In every boy's life, there comes a time when they must prove themselves...
...This isn't that time for these two.
Sanada: *stands at his post on Pride Rock, gazing into his binoculars for the first sign of movement*
Renji: *swinging through the jungle with his GPS system tied to his waist* *lands at the edge of the clearing and squints at Sanada threateningly*
Sanada: *stands up and points his sword at Renji, slightly taken aback by his sudden arrival* Renji.
Renji: *takes one step back and raises his chin defiantly* Genichirou.
Sanada: I can't let you pass, Renji. *swings his sword to block the path behind him*
Renji: But you told me to meet you at the rock with the long neck. *points* That is behind you.
Sanada: You won't even get that far. *gazes down the path* This path leads straight to Yukimura.
Renji: Hmph. *lowers his arm* Your meeting spot was too good to be true.
Sanada: *leans on his sword and grabs onto the small charm he has around his neck* Should I call the tigers?
Renji: *moves his own hand to the similar charm on his other wrist* Or perhaps we must fight... *dramatic pause* mano-a-mano.
Sanada: *rips the necklace off and holds it out* If that's what you want, I won't call them.
Renji: *does the same with his* Let us not involve our animal compadres.
Sanada: *drops it dramatically to the ground*
Summon Whistle: *lands with a crash*
Renji: *whips his over his shoulder*
Summon Whistle: *stabs into a tree*
Sanada: ... *glares at the whistle in the tree and feels outdone* So.
Renji: *smirks* ... So.
Sanada: You smirk at a time like this? *angles his sword so that it reflects the light*
Renji: *has his eyes closed so he can't be blinded* Do I not have a reason to smirk?
Sanada: Do you fear death?
Renji: Do you? *raises an eyebrow dramatically*
Sanada: You directed my question back at--TORONDO!! *swings his sword backwards and hits the tree, knocking four tigers from it*
Renji: *stumbles back* How dare you bring out your tigers!
Sanada: They came on their own.
Renji: Do not lie to me.
Sanada: I wish only for a fair fight.
Renji: Then send your tigers back as proof.
Sanada: ...
Sanada: *turns to the tigers and does a foolish round of gestures*
Tigers: *appear to understand and lurk away, glaring at Renji and swiping dirt at his feet*
Renji: *opens his eyes to glare at the tigers, then closes them again* Genichirou, when I defeat you, you will buy me new shoes.
Sanada: When you defeat me.
Renji: Did I... stutter?
Sanada: *points out at the sun* Before the sun touches the horizon, there will be one standing.
Sanada: I stand here with my blade and you pack nothing.
Sanada: It is clear who the winner for Yukimura of the Battle of Rainforestia will be.
Renji: *stares at him suspiciously* Something in your throat, Genichirou? No matter. You underestimate me. *holds his hand out to the side and snaps his fingers*
Bow: *appears*
Sanada: ...this is something I did not anticipate.
Renji: ... I know.
Sanada: You've been training?
Renji: With Master Robin Hood.
Sanada: Friar Tuck told me about Hood-san having a new apprentice.
Renji: News travels quickly, I see.
Sanada: How long?
Renji: Long enough to have learned the Secrets of the Ways.
Sanada: *eyes widen slightly at the sound of this* All of them?
Renji: I see you did not expect me to gain such powers in such a short time.
Sanada: Answer the question, Renji.
Renji: Perhaps I should just let you find out on your own.
Sanada: *points sword toward Renji* On guard.
Renji: *pulls out an arrow from under his shirt and aims the bow at Sanada*
Sanada: Your move, Renji. *takes the defensive stance*
Renji: *pulls back the bow, but aims it down the last second, shooting an arrow in between Sanada's feet* And that is a warning. I am giving you a chance to let me on my way to Seiichi.
Sanada: *strikes the arrow down after it had already landed on the ground just to show that HE MEANT BUSINESS* The one to get to Yukimura first...is me. *turns to the setting sun and a single tear rolls down his cheek* Yukimura... *clenches his fist*
Renji: *raises his bow again, a new arrow appearing from out of nowhere* Do not attempt to trick me by using your emotions, Genichirou! For you insult my own love for our captain.
Sanada: *his tears hit his sword and it begins to glow* Where were you when he was sick and needed to be carried around all the time?
Renji: You speak too quickly. He never complained about sponge bathes. Why do you think that is? *watches at Sanada's sword cautiously*
Sanada: *sword grows in size* Yukimura enjoys his sponge baths.
Renji: Because I was the one giving them! *steps back and hovers his thumb over the 'easy button' on his bow*
Sanada: *sees the Easy Button* You wouldn't.
Renji: Do not test me, Genichirou.
Sanada: This will not be as easy as the button implies.
Renji: Is it a real easy button? Or have I mislabeled it on purpose?
Sanada: I'm not here to find out. *lunges forward with his sword held high*
Renji: *jumps sideways onto Pride Rock, keeping the arrow aimed at Sanada*
Sanada: *pivots and swings again toward Renji, slicing a rock in half and then pausing dramatically*
Sanada: *is just so dramatic that he needs to be described as such copious times so there is no shittin' anyone about how dramatic he is*
South Tigers: *wave Sanada flags*
Renji: *glances down quickly at the smooth line in the stone, then jumps up again, flipping in the air over Sanada's head, landing behind him, arrow aimed at his back* Your fanclub won't be able to help you now.
North Tigers: *laughing from the trees*
South Tigers: *offended by the laughing and pounce on the North Tigers*
Sanada: *wheels around and holds his sword out* You won't shoot.
North Tigers: *growling and other things tigers do*
South Tigers: *do Tae Bo everyday and are jacked and versed in Tae Kwon Do*
Renji: *opens his eyes slightly* Won't I?
North Tigers: *actually have red bull in their systems instead of blood*
Sanada: Then shoot.
Sanada: *turns his hat on backwards for effect*
South Tigers: *had Frosted Flakes this morning and are SUPER CHARGED*
Renji: *opens his eyes all the way* I see. So this is how you want to play. So be it. *shoots the arrow and blows a hole in the brim of Sanada's hat*
North Tigers: *had their cereal with organic soymilk plus omega-3 additives*
Sanada: *takes his hat off and looks at the hole angrily* You can shoot at me. But once you shoot at my hat, it's on.
South Tigers: *ate SIX dozen eggs this morning*
Renji: *smirks a bigger smirk than his first one* This is a serious fight, Genichirou. All is fair.
North Tigers: *DRANK six dozen eggs this morning*
Sanada: *tosses his hat aside to reveal his hideous haircut as clear as day* I won't be holding back.
South Tigers: *ate babies this morning*
Renji: *has to look away and close his eyes before turning back* Bringing out your secret weapon already? How noble.
North Tigers: *changed their diapers*
Sanada: You haven't seen my secret weapon.
South Tigers: *ate those too*
Renji: *sucks in a breath* A decoy?
North Tigers: *sprinkled itching powdered in them before discarding*
Sanada: TORONDO!! *swings his sword and cuts a rope, dropping a rock from a tree*
South Tigers: *LIKE the burn*
Renji: *senses the rock falling and ducks out of the way, doing a body roll and launching an arrow at the ground near Sanada's feet, triggering a booby trap* MAKE WA IKENAI NA!!
North Tigers: *stick out their tongues*
Sanada: *jumps out of the way of the arrow and looks around for the booby trap*
South Tigers: *claw at their tongues*
Rope: *rustles underneath Sanada's feet*
Renji: *stands there and waits*
North Tigers: *catfights*
Sanada: *looks down at his feet and steps over the ropes* Your traps won't work on me, Renji!
South Tigers: *likes fighting with the Northern Tigers*
Renji: *spins around for dramatic effect, then crouches, shooting another arrow at the ground, making the rope shoot up in front of Sanada* You keep underestimating me, Genichirou!
North Tigers: *actually think Renji and Sanada are lame*
Sanada: *swings his sword to cut the ropes* Prove yourself worthy of accurate estimatation.
South Tigers: *thinks the Northern Tigers are hot*
Renji: *shoots another arrow directly at the tip of Sanada's sword, then five more down the length of the blade, the last embedding itself in the hilt just above Sanada's hand* How is that?
North Tigers: *winks at Southern Tigers*
Sanada: *stops for a moment and pulls the arrow from the hilt* Sufficient, Renji.
South Tigers: *starts hitting on the Northern Tigers*
Renji: *straightens* Good. *starts circling Sanada*
North Tigers: *catcalls*
Sanada: *turns and abruptly inserts his sword into a rock carved into a dragon that had been hiding before* I have no time for this. *rock walls raise up around Renji as Sanada breaks into a run down the Path to Yukimura*
South Tigers: *slap the asses of the Northern Tigers*
Renji: Genichirou! How dare you! *looks around quickly then shoots an arrow with a rope on the end over the edge of the rocks, grabbing onto the rope as it sails over and catapults himself onto the Path to Yukimura, chasing after Sanada immediately* Seiichi does not accept cheaters into his life!
North Tigers: *beckons the Southern Tigers into their tree lair*
Sanada: *grabs onto a vine and swings across a mighty pit* He is ill!
South Tigers: *take their Tiagra and follow the Northern Tigers*
Renji: *grabs onto the next vine, only three steps behind him* You dare take advantage of his state of being?!
Sanada: *stands at the edge of the cliff, waiting for Renji to land*
Renji: *lands in a crouch and looks up at Sanada slowly and dramatically*
Sanada: *looks down at him and waits for him to stand* Don't accuse me of taking advantage of Yukimura.
Renji: *does so* Don't you, Genichirou? Don't you take advantage of him never being able to say no to you?
Sanada: How dare you accuse Yukimura of not being able to do something.
Renji: I am not accusing him, I am accusing you! *steps closer*
Sanada: *doesn't move from his spot* Accusing me of accusing him?
Renji: Accusing you of using him. *takes another step*
Sanada: Never.
Renji: Lies! *is all up in Sanada's bubble*
Sanada: *feeling his personal space being severely invaded* I must get to Yukimura.
Renji: Seiichi is mine, Genichirou. You have already gone 20 steps too far.
Sanada: Yours? *scoffs and turns to continue on his way*
Renji: *grabs Sanada's shoulder and speaks in low tones* Did I hear you... scoff?
Sanada: You heard correctly. That was, indeed, a scoff.
Renji: Your scoff is an insult to my pride. You must pay for that.
Sanada: I have no time to pay. I shall write you an IOU.
Renji: Seiichi would not mind waiting. You know how he dislikes unsettled matters.
Sanada: We'll settle this later then.
Sanada: With Yukimura.
Sanada: Once I am sure he is all right.
Renji: Why is it crucial that you go? I am just as capable of seeing him.
Sanada: Either I go or we both go.
Renji: Or I go.
Sanada: Or I set off my final trap and you meet your tennisy doom.
Renji: You would also send Seiichi into a lifelong depression.
Sanada: That is a price I'm willing to pay.
Renji: You are willing to ruin his happiness? *gasps*
Sanada: *stumbles* ...
Renji: Genichirou. You take that back.
Sanada: *takes a deep breath and holds his hand out* We must call a truce for now.
Renji: *looks at Sanada's hand suspiciously, then slowly takes it* If we must.
Sanada: *shakes and looks off into the sunset* Working together will get us to Yukimura faster. *pulls out his spare Summon Whistle and blows it*
Sanada: *waits patiently* Curse those tigers.
Sanada: *one ugly tiger comes out and gets low to the ground* Get on. We'll take Hephaestus.
Renji: *looks at it oddly* What happened to him? *straddles the tiger!*
Sanada: *climbs onto the tiger* He has three Y chromosomes. *digs his spurs into the tiger* TORONDO!!
Renji: How unfortunate. *grabs onto Sanada's waist as they FLY INTO THE SUNSET*
Sanada: *will find Yukimura...eventually...*
Renji: *....in... six days?*
Sanada: *it's a long quest*
Renji: *Renji's GPS thing stopped working midway through*
Sanada: *and Sanada's Yukimura senses have been failing him*
Renji: *the tigers needed more Tiagra so they had to make a side trip*
END!!!