Yamato walked along the dirt path, watching birds flapping their wings above him. Yamato looked to the left and saw a fox leaping into the burrow of a groundhog. He smiled and saw a tree knocked on the road. Yamato's smile drained from his face and he instinctively reached for a weapon. Finding a medium sized log on the side of the road, he prepared his favorite stance, The Suigetsu of Mugai-ryu. A high pitched whistle was heard, followed by a faint sound of twigs snapping. From what Yamato heard, he realized there were at least six attackers. "Now!" yelled a bass voice. Yamato twisted himself and pushed a foot off the ground, propelling himself forward.

He swiped his log towards the head of an oncoming bandit. The bandit dodged and attempted to sweep Yamato off his feet. Yamato leaped into the air and pushed with his full power down on the man's head. The man tumbled to the ground. "What the Hell is that stance!?" yelled the bass voice once more. A more muscular man charged forward. Yamato kicked with his foot towards the man's side. The man caught his foot and attempted to twist him to the ground. Yamato pushed off the ground with the foot not caught and sent it into the man's jawbone. The man yelped and dropped Yamato's leg.

Yamato took this opportunity to leap into the air and slammed his log onto the nose of the muscular man. The man's face distorted and he fell unconscious. "Go, now!" yelled the bass voice again. The remaining four leaped into the air simultaneously. Yamato kicked upwards and hit another's chin. He then blocked with the log all three's longswords. "We are the Brownhorn Mountain Bandits, we can't be defeated here. Kill this bastard!" Yelled the bass voice. The man with such voice charged forward and slashed sideways towards Yamato.

Yamato leaped onto the sword and held his log atop the head of the bass. "Move and you'll be unconscious in seconds." said Yamato. The bandit smiled, "Of course sir, I shan't move an inch. Please don't use that log against me." Yamato looked at the bandit disgusted and pinned the bandit to the ground. "Now that I have all your attention," called Yamato, "I'd like to know why you'd choose to attack civilians?" The bandits, unscrupulously said, "We needed the money. These civilians are rich enough to spare a few golden Leius. Wouldn't you agree of all people, sir?" Yamato said in return, "No, I doubt they are much better off than you. It does not give you the right to attack them without mercy."

"Well aren't you an idealist." said the bass voiced bandit. "Alright then, let us go. We won't cause you trouble again if you do." Yamato smiled, "I won't let you off so easy." he smacked the temple of the bass voiced bandit and then leaped forward at terrifying speed and slammed the remainders onto the ground. "I'll be taking you to town, friends." said Yamato. He looked in the nearby forest and coincidentally found a carriage, most likely stolen by the Brownhorn Mountain Bandits. He loaded them into the carriage, binding them with leftover rope found in a small compartment and set off towards the large city.

He reined the horses in near the constable. He dismounted the carriage's cushiony seat and placed each of the criminals on the road in front of the constable. The constable exited his office and saw the six squirming on the ground hoping for mercy from Yamato. "Sir, these men are yours." Said he. The constable wiped his eyes, "You took them out? Nobody has been able to do that for the past two weeks." Yamato smiled. "There was a bounty placed on their heads, would you like to claim it?" said the constable. "Yes, if possible." The constable went inside and taking out a small pouch of copper threw it into the hands of Yamato. "I'll bid you farewell, constable." said he and walked off towards the city square.

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Next to Yamato passed a hybrid human. Yamato widened his eyes, impossible a demi-human? The demi-human watched Yamato looking at him. "What are you gawking at?" He said menacingly. Yamato looked down and continued on his way. He arrived in a merchant's district, swords glistening in the sunlight, delicacies from far and wide, even clothing. Fortunately, it seemed that the language spoken and written in Usko was the same as his own. He walked over to one of the nearby stands which was selling a beautiful Dadao sword. "Looking at her, aren't you? Yeah, she's a real beauty, the only one of her kind. It's called the 'Veteran's Finisher'. You want to buy it?" said the merchant. "How much would it cost sir?" asked Yamato. "That'll be around 3,000 Leius." responded the merchant. Yamato opened the pouch he received from the constable. There was around 4,150 Leius in the bag. He pulled out the 3,000 and dropped it into the hands of the merchant. "Alright, sir. It's yours." He said snickering. "Doubt you'll be able to use it, nobody knows its style." Yamato nodded and walked away.

He went to a nearby tavern and stepped in. He needed to find a place to stay for the night. Yamato walked to the barkeeper and asked for a drink that would be considered refreshing. The man poured a small glass of honey ale and pushed it over to Yamato. He grabbed the handle and took a swig. Yamato took a deep breath and asked the barkeep if there was an open room for the night. He said that there were in fact two open rooms. Yamato asked the fare and the barkeep replied with a low amount of twenty-two Leius. Yamato sent them over across the table and ascended the stairs to the room. He opened the door with the key provided and entered. To his surprise he found it to be quite occupied. A lady shrieked, "Who are you! Why are you in my room?!" Yamato calmly said that it was his room after buying it from the barkeep. "Idiot, I paid for this room." She said. Yamato finally saw her as she rose from beside the bed. A young lady, probably seventeen to twenty years old. Long flowing her ran down beyond her shoulders, and she had sparkling, luminous green eyes. "Well then," said Yamato, "why don't we share the room for tonight only. I'll give you a refund from the money I have left. How much did you pay?" The lady responded hesitantly, "Twenty-seven Leius." Yamato counted the twenty-seven, but then as if suddenly realizing something he paused and said,

"He charged you more than yours truly."