Haley
Sakaki and I arrived at the destination he had been going to after about a half hour of him calmly walking and me beating on his back to let me down.
"Sorry, but if I let you out of my site again, you'll probably wind up getting jumped again or worse. It's best if you just shut up and stay there," Sakaki had said.
Jerk I thought. Eventually I had given up on beating on his back since he didn't seem to be fazed by it. After all, from what I could tell he had huge muscles on his back and, well, pretty much everywhere visible.
"Oi! Akisame! I've got another client for you to check out!" Sakaki yelled. From what I heard, he was opening some rusty gates. He walked in and I saw that the gates were wooden and very huge. I looked all around to see that it was a very old looking, old styled Japanese home. And a big one at that.
"Where are we?" I asked, suddenly very curious.
"We're at a dojo I live at," he said. He put me down so that I sat on the edge of what felt like a wooden floor. I looked around again to see that it was just an outside hallway that seemed to run around the entire dojo.
"Wait, we're at a dojo? Um, then are you the only master guy?" I asked, pointing at him at the end. He laughed and rubbed the back of his head.
"Nah. There're 5 other masters here besides me," he said. "If you'll excuse me I'm gonna go find one of them right now. He's the one who's gonna check you over. Now stay here and don't run away! Hell, even if you tried, you wouldn't be able to escape any way!" He laughed as we walked away.
"Hey! Don't leave me here alone!" Haley yelled. She sighed as he ignored her and turned a corner. "Jerk," she muttered.
"Sakaki can be a bit mean sometimes, but he is a good person!" a childish voice said. I was nearly shocked enough to stand up, but I controlled myself. Instead, I turned my head around to see a huge, tan giant with a childish expression on his face. It was obvious that he wasn't from Japan though.
"Um, who are you?" I asked. The giant looked down at me and smiled.
"Hi! My name is Apachai! What is yours? Apa!" he asked. I blinked twice. This guy was really strange.
"Um, my name is Haley," I muttered. He held out a hand and I almost leaped back out of fright.
"It is nice to meet you, Haley! So, what brings you to Ryonzanpaku today?" he asked. "Did you come to challenge one of the masters? If so, I am sorry but you will be checking into Akisame's clinic faster than you can blink!" I stared at him. What the heck did that mean? And who was this Akisame guy these two keep talking about?
"Um, no. I didn't. In fact, I don't even study martial arts," I said.
"Apa? Then why is you here?" he asked, tilting his head to the side. I almost wanted to aw, he looked like a puppy when he did that!
"Um, well, you see…" I was about to tell him about being jumped and Sakaki being all stupid and insisting that I be checked out just for a few bruises but was interrupted by the sound of people coming from around the corner that the jerk disappeared around. I looked to see said jerk turning the corner along with another guy. This guy had brown hair that was spikey on the ends, a mustache, and very white looking pupils. They were so white that at first I thought he was blind. He was dressed in a jujitsu kind of outfit. The only way I knew that was because I was sometimes forced to watch Ashley and Allie train in jujitsu. Sometimes I was even forced to be their sparing dummy. It sucked a lot!
"Hey! So you actually listened to me when I told you to stay! Good girl!" he said, smirking at the end. I glared at him.
"I. Am. Not. A. Dog," I mumbled.
"Oh my. She has quite a killing intent," the jujitsu guy said.
"Yeah, but don't worry Akisame. She can't fight for nothin. Trust me, but she sure is as annoyin as hell!" he said.
He is one VERY annoying guy. I thought to myself.
"I only annoyed you because you broke my Taser and won't buy me a new one!" I yelled at him, standing up and pointing accusingly at him. He just stuck a finger in his ear and turned it.
"Don't you have anything else to say? I mean, I did save your butt a few times today!" he said.
"But I wouldn't have been in trouble the second time had you not broken my Taser the first time! Nor would you have had to face the terror cousins! But now you do since you won't buy me a new Taser!" I yelled.
"Terror cousins?" Akisame questioned, raising one of his unusually shaped eyebrows.
"Who are they? Are they strong?" Apachai asked.
"Well, they might not be master class yet, but they are still smart, strong, and one of them is especially scary!" I said, talking over my shoulder to the tan giant behind me. However, instead of seeing Apachai, I saw another giant wearing a tight, green kimono. I turned to face him so I could actually see his face. I had to look up because he was even taller than Apachai, and I didn't think that was possible.
"They sound rather interesting! Will they be coming here?" the green giant asked. I saw that he had a very long blonde beard and blonde hair to match. He looked very old despite his body physique.
"Um, I think so. At least, the less scary of two will be. That is, if she knows where Akisame's clinic is," I said, still staring at his tallness.
"That's great! Well, in the meantime, would you like some tea?" he asked. I blinked. What kind of place was this? It almost reminded me of the dojo I lived at with Ashley and Allie. Except the masters there weren't nearly as freaky and tall.
"Um, no thank you. I don't really like tea," I said.
Even though I have to serve it to the Masters at home and to guests whenever one comes over…
"Oh? That's too bad. Now then, why did you come here to Ryonzanpaku in the first place?" he asked, putting his hands on his hips. I pointed behind me at the jerk.
"He brought me here," I said with a slight hint of hate in my voice.
"Oh? Sakaki? Why did you bring this lovely young lady to our home? Don't tell me you're up to what I think you're up to?" he said. Sakaki, who had been drinking a beer at the time, did a spit take which landed on me and I turned to glare at him even more.
"With this brat? No way! You must be kidding Elder!" he yelled. Then he noticed me glaring. His eyes widened for a brief second then narrowed. "What's up with your face?" he asked me. This guy. This guy really knew how to push my last buttons! And unluckily for him, I snapped at a certain point. As it happens, he was just about to find out where that point was.