“So…..Ichiro? what brings you around here?

I think really hard,… of course I cant tell her I killed some one…good thing the rain from run here washed off all the blood.

“Well…I’m looking for someone”

“hmmm….who might this someone be?” she giggles

I stutter to explain myself “No n-…you got it all wrong…its not like tha-“

“Well at any rate ichiro I hope you find whoever your looking for” she gives me a big smile.

I smile back...and it’s not a fake, forced smile… I actually feel like smiling, for the first time in a long time.

We talk a little more and the hours pass, she tells me that she is looking for someone also, her only brother who left on a journey 7 years ago to kill Jiambo, a legendary creature who preys on anything it feels like, a fierce creature the size of a house…much to big for one man to kill by himself…

We talk a little longer until 5 men walk into the café with grins on their faces…

The whole café goes silent….even Amelia, when I look at her she looks scared.

As I turn back to the men I watch them walk up to the bar only feet away from us...the closer they get the more tense Amelia becomes.

As the one who I had decided must be the leader, leans on the bar… I notice a metal wristband on his arm…it looks almost Identical to mine….made of a very hard metal, only….instead of a skull there is a raindrop carved into it.

The man slams his arm on the bar, and barks orders at the bartender “get us some drinks!, enough for ten!”

The bartender timidly replies “bu- bu- but there are only five of you sir..”

Apparently you don’t hear very well old man! I said ten!

 He swings to punch the bartender..

I grab his arm mid swing and look him dead in the eyes “ don’t you dare touch him”

I let his arm go and stand up, we come up about eye level

He stares at me for a moment and the orders his other 4 men “kick his ass!!”

For some reason I feel faster and stronger than normal, fast enough to side-step out of the way of all their attacks.

The more the leader watches his lackeys stumble around me the angrier he gets. I make him mad enough for him to bark more orders “quit playing with this smug bastard kill him!!!”

As soon as the orders are out of his mouth they each pull out daggers…” heh so playtimes over huh?” I say aloud

The first one lunges at me I side step and chop the back of his neck with my hand, he falls unconscious, the second one comes running towards me and I grab his arm, and in one fluid motion I spin around and sling him into the other side of the café, “wow I’m actually enjoying this, heh” the third one jumps at me, I look up, turn to the side and kick him in the stomach…the kick is so powerful he flies into the doors...smashing them in the process…number 4…. he rushes me …this time I figure ill have fun, I punch him in the face, which stops him dead in his tracks and causes him to drop his dagger. I knee him in the stomach and he doubles over, so I smile and kick him in the face. He rolls twice backwards until the leader stops him with his foot.

“heh….next?” I cant help but be smug …it was too easy this guy cant be much different.

“What’s your name kid?” he asks me calmly

I reply…”your worst nightmare”