Village hidden inside a tornado
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"I guess people won't remember what I did, they will just remember what I made them feel," thought Zohaifa to himself. With all nervousness, Zohaifa spoke trying to avoid a fight, "Hey, did you know there is a tournament coming up in Yellow City? I am going to participate."
"So what?" cold-heartedly said Flirtic.
"I need to keep body alright, you know? Otherwise, I won’t do good in the tournament."
"As if I care.”
"Well, you want to fight me that bad, why don’t we fight there in the tournament. You also get money if you win," said Zohaifa after gulping a mouthful.
Flirtic smirked and replied, “That’s not a bad idea. I get money for doing what I want to do. Where is this tournament taking place?”
“You will find a city in that direction,” Zohaifa pointed.
“Prepare yourself,” said Flirtic before he departed.
Zohaifa exhaled a big breath after Flirtic left the scene. "What was that presence I just felt? Flirtic must have been training too. I never sensed anything like it. I feel like I am at the short end of the stick."
"Maybe I should just stay in the forest and train hard," said Zohaifa clenching his fist. But he wanted to know the answers so desperately. "Eh… Flirtic won't be joining the tournament anyway. He can't get the tickets without money, right?"
So, he continued his journey until he found a desert. Normally it would be wise to avoid going to a desert. But there was something he couldn't but check out. A Huge Orange Tornado.
"It's not a normal tornado for sure."
The tornado was more gigantic than any tornados Zohaifa ever saw on his planet. But that's not the odd fact. There are cacti nearby. One of them is even half emerged in it. That must mean it doesn't have a strong enough pull.
"This is going to be interesting," Zohaifa fearlessly walked towards the tornado. He got closer and closer and yet he experienced no pull. He then realized it is not a tornado but rather just smoke moving in a circular motion. He stood in front of this harmless beast and took a chest filling breath. With no hesitation, he entered.
As Zohaifa entered the tornado, he discovered a hidden village.
“A village is hidden inside a tornado. Sounds fantasy enough to contain my answers,” thought Zohaifa.
Zohaifa realized that he entered through a huge field. Some kids playing on one side of the field whereas on the other side people were training. But a few of them took notice of him. A group of them approached Zohaifa.
"Who are you and where did you come from?" asked one of them.
"My name is Zohaifa. I literally came from the sky," said Zohaifa. But looking that they were knuckled down on this. He changed his sentence, "I came from a different planet."
"Were you in your mind? Why would you enter a tornado?" said the villager.
"Because it didn't have any pull," answered Zohaifa.
"So you figured it out."
"How did you create this tornado, anyway?"
"It's a long story. You interested?"
"I am."
Then, Zohaifa along with the rest of them took a seat in a corner of the field.
"It was long ago, a demon named Oranton took over our village. The best of the best of the best of the best of the be-"
"Okay, okay, I get it. You mean the absolute best," interrupted Zohaifa.
"Yeah, the absolute best of our warriors tried resisting but could not defeat him. Then came forth a guy named Smomb. The villagers knew him as a harmless person. Even his name sounds innocent. But for the sake of his village, he prepared to fight. And that preparation was no ordinary preparation. It was the best of the-"
"The absolute best," interrupted Zohaifa again before it went out of control.
"Yeah. The absolute best preparation. He created a move named the 'orange smoke'. It's a complete masterpiece. It is the combination of plasma and gas using which he could defeat the demon Oranton. But this battle was so intense that he had to use the 'Orange Smoke' several hundred times. This created the tornado around the orange village. This also became the reason for this village to be named Orange Village."
"Wow! That was amazing. It reminds me of a move I know called 'Yellow Splash.'"
"What? You know the 'Yellow Splash?' Did you come from Yellow city?" asked another villager. His presence was slightly stronger than the others.
"Yes. After coming from that planet, I found my way to Yellow city and trained under Lazuli," Zohaifa explained.
"What? You came to this planet, got access to Yellow city, and trained under The Great Teacher Lazuli? You are the luckiest guy alive, man"
"The Great Teacher Lazuli? You guys think she is a great teacher?"
"Don't you know? She is known as the Great Teacher because of her unique way of training. The students of her school learn a lot within a few months."
"Hmm… Her training was unique," thought Zohaifa to himself, "Maybe I need not worry about the tournament after all."
"What is your name?" asked that strong villager.
"Zohaifa"
"Spar with me."
Zohaifa and the guy from Orange village proceeded to the field. Both of them are ready to go head-on, standing face to face as a dramatic wind blows. Zohaifa felt the need for warming up his body first, but he was too nervous to say anything.
"Will I be able to fight this guy? Though Flirtic's one was stronger, I can detect a strong presence from him too. I guess I can expect this guy to be friendlier than Flirtic. He even asked a sparring match instead of a death battle," Zohaifa reasoned with himself, "I only hope it doesn't turn out to be a mountain out of a molehill. Let me try socializing a bit."
"So, what is your name?" asked Zohaifa to his opponent after taking a big breath.
"It's Oar!" he said confidently.
"Nice name," said Zohaifa, though not agreeing with it.
"Let's start!," saying which Oar instantly charged towards Zohaifa with an overhand right. But Zohaifa easily dodged it. Oar almost fell off balance but forcibly regained his composure. He understood he can't over-commit to any attacks.
"This is significantly slower than the sparring with Lazuli!" Zohaifa thought to himself.
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