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[b]"Finally awake, huh?" [/b]

A voice greeted Ryuji. It was the one driving the carriage. It was a big gruff-looking man with a well-polished chainmail with an embedded crest of their village's symbol in the middle of it.

[color=6ecff6]"Uh, my head."[/color] Ryuji slowly opens his eyes, feeling a bit groggy, aching in pain every time he moves, hands tied up, still processing what happened last night. 

The last thing he remembered was a night of booze and gambling then everything got fuzzy. The next thing he knew he was sitting beside some group of beaten-up bandits inside a cage, all tied up with a Tarous pulling it, and a bunch of samurai escorts on each side, slowly traveling in a path road god knows where it's heading.

Bewildered, the ronin looks around in search of answers. 

He looks up to the clouds only to see his Pokemon companion Mori circling above the bright blue sky, surveilling the wagon as it travels.

"Caw caw caw caw" The black bird screeched loudly in the air as if it was laughing. Ryuji can tell that his mischievous partner in crime is mocking him for his misfortunes way above the sky.

[i]Rightttt.... I remember now. I was in an inn last night, about to get compensated for a job well done by my employer. We had booze and were about to call it a night until a group of bandits shows up trying to rob the place. To make matters worst, their rival was there.

...and so was the bandit's rival's rival. There were 3 groups of low-live scums inside, sharing the same room! Talk about unlucky, what are the odds of that ever happening?  [/i]

[i]Things got intense and quickly turn into an all-out brawl. Bodies flying everywhere, pokemons and human alike. it was utter chaos! The night ended with the shogun's military force showing up to break up the mess, arresting most of the ones involved. To make matters worst, my employer fled with my money and didn't get paid in full.[/i] Ryuji sighed as he recalls the event last night and the shitshow he had gotten himself into.

 [color=00aeef]"So..uhmm.. have any of you seen my spea.. i mean fishing rod?" [/color]The ronin spoke, awkwardly breaking the silence around him.

[b]"Can it worm! you're not allowed to talk!"[/b] The one driving the carriage yells. From the way he carries himself and the way he dresses, He must be the head chief of this division of samurais.

[color=00aeef]"I think you got it all wrong, I'm the victim here, they're the ones who tried to rob me, so if you could just lemme go, I'll understand this must be a huuuge misunderstanding.."[/color] Ryuji said, trying to weasel his way out.

[b]"Not the way we see it when we arrived, you were enjoying beating one of the bandits to a pulp, I must admit you got some fancy move for a common troublemaking bandit."[/b] The chief spoke.

[color=00aeef]"I'm telling you I'm not a bandit."[/color] Ryuji said.

[b]"Yeah, yeah.. tell em to the shogun in Saffron village, He's the one that will decide your fate, You'll be lucky if he decides to clean out the dojo there as your punishment." [/b]The chief scoffs as the carriage approaches the village.

Ryuji deeply sighed and didn't talk to avoid digging his grave any further. The wandering ronin always wanted to visit Saffron village and meet the Shogun, but not in the way he'd least expected it.