“Hey now, is it too late to forgive and forget about this situation?”

Raion put his hands up while moving back.

“You think you can get out this now?”

Baison slowly inched his way towards Raion leaving footprints that were etched deep into the earth.

“Are you sure this is what you really want to do? Come on Baison, no one really wins here in this situation...”

Raion started to gather his composure.

“You’re right, but I’m not one who usually follows common sense.”

Baison lunged quickly at Raion which caught him off guard and landed a devastating punch right into his gut which had him flying through the forest crashing and breaking through trees that were behind him. Raion’s body finally stopped flying as he hit the base of a trunk.

“Shit.”

Raion grasped at his rib cage, coughing up blood into his hands. His vision was blurry.

“How far did I fly. That guy is definitely no joke, I didn’t even have time to put up my guard.”

Raion slowly got up to his feet, stabling himself with the tree’s support behind him.

“I need to get out of here quick, befor-”

Baison quickly appeared behind Raion.

“Going somewhere kid?”

Before Raion could leap away to safety, Baison threw a punch straight down on Raion’s head crushing him into the ground. Baison slowly ran his fingers through his hair.

“Ahhh, get up, get up, get up.”

As he kept saying it, he kept kicking Raion over and over again in the gut.

“Where’s your enthusiasm now kid?”

Baison smirked as he winded back his leg and kicked Raion hard in the gut sending him flying out of the forest onto the coast of a beach.

“Fuck, sent him flying again.”

Baison grunted and made his way towards the direction Raion flew at.

“Shit, this guy keeps catching me off guard. I still have a lot to learn.”

Raion grasped at his ribcage assessing the damage that was done to him.

“I think a couple ribs are broken...”

Raion laid his head back, closing his eyes aw he was trying to recover as much energy as possible. When he opened his eyes again he saw someone looking at him from afar.

“What are you waiting for Baison, come and get me.”

Raion shouted as he steadily climbed back up to his feet.

“Relax kid, I’m no Baison. My question is what are you doing out all the way here?”

Raion squinted his eyes and looked again to see a man with long flowing red hair sitting in a boat right off the coast of the beach.

“Aha...”

Raion let out a nervous laughter.

“I let my guard down, and got sent flying all the way out here.”

He looked back at the forest sensing Baison closing in on him. Raion readied his fighting stance.

“Oh...is that beast kenpo stance?”

The man with the red hair thought as his boat closed in on the shore.

[Meanwhile in the forest]

Baison reached the edge of the forest and saw Raion in the distance.

“There’s that little shit.”

Before he went on the offensive again, he saw the man on the boat.

“Tsk...forgot this was his territory.”

Baison turned his back, before leaving back to his task, he turned his head towards Raion and muttered.

“I’ll remember your face and the fact you dared to step up against me. Next time I won’t make the same mistake and play with my food again”

[On the shore]

“I can’t sense Baison’s presence, did he leave?”

Raion anxiously awaited Baison’s attack.

“If you’re wondering why your pursuer isn’t coming, it’s because he can’t.”

“What do you mean he can’t?”

“Because this place is my jurisdiction.”

Raion looked around.

“Wow, this whole coast?”

“Err, technically it’s just that boat over there.”

The man pointed to the boat behind him.

“Wait...that is your jurisdiction??

“Yeah...”

“...”

“Well, I’m going to be on my way now, thanks for chasing away Baison.”

“Hold on kid, there’s something I need to confirm.”

END