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Post by The Black Beast on Nov 19, 2010 0:34:35 GMT -5
Takeshi laughs. "Next time I'll be better prepared for him. Don't worry. No one beats me."
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Post by blacktothefuture on Nov 19, 2010 2:37:20 GMT -5
"Glad to hear it" Blue sunglasses says (half sarcastically) before turning away from Takeshi and taking out his cellphone. He takes a look at its screen after whipping it open and then closes it back up again.
"We breaking up for now boss? or was there something more on your agenda?" he asks.
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Post by The Black Beast on Nov 19, 2010 6:02:51 GMT -5
Takeshi shakes his head. "Nothing more I had planned. I figured you had something to tell me." He says eyeing blue sunglasses suspiciously.
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Post by blacktothefuture on Nov 19, 2010 12:57:13 GMT -5
Blue sunglasses turns his back to Takeshi and begins walking away.
"Heh, nah I got nothin'. Nothin' more to say than don't lose like that again.."
He makes it all the way to the door, the room dead silent. When he reaches out for the knob of the door Takeshi notices that his hands are neither bleeding nor bruised. Especially impressive considering he has recently been through a fight.
"...I can't take care of ALL the other trash myself. Boss"
He then opens the door, walks out, and closes it behind him. Upon his disappearance some of the others begin to murmur and growl.
"Makes it sound like he did all the work" a guy with a head bruise gripes. "Yeah. We're all beat up from the fight too" another one chimes in. "Same old guy I guess. He's always been like this" grumbles a third.
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Post by The Black Beast on Nov 20, 2010 16:21:29 GMT -5
Takeshi watches him leave with interest. After a second or two he looks at his gang. "You guys should probably get some rest. Good job against Destrade." he says nodding.
He heads out the door, and walks down the street back towards the train station.
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Post by blacktothefuture on Nov 24, 2010 12:48:24 GMT -5
Takeshi makes his exit passing by more than a few mystified cafe' hands on his way to the rear exit. (It seems that Blue Sunglasses used the staff lounge here for your gang's recovery place). As he moves onto the common street he starts the all too familiar walk towards the train station.
His mind is afloat with all sorts of thoughts. This being his first defeat since his tournament days..no even before then! How he will get back up there, what his next steps will be. With a mind sharper than any may ever know he analyzes his battle looking for how things went wrong or could have gone better.
So intent on this is Takeshi that he passes through the train terminal, across the threshold and merges with the crowd all without taking notice. It is only once the train begins to hum beneath him that Takeshi notices he is the only guy in the car. He has entered the female car by mistake! What's worse is that he also shares it with several very familiar girls from school.
"Hey! dickhead! what the hell do you think you're doing in the women's car?!" she shouts. Wooden sword and cronies in tow she begins pushing her way towards Takeshi.
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Post by The Black Beast on Nov 24, 2010 14:22:32 GMT -5
Takeshi sighs, and shrugs looking as tired as possible. "I must've been half-asleep, sorry." He begins to rub his eyes, and slumps down a bit looking weary. "I've had a long night."
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Post by blacktothefuture on Nov 24, 2010 17:38:07 GMT -5
"Yeah. Never heard THAT one before! I'll bet I could kick your ass in here and no one would give a shit so how about it? You wanna try your luck where the school watch dogs won't intervene?" the chick growls getting right up in Takeshi's face.
"Last time was just a fluke so don't expect us to be scared of you" the cronie to the left with short black hair.
"Thinking you can just come in here. What nerve!" the one to the right chimes in.
The rest of the crowd (mostly composed of young women making the commute either to or from school) begins to back away granting space to the potential conflict.
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Post by The Black Beast on Nov 24, 2010 22:51:24 GMT -5
Takeshi sighs and straightens his back. "I am not in the mood to fight weaklings like you."
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Post by blacktothefuture on Nov 25, 2010 12:44:29 GMT -5
The girl harassing Takeshi seems taken aback by the sheer dismissive nature of his reply. After a second or two of silence she renews her verbal assault (though Takeshi can tell there is less heart in what she shouts now).
"Is that how you act when someone with a big beating stick is talking to you?! I bet you get your ass beat every day with that attitude so this time I'll let you off easy. Get the fuck out of the women's car!" she shouts pointing with her wooden sword to the set of doors at the end of the car behind Takeshi.
Both of the girls that serve as her cronies exchange looks and now the rest of the women begin to murmur softly amongst themselves.
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Post by The Black Beast on Nov 25, 2010 15:00:52 GMT -5
Takeshi stares at her blankly. Then walks out of the car. "Why is it the weak ones like you always resort to anger?"
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Post by blacktothefuture on Nov 25, 2010 23:08:16 GMT -5
Takeshi makes his move from one car to the other only to continue his critical analysis of the fight with Yamaguchi. These thoughts carry him through time to the end of his train ride and out onto the familiar streets of Shibuya. The hustle and bustle is like music to Takeshi's ears, the colorful scarves marking "off limits" territory of rival gangs...
He is only half way home when he spots something of particular interest. A street performer, a foreigner at that, wearing baggy white and tattered pants and a t-shirt. The stylized head of a jaguar graces his breast pocket and the knotted rope tied at his waist swirls and swivles as he preforms some sort of kicking dance.
Takeshi almost finds himself entranced as the mans limbs whirl and whip almost of their own volition through the air.
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Post by The Black Beast on Nov 26, 2010 14:19:40 GMT -5
Takeshi waits patiently for the street performer to finish before asking, "Where did you learn to move like that?"
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Post by blacktothefuture on Nov 27, 2010 13:26:06 GMT -5
"I learned it during my trip across Africa" the performer explains coming from a particularly precarious looking flip back to his feet again.
"My life is travel. Everywhere I go I take up a momento..though this one has helped me out of more than a few jams. I am Thiago, may I ask your name?" he asks taking smooth strides towards Takeshi.
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Post by The Black Beast on Nov 27, 2010 15:41:06 GMT -5
"Takeshi, Ito. Pleased to meet you." he says respectfully.
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Post by blacktothefuture on Nov 29, 2010 12:45:58 GMT -5
"May the sun give way to the breeze Takeshi..nice to meet you I mean. Is there anything I might help you with?" he asks beginning to fold up his makeshift platform. The hat that he has placed in front of which being halfway full of yen coins and small bills.
"I assume you'd have questions about someone like me being all the way over here in Japan".
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Post by The Black Beast on Nov 29, 2010 16:43:52 GMT -5
"I am interested in that, but I am also interested in those beautiful kicks of yours..."
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Post by blacktothefuture on Dec 1, 2010 1:21:08 GMT -5
"Oh really?" he smiles in response. "I don't know if I can help you there. It takes a lot of hard work to master these kicks. I still my muscles every day to pay for these kicks, someone your age would surely have a hard time to say the least.."
As he finishes packing up he turns to face Takeshi. His trailing off purposefully obvious as he inspects Takeshi with eyes that couldn't be more piercing if they were teeth in a sharks jaw. No mistake he is measuring Takeshi by his response...these next words will make all the difference, or so Takeshi takes it.
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Post by The Black Beast on Dec 1, 2010 16:04:35 GMT -5
"Then I guess I'll have to practice them till my legs fall off," Takeshi states.
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Post by blacktothefuture on Dec 1, 2010 19:48:31 GMT -5
Thaigo smiles a wide smile revealing an impressive array of pearly-whites. It is easy to see that this was truly the answer he was looking for.
"I will keep you to that Takeshi" he says gleefully. "Meet me in the Pearl Phoenix park over near Shigane-cho tomorrow morning. Wear your most comfortable clothes, nothing too fancy either"
Taking his hat in hand at last Thaigo tosses the purple and orange cap on his head over his curly black hair. Now with everything in place he begins to depart down the street.
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Post by The Black Beast on Dec 2, 2010 4:59:48 GMT -5
Takeshi nods. "I will see you then." With that he begins the trek back to his place, the beauty of the kicks still dancing through his mind.
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Post by blacktothefuture on Dec 3, 2010 15:02:42 GMT -5
The next morning comes all too quickly for Takeshi. With a new curiosity and an old determination smoldering within him he sets out for Pearl Phoenix park, one of few green areas around his part of Shibuya.
Passing by the usual number of scarves tied high on lamp posts and street signs (red and gray for this part of town) he soon comes to the enterance to the park. A large bronze arch adorned with a phoenix spreading its wings in a burst of molded flame marks the threshold to a world so very different from the city streets just outside.
Upon entering the park the tunk tunk tunk sound of wood hitting wood can be heard off in the distance.
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Post by The Black Beast on Dec 4, 2010 15:48:23 GMT -5
Takeshi will follow the sound, his anticipation at a max.
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Post by blacktothefuture on Dec 4, 2010 17:21:33 GMT -5
Takeshi follows the sound deep into the park finding himself at one of the three waterfountains that together mark the center of the park. Off to the side on a patch of grass sets a small boombox, the source of the sound, and Thaigo moving to the music as if gravity were more a notion than a limit.
As he spings and swings he sends up flecks of dew that sparkle in the early morning sun. There is a light in his eyes beyond that of a normal human being as his head and view sight adjust so as to keep aware of his surroundings. Spotting Takeshi he finishes up, rights himself and takes long jiving strides towards him, a small brown dufflebag in his hand.
"Good morning" he smiles popping a soccer ball out of the end of the bag with a swift movement of his hands. "You ready?" he says rearing back as if to throw the ball.
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Post by The Black Beast on Dec 5, 2010 1:32:13 GMT -5
Takeshi nods, preparing himself for anything. Attempting to keep his eyes on both the balls, and Thaigo at the same time.
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Post by blacktothefuture on Dec 5, 2010 15:46:17 GMT -5
"Kick it back at me" he says throwing the soccer ball at Takeshi with surprising speed. From a quick assessment it seems to be headed towards Takeshi's chest.
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Post by The Black Beast on Dec 5, 2010 20:20:10 GMT -5
Takeshi attempts a spinning kick to knock it back.
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Post by blacktothefuture on Dec 6, 2010 11:52:11 GMT -5
Takeshi executes a crisp spin kick which DOES hit the ball. However it hits it back at a sideways angle that takes the ball away from Thaigo. Thaigo sees this and executes two no-handed cartwheels in rapid succession, throwing his weight in such a way it carries him in full circles, to compensate and catch the ball himself.
"Alright" he says "Let's do something a little different"
He sets the ball down and begins to move his feet left, right, back, and forth while bending forward slightly. His lead foot and second foot keeping the same distance from one another in a "T" shape.
"Just follow along for now. Can you feel the rhythm?" he asks. Takeshi notices that the boom box is still on and in perfect sync with the mans steps.
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Post by The Black Beast on Dec 7, 2010 22:16:10 GMT -5
Takeshi will attempt to follow along. Focusing on the rhythm of the music more than his own feet.
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Post by blacktothefuture on Dec 10, 2010 15:21:27 GMT -5
Takeshi finds that his strategy is a superior one as following the beats tend to allow his body to follow the steps he is being shown. It is in this manner Takeshi is taught the fundamentals of this strange style. The bobbing back and forth Ginga, the shifting of the feet and lowering to the ground that is the Role, the head-standing cartwheel known as Au de Cabeca...
After a while Takeshi begins to get ahold of the basics. Shifting his feet and bending his knees to get the proper balance to move into rolls and tumbles all while coming back to the same t-shape stepping of the Ginga. Takeshi notices as he practices that while the hours fly by and he continues to get tired his enjoyment of this playing to the rythme does not diminish.
Halfway through the day Thaigo has Takeshi stop and picks up the bag of soccer balls again. Popping a purple and orange one out of the bag he looks at Takeshi.
"Now we're going to try something a little different. I will move this ball by kicking and bumping it through use of Capoeira and you shall do your best to kick or bump it back to me. Think you can manage using only the basics I have taught you?" he asks smiling.
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