202-1

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202-1 (pronounced Twenty Twenty Dash One/Two Thousand Twenty Dash One) is a story created by Kiwi, it follows a journey to the Sky Islands to drop off a package. This journey revolves around a 451,920,914,025 KM adventure and the four protagonists Yoshitsune, the Samurai spirit, X, the Maverick Hunter, Outback, the trigger-happy Autobot, and The Court Jester/Chained Magician, two sides of the same coin.The beginning of the story introduces you to Yoshitsune, a samurai spirit who was commissioned to deliver a payload to the Sky Islands to an old friend of the commissioner, the friend being a respected war veteran. The one who commissioned him gave him back up, X. The commissioner also gave them a transport vehicle to carry the payload, they also specifically requested not to open the container. X had asked his trusted friend Outback, who is also a war veteran to aid them in their quest. Outback accepted and they began their venture on January 9, 2020, the day the gang hit the road.

Chapter 1-10
Yoshitsune agreed to do a commission from an anonymous commissioner he had worked for years ago. The anonymous commissioner provided Yoshitsune with back up, X, a Maverick hunter that’s working as a mercenary and a transport vehicle for a payload that needed to be delivered to the Sky Islands to an old friend of the commissioner, giving them a picture of what his friend looked like. The commissioner also stated to never let anyone open the box except the old friend, and to have the package delivered by a year and a half. The destination was 451,920,914,025 Kilometers from the point they were standing at. Outback started a conversation, "Sky Islands, eh? I heard it's a nice place. That guy must be living the life of luxury." "From what I heard, the pink skies are quite the sight.” Yoshitsune followed. “Anyway, let’s start moving, it might be one hell of a road trip.” Outback ended the chat.

The days had gone by peacefully for a good week of the trip. January 18, 2020, 25 kilometers in, they reached Crimson Kingdom, a kingdom of corruption, gambling, theft, addiction, weaponry, and murder. They were greeted with dirty, shady looks at the entrance of the kingdom from the shopping ex-cons, bandits, and mercenaries. The crew left X to guard the transport while Yoshitsune and Outback scoped out the businesses of the Blood Palace district, stocking up on any supplies that may be useful to them. One of the vendors was the infamous merchant Rockstar Foxy, known for killing customers if his bird didn’t like them or if they wanted to rob him. The two walked up to his stall to purchases goods, “Yarr. How may I be of service to ye?”, the fox said while holding his accordion. “We’re in need of weaponry and any healing items ya got Foxy.” Outback spoke, “Well then, take ye pick.” Foxy remarked. Outback held up two rifles as his guns of choice, Yoshitsune took any meds that could fit their budget. “That’ll be all.” Yoshitsune then slid a $100 bill across the desk. They were given change, but Yoshitsune slid $1 back, “It was a dollar short.” the samurai said. “Hmm... From the looks of things, ye’re an honest swordsman aint’cha? Well honesty ain’t gonna help ye in this city.” The pirate smirked as he took the dollar back. “Pleasure doin’ business with ye.” The pair then observed a man being jumped on the street, “We need to act quickly.” “Yeah, I agree.” Both of them started to engage the criminals, the crooks scampered off. The two helped the man up and he thanked them for saving him, asking them why they assisted him. “No one deserves to be mistreated and wronged by others.” Yoshitsune responded in a righteous, calming voice.

Outback and Yoshitsune then went back to the transport vehicle to drop off their goods. Dirty looks were drawn again as they left and returned. “These buggers really like starin’ at us, don’t they?” Outback thought to himself. As they passed by the streets, they saw many people doing strange things in alleyways, until they reached a fortune telling booth. “Welcome travelers, are you interested in having your fortune read?” The fortune teller asked. “Ehh, why the hell not?” Outback flipped a gold coin toward the teller. “Let’s see here. I see a grim future ahead of you. There will be death, there will be brawling, there will be trials and tribulation, there will be friendship, there will be hardship, there will be an adventure of a lifetime. You two are seem like you are going to have stories to tell.” The pair were distraught by this fortune, but always knew to watch their 6. 3 suspicious followers then attempted to make a move, Outback nailed one of them in the cheek, severely injuring the perp. Yoshitsune used Hassou Tobi, which killed 2 of the followers in an instant. This alerted the police who swiftly arrested them and put them in the slammer, waiting for the court trial in a few hours. The hours passed and it was time for the trial, as they were walked in, they observed the jester making quick work out of a crook. “All hail the king!” was chanted throughout the room by the jury and jester. It was time for the pair to say their case, “How do you plead?” The king asked. “Innocent.” “Will you fight for your freedom?” “Yes.” “Then so be it.” Yoshitsune volunteered to fight the jester.

He stepped toward the middle of the court, and so did the jester. “Fight!” exclaimed the king. Yoshitsune threw the first hit, but the jester dodged, the jester teleported and tried to kick him in the back of the head, Yoshitsune countered quickly, cutting the jester’s leg. Everyone in the courtroom was surprised at the fact he could land a blow on the jester. The jester threw rotten food at the samurai, it just went through him. Yoshitsune dashed towards the jester, he brought out his trumpet, trying to blow the spirit away, the samurai phased behind him to strike. The jester turned into balloons as he sliced, Yoshitsune popped all the balloons, the jester appeared as he popped the last one, shooting at the ghost. The samurai reflected the flag at the jester, almost tearing off the mask on his face as he fell over. A gasp was heard from everyone in the courtroom, Outback smiled as he watched the fight. The jester fixed his mask, trying throwing punches, only for most to be blocked, with one actually hitting Yoshitsune, although it seemed like the samurai was charging up for an attack which made the clown move toward a safe distance. “Hassou Tobi!” Yoshitsune cried out, the jester was able to dodge the first four parts of Hassou Tobi but was attacked by last four parts of the move, being slammed into the ground by the ability. The spirit used Ziodyne twice which was enough to defeat his opponent.

The courtroom was shocked to see the jester defeated, but the king laughed as the jester rose from the crater in the ground and changed his appearance. Outback and Yoshitsune were surprised to see who the jester changed into. The jester had turned into the fortune teller that they had seen hours prior to this fight! “Wait, this was all a set up by that back alley fortune teller?” Outback said dazed. “I am the magician, I didn’t expect for you to defeat my other half so easily, but now that you’ve discovered my orchestrated events, you must perish.” The magician responded. “Well then, let’s do this again.” The samurai unsheathed his swords, and moved toward the center of the court, as did the magician. Both of them circled around the center then stopped, “Round 2. Fight!” The king exclaimed once more. The two fighters dashed toward each other, hovering in the air, the magic man tried throwing a mysterious dust in the spirit’s face, he phased through the dust. Yoshitsune immediately went for Brave Blade to damage the magician, barely missing. The magician struck fireballs at the samurai, with all flames being extinguished by the spirit’s katanas. Yoshitsune used Ziodyne, the magician absorbed the lightning and returned it to the sender. Yoshitsune was struck but showed no signs of critical wounds, the magician tried freezing the samurai, the samurai simply phased through again. The magician summoned origami cranes to hinder the ghost, but the ghost sliced and diced until he was in melee range. The magician tried to chain his opponent to the wall, instead knocking one of the swords out of Yoshitsune’s hands. Yoshitsune tried slicing his foe’s feet, and his attempt worked. The magician floated to the ceiling of the courthouse, Yoshitsune followed, the audience was on the edge of their seats watching the duel. “I’d like to tell you something about the aftermath of this fight, if you win, I’ll act as your parole officer and join your party, but if you lose, both of you shall be subjugated to death. That is all, resume the fight.” The magician monologue. Yoshitsune was ready to charge for an attack, waiting for the magician to make his move. The magician flew toward him at great velocities, “Hassou Tobi!” echoed in the room as 8 blood red spots appeared following the magician. The magician tried dodging the circles, but wasn’t fast enough, falling from the ceiling, back to the crater. The magician didn’t give up yet, shooting explosives at the samurai, the ghost reflected them all back towards the magician. “I concede”, said the magician right before the explosives went off. As the smoke cleared, the magician was lying on the floor in the Yamcha pose, quickly getting back up, an applaud was heard from the jury and Outback. “Good match.” the two rivals remarked to each other.

“You’re free to go.” the king and jury stated in unison. “Now that we’re out of that crummy courtroom of death, how about we look around the casinos in town?” Outback yammered. “I don’t see a reason not to.” Jester agreed. “Let’s hit up a place I know.” Outback declared. The trio walked into a casino called the Sea of Chance, Outback had been here many times before, conversing with staff of the casino. Anyone close to the gang immediately moved out of vicinity, afraid of the jester. Outback lead Yoshitsune and the jester to a table on the 5th floor of the casino, sitting down with a crime boss, Ricochet, Cindersaur, and MicroMetro. “Welcome, Outback. It’s been a long time.” The crime boss uttered. “It has, hasn’t it? Well I still have debts to repay so I’ll do that right here and now.” Outback responded. “Tonight’s tournament has a $10,000 buy-in. The name of the game is No Limit Texas Hold Em.” The dealer announced. Everyone threw $10,000 onto the table, received their cards and started playing as the two observed. Ricochet raised $5,000, MicroMetro folded, Cindersaur went all in, Outback raised $2,000 and the crime boss checked. The showdown began, the ones that raised flipped their cards, Outback had Ace High, Ricochet had a Pair of Kings, Cindersaur had Ace High. Outback won the main pot and Cindersaur won the side pot. The group at the table had casual conversations for a few moments, eventually Ricochet, MicroMetro, and Cindersaur were eliminated, leaving Outback and the crime boss playing. The time came to bet, with the blind raised and stakes high, only the cards could decide who was the winner, Outback had 3 Of A Kind, the crime boss had Full House. Outback won, greatly upsetting the crime boss, he split the money with the crime boss, paying off the debt but the crime boss would send mercenaries after the four.

The trio immediately dashed back to the transport vehicle, a horde of mercenaries chasing after them. When they got to the vehicle, X immediately blasted away all the hitmen, “Punch it!”, the jester said. As they escaped, X posed a question to Jester, “Who are you?” Jester responded, “I’m here to make sure these two jokers don’t get into trouble with the Crimson Kingdom.” The 4 days after the visit to the Crimson Kingdom would get them a hundred and one kilometers in the journey. X realized, “Aren’t you an executioner?” “I’m an expert, yes. Got anyone you want snuffed out?” Jester replied. X said no. The team made it to Milestone, now one hundred and twenty four miles in. Outback decided to go to the car wash, as Jester and X found a diner to eat at while Yoshitsune guarded the vehicle. The name of the restaurant was Sparky’s Diner, a small, underrated diner that all patrons love coming to. As the pair stepped in the establishment, they saw checker pattern floors, slight yellow tinted windows, it was like a diner out of a cartoon. X complimented the restaurant, "This place is practically a dream diner." "I come here often, it's got a good atmosphere." said Jester. "I thought you said you don't leave the Crimson Kingdom without a task." "Well, there is a little secret to Sparky's." Jester ordered a plate of sandwiches and an apple juice, while X didn't order because he's a robot and has no sense of taste. X tried to talk to Jester and know him a bit better, although Jester was stuffing his face with food and couldn't speak anything but incoherent words that are indecipherable. After he stopped eating, X asked Jester a question, "Who is the magician?" "Have you heard about this thing called MPD?" "Are you saying that you have multiple personalities?" "No, it's just him and I."