Chapter 4 - Voltage/Masamoto vs. Godai.

Chapter 4-Battle: Voltage/Masamoto vs. Godai.[br]
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It took at least an hour to get to the island’s port, but to Mikey, it seemed like forever, as he wasn’t too keen on boats, even though the sea was at its calmest. Mikey did everything to keep his mind off the slight rocks of the boat, but no use, he looked like he was going to throw up at any minute. Akiko took slight pity to him whilst Taka looked out for obstacles and other boats.[br]

“Voltage-sama, are you okay?” Akiko asked with concern.[br]

“I’m fine Akiko-kun, I’m okay…” The queasy Mikey replied, obviously not well and showing it, his eyes were half closed and his brow was slightly sweaty. They didn’t have enough time to rebandage his cut and eye, but his eye was strangely healed, which baffled the medic that Taka asked for.[br]
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As they reached the port, Mikey jumped straight out, relieved that he was out of the boat. He then helped Akiko out of the boat and walked towards the village. The village was no smaller than the village in Edo, but the shops were selling more expensive food and even more expensive valuables like vases and boxes inlaid with mother of pearl. The sand was slightly yellow than the sand in Edo and there was a little more ornamental buildings than in the village, and a small stone statue of a Buddha sat on a shrine at the top of the village, looking like it was watching over the village. He realised that everyone in Japan, every single citizen, is an echidna.[br]

“Welcome to Opal Village,” Taka said to Mikey, “The hometown of my superior’s rival, Godai.” Mikey looked around the village on the port, then followed Akiko to the sandy beach and up to the village. They both walked up to a stand selling a steaming hot drink at the price of four hundred yen.[br]

“Voltage-sama, have you ever tried sencha before?” Akiko asked Mikey with curiosity, whilst they‘re both knelt down by the store, Akiko on the left and Mikey on the right. Mikey replied by shaking his head a little. Akiko paid the salesman for two cups of sencha. He gave two freshly poured cups to them. “Sencha is green tea. It’s full of vitamins and anti-oxidants,” she said as she blew on it to cool it down. “Have a try.” Mikey nodded, blew on it and sipped a little of the brewed drink. It tasted of boiled grass and extremely bitter, and he had to hold it in his mouth and stop himself grimacing, so that he didn’t insult the salesman, and after a few more sips from the cup, he became quite accustomed to the taste of sencha. Akiko calmly sipped hers up with a smile of content across her face.[br]

“So Akiko, how old are you?” Mikey asked to fill in a few boxes.[br]

“I’m thirteen. You?”[br]

“Ten. Believe it or not…” Mikey looked down, trying to forget about his cut on the face.[br]

“Well, I think it was unfortunate about what happened down at Seclusion Bay.” She placed her hand on his shoulder, making Mikey look up at her. “Don’t worry about it.” She consoled him with a smile, making him smile back.[br]

“MAKE WAY FOR GODAI!” A booming voice came from behind them, making them look behind them. Two armed male echidnas both black in colour wearing orange-red kimonos with a dragon kamon and sun red obi. Their dreads were tipped in purple and red. They both split and revealed a stocky grey echidna, with spikes and short dreadlocks, tipped in black. He was wearing a purple kimono with the same kamon and obi as the guards, he was Godai. He also was armed but his nodachi was at least two metres, two metres forty with the hilt. Godai walked over to the stall and stood between both Akiko and Mikey, then glared at the unknown wolf.[br]

“Why are you kneeling in my place, gaijin?” He spoke deeply with slight anger coming from his voice.[br]

“Your place?” Mikey asked him. Godai’s guards snickered and looked at Godai. Godai looked slightly infuriated at Mikey, then sighed, looked down, and with a twisted smile, slapped the back of his hand into Mikey’s cut, sending him flying to the feet of Godai’s guards, blood covering Godai‘s hand, and Mikey’s cheek was bleeding, not too much, but it was bleeding for everyone to see. He sat up, blood trickling onto his kimono.[br]

“Heh, no need for that.” he calmly spoke and looked up towards Godai.[br]

“Voltage-sama, stand down.” Akiko insisted, desperately trying to stop him from enraging Godai. But, Mikey ignored her and stood up slowly, showing that he wasn’t far off of Godai’s height, but a head shorter than the guards.[br]

“Godai. That was pathetic.” he muttered to him. “Can you try that again? This time, with a bit more power.” He looked at him and smirked. Godai was infuriated by the comment, pulled out his nodachi and slashed straight at Mikey’s chest. Mikey flipped back, but whilst his hands was on the floor, he felt a tearing pain in his back, causing him to collapse and fall on his chest. Blood was visible on the back of his kimono.[br]

“I just messed up my back, and severely…” he thought to himself, trying to get up to his feet, but preventing him was Godai’s guards, who’d put their swords over Mikey’s neck in a X. Godai walked up to him, smirked and resheathed his massive nodachi.[br]

“I don’t have time for whiny little gaijin like you, boy.” He looked down at him, smiling like a Cheshire cat. “So next time, make sure you respect me…”[br]

“Don’t have to.” He smirked, trying to enrage Godai.[br]

“Voltage-sama, don’t try to kill yourself!” Akiko shouted at Mikey. But she was a couple of seconds too late. Godai, who was infuriated by his insolence, unsheathed his nodachi, and brought it down towards the head of Mikey.[br]

With milliseconds to spare, Mikey pushed himself out of the sword X and out of range of the massive sword, followed up by hand standing and a split kick into the guards’ chests, sending them both flying in both directions. He then span while on his left palm, making him look like a helicopter. His back started to give off the same tearing pain, but adrenalin started to kick in and block out the pain. Godai had to drop his head to avoid the powerful attack, and brought the nodachi straight up, trying to sever one of Mikey‘s legs. Sparks flew as the blade connected with the titanium shin-guards that Voltage was wearing, knocking him off balance and making him tumble to the ground, then immediately sprang up to his feet, falling into a tae-kwon-do fighting stance, a traditional Japanese martial art. Godai charged straight at Mikey, sword by his side. He got into striking range and swung the sword straight at his chest. Mikey instinctively jumped over it, gained good air, flipped, and smashed his heel, which was leaving a yellow trail, into the back of Godai’s head, sending him flying and the nodachi skittering across the sand of the beach.[br]

Landing safely, he turned back towards Godai, only to be grabbed and pinned to a wall near the Buddha statue by his guards, one of them, driving his knee into the damaged tail of his, causing him to yelp and let loose an electrical shock into the guard, sending him reeling, but, he soon regained composure and grabbed his arm again.[br]

“Little gaijin,” Godai started to speak, with rising anger, “You shouldn’t mess with a samurai!” Mikey suddenly realised how much trouble he’d gotten himself into, and his ears drooped in remorse. Godai was going to cut him in half on the spot, no matter who was watching, he was going to show that he was not to be messed with. He swung his sword straight down towards his head.[br]
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“GODAI!” A voice bellowed from the shores, in eyesight of what was happening, causing him to stop a hairs breadth away from a flinching Mikey‘s head. Godai twisted his head towards that direction, staring straight at another echidna samurai, but with three swords instead of the one, wearing a dark blue kimono with the phoenix kamon.[br]

“Hold up…” Mikey thought in his head, “He’s the guy who saved me!”[br]

“What are you doing here, Masamoto?” Godai spat in disgust.[br]

“Leave that child alone, we’ve a score to settle,” he replied, challenging him, hoping that he had less interest in the odd being on the island. Godai turned his body to face him, then, with no word or warning, charged at Masamoto, deliberately kicking sand into the eyes of Mikey, temporarily blinding him. Mikey shrugged off the guards with a large shock of electricity, sending them both into a stand of fish and vegetables. He then rubbed the sand out of his eyes, looked up, and saw that Godai was a metre away from Masamoto.[br]

Godai swung the sword at his head, that looked like it was going to hit it’s target. Masamoto was prepared for this kind of attack though. He drew all three swords, one in each hand and the third in the mouth, span, and slipped by Godai’s side, spinning and leaving a very visible echo of the blades that looked like they were going through Godai’s lower torso. Godai was stone still, like he was stuck in time.[br]

“Did the attack hit him?” Mikey deliberated.[br]

The answer was soon given to him. Masamoto placed all three swords back into their sheathes slowly. The guards on the hilt soon connected with the sheathes, and Godai was suddenly sent skywards, at least ten foot high, his blood splattering the sand. A fleshy thump was soon heard as Godai landed on his back, unconscious, but soon to be dead if he wasn’t treated for blood loss. Everyone got onto their knees and bowed low in respect for Masamoto, including Akiko. Mikey was the last one to bow, as he wasn‘t quite accustomed with what he should do. While he was looking down towards the ground, he heard his footsteps approaching and stop in front of him, causing him to glance up slightly, to see that the samurai, Masamoto, was standing in front of him.

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