>Akisame thought to himself for a moment, "Heh...there's gonna be women in
>this tournament?"
>
>[[Well it's possible, there's something strange about this town.]]
>
>Akisame slapped himself on the forehead laughing, "Nac you are the most
>paranoid piece of cybernetic equipment ever constructed...it's a town, just
>like any other town.  And I've entered a tournament, just like any other
>tournament.  I've done this before I dunno what yur so worried about."
>
>[[Well isn't my paranoia usually correct?]]
>
>Akisame had no answer to that, mostly because he knew it was true.
>
>[[Thought so.]]
>
>Akisame began to walk over to the judges table, "Quiet!  I've gotta find out
>what's going on here.  I prolly gotta sign up or something."
>
>"Hey there"  he said as he arrived, "Um...do you need my name or something
>before I..."
>
>"Yes" one of them said, cutting Akisame off, "Tell us your name"
>
>"Err...Akisame Kurogane" replied Akisame, scratching his head.
>
>The judge then looked at one of his papers, "Ah yes...Mr. Kurogane...you
>already have a challenge."
>
>"Err...I do?  Well ok...um...who is the challenger?"
>
>The judges talked amongst themselves for a moment, then one spoke, "you've
>been challenged by Copycat Ken."
>
>Akisame stifled a laugh, "Oh...ok...right...ehehhee....ok ok I'm fine really.
>  When's the fight."
>
>The judge looked at Akisame very seriously, "You have some time before the
>fight, I suggest you watch yourself boy."
>
>Akisame's laughter was interrupting his speech now, "Oh..hahhahhaa, that's
>right...I gotta watch out for....hehe...Copycat Ken...AHHAHAHHA!".  He
>continued to laugh, walking away, clutching his stomach.
>
>"Oh man.  Who on earth would name themselves that?"  he said, moving off to
>an unoccupied area.
>
>[[Watch yourself Akisame.  Names can be deceiving.  How many times on TV have
>you seen the big guy named "Tiny"]]
>
>The thought of Nac's example made Akisame's laughter come back again as he
>stumbled against a tree, "That's TV Nac...c'mon though...this is real.  I
>mean what kinda dufess is this guy?  Oh well...least it's a pass to the next
>round, I need to warm up some."
>
>Akisame dug his fingers into the bark of the tree with both arms, and began
>to position himself before it.  Slowly he began to lift himself up, until his
>entire body was completely perpendicular to the tree itself.  He held himself
>there for awhile until Nac noticed something.
>
>*Click*
>
>[[Hey, did you hear that.]]
>
>Akisame was straining a bit now, "Hear what?"
>
>[[It was a clicking sound.]]
>
>Akisame rolled his eyes, "It was prolly just a stick snapping or something."
>
>[[Not a snapping sound, a clicking sound.]]
>
>*Click*
>
>[[There it is again.]]
>
>Akisame heard it this time, but didn't move from his position, "Yeah...I
>heard it.  Sounds like a camera or something."
>
>[[It sounds very close, and your the only one out here.]]
>
>Akisame let himself down, and rotated his shoulders, "so?  Let them take
>pictures of me if they want.  Someone prolly just wants to get a few good
>shots for the newspaper or something.  Akisame, Nerima's Champion...I can't
>really blame um."
>
>He then turned around and saw the lens of a camera poking through some
>bushes, "what's the big secret?  Hey!"  he called out to the camera, "you can
>come closer if you want, I got no problem with being in the paper!".  He then
>did a few acrobatic kicks, flips and twists, all of which were captured on
>film.
>
>[[Don't you find this the least bit strange?]]
>
>"Hmm...yeah...I wanna see who's taking these pictures" he said as be began to
>walk over to the bushes.  Quickly he lunged forward and opened them up to see
>who was there, but when he did, he saw nothing.
>
>Akisame slowly let the bushes go, and stood there confused, "Nac, you've got
>news reports from all over Japan stored in there somewhere duncha?"
>
>[[Yes.  What are you suggesting.]]
>
>"Look for anything about someone named Copycat Ken...I got some kinda feeling
>here...."
>
>[[Right away.]]
>
>Akisame then sat on the ground and began replacing blue beads on his many
>braids with black ones, while Nac searched around his database for any news
>reports.
>
>[[Got one.]]
>
>Akisame continued the chore of changing all of his beads, "What's it say?"
>
>[[You're not gonna like this.]]
>
>"And I'm not gonna like it if you don't tell me, so what's it say?"
>
>[[The martial artist known as "Copycat Ken" is known to steal the martial
>arts moves and styles of others, along with their looks.  He's a true
>copycat.]]
>
>He stopped for a moment, "Your telling me this guy can replicate Shinsei
>Kinkou?"
>
>[[So it seems.  He's had no trouble replicating several styles of Chinese and
>Japanese martial arts.]]
>
>"How...how does he do it?"
>
>[[He takes...pictures of his next victim...]]
>
>Akisame growled to himself, "oh great..."
>
>*Click*