Companions Reaction 7

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"Now that we've had a chance to take a break after the last few videos, let's continue on with-" began Pablo as he heard the alarm above them blaring.

"Pablo, what's going on" asked a concerned Preston, "The vault is changing, we're getting some company to join us" said Pablo.

"Company, like what, more people like us" asked Cass, "That who should be coming to break through to us any minute now" said Pablo as there was a light tremor before one of the many vault doors began to light up.

"Do not be alarmed, you're in good company" said Pablo through the PA, "I'm going to unlock your door, please keep your guns to yourself at all times".

Upon opening the door, 3 unique people have finally exited the vault door, the first being a tribal man wearing a modified version of a Cub's baseball cap, carrying with him a tribal club on his hip.

The second was another tribal, this time a woman with turkey feathers blooming around her neck as she had a Yao Guai gauntlet on her right arm.

Finally was a man who was wrapped from head to toe in bandages, wearing an old police officer clothes and vest, with a distinctive .45 pistol on his hip.

"Joshua, is this what you call heaven" asked Follows-Chalk, "No, though ironically from what I've heard from, in regards to controlled vaults, they do tend to fit that description" said Joshua.

"I told you, we should've never into those caves, we have upset the father of the caves, and is using his divine power to punish us" said Waking Cloud, "My dear, those caves our courier friend explored was all the way back in Zion, so I don't believe divine punishment is quite the answer" said Joshua.

"That voice…" trailed off Arcade as this got Boone's and Cass attention as they silently hear him out.

"Hey there friends, are you all right" asked Piper, "Pardon us, but we're a little lost in this Eden, that is if this place is considered to be a friendly neutral home to us" said Joshua.

"That all depends on who's asking" X6 said bluntly, "Your words do contained merit, so allow me to introduce myself and my associates. This young man here is Follows-Chalk" introduced Joshua, "How you do now" greeted Follows-Chalk.

"And this right here is Walking Cloud, a skilled midwife" said Joshua, "It is a pleasure as they say" said Walking Cloud.

"And I'm Joshua Graham" said Joshua, "I knew, it's him, Malpais Legate!" exclaimed Arcade as Boone and Cass began to lift their weapons and pointed towards the man who originally sparked terror towards anyone who was the enemy of the Legion.

"Reports said Caesar had this guy covered in pitch and tossed into the Grand Canyon" said Boone, "Everyone calm down, there's no need to get violent" said Preston.

"You guys don't understand, this guy right here was Caesar's second in command of his slaver nation called the Legion, and this guy is guilty of committing the same amount of atrocities as both Caesar himself and Legate Lanius" informed Arcade.

"Got this guy means bad news" said Deacon, "So what's stopping you guys from killing the bastard right here and now" asked MacCready as he and everyone got their answer when Pablo played a loud pitch white noise sound to pacify everyone.

"Everyone relax! Now I don't know, much less care about your guys relationship with Joshua, but you can't kill him, we might need him to escape when that day does arrive" said Pablo.

"This is bullshit man, and I won't stand for it" said Cass as Pablo played the white noise sound once again to silence everyone for another minute.

"Now… if we're done acting like children, let's move on to playing the next clip" said Pablo.

"Yeah, sounds good, what are we watching this time" asked Deacon, "We're going to jump back into the world of Overwatch once more, and this time we'll be focus on the Shimada Brothers Hanzo and Genji" said Pablo.

"Shimada is a Japanese name, is this going to be another tale set in contemporary Japan" asked Curie, "That's right, so just to fill you guys in, the Shimada brothers, were part of the fictional Shimada Clan, which was at times a criminal organization that had it's own bit of lore and history to it's name. Hanzo being born the eldest was put under a lot of pressure at a young age to lead the clan, while his younger brother Genji was free spirited, but also a trouble maker, that eventually lead to Hanzo having to make an ultimatum where for the benefit of the Shimada clan he had to kill his own brother" said Pablo as this turned the mood of everyone before they got into the clip.

"Fratricide, not something I'd expect to hear about these heroes from Overwatch" said Arcade, "Attempted fratricide, Genji would live and would eventually become a cyborg, turning him more machine then man when he began to serve Blackwatch with McCree, however the man found inner peace and accepted himself, and now only seeks to make amends with his brother" said Pablo as he began to play the clip.

-Dragons-

"My family, tell of an ancient legend of 2 dragon brothers. The dragon of the north wind and the dragon of the south wind, together they have held balance and harmony in the heavens" narrated Hanzo as we see that the first scene depicting a picture scenery of life in ancient Japan as we shifted to the 2 dragons that were the talk of the story.

-Transitioning away from the Japanese picture board, we move to this futuristic city in Hamamura Japan, where we see literally jumping on the scene to be none other than Hanzo Shimada as he swiftly moved into the dark streets and literally began to crawl over the walls of the old Shimada castle, unaware that someone was lurking right behind him-

"But the 2 brothers argued over who could better rule their land. Their quarrel turned to rage and their violent struggle darkened the skies, until the dragon of the south wind struck down his brother, who fell to earth, shattering the land" narrated Hanzo as we saw another short dramatization of this story foretold.

-Having successfully sneaked into the compound, we see that it's surrounded by guards standing sentry, but it matter not as Hanzo fired an arrow into the chest of an Omnic guard, killing them, before running up the human guard across from them where he smacked them in the face with his bow, stunning the man before elbowing them in the gut, and then using their bow to have a chokehold on them, where Hanzo spun him around close to the ledge before promptly booting them off the platform. The sole guard on the ground level began to pull out their smartphone in a desperate attempt to call for backup, as Hanzo parried the attack of the last guard on the platform he was on in an arm bar, where he saw the ground level guard, prompting him to shift his body to draw an arrow and keep the guard in a chokehold under his arm, before firing his arrow towards the panicking terrorized guard, who had his phone destroyed after dialing the number by Hanzo's arrow, prompting the scared guard to run head first into the giant bell in front of him in his panicked state, knocking himself out-

-pause-

"Damn, that pretty badass" commented Cait, "You said it, that guy was like I'm climbing this wall like a spider in one scene, and the next thing you know he's gone full Rambo in an instant" said Deacon.

"What makes the combat so interesting is that, even though they don't have a prominent oriental culture anymore, the Japanese had a unique fighting style of their own, and a culture that was proficient in using bows as we saw, or a unique sword called a katana" said Arcade.

"Not to mention, the bow has proven to be the most resilient weapon ever conceived by mankind, even during it's ancient times, and was used from everything from hunting to warfare" added Curie.

"I concur, records did show that back in the west chapel of the Brotherhood, that our second elder, Roger Maxson Jr. was killed by a poisoned tip arrow when he inadvertently removed his helmet in a post victory when going to war with an insignificant tribal group" said Danse.

"Really, it's a shame such a very primitive and well known weapon of mankind is now lost to time, never to be rediscovered or used ever again" said Veronica.

"I believe I can actually be of use in that department" said Joshua getting everyone's attention.

"You know how to make a bow and arrow" asked Piper, "Yes I do, granted trying to make one from within the wastelands of big cities are definitely challenging, if not impossible, but I've spent enough time with travels, and distinctively remembered that one of the last tribes I've indoctrinated into the Legion was a group called Arrow to the Knee, and they made their arrows out of wood, bone, stone, and reed, and were very hard pressed in sharing this secret" said Joshua.

"Well thank god for that" said Boone as he could imagine the NCR would've had to faced when dealing with Legion using a proper way of using long ranged weapons.

-continue-

"The dragon of the south wind had triumphed, but as time passed he realized his solitude. The sweetness of victory turned to ash. For years, the Dragon- knew only bitterness and sorrow" narrated Hanzo as we see the literal destruction caused by the dragon in his feud before moving back to the present.

-Wasting no time, Hanzo ran into the main building within the Hanamura temple as the person who's been stalking him, continues to follow. Once inside, Hanzo approached a large tapestry with a sword, out of it's scabbard, placed on a mantel, as we see that the corner of the tapestry had a cut and was possibly blood stained on the lower right corner-

"One day, a stranger called up to the dragon and asked, 'Oh dragon lord, why are you so distraught'; The dragon told him 'Seeking power, I killed my brother. But without him, I am lost'; The stranger replied 'You've inflicted wounds upon yourself, but now you must heal'" narrated Hanzo as we see the stranger talking to the dragon of the south before fading back to the present.

-Sitting on his legs, Hanzo set aside his bow as he began to pull out a few items on his person, as he began to light some incense sticks, before furrowing his brow-

"You are not the first assassin sent to kill me. And you will not be the last" said Hanzo as he set his incense into the stand, as the person who's been following him began to glow a bright green all over, before dropping down and behind Hanzo from a distance.

"You are bold to come to Shimada Castle, the den of your enemies" said Genji as he stood up as his socket joints and visor continued to glow a bright green.

"This was once my home, did your masters not tell you who I was!" exclaimed Hanzo as he picked up his bow and quick draw an arrow before firing it at the Genji who needed to only side step from the killing blow.

"I know who you are, Hanzo" said Genji as he got a bewildered look from former Shimada heir as he drew and fired another arrow, only for Genji to duck down out of harms way.

-Pause-

"How queer, is this what a trained warrior is like back in old world wastelands" asked Follows-Chalk, "Not even close, I mean this guy that Hanzo is fighting is no synth I've ever seen before" said Preston.

"Technically, he's a cyborg" corrected Pablo as this got everyone's attention.

"Preposterous, I've seen my collection of cyborgs before within the ranks of the Brotherhood, and none of them even come close to looking like that" said Danse, "Not even our amigo the Courier, and they've had enough implants in them that they barely count as human" added Raul since he recalled when the day the Courier returned from Big MT with all those scars as they lacked everything but their brain.

"Really to see someone to be more machine than brain in the wastelands is because they've become a Robo-Brain" added Nick, "When I'm telling you that right now, Hanzo is fighting a cyborg with technology far more advance than our worlds" said Pablo.

-Continue-

"I know you come here everyday on the same day" said Genji as this further enraged Hanzo into firing more arrows, forcing Genji to take cover from the ensuing attack.

"You risk so much to honor someone you murdered!" proclaimed Genji as shuriken popped out from his knuckles as he turned the corner and tossed them at Hanzo, chipping away at the quills of his arrows.

"You know nothing of what happened!" exclaimed Hanzo as he shot an arrow at Genji with enough force to send the ninja through a beam.

-With Genji at a disadvantage, Hanzo made chase as he pointed his arrow down on the cyber ninja who began to retreat. In response Hanzo's arrow changed as it erected forward and started to spin and fired his, now removed, scattered shot arrows at Genji as they continue to ricochet and follow the man in the tight corners of the hallway, forcing Genji to whip out his blade and be on the defensive. Once he was sure there were no more arrows, Genji ran back on the same ground level, before retreating back outside, with Hanzo hot on his tail-

"I know that you tell yourself, that your brother disobeyed the clan" taunted Genji, causing Hanzo to fire an arrow in a blind rage.

"And that you had to kill him to maintain order. That it was your duty" said Genji as he stood behind Hanzo who for a split second felt remorseful for his actions of the past.

"It was my duty, and my burden" admitted Hanzo as he began to draw more arrows from his quiver, as he fired an arrow at Genji only to tap it and ricochet into the air.

-Pause-

"Duty my fucking arse, he was you brother for fuck sakes" Cait said angrily, "Calm down Cait, you have no idea what he must have gone through" said Boone as his choice to follow duty made him live with the biggest sin of his life.

"Oh, and what makes you the damn expert" said Cait, "Cait, that's enough, I get it if you're angry, but the buzzcut has a point, we don't know exactly his situation, hell for all we know we could be hating this guy for the wrong reason" said Hancock.

"Exactly, besides, the fact that he's alive, living with remorse is his punishment by god himself" commented Joshua, "…Words of wisdom to live by" sighed Boone as they continued to watch the rest of the clip.

-continue-

"That does not mean, I do not honor him!" exclaimed Hanzo as he fired an arrow at Genji who went and cut the arrow down the middle causing the projectile to split and warp as it punctured the area behind him.

-Growling, Hanzo charged forward towards Genji and started swinging his bow around towards Genji who up until now relied only on his tanto to defend himself from any blows by Hanzo's bow, before finding an opening and kicked him towards the railing behind him. With his back against the wall, Hanzo was at the mercy of Genji he took to the skies and leapt forward as he began to plunge his tanto into him. Lifting his bow, Hanzo managed to block the attack as the added weight cracked a piece of the railing he was leaning on-

"You think you honor your brother Genji with incense offerings? Honor resides in ones actions" said Genji as his blade was inches away from Hanzo who saw he had one arrow at his disposal behind Genji.

"You dare to lecture me about honor! You are not worthy of saying his name!" Hanzo said defiantly as he managed to maneuver and toss Genji over his back using his bow, as he made a mad grab for the last arrow at his disposal.

"Ryuga Waga Teki Wo Kurau!" shouted Hanzo as the tattoos on his left shoulder began to glow and crawl on to his bow.

-Upon releasing his hold on the arrow, the projectile disappeared and in it's place were 2 dragons made of wind as they began to spile their way towards Genji as he finally decide to draw out his katana from it's sheath-

"Ryujin no ken wo Kurae!" shouted Genji as he brought out a dragon from his katana as well, amazing the shocked Hanzo as Genji began to guide the dragons himself back towards Hanzo, who was unable to defend himself as he fell to his knees as Genji sheath away his sword.

"Only a Shimada can control the dragons… who are you?" asked Hanzo as Genji dashed forward towards Hanzo with his tanto drawn, but held back at the last second before executing the fatal blow.

"Do it then, kill me" said Hanzo as he was prepared to face his maker.

"No. I will not grant you the death that you wish for. You still have a purpose in this life… brother" said Genji as he removed his blade from Hanzo's throat.

"No!... No, my brother is dead" said Hanzo as he got back on his feet and stood away from Genji as he began to remove the face guard of his mask, revealing a scarred, but definitely recognizable face that his brother knew.

"Genji" gasped Hanzo as he was surprised to see his brother was still alive and breathing after all these years.

-Pause-

"Wait, that cyborg ninja was actually Hanzo's brother Genji?" asked a surprised Curie, "No wonder that explains why he knew Hanzo so well" said Nick.

"That man Genji, definitely has the scars of battle and regret, but he decided to embrace them and find inner peace, instead of becoming the monster many would assumed he'd become" said Joshua as he was just starting to walk down that very same path, and prayed to god to someday make full amends and be able to love and forgive like Genji.

"The question remains, can Hanzo find a way to forgive himself as Genji has been lecturing his brother" said Waking Cloud.

-continue-

"The dragon knelt down, and for the first time could clearly see the world around him, and he became human. The stranger revealed himself to be his fallen brother, reunited, the 2 set out to rebuild what they have once destroyed" narrated Hanzo.

"What have you… become" Hanzo asked hesitantly as Genji put his face mask on.

"I have accepted where I am, and I've forgiven you. Now you must forgive yourself" said Genji as he gently tapped his brothers shoulder as he prepared to depart.

"The world is changing once again Hanzo, and it's time to pick a side" said Genji as he jumped from the outdoor patio onto a neighboring roof as the sound of the tiles clattered as Hanzo had rushed to grab a discarded arrow and drew it towards Genji's back.

"Real life is not like the stories our father told us! You are a fool for believing in them" barked Hanzo, "Perhaps I am a fool in believing there is still good left in you… but I do" said Genji as Hanzo began to lower his bow.

"Think on that brother" said Genji as he disappeared in a cloud of smoke, leaving nothing but the feather of a sparrow behind.

-With their battle over, Hanzo lowered his bow completely and he went back inside and continued to pray for his brother. Not as a means to honor his death and his grief, but to maybe someday move on and have him by his side again-

-end-

"Even after all that, Hanzo is still acting stubborn of accepting his brother to be alive and so forgiven" said Veronica, "The dude literally though he killed his brother for years, and for him to suddenly show up from nowhere looking like an automated freak like Nick isn't something someone can accept overnight" said MacCready.

"Obvious jab aside, MacCready makes a point, you can't just put something as big as that as water under the bridge" said Nick, "No doubt about, from the sounds of it, Genji who in spite of everything he lost, was able to forgive and forget, while Hanzo, can neither do one or the other. Really it's a shame, but in reality, not many men are capable of being able to do either one" said Joshua.

"I mean look at our buddy the Courier, they wasted no time in killing Benny when they had to the go to" said Cass, "But look at our friend the Sole Survivor, in spited of everything they lost, and after coming so far in learning that their son was the director of the institute, they forgave them and accepted them for what they grew up to be" said Piper as she can't believe she was defending the actions of the institute.

"Gee, these clips your showing us makes you really think of things Pablo" said Veronica.

"Oh yeah, the best part being is that this is but a fraction of their story. As mentioned earlier, Genji was part of Blackwatch alongside McCree, and according to lore, he was not in the best state of mind, like Hanzo he was angry, depressed, and very self-destructive, and would've remain that way until he befriended an Omnic named Zenyatta, who taught him inner peace, balance, and tranquility within, and in time, Genji learned to love and forgive himself once again, while Hanzo continues to live his life on the run, carrying this weight on his back, unable to see since he's to focused on the past, unable to breath, yet needing to break free from the anger trapped inside of him now that his brother is alive" said Pablo.

"Meanwhile Hanzo for a better half of a decade, cut ties with the Shimada clan, who he resents more than anyone else as their code goes against the teachings of his father when it came to family, resulting in the clan not only blocking his funds, but sending assassins to kill Hanzo as they viewed him as an ingrate, and yet no matter who they sent, Hanzo would live for another day to tell the tale and continue to live with his grief" said Pablo.

"I'll start searching for the next clip" said Pablo.

Hey guys, it's been a hot minute, mainly because I was sick for about a week, but it's cool now, since we got a new chapter up and rolling and some companions as I promise.

Next time we won't get any new companions as I would like to space them out here and there, but we are going to see a clip or 2 from the movie Moulin Rouge.

So if you want to stay in the loop, please be sure to fave and follow and leave me your guys thoughts in the review sections, cause I admit I am lowkey running out of ideas for them to react to, and well I want to be more diverse in content and not just on edgy actions packed games and movies that I like, even though it's something we all like.

So until next time, be safe, be good people, and please support your local fandom communities.

This has been your Humble Narrator and official author Tobi Yaza. =3