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Normal Speech: "Naruto"

Important or Emphasized Speech: "Fūin no Sho"

Thoughts: 'Then I will break that curse. If there's such thing as peace, I will find it. I won't give up!'

Jutsu Seals: 'Tora, Inu, Tori, Saru, Hitsuji!' important things,

Jutsu Names & Places: "Summoning Jutsu!" ,Tokyo

Bijū and Summon Speech: "Now then... Who do you want to kill...?"

Chapter 13: Unlikely Meeting

Next day Paris, France

Naruto had just finished "visiting" the International Criminal Police Organizationalso known as INTERPOL. From the information he called he found out it is an intergovernmental organization facilitating international police cooperation. He needed to see if they had any information about international criminals and the criminal underworld in general. He found out that it was established as the International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC) in 1923 and adopted its telegraphic address as its common name in 1950's and thus they may have some valuable information regarding his targets, the international underground and their connections to Yami. They had 'bought' some of major officers of the organizations not that it was any surprise to the blond shinobi.

In his short reign as Rokudaime Hokage, he came to understand the vicious and brutal ways of politics and politicians which unlike the battlefield was much more difficult to manage and control.

It turns out that the French Underground is ruled by a single unknown criminal who had contact with an organization called l'obscurité otherwise known as Yami along with the kidnappings, slavery and almost every criminal activity in the entire city. Ironically, all of this is for the sake of money and political power, it would seem that Yami had no pride unlike Ryōzanpaku, one of their first differences he had spotted between the two factions.

He had "visiting" their headquarters, more like entered undetected; in Lyon before coming to the capital which was an easy in and out mission to say the least. Their security was so much looser compared the rather extreme organizations like the CIA and MI6 with their high tech anti-infiltration weapons and defenses. Actually it was a cakewalk to the point Kisara-chan or any genin level ninja could get in and out without a hitch.

The CIA were rather tricky but still tactlessly simple for a kage level ninja like himself. Not that he was bragging or anything, but he had a more difficulty infiltrating his old office during the reign of the Sandaime Hokage; Sarutobi Hiruzen, when Mizuki tricked him into stealing the Fūin no Sho (Scroll of Seals) and he was not even a genin back then.

'Ah those were good times…,' he thought sadly. After all he beaten the living crap out of that traitor and began his journey to become the man he is now. Naruto sighed dejectedly as he continued on his search across the city pushing back his thoughts of his long lost home.

He found it easy to run across the rooftops of the European city as its inhabitants rarely looked up except if they were tourists here for the French monuments such as the Eiffel Tower and such.

Running along the roofs of towards the ghettos of the poorest areas as it would be the most reliable source of information regarding the whereabouts of his targets. As he was hunting for clues along the poor hoods of Paris, he came across a young boy running along with his little sister as they were chased by a group of street thugs. As they thought that they had escaped, they were surprised by a rather new wall blocking their usual escape route. The thugs smirked as they had cornered their prey and began to chuckle among themselves not noticing a hooded stranger observing from above who silently jumped down and landed in the shadows between them.

Naruto appeared out of the shadows alerting everyone to his presence and simply walked to the middle of the two groups with his hands behind his back. He turned to the hooligans as he spoke in fluent French and he said with a rather cold voice, "Excuse me for intruding on your little 'game' gentlemen. But I couldn't help noticing that you were trying to hurt these children for no reason whatsoever. Now why would you do such a thing? After all are we all civilized people, and we can come to an agreement?"

Naruto reached for his back pocket as he was about to take out some bills to pay them off but one of the thugs took out his pistol and fired it close to Naruto's right foot as a warning. He yelled in a native slang, "Hey pute (bitch)! Don't try to pull out a gun on us, connard (Asshole or motherfucker)! Don't fuckin' move?!"

Trying to prevent the situation from turning to a disastrous turn, Naruto slowly said "Please it is only money," slowly revealing to them a large wad of cash, "I am willing to pay you whatever you want just leave the children alone…"

"We don't like your kind around here nor do we accept your money! Just get out of our way and let us get to those two behind ya and we might let you leave with all your clothes on!" shouted another of the thugs.

As the thugs began to walk towards the children, Naruto stepped in front of them again saying, "Are you sure you don't want this…" as he shook the paper stack on front of them enticing them even further with it.

The thugs licked their lips as they stared at the rather large sum of money hungrily and were about to accept the offer until the same thug that spoke earlier opened his mouth, "If you are so generous why not! After that we still get to kill this bastard and his little bitch of a sister!"

Naruto having enough of this foolishness released a torrent of killing intent towards the hooligans freezing them in the tracks. It caught them all by surprise like ice cold tsunami washed over them, paralyzing them instantly. They could only look at the hooded man with the shiny cerulean slitted eyes as they saw thought they saw the shadows of the place begin to move on their own accord. They couldn't move a muscle as their brains were overcome with pure and unadulterated terror. They began to see themselves killed, murdered and slaughtered in the most brutal bloodiest and most painful way they could ever imagine. Some of them that could handle it faint, actually fell to the ground knocked out cold. The remaining fell to the ground as well as if the gravity on them had just tripled and they couldn't stand anymore. All of their noses began to bleed from the colossal pressure on their weak and corrupt psyche from being close to the stranger. The remaining that still had to fall, stood there petrified as they released their bladders. The hooded man turned to the children as he said, "Please cover your eyes and ears as I don't want to see what I am about do to these scum."

The pair scared out of their wits as well complied as closed their eyes and the little girl covered her ears with her older brother's arms hugging her body protectively.

What followed later were the screams of pain and agony of the thugs as it would be assumed that the hooded man had beaten them silly. In a few seconds later, there was nothing but silence as the young boy heard the voice of the hooded man speak to him again.

"Are you both alright? Did they hurt you anywhere?" asked the man in an almost unnaturally kind voice completely opposite to what they heard him use before. It was warm as if he was their father and was worried about them. The little girl had stopped covering her ears when she felt her brother move a bit as she heard the hooded man speak.

She smiled happily as she said, "No Mister! Thank you for saving us from the bad men!"

"It is my pleasure, my dear…" said the mysterious man.

Now the older sibling spoke in a polite way, "Merci beaucoup pour votre aide (Thank you for your help)… but we must be going before more show up…"

"Don't worry, I will protect you if they did. However, I would like your help if you don't mind?" asked the hooded man.

He befriended the siblings, street-wise 16 year old boy and his cute but scared 12 year old little sister. Their names were Leïto and Lola; natives to the dark ghetto streets of the thirteenth district. They both had dark brown hair and ember colored eyes with light skin with pale complexion. He said he would help them out as soon as he had done what he had come here to do. They accepted his offer as they informed him of who were in charge of the operation which Leïto said was most powerful man in the whole district and city; Taha Bemamud. His right hand man K2 was who chooses the victims that were kidnap, sold and enslave.

After finding a subordinate to the man, Naruto followed him to one of the many clubs in the district as he found one of his main targets in the French capital along the dark streets of the 13th district of the Paris. The man reached his target K2 giving him what looked like a piece of paper which he read immediately and then proceeded eat it, destroying any evidence.

From his observation of this character Naruto deduced that 'K2' was a misogynistic man who had little to no compassion for the fairer sex which is the reason his crime boss Taha chose him for the job, if any of his interactions with the females of the club are any indication. He was a very tall man about six feet and a half in length with dark black eyes and a big hooked nose. He had a rather pale complexion from the lack of enough sunlight with scattered knife scars on his face along bags under his eyes gave him the look of a rather mean street thug. He shaved off his hair as he had his nickname 'K2' tattooed on the right side of his head, colored in red 'K' and a blue '2' and both having white outlines. He was also overweight but still a bit stronger than your average civilian. He was armed with two weapons a knife and a handgun.

He kept the knife on hand as he flipped it open and close continuously as if he was nervous. The knife was a Balisong or 29, which was also known as the fan knife. It was a folding pocket knife with two handles counter-rotating around the tang such that, when closed, the blade is concealed within grooves in the handles. It is sometimes called a Batangas knife, after the Tagalog province of Batangas in the Philippines, where it is traditionally made, or the butterfly knife from the way its handles open like the wings of a Butterfly to reveal the blade.

The gun was concealed under his vest attached to his belt on top of his bloated stomach which ironically hid it well. The gun was from a Beretta semiautomatic pistol known as the Beretta 92. It was also known as Beretta 96 and Beretta 98 and was a series of semi-automatic pistols designed and manufactured by Beretta of Italy. The model 92 was designed in 1972 and production of many variants in different calibers which still continues today. Naruto studied the list of weapons of this world to help him recognize and dismantle them easily. Plus he need to study the guns in use by this world so-called police and government forces. It was like how United States Armed Forces replaced the Model 1911A1 .45 ACP pistol in 1985 with the military spec Beretta 92F, the M9. From the looks of the tiny inscriptions on the weapon, Naruto could see very clearly, was a 92 series in 9×19mm Parabellum rounds. It was a civilian model since it carried 17 rounds which Naruto saw when K2 check its magazine.

It was due to K2 continuous success in his given tasks that made him the right hand man for the French crime lord. More or less made him the perfect target to follow up to the bigger fish in this pond. Naruto also had to locate the CIA rouge agents that were helping Taha sale his merchandise the other criminal organization. They were a pair of ruthless coldblooded killers who aware of their surroundings much more than your average Joe. However, Naruto had a couple of his Kage Bunshin stationed around their location, following them from the shadows, silencing them quickly and destroyed their bodies along with their apartments they were living in. He burned everything to the ground but not before taking their funds and cash reserves as well as any and all information regarding the shady organizations they worked for. After all it wouldn't be useful to the dead anyways. He had sealed everything he took in an unused scroll as he created a kage bushin. He handed it the scroll as it nodded as it disappeared.

His plan was to take out their leader and his second in command and anyone he deemed a lost cause. Now he followed K2 who was going to inform his boss of the latest news unknown to him leading Naruto straight to his boss Taha.

From what he could tell, Naruto knew that the gang leader Taha was a rather brutal and intelligent man who was cautious enough to change his location on a weekly basis. However it also shows the signs of a sociopathic paranoid psyche as well, which amused Naruto even further. He stealthily followed the big man walked through a very dark alleyway from the rooftops. Hiding in the shadows as he stalked his prey without a single sound.

The giant of a man walked towards an old rundown warehouse at the end of the street. He walked towards its entrance, a large steel plated door which was suspiciously too fortified for such a deserted warehouse. It had a small viewing slot at eye level as the only visible opening. He knocked in a specific order, much like a beat of a song or whatever, and waited as the door slowly opened.

Taha's Hideout

Naruto easily infiltrated the building as he began to investigate the whole structure with his favorite technique, Kage Bunshin no jutsu. After the clones appeared, he had them scatter to search and find everything they can about this hideout. They found their targets rather quickly to say the least. They found them in what would appear to be a huge mess hall containing all sorts of weapons, food, drink, drugs and women. Taha's men were drinking, using drugs, laughing and doing all kinds of debauchery, in all sense of the word they were have a drunken revelry. Some were even raping some of the kidnapped women making it extremely difficult for Naruto to control his anger and killing intent. He was about to lash out and kill these people. However he reigned his righteous anger knowing that he would destroy them when the time was right. His eyes continued searching as they came across their so-called kingpin.

Their leader Taha was presiding over the entire thing with a wick smirk on his pale pasty face and a pair of crying naked girls chained to each side of his throne-like chair. He had a pale complexion with dark short hair and light brown eyes with dark rings around them from the lack of sleep. He even had a set of golden teeth to show off his wealth and power. He was also a victim of his own drugs as traces were visible to the sneaking ninja as he noticed them under his target's nose and left cheek. He wore a bright blue loose silken robes with night garbs underneath it complete with silk slippers. He sat on his thrown with his legs crossed staring at the depraved scene play in front of him.

His captives were two young blondes with peach colored skin, one had blue eyes while the other had green both were swollen red from their tears and weakness that they felt. They sported a couple of bruises and scratches here and there but nothing serious. However, that was not true regarding their womanly parts as they were soiled by the seed of these crooks were leaking out of them.

He cussed as he vowed he would kill all of these sick and disgusting rapists especially their leader who he would torture to death. His eyes began to glow in crimson eerie light as his fists clinched tightly enough to showing his whitening knuckles. Another memory came and this one was in regards to the cargo of weapons and drugs that they had in this place.

Naruto walked on the ceiling hiding in the shadows as he observed his prey. However his attention was drawn to now opening doors of the mess room as he saw a very effeminate blonde man. He even had a rather feminine perfume on making it even more confusing. This remained him of his first meeting with Haku the androgynous boy from the Yuki clan. He was still confused on whether or not Haku was actually a boy.

The original was knocked out of his reminiscing when felt a memory being transferred back to him from another one of his clones about the remaining of young women and children. His clone had found them being held in the hidden storage rooms in the basement of this large warehouse. Naruto sighed as he made more clones and ordered them to rescue the prisoners and escape quietly as he went on to handle the gang and their new guests.

The effeminate man walked across the room towards Taha with a napkin covering his nose and mouth. It would seem that the raw smell of the room was bothering him. He was accompanied by a pair of beautiful women as his aids. What was even more surprising that the man was producing a lot of Chi what is the equivalent to Chakra in this world, stating that he was a powerful martial artist and a Master at his style as well. However, he was not as strong as the masters of the Ryōzanpaku but he was strong enough and he was a bit injured as well from the looks of it. One of the clones got closer to the men as he eavesdropped on them.

"Ah welcome back Monsieur Christopher Éclair, our best assassin and master savateur of the deadly combat style Savate," said the pasty criminal with a broad smile and an acknowledging nod.

The now christened Christopher has a rather effeminate appearance and hairstyle to the point that he would almost always be mistaken for a woman. He has blue eyes with greyish blonde almost platinum hair and wore a dark red coat with white gloves and had blue pants and dark boots. Nodded in response saying, "Monsieur Taha, it is good to see you again but it should have been in a better time as you are clearly busy," pointing at the rather disturbing gathering and its immoral activities with a slight movement of his head towards the group.

The pale man smiled evilly as he began to laugh loudly saying, "Oh we are just celebrating the death of a certain pesky politician and his Interpol associates. I must say the way you handled them like it was a work of art. Come let's talk in my office."

Silently Christopher nodded as him and his aids followed the gang leader to another door that lead them to the office.

As soon as their door closed, a fluttering rain of white feathers began to fall on the crowd of lustful men and crying women sending them all to an Eden-like bliss as they fell into a state of serene and tranquil slumber. Naruto dropped from the ceiling without a sound as he gazed upon the sleeping crowd of filthy criminals and their helpless victims. He created two dozen kage bunshin which he had mentally ordered to take all the women in the group to the already rescued girls.

He walked towards the rapists that he saw earlier and with a flick of his wrist, a hidden blade slipped out from under his right sleeve. Now that the women were not there to witness this, Naruto stabbed the first of the rapist in the chest right were the heart would be. As the clones killed the remaining rapists and tied up the rest of their prisoners.

Naruto's quarry woke up with a painfully gasp as he looked at the eyes of his killer, a pair of ice cold catlike eyes. The man tried to speak but was silence by the sound of his killer telling him to let it all go. Life slipped out of his eyes as he stopped moving and Naruto whispered, "May you find peace even though you have never gave it to anyone…"

He closed his target's dead eyes as he pulled out his blade as the clones did the same. He ordered them to take the bodies to where the drugs and weapons stockpile were located. He sighs as he cleans off the blood from of his hidden blade using his chakra. Just as it appeared the blade disappeared back into its sheath under his arm. He walked towards Taha's office silently as he disappeared into the shadows while the clones took care of rest.

In the room, Taha sat on a rather luxurious armchair as he asked his guest to have a seat. Each of his Christopher's aides stood ready at each side of their entrance with their hands folded behind their backs. Christopher Éclair sat in the chair in front of Taha's mahogany wood office desk with his arms crossed and his face blank.

"I hope you did not call me all the way here just to talk. You know I am a very busy man," snapped the feminine man angrily.

This did not surprise nor deter the smirking pale criminal as he took out a rather thick yellow file and handed it to the blond savateur who just raised a curious eyebrow at the file.

"I would like to have this person removed so to speak. He has been gaining support from the people for his honesty, morality and strong charisma. He's the new police chief, Jacques Blanc and he is actually one of those idealistic types so he will definitely be a problem later on! Actually he even started rounding up my men yesterday evening!"

"And now you want be to handle it, right? What do I look like? Your personal cleaner or one of your thugs that you order around!" retorted angrily the killing martial artist.

"No," said the pale man with surprisingly calm voice, "But you know as well as I that we still have a lot of business between me and l'obscurité… I would never dream of losing such a great chance with the higher echelons of your powerful organization."

Naruto narrowed his eyes at his words as he knew this man is one of those irredeemable sorts that would do anything for more money and power even sell their souls for it. Finding that he had heard enough Naruto dropped silently in between the guard girls like a ghost completely by surprising and knocking them out with a simple touch to the back of their necks. They did not even have time to react as they never feel his presence to begin with.

Even the killer martial artist did not feel anything until the pair fell to the ground in a loud thud. Surprised the blond fighter spun into his fighting stance. He stared at the phantom of a man which clearly knew to be a Master class martial artist like himself evident from the way he hide his presence so well. He still couldn't fell anything from the man in front of him as if he did not exist or was an illusion. The man appeared out of nowhere and wore a form fitting black clothes with a hooded cloak covering his head and thus hiding his face.

"Ah! Who are you!" yelled the frightened Taha as he took out a gold-plated 50 Cal. Desert Eagle pistol from his desk drawer.

The hooded man shook his head as he said with a rather cheerful voice, "It would seem that you guys still don't understand the purpose of the hood. Why would I even wear it if I were to tell you who I am? Hm…"

The murdering martial artist readied himself to fight, as the hooded man suddenly disappeared. He appeared behind the armed Frenchman and tapped a couple of areas on his back making him collapse. He shouted in fear as he couldn't fell his body anymore.

"What have you done to me?! Why can't I feel anything or even more?!" shouted the paralyzed man.

"I just stop your ability to move permanently, nothing serious really. Not like what I am going to do to you later…" said the mysterious man with a cold expression.

The savateur was shocked silent at the incredible display of speed and tried to remember where he heard of such speed. His eyes widen as he came to realized who he was up against, the Rikudō Sennin, the same man his boss asked him to find. He thought to himself, 'It has to be him! No one is fast except Fūrinji Hayato or the boss!'

The killer savateur then suddenly asked, "If you don't mind me asking, are you the Rikudō Sennin by any chance?"

The hooded man did not answer immediately but when he did, he spoke colder that before, "And if I am?"

The killing martial artist raised his arms in surrender saying, "I have no problem at all and I don't even want to fight you however my boss has something for you…" He took out an envelope with the terms 'request' written in kanji and placed it on the table as he backed away towards his aides. He continued saying, "My boss the Ichiei of Yami asked me to deliver this to you. If you excuse me I have to get out of here now."

The effeminate man took his aides with him as he ran off leaving his screaming client behind with the shinobi. The blond shinobi shrugged his shoulders as he took the letter and stuffing it into his pocket. Taha looked at the shinobi as if he was trying to reach his gun even though he was still paralyzed.

"I should read it later since I am currently busy with you, Monsieur Taha," stated the hooded man as his victim screamed in fear.

He turned to the still screaming man and smirked as he saw the terrified look in his eyes as he said, "Oh you will be screaming alright, after I am done with you. You will never harm another living thing again."

The paralyzed man yelled, "Please mercy! Have some mercy! I swear I will never do anything like this again! No, No NO!" Ignoring his screams Naruto gazed into his eyes as he made the twisted sociopath see and feel every evil things he had done, including all the pain and suffering he had inflicted upon his victims. All that could be heard were the screams of a man in complete and utter agony, pain and anguish...

The Next Day, Yokohama Chinatown, Tokyo, Japan

The sounds of large bodies thumping and hitting the ground resonated as it disturbed the peace and quiet of the famous Chinese neighborhood. Criminals and thugs that looked like the remains of the feared Chinese Triad of the Tokyo district were being thrown around like they weighted nothing. Surprisingly by none other, Ma Renka the 16 year old daughter of the prodigious Chinese martial arts master Ma Kensei.

Renka wore a rather body hugging and scanty cheongsam; also known as qípáo. It had a crimson red dress with golden flowers pressed on the shoulders and sides. It also had two oval shaped holes on the chest area showing a rather generous amount of cleavage. It was also rather short for a regular qípáo as it only reached a couple of centimeter after her generous and bountiful hips. It would seem that her clothing was designed to be both provocative and combat orientated.

She began her beating spur when she noticed a young couple being mugged thus proceeding to knock the thugs out. A bandana wearing thug with a large Chinese sword attacked her from behind. She reacted instinctually jumping to the air disappearing from her attacker who cursed, "Where did that bitch go to?"

He felt his breathe taken away as he received a double leg drop kick stumping his back from the kung fū girl while answering him, "I'm here, you punk!" knocking him out.

She smiled as she had taken care of the thugs and exclaimed, "I Ma Renka, am here to protect the peace of this Chinese district!"

She picked up the main cause for the entire beatdown, a wallet. She picked it up and handed it with a smile to an average looking youth who was with his girlfriend. She said with a cheerful voice, "Here you go! I got your wallet for you back in one piece."

The youth still surprised the sudden fighting and overwhelmed by the kind gesture from the weird catlike girl. He stuttered saying, "Thank you very much!"

His girlfriend also thanked her with a small smile while still hugging her boyfriend's arm like a life line. They bowed to her in gratitude and went on their merry way but not before the Chinese girl said something. More like yelled, "Have a good time in this Chinese district! I hope you have a great time here!"

She smiled happily as she stated, "Oh, that's a good fitting couple. Ah one day that will be me and Kenichi…Ehehehehe" It might have been a joke from Kami-sama or Karma as the one she was thinking just happened to appear behind her eating a hot Chinese Nikuman(Meat Bun).

She tensed as she felt someone she know behind her, and turned to face them. Their eyes met and she shrieked with her hair standing on its end, "Nyah! Kenichi!?"

Kenichi only looked in surprise as he froze and took off running without thinking. Renka is so much like a cat to the point that she has their habit of chasing after fast moving objects consequently poor and unfortunate Kenichi received a flying kick for all his effort. After snapping out of her cat episode, Renka squealed while still on his back, "Kya! Kenichi! Why is it that you are here?"

Before the poor cowed boy could answer her, she kept stumping on his back eventually knocking him out. Luckily his master and her father Ma Kensei saved him from further punishment which would have lead to his early demise.

Same time, Ryōzanpaku Dōjō

Miu was smiling as she sparred with her first female friend of her age, Kisara who was smirking at her. Miu was not going to say it out loud but she was happy, extremely so. Not only did she find and get her first female friend but also a sparring partner that she does not need to hold back against when fighting. She had to go all-out in her spars with said kunoichi.

Kisara was a unique fighter as she never shows her true form. She was stronger and much faster than she shows at times and as well as mysterious. She is very random when it came to her fighting style making it very hard to predict and counter.

Miu attacked her with a high speed double punch to Kisara's abdomen. Kisara saw the attack coming and twisted her body to avoid the punches then Kisara shot a low kick to Miu's feet causing her to momentarily lose her balance. This what Kisara was waiting for and slammed her leg on Miu's shoulder.

Miu grabbed the leg and threw Kisara to the ground only for the kunoichi to flip and land on her feet. Both girls were smiling at each other as they finished their spar taking deep lungsful of air.

"Kisara-chan, you are a great fighter!" said the smiling blonde.

"You're not so bad yourself, Miu-chan and more over I like the fact that you are a such great and worthy training partner!" smiled back the crimson haired kunoichi.

Miu then said, "So let's go to the hot spring before Ma-san returns."

"Ya, you're right! Before that perverted old man comes and annoys! I might even tell sensei on him as he hates perverts a lot," grinned Kisara with her evil idea.

Imperial Wrath Chinese Restaurant

Both master and reluctant disciple were sitting around a circular dining table including Kenichi, Renka her father and her granduncle Ma Ryō Hakubi who was also known as Uncle Hakubi. Renka was taking care of Kenichi as he moaned in pain of her beating.

Renka exclaimed, "Mou… you know this is your fault for running away from me without any apparent reason. Ah… you've a scratch here too."

She applied the medicine of his wounds as he thought, 'I have a reason to run, but I will not say that I was avoiding her or else something terrible will befall me…'

The Chinese master smirked as if reading the mind of his hapless yet beloved disciple before turning towards the elder Ma who began saying, "I am sorry to have called you at such short notice."

"No, actually your call came at the perfect time as I was about to run out of some of medical herbs I use," replied his younger clansmen.

"With the news of your brother's defeat at the hands of the new master who we both know, every martial arts organization has become quite lively including both the normal ones and the dark ones."

"You're right…" as he took out his hat.

A young waitress with a panda like hairstyle walked over to their table as she brought some of the restaurant's fine Chinese green tea in its traditional porcelain teapot and bowl cups for Kenichi's Sifu. She filled his cup as he placed it in front of him saying, "Here you go, Ma-sensei."

Another waitress appeared with couple of plates full of hot steamy Chinese Nikuman while saying, "Have some of our delicious Ròu jì! (Chinese for meat bun)"

"Kensei, is true that Yami had declared war on Ryōzanpaku?" asked the old owner of the restaurant.

The earlier waitress was about to leave with her tray only to feel a rude and very depraved hand squeeze her rather shapely derriere. The owner of said hand simply replied still groping his victim who naturally screamed, "It's just as you said."

The elder man then asked, "What is Furinji-dono going to do about it?"

"He says we're to do just like always therefore just going with the flow," replied Kensei straightforwardly.

"Well, practically we won't know which style is gonna attack us until we fight them," He simply stated to his relative while dodging the onslaught of swings from a tray used by a livid young waitress.

Kenichi just sighed at his master's behavior as he knew the Chinaman would do something stupid.

Ma Ryō took note of Kenichi's presence. He turned towards his grandniece saying, "Ah, Renka-chan, I'm going to speak with your father about some complicated stuff. Won't you take Kenichi-kun with you for a stroll around in Yokohama for a while?"

All Kenichi could say was an intelligent, "Eh!" before he felt his right arm in between the two soft and warm fleshy mounds of Renka's booby trap shutting him up from any further comment.

Renka smiled happily as she slyly stated, "I have no choice if that is Uncle's order!"

"Ma- Ma Sifu!" yelped the unfortunate or fortunate young man for his master who just waved at him cheekily with crafty uncle who said "See you later…"

Renka then said or more like shouted, "Let's go Kenichi! Let's dash!"

Now both masters' faces turned serious as the younger Ma asked, "And, has there been any special movements lately?"

"Hm…A dangerous man came to Japan, and his name is Li Tenmon!" said the Older Ma.

"What? Li Tenmon, master of Chichouken and Zui Quan!? So he was in Yami too…" replied the surprised younger man.

"Mm… After laying low for many years, it seems they have left the shadows. Yami have slaughtered on the daily bases," stated the older martial artist.

He sighed as he continued saying, "It is clear that they want the name of the strongest! And they are regarding the place of the disciple highly and why because it is their tradition after all and also thanks to the activities of that new martial artist, the Rikudō Sennin and his rather strong and talented disciple."

"The tradition…that means by the traditions the disciple is indispensable," stated Kensei glumly.

"You see it, don't you? However if you take it like that, their biggest targets would be both Shirahama Kenichi-kun and the Sage's disciple Nanjō Kisara-san as well!" concluded the elder Ma.

Ma Kensei paused before saying, "... That's right and they wouldn't destroy him by their own hands. Why is that by defeating both our, Ryōzanpaku's disciple and Rikudō's disciple, with their own disciples would be the best scenario for Yami! That is if they did not convince the Rikudō to join them, I mean."

"What do you mean, Kensei?" asked the intrigued Hakubi.

"Rikudō-dono, is a neutral party at best and a very powerful wildcard at worse. The only thing that I know is that he would never betray us due to his connection with Shigure-dono," said Kensei.

"Oh I see… However do you exercise there at Ryōzanpaku?"

"Yeah…" answered simply the Chinese master of Ryōzanpaku.

A customer on the opposite table to the Kensei got up slowly. Kensei sighed as he felt killing intent projected towards himself. As the customer was leaving, he abruptly turn and slashed down with his hidden sword from his backpack, cutting through an afterimage of Kensei and his table.

The customer saw a foot holding down his weapon and another under his chin. He looked up the leg and saw the restaurant owner who placed his foot under the assailant's chin studying his features.

"Hm, a face that I see here every day, however are you an assassin from Yami?" asked the old man.

Kensei answered him from behind the would-be killer saying, "Because you're also quite the important person…" then he punched the wannabe assassin in the special point on his back knocking him out.

"But is it okay, you won't ask Kenichi-kun what he thinks about it?" asked the older Ma ignoring the whole assassination attempt like it was nothing important.

"I understand Hakubi… I'll ask Ken-chan about…whether he will stay at Ryōzanpaku or not!" exclaimed the Kung Fu master of Ryōzanpaku.

Meanwhile Somewhere in Yokohama district

Kenichi sneezed as he went on a tour around the Chinese district of Yokohama. Renka suddenly stared at him and then dragged him towards a Chinese food stand as she exclaimed, "Kenichi, are you coming down with a cold? Have some of this!"

She then shoved a spicy bun in his mouth forcing him to instinctively chew and swallow it. He screeched as he felt the burning and highly spiced contents of the bun with the comical steam coming out of his burned mouth. Furthermore she gave him a bottle of some traditional Chinese drinks to cool him down, only for him to spit it out having a coughing fit. She was surprised by his reaction as she usually would have one of the same buns and drinks.

"What the problem, Kenichi?" asked the surprised Chinese girl.

"That was too bitter, Renka-san…" said the boy sticking his messed up tongue.

"I've seen her! It's the girl from before!" shouted a familiar bandanna wearing thug and was this time armed with a Chinese scimitar. He called onto his group of hooligans as they attacked the couple.

One of the thugs said, "It looks like you're quite insistent punks!"

Ironically it was Kenichi that replied to his taunts, "I…I'm against violence!" as he deflected an attack to his head. Renka was fly kicking thugs left and right.

Four of the muggers attacked Kenichi at the same time thinking that would be the way to overwhelm him and beat the living out of him. However the simple yet effective plan backfired as all of them couldn't even get close to landing a single hit on this small punk. It was as if he had an invisible force field encircling him, protecting him and beating them as well. They couldn't understand what happened as one of them stated the obvious, "He uses a strange technique!" before Kenichi knocked them out.

The bandanna wearing thug crept behind the small boy who had just knocked out his opponents leaving him open to attack from his blind spot. The thug charged in with his weapon with his intend to stab and skewer Kenichi dead.

Kenichi's senses rang urgently warning him of an immediate danger coming at him from his rear. His response was instinctive as he spun his body around and swatted the sword away and blocking the sword hand.

The thug was stunned and asked, "You-… How could you tell?!"

Kenichi answered simply, "Well… Why? Cause I'm scared of sharp objects!" as he slammed a heavy kick to the thug's jaw knocking him out.

Kenichi felt strange as he thought to himself, 'Ever since the showdown with Ryūto-kun, I've had this weird feeling… Maybe it could be from the influence of the Seikūken…'

The thugs ran with their tails between their legs in fear of the couple's strength. Unluckily instead of escaping they attracted the attention of the cat-like Renka who flew towards them in chase.

"Wait Renka-san!" Kenichi called out to her but she had already ran off to hunt the unfortunate hoodlums.

With Renka…

Somewhere else Renka just noticed that Kenichi wasn't with her and to relive her anger she continued to beat the helpless thug bloody asking him, "Hey! Where is Kenichi go!"

"Ouch! I don't know!" groaned out the bruised mugger.

"Those who'll disrupt a romance will be sent flying by me! Nya!" replied the agitated Kung fū girl, kicking the thug towards the wall knocking him out.

She sighed to herself as she said, "Ah! Now my date with Kenichi got ruined…"

With Kenichi…

"RENKA-SAN! This is bad, I lost her!" called out the former bullied boy.

"Well, she has a pretty overwhelming power, so I think she should be fine…" thought Kenichi to himself.

He then realized something was wrong and said, "By the way, where am I?"

He sweat drop rolled from the back of his head as he grasped his stupidity and rather lame problem covered his head as he grabbed a close by stair rail, "… I'm lost."

He sighed. "Let me see if I can't figure my way back…" said the lost boy as he glanced left and right.

To his outmost surprise, he saw a familiar pair of pink pig tails coupled with a rather cute freckled face. She looked rather happy proof seen from the rather prominent smile on her freckled face as she examined the soil of the park like it was the most treasured thing in the world.

She noticed his stare as he approached her with a simple smile. He then said, "Ah, you're the one from the other day…"

"Oh, what a strange place to meet, huh?" she mused at his presence.

He crouched to her level as he asked her, "What are you doing, in a place like this?"

She gave him as fake smile that he did not notice saying, "I'm waiting for someone."

Being the idiot that he was, he exclaimed, "Could it be a mole?"

She laughed at his idiotic reasoning saying, "You say funny things!"

She sighed as she told him, "I just thought that the earth in Japan is really good."

"Eh!" said the former bullied boy in confusion. 'Did she mean for growing trees and plants?' thought the boy to himself.

"Look! An earthworm!" she exclaimed.

"It's really true that worms are a farmers best friend. They're the proof that the earth around here is good for farming," answered Kenichi with a smile.

"In the countryside of China, where I came from, the soil is so bad that you can't use most of it," said the pink haired girl with sadness evident in her voice.

"Here in Japan, I want to work hard, become a great person and help out my family back in China," she added with convection and determination in her tiny voice.

It made feel embarrassed about himself, "You're really great… I, who only think about myself, feel embarrassed by your devotion to your family."

She giggled covering her lips with her hand and took a glimpse of her wristwatch. She gasped as he said, "Ah! I need to right about now."

"Um… Excuse me but do you know the way back to the Chinese district?" asked the embarrassed boy.

"Could it be that you're lost?" she asked trying to control her laughter.

"I'm really sorry…" he whispered twiddling his fingers.

"That way, Hanaya-san (florist)." She said with a giggle, pointing the way to his destination.

He smiled, "Thank you!" waving goodbye to the girl who waved back as well.

"Don't get lost again," he nodded as the both went their separate ways.

The girl continue as she approached a person who yelled at her saying, "You're late! What did you do, Raichi!?"

She stopped in front of the person who called her and greeted him. She saluted him with the Chinese stance of respect, "It's been a long time, father!"

The now revealed man Li Tenmon suddenly punched his daughter shouting, "Call me Master!"

He sighed as he said darkly, "We'll go now… Yami is waiting."

"Yes, Master!" replied the girl still hold her bruised cheek.

Stockholm, Sweden

In the busy streets of the capital of Sweden, walked a strange man. What was strange was the fact he wore a white hooded jacket covering his head in the middle of summer. He walked around not drawing attention to himself and slipping in through the crowds approaching his target.

He noticed a crying child of six or seven years of age with her teddy bear in his path and walked over towards her. He crouched down to the height of the child as he pulled down his hood and spoke in fluent Swedish, "What is the matter, child? Are you lost?"

The little girl heard a kind and gentle voice talk to her and looked up and meet a sapphire-eyed blond man that looks like a fox and wore with a white jacket.

She sniffed as she said, "Äldre bror, mamma is gone…!"

"Don't worry, min kära (my dear)... I will help you find her. But I will need your help too, okay? " replied the man with a warm smile.

The girl smiled back at him and said, "What is your name, Äldre bror?"

"Räven my child and what is yours?" responded the man.

"Helena, Äldre bror," said the child.

He smiled as he said, "What a beautiful name, you have? Okay Helena, I will help you find you mamma!"

He softly grabbed her and placed her on his broad shoulders, and said, "Helena, I would like to point your mamma if you see her and will take you to her, okay?"

"Ja! Räven Äldre bror! " said the happy little girl.

To be continued…