimer: Sorry, but I'm bringing this chapter first beforeSoul of a Samurai.

Sailor Moon: Fellowship of the Moon

Chapter 8: Trouble on way to Spring Break: Sword and Fist Collide

It was an unknown battlefield as dark and demonic creatures were attacking on all sides. They were advancing on helpless soldiers. One of them stated, "There's too many of them!" Then suddenly, a cold voice spoke out from behind them,

"Leave them to me."

They turned around and noticed a Samurai dressed in a Samurai's armor, colored blue, black and white. His katanna that he was holding seemed to be transparent and edgy, almost as if it was made of ice. The soldiers thanked him as they regrouped to a bigger unit.

The creatures hissed at him as they charged straight at him, but in three quick slashes, the creatures were killed with no resistance. And then in a flash the scene changed with the blue samurai fighting with five other individuals against one opponent. The first to fall was a giant armored warrior wielding a hammer/axe weapon, and the next one was an Arabian looking fellow. He charged, angry at the fact that he had killed these two. He was able to get in a few slashes into him, but the figure seemed to laugh it off. As he prepared for one final move, the enemy disappeared and was in front of him. He said, "Die, insect." And in one slash, the samurai's blood spilled over the ground as he fell with it.

A figure bolted right out of his futon as the covers fell of his naked upper torso. His whole body was dripping from sweat as he steadied his breathing from his frightening dream. He brought up his right hand as he brushed the sweat off his brow. "These dreams…they wont give me a moment's peace.", he spoke in a monotone and cold voice. He opened his squinty eyes as he looked forward. The room looked like a traditional Japanese room for rich people.

He got up, showing he wore black pj pants, and he walked over to a window. He looked up to the moon and wondered, 'Are the dreams real, or merely dreams at all?' He thought about it but came to the conclusion: that they were probably just nightmares caused by stress due to his life. But why did they feel so real? The sword he held in his hands as he slain his enemies, the smell of blood in the air, and the feeling of the blade of his enemy cutting into his flesh. "I suppose answers to this puzzlement will come on their own accord.", he said as he walked back to his futon.

The Next Day

It had already been a week since Namine, had left them, but right now that didn't matter. For right now, was Spring Break Vacation, and the kids were going to live it large. Aaron was thinking on going to Kyoto with Sarah, for the whole break. Unfortunately Frey overheard that and decided to tag along, much to Aaron's and his dad's dismay. They were heading for the bullet train now and were at the station, carrying duffel bags packed with clothing for the next seven days, and waiting for the number 12 bullet train to take them to Kyoto. Frey said to Aaron while making sure that Sarah didn't run off, "I just want to thank you guys for letting me come with you on this trip, you guys." Aaron grumbled, "You would've gone with us anyway. It would have been a lot more pleasant if you didn't beg to go with us." Frey blushed in embarrassment, "Well I wasn't sure if you'd let me if I asked the first time."

Sarah was beaming with glee, "I'm so excited! Kyoto; the place to where Hitokiri Battosia fought during the Revolution that gave birth to the Meiji Era. This is so cool! I can't wait to see the place to where Kenshin Himura fought in!" Frey and Aaron sweat dropped for a moment and muttered, "That's just an anime, Sarah." "Actually, there are some historical references to that anime, as you put it." The two boys looked around to see who had said that, "Behind you" they turned around to come face to face with a boy sixteen years old, short black hair with two bangs separated at the front down the line. He was wearing small rim glasses, but he had narrow dark eyes. His skin was pale, but his build was the same as Frey's and Aaron's, except he seemed a little thin though. He was dressed in black pants, white button up T-shirt, black shoes, and had somewhat of a blue bead bracelet on his right wrist. He too was carrying a duffel bag as well as some sort of sick wrapped up in a cloth and hung to his bag by a string.

It was then that Aaron recognized this guy; the stone-faced expression, and the neat clothing. It finally clicked in his head, "Hey, you go to Juuban High, don't you?" He bowed, his face never changing expression, "I believe so; you tied with me and Miss Mizuno on the Math Exam during March." It was then that Frey announced it, "Hey, yeah, you're Jin Fujita aren't you?" He shook his head again. Sarah went up and asked, "Who's Jin Fujita?" Frey explained, "He's a rich kid from our school, and one of the Elite in the Smart department." She beamed, "Like my brother?" "I suppose so." Aaron protested, "C'mon you two, I just study and test well, that's all."

Jin was walking away from them, but Aaron stopped him, "So you're going to Kyoto for Spring Break, eh?" He stopped and turned around, "Actually, I'm going home for a little deserved vacation. But yes, I'm heading to Kyoto." Aaron then offered, "Well if you want to, you could join our group until you get there." Jin stood there for a moment, "Sorry, but no." And then walked off to wait for the train. Aaron, Frey, and Sarah were left there staring in confusion at him, and Frey shrugged, "Oh well, most rich kids act that way." Sarah and Aaron were both thinking the same thing though; they wondered and thought that he didn't seem to be rude or snotty, he just seemed like he never been around others like friends would.

Inside Sarah's bag, Ceros was sweating up like crazy. He whispered, "Hot! Too hot!" Sarah had packed him into her bag the moment she heard that they were going to Kyoto for Spring Break. He had been in the bag the whole day and it was baking inside, like an oven. "Aaron had to convince me to go with them like this. I should have protested and just stayed in his pocket.", he muttered to himself as he used his wing to fan himself, but to no avail. He fell down on his back in the bag, sobbing, "It's not fair." He was silent for the moment, and then ran a small hissy fit that shook the bag, "I DESERVE WAY BETTER THAN THIS! THIS IS NOT FAIR!"

Sarah felt her bag shake for a moment, "That was weird.", she muttered. Aaron and Frey looked on and wished that Ceros come out of that alive, as they got their tickets and awaited the train, unaware of the scrupulous characters watching over everyone and blending in with the crowds.

On the other side of the station, Serena and the gang all had the same idea of going to Kyoto, as they were bringing along suit cases and backpacks. Serena was moping around due to the fact that Darien couldn't tag along for this ride; it was at the last minute that she and Rini found out that he had a temp job in Nagoya for his College schedule that he couldn't make it. So Rini invited Hotaru to make it an all Girls vacation; unfortunately, Trista, Michelle, and Amara were going by car to reach them seeing they had to take care of a few things from their jobs.

Serena still moped on, "Huuuuhh, I wish Darien was coming with us. It's just not going to be the same." Rei was getting exasperated at this; all Serena did when they got here was whine about Darien not coming along for the trip. "Serena, why don't you take a break from the Drama already, okay?" Serena shot Rei a dirty look at that comment, "at least I have a boyfriend to go Drama on, Rei!" Then the two went into one of their raspberry battles, as everyone else in the group just sweat dropped on it. Mina was having a difficulty getting her stuff up; while the others had one suitcase and a gym bag, she had one suitcase and two gym bags.

Rini and Hotaru looked at the girl as she struggled to keep her balance. Rini asked, "Are you sure you're going to be okay carrying all that, Mina?" Diana, who was on Rini's head commented, "That doesn't look safe, Miss Mina." Mina sweat dropped as she said confidently, "Don't worry about it, I've...carried…stuff heavier…than…this!" Artemis sweat dropped, "Of course she had a little help though." Mina shot Artemis a look, but then began to lose her balance. To everyone's horror, she was about to fall off into the rail, just as the Bullet Train was coming. Everyone was running towards her to help her, but someone else beat them to it by catching her by her collar and pulling her up.

She landed flat on her butt as the girls ran towards her friend. Mina looked up and said, "Oh, thank y..." But suddenly paled as she got a good look at her savior. It was a seventeen-year-old young man who looked like he was taller than Lita, and had somewhat of a Captain America build to him. He was wearing a black tank top, and army camouflage pants, with combat boots as well. He was also wearing a leather jacket with the sleeves half way rolled up, and fingerless biker gloves. He wore a chain around his neck, and a headband on his head that covered his eyebrows and gave him a scary look. He had reddish brown hair that was slicked back but spiked up in some places, and had a few bangs loose up front. But the most unnerving thing about him was his eyes; his right eye was green while his left eye was blue. In short an evil eye.

The girls paled in fear of him, thinking he was some sort of thug. They thought that he would suddenly get beaten up by this guy, or worse, groped by him. It was only until the train had stopped and opened the doors that he turned around and got on board. The girls all sighed in relief as Luna commented, "That fellow looked like he had trouble written all over him." The girls nodded in response as they boarded the train, while at the same time, Aaron and his group did the same on the other side. But unaware to both parties, scrupulous characters were boarding the train, and seemed to be carrying concealed weapons under their coats.

Thirty Minutes Later

The train was halfway to its final destination as only two hours were left to get to Kyoto. Aaron was sitting down in their passenger seats, reading a book, while Sarah was running back and forth the carts looking for a snack bar. Frey was just sleeping soundly on the table between them, waiting to get to their destination. Ceros had finally gotten out of Sarah's bag and was now in Aaron's lap. "This going to be a little suspicious with you on my lap.", he told Ceros. The little furry fellow nodded, "I know, but if I stayed in that bag for one more minute I'd have died of heat stroke."

"Excuse me, is this seat taken?" Aaron looked up from his book to see that it was Jin Fujita. "Most of the other seats are taken, so I wasn't able to find anywhere to sit.", he explained, with his face not even changing emotion. Aaron shook his head, "No of course, please take a seat." Jin bowed his head and took the seat next to Frey, who was still sleeping. He put the stick case next to him as if it was his girlfriend, and Aaron just had to ask, "I'm sorry if I'm butting in or asking a stupid question. But why exactly are you always carrying that? You always carry it wherever you go around the school." This was actually true; he had only seen Jin walking around campus with not only his book bag, but also that peculiar looking case. "I carry my Bo ken in it. You know, a wooden sword.", Jin answered.

Aaron then understood it now; Jin Fujita was part of the Kendo Team, so it wouldn't be out of the ordinary for him to carry his practice sword. Frey then slid onto Jin's shoulder as he was dreaming, "Oooh yeah, baby. That's it, that's the way…ooh don't do that, you know I like it that way." Aaron, ceros, who was still hiding, and surprisingly, Jin, all sweatdropped and the two boys said in unison, "That guy truly is the Kin of the Perverts." They both looked at each other and felt something of an understanding as the uneasy silence was broken between them.

Two Cars Over

Serena and the gang were all conversing over usual topics: school, fun, and most importantly, boys. Ami was staring out the window the whole time; she silently wished that Aaron and his sister were coming along. They were all friends so it would have been a better Spring Break if they were all together. She also remembered what he had told her that night, when he held her so close to him. She blushed at the memory of that and tried to brush it aside, 'Why am I thinking like this; Aaron's my friend, I can't be thinking about him like this.' And then, a more painful thought entered her head as she became a little depressed by it, 'And I probably know that he wouldn't either…after all, he only sees me as a friend.'

Hotaru saw how Ami wasn't paying attention and asked, "Are you alright, Ami? You've been zoning out ever since we sat down." Ami was a little embarrassed at that and tried to come up with an answer, until Hotaru beat her to it, "Thinking about Aaron, I see." Ami silently yelled, "No! Of course not! I…" it was then that she realized that Rini's friend had her pegged as she sighed in defeat. "Pretty much, I guess. Is it that obvious to everyone else?" Lita then got into the conversation, "Pretty much, Ami. Ever since Aaron came into the picture, you've been daydreaming like crazy."

Ami sighed at that and realized that Aaron was only part of the reason; the second were the dreams she had been having of a certain figure clad in golden yellow and orange armor. She couldn't tell them that at least not yet; and yet it was tugging at her heart for some reason. Serena looked at the three and asked, "Whatcha talking about, you guys?" The three turned and Lita and Hotaru answered, "Oh, nothing in particular."

The girls chatted on about whatever was on their minds, while the ticket inspector was coming around. After he had checked around the other passengers, he went to the seats to where a couple of guys dressed in blue, green and red jackets were just smiling like they had something up their sleeves. The inspector walked up to one who was pretty buffed up like he had been taking steroids. "Tickets, please?" The guy got up and gave him somewhat of a creepy smile, "why sure, pal. Here you go." And with that, the guy slugged the inspector in the gut and kneed him in the face knocking him out.

The other guys got up and pulled out a few dangerous stabbing weapons: swords, scythes, and daggers. Everyone screamed or panicked, until the leader, who had a red haired spiked look to him, with facial makeup that made him look like a clown, shouted, "Listen up, folks! We're taking over this bullet train and reclaimin' it! So says the Hishimanji Gang!" Everyone, including the girls paled at this; this was an old fashioned hold up, but done by the most unstable and dangerous gang groups in Japan.

Serena turned to the others and stated out the facts, "This is not good. Here we are with transformation pens and broaches at the ready and we can't slip by to transform without getting noticed." Rei asked, "Well, does anyone have any ideas?" Everyone nodded in a negative, while the Hishimanji paid no attention to them.

At the same time, in the other cart to where Aaron and company were, only four of the Hishimanji were present; one didn't have any weapons on him, but three of them were carrying samurai blades on their belts. It was during that time Frey had finally awakened to the situation as he was conversing with Aaron and Jin, surprisingly. They were working on a way to warn the train's proper authorities but Jin spoke, "it's most likely they took out the guards so I doubt that any help will come at all." Frey groaned, "Well that's just dandy."

Just then, at a bad time, the leader of that group threw down a man in his forties after the gang leader shouted, "You dare give me this? YOUR SPARE CHANGE?" The man tried to apologize, but the leader didn't care as he ordered, "Guys! Make this old fogy an example for everyone by slicing him up." The three guys circled the guy and were waiting for the order to kill him. Now Aaron was just peeved as he was about to get up and try to do something.

But Jin stopped him by saying, "Don't." Aaron looked shocked and asked, "Why not? Someone's got to do something here." "Rushing in like that unprepared will get you killed." Frey was about to protest, until Jin went on, "Look at them; their stance and back posture, as well as the look of their eyes. Those indicate that they're experienced swordsman. A novice going in there without knowing that will get him or herself killed in an instant." Aaron didn't realize that, but asked, "Okay, but we can't let that guy get killed." Then Jin got up and picked up his sword case. The two boys looked confused, but then worried as they saw that he was heading towards the Hishimanji.

Back with Serena and the gang, the Hishimanji were only walking around to make sure no one got out of line. However, some of the gang members were giving looks to Serena and the gang looks that sent shivers down their spines. And not in the good way. One of the members walked over to them and made a pass to Mina, "hey baby, there's a restroom nearby. So why don't you and me…" but before he could go any further, Lita slugged him one which caused him to go back a little. She got up from her seat and protested, "Lay off my friend, you pig!" Suddenly, she was grabbed from behind by two of the gang and pushed to the table. The leader declared, "Well, boys, looks like we got ourselves an example that needs to be made out." The guy that Lita had punched got back up and pulled out a sword, "Let me, boss. She owes me one hand." The girls were about to help their friend until two of the gang got in front of them. One said, "Now, now, don't do anything rash. Besides, someone needs to shield the two kids in case what we do give them nightmares."

The guy lifted his sword and taunted, "Now let's see….what do we remove? Your fingers? Nose? Ear? Or perhaps an eye might do?" Lita shut her eyes, completely terrified at this. In all her life, she had never been more powerless in this, or as scared. She shook in fear, whispering in her head, 'Somebody…help me…please….'

In the Other Car

The three swordsmen got their blades at the ready to cut the old man down. The leader smirked, "Whatever's in your purse isn't much, but it's enough to where you're going." He then smiled as he quirked, "You know what they say: it's only six yen to cross the River Styx." He then laughed out of cruelty as the old man cursed under his breath.

"Would you mind putting your swords down? I would prefer not to hurt anyone." The three swordsman Hishimanji members looked at to whoever said that. They saw Jin standing only seven feet away from them, with his sword case in his right hand. The three ignored the man and turned to face the boy who was opposing them. "And why is that?" "Don't interfere with us, you twerp!", the swordsmen spout out to him. But Jin remained unnerved at this and simply asked a question, "To serve your boss…is that what you call honorable?"

The three looked at each other and the first one stated, "of course it is, you idiot!" Then Jin asked, "Even though your boss…is a worthless spineless coward?" Aaron and Frey paled at what he said as they both thought, 'What is he thinking? That's a sure way to get himself killed!' The three Hishimanji growled in anger at the kid's remark. They put their swords at the ready as the third guy spoke out, "Watch your mouth, punk, or we'll slice you up instead."

Jin remained unfazed at this and merely asked on, "Cutting down an individual who hasn't done anything wrong. Is that what you spent most of your life practicing swordsmanship for?" The three were really getting edgy as Jin opened his sword case, "In my opinion…you are worthless scum." Now the three were peeved up, "Screw you, Twerp! Say your prayers!" They then charged at Jin, unaware of the trouble they would run into.

Back with Lita, the guy had the sword over his head and was prepared to slice Lita up. Then suddenly, the car door opened and everyone turned to see another Hishimanji guy just standing there. The leader asked, "What's up?" They guy just merely said in a raspy voice, "T-T-Thunder Mountain…" and fell over to reveal someone right behind him. Serena and the girls saw it was the same guy that had prevented Mina from falling. He took five steps in and the Leader shouted, "WHAT THE HELL?" The guy spoke in a tough but young voice and explained, "Your buddies were over at the snack bar, trying to ruff up this twelve year old girl…" he pointed behind him, and Sarah came out of hiding.

Ami shouted in surprise, "Sarah!" Sarah looked and saw Ami and the others, "Big Sis!", and ran over to her in a protective hug. The stranger continued, "…unfortunately, for them, they were in the wrong place at the wrong time." The dude with the sword walked over to the stranger pointing his sword at him, "You're a gutsy fella, going up against the mighty Hishimanji gang. Watch your ass or I'll try my blade on you." The stranger simply half smiled, "Why not right now!" the guy charged at the stranger with his sword. but before he could swipe at him, the stranger charged at him, and with a powerful upper cut, punched the guy so hard, not only did the impact shatter his teeth, but his head slammed into the steel ceiling of the car and he just hung there.

Everyone was shocked at this, and so were the Hishimanji gang. Lita was even more amazed at this guy, knowing from experience that in that punch was all pure muscle. The stranger cracked his neck and looked at the other Hishimanji guys, "Don't come at me with all that formal crap; none of that one on one stuff." He shouted as he pointed at them, "I'LL TAKE ALL YOU SUCKER PUNCHING LIL' WIMPS ON!" The gang let go of Lita, ignored the girls and ran straight at the punk.

Back in the other cart, the swordsmen charged at Jin, who still stood there unchanged. Until in a quick movement, he pulled out of his case, a wooden sword. And in a few quick movements, slashed the swordsmen in three swift side swipes. The swordsmen groaned and fell to the ground, completely knocked out. Ceros saw the whole thing and thought to himself, 'There's something familiar about that guy..'

Back in the other cart, the Hishimanji fought against the stranger to no avail as he was gaining the upper hand. The first guy charged at him, but the guy caught his arm and pulled him into a very power blow to the gut. A guy charged from behind him, but he was back kicked across the face, into one of the windows. It shattered as the guy slumped down, completely unconscious. The others looked a little nervous at this as they backed away a little. The stranger didn't look like giving up now, "C'mon guys, bring it on!"

"You some kind of moron?"

They stopped fighting as the Leader stated while sitting down balancing his sword between his hands like a cane. He smirked, completely unfazed at the turn of events, "you just don't get it! Do ya, pal?" The stranger raised an eyebrow in confusion as he listened on. "The Hishimanji Gang is the most feared out of all of Japan; we're a lot more ruthless than those stupid Yakuza. An idiot like you, swingin' his fists and feet at us, trying to play the role of hero against us is totally passé!"

It was then at that time he realized that the stranger had walked up to him while he was talking. And to everyone's fear and surprise, he grabbed some of the guy's hair and pulled it out. The leader whelped a little and asked with his teeth grinding, "Did you understand…what I just said to ya?" The stranger simply stood there looking down and replied, "Nope. Not at all, buddy." This guy was getting miffed and whined out, "COME ON! WHY NOT? IT'S COMMON SENSE; THAT'S JUST THE WAY THE WORLD IS TODAY!"

The stranger just put his hands in his pockets and merely stated, "I don't give a rat's ass about your common sense…" He then leaned looked down and gave the leader an evil smirk, "…'Cause I'm the fighter for higher, Thunder-Mountain Fists." The Leader as well as the Hishimanji, paled at that very name, as their jaws were hanging out.

Meanwhile, the leader in the other car was gaping in unbelief at the fact that a sixteen year old boy had beaten up their toughest swordsmen with just a wooden sword. Jin took the sword case and put his sword back in. he hung it around his right shoulder and walked back to his…associates. The gang leader decided to plea to the kid, "Wait! Wait! Is it money you want? We'll give you as much as you want!"

Jin walked over to Aaron and Frey as he took his suitcase, but not before Aaron commented, "That…that was amazing, there." Frey just sat there and nodded, but Jin merely stated, "We'd better find your sister; she's been absent for too long now." Aaron remembered that so he and Frey got their bags, as well as Sarah's and headed for the way to the other car. The gang leader was really miffed as he was about to get up and go after them. Unfortunately for him, the entire car of passengers ganged up on him and beat the living daylights out of him.

Meanwhile

The Leader of the Hishimanji gang, was shaking at in his boots, while the sword in his hands was shaking as well. He had heard rumors of the fighter for higher, known as Thunder-Mountain Fists. He was a street fighter with the biggest win record in fights on the street; no one was able to beat him, whether the opponent had a sword or brass knuckles. But maybe he could be psyched out as the Leader spoke in a quivering tone as he was sweating like mad. "Listen….my subordinate….has three samurai badasses with him in the second car down from here…"

The fighter then had a look of surprise on his face as he heard that. The Leader saw this, thinking it had worked, as he chuckled, "What's wrong, pal? You peed your pants or something?" The fighter smirked as he kicked the sword out of the guy's hands. He freaked out, but the Fighter demanded, "Let me see your right hand!" The Leader was hesitant, but when he saw the look the Fighter was giving him, he gave it to him. The fighter grabbed it, startling the guy; he then looked to everyone else and said, "Listen up, everyone! If any of you have kids, tell them to close their eyes and cover their ears. This isn't going to be pleasant."

Serena was the first to do this as Rini closed her eyes, while she covered her ears. Ami did the same for Sarah and Rei did the same for Hotaru. Everyone else who had kids did the same. When he was confirmed that everyone did it, he turned to the gang members who were still conscious, "Listen up, morons! You guys aren't worth beating up; I'm giving you losers ten seconds. That long to get those badasses over here!" And to the Leader's fearful surprise, the Fighter said, "I'll count with his fingers. This is one…" he used on of his fingers to snap back the Leader's in a painful way as he shouted in pain.

Everyone cringed at what the guy did as he continued, "….and two…" he snapped back another finger; the Leader screamed in pain again. The gang got the message and ran for the door to get the samurai, as the Fighter continued, "…and three…" SNAP! The guy was seething and screaming in pain as he now had three broken fingers bent backwards. The fighter was getting annoyed at this and getting quite bored without fighting, "This is boring. What the Hell, let's break em' all!" The Leader's eye's nearly bulged out in terror as he barely was able to plead, "N-n-no, wait…"

Lita could take it anymore as she got up and was about to do something, but she was stopped as everyone heard the door opening. Everyone turned their attention and saw Frey, Aaron, and Jin stepping in. The Leader marked, "You guys aren't the…" Frey answered, "Oh, you were expecting those guys. Sorry, but we decked them before they did anything." Just then the fighter knocked the Hishimanji Leader out with one punch, and turned to the newcomers, "Still, are you one of those samurais?"

Jin turned to see that the Fighter was running towards them, and pushed Frey and Aaron out of the way. He dodged the punch just in time to pull out his sword. But also saw that the fighter's fist had gone through the steel wall and he pulled it out without even feeling it. Aaron was shocked at that and asked, "What are you on, PCP?" The fighter ignored the question and side kicked Jin, only to have it blocked by his wooden sword.

The two then broke apart to get some distance, and Jin tried to convince him, with no sign of change in his calm demeanor, "You've got the wrong guy, and don't bother waiting for the Hishimanji swordsmen. They've all been decapacitated." The fighter looked confused, but Jin explained, "I rendered them all unconscious." Frey grimaced as he said that, "You shouldn't have told him that." The Fighter smirked, "Better yet." He charged in forward, in a bombardment of attacks, but Jin kept blocking them. The fight was immense; all the times the fighter missed, he hit some of the other objects that were latched down on the train car; tables, poles, and windows. He either dented, left a punch imprint, or destroyed the objects he smashed in as he missed Jin.

Jin was having a hard time as it was too; every time he struck him at sometimes, he wouldn't go down. Clearly he had a high tolerance for pain or amazing durability to physical injury. From the way this guy was moving, he clearly wasn't just swinging his fists around like an idiot. He performed moves that were similar in Judo, Kick Boxing, and Kung Fu. This proved to be a tough fight between these two, but it was put to a stop by someone in particular.

Lita had enough of this fight, so she decided to smack some sense into this 'Thunder-Mountain Fists'. She grabbed him from behind and shouted, "What's wrong with you? The fight's over! You beat the guys up! So knock it off!" The fighter just stood there and realized she was grabbing him by the collar of his shirt. His eyes shrunk back and he suddenly froze up, while his skin turned blue from shock. Lita and Jin looked at him in confusion at this, while Mina walked up and poked at the guy.

Lita asked, "What's wrong with him? He's acting like he's seen a ghost." Mina asked, "I don't know; he's pretty out of it." it was then that Jin Fujita figured it out as he put his Boken away, "I think it's because of you two." The girls looked at each other and back at him in confusion. He simply replied, "I think he has a case of extreme shyness around women." The girls stared in disbelief and looked straight at the guy who was still frozen stiff in shyness. The girls asked in unison, "A tough guy like this is scared of girls?"

Aaron saw Sarah being held by Ami and walked right up to them. Sarah ran up to Aaron excitedly and nearly shouted, "Aaron! You should have seen it; this guy took out all these gangsters and broke that guy's fingers with just his without even straining. It was cool!" Aaron and Ami sweat dropped at the girl's definition of cool, but then noticed one another. Ami got up and walked towards him, asking, "Aaron. I didn't know you were on this train." Aaron shrugged a little and smiled, "Well, we're heading for Kyoto for Spring Break, that's all." Ami was surprised at that and replied, "Really? What a coincidence, that's where we're going for Spring Break too."

Aaron was surprised and said, "Well, I guess we won't have to miss each other during our vacation then." "No, I guess we don't.", Ami replied smiling. The two just stood there just smiling at one another, so Frey and Sarah just sighed and said, "Oh for crying out loud. Why don't you two just kiss each other and be done with it." The two blushed and yelled at the two, "WE'RE NOT LIKE THAT, YOU GUYS!"

Kyoto Train Station

All the passengers had gotten off the station with no problem. The proper authorities had taken all the members of the Hishimanji gang; most of them kept whimpering about Thunder-Mountain, or something. Aaron, Frey, and Sarah were getting off with their bags and suitcases and stretching out their limbs from the train trip.

They saw Serena and the gang about to make their way out, until Ami turned around and waved at them, "See you soon, Aaron. Sarah, take care of him alright?" Sarah shouted back, "Don't worry, he's all yours when we bump into each other again." Ami blushed at that, but Serena popped out and shouted at Frey, "And don't you try anything on this trip, you pervert!"

Frey shouted out back in teasing her, "Oh, so you've finally dumped that Darien guy and fell for me! Is that it? Must have been the age thing!" The only response he got from that little remark, was a trash can thrown into his face at super speed. Serena now extremely miffed off and screaming at the top of her lungs, was being dragged off by Lita as everyone waved goodbye and looked for a cab to get them to their hotel they were staying at.

Frey was rubbing his face, while Aaron suggested not making those kinds of remarks. But before they left, they noticed Jin Fujita walking out of the train. And behind him was the fighter for hire, Thunder-Mountain Fists; they were arguing about something. But they heard it clearly as they stopped right behind them, "You are the lowest of the low." The fighter shouted, "WHAT?" Jin continued completely unfazed, "Your fighting style is messy and inefficient. Plus, your footing is all wrong when you're performing your kicks." The fighter looked pretty miffed at what Jin was saying and looked like he was about to go postal on him.

The three stepped back a little and prepared for the worst. "You are the most ill-disciplined fighter I've ever met." The fighter was now extremely miffed as he was prepared to throw his duffel bag at him, "and the only one who I wasn't able to beat." The fighter calmed down a bit, and walked away from him. But he turned around and said, "Ian Hayner's the name, pal." Jin closed his eyes and simply said, "Hayner, eh? My name's Jin Fujita. Remember that."

And with that, they both walked their separate ways off the station. The others just stood there in complete confusion and looked at each other. Frey asked, "What was that about?" Aaron and sarah shrugged, but walked out of there to get to a taxi cab. Meanwhile Ceros, who was in Sarah's bag, was thinking on the events of today. 'Those two were pretty good fighters, but something about that Fujita guy….' He was lost in thought about him as the three continued to find a cab.

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