The Monkey and its Awakening

The contents of the bento were nutritious enough to the point where at least Bansho could indeed kind of recover his strength for the most part, when it had been sapped during his latest encounter versus the forces of whatever that fox was doing here. He figured that in the end even in his death, the monkey would remember him, and the gift that he gave him; the one of untold potential and latent power that he just discovered. Bansho was the best, the very best, but in the past he met a bunch of stronger people, maybe he stopped himself to believe that was it.

There would not be real comparison.

But now he knew the truth of it all, the fact that he grew that much in the middle of a fight was of course proof of the true power that his monkeyness concealed. Now it was only a matter of unleashing more power out, just like he did in the earlier fight. In the meanwhile, his train of thought interrupted when a trail of smoke appeared in front of him. He was sure he heard some big noise too, but when the smoke cleared all he could see was this guy that had landed face into the ground.

“Suh’”

He responded with a mouthful of rice in his mouth, that he promptly gulped down at some point before he cleared his throat. Sheesh, this stuff was as heavy as a boulder, but it killed off the pain for the most part.

“Shoe, hmm. I think I just saw a squirrel steal something. Might have been your shoe. As for clouds, what do you mean?”

He pointed up at the sky, and even during the sunset, there were plenty of clouds up in the sky.

“Look. There are plenty.”

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Total WC: 867

In that and that alone, of course Bansho could somewhat relate with the Earthling that had just crashed in front of him. Much like Yogu, the monkey too just had that sensation where he suddenly woke up in the middle of nowhere as if it was nothing. Of course he was also severely injured in the aftermath of that battle, but he was breathing and each bite that he was savoring from these bentos were kind of miraculous. Bansho had always loved eating, but this much was an understatement in his current predicament, depleted of any strength as he was at the moment, this felt like the Heavens’ lending him a hand.

“Ehh. It is what it is, you are gonna be fine without a shoe. Mines are broken.”

When he did so, he made sure he would pass along the message as his toes began dancing and revealed that the fabric of his boots had been torn during the battle, leaving it kind of an open window for his toes to breathe in fresh air but it was also quite uncomfortable walking around now.

“See? No big deal.”

He commented and soon enough the monkey just returned eating straight away like a savage, literally consuming the rice as if he was inhaling fresh air after a long seventy two hour gaming session in his mom’s basement, indeed for him this was a feast unlike any other. His sore muscles were slowly feeling better too now that he was just chilling around the place.

However Yogu did not seem to be too sold on his understanding of what a cloud was, and while of course Bansho was not perhaps a very cultured person, he believed that he knew what those things in the skies were, so of course he eyed with a curled eyebrow almost as if to doubt the very doubt that Yogu had in the first place, and with his mouth full of stuff, he tried to mutter something if only to sound unintelligent and more like some kind of beast munching on foods than anything else.

He whistled and Bansho just kind of stayed quiet, blinking. He looked around, as if trying to understand if something was supposed to happen, but nothing did and thus he just kind of returned to his food. Until of course Yogu wondered if he could share in the spoils of battle, therefore whilst of course Bansho believed he had full right to absolutely eat everything in sight given that he looted it from the late fox, he assumed that it was also far too much for him alone.

“Uh, yeah. Go for it. They are not mine anyways. I got them after I destroyed the fox that tried to beat me up earlier. I think his ashes are here somewhere in this jungle now. At least he left his food behind.”

He said after he had gulped down all the food he had in his mouth earlier.

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Total WC: 1346

As far as Bansho could tell, this guy was probably a regular Earthling... at least he did not spot anything strange about him on first sight, besides between the two it would likely Bansho to be the weird one of the group in more than one occasion. Him being a literal monkey, both in name and in fact made it so that his interactions would usually come as quite overwhelming compared to the typical Earthling. Now it was perhaps only an exception because the guy was eating and therefore far too busy just enjoying his meal instead of worrying about much else. He looked up briefly once more when the fight was mentioned once more, well, to Bansho it was perhaps the best fight he ever had so far... not that he had too many, indeed. But he could definitely pick that and place somewhere around the top ten.

"Hmm. He almost had me, too. But then I used my most powerful Kamehameha and blasted him away! I think, at least, I kind of collapsed after I shot that."

Bansho quirked a brow when he brought up the description, uh, well not that he could actually remember how tall he was, but he figured that he did like to shout a lot. Void martial arts style or something, that was pretty much similar to what Yogu was describing.

"Yeah, that was pretty much him. He had a funny hat."

This guy had a funny name, it kind of sounded like yogurt if you really thought about it but nevertheless he rose a hand in greeting and nodded. He had forgotten if he had actually introduced himself already so between one snack and another that he consumed he offered it again.

"Mine is Bansho!"

The monkey looked over the stranger that offered him a cigarette and quite curiously enough just kind of gave him a funny eyebrow look when he just tilted his head and nodded.

"Sure."

He took the cig and waited for Yogu to light it.

"I am from the Turtle School! I do have my own monkey style moves, though. What about you?"

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Total WC: 1701

Kamehameha indeed!

Some technique the old timer taught him. He could still remember it rather clearly, back on the island. On some day that the old man would rather just do anything else than train him, the monkey kid begged him repeatedly to teach him something finally (as his mentor had spent the past week just staring and watching that damn television), so that he could have grown stronger.

"Yup! A powerful energy wave. That's pretty much what the Kamehameha is."

He said confidently. It was one such technique he learned that he could rather be proud of, because as far as the old man explained it, it took him oh so many years to learn it... all the while Bansho managed to replicate it in just one day. Indeed Bansho was many things, and one of them was a quick learner. Also a monkey. Monkey see, monkey do. Obviously. Now, all that aside.

This guy offered some food, and he took it, after the guy had lit the tip of it. He did not know why, of course, perhaps it was just the way it was supposed to be consumed? Well, in any case, he had never tasted this one dish, therefore all he did was toss it into his mouth where he munched the lit cig as if it was nothing. His eyes roamed the area, while he tried to get an idea of its taste.

"Hmm, curious meal."

Eventually Bansho gulped it down, and in response to that he burped some ashes and smoke from his mouth. He guessed the taste was not too bad, but it did not exactly match his standards, as he preferred fresher stuff like fruit. He shrugged it off, maybe the rest of the Earthlings had a way different culture. Anyhow, he was surprised to hear that apparently this one also knew the Turtle style, it was not as common as he had expected it to be, therefore he nodded.

"A fellow turtle! Cool, so you know what I am talking about."

Eventually the idea of a fight came up, to which well, of course Bansho was still recovering from the previous one, but all things considered, he was able and ready. Besides, there was no better way to grow stronger and discover more excitement than keep fighting, right? A large grin appeared over the monkey's features, he pushed himself up. His arms extended all the way up into the skies, debris falling out of his wounds, before he crouched slightly and tilted onto one side, stretching the other leg and the other way around.

"Hehehe, well. I napped already so I should be good to go. Of course I am down! Shoot your shot when you are ready!"

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Total WC: 2158