Chapter 28: A fated meeting
(In Kuoh Town 6 years ago)
Walking through the park was a smiling Azazel and an annoyed 11 year old Michael with his forehead bandaged up after their meeting 4 days ago the injury wasn't that critical but it still needed to be wrapped up just in case. Today Azazel picked Michael up from his apartment to see someone he brought along to act as his official playmate whenever he's around. Michael didn't know how to feel about something like this since most adults didn't seem al that interested in him but he decided to go along with things for now and if things go his way then maybe he can get a subordinate to see his greatness!
"Hey, Ossan, who's this guy you're going to show me?" Michael looked up at Azazel.
"Someone who'll for now on play with you while I'm still in the area." Azazel said once the two entered the playground.
"Eh? You actually have someone like that?" Michael was dumbfounded.
"Well of course you didn't just expect me to be all handsome looks did you?" Azazel rubbed his chin.
"Handsome? Where all I can see is your face!" Michael laughed and pointed at Azazel.
"Beh! An immature brat like you can never understand the sophisticated looks of a man." Azazel crossed his arms and pointed his nose up in the air.
"Immature? Don't call the, Great Me, immature. I'm more mature than anyone in this town you got that!" Michael shouted.
"Oh really your mature?" Azazel playfully raised an eyebrow.
"Of course!" Michael grinned.
"Then let's prove that shall we..." Azazel clasped his hands together tightly.
"What are you doing?" Michael wondered what strange thing the old man would do.
"Oh nothing I was just going to relax is all." Azazel readied his hands by squeezing them tightly to emit a sound.
"Relax are you stupid how can you relax when we're stand-?"
Out from Azazel's hand was a sound of air pressed together to mimic a fart.
"Aaah~! That was the best!" Azazel sighed in relief.
"Mramph!" Michael covered his mouth to keep himself from laughing.
"What's the matter, kid, you never heard an old man fart before I mean if you had then you must have certainly laughed but oh my isn't that the immature thing to do?" Azazel mocked as he did the noise again.
"Pffffffft!" Michael's cheeks grew large as his laughter almost came out once more.
"What's the matter, you aren't going to laugh? Then I guess you won't mind that I continue then." Azazel did a continuous barrage of fake farts which made Michael cry in a struggle to hold in his laughter.
"Blblblblblbblblblblbl! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" Michael busted out laughing and fell on his back.
"See your just an immature kid." Azazel shrugged then continued to look around for the boy he dropped off in the area, "Now where did he go... I wish he'd stop hiding his presence whenever I enter the area, but he wasn't really that happy that I stopped him in the middle of training. Damn... I guess I have to look for that troublesome kid myself."
Looking back at the laughing Michael Azazel shrugged and saw no harm in leaving the kid alone and went off to search for the hiding boy.
About 6 minutes of laughter later Michael slowly picks himself up and starts to calm down,
"Haha, this...proves snrk! Nothing..." Michael turned his head to look either left or right once he noticed Azazel left him alone, "Oh come on he left me all alone like that!? And what was he talking about someone being my playmate when he's not even here to show me!"
Michael picked himself up and looked around angrily, "Whatever I'll just play around in the park for a while before ditching the old bastard it's what he deserves."
Michael then spots a butterfly fly past him.
"Oooooooo..." Michael was amazed and ran after it in excitement, "I'm gonna catch you!"
Suddenly from above something sticky and wet was spat at him.
"Yuck what the...!" Michael touched the spot on his cheek and saw the gross extending liquid, "Who did this!?"
Looking frantically in annoyance Michael searched the entire park for anyone but there was no one to be seen at all.
"I won't let this go! Whoever did this will pay for messing with the Great Hanamura!" Michael growled.
"So loud and annoying..." A cool voice said in the background.
"Whose there?" Michael looks up at a tree to see a young boy with dark silver hair, ice blues eyes who wore a short sleeved black shirt and red shorts while he held onto a long wooden dead tree branch.
The boy didn't seem friendly as he stared at Michael with a look filled with annoyance.
"So your the one who did it!" Michael screamed and pointed at the boy.
"..." The boy remained quiet before jumping off the tree and walking past Michael.
"Hey I'm talking to you!" Michael turned back staring at the back of the boy.
"Keep it down your shouting is really annoying you bigmouth." The boy insulted while continuing to walk away.
"B-Bigmouth! Do you know who I am, I'm the Amazing Hanamura and I'm no bigmouth!" Michael shouted at the top of his lungs.
"I would believe you if you weren't screaming so loud. And amazing you don't seem to have any qualities like that whatsoever so why don't you buzz off." The boy stopped and rubbed his ear in pain, "What an annoyance, really..."
Gripping his fist tightly Michael had enough with this guy.
"I'll show you!" Michael charged at Vali and cocked back his fist.
"Hm?" Vali turns back to see the approaching Michael.
"Hah! I got you!" Michael laughed as he fired his fist forward.
The sound of impacts being landed were heard throughout the park as the sun was starting to set. Appearing in the park was Azazel who sighed in turn after he failed to find Vali. He would have told Michael to go him but the scene in front of him made it clear that he would have trouble doing that as a young Boy was sitting on a tired beaten Michael on the ground.
"So you were here the whole time man what a pain and it seems you've met your new playmate too."
Azazel noticed the peeved off Michael under Vali grinding his teeth.
'Damn this bastard thinking he can sit on the Great Hanamura like a chair!' Michael winced in pain.
"He isn't that much fun for me to entertain myself." Vali stood up and walked towards Azazel while putting on a bored expression,
"Let's leave there's nothing worth while doing here anymore."
"What you already bored don't you want to play more with the brat before leaving? Well I guess it is past both of your bed time and you two are just babies compared to me so..." Azazel gave a teasing smirk which made Vali a little annoyed while Michael was greatly furious.
'I'm not a kid!' Both boy's had a usual annoyed anime expression.
"Play? No he attacked me and started a fight which wasn't even a fun at all in fact it was completely one sided." Vali shook his head, "In all honesty he wasn't even a comfortable seat for me to sit on so I see no value in staying with this loser at all."
"Loser!" Michael filled with anger stood up and stomped towards Vali, "Who do you think your calling loser you asshole!"
"You loser or should I just call you a failure?" Vali closed his eyes and turned to face away from Michael.
'Failure, oh that is it! I'm gonna-!' Michael pulled back the sleeve of his dirtied shirt about to fight Vali again until Azazel intervened and separated the two.
"Alright, you two break it up." Azazel clapped his hands earning only Michael's attention while Vali was still facing the other direction, simply listening at this point.
"As of now you two will see each other everyday of on a school week excluding weekends." Azazel explained.
"Wait, I seriously have to see this jerk everyday after school how is this fair!?" Michael points at Vali.
"For once I agree with the Loser. Why should I waste my time with the likes of him." Vali looked at Azazel in question.
"Oi! Don't call me a Loser!"
"Make me...loser."
"Well then if your going to be that way then how about I call you shitty emo, crap, turd colored silver!" Michael shouted.
"I'd say your language and intelligence is nothing more than that of a primitive caveman, you loser." Vali turned around to face Michael with a smirk.
"That's it!"
*GRAB!*
Michael grabbed Vali by the collar of his shirt and stared him dead in the eye.
"Why don't you try coming back here again and try saying that to my face again! Because next time I'll be sure to knock you flat and show you just how Great the Great Hanamura is!" Michael was now glad that this bastard would be coming back the next day so he could show him just who he's messing with.
"Hm? Even speaking of yourself in the third person how sad and weird I guess your what we call a devolving loser. How rare." Vali insulted with an arrogant smirk once more.
"Don't you ever shut up!" Michael shouted.
"I don't know don't you ever close that giant manhole you call a mouth?" Vali retorted.
Laughing and rubbing his head Azazel answered,
"Hahahahaha! See your already getting along so it's already decided both you and Vali will continue to meet in this town and play with each other whenever I feel like it." Azazel shrugged.
Even though Azazel said this Michael was still focused in his argument with Vali and to let you all know...he's not winning.
"Oh, yeah? Just you wait I'll prove I'm great by making you feel like a bug!" Michael shouted.
"You mean feel like what you are?" Vali retorted.
'Dammit, he's got answer for everything doesn't he!?' Michael growled.
"Alright, you two let's break it up now and-"
"I'll make you cry for your mother!" Michael suddenly shouted which caused Azazel to widen his eyes as Vali suddenly grabs Michael by his collar with a look coldness foreshadowing his arrogance.
"Care to repeat that, Loser?" Vali shouted more threatening and a little mad which made Michael happy he finally got one on the guy.
"Okay you two that's really enough." Azazel, who sounded more serious tried to intervene.
"So what? You gonna hit me if I do?" Michael smirked.
"No, I'll eliminate you..." Vali was leaking off a strong killing intent as he remembered the image of a man who looked similar to him but his face was obscured by his hair.
"Heh!" Michael grinned mischievously, "Fine, I won't say that anymore..."
Michael slowly leaned in to Vali's face while holding his smile full of mischief as Vali still kept his angered face on.
"..."
"That's why I'll call you a Momma's Boy!" Michael screamed in Vali's face.
'Oh boy...' Azazel covered his face as the sounds of hitting (mostly Vali beating the ever loving crap out of Michael) was heard.
*BAM!* *THUD!* *CLACK!* *BAM!* *SLAM!*
(Present)
*Wooooooooooooosh!*
Standing on an unfinished construction site was a cross-armed Vali leaning against an upraised beam while Azazel sat down staring into the night lights of Kuoh Town.
The sounds of the night wind causes Vali to open his eyes as he looks out at the sky.
"Ara, ara it's rather strange of you to lose focus even if it's for a second." Azazel commented.
"It's nothing I just remembered something very annoying...*sigh* I guess idiocy can leave you feeling that way I guess." Vali commented.
"Hahaha! I guess your right but I find idiocy much more easy to mess with then the always serious and complex ones don't you think?" Azazel gave a slight chuckle.
"If you want someone Honest and Earnest then you should talk with the current and past possessors of the Red Dragon Emperor most of them have always had those traits." Vali stated as he researched his seniors before him and the seniors of the Welsh Dragon and learned of their most similar traits.
"So I take it your the complete opposite of him as well?" Azazel asked with a sly smile.
"It is only the true because I am White and that Loser is Red we're destined to opposites of one another." Vali showed now qualms against such things all he wanted was a fight. A good Fight to entertain him nothing more, nothing less.
"So your differences are in just color huh?" Azazel rubbed his chin, "I don't see it but then again what do I care it's not like me to intervene against two dragons so go at it."
Azazel shrugged.
"So I guess you want me to attend that boring meeting with you?"
Vali showed of boredom.
"That's right both you and Raymond will be there of course and since you are the White Dragon Emperor you being there will play a vital role."
Vali then gave off a faraway look, "So tell me what are the odds that war will break out once more?"
"Heh! Conflict's on your mind even when a Meeting between the Three Factions starts, something I'd expect to head from the White Dragon Emperor." Azazel said, "So is your plan to live fast and die young? Shouldn't you enjoy your youth until it ends?"
"Youth? I remembered a time I would wish for something like that but it now sounds boring to me, this era, this world I hate it." Vali stands on his own and looks at the cities below in boredom, nothing such as a normal life could ever satisfy him anymore, "I wish I was born in another era an era I could've faced and killed God myself and even him."
Vali remembers a pair of child hands covered in fresh blood.
"I would've thought you let that go, guess I was wrong." Azazel sighs in exhaustion and scratches his head.
"...I will never let it go until I eradicate those 3 men." Vali's gaze turned more sharp.
"Anyways your lust for battle is very impressive I guess you truly are the Vanishing Dragon after all."
"Yes with a rival whose not even worth my time." Vali leaned back against the beam once more and smiled, "Which is why I'll stick a little longer in this world."
It wasn't just a smile but a battle maniac smile, Azazel caught glimpse of this and said,
"I can never guess what's going through that mind of yours."
"It's best you don't." Vali looked up and said, "I wonder if Michael Hanamura can get even stronger if I..."
*Wooooooooooooooooosh~!*
The strong gust of wind blocks of the sound of Vali's voice for all except for Azazel to hear who just puts on a serious, unpleasant expression, which replaced his easygoing smile as he looked back to Vali, who still retains his battle maniac smile.
"Hmm, if it's something that would make even you look like that, Azazel then I guess it will be worthwhile to experiment don't you think." Vali smirked and chuckled a little. A true battle between Red and White going all out to incapacitate the other is something Vali hopes for and something he will make sure happen.
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