Mech slayers part.6 Kari o suru [hunt]

	Dan sat in the clearing and tried to relax as the events of the
day soaked in. "Perhaps meditation will help ease me." he thought sitting
up and taking a traditional meditation pose. He found his center
instantly and was flooded with images and power. He cried out and
clutched his head as pain wracked his mind as the flood of noise and
power over whelmed him. Slowly he composed himself, he felt like he was
trying to stand in a raging river of chi. "What's happening?" he said out
loud to no one. He opened his eyes to find he hadn't moved. He was still
in his meditation position, and he was glowing a bright blue. He looked
at his arm in shock as blue energy seemed to radiate from it like a fire.
He was also floating several feet off the ground. "What the hell?" he
yelled when he realized his problem. "The chi in this universe...there's
so much. Our world is like a vaccume a few particles floating around but
here...its like being on the bottom of an ocean!" he thought and willed
himself to the ground. He concentrated and formed a large ball of energy
in his hands. "Its so easy." he thought in wonder. 
	He picked up his bokken and began his katta. His movements flowed
easier than ever and he slashed with perfect blows. "My skills are
sharper my hearing better even my sense of smell has improved. Its like I
was moving around in a swimming pool and I just got out of the water." he
said looking around amazed at all he could do. "I wonder..." he said to
himself as he jumped thirty feet into the air. He came down on the ground
creating a  large crater. "This is amazing." he said and sat down to
think. After a few moments he decided to go into the town and find out
more about where he was the next day.

	In the darkness a few miles away the ninja followed the footsteps
that seemed to go on endlessly. "He isn't even trying to disguise his
presence." she muttered slightly annoyed at the man. "Oh well, it'll just
make him easier to find." she said to herself.  With that final thought
she walked off the road and set up camp. "I'll catch up to you." she
muttered to herself as she finished and went to sleep.
	The next day Dan walked along the road again. "Hm, it didn't look
this big when I saw it earlier." he said as he approached the great wall
surrounding the city. He walked up to one of the merchants entering the
city. "What is the name of this city?" he asked. 
	The merchant didn't face him but replied. "What are you stupid?
This is Sambika capitol of Josei." The merchant looked up and saw the
terrified looks on his wife and child�s face. He turned and paled. The
way the man was dressed. "I...I..I" stammered the man waiting for death
for his insolence.
	The man smiled at him "Thank you old man." he said and walked
into the city. 
	"I had no idea the prince was one of them..." he said wide eyed
as the man walked out of his view into the thickening crowd.

	Dan walked through the bustling streets and noticed the crowd
staring at him with fear and respect they parted before him allowing him
to pass. He looked around coolly. "Why are they treating me like this? Is
it my kendo outfit?" he wondered to himself. Suddenly he was surrounded
by several men dressed in similar outfits. 
	The one in the lead had shoulder length aqua colored hair and
wielded a Bo. He held it like a staff and stood confidently in front of
Dan smiling smugly. The second man was a red head who had what looked
like oversized Nunchaku, he stood looking calmly at Dan with a
calculating eye. "He's the most dangerous." noted Dan seeing his calm and
thoughtful manner. The last of the men was a blonde who had a pair of
short sticks. Dan eyed them all carefully and kept his head low.
	"You know I don't recognize you." said the lead man "I know all
of our men in the city, you I don't know." he walked towards Dan with the
bo over his shoulder with a strange smile. "Who are you and why do you
dress in our uniforms, spy?" the man used the term to address Dan. 
	"Well your right, I'm not one of your men, nor am I a spy. I
would think I'd dress more inconspicuously if I was." said Dan holding
his bokken in a defensive manner. 
	"You will defeat us with a wooden sword?" said the blonde with a
gleam in his eyes. 
	"Of course, other wise I may kill you." said Dan calmly.
	The red haired man stood back and looked at Dan carefully. "His
voice sounds familiar." he thought.
	"Tell us who you are then." said the Aqua haired man. 
	"Ryoko-sha" said Dan smiling slightly.[[A Traveler]]
 	"So Ryo-san what brings you to the city dressed in the uniform
of its most elite warriors?" said the Red haired man.
	Dan turned his gaze never moving out of his defensive position
towards the man. "So it was my robes that brought this trouble." he said
more to him self than as an answer.
	"Yes." said the blonde man. Dan was the only one who had yet
taken up a stance of any kind, but the men made sure that he saw their
weapons.
	"I apologize then. These are the robes of a samurai. They are a
band of great warriors from my home." said Dan relaxing his stance and
standing straight. He looked at the man in front of him with a wry grin
and the man stared back with a look of pure terror.
	The three men fell to their knees and most of the crowd followed
accept for a few confused foreigners. "My prince, I apologize for my
insolence." said the men around him almost in unison. Dan looked around
at the men confused.
	"Prince?" he said dumbly.
	
	The girl watched as the crowd bowed before the man she had been
following. "So he is the prince? Most interesting." she said as she lept
back into the shadows again.

	Dan looked at the men bowing before him and sighed. "Lets go talk
somewhere private." he said to them trying to look dignified. The men
looked at each other and nervously followed the man into a nearby bar.
	They all sat at the back of the bar around a table and the men
looked at him nervously. "First lets clear this up I am not the prince
I'm not even sure what country I'm in right now." said Dan looking at the
men who looked at him oddly. 
	"Not the prince?" said the red head staring at him dumbly. Dan
shook his head. He saw that they were very angry and most likely about to
attack him yelling expletives. "They don't know I'm not, and I'm willing
to play along for your prides sake, but only until we get clear of the
area." said Dan as he glanced up for a moment and smirked. The men
visibly calmed and looked at him hard. 
	"Very well." said the Red haired man. "I am Malkior, and these
are my fellow guardsmen."
	"Balthazar." said the Aqua haired man.
	"Caspar?" said Dan pointing at the last of the three.
	"You've heard of me?" asked the blonde hopefully.
	"I'm afraid not. Your names are the same as Three wise men from
an old legend from my land." said Dan as the three got up and headed
towards the door. 
	"Where do you hail from?" asked Malkior frowning at the stranger.

	"Its an Island called Japan." said Dan with a grin. 

	"So he wasn't the prince, even more interesting." said the young
ninja from her perch on the roof of the bar. She followed the men until
they separated. She then went after Dan once again. 

TbC...




A not entirely eventless chapter with some interesting revalations. How
will Dan deal with his new found powers. What secret is the little ninja
holding? What are her intentions? Seem like a no brainer? Mabey not! Find
out soon!

How is Jun's group dealing with the revalation of never returning home?
What sort of dangers does the wilderness hold for them? What sort of
things will they discover about their powers when they test them? What
sort of limitations do they have? All this and more in the Next chapter! 
tasukaru koto. [Survival]

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