Kyoto, Japan:
Emperor Meiji was reading newspaper.
"Hmm.. Ryujiro Kurogane. You've surpassed my expectations.
When I first heard about you.. I thought that you were gonna be an easy fish and because of you, our country would face terror again.
But since you've gone this far.."
He looks up with tears in his eyes.
"I hope you take our revenge completely"
The Train
USA:
James attacks Ryujiro with his fists.
"This guy.. he's really strong."
Ryujiro tries punching him back but he dodges.
Dusty: "His reflexes are dominating.. As far as I have noticed, He's specialized in defence and fast reflexes. A perfect counter to Ryujiro's fast attacks."
Ryujiro tries but every attack goes empty.
James pushes him with a kick on the chest.
A sudden jerk in the motion of the moving train occurs due to which James loses balance.
Ryujiro sees this as an opportunity and puts his knee up, then kicks James' leg with his other foot.
James falls down on Ryujiro's knee, taking it directly to the face.
Ryujiro stands up and cracks his fingers.
"Lost your momentum, huh? Gonna lose more."
Ryujiro lands a straight and direct punch to his nose which makes him bleed continuously.
James regains his composure and gets into position.
Ryujiro tries to punch him again but he deflects the punch and kicks Ryujiro on the side of his neck.
Ryujiro (panting and smiling): "You're quite fast for your age."
James: "I'll take that as a compliment."
James tries punching Ryujiro with a lot of force but Ryujiro moves aside which makes James lose balance.
Ryujiro moves to his back and kicks his ass from behind.
Ryujiro (smiling): "I told you, Dusty. I always kick asses."
James turns back with strange inner thoughts.
"This kid. Is he.. by any chance..
Is he improving his skills while fighting me?
If that's true.. then I'm doomed."
"You know, Ryujiro Kurogane.. I want to kill you right now.
But I can't. I can't lose my pride.
I even killed my good friends and comrades once because of the same reason."
Ryujiro: "What? Why the hell would someone kill their own friends?"
James (smiling psychotically): "Because loyalty and pride are more important than anything.. even the life of my comrades."
Ryujiro gets furious.
"You bastard... Do you even know what life means?.."
Ryujiro punches him continuously on the whole face, chest and mid section..
"What?... Why can't I dodge him? Is he really.. adapting to my defence and getting better?"
Until he starts bleeding like a dead man.
TO BE CONTINUED