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Walking from the main path, Matzumoto heads to the town he saw, still walking among trees and bushes, expecting to hide there until people forgets about him in Barton Town, suddenly, a man appears in front of him

Man: "G'day Mate! Excuse me, do you have the time?"

Matzumoto: "... I don't have the time.."

Man: "Oh? Very well mate, you may go on!"

Matzumoto continues to walk, as another 3 men appear in front of him, and two more appear behind him, joining the first man

Man: "You may go on... After you pay the fee for walking in our forest, mate!"

Matzumoto: "Fee for walking in your forest?"

Duane: "That's correct mate! Me name is Duane, and these gentlemen are my fellow comrades and we control these woods, now, please, would you be so gentle to pay your fee? We feel generous today and we will charge the courtesy fee... 5,000 gold!"

The men were getting closer, drawing short swords and daggers, as Duane was drawing a long sword; he looks at Matzumoto and expects an answer

Duane: "So... How's it gonna be, Matey? Are you gonna pay us, or will you force us to make this the hard way?"

Matzumoto: "I don't have 5,000 gold... I can't pay you"

Duane: "Oh... That's truly a shame, Mate! But... That shirt and those trousers of yours look real neat! I think we can forget about the fee if we keep those!"

The men continue to approach to Matzumoto, as he, by instinc, crosses his arms on his chest

Matzumoto: "I can't do that either, I'm wearing those and I'm not going to wander around half naked"

Duane: "Matey, matey, matey... It seems you want to force us do this the hard way... Alright, get him! He's gonna pay one way or another!"

Two men rush their way to Matzumoto, one with a short sword and the other with a dagger, slashing all their way, as Matzumoto just moves rapidly from one side to the other, dodging their attacks

Duane: "Well, what in the bloody hell are you doing!? Get him I say!"

The men continue to attack Matzumoto, faster everytime, until Matzumoto gets cornered on the woods, he begins to dodge the attacks and move forward, kicking the men with fast and strong moves, he kicks the mid section of the first man and continues to hit his chest, Matzumoto then jumps and hits a shuffle kick on the other man's face, knocking him down, Duane looks enraged

Duane: "Well, for Gaia's sake! Get him!! Move, you lazy blokes!"

The other 3 men sprint their way to find Matzumoto, he then begins to dodge their attacks, and humilliating them at some point, Duane gets real upset

Duane: "Well, as they say... If you wanna have a top quality job, you got to do it yerself!"

Duane soon joins his men, as now the situation is 4 on 1 for Matzumoto, but with a fast move, Matzumoto disarms Duane and gets the long sword, blocking the other men's attacks, and slashing their arms to avoid them fight him, Matzumoto then turns around to get Duane, but Duane, being the bandit he is, has a throwing dagger prepared and throws it to Matzumoto, whom just turns his face around, as the dagger passes milimeters away from his skin and gets on a tree, Duane tries to run away, but in a fast maneuver, Matzumoto sprints and reaches him, slashing his leg, Duane looks up at Matzumoto as he tries to crawl away from him

Duane: "No... Wait!! Wait Mate!! Don't do it... I'm sorry, you see? I truly am!"

Matzumoto: "Nothing but garbage coming out from your mouth... You tried to kill me!"

Duane: "I know... I'm sorry mate... It's just it's..."

Matzumoto: "I'm not interested... I just want to be left alone, you heard me!?"

Duane: "L-Loud and clear mate!! You know... As a token of my appreciation... Take this... Please!"

Duane toss a bag to Matzumoto's feet, Matzumoto just takes the bag and looks at Duane

Duane: "That's me share of our last operation mate! 1450 gold! Take it! It's yours! Please, just spare me life... Yes?"

Matzumoto looks at the sword and takes its vain from Duane

Matzumoto: "I'm keeping this too... I don't think there will be a problem... Correct?"

Duane: "Absolutely matey!! It's all yers!! Take it!"

Matzumoto: "Your... Associates... Are not dead, some are unconscious and others are trying to stand up, take them away and I don't want to see you around anymore, understood?"

Duane: "Absolutely matey! Absolutely! I'll leave this territory! Thank ye Matey!"

Duane stands up with a rather large injury on his leg, and limping goes to help his partners, Matzumoto looks at the sword and holds it on his belt, next to the bag of gold, as he walks to the town, looking at his own hands

Matzumoto: "... How the hell did I do that!?"

Still walking, Matzumoto notes Shadow, he just carries on, and approaches her

Matzumoto: "Good day"

Matzumoto continues his way

He stands before her surrounded in complete darkness

*he hovers above them waiting his dragons glowing brightly*

weak....WEAK?!Oh you're jsut pissing me off now...

smirks shadows rise above joey Well now are we going to dance or just talk

*she quickly disappears, reappearign behind him, sticking a dagger through his stomach* Lets dance...

Crazy appears to what it seems is the outside