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Training Area 1

A.J let out a brief sigh, his hands rested against his forehead, as he wiped a beat of sweat from his brow, he was nearly wiped out, what from having to avoid the near death experience of hundreds of traps left within the confines of this ever ere house that he would be living in.

"Geez, next time some weird guy pulls up in a long black limo asking if about my involvement with the hattori's just turn around and walk away."

Thought A.J, as he continued walking down, the steep under ground labyrinths into a wide open room which seemed to have various types of training equipment ranging from wooden combat dolls, to punching bags, dumbbells, treadmills, it was like his very own personal Gym, aside the whole nearly being killed thing. A.J Took of his now sweat filled coat, revealing a pair of arms from fist up to forearm wrapped in white bandages. Over the years, A.J had mastered extensive forms of hand to hand combat, and the result of this was badly damaged hands, that had been pushed far past their breaking point.

A.J walked towards a fold out all black table, with a old school television sitting atop it, adorned with a VCR, and a tape labeled Decimo. A.J arched an eyebrow.

"What the hell am I in, some kind of old James bond movie."

The young man laughed, before taking out a folding chair from one corner of the room, inserting the VCR, and pressed play. Several seconds passed before an old man appeared upon the Television. A.J Arched an eyebrow, not recognizing who the man was at first, but then came to the shocking realization that the image on the screen of a young man with short black curly hair, and a goatee, was no other then the old man who had adopted him.

"Old man!"

shouted A.J onto death hears, the video message played aloud.

~Video plays~

"Hello Decimo boss, whom ever you may be, I am Daichi Hattori, current head of the Hattori Clan, the reason why you are recieving this message from me, instead of your current family boss, is simple, one of my family members must have been recruited into your family, and is probably the person listening to this exact image now.

Any ways, let me cut to the point, who ever you may be, the Hattori clan will never turn their backs on you, so do what you can to bring some form of pride to the Chiavarone Family, I have taken this chance to personally send to you a Rapier, one of the kind, strong black steel, she is a true beaut, You'll find her in one of the lockers within the training room that you are currently end, along with two other gifts that may come in handy some time in the near future. "

[Door Bell] *Ding, Ding, Ding*

Daichi: "Hmmm, wonder who that could be one sec. "

???: "Um sir you want us to keep on rolling?"

Said an unseen voice from within the screen.

Daichi: "Yea yea yea, let me just see who it is, probably just another boy scout or something. "

*Door opens*

Daichi: "What do we have here?"

*Sound of baby crying* WHAAA WHAAA

The face of the young man reappeared across the television, holding a small baby wrapped in a blanket.

Daichi: "Well, look here Decimo, this baby was left upon my door step, no card no nothing, what should I do with the baby you ask? Throw him away, giving him to one of my subordinates? No, I'll raise him as if he were my own child, I for one have no children to call my own, but it shows you that even children can make a difference within the Mafia world, I leave this message with you, and hope that you shall pass it on to your children."

The young man on the television begins walking away.

???:"Sir what will you call him?"

Daichi: "Well I always liked the name A.J, A.J Hattori."

???: "Sounds like a winner to me."

~Video Ends~

A.J rose to his feet, a single tear rolled down his face as he smiled, walking over towards one of several rusted lockers, the only one not pried open. A.J raised one fist slamming it hard into the locker forcing it open with his bare hands. A.J coughed heavily as a sea of dust swept the area. He fanned himself as he attempted to clear his lungs of the old debris.

A.J peered inside, noticing Rapier along with a small black bag, A.J reached down opening the bag removing the contents from it, revealing a golden ring, which A.J inserted upon his left ring finger. A.J then found a strange orange box which he put in his pants pocket, finally A.J read a small note which read.

*Let the will of those you seek to protect be as bright as a clear blue sky.*

A.J laughed some what at the funny message left for him, he then pulled out the Rapier after several minutes of examining the blade, A.J began performing several different forms of slashing attacks that he had performed with various forms of swords, and katana. A.J then sat down after an hour of intense practice, thinking of what exactly that note that was left for him. He then raised his left hand, to which was adorned the golden ring, left for him to keep. He repeated the phrase *Let the will of those I seek to protect be as bright as a clear blue sky* Nothing occurred, A.J smirked figuring that the entire thing was some prank left behind for him. So as he gathered his belongings, along with his newly found equipment, he turned off the light, only to notice a bright flame emitting from his hand. A.J immediately removed the ring from his hand thinking it were burning his hand. He immediately turned on the lights and checked for any burns. To his surprise he found none.

A.J walked back over towards the ring, that he had tossed just moments ago, first he tapped it with the front tips of his pointer finger to see if it were hot, and it was not, once he picked up the ring, he placed it back on his left ring finger, he looked at the engravings that decorated the ring, aside the families name and crest on the ring, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. A.J thought he was going crazy, finally picking up his Rapier, he gripped the hilt tight, thinking of a cool phrase that super heroes said before unleashing some super special attack. A.J thought and thought, and finally came to terms with one.

"Solar Stigma"

As if by command his ring lite up producing a orange flame, that not only made his ring appear to seem like a lighter, but was a comforting feeling, something that not burned or hurt, it felt just peaceful, at ease. A.J wondered if he could make the flame grow, after several attempts he was unable to produce a bigger flame, he sat down thinking about all he had accomplished having come this far to just come up short, he kind of felt pathetic, the flame from his ring seemed to begin to die out, as he noticed he only felt more regret for his determination.

"Gah what the hell am I thinking, I shouldn't be here, I have no idea on how to run a mafia family."

The flame from the ring, was just about to die out completely, when A.J thought about Daichi, and his resolve, how children could change the world he smiled, and took a new hold on his determination, as his new resolve made itself known, the flame from his ring expanded engulfing his entire rapier, A.J gripped his weapon tight.

A.J tossed his sword upward into the air a bright light flashed from his blade, he then shot forward towards one wooden combat dummy he then sent a barrage of punches towards the dummy, catching his rapier sending a final slash towards the wooden dummy cutting it in half, the wooden doll then broke into several hundred pieces. A.J smirked holding the blade in his right hand it fully engulfed in the flame that was coming from the ring on his left finger. A.J then took in a deep breath, as he took in a deep breath calming himself down, the flame then dispersed from both his ring and rapier. A.J seemed to be out of breath covered in sweat.

"So this is what you call a dying will flame."

A.J thought as he regathered his belongings for a second time and began to take his leave back towards the top of mansion.

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Solar Stigma
-The user raises his sword upward, it is then consumed in a aura of dying will, once fully engulf the user then dashes out towards the opponent tossing the sword upwards, creating a flash of flames temporarily blinding the enemy. *lasts one post* The user then delivers a barrage of punches that render the enemy unable to summon their dying will for *3 posts* along with damaging their outer body in the process.

Requirements: (6 sided dice Roll once) 4 or higher the attack is successful. 3 or lower the sword falls down narrowly missing the person who attempted the attack.

Location: Library

Three long days passed by over the Chiavarone Family house hold. A.J injuries had begun to heal, but it would still take time before the young mafia boss would be up, and running to his usual pace, like before. As he slipped out from his some what hostile bed nurse, A.J hid himself in the Chiavarone Library.

Butler: "Any sign of A.J?"

Maid: "No, I'm terribly sorry, I don't know how I could let myself be tricked by such a young kid."

Butler: "He takes after the previous boss so much it is almost scary."

Both house servants had a small laugh, before they continued on their search for A.J, who at the time locked himself away in the confines of the Library. As A.J explored the seemingly endless assortments of books he passed by over many tittles such as:

-Old man in the sea.
-Anthem
-Faustus
-Illustrated Man

And many others. A.J let out a slight yawn as he sat down a table stacked with various books that seem to set themselves apart from the rest. The first of the books was entitled

~Dying Will Flame Colors~

A.J had familiarized himself with this while in Cradle, actually any mafia kid who had been raised in cradle had learned about the colors of dying will flame. A.J just believed he did not have one in the first place so never really took an interest in the subject.

*Maybe if I can find out what my color is, perhaps i'll be able to convince these crocks I am not the boss they are looking for.*

A.J turned through the book until he came across the section entitled:

~Dying Will Flame Colors~

A.J flipped through the pages vigorously looking for what symbol the orange flame meant. A sudden knot formed in the pit of his stomach as he came across the meaning of the orange flame.

Sky Flame: Only awarded to those destined to be head of the family, are said to possess a never ending sense of justice, and kindness towards friends and even enemies.

A.J flipped through several more pages, until he completely familiarized himself on the meaning of all dying will flames. He then set that book aside, and began reading on several other books related to previous one. The one that seemed to catch his attention the most, was the one which took special attention towards box weapons. A.J found it very surprising how a box weapon could fit such a destructive power into such a small amount of space. Suddenly a surge of ignorance seemed to pass across his mind. *Brain fart* A.J reached into his pocket holding the box that he had found in the locker along with his rapier, and ring. There was no doubt about it, the box he had matched the one that he saw in the books.

*Now to activate the box I have to do what?*

A.J read the instructions to himself several times, until he fully understood the idea. As he raised his left hand which was bandaged up he lowered his head in shame.

*Damn I'll have to wait until i get this stupid bandage off before I can actually try to see what is inside this box.*

A.J sat back against the wooden oak chair that rested atop of the finely placed interior carpeting, he let out a some what defeated sigh, as he rested his head on top of the pile of books which lay out in front of him. He peered out towards the open clear blue sky, his mind seeming to wander, as he thought only of how vast and wide the world was around him, he had taken for granted many things, in his short stay at the Chiavarone House hold, he was some what glad that he had a place to call his own, aside being one of the last members of the Hattori clan, he did not have any where else to really hide out at. A.J started wondering, exactly what happen to the previous head to the Chiavarone family. A.J then began scanning through book upon book, upon book not finding much of anything aside a special cake recipe. A.J now some what exhausted from his searching sat back down, in an attempt to re think a strategy.

Not paying attention to the position of the chair, he nearly fell out of the hard back chair heading, head first into the book case, as he closed his eyes expecting to have his body meet with the hard outer layer of the book shelf, he opened his eyes only to see himself standing on the other end of a small cement stone walk way which had a small stair case that led down to what appeared to be various documents, and books hidden away for safe keeping. A.J got to work as fast as he could, he soon learned the history of the Chiavarone Family, coming to the startling realization that one of the original guardians to the Chiavarone was Hanzo Hattori Chiavarone. The founder to the Hattori clan, A.J found out later on due to a giant dispute between Diego Chiavarone, And Hanzo Hattori Chiavarone the two went their separate ways, Hanzo soon dropped Chiavarone from his name and was known as Hanzo Hattori. Summarizing it to a easier less strenuous story, by blood A.J was the next in line to inherit the will of the Chiavarone family. A.J soon put everything back where it once was, traveled up the stair case pushing the secert book case, allowing him to return to once he was. He let out a heavy breath, as several foot steps could be heard, all heading his way at once.

Butler: "I think he is in here, lets check."

Maid: "Wouldn't checking the Library been a good place to have start first?"

Butler: "Sorry I just assumed young man, and books don't generally get so well together."

Maid: "You be surprised what does, and does not get along so well, if you look passed that pointed nose of yours once in a while."

A.J smiled some, causing both the maid, and the butler to end their small quarrel, both arching an eyebrow as if ~What the hell has gotten into him.~ Type of look. A.J grinned, as he apologized to both of them for causing so much trouble, when they deserved better then that. A.J soon returned to his bed, and slept for the rest of the day, leaving a bewildered, butler and maid, to attend to themselves for the rest of the evening.

Butler: "Well I must say, this is a change in the young master's personality, what did you say to change the boy's mind?"

Asked the butler, some what at a loss of words.

Maid: "It was not I, all I have been doing is scolding the boy for attempting to sneak out, when his injuries would just reopen again on their own, perhaps he found something of interest in the library that set his mind straight."

After finishing that sentence both the maid, and the butler's eyes widen, as they took off towards the book case that A.J had just recently exited from, they examined the book case thoroughly to their shock, finding a small crack in between the wall and where the book case was suppose to be.

Butler: "Even after reading about the true history of his lineage, he still finds a way to make an old man like me learn a thing or too."

Said the Butler smiling some at A.J's determination.

Maid: "yes, but now that means once he gets better, he'll be off on his own, their is no telling what type of people he may gather for his family."

Said the maid in a some what worried voice, not so much for A.J's welling being, but the welling being of the house that she had spent so long to clean up, and keep at a reasonable sense of clean. A.J smiled as he listened through the wall of his room. He rested both bandaged hands behind the back of his head, looking upward towards the ceiling.

*Well Daichi, I know you seen this coming but still I can't help but wonder if you know exactly lies in wait for me in the future.*

A.J laughed at the thought, only after which he turned back over on his side, and rested his now almost fully recovered body, A.J spent the rest of the week in his room tending to his injuries, until he felt healthy enough to continue his training. A.J removed his addition bandages, save the ones wrapped around his fore arms. He held his left fist upward towards the sky allowing the reflective golden medal to shine even brighter under the sun light that entered into his room.

"Its a good day to change the world."

A.J said to himself out loud as he gathered up his materials which including his Chiavarone Ring, Box Weapon, and Rapier, and exited from his room, off to the training area, where he would master all the secert that his box had to offer him.

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Location: Boss Room

A.J let out a brief sigh as he sat bored atop his king sized bed, the mattress made no noise, as the young man jumped up and down upon the memory foam like mattress which seemed to mold to his body's every curve, shape and bend. A.J placed both hands behind his head looking towards the painted ceiling which seemed to resemble a replica of the once renowned artist known as Leonardo Da'Vinci. A.J often wondered how such a famous picture could stay so refined, over such a longer period of time within the old compound of this aging home. A subsidence of pure equality such what he lay his eyes upon had to be worth millions.

A.J sat up to his feet deciding to take a stroll around the mansion could be very good for his exercise, and help keep him from going insane, so he removed the rest of his bandages, deciding that he was tired of staying bed, for such a long period of time and doing absolutely nothing. He was not one for doing such frivolous acts in a time where he could spend fully understanding the entire area that he had grown accustom to living in. A.J crept carefully across the white tile floor towards the door which let out towards the hall way, he often wondered how long it would take to actually venture through out the entire Chiavarone Mansion, and today would be a hell of a day to find out exactly how long it would take, as he glanced back outside towards the mansion he noticed the cloudy rain which only dash his hopes of going out and checking out the town for a second time. A.J set his hand atop his bed room door handle, and gave it a slowly turn before opening the red oak like door frame, peering out into the hall way for a brief moment before disappearing into the venturous Hall way.

Location: Hallway

As A.J continued down the hall way he let out a some what excited squeal, something that he only did on rare occasions when he was confident in the chance of learning something new. A.J stared at the various pictures of old former heads that decorated the hallway with their ever peering eyes, that seemed to follow A.J no matter where he went. A.J scratched the back of his head staring at the picture of Diego Chiavarone, the man reminded him of someone familiar to him, but he could not place his finger on it. As A.J stared down the picture, he was not aware that he nearly walked into an expensive bust of what appeared to be the previous owner of the mansion. As A.J cursed to himself several times before securing that the bust was properly set without falling over, he continued walking down the carpet paved hallway.

A.J stared out a near by window which looked out towards the outside, A.J was able to cast his eyes upon the green house, the golf course, the dreaded basketball court which he nearly died in, and the Track/ Football/ Soccer field which he was sure he would partake in soon enough if he could ever make more friends then he was confident things would be more interesting. Yet A.J digressed from his diligent exploration, he had no need to reminiscence the portions of the estate that he had already explored through, what he was interested in was the new. A.J rested both hands atop his low cut head, whistling a old familiar tune to himself, as he continued his march down the long carpet like road. As A.J continued down the hall way he came across what appeared to be an elevator, it was beyond him how in the hell could he have missed something like this but, that was the least of his worries, he figured it be the best way to explore the rest of his mansion.

Location: Elevator

As A.J entered into the Elevator, he looked through the old style elevator that had a series of complicated levers, and buttons which led to several different floors through out the mansion. As he arched an eyebrow, A.J lowered both his arms downward ruffling through his hair for what appeared to be several minutes, trying to figure out which button to press first. He then pressed the button marked. [First Floor] His body immediately began to feel as if it were lighter, as the elevator shot down to the first floor.

Location: First Floor.

A.J immediately made a break from the elevator towards a near by bathroom, relieving himself of what could only be expressed as a piss in the pants moment. A.J was thankful of his last minute rescue thanks to the invention of the toilet. Upon exiting from the bathroom, properly washing his hands before he left of course. He began to explore the vast depth of the first floor. His first stop the Ball room.

First Floor
(Ball Room)

As A.J entered into the splendid ball room he let out a giant laugh, the entire room was gorgeous he knew that it would not be long before he would host his own personal ball. A.J spun around several times thinking how awesome it would be to dance with a beautiful girl out in the center of the room, with everyone watching with envy, and interest at how elegant and romantic they would appear. A.J opened his eyes, not aware that he had begun to day dream about such festive events without evening becoming aware of the situation, he then tapped himself in the back of the head, walking over towards the door way to the ball, each step he took upon the golden white pearly tile floor, made a Click Clock noise, which by chance distracted A.J for a bit, he then began to do a series of tap dancing rhythmic cords that seemed to be apart of the a specific song.

(exit Ball Room)

A.J then made his way out of the magnificent ball room out towards the hall way yet again, the first floor seemed to look exactly like the previous floor that he had been on except for the fact that instead of pictures that decorated the hall way, there were various portraits of previous famous actors, and celebrities, obviously indicating that this was to not revel the true intent of the mansion.

As A.J walked through into an unidentified room, he nearly tripped over a chair, that had been accidentally left near the entrance. As A.J reached out into the darkness to find leverage from actually falling towards the ground face first, he found his hands wrapped around the door frame which caused him to some what lean into a the far right wall flipping a light switch, fully illuminating the room, A.J took notice that the room seemed to be some what similar to that of a meeting room, but for what reason, that he would not know, after he properly moved the chair back towards brown oak rectangular table, he flipped the light switch and properly closed the door, looking towards the top of the door frame noticing the words labeled. ~Meeting Room~ In a golden name tag above the door.

A.J then continued his walk through the first floor entering another room, which appeared to be some sort of meeting room like the previous room, but with the exception of a long rectangular table, was in fact a pine desk, with with leather padded chairs, and even a desktop computer. The young man soon realized that this had to be in fact the boss's chambers which most likely would be used for private matters such as meetings or, giant debates or even top secert conversations. A.J smiled, realizing that this would be one of his many rooms to do with as he pleased. A.J turned around, making sure that he closed the door properly, and moved on to the next room, some what exhausted A.J could only hope that the next room would be something of a rest area.

A.J tiredly opened the door towards the next room, setting his eyes upon a giant recently polished pool table, with a neatly raked up billiard ball triangle, with two cue sticks forming a X over the pool table. As A.J looked around the room he noticed a pinball machine, a giant 13 inch flat screen t.v, a small black table off to the far left with a deck of cards and four fold out chairs surrounding the table. Along with a fully refurbished fridge fully stalked with several variations of drinks and snacks. A.J smiled as he took a quick nap in a near by beanbag chair, letting out a some what relaxed ~Ahhh~ sigh as he sank into the chair.

1 Hour Later ....

A.J awoke wiping a slight dribble of drool from the side of his face, looking up towards the clock which now stated it being 1:49 Pm. He let out a small laugh, before raising his body up out of the chair, taking a brief walk around the game room, to reawaken his still ache Joints. A.J leaned back cracking his back somewhat, hearing a slight crack in his back, he then let out a previous tired yawn before moving out of the game room which he realized he would be visiting a lot more when he had the chance to but figured it best be in his interest to move on to the next room in the giant mysterious mansion that was his home.

(Exit Game Room)

Location: Hallway

A.J Looked around till he caught the familiar smell of food, fill the hallway, and like a hungry dog, A.J tracked down the smell until he found the source of the delicious smell. A.J stopped after running for what appeared to be three minutes down the hall way, coming across a pair of white double doors. Realizing that this was the way into the kitchen. A.J peered his head inside to see about 10 chefs working diligently hard with one another to create various assortments of food.

Location: Kitchen

As A.J walked inside the kitchen he was soon stopped by a man in a giant chef hat.

Chef: "Sorry Decimo but we can not allow you in here at the time, if you are hungry then please go into the dinning room and lunch will be served shortly."

Location: Dinning Room

A.J nodded some what disappointed, walking out of the kitchen back into the hallway towards another pair of doors which led out into a giant 8 foot dining room with four chairs at each side of the long rectangular shaped table with one chair at boy ends of the table. A.J soon took his spot at one end of the table, letting out a brief sigh, as his stomach let out a monstrous growl. Soon before A.J new it, one butler came out with a tray filled with an assortment of various sandwiches that all seemed more the interesting. As the butler set down the tray of food, A.J began feasting upon the pile of sandwiches, wiping his mouth looking back up towards the butler arching an eyebrow as if asking. ~That all you got?~ Soon the butler left, and returned as swiftly as he exited with a second tray of food for A.J which was consumed as fast as it had appeared. This pattern went on for two hours straight. Soon head chef came out meeting with A.J.

Chef: Please boss, we can't cook no more, we tried and we tried and we tried and its like you have no stomach you eat and you eat.

A.J waved his hands and got up slowly revealing a giant pot bell the size of Santa Claus himself. The chef soon sat back in a near by chair from pure exhaustion as A.J wobbled towards the door, and made his way through the hallway, burning off some of the calories he had gained from lunch, soon he was three doors down towards another door, as he opened it he looked up and set eyes upon a large living room which was adorned with a giant bear rug carpet, a fireplace, and even a small assortment of books for reading pleasure. A.J wandered into the living room, taking a small break, warming himself up by the steady roaring fire that produced nothing but warm towards the semi cold young mafia boss. A.J lifted his semi chubby self from the chair and moved back out from Large living room towards a room which was directly across from living room, tittle ~Music Room.~

Location: Music Room

As A.J entered into the music room he let out a hefty exhausted sigh. As he sat back and listened to a flurry of vocalized songs which seemed to cast his mind into a trance of pure bliss that caused him to forget about the troubles of the world that surrounded him, A.J then sat down near a computer table and began listening to a song called ((Heart Breaker)) By a band called G-Dragon. A.J accompanied himself to a set of headphones which began to play loudly into his ear drums which allowed him to doze off in his subconscious mind he began to think about the trivial meanings of the world around him, and soon figured that the best way to end a sub continuing form of existence is to best challenge the mind to act without reason which would be a topic of another time.
A.J soon awoke realizing that it was now 2:27 pm, and that he would soon have to explore the other portion of the mansion for another time.

A.J soon got back up to his feet, and continued walking towards the hallway half tired, and half asleep, his body some what exhausted, he continued his exploration through the hallway A.J let out a heavy sigh as walked over towards the elevator his body some what exhausted as he made his way over towards it. He let another huffed up sigh as he entered the elevator.

Location: Elevator

A.J pressed the button which took him back up towards the second floor, A.J exited from the elevator and slowly took his leave back towards his room. A.J collapsed back onto his bed and soon fell asleep, happy with his experience of all that he was able to accomplish through today's exploration. As his eye lids soon grew heavy over his eyes, A.J let out a tired like yawn, he had taken several naps earlier through the day, but knew once he had finished eating it was the end of any more moving or training for that matter at least he had built up a nice amount stamina from his advancement.

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Anansi walked up to the Front Gates, having sensed the Sky flame, he knew that there was someone inside. Folding his arms, he walked into the place only to be stopped by the guards at the door. "What is it?" He said with frustration. The guard simply pointed to his sword. "No weapons, sir." Anansi smiled, and showed the guard his ring, "You wouldn't take the Storm Guardian's weapon, would you?" he asked as he continued on into the base.

Soon Anansi had come to a door, "A training room, eh?" he said as he stepped into the room. The world seemed to slow down around Anansi as he went through the motions of his training, his shirtless body drenched in sweat as he struck at imaginary opponents, dodged unseen attacks, and left a path of figurative devastation as wave after wave of scenarios with which an opponent could strike flooded his mind. For a minute he thought that there really was a wave an opponent, so deep in his training trance he was. Eventually he stopped and simply stood, calming himself.

Anansi then, imagined an stronger opponent someone who he could never hope to beat at his current level.

Inside his mind:

"Perfect", he muttered as his opponent was AJ Hattori, just as his wanted. Anansi took a deep breath, remembered his training and focused on the task at hand, just because he was the Boss, it didn't make him invincible.

Anansi closed his eyes as he remembered what his sensei had taught him, "Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power" Anansi opened his eyes, ready for the fight to begin, his dark blue eyes showing no hint of fear.

AJ looked at him and chuckled, "I've fought members of my family who were 10x stronger than you, and I'll be the winner of this fight, you can count on it." Anansi grimaced at the his bosses words, this wasn't the first time someone had mistaken him for a weakling, he would have to capitalize on that somehow. He drew his sword. AJ just smirked as he charged his sword, with sky flames.

Anansi launched himself forward immediately, bringing his sword low to strike at AJ's abdomen, and quickly bringing it down in an overhead swing meant to cleave right through the AJ's shoulder. AJ's eyes widened for a moment, but he still managed to roll to the side, then flipping back up to his feet about ten feet away. AJ then slashed his sword, which was still engulfed in his sky flames, "Sky Slash!" at this distance there's no way Anansi could have dodged the slash, "You lose" AJ thought as his sword made contact with Anansi, who smirked as he was able to block himself from the full blunt of the attack, seriously injuring his right arm in the process. Anansi then jumped backward, "Storm Blade" He muttered as he rushes at AJ. When in range Anansi jumped behind him slashed, then appeared to the left and slashed, and the same for the right as well, then he appeared in front of AJ and delivered a mighty blow to his stomach. "Did I get him?" Anansi thought as AJ reveals his entire body was encased in a aura of sky flames. "Was that all?" AJ asked as he used his immense speed and appeared in front of Anansi, "You fought well, but you were meant to be a guardian, not the Boss" AJ said as he delivered a devastating barrage of punches and kicks at Anansi, nearly knocking him unconscious. As Anansi fell to the ground, the last image he saw was the man he wanted to destroy most of all, AJ Hattori, his boss.

Outside of his mind:

Anansi got up off the ground, "Damn" he whispered under his voice, as he slammed his fist into the ground. "He then picked up his sword and continued his training.

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Hearing AJ's voice, Anansi quickly grabbed his blade, and ran towards AJ, vanishing just before he got within three feet of him. "Why you are not worthy of being the head of this family, you are too laid back and carefree" Anansi says as he appears behind AJ, "The only reason I chose to become one of your guardians is because, I can get into more fights, which in turn, makes me stronger. Soon I will be strong enough to take you down, AJ" he said. He then grinned, as he placed his sword up towards AJ's back, "I just wanted you to know my intentions, before you assume I'm your friend."

Anansi then sheathes his sword, "You said you wanted to see which of us had the stronger resolve?" he asked. "I wonder the same, boss"
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Akio walk toward the in ground pool for a good long swim. "IT BEEN SO HOT!" As he shouted. He then begin to take off his shoe and his socks and his shirt and his jeans and put on his swimming trunks over his boxers and begin to stretch for an little while. he then begin to pull on his leg and then he start using breathing exercise. "This starting to make me tire" he laugh to himself. "I wonder if the school has an swimming team. I'm fast and quick. Then if we win. Girls would be all over me. Akio you have sexy muscles." He then start to day dream about it. He then snap out of it and begin to get up and jump in the water as he does. He then make an huge big splash. He sink low in the water and begin to act like he fighting sombody. He punch rapidly and begin to start doing an spinning kick but slip and float toward the surface. "Wow how did I do." he laughs. Akio then start swimming around in circles. Like an complete moron. He then start doing tricks. He then start speaking in his head. "I need to work on my speed and stamina and strenght. I can't just wait on puberty and stuff. Then they say swimming work out your whole body to." He then dive down and begin to do a full rotation spin on his feet balancing his weight but he falls Akio then catches himself. He said somthing else in his head as he thinks. "Wait I can't actually hurt myself Im in water." He then go back to the surface for air. "About time. I couldn't my breathe any longer" He then start to look around and see nobody. Get out out the pool and sit on the ground. "I need to work out my body more." He thought to himself. "THE TRACK FIELD" He then dry himself off and go get sum tracks shorts and put on his tracks shoes and rush to the field. He ran for several minutes. He then get on the starting line and begin to get in an certain position and start to run an 1 meter dash. Akio notices his speed has increase an little bit. "time for me to go nitro" He then start running at full speeed. Akio shock that he runs very fast. He then saw sombody he look like one of the regular henchmen walking around. He then said somthing to akio as akio kept running. "You run very fast. I should give you the name. Little Speedy." he laughs and walk away. "Ok!" akio said as he laughs. "What a knuckle head." Akio laugh even more. He then almost trip. "That what happen when I stay off task. I got to focus more. But I'm tired." He then sat down and catch his breathe. He then look out at the sun. As he notices it was going down. "For I know. I will be watching an sunset" He then got back to running. He then test himself of how long he can maintain his max speed. He then get ready and burst into speed of running. He was running so fast he start thinking he was glinding in the air. He notices on his stop watch. It said 7 seconds and then change to 14.5 seconds. Akio then start to jump down in his speed. Lowering down. But it was at 18.3 seconds. "I can't slow down now. I got to aleast hit 30 seconds." He then boost his speed but only hit 26.1 seconds but for he was out of energy. He then fall down and rest on the ground breathing hard. several minutes later. "Ouch! my leg hurts." He then start to look at his watch. "That not good enough." So he then got back up and start doing jumping jacks. He did about 50 of them. He then start doing an few sit ups and leg raisers. "Ok time to get some water" He then pull out an bottle of water from the bench he had forgot about. It was still cold with water glistening from it. He then open it and begin drinking. He drunk about half of it. He then sit on the bench and rest. He was then back to strength. "30 seconds this time." He then get back on the start line and start his stop watch. He then burst into running. He start hitting max speed. He maintain it for about 10 seconds straight without any sight of wearing out on his leg. He then notice it was 20 second. But he then start to get tired. "NO not yet. I'm not giving up." He kept running pushing himself as hard as he could. He look at the watch and it was at 27 seconds. "Come on, just an little more" He then made 30.90 seconds. He was surprises. " I did it."

Akio then rest up again and started drinking the rest of the water. "Now it time to see how long he could run around the track field 5 times before getting tired at max speed." He then notices that his shoes was untie. He then retie them back together. But he notices his body was in pain and his stomach was growling. "Maybe I should eat first." He then head toward to the kitchen. As he walk he made it inside the family mansion he then remember. This place got traps I gotta watch my step" He then made his way inside the kitchen but watching his steps. He then saw some pizza box and open it and saw a large slice pizza and grab it and ate it. He then felt full and got him some juice. "fruit punch is so good with pizza." He then walk to the music room and listen to some Uverworld. "where the song. Energy by uverworld. There it go." he then sat on the couch and listen to it with the headphone but turn the volume to maxium. He was jamming to it. He then started singing in japanese. He listen to the song 7 times and change it to the their new song call Neo. He was feeling the song and feel the beats entering his soul. He started to feel like he understanded life. He then stop. He then feel asleep. He had an dream he was fighting an army of zombies by himself. "Yall want to eat me. Well come get me" He then start punching and kicking zombie after zombie but he notices they was not dying or even hitting the ground. "Ok that just creepy. He then start to life the zombie up and slam it to the ground. But it did not die, he then saw an flame thrower and grab it and use it. He then notice the body of the zombie was gone. " I got it now. I got to burn them. I Knew I should've use my head in the beginning." He then start using the flame thrower on the zombie killing hundreds of them. Akio start to seen more zombies. "The more I kill. The that comes. It ironic." He then start to burn them more and more. But the more kill the twices has more had appear. He then notice there was trees. "I could set the whole area in fire and burn all the zombies up." He then start fire spraying fire on the trees and on the ground. He then saw an car and start spraying fire on the engine. He ran and then the car explode destroying an large amount of zombies. He then start spraying the grass making the fire spread among the area. "what else can I burn to make the fire bigger" he then saw some oil on the ground. "Must've came from that car." he then use the flame thrower on the on oil and more came out and begin to spread and connect with the other fire. The zombies had walk in the fire and some could not get through. They all burn. "Great thing that over." He then continue to walk. As he notice an large zombie came out of nowhere and begin to start attacking akio. Akio then block the attacks and begin to fight back. AKio then start to jump kick. But the large zombie grab his feet and swung him to the ground. Akio was badly hurt. The zombie then start kicking on akio. Akio took the kicks and start coughing blood. He then notice the flame thrower was on the ground nearly by. He then grab the next incoming kick and hurl it up toward the zombie and making it fall. He then got on top of it and start beating the crap out it face. He then got up and try to get the flame thrower but it got his right foot. It then start digging it hands inside his foot. Akio yell in pain. "AHHHHHH!" He then use his left foot and start kicking at it face and then start kicking at it hand removing akio right foot. AKio then try to make an run toward the flame thrower then the fire spread toward the flame thrower making it explode into more fire. Akio was hurt by the explosion he was scatter near some fire. The zombie got up and grab akio and start choking him. AKio then start to try to break free but no use. He then start to hit the zombie arm. But the strenght of the zombie was too strong. The zombie then throw akio toward the fire. but lucky he was an inch from being burn, the zombie then ran toward akio. "GOT YOU NOW" Akio then put both hee leg and bented them toward the zombie stomach launching him in the fire. He saw the zombie burning. "I'm glad that over." Akip then snap out his dreams. "O My gosh. What happen" He look around. "There no zombie, no fire." Oh that right. That was an dream. Akio then laugh "that was an interesting dream."

He then went back outside and begin to go to the basketball court. He then grab an basket ball. He then start shooting it in the basket. "2 point for yours truly." he said with confidents. He then try to shoot an 3. But he miss. He try again and again again but he kept missing. He then ran to make an lay up but score. He then air ball. But he still made it. "I think I'm good" He then try again for another 3 but this time he made it. He then start dribbling for an while. He start spinning the ball on his finger. Akio then start shooting the ball randomly. He then try to go for an dunk but actually made an jump shot. He then sat down and took an break.

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Akio then returns from school and begin to the kitchen and begins to looks in there for somthing to eat. He saw some Burger and frenchies. He took it and began eating it. He then drunk some water. He then head to the mansion library. He then begins to pull out his home test and get out his pencil. He then sneeze and cover it up with his hands and he then got up and went to go cleans his hands. He then come back and start own one of the computer inside the library and get on the internet. He then get out an feel books dealing with literature. He open them up and begin looking in them for an while. He then begin to look literature help in the google search box. Akio Then started smiling. "Ok I'm about to study for another 30 minutes, and put what I go to the test." He then said to himself sounding very confident and full of himself. He then begin to search up 1st year high school literature end of the semester exams and final exams help guilds. He search about 40 of them in the first 15 minutes. He then stop and took an 5 minute break. He then try to understand everything he had learn in 7 minutes. He then use the last 3 minutes to studying some more. He then started on where he left off at, during the time he was at school. He then grab his pencil and start reading he then grab some big and put them near him and look into them and use what he read and pick ana nswer. He then check that answer and begin to see if what he pick was right. It sounded like he was right, so he went to the next one and did the same time. He did what he had done before. When he got near the end he began to see take an break. He relax his mind for an little bit. "This test is alot harded then what I thought. It seem like it got longer and harder." He then came up with an good idea for help.

"I'll type the questions in the search box and see if they have an answer or an similar answers to the ones on the book. If they don't have any matching 2 of them. Then I would know which answer to choose. Yeah limiting my odds." Akio then search up the next question in the google box. He didn't get an answer like the ones in the book but he did get an similar answer to the question that was similar to one of the answer in the book. He then wrote that answer down. It seem like he was finish. But he then turned to the last 2 page. 1 page was full of mutiple choice and the other was an essay question. "Oh just great. It seem simple and easy. But now it simple, easy, and very long. Just when you think it over. It not" He kind had an funny smile on his face. "Just great. Oh well, aleast I know. When I'm done. I don't have to worry about tomorrow doing any work. Then I can finish the rest of my work out even thought it may be in the dark." He then get back to focusing on his test, he then kept searching up the question answers up in the google search box. Then he mark the answer he thought that was best suited the question. Akio got done with the mutiple choice part. He them remember there wasn an page 378 and he went to it. "3 more essay questions. That mean there an total of 4 essay questions. I haven't even started on the first one this is just great. Just great. A real pain in the neck. Now I might not have time for those workouts. Time to cancel that plan." Akio then get out another sheet of paper and sharpen his pencil. "I guess I would take another break, while I'm at it." He then go to the bathroom. He come out and wash his hands and begin to look for somthing healthy to eat, to give him more brain power and make him back to energy.
"I think I need an apple and some good fresh cold water."

He then look in the refridgerator. He saw an apple, he grab 2 and saw an water bottle he grab 3 of those. "I got 4 long essays to work on. Alot of teaches say an essay is worth 60 percent of an test score. So marjority of my chance os passing this test is base on the essays questions. But why she give us 4." He then head back to the library. He then ate 1 of the apples and relax his mind. He then drink about half the water in the water bottle. He then read the first eassy question. Akio then start writing down his answer. An few minutes later, he had wrote about half an page. He then proof read it. But everything seem so good. He then continue writing. About 10 minutes later he was done with the first essay he then got straight to the second essay question. "I'll take an break after I'm done with this one." He read the second one. He then begin to start answering on his sheet of paper on the back side. He then stop an little and get some water and continue right back to writing. Akio then fill the whole back side of the paper with his answer. "Finish with fifty percent of it. Now I can take my break." Akio then ate the other apple and drunk the rest of the water and drun another whole bottle of water. He then stretch an little. He then start exercising an little. The he started doing brain exercise and breathing exersice to get more oxygen in his body and his blood pumping. "I think I'm ready to finish the rest of this." He then resharpen his pencils and got him out another sheet of paper. I think it would be best to have some music playing." He then got on the computer and went to youtube and type in an song and press the play button and start listening to some music. "Ok. LET GO" He yell. He then read the 3rd essay question. He began writing his answer for that question. It took him an whole hour to finish that. "Whew! a longy" He laugh as he said that. He then notices another presences but continue to his works. He then work on essay number 4. He completed the whole back side of the paper with his answer.

"YES I'M FINISH!" he shouted. He then look behind him. "A.J are you having another sentimental moment again? I mean I would have responded to you faster. But I was too caught up with my work. The summer almost near. We need to start own our training. I been doing extra work, so I can pass to the next grade out of highschool. So what are you doing in the library and where is everybody else at? Sorry if I'm Asking you an lot of question. I'm just been so caught up being alone in this part of the mansion. I haven't heard an word from anybody." He then begin to look at A.J waiting on him to answer. He then looka round and took an deep breathe and relax himself.

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