Road of the Duellist

Chapter 1: Following a New Path
In the silhouette of a massive wide industrial city, a figure stood on a building. It was night, and with the sounds of cars blaring and with the low lumination of the lights, you could not quite see the stars. But there was one thing you could see clearly- the Moon. It still held a certain magestic charm, even if it was shattered. Motionless, the figure stared at the moon, then down at its hand. Someone was callling it.

"Bzzt. Touha, you sure about this?", a scroll call said rather scrappily. It was Aleco, his main contractor. Ever since Noir kept him along after a skirmish years ago, he's become known in the underground as the 'Bladed Lizard'. He didnt like the name, but it was his actions that spoke louder than any name he could come up with.

"Yea' Aleco. I have to check up on my parents every now n' again, even if I am a contractor.", he replies back to the voice, and closing the call after. This was Touha's hometown, that he grew up in before he left on a journey. It wasn't quite done yet, but he decided on seeing his old man and mother to check up on them. Getting up, Touha stretched a little, and sped along the different buildings of the Uptown district. Some things changed around him, but he still knew his direction in the time he had been out of the house.

Through parkouring, he reaches his family's balcony. Flipping down from one floor above, he knocked on the glass door. No response. Strange, Touha knew his father would atleast be up late. Sliding the door, it was actually unlocked.

"Hello...? Mom...? Ash..? ....Emre..?", he called into the dark room that reminded him of his living room. Walking, he felt something odd on the floor. ''What is this...Ceramic? This would be on a vase.'' That thought confused him, whats this doing on the ground. Finding a lamp, it illuminated the room, as well as opened his eyes. There was tons of debris around, alot of his memories in the apartment were smashed. The couch torn up and leaking some upholestry. The kitchen had pans and food everywhere, and they were decayed. Something went down, and he was too late.

Saddened by his vision, Touha looked around. They knew that he would come back, right? He figured it, as he looked around the house. More destruction layed in wait for him as he looked around. Ashmond's room was utterly destroyed, the TV busted, and the bed ruined. The bathroom..even the sink was chipped. It looked as through there was a tornado or something. Reaching his parents room, it...oddly looked less destroyed than the rest of the house. Despite the bed being mildly rustled, there seemed to be a note. Pulling it from the drawer on the side, he opened it and to his surprise, it was addressed to him. And it was....from Emre?! His father?

Dear Touha,

''I bet you're wondering, 'Oh no, wheres my family, n' whatnot.' Well, dont worry about us. I figure you walked into some nasty damage. There was some tusslin', but we're alright. Seems as though kids today want to avenge their fathers losing to me in the gang war n' junk. Me n' Ashmond are actually covering up until the heat's off and what not. He's done some real nice work with the Wraith Coats and junk, but I still think you were a better lead. Your mother, well, she left after her grandmother was hospitalized a little time after we left. She's all good I believe. Now, I want you to do a favor, go check on Leon for me. I don't know if they went after him as well.''

Touha held the paper to his heart. They were alive, albeit on the run. That was enough for him to know, though he really wanted to see them. Anyway, his father mentioned Leon...he meant Old Man Eon. With a hopeful outlook to find the man who gave him Sharktooth, Touha walked out from his parent's room and jumped out from the apartment. Perhaps Eon could tell him what really happened, or maybe tell him more about Sharktooth in the process. Jumping from building to building, Touha slowly headed towards Leon's apartment.