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Chapter 17 - Strength is like ***. It’s best measured through spirit, not power.

[BILLY & JACK, on their way to fight the large man]

[JACK]

Should we really have left Soba to fight the other guy?

[BILLY]

Yeah, look at them right now.

They're just having a casual drink.

[JACK, looks back]

Hm… I guess you're right…

Alright then, I don't feel bad anymore!

[The two finally reach the large man]

[JACK]

Yo big guy!

We're here to fight you!

[LARGE MAN]

Hm?

Who are you?

[JACK, grinning]

IM JACK KABUKI, MI-

[BILLY, covers his mouth in order to stop him from talking]

[LARGE MAN]

Your name is Jack?

[JACK, winks at him and gives a thumbs up, his mouth still covered]

[LARGE MAN]

My name is Taro!

Don Taro!

[BILLY]

Well it's very nice to meet you, Taro.

But we have a question for you.

[TARO]

What question?

[BILLY]

Which one of your men killed Ginga?

[TARO]

Uh…

I don't know

What did he look like?

[JACK]

He was a ninja!

[TARO]

Oh yeah…

I do remember killing a ninja!

[BILLY & JACK]

IT WAS YOU?!

[TARO]

Yes!

He was fun to fight!

[JACK, crying]

Damn you!

[JACK, lunges at Taro]

[TARO, grabs him by the ankle and slams him to the ground]

[JACK, eyes pop out his head]

[JACK]

YOUUUCH!

[BILLY, running over to Jack]

[BILLY]

Are you alright Jack?!

[JACK, chuckles]

Yeah, I can take a hit.

[JACK, gets up and into a fighting stance with Billy]

[BOTH]

We're here…

To avenge our friend!

[TARO, stretching]

Oh yeah?

[TARO, gets into a fighting stance]

THEN BRING IT!

[They charge at each other, Jack & Billy splitting up to either side]

[Both get a hit in but Taro quickly grabs them and swats them away]

[The three trade blows]

[Eventually Billy and Jack tire out, backing away]

[TARO]

Is that all you've got?!

I killed your little friend and you're not gonna take me down?

Pathetic.

[BILLY, looks back at Taro]

Who'd you just call pathetic?

[TARO, laughs]

BOTH OF YOU!

[BILLY, clenches his fist, blue flames erupting from it]

[JACK, shocked]

Woah, Billy…

Chill out man.

You know when you use that move it burns you too!

[BILLY, serious]

It doesn't matter.

We gotta end this now.

[BILLY, takes off his jacket, revealing his arm filled with burn scars]

[BILLY, charges into Taro, dodging his slow and heavy punches]

[BILLY, hits Taro with his now flaming arm]

[BILLY]

FLAMING BLUE FIST!

[The blue flames get transferred from his arm to Taro's body setting him on fire]

[TARO, on fire]

What's this?

It's a bit toasty here…

[He slams his fist against Billy, sending him flying against the venue's wall]

[JACK, looks on in shock]

[JACK] 

B- B- BILLY!

[TARO, still covered in Billy's flames]

Now it's your turn!

Jack? More like Jaku!

YOU'RE WEAK!

[JACK, twitches, hearing his birthname]

What did you just call me?

[TARO, laughs]

JAKU!

You know, like weak in Japanese!

Because well…

YOU'RE WEAK!

[TARO, chuckles to himself thinking he was being clever]

[JACK, gets into a proper fighting stance]

[JACK, serious]

My father may have named me as such being the runt of the litter.

But I'll have you know…

I MAKE UP FOR IT WITH MY DEDICATION!

[A red aura starts forming around Jack, covering his face in a kabuki tengu mask made of the aura]

[JACK]

You've hurt my friends and ridiculed me…

But now I can finally go all out!

It took me 30 years of my life to learn this technique.

SO HERE GOES!

-KABUKI STYLE SUMO-

SIGNATURE TECHNIQUE:

1000 PALM THRUST!

[JACK, unleashes a flurry of palm thrusts made from the crimson aura surrounding him, pounding Taro into the ground]

[Once the aura diminishes, a large burst of energy comes out from Jack, sending Taro flying up to the roof and getting his head stuck in it]

[JACK, teary eyed]

My second win.

[Once he relishes in his moment of triumph, Jack rushes over to Billy]

[JACK]

You ok, Billy?

[BILLY, coughs]

Yeah…

A dumb crybaby once told me these words

"I can take a hit."

[BILLY, chuckles]

Nice job buddy…

[JACK, now sobbing]

YOU'RE TOO GOOD TO ME BILLY!!

[JACK, helps Billy up and wipes his tears]

But I think it's time for us to go

[BILLY, grasping on to Jack's shoulder]

Yeah… Let's go outside to check on the glasses kid and the boring looking one.

[The two start hobbling their way 

outside]

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[At the same time, the other two groups still inside the venue start heading outside to regroup as well]

[BOKKI, to Goro, staring down at Zanka's dead body]

Lets head out, old geezer…

Not much else to do here.

==

[GIYU, to Pat]

Come on Patsu.

We have to tell everyone about the Sins.

[PAT]

Yeah…

This- this is a big deal…

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