-Kenzo-

We were in the sea, ready to arrive at the island that I requested to be dropped at.

I look at the horizon to see if there was anything in the way to my immediate destination but things aren't going too well.

"Could your boat go any faster!" I yell at Eiji but his remark was just as cold as ice.

"It's not a boat, it's a ship... Besides I don't even get the reason why you're such in a hurry to end up at some island..." Eiji exclaimed while in the midst of a half-sleep.

"I have some important business to attend to." I reply knowing that he will not bother to even try to listen.

"I checked out the bounty list, and your head can make someone very wealthy..." This did not bother me one bit as Eiji tried his best to rattle me out.

But as I looked ahead of me, I saw the destination that I was originally heading towards.

A devilish grin appeared on my face.

Thoughts on what might happen quickly shadowed my mind, and while I gazed at island that was in full screen, I was ready to unsheath my sword and ready to kill.

"Why did you take your sword out?" The idiot asked me a question that was in all forms the most stupidly thing to ask.

I quick got on land while making my way towards the center and a loud buzz enters my ear.

Boom!

He has finally come!

"I assume you'll take care of it!" Eiji anticipated that something has happened but was too lazy to do anything.

"The game has already ended!" I quickly run to the place of impact while my sword was in my hand.

Arrrrrrhhhhhh!

That's when a huge brute appears with a baton and unbrushed black hair and beard, his clothing represents that of a typical caveman.

But don't let his appearance deceive you...

He is Bartholomew Zeegalaar, a bounty hunter with a very high kill rate, a bounty worth 31 million units, able to make any poor, homeless man extremely rich.

But was he the perfect opponent, that will be decided by my sword.

"Finally, I have found you! The man with a bounty of 59 million units!" His overly loud voice had a little arrogance within it that would surely be the death of him.

I point my sword in his direction and planned my mode of attack

In the flash of my eyes!

He was gone, which forced me to a look around the area until a notice the same buzz sound that I heard earlier.

Boom!

Just in the nick of time, I managed to block his attack from his baton while he was smiling like doll that had a shadow placed in it.

"You managed to stop my aerial assault without having to even move, so the legend is indeed true!" His compliment was somewhat dry as I intended for an attack of my own.

He quickly darts back before launching towards the sky which bothered this time because it was obvious where he would land his attack.

He quickly hits the edge of my sword, creating a huge crater surrounding me and him, that's when he smiled...

That darn smile...

He quickly changed his direction and hit me from the side.

Boom!

A huge splash erupt simply because he had enough strength to hit me all the way to sea.

I notice from his breathing patterns that he was still waiting, thinking that I would have simply swim out like a fish in its territory.

I spring out and prepare my sword for an attack. He block my attack with his baton while cautiously aiming to strike me.

Then it's just went uphill, as if there was no gravity at all, he was a bit slow when defending which me the opportunity to finally finish when he uttered the words...

Berserk Clash!

He knocked from the ground all the way into the skies. At first I thought that he wouldn't reach there and then.

But he did!

Aiming directly towards my face, he hit me towards the sea. I didn't know if it was the sound barrier of the sea, but I somewhat heard a huge crashing sound which gave me the idea that he already landed.

Little did he know...

That the battle has not even begun yet, but as some noble from fictional books said, "Arrogance destroys the footholds of victory."

I jump out of the sea and quickly end up at his location with 2 words in my mind...

Okinawa Slash!

I stood opposite him while placing my sword in my sheath and turn to look to him.

"It Can't... It Can't Be... IT CAN'T B!!!" He died with hundreds of wounds before becoming entirely gallons of blood.

It was not what a expected from a "worthy" bounty hunter, he was incredibly weak for a man who had his mind set in killing me.

But...

The will of the weak is as foolish as the will of a chicken who refuses to die and become fried.

I looked at my sword and saw what it means to survive and have predator like instincts that would eventually build us as humans.

I set out for Eiji's boat before well and notice his still there, so I hopped on.

"So did you win?" His mannerism of asking questions is as sarcastic as they come.

"If I didn't, I would have been dead!" I replied knowing that his not going to care one bit.

"I see, a game of survival, a sign of how weak the human race has become." He said while detailing something on a piece of paper.

"But wouldn't that mean that you're weak too." I reply to his stupidity to see if he will continue on that road.

"We'll arrive on the island of Teitras before we reach the continent of Venor." He ignored my reply but gave an important statement.

"What are we to do at Teitras?" I asked.

You'll soon find out...

To Be Continued...